Zhao Huai slept until noon the next day before getting up.
If he had nothing to do, he wouldn't get up early and would take a nap if he could. The pawn shop's daily business was average, so he wasn't in a hurry.
Seeing that his wife was already busy in the kitchen, Zhao Huai smiled slightly.
I plan to habitually open the door of the pawn shop and turn over the "Open" sign.
But when he opened the door, he saw a bloody storage ring on the carpet at the door.
Zhao Huai walked out and glanced around the street. There were people coming and going, but there was nothing unusual.
"Whose ring?"
So he looked at it curiously.
But what was inside surprised him.
There were piles of spiritual stones and silver notes, which seemed to be quite large in number, as well as a large number of antique objects. Finally, there was a seal and a piece of white paper.
"Aren't these banknotes the same batch I gave out yesterday?"
"There are also these antique toys that are leftover from yesterday's selection."
Zhao Huai immediately knew the origin of these things. Aren't they all from the profiteer yesterday?
Almost instantly, Zhao Huai realized something.
He quickly took out the last seal and white paper.
This is a very small seal, stained with dried blood, only the size of a thumb, made of amber jade, carved into the shape of a tiger's body, with small seal characters engraved at the bottom.
"Is this...a tiger charm?"
Zhao Huai immediately recognized what was in front of him.
It is the tiger talisman needed for marching and mobilizing the army in ancient times, also called the soldier talisman.
He immediately opened the white paper again and looked at what was written on it.
"The shopkeeper's words yesterday inspired me a lot, so I gave these things to the shopkeeper..."
Zhao Huaicai read the beginning and already guessed who the owner of this letter was, probably the guard with the sword, so he continued reading.
After a while, Zhao Huai finished reading the letter, and after reading it, he started writing - the old man of Dayan was even more certain that this letter was left by the guard.
At this time, Zhao Huai finally figured out what happened last night and the origin of those treasures.
This letter was left by an old soldier from Great Yan. He once worked as an errand in the capital. After the fall of Yandu, he took away a large amount of treasures. However, he felt extremely guilty afterwards, and because he couldn't stand the vicious behavior of this profiteer, Finally he took action and killed the opponent with his hands.
After carefully recalling the divination results of that day, Zhao Huai also understood why the result of this profiteer would be "disaster" regardless of whether he bought it or not.
Because he doesn't make money from these cultural relics at all, he relies on taking advantage of others.
If it weren't for this old pawn, this profiteer would definitely send someone to deal with him. Thinking this way, the death of the profiteer would have solved one of his troubles.
"I didn't expect that he was actually a member of the Great Yan Army." Zhao Huai still had a hint of admiration for this old soldier in his heart.
Although he failed on the battlefield, it is rare and valuable that he can still retain some loyalty for his past kindness.
Of course, maybe I was overthinking it. This profiteer might be very hateful. If he didn't seek death, the guard might not kill him so quickly.
Zhao Huai clenched the tiger talisman in his hand, packed up the antiquities and silver notes in front of him, and put them back into the storage ring.
No matter what, things are over and people have to move on.
"When the Yamen is handling the case, everyone should give way!"
A shout came, and blue-robed detectives appeared on the street.
Holding an iron ruler and a solemn look on his face, he strode towards the door of Huaizi Small Pawn Shop. Several people directly surrounded the door of the pawn shop.
Zhao Huai was quite indifferent when he saw this scene.
Last night, he thought that people from the Yamen would arrive early this morning, but he didn't expect to arrive late at noon. It seemed that he and Yan Jing had overestimated the efficiency of the Yamen.
"What case do these police officers come to my store to handle? I am a good citizen and I will not do anything illegal."
Zhao Huai looked puzzled and said innocently.
The leading police officer did not reply, but first looked at Zhao Huai's appearance.
This is their professional quality. First, they can grasp some basic information by looking at people.
It's just that the person in front of him has fair skin, sword-like brows, and starry eyes. He is quite handsome.
He looks like a weakling who is supported by a wealthy family, so it is difficult for him to get along with a vicious criminal.
"That's it, shopkeeper, at around midnight last night, a businessman was killed in the suburbs. I investigated this person's itinerary and found that he only came to your place that day and stayed at your place for the longest time, so you are a suspect. It’s huge.”
As the chief catcher spoke, he stared at Zhao Huai, trying to find a slight change in expression on Zhao Huai's face.
"That businessman...is dead!?"
Zhao Huai's face was full of shock, as if he had just learned the news.
"Why do you suspect me? I have no reason to kill him!"
Zhao Huai's tone was very unfair.
"You still have a motive. Maybe the business hasn't been concluded, or maybe the price isn't right, it's all possible." Another detective standing nearby said.
Zhao Huai smiled bitterly and said: "When it comes to doing business and negotiating prices, I've just been completely fooled."
"Describe briefly."
Zhao Huai complained directly: "That businessman is obviously a profiteer. I was kind enough to bargain with him that day, but he actually cheated me with a fake luminous pearl. My wife can testify to this."
"Fake Ye Mingzhu? Did you kill him because you were so angry that you were deceived?"
"It's impossible, it's just a bead, it's not like that."
Zhao Huai shook his head.
This police chief always leads Zhao Huai in the direction of killing people intentionally or unintentionally, but Zhao Huai is not affected at all.
The chief agent quickly exchanged glances with several agents behind him.
They watched all Zhao Huai's reactions, but didn't find anything strange.
"Please tell us the specific situation in the Yamen in detail. It can also be considered as a report." The chief of the police turned his head and said to Zhao Huai.
"Going to the Yamen?"
Zhao Huai was naturally unhappy when he heard this.
"Can't you just say it here?"
"There are officials in the yamen who will record the situation. We will record everything you say." The chief of the police said.
Zhao Huai also understood that the other party was asking him to go to the Yamen to give a confession.
But who would want to go to that cold cell? He still doesn’t understand what these detectives are thinking?
Rather than taking a confession, it was more about using the threat of prison to see if he could reveal some flaws.
"Get out of the way! Don't block your uncle's way!"
Just when Zhao Huai wanted to take out the copper coins and divine fortune, an arrogant voice came from the roadside.
He and the surrounding policemen looked over.
I saw a rich young man wearing brocade clothes and jade robes with three rings on one hand rushing here.
"Li Yanqing?"
Zhao Huai couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the visitor.
Walking straight towards the pawn shop, Li Yanqing, who was proud and high-spirited, saw the police officers blocking the road around him and Zhao Huai in the middle.
His expression suddenly turned ugly, and he roared directly:
"Damn it, I don't even want to live anymore!"
"Dare to surround my young master's life-saving mentor!"
...
