Ten minutes later, we had left the research institute and were heading towards a certain direction of Dengfeng City. This time, both teams were mobilized. Bai Longfei, Lin Yingxue and I took Xiao Dai's taxi, while Li Hua, Pan An and Ding Yang drove the police car assigned to them. The two cars were driving one after the other, rapidly moving forward.
On the way, I called Bai Qi and told him our previous reasoning. Bai Qi was on his way to the West City Checkpoint at this time, and he took most of the people away. Even the police officers on standby were transferred to the West City Checkpoint. It seemed that the situation there was quite serious.
"I'm not sure what's going on over there, but I heard there are nearly 200 people causing trouble. They seem to be employees of a large construction team. They are confronting our people. No matter what, I have to go over and take a look. I can't let the situation get any worse."
Bai Qi told me on the phone, and then asked: "How confident are you? Do you need me to send someone to go with you?"
"Basically, we are 90% sure. Li Hua and I have analyzed everything. The route the gang leader chose to escape must be the route we are following now! Uncle Bai, send someone to follow as soon as possible. Also, order the people at the checkpoint to closely check the pedestrians coming and going. Even if they encounter suspicious people, they must be detained. Now is the time to kill the wrong person rather than let him go."
Bai Qi said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll make arrangements here as soon as possible. Be careful along the way. I'll come find you after I finish dealing with things here!"
After Bai Qi finished speaking, I hung up the phone, and Lin Yingxue asked, "Why are we going to the east when there are troubles in the west? Logically speaking, if there are troubles over there, once the scene becomes chaotic, it would be easy for the leader of the gang to get away with it, and the chances of him passing the checkpoint safely are also very high, right?"
I put the phone back into my pocket and said calmly, "Yes, from a probability perspective, the probability of being able to leave the west side of the city is very high, but relatively speaking, the probability of being caught there is also very high! I have said before that this gang leader is a very cautious person, and he only seeks the safest one in everything, so I dare to conclude that he must have gone to the east side of the city, and is trying to escape in some way he has already planned!"
At this point, I couldn't help but laugh and said, "To be honest, this is actually great news for us. Since he plans to use the method of making a feint to the east and attacking the west again to transfer a large number of police officers to the west and break through from the east, it means that the gang leader is still in Dengfeng City! As long as he doesn't leave, we have a chance to catch him!"
The above conclusions were reached by Li Hua and I at the same time. Of course, he was obviously in a much better mood at the moment. Now we just hope to reach the checkpoint in the east as soon as possible and arrive before the gangster leader!
As long as we can reach the checkpoint in the east of the city ahead of time, we will have a great chance of exposing the gang leader's plan!
With this mood, we soon arrived at the checkpoint in the east of the city. Since Bai Qi had already made arrangements in advance, the staff and police officers on duty here accepted us smoothly and reported to us on the inspection situation of the checkpoint in the east of the city today.
After we got off the bus, I suddenly realized that there was very little traffic at the East City Checkpoint. Basically, there were no people or vehicles passing through. I was immediately puzzled and asked the staff next to me: "How many exits in the East City direction have checkpoints set up? Why are there so few people here?"
"There are five or six exits on the east side, but the other exits are relatively small and not on the main roads, so there are no checkpoints. Instead, the roads are directly blocked and no one is allowed to pass. Currently, the only way to pass is our side, but the traffic is very inconvenient after exiting here. In addition, the whole city is on alert recently, so our side is the place with the least traffic in the entire Dengfeng City checkpoint."
After listening to the staff member's introduction, Li Hua and I looked at each other at the same time. From each other's eyes, I could see that he was as confused as I was about this matter.
If the East City Checkpoint was indeed the final breakthrough point for the gang leader, why did he choose such a place? You know, the fewer people there are, the greater the chance of being discovered. There is no chance of getting away with it, unless the gang leader is 100% confident in his escape plan!
The more this happens, the worse our situation becomes. Not being able to figure out who is going to fight is the biggest fear.
We entered the checkpoint, took out their entry and exit records for the day and checked them carefully, and watched the entire day's surveillance video from beginning to end several times, before we were completely sure that no one suspected to be the gang leader passed by here, and the inspectors here checked very carefully, so no one had the opportunity to leave easily with the drawings.
Since the people haven't left yet, our next step is to keep a close eye on any passing vehicles and pedestrians, and try our best to find out how the gang leader plans to leave.
In this way, we stayed at this checkpoint for a full three hours. During this time, we took time to take turns to have a meal, and we carefully checked every passing pedestrian and vehicle. However, from beginning to end, we did not find any clues or suspicious people or vehicles.
In this situation, I thought that either the gang leader was still keeping his composure and had no plans to leave for the time being, or we were all wrong and the gang leader actually chose to leave Dengfeng City in another direction.
The second possibility kept circling in my mind. Not to mention the suspicious looks of Pan An and the others, even I myself began to doubt whether we were really wrong.
More than three hours later, Bai Qi came to the checkpoint with some men and met up with us. He didn't bring many people with him. This was what I meant. After all, if he suddenly brought a large number of men here and was discovered by the gang leader, it would probably alert the enemy.
I asked Bai Qi about the situation over there. Bai Qi said that all the people who were causing trouble had been arrested and had undergone a preliminary interrogation. Some of the stubborn people refused to tell the truth, but some of them told the real reason why they were causing trouble.
It turned out that yesterday afternoon, a man suddenly came to their construction site and found their foreman. He gave the foreman some money and asked them to deliberately cause trouble at the checkpoint in the west of the city during this time period today. He did not say why. Before leaving, he also said that if they could make a big deal out of it, he would give the foreman a bigger sum of money after the matter was over today. The foreman and his workers were blinded by greed and did not care whether there was any trick involved. So today's farce happened.
After hearing this, I immediately asked, "Have those people who made trouble seen what the person who gave them the money looks like?"
Bai Qi sighed and said, "No, the person who paid them to do the job was dressed very tightly and his appearance could not be seen at all. I have asked many people about this and I believe they are all telling the truth."
Now it is completely certain that the man who gave the money to the foreman is the only remaining leader among the criminals. Since he paid people to do such a thing, he must have his reasons. But why is there still no news from our East City Checkpoint until now
This question has been filling my mind, and Bai Qi also stayed and stationed here with us. He didn't want to miss our last chance.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was already past four in the afternoon. The number of vehicles and pedestrians passing through the checkpoint was getting fewer and fewer, until finally there was no one left. The entire Dengfeng city seemed to have calmed down, and nothing happened again.
As early as two o'clock, Bai Qi was getting a little impatient. Seeing this situation, Bai Qi completely lost his patience and sighed, "Nothing has happened here. It seems that the leader of the gangsters has a high probability of leaving Dengfeng City and using a method that none of us have noticed. I can't wait any longer. You guys stay here. I will go back and contact my superiors to have them make strict defenses at airports and major transportation routes across the country to intercept the blueprints before they leave the country."
Bai Qi spoke weakly when he said this, and his eyes were full of disappointment. I was planning to explain something, but Bai Qi didn't give me any chance to explain and quickly left with his men.
After Bai Qi left, I was the only one who felt lost. Li Hua was also there. Li Hua sat on the steps in annoyance, grabbing his hair and saying in pain, "How is this possible! How could we have guessed wrong! This is clearly the path that the gang leader would definitely choose, why hasn't there been any movement until now? Could it be that the gang leader is so smart that he sees through everything and deliberately set a trap for us?"
Looking at the painful Li Hua, I sighed and said, "I don't think so. The gang leader doesn't know us at all. Besides, how could he figure out so many things in such a short time and set up a trap to deceive all of us? The gang leader must have discovered us here from hiding in the dark and temporarily changed the time of escape."
I firmly believed that our judgment was absolutely correct. I looked outside the checkpoint and said to the people around me, "The road here is very rugged. If this is the way the gang leader finally chose to leave, I think there must be some follow-up arrangements. Why don't we go out and see if we can find anything?"