"Shen Fan, I haven't seen you for a long time."
"I know the bottle is here with you. You took it from Uncle Lei."
"If you don't want to make matters worse, I'd like you to hand over the plum bottle."
I frowned as I looked at the content above.
The only person who knows about the plum vase and knows that the plum vase may be in my hands should be Xu Jinhyuk, but Xu Jinhyuk cannot ask me to hand over the plum vase...
He also said that I took it from Uncle Lei... indicating that the person who wrote the letter probably didn't know the actual situation and regarded Xu Jinhe as one of my subordinates.
The entire letter was pieced together from words cut out from some books and newspapers. It was basically impossible to identify it through the handwriting.
There is a second piece of paper in the letter.
It says delivery method and remuneration.
"If you can hand over the plum bottle obediently, you can receive 100 million in your Hezhou Bank account."
"Of course, if you fail to comply, we can only impose sanctions on you."
"Before this Friday, place the plum bottles in the trash can at the end of Dongxing Pedestrian Street."
"I hope you can understand."
The letter ends here.
"Friday...the day after tomorrow is Friday."
Chen Cheng followed me and read the letter together, "How about we contact the Public Security Management Office?"
Fortunately, now that my business has stabilized, I can devote some time to thinking about these issues.
"Well, we'll contact the Public Security Bureau tomorrow."
I nodded slightly. I would not hand over the plum bottle easily without knowing what was going on. Moreover, the 100 million seemed to be the price paid by Liu Qingzhong and the buyer on the other end.
"Don't tell Uncle Seven about this for the time being."
After closing the door and walking out of the hall, I told Chen Cheng, "I'm afraid this bottle is not that simple."
"I know."
Chen Cheng nodded slightly.
I could take this letter as a deal, or I could take this letter as a threat.
If I were a smuggler like Liu Qingzhong, I would probably hand over the bottle.
Because of this letter, Chen Cheng and I suddenly had no intention of celebrating.
Finally, we decided to have a meal at the hot pot restaurant downstairs in Xintiandi.
I'm afraid only Chen Cheng will remember this day.
Early the next morning, I temporarily handed over the Tangkou business to Chen Cheng, and then asked Lu Yunchuan and Zhang Zijian to deploy some people to help, and then went to the Public Security Management Office.
"Captain Shen!"
"You haven't been back for a long time!"
I didn't expect that the person on duty at the door would say that when he saw me coming.
In fact, these days of running the hall have passed, and I have forgotten that I defeated Zhao Mingkai and joined the Public Security Management Department as a non-staff captain.
Then I discovered that it was the face recognition newly installed by the Public Security Bureau that "betrayed" me.
I nodded slightly, and then quickly walked into the building of the Public Security Management Office with the letter.
Zhao Mingkai was investigating crimes such as economic crimes and smuggling. For a while, I didn’t know where to go to inquire about the situation.
But I heard a familiar female voice appear behind me.
"Shen Fan!"
When I turned around, Li Jinming was standing in front of me.
She was wearing the captain's uniform of the Public Security Management Department and looked somewhat heroic.
"You came?"
I smiled, but didn't know how to answer him.
"I just came here these days."
"Because I am also responsible for investigating what happened at Hu Jianjun's hideout."
Li Jinming smiled and nodded, "What about you? How are you doing these days?"
"Just go back to my own antique business."
I said and smiled, "Now I plan to do some innovative projects with Fu Biao and the others."
"By the way, I was threatened yesterday."
"This is a threatening letter and I don't know who to contact."
Even though I was chatting with her, I didn't forget about business. I took out the strange letter and handed it to Li Jinming.
"The plum bottle...is the bottle we got last time, right?"
She thought while reading the letter, "Come with me. I happen to take over part of the investigation team here."
While chatting upstairs, I learned that Li Jinming had been promoted from undercover captain to captain of the Public Security Management Department because he had captured a large smuggling and arms syndicate.
Of course her transfer order was approved.
It happened that a senior captain of the Hezhou Public Security Management Office retired, and when the people below took over, she happened to fill the position.
When I came to the office, I found out who would replace the senior captain after he retired—Zhao Mingkai.
Perhaps it is because of Zhao Mingkai's "outstanding" performance in this series of actions that he was able to achieve a high position.
There is another person in the office - Qian Jia.
He has now been fully transferred back to the Sheriff's Department.
As for the cultural relics management office, people from Uncle Qi are already helping to head it.
After this period of rectification, the Cultural Relics Management Office and the Antiques Association have carried out in-depth cooperation - this has allowed Qijiuye to effectively combat smuggling.
Of course, the Public Security Management Office also contributes.
So now Qian Jia is Li Jinming's vice-captain.
"Brother Shen, why are you here?"
Qian Jia smiled and stepped forward to greet him.
"Shen Fan has been threatened. This is a threatening letter."
"The plum bottle needs to be handed over before tomorrow."
Li Jinming distributed the letters as evidence on the table, and then briefly told Qian Jia the matter.
"Brother Shen, how many people know that the plum bottle may be in your possession?"
Qian Jia thought about it and said, "Is it possible that it's that Xu Jinhe?"
Because Xu Jinhe was present at the time, Qian Jia knew his name.
"It's impossible. I've been with Shen Fan and Xu Jinhe. If Xu Jinhe wants to take away the plum vase..."
"He has no choice but to not give it to us."
Li Jinming said directly, "Let's start with this letter."
"Well, Brother Shen, don't hand over Mei Ping before you know their details."
Qian Jia said, "We will find a way."
"I don't have the plum bottle either."
When I said this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, I'll contact the evidence room now and see what I can find out from these letters."
With that said, Qian Jia first took the letter to the evidence room.
"I'll help you file a case, but the other party hasn't done anything yet, so I can only observe."
Li Jinming sat in front of the computer and started to create a file, "As for him saying he wants to hand it over, you can give him a fake one for now."
"That's what I planned too."
I nodded and said, "I'll leave this matter to you."
"Don't worry, you are from our Public Security Management Department. If we can't protect you, then we can all resign!"
Li Jinming said with a smile, "Please explain the process in detail, I need to back up the files."
In Li Jinming's office, I was told in detail the entire process of receiving the threatening letter.
Then I left the Public Security Bureau, thinking that they would be able to do something about this.
Of course, I would only find a fake one to put in the bottle they asked me to hand over - Li Jinming has promised that he will send someone to pay close attention to the situation at Dongxing Pedestrian Street tomorrow.
