fog city detective

Kent said: "The ignition point was not found, and the combustion accelerant must be gasoline. I saw the development of the fire in the monitoring. Based on my years of experience in handling cases, at least three people poured a large amount of gasoline together to cause such a fire in a very short period of time. Mr. Liang, you are also a detective. From my description, do you think the other party needs arson to kill John?"

Liang Xi asked, "What do you mean?"

Kent played a piece of surveillance, and replayed it back and forth for more than ten seconds. He pointed to a position on the screen and asked: "From the on-site investigation and my speculation, the gangsters focused on burning this position and used Lu heat agent. Lu heat agent is in the Used in the war decades ago to destroy paper, radio, equipment and other classified materials in emergency situations. Can you tell me what is in this location?"

Liang Xi said: "This is a secret room on the first floor near the backyard. It is about 20 square meters. It is John's secret meeting place. Three years ago, John spent tens of thousands of pounds to install an advanced anti-reflection system for the secret room. Eavesdropping device. I've never actually seen him use it. It's said to be a back room, more like a library, with built-in shelves all around the walls, full of books. I used to suspect that the back room was a place where John escaped from Mary."

Kent asked, "Is there anything important in it?"

Liang Xi recalled for a long time and said: "One day two years ago, Mary went to the hospital to visit a friend. I received a call from John, but the other party was silent. I rushed to John's house, listened to the sound of the mobile phone and opened the secret room, and found that John was unconscious in the secret room. In. I was sent to the hospital to find out that it was because of John's hyperglycemia and electrolyte imbalance. At that time, I saw a book on the table, a map, a sextant. The map looked like a treasure map, with a pirate's logo drawn, and A red X. I asked John afterwards and John insisted that I was wrong, there were no maps and sextants."

Kent headed, pirate treasures are ridiculous, and London isn't even close to the sea.

Liang Xi said, "Officer Kent, have you found someone for me?"

Kent: "Who?"

Liang Xidao: "John has been going out a lot in the past few months, almost every two or three days to meet an old friend. Each meeting lasted more than three hours, and even once more than ten hours. Mary said that the other party's name was Ma. Matthew, a life-and-death friend of John's when he was young. But Mary herself has never met this man named Matthew,"

Thinking of John's exhortation that he was suspected of marriage, Liang Xi thought that John felt the danger.It was so dangerous that John was unwilling to reveal a word to Liang Xi.

Kent shook his head: "Sorry, we didn't find this Matthew. John is a friend of the Commissioner of the Police Department, who attaches great importance to this case, and I will give the information back to the Police Department. I hope to continue the investigation through the strength of the Police Department."

Liang Xi blamed himself: "I should have asked more at that time."

Kent comforted: "Mr. Liang, it has nothing to do with you. I will notify you as soon as I have the latest clues. Now... John is not very good-looking."

Liang Xi understood what Kent meant and said, "I will get Mary's entrustment."

Kent nodded: "The forensic identification office is near the police station."

Liang Xi said: "Okay, I'll go and do things in the afternoon."

Kent stood up and shook hands with Liang Xi: "Mr. Liang, if you have any clues, you must inform me and don't act on your own. In my judgment, the other party is not a good person."

Liang Xi assured: "I will contact you if there is any clue."

Kent glanced at the bathroom: "Mary will take care of you."

Liang Xi: "Thank you for your concern, I can handle it."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

……

When the forensic doctor identified the corpse, Liang Xi could not recognize that it was John, or even a person.After taking a look at Liang Xi, he couldn't bear to look at it any longer, and silently pulled the white cloth on.

The funeral was held two days later and was well attended by all kinds of people.There are retired and current Metropolitan Police chiefs, fishermen from Northern Ireland, FBI agents from the United States, alcoholics from Belgium.Eloquently there are more than 100 people.Mary barely recognized a handful of them.

After the funeral, Liang Xixian received fire insurance, personal accident insurance and property insurance from the insurance company.Because Mary was used to living in the community, Liang Xixian rented a villa far away from her original home for Mary to live in.After consulting Mary's opinion, I contacted the construction company to rebuild a house on the spot according to the original appearance of the house.

When the house was completed two months later, Liang Xi ordered the same furniture as possible according to his memory and Mary's description.

Three months later, Mary moved back to a home that resembled her own.

With the help of the community church, Mary finally let go of her past, changed some of her living habits, and began to participate in various activities organized by the church.Looking at Mary who was talking and laughing with her aunt, Liang Xi knew that no one or anything could make up for Mary's regret for losing John.

After the matter was settled, Liang Xi deposited the remaining insurance money into Mary's account.With Mary returning to the track of life, Liang Xi's life became more and more difficult day by day.After paying the funeral expenses and deducting the self-expenses for the past three months, there is not much left of the 80 pounds.The [-]-per-hour translation job that Liang Xi used as a life-saving straw has not even a single phone call.

Three months later, everything seemed to have returned to calm, except for the clanging sound of Liang Xi's pocket due to poverty.

No.17 Chapter Making Money

Life requires planning, and revenge requires planning.

Since John was killed, his short-term goal must be to kill the murderer's family.Grief is over, hatred is forever.To kill the murderer's family, you must first know the identity of the murderer.To know the identity of the murderer, you must first have resources.If you want to master certain social and judicial resources, you must first have money.If you want to be rich, you must first ensure that you will not starve to death.

What Liang Xi regretted most was that when he ran errands as an assistant a few years ago, he did not accumulate certain social resources from the high-class people.

The first step of Liang Xi's revenge plan: earn living expenses.Part-time work is impossible, part-time work can only provide food and clothing, and one must start a business.Entrepreneurship is risky, so choose the smallest investment, the highest income career.

Go ahead and start by buying a folding table, a few decks of cards, plus bowls and beans, and set up a stall in Burning Park with the Beetles.Put a hat on the table and start playing close-up poker magic.

The close-up magic corresponds to the mechanism magic.There are so many tricks for organ magic, such as magnets with shameless points, projectors with shameless points, chainsaws with shameless points, and so on.Close-up magic is mainly played with techniques.This is even more true of bean magic. Simply put, it is stealing beans, stealing beans and hiding them in the hands of the public.

Today is Sunday and there are many tourists in the park.At first, the magic booth only attracted a few children to watch, but soon because of the children's exclamation, adults stopped to watch Liang Xi and the children perform interactive magic.The most fascinating thing about magic is: how is it done?Once the audience has this idea, the magic show is a success.Considering the morality of magic, the process of magic is not described in detail.

The income is not bad, one pound is the main force.During the period, there was a blonde girl as cute as Barbie, very cheering and applauding all the time.Liang Xi also took good care of her and played with her alone many times.This is where the detective is damned. Liang Xi found out at a glance that the little girl was wearing a wig, and knew that she was sick after just a few words of interaction.

Little girls like bean magic, and poker magic is more appealing to most audiences.Under the tilt of the gameplay, and there are people who play the violin and the piano nearby, the income gradually decreases.However, the smile on the little girl's face and the giggling of the little hen made Liang Xi very happy.After being reminded many times by her mother, the little girl reluctantly said goodbye to Liang Raizhang.Before the little girl's father left, he put a fifty-pound note into his hat and shook hands with Liang Si to express his gratitude.

Sitting on a bench on one side was a man in a suit with brown curly hair, about 35 years old, dressed like a Wall Street gold collar.The beard on the chin is as well groomed as the hair.While he was sitting on the bench watching magic tricks for half an hour, at least three nympho women asked him for their phone numbers.Liang Xi couldn't deny that this guy had the charm of a typical uncle.In TV dramas, it's either the male number one or the male number two.

In the evening, Liang Xi began to close the stall. The man walked up to Liang Xi and extended his hand to introduce himself: "My name is Charlie."

Liang Xi looked at the man named Charlie and shook hands with him: "My name is Richard." He squeezed out a social smile.He didn't give money, and he didn't want to get close to him.

Charlie didn't care and asked, "Can I treat you to dinner if it's convenient?"

Liang Xi hehe said: "You misunderstood, I don't have any inclinations."

Charlie's smile was also squeezed out this time: "Neither did I."

Liang Xi: "That's a fart." You have to throw fifty pounds, and you can eat it.You don't give me a penny, you fool me into the restaurant, go to the bathroom and run away, leaving me to pay the bill, who am I going to cry for?

Charlie is looking for himself?Maybe there is, maybe not.If there is, he will always say it.If not, I have absolutely no interest in having dinner with a handsome uncle as Luye.This is the basic logic of Liang Xi's thinking.

Sure enough, Charlie said, "I want to ask you to find someone."

Liang Xi said, "I'm not looking for anyone."

Charlie asked, "Aren't you a detective from the Rose Detective Agency?"

Liang Xi replied, "The Rose Detective Agency doesn't look for anyone, but turn right on the corner of the street. There is a private detective agency over there."

Charlie laughed angrily: "What do you usually do?"

Liang Xi replied, "I usually have a job, do I still need to come out and do magic?" Even as his attitude became worse and worse, the other party remained patient, indicating that he wanted a lot of things.A person will never ask for much of himself because of magic.Charlie must have checked himself out.His own details can give Charlie a lot of things, only the thief part.Therefore, Liang Xi can basically judge: Charlie is not a good thing.

Charlie touched the beard on his chin and wondered in his heart that Liang Xi had a good attitude towards everyone when he was doing magic, and even deliberately made a mistake in order to make the child laugh.Why do you treat yourself so badly?

Liang Xi finished collecting the stall, looked at Charlie, and said, "I'm just a little guy who obeys the law and has no desire to make a fortune. Goodbye."

Charlie raised his hand, watched Liang Xi leave, and called, "Liu Shu, how much money is in his account?"

Willow replied: "Five pounds."

Charlie asked in surprise, "Only five pounds in all accounts?"

Willow replied: "After deducting the information I can't find in outer space, yes. Bai Hua, are you still satisfied with him?"

Charlie said: "Satisfied, but he is not satisfied with me. Five pounds means that he is not the same as us, help me find the next person."

……

"Hello!" Liang Xi answered the phone.

"Liang Xi?"

"Correct."

"I'm Liu Zhen from the National Police Agency. We need an interpreter to assist with the work. Are you free now?"

"Have."

"Do you drive?"

"Yes."

"You go to Pier [-] and pull over after crossing the railway line."

"Ok."

Today is a good day, Liang Xi just finished ordering today's magic income of 82 pounds and was thinking about where to go for a big meal, when a part-time job called.However, the meeting place doesn't sound like a good job for paperwork translation.If it's just oral translation, I can't make much money by myself.The job Liang Xi most desires is that the police station asks him to translate all the books in the British Library.

10 hours a day, £800 a day, £[-] a month.Dreaming will wake up laughing.Money or money is second, mainly to help the police maintain social order and stability.

……

After passing the railway line, Liang Xi pulled over and stopped. After waiting for a while, a woman in plain clothes in her 30s pulled up the passenger seat and got into the car, saying, "Go straight."

Liang Xi drove, and the woman said, "I am Liu Zhen, are you Liang Xi?"

Liang Xi nodded: "Hello, Inspector Liu."

Liu Zhen asked, "Chinese?"

Liang Xi asked in Chinese, "Yes, Inspector Liu is also Chinese?"

Liu Zhen nodded and replied in proficient Chinese: "I am a third-generation immigrant. I often meet my compatriots in London."

At this time, Liang Xi felt that something was not right. Before he could understand, Liu Zhen pointed the way: "Turn right."

Chapter 18 translation

After turning right for more than ten meters, there is a big iron gate of a printing factory. The big iron gate is opened together, and the car drives into the printing factory and drives directly into the workshop.

Liu Zhen asked Liang Xi to pull over to stop, Liang Xi and Liu Zhen got out of the car, and Liang Xi found out that this was a headquarters.In the middle is an open conference room, an equipment desk, a short-haired girl is controlling a computer, and various electronic devices are placed beside her.The police scattered on both sides gathered in twos and threes and talked in low voices. They wore bulletproof vests and tactical pants, pistols were pinned to their waists, and tactical helmets, assault rifles, shotguns and other weapons were placed on the table.

Liu Zhen explained: "Find a place to sit by yourself, there is water in the refrigerator, and you can do it yourself." Liu Zhen saw Liang Xi's calm and relaxed expression when he saw this scene, and thought that Liang Xi was an old translator who had experienced battles. So there is no politeness, and I go about my own business.

"Ok."

Liang Xi activated his detective skills to determine who was in the house.From the point of view of equipment, it does not meet the MI5 standard, but the equipment is higher than that of ordinary police detectives.Except for the short-haired girl from the technician, everyone else was wearing body armor, and their weapons were on hand.Therefore, Liang Xi judged them to be SFOs.Either the anti-terrorist team, the powder-hunting team, or the customs police.

Trained in police firearms, ordinary police field workers are called AFOs. SFO refers to professional offensive police, generally used to solve high-risk cases, hostage cases and counter-terrorism needs.Different from SWAT, SFO is also responsible for detection, investigation, investigation, planning and other functions. It is an independent and powerfully armed group.CTSFO is derived from SFO, and its level is equivalent to the French National Gendarmerie, which is the highest-level police combat unit.In the UK only MI5 and MI6 will have CTSFO teams.

A man came over with a bulletproof vest: "Take off your jacket and raise your hand."

Before Liang Xi recovered, the bulletproof vest was put on his body, and the man left.

Hello!Brother, did you make a mistake?My hourly salary is 80 pounds, not 800 pounds. It should not be a job in body armor.Wearing body armor means there is a chance of getting shot, no matter how big or small the chance is, Liang Xi is unwilling.

The lights here are bright and dark, and Liang Xi has not yet adapted to the environment.Liang Xi tried to communicate with the nearest police officer: "Excuse me, where is Inspector Liu Zhen Liu?"

"You sit first." The other party didn't even look at Liang Xi, he continued to polish his gun with a cigar in his mouth.

Fortunately, Liu Zhen came back soon and led Liang to a brightly lit area. Two men stood by the table with assault rifles on their backs. Liu Zhen introduced, "Baker, Owen."

Shaking hands with each other, Liang Xi's hand hurt a little.Liu Zhen explained Liang Xi's work.They had secretly arrested a flour convict.The flour prisoner informed that there would be a transaction in the early morning of tomorrow. The transaction took place in an empty warehouse at a coal-fired wharf in the Po Bay of the Thames. The flour prisoner said that he could go to the transaction with Liu Zhen.But Liu Zhen doesn't believe in flour criminals,

Liu Zhen explained: "His name is Wang Shuang. Because of the traffic, the patrol police found his car and found a lot of flour under the back seat cushion. We don't know Wang Shuang's background, only know that he is Hungarian Chinese. We can't I am sure that the counterparty in the early morning transaction has the same ethnic Chinese, and I am worried that Wang Shuang communicates with them in dialect. There are various possibilities, and we must take all of them into consideration when making a battle plan, so we need a translator to supervise this transaction. "

Liang Xi wanted to cry a little, but he said something was wrong.Since there is a Liu Zhen who is so fluent in Chinese, why do you need an interpreter?Liang Xi, who doesn't understand dialects or anything, is purely for making some money.To be fair, there are no people who only speak dialects these days.

Liang Xiqiang calmly asked, "Which dialect?" If it is Hokkien and Cantonese, it can still be dealt with. Liang Xi's father likes to listen to and sing Hokkien and Cantonese songs, and he knows a few words.Furthermore, some words are very close to Chinese and can be guessed.But if it is Chaoshan dialect and Hakka dialect, it is not as good as Liang Xi's Japanese word reserve.

Liu Zhen shook his head: "I don't know, it's just a precautionary measure. You follow Baker, and Baker will protect your safety. Your job is to listen to their conversations and inform Baker if you find something abnormal. After that, the scene can be reached within 1 minutes."

Liang Xi said: "It's better to have images, such as Chaoshan dialect, not only dialects but also specific gestures."

Liu Zhen replied: "You can directly see the transaction process."

Liang Xi was startled: "You won't let me trade, will you?"

Liu Zhen said: "Of course not. Now the flour criminals are getting more and more savvy, they will carry and use signal jammers in the transaction. You and Baker have to sneak into the warehouse first, we have already selected the location. You can see it on the second floor of the warehouse. The entire transaction and hearing their conversations. Baker was contacting us with a satellite phone that wouldn't be jammed by jammers."

The purpose of the signal jammer carried by the flour criminal is to prevent the police from going undercover and blackmailers.You can't get through on the phone, you can't use the radio, and naturally you can't transmit images and sounds.Therefore, the outside world cannot know the progress of the transaction, which provides a certain security guarantee for illegal transactions.Satellite phones operate in a wide range of frequency bands, from 300 MHz to 3G MHz, making it nearly impossible to jam and block them.

In addition to the group of Baker and Liang Xi, Liu Zhen will lead a group of people to ambush nearby.Owen and a police officer accompany Wang Shuang to trade with the other party as a horse boy.There was no group of Baker and Liang Xi in the plan, but Liu Zhen temporarily added a group to prevent Wang Shuang from playing tricks.

After introducing the plan, Liu Zhen said apologetically: "The time is too tight, we can't determine the dialect the other party may master, and we can't find a suitable translation. Therefore, we can only ask you to assist us."

To be honest with Liu Zhen, there is no other translation objectively.Anyway, Liang Xi also knew a little Cantonese and Hokkien. Since he lied to others, he has to be responsible to the end.Although it is possible for the team to get into trouble because of himself, after learning that he can see and hear, Liang Xi still has confidence in himself.

There are several reasons why Liang Xi did not tell Liu Zhen the truth.The first reason is that Liu Zhen's group has no other good choices.The second reason is that Liang Xi has confidence in himself.The third and most important reason is that Liu Zhen's team is an important judicial resource, and it may provide indirect help to himself in the investigation of John's death.The last reason is naturally that Liang Xi did not want to lose the job.

Baker, a strong blond man, patted Liang Xi on the shoulder and shook hands with Liang Xi: "No problem, I will protect your safety." Seeing Liang Xi's face a little ugly, he mistakenly thought that Liang Xi was worried about his own safety.He thinks too much. When a person is poor to a certain level, safety is definitely not a priority.

Fortunately, Liang Xi is also a person who has seen the world, and he is very courageous. Encouraged by Baker, Liang Xi stretched out his hand to shake hands with Baker.

Chapter 19 scene

Liu Zhen is the vice-captain of the London Powder Hunting Team. The three vice-captains of the powder-hunting team each have a team. This factory is the working area of ​​Liu Zhen’s team.There is also a temporary suspect detention room in the factory.Wang Shuang is among them.

Wang Shuang and Liang Xi are different fans. They wear glasses, are tall and thin, and look more like a teacher.According to the police investigation, Wang Shuang is really a chemistry teacher in Hungary.As for why there was flour in the car rented by a chemistry teacher, Wang Shuang told the police that he had set up a scam and owed a lot of money to Hungarian and Hei in the game.When he had no money to repay his debts, Hungarian and Hei asked him to go to the UK to help bring the goods. It was the fifth time he had come to the UK in six months.Each time, the flour is brought from a designated city in the UK to a certain location to be traded separately.

Wang Shuang said to Liu Zhen sincerely: "I trade alone, this is the rule."

Liu Zhen said, "The rules have to be changed today. Check his body, give him something to eat, and give him a body armor."