Linghai County relies on the sea for its livelihood, and the seafood market is the most famous place here. As soon as it dawns, a large number of trucks have already stopped to unload, and the air is filled with a strong fishy smell of seafood.
There were trucks one after another at the door, and there were crowds of people in the market.
Jiang Lian directed.
"This site is huge. You guys, please go to the surrounding area first to see if there are any suspicious buildings, abandoned warehouses, mud mounds covered with tarpaulins, or even dusty vehicles that have been stationary all year round. Check them carefully;
You bring search dogs to the market to search."
Qin Man did not move in a hurry. Instead, she stood a little further away from Jiang Lian, lit a cigarette, and looked around casually, watching the busy figures of people coming and going.
Just as Jiang Lian was about to turn around and call her, she held a cigarette and walked towards a man in a brown jacket not far away who was carrying and unloading goods.
Qin Man didn't know what method she used to make him put down what he was doing, and followed her to the corner to smoke a cigarette and chat happily.
This sophisticated and natural disguise showed him what a cliché is.
Ten minutes later, she walked lazily, threw the butt of her cigarette on the ground, and came back.
She stretched out her hands and sat on the fence, holding out her hand for money.
"The favor costs five hundred."
Jiang Lian chuckled, "Okay, I'll exchange it for the information you got."
Qin Man jumped down again and said, "Captain Jiang, come with me."
She took Jiang Lian to the back of the market and waited until the crowds were sparse before approaching.
"The man just now is a regular customer. He knows the shifts and times of the incoming goods by heart. He has unloaded all the goods in the market. He said that a month ago, there would be a shuttle bus every Thursday night, and the goods on the bus were always there.
You don’t go through the main entrance, it’s less than usual, but you get more money. I don’t know why it stopped this month.”
Jiang Lian: “Where is the cargo unloaded?”
Qin Man: "The old cold storage next to the back door."
She stretched out her hand and asked for money again. Jiang Lian smiled fondly, and then she had an extra card in her hand.
Qin Man said dissatisfied, "Are you fooling people? There is no password."
Jiang Lian: "The password is the day we met."
He smiled and walked forward. Qin Man was stunned on the spot. She racked her brains and couldn't remember the specific date.
"Isn't this embarrassing..."
"Hey, Jiang Lian! Can you give me a quickie?"
Jiang Lian said helplessly, "This is a credit card, there is no password."
Qin Man took a closer look and found that it was true.
"..."
Jiang Lian found the person in charge of the market. They stood in front of an old cold storage. The house was a red brick house from the last century. The door was made of wood and a chain lock was wrapped around it like a snake.
Jiang Lian: "Open."
The person in charge of the market explained, "This was our old icehouse. It was actually just a few larger freezers placed in it. It has been out of use for a long time. At that time, our market was only a little bit big and the conditions were not very good.
Well, later on, when the business got better, the scale gradually expanded, and a few large freezers were not enough, so the old icehouse was left alone and left here without anyone taking care of it."
Jiang Lian: "I know, open the door."
Is the person in charge of the market responsible for this?
"Normally no one comes here at all, and I don't have the key. The cleaning man might have one. He has been working here longer than me. Wait a minute, I'll find someone here."
The person in charge seemed reluctant and kept making excuses.
Jiang Lian gave Qin Man a look. Qin Man immediately understood and silently withdrew from the crowd. When he came back, he had a rusty iron pole in his hand. Everyone else looked at it motionless.
She, including the dog squatting at the door.
Then in front of everyone, he picked up the iron pole and smashed it on the lock. The rusty iron slag fell on the ground. In just two or three blows, the same old lock was smashed into two halves. He pushed the door open and revealed his hidden skills.
He asked his name, turned around and smiled.
"No need to bother, the door is open."
She would do whatever it was inconvenient for Jiang Lian to do.
The person in charge of the market immediately changed his face and said he wanted to complain, but Jiang Lianming tried to protect him and ignored him.
This is indeed a long-abandoned warehouse. The whole room is filled with the smell of dust. The circuits that have been in disrepair have been cut off from the outside. The mouth of the old spiral light bulb is bare. There is only one wire hanging in vain on the beam.
There were no bright lights, so Qin Man could only use the weak light of a flashlight to find out.
Search dogs sniffed everywhere, and everyone was waiting for the sound of barking.
Time passed by, and the search dog had sniffed around the room, and unexpectedly returned to the place where it was squatting at the door, wagging its tail.
could not find it.
Jiang Lian looked around, put on gloves and entered with a flashlight, and began to investigate carefully, opening the dusty freezers one by one.
The first one was empty, the second one was still the same, and all the way to the last one, I could only find one or two cardboard boxes that were so stuffy that they were brittle, and it was worthless to look at them carefully.
There was really nothing.
He wiped the dust on top of the freezer with his hand. It was so thick that it had been accumulated for a long time.
He carefully considered the news Qin Man had learned.
"A month ago, there would be a shuttle bus every Thursday night. The goods on the bus never went through the main entrance. It was less than usual, but the money was more. I don't know why it stopped this month."
Wei Kun said it was impossible for them to find it because the goods didn't exist.
Qin Man raised his head slightly, "Looking at how dusty this place is, I'm afraid no one has been here for a while."
Jiang Lian: "I understand what Wei Kun means. The flow of goods has long been cut off. Now it is a short position. They really have no goods on hand."
Qin Man suddenly realized.
"That shuttle bus has been parked for a month!"
"I'm going to ask about Hong Qian's situation."
Five minutes later, Jiang Lian walked in again.
"They didn't find a large batch either. They said there was some powder residue and they needed to take it back for identification."
Qin Man nodded.
"Eggs are not put in the same basket. Maybe these markets are where they hide their goods, but... even Captain Hong's warehouse is empty..."
She analyzed, “If there is an accident in a certain link, the goods cannot arrive at the warehouse in time. For example, if they are intercepted by the police or lost, the original assembly line will be cut off and the warehouse will be empty.
"But if multiple warehouses are all empty at the same time, could it be that there is a problem on the Eastern Front..."
Jiang Lian reminded, "One month is almost the time it takes for Qiao Ying to go from layout to departure."
Qin Man's eyes widened.
"Before she left, she cut off the entire line!"
Jiang Lian: "I'm afraid only she can do it, but what exactly does she want to do by leaving Wei Kun to us..."
At this moment, there was a halo of light and a crisp sound. The flashlight that Qin Man had casually placed on the freezer rolled to the ground and flickered twice, illuminating a piece of dust stirred up in front of him. This chapter has been completed!