The Donghai Xinfadi Racecourse, which was just completed three years ago, is the most luxurious and spectacular racecourse in the empire. It covers an area of thousands of acres and can accommodate more than 5,000 racehorses. It has six racetracks with bends and a separate training ground for 64 trotting horses. It brings together the empire's top horse facilities. The annual Imperial Equestrian Championship is traditionally held at the Donghai Racecourse.
The six-story stands of the Xinfadi Racecourse can accommodate 80,000 spectators. The second and third floors of the stands are VIP areas, various business boxes, and suites with the best seats for real tycoons to watch horse racing.
The luxurious suite No. 12 was the gift that Sir Renault Sr. gave to Jennifer on her 12th birthday. In addition, there is an Arthur-class racehorse named "Princess Love". The foal is now 3 and a half years old, which is the peak of the racehorse's physical strength.
However, its strength is not very good, and it is only a 4-class horse nowadays.
The horse races are ranked from Class 1 to Class 5, with strength ranging from high to low.
Today is the weekly horse racing day at Xinfadi Racecourse. There are a total of 8 events this afternoon and evening. The most important one is the Grade 3 race that will be held soon, called the "Grand Freedom Sprint Championship", which is a 1000-meter handicap race.
To put it simply, a handicap race allows lower-ranked horses to participate and they are given extra points, which makes it possible for lower-ranked horses to achieve good results.
Otherwise, horse bettors will have nothing to bet on.
Of course, when it comes to Grade Two and Grade One races, there is no weighing, so lower-ranked horses have no chance to participate.
It felt a little different from the Hong Kong horse racing system, but generally similar. Lu Ming quickly understood the rules.
I have been busy day and night these days. Today is horse racing day. In the evening, I made an appointment with Han Annie to watch the horse racing so that I can relax.
He had specifically asked Jennifer not to come to watch the horse racing tonight, but now she had taken over the luxurious horse-viewing suite No. 12. Lu Ming felt a little sorry for the little girl.
However, he was not very interested in horse racing, so he quickly took the information that the police station had just sent him and looked at it.
Han Annie, on the other hand, was holding a telescope on the long balcony outside, watching with great interest.
Originally, Lu Ming didn't pay much attention to the latest information about Xiao Cui's case that was forwarded to him by the police station.
In the past few days, Formosus and his team of police officers have been deployed to secretly search for visitors from the north.
It is very likely that there are killers coming from the north.
He should have found it difficult to find an opportunity to attack himself, but he found Li Mingxuan instead.
After all, if you are interested, you can find the cases you handled in old newspapers and magazines in Donghai.
The leader of these killers is definitely a powerful figure. After discovering Li Mingxuan's case, he came up with such a vicious plan.
Li Mingxuan once escaped from their hands, and then came to Donghai to have interactions with them. In their eyes, Li Mingxuan clearly knew where he was all along and was their minion.
What's more, they have killed Li Mingxuan's entire family, so Li Mingxuan must also die.
They killed Xiao Cui to greatly increase the possibility of themselves falling into this chain of schemes.
This would make me suspicious of Li Mingxuan, and maybe I would help them eliminate Li Mingxuan.
Or, he would target Liu Shoucheng, thus bringing him into direct conflict with local tyrants.
In short, get yourself moving.
They will take advantage of the opportunity and assassinate me.
Nowadays, not only is Fu Mo Si looking for these visitors from the north, he has also spent another sum of money on Lao Gui. In addition, Wen Liangyu has also mobilized the backbone members of the trade union to keep an eye on the people coming from the north recently.
Because they did not want to alert the enemy, Wen Liangyu did not mobilize the power of the trade union. Otherwise, with tens of thousands of construction workers, plus their network of relationships, most of whom were at the bottom level, in various inns and hotels, it should not be difficult to find these visitors from the north.
But if we rely on these people to search, by the time we send people over, they will have all run away, and someone might even have been killed.
Not to mention, I want to capture him alive.
As for Bizhu, don't use her unless it's absolutely necessary. I don't believe that a grown man like me, who has traveled to the East China Sea for a year, can't deal with a few river bugs.
That’s basically the story of the case. I didn’t pay much attention to any new information sent over by the police station.
But when he opened it, Lu Ming was slightly stunned.
It was Liu Shoucheng who went to the police station in person to report Li Mingxuan, with a handwritten letter from Xiao Cui.
This handwritten letter from Xiao Cui is also in the folder.
Xiao Cui said in the letter that she was forced to be with Li Mingxuan.
Li Mingxuan arrested her, detained her for a month, and threatened to kill her entire family.
After being imprisoned and tortured for a month, Xiao Cui became neurotic and was particularly afraid of Li Mingxuan.
From Xiao Cui's description in the letter, it can be seen that Xiao Cui is full of fear of Li Mingxuan.
Moreover, judging from the tone of her letter, it seemed that she was writing it to herself.
But I don’t know how to get it to myself.
Liu Shoucheng said that he happened to go to the neighborhood to do some business, and Xiao Cui gave him the letter and asked him to pass it on to lawyer Lu Qianxing.
According to Liu Shoucheng's statement, it was almost the New Year and he had not found any way to deliver the letter to himself. Moreover, he was also hesitant about whether to deliver the letter to himself.
Then, a few days later, Xiao Cui's tavern caught fire.
Because Li Mingxuan testified against him to the police, he learned about Xiao Cui's death from someone he knew at the police station.
After hesitating for a while, Liu Shoucheng went to the police station and handed the letter to the police.
He believed that the person who actually killed Xiao Cui must be Li Mingxuan.
Lu Ming stared blankly.
The transcript of Liu Shoucheng's testimony and Xiao Cui's handwritten letter.
The letter is written in Xiao Cui's handwriting, and the police have already verified it.
After sitting quietly for a while, Lu Ming picked up the phone on the coffee table and dialed a few numbers. Soon, the other party picked up the phone.
"Cuff Li Mingxuan. From now on, he will be treated the same way as the other prisoners."
Li Mingxuan is currently in a secret location under strict protection.
Putting down the microphone, Lu Ming smiled bitterly. After all, he still couldn't escape the responsibility.
"What's wrong? What happened to Li Mingxuan?" Han Annie happened to come in and was surprised when she heard what Lu Ming said on the phone.
Lu Ming pointed to Liu Shoucheng's transcript and Xiao Cui's handwritten letter and sighed, "Read it yourself."
Han Anni sat down and started reading.
Lu Ming picked up the cigarette pack on the coffee table, lit a cigarette, and smoked silently.
The cigarette in his hand was suddenly taken away by a small white hand that reached out from the side and put out in the ashtray.
"This has nothing to do with you. You don't need to feel guilty. It's Li Mingxuan's fault. It's the crime committed by those killers!" Han Annie looked at Lu Ming. At this moment, her soft and clear big eyes were particularly bright and firm.
Lu Ming smiled bitterly, "You don't understand. I always feel that I am responsible for his becoming like this."
"How could I not know? When I was in Wuan, I felt that there was something wrong with his character. He was too gloomy."
Lu Ming shook his head.
Han Annie frowned: "You big smoker, I have a bad impression of you too, but you are not like him, you don't have that gloomy smell, even if you are bad, you are bad in public, don't you believe me?"
Lu Ming smiled and stood up. "Okay, let's stop talking. Let's go watch the horse race. There's no point in ruining your mood."
The phone on the coffee table rang.
Lu Ming answered the phone, hummed twice, and frowned slightly.
Han Annie smiled and said, "Okay, let's go. Don't delay your business. Thank you for inviting me to watch the horse racing today. Although, I don't know which noble lover of yours is borrowing the room."
In the bedroom, you can clearly see the elements of an aristocratic little girl, with various lace and beautiful girlish oil paintings.
After hearing what Han Annie said, Lu Ming smiled bitterly, thinking that he seemed to have overdosed himself and lost points again. He had not thought about these things before coming here.
…
Husky Lodge.
Room 302.
Lu Ming stood at the door, watching several detectives inside busy collecting fingerprints, footprints, and all traces left behind.
Several police dogs were sniffing some objects under the command of police officers.
During his investigation of all the hotels in Donghai, Sherlock Holmes instinctively felt that there was something wrong with the people staying in this suite.
According to the hotel owner and the waiter, these five people looked very strange at first glance. They rarely went out, and only one of them communicated with the store owner and the waiter, with a western Hanzhou accent. The other four people rarely spoke as long as there were outsiders present.
But when Fomosi gathered his men to launch a direct raid, the place was already deserted.
"Master, this used to be your private room, right?" Fu Mo Si looked very solemn. This flesh-like female detective was rarely so serious.
Lu Ming nodded.
"They are studying you, and they are not afraid of you." Sherlock gritted his teeth.
"Is it your enemy in the north?" Sherlock Holmes asked suddenly.
Lu Ming smiled: "Probably."
"Then let them be scared!" Shemos' eyes flashed with murderous light. "How should I describe these people? They are very arrogant, but also ridiculous. They give me the feeling of professional killers from the last century. They should all use instruments, and they all use sharp blades. Look, there are still debris left by the grindstone. Isn't it ridiculous? They are all very arrogant, but they have no idea how our East China Sea detectives do things nowadays. They don't understand trace science, forensics, and the clues they left behind are really eye-opening. I am confident that I can catch them soon!"
Lu Ming smiled and patted Fu Mo Si's shoulder. "They should be very agile. They have been practicing martial arts since they were young. The police officers should pay attention to safety."
Formosus nodded. "Understood! We will put on protective gear, so that they will never think that we are living in the Stone Age and still want to be professional killers. It's ridiculous."
Sun Bo, who was standing not far from Lu Ming, listened to Fu Mo Si's words with a sad look in his eyes.
Lu Ming noticed it and slowly walked over to him.
"They are not the same kind as you." Lu Ming said indifferently.
"Yes, I understand!" Sun Bo smiled bitterly.
"There are more extraordinary people in the north. Have you ever thought about going to the north to look for successors?" Lu Ming asked.
"I've been there before, and both the north and south are average. There aren't any children with outstanding qualifications. These few people are also mediocre."
Lu Ming nodded. With the Holy Envoy in front of him, Pingde, who was now in Sun Bo's eyes, should be considered a ruthless character. For example, he should have no problem dealing with a half-baked person like Long Ye. I wonder if there is a murderer who killed Long Ye among them.
Thinking of this, Lu Ming gritted his teeth.