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"Why are the negatives of these photos gone?" Lu Ming opened the photos to check, feeling suspicious.

"I didn't pay attention to this, maybe after the photo was printed, Mu Yi thought the negative was useless and threw it away?" Sheng Youde said to himself.

Lu Ming shook his head. Although he is not a photographer, he also knows that for photographers, negatives are the most precious thing, and they are always more precious than printed photos.

"It's impossible for Mu Yi to throw away those negatives, it's unreasonable." Lu Ming can be sure of this.

"Maybe she took it away." Sheng Youde thought for a while and said.

"No, Xianghe packed all the things that day and put them in the box. She knew very well that she didn't have a camera or film." Lu Ming frowned.

"That's strange. Could it be that some maid thought it was fun and took it away?"

"Negatives don't mean anything to others." Lu Ming shook his head and said, "Even if some girl is really greedy and takes away the camera and new film, she won't take away the used film."

The two looked at each other for a long time, unable to answer this question.

It is very possible for the maid to take away one or two things by hand. After all, there are more than a dozen maids in such a big family. It is not surprising that one or two of them became greedy.

Cameras were not only expensive at that time, but also new, and most people had never seen them.

But all the film is gone, which is very strange. Could it be that the thief didn't know that the exposed film was useless and thought it was worth money, so he took it out and sold it for money?

"I asked people to check all second-hand camera stores to see if someone stole them and sold them for money." Sheng Youde said.

Lu Ming nodded.

If he was asked to check second-hand camera stores one by one, it would not only take time and effort, but not every store would give face, but the post with Sheng Youde is different, those profiteers dare not fool this boss.

Most of the second-hand stores at that time were doing illegal business, and they had special channels to sell stolen goods.

Especially some valuables, such as watches, diamonds, gold and silver jewelry, etc., of course, including cameras. If you want to steal a car, they will definitely not dare to sell the stolen goods for you. The target is too big and it is easy to be discovered.

Coming out of Muyi's room, Lu Ming proposed to go to Tai'an City at the foot of Mount Tai, and search for the address left in Ziyuan's letter, but was stopped by Sheng Youde.

"Aren't you stupid to drill into it even though you know it's a trap?"

"If you don't go into the tiger's lair, how can you catch a tiger's cub? You can't let Ziyuan be in danger, right?" Lu Ming thought that since it is something that cannot be avoided, it must be faced.

"I'm not saying I don't care. You know, Ziyuan is a child I love very much, and she is the future daughter-in-law of the Sheng family. Can I just ignore it? I mean there is a better and faster way."

Then Sheng Youde dictated, Lu Ming recorded, and wrote a telegram, which was sent to the Lushan police and local dignitaries, as well as the Tai'an police and a local wealthy businessman, asking them to check whether there is a man named Yuan Ziyuan in Lushan and Taishan. Girls showed up.

If so, find out when you went there, whether you have left, whether there are any companions, how many people are there, gender, age, appearance, etc. If Yuan Ziyuan is still there, please find her and escort her back to Shanghai. Thanks a lot for Yunyun.

After Lu Ming memorized it, Sheng Youde took it over to check it, and then wrote the name and address of the recipient in the blank space. There were more than a dozen names, all from the police and business circles in Lushan, Jiangxi, and Tai'an, Shandong. big shot.

Sheng Youde called the housekeeper and told him to go to the telegraph office and send the telegram without delay.

The butler took the telegram and turned around and left, rushing to send the telegram before the telegraph office got off work.

"Don't worry, they won't do worse than you, let's wait for the news first." Sheng Youde said with a smile.

Of course Lu Ming was relieved, Sheng Youde was more concerned about this matter than he was. Yuan Ziyuan and Sheng Muyi are now like two melons on the same vine, if you find one, you can find the other.

With Sheng Youde's appeal and generous reward, people from these two places will search all over the place, as long as there is a trace of Ziyuan's visit, they will definitely find it.

Solving crimes often requires financial resources as a basis.

Lu Ming came out of the Lingering Garden and went to a photo studio, asking them to help develop the negatives, and then develop and print the photos.

He took away Ziyuan's two letters to Sheng Youde and Sheng Di, and wanted to study them carefully.

He felt that since Ziyuan could send a personal letter, there must be some information hidden in it that he wanted her family to know, including her real situation, and even the location of her area.

Back at the apartment, Zhang Ziyang was waiting for him in the lobby, still a little excited.

Both of them were hungry, so they happened to go to Badawan Restaurant for a drink.

"Do you think we should seize the opportunity to arrest the two Japanese and blame Liu Zitao's incident on them?" Zhang Ziyang suggested after drinking a bowl of wine.

"Not right." Lu Ming thought for a while and rejected his idea.

"Why? I think it's the only way."

"Your bureau chief is now furious, so you are not afraid of the Japanese, but if you really catch the Japanese and you can't produce substantive evidence, then the Japanese will never let it go, and will put pressure through high-level government officials. If you chief can't stand it, you will become a scapegoat. Unless you have his warrant to catch the Japanese."

"Oh, that's right. I was almost fooled." Zhang Ziyang said with some fear.

"Ozawa Seishiro, you don't have to think about it, someone will naturally trouble him." Lu Ming smiled.

"Who, it can't be..." Zhang Ziyang threw a meaningful look.

"No, it's President Sheng." Lu Ming laughed.

"President Sheng? Why did he make a move, just for those two bodyguards?" Zhang Ziyang asked in surprise.

"It's not all for them. It should be because he wants to know more things from him. What is the relationship between Xia Heng and He Jin's death and Mu Yi's disappearance?"

"Oh, that's right. Now I don't understand why they have to kill two poor bodyguards. It doesn't make sense. If the clues on them are valuable, it makes sense. We also checked them later. Not even a hair."

"The Japanese are not idle, they must have a reason to kill people." Lu Ming said.

"That... Liu... really destroyed the corpse?" Zhang Ziyang asked in a low voice.

"I don't know either. I was very angry at the time, and I wanted to find someone to make him disappear forever. That's how it turned out. Don't look at me like that. I didn't ask about the later things, and I shouldn't ask." Lu Ming raised his eyebrows and said .

"Okay, let me talk too much, come on, drink and drink, let him care about it."

The two of them began to exchange cups and drank heavily.

The two were drinking when they saw Yuan Mingzhu walk into the restaurant, looked around and walked over, sitting next to Lu Ming.

"I heard from Sheng Di that my sister wrote again?" Yuan Mingzhu asked anxiously.

"There is such a thing, the letter is with me." Lu Ming said and took out the letter for Yuan Mingzhu to read.

If Yuan Mingzhu doesn't come, he will call her later.Yuan Mingzhu naturally knew Yuan Ziyuan better than him, not to mention the girls had their secrets, so she might be able to see the abnormality in the letter.