This murder case has made the valley even more foggy, but no matter what, our top priority is to kill the blind man, and we cannot delay it any longer. Although there is no conclusive evidence, we vaguely feel that these bloody The murder case should be related to Blind Man Gao.

The day after the "round-up plan" was formulated, we were going to start taking the bottle of corpse bugs and carefully search for traces of Blind Man Gao in major gold and silver jewelry stores, pawn shops, or antique shops. Of course, in order to ensure Our consciousness cannot be spied on by the blind man, so we still go to the pavilion in the lake and stay for an hour or two every day.

In this small county, there are only a few gold and silver jewelry shops, pawn shops, and antique shops, and the number of customers every day is definitely not as many as in big cities, which is obviously beneficial to our actions.

But we are definitely not just "waiting and waiting". That would be too passive.

My cousin came up with a cruel trick: We were going to go to gold and silver jewelry stores, pawn shops and antique shops one by one, falsely claiming that we wanted to recycle the silver ingots from the Kangxi era at a high price, which were the silver ingots that blind man Gao used to exchange for money. In this way, those collectors If we go to a store with this kind of silver ingot, we will definitely take out this kind of silver ingot. At that time, we can follow the clues and quickly grasp the relevant whereabouts of Blind Man Gao.

My cousin's trick is really good, the ginger is still the spicy one.

My cousin also analyzed that the place where blind man Gao is most likely to go is an antique store, because only in an antique store can the cultural relic value of this kind of silver ingot be reflected, and the selling price will be the highest; if he goes to a jewelry store, If you simply sell it for money, the price will be very limited.

Early in the morning, Xiaolei and I accompanied our cousin to the largest antique store in our county. Unexpectedly, starting from this antique store, things took a series of unexpected turns.

Because of my cousin's work relationship, the owner of this antique shop actually knew my cousin. He said that he had attended his classes before. They were classes on cultural relics, and as long as my cousin held lectures, this antique The shop owner would try his best to participate. He said that he admired his cousin's knowledge very much, but he never had the chance to meet him. He once wanted to invite his cousin out for dinner through a friend, but maybe because his cousin was busy at the time, he couldn't make an appointment. become.

Now that I have met fans, the next thing will be easier to handle.

The shop owner greeted us warmly, put the three of us into the back room, and made a pot of good tea. The room was beautifully decorated, with various antiques and artifacts on antique shelves. There is a dazzling array of things to see, but the cultural atmosphere in the room does not match the temperament of the shop owner. The shop owner is probably in his fifties. He looks fat and has a shrewd face, without any elegance.

After chatting for a while, my cousin got to the point and asked the store owner with a smile: "We are destined to be together. I didn't expect you to come to my classes often. Since you also like cultural relics and antiques so much, and you are still engaged in this industry." , I will discuss it more when I have the opportunity. Recently, an old colleague from the Provincial Cultural Bureau, who is an expert on Qing history, said that through research, he discovered that some silver ingots minted during the Kangxi period were very special and were commemorated by Emperor Kangxi. Specially cast for the victory of Ping San Francisco, this kind of silver ingot has a high cultural relic value and also has a lot of room for appreciation.

And according to his research, because this special batch of silver ingots was robbed when passing through our area, a large part of them should be scattered in our area. Since you are in the antique business, you are most likely to come into contact with them. This kind of silver ingot, that’s why I came here to bother you today. Even if you haven’t seen it, it doesn’t matter. I think this is important information. If you encounter this kind of silver ingot in the future, you can buy it without hesitation and you won’t miss it.”

When my cousin asked these questions, Xiao Lei and I were watching the antique shop owner's expression quietly. We found that after hearing these words from our cousin, the shop owner's eyes shone, and we felt suddenly. Shocked: It looks like there is a door.

Sure enough, after my cousin finished speaking, the shop owner seemed a little unable to conceal his excitement and said, "Oh, Teacher Wang, are you telling the truth?"

The cousin still nodded with an unusually calm expression: "This kind of information is still very reliable. You also know that I am a consultant to the Provincial Cultural Bureau, and my old colleague is a first-class expert in this field. Therefore, the source of the information There is absolutely no problem. For us cultural relic lovers, the happiest time is when we play with and appreciate cultural relics. Therefore, after I heard the news, I was very excited and wanted to take a look. I believe you also have this feeling about cultural relics. It feels like, of course, for laymen, it may be difficult to understand our feelings.”

"That's right, that's right," the shop owner nodded and said. Then, he came over and lowered his voice and said to his cousin: "But, Teacher Wang, you are asking the right person. I actually received a message from the Kangxi era." I have a silver ingot, but I don’t know if it’s the one you mentioned. I’ll get it right away and show it to you.”

When Xiaolei and I heard this, we immediately became energetic as if we had taken a breath of pure oxygen. However, our cousin gave us a secret wink, so Xiaolei and I suppressed our extremely high emotions and tried to stay calm. look.

The shop owner entered the back room, then took out a red cloth bag and placed it on the table. When he opened it layer by layer, a silver ingot was revealed. He handed it to his cousin and looked at him with extremely expectant eyes. Reaction;

My cousin picked up the silver ingot, observed it carefully for a while, and then sighed softly and said, "Oh, it's a pity. Although this is also a silver ingot from the Kangxi period, it is the most common one, not what I said. kind of".

The store owner immediately showed disappointment on his face.

When his cousin saw him like this, he smiled and comforted him: "Don't be too disappointed. Even if it is not the kind of silver ingot I mentioned, it was indeed made during the Kangxi period, and the price is much more expensive than pure silver. Moreover, I I don’t know where you got it from. If you bought it from someone else, you can ask the person who sold it to you if he has that special silver ingot. That kind of silver ingot, in terms of value, may be It is 10,000 times the price of this ordinary silver ingot, or even more."

After my cousin said this, the shop owner immediately became excited. However, he seemed to be very cunning and quickly brought the topic to several other antiques in the room without continuing, as if he was afraid that if we knew about the silver ingot, He seemed to be trying to steal his business. We all knew that it was not easy to trick such a cunning businessman out of him, so my cousin did not ask further questions.

However, the owner of this shop is trying every possible means to please his cousin. Maybe he feels that getting to know his cousin will be very beneficial to his future business, such as appraising antiques, etc., so he is extremely enthusiastic to treat us to dinner, and we still have I wanted to have dinner with him, but after refusing for a long time, I found an excuse to refuse the meal. The owner of the restaurant personally sent us out. When we were about to say goodbye, he also asked for his cousin’s phone number (which one of us was at that time I didn’t expect that it was this phone number that played a special role).

After we turned a corner, we both eagerly asked our cousin whether the silver ingot belonged to Mr. Gao. At this time, our cousin nodded excitedly and said, "It's very possible that this kind of silver ingot was brought by my master." The kind of silver ingots that Blind Man Gao used to exchange was very consistent with the ones he arrived at. Moreover, from the perspective of Blind Man Gao, he definitely didn’t want more people to know that he had this kind of silver ingots. Therefore, this antique shop, He should be a regular customer of Gao Xiazi."

Now the scope has been reduced a lot. We didn't expect that things would progress so smoothly, but what should we do next? Even if Gao Xiazi did come to this store to redeem, how often does he come here? If he is here every day I don't know how long it will take to "watch" him. The "sit back and wait" method seems too passive, but other than that, is there any better way?

My cousin said we should go back and discuss it first and talk about it tomorrow.

After arriving at my cousin's house, we told Hongmei and Sister Li about today's situation, and then began to discuss what to do next. But until about ten o'clock at night, other than squatting and watching, we still couldn't think of anything better. There was no other way, so everyone finally decided to wait and see for a few days first.

When we went there during the day, we discovered that there happened to be a hotel opposite the antique shop. We could get a room facing the street, and then set up a telescope on the window of the room, so that we could observe people entering at any time and discover the whereabouts of Blind Man Gao in time.

Everyone feels that this method is not ideal, but at the moment we really can’t think of any other better way.

In order to prevent Gao Xiazi from launching an attack at night, we did not dare to go home too late. After we had settled down, Sister Li and I left our cousin's house. Xiaolei still drove the car and dropped Sister Li and I off respectively. go.

But things in the world often develop in ways that are completely unexpected by people. Plans never change. Just that night, things changed in an extremely weird way that no one expected.

After I got home and washed up, I locked the doors and windows and prepared the anesthesia gun as before. There was one more thing I did before going to bed every day, which was to turn on my mobile phone, turn the ringer to the highest volume, and put it on the bedside. on the table.

This is not my usual habit. I used to turn off my mobile phone before going to bed, fearing that spam messages or phone calls would come in and affect my sleep, because once I am awakened at night, it is difficult to fall asleep again.

But because these days are quite special, blind men will attack us at any time, and we face many potential dangers, so we made an agreement to keep our mobile phones open 24 hours a day, so that we can call out when we are in danger. Respond promptly and help each other.

After I tidied up, I lazily climbed into bed, turned on the bedside table lamp, and started reading. If I'm not too tired, I like to read before going to bed. This can make my mood peaceful. I read for a while, and when I felt sleepy, I glanced at the alarm clock on the table. It was already close to midnight, and I quickly turned off the light and went to sleep.
Chapter completed!