Under the parasol of the tea shop, Wei Xiangzuo smoked a cigarette and asked softly: "Have these people shown up in other places?"
"These people stayed in Xishuiting Foot Massage City on the first day, and rented a house in Gangnei Sandao Street on the second day and paid a month's rent." Xiaofeng whispered back: "After Mr. Gu was beaten to death, these people have not shown up again."
Wei Xiangzuo pondered for a while: "Are you sure that the people who went to the foot massage city and rented the house are the same group of people?"
"Yes." Xiaofeng replied affirmatively: "The people in the foot massage city and the people who rented the house told me that there is a person who is about 1.78 meters tall, with a short flat head, small eyes, and half of his left ear is missing. The physical characteristics match."
Wei Xiangzuo drank 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 mobile phone.
…
The Code Gang has a large number of members, and they have disciples all over the port. They have contacts and exchanges with all kinds of industries, and some of them are even the Code Gang's own industries. Therefore, it is not difficult for Wei Xiangzuo to find out some information in such a place. It may be easier than the police station 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 the port. Everyone sat in the car and waited for a while. A middle-aged man in his fifties rushed over at a trot and pulled the door to get into the car.
"Old Wei." The middle-aged man smiled and greeted Wei Xiangzuo.
"Ah," Wei Xiangzuo nodded at him: "I have something to ask you."
"It's still about those tenants, right?"
"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 people in total. 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, you know, there are many dilapidated houses in my area, so I negotiated the price and thought it was not a big problem, so I signed a contract with them."
"Didn't you leave any ID or anything?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
"What kind of identity proof is needed for this broken place? Petty thieves, people who deal in waterwheels, and people who smoke opium are all here. How can they have an identity? Haha, just pay 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 the people in that yard. 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 specific time cannot be determined," the middle-aged man paused and said: "But it must be after Mr. Gu died. To be honest, Lao Wei, I heard that Mr. Gu was shot to death, and I was quite vague in my heart. We heard that the gunmen were also six or seven people, and they have not been caught, so I thought of the few who rented the house. Who knew that when I came to see it the next day, they really left, and the house was cleaned up, even the domestic garbage at the door was cleared."
"Even the garbage was cleared?!" Wei Xiangzuo was a little surprised.
"Yes."
"You didn't report this to the police?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
"Am I sick?!" The middle-aged man replied speechlessly: "If I report this to the police, won't it cause trouble for myself? To put it bluntly, if you hadn't come to me to ask, I couldn't tell anyone about this! I'll talk about it after I find out the cause."
"Haha, thank you."
"It's okay, we've been friends for many years." The middle-aged man grinned and replied.
"Okay, I know." 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, can I?"
"You just rent a house, what can get you into trouble?"
"That's right." The middle-aged man nodded.
"Okay, then we'll leave first."
"Okay, see you later."
After the two finished talking, the middle-aged man got out of the car, and Wei Xiangzuo and others left.
After a while, Wei Xiangzuo and others went to the Xishuiting Foot Spa and met the duty manager there that day.
This foot spa is not big, and it also provides some special services, so the duty manager was very impressed by the guests who came that night.
During the communication between the two sides, Wei Xiangzuo learned that the other party was six people. After entering the foot spa that night, they washed their feet and had massages in the private room. In the end, three of them even called a little sister.
There are surveillance videos in Xishuiting, but they are all in the corridors and public areas. Because the staff is awesome, 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 place where there was surveillance, and did not show their faces at all.
A series of details show that these people are a bit abnormal.
The vehicle used in the crime was stolen from Tianhong Port. These people 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 come back 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 Xishuiting Foot Massage City, but no one left a positive face image.
After Wei Xiangzuo sorted out a series of information, he felt that he had finally grasped a little clue.
...
In the evening.
Wei Xiangzuo took his brothers to a restaurant in Tianhong Port for dinner.
"Brother, these people really look like the gunmen who killed Lao Gu." Xiaofeng whispered: "If it was really them, then they may have been in Tianhong Port longer than we thought. If this analysis is true, 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." Xiaofeng turned his head and looked around: "Think about it, the goods at sea were swept, and the goods worth 6 million were finally found to be 8 million. Mr. Gu must have been unhappy about this. Brother, if you consider 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?"
Xiaofeng's words were very obvious, and Wei Xiangzuo frowned when he heard it.
"The superiors are not satisfied, and my brother was killed again, so they called a group of gunmen into the city to prepare for emergencies. This is too normal." Xiaofeng added again: "The car used in the crime, the rented house, and the activity tracks of those people are all in the port... Think about it, think about it carefully."
"Damn it, you look like Conan!" Wei Xiangzuo cursed speechlessly.
"...Too much, brother!" Xiaofeng replied seriously.
Wei Xiangzuo was silent.
"Brother, we brothers are definitely unhappy. The old man is gone, but he has not made any moves. Instead, he is still contacting internal relationships, trying to gain power and create new channels. The most hateful thing is that the interest of all of us has been stopped." Xiaofeng gritted his teeth and said, "The old man is your master. When he was here, we had to endure any unhappiness and respect our teachers! But now that the old man is gone, why should Xu Hu take the lead? Why?!"
Wei Xiangzuo drank a sip of white wine, looked up and asked, "What time is the meeting in the evening?"
"At 7:30, in Longkou, I heard that Lao Gu's wife and son are also going." Xiaofeng said.
"Let's go too." Wei Xiangzuo drank the wine in the glass and replied calmly.
...
In the urban area of Longkou, Su Tianyu, Kong Zhenghui, Bai Hongbo, accompanied the leaders of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and had already drunk a lot.
In the toilet, Su Tianyu's face flushed, and he immediately ordered Dabai, "Damn it, hurry up and arrange the place. If I drink any more, I'll drink myself to death."
"Pick your throat."
"I can't..."
"Come on, I can, I'll pick it for you." Bai Hongbo shook his two fingers quickly, looking very professional: "Come on, open your mouth."
"Get lost!"
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."