gentry

Chapter 20
When the two arrived at the gate of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce, they saw many police detectives from the patrol room patrolling outside the gate.After Qin Xiaoman showed his ID, the two walked into the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce.

The hall of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce was empty and quiet. There were two long ropes strung together and only two staff members were seen walking by.Luo Fei and Qin Xiaoman walked through the hall and came to the door of the small hall with staff standing outside.

"What do you call them?" the staff member asked.

"This is Mr. Qin, and I'm his wife."

"you……"

Xiaoman didn't give Luo Fei a chance to say a second word.

"We are here to donate to the victims of the Yellow River disaster. We made an appointment by phone before." Xiaoman continued.

The staff checked the records, then leaned over and smiled, leading the two of them: "So it's Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin, come, please follow me."

Afterwards, Xiaoman and Luo Fei were invited to the small hall.There are two sofas facing each other in the small hall, with a tea table in between.

"You two rest here for a while. There is a registration form on the coffee table. After you fill it out, we will have the corresponding personnel hand it over to you." The staff said.

"Hey, is it such a trouble?" Xiaoman was a little impatient.

The staff was taken aback: "Is this the first time for you two to come to Shanxi Chamber of Commerce?"

Qin Xiaoman blurted out: "So what?"

The staff apologized and smiled: "I'm sorry, I hope you two can understand that no matter how high a person is in the concession, this is the process for coming to Shanxi Chamber of Commerce."

"Give me the handkerchief you just had." Luo Fei said at this moment.

Xiaoman gave Luo Fei a white look: "Don't you despise it being dirty?"

Qin Xiaoman handed over the handkerchief, and Luo Fei directly put the handkerchief on the chair: "Do as the Romans do, Xiaoman, sit down."

"You!" Seeing this, Qin Xiaoman suppressed the attack.

After Luo Fei and Qin Xiaoman sat down, the staff exited the small hall.Qin Xiaoman picked up the registration form and looked at it.

"How did we become Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin?" Luo Fei said hesitantly.

"It's not just pretending, it's not real." Xiaoman's expression was very natural.

"Even if it's pretending, it should be Mr. Luo and Mrs. Luo, how can a man change his surname after a woman's?" Luo Fei argued.

"Okay, okay, I'm Mrs. Luo, okay?"

Luo Fei pondered for a long time, then reluctantly nodded: "It seems...it's okay, but it's still weird."

"Then I will fill in the form as you said and make a donation." Qin Xiaoman asked while writing the registration form, "By the way, you haven't said it yet, how do you know that the murderer is about 1.8 meters tall?"

"It's very simple, a stool." Luo Fei patted the sofa and continued to explain, "The height of the deceased is about 1.6 meters 1.8. With such a height, he would not sit on such a short stool. This is the stool brought by the murderer from the kitchen." , I feel a little short when I sit on it. So the murderer should be taller than me, at least [-] meters above."

Qin Xiaoman nodded, and said to himself: "It's so simple? Why didn't I find out?"

"The truth is always hidden in the details. The more details you discover, the closer you are to the truth, ahem!" Luo Fei coughed a few times.

"You really have a cold, do you want to see a doctor?" Xiaoman asked with concern.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and a man in a suit walked towards the two of them.

The man in the suit looked at the registration forms of Qin Xiaoman and Luo Fei.

"Miss Qin, do you want to donate [-] silver dollars plus [-] French currency?" The man in the suit asked with a smile.

Qin Xiaoman nodded hesitantly: "Uh... yes."

"Miss Qin, the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce and the Yellow River victims will be very grateful for your kindness. Please come with me." After the man in the suit finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the two.

"Wait, where's my husband?" Xiaoman pointed at Luo Fei.

The man in the suit smiled and said, "Miss Qin, don't worry, someone will take him to see Secretary Chen."

Afterwards, the man in the suit brought Xiaoman to the door of a small office of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce. Xiaoman looked at the nameplate outside the office that said the Finance Team of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce.Immediately afterwards, the man in the suit knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in!" A man's voice came from inside the door.

Immediately, Qin Xiaoman followed the man in the suit into the office.

There are five desks in the office, only one is facing the door, and the other four are arranged on both sides.All five of them were digging through the accounts.

On the desk facing the door was a copper nameplate: Lu Xiangdong.

The nameplate caught Xiaoman's attention, and she instantly remembered the blank pages of the book smeared with pencil dust.

Qin Xiaoman thought to herself: It can't be such a coincidence, can it?Lu Xiangdong?Qin Xiaoman went to Lu Xiangdong's desk and sat down.

Lu Xiangdong still lowered his head: "Miss, you should go to the first desk on my left to register."

Qin Xiaoman suddenly asked: "Do you know Han Weiwei?"

Lu Xiangdong raised his head abruptly, exchanged a glance with Qin Xiaoman, lowered his head again, and replied coldly: "I don't know you."

"She is left-handed, and her professional ability is not very good, but she is very beautiful." Xiaoman continued, staring at Lu Xiangdong.

"I told you, I don't know you. Miss, are you here to donate money, or to find someone? I'm in the finance team. You should go to Secretary Chen for other matters." Lu Xiangdong said impatiently.

"I'll donate, donate...go to the first desk to register, right?" Qin Xiaoman slowly moved to the first desk on the left, but his gaze continued to sweep towards Lu Xiangdong.

Lu Xiangdong continued to work, flipping through the accounts with one hand, and calculating with the other, with quick and skillful movements.

On the other side, a man in a suit led Luo Fei into the conference room.

Luo Fei saw Javert, some other police detectives, a strange man, and the staff of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce sitting around a large conference table.

"Luo Fei?" Javert looked at Luo Fei with some surprise.

"The president has always admired Mr. Luo's ability to solve crimes, so he specially invited him." The strange man sitting next to Javert smiled at Luo Fei.

"But now... Forget it, just help out when you come. Come, come, this is Mr. Chen Hanliang, the executive secretary of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce." Javert stretched out his hand to the man and introduced to Luo Fei.

Chen Hanliang nodded and smiled: "It's a pleasure to meet you, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Luo Fei nodded to Chen Hanliang prudently, and then asked Javert: "The police from the patrol room have all rushed to the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce. What happened?"

"President Tang is going to hold a large-scale fundraising event, many celebrities from the political, business and military circles will patronize, of course we must focus on protection, but..."

Luo Fei saw that Javert was hesitating and seemed to be inconvenient, so he rushed to ask: "But what?"

At this time, Chen Hanliang took over the words: "Someone sent a death threat letter to Chairman Tang."

"Where is the letter?" Luo Fei asked.

Chen Hanliang winked at a staff member, and the staff member handed over a letter.Luo Fei opened the envelope, took out the letter paper and read the letter.

Luo Fei read while watching: "Since you are innocent, you will surely die under random guns... What did President Tang say?"

Chen Hanliang shook his head and sighed: "Chairman Tang's energy is all on fundraising activities, he doesn't take this letter seriously. But we must not take it seriously. Luo Fei looked at the creases on the letter and shook it again. envelope."

"Where is the original envelope for this letter? Show me." Luo Fei asked while holding up the letter.

Javert looked puzzled: "The original envelope? Isn't there an envelope here?"

"This envelope did not come with the letter, but was assigned later." Luo Fei said.

"How is it possible, you can tell whether the envelope is a post-matching one?" Javert asked back.

"It can only be said that there are still traces." Luo Fei laughed.

Chen Hanliang gave a thumbs up: "As expected of the famous Luo Fei. Inspector Sha didn't notice such a small detail. How did Mr. Luo find out?"

Luo Fei smiled disdainfully: "It's too simple. The letter paper must be folded when put in the envelope, but a normal person can fold the letter until it is slightly smaller than the envelope. But this letter, the letter paper is folded to the size of a palm, but the envelope is empty Empty, obviously the letter paper wasn't folded for this envelope."

"This can also be judged? It's a bit far-fetched, right?" Javert still had doubts.

"Of course there is another reason - this envelope, I just saw the same one on the table of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce staff along the way. This should be a batch of envelopes purchased by the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce. So this should not be just a threat The letter came, but the envelope you replaced." Luo Fei looked at Chen Hanliang with eyes that saw through everything.

Javert turned to Chen Hanliang: "Brother Hanliang, why did you change a small envelope, even I kept it from myself."

Chen Hanliang sighed: "Hey! Show it to everyone."

The staff handed over an envelope, which looked normal, but the opening was torn off, and there was a black dragon seal on it.

Luo Fei frowned when he saw it: "Black Dragon Society?"

Chen Hanliang nodded: "That's right, this is the exclusive seal of the Black Dragon Society, the most notorious assassin organization in Japan."

"Japanese, why do you have trouble with President Tang?" Luo Fei asked.

"Who knows?" Chen Hanliang shook his head helplessly.

At this time, Javert was facing a formidable enemy: "The Black Dragon Society is really no joke, you should tell Chairman Tang about this, and persuade him, can you cancel tomorrow's charity fundraising event first."

Chen Hanliang immediately shook his head: "I still don't understand the president's temper? Even if a gun is pointed at his head, he still has to finish what he has to do. So I simply changed the envelope so that the president won't be distracted by this matter. I hope Sha Inspector, please help us, activate the police force in the patrol room, and help us protect the safety of the president."

Luo Fei stood up: "Since the police in the patrol room are all in the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce, I don't think there is any need for me to stay."

Chen Hanliang also hurriedly got up and stopped Luo Fei: "Mr. Luo, wait a moment!"

"what happened?"

"A very strange thing happened, that's why Inspector Sha called to invite you over." Chen Hanliang said.

Luo Fei smiled: "Strange thing?"

Javert coughed a few times: "That's right, this letter is not just one, but..."

"But what?" Luo Fei stared at Javert.

"Every hour comes a death threat letter with the same content," Javert said.

"This is just a means by the Black Dragon Society to increase our pressure and fear. What's so strange?" Luo Fei shrugged.

"The point is, this letter was not found in the mailbox, but... it appeared on President Tang's desk every other hour."

After listening to Chen Hanliang's words, Luo Fei was stunned for a moment: "Every hour? On President Tang's desk? In front of President Tang?"

"It's not face to face. Every time the president goes out to use the toilet or meets people, he will find a letter on the table when he returns to the room." "Then President Tang has seen the seal of the Black Dragon Society?"

"No, this seal is printed on the unsealed part, and you can only see it when you tear it open. The president didn't open it, and handed it to me for processing. But these letters appear in his office every hour, and it seems that the president has some feelings about this matter. Annoyed."

"When did it start? How many letters have there been?"

"It was discovered this morning. There are now three letters. Depending on the time, there may be a fourth letter soon." Chen Hanliang looked anxious.

Luo Fei tilted his head and smiled: "Interesting, very interesting! Let's go! Let's go to President Tang's office and wait!"

At the same time, in the small office of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce.

Qin Xiaoman looked up and asked the staff member Xiao Wang: "Should I sign here?"

Xiao Wang nodded: "Yes, after you sign your name, come to the desk next to mine tomorrow to get the checkbook."

Qin Xiaoman asked softly while signing: "Do you know Han Weiwei? She has worked here for you."

Xiao Wang shook his head: "I don't know."

"Think about it again, he's left-handed, not good at business, but very pretty." Qin Xiaoman said.

"I don't know." Xiao Wang still didn't have any impression.

"What the hell is this place, everyone looks like a popsicle, it's so strange." Xiaoman thought to herself.

Qin Xiaoman packed some materials on the table and put them into a material bag.

Qin Xiaoman looked at a room full of staff members with their heads bowed, and felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, then shook his head and prepared to go out.

"Miss, you seem to have forgotten something." Lu Xiangdong said without raising his head.

Qin Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, and then quickly walked to Lu Xiangdong's desk: "Ah? Oh, yes, yes..."

Afterwards, Lu Xiangdong handed Qin Xiaoman a folded note, raised his head and winked.Qin Xiaoman immediately put the note into his pocket.

"If you want to further increase the amount of donations, you can call us at any time." Lu Xiangdong said.

Qin Xiaoman nodded: "Okay, thank you."

Inside President Tang's office.

Tang Jiyu, Chen Hanliang, Javert and some police detectives stood by the wall, looking at Luo Fei who was looking for clues everywhere.

Luo Fei, on the other hand, was in a state of unscrupulous concentration. He bent down to observe the desk carefully, looked at the normal window, and then shook his head.

Luo Fei looked up at the ventilation grille on the ceiling again, but still shook his head.

President Tang Jiyu asked Luo Fei: "Did Mr. Luo discover anything?"

"President Tang, you were not in this room when these three letters appeared?"

Tang Jiyu nodded: "That's right, when I came back, I found an extra letter on the table."

"Have you opened the window?" Luo Fei asked.

"I just suffered from a bit of wind and cold a few days ago, so I didn't dare to open the window today."

Luo Fei nodded: "In other words, the windows have been locked from the inside."

"Yes, I'm sure of that."

"What about the ventilation pipe on the ceiling, Secretary Chen, do you know the size of the pipe?"

Chen Hanliang hurried over: "I've seen the structural diagram of the building. The pipes are very small, only [-] centimeters wide, and there is absolutely no room for a person to hide."

"President Tang, how many times have you gone out, and how long did it take each time?" Luo Fei turned to ask Tang Jiyu.

"It's long and short, but the longest time is no more than 10 minutes. I remember that Director John from the Industrial Bureau of the Concession came to see me." "What was the shortest time?" Luo Fei asked.

"It was the third time. I wanted to go out to smoke a cigar, but I forgot to bring a fire on the way, so I went back to the office. When I opened the door, I saw an extra letter on the desk." Tang Jiyu recalled.

"How long did it take from when you left to when you came back?" Luo Fei asked.

"The time is very short, about two minutes."

Luo Fei turned to Javert again: "Inspector, will someone sneak into the office when Chairman Tang leaves the office for a while?"

"Impossible. The police force in the patrol room is in place early in the morning, and Chairman Tang's office is the most important thing we protect. There are two police detectives guarding the door at all times. I guarantee that Tang will When the chief left the office, no one went in." Javert said firmly.

Luo Fei smiled lightly: "Interesting! The windows are locked from the back, the air duct is too small to hide people, and no one has ever entered when President Tang left. That is to say, when the three threatening letters appeared, there was one here. Chamber of Secrets!"

(End of this chapter)