Happy Shennong

Chapter 249 Stone Betting Again
No valuable clues could be analyzed from what the old woman said.Linley had no choice but to find the Chinese character face, wanting to know more about the situation.

Guo Zilian said that a bottle of sleeping pills was found in the house, coupled with the preliminary examination of Lao Hou's body, it was concluded that Lao Hou committed suicide by swallowing sleeping pills.But what is the cause of death can only be known after the body is taken away for a while and a forensic doctor makes a professional appraisal.

After hearing this, Linley shook his head and said, "I still don't believe that the old man would commit suicide. Even if he died by swallowing an overdose of sleeping pills, it's possible that someone else gave him the drug, right?"

"Don't worry, we are just guessing now, and we have not finalized the case. We will definitely find out the truth. As for why I suspect that he committed suicide, it is because there are no traces of fighting in the house and the furniture is neatly arranged. There is also a suicide note."

"Suicide note? Can you show me?"

Guozilian shook his head: "No, it's evidence, and it can't be shown to others casually."

"Officer, although I have just met Lao Hou, we can still be regarded as friends. Now he is gone, his wife is in a mental hospital, and his son is in prison. If he has any last wishes, no one will fulfill them for him. As a friend , I have to do something for him, right?"

Guozilian hesitated for a while, but went to fetch a transparent evidence bag and handed it to Linley: "You can't take it out, just look at it like this."

Linley nodded and looked carefully.

The content of the suicide note seems to be nothing special. It is nothing more than Lao Hou saying that his family has been ruined and he still owes a huge debt. He really can't bear it, and the only way to escape is death.The following is what he said to his son, saying that he was sorry for his family, his wife and son, and asked his son to reform, come out to take good care of his mother, pay off the debts, and live a good life...

Seeing that Lin Lei had finished reading it, Guozilian took the suicide note back: "Did you see anything?"

"I can't tell you the specifics, but I feel that it doesn't sound like Lao Hou's tone. The impression Lao Hou left on me is quite positive. How could he be so negative? Also, he insisted on repaying his son for many years. It means that he is an honest and upright person, so how could he leave his sick wife behind?"

"What you said... makes sense." Guo Zilian touched his chin and thought for a while, then frowned, "But these are just our speculations, and there is no evidence to support them."

While the two were talking, Lao Hou's body was carried away.

Linley watched Laohou being carried away sullenly, and suddenly his heart sank: "Officer, show me the suicide note again!"

Guo Zilian also felt that Lao Hou's death was a bit strange, it seemed that it was not as simple as it seemed.What is lacking now is evidence.And Linley seemed to see something wrong with the suicide note, so naturally he would not refuse.

Linley stared at the suicide note again, his frown gradually relaxed, and he nodded his head self-consciously.

Guozilian also became interested, and quickly asked: "What do you see?"

"Officer, look at this suicide note, there are many words 'I'. But in fact, Lao Hou never said this word, he always said 'I'. The landlord and neighbors should all know this. .”

"you sure?"

"I just chatted with Lao Hou for a while yesterday, and I clearly remember every word he said at that time. From the beginning to the end, he never said a single word 'I'. In addition... look here, if you read it correctly, here It should be written as a single character. But this radical has been crossed out, and next to it is a word 'I'. I guess, Laohou probably deliberately wanted to replace the habitually used word 'I' I wanted to draw our attention to the detail of the word 'I'. It was just that I was in a hurry at the time and almost wrote the word 'I' halfway through. Because once a habit is formed, if it is not deliberately done, it generally cannot be changed."

Guozilian shook his head and said: "What you said makes sense, but there is also a big problem. Since Laohou has the opportunity to write a suicide note, if he was killed by someone, why didn't he just write down the murderer's information Woolen cloth?"

"It's very simple." Linley touched his temple, and said slowly, "When Lao Hou was writing the suicide note, the murderer was right in front of him, and there might be a knife around his neck. Or... this suicide note, is The murderer forced Lao Hou to write it down to divert your attention."

"You mean the murderer wanted to turn the murder into a suicide so as to get away with it?"

"Officer, there is another point worth mentioning. Generally, people who commit suicide by taking sleeping pills will die on the bed, right? But Lao Hou died in the middle of the living room, and there is a small dining room between the bedroom."

After Linley finished speaking, he took out his mobile phone to check the time, and found that it was already 55:[-], and it was time to see Kong Yunzhou.

Knowing that he still had something to do, Guozilian took out a pen and paper and wrote a series of numbers and handed it to Linley: "I have written down what you just said. I will investigate this case carefully. If you think of anything else, Remember to tell me in time. This is my phone, which is on 24 hours a day."

"Okay. By the way, police officer, can I trouble you to find out for me which hospital Lao Hou's wife is in, and which prison his son is in. When I have time, I want to go and see them."

"No problem, I will tell you when I find out."

Linley nodded and quickly crossed the road. Two minutes later, Kong Yunzhou arrived.

The two walked in front side by side, while Kong Yunzhou's two bodyguards followed closely behind.

Noticing that Lin Lei's interest was not very high, Kong Yunzhou asked curiously, "Lin Lei, do you have something on your mind?"

"Hmm..." Linley nodded and briefly talked about Laohou's affairs.

"Old Hou?" Kong Yunzhou frowned and stopped, paused for a few seconds, then continued to walk forward, and said slowly, "I heard that he once got a secret book of appraising treasures, and I even visited him. It's a pity that he said that the secret book has been lost long ago, and he doesn't know if it's true or not. If his guess is correct, he may have died because of the secret book..."

"Ah?" Linley felt guilty all of a sudden.

If it is true what Kong Yunzhou said, someone found Lao Hou because he wanted to get the secret book, then if Lao Hou handed over the secret book, would he not die?

Kong Yunzhou shook his head and continued: "It seems that even treasures can sometimes bring disasters to people. If the guess is correct, Laohou's son was imprisoned because of the secret book. His wife, It was also because of the secret book that he was hospitalized. And now, Laohou has paid a more painful price because of the secret book..."

"Is there such a thing?"

Linley was shocked again.The version Kong Yunzhou said was completely different from what Lao Hou said.He felt that there was no need for Lao Hou to lie to him, but Kong Yunzhou didn't seem to be a person who just talked about it.

The question then becomes: who to trust?Which one is true?

"It seems that we must find time to meet Lao Hou's son. Otherwise, I will never know what is going on!"

Linley secretly made up his mind to solve this mystery.Firstly, he wanted to seek justice for the dead Lao Hou, and secondly, he also wanted to find out where the "Appraisal of Treasures" came from.

After a while, they came to the middle of the Gambling Stone Market, which is also the busiest and busiest part of the entire market.Kong Yunzhou said to Linley, "This is the place."

"Yes." Linley nodded.

"Linley, I can see that you are a very emotional person. However, the dead cannot be brought back to life, so think about it. Take it easy, you're about to get down to business. You take this as part of your job, and be careful not to Bring personal feelings to work."

"Thank you Kong Lao for reminding me, I will pay attention!"

Kong Yunzhou nodded, stepped in, and immediately a guy greeted him.

Linley also followed him in, and found that the operating area of ​​this store was slightly larger than that of Zhang Yulong's.As for the rough stones placed in the house, the scale and price seem to be about the same.However, the customer flow of this store is obviously much higher than that of Zhang Yulong's store.

It's only morning, and it's not the peak period of the market's flow of people, so there are groups of customers in the room.Seeing Kong Yunzhou coming in, these people stepped forward to say hello.From their simple chat, Linley learned that the million-level rough stone that Kong Yunzhou solved the day before yesterday came from this store.

What Linley didn't expect was that some people asked Kong Yunzhou if he knew who was the one who unlocked the 60 Emperor Green yesterday, and they all said they wanted to meet.

What made him even more unexpected was that in this market, the limelight of the piece of imperial green he had unwrapped had overshadowed Kong Yunzhou.Although his 60 is far from Kong Yunzhou's 100 million, he is better than a newcomer and is more likely to attract the attention of stone gambling enthusiasts.

Yesterday the story of Kong Yunzhou unraveling a million rough stones was still circulating in the market. Today, almost everyone in the market is talking about Linley's unraveling of the imperial green.Of course, not many people know that the piece of imperial green was excavated by Linley.

Linley likes to keep a low profile, and he won't take the initiative to speak out, so he quickly winked at Kong Yunzhou.

At the meeting, Kong Yunzhou dismissed all the people who came to say hello, and took Lin Lei up to the second floor.

Linley noticed that the business area on the second floor was similar to that on the first floor, except that the rough stones were placed sparsely.The number is estimated to be less than a third of that on the first floor.In addition, he also noticed that on each of the original stones on the second floor, there was a gap or cut, which more or less exposed a little green or reddish brown.

Kong Yunzhou seemed to be aware of Linley's doubts, and leaned over to him and said, "Linley, you may not know that gambling stones are divided into three categories: full-color, half-light and half-dark, and clear stones. The rough stones on the first floor belong to full-color stones. , can’t see anything. Like the rough stones on the second floor, they are all open, and you can see something inside, but it’s half-light. As for the rough stones on the third floor, they are almost completely cut open, which is a clear material.”

"I understand." Linley nodded, "Mr. Kong, I don't know what type of rough stone you're looking at?"

Kong Yunzhou casually pointed to the right: "It's right there."

Linley looked up, and saw that the first place he saw after entering the second floor was a simple long table. On the table were two rough stones with a diameter about the size of a plate.Not only is it placed alone in the most conspicuous position, but it is also covered with a glass cover. It looks like a high-end product...

(End of this chapter)