disappearing gold

Chapter 40 Expanding the Storage Room

When the sky was bright, Zhu Lan opened her eyes hard and got up to go to work as usual. Unexpectedly, there was a sharp pain in her shoulder, which made her gasp.

Lao Sun also woke up and felt very sleepy. She shook her head vigorously.

Walking to the hospital bed, she glanced at the bandage on Zhu Lan's shoulder, "Do you feel better?"

"It still hurts, but don't worry, Master, it will be better soon after the dressing is changed." Zhu Lan was worried that Master would still worry about her when he went on a mission.

Lao Sun smiled and said, "I originally wanted to watch you change your dressing, but the task is urgent. Let's go first and you have a good rest."

Zhu Lan waved her hand, "It's okay, Master, be careful!"

Lao Sun nodded and called Xiao Feng and Xiao Li to gather in the police car. Everyone washed their faces with cold water and braced themselves to continue working. I thought the plan would be delayed, but I didn't expect that driven by their ability to withstand pressure, they would continue to struggle on the work front.

Lao Sun said: "Today's mission, we continue to look for Ms. Wang."

Where will Ms. Wang go to find Song Xiaofan?
  The police car headed towards Song Hui's hometown and arrived there around noon. After everyone got off the car one after another, they still had to walk a long way to see the old house at the foot of Kulai Mountain.

When we arrived in front of the courtyard gate, there was a rustling sound coming from the house inside, vaguely, as if coming from a long distance in time and space.

Lao Sun listened for a while and determined that the sound came from the bedroom on the right side of the main hall.

The three of them quietly moved towards the bedroom, taking small steps as energetic as possible to minimize the noise.

Lao Sun put his ear to the door panel, and there was a rustling sound inside, one after another, and it seemed to be very rhythmic! But who is in it? What are you doing again? Why does it make this sound?

The doors and windows of the bedroom were closed, and there were black curtains blocking the view, making it impossible to see what was going on in the room.

There won't be a severed hand or blood on the ground, right?
  This terrible idea suddenly appeared in Xiao Feng's mind, and a chill ran down his spine. He squinted one eye and peered into the crack in the door with the other eye - the old-fashioned synthetic door panel had cracked due to age and disrepair.

There was boundless darkness inside. In addition to the bed, mosquito nets, a pile of dusty old earthen jars and a few powdered snakeskin bags, there seemed to be two benches with broken legs.

Lao Sun grabbed his collar and pulled him out, fearing that he would disturb the people inside.

Xiao Li on the side was very curious and squeezed in to look underneath. However, he was also pulled away by Lao Sun, who hooked his hand at him.

"Shh!" She put her finger to her lips.

After his subordinates were ready to break in, Lao Sun decisively waved his hand and said, "Come in!"

She kicked the door open and broke the old gate blocking it inside. The old gate was broken into two parts, each hooking half of the door. Three people broke in one after another, alarming the people inside.

"Who?" A trembling voice sounded, with a familiar tone.

"You are indeed here!" Lao Sun sneered.

This bedroom also has a back door that can be opened and closed. There is a small space behind the door, surrounded by the mud walls inside the Kulai Mountain. It is not clear whether the soil is wet or dry, and I don't know when this space was excavated.

Ms. Wang was wearing a gray casual sportswear and standing in the middle holding a hoe.

The smell of a closed space was very pungent, making Lao Sun's throat dry.

The midday sun shines in and cannot shine inside.

"How did you find this place?" Ms. Wang turned around and asked, but her gaze was directed towards the small door behind Xiao Li.

Lao Sun naturally noticed it, but did not point it out. They stood on the right side of the space behind the door, so there was naturally a gap on the left side through which they could rush through.

She said, "Was this a storage room?"

Ms. Wang nodded, "Yes." After saying that, she threw away the hoe and rushed out the door.

"Chase!" Lao Sun shouted, turning around to follow.

Xiao Li, who was closest to the door, woke up from a dream and stretched out his hand to stop Ms. Wang, "Where to escape?"

Ms. Wang pushed him away and ran away towards the courtyard gate.

Lao Sun pursed his lips and smiled, as if he was not in a hurry. Only Xiao Li and Xiao Feng hurriedly chased after him.

But the sound of a dog barking was heard outside the courtyard gate. Ms. Wang was driven back by the dog, and the back road was blocked by criminal police and the storage room. It is true that there is a talented wolf in front and a tiger behind!

The dog raised its neck and barked at Ms. Wang, shouting and rushing forward. Who else could it be if it wasn't Ah Huang?

Lao Sun touched the dog's head and promised, "Ah Huang is awesome! I'll reward you with a meat bone when I get back!"

Ah Huang called twice and shook his ears to express his expectation. In fact, Lao Sun said the same thing last time, and this time he used the same promise. hey-hey!
  They took Ms. Wang and the hoe back to the police station for questioning, "What were you doing in the storage room just now? Why were you holding the hoe?"

"Dig a hole."

"Why dig? This is just an old abandoned house."

Ms. Wang responded: "Just expand it."

Lao Sun was very dissatisfied with this statement, "No one lives there, so there is no need to go all the way back to expand."

Ms. Wang replied: "I... plan to go back to the mountains to live for a while and look for Fanfan nearby during the day."

"Then you can't live in a storage room." Silence, silence.

"Haha - Song Xiaofan will be nearby?"

"I don't know. Anyway, I have to do something to feel more comfortable." Ms. Wang dug one fingernail into the dirt between the other fingernails.

"Aren't you going to be a nanny at a rich friend's house?"

"She has a more suitable candidate. Her mother is here and my job is lost." Ms. Wang was dejected.

"Honestly, why did you dig the storage room?"

Ms. Wang did not answer.

"I can guess without telling you that for some reason you thought of the storage room. You plan to look for the gold left by Song Hui. If you can find it, it means Song Xiaofan hasn't found it yet, and vice versa.

If Song Xiaofan doesn't find it, he may come back here to look for it again. "

However, the possibility of Song Xiaofan not being found is uncertain. It is still unclear whether the gold bars left at the murder scene were left by Song Hui or whether they were gold cast by Song Hui using money from corruption and bribery.

The gold bar did not have any markings, otherwise the source and owner of the gold bar should have been confirmed.

Song Xiaofan's fingerprints and blood stains were not found on the blade and handle, and it is currently impossible to prove that he was the murderer.

But it was impossible for Lao Sun to tell Ms. Wang this.

She neither denies nor acquiesces.

"is not it?"

The king did not answer.

Lao Sun had no choice but to continue, "Liu Hu has already confessed. Think about what else he deceived us last time?"

She did not say what Liu Hu specifically confessed. If Ms. Wang lies again, she will continue to be exposed.

Mrs. Wang was sitting in the interrogation room, feeling restless.

Sure enough, her voice changed, "What did he confess to?"

"Think about the lies you have said."

Ms. Wang thought, “I don’t know.”

"We already have evidence. If you don't tell the truth, we will punish you for deception." Lao Sun said in a trick.

"What evidence? Show it!"

Lao Sun's face turned cold, "This is not something you should know."

"That means no, you are deceiving me!" Ms. Wang's tone was very firm.

"Who has this skill? I advise you not to protect your son." Lao Sun used another trick of preemption.

"Why did I protect Fanfan? Did he kill someone or rob him?"

"Then let me tell you straight, have you ever seen the golden scabbard that appears on the top of your cabinet?"

"never seen it."

"Is it Song Xiaofan's?"

"No."

But Liu Hu said that the scabbard was taken out of Song Xiaofan's golden switchblade. The golden switchblade definitely belongs to Song Xiaofan. Currently, only Liu Hu’s language can prove it, and there is still no proof of provenance.

The gold scabbard and the blade fit perfectly, but Xu Yan's apprentice could not find the deposit receipt for the 1258 gold spring knife, so he could not prove who purchased the knife. And this golden switchblade changed hands several times, did it finally fall into the hands of Song Xiaofan?
  "Is there a name engraved on Song Xiaofan's golden switchblade? Is there any serial number?"

"No. No, Fanfan doesn't have any golden switchblade."

"You lied again." Lao Sun looked so angry that he looked ugly.

Liu Hu's words cannot be false. After all, Liu Hu was so poor that he had to borrow money to redeem the scabbard. He would not have made this sacrifice if his conscience hadn't caught him.

But Ms. Wang opposite was calm and composed, looking surprisingly calm.

It seems that during the many police visits to investigate, she has wisely realized that Song Xiaofan is the suspect currently identified by the police.

If it cannot be confirmed that the golden switchblade at the murder scene belongs to Song Xiaofan, it will be impossible to confirm that he is the murderer.

At this moment, Tong Ge called in, and Lao Sun answered the phone, "Hello?"

　I got stuck and something happened at home, so I had to stay up until midnight to finish a chapter. Dear readers, please wait patiently.

　　
  　
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