Sometimes the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
The instructor Wang Bin was like this. When he arrived in Hougou last night, Yu Zui ordered that no one was allowed to go out to look for cattle, leaving the scene for dawn to investigate again, but he knew that the township police station did not even have the basic investigation tools. All night, he did nothing but find a place to sleep. Early in the morning, he went to the main house of the village committee where everyone was resting, and he fell asleep soundly.
When people started shouting, the head of Hougou village had long ago led the people and asked the results anxiously, but Yu Zui, who was rubbing his sleepy eyes, was speaking in an official tone, saying that he would be sent away by the city's expert detectives.
Had a breakfast of corn mush and potato pancakes, and waited, and waited, until the sun was three poles before hearing the sound of the whistle. When Wang Bin went out, he saw Yu Zui running out with a group of small township policemen. He suddenly found that Li Yifeng had disappeared, as if he had left last night, and he followed him out of the village before confirming that Li Yifeng had indeed left last night, but at this time he drove back a few people, and Wang Bin was disappointed when he saw those people Worse.
One was a young girl, if she wasn't wearing a police uniform, she would have thought she was a country girl, and the other was a young man, about the same age as the new director. The two were brought by Li Yifeng, Yu Zui went up to greet them and said something happily, Wang Bin felt very disappointed, he didn't even enter the venue, and went back by himself.
Those who came were Zhou Wenjuan and Dong Shaojun, who had been invited overnight. Just after a few words of politeness, another car came, and Yu Zui asked strangely: "Hey, Team Shao can do it. How can you save face?"
"Don't think it's about saving face, you'll know who it looks like." Dong Shaojun said with a smile.
When the car stopped, Zhang Meng jumped out of the car, roared in a rough voice, and pulled the rear door, and when he got out again, it was Ma Qiulin who was there. Excited, Yu Zui rushed forward, and the two Wangnian friends shook hands, Yu Zui said excitedly: "Mr. Ma, why did you startle me?"
"Yesterday, when Wan Ge answered the phone, I was by the side. As soon as I heard that you were going to handle the case, I came to join in the fun. Hehe, consultant, I don't participate, but I can give you advice." Ma Qiulin said with a smile, looking so absolute. It wasn't a sudden idea, Yu Zui knew that this person was an expert in theft cases, and with such a person coming, the odds of winning would be a little higher.
Surrounded by all the township police, the group went to the village committee to speak, but Dong Shaojun was the first to accept the case, and he seemed to be a little worried and asked Yu Zui: "Yu'er, I have never participated in any case, you let me do it. How can I help you?!"
"Of course I can help. I can't find any cows. All I find are cow dung. Don't you study that?" Yu Zui said.
"That human excrement and animal excrement are not the same thing." Dong Shaojun was furious.
"Give it a try, there is a challenge to make progress." Yu Zui smiled and swept away the displeased Dong Shaojun. He was sure to invite this one, but he didn't expect Zhou Wenjuan and Zhang Meng to follow. He turned his head to see if he was ashamed Zhou Wenjuan, who talked too much, asked, "Wenjuan, why are you here to join in the fun?"
"I'm not on duty during Chinese New Year, so I'll help you if I can," Zhou Wenjuan said.
"There's nothing I can do to help, I'm still at a loss." Yu Zui said.
"Maybe... I never let go of cattle since I was a child. We don't have many breeds of local cattle. Most of them are hybrids of local and Luxi cattle. The winter feed is mainly wheat straw and straw, as well as crop waste. It is not easy to digest, we can test it from this, and maybe we can find some clues." Zhou Wenjuan described a few words lightly, and Yu Zui blinked when he heard it. He didn't expect to find a professional, which was a pleasure. Zhang Meng pulled Yu Zui with a smirk and asked, "Are you stupid? Wen Juan is trying to save face for you, and most people would not invite you. Now she can appear on the scene on behalf of forensic doctor Zhang."
"Wow, amazing." Yu Zui didn't expect such a big change in less than a year, and gave Zhou Wenjuan a thumbs up. Zhou Wenjuan smiled and wanted to say something, but she took it back because of the crowd. Yu Zui was crazy because people came, and the more people there were, the more crazy he became. He looked at Zhang Meng and asked strangely, "Hey, animal, why are you here? Are you not busy? What special mission was there that night? We didn't even finish the meal."
"Two people ran away from the Fenhe labor reform farm, and the second team mobilized urgently, but they didn't see anyone, and were arrested by the armed police halfway." Zhang Meng said, as if hesitant to speak, and did not answer Yu Zui's other questions. However, Yu Zui Guijing saw some questions coming, and dragged Zhang Meng to ask: "I haven't finished talking yet, why are you here?"
"Suspended." Zhang Meng whispered.
"Oh." Yu Zui said, as if relieved. Zhang Meng asked in a daze, "Why aren't you surprised at all?"
"Why are you surprised? With your virtue, you will be suspended sooner or later... Did you hit someone again?" Yu Zui asked.
Zhang Meng curled his lips, stopped talking, and followed Ma Qiulin, Yu Zui knew and guessed again, he asked Dong Shaojun, Dong Shaojun said in a low voice, it is true, when he was arrested some time ago, the suspect resisted a little fiercely Well, it's okay for others, if you don't beat this vicious animal, you won't be called this nickname in vain. As a result, there was a problem. As soon as he entered the detention center, the procuratorate came to the door and handed in Zhang Meng's certificate and police equipment. Starting today, he was officially suspended for self-reflection. As soon as he heard that Team Shao sent two people to the countryside, he followed Come relax.
"It's too bad. No matter how you are a policeman, you can get into trouble if you hit anyone." Yu Zui said dissatisfiedly, pulling Dong Shaojun who was stunned and asked: "Who did you hit?"
"A suspect in an attempted kidnapping case kidnapped a junior high school student." Dong Shaojun said.
"Where's the hostage?" Yu Zui asked.
"After starving for a few days, I was rescued." Dong Shaojun said.
"This kind of suspect deserves to be killed." Yu Zui said, not taking it seriously.
Dong Shaojun had a sad face. He was used to equating the human rights of suspects with citizens, but he was surrounded by students who were so vicious and even relentless. He was really speechless. Yu Zui saw that his expression was wrong, so he said disdainfully: "What's wrong? Are you saying I have no sympathy?"
"No, I think it's a wise decision for the organization to throw you in Yangtouya Township." Dong Shaojun put away his expression of toothache, pursed his mouth, and said that he was kicked by Yu Zui.
However, it was Dong Shaojun who was shocked next. When he heard that the city police had come here specially for the cow-stealers, almost all the old and young people in the village gathered at the village committee. As he talked, he knelt down with a plop. When the adults cried, many babies in their arms howled. The scene was chaotic, but all the eyes conveyed a kind of emotion, expectation and trust.
Being so poor, and being robbed by thieves, people feel panicked no matter what happens. The village committee and the instructors came forward together, and persuaded most of the villagers to leave. At this time, the on-site investigation envisaged by Yu Zui officially kicked off.
Zhang Guanping and Li Dai carried dry rations and water bottles on their backs, and Li Yifeng helped carry a box of equipment brought by Dong Shaojun, and the group set out on the road first. Yu Zui and Ma Qiulin bid farewell to the instructor Wang Bin, and asked the instructor to guard the village, and the two of them finally followed.
The rural scenery cleared up after snow is really beautiful, the pines and cypresses all over the mountains are green and lush, and occasionally the unmelted snow looks like a white head cover, pressing on the top of the pine branches and cypresses, like a playful cloud in the sky. Inadvertently, in the inconspicuous mound, behind the stone, a frightened rabbit will suddenly pop out, which is frightening. After walking a short distance, when he was panting slightly, the breath he exhaled was like a cloud of water mist, and the air was so fresh that it made several people who were accustomed to city life take a deep breath together.
"Xiao Yu, how are you doing here?"
Ma Qiulin stopped and asked with a smile. He also took a few deep breaths excitedly.
"That's it. Just fool around."
Yu Zui said, standing together with Ma Qiulin, the one in front had already found the first pile of cow dung, and was looking at it.
"Why don't I feel like a fool, you are quite respectful." Ma Qiulin said. The point is naturally the loss of cattle.
"Just once, I let you meet... No way, look at the villager who lost his cow, how pitiful, some thieves are too bottomless, Yangtouya Township is so poor, and come here Those who steal here... hey." Yu Zui said with a bitter face, very angry. After all, his happy and leisurely life was disturbed.
"Hehe, it seems that you have found the motivation to become a policeman." Ma Qiulin laughed.
"Motive?" Yu Zui was stunned for a moment, this is a term for detection. Usually only used by suspects to commit crimes.
"Yes, motivation... Some people say that human nature is inherently evil, while others say that human nature is inherently good. I realized after living so long that human nature is human nature. There is no good or evil. It depends on the environment you live in and what you have experienced. And what choice will you make...you did a good job." Ma Qiulin said.
"Thank you, Mr. Ma, for your compliment." Yu Zui said shyly, he really didn't think so much.
"It's not a compliment, I'm going to say next, you're also stupid, I don't know how you feel?" Ma Qiulin said with a smile.
Yu Zui was taken aback for a moment, froze, and didn't understand. He didn't expect this theft expert to spout such a sentence.
Seeing that Yu Zui was puzzled, Ma Qiulin walked slowly with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked: "I have been a police officer for more than 30 years, and I have handled more than 1,700 cases of theft and pickpocketing. Such cases are not considered major cases. , can be more troublesome than any major case... First, the police force will have a large investment; second, it is quite difficult to detect and even more difficult to convict. In the case of stealing cattle, you may not even need trace inspection; third, even if the suspect is caught, most of the time the stolen goods are sold and the stolen money is squandered, and the possibility of recovery is very small. You should not give the villagers expectations. So high. Let me simply ask you a question, even if people can catch it, the cattle have been sold and the money has been spent, what should you do?"
"Ah? This..." Yu Zui was stunned, feeling that he was still a little younger, he touched his head and said embarrassedly: "I didn't think about it that much, seeing how pitiful the villagers are, I agreed."
Ma Qiulin looked a little naive, but Yu Zui, who pleased him, smiled and said with a smile: "Take a step back, and it is very likely that no one will be able to catch it. What should you do? If you are so skilled, you must be an old thief."
"I think it should be possible to catch him. The fact that he is so proficient in stealing means that it is not the first time he has committed a crime, so there should be traces to be found." Yu Zui did the opposite. Ma Qiulin was stunned for a moment, and gradually became interested. He frowned and asked, "But from the introductions of the villagers, instructors, and township police, I didn't feel that there was anything wrong, and I didn't even have a basic sighting... From here At the beginning, take a small road, eleven kilometers is the second-level road, and it has been stolen for more than 24 hours, do you think it can be recovered?"
"I'm not going to chase." Yu Zui said, and said very dissatisfied: "I'm looking for his modus operandi of stealing the cow."
"Well, this is the best choice at present, but it may not be very useful." Ma Qiulin said, with suspicion still on his face.
"Mr. Ma, are you hitting me or provoking me? Are you taking a wrong stand?" Yu Zui replied with a smile, feeling that Ma Qiulin's performance was beyond his expectations and always throwing cold water. Unexpectedly, Ma Qiulin suddenly laughed, and said with a smile: "I really want to help you. When Shao Wange answered the phone, he was chatting with a group of us old guys in the Criminal Research Office, and talked about more than a dozen major unsolved cases in the whole province... Murder, robbery, kidnapping for ransom, but there's one I think you'll be interested in."
As he said that, he turned around and said solemnly: "Actually, there is one case with the longest delay, and the one that has been quite controversial is the case of stealing cattle."
"No way, this can win the lottery? There is a cattle stealing case among the unsolved cases in the province?" Yu Zui was startled.
"Now I'm not sure if I won the lottery, but since the first large-scale cattle stealing case occurred in Pianguan County more than four years ago, there have been more than 1,600 cattle stealing cases in various places so far. From Shanyin, Yanbei, and Luliang, from north to south, it has spread to the surrounding areas of Taiyuan this year... All cities have worked hard on this, but with little success. Less than 30% of the cases were solved, and those who pleaded guilty It accounted for less than half, and as for recovering the stolen goods, it was less than 10%. This is why I came here as soon as I heard about a similar case in Yangtouya." Ma Qiulin said with a smile, and he looked at Yu Zui's case with great interest. Expression changes.
It's not a surprise, but a shock. The difficulty can be imagined. The first is regionality. The place where the crime happened is in this kind of wilderness, so it is relatively difficult to obtain evidence. The second is timeliness, when you have an idea Well, cattle have long been made into beef, beef balls, beef soup, etc., even if you catch a thief, you can't get the stolen goods. Thirdly, needless to say, it happened in rural areas, where the police force is weak, and the basic police quality is not available.
Yu Zui was so stunned that he was depressed. If he had known earlier, he would have stayed one more day and would not have come back. He seriously suspected that the instructor pushed him into the pit.
Just thinking about a joke, he came, when he heard Li Yifeng's ghostly cry "Ah!" from afar, Yu Zui and Ma Qiulin rushed up nervously, but unexpectedly Li Yifeng covered his mouth and pointed at Dong Shaojun who was surveying a place. He was holding a pile of broken cow dung, sniffing carefully.
"What's your ghost name?" Yu Zui was angry, probably Ma Qiulin said it.
"It's so disgusting, I thought he was going to put it in his mouth and try it." Li Yifeng said. The township policemen burst out laughing, causing Yu Zui to kick a few people, but when he turned around to explain something, he was stunned.
Dong Shaojun was looking at the pile of excrement as if he hadn’t heard it at all. Zhou Wenjuan was wearing white gloves and holding a magnifying glass to carefully observe a frozen place. It seemed that the ordinary place made her very suspicious. The colors there seem to be different from other places.
"Wheat straw fibers and corn stalks, the excretion time should be about 20 hours... Calculated based on the temperature here, it should be consistent with the time of the crime... Wen Juan, what is the main feed for the cattle here?"
"You didn't say it just now, wheat straw, corn stalks, and sorghum stalks, there is nothing to eat in winter...the grain production here is not much, and it is impossible to use machine-made feed."
"Why did it choose to shit in this place? It should have stayed in this place for more than ten minutes."
"Yes, there are lick marks here...the saliva residue can't be extracted."
"Green...is it moss?"
"Impossible, how can moss grow in the current temperature?"
"Go ahead..."
The two chatted inexplicably, kept their certificates, and took pictures. When they got up, they found out that all the township police, including Yu Zui, were looking at him like a visitor from outside the sky. Dong Shaojun smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, we can only help you find him Look for the traces left by the cow, and probably not the lost one."
Zhou Wenjuan smiled and didn't even say a word. A group of people walked forward and walked a few hundred meters, squatted down and began to dawdle at a place where it was suspected that the cow had excreted.
Just like this, I walked and checked, turned over two hills, and took out several places where the suspected lost cattle had stayed. From Hougou Mountain, I went down a small road that only accommodated pedestrians. Serpentine secondary road.
"It should be from here." Dong Shaojun found another deep hoof print, embedded in the snow, in a shady place, left behind, and the direction of going was the secondary road.
"Let let... encircle this place." Ma Qiulin also joined the ranks of the survey, and directed the township police to enclose a high ground, as high as half a person, and the soil was freshly shoveled. On graded roads, new soil was padded in the diversion channel under the curb, leaving a deep rut.
Even the township police have noticed that this method of stealing cattle is simple and simple. With Director Yu's level of indiscretion in the detention center, he can immediately restore an image of the crime in his mind, reverse the car, and hold it against it. The soil layer was high, and then the accomplices took the cattle off the mountain, got into the car directly, and pulled them away.
"Damn it!" Yu Zui squatted on the road, repeating this sentence all the time, his eyes staring like he was going to beat someone up.
Li Yifeng listened to the director's chanting, thought he was prophesying something again, so he quietly approached, and when he heard the words, he grinned and asked cautiously: "Director, who are you scolding?"
"Call the thieves, who else... It's so fucking bad, back the car, it's more comfortable than pulling your own cattle, and you will leave the market in 20 minutes to the north, and you will leave the province in less than 100 kilometers to the west .”
Yu Zui said in fear, he knew that this was a premeditated crime committed by a gang, and the difficulty of this cow-stealing case had begun to magnify without limit.
"That's right." Li Yifeng looked at the terrain and felt that the director's words were quite reasonable, so he flattered him and said, "It's so fucking bad, Yangtouya Township is so poor, and you still come to steal here, you have the ability Stealing real estate developers, state-owned enterprises, and public prosecutors!? Isn’t that right, director.”
Yu Zui gouged him out and ignored him, but unexpectedly Li Yifeng didn't care at all. He was worried about the compensation for the cattle, and asked cautiously: "Boss, how did he steal it? There is no one in the village." ? Can you catch it?"
"Don't worry, let me think about it again. This case is really weird. I've heard of hunting cattle across the mountains. You can't steal cattle across the mountains, right? There's no witness?" Yu Zui said in bewilderment.
"It's abducted." Li Yifeng took it for granted.
"I think so too. Is it possible?" Yu Zui asked suspiciously. The cow should have been abducted here in a very gentle way. He thought that Li Yifeng knew some tricks in the village, so he grabbed hold of him and asked, "Quickly tell me, how did you know it was abducted?"
"We...we often have girls and daughters-in-law kidnapped to our township. You say people can be kidnapped, so it's not that difficult to kidnap a cow." Li Yifeng was startled and blurted out.
But this is not a sudden inspiration, it is useless except to add to the jokes of this trip. Busy from morning to dusk, except for tracing the route of the suspected lost cattle, there is no other gain...