Chapter 1 Woman Left a Dumb Mystery
During the Anti-Japanese War , some unscrupulous merchants in Shanghai made a fortune in the country and sold a large number of inferior goods, filling the market.
On a day, a patriotic young man threw an grenade at the door of a tycoon pharmacy . When the grenade exploded, many profiteers were afraid. The developer issued a statement: My account will no longer sell inferior goods.
But some profiteers, relying on some forces, are preparing to find private detective Hawthorne to let him investigate the situation of those patriotic groups. , so as to catch them all in one go.
Meng Rongpu, the boss of Changfeng Seafood, is one of the representatives of the profiteering businessmen.
That day, he brought his bodyguard to see Hawthorne.
"Mr. Hawthorne, yesterday I received an anonymous letter from the anti-traitor group. This group of people is so hateful. If you help find out this secret organization, I will definitely reward you!"
When Hawthorne saw him take out a stack of US dollars, he said, "You are so rich, why don't you buy a coffin and prepare. This is a good way to prepare for the future."
Meng Rongpu's face changed when he heard this. He looked at the bodyguard standing outside the door. It seemed that he was going to do something, but finally he didn't say anything.
"I won't take over this matter, please be smart!"
Seeing Hawthorne's order to expel guests, Meng Rongpu stood up viciously and turned around and left.
After a while, the sound of cars parking outside the door again.
"Shi Gui, it must be those guys again. You go out and help me refuse!"
As soon as the words ended, a fashionable young woman walked into the house from outside the door.
"Is Mr. Huo in it?"
The woman asked Shi Gui in a low voice in northern dialect.
Shi Gui responded. The woman covered her mouth with a hand towel. As soon as she walked to Hawthorne, she saw her suddenly covering her abdomen with her hands, her face pale and terrible. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, looking unbearable pain.
"Ms., are you your surname? What's the matter?"
Hawthorne saw her shook her head, raised her index finger with her right hand, drew a few strokes in the air, but she couldn't make a sound in her mouth.
"Madam, can you write it again?"
However, facing Hawthorne's questioning, the woman lowered her head and stopped moving.
Hawthorne hurriedly asked Shi Gui to ask the car outside the door to take the woman to the hospital.
Shi Gui replied that the car had already driven away.
Hawsan instructed his servant Shi Gui to call a taxi and take the woman to Jizhong Hospital.
However, the woman drank too much Laishal disinfectant, but the rescue failed and died in the hospital.
This fashionable woman was burned by her throat due to the poisoning and did not leave a word. The printed cotton sweatshirt she wore and a pair of royal blue high heels on her feet were not sold in the Shanghai market.
In her trouser pocket, there were only two five-yuan bills.
Is she an American student?
Or go to the police department to report the case first.
On the way to the police hall, Hawthorne repeatedly understood the meaning of the woman drawing with her fingers in the air when she was in a coma?
From the movement of her index finger, it can be confirmed that she is writing a few words with one finger. The first word is not paid much attention to, the second word seems to be a word "zhi" and the third word is like "gan".
Is this woman trying to tell her a person’s name? But the word "Zhigan" doesn't look like a person's name?
Hearing Shi Gui say that the woman was riding an old black car. Maybe some clues can be found from the car?
Shi Gui came forward and reported the case to the police station.
Inspector Wang Yinlin of the Shanghai Police Department has received many help from Hawthorne during the case handling.
He said that although the woman died in Hawthorne's residence, if the court suspected that Hawthorne was suspected of murder, he would definitely go forward and try his best to guarantee it.
Hawthorne discussed with Wang Yinlin: he felt that the identity of the dead woman must be found out at the moment. He asked Chief Wang to investigate taxi drivers in the city and give him a photo of the woman.
is a photo of a woman who was taken by a doctor in the hospital.
The next day, a "Hawthorne Notice" was published in the Shanghai News. The content is brief: It said that at around 5 pm on the 13th, a woman who had never known each other came to visit her, but she had a toxic attack and could not speak. Although
was sent to Jizhong Hospital for rescue, she died ineffectively. The notice stated the woman's age, all appearance characteristics, and the black taxi she took. I hope that someone who knows her would go to the hospital to recognize the body.
notice was published for several days, but there was still no news.
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Chapter 2 Love for love
At this time, Inspector Wang Yinlin called and said that he had found out the name of the dead woman, named Qin Shoulan, Sichuan , rented in Yadong Hotel, for fifteen days.
The room fee has not been paid yet, and he found a bottle of Laishal disinfectant for rinsing the bathtub in the bathroom.
Hawthorne heard it and rushed to Yadong Hotel and learned about Feng Qin Shoulan from the accountant.
Accountant said: Qin Shoulan did not go out after he checked into the hotel. Yesterday at 5 o'clock, she Taking the elevator downstairs, there was no abnormality.
In Qin Shoulan's room, Hawthorne and Wang Yinlin checked her luggage together.
On her leather bag, there were two New York hotels and Seattle Shipping Company tags. She really came back from the United States.
Her jewelry bag had no valuables, only a thin gold chain connected to a small golden rooster heart pendant. Two more were as tickets.
In the drawer, she found a book called "Detective Hawthorne" written by Bao Lang. It can be concluded that Qin Shoulan went to find him, and it was this book that introduced it. .
Hawthorne took out the ticket and asked if he helped Qin Shoulan?
The account was hesitant, and Hawthorne suddenly exclaimed, and the little golden cock's heart was spun open. There was a photo of a young man inside. He looked about twenty years old.
Hawthorne handed the photo to a waiter named Ma Xiangbao and asked him if he had seen this person.
looked at the photo and replied that he didn't know him.
Wang Yinlin was an official policeman and stayed at Yadong Hotel to continue investigation. Hawthorne returned to the apartment with Shi Gui.
Just as the residence was settled, the phone rang. It was the waiter at Yadong Hotel. Feng Xiangbao called, saying that he would come to Hawthorne's apartment on Aiwen Road at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
said that at that time, because the accountant kept winking himself and did not let him tell the truth, he could only change to meet and talk outside.
stayed until 8:00 the next morning. Ma Xiangbao arrived on time and talked about Qin Shoulan's behavior after he arrived at the hotel.
The second day after Qin Shoulan arrived at the hotel, a man named Xu came to stay for one night. After three days, he came to stay for another night.
Later, The surname Xu has never been here. Qin Shoulan called and found the surname Xu.
Ma Xiangbao was beside him and secretly recorded the number she called.
A week ago, the surname Xu came for more than ten minutes and left.
Last night, the surname Xu came for half an hour, but he had argued with Qin Shoulan in the room for half an hour. After the surname Xu left, Qin Shoulan kept crying in the room.
Later, he also went out, probably to your place, Mr. Hawthorne.
Unexpectedly, when she went out, she drank the disinfectant. Hawthorne Let Feng Xiangbao go out and take him to Jinshan Road to debate the man named Xu.
Feng Xiangbao said that he had to be on duty at night and could not be with him. He left as if he ran away.
Hawthorne analyzed: It was concluded that this man surnamed Xu had an emotional entanglement with Qin Shoulan, and he committed suicide by taking poison in anger. Later, he felt unwilling to accept it, so he rushed to his residence.
But it is not ruled out that the person surnamed Xu was forced to take poison?
Chapter 3 The loveless husband
Hawsan found out from the list of students studying in the United States that Xu was named Xu Zhiyu.
Qin Shoulan was in pain and weak that day, and the last two strokes were not drawn, so that Hawthorne saw the word "Zhigan".
Xu Zhiyu is a PhD in sociology at from at . She has only returned to China for two months and has been hired by at and serves as a professor of sociology.
Secretary Yu of Donghua University, who met him twice at the Mingyue Dance Hall and Feng Xueyan, the only daughter of the chairman of the Italian Bank, was close together.
Hawthorne and Wang Yinlin discussed it and decided to go to Xu Zhiyu's apartment and meet him for a while.
No. 88, Jinshan Road, a villa. Xu Zhiyu is in a suit and ties, looking like a university professor.
Xu Zhiyu does not admit that it has anything to do with Qin Shouyu, but only knows each other when he is studying in the United States.
Hawthorne talked about Qin Shouyu's accident, and he had a fierce quarrel with her.
”Mr. Xu, why are you quarreling?”
”Mr. Hawthorne, this is our personal privacy, there is no need to tell you, right?”
Wang Yinlin wanted to ask him as an official identity, but he refused.
A few days later, Qin Shoulan's younger brother Qin Shougui came to Shanghai and found Hawthorne's residence.
After meeting Hawthorne, he talked about his sister.
In fact, Qin Shouyu and Xu Zhiyu got married after they met in the United States. They returned to Shanghai together.
After arriving in Shanghai, Qin Shoulan went back to her home in Sichuan and learned that her father's sales had lost money. She wrote a letter to her husband Xu Zhiyu and asked him to help him think of a solution;
Xu Zhiyu did not reply a letter.
Qin Shouyu was worried about her husband and immediately returned to Shanghai. After learning that her husband had married Feng Xuejiao, the only daughter of the chairman of the Italian Bank.
She wrote a letter to her younger brother, a middle school teacher in her hometown, for help.
After arguing with Xu Zhiyu, he drank the disinfectant in the bathroom, called a taxi, and rushed to Hawthorne's apartment, hoping to tell Hawthorne that the murderer who killed him was Xu Zhiyu before he died.
However, the powerlessness left Hawthorne an insolvent mystery.
Qin Shougui, after listening to the later narrative of Hawthorne, was extremely angry and stood up to find Xu Zhiyu to avenge his sister.
"Mr. Qin, you are not excited. He is a person who is fickle and fickle, and will not have any good results."
Hawthorne persuaded that he had learned that the anti-traitor group had set his sights on Xu Zhiyu, who was everywhere in Shanghai's tyrants and promoted the promotion of Xu Zhiyu.
It turns out that soon, Xu Zhiyu was riding in the car and was attacked by a bomb.
Xu Zhiyu was blown blinded by one eye, one ear, and half of her face, like a living corpse lying in the hospital.
Soon after, he was seriously injured and died.
If Qin Shouyu knew about it underground, he should be in peace.
On a sunny morning, Hawthorne sent Qin Shougui, who was holding his sister's ashes in front of him, onto a steamship heading to Sichuan.
