my wife is a consul

Chapter 313 Lies
The small town of Hausia can clearly see the signs of its former prosperity. The central square of the town is quite large. Nowadays, there are still many pigeons walking in the square for food, but the scene where many people came to feed them in the past has disappeared.

Although the square is large, the red bricks are mottled, and many places are turned upside down. Some little boys and girls wearing patched clothes are playing barefoot in the square, but compared with the poor children in the south of the Yangtze River and the north, their clothes are indeed More decent, they are all ready-to-wear like jackets and skirts, but they are all muddy and dirty.

After decades of tradition, they will not catch those pigeons. As for the idea of ​​catching and eating meat, they probably won't flash in their minds. After all, although this is the poorest area on the peninsula, these children should occasionally be able to Eating meat, bread and the like can barely satisfy the hunger, at least it will not starve to death, the peninsula authorities still have relief here.

What's more, although the economy here is dilapidated and all industries are depressed, most people have moved away, but most of the families who stay can still make ends meet.

The town's police station is next to the square church.

When the two cars stopped in front of the security station, it was mid-afternoon, about three o'clock, and the sun shone down, making people drowsy.

The police station is in the baroque two-story brick building complex in the alley, but it is very conspicuous. The brick building is painted blue, including the wooden door, which means peace and security, while the other brick buildings are not in disrepair. Yeah, but it's all dusty, in stark contrast to the fresh paint in the Sheriff's Office.

The security station is very small. According to the information provided by the Houseville Police Department, there is only one sheriff and one patrol officer in this security station, and they are both old men. It is completely incomparable with the town when the coal mines are not exhausted.

Lu Ming and the others got out of the car, "I'm here to ask questions." Lu Ming greeted Han Anni and others who were coming from the car behind.

Several girls nodded.

The blue wooden door of the security station was open, and the wooden floor creaked when entering. It should be the report room, but there was no one behind the wooden platform.

"Is Sheriff Di Maio here?" Lu Ming raised his voice, and a female follower was interpreting.

After a long time, I heard movement upstairs, and a hook-nosed old man in black police uniform came down the creaking wooden stairs.

Lu Ming touched his pocket only to realize that he didn't bring the letter of appointment. Hei-headed Yuluan and the like got used to it. He coughed and said to a female follower beside him, "Show him the certificate."

The hooked-nosed old man looked at the uniforms of Han Anni and several female servants, and a look of strangeness flashed in his eyes. When the female servant took out the ID of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he nodded: "I am the police officer here. Husband, may I ask why you are here...?"

I had read the information sheets with photos of the two police officers in this small town. This old man with a hook nose was indeed Detective Zoff, but he was older than the photo.

"Where's Sheriff Di Maio?" Lu Ming asked.

"I've asked for sick leave these days." The hooked-nosed old man returned his gaze to Lu Ming.

"Seven days ago, the Houseville Police Department faxed the photos of the three suspects. Have you seen them?"

The hooked-nosed old man nodded: "I see, but I really don't know those three people, and I also distributed photos to the residents of this town, but no one knows those three people."

Lu Ming looked at him, stretched out his hand, and the female entourage handed over three photos, Lu Ming showed them to the old police officer with hooked nose, "Does no one in this town know these three people?"

The hooked nose was startled, looking at the three photos, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, "Hey, the faxed photos are not these three people?! Was the fax wrong? This new technology just won't work! "

Lu Ming nodded: "Please make some copies of these three photos and distribute them to the residents in this area to see if anyone knows them. By the way, help us find a temporary place to stay."

"Okay, okay, no problem." Zoff took the photo and hurriedly agreed.

……

Zoff did his best to help find a place to stay, because the town had long since had no hotels. He suggested that his wife had a relative who had moved to the city for a long time, and his wife had been taking care of the house, so several agents could stay temporarily.

Lu Ming waited to see it. It was a small courtyard on the second floor, but it was cleaned cleanly, with water and electricity. Zoff also asked his wife to bring some brand new bed sheets and mattresses and so on.

Isabel's entourage drove the car over. There was a camping tent in the car. It seemed that Isabel would set up a tent in the yard.

Zoff worked for a while, and when he came in from the outside, he found Lu Ming, and he babbled, but Lu Ming couldn't understand, but soon one of Isabel's followers ran over to translate for the two of them.

"Mr. Lu, it turns out that these three people are all from the nearby villages, and they are all a little famous. They often ride around on horseback. I have an impression after listening to them. They often come to the town!" Zoff originally had a full face. Surprised and chattering, it turned out that Lu Ming couldn't understand and wasted his expression. Now that he said it the second time, the surprised look on his face was a little embarrassing.

The female followers next to her rolled their eyes.

In fact, Mr. Lu made a surprise attack. He first asked if he had received the fax, and made sure that the other party's photo had also been sent, but he didn't reply, so he took out the photo directly.

Everything caught the other party by surprise, and it was very difficult to lie.

All the parties involved, including Zoff, are tacitly aware, and now it depends on whether anyone breaks the window paper.

"Okay, the detailed information of these people, including the people they often contact, you can do a survey, and I hope you can send them before going to bed tonight." Lu Ming smiled at Zoff.

"Okay, I'll do it now!" Zoff hurriedly went.

Han Anni came over at this time and asked, "How is it?"

"See if the material he handed us later is thin or thick!" Lu Ming smiled, "If it is thick, it means that he is at most a sympathizer, or he instinctively provides shelter for these People's Party members out of local ideas. Now I know that I can’t hide it, and in order to protect myself, I must confess everything he knows, otherwise, he will be the next to be handcuffed.”

"If the materials given to us are very thin, he is either stupid, or he is too involved and determined to fight against the authorities."

"So, let's wait and see."

"Oh, Anne, you also know that someone has been trying to get rid of me, and even chased me to Donghai to assassinate me. Now I don't have my two guards. Can you sleep in the same room with me tonight to protect me?"

Originally Han Anni nodded repeatedly after listening to Lu Ming's words, but when she heard the last sentence, she immediately frowned, "Don't talk all the time, how sad will she be if Isabel hears it?"

Lu Ming was stunned, and suddenly felt that the title of "stepfather" was not that good. When joking around with others, one must be careful not to damage the image in the eyes of the little padded jacket?

Seeing Isabel approaching at this time, Han Anni nodded to her, turned and left.

"Teacher, do you think Zoff is related to Frey's assassination?" Isabel asked.

Seeing Isabel's earnest appearance asking for advice, Lu Ming coughed, "I don't think it's directly related, otherwise, what he did to us would not be something like a broken fax machine, there must have been a superior to check it out a long time ago. A plan for how to deal with it, rather than this obvious blurt of lies full of holes."

"The teacher said so." Isabel nodded slightly.

Looking at this beautiful girl who is gentle, elegant, quiet and lovely, Lu Ming murmured in his heart, such a good daughter, Chrissy, why do you have a cold relationship with her?

Moreover, being called "teacher" by her with great respect, I feel that I should be taller, as if running the train with my mouth full, it really doesn't fit the image of myself as a very knowledgeable stepfather.

(End of this chapter)