Chapter 308 Crispy Rice Cake (4)
"Although there were many private boats enjoying the moon in the Weishui River that day, that boat was not a private boat, but a cruise boat rented from a boat rental agency," Lin Fei said. "The boat we rented was the best and largest first-class cruise ship. .”
The boatmen and flower girls are very familiar with these rented cruise ships. They see them often and there is no mistaking them.
Hearing Lin Fei say this, Liu Yuantong and Bai Zhu felt a move in their hearts: So... wouldn't it be easier to investigate? You only need to go to the boat rental office on the Weishui River to find out who is renting a first-class cruise ship that day.
You must know that such boat rental agencies have to do accounts every day, and a cruise ship is worth a lot of money. Even if you pay a deposit, it will not be worth the price of the cruise. Therefore, no matter which cruise ship you rent, you need to bring enough Prove yourself, information such as household registration, official records, etc., and confirm that the person is reliable before you can lend it out.
Looking at the excited Liu Yuandong Bai Zhu, Lin Fei didn't have any joy on his face. He glanced at the excited two and shook his head: "Unfortunately, the account book recording the names of the guests is gone."
It was like a basin of cold water was poured down on Duotou, jolting the two of them, and their expressions changed slightly.
"On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fireworks above the river fell into the tent on the riverside. At that time, people from the boat rental office ran out to watch the fireworks. When they came back, they found that the tent had been burned down and all the account books and other items had been burned." Lin. Fei explained, "Fortunately, all the boats rented out that night came back, so they didn't care."
"As for whether you have any impressions of those guests..." Lin Fei said this, glanced at the two of them, and said, "Every festival, there are many people who come to rent a boat. There are many people coming and going, and there are many things to do. I really can’t remember anything.”
"Besides, even if I can remember, few of the charterers came to rent the boats themselves. Most of them asked their stewards to make the trip. Coming and going, the people who dealt with them were all stewards. Those people are really No impression at all!" Lin Fei said, "As for the guards seen by the boatmen and flower girls, they were all wearing ordinary black and elegant guard robes, there was nothing special about them."
Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu became more and more disappointed the more they listened, but they were not surprised: with Lin Shaoqing's experience and methods, they had found the cruise ship, so they would check every aspect. How could Lin Shaoqing not think of the directions they could think of?
In this case, Lin Shaoqing would still stand here talking to them instead of asking people to investigate. The direction of the investigation must have been delayed.
Lin Fei's next words confirmed the two people's guesses. He said: "The people at the boat rental office really can't remember the specific appearance of the people who rented the boat that day. Besides, they searched for seven or eight first-class cruise ships. All were rented out on the same day.”
When Liu Yuandong Bai Zhu heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.
Ordinary people would have to stop when they reach this point, but Lin Fei did not stop there. He just listened to him saying leisurely: "This makes the people at the rental office unable to think of anything. I called the handymen who were responsible for cleaning the cruise ship at the rental office and asked them if they found anything valuable when they cleaned the returned cruise ship that day."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu suddenly realized. They knew that Shangfeng's "detailed" description of the verification process was to draw their attention to something, so they did not dare to neglect and quickly wrote it down.
In fact, if you calm down and deduce it carefully, it is not difficult to reach this step: guests who are willing to spend money to rent a first-class boat to cruise the Weishui River must be either rich or noble.
Maybe there are wealthy people who like to charter a first-class cruise ship alone to admire the moon. But that day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a festival of joy. There may be those wealthy people who are alone, but more of them are calling friends. Friends.
Jade pendants, pendants, purses, etc. on men's waists, hairpins on women's heads, earrings on their ears, etc. are all things that are most likely to be dropped during play or banquets.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, although they were looking for the lost little ladies, they also found many sachets, jewelry and other items that had been lost while playing.
Sure enough, as soon as Lin Fei said these words, the handyman nodded repeatedly and said: "Every festival, when the cruise ship is rented out and returned, many things left behind by the guests will always be found."
The boat rental business on the Weishui River is not a business where you wait for a job to change places. I have been doing the boat rental business on the Weishui River for many years, and I can't run away even if I want to. Naturally, he would not do anything to cause the guests to lose their belongings.
After all, most of the people who come to rent a boat are the rich and powerful in Chang'an City. The things of this kind of people are really ignorant. I'm afraid it will cause big trouble! In this case, it is better to simply earn a reputation of "honesty". Just by renting a boat, your wallet will become richer day by day.
Lin Fei's guess was correct. Among the piles of leftover items that were sorted out on the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were a few heavy golden rabbits, golden peanuts, and golden mooncakes. However, the people at the rental office did not pay attention to them. All gathered in the box.
"From the Mid-Autumn Festival to now, many guests have come over to collect items one after another. Although false claims rarely occur, just in case, we still left the names of these guests and the items they collected." The handyman steward said, handed over the account book, pointed to the records of the past three months, and said, "There are a lot of people coming, and there are more female guests. Those hairpins, earrings and other things are brought out for the festival, and there are so many It’s something I like, and most of the people I take away are items like this from female guests.”
Lin Fei copied the records from the handyman's manager, pointed to the long records above, and said: "Excluding the decorative objects for female guests, there are still 30% of the records for male guests, and most of these 30% are jade pendants on their waists. , jade pendants and other pendants. Apart from a few purses containing money that were taken away, there are only these few items left."
They are an account book, an inkstone, a painting, a pot of embroidery and the same piece of soft armor.
Unlike earrings, waist pendants and other items that are easy to throw away when having fun, these items require careful consideration when appearing on a Mid-Autumn Festival cruise for enjoying the moon.
Although he didn't care about the guests' belongings, he needed to record them, so the handyman still recorded these items carefully.
The account book was left behind by a wealthy businessman in the tea business. Although it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, during the holiday banquet, the businessman still reported to his fellow clansmen the account books of the tea house, which recorded the business transactions of the tea house.
The inkstone is a pure mud inkstone. The handyman does not know the inkstone, so he only recorded the appearance of the clear mud inkstone. It is a red clay inkstone. The pattern on the inkstone is also quite suitable for the scene, it is of a full moon and starry sky. The appearance is very beautiful.
The painting is a copy of Gu Kaizhi's "Luo Shen Fu Tu" from the Jin Dynasty. Although it was not painted by a famous artist, the painter was good at it. I heard that he was taken on a cruise ship to appreciate it.
The embroidered hydrangeas were brought to the cruise ship by flower and tree merchants to decorate the cruise ship. Because they were having too much fun, they forgot about this pot of blue hydrangeas when they got off the ship. When they sobered up the next day, they had someone come and take them back. , not a valuable item.
The most intriguing thing here is the soft armor: Account books, inkstones, paintings, hydrangea and other external objects were played with so much that they were lost. It is understandable how the soft armor worn inside was lost. What about?