The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Chapter 498 You Have No Evidence

After hanging up the phone, Li Ming ordered Fan Jiawen and Luo Xun to guard the security department.

He himself took Yang Dakui and Li Fangsheng and drove to Dongsi Shitiao.

Captain Xing also brought two more investigators and contacted people from the Post and Telecommunications Bureau to help unlock the mailbox.

The two parties met on the street not far from the mailbox, waiting for someone from the post office.

Captain Xing smoked a cigarette and explained: "If we destroy the lock ourselves, the responsibility for missing mail will fall on us."

"We still have to pay the money for the lock to the Post and Telecommunications Bureau. What we are doing is not a race against time. It will be fine if you wait a little longer."

Li Ming asked quietly: "Could the person who came to unlock the door be an accomplice of Kuang Zhidao?"

The smile on Captain Xing's face froze, "It's unlikely!"

Li Ming chuckled and said, "Just a joke to liven up the atmosphere."

"What you just said shocked me."

"No way, no way."

Captain Xing analyzed: "It shouldn't be possible. If they want to contact each other, there are many easier and safer ways. With such a big bucket of letters, I accidentally didn't notice an ordinary letter."

"Besides, it's not necessarily a spy. Maybe we're just too nervous."

"We'll find out later." Li Ming couldn't say much at this time.

After a while, someone from the post office helped open the mailbox, and Li Ming found Kuang Zhidao's letter with his gloves on.

After instructing the people at the post and telecommunications office to keep it confidential, Captain Xing and his team immediately returned to the Chengdong branch to check the letters.

Li Ming first took a detour to the courtyard near Kuangzhidao's Dongsi Santiao Hutong before he rushed to the Chengdong Branch.

"Have you found anything?"

"Two people's fingerprints were found on the envelope, and they are still analyzing the letter paper. Did you find anything by taking a detour to the alley?" Captain Xing had no results here.

"Did you ask an old man in the west wing of their central courtyard when you last conducted a household survey?"

"The old man from the middle courtyard?"

Captain Xing recalled carefully: "Is he that old Chinese medicine doctor? The only one whose family has no one working in your factory."

"Yes."

"Gu Chengru, a well-known old Chinese doctor, treats people at Cangnan Hutong."

Captain Xing opened his work notepad and said, "The old Chinese medicine doctor is alone. He has a professor and some apprentices. Normally, the people in the yard take good care of him."

"What about the relationship with Kuang Zhidao?"

"We get along well. According to Gu Chengru, Kuang Zhidao is warm-hearted and often helps him."

Li Ming pretended to guess: "Then the fingerprint on the envelope may be that of Gu Chengru."

"Oh? Why can't it be from the salesperson selling envelopes?"

"The people I sent have been following Kuang Zhidao for more than a month, and I have never seen him buy envelopes or stamps."

"You haven't used up what you bought before?"

"Your idea is normal. We will know after we compare the fingerprints."

It was impossible for Li Ming to say that he had searched Kuang Zhidao's home for a month and no envelope was found.

Captain Xing came back to his senses, "Are you beginning to doubt that Gu Chengru?"

"I feel like this is a new direction." Li Ming carefully checked the entire courtyard during his previous exploration, but the follow-up was more casual and no abnormalities were found.

Having worked together many times, Captain Xing has a sense of trust in Li Ming's intuition.

"How about I send someone to investigate that Gu Chengru now?"

"You don't have anyone, right?"

Having already reached this point, Captain Xing must have continued to bet on Li Ming's intuition, "There is still a chance of squeezing."

Li Ming reminded: "This Gu Chengru is an old Chinese medicine doctor and may have a wide network of contacts. The investigators must be careful in their selection."

Captain Xing agreed: "Indeed. Although Dr. Gu only opened a small clinic, he opened it for a long time and knew many people from all walks of life."

"Where is his clinic? I'll go take a look first."

"It's over at Longfu Temple. However, it may be closed. You know the reason."

Before the end of 65, there were 4.4 people working in individual clinics across the country.

66 years later, there are only 1900 individuals practicing medicine (mainly traditional Chinese medicine) across the country.

Not only the self-employed outpatients, many industries have gone out of business.

Li Ming smiled and said: "I just went to check the terrain and routes so that I can follow up and investigate later."

Captain Xing nodded, "The technician's technical analysis will take a while. I'll write you an address first."

"Row."

Li Ming took his men to Longfu Temple to find the 'Gu Clinic' according to the address.

Searching by store name, I guess they can't find it.

The shop signs were the hardest hit area, and a lot of wood he bought was the shop signs.

Li Ming and others found the 'Gu's Clinic', where the shop sign had also been demolished and the shop was closed.

After some investigating, he found something interesting.

It's not a big thing like a radio station or a mimeograph machine, it's a small and exquisite camera and a few small rolls of film.

The professional tools that spies need are not available to ordinary people.

He felt a little confused as to why there was nothing hidden in Gu Chengru's house.

Li Ming asked the salesperson at the fruit shop next door, "Comrade, I want to ask you something. Is Dr. Gu from the clinic next door still here to work?"

For those who didn’t intend to buy anything, the young male salesperson responded enthusiastically.

"Doctor Gu will come at 2 p.m., every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, afternoon and evening. You can come and see him during these times."

"Thank you. Is Dr. Gu the only one in this clinic?"

The young salesman smiled and said: "You're welcome. Doctor Gu is the only one. His apprentices have already left training and are working in the hospital. They occasionally come to visit Doctor Gu."

Li Ming pointed to Li Fangsheng's legs, "My brother's legs and feet are numb from time to time, and he has seen many doctors but nothing has improved. We heard that Dr. Gu's acupuncture skills are superb, so we wanted to give it a try."

Li Fangsheng cooperated: "Because of this problem, I fall down from time to time while riding a bicycle. I hope Dr. Gu can do something."

There were no other customers, so the young salesperson just chatted for a while, "You guys are really right. To see a doctor, you have to find an experienced doctor like Dr. Gu. He has enough experience and can cure it in just a few strokes."

Li Ming gave the cigarette to the salesperson, "Doctor Gu have treated your friend?"

"Thank you. This is a good cigarette!" The salesperson smiled and took the Peony cigarette.

"He treated me. One time, I suddenly felt pain in my chest in the store. The pain was really uncomfortable. Doctor Gu looked at it twice and pricked my Zusanli with a needle. It relieved after a while."

Li Ming smiled and gave a thumbs up, "The medical skills are so brilliant!"

What he said was recognized, and the salesperson was also happy. "A large number of people around here know that he has excellent medical skills. Many people come from far away to see him."

Yang Dakui also found a good cigarette and lit the cigarette for the salesperson first in a very polite manner.

There were cigarettes smoked, and several of the young people chatted for a while.

Li Ming is really a bit big-headed. As Gu Chengru, he comes into contact with a lot of people.

It is very difficult to identify who is Gu Chengru's downline.

This does not mean that there must be problems in the master-disciple relationship. People who are close to the patient may not have problems. Some people are more likely to be hidden among the guests who come to see the doctor.

Even some people who come to contact may not know that Gu Chengru is their accomplice.The Kuang Zhidao brothers may have some connections with Gu Chengru.

After sending Li Fangsheng and Yang Dakui back to the steel rolling mill, he went back to the Chengdong Branch to find Captain Xing.

The investigation results have come out, and the news given by Captain Xing is not good, "Deputy Section Chief Li, the content of that letter is nothing special. It is also made of common manuscript paper in your steel rolling mill."

"If the content involves decryption work, we have not found the codebook and cannot crack it."

Li Ming just had a new harvest, and now he doesn't care much about it. "Let's put this work aside for now."

"Captain Xing, I suggest you check Gu Chengru's registered mail, long-distance phone calls, telegrams and other possible contacts with other places. There may be letters sent from the clinic to his home, so check these places."

Captain Xing said: "This workload is a bit heavy. Do you have some reliable evidence? It will be easier for me to convince the leaders of the bureau to increase investigation efforts."

Li Ming retreated to the next best thing, "Then first check the places where you can send registered mail on the way to the clinic, and give priority to the direction of Jincheng. Kuang's way is to send the letter halfway. I don't think he has anywhere to learn this method. Maybe he is going to the clinic." This trick is inherited from ancient Confucianism."

To send a registered letter, you have to ask for a receipt from the post office, unlike sending a letter and just throwing it into a mailbox.

If it involves intelligence, in order to ensure that the other party receives the letter, registered mail is most likely to be used.

Captain Xing agreed and said: "In this case, the workload is not heavy. I will arrange for investigators to take a look."

in the afternoon.

The finishing work began at the staff building construction site, and Li Ming was inspecting.

He did not stay at the Chengdong Branch all the time. He still had to take charge of all the work in the steel rolling mill.

Xiao Wei shouted as he ran, "Team Leader Li, the headquarters has your phone number."

Li Ming walked quickly towards the headquarters, "Who called me?"

Xiao Wei replied: "It's Captain Xing from the Chengdong Branch."

"Thanks a lot."

Li Ming quickly returned to the headquarters and answered the phone, "Captain Xing? This is Li Ming."

"Deputy Section Chief Li, you guessed it right. Gu Chengru does often send registered letters to Kuang Zhidao's brother."

Before Xiao Wei came back, Li Ming was alone in the office. "He didn't use a pseudonym. This can be found out in one search."

Captain Xing explained: "I don't know the content of the letter, and there is no evidence. It's still difficult for me to launch a large-scale investigation."

"I can only arrange for a few people to check slowly. I plan to start with the paging phones near Gu Chengru's house to see if I can find the people he often contacts."

If he hadn't wanted to dig into a whole line of spies, Li Ming would have suggested Captain Xing to search for 'Gu's Clinic'.

"This investigation is prudent."

"I also sent people to check for Kuang Zhidao from your factory, but no registered mail was found. Is there no record of his receiving mail in your factory?" Captain Xing asked.

"I sent someone to check, and there is no record of his receiving mail in the factory's mailroom."

"I guess this Kuang Zhidao is just a pawn to get information."

Li Ming smiled and said: "Maybe! Maybe he just started training and is relatively inexperienced, so his tricks were exposed in a few clicks."

"That's it for now. You wait for my news."

"I'll go back to the security department in a moment."

"Row."

After Li Ming hung up the phone for a while, Xiao Wei slowly returned to the office.

The young man is very discerning and knows that some calls may not be appropriate to listen to.

Li Mingxiao asked: "Xiao Wei, do you want to be transferred to the Security Section to be responsible for the security section's committee work and publicity work?"

Xiao Wei was a little surprised for a moment, "Can I?"

The rolling mills appear to have no funds for large-scale housing construction for the time being.

Li Ming planned to resign as leader of the engineering construction team after completing the task of building the straw shed.

If he finds an opportunity next year, he will take Lou Xiaoe to the port city and do what he promised.

Without him, the name of the commander-in-chief is with him. If there are problems with the house he built in the future, he will have to bear the responsibility.

He does not bear such gratuitous responsibility.

Li Ming smiled and said: "As long as you are willing. I have the final say in the Security Department. I will just talk to Deputy Director Nie."

A leader who has the ability to fight back against his subordinates will only refuse to follow if he is stupid. Xiao Wei said cheerfully: "I definitely want to follow you."

"Okay. Don't tell anyone about this yet."

Xiao Wei quickly expressed his position: "I will keep it a secret."

Fan Jiawen, Yang Dakui, Li Fangsheng and others in the security department have limited educational level. Xiao Wei has good work ability. Li Ming brings his little follower to the security department, which is indeed useful.

Captains such as the carpentry captain, Master Zhang, are all skilled, and they are people from Director Li Huaide's school, so there is no need to make other arrangements.

Li Ming was busy with matters in the staff building and returned to the security department not long after.

Captain Xing’s phone call came.

"Now I just analyzed the recent records of the public phone and asked the shop owner. We have found out an important situation. A woman with a very young voice has contacted Gu Chengru many times."

Li Ming asked: "Is this woman the real leader behind the scenes?"

Captain Xing also has two skills. "It's possible, or it's possible that he's just a liaison officer."

"Anyway, things are getting weirder and weirder, right?"

Li Ming wanted the Chengdong Branch to increase its investigation efforts. He never liked to work alone and liked to rely on collective efforts to get things done.

Captain Xing also believes that there are more and more doubts. "I will report the current investigation situation to the director later."

Investigators from the Public Security Bureau will write a 24-hour investigation record every day.

"Then I'll wait for your good news."

Captain Xing laughed loudly and said: "This time I will use your name to do something."

"I originally proposed the investigation, and the whole matter started with the employees of our steel rolling mill. The people living in that yard are basically family members of the steel rolling mill. I should take responsibility."

"We'll talk later. I'll go report to the director first."

"Call me if you need to."

"I won't be polite to you."

Director Zhen from the Chengdong Branch was newly transferred. After consulting Zhou Guoqiang, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation, he put Deputy Director Zhou in charge.

People who do detective work trust their intuition.

Although there is no evidence, it just feels wrong and the accuracy is very high.

Deputy Director Zhou was even more convinced of Li Ming's luck and intuition.

After a few pleasantries on the phone, Deputy Director Zhou got into the topic.

"Deputy Section Chief Li, you have no evidence. You just feel that something is wrong with Gu Chengru?"

"We need to dig deeper, otherwise we can search Gu Chengru's clinic and home now."

Deputy Director Zhou was keenly aware, "What do you mean, is there something in Gu Chengru's clinic?"

Li Ming was a little impressed, "If someone sent him information, it would definitely not be at home. His clinic is on the street, where people come and go, so it is easy to hide. It is also convenient to use the excuse of visiting a doctor to deliver information."

Deputy Director Zhou invited: "Let's have a meeting to discuss it?"

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