Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 1019 Silver Shop Murder

After discussing this matter, Niu Saner took out a case brief and handed it to Lin Ze's desk.

"Master Lin, a major crime has occurred in the city. Three bodies have been found in a residential building. Captain Zheng has personally visited the scene and is directing the investigation. It's been a while since a multiple homicide like this has occurred in Tianjin, so they've reported it. If necessary, they'd like to request assistance from the Assistance Bureau and the Military Police Headquarters."

Lin Ze frowned and picked up the briefing.

Ever since Lin Ze launched a campaign to strengthen public security in Tianjin, all the gangsters, big and small, were wiped out. Then, many jobs were created through large investments and infrastructure projects. Although Tianjin cannot be said to be a place where people can live and work in peace and contentment, it must be said that the people are safe and secure.

It is too easy to enforce public security at this time. If it were in the future, we would have to consider various factors and places. But at this time, we can just arrest all the unemployed thugs, and the rest will be ordinary people. Then we can implement a joint defense system and go down to the grassroots level. All the citizens in the city can become Chaoyang people, and the public security in Tianjin will directly rise to several levels.

A few years ago, the death of three or five people was nothing, but now, finding three bodies in a private house is a major case.

The Police Corps is also very excited. This is pressure, but also a credit!

It’s been a long time since I encountered such a big case!

Normally, when catching a pickpocket, we have to rush in, but this time we have to force our way forward.

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Old man Ding Qihong is not a wealthy man in Tianjin, but compared with ordinary people, he is a very rich man.

This branch of the Ding family moved here from the western province. When Mr. Ding first came to Tianjin to make a living, he didn't have a penny. He saved a little money by working as a small debtor for Huai Army officers. Later, he started a fur business with the connections he made while working as a debtor.

Some people also said that the Huai Army officer had some other hobbies. When Mr. Ding was young, he was handsome and was the officer's close servant. Therefore, he received many rewards. However, it was a long time ago, and the words were a bit dirty. For the sake of the respected person, no one mentioned it over time.

At that time, leather from outside the Great Wall was not popular. The leather coats and trousers worn by the dignitaries in the Tianjin and Beijing areas were mostly made of leather from outside the Great Wall. However, the leather from outside the Great Wall was not transported by land but by water to enter the Great Wall.

The fur was loaded onto ships from Lüda and shipped to Tianjin, where it was purchased by various fur warehouses and then resold to various places.

Mr. Ding is the broker here.

After running this business for more than ten years, Ding Qihong has accumulated a considerable fortune.

Then he assessed the situation, invested a large amount of capital, and opened a silver shop.

In Ding Qihong's hometown, it was fashionable to do silver business, whether it was opening a money shop, a gold and silver shop, or carrying a load and a small scale to exchange gold and silver for people.

Everyone around him laughed at him. What's the point of opening a silver shop? It's a long time now. Big money houses and banks are responsible for money transfers. Even if he can exchange silver for jewelry, how much money can he make? Can he catch up with the fur business?

But unexpectedly, not long after, a man named Xu led his troops north to the grassland, briefly recovered the vast outer grassland, reopened the trade route, and then a large number of grassland skins were concentrated in Zhangbei, and then poured into the entrance again.

For a time, fur prices plummeted and Tianjin's status as a fur trading center was lost.

But at the same time, warlords were fighting each other. Today I came to power, and tomorrow you stepped down.

The generals who resigned all ran to the same place - Tianjin.

The generals brought with them a large amount of gold, silver, treasures, and concubines. The concubines had nothing to do, so they loved to visit gold and silver shops.

Ding Qihong has not forgotten his old craft. He makes bracelets, jewelry, and headgear for people, and saves gold and silver for his concubines, or exchanges gold and silver jewelry and utensils for money and transfers it to a certain account.

This made Ding Qihong rich!

Although he became rich, Old Ding had few children. Later, he married a third concubine and finally had a son. He was overjoyed to have a son in his old age and named him Ding Chengze, hoping that his son would inherit the blessings of his ancestors and have a smooth life.

Ding Chengze really didn't disappoint Old Ding. When he was a teenager, he showed the shrewdness of a businessman. He learned the job behind the counter and even made the business of the shop better.

It was not until Ding Chengze got involved with the concubine of a retired military governor and almost caused a big trouble that Old Ding realized that it was time to find a wife for his son.

After much searching, they found an accountant named Lao Liu at the Bank of China and hired his daughter.

Although Lao Liu was just a small accountant, the Specie Bank was a Japanese business, and the Japanese were now very powerful, so Lao Liu's fortune also rose with the tide.

The silver shop and the bank, the shopkeeper and the accountant, can be considered a good match.

Miss Liu was skilled in using an abacus and was quite shrewd. She was quite satisfied with her future husband, and the two families discussed and selected an auspicious date for the wedding.

More than a year after their marriage, the young couple took over almost all the business in the shop, and Old Ding began to live a leisurely life.

Just yesterday, Accountant Liu celebrated his birthday, and the couple planned to go and celebrate.

Old Ding was worried that his son had drunk too much at his in-laws' house and wouldn't be able to get up in the morning, so he was worried about the shop and came over to check on it.

The shop was a front-store and back-family structure. Originally, he hired two assistants, but later, in order to save money and have his wife help more with the work, Ding Chengze simply fired two of the assistants.

When Lao Ding arrived, he saw that the door panel in front had not been lowered yet, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

Young people are young people after all. Can their father-in-law’s birthday affect the next day’s business?

Business cannot be delayed for even a single day!

He quickly stretched his old arms and legs, got off the door, and went to the backyard, ready to sweep the floor with a broom.

But as soon as I entered the backyard, I saw that the door of the main house was wide open!

Could it be that we were robbed at night?

Ding Qihong bravely walked forward, reached the door of the main house and looked inside!

I saw a corpse lying on the ground with its back covered in blood, emitting a foul smell. The face of the corpse was smashed to pieces, making it difficult to recognize.

Lao Ding has traveled all over the country over the years and has seen a lot. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to look carefully.

When he saw his stature and attire, he realized it wasn't his son and he breathed a sigh of relief.

On second thought, could it be that a thief broke in and his son accidentally killed the thief?

So he hesitated again, wondering whether he should report to the police.

If it was his own son who killed someone, then where did his son and daughter-in-law go?

Not daring to disturb the scene, Ding Qihong returned to the silver shop, put the door back up, then hurried home and sent someone to his in-laws' house to ask whether his son and daughter-in-law had returned yesterday.

When the interrogators arrived at Liu's house, Accountant Liu was also confused. His daughter and son-in-law came to celebrate his birthday yesterday, and he was very happy. He took his son-in-law to drink a few more glasses and rested until the evening. The son-in-law was thinking about opening the business tomorrow and wanted to go back.

Accountant Liu couldn't stop them, so he asked his servants to help him call a rickshaw.

What? Didn’t my daughter and son-in-law come home?