Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 624: Eight Fingers Xie Dachuan

Chen Yi pulled the timeline back to more than thirty years ago.

What was the situation on the streets when Zhong Liyun just left the welfare home?

He is a person with obvious psychological traces, which can be seen from several things. So who did he meet thirty years ago? What happened to him? Did it have an impact on his psychology? Did it affect his subsequent behavior patterns?
More than thirty years ago, when Lao Wu had just started working, he was in his twenties, had dreams, and his passion for work was at its peak.

"Ah..." Old Wu's eyes were filled with nostalgia, "The 1980s and 1990s are incomparable to now."

He talked about the time when he first wore a police uniform.

Public security cases were very common in that era. Property crimes were relatively easy to deal with, but more serious cases would make every police officer busy and unable to sleep for days and nights.

In an era when criminal investigation technology was backward, it was extremely difficult to solve cases.

If you are unlucky enough to encounter a murder case, most of the police officers will be mobilized and they will have no time to take care of other cases. They really have to work around the clock.

It’s much better now. In the age of Internet informatization, the overall crime-solving rate has soared.

In addition to individual crimes, organized evil forces are also rampant in the shadow corners of the city. Underground casinos, smuggling, extortion, pornographic venues, pirated discs, etc. are all the norm.

Society develops rapidly, and the emergence of new things will lead to new illegal activities. For example, pirated discs appeared because DVD players were popular all over the country, so manufacturers who stole copyright appeared.

In addition to pirated CDs, there are also pirated books, pirated tapes, etc.

It is difficult to manage and impossible to manage.

Even now when copyright is taken seriously, there are still many people who go to watch pirated movies and read pirated novels on illegal websites, with no respect for the creators' work.

This is a kind of "culture" of the Chinese people. Saving money is the most important thing, and other things don't matter. Why spend money when it's free? Isn't that stupid?
It is understandable that if the economy does not allow, one has to choose other methods. From another perspective, at least pirated books have helped many students.

Back then, ordinary people only knew to spend the least amount of money to buy their favorite entertainment items, but they had no idea about the illegal profit chain behind it. Even the word "piracy" became a common vocabulary in life, and people would ask the boss if he had any pirated products when they entered a store.

With the word "stolen" added to it, how can it be a serious thing?

After listening to Old Wu's words, Chen Yi felt that he had missed something, so he said, "There were a lot of professional beggars at that time, right?"

Zhong Liyun said that after leaving the welfare home, she made a living by wandering around and picking up garbage until she met Xiang Shi in a video hall. From then on, her miserable life had its first turning point.

Of course Chen Yi didn't believe it, at least not completely. If he could tell the truth, he wouldn't have to come to see Old Wu today.

So how could a child roaming the streets in the 1980s and 1990s survive or even make money?

Chen Yi first thought of begging.

Begging was considered a profession at that time.

Those born in the 1980s and 1990s recall their childhood when beggars would come to their homes to beg from time to time. At first, they were truly poor people, mostly the elderly, children, and women with children. Young and middle-aged people were rarely seen.

As time went by, some young and middle-aged people also joined the army of beggars and became beggars, gradually turning begging, which was originally a part-time job due to life difficulties, into a full-time job with additional skills.

At the beginning, beggars don’t care whether others give them food or money. One cent? A few cents? One dollar? It doesn’t matter. As long as they don’t starve to death, they are thankful.

However, when professional beggars joined the begging team, they started to be picky about the people they gave alms to. They didn't want food, and they thought a penny was too little. Later, they developed into begging gangs, and even went as far as breaking the law.

A man would take a broken musical instrument and go to the doorstep of a wealthy family and start playing it randomly, with the music sometimes reaching dozens or even hundreds, and would not leave unless he was given money.

Passive acceptance turns into forced begging, good and evil are just a thought away.

It is said that when the beggar profession was at its most popular, a person could earn hundreds of thousands per year.

Hundreds of thousands. How much did a normal person earn in a year in the 1990s and 2000s?
Where there is profit, evil forces will breed, and professional gangs will appear. Some unscrupulous suspects will even develop their teams by stealing and robbing children. Those who mysteriously disappeared were not all sold to good families.

The bastard that Chen Yi killed on Sendong Island before was doing the disgusting thing of live dismemberment. It was too easy for him to be shot to death.

Old Wu nodded, "Yes, of course... Oh, I understand what Chen Xun means. You mean professional beggars, right? We have indeed saved many children. In the most serious case, the victim's hands and feet were broken. The Dongli Criminal Investigation Team personally led the team and eliminated these incompetent gangs."

Chen Yi: "Is Zhong Liyun involved?"

Old Wu: "Not that I remember. It is impossible to completely eradicate any crime. Maybe there are omissions."

His answer was rather conservative. If there were ten gangs in Dongli back then, it would be considered good if we could take down seven or eight of them. Maybe Zhong Liyun was in the remaining one or two gangs?

"Well... Old Wu, if I want to know more about the inside story of crimes in the 1980s and 1990s, who should I go to?"

Chen Yi realized that it was time to change people again. He got Ji Hao's name from Old Wu, so he gained something.

Old Wu understood that the other party meant to find the person who committed a crime. The police knew far less than the suspect himself. Even though the transcript was written in a dense manner, if he could explain 80 to 90 percent of it, it would be considered a confession.

"I need to think about it." Old Wu recalled carefully, and this time it took quite a while.

Chen Yi was not in a hurry and waited patiently.

Five minutes later, Old Wu's eyes lit up and he looked up and said, "Eight-Finger Xie Dachuan! I almost forgot about this person. Xie means thank you, Da means big or small, and Chuan means mountains and rivers."

Chen Yi: "What do you do?"

Old Wu: "In the early years, he was a well-known scoundrel in our area. He had been a lookout at pornographic places, checked out underground casinos, begged in disguise as a disabled person, and even helped people transport wild animals... I can't remember all the details. He was a rare all-rounder.

Even though he was just a nobody, almost everyone in the underworld knew Dachuan. Among the confessions of ten people, at least five or six mentioned his name. "

Chen Yi became interested. He thought the other party might be someone who didn't have much ability but was willing to try. "Then he should be a versatile guy. How come he has eight fingers?"

Old Wu laughed and said, "The casino cheated and had his finger chopped off twice in a row. Do you know what's the most outrageous thing? When his second finger was chopped off, the first one was still wrapped in a bandage.

When the police arrived, he had already wrapped the bandage from the first finger around the second severed finger, saying that there was hemostatic medicine on it.

I can't help but admit it, it was really a secondary use, I wasn't the one who went out on duty, my colleagues were shocked when they heard about it when I came back."

Chen Yi: "..."

The other five people: "..."

How should I put it, is he bold, or is he just a little bit stupid?
It sounds like he is a ruthless character, who is ruthless to himself and even more ruthless to others. If he has enough IQ, it will be no problem for him to make a name for himself, but it is also easy for him to end up in jail.

"What is he doing now?" Chen Yi asked.

Old Wu: "What can a 60-year-old do? I saw him selling fruit on Maple Street a few years ago. I don't know where he is now. I guess he is still selling fruit. He won't change his career easily at this age.

Chen Xun wanted to know more about what happened back then. I thought it would be right to ask him. He is well-informed. Oh, yes, he was also an intelligence dealer, selling intelligence from one company to another, and then selling the intelligence from the other company back. Later, the two companies teamed up to chase him and he ran away to the police station. "

Chen Yile said: "Really... a very strange person."

Old Wu: “Who says it’s not true?”

Chen Yi decided to go and see, and after asking for the exact location of the fruit stall, he thanked Lao Wu and left his house.

Old Wu was very enthusiastic and insisted on seeing them off downstairs personally. Finally, he watched the special case team leave.

"They still think of me even though they are about to retire. It seems that I am still very useful. I hope I can help them." Old Wu hummed a little tune and kicked off his slippers and walked into the unit door.

The vehicle started and the special case team headed straight for the next destination.

The area where Maple Leaf Street is located is basically an old residential area with a strong urban atmosphere. Very few people drive, and most people ride electric bikes or bicycles. The pedestrians you see are basically ordinary people, and there are few people who are well-dressed.

【Xie Dachuan Fruit Shop】.

There was no need to even look for such a conspicuous sign, Chen Yi and his six companions walked over.

Xie Dachuan has a round head and face, a fat body, and the hair less than half an inch on top of his head is completely white. At this moment, he is arguing with a woman who is buying fruit.

"These apples weigh three pounds? Are you kidding me?" The woman flew into a rage after learning the weight.

Xie Dachuan glared: "I have been working here for many years, how could I possibly fool you!!"

The woman didn’t believe it: “I’m going to go somewhere else and weigh it again. You come with me!”

Xie Dachuan: "Looking for trouble, huh?! I won't sell it anymore!"

Chen Yi approached and tilted his head to look at the sign at the store entrance that was half covered by plastic sheeting, revealing four words "Warning to Merchants".

If I'm not mistaken, the first one should be a yellow card for short weight.

Read together: Merchants will be given a yellow card warning for shortchanging.

It seems that this woman is not a nearby resident, or Xie Dachuan has just been warned and the news has not yet spread.

Seeing that Xie Dachuan was not selling anymore, the woman became more and more convinced that he had shortchanged her. She was a stickler for details and was ready to defend her rights.

"Xie Dachuan." Chen Yi shouted.

Xie Dachuan subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Chen Yi and the other six people. He suddenly felt all the muscles tense. He quickly stuffed several more big apples into the bag and told the woman that three pounds was enough.

The woman was stunned, because these apples weighed more than three pounds.

She didn't think much about it, snorted coldly, paid the money and prepared to leave.

Chen Yi pointed at the deliberately obscured brand name and said with a smile, "Xie Dachuan, if the market supervision department knew about this, it wouldn't be as simple as a warning."

Hearing this, Xie Dachuan happily pulled off the plastic sheet, revealing ten eye-catching words.

The woman installed the apples and was about to start the electric car, but when she saw these ten words, she felt terrible. She felt like she didn't check the almanac before going out today, and she cursed under her breath.

She didn't make any more trouble, just cursed a few words and drove away.

Xie Dachuan picked up a handful of good bananas and handed them over, smiling and saying, "Several police officers...leaders, which unit are you from?"

To people like Xie Dachuan, police officers have a special feel to them.

Chen Yi did not refuse. He took the banana and shared it with the five people, and asked Qin Fei to pay.

The price per pound is written on the stall. You don't need to weigh it, just pay the more.

"No, no...eat whatever you want." Xie Dachuan waved his hands quickly. Several people could see that the little finger and ring finger on his right hand were broken.

Chen Yi peeled off the banana and took a bite, then said with a smile, "Brother Bazhichuan, I've heard a lot about you."

Xie Dachuan said embarrassedly: "It's just an empty name. Leader, what do you want to talk to me about? Come on, come on, sit inside."

Chen Yi walked around the stalls outside the door and led five people into the room. He did not beat around the bush. After showing his ID, he directly asked about Zhong Liyun.

"Oh, Zhong Liyun..." Xie Dachuan took a box of Yuhua Stone from the shelf, opened it skillfully and handed cigarettes to Chen Yi and the others. Only Chen Yi took it, while the other five did not move. "I remember him. He was a homeless child when he was young. His father was beaten to death by the police. He was a beggar. Later, I think he went to a video hall? What happened to him? Did he get into trouble?"

Xie Dachuan seemed unaware of Zhong Liyun's current status.

There is a gap between the characters of the two eras.

Chen Yi: "Don't you know what he is doing now?"

Xie Dachuan: “I don’t know.”

Chen Yi: "Tell me about Zhong Liyun at that time."

After visiting Xie Dachuan, there should be no blank period in our understanding of Zhong Liyun. Going back further, it was when his father was still alive.

Xie Dachuan: "What can a little beggar talk about... Uh, don't look at me like that, I'm timid."

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes: "How did you know that his father was shot dead by the police?"

Xie Dachuan didn't know Zhong Liyun now, and was not even sure whether she had really gone to the video hall 20 years ago, but he casually said that her father was beaten to death by the police.

This only means that Zhong Liyun had some interactions with Xie Dachuan when they were young, and that he learned a lot from Zhong Liyun.

"He told me." Xie Dachuan spoke quickly. No matter where these policemen in front of him came from, he couldn't offend them.

Chen Yi: "Do you know Qiu Jie?"

Xie Dachuan: "Let me think... I know her. She's a sister that Zhong Liyun picked up."

Chen Yi: "What else did he tell you? How did you two know each other? Tell me the truth. It's been thirty years. As long as no one is killed, I will never make things difficult for you."

Xie Dachuan didn't react much: "I was planning to tell the truth. When I met Zhong Liyun, he had just been beaten up. I bought him food and asked him to join the beggars. Later, the boss was arrested and I was imprisoned for a few months. After I got out, I never saw him again."

Chen Yi: "Tell me clearly who beat you."

Xie Dachuan smoked a cigarette and said, "Don't worry, leader. It's been so many years and I need time to recall. I was beaten by my debtor."

"The debtor?" Chen Yi immediately thought of Zhong Liyun's father, "The debtor is his father?"

Xie Dachuan nodded: "Yes, there are IOUs. Although Zhong Liyun's father lost all his money due to drug abuse, he was a serious businessman before he became addicted to drugs and has several IOUs in his hand.

After all, he is just a child. His father didn't even take him back. How can an orphan like him be taken back? Isn't this funny?"

Chen Yi had a picture in his mind.

A homeless child whose parents had died and ran away came to the debtor's house with an IOU to beg for money, hoping to get at least some money for food to survive. However, the debtor beat him up and took away the IOU, leaving him no way to reason.

Given Zhong Liyun's character, will he let him go easily once he has the ability to take revenge?

"Do you know the name of the debtor?" he asked.

Xie Dachuan shook his head: "If you don't know the name, it should be easy to find, right? Go find the employees of Zhong Liyun's father's former factory and ask for the purchase list. Zhong Liyun had two IOUs in his hand at that time."

Chen Yi: “Yeah, that makes sense.”

(End of this chapter)