False evidence

Chapter 139 The Iron Fan Fortune Teller
Jiang Banxia raised a question.

That is: Kou Yun mortgaged all his assets, what did he do with the loan money?

Gao He said, "The flow of funds can be clearly found by checking with the bank, but I personally don't think there will be any results."

“How could that be?” Jiang Banxia shook her head repeatedly.

Gao He said, "You should know that besides investing in shops, Kou Yun also deals in antiques. A knowledgeable antique dealer is absolutely capable of going bankrupt to acquire antiques that he deems worthwhile."

Jiang Banxia said, "That doesn't make sense either. The antique shop and all the items in it were mortgaged to the bank. There's no way that there could be antiques of such high value among them."

Gao He waved his hand: "Alright, let Zhang Xuan and the bank figure this out. If, during the liquidation, the bank discovers that among the mortgaged assets are items worth several times more, heh, heh heh..."

“Then you won’t even hear the sound of it skipping stones,” I replied.

Jiang Banxia, ​​getting a bit fixated on the details, looked around and said, "If Kou Yun really bought all his assets into antiques, could those things be in this old house?"

"This idea is quite realistic. Those mortgage contracts were signed at the beginning of the year, before Kou Yun bought a new house."

Gao He was speaking, but his eyes were glancing sideways at me.

I immediately understood what he meant and said, "The key and the photos are all with you. If you need them, you can have the ring too. Apart from these three things, I have never taken anything else from this house."

"What nonsense are you thinking? Of course I trust you."

Gao He waved his hand, "I'm just a little curious. I'm wondering what kind of thing could be worth such a high price? If I were the owner of the house, where would I put that thing?"

"safe!"

Because it was official business, Meng Chao hadn't gone inside until now, when he abruptly interrupted at the door.

I beckoned to him with my finger: "You really reminded me. Come on in. I'm not very mobile, but you're more handy. Go upstairs and help me see if anything is still missing from the safe."

Meng Chao walked in impatiently and went straight to check the safe.

When he fully opened the safe door, both Gao He and I saw his back visibly tremble.

"How could it not be here? If it's not here, where would it be hiding?"

Meng Chao backed off the bench, his profile showing an extremely bewildered expression.

Gao He asked casually, "The safe is only so big, can it fit that thing?"

"Yes! It's definitely possible!" Meng Chao replied without hesitation.

Gao He glanced at me, silently stepped forward, and whispered, "What could it be?"

"It's Yin..."

Meng Chao seemed to wake up with a start, but did not react in a particularly obvious way.

He didn't even turn around, but very 'naturally' changed his tone: "I was thinking, the valuable stuff probably isn't that big. This safe is hidden so well, where else could the stuff be hidden if not here?"

"Yes, like this fan in my hand!"

Upon hearing my words, Meng Chao trembled violently and suddenly turned around.

At that moment, his slightly ferocious face made him seem like a complete stranger to me.

I took out the iron fan that Liu Yi'er had given me from my bag, held it horizontally, took a step forward, and said sternly, "Is this what you're looking for?!"

Upon seeing what I was holding, Meng Chao seemed to be electrocuted again, and then he lunged at me, shouting, "Give it to me!"

I was prepared, and kicked him away.

With a "whoosh," he unfolded his iron fan with one hand and moved closer again: "Here you go!"

The iron fan didn't touch Meng Chao's body; it only waved in front of him. Yet, he let out a scream that was ten or even a hundred times more desperate than Zhang Xuan's.

I retracted the iron fan, immediately turned around, and shouted loudly with my back to Meng Chao: "A cycle of twelve years has passed. This parting will last for twenty-four years!"

After saying that, my body was already trembling uncontrollably.

I didn't dare turn around, but then I heard Jiang Banxia say, "He's fainted!"

I shuddered again, and said coldly, "He didn't faint; he went to another world, and he'll be gone for a long time!"

Before he could finish speaking, Gao He said, "She's awake again."

I slammed the iron fan shut, gritted my teeth, and turned to walk up to Meng Chao.

He looked completely bewildered, as if he had just woken up from a hangover. "Twenty-one? It's dawn? Huh? Where am I?"

Hearing someone approaching from behind, I stretched out my iron fan to stop the person from moving forward.

"Meow!"

As the cat meowed, Pidan said, "It's a different person now, not the original one."

Meng Chao looked at her, his eyes widening suddenly: "Huh? You're Pi Dan, right?"

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, pointed the iron fan in my hand at Meng Chao's nose, and when I lowered my hand, I felt completely exhausted.

……

Before parting ways with Jiang Banxia, ​​I asked her what to do about the cat?
She looked at Chou Dan, appearing quite troubled.

Gao He opened the car door and pulled me into the car, saying, "Zhang Xuan didn't get a penny, so why would she take care of this old cat? I think Chou Dan and you get along very well, and I've always thought you're a very kind-hearted veterinarian!"

Back at their residence, Gao He didn't leave. He only said that the cooperation between the police and the people was more pleasant this time, and without saying anything else, he dragged everyone into a small restaurant.

Old Xu, who runs the restaurant, has already treated us as his biggest customers. Seeing that there were many of us, he prepared a private room on the second floor, which was also the only one available.

The monkey said, "You guys are so unfair! Why didn't you wake us up this morning?"

Li Ping said, "Sanqi, I've discussed the house matter with the other party again..."

"Xiao Fan, my brother Sanqi is a fine young man. Back in school, several school beauties chased after him. Tsk, he just had too high standards and didn't like any of them..."

Meng Chao has become the third "busybody" chatterbox after Gao He. Not only does he keep talking to Pi Dan, but he also repeatedly tries to invite my "mother-in-law" to dinner.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Gao He grabbed the window and shouted downstairs, "Uncle Xu, bring a whole case of baijiu! One bottle for each person!"

This finally managed to silence the noisy private room.

I've been sending messages ever since I sat down.

Just as things quieted down, my phone vibrated.

I answered the phone, and the other person immediately asked anxiously, "Is what you said true?"

I nodded subconsciously and said into the microphone, "Think back carefully to what happened that day. Is that what happened?"

"Yes, you have made it very clear. But... if that's the case, a magical artifact harboring evil... even if it's just a wisp of consciousness, it's still more difficult to deal with than an ordinary malevolent spirit."

"So?" I gestured with my chin toward Meng Chao, who immediately pulled out two cigarettes, lit them, took one out of his mouth, and put it in mine.

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, about the length of half a cigarette, before the voice came through again: "Besides resolving one matter, I also brought two friends with me on this trip. Let's arrange a time to meet."

(End of this chapter)