The shopkeeper could only nod in agreement and led the patrol into the room behind the counter. Not long after, two patrols came out with a man.
The man who was brought out was surprised. He didn't know what was going on. Even his boss didn't know what he was hiding here.
Then why would a patrol come to arrest him? Could it be that his cousin betrayed him, but his cousin didn't know what kind of business he was doing.
Thinking of this, he began to comfort himself. Could it be that the patrolman arrested him for something else? He couldn't act too calm.
Hong Li looked angry and shouted loudly: "What are you doing? What have I committed and you want to arrest me?!"
Cheng Shi looked at the other person and confirmed that the target was correct. Without saying anything, he took out his agent ID card and handed it to Hong Li.
In order to prevent the other party from fierce resistance, Cheng Shi continued: "Sir, we are detectives from the patrol room. Someone reported the case and said that you defrauded him of his money.
So now we need your cooperation. Please come with us. Don't worry, if the situation is not true, we will not unjustly accuse people. "
When Hong Li heard what the other party said, he breathed a sigh of relief and stopped his fierce resistance. He was still mumbling at the shopkeeper.
"Cousin, I was wronged. Cousin, please explain it clearly to them!"
Seeing that his cousin ignored him, he then said to Cheng Shi: "I am really unjust. Please investigate clearly!"
Cheng Shi said with a cold face: "Mr. Hong, don't get excited. This is just an investigation, not an arrest. Please cooperate!"
At this time, Hong Li wondered in his mind whether he happened to be seen by someone he had deceived before, so he reported the crime.
It seems that it was not because the boss asked him to hide, but this also made him give up his decision to escape and decided to cooperate with the other party's investigation!
Seeing that the other party gave up resistance, Cheng Shi probably guessed what the other party was thinking. He then waved his hand and several patrolmen took the person away.
After Hong Li was taken away, Cheng Shi continued to ask the shopkeeper: "Does your cousin have any friends here, and do you know which friend of his is the best to him?!"
The shopkeeper shook his head after hearing this, and then explained: "My cousin doesn't often contact me. I'm very confused when he hides here this time. He doesn't have many friends.
I don't know him well, let alone his friends. Two agents, I really can't help you! "
Cheng Shi thought for a while and then asked: "Then do you know where he works and where he often goes?!"
The shopkeeper then replied: "He works in Tiancheng Bookstore on the other street. As for the places he often goes to, I don't know!"
Cheng Shi found that he couldn't ask anything else, so he and Feng Tao left the Honghu Pawnshop and rushed to Tiancheng Bookstore with the remaining patrol officers.
After several police officers surrounded Tiancheng Bookstore, Cheng Shi and Feng Tao walked into the bookstore. Cheng Shi asked first after entering.
"Who's the boss here!"
A middle-aged man saw the two people coming in and quickly stepped forward, came to them, and said with a smile.
"I am the boss here, what do you two want to buy?!
I have pens, inks, paper and inkstones here, as well as many rare ancient books, as well as the latest books, all here! "
Cheng Shi looked around and then asked: "Boss, you are the only one working here. Don't you have an employee named Hong Li?!"
After listening to Cheng Shi's words, the boss looked puzzled. When the other party asked him why he was doing this, he still replied directly.
"There is an employee named Hong Li. Three days ago, he suddenly resigned from me. It was too late to find a replacement. I have been exhausted these past few days!"
Cheng Shi then asked: "Oh, what about him as a person? How does he get along with others? Where does he often go to?"
When the boss heard this, he stared at Cheng Shi with suspicion and asked, "Who are you? Did that boy Hong Li get into trouble?!"
Cheng Shi then took out his agent ID card and showed it to his boss before continuing: "He did cause trouble. Boss, you'd better tell us everything about Hong Li!
If we find out that you have something to hide, we will arrest you for covering up. Please ask the boss not to hide anything! "
The boss looked at the two people with cold faces in front of him, not looking like they were joking. He quickly nodded to express his cooperation with the two people's investigation.
Soon the boss told everything about Hong Li here. He said that Hong Li was very honest here.
He doesn't usually go whoring or gambling, and he doesn't have a lot of friends. Even if he has a hobby of fishing, his friends are basically his fishing buddies.
There is no need to think about Cheng Shi, there are definitely some of them among the fishing friends.
However, it is not easy to find a breakthrough here. After all, everyone in their team should be hiding because there are too many fishing friends.
Cheng Shi thought of something else, and then said: "Boss, do you have any rice paper here? And it's old rice paper!"
When the boss heard that there was still business, he quickly said: "Yes, of course there is. There are many rice paper sellers in Shanghai, but I am the only one who sells old rice paper!"
After saying that, he turned around and went into the back warehouse, and came out after a while, holding a long box in his hand and placing it on the table.
The boss opened the box, carefully took out the white paper inside, unfolded a corner, and then asked Cheng Shi to come forward and take a look.
Uncovering paintings is a method of forging paintings. Using an authentic painting, you can unveil several identical paintings.
However, most people don't dare to use this method. The most successful ones can draw nine pictures at a time, and every one of them is of high quality.
If they can sell paintings to different people in different places, the value created is absolutely immeasurable.
However, if their skills are not up to standard, the original paintings may be returned, so most people will not take this risk.
This kind of counterfeiting requires very high technology and special paper, and the rice paper used for counterfeiting ancient paintings is also dated.
This kind of paper has extremely high water absorption and is very flexible and will not break easily, so it is used by counterfeiters.
After preparing the rice paper, spread the original ink on the rice paper, and then use some special means to penetrate the ink into the rice paper underground.
It is a technical task to make the ink on the original painting penetrate into the rice paper underground. Many paintings have been preserved for hundreds or thousands of years.
The ink has long been dried. To humidify and melt the ink, you need to use a solution. This is also something Cheng Shi asked the patrolmen to look for.
Finally, melt the ink, wait until the ink penetrates into the rice paper, let it dry for a while, and then use tweezers to gently peel it off layer by layer, and the fraud is complete.
Cheng Shi looked at the paper and touched it again. He knew that it was true. This was indeed rice paper that had aged well.
This is also an important part of their counterfeiting team's ability to deceive antique store owners. This should be a place for them to buy goods.
Cheng Shi felt happy and asked the boss anxiously: "Boss, has anyone bought this kind of rice paper from you?!!"
The boss looked at Cheng Shi and understood that the other party didn't want to buy these things, but wanted to inquire about something.
He suddenly lost interest and replied unhappily: "Our customer information is confidential, so we can't share it with you!"
