When Wu Guangyu drove close to the gate of the No. 4 Prison in Shanxi Province, Yu Zui shrugged unnaturally. When he looked up, he saw high walls, power grids, and patrolling guards with guns on their backs. When the car passed through the heavy iron gate, he seemed to be uncomfortable, twisting his neck and rubbing his back against the seat.
After traveling long distances for several days in a row, few people looked like no one else. They all had stubbled faces and disheveled hair. When they went to places, they put on their police caps, at least they maintained a dignified appearance.
"Yu'er, what's the matter?" Dong Shaojun turned around and asked with concern.
"I didn't sleep well, I'm fine." Yu Zui lied, and when he stopped the car, Dong Shaojun went down first, took his ID, and introduced his purpose to the correctional cadres he contacted. There were often suspects who were still not cleared of crimes in the labor camp. The guards were used to this, and arranged a conversation room for the three of them, and went to the isolation area to call the suspects.
"Shaobing, what kind of work is this labor camp?" Wu Guangyu looked at it with his neck propped up, unable to see why. I have passed two prisons, one is a coal mine and the other is a farm, both of which are heavy jobs. This place seems to be a bit different, clean and tidy. Dong Shaojun introduced: "It used to be a match factory, but now it is made of corrugated board packaging, with little technical content."
"I just feel that living here is more comfortable than being a policeman. I have traveled more than 2,000 kilometers in four days. Oh, hello..." Wu Guangyu complained again. Dong Shaojun ignored him and looked back at Yu Zui. Yu Zui was looking at an electronic file. When Dong Shaojun questioned him, he did not raise his head and said, "The suspect to be interviewed is surnamed Xi and named Reform. He was sentenced to four years and six months for theft and has served his sentence so far. It's been two years. The place where the crime was committed is in Youyu County and Xiaojingzhuang Township, where I stole two cows, a mule, and finally pulled a sheep with a tractor and was caught."
"Hehe, compound talents can steal everything." Wu Guangyu said with a smile.
"The pattern of the crime seems to be different from what we are looking for." Dong Shaojun frowned. He has interviewed no less than ten suspects, all of whom were stealing livestock, but the methods of committing the crime were too different, obviously not all the way.
"It's so easy to find, it won't hang for a few years." Yu Zui said, smacking his lips, his eyes showed a little bit of fatigue, and his eyes were blood red. He was not afraid of getting tired, but he was afraid that his train of thought would be wrong. If it can't be verified in practice, then he can't even convince himself.
"What kind of thief are we looking for?" Wu Guangyu, the driver, was also curious.
"A master." Yu Zui said, adding an explanation to Wu Guangyu: "A master of martial arts is called Geshan Daniu, and a master of thieves is called Geshan Stealing Niu. I'm surprised. Someone in their industry must know something about this kind of thing, right? "
The clue is the residual ointment found on the bodies of Niu Jianshan and Zhu Baogang who stole cattle from Yangtouya Township. Yu Zui has been trying to find the source of this thing that is popular in the underground world.
"Don't be discouraged, sometimes you have to rely on luck to solve the case." Dong Shaojun said, and now he persuaded Yu Zui instead. Yu Zui laughed at himself a little bit disappointed: "Then wish us luck today, I'm almost losing confidence."
That's right, seven prisons, more than a dozen suspects, cheated and coaxed, but didn't find any clues. Confidence is disappearing little by little.
While talking, the correctional cadres brought a shy suspect, and introduced where the policeman came from, and asked you about the case, remember, you are not allowed to hide anything. The suspect replied reflexively: he must confess to the government.
Don't guess, it's hell to be honest! Others might be able to be coaxed by the suspect's flinching, but Yu Zui is too familiar with this cringing, wandering-eyed guy. He and Wu Guangyu whispered a few words, and Wu Guangyu stepped forward to talk to the guard, saying that the case was kept secret, so he sent the guard out first. The two stood guard outside the door, Yu Zui and Dong Shaojun stared at the suspect.
He is a middle-aged man, thin and haggard, with a lot of baldness. When he shrinks his neck, he looks like a tortoise. Dry lips, a mouth with a broken front tooth.
When Dong Shaojun wanted to dig out things as usual, he was stopped by Yu Zui, who asked without blinking: "Xi Reform, how old is it?"
"Forty." The suspect said.
"Tell me, how did this animal steal back?" Yu Zui said, took out a cigarette, and politely handed one to the man, the man came up flattered, lit it, and took a greedy puff. Only then did Yu Zui look at Yu Zui strangely, and Yu Zui explained: "It's nothing else, I just want to learn your techniques and take some precautions. You can, you can steal a cart of sheep, if it wasn't for the county patrol team to check the car, I still can't catch you... Hehe, amazing, you are an old hand, I guess your trick. You must have mixed some feed that sheep like to eat, and seduced you into your car, right?"
"No, that's too much effort." The suspect said, directly denying the police's ignorance.
"Then your solution is..." Yu Zui asked strangely, in his twinkling eyes, he felt that people really should not be judged by appearances, and it would be difficult enough for ordinary people to drive a flock of sheep into the car, let alone steal them.
"Use, use... Just use paper." The suspect was smoking a cigarette, and his eyes were still greedily looking at Yu Zui's hand. With a wave of Yu Zui's hand, the pack of cigarettes was thrown away. The suspect was overjoyed, put it in his pocket, and said: "Sheep like to eat paper the most. If you roll a note, you have to use wood pulp paper, and then soak it in salt water. If the sheep starts to chew, you can whip it." Can't take it away."
"Oh, that's a good way." Yu Zui's eyes lit up, the suspect's methods are beyond your imagination. He seemed to be puzzled and asked again: "How many notes do you have to roll to steal a cart of sheep?"
"No, you have to identify the head sheep. If the head sheep doesn't leave, the other sheep won't move. Once the head sheep leaves, it will be a pit, and the other sheep will also jump down, hehe." The suspect smiled, as if to please Yu Zui, his eyes Wandering around, it seems to be thinking again, how much benefit can be exchanged for these leftover materials.
Yu Zui didn't say a word, but gave a friendly smile. That smile gave the suspect the illusion that the person on the other side didn't look like a policeman, but like a colleague's expression of praise. And when Yu Zui took it out of his pocket again, there were two packs of cigarettes on it again, he patted and asked, "Xi Reform, what about stealing cattle?"
"Stealing cattle is a bit more difficult. One is to watch closely, and the other is that cattle are not easy to carry. If it is not a farming cattle, the old method of leading the nose cannot be used. Also, the thing is too big. It's not easy to shoot." The suspect said.
"Then what should we do?" Yu Zui asked, the suspect smiled, Yu Zui raised his hand, and threw another bag, the suspect held it in his hand before he said: "There are two kinds, one is dumb medicine, try to mix it with cow food You can’t cry out after eating it, and it’s not easy to be found when you pull it; the other one is a bit more ruthless, you put some medicine to kill it, and then collect it from the owner of the cow, the price of the dead cow is much cheaper Yes... But I haven't done it, I only led it once, and it was still a calf. I have confessed to the government."
Dong Shaojun was annoyed and amused when he heard it. Every time he met a suspect, he would always be like this. He talked for a long time about the modus operandi that had nothing to do with the case, and each suspect had different methods. For example, today's method of stealing sheep is the first time I have heard of it.
After a cigarette, we had already chatted about a lot of things. Yu Zui took a look at Dong Shaojun and started to get down to business. Dong Shaojun changed the subject and asked, "If you're in this line of work, you should have heard of the frequent cattle stealing cases every year, right?" ? There have been seven incidents in Youyu County in total, and 67 cattle have been stolen. Tell me, this is a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds and atone for your crimes."
"Oh, you're not the first to ask me this. I really don't know. Not only is that cow not easy to steal, but it's also hard to sell if you steal it. Generally, no one touches it." The suspect, Xi Reform, had a bitter face. road.
This sentence seems to be true, no, it is true, Yu Zui did not find any trace of trying to hide anything from his face. Beckon, come up, recognize something.
The thing is in the hands of Dong Shaojun. It is a kind of ointment found on the thieves caught in Yangtouya Township. It doesn't smell very good. Xi Reform covered his nose, ouch, there was a stench. He looked at the two policemen with a bitter face, wondering what they meant
"Do you know what this is?" Yu Zui repeated the same sentence for the past four days. This is the most crucial sentence. He has been disappointed in this many times. Seeing the suspect like this, he must be disappointed again.
"It stinks, what is it, I don't know it." The suspect shook his head, covered his nose, and sat back to his original place.
Not only do I not recognize the things, but I don’t even recognize the few photos that were taken. Moreover, this person speaks very honestly. Dong Shaojun would rather believe this kind of guy who has served more than three years in prison and doesn't even need at least human dignity. In other words, he should not dare to tell lies. What's more, Youyu is hundreds of kilometers away from Taiyuan and Yicheng, so there is almost no possibility of knowing him.
Dong Shaojun sighed, disappointed to the extreme, and it was in vain again.
He had just put away his things, and when he was about to call for discipline, Yu Zui inadvertently looked at the suspect's pride in touching the cigarette on his chest, and suddenly said, "Come here."
"Hey." The suspect bent over and stepped forward, thinking he had to identify something.
Unexpectedly, Yu Zui stretched out his hand like revenge: "Give me back my cigarette."
"Huh?" The suspect became very angry, and when he got the news, he regretted it in a blink of an eye. But he didn't dare to get angry, obediently put the two and a half packs of cigarettes he got on the table, and stood with his head bowed, swallowing his anger.
"Look at me, don't be fucking unconvinced, it's not that I won't give it to you, it's that you are not worth so many cigarettes... only that one." Yu Zui took the cigarette in his hand, stared at the suspect, and belittled like a bickering The other party said: "You also said that you are a master. Please ask for advice. You don't even know the magic weapon necessary for stealing sheep. You pretend to be a master with a big tail. Get out."
"That's a cow thief, not a sheep thief." The suspect was stimulated by Yu Zui's expression and finally became tempered, and he corrected the sentence aloud.
As soon as he corrected it, Yu Zui's face seemed to be frozen, and Dong Shaojun turned his head slowly as if he had been shocked by an electric shock, and stared straight at him.
Then Yu Zui laughed and stared at the lying guy with a smile. The guy knew he had slipped his tongue, and slowly covered his mouth with his teeth open. He stared nervously at the policeman, terrified.
"Master, come on, the police don't care about past suspicions. They have always admired you for masters. Let's start from the beginning."
Yu Zui was amused, put the cigarette back into the suspect's hand, and asked politely. This back and forth, the suspect was like a wronged little daughter-in-law, in a dilemma, as if she dared not say it, but she didn't dare not say it, until Yu Zui randomly promised that there was a possibility of a reduced sentence, and then coaxed this person to talk about it intermittently What happened...
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At this moment, Li Yifeng was driving a police car to a bustling residential area in Jiulong District, Shuozhou City, and dialed the phone to contact his family. After the location was accurate, he was a little dumbfounded.
I went to five prefectures and cities in four days, all of which were designated by my family’s technical investigation. It is said that this location is located by GPRS. The mobile phone number was provided by Yu Xiangyang and Qin Haijun. It is He Minggui’s private number. , but the other party was located in more than a dozen calls before and after. The purpose of Li Yifeng's trip is just to photograph the surrounding environment.
Shopping malls, pedestrian streets, followed by a high-end community with wrought iron flower gates. Li Yifeng took two entourages, Li Dai and Li Shuanyang, and he was taking pictures. The two township police chiefs had few chances to enter the city, even fewer chances to see big cities, so they were only surprised. When you look at a tall building, you can say wow; when you see a car that is longer than a truck, you can say wow; or when you see a woman wearing a skirt in winter, you can say wow several times.
"Scream again, be careful I'll kick you down the sewer." Li Yifeng turned around and yelled in displeasure.
As soon as the two looked at each other, no wow, they were pointing at something. Li Yifeng took a few photos, turned around and asked, what are you looking at, oh, I saw a tall girl in a red dress picking bananas at the fruit stand. That swaying look, that conspicuous buttocks made Li Yifeng couldn't help but let out a "wow", and his eyes widened.
Li Dai and Li Shuanyang smiled, and Li Yifeng pretended to be the boss again. He gave a kick to each of them, waved his hands and got into the car, and Li Dai asked as he walked: "Young Master Feng, what are you doing? Why did you come to the city to find the cow ?”
"That's right, how could there be cows here? Niu is almost the same." Li Shuanyang said with a smile.
"I can't tell, but the director's arrangement must be reasonable." Li Yifeng said, suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, as if he had figured out Yu Zui's intentions, and asked the two of them: "I'm asking you, you two are about to send Cai, what do you do first?"
"Go to the city to sell a good car, build a house, live in the city if you want to live in the city, and go back to the countryside if you want to live in the country." Li Shuanyang blurted out, and it seemed that he had a serious idea. Li Dai thought for a while, and said cautiously: "I will marry a wife, and I will find two lovers outside. I can sleep with whoever I want."
Li Yifeng was suddenly amused by the simple ideals of the township police brothers. He laughed, and his face changed again: "That's right, men are not like this. Having two money can either improve life or improve sex life."
"Oh, I see. You mean that the cow thief got rich and lived in a big city." Li Dai was smart.
"If it's stealing cattle, then you have to go back to the countryside, how troublesome." Li Shuanyang made a suggestion, and the two of them got into the car with a smile.
Don't count on how high the quality of the rural police is. Although they are policemen, they still have the shadow of a countryman. Li Yifeng has no problem being the leader of these two people. After driving away from this point, another group of people were contacted on the phone. Zhang Meng and Sun Yi ran pastures one by one. The two groups had met each other yesterday, but now, the distance is 100 kilometers. together. He contacted Yu Zui again, and Yu Zui actually arranged to go to Shibeibaoerwan. Li Yifeng agreed, but when he checked the navigation, he was still 90 kilometers away from where he was. He was so angry that he drove all the way and scolded his mother, while the two township policemen laughed and listened behind him.
Anyway, the two of them don't know how to drive, and this journey is all fun.
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When he put down Li Yifeng's phone, Yu Zui's gaze still hadn't left the administrative district map he wanted to check. He had just come out of the prison, and he was still thinking about what he said to Xi Reform.
That's right, Xi Reform did know the drug used to lure cattle, and the industry called it "Tianxiang Ointment" with a nice name. According to his confession, a cattle dealer gave it to him, and taught him this incredible method of stealing cattle. He once tried this thing and stole a calf, and it was very useful. It is said that this thing is not easy to prepare, and the price of a pack is hundreds of dollars. But there was no more after that, he was arrested for stealing sheep before he saw the cattle dealer again. So this matter was kept secret by the suspect. He has no way of knowing the real name of the cattle dealer, but only knows a nickname called "Old Dung", which word he can't tell, this guy is illiterate. It is limited to recognizing the words on banknotes and writing one's own name.
"Stop and go back." Yu Zui said suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and remembered something.
As soon as Wu Guangyu braked, he saw that he was almost at the intersection of the national road. He was so angry that his arms were sore and his butt hurt from driving for the past few days. He said impatiently: "What's the matter? You are really hard to serve, you have to run When the time comes, no wonder Sun Yi won't be with you."
"Then rest for a while." Yu Zui said, but immediately added: "I'll drive back later, maybe we have to live here today."
Wu Guangyu cursed and got out of the car to smoke, but Dong Shaojun leaned over and asked, "What's wrong, Xi Reform didn't explain clearly? Or did you discover something else?"
"It's just a nickname, where can you find it?" Wu Guangyu said disdainfully.
"Yes, this old dung is hard to find, but it suddenly occurred to me that among the people Xi Reform knows, there is likely to be someone we are looking for. Think about it, it can't be that old dung did this alone? And he Speaking of which, it was Lao Shi who found him, so where is the channel for Lao Shi? This is a clue that may have been overlooked." Yu Zui made a bold guess, and suddenly Dong Shaojun was stunned. There is still a pot of water cold, but Yu Zui is thinking about what will happen a long time later. Niu Jianshan and Zhu Baogang were caught at the bottom; the sale of stolen goods in Yicheng has not been investigated clearly, and there are still no clues about the few suspects who have been exposed. At this time, he actually pointed at the mastermind, is it possible
"I know you think it's impossible." Yu Zui said, and began to speak out his flash of thought: "You count the time, Xi Reform has served three years and seven months in prison, and he has been exposed to this heavenly balm. It was four months before he was imprisoned... The large-scale and series of large-scale livestock theft cases happened just after he was imprisoned, what do you think is the connection between them?"
"What you said just proves that he has nothing to do with the case, otherwise it would be impossible for us to be the only ones to investigate his past." Dong Shaojun said.
"Wrong! Think of it this way, if I am the mastermind of a series of cattle theft cases, and if I already have this compounded Tianxiang Ointment in my hand, what do I need to prepare before committing a crime?" Yu Zui asked rhetorically.
"Manpower?" Wu Guangyu said, joining in. Needless to say, it must be manpower, and it must be done from small to large. Dong Shaojun nodded and agreed. It is very likely that the number of suspects in this case is beyond imagination.
"Yes, when recruiting people, who is the first thing that comes to mind?" Yu Zui asked.
"Those with previous convictions have been in this industry." Dong Shaojun said.
"Yes, thieves like Xi Reform naturally came into his sight and became his recruiting targets. That's why he has the opportunity to become the person who was exposed to this drug earlier, agree?" Yu Zui said.
The two thought for a while and nodded reluctantly, which made sense.
"If that's the case, he has some kind of channel to know these thieves running across the countryside, right? The problem arises. For a thief like Xi Reform who works so secretly, there should be few people who know that he makes a fortune by doing this? If he can find Will this line be very valuable?" Yu Zui asked.
Most of the cases were solved by following the clues, but the rest of the crime was to follow the clues without the clues. Just relying on imagination, the two of them were confused at once. Wu Guangyu thought for a while and retorted: "No way, this is so unreliable, we have to wait to investigate the gang that sold the stolen goods before making a decision?"
"Impossible, I can't go on with the investigation. The dealers who sell stolen goods have already become popular. Not to mention those big merchants, even my dad, a small merchant who sells fruit, knows how to have a good relationship with the police and urban management, let alone them. Anywhere may become a breakthrough. , It’s not Yicheng.” Yu Zui said, he has a deep understanding of the net of relationships and favors, and he no longer tries to touch it lightly.
"I think the other one is more valuable." Dong Shaojun interjected, "It's the ones we targeted in Yicheng, Ding Yifei, Yang Zaosheng, Chen Laming, Kong Changyuan, these four are directly engaged in trafficking. If caught They, together with our confirmation, should be able to solve this mystery."
"Wrong, since Yicheng can't open a breakthrough, those who are directly engaged in the acquisition and trafficking of stolen goods should have gotten the news, and I even guessed that they have disappeared. And in the absence of definite evidence, maybe our superiors have not made up their minds to completely crack down on them." Before killing them, these small gangs will not become a breakthrough." Yu Zui said.
Confused, the two looked at Yu Zui eagerly, unable to be sure. Yu Zui thought for a while, came to a democratic decision, and said with fingers: "Let's take a gamble, promote democracy, and call Team Shao back in a while. If there is any progress in Yicheng's investigation and disposal, I will listen to Guangyu; Determine the whereabouts of Ding Yifei, Yang Zaosheng and other four direct suspects, then let Shaojun arrange... If the two parties are not confirmed or have no progress, sorry, then just listen to me."
"I see you are amazing." Wu Guangyu was not convinced, and called Shao Wange first, but he said a few words on the phone, and his face was full of frustration. Dong Shaojun knew it was impossible, he took the phone, said a few words softly, then pressed the phone and threw it to Wu Guangyu, and said helplessly:
"Bitch, you win."
"Hey hey hey, let's go." Yu Zui said proudly.
Reluctantly, Wu Guangyu drove back to the fourth prison.
This day's homework was done enough, from the afternoon to the evening, and then there was the evening talk with the lights on, the talk made even the correctional officers impatient, and only a few people left the fourth prison until late at night. However, from this thief, I got more names and nicknames, such as cattle sellers, veterinary drug sellers, mule and horse market sellers, and animal fur collectors. This strange world is gradually showing its ferocious face to several unknown little policemen. When they set out on the pursuit again, instead of becoming firm and brave, they become more hesitant and confused.
In the early morning of the next day, another accident occurred. A spring snow fell, and all road traffic from Youyu to Datong was interrupted...