spy sea tide life

Chapter 99
Cao Youguang took a step forward, picked up the gold note, Qian Rufa rolled his eyes at him, but did not speak after all.

"Pay at sight, ten taels...it's a lot of money!" Cao Youguang said coldly.

"Didn't it mean that Li Changlin was in financial difficulties and often went to pawnshops? How could there be such a large sum of money in the hidden compartment on the bed?" Shen Yan asked with a frown.

Yan Shouzheng turned his head and asked Hou Xianping with a dark face: "What's going on? Where did Li Changlin get so much money! With so much money, why don't I pay back my ten dollars now?"

Hou Xianping also seemed to be stunned. He looked at the gold ticket in a daze, and said in a low voice, "This... this... I don't know... but... but..."

"I don't know! You are the most trusted by Li Changlin in the military camp, so you don't know about him?" Yan Shouzheng shouted sternly.

Although Hou Xianping was clever, he was still an orderly with his limited position. In addition, he was only a 13-year-old child after all, so he had never seen such a big scene before.

The arrogance on his face just now disappeared completely, and there was a look of panic on his face.

Here comes the opportunity...

Shen Yan gently pulled Hou Xianping aside, and asked with a smile: "Little guy, don't be afraid, you are just an orderly, and the battalion commander won't tell you everything about his private affairs, will he?"

Hou Xianping glanced at Shen Yan gratefully, nodded and said: "This officer is still right."

Yan Shouzheng wanted to speak again, but was stopped by Cao Youguang's eyes.

"Gun!" Suddenly, Qian Rufa shouted excitedly again, and took out another Browning pistol from the hidden compartment.

Qian Rufa took a closer look, and said loudly, "What a good gun! Horse brand! This is not common in our city of Beiping."

Hearing Qian Rufa's yelling, Hou Xianping looked over and saw the small pistol in Qian Rufa's hand. He said eagerly, "Sir, that gun doesn't belong to our battalion commander. Our battalion commander has a pistol! I usually clean our battalion commander's gun. I don't remember our battalion commander having this gun!"

Shen Yan smiled and pulled Hou Xianping over again and said: "There is love and righteousness. It seems that Battalion Commander Li chose you to be his orderly. He really picked the right person."

After finishing speaking, Shen Yan stared at Hou Xianping and said: "If you want to avenge your battalion commander, then cooperate with us! Otherwise, not only will you not be able to avenge your battalion commander, but you may also..."

While speaking, Shen Yan pointed to the gold notes and the pistol on the bed, and said with a stronger tone: "Now, you are the only one who can explain these things for Li Changlin!"

Hou Xianping was even more bewildered, and said in bewilderment: "But I don't know, how can I explain it to you?"

"I'll just ask you to answer. But you have to make sure that everything you say is the truth!" Shen Yan said with a frown.

Hou Xianping hesitated, but finally nodded.

"How is Li Changlin's mood these past few days? Is there anything abnormal?" Shen Yan asked.

"No." Hou Xianping shook his head, and added: "At least I don't think so."

"Has anyone come to the barracks to look for him?"

"No. This gate is registered. You can check it if you don't believe it." Hou Xianping said.

"Is there a phone call for him, or a letter to ask Li Changlin out?" Shen Yan asked again.

"No. Our battalion commander doesn't have many friends. No one has ever come to the barracks or called him."

so...

Shen Yan was slightly taken aback, thinking in his mind that it shouldn't be, logically speaking, someone should ask Li Changlin out, there is no phone call, no letter, etc., how can we agree on the time and place?
"Tell us about Li Changlin's situation yesterday, that is, the day of the accident." Cao Youguang asked suddenly.

Hou Xianping glanced at Shen Yan, Shen Yan nodded encouragingly and said: "Tell me, maybe we can find some clues from it."

Hou Xianping thought for a while, and then said: "Yesterday morning, the battalion commander got up early, at about eight o'clock, I went to the kitchen and brought him millet porridge, cornmeal, steamed buns and pickles. After he finished his breakfast, he was ready to go out. The battalion commander originally took me with him when he went out, but yesterday, he didn't let me go out with him."

"Is there something wrong with Li Changlin's mood?" Shen Yan asked.

"No, I think the battalion commander is in a good mood, and he ate half a cornbread more than usual." Hou Xianping said.

"Do you know where your battalion commander is?" Cao Youguang asked.

Hou Xianping thought about it for a while, he hesitated to speak, Yan Shouzheng saw it all at once, frowned and said, "Monkey boy, at this time, don't hide it for Li Changlin anymore! If you have anything to tell all the officers! Don't bring trouble on yourself!"

"I guess our battalion commander probably... probably went to find Ma Datou." Hou Xianping said hastily.

"The big head of the horse!"

"The big head of the horse!"

"Who is this person?" Cao Youguang and Shen Yan asked almost in unison.

"Ma Datou is the owner of the Hongtong Gambling Shop outside Xizhimen. Our battalion commander often goes to their gambling shop and owes Ma Datou a lot of money. He owes even more during this period of time. Ma Datou said that if our battalion commander doesn't pay back the money by the end of the year, then there is no need to pay back. He will use the money to hire someone to become our battalion commander. It's not the end of the year. I think our battalion commander may have asked Ma Datou to 'talk'."

"Why do you think Li Changlin went to find Ma Datou? Instead of doing other things." Yang Denghuan asked suddenly.

"Usually, our battalion commander never brings a gun when he goes out, but yesterday he brought a pistol with him! I think it might be because he is afraid of using force."

Cao Youguang and Shen Yan looked at each other, and Yang Denghuan asked again, ignoring them both, and then asked again: "Can't Li Changlin use ten taels of gold to pay back the horse's head? Could it be that he didn't plan to pay back the horse's head?"

"That's why I said the battalion commander didn't own the golden note. If we had this money, our battalion commander would have taken it to recoup it! We can wait until now!" Hou Xianping said loudly.

"According to what you said, neither the gold ticket nor the pistol belonged to Li Changlin, so why did they appear in Li Changlin's room, and they were hidden so secretly." Shen Yan asked.

Hou Xianping blushed and had nothing to say, Yan Shouzheng suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Li Changlin, Li Changlin! I didn't expect you to be such a person! You are selling something in our barracks! You can sell it for such a high price!"

Yang Denghuan said slowly: "Since the orderly has never seen this money and this pistol, could it be that Li Changlin got these things recently? If so, could this golden ticket and pistol be related to this person who sent a telegram to Li Changlin to meet with him in Peking?"

Cao Youguang made up his mind, and said loudly: "This case, our investigation department has decided to cooperate with the Second Detective Division of your police station to solve the case together!"

Shen Yan seemed to have known the ending for a long time, and nodded reservedly, Cao Youguang said again: "Let's divide into two groups, I will lead the inspection office to check this telegram, and try to find this unexpected guest!"

"I'll bring someone to catch Ma Datou and ask him!" Shen Yan also nodded.

(End of this chapter)