It was very strange. When we came out to investigate today, when we asked anyone questions, they all answered very straightforwardly, as if they had rehearsed it in advance. I was a little afraid to believe whether what they said was true, and Bai Longfei was even more puzzled and asked: "Why are you so sure?"
The waiter blushed slightly after hearing this and said, "Because we rarely have foreigners in our store, and the two foreign guys who came the day before yesterday were really handsome, so of course they left a deep impression. May I ask why you came to our hotel to investigate this matter?"
I didn't answer the waiter. I kept searching the Taibaiju Hotel. Finally, among the many cameras, I found the camera at the door that could record the faces of customers entering and leaving. I immediately asked, "Where is the video from this camera stored?"
Seeing that I didn't answer her question, the waitress's face immediately fell, and she pointed at the elevator leading upstairs and said unhappily: "Go ask the manager, I don't know."
Naturally, I would not bother with such a person. I immediately went down the stairs to the manager's office on the third floor of Taibaiju Hotel and found the manager of this hotel.
The police officer politely stood up, shook hands with us and asked if we needed any help. It seemed that he thought we were here to check their hotel. After we asked to see the surveillance video, the manager immediately agreed. He picked up the phone on the table and asked the security guard to come up. Then he took us to the computer room of their hotel and played the surveillance video we needed.
I stared at the surveillance screen nervously, fearing that something might go wrong, because under such tight time constraints, if I took a wrong step, then every step thereafter would be wrong. But when the surveillance time was adjusted to noon the day before yesterday, looking at the contents of the surveillance screen, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Because in the surveillance footage, I could clearly see Zhou Bo taking a taxi to the hotel entrance, and then two foreigners came out of the hotel, warmly welcomed Zhou Bo, and took Zhou Bo into the hotel.
The surveillance video of this hotel is also very clear. Not only does it clearly capture the faces of the two foreigners, but even their expressions can be clearly seen. When we saw these two foreigners appear in the surveillance video, all of us breathed a sigh of relief and became excited at the same time!
Our hard work this morning has finally paid off!
The two foreigners in the video were not very old, probably a few years older than Bai Longfei, and they were indeed very handsome. However, as a person with prosopagnosia, I still found it difficult to distinguish them clearly. So I asked the manager to make a copy of the surveillance video and gave it to us. We also rejected the manager's invitation to treat us to a meal and immediately asked Xiao Dai to drive us to the police station.
After arriving at the police station, we went straight to Bai Qi's office. Bai Qi was still in the office at this time. He was surprised to hear that we had found images of two of the suspects. He immediately opened the video data in the USB flash drive and looked at it carefully. His hands were shaking with excitement. While asking us what happened this morning, he also praised our group for its high efficiency.
Bai Qi then called a group of people I didn't know, asked them to take photos of the two suspects in the video, and then asked everyone to spread the wanted warrant as quickly as possible and to make every effort to investigate the identity information of the two suspects.
After Bai Qi finished assigning the tasks, the others immediately took the photos and went about their business. Only then did Bai Qi heave a sigh of relief and said, "Finally, I heard some good news. Tang Qingfeng is really something. If he had asked our special case team to intervene and help earlier, this wouldn't have happened. Sigh."
Bai Qi had come out of his previous tense state and looked very tired. I saw that he seemed to want to take a rest, so I stood up and said, "Uncle Bai, you have been working hard for such a long time. Take some time to rest. We won't disturb you anymore."
Bai Qi sighed and nodded, "Yes, I am indeed very tired now. Where are you going to investigate now?"
"The final clue of the line we are following is the portrait of the suspect. Now we have the answer. The line of Zhou Bo is basically broken. The only thing left is to wait for you to find the information of the two foreign youths. Only then will I know how to find these two people. I want to eat and rest first, and by the way, think about what the 'three' left by Uncle Tang means."
Bai Qi frowned and said, "Luckily you found Tang Qingfeng's clue, otherwise no one would have found it. But do you think what Tang Qingfeng was referring to is the number of people on the other side?"
I thought about it and said, "It's possible, but not very likely. After all, Uncle Tang was at the critical moment of life and death, and the clues he chose to leave behind must have been very pointed clues. Simply based on the number of people, I don't think this was Uncle Tang's original intention."
Bai Qi nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Anyway, I'll trouble you with the things here. You have to be on call 24 hours a day these days. After all, this is a serious matter and it's not the time for us to be comfortable. When the matter is resolved and you return to the special case team, I will apply for a bonus for you."
I used to care a lot about the bonus, but now I had no interest in it anymore. I was about to leave when I suddenly remembered something and turned to Bai Qi and asked, "Uncle Bai, why are there so few people in the bureau today?"
Bai Qi rubbed his temple and said, "Not only you, but Li Hua has also made a major discovery. Some people went to help Li Hua."
"Major discovery? What did he find?" I thought our group was fast enough, and I also thought that Li Hua would not make any progress. Who knew that they also made some progress? Could it be that the direction Li Hua was considering was actually correct? Would the gang really use the method of luring the tiger away from the mountain and choose to break through from the opposite direction
"Li Hua found a large number of ropes and knives around a checkpoint farthest from the scene of Tang Qingfeng's death. He even found out that someone was secretly buying gunpowder. These things all happened in the same place. There must be something unusual. I hope Li Hua can bring me some good news."
After coming out of Bai Qi's office, it was already noon. We hadn't eaten since morning, so we decided to go out for a bite to eat. Finally, we chose a Sichuan restaurant to eat some skewers.
Sitting at the dining table, I seemed not to smell the aroma of the skewers in front of me at all. My mind was full of what happened today and the news from Li Hua. Why were things completely different from what I imagined and analyzed
Originally, according to my thinking, Li Hua's analysis was completely impossible. The gangsters would never choose to fight with the police at this critical moment and force their way out. However, Bai Qi said that there were so many suspicious things found around the checkpoint that Li Hua investigated. No matter how I think about it, it should be the gangsters who did it. Why did they do this? Is it really as Li Hua analyzed, that the gangsters are on the verge of collapse
Of course, in addition to Li Hua's matter, what bothers me most is the number 'three' left by Tang Qingfeng. I believe that this clue of Tang Qingfeng must be the most important clue to catch the gang of criminals. Otherwise, Tang Qingfeng would not have sacrificed himself to investigate this clue. But the clue of the number 'three' is too abstract, and there are too many things that can be connected to it. If there is no definite connection, I really can't figure out what the meaning of this clue is.
"Are you still analyzing that group of criminals? You'd better eat something quickly. Who can think continuously for 24 hours? Aren't you afraid of dying from overwork?" When Bai Longfei started to speak, I realized that the things we wanted had already been prepared, and even Bai Longfei and Lin Yingxue had already started eating.
At this moment, I was attracted by the aroma of the skewers in front of me. I took a few sips of the Coke on the table, and then said while eating: "There are many things that I don't understand now. I must figure everything out as soon as possible. Besides, I always have a weird feeling."
"What's that strange feeling? You are always suspicious. Maybe things are much simpler than we thought. Maybe there are only two criminals this time, and these two criminals have been completely exposed. I guess by the time we finish our meal and go back, my father will have caught those two people." Bai Longfei said helplessly.
"No, you don't understand what I mean. You should remember the argument between Li Hua and I in the office because of different opinions. We listed two investigation directions at that time, and these two investigation directions were completely conflicting. If the gangsters chose one of our routes to escape, the other person's investigation direction would be completely impossible. But now Li Hua seems to have made some progress. Could it be that the direction we are investigating is wrong?"
"But all our investigations today went so smoothly. Obviously, there will be no problems with my line. Now there are clues on both lines at the same time. I always feel like I have fallen into a trap."
The more I thought about this, the more real it seemed to me. It was so real that it made me feel uneasy and panic. Bai Longfei comforted me, saying, "Since you can't figure it out, don't waste your brain cells thinking about it. It's better to eat more. Eat quickly. The noodles are overcooked."
As Bai Longfei was speaking, my cell phone suddenly rang. I picked it up and saw it was Bai Qi calling, so I immediately answered and asked Bai Qi what was going on.
"Where are you now? Come back quickly, something happened again!"