Hearing this, Xu Gou smiled uncomfortably.
Chen Long was surprised, angry and confused. He seemed to be about to say something, but he held it back.
"First of all, I can tell you that I have found the bronze head." Jian Jing lifted the hanging tablecloth, revealing the sheep head that she had hidden under the table.
She took out the bronze statue and placed it on the dining table, but stopped anyone from approaching.
Shen Hou asked: "Where did you find it?"
"Safe Room No. 2." Jian Jing gave the answer straightforwardly. "The area from the lobby to the auction room was originally a banquet hall, and the waiting room and safe room were temporarily added. The bronze head is on top of the safe room and has never been lost."
Wei Yang was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Why would he do this?"
"Because the purpose of this case is not to steal the bronze head, but to find out the identity of the seller." Jian Jing said.
Youji thought for a while and shook his head: "No, before boarding the ship, no one knew whether there was really a bronze head, let alone how to auction it. You said that the equipment used to steal things was very professional. Did he foresee all this in advance?"
"You are right." Jian Jing waited for the old woman to show more respect, and said patiently, "So, the professional thief who released the smoke and blocked the surveillance cameras will not be able to take the bronze head."
Everyone was shocked and became more confused.
"A well-prepared thief. Well, considering his professionalism, I will call him a big thief. His real purpose is indeed to steal the bronze head, but he did not steal it openly. After all, once something disappears, everyone will definitely try their best to find it, and once the police are called, he will be in trouble.
"But by chance, Mr. Rat is dead, and Mr. Gu only recognizes the letter of authorization, not the person himself. Therefore, there is a simpler way to take the bronze head openly."
"Power of attorney." Shen Hou sneered, "If you can steal the power of attorney, you can pretend to be the owner and take him away directly. What a good plan - who is this person?"
Jian Jing looked at the dog and shrugged.
The dog yelled, "Are you crazy? How can you slander me like this?"
Even Rooster was a little skeptical: "She is a little famous in France, how could she be a thief?"
"Because she didn't know the musician at all," Jian Jing said. "Although she spoke French well and showed me the musician's Instagram photos, especially emphasizing her cat, and ordered classic French dishes, I found a few suspicious points and didn't think much about it."
"several?"
"First, her fingers don't have calluses. I looked through this musician's Twitter and there aren't many photos of her hands, but you can still barely see the deformed joints, which is the result of hard violin practice. Second, she told me before that she was taking the number 3 photo, and she was making this gesture."
Jian Jing raised her index, middle and ring fingers, making the familiar "3".
"I met this crazy French girl," she said of Kimberly, the unfortunate cousin who died tragically at Winter Castle. "She used the number gestures a little differently from us, that's it."
Change to thumb, index finger, and middle finger.
Rooster immediately said, "Oh, yes, that's right."
"I can't believe you accused me of such a serious crime because of something like this." Xu Gou was not flustered at all, and said coldly, "I trusted you wrongly."
"I haven't finished yet, don't be impatient." Jian Jing said, "These details only make me doubt you. What really makes me believe that there is something wrong with you is that the real seller couldn't help but ask - right, Mr. Chen Long? What you lost was not the jade carving, but the power of attorney."
Chen Long's face was gloomy, neither admitting nor denying.
"Don't blame yourself too much." She advised kindly, "I didn't doubt you just because you came to see me. I also felt it was strange a long time ago."
Rooster asked: "Why this time?"
"The first time, Mr. Chou Niu reminded me. He said that the auction process was unreasonable. Rat knew the identities of the buyer and the seller. At the same time, he was the only one who knew the price. If he was bribed and changed the price, wouldn't the seller suffer a great loss? Since he didn't trust Rat, how could he delegate power like this?"
Jian Jing asked herself and answered: "Two possibilities: either the Rat is the seller, which has been proven to be wrong, or the seller is on the ship and will personally read the quotation. The Rat is deliberately mysterious, and the owner is helping him conceal his identity. In this case, Mr. Chen Long, who was the last to go and only spent 10 minutes, is undoubtedly the most likely.
"Plus, he was indifferent to the death of Rat, and he suddenly cooperated actively after the bronze head was stolen. He claimed that he had lost the jade sculpture and asked me to investigate. These are all reasonable explanations. Right?"
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Chen Long had no way to deny it, so he could only say: "I concealed it only for safety reasons. Facts have proved that I was right. The Rat was dead, and some people did not want the bronze head to be sold. But I didn't expect that this woman would be a thief and steal my power of attorney."
Xu Gou turned his face away and still insisted: "I don't know why you insist on saying that I am not guilty. Unless you have evidence that I stole, otherwise, I have a power of attorney, and you insist that I am not guilty, the law will not recognize it."
"You take out the power of attorney."
The dog said, "This is my private property. You want to search my things. Where is the search warrant?"
"Are you guilty of your crime?" Jian Jing asked back.
The dog curled his lips and said aggressively: "If you insist on searching, it's okay, but if you don't have anything, I will sue you until you are bankrupt."
"Okay, that's it."
No one expected Jian Jing to change her mind. Everyone was stunned and looked at her.
Jian Jing was not in a hurry and said, "You are so confident, you must be relying on your accomplices." She paced back and forth, suddenly dodged and grabbed Wu Ma's arm, "The thing is with you."
Wu Ma looked surprised and confused: "What are you talking about?"
"You put smoke in the safe room just to attract the people on the ship to gather here so that you can take the opportunity to steal from the safe. Although the access control requires fingerprints and passwords, it is not difficult for you who are well prepared. It's just that you didn't expect that after the bronze head was lost, there was actually another culprit on the ship besides you.
"I think, out of prudence and professionalism, you will not leave your valuables in your room or safe. It is best to carry them with you."
Jian Jing adjusted her glasses, turned on the thermal imaging camera, and then went blind.
"You hid it in your pants?" She rubbed her arms and said to Mr. Gu, "One of you search it."
"I'll do it." Sishe suddenly raised his hand and firmly grasped Wu Ma's wrist. Wu Ma tried to break free, but he didn't expect that the sick boy was very strong and his hands were caught instead.
On the other side, Shen Hou, who was getting older but still stronger, also joined in to help and directly pulled down his pants.
With a clang, the metal fell to the ground, shining brightly.
Mr. Gu's eyes fixed: "Golden Scepter?"
"Really." Even though she had already used the identification card to prove that the scepter in the safe was a fake, she was still relieved when she saw the real thing. She looked at the dog and said, "You're not going to say that this is also your private property, are you?"
Xu Gou glanced at Wu Ma who was pinned to the ground and said, "What does this have to do with me? I just said that the power of attorney is mine."
"So I asked you to take out the power of attorney. It hasn't been washed, has it? With advanced technology nowadays, it's not difficult to extract fingerprints from paper. I think there must be Chen Long's fingerprints on it." Jian Jing said calmly, "Also, you two are not musicians. Just go ashore to verify it. If you're lucky, you two might have a criminal record."
The Dog's lips pursed and his eyes moved quickly, as if he was thinking of words to rebut.
Jian Jing added: "It doesn't make sense that the safe in Wu Ma's room was pried open. He was the middleman and the money was transferred directly. No one would steal from him. The best explanation is that he was crying thief and asked others to put their valuables in the safe so that they could take action."
Wei Yang cursed a dirty word.
"Perhaps, their original purpose was only to obtain valuable antiques, but they did not expect to find Mr. Chen Long's letter of authorization by accident when searching the safe, so they immediately came up with the idea of using a different method."
She said she was tired, sat down and drank some coffee, and asked: "Do you understand what 'transplanting flowers and trees' means? Do you want me to translate it for you?"
The insult was so strong that the dog's face turned green.
"Oh, you know why I guessed you two were in cahoots?" She was furious. "Because I thought you two were a couple. The reason? The way you both shrugged your shoulders was exactly the same."
As he spoke, he also imitated them by shrugging their shoulders, very realistically.
The atmosphere suddenly relaxed.
Only Mr. Gu looked solemn and said, "After investigating the two theft cases, should we say it was murder?"
"Of course, we can only continue our analysis after we have sorted out their identities." Jian Jing took a deep breath, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
"First of all, we can confirm that Mr. Chen Long is the seller. He should not have the intention to kill Mr. Zi Shu. Unless he gets the bronze head, it is to avenge him. So, I want to ask clearly, where are you from? Have you seen death before?"
Chen Long said: "I have seen him, but we are not familiar with each other. He also doesn't know that I am his agent."
"When did you meet?"
"About three years ago."
Jian Jing said: "I can't completely rule out his suspicion, but there are other things that can prove it. I'll talk about this later. For now, let's just believe his testimony. When you left at 10 p.m., you were still alive, right?"
Chen Long nodded.
She then asked the Dog: "When you left, you wanted to take the replaced golden scepter, right?"
Dog: "I didn't kill him anyway, why should I kill him?!"
"Of course not. Rat found out that you guys switched things." Sheep reacted quickly and stared at her. "You better go all out and kill him directly."
His identity exposed, Xu Gou lost his musician's reserve and responded quickly: "I'm going to run to the auction room, tell him I stole something, and then stab him to death?"
"Indeed, if the dead dog had discovered their actions, he would not have died in the auction room." Jian Jing ruled out Xu Gou as a suspect.
Next, there were only two suspects left.
The Tiger and the Pig are obviously uneasy, their eyes meet, full of suspicion.
The Pig looks carefree and cunning, but he is really brainless and can't make that much money. He immediately found a perfect excuse for himself.
"He said that when he went there, the door was already locked." The Pig pointed at the Tiger and said confidently, "I hadn't left the hall yet, how could he have locked the door? This little guy and I can't be in cahoots, right?"
Everyone felt that this made sense, and the way they looked at Yinhu became more unfriendly.
Yin Hu said in a deep voice: "No, I didn't kill Mr. Zi Shu."
"Yes or no, let me ask you a question first." Jian Jing said, "Have you bribed the rat?"
Yinhu was suddenly stunned.
"I don't think it's reasonable for you and the Pig to suddenly leave and ask for the price before the results are announced. Unless you are sure you can convince the Rat." She said, "On the day of the public auction, I happened to hear someone talking on the deck. One of the voices sounded like you. Is it you and the Rat?"
At this point, Yinhu was clearly the biggest suspect. He dared not hide it anymore and admitted: "Yes."
"You want to bribe him with millions and ask him to give you a break?" Jian Jing thought at the time that he would definitely buy the bronze head at the price of millions.
But after Rooster's scientific popularization, she realized that 20 or 30 million was considered low, and one million was obviously not right. In addition, her memory had improved, and she carefully recalled the scattered words at that time, and finally matched the Tiger's way of speaking.
He doesn't even want No. 1 or No. 3, so what does he want for a million
bribe.