Not long after, shouts came from the wine shop, and a huge plume of smoke was flying into the sky above the wine shop!
"It's gone! It's gone!"
Not only did the sound come from the wine shop, but even the shops around the wine shop were alarmed, and they all screamed in surprise.
Cheng Shi looked at the people running out of the street and shouted loudly.
"Everyone, don't watch the excitement. His house is full of wine. If the wine helps the fire, everyone's shop will suffer. Everyone should go in and help put out the fire!"
Then Deng Xin rushed to the wooden door of the wine shop and pushed it hard, and then shouted: "Come and help, the fire will get worse soon, and everyone's shop will be on fire!"
Everyone who was stunned reacted quickly, rushed to help Deng Xin, and soon pushed the wooden door open.
Everyone filed into the wine shop. After Cheng Shi finished shouting, he took the opportunity to go around to the back of the wine shop and climbed onto the wall.
I saw the boss yelling at the three clerks in front of him in the courtyard of the liquor store, telling them to put out the fire quickly.
When the boss saw three servants going to put out the fire, he seemed to suddenly think of something and ran in the opposite direction of the kitchen.
Cheng Shi discovered that the boss ran into not his bedroom, but a room next to his bedroom, and the lights soon came on inside.
At this time, Deng Xin had already rushed in with someone. Cheng Shi also jumped down to join Deng Xin, and then walked to the door of the room.
Cheng Shi pushed the door open and walked in, just in time to see the liquor store owner who was about to come out. The boss saw the surprised expressions on their faces and shouted.
"Ah, you, how did you two get in? Get out quickly!"
Cheng Shi looked at the panicked boss and said with a smile: "We saw the wine shop was on fire, so we came over to help put out the fire!"
The boss was stunned for a moment and said doubtfully: "If you put out the fire, then why are you running into my room?!"
Cheng Shi asked back: "This is exactly what I want to ask the boss. Instead of putting out the fire, why did you run into this room?!"
The boss's panicked expression had disappeared at this time. Instead, he looked at the two people in front of him with a cold face and said.
"I'm here to take away my belongings, so that I won't be unable to put out the fire and the losses will increase. Who are you two? They shouldn't just buy wine, right?!"
Before the two of them could answer, a servant ran over, holding half of his body on the door frame, panting and saying anxiously.
"Boss, boss, many people rushed into the liquor store to help us put out the fire. The wood was wet and the fire was not big, so it was put out quickly!"
The boss said to the servants: "I understand, you give each of the people who help put out the fire a jar of ten-year-old wine.
I just said thank you for their help in putting out the fire. This is what I really want. I have other things to do. I will visit them tomorrow to say thank you! "
Although the servant was very confused about the two people in front of him, he nodded and left. The boss said coldly to Cheng Shi.
"You two set the fire, right? Can you tell me why? If there is no reasonable explanation, I will report it to the police!"
When Cheng Shi heard this, he smiled and said, "Since you can see that we set the fire, why didn't you report it?!
Is there something shameful you have done, and you are afraid that we are insiders, so you want us to explain it to you? ! "
When the boss heard this, he wanted to get angry, but finally endured it, and then said coldly.
"What's wrong with me? It's the two of you who set fire to my shop. That's a crime, and I'll let you explain.
I'm kind-hearted and want to see if you are in any trouble. If not, then I will report it! "
Cheng Shi stopped beating around the bush with his boss and continued, "You don't need to report the crime. We are detectives from the patrol room. We just want to know the secret deal between you and Liu San!"
When the boss heard this, he looked at Cheng Shi with surprise and astonishment, and the two of them didn't look like they were joking.
The boss couldn't help but think secretly in his heart, and then he said excitedly.
“Even if you are detectives from the patrol room, you can’t set fire to my shop!
As for the behind-the-scenes transactions you are talking about, I don’t know what you are talking about. I am going to complain to your leader! "
Seeing this, Cheng Shi said coldly: "To tell you the truth, it was Chief Inspector Huang Jinrong who asked us to help Boss Shao Dengke investigate the case this time.
Now we just found Liu San's head, and Liu San refused to speak. Then, we found out that he had some dealings with you.
Of course, you don’t have to explain it now. You ran here immediately after the fire. There must be something here that you value very much?
How about I have someone search this place thoroughly? Then you will have no chance, let alone what kind of deal Liu San has with you! "
When the boss heard this, he took a deep breath and relaxed his body as he looked at the two people's dagger-like eyes. He continued.
"Let me see your IDs. If you are really detectives from the patrol room, I will tell you about me and Liu San!"
Cheng Shi signaled Deng Xin to throw the certificate to the other party. Deng Xin threw it to the other party. The boss looked at it carefully and found that it was genuine.
The boss thought for a while, even if he really had no problem, if the other party wanted to cause trouble, he couldn't do anything about it, not to mention that he himself was not clean!
After he figured it out, he continued: "Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just Liu San buying wine from me. It's just a cover.
Most people will return the jar to us after drinking wine, which is cheaper, and he will also return the jar to me after drinking wine.
But it is not empty inside. There will be some gold and silver jewelry and small antiques inside, and then let me sell them for him to earn some handling fees! "
Cheng Shi heard what he said and immediately asked: "Is that all? You two have a good relationship. Aren't you afraid that he stole these things and got you into trouble?!"
After hearing this, the boss quickly replied: "We just know each other, and I just helped him sell it because I saw that I could make money!
As for why I'm not afraid of getting into trouble, that's because I know he didn't steal the thing, but the fifth wife of the Shao family asked him to sell it! "
When Cheng Shi heard this, he realized that what the shop owner said during the day about the fifth lady having an affair with someone else was most likely true.
Because the fifth lady was obviously converting the things into cash to facilitate her escape in the future, Liu San was definitely an insider even if he was not an adulterer.
But Li Dali probably knew about Liu San's gang and the fifth wife, so he was convinced that he was afraid that Liu San would not dare to tell the truth.
However, Cheng Shi felt a little uncomfortable. This matter seemed to have nothing to do with the theft of Buddhist scriptures. After all, Buddhist scriptures could not be sold for much money!
Cheng Shi then glanced at the boss angrily, and then said loudly: "You are avoiding the important and taking the easy. To be honest, what kind of deal does Liu San have with you!
If you don't tell the truth, we will take you to the patrol room. Our chief detective has already spoken out about this case and can use all means! "
