In the end, this result was something that Lin Yi and the others could never have imagined.
The truth of this matter has been buried for more than half a century!
This uncle who was wrongly imprisoned was still a smart and capable young man when he was imprisoned. When he came out, he was almost an old man.
"It wasn't until after my return that my case was re-examined and released because there was insufficient evidence. I didn't know who I should look for at that time, and I didn't know who I should believe.
So, I could only hold the notebook that Mr. Xu left me and use the compensation money to open such a shop on Moro Street. For more than 20 years, whenever there are customers from the mainland, I will consciously or unconsciously mention that time. "Secret Shopping Group", but no one knows about it, and no one remembers it."
Speaking of this, Aber's already cloudy eyes filled with tears.
"You are the first!"
Lin Yi already knew what happened next.
They found information recording the situation in the National Museum's archives.
The night before Mr. Xu's death, he attended a cocktail party held by an English jeweler. He got in his car the next morning and just drove out of the Peninsula Hotel when he collided head-on with a taxi.
His driver and himself were both killed.
After that, the local police station immediately searched Mr. Xu's room at the Peninsula Hotel and brought all local people in Xiangjiang who had close contact with him to the police station for interrogation.
According to the later recollections of these people, they were all tortured during their detention. The content of the torture was only one sentence: "Have you had any contact with Xu Bai recently? Has he given you anything?"
However, they were all released after being held for several hours.
At that time, other members of the "secret shopping team" in Beijing heard about the incident and immediately reported it. The superiors immediately sent people to Xiangjiang to have strong negotiations with the local Zhan Police Station. Only then did the Yingzhi Police Station turn its investigation direction to the cause of Xu Baijiao's death.
And this uncle was framed and arrested because he met Mr. Xu often.
Now, everything makes sense.
The group of English devils who were in Xiangjiang were colluding with the "Purple Yihou", doing some shady things. After they killed Mr. Xu, they saw the menacing mainland coming and wanted to "demand their lives" from them. ", so he fled Xiangjiang in a hurry.
Abel became a piece of dust forgotten in the corner of that era.
"At that time, why did Mr. Xu take you to take pictures?"
"He told me that if I want to get into the antiques industry in the future and find a manager at Xiangjiang Antiques Store, this photo will be my recommendation letter for entering the industry."
Hearing this, the two of them were very sad.
If it hadn't been for this accident, Abo would have already become a well-known literary figure in Xiangjiang.
And this uncle, who only had a verbal promise to Mr. Xu back then, was unjustly imprisoned for more than half a century for a promise. This kind of feeling of "a scholar will die for his confidant" is no longer common.
"Mr. Xu's death was by no means as simple as an accident. When he handed this notebook to me, I already felt that he was prepared.
But, I didn’t expect it to come so quickly.
This matter has been going on for so long, and I have never been able to let it go. I am very happy to see you come back for this matter today! if you can"
Abo suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to Lin Yi and Bai Lu.
"I can't do it, I can't do it!"
The two of them were frightened by his sudden move, and quickly stood up to return the favor and helped Uncle up.
"I hope you can still find the murderer who killed Mr. Xu. Then even if I die, I will rest in peace."
Lin Yi helped Uncle sit down and replied:
"Don't worry, we are here just for this matter."
Abo held Lin Yi's hand tightly and nodded excitedly.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! I finally didn't make a mistake, good job."
"Abo, can I take a copy of this photo?"
Abo nodded and pushed the photo frame to Bai Lu's hand.
Bai Lu adjusted the camera, pulled out the aluminum clip on the back of the photo frame, got to the back cover, and dropped two small pieces of paper from the interlayer of the photo frame, one of which seemed to be cigarette paper.
Lin Yi quickly picked it up and put it on the tea table.
Abe picked up the cigarette pack paper with trembling hands.
"It's Nanyang Double Happiness, Mr. Xu's favorite cigarette brand!"
Turning over the piece of paper, a few lines of scrawled but vigorous pen writing appeared on the back.
Lin Yi recognized at a glance that this font was written by the same person as the font on the title page of the notebook.
“Little friend Si, I’m really sorry that I haven’t been able to find out your name so far, so I can only call you by this name.
You and I are destined to have met each other. If you have given my work notes to my companion, please be sure to give this picture to Mr. Ma Hengchu. The following line of numbers can be found in my Xu's Trading Company. Take some hard work money, thank you very much! "
The signature below is "Xu Baijiao".
On the back of the cigarette box, a piece of paper the size of a sticky note was almost stuck to the other half of the cigarette box.
Judging from the outline, this piece of paper seemed to be a corner torn from somewhere. The contents of the symbols on it shocked Lin Yi.
Because it is exactly the same as the code symbols in the notebook.
The writing is also more neat and beautiful.
"Unexpectedly, Mr. Xu actually left me a note in this photo frame, but I have never opened this photo frame in so many years, which delayed Mr. Xu's business."
"Don't blame yourself. Leave this matter to us. We will give you and Mr. Xu an explanation."
Bai Lu comforted her with a few words, took out her camera, recorded everything on it, took a photo, fastened the frame, and returned it to Abo again.
The two originally wanted to chat with Uncle again to make him feel at ease, but they didn't expect that Uncle wanted to drive them away and ask them to find out the ins and outs of the matter as soon as possible and not waste time with him.
The two had no choice but to say goodbye. Before leaving, Lin Yi quietly left an envelope on Abo's window sill.
After walking out of Moro Street, both of them let out a long breath.
Thinking about the situation that Mr. Xu and Mr. Ah Si were in, it is really depressing.
At this moment, Lin Yi's phone suddenly rang. It was Qian Sheng calling.
After picking it up, it turned out that Director Ma had already given the relevant coordinates. The two of them had now arrived at Longmen Grottoes and found the marked point.
"We found the most professional local tour guide and explained it, but the coordinates given by Curator Ma didn't contain anything, because the things in that area had been stolen and dug up. What's new there? No?"
"We also have a lot of new clues here. By the way, can the tour guide explain clearly what the stolen piece of digging used to be?"
"To be clear, we are familiar with that thing, two pairs of relief stone carvings, from the Northern Wei Dynasty, "Pictures of Emperors and Empresses Paying Respect to Buddha"!"
(End of chapter)
