Looking at the words on the paper in his hand, Shaquille Reno was embarrassed.
Lu Ming smiled slightly, "Go ahead and call. After this call, everything will have nothing to do with you!"
This is Room 429 Windbo, a very small hotel suite. It is inconspicuous among the luxurious suites on the fourth floor. However, the phone in this room cannot be traced even through the telephone company. The number exists, but the address is fake, and the telephone line is mixed.
Catherine sat far away, staring at Lu Ming's back with gritted teeth.
Finally, Renault picked up the phone and dialed the number tremblingly.
After a while, the phone was connected. "Hello? Who is this?" A slightly old and tired voice came. It was old Renault.
Lu Ming didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a little bit reluctant. For a moment, he wanted to press the plug on the phone to end their conversation. After all, forcing a son to lie to his father seemed to violate the ethical principles of the people of Zhongzhou.
Unexpectedly, Renault looked at the piece of paper in his hand and said without hesitation: "Father, it's me, Shaqui..."
"Ah, you, where are you?" Old Renault's voice was immediately excited, "Are you okay? That devil..."
Lu Ming listened quietly. In his eyes, little Renault was a little devil, and in the eyes of old Renault, he was also a devil.
"Father, listen to me." Shaquille Reno interrupted the old Reno, "I finally found a chance to make a phone call. Something happened to the gunman..."
"Click", Lu Ming pressed the yellow plug of the phone and the call ended abruptly.
Shaquille Reno sat back in his chair weakly, lost in thought.
About ten minutes later, another phone on the table rang.
It was the voice of Sherlock Holmes, who was now monitoring downstairs in Sherford.
"Master, Old Renault talked to Shelfer. Just as you guessed, Old Renault didn't know who the gunman was. He asked Shelfer if something might have happened to Sand Bear?"
"Shelfer hesitated for a long time, but finally made a phone call. He didn't say much to the person on the other end. He just asked a few questions about the maintenance of the shotgun."
Lu Ming nodded and hung up the phone.
Soon, the fax machine connected to another telephone line on the table began to beep and then slowly printed out a line of text.
"Brave Shotgun Shop, Raccoon City, Hamilton State."
This is the address Scherver just called from.
Lu Ming picked up the phone he had just used to talk to Formosus on and dialed a number, "Brave Shotgun Shop, Raccoon City, Hamilton State."
As he expected, old Renault knew nothing about the Gunners, nor did he need to know.
Scherver was the hired gun.
And he was a gunman directly hired by Scherfer.
If it were me, I would do the same, because this is a shocking case. It is tantamount to challenging the rules that have been formulated and followed by the upper class in Donghai for many years, and challenging all authority in Donghai.
If a middleman is used, there is no guarantee that the middleman will be arrested for other matters in the future, or that this shocking case will be uncovered.
Including the gunman, in fact, if a professional gunman who has nothing to do with Donghai is hired, who leaves after killing someone, and even the employer Scherfer doesn't know where he has gone, that would be great.
But at the same time, if a professional killer fails in another case, he may reveal this shocking case in exchange for a plea deal with a lighter sentence.
And what if he kills people to silence them after using them? A professional killer who can kill six people silently must be on guard against his employer.
Especially if he dared to take on a job like shooting several East China Sea border commissioners.
It is not easy to silence a killer like this, and it would be even worse if you fail to do so.
Therefore, if I were Shelf, I would eventually look for the kind of gunman whom I can control, who I know is he, his character, and who I have a certain control over his future life trajectory.
It seems that Scherfer did the same.
Even if this hunting rifle shop in Western State is not where the shooter is located, it is a place where Shelfer's relatives and friends can know the shooter's information at any time.
After the gunman killed the man, it seemed that he had left Donghai long ago and went to Raccoon City, Hamilton State, or he was originally from there.
The address of the telephone number comes from the East Sea Telegraph and Telephone Company.
Donghai Telegraph and Telephone is one of the three major communication operators in the empire.
Its largest shareholder, also a very sharp-eyed fellow, is now one of his secret business partners.
However, he did not check the lines himself through this business partner, but bribed the company's technicians in the Donghai Communications Room.
Although these small people who don't make much money may seem insignificant, they can be of great use at critical moments.
On the contrary, it is not easy for his supervisor to be bribed to do these things. After all, the supervisor also has to go through these technical personnel to do things. There are too many people and too many mouths, so it is easy to be reported. Moreover, from a technical level, they are not as efficient as the talent he bribed.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming picked up the phone and called Fu Mo Si, "Catch him!"
After hanging up the phone, he dialed the number near the 97th Post Office: "Catch him!"
I dialed four or five numbers in a row, and all of them simply said "arrest someone."
Shaquille Reynolds watched blankly.
As Lu Ming stood up, he pressed the red button on the table, and someone came in immediately to pick up the phone and telephone line.
Lu Ming was about to walk out when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Kylena staring at him with gritted teeth. Obviously, this woman has always been a favored child since she became famous, not to mention after she married into the Renault family. Shaquille * Renault was humble in everything. Although the Renault family had some setbacks recently, it had no impact on her life. Those setbacks should have been kept from her.
This was the first time she suffered such a great humiliation, especially at the hands of herself, a Central Plains person whom she looked down upon.
"I advise you to think more before doing anything in the future. Don't waste the opportunity your husband has worked so hard to win. There is a saying in my hometown that if a husband has a virtuous wife, he will not suffer misfortune. I hope you are not a negative example!"
After saying that, Lu Ming turned around and walked out, but he could feel that the woman was still staring at his back with hatred.
…
Arriving at Room 408, he smiled and said to Tang who was about to come forward to talk to him, "Auntie, I have something urgent to do. I need to make a phone call."
After entering the study and closing the door, he dialed Cheng Lingyu's number.
"Inspector Cheng, I have found some people involved in the attack on the border commissioner, and the gunman may be found the day after tomorrow."
Cheng Lingyu was stunned. Of course he understood what Lu Ming meant by "find".
"Should I transfer it to the special case team? Or Zhang Xianhe's team? Or who do you want to take over?"
Cheng Lingyu hesitated for a moment, "Have you found out everything?"
"Of course not! There are outsiders inside." Lu Ming smiled.
"Oh, well, I'm focusing on handling some cases involving immigrants from other places recently. Leave those suspects to me and I'll investigate them."
"Okay." Lu Ming smiled, "Then you go ahead, Brother Cheng."
"Qianxing..." Cheng Lingyu hesitated for a moment, "I think I still need to talk to President McKen."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Well, I'll wait for the news."
Lu Ming knew that Cheng Lingyu certainly understood that he made this call because he was certain of his success. And if the murder case of the border committee member could be solved, it would be a great achievement that could not be overstated.
Since entering the procuratorate system, Cheng Lingyu has never investigated and solved such a major case.
Cheng Lingyu suddenly felt that if he took all the credit for this achievement, he would be envied, so he needed to report it to General Manager McKen.
After pondering, Lu Ming smiled and said, "But Brother Cheng, I feel that through these people, there may be a certain chance to clear my name, but if I really want to get to the bottom of this case, I'm afraid it will be difficult."
"At least we can have an outline and a conclusion. It won't be such a big case that it's messed up. Up to now, we've only investigated our own people!"
Cheng Lingyu's words clearly showed that he was somewhat dissatisfied with Zahavi.
After all, when Cheng Lingyu was the senior director of public prosecutions, he and Zahavi were competitors.
I guess he was once very depressed by Zahavi.
While Lu Ming was thinking about it, Cheng Lingyu sighed, "Qianxing, if this case can really be closed, not only Chief McCann, but how many people will thank you?"
Lu Ming smiled. Maybe he felt that he was really sure of getting away with it, so he was not so cautious and his tone was different from before.
However, this is how things are in this world. No one, even your own parents, is obligated to support you unconditionally.
Old Cheng did a pretty good job, although the call from Prince Hans must have played a certain role in his psychological process.
Just after hanging up the phone, there was a light knock on the door. After Lu Ming answered, Han Annie pushed open a crack and slipped in, saying, "Zahavi led the team personally to ask if you are here. He is arguing with Fourth Brother Wen in his office."
Lu Ming nodded: "I'll go see him."
…
In Wen Liangyu's office, when Zahavi saw Lu Ming walking in leisurely, he immediately said to Wen Liangyu with a gloomy face: "Didn't you say he wasn't here?"
Lu Ming smiled: "Boss Wen really doesn't know I'm here. It's impossible for him to know exactly when every long-stay guest in the hotel is in and when they are not. If he does, no regular customers will dare to come to this hotel."
Zahavi frowned and looked at Lu Ming: "Lawyer Lu, you'd better stop talking nonsense. Now, come with us. If you need a lawyer, you can call him."
"Commissioner Lu" became "Lawyer Lu", and he no longer had the smiling face he had when they last met more than ten days ago.
Lu Ming nodded: "Old Zha, you have changed a lot!"
"Lawyer Lu, please be careful with your words. If you continue to give me nicknames, I can sue you for damaging my reputation." Zahavi looked at Lu Ming with a sullen face.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Old Zahavi, I'm not afraid of a lawsuit. Come if you want! Besides, now there are rumors that I'm a kidnapper. Old Renault seems to have some misunderstandings about me. I dare not leave this hotel. I'm worried about being shot to death." He looked at Liu Tao beside Zahavi and said, "Liu Prosecutor, is that right?"
Liu Tao's face turned pale: "Let's see how long you can keep laughing?"
Zahavi waved his hand, and two police officers walked behind Lu Ming.
Zahavi said coldly: "Lawyer Lu, if you don't cooperate, we can only take compulsory measures. We are not asking you to cooperate with the investigation, but we suspect that you are the suspect in the shooting of the border committee member on November 9. Now, we have to take you back to the police station for investigation!"
Lu Ming pondered and nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you. I hope you really have evidence to suspect me!"
Zahavi didn't say much, but made a gesture, indicating that the police officers should keep an eye on the suspect.
This morning, Zahavi received a letter of complaint, reporting that Lu Qianxing was the mastermind behind the murder of a border commissioner. Moreover, this letter of complaint was written under his real name.
After seeing the name of the informant and learning certain details from him, Zahavi personally led the team to arrest the person.
"I want to say a few words to Fourth Brother Wen." Lu Ming walked to Wen Liangyu and whispered.
Zahavi waved his hand and no one stopped him.