Cheng Shi looked at the grass that had fallen against the wall. The road was crooked, and he finally reached the wall.

But the other obvious path is straight!

When Cheng Shi saw this, his heart moved, and he asked the old man beside him: "Old man, let me ask you, how long has the grave next to the female body just been here?"

Cheng Shi looked at the other person's impatient look, sighed inwardly, then took out half a box of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

Seeing this, the old man happily took the cigarette, took out one, and lit it respectfully for the other person.

After taking a deep breath, the old man exhaled the smoke, thought for a while and said, "That grave is a new grave. It has only been five days since I came here!"

Cheng Shi also lit one for himself, and then asked: "Has anyone else been to this cemetery in the past five days?!"

The old man stared at Cheng Shi doubtfully and replied: "No, no one comes during the day. If it were night, I would have discovered him just like today!"

Cheng Shi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he walked to the tombstone and looked at the information on the tombstone.

Then he turned to the old man and said, "Okay, thank you, I'll take my leave now!"

Cheng Shi followed the escape route of the corpse dumper and found nothing missing. He quickly reached the wall.

The wall was only over two meters high. Cheng Shi took a few steps back, started running, jumped up and grabbed the top of the wall, and climbed up with both hands.

I walked a few steps on the wall and looked at the position at the top of the wall where the other party had left, but I didn't find anything useful.

Then Cheng Shi walked to the place where the other party came from, and after squatting down, Cheng Shi discovered that there was indeed a trace of a rope rubbing on the outside of the dirt wall.

After jumping down the wall, Cheng Shi walked around the area but didn't find what he was looking for.

Turning his head to look at the dock in the distance, Cheng Shi then strode past Fenshan Pier. When he walked to the dock, he saw a worker at work.

Cheng Shi stepped forward and asked: "Brother, did you see a suspicious man passing here an hour ago?"

When the worker looked up at Cheng, he saw that he was wearing a patrol uniform and said with a smile: "I didn't see it!"

Cheng Shi smiled slightly. He didn't have the time to ask the workers one by one now, so he just took a few steps.

Then he shouted to the dock: "If the patrol room investigates the case and finds out the real and useful clues, I will reward you with a silver dollar!"

After these words spread, many dock workers stopped. When they heard that a big ocean was being rewarded, which was their two days' wages, they naturally looked at Cheng Shi.

Several people who were close to Dechen ran over and asked, "Are you telling the truth?!"

Cheng Shi took out a silver dollar from his pocket and said, "Of course it's true. I'll give it to anyone who has useful clues!"

Seeing Cheng Shi showing the silver dollar in his hand, the workers began to approach Cheng Shi, and then started talking in a flurry of words.

Cheng Shi shook his head repeatedly when he heard this, and suddenly a message he wanted to hear came into his ears!

Cheng Shi immediately yelled: "Stop arguing, who just said that someone was throwing things into the river!"

Everyone stopped making noise, and a middle-aged man who looked honest and honest slowly raised his right hand.

He said cautiously: "I said it!"

Cheng Shi looked at him up and down and asked, "How did you see it? Did you see who it was? Where did he throw the thing?!"

The middle-aged man said: "I get up very early every day, and when I was counting the goods, there was a sudden thud and the sound of heavy objects falling into the water.

I followed the sound and saw a figure on the river bank in the distance. After a while, the figure disappeared!

I didn’t see the actual appearance of the other party. This little brother, I don’t know if what I said is of any use?!”

Cheng Shi nodded, and then said: "It's useful, you can take me to the river where he threw things!"

The middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and then he led Cheng Shi to the river not far away, pointed at it, and said, "This is probably the location!"

Cheng Shi said: "Okay, money, I'll give it to you if I find something. Is the river deep?"

The middle-aged man's face turned ugly when he heard this, and he thought to himself that you would only give it to me if you find it. What if you can't find it? But considering the other party's identity as a patrol officer, he didn't dare to say anything more.

Instead, he replied: "The water on the shore is not deep, but it is very deep in the middle of the river!"

Cheng Shi didn't trust the other party to find it, so he went into the water to look for it himself. After groping in the water for half an hour, he finally found what was at the bottom of the river.

After untying the rope on the stone, Cheng Shi carried a rope and a valuable-looking blanket out of the water.

Cheng Shi then threw a silver dollar to the middle-aged man on the shore, drained the water, and walked back to the patrol room carrying the blanket!

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Soon, Cheng Shi returned to the patrol room, and Qian Mancang happened to see Cheng Shi, who was all wet, and immediately burst into laughter.

Qian Mancang suddenly burst into laughter, and the patrolman beside him asked curiously: "Boss, what are you laughing at?"

Qian Mancang smiled and said, "I'm laughing, how could such a shrewd man like Inspector Cheng have such a son!"

Cheng Shi knew that he had attracted a lot of people's attention along the way, but he didn't care, and naturally he didn't care if he had a lot of money.

Cheng Shi changed his clothes, put away the things in his hands properly, and then walked into Cheng Guang's office.

Cheng Guang frowned in the office, looking a little troubled. There was no clue about the case in the Big World, and another case happened in Fenshan. Why wasn't he worried?

When he saw Cheng Shi come in and was about to say something, the magnet phone on his desk rang.

Cheng Shi also saw such an old-fashioned telephone for the first time. On February 21, 1882, the Great Northern Telegraph Company officially opened its first telephone exchange at No. 7 Bund, Shanghai.

25 customers became the first batch of telephone users in Shanghai. This telephone exchange is Shanghai and the earliest local telephone exchange in China.

This old-fashioned magnet phone uses batteries and requires a hand crank to make calls. This kind of phone must first be answered by the main station.

After the main station operator sees that the corresponding line indicator light is on, he inserts the binding post into the lighted jack.

Then the operator asked: What number do you want?

After knowing the number, the operator inserts the other terminal of the connection into the jack of the corresponding number, and then the two parties can talk.

Cheng Shi stood up immediately when he heard the voice on the other end of the phone.

He said nervously: "Yes, Chief Inspector, I will definitely give you an answer as soon as possible!"

After Cheng Shi saw Cheng Guang hang up the phone, he said, "Chief Inspector, I'm urging you again, right?"

After Cheng Guang sat down, he said helplessly: "There is nothing the Chief Inspector can do. Director Bernard just came to him and asked him to solve the case quickly!"

Cheng Guang didn't say much, but changed the topic and asked doubtfully: "Why don't you wear patrol uniform, and why didn't you come back with Agent Qian!"

Cheng Shi replied: "Agent Qian obviously looks down on me, and he won't listen to me, so I went to investigate on my own!"

Cheng Guang sighed and continued: "He just told me that you didn't obey the command and that you wanted to be lazy?!"

Cheng Shi said with a smile: "Am I lazy? He will naturally know it when I solve this case!"


Chapter completed!