Chapter 129 Hotel



Chapter 129 Hotel

◎Gray eyes, impatient look◎

As Mu Gang spoke, Ji Zhao's brows furrowed.

Seeing Ji Zhao's serious expression for the first time, Zhao Xiangwan was a little confused: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Ji Zhao is a painter who has an almost intuitive talent for the human skeleton and facial features.

【There are many inconsistencies in his description.】

【This old woman is a disguised woman. 】

[You ask her, when you help an old person up, does he feel light or heavy? ]

Young people have flexible bones and joints, and strong muscles. When you support someone, you can stand up naturally and feel that the other person's body is light.

As they get older, their bones and joints become stiff, and their muscles become weak, making it impossible for them to stand up naturally. At this time, when you support someone, you will feel that the other person's body is very heavy.

After hearing Zhao Xiangwan's question, Mu Gang thought for a moment: "Gently. When I bent down to help her, she stood up with just a little effort. She bent down and held my hand, thanking me repeatedly."

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "She held your hand, how did it feel?"

Mu Gang suddenly realized what was happening. He was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead. He slapped himself hard and said, "Damn it! That was a fake old woman. Her hands were so soft. I was fooled!"

Lifting away the fog and revealing the truth, Ji Zhao painted a woman in her thirties based on Mu Gang's description.

Sunken eyes, a high nose bridge, a slightly long oval face, curved eyebrows, a tall figure, and pupils of a special gray color give people a gloomy feeling.

——This is a beautiful woman with exotic charm.

Mu Gang stared at the woman in front of him in a daze, and suddenly jumped up: "I've seen her, I've seen her!"

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "When? Where?"

Mu Gang screamed wildly: "It was in that park, when Xue'er was lost. I was running around in the park like a headless fly, calling Xue'er, Xue'er desperately. When I walked to the toilet, this woman came out with a bag in her hand. She looked at me coldly, as if she looked down on me, or as if she sympathized with me. Anyway, it was very inexplicable. She was wearing a colorful skirt and her skin was very white, like a foreigner. Oh, I know why I noticed her at that time. Her eyes, her eyeballs were also gray!"

Zhao Xiangwan was getting anxious. How come Mu Gang and the comrades at the police station ignored so many important clues?

“Bang!”

Mu Gang raised his hand and slapped himself again, angry, hateful and anxious: "Why am I so stupid? How can there be so many people with gray eyes in this world? It was this woman who pretended to be an old woman, and it was this woman who kidnapped Xue'er! Why didn't I catch her? I'm so stupid!"

Zhao Xiangwan saw that his face was red and swollen, with clear fingerprints, and it was obvious that he had killed him. He said, "Save your energy to find the child, don't get excited."

Zhao Xiangwan's attitude was very calm, but underneath her calmness was a deep determination, which calmed Mu Gang's restless heart a little. He thought about some details: "She was only carrying a cloth bag, not a child. Xue'er must be in the hands of her accomplice. Her eyes are very light in color, and her skin is whiter than most people. She doesn't look like a Han Chinese. She could be a foreigner, or a minority."

With so many clues, the members of the serious crime team discussed the action plan together.

Two portraits, one of which was a recent photo of Xue'er and the other was a portrait of a suspected human trafficker. They were all sent to local public security bureaus for joint investigation to see if Mu Xue'er was among the rescued abducted children, and to check whether there was a match with the human trafficker in the criminal database.

This feedback process takes at least one week and is led by Huang Yuande.

Gao Guangqiang said: "The Grandma Dong sales group in the suburbs of Xing City has been completely arrested. It was Director Xu who personally led the team to arrest them. I will go and meet this Dong to see if I can get some useful information."

Zhao Xiangwan took the initiative to ask: "Zhu Kang and I will go to Yao City again and ask Min Jiadie if she has seen these two people. She is a member of the Yao City merchant network and may have seen the gray-eyed woman in the painting."

Everyone acted separately.

Gao Guangqiang reacted the fastest. Granny Dong, who was in charge of selling children, had never met Mu Xueer or the woman with gray eyes. Her line was mainly responsible for meeting with the kidnappers, then screening the children and selling them to different places. As a transit point, Granny Dong, who was arrested, confessed her guilt with a good attitude and confessed several kidnapping gangs in Hunan Province, so she would not lie about this matter.

The gang described by Granny Dong was too large, so the Xing City Public Security Bureau and the Yao City Public Security Bureau worked together to rescue nearly a hundred missing children, making a great contribution.

But among so many children, Mu Xueer was not there.

Mu Gang was anxious. He waited outside the police station every day. Whenever he saw Zhao Xiangwan or Zhu Kang coming out, he would follow them and ask, "Officer Zhao, Officer Zhu, how is it? Any news about Xue'er? I saw several parents taking their children home. Where's my Xue'er?"

The other children were found, but Xue'er was nowhere to be found. Mu Gang was so anxious that he pulled his hair every night. The messy hair on his head was pulled thinner and thinner by him, and he looked much older.

Zhao Xiangwan was worried that Mu Gang would go crazy, so he comforted him, "Let's go to the Yao City Public Security Bureau to inquire about Xue'er's whereabouts. You just work and earn money. I'll call you on your pager as soon as I have any news."

Mu Gang had no choice but to leave. Before he left, he kept reminding her, "Remember to call me. You must remember to call me. No matter what the news is, as long as it's news, call me."

Zhao Xiangwan and Zhu Kang came to Yao City.

When they heard that Zhao Xiangwan was coming again, the people from Yao City Public Security Bureau welcomed him warmly.

For Director Wei, Zhao Xiangwan is a lucky general. As soon as she arrived, she assisted the Yao City Public Security Bureau in solving two major cases and uncovered a cross-regional child trafficking group. The work summary report to be written at the end of this year will take more than three pages to finish!

Fang Taokai didn't see Ji Zhao and was a little disappointed: "Why didn't Teacher Ji come?"

Zhao Xiangwan glanced at him and asked, "Ten sketches and three drawings a day. Have you finished them?"

Fang Taokai's forehead was sweating: "Well, I have something else to do. I'll go get busy first."

Lei Ling laughed: "Officer Zhao, your eyes are so sharp."

After laughing, Lei Ling explained, "Xiao Fang has a very good work attitude recently. He is really too busy. A few days ago, there was a burglary case. He went to the hospital every day, communicated with the survivors, and stayed up late to draw portraits. He really didn't have time to complete the task assigned by Ji Zhao."

Zhao Xiangwan didn't exchange pleasantries with him and got straight to the point: "I want to meet Min Jiadie."

Lei Ling agreed without hesitation: "No problem, I'll arrange it."

Zhao Xiangwan and Zhu Kang met Min Jiadie who was awaiting trial and verdict in the detention center.

She gained some weight and her overall condition was much better than when she was first arrested.

As soon as she saw Zhao Xiangwan, Min Jiadie said, "Officer Zhao, you are right. Only when you have a stable home and a happy job can you live a good life. I am in the detention center now, so I can be considered to have a stable home, right? The police girl in the detention center is very nice. She taught me how to read. No matter how many years I am sentenced to, I will definitely reform myself. I can also learn a skill in prison. I will study hard and strive to be a good person when I get out."

Zhao Xiangwan nodded: "I came to you today and wanted to ask you to do me a favor."

When Min Jiadie heard this, she immediately became alert, leaned forward, and looked at Zhao Xiangwan through the fence: "What do you want?"

Zhao Xiangwan took out Mu Xueer's photo and said, "Have you seen this child? She was abducted when she was five years old. This is a simulated portrait of her now."

Ji Zhao's portrait was incredibly touching. Xue'er was sitting in the corner with her knees hugged, looking weak and helpless. Min Jiadie only took one look and felt pain in her heart. She closed her eyes and shook her head, saying, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen it."

[Such a beautiful girl, ah! ]

【Girls who were kidnapped are all miserable.】

[There are too many black-hearted men in this world. 】

Min Jiadie's words, "all abducted girls suffer a lot," made Zhao Xiangwan's heart sink.

How miserable is it?

They may have their legs broken, their tongues cut off, their eyes gouged out, and become disabled to gain sympathy from passers-by and beg on the streets.

They might be sold to the mountains as child brides and have children before they reach adulthood.

They may be sold to a place for training, and then receive customers and make money when their bodies are well developed.

If this happens to any child, it would be enough to make her and her parents collapse.

If Min Jiadie has never met Xueer, then where is Xueer?

Zhao Xiangwan took out the portrait of the gray-eyed woman and showed it to Min Jiadie, but he didn't have much hope in his heart: "Well, have you seen this person?"

Min Jiadie's pupils shrank and her body stiffened instantly.

【Why is it her? 】

[It should be her, right? I haven't seen her for more than ten years, and she doesn't seem to have changed much. ]

[What did she do wrong? Why was she called by the police? ]

Zhao Xiangwan never expected that Min Jiadie would recognize this trafficker!

Zhao Xiangwan raised his voice: "Who is she?"

Min Jiadie raised her eyes and looked at Zhao Xiangwan: "You, what do you want to do with her?"

Zhao Xiangwan held up Xue'er's portrait to Min Jiadie again: "Five years ago, she took this little girl away."

Min Jiadie closed her eyes and remained silent for a long time.

[Min Lina, haha, you have come to this day too? ]

[After not seeing you for more than ten years, you have become a bad person. ]

【We...have all become bad people.】

This is the most crucial clue to find Xueer. Zhao Xiangwan continued to ask: "Min Jiadie, who is she? She is your childhood friend, right?" It was another person with the surname Min, and he should be a child from the charity hall.

Min Jiadie opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Xiangwan, feeling resentful.

“屁的童年好友!她叫闵立娜,和我一起送到了雜技團,後來雜技團解散,我和嬌嬌跟着胡老頭搞撐竿舞,她跟着喻柳老師走了,喻老師組建了一個歌舞團,把臺裏幾個漂亮的傘上舞演員,還有幾個漂亮女孩都挖了去。我從少管所出來之後,找人四處打聽嬌嬌的消息,在珠市遇到了闵立娜,她長高了、長大了,但那雙眼睛灰灰的、霧蒙蒙的,像個外國人一樣,我一看就認了出來。”

趙向晚追問:“闵立娜現在哪裏?有沒有她的聯系方式?”

闵家蝶搖了搖頭:“她完全變了個樣子,一臉的高傲,仿佛她是只豔麗的孔雀,我是只拔了毛的土雞。我認出她來的時候,她嘲諷了我兩句,說什麽當初如果跟着喻柳,現在早就成了明星,吃香喝辣,日子過得美滋滋。”

趙向晚打斷闵家蝶憤憤不平的語言:“你是哪一年,在哪裏遇到的闵立娜?”

闵家蝶想了想:“80年7月吧。我從少管所剛放出來,在珠市最豪華的賓館,蓬萊閣酒店的門口見到了她。她那個時候穿了條很暴露的花裙子,長頭發披到腰上,漂亮得像一道光。”

趙向晚問:“後來見過嗎?”

闵家蝶搖頭:“沒有,只見了那一次,感覺很不愉快,我也沒有留她的聯系方式,轉身就走了。”

時隔十五年,到哪裏去找闵立娜?

趙向晚問:“喻柳是誰?雜技團的領導嗎?”

闵家蝶說:“是雜技團的臺柱子,具體是不是領導我也不太清楚。那個時候我們都太小了。被慈善堂的人送到雜技團,本來是想讓我們學點手藝,将來養活自己。可是誰也沒有想到十年運動一來,雜技團也被鬥争,鬥過來鬥過去的,全都散了,各奔前程。”

“哪一個雜技團?”

“彩虹雜技團。”

“闵立娜說你還說了什麽?她身邊還有誰?她說成為明星,是什麽明星?”

趙向晚一連串的問話,闵家蝶一邊想一邊回答。

“十幾年前的事情,不太記得了。”

“我光記得她那條長裙子一層一層的,底下撒開像一個彩色花環,特別好看,裙子沒有衣袖,光着膀子露出來的皮膚白得像雪一樣。”

“她旁邊有沒有人?好像有哦,好幾個和她穿同樣衣服的女孩子。”

“哦,對了,我記得她穿了雙黑色的皮鞋,走起路來叮叮铛铛地響。”

又問了幾個問題,闵家蝶真的想不起來更多細節,只是對闵立娜情感很複雜。既羨慕她長得漂亮招人喜歡,又嫉恨她為人嚣張愛顯擺。

“我們那一批孩子裏,闵立娜長得最漂亮,她也知道自己生得好看,平時就喜歡指揮那些男孩子為她跑腿。”

“在雜技團裏,我和嬌嬌長相不顯眼,一開始只能做點雜活。闵立娜卻一去就受到喻柳老師的喜歡,親自教她練身段、練眼神。”

“我十歲的時候雜技團散了夥,十六歲進少管所,十九歲出來見到闵立娜。原本以為這麽久沒有見,大家也算是童年夥伴,能夠幫襯我一把,哪知道闵立娜見到我一臉的鄙視,好像我是個臭蟲一樣。當時我恨不得把她臉撓花,哪裏會問她要什麽聯系方式?最好永遠不要見到!”

說到這裏,闵家蝶有些好奇:“可是,她不是成了明星嗎?她過得比我和嬌嬌好了一百倍,怎麽會變成人販子?”

趙向晚搖搖頭:“多謝你提供的信息。”

說罷,起身離開。

身後傳來闵家蝶的笑聲:“趙警官,你要是抓到了闵立娜,記得告訴我一聲啊,我倒是想看看她顯擺了半天,有什麽好得意炫耀的,哈哈……”

彩虹雜技團,喻柳,闵立娜,1981年7月,瑤市蓬萊閣酒店,歌舞團演員。大花裙子、叮铛響的黑色皮鞋,可能是踢踏舞演員。

——這些線索彙總,為尋人指明了方向。

接下來的日子,趙向晚、祝康、穆剛三人開始奔波。

先到市檔案館、文化局尋找關于彩虹雜技團的資料,一個一個地尋人,詢問關于喻柳的資料,解散之後團員的去向。

再到蓬萊閣酒店打聽1981年7月是否接待過歌舞團演員。

一周之後,闵立娜終于有了下落!

她改名衛麗娜,在星市城西的落霞山山腳下開了一家酒店。

天然居酒店。

這個酒店趙向晚與祝康太熟悉了。

當年趙向晚大一寒假在重案組實習,接手的第一個案子翁萍芳被殺案,當時翁萍芳就是在天然居酒店被害。

也正是這個案子,掀開了趙青雲出軌的事實,讓魏美華痛苦萬分。

也是在這個案子裏,趙向晚以“鐘點房”的貓膩,逼得衛經理放開授權,讓服務員們說了實話。

事後,朱飛鵬與何明玉向市局剛成立不久的掃黃辦反映情況,據說在天然居抓了兩個在鐘點房涉黃的男女,并責令酒店整頓。

沒想到,這個酒店的幕後老板,竟然是闵立娜(衛麗娜)。

而在今天,為了尋找雪兒,趙向晚與祝康、朱飛鵬再一次來到天然居酒店。

雖然城西距離主城區較遠,相對偏僻,但因為這裏屬于風景區,落霞山海拔一千一百米,草木豐茂、風景秀麗,春有茶、夏有風、秋有葉、冬有雪,經常有游客來這裏游玩,酒店生意還不錯。

到了十二月,落霞山下寒風凜凜,比市內氣溫要低三、四度,朱飛鵬把車停在酒店西面的停車場,三人一下車就縮了縮脖子,真冷。

天冷,酒店大堂空空如也,前臺只有一個服務員守在那裏。

走到前臺,趙向晚亮出警官證,服務員神情便有些慌亂。

【警察怎麽這個時候過來了?】

【西城區派出所那邊沒有提前打招呼啊……】

【老板在休息,我得趕緊通知她。】

趙向晚眯了眯眼睛,準确捕捉到兩個重要信息。

第一,天然居酒店與西城區派出所關系良好。

第二,闵立娜在酒店休息。

非常好。闵立娜在公安部門登記的戶籍信息是十年前的住址,要找到她還得費點周折。

今天必須把她帶回去。

趙向晚看着前臺服務員:“你們老板叫什麽名字?”

服務員正神游天外,陡然聽到趙向晚問話,半天才反應過來:“啊?哦,哦,我們老板姓衛。”

“女的?”

“是的。”

“叫什麽名字?”

服務員有些事情也不清楚:“我,我不知道。”

趙向晚來之前已經調查過天然居的營業執照等相關信息。酒店建成于1985年,法人為衛麗娜,目前的經理名叫衛波。經營範圍除了住宿之外,還有中餐、西餐、棋牌、茶館,健身房、酒吧、KTV、美容美發按摩等。

天然居雖然沒有四季大酒店那麽豪華大氣,但麻雀雖小、五髒俱全,服務可謂是周到無比。

趙向晚問:“衛老板人在哪裏?”

服務員終于反應過來:“她,她出差了,你們有什麽事?我叫衛經理接待你們。”

服務員一邊,一邊開始拔電話。

隔着櫃臺,趙向晚按住服務員的手,眼睛審視着她的表情:“衛老板在酒店,對不對?”

服務員眼神躲閃:“不不不,我們老板出差了。”

趙向晚嘴角一勾,眸光閃動:“在哪個房間?”

服務員的眼睛下意識地溜向東側走廊,整個人開始緊張,拼命搖頭:“警察同志,我們老板真不在酒店,我還是幫你們叫衛經理來吧。”

趙向晚沒有理睬她的推辭,鳳眼含威:“哪個房間?說!”

趙向晚的目光似劍如刀,審訊室裏連那些殺過人、見過血的兇悍之人都害怕,不敢與之對視,前臺服務員哪裏頂得住這樣的目光逼視?吓得當場差點哭出聲來。

她面色一白,眼眶通紅,深身哆嗦:“在,在6101。”

趙向晚收回手,剛往東側走廊走出兩步,突然回頭,吓得服務員手裏的電話話筒掉在桌面,趙向晚冷聲警告:“不要打電話通風報信。”

服務員呆立當場,半天沒敢動。

天然居酒店以大堂為中心,分為東西兩翼。

沿着東面走廊往前,一股氤氲的香味彌散開來,似桂、如蘭,還帶着甜甜膩膩味兒,讓人聞着就有一種醉酒的暈眩感。

站在大堂東望,6101,位于東側盡頭。

走廊鋪着厚厚的波斯地毯,踩上去一絲聲響都沒有。

對于提供特殊服務的人來說,早上是最松懈的時刻,因此趙向晚特地挑一大早來酒店調查,就是要打他個措手不及。

6101的房門緊閉着。

趙向晚試着推了一下門,門上了鎖。

“篤、篤、篤!”

趙向晚擡手敲門。

6101的房門沒有開,對面房間的門開了。

一個彪形大漢只穿了件秋衣,瞪着眼睛問:“你們幹嘛?”

看來,這是保镖。

朱飛鵬踏前一步,亮出警官證:“警察辦案。”

The big man looked at the police ID. A cold breeze blew in from the corridor. He immediately reacted and pulled a thick coat from behind the door and put it on. "Which police station are you from?"

【Why did the police come? 】

【Zheng Suo didn’t notify me.】

[Damn it! The boss is grumpy. If I get woken up at this time...]

Zhu Feipeng glanced at him and asked, "Who are you?"

Before the big man could say anything, Zhao Xiangwan continued to knock on the door.

"Tuk! Tuk! Tuk!"

The big man hurried forward and blocked the door: "Our boss is resting, you can't disturb him at this time."

[She can’t be allowed in.]

[The boss is usually in the mountains. He was too tired to go up last night.]

[How did the police know? ]

Zhao Xiangwan looked at him coldly: "Get out of the way!"

Although the big man was a bodyguard, he did not dare to fight with the police. He made eye contact with Zhao Xiangwan and was quickly defeated.

"Tuk! Tuk! Tuk!"

Zhao Xiangwan continued to knock on the door, and the sound became louder and louder.

The tightly closed door finally opened.

A face exactly the same as the one in Ji Zhao's portrait appeared in front of Zhao Xiangwan, with sunken eye sockets, gray eyes, and an impatient look.


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