Chapter 74 Important Clues
But how to drive Xu Qingyun away, Cao Yunfeng has a headache.
Xu Qingyun has a deeper background than him and has just achieved great success. It is impossible for Xu Qingyun to leave by ordinary means.
Even if he robs or destroys the current case, Wu Shaoshu will not be able to touch him even if there is something wrong with his previous achievements.
Moreover, without the support of the webmaster, once he is discovered doing this, he may really be taken away by the headquarters inspector.
At headquarters, fate will no longer be in his hands.
Cao Yunfeng is not an idiot, but it is a pity that he was the absolute confidant of the stationmaster before, and he was in charge of Tianjin Station for half a year, which made him somewhat arrogant.
After a while, Cao Yunfeng narrowed his eyes.
If there is no suitable way to drive people away, then let Xu Qingyun disappear.
Cao Yunfeng is not from Tianjin, but he has been in Tianjin for many years. He was in the army in his early years and has his own connections and resources.
In terms of relationship, Wu Shaoshu and Xu Qingyun together can't compare to him.
He knew them all, black and white.
The intelligence team had bribed many informants. These were all things he had done before. He originally thought that with so many people under his control, the new webmaster would give him some face. Now that Wu Shaoshu wants to promote Xu Qingyun, then he Just do it in advance.
It was not his character to sit still and wait for death.
With the decision made, Cao Yunfeng was no longer anxious. He understood that it was not easy to kill Xu Qingyun. He had to find a master and kill him with one blow. He would leave Tianjin immediately afterwards and never come back.
He couldn't reveal any flaws, otherwise even if Xu Qingyun was killed, he would have to pay with his life.
First get rid of Xu Qingyun, then use the resources at hand to find a way to mediate with Wu Shaoshu, and finally drive Wu Shaoshu out of Tianjin.
"Brother Qingyun, we have discovered something."
Xu Qingyun ignored Cao Yunfeng and was in the office when he suddenly received a call from Zuo Jinfang.
"wait for me."
Xu Qingyun did not elaborate with him on the phone and went out immediately. In order to facilitate his handling of the case, Wu Shaoshu specially approved a car for him, which he could use at any time.
The police station where he is stationed is not too far from Tianjin Station, only a ten-minute drive.
When Xu Qingyun arrived, Zuo Jinfangzheng and Zheng Jiming were waiting for him at the door.
"Brother Qingyun, Ji Ming asked at a foreign bank in the British Concession today. Someone has seen the person in the photo."
Zuo Jinfang immediately reported that he knew Xu Qingyun's temperament.
"What do people from foreign companies say?" Xu Qingyun immediately looked at Zheng Jiming.
He didn't have enough manpower, so the task of taking photos for investigation fell to the police station.
"The man from the foreign company said that he had been there several times to buy things on consignment from others, and he was very generous."
"How generous? How generous."
Xu Qingyun's eyes suddenly narrowed. Who did Hetian buy on consignment? Why was he so generous?
“People from foreign companies say it costs thousands of pounds every time.”
"Thousands?"
The corners of Xu Qingyun's mouth rose slightly. He probably guessed how Hetian gave the benefits to the traitors. He used this method of consignment to send their benefits.
At this time, the value of the British pound was extremely high, stronger than the U.S. dollar.
One pound is worth about ten dollars.
If it were not for the previous world war, the value of the pound would be even higher, and one pound could be exchanged for fourteen oceans.
One thousand pounds is ten thousand dollars. Tao Tianqi does have pounds in his bank deposit, and there are as many as five thousand pounds.
"Jiming, take me to that foreign store."
Zheng Jiming only asked about simple situations. Xu Qingyun needed to ask everything clearly and had to ask in person.
Zuo Jinfang took over from Xu Qingyun to drive, and the three of them headed to the British Concession together.
Zheng Jiming didn't ask many questions in the store. After getting the news, he immediately came back and told Zuo Jinfang, and Zuo Jinfang called Xu Qingyun.
The three of them soon arrived at Matheson's Store, a store that dealt in high-quality goods and also had some pawn business. Most of the goods in the store are foreign goods, accounting for 90% of the total.
"Several bosses."
Seeing the three people coming in, the blue-eyed foreign waiter immediately walked out, with a smile on his face when he saw Zheng Jiming.
Zheng Jiming had just left and asked him some questions and gave him five dollars.
Five oceans is not much to him, but it has considerable purchasing power in China.
"I would like to know who was the person who consigned calligraphy and paintings here before, how many times he consigned them, and how much did he sell them for in total?"
Xu Qingyun didn't talk nonsense and got straight to the point. The foreign guy can speak Chinese well.
"I'm sorry, what you're asking about is customer confidentiality."
The foreign waiter smiled and shook his head, and Xu Qingyun looked directly at Zuo Jinfang.
Zuo Jinfang took out his money bag and took out five yuan.
The foreign guy still shook his head.
Zuo Jinfang glanced at Xu Qingyun and took out five yuan again. The foreign guy didn't move, Xu Qingyun didn't say anything, and Zuo Jinfang kept adding more money.
He took a total of more than 30 yuan in his money bag and poured it all out.
"not enough."
The foreign waiter finally spoke. As soon as Zheng Jiming came in, he knew that he must still ask something. Sure enough, he was asking them about the identity of the customer.
"Make a price." Xu Qingyun asked lightly
"Gold, ten taels."
The foreign guy opened his mouth. No wonder he was unmoved by more than 30 pieces of gold. He wanted more. Ten taels of gold was equivalent to more than 300 pieces of gold.
"Do you have the customer's identity details?" Xu Qingyun asked directly without counter-offering.
"Yes." The foreign guy smiled and nodded.
Xu Qingyun took out a ten-tael gold bar from his body. When he came out, he had a premonition that he would spend money to buy news, so he prepared a few bars in advance.
When the foreign clerk saw the gold bar, his face lit up with joy. After taking it, he bit it with his teeth and confirmed that it was real gold.
"Follow me to the back, you come alone."
The foreign clerk put away the gold bars and took Xu Qingyun to the back hall. Zuo Jinfang showed concern, but Xu Qingyun asked him to wait outside.
"The consignment customer's name is Yi Xingguang. He has consigned here three times. Each time it was the person you asked about before who bought it. The three times totaled 3,600 pounds."
The clerk went to the back hall, took out the account book, and found three pages of Yi Xingguang's paper, which contained the time and amount of each transaction.
Every time Yi Xingguang came to consign something, Hetian would usually come to buy it the next day, and the latest one was one day apart.
"Who is Yi Xingguang?"
"The shopkeeper of Xingshun Trading Company."
"What did they say every time they consigned it?"
"Nothing was said. One buys and one sells. We only charge a handling fee."
"I've given you the money, so don't talk nonsense. It won't do you any good if you say it."
"Don't worry, if you don't talk about this kind of thing, I definitely won't."
The foreign bank clerk smiled and nodded. Selling customer information was not an honorable thing. He wished Xu Qingyun and others could keep it secret and not let anyone know about it.
Xu Qingyun didn't ask any more questions. He had already asked everything that needed to be asked. The value of this gold bar was an important clue.
Yi Xingguang has serious suspicions. He may be Tao Tianqi's white glove, helping Tao Tianqi collect money.
"You did a good job this time. Keep it secret when you go back."
After the suspect is found, Xu Qingyun will investigate the case himself. Zuo Jinfang and others cannot let them know the progress of the case unless they participate.
(End of chapter)