Chapter 10 chapter Ten

At nine thirty in the morning, I called Huangfu's apartment.Ni Maowen's well-trained voice appeared on the phone: Excuse me, who is it? Mr. Ni, I'm Lai Tangnuo. Oh yes.Mr Lai. I found my stolen blowgun. What are you!he yelled over the phone. I found the stolen blowgun, didn't Mrs. Huangfu tell you? I haven't seen Mrs. Huangfu yet. Anyway, I got it back and gave it to her. His voice said coldly: I don't think you should do this. This property should be returned to Huangfu Youtian. I'm not happy with the self-righteousness with which he accuses me. Huangfu locked himself in the hibernation room, he couldn't come out, there was no phone in it; no one else was at home, so I handed it over to Mrs. Huangfu.What's wrong with that?Isn't this their common property?Yes or no?

Yes I think so. There's nothing wrong with leaving it to her!Now that Jade Bodhisattva is here with me, what should I do? what's with you Jade Bodhisattva is here with me.I told him: Is there something wrong with the phone?Can't you hear me? I could hear it, but I couldn't quite believe it.I, Mr. Lai, this is unbelievable. What can't be believed? Two things were thus found. That's what we're hired to do, aren't we? Yes, I know, but just a little time.This is absolutely, completely impossible, and I told Mr. Huangfu that he would not believe it. Show him the Jade Bodhisattva and he will believe it.Now, to whom should I entrust this Jade Bodhisattva?

Please bring it here right now. Wait a minute, I said: I'd better talk to Mr. Huangfu himself first.It was you who said that it is not appropriate to give the blowgun to Mrs. Huangfu, unless Huangfu himself is there, otherwise he is. Can we meet? Soon.He asked me to come at nine o'clock. He wanted me to discuss something with him. He also asked his secretary to come and give him something to type. is he there now He'll be there when you get here, come on. Mrs. Huangfu didn't tell you about the blowgun? Didn't tell me, I heard it for the first time. You can ask her, the things are in her place.

We will let Mr. Huangfu handle this matter. Mr. Lai, when will you be here? Within twenty minutes. Great, we are waiting for you. I took our company car and came to the apartment. This time, I didn't need to report at all. The counter staff treated me as a VIP, except that there was no red carpet. Good morning, Mr. Lai.The clerk smiled and said: You can go up by yourself, sir, they are waiting for you, you know how to go up, they are waiting for you in the elevator of the rooftop apartment on the twentieth floor. Thanks.I said. I came to the 20th floor and walked into the 20S door.From the outside it looked like any apartment door on the twentieth floor, inside it was really just a big reception room and elevator lobby, the door was open when I came in, a hidden wooden panel was open, and inside was a telephone with a sign saying Author: Please push the button to talk.

I pick up the phone, button.A male voice said: Excuse that one. My surname is Lai, who is that?Mr. Ni? No, Mr. Lai.I am Mr. Huangfu's secretary, and my name is Tong Weibo.I'll put the elevator down right away, sir. Very good, I said. When the elevator comes down, I take the elevator up by myself. I don't know if I have been seen through X light, but I think there is. I stepped out of the elevator, and a tall, dejected man stretched out a hand that was not going well, and said to me: My surname is Tong, and I am the secretary.Nice to meet you, Mr. Lai. I lightly shook his hand and asked: Where is Mr. Ni?

Mr. Ni is talking on the phone. So, what about Mr. Huangfu? Mr. Huangfu will be free soon. what should I do?Sit and wait? Just one click.I can be sure that Mr. Huangfu has a very important matter to do today, please let me come here first and wait to see him, but I know that Mr. Ni thinks your business is more important, and Mr. Huangfu will meet you first. With a polite expression, Mr. Tong took me to a small office in the house that I had never been to.There was a desk, electric typewriter, filing cabinet, and four or five reasonably comfortable chairs. Please sit down for a moment.He said: If you don't mind, I will do my job.

Go ahead, you're welcome. Mr. Tong put the earphones on his head and put his long, bony hands on the typewriter.Immediately begins his typing work like a pianist playing a very fast-paced piece. I sat there and watched him work, and I couldn't help but admire him. The sound of the keys hitting the drum was only half a beat when the bell rang at the end of a line of words.This person typed so fast that the speed at which the cylinder moved from left to right due to his typing was about the same as when an electric typewriter returned the cylinder from right to left. It didn't take long for a piece of typing paper to be filled with words, and new paper was replaced.

The door opened, and Ni Maowen came in with a smile and a sense of intimacy on his face. Hey, look who it is, he said loudly: Our energetic detective you really broke the efficiency record for solving crimes, good morning to you. He grabbed my right hand, shook it violently up and down, and patted my shoulder with his left hand. Secretary Tong ignored his entry at all, his eyes were fixed on the typewriter, and his hands did not stop typing. Have you met Secretary Tong?Ni asked. seen. OK, let's go.Mr. Huangfu would be glad to see you first. He led me out of the office we were in and into a private office where he tapped on what looked to me like a bathroom door.

When no one answered the door, he knocked again. Still no one answered the door, Ni Maowen reached out and pressed a hidden doorbell. The location of the doorbell was hidden somewhere in the door frame. I believe it might not be obvious if you look carefully.Probably an electronic gadget.I saw him stretch his hand along the door frame and touch it with his fingers. With a raised thumb, the doorbell rang. Ni Maowen looked at his watch and said: This is strange. I am silent. A female voice said: Is there any difficulty for Mawen? I turned around and saw Mrs. Huangfu standing behind us in a dressing gown.The dressing gown was too thin, and the glare from the open door cast her curves into a distinct shadow that she herself didn't seem to notice.

Ni Maowen's answer is serious: there is no difficulty, ma'am. She saw me at this time and said, "Oh, good morning, Mr. Lai, I think my position is not very good, I am a bit transparent." As she spoke, she tugged on the dressing gown to make it tighter, which in fact did not help the transparency at all. Where is Yoda?she asked. In his own study, Ni Maowen said: He himself told me that there is work to be done at nine o'clock this morning.Ask me to wait for him with Viber by nine o'clock.He said he had important documents to give away. when did he tell you yesterday afternoon.

I thought he was hibernating locked in his study all day yesterday. He was out for half an hour.I think you are probably in the studio. Ni Maowen rang the bell again, and the bell could be heard inside. There should be an emergency key somewhere.Melvin said: I think we'd better go in and have a look.in case something No, no.Mrs. Huangfu shouted: He will never forgive anyone for doing this.He repeatedly said that when he was inside, her right to be alone must be absolutely respected. But what if he was sick? He won't be too sick to come out. I have no idea.Ni Maowen said: Some people are fine, but suddenly they get sick and can’t stand up from a chair. Do you know where the emergency key is? In the safe.But I will never touch it.I don't want to think about it.that thing is too Where is the safe? The top drawer on the right. do you know the number certainly. I think we'd better open the safe and use the key. She shook her head violently. Ni Maowen said solemnly and coldly: That's fine, Mrs. Kunfu, the decision rests with you, and you also bear the responsibility.He looked at his watch and said, "It's seven past ten and I'm asking, and Mrs. Huangfu, she Wait a minute, she said: What are you chirping.Stop putting the blame on others. Where to take out the key. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay."Mr. Lai, please testify that it is now 10:07:30, and this Mr. Ni is forcing me to hold me personally responsible unless I take out the key to open this door. I stood there and said nothing. Ni Maowen said: Mr. Lai, it's okay.I am responsible for everything I have said. You wait here, Huangfu Feili said: I'll get the key. She exited the door and walked back. Something must be wrong.Ni Maowen said to himself: He likes to hide inside alone, without being disturbed by his wife.His wife would bother him most at inappropriate times with trivial matters, such as what do you want for lunch, whether you want to answer someone's phone, and so on.Worst of all she is incapable of handling things on her own and I really shouldn't be discussing this with you.I hope you keep this sentence as a private secret, I said it because I was really worried.I don't know what's wrong.But I can tell you that Huangfu Youtian is in trouble.I'm afraid it's a heart attack or stroke.Only his wife and I know the doorbell.Come and look for it, see if you can find it? I walked over to look sideways at the door frame.Can't see anything. Look at my thumb.Ni Maowen said. He stood in front of the door frame, touched the door frame with his fingers from top to bottom, and suddenly raised his thumb. I heard the doorbell ring again from inside the door. Well, I said: I get it this time. Ni Maowen looked at me with an arrogant smile, took a step back, and waved his hand.See if you can find Bell there.He said. I went to the door frame, reached out to feel it as he had done, and carefully placed the toe of my left foot against the threshold of the door frame on the floor, exactly where he had just placed it. I pretended to stick my thumbs up, but at the same time I stepped on my toes hard.The doorbell rang. I stand back. Ni Maowen looked at me with the strangest expression.Emmanuel, he said: There is yours! I don't answer anything. The door opened, and Mrs. Huangfu came in with the key.She said: I give you the key, Melvin, because you once said Maven didn't wait for her to finish speaking.Take the key, put it in the keyhole, and unlock the door. All three of us squeezed through the door one after another, and all three of us stopped at the same time.This door leads to the small room with windows that Mrs. Huangfu and I looked over from the bathroom yesterday. Huangfu Youtian was lying on his back on the ground, with his knees bent and pressed behind his thighs.A dart from a blowgun stuck in his chest not too far down his throat.The guy had apparently been dead for quite some time. I stood where I was and looked around the room quickly.It was clearly a storage room, with many shelves without doors lining the walls.Some have all kinds of treasures, travel and hunting souvenirs.Others hold canned goods, stationery items, notebooks, etc. At the back of the room, on a wooden cabinet near the ceiling, there is another blow dart, which is very powerful and is deeply inserted into the wood. Oops, Ni Maowen yelled. You see, you see.Mrs. Huangfu yelled: a poisonous arrow blew in her throat. There is another one, on the wooden cabinet.I pointed to that one. Mrs. Huangfu leaned forward to get the blowing arrow. Don't touch it!I cried. She suddenly turned to me and said loudly and excitedly: "Mr. Lai, you startled me, what do you mean don't touch it?"What right do you have to give me orders? I said: don't touch it.This dart is proof.You'll regret anything you touch here. What's the meaning?I will regret it? I said: the angle of the dart can tell the direction of the source.You can see that extending from the tail of this blow dart is directly pointing to this window.I believe that if it is extended further, it will probably be the location of your studio. She looked at me, her mouth opened in astonishment and could not be closed. If you run to pull it out, others will say that you are in a hurry to cover up the evidence, and you don’t want others to see that you blew the dart from the bathroom of your studio to murder your husband and make yourself a rich widow.Now, all of us don't touch anything, get out.It's up to me to notify the police.I finished what I wanted to say in one breath. Ni Maowen turned to me and said coldly: I seem to agree with Mrs. Huangfu.You are in charge of too many things, and you are too commanding. Of course I will.I said: I am a licensed official detective.I know the standard operating method when this sort of thing happens.Both of you should come out and close the door.It's up to me to liaise with the homicide squad. What if we don't follow your orders?Ni Maowen asked. I said: All the on-site evidence you messed up, they will think it was intentional. He smiled and said: It works, you eat me.This was originally your method against Mrs. Huangfu, and it is also useful for me.Mrs. Huangfu, let's follow his orders and leave here and lock the door.I reckon against this rattlesnake that suddenly puts its tail up and croaks, we ought to give him the keys until the police come.That way he wouldn't say we had someone move the evidence. As he spoke, he pushed Feili out of the room.We leave the room.He closed the door and locked the door with the key. I reached out to take the key and said: This is the right way.Even if you don't understand its importance maybe you know it all too well.