fog city detective

Chapter 234

Liang Xi explained to Bobby: "There are two reasons why I dare not notify the police. One reason is that I am afraid of killing the police. Because according to the police's case-handling thinking, they will first investigate outside the perimeter and then send undercover agents to the nursing home to investigate. Or use some means of concealing their identities to find out about nursing homes. But their opponents are very powerful. There are at least two front-line field agent-level figures who are experienced, sophisticated, and cruel. It is not ruled out that the police may succeed, but I I think there is a big price to pay even if it succeeds, and I don’t think any criminal is worth the price of the police’s life. The second reason, now that I have touched the tail after all, I am worried that the core personnel and equipment will escape after the alarm. It is difficult for me to do it again Find them." In order not to startle the snake, Liang Xi climbed up the mountain fifteen kilometers away from the farm and monitored the farm with binoculars.

Whether it is climbing a mountain or carrying surveillance equipment, it shows Liang Xi's determination and Liang Xi's worry about disturbing the other party.

"From what you said, it seems that the area is very large, and there are various terrains." Bobby asked, "How about aerial surveillance? Send two helicopters to circle around and take pictures 24 hours a day. Two is not enough, four, eight?"

"Either the helicopter was shot down, or they couldn't find anything, or they were blind or stupid." Liang Xi said: "I even suspect that they have installed a radar system on the hillside."

Poppy asked, "What's the surrounding environment?"

Liang Xi replied: "Farms, ranches, cheese processing factories, etc."

Bobby asked: "I put a hundred hot air balloon advertisements in the area, covering the entire sky of the area." Hot air balloon advertisements are hanging advertising slogans on hot air balloons floating in the air, which was a very effective brand promotion advertisement many years ago .Now it is more responsible for the task of celebrating embellishment.

Liang Xi hesitated and said, "One hundred..."

"That's a thousand." Bobby said: "It says Thresh is a coward."

Liang Xi was puzzled: "Huh?"

Bobby said: "I have to write something, right?" Is it cool to write Xiami?Not okay, although it is true, but the shrimp is very low-key.

Liang Xi said: "Swiping bills online is a scam, how about we do a public service advertisement?" Liang Xi has seen similar news on the Internet, but they only used a hot air balloon, and a hot air balloon can fly in the city. It's already eye-catching enough.But a hot air balloon is floating over the farm, which is too suspicious.

Liang Xi added: "You can ask your friends from the police for help, which means it is a public welfare promotion activity. You say that you have a netizen who was cheated of money and people by a scammer. He was heartbroken and failed to commit suicide many times. As the Clement family The person in charge vowed to do his best to reduce the occurrence of such incidents. So he rented [-] balloons and hung various anti-fraud slogans all over the surrounding area of ​​Cambridge."

Liang Xi is not good at making plans. He plans on the spot just like detective work.One hundred is fine, one thousand is fine, he has no specific concept of one hundred and one thousand.The choice of public service promotion is also very random, and commercial advertisements are not out of the question.The only bright spot in these situations is the hot air balloon ad proposed by Poppy Blonde.The two pondered around the bright spots.In line with the principle of deep pockets, Bobby decided to fly a thousand hot air balloons around the city of Cambridgeshire to place anti-fraud advertisements.

There's only one thing Bobby has to do: let the chief bodyguard do it.

The chief bodyguard has only one thing to do: take care of the hot air balloon that floats over the target farm.

Bobby and Liang Xi believed that even if they were killed in the flour milling factory, they would never have imagined that the police would spend so much money to deal with them.

Liang Xi added work to Bobby: "Even if you let someone else handle the hot air balloon, you have to be responsible for your work."

Bobby patted his chest and said, "I promise not to drink alcohol or date girls during work."

Liang Xi said: "Dating a man will also delay work."

We were chatting this day, and Bobby wanted to kick Liang Xi down, but luckily the gallery arrived.

……

Although today is the opening day, it is very deserted, with few passers-by and even fewer people visiting the gallery.Well, not even ghosts, actually.

There are only two people in the gallery, a man and a woman.The man is Chris, the woman does not know.

The aisles, corridors and exhibition halls are hung with paintings, oil paintings, and sketches of people, and some of the exhibits are still marked not for sale.

Chris was very happy to see the two, and stepped forward to introduce the woman. The woman had nothing else, she was not beautiful, she was not in good shape, and she was in her fifties.But the woman's father was a late famous Danish oil painter.Not so famous, but after all, he has passed away, and the dead painters are usually more famous.

The woman is a friend of Chris. The two met at the funeral of the woman's father. Chris helped the woman manage her father's gallery for a month.Today, the woman came with four paintings of her father, and the four paintings will be displayed in the gallery for a month, adding some face value to Chris.It can be seen from this that oil painting belongs to the interest of the rich, while the poor still draw cartoons, and if they are lucky, they can be exploited as social animals.

Now that you are here, you must watch and join in the show.

Bobby waved his hand to the head of the bodyguard and said, "I bought them all, I bought all the galleries." After speaking, Liang Xi pushed him aside.Of course, this was a joke when Chris was not present. Bobby looked at the price, £50, £100, is it that low for an artist?It’s fine if the artist’s price is low. My artist friends of Bobby don’t sell [-] pounds for each painting. Is it worthy of the favor of my big Clement family?

Although there were no guests, Chris was still in high spirits. He was commenting on some oil paintings he had purchased privately with the woman.Liang Xi and Bobby were not involved in this process, because Chris knew very well that there was a big gap between the two people's perspectives on oil paintings and that of professionals.

Liang Xi and Bobby looked at a portrait, which was a portrait of a firefighter. Bobby looked at it for a while and asked, "How is it?"

Liang Xi was different: as soon as he heard his comments, he knew how to evaluate: "Good."

"What good?"

"You don't understand even if you tell me." Liang Xi said, "300 pounds, the most expensive one known."

Ha ha!It turns out that it's like buying a piano, and you don't know what is good, so what is more expensive is better.Bobby said: "Tell me, should I find some actors to play a guest role? With such a deserted business, I am ashamed to say that it is a gallery opened by my friend."

Liang Xi said: "Wait until the next time you brag that you have artist friends before hiring actors. By the way, remember to add 4 zeros to each painting then."

While speaking, a man in his fifties entered the exhibition hall. This may be the first real guest.The man was neatly dressed, his appearance was very clean, and he even took a walking stick.He stopped in front of the oil painting of firefighters and watched the firefighters silently for more than 3 minutes.

"Okay?" Bobby couldn't help asking the man.

The man nodded and shook his head again: "From the use of light in the oil painting and the sense of reference and contrast, the painter did not work hard. But from the overall layout and color fineness, the painter has a good talent. If you can If you practice hard, within 30 years, you must be a master painter."

In other words, which industry cannot become an expert after 30 years of hard work?But it seems to be the case. Oil painting requires not only talent, but also hard work.

A well-dressed woman interjected: "I think the most important thing in oil painting is talent. From this painting, we can see the painter's soul, as well as the artist's state of forgetfulness when painting."

Bobby exclaimed: "Wow? Who are you?" If you want to be shameless, it's fine if the old man praises or criticizes, but when you come up, you brag and bully us laymen, don't you?

The woman answered Bobby's question very seriously: "My name is Lily, and I am working on oil painting restoration in the British Museum."

Liang Xi and Bobby glanced at each other, and felt that Chris should have a talent for oil painting, and the oil painting of firefighters is definitely a masterpiece.

Next, more guests began to increase, including several professionals. They chatted with Chris about the works for a long time.Their point of view is basically the same: Chris is very talented, but he doesn't spend too much time and energy on the work.Chris accepted it humbly, so humbly that he knelt down.Liang Xi found out after casual research that among the more than [-] customers, five were professionally engaged in oil painting.

Chris didn't expect that there would be so many guests, so he approached Liang Xi and Bobby and begged them to be coolies.The main job is to be responsible for pouring drinks, making tea, and buying some snacks for takeaway.The small snacks and drinks that should have been in the exhibition were not prepared by Chris.

The chief bodyguard refused to assign errands unless Bobby was willing to stay in the car, and he could spare two bodyguards to run errands.Otherwise, he would rather follow Bobby to run errands than leave Bobby alone in a crowded place.

Liang Xi was dissatisfied with this: "Just how much is he worth? The only valuable kidneys in the human body are now given away, and no one wants to give them away."

Bobby was angry, pointing: "You go, you go to buy some snacks, I'll go to the supermarket to buy drinks."

Liang Xi reminded: "There is no tea, no teapot, and even... no small table. What kind of business do you have? If you take it, there is no ghost." What do you mean?This is a gallery, not a hair salon, why join in the fun?
Liang Xi was not familiar with the neighborhood, so he found a pastry shop through inquiry and placed an order for delivery.The store owner didn't know there was a gallery nearby, so Liang Xi even drew a route map.Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry to go back, maybe you have to work after you go back, anyway, I can't understand oil paintings.Liang Xi walked slowly along the street, bought a Turkish ice cream on the way, fought wits and courage to kill the ice cream vendor, took the ice cream and left.

Liang Xi stopped to admire the violin on the side of the road for a while, and gave him a few pounds.Sit on a bus stop chair and finish eating ice cream.Turn around in the park again, and finally return to the gallery slowly.

Liang Xi walked towards the gallery and saw a young man wearing a mask coming out of the gallery. Liang Xi and him were more than ten meters away from each other, and the two sides slowly approached.Liang Xi always felt that the man's walking posture was a bit strange, and he was wearing a sneaker he liked very much.Then Liang Xi saw the point of strength, which was nothing to outsiders, but Liang Xi was an insider, so he found that the point of strength was wrong at a glance, typical of small feet wearing big shoes.

It is typical because fingerprints and footprints are two typical pointing features when surveillance has not spread all over the city.Wearing big shoes on small feet is a routine often used by female criminal suspects.Even some suspects pay more attention to footprints than fingerprints.The objective reason is that many people's houses are single-family buildings. When entering the main building, they will pass through the grass in the front and back yards, and it is easy to leave footprints.Fingerprints can be wiped off and gloves can be worn, but it is very difficult to eliminate footprints.

Liang Xi said, "Sir."

The man stopped, Liang Xi squatted down: "Your shoelace is loose."

At this time, Bobby's car arrived at the door, and the bodyguard went to the trunk to carry the coffee table. Bobby was stunned at the scene before him, and Liang Xi was untying a man's shoelace.The man didn't move and didn't say a word.Liang Xi stood up: "Okay." He moved aside. "

The man nodded and took a step forward. The laces of the two shoes were tied together, causing him to fall on the spot.When Liang Xi smirked, the man lightly supported the ground with his hands, turned around and lay on the ground with his back, retracted his feet, took out the blade with his finger, cut the shoelace, turned over, stood up and ran.

Liang Xi's motor nerve reaction was slow, and the opponent's speed was very fast. Liang Xi didn't know what to say for a while, and looked back at Bobby, who shouted: "Catch..." Look at Liang Xi, what are you grabbing?
Liang Xi spread his hands, and he didn't know if it was a thief or a wanted criminal, or a private detective, a tabloid reporter, etc.

"Catch someone." Bobby pointed to the man who ran more than thirty meters away: "Catch him."

The two bodyguards immediately threw the tea table and responded to the boss's order and chased after the man with a speed like thunder and lightning.A car parked next to the man, the man got into the back seat, the car started, the bodyguard was six meters away, and the man stuck out a middle finger from inside.Then he saw two bodyguards drew their pistols and shouted, "Speed ​​up." What the hell?Why did you draw the gun?
Bobby and Liang Xi shouted: "Don't shoot, don't shoot." They still haven't figured out what happened.

The two bodyguards took pistols and looked back. Bobby waved his hands wildly, not to shoot.He knew the marksmanship of his bodyguards. Within a distance of 20 meters, they could quickly empty a magazine of bullets. In the face of medium-speed moving targets, the average hit rate could not be lower than 9 rings.

Liang Xi originally planned to call the police, but then changed his mind and called Chris: "How about the art exhibition?"

Chris was at a loss: "It's very smooth, the pastry has been delivered, can you rush Bobby for me? The teapot, why hasn't the coffee arrived yet? Many guests want to drink tea."

There is no way to call the police, and they don't know what the man did.Liang Xi and Bobby discussed at the door. Liang Xi felt that Bobby should buy a new coffee table, and by the way complained about the quality of the merchant's coffee table, which couldn't stand the two strong men.As for the man, the two of them couldn't figure out why.

When Liang Xi entered the gallery, there were quite a lot of people. Everyone began to enjoy snacks and chat with each other.Liang Xi went to Chris first: "Is the gallery okay?"

Chris asked, "What's the problem?"

Liang Xi turned his head to look at the customers in the exhibition hall, and felt that something was wrong. Are Chris's oil paintings so beautiful?Are they here to eat and drink?But there was no food and drink before, not even water.

Liang Xi walked to the entrance of the exhibition hall and asked loudly, "How much do you pay per day?"

Everyone looked at Liang Xi, and a young girl wearing round glasses said, "One hundred and fifty pounds."

Liang Xi: "Are you actors?"

Everyone looked at each other, some of them nodded, and an old man said: "The employer said that the friend's gallery opened, I'm afraid it's too deserted, and hired us to support it."

Liang Xi shouted: "Bobby."

"Here we come." Bobby ran over, "Why?"

Liang Xi asked, "Did you hire them?" Apart from Bobby, Liang Xi didn't know any other Kaizi.

"No." Bobby said, "I didn't plan to come before last night."

Liang Xi asked, "Do you all know each other?"

Some nod.

Liang Xi asked again: "Is there anyone among them that you don't know?"

The girl with glasses said: "There was a little brother wearing a mask just now, do you know him?"

Everyone shook their heads, the old man said: "Is he a real guest?"

Liang Xi asked Chris next to him: "Are you sure your gallery is okay?"

Chris said, "It seems to be fine."

Liang Xi said, "You'd better check it again."

Chris asked, "What happened?"

Liang Xi said, "I don't know what happened either."

(End of this chapter)