Under the parasol of the tea shop, Wei Xiangzuo smoked a cigarette and asked softly, "Have these people appeared anywhere else?"
"The gang stayed at Xishuiting Foot Massage City on the first day, and rented a house on Sandao Street in Gangnei on the second day, paying a month's rent." Xiaofeng whispered back, "After Mr. Gu was beaten to death, the gang never showed up again."
Wei Xiangzuo pondered for a while: "Are you sure that the people who went to the foot massage parlor and those who rented the house are the same group of people?"
"Yes." Xiao Feng replied with certainty: "The people at the foot massage parlor and the person who rented the house told me that there was a man about 1.78 meters tall, with a short flat head, small eyes, and half of his left ear missing. His physical features match."
Wei Xiangzuo took a sip of tea and immediately ordered: "Call the person who rented the house, and we will go over to take a look."
"Okay." Xiaofeng took out his cell phone.
…
The Code Gang has a large number of members, and they have disciples all over Hong Kong. They have contacts and exchanges with all kinds of industries, and some of them are even the Gang's own industries. So it is not difficult for Wei Xiangzuo to find out some information from such places. It may even be easier than for the Police Department to come here to investigate the case.
In the afternoon, around two o'clock.
Wei Xiangzuo's car stopped at the intersection of Sandao Street in Gangnei. Everyone sat in the car and waited for a while. Then a middle-aged man in his fifties trotted over, opened the door and got into the car.
"Old Wei." The middle-aged man greeted Wei Xiangzuo with a smile.
"Ah," Wei Xiangzuo nodded at him, "I have something I want to ask you."
"Is it still about those tenants?"
"Yes. What kind of people are they?" Wei Xiangzuo asked bluntly.
"I don't know exactly how many people there were." The middle-aged man thought for a moment and replied, "They were introduced by an agent to rent a house. They came to me to negotiate. There were only two of them. One of them was about 1.7879 meters tall, with a short flat head, small eyes, and half of his left ear was missing. Haha, as you know, there are many dilapidated houses around my home, so I negotiated the price and thought it was not a big problem, so I signed a contract with them."
"No identification or anything?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
"What kind of identity proof is needed for this shabby place? Petty thieves, people who tamper with waterwheels, and opium smokers all hang out in this area. How can they have an identity proof? Haha, just pay the money and rent it." The middle-aged man paused and replied, "Oh, by the way, one morning when I went to buy something, I saw people in that courtyard. At that time, I saw only five people, and the one with half an ear even said hello to me."
Wei Xiangzuo pondered for a while: "Can you confirm when they left?"
"The exact time cannot be determined," the middle-aged man paused and said, "but it must be after Mr. Gu passed away. To be honest, Old Wei, when I heard that Mr. Gu was beaten to death, I was quite confused. I heard that there were six or seven gunmen, and they have not been caught, so I thought of the people who rented the house. Who knew that when I came over the next day, they really left, and the house was cleaned up, even the garbage at the door was cleared away."
“Even the garbage is cleaned up?!” Wei Xiangzuo was a little surprised.
"yes."
"You didn't report this to the authorities, did you?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
"Am I sick?!" the middle-aged man replied speechlessly: "If I report this to the police, won't I be in trouble? To put it bluntly, if you hadn't come to me to ask, I wouldn't have told anyone about this! Let's talk about it after we find out the truth."
"Haha, thank you."
"It's okay. We have been friends for many years." The middle-aged man grinned and replied.
"Okay, I understand." Wei Xiangzuo nodded.
"Old Wei, do you think that Mr. Gu... could have been beaten to death by these people?" The middle-aged man asked with some concern, "I can't get into trouble, right?"
"You just rent a house, what could possibly happen to you?"
"That's right." The middle-aged man nodded.
"Okay, let's go first."
"Okay, see you later."
After the two men finished their conversation, the middle-aged man got out of the car, and Wei Xiangzuo and others left.
After a while, Wei Xiangzuo and others went to Xishuiting Foot Massage City and met the manager on duty that day.
This foot massage parlor is not big and it offers some special services, so the manager on duty was very impressed by the guests who came that night.
During the communication between the two parties, Wei Xiangzuo learned that there were six people on the other side. After entering the foot massage city that night, they washed their feet and had massages in a private room. In the end, three of them even called a little girl.
The stream pavilion has surveillance video, but it is all in the corridors and public areas. Because the staff is so powerful, it is impossible to arrange video equipment in the bathing area and the small powder room, so there are not many surveillance images left by these six people. When Wei Xiangzuo was watching, he found a detail, that is, these people all walked with their heads down in the places with surveillance, and did not show their faces at all.
A series of details indicate that these people are a bit abnormal.
The vehicle used in the crime was stolen from Tianhong Port. These people clearly paid a month's rent, but they lived in the house for a few days and then left. It is very likely that they did not return on the night when Gu Tongshan had the accident.
Nothing was left in the room, even the garbage was taken away. Several people went to the Xishuiting Foot Massage City, but no one left a frontal image.
After Wei Xiangzuo sorted out a series of information, he felt that he had finally grasped a clue.
…
evening.
Wei Xiangzuo took his brothers to a restaurant in Tianhong Port for dinner.
"Brother, these guys really look like the gunmen who killed Lao Gu." Xiao Feng whispered, "If they really did it, then they may have been in Tianhong Port longer than we thought. If we analyze it this way, it is very likely that it was not done by the Yu family."
Wei Xiangzuo ate the fish without saying a word.
"Not only does it not look like the Yu family did it, but the time when these people came was exactly the day after Xu Er was killed." Xiao Feng turned his head and looked around: "Just think about it, the goods at sea were swept away, and the goods worth 6 million were finally found to be worth 8 million. Mr. Gu must have been unhappy about this. Brother, if you combine the time when Xu Er was killed and the time when these people entered the port... Isn't this a bit scary when you think about it carefully?"
The direction of Xiaofeng's words was very obvious, and Wei Xiangzuo frowned as he heard them.
"The boss is not satisfied, my brother was killed again, so they called a group of gunmen into the city to prepare for the emergency. This is normal." Xiao Feng added again: "The car used in the crime, the rented house, and the movement tracks of those people are all in the port... Think about it, think about it carefully."
"Damn, you look like Conan!" Wei Xiangzuo cursed speechlessly.
“… Exactly like them, big brother!” Xiao Feng replied seriously.
Wei Xiangzuo was silent.
"Brother, we brothers are definitely unhappy. The old man is gone, but he hasn't made any moves. Instead, he is still contacting internal connections, trying to gain power and create new channels. The most hateful thing is that our profits have been stopped." Xiao Feng gritted his teeth and said, "The old man is your master. When he was here, we had to endure any unhappiness. We respect our teachers! But now that the old man is gone, why should Xu Hu take the lead? Why?!"
Wei Xiangzuo took a sip of white wine, looked up and asked, "What time does the meeting start tonight?"
"At 7:30, in Longkou. I heard that Lao Gu's wife and son will also be there." Xiaofeng said.
"Let's go too." Wei Xiangzuo drank the wine in his glass and replied calmly.
…
In the city of Longkou, Su Tianyu, Kong Zhenghui, Bai Hongbo, and the leaders of the Department of Civil Affairs had already drunk quite a bit.
In the toilet, Su Tianyu's face flushed red, and he immediately ordered Dabai, "Damn it, hurry up and arrange the place. If I drink any more, I'm going to drink myself to death."
"Pick your throat."
"I won't… ."
"Come on, I can do it. I'll do it for you." Bai Hongbo moved his two fingers quickly, looking very professional: "Come on, open your mouth."
"Get out!"
Su Tianyu pushed Bai Hongbo away, took out his phone, glanced at the text message he had just received, and then replied with four words: "Arrange for him."