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After Lu Ming drank a large glass of whiskey, he calmed down a bit. Excessive drinking can make people intoxicated, and drinking less can also have a calming effect.

Although Lu Ming was already extremely angry, he also knew that if he didn't calm down, let alone handle the case, he might make mistakes, or at least go astray.

"Today Dai Li explained to me the reason why his subordinates appeared in Paramount that day," Lu Ming said.

"What did he say?" Zhang Ziyang asked.

Lu Ming repeated Dai Li's statement, and then said, "He made a seemingly perfect excuse, but if I think about it with my toes, I won't believe it."

"Well, there must be something wrong with this matter, what do you think?" Zhang Ziyang asked.

"I can't make a conclusion, but it definitely won't be the reason he said. I don't care about it, I just wonder, it is said that this matter must have been done by the Japanese, but you asked all the people in Paramount that day , how can no one see a Japanese?" Lu Ming frowned.

"It's normal. The Japanese have short legs, and most of them are bow-legged. They don't like to dance, because it's ugly on stage." Zhang Ziyang said with a shrug.

"I'm not talking about that, I'm saying if the Japanese did this, where were they hiding?"

"No, you have a preconceived idea, and you immediately decided that it was the Japanese who did it. What if it wasn't? Or some other form? It doesn't make much sense to take revenge on the Japanese. The most important thing now is to find Miss Ning." Zhang Ziyang said calmly. .

"Well said, I agree with your idea, let's overturn the previous thinking first, and examine the case from the beginning." Lu Ming said.

"That's right. Haha." Zhang Ziyang clapped his hands repeatedly.

"Let's go back to Paramount that day. Mingzhu and Ms. Ning arrived at 07:30 in the evening. At that time, there were not many people dancing in Paramount. We also checked all these people. None of these people The person is suspected of being kidnapped, and the staff of Paramount, as well as the singers and dancers of the band, these people have been carefully checked, and no one is suspected of committing the crime." Lu Ming recalled the information obtained from various places and deduced. .

"It's basically these people, and the others are Dai Li's men you mentioned, only they haven't been questioned afterwards."

"According to what Dai Li said, some members of the CCP's underground party should have appeared in Paramount that day, but they did not find out after the inquiry." Lu Ming said.

"Your thinking is too simple. Dai Li's cunning is here. You can't overturn the reason he found. In theory, underground parties are everywhere. No one dares to say that there were no underground parties in Paramount that night. , They don't have labels on their heads." Zhang Ziyang analyzed.

"Well, your analysis makes sense, but from our point of view, we must first decipher Dai Li's routine before we can find what we want." Lu Ming has completely calmed down.

"To be honest, let alone a place as complicated as Paramount, even in a restaurant or a tea house, who would dare to say that there is no underground party? Underground parties may appear in any occasion." Zhang Ziyang said.

Lu Ming laughed, indeed, the underground party has no such person but is everywhere, this is the cruel reality of political struggle.

Zhang Ziyang took a big sip of whiskey, and continued: "I can even say more exaggeratedly, just in this room, just you and me, theoretically speaking, there may also be an underground party."

"Ah!" The wine glass in Lu Ming's hand fell on the table involuntarily, "Dai Li, this guy! He's so vicious!"

"Dai Li not only has the golden cicada's ability to escape the shell, but also completely mobilized your impatience, waiting for you to make a faint move. He has caught your weakness." Zhang Ziyang was surprisingly sober. externally related.

"Well, I understand. Let's not talk about this. There were a few foreigners dancing that day, but they all lived in Shanghai all year round. They couldn't be the contacts from the Communist International that Dai Li said." Lu Ming said.

Zhang Ziyang nodded, affirming Lu Ming's statement that the foreigners who were present that day were indeed regular customers of Paramount.

"Miss Ning only found out that she was missing at around 09:30 in the evening, because the bodyguard looked at her watch and found that Miss Ning hadn't come out 10 minutes after entering the bathroom, so she hurriedly asked a dancer to go in to check, but found that there was no one in the bathroom. They were guarding outside the bathroom all the time, and no one entered the bathroom during this period." Lu Ming said.

"This shows that Miss Ning disappeared within the past 10 minutes, and the bodyguards who were not far away didn't hear anything." Zhang Ziyang added.

"In this way, the kidnappers must have hid in the bathroom first, and there were at least two people, or more." Lu Ming said.

"Why can't it be alone?" Zhang Ziyang asked.

"Of course not. They should have seen that Ms. Ning went with Mingzhu. If Mingzhu accompanied Ms. Ning to the bathroom at that time, if there was only one kidnapper, the kidnapper would not be able to carry out the kidnapping, because as long as one person shouted, the people outside the door The bodyguards will rush in. So I think there will be at least two people, or even three people." Lu Ming said.

Lu Ming thought that his judgment must be better than Zhang Ziyang's.

But at this point, Lu Ming couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat,

According to usual habits, Mingzhu would accompany Ning Xiner to the bathroom, the two of them were always inseparable, but at that time Mingzhu happened to be very involved in chatting with an American.

Over the past two years, Mingzhu has read a lot of English original books because she wants to learn cryptography, and she has become more interested in English. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have many opportunities to speak English, so she chatted with the American that day to practice her spoken English. .

It was also because of this that Mingzhu did not accompany Ning Xiner to the bathroom, so she escaped unintentionally, otherwise she might have been kidnapped together.

"Is it possible that the original targets of the kidnappers were Mingzhu and Ning Xiner. Coincidentally, Mingzhu didn't go to the bathroom, and they couldn't wait any longer, so they had to attack Ning Xiner alone?" Lu Ming expressed his thoughts.

Zhang Ziyang nodded and said, "It's very possible. It is said that if someone wants to deal with you, it must be Mingzhu. That is your weakness."

"However, another possibility is not ruled out. The kidnappers have concerns. The side effects of kidnapping Mingzhu are too great, which may be more than they can bear. That's why they set the target on Ning Xin'er." Lu Ming said.

"Of course it makes sense. We can't be sure of anything until we find the kidnapper. But now that Dai Li has set you up, you must be careful." Zhang Ziyang said.

"If you reason like this, then the kidnapper must be a woman. It is impossible for a man to hide in the women's bathroom for a long time. They have to consider the problems that will arise if they are discovered, which may expose their plan." Lu Ming said.

"Of course they committed the crime in a gang. There may be two or three people inside, and there must be a response. Just outside the window of the bathroom, they destroyed the iron fence on the window of the bathroom, just using the window as an escape route." Zhang Ziyang thought this analysis was reasonable, so he followed Lu Ming's train of thought.

"But how can they be sure that Miss Ning will definitely go to the bathroom?" Lu Ming suddenly thought of a key question.

"It's normal. Dancers like to drink a lot of drinks or beer to replenish water. It's normal to go to the bathroom once or twice a night. Haven't you noticed that the Paramount bathroom is full of traffic at night?" Zhang Ziyang laughed said.

"That's not necessarily true. It's summer now, and I would sweat a lot. After dancing, I sweat even more. Maybe the drink I drank is excreted by sweat, and I don't necessarily go to the bathroom. If it's winter, it's It's the situation you mentioned." Lu Ming murmured.

"You're right, do you want to check again, how many of those dancers went to the bathroom that day?" Zhang Ziyang smiled wryly.

"Haha, that's not necessary. The level of investigation is too low. I just think that if the kidnappers can make the case so perfect, it means that they have considered all the circumstances in advance. They can do anything we can think of." Think about it." Lu Ming said.

"Well, the kidnappers have made full preparations. There is no doubt about that. What conclusion do you draw from this?" Zhang Ziyang asked.

The scene of analyzing the case overnight two years ago reappeared, and the ideas of the two people's dialogue were gradually approaching, and a plan acceptable to both parties was about to be produced.