fog city detective

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Kung fu pays off to those who wait and see, Liang Xi's six small jobs are fruitless.He failed to get the information he wanted from the police's law enforcement video and the transcripts and interviews of club employees.Either because Tom hid things elsewhere, or the information was incomplete.

There is only one flaw left in Liang Xi's hand, and there are no women in the private life information.According to police interviews, neighbors did not mention that a woman had entered Tom's house.Neighbors said Tom was an early comer and a late comer, and they rarely saw Tom, let alone visitors to his home.After careful analysis, Liang Xi believes that the possibility of Tom eating fast food is low.As for the truth, we need tomorrow's Serra's technical support.

Sera arrived in London at six o'clock in the morning and went directly to Liang Xi's residence.This time she was dressed completely differently from the last time. She wore a black bottoming shirt, a white button-down shirt, a pair of beige khaki pants, and a pair of sunglasses on her forehead.The overall look is outgoing and lively.Let Liang Xi look at it for a while, but he can't be sure that it is Serra.

Of course she was Sera. After arriving at Liang Xi's residence, Liang Xi had already prepared breakfast and explained the situation.Around eight o'clock, Bobby, who was so free and crazy, came to join in the fun.His outfit today also made Liang feel completely new. He changed out of his everyday casual suits and elegant shirts, and put on a black church hooded suit.There is a huge cross on the back of the hood, and the holy words are written in Latin on the brim of the hood, which is an exorcist.

Liang Xi took out his mobile phone to check, and made sure that today is not Halloween.Then it was Bobby who heard that Sera was coming, so he specially adjusted his outfit.But Bobby was very polite and indifferent to Serra, which made Liang Xi unable to understand.

Chapter 187 Fireworks

When Liang Xi and Sera chatted occasionally, the unsociable Sera mentioned Chris many times in order to deal with the suspicion last time.Liang Xi thought about it, he hadn't seen Chris for a long time, and he had to get some benefits for Sierra to work, so he called Chris.A big reason is that Serra has a slight social phobia, and she doesn't like to talk to people, and she doesn't like to meet people's eyes.Let's talk to Liang Xi, because Sera feels uncomfortable, so don't talk to her, because he feels like he's being excluded and marginalized.

Chris Thresh heard that Sera was working in Liang Xi's residence, and he was also very tangled in his heart. What kind of face should he face?Fortunately, he was mentally prepared, and Chris said indifferently: "That little girl with a flat chest? Well, she is a friend." No, although Chris is long-winded, his mouth is not as bad as Thresh.

Chris added a cover: "Is it convenient? Is it convenient for me to go there now?" By the way, he enjoyed the boring sense of accomplishment of sneaking into the enemy's interior.Haha, unexpected, I am right by your side, hit me, come hit me, haha!

Then Chris also came. Liang Xi couldn't understand the relationship between Sera and Chris, mainly because Liang Xi didn't understand the temperament of the two, and didn't know how they got along.But Liang Xi could tell that Sera was getting close to Chris intentionally or unintentionally.But Chris seems to dislike Sierra.

Liang Xi didn't hide it from the Danish prince, telling Chris that he was looking for a woman who died.This surprised Thresh Chris a little, he didn't find out that Tom had a woman or a man.Or it could be said that detectives always have a unique way of thinking, and I didn't even think in that direction.

Liang Xi explained: "Serra is looking for a casual semi-stand-alone mobile game. Tom's phone has this software. Selah is relying on Tom's information to find a way to get Tom's account number and password."

This is a game of opening a restaurant. The protagonist has to grow vegetables by himself, buy ingredients, process and sell them to NPC diners.Expand stores, open branches, establish food raw material processing plants, and even purchase raw material production bases and farms in the end.There are many types of restaurants, focusing on vegetarian food, pasta, meat and other types. After clearing the customs once, you can try another similar one.You can wander around the city daily, pick up tasks, unlock menus, etc. The content is very rich.If you want to live, you can live until you die, and if you want to relax, there is no problem.

The biggest feature of this game is that you can invite friends to run a restaurant together, up to four people, and each player role has specialties and characteristics.The more people you play with, the greater the variety of high-quality food in the restaurant and the more money you make.

"I got the account number and password." Sera said.

Liang Xi said: "Don't worry about logging in, can you check the background data of the account first?"

Chris said: "Are you being too careful? Maybe it's a netizen. How can normal couples communicate and contact through games?" He started his own reasoning again.

Liang Xi quite agrees with Chris this time: "I think so too. But based on my understanding of Tom's information, I don't think he will be addicted to a game that kills time. His mobile phone's boundaries and content are very clean , All apps are practical tools. Such as navigation, etc. There is only such a game. The most suspicious thing is that he did not bind his mobile phone to log in, and he entered his account number and password to log in every time he logged in."

Sera said: "I found it. Tom's account will be added to the friend's game every time. The name of the friend's store is Anna's Signature Gourmet Restaurant. It is not online and cannot enter the friend's game."

Liang Xi said, "Look who this friend is."

Sierra quickly gave an answer: "Anna, female, 31 years old, married. Her husband is a deputy business executive of the Herring Group in London. Her name is Joseph. From the tax filing records, the income is quite good. Their home is also In the Golden Collar villa area on the Thames River, about three kilometers away from Tom's house."

Liang Xi asked, "Do you have any children?"

"No."

Liang Xi said: "This can explain why we use the game to contact. Tom's woman is a married woman. The Herring Group is a large group in London. As an executive, the daily work is heavy, and overtime is commonplace. The Herring Group has many Overseas business, as the company's deputy business director, often goes abroad. Because I have too little time at home, Yove is more vigilant, and Anna can disclose her mobile phone information to Yove without reservation. Because of her and Tom's Connections only happen in games."

Sierra was noncommittal, and said: "Anna's game is online for a long time, even if she is not playing the game, her phone is still hanging in the background to earn a little game experience."

Liang Xi said, "Can you find out about Yuefu's itinerary today?"

Serra replied, "Flew to Belgium yesterday afternoon and booked a flight to London tomorrow morning."

Liang Xi said: "Serra, stay here, let's go visit Anna. Chris, are you together?" In fact, Liang Xi didn't want to ask the latter sentence, but he couldn't leave Chris here.

Suppose Liang Xi doesn't want to invite Chris to his residence, but Chris offers to come, and Liang Xi is too embarrassed to refuse.After all, they are not very familiar.Assuming that Liang Xi doesn't want Bobby to visit, Liang Xi will directly tell Bobby: Get lost.

Poppy suggested, "I'll stay and see what Serra needs."

Sera glanced at Bobby: "To Ott." The tone was between going out and getting out.

Chris laughed mockingly, and Sierra rolled her eyes with a hint of love.Chris and Liang Xi didn't read it out, but Bobby read it out, maybe it was a random reading, anyway, Bobby's mood immediately became bad.

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Anna's house is not much different from other houses in the Golden Collar District. They are all built within 20 meters of the bottom of the Thames River. There is a step down to the Thames River in the backyard, and there is grass in the front yard.There is no anti-theft door, no anti-theft lock, and there is only a low fence in front of the main entrance. In order to protect privacy, many green plants are planted beside the fence.It is about [-] meters away from the nearest neighbor, which fully guarantees personal space.

To buy a house, you must buy a house in this kind of community. If nothing else, the law and order must be good.Liang Xi and Chris walked towards the door, with the unhappy Bobby hanging behind him, and several bodyguards dispersed, trying not to put any pressure on the house owner Anna, and try not to stay away from Bobby.Only the chief bodyguard accompanied Bobby.Bobby is also happy to be the boss, and the bodyguards always stay behind Chris and Liang Xi to pretend to be the boss.

When approaching the door, Liang Xi heard a slight muffled sound from upstairs, and someone should be at home.Liang Xi rang the doorbell and chatted with Chris about Sierra, but no one answered the door.Liang Xi pressed the doorbell again, looked up to the second floor, but saw no movement.At this time, a car was parked on the side of the road, and a 30-year-old woman with a very good figure got out of the driver's seat. She looked at the visitors inexplicably, and approached everyone.

Liang Xi stepped forward: "Hello, we are looking for Anna."

The woman nodded: "Hello, I am Anna's yoga teacher."

After finishing speaking, the woman didn't introduce much, and stepped forward to ring the doorbell, but there was still no response.The woman was quite smart, and worried that Anna didn't want to see Liang Xi and the others, so she went to the side to make a phone call, but no one answered the phone.The woman is a little puzzled, but this is not the first time this has happened.The woman said to Liang Xi and them: "I'll go in first. You wait here for a while, Anna may have gone to a nearby supermarket."

Liang Xi and Chris nodded helplessly.

The woman climbed three small steps, turned on the combination fingerprint lock, and unlocked it with the combination. After grabbing the doorknob, the woman turned her head and nodded politely to Liang Xi and Chris who were a few meters away.Then the woman pressed the handle, opened the door and entered.

The chief bodyguard watched carefully. The moment the door was pushed open, there was a trip rope on the door, and he immediately shouted: "Lie down." He pressed his hand on the back of Bobby's neck forward, and the two fell to the ground together.

"What?" Chris and Liang Xi turned their heads and asked in unison.What are you lying on?

Then there were a few bang bang bangs, and the room was filled with flames as if fireworks were set off.The head of the bodyguard looked up and shouted: "Lu Reji, run."

The woman who bore the brunt was sprayed all over her body. She didn't feel any pain for a while, but she looked at her body strangely, and soon screamed and fell to the ground.A bouquet of firework-like flames flew out of the main entrance, and rushed towards Liang Xi and Chris.At this time, they had already turned around and started running like hell.Unsurprisingly, both were tripped by each other.

The chief bodyguard got up, bent over and ran in front of the two, grabbed them by the neck and dragged them away.At this time, the house is like a banquet, with sparks flying.

The chief bodyguard pulled the two of them to Bobby's side, which was the safe distance he had confirmed.The bodyguard pushed Liang Xi aside with one shoulder, pulled out a sharp tactical dagger from his waist, and sat down on Chris's back.Only then did Liang Xi see that Chris's butt was smoking.The head of the bodyguard cut the knife without hesitation, and stabbed Chris's butt with his trousers. Turning the sharp blade, he cut off a piece of meat roll, and then picked it up on the grass on one side with the dagger.

The bodyguard pressed Chris's buttocks with one hand, and observed the cut on the buttocks with a dagger in the other hand.The head of the bodyguard used his fingers to dig into the incision to make sure that there was no residual flame.As for the screams of Chris that could be heard by all Europeans, I will not mention it here, because it can be seen how painful it is from Chris' incontinence.In order to completely dig out the flames, the bodyguard dug very deep with his knife.Fortunately, there is no main blood vessel on the buttocks, so the amount of bleeding is not large.

Cutting the flesh is the only way to prevent the thermal agent from spreading and burning in the body.

Before the chief bodyguard had time to catch his breath, the bodyguards who had dispersed earlier were drawing their guns and shooting at people.Two men in ski hats descended the steps into the river in the backyard, leaned on the steps for cover, and shot a bodyguard in the side with a pistol.Relying on a landscape tree as cover, the bodyguard did not show his head, suppressed and threatened shooting without a target.The two bodyguards immediately surrounded and advanced in a fan shape, and two more bodyguards ran to the car, opened the trunk, opened the gun box, and took the assault rifle.

The chief bodyguard yelled over the intercom: "Don't come near the house."

Because they were not close to the house, when several bodyguards made a detour, two ski hats had already boarded the speedboat.The three bodyguards knelt by the river bank and shot randomly at the speedboat that was running away quickly. They didn't know if they hit anyone.

At this time, Anna's house has completely turned into a big fireball, and the raging fire is very fierce.Considering safety, the chief bodyguard asked everyone to evacuate to the grass opposite the road in front of the house.When the bodyguard called the police, he specifically stated that the fire was ignited by Lu thermal agent.At the same time, the two Clement family helicopters called by the chief bodyguard took off and rushed to the Thames, looking for the speedboat.

Liang Xi crossed his hands in front of his chest, quietly watching the fire: it was Lu hot potion again.

In detective science, fire is a big problem in criminal investigation, because fire can sweep away all evidence.After the fire was extinguished, it was even more of a disaster.Any remaining evidence will be destroyed by extinguishing water or foam.Lu thermal agent ensures that this fire can devour everything without interruption.

Liang Xi thought that the gangster was looking for something at Anna's house, and what he was looking for was probably Tom's thing.Since he can't find it, and someone else has already found him, then destroy him.This case is exactly the same as that of John's murder.Liang Xi remembered the information that House had given him, that big shot A gave Tom a handle and asked Tom to blackmail big shot B.Then these two gangsters are very likely to serve the big man B.

The head of the bodyguard reported: "The speedboat stopped on the shore six kilometers away. The helicopter found something burning on the shore. The flame ignited the speedboat. It is judged that the thing should be a human body. The police have been contacted and the police are rushing to the scene."

Liang Xi speculated: "It should be that one gangster was shot, died or couldn't leave, so another gangster used Lu hot agent to destroy the body and wipe out the traces. The method is cruel, without hesitation, professional."

Liang Xi looked at Bobby beside him: "Isn't it exciting? Do you still want to come?"

Bobby was calmer than Liang Xi thought: "It feels a little interesting, I hope Chris can think the same way. God!"

The two looked at Chris who was being carried into the ambulance together, not knowing what to say.Chris hangs out with them twice, the first time he's lucky enough to get penetrated in the stomach.Why do you say lucky?Because Chris just stood up, if he didn't stand up, it would be the heart that was pierced.The second time, Chris was still so lucky. Although he was hit by the antidote, he was dug out by the chief bodyguard with the only solution.

In the ambulance, Chris, who was so painful that he was dying, tore off the disguise of the prince of the side door, and swearing, but fortunately, it was French, which no one could understand.No one wants to understand.

Liang Xi praised: "He is very lucky."

Bobby asked, "When you understand this, I suddenly feel much better."

Liang Xi asked, "Do you think he is unlucky?"

Bobby thought for a while: "It's still lucky. I prefer to congratulate others, and I don't like to sympathize with others."

After a while, the detectives arrived and came to question him.Everyone told the truth that one of the reasons for the good law and order in the Jinling District is that the coverage of public surveillance is high, and there is no need to lie to the police.The more troublesome thing is that the bodyguards who fired the guns have to hand over their weapons to the physical evidence team for inspection, and they will also be temporarily detained for a period of time.Liang Xi and them were written records, and the bodyguards who shot must be interrogated as criminal suspects.

There are a lot of physical evidence to be extracted at the scene, such as the bullet casings of the bodyguards and the bullet heads of the gangsters.Patrol officers cordoned off the area while technicians, forensics and supporting detectives were on their way to the crime scene.For the time being, the police detectives are most concerned about the problem of Lu thermal agent. After confirming that it is Lu thermal agent, they must inform the fire brigade. The fire brigade will first block the fire source instead of extinguishing the fire.As for the house, let the fire burn out.From the perspective of criminal investigation, once the fire is extinguished manually, not only the effect is limited, but also the clues that the gangsters may leave in the backyard, river embankment, steps and other locations will be destroyed.

Then, according to the rules, a basic physical examination is performed on the alive and kicking people first.It is very simple, that is, the doctor conducts a physical examination through the naked eye, pressing the body and verbally asking.After ruling out the possibility of trauma and fractures, Liang Xi and the others went to the police station to take notes.

Chapter 188 House

The Southern District Criminal Investigation Department was supposed to be in charge of this case, but it was Robert who took notes for Liang Xi at the nearby police station, that is, Dao Feng, who intervened in the case.In addition to the blade, Liang Xi also saw Mark from MI5.Robert asked Liang Xi, who was probing his head in the recording room, to stop reasoning, and directly told Liang Xi that the chief officer group under the Operations Department was in charge of the case.

The Metropolitan Police has several divisions, with the main policing being handled by Frontline Police.The Operations Department is a department that supports other types of police, including the forensic team, task force, police dog team, etc.The chief officer group refers to a temporary department that is led by the Office of the Assistant Director of Operations and publicly discloses the investigation situation to police officers above the director level.When a sensitive case occurs and supervision is required, a special case-handling method is adopted.

In addition to the chief team being responsible for the investigation of this case, the investigation team of the professional department (Ministry of Internal Affairs) will monitor the entire investigation process of this case.This is a high-level investigation team.That is to say, this case is directly related to the insiders of the action team.

After chatting for a while, Robert changed the topic to the main topic: "Some blood was found in the backyard of Anna's house to the steps of the Thames River, which is where the gun battle took place. The blood test results were obtained an hour ago, and the Criminal Investigation Department immediately notified the Superintendent of the Police Department. , The director ordered the establishment of a chief officer team to investigate the case. The blood belongs to a Vietnamese named Hu Ming, who is 31 years old, single, and belongs to the Special Firearms Command of the Ministry of Operations, and is the captain of a special police team."

Except for limited departments such as Daofeng that have a special police establishment directly under them, when other departments need armed forces, they can contact the Special Firearms Command and they will dispatch special police.

Robert said: "The gangsters landed on the shore seven kilometers away from Anna's house. One gangster carried the body of the other gangster to the shore, and used Lu thermal agent to destroy the corpse and wipe out the traces. At the same time, he destroyed the remaining clues on the speedboat. It is not yet possible Determine whether Hu Ming is a destroyed body or a fleeing gangster. The Firearms Command has issued a summoning order, requiring all personnel to return to the Firearms Command to assemble as soon as possible."

Robert said: "Have you noticed that there are many similarities between the murders of Anna and John?"

Liang Xi nodded: "They are all professionals, and they are all Lv thermal agents. I received a news before that before John was killed, a batch of K2 Lv thermal agents to be processed was stolen."

"We know, but the person calling the police at that time died of a heart attack in the Middle East, so we can't learn more about the specific situation." Helen's information is very backward, which may be a good thing for her safety.Robert asked, "Why are you looking for Anna?"

"We found Anna from Tom. We think that Anna may have some improper relationship with Tom. Anna may have preserved Tom's relics or know something."

Robert asked while recording: "What happened to Tom's belongings?"

Liang Xi replied: "I received information that big shot A gave Tom a handle and asked Tom to blackmail big shot B. After Tom's death, the police searched Tom's real estate and found no relevant items or clues."

Robert asked: "Who gave you the information?"

Liang Xi replied, "House."

"House, the boss of the Shadow Detective Agency?"

"Yes." Liang Xi said, "We met when Blood Moon invited us."

Robert looked at Liang Xi for a while, and said: "House was the US intelligence liaison officer in London in the early years. It is said that he was fired by the CA for misbehavior. After that, House stayed in London to start the Shadow Detective Agency. I asked American friends privately, and they also Not sure what was going on with House. I was also on the House task force and didn't find anything wrong with him, but knew him pretty well. He was very crafty and full of bullshit."

Liang Xi said: "He doesn't need to say it, but what he said should be basically true."

Robert shook his head and said: "For House, lying is commonplace. Believe me, he said that in the sentence that big shot A asked Tom to blackmail big shot B, if the word blackmail is true, you should thank him for being honest with you. .”

"Damn it, I rarely deal with such shameless people." This bottom line is a bit low, so low that Liang Xi can hardly accept it.Liang Xi said: "Conversely, House probably knows what's going on with Tom."

Robert sighed: "Maybe he wants you to think so. You want to know more information? Take the money. After the money is given to him, he will give you a message and tell you that the news is unconfirmed and may be true. It may be fake, you decide whether to buy it or not."

Liang Xijing: "Is he still a liar?"

Robert said noncommittally: "So I would say that what House said has no credibility. But it is also possible that he is telling the truth."

"Fuck."

Robert: "Now I can understand what you mean by shit. When I was in the task force, the more I knew House, the more shit I was."

Liang Xi recalled the content of his conversation with House, and said: "I still think that House should know something, or there is no big shot A, and House asked Tom to blackmail big shot B."

Robert said: "It's also possible that Tom blackmailed House."

"Fuck!" Robert's ability to think like this shows that he has an unforgettable understanding of House.

Robert said: "Things related to House, everything is possible. All right, this is the transcript, we will continue to investigate in depth. First of all, we need to determine whether Hu Ming is a dead gangster or a living gangster. I will send an email if there is any information Here you are, if you have an idea, contact me directly. If you solve the case, you will get a bonus."

Liang Xi smiled, and said a little embarrassedly: "Whether money is money or not, they are all friends." Robert's frankness put a little more pressure on Liang Xi to collect money, and of course Liang Xi will definitely overcome this pressure.

As Robert said, this case looks somewhat similar to John's murder case.This also made Liang Xi a little confused.In Liang Xi's eyes, John was a wise man, and the wise man told himself in his will to find the murderer from the root of the holy banner.Do I want to obey John's will and put Tom's incident aside, or pursue Tom's case until I find out the real culprit behind it?

Living with John for more than ten years, John has never missed it.This made Liang Xi very unhappy.John suggested Liang Xi to live in the garage, and Liang Xi accepted Mary's opinion and lived with John Mary. Facts proved that John was right, and within half a month Liang Xi moved to the garage by himself.

Liang Xi and John talked about their two girlfriends twice, and John told Liang Xi clearly that you were about to break up.Liang Xi couldn't bear it, and tried his best to coax his girlfriend, but John was right both times.

Watching TV news with John, speculating on the truth of the incident and the direction of the incident is something Liang Xi enjoys. Of the 10 pieces of news, Liang Xi was able to get eight pieces right and two pieces wrong.John can also be right about eight pieces, but he is not wrong, because John does not comment on the other two pieces of news that he is not sure about.Liang Xi often gets mad because he agrees with John.Liang Xi, a rebellious age, really wanted to defeat John once.But until John's death, this goal was never achieved.

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Coming out of the police station, a bodyguard waited outside to greet Liang Xi, told Liang Xi that Poppy had gone home, and arranged for two bodyguards to accompany Liang Xi.Bobby asked the bodyguard to tell Liang Xi: Find a way to sneak out tomorrow and then go to Liang Xi.Liang Xi thanked the bodyguards, contacted Bobby, and asked the bodyguards to go back.Since it was Bobby's car that went to Anna's house, Liang Xi took a taxi to the Shadow Detective Agency.

Shadow Detective Agency is said to be the best private detective agency in London, and they have a top-notch work ethic.This is directly related to their boss House.As an American, House never brags with his subordinates and directly talks about money.70% of each employee's income in the first year is handed over to the company as a credit guarantee.50% after the second year.After working for five years, all 70% and 50% will be returned in the sixth year. At the same time, in this proportion, the company will give a reward of 25% of the total amount.But if employees sell customer and company information, whether intentionally or unintentionally, not only will they not get a penny, but they will also face lawsuits.This scope of confidentiality includes his wife and immediate family members.

The Shadow Detective Agency has been inspected twice in the ten years since its establishment, both because of reports from employees who did not receive credit guarantees.The police found many illegal and prohibited products in the company, even sword-and-butterfly-level technological products.But the law does not criminalize anyone who owns these things.Similar to flour, the manufacturer is guilty, the seller is guilty, and the user is not guilty (in our country, it is illegal to suck flour, not a crime).Unless the police prove that the shadow company or individuals profited from these illegal devices, they cannot convict the shadow company and House.

These two searches not only did not convict House, but also helped House play live advertisements.Many people know that Shadow Company possesses sword-and-butterfly-level equipment, and at the same time keeps customer information confidential to the greatest extent.

However, the shadow company is not large, with only ten to fifteen field employees on a daily basis.Five or so administrative, logistical and financial staff.The shadow company's office area is not large. It is located on the 5nd floor of Yifan Building, 22 kilometers away from Boning Street. The actual office area is only 350 square meters.

When Liang Xi entered the shadow company, the first thing he saw was the reception desk, and the access to the company was blocked by the ID gate.The receptionist asked, Liang Xi told: "My name is Liang Xi, I'm looking for House."

The receptionist said: "Our boss is not here."

Liang Xi said: "Then you inform your boss that the monthly rent will be increased by [-] pounds in the second half of the year, no, add [-] pounds, or I will leave."

The receptionist was a little confused and said, "Wait a minute, I'll contact the boss." She didn't know how the company's rent was calculated.

After House's assistant received the call, he explained to House that House took the phone: "Let him in."

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The receptionist made an internal call, and the staff inside swiped their card to open the door, and Liang Xi entered the shadow company.There are no open offices in the company, all are separate offices with closed doors.When Liang Xi looked around, House appeared at the end of the corridor and waved: "This way."