The Santana drove away.
Xie Qing also got in the car, drove the car a few steps forward, and drove it to her own yard.
The yard is not big, with a flower wall outside. When it gets warmer, she will plant climbing roses and yew flowers. When the flowers bloom, a pastoral atmosphere will be created.
Xie Qing stood in the yard and thought for a moment, then opened the door and went indoors.
On the east side of the first floor is the living room, and on the west side is a small bedroom - she is going to turn it into a cloakroom.
The open-style dining room is next to the living room, and to the west of the dining room is the kitchen. There is also a small bathroom between the kitchen and the bedroom.
There is a spiral staircase between the living room and the dining room, leading to the underground floor and the second floor above ground.
The basement was an open space of about 30 to 40 square meters. There was nothing to see, so Xie Qing went to the second floor.
There were three spaces on the second floor: the stairwell, the irregular bedroom, and the study on the north side.
Overall, the space was used reasonably, and one person would not feel it was too big, nor would they feel cramped.
She took a look around, and just as she went downstairs, someone came outside—the masters who were renovating the water and electricity came with tools, followed by two unexpected people.
"Qingqing?" Xie Chen was a little surprised, "Why did you come here instead of taking a good rest?"
"Brother, Yunyun." Xie Qing greeted, "I slept until ten o'clock, and I was tired of sleeping. I happened to have an appointment with...Captain Tan, so I came out."
She didn't want to mention Tan Yi, but since she had lied to Chen Yuehua, she might as well tell it half-truthfully to avoid letting it slip later.
Xie Chen said, "Oh, that's great. Let's watch the masters work together."
Xie Yun also said, "My eldest brother said that there is no rush at home, so he asked the workers to fix the water and electricity here first. I heard that the design of this villa is unique, so I came to take a look."
She took the initiative to explain why she came, but Xie Qing knew that she actually came to choose a house.
Xie Qing had no intention of exposing her and changed the subject, "Yunyun, I heard that the suits are selling well. When will you get a share?"
This was the first time that the sisters had faced this issue after their business dealings.
Although Xie Yun acted first and asked for permission later and forced her to take two sets of clothes, she never thought of tampering with the money.
She said seriously, "I'll pay you at the end of spring, and I'll settle you every quarter thereafter."
"Okay, then I'll wait for the money." Xie Qing was very satisfied with her attitude, which was neither pretentious nor nonsense, and handled business impartially.
...
The masters began to work, and dust and noise quickly occupied the space.
They were people from a formal company and worked in a disciplined manner. The three siblings gave a few instructions, left the villa, and went to Xie Xun's new house for a tour - there were Xie Qing's bedrooms there, one for her and one for Xie Yun, both on the sun side.
In the evening, Xie Chen came to Xie Qing with a draft contract, saying that he had already bought the land and was just waiting for payment.
The content of the contract included loans, repayments, and dividends, which really achieved clear accounts between brothers.
Don't employ a person you don't suspect, and don't doubt a person you employ.
Xie Qing didn't care about these things, but Xie Chen insisted, so she accepted it.
On the second day of rest, she and Xie Chen went to the bank, withdrew 900,000 in cash, and transferred it to Xie Chen's account.
...
After Xie Qing went to work, the first thing she did was to hold a meeting of the task force.
In the meeting room, Li Ji and Li Ke were there.
Li Ke waved at her, "Qingqing, come and sit down."
Xie Qing sat down beside her, and just as she put down her pen and notebook, Li Ke came over and whispered, "You didn't expect us to come." Xie
Qing thought of it.
If the other party is a criminal gang, the number of crimes is large and the areas involved are wide, business trips are inevitable. On the one hand, the bureau must maintain local police force, and on the other hand, it must frequently arrange personnel to go on business trips. Young people are the most suitable.
Xie Qing said, "I thought about it, but not so soon. That's great. I was worried about not having a partner."
Li Ke nudged her affectionately with his elbow and said, "I thought so too."
Tan Yi sat down in the front, and the whispers in the conference room were immediately silenced.
He said, "Two cases have been reported to Dongcheng District one after another. On November 27 last year, the deceased Jiang Zhisheng was strangled to death. On December 14, the safe clerk Zhen Qing died in a rental house. Sao Qingniang appeared in both cases."
"These two cases are the same as the case of Shen Yi and Mao Jia. The former was murdered and the latter was silenced. But unfortunately, after finding two specious portraits, the Dongcheng Branch could no longer find any effective clues, and the case was shelved."
In other words, although two more pieces of evidence were found in the case, it only further illustrated the murderer's brutality and increased the pressure on the police investigating the case. It was useless.
Fu Da asked, "Captain Tan, do you want to merge the cases?"
Tan Yi said, "No, but the Dongcheng branch will send two police officers to our bureau to get a more detailed understanding of the three cases."
Fu Da said, "Then... can we go to their branch to learn about the other two cases?"
Tan Yi's face did not look good. He said, "The Anhai City Bureau and the Dongcheng District Branch are at the same level, but the Dongcheng District Branch is under the Beijing Urban Management Bureau, and Jiang Zhisheng is the son of the deputy mayor of Beijing."
A burst of discussion broke out in the conference room.
"Although it's a bit unfair, reality is reality."
"They may not stop us from investigating. Let's wait and see."
"If we don't merge the cases and each investigate our own cases, is that a disguised form of competition?"
...
Li Ke asked Xie Qing, "If we compete, do you think we can win?"
Xie Qing said, "We must win!"
Tan Yi is the second male lead, how could he let an unknown little person steal the limelight?
Li Ji said, "In my opinion, we should just let it go. After all, they have an advantage over us."
Li Ke pouted, "Ji Ke is right. There is no need to put so much pressure on ourselves. No matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, a cat that catches mice is a good cat."
Du Zhun sat opposite and asked with a smile, "Do you think we are a black cat or a white cat?"
Li Ke said, "Of course it is a white cat. White cats are beautiful."
Fu Da glared at them, "We are in a meeting. Why are you talking about cats?"
Du Zhun was eloquent and quickly repeated the conversation between the two people, saying, "Captain Tan, we are talking about serious matters."
Fu Da was amused by him, "You are the only one who talks too much all day long."
Tan Yi's expression was not so serious anymore. He glanced at Xie Qing casually, "I called everyone here today to report the case, and two colleagues from the Dongcheng Branch have arrived. They are upstairs and will probably come down in a few minutes..."
As he said this, the door was pushed open.
Huang Zhenyi walked in with two plainclothes police officers.
Both were very young, about 27 or 28 years old.
"Everyone, you have heard that these two are colleagues from the Dongcheng District Branch of Beijing," Huang Zhenyi pointed at the man and said, "This is Jiang Hanzhi, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Dongcheng District Branch, and this is Na Wan, the police officer. Everyone, welcome!"
Xie Qing and others stood up and applauded to welcome them.
Tan Yi came over and said, "Hello, officer. Welcome. Jiang Hanzhi, long time no see."
Jiang Hanzhi held his hand, "Really? We haven't been in touch since we graduated from high school. You're so mean!"
Huang Zhenyi was surprised, "Why, do you know each other?"
"Captain Huang, we were naked kids who grew up together. We went to the same kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school and high school. Later, I entered the police academy and this kid was admitted to the Beijing University of Political Science and Law, and we lost contact." Jiang Hanzhi hit Tan Yi on the shoulder, "What? You look down on those of us who went to the police academy, but you're still a policeman, aren't you?"
Everyone thought he was just making a sarcastic remark, but he turned it into an open insult in the blink of an eye, and they were all a little at a loss.
Huang Zhenyi laughed dryly and was about to come to the rescue when Tan Yi spoke.
He said, "Hanzhi, I thought you knew me best, but it turned out to be the opposite. It turns out that you know me least. After so many years, don't you feel that you are more relaxed without me?"
Jiang Hanzhi was stunned. After a long while, he said, "It seems so. However, you are the captain now, and I am the squadron leader. I still can't beat you. Damn it, I shouldn't have come here."
Tan Yi said, "Since we are here, we should make the best of it. When we are free in the evening, let's have a few drinks together."
Jiang Hanzhi nodded, "Okay, call Lao Chai. I haven't seen him for more than a year." At this point, he bowed to the others, "Enemy's jealous when they meet, I'm sorry to make you laugh."
"Hahaha..." Huang Zhenyi laughed, "Captain Jiang is humorous, please come this way."
The two sat down in the front row.
Tan Yi got back to the point and sorted out the three cases again.
Repeatedly reviewing a case can occasionally lead to new ideas.
But not this time.
Xie Qing just listened to it. She copied Jiang Hanzhi's detailed introduction to the two cases in Dongcheng District into a notebook.
Jiang Zhisheng, 33 years old, married, graduated from the School of Architecture of Beijing University of Technology, and worked in the Dongcheng District Design Institute.
His father, Jiang Shilong, 60 years old, is the executive deputy mayor of Beijing, in charge of politics and law.
Unlike the Shen Yi case, Jiang Zhisheng has enemies. When he was young and frivolous, he fought with his classmates and blinded a male classmate's eyes.
He had two romances in college, both of which ended in chaos.
Jiang Hanzhi has preliminarily ruled out these people as suspects.
The deceased came out of the safe at two o'clock in the morning, took a taxi home alone, and was killed behind the big locust tree at the entrance of the community.
The autopsy report of Jiang Zhisheng was very simple, that is, mechanical asphyxiation, the murder weapon was an electric wire, the wire was clean and there were no fingerprints.
There was a sweeper at the scene of the crime, hanging on the treetop above the head of the deceased. The back of the sweeper was dim, but the whiteness of the sweeper was dazzling, and the smiling lips were creepy.
The deceased Zhen Qing, 21 years old, had no criminal record, lived in Xingyi County, was an honest man, and had good relationships in the safe.
After Jiang Zhisheng's death, Jiang Hanzhi and others immediately launched an investigation into the safe, and they soon found the waiter Zhen Qing who left without saying goodbye.
It was then discovered that he had died in the rental house, and the murder weapon was the same type of wire.
The Dongcheng Branch did not find any effective clues at the scene, and the case reached a dead end.
Tan Yi said, "Compared with the first scene of the Shen Yi case, the situation at the gate of the community is much more complicated. The murderer no longer had the mood to tease, so he killed the victim directly. But it is not ruled out that the mastermind is the same person and there are two murderers."
Jiang Hanzhi sighed, "Yes, both situations are possible."
Na Wan looked at Tan Yi, "The murderer is too arrogant and treats human life as worthless. We must unite and strive to bring them to justice as soon as possible. What do you think, Captain Tan?"
Tan Yi said, "What the police officer said is very true. What do you think, Hanzhi?"
"Of course." Jiang Hanzhi stood up, "Let's go and take a look at the places mentioned in the file."
The meeting ended, and Tan Yi accompanied the two guests.
Xie Qing and Li Ke went to the bathroom together.
Li Ke said, "I don't know why, I don't like them very much."
Xie Qing said, "Everyone doesn't like competition, and I am the same."