Tiger Police

Chapter 56 Fragmentation
The space of the cable car is very narrow. Although the volume of the Guo family's mother and daughter's conversation is very low, Hu Pingtao sitting opposite can still hear it clearly.

What Guo's mother said made him feel a little strange.

Although he was not at the scene at the time, Hu Pingtao felt that he had missed something after listening to Guo's mother's description of the falling of the bracelet.

The cable car runs from bottom to top, and outside the window is a dense forest belt in cold regions.The vegetation becomes thinner the higher you go, as drought-tolerant shrubs replace the coniferous forests until only mosses and lichens remain.Shallow ditches were washed out by the melted snow, scattered stones covered the entire slope, white mist enveloped the cable car, and it felt like human mechanical creations were drifting in the depths of the clouds, slowly ascending in the cold and lonely world.

It was Su Xiaolin's first visit to Daxue Mountain.Looking at the valley hundreds of meters deep outside the window, she couldn't help exclaiming, "It's so high!"

Those three simple words, like an invisible key, instantly opened the lock of doubt in Hu Pingtao's heart.

He leaned his upper body forward, looked at Guo's mother, and asked seriously: "Mrs. Guo, when you washed your hands in the bathroom, where did you put the bracelet?"

Now is not the time to explain on the tour bus. In order to ensure that the other party understands what he wants to express, Hu Pingtao specially used Hokkien.

Guo's mother and daughter and Adrian were all stunned.

"Do you speak Hokkien?" Guo Lingyu asked curiously.

Hu Pingtao nodded, and then turned his gaze to Mrs. Guo: "I suspect that Mrs. Guo's broken bracelet is weird. Please recall the details at that time."

Guo's mother was a little confused: "Xiaohu, I know you mean well. But the bracelet really has nothing to do with others, I accidentally broke it."

Hu Pingtao asked seriously: "Are you sure?"

Although Guo's mother has a gentle personality, she does not allow others to question what she has said.There was displeasure on her face, but she didn't completely refuse, she just nodded slightly.

Hu Pingtao continued: "Please answer my previous question: When you washed your hands in the bathroom, where did you put the bracelet?"

"The left side of the sink." Mother Guo said lightly, "I remember very clearly that there is a bottle of hand sanitizer on the right."

The attitude of the old lady has become indifferent.

This is the common mentality of all those who make mistakes.

The expensive jade bracelet is accidentally broken, which will cause remorse and self-blame at the same time.If a person from an ordinary family encounters this kind of thing, most of them will beat their chests and feet, crying and crying.

The Guo family is a real rich man. Although Guo's mother likes the jade bracelet very much, she only regards it as an ordinary item.If it falls, it will fall, and it will be a big deal to buy a new one. However, the annoyed thinking is still there, and then there is a cover-up mentality of wanting to downplay the matter.

It's like a child accidentally broke a bowl, and hurriedly gathers up the pieces and hides them...the psychology of the two is the same.

Hu Pingtao knew very well what Guo's mother was thinking at the moment.He showed a comfortable smile, and his tone became softer than usual: "Mrs. Guo, how high is the distance between the sink and the ground?"

Although Guo's mother was not very happy, she did not refuse to answer.She said lightly: "It's the kind of sink that is very common in the bathroom. I have to bend down to reach the faucet."

Hu Pingtao asked again: "Mrs. Guo, I heard you said that the bracelet was broken at that time?"

Mother Guo didn't speak, but nodded.

"How broken is it?" This is the focus of Hu Pingtao's concern.

Mother Guo raised her hand and helped the hearing aid hanging on her ear.She moved very slowly, and she was not in a hurry to answer. There was a look of surprise on her face, and the look in her eyes was a little anxious, but also a little dazed.

People are old, but their brains are not confused.These questions raised by Hu Pingtao are related to each other. Guo's mother is someone who has experienced it. Based on her experience and experience, she also noticed the abnormality.

Guo Lingyu also reacted, and quickly said: "Mom, Xiaohu is right. Think about it carefully, how did the bracelet break?"

"...Yes... there is such a short section." Mother Guo gestured, and pressed the tip of her left thumb on the first knuckle of her index finger: "The others are broken, one by one, like stones."

The three of them communicated in Hokkien, and Adrian couldn't understand a word beside him.Through the changes in the expressions of several people, he judged that a serious problem had occurred. He quickly reached out and pulled Su Xiaolin's clothes, and asked in English, "What are they talking about?"

Su Xiaolin only knows a little about Hokkien. Fortunately, Hu Pingtao and Guo's mother and daughter speak very slowly. She guessed and listened to the general idea, and added her own understanding to translate Adrian.

In order to ensure stability, the speed of the cable car going up the mountain is slow, and it takes more than ten minutes one way.

Hu Pingtao glanced at the transparent closed cable car view window behind Guo's mother, and said seriously: "Jade is a kind of mineral, which can be divided into soft and hard. In the narrow sense, nephrite mostly refers to Hetian jade. The above generally refers to silicate mineral aggregates with gem value. Hard jade usually refers to jadeite, and Mrs. Guo’s bracelet is of this type. According to the standard issued by the state, the hardness is generally between four and seven. "

"Emerald is a dense aggregate of fine crystals tightly intertwined. Two-thirds of your bracelet, Mrs. Guo, is made of ice, and the rest is made of glass. On average, the overall hardness of the bracelet can reach "six" index."

"Let's talk about marble again. It is a carbonate stone with a hardness between [-] and [-]."

"In places like bathrooms, marble is rarely used for laying floor tiles, because the cost is too high, so ceramic tiles are used in most cases. Ceramic tiles are made of refractory metal oxides and semi-oxides. After grinding, mixing, Produced after pressing, glazing, and sintering, the base hardness index is eight."

"Gravity will have an acceleration effect on falling objects. The same is true for a bird crashing into a high-speed plane and causing the plane to crash. Under the condition of equal hardness, the degree of fragmentation of a jade bracelet can be A conclusion is drawn through calculations. Of course, various complex factors are involved, including the point of impact, angle of landing, airflow and temperature..."

"Under normal circumstances, falling and impacting at the height of the sink, or hitting a stone against a stone, it is impossible to achieve the degree of fragmentation that Mrs. Guo said."

Speaking of this, Hu Pingtao smiled calmly: "Unless it is not a high-density jadeite, it is another kind of scattered texture."

Guo Lingyu was surprised, she stared at Hu Pingtao and asked, "You mean, Xiao Sun cheated my mother on purpose?"

Hu Pingtao did not draw a conclusion directly, he continued his unfinished analysis: "I would like to add that when entering the waiting room of the cable car from the VIP channel, we all passed the road leading to the toilet. At that time, I turned my head and glanced at it. , the washroom at the end of the corridor has wooden floors."

"Also, Sun Tiantian was sent by the Culture and Tourism Bureau. When she got on the bus from the provincial capital, she stayed with you every step of the way. When she left the hotel this morning, she was busy preparing cold-proof clothes and oxygen cylinders at the foot of the mountain. She is always with you all the time. All this shows that she is a conscientious person. But I don't understand why she will separate from you when it comes time to take the cable car? Even if Adrian and I are men, even Linlin Squeezing up, but Sun Tiantian lagging behind, it feels a little unreasonable."

There was a hint of anger in Guo Lingyu's eyes: "She stole my mother's bracelet?"

Guo's mother also showed surprise, shook her head and sighed: "It's true that people know people, face but not heart. I thought she was helping me, but I didn't expect..."

Hu Pingtao comforted: "Don't think too much. Ms. Guo, let me handle this matter! We are almost at the top of the mountain, so please have fun. After all, it is not easy to come here once, so don't be messed up by this matter." Bad mood."

Guo Lingyu regained her composure, and her expression became more relaxed: "Xiaohu, thank you! Just do as you say!"

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Although the signal at the top of Daxue Mountain is not very good, it can barely make a phone call.

After getting off the cable car, Hu Pingtao called Xiong Jie in the corner and briefly explained the situation.Xiong Jie told him not to worry, and immediately contacted the Lijiang City Public Security Bureau.

In order to delay time, Guo's mother and daughter played on the mountain for nearly two hours.After taking the cable car down the mountain, Guo's mother excused herself from being too tired on the mountain just now, and stayed in the rest area until a blue and white police car came from the entrance of the scenic spot and stopped in front of the VIP passage.

Several uniformed policemen entered the break room, led by a first-class superintendent.He should have read the information, came to the front, and asked tentatively: "Excuse me, who is Director Li from the Provincial Department of Commerce?"

Li Weifang stood up quickly: "I am Li Weifang."

The visitor smiled and stretched out his right hand: "I am Chen Zheyong from Lijiang Public Security Bureau."

After shaking hands, his eyes swept over everyone in sequence, and soon settled on Hu Pingtao: "Are you Hu Pingtao?"

Hu Pingtao quickly stood up and raised his hand in salute.

Chen Zheyong smiled back and raised his finger to the woman sitting in front of Hu Pingtao: "Is she Sun Tiantian?"

In order to prevent surprises, Hu Pingtao did not move after going down the mountain.He and Adrian divided the labor and kept monitoring Sun Tiantian at all times.The other two bodyguards were also ordered to observe secretly to ensure that at least two people were free from Sun Tiantian's side at any time.As long as she moves slightly, she will be arrested immediately.

Seeing the other party pointing at her, Sun Tiantian felt a strong feeling of badness in her heart.She was very guilty, and at the same time, she had the urge to run outside at the same time.However, there was no chance at this moment, Guo's bodyguards and the police surrounded her from different directions, trapping her firmly in the circle.

"What...what do you want to do?" Her eyes were full of fear, and after she finished speaking this incoherent sentence, her teeth collided involuntarily and violently under the control of panic.

Chen Zheyong said lightly: "I should ask you this. Well, don't waste time, bring her here."

(End of this chapter)