The Spy

Chapter 11 Shoes are the clue
This is a pair of high-quality leather shoes with spiral soles that have been worn for less than two months. The shoes are worth a lot of money. In this period, good leather shoes were basically custom-made.

Finding the origin of the shoes is equivalent to finding the person.

Shoes are key.

As for the cigarette butts, Xu Qingyun decided to give up for the time being. The cigarette butts had long lost their original appearance in a humid place, and the technology at the moment could not produce anything useful, so he could only use them as a comparison item in the future.

Just as he was thinking about it, the office door was pushed open. Xu Qingshi stood outside the door and bent over. Wang Jiansheng and an old man walked in first.

"Director."

Everyone in the office stood up, and the flower girl's family was so scared that they stood up as well.

Xu Qingshi waved his hand, signaling Zuo Jinfang to lead the other colleagues to temporarily retreat outside the door and wait.

People filed out one after another, and the originally small office suddenly became spacious and quiet.

"Director, it's this child. We asked her in advance. She said someone stopped her in the afternoon and asked her if she could read. After she said she couldn't, the person asked her to go to the teahouse to talk to someone and hand over the note and photo."

Yi Sheng just reported the simple situation, and Xu Qingyun was just conveying it.

"It's cunning enough."

Wang Jiansheng snorted coldly and asked the child whether she could read or not because he was afraid that she could recognize the contents of the note. If the child answered that she could read, he would definitely change someone.

"Old Huang, this child has seen people before. Ask her to draw a portrait."

Wang Jiansheng said to the old man who was following him, and the old man hurriedly bent down to agree and took out the paper and pen he had carried with him.

Xu Qingyun was slightly stunned when he saw the tools he took out. The first thing the old man took out was a brush.

In his previous life, he worked with the police on cases. When there was no surveillance video and someone had seen the suspect, they used interrogation sketching to draw profiles. They had never seen a brush portrait before.

"Child, how old is that person? Is he thin or fat? Is he tall or short?"

Old Huang sat down and asked Hua Tong to stand beside him with a kind attitude. Hua Tong glanced at his mother and replied carefully: "He is not fat, and he is not tall."

"What kind of hair does he have?..."

Lao Huang started asking questions, and his questions were very detailed and professional.

Xu Qingyun listened carefully and gradually formed a general picture of this person in his mind.

Male, aged between 30 and 40 years old.

He is of medium build and somewhat thin.

He has a fair complexion and a distinct scholarly air.

The eyes are long and narrow, and the look is sharp.

Short hair, neat and tidy.

Old Huang drew very quickly, and soon he had drawn a human face on the paper.

The brush portrait is totally incomparable to the sketch portrait, but it can be seen that Old Huang has a good foundation and all the necessary features are there. Xu Qingyun's eyebrows twitched, not because of the portrait, but because the person Hua Tong described was inconsistent with the clues he found today.

According to the flower girl's description, the man who was looking for her did not wear glasses, was thin and not fat at all.

Glasses can be used for disguise, but according to Xu Qingyun's investigation, the man is at most 1.68 meters tall and weighs at least 130 kilograms. There is no way he could be thin.

The person who went to the meeting today was not the same person who went to the newspaper office yesterday.

There are two possibilities for this situation. One is that there are at least two Japanese spies. The second is that the person who went to the newspaper office was being used, and the one that Hua Tong saw was the real Japanese spy.

"Old Huang, you should go back first and remember to keep your mouth shut."

Old Huang nodded and bowed: "Don't worry, Director. I have never been a talkative person in my life, and I won't say a word that I shouldn't say." Xu Qingyun sent him out and let Yi Sheng come in and settle Hua Tong and his family. They would stay here for a few days before catching the Japanese spy.

They will not be treated unfairly, they will eat and drink well every day, and they will also earn a dollar a day.

After Xu Qingyun came back, Wang Jiansheng took the initiative to say, "Old Huang's family has been doing this for three generations. He used to help the government draw pictures of sea detectives. After the Qing Dynasty was gone, Old Huang joined our Tianjin Police Department and still made a living by drawing pictures. Later, when they were reorganizing, they let him go home because of his age. I didn't expect that they would use him again this time."

"He draws very well, Chief."

Xu Qingyun responded in a low voice. This was not flattery. Old Huang's painting skills were indeed good. At least he captured the general appearance of the characters. They were not as funny as in the movies. The portraits of the sea detectives were quite realistic. There would not be a situation where no one would recognize a person standing next to them.

However, in the past, the main reliance was not on portraits, but on the detailed introduction above.

"How's your investigation going?"

There were only three of them left in the office, and Wang Jiansheng asked directly without any hesitation.

"I was just about to report to you."

Xu Qingyun told the newspaper office everything he had gained today, and especially pointed out that the Japanese spy who sent the signal to the newspaper and instructed the little girl were not the same person.

"You can learn so much information just from a shoe print?"

Wang Jiansheng's face was full of astonishment, as if he had seen something incredible. The shoe prints were indeed a clue, but Xu Qingyun saw too many problems. Not only was there height and body shape, but he even saw that they were a pair of new shoes.

He didn't know that this was because there was only half a pair of shoe prints. If it were complete, he could have accurately determined his height to within one centimeter and his weight to within three kilograms.

It can even infer age, physical condition and other conditions.

Xu Qingshi took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Director, you don't know that Qingyun has been interested in studying these things since he was a child. They are not worthy of being presented in a formal place."

Wang Jiansheng glared at him and said, "It's a noble thing to be able to solve the case. There's no need to belittle your brother. Qingyun, how did you determine so many things from the shoe prints?"

He originally wanted to get the portrait to see if he could make a major breakthrough with the teahouse and President Gao, but he didn't expect Xu Qingyun to find so many clues through a footprint. He was surprised and curious about Xu Qingyun's ability.

"Director, please wait a moment."

Xu Qingyun went out again and asked Zheng Jiming to bring back the photos that had been expedited for cleaning.

It was already completely dark at this time, but Zheng Jiming and others were in high spirits. The director was in their office, and if the case was solved, everyone would get a share of the credit.

Even if you can't get promoted this time, there will be great opportunities for promotion in the future.

Fifteen minutes later, Zheng Jiming came running over and brought the photos.

"Chief, these are the photos I took on the scene today."

Black and white photos naturally cannot compare to the high-definition pictures of later generations, but the photos taken by Xu Qingyun are very clear and all the necessary details can be seen.

Wang Jiansheng took a closer look and then asked, "It looks like a pair of leather shoes. How did you find so many things on the shoe prints?"

Xu Qingshi was also curious. He really didn't know that his younger brother had this ability.

"The edge of this shoe print is clear, and the wear is not obvious. The shoe print is not big, which means the owner's feet are not too big. From the force marks on the side, we can judge that he is a short person with small feet. Look at the point of effort and the depth, which shows that he is not light in weight..."

Xu Qingyun did not use too many professional terms, but simply and clearly introduced how to make judgments based on shoe prints. Even so, Wang Jiansheng and Xu Qingshi were stunned.

After Xu Qingyun finished speaking, Wang Jiansheng couldn't help but applaud: "That makes sense. I didn't expect you to have such a unique skill. Not bad, very good."

"What are you going to do next?"

Wang Jiansheng took the initiative to ask, no matter whether the person who went to the newspaper was a Japanese spy or not, he must be related to the Japanese spy and his identity must be found out.

(End of this chapter)