The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 471: Arrest in a different place!!!

It quickly became dark. The criminal investigation personnel braved the biting cold wind after the winter solstice and used gas lamps to illuminate the scene, carefully searching every inch of the scene in an attempt to find valuable clues.

A group of people worked until late at night, and finally a comrade from the police station found a ball of paper soaked in water.

Li Aiguo was shocked and thought to himself: "Finally I found something useful."

After carefully bringing the ball of paper back to the technical department.

After careful drying, smoothing and restoration by comrades from the technical department, we were finally able to roughly see the "true appearance" of the paper ball.

This is a draft of a telegram sent from Mujiang, Heilongjiang Province to the capital. It can be clearly seen that the sender's name is Qu Lizhen.

With this clue, Li Aiguo and other criminal investigation personnel decided to take the next step immediately.

Because the deceased most likely died on January 1, this case was named the "10 case."

The "110 Case" was supervised personally by Ge Shuping, who strived to solve the case before the New Year, bring the criminals to justice, and bring justice to the deceased.

After the task force was established, Li Aiguo took two criminal investigation personnel to Xingkai Lake Farm in Mujiang City, Heilongjiang Province based on the names and addresses on the manuscript.

By questioning the farm staff and showing the deceased's photo, it was confirmed that the deceased was Qu Lizhen.

In addition, the farm manager told Li Aiguo and others that Qu Lizhen was not a local. She was an educated youth who came from Shanghai to work in the border areas. She worked diligently, had a decent style, and had a good reputation and good interpersonal relationships.

On January 1, Qu Lizhen asked for leave and returned to Shanghai, saying that she was going back to get married.

On January 1, the farm arranged a tractor to take Qu Lizhen to the station.

When Qu Lizhen set out, she carried two canvas travel bags, a military backpack, and a barrel of soybean oil.

Based on the clues provided by the farm manager, Li Aiguo believed that the ticket purchased by Qu Lizhen required a transfer at Jingcheng Station.

During this period, Qu Lizhen was kidnapped by criminals and was brutally killed after being violently raped.

.........

Soon there was new progress in the case.

The day after the murder, a teenage high school student came to report the case with a travel bag, which he claimed he had picked up by the river.

The task force remembered the information reported by Li Aiguo and others on the phone, that Qu Lizhen had set out from Heihe with two canvas travel bags.

This may be the travel bag of the deceased Qu Lizhen.

But the bag was soaked inside and out by water, and no useful information was found.

It is possible that other items Qu Lizhen carried with her were also in the river.

Following the student's guidance, the criminal investigation personnel of the task force came to the river where the travel bag was picked up. This was a three-way river estuary, ten miles away from where Qu Lizhen was killed.

Using a borrowed rubber boat and two long-handled iron rakes, the criminal investigation personnel broke the ice while carefully salvaging back and forth in the 20-meter-wide river.

After more than three hours of hard work, the on-site investigation finally made a new discovery: a military backpack was hooked up by an iron rake. The bag was mostly filled with clothes, as well as soaked paper scraps and biscuits that had turned into a paste.

This shows that the murderer had disposed of the stolen goods here.

Li Aiguo and his companions returned to Beijing by bus overnight. After he came back, he also went to the scene where Qu Lizhen's package was found.

"Hiss! This is really strange. Why would Qu Lizhen come to a field fifty miles away from the urban area of ​​Beijing?"

Li Aiguo felt something was wrong. According to the forensic examination, Qu Lizhen's little finger on her right hand was fractured, which was confirmed to be a resistance injury, indicating that she had fought with the murderer before her death.

But there was no large amount of blood or signs of a struggle near the body?

In addition, why did the murderer have to use a blunt object to hit the victim thirty-nine times before it was fatal?
Based on Li Aiguo's previous experience in solving cases, he believed that the murderer was most likely restricted by the environment. In this environment, the murderer's strength and movements could not be fully exerted, resulting in the weapon not being able to be raised high and unable to exert force.

This environment is most likely in the driver's cab, which means that the murderer can also drive.

Some people may ask, what's so strange about being able to drive?

It's not surprising that he could drive, but this was the late 1970s and there were almost no private cars. All those who had cars were from government units.

Therefore, being a driver is still a very popular job these days.

Relatively speaking, this discovery is very helpful in the investigation of the suspect.

In the blink of an eye, it was January 21st, and more than ten days had passed since the deceased was discovered.

The New Year is coming soon, and ever since Qu Lizhen's package was found, the case has reached a dead end.

There was no further progress, which made the task force members extremely anxious.

Ge Shuping was still thinking of solving the case before the New Year, but it seems like that’s not going to work!

There is always a way out. There is always a way out.

The task force was in a state of panic.

At noon that day, a tractor driver from the Beimafang Brigade of Jinzhan Commune suddenly came to report a case.

The tractor driver claimed that he had seen a small sleeper car driving in the fields at around 7 o'clock in the evening the day before the deceased was found.

At that time, he was wondering who drove such a valuable thing onto the bumpy dirt road?
Because he was far away at the time, he couldn't see clearly what type of car it was. He could only see that the taillights of the car were in a horizontal row, which was very dazzling.

This is an important clue, because there are very few cars these days, and even fewer sedans, and they are mostly of those few brands and models.

Moreover, only public institutions have small sleeper cars, and only leaders of high-ranking institutions have special cars.

Based on this clue, Ge Shuping asked the task force to find several vehicles and conduct field driving tests.

Among them was a Toyota sleeper car (Toyota Hiace), and the tractor driver was very sure that the car he saw that night was very similar to this type of car.

Although we have a general idea of ​​the vehicle model, the investigation is still very difficult.

Because there are hundreds of large and small units using this type of vehicle in the capital.

Which car was driven by the murderer?

We can't check all the vehicles one by one, as that would be too time-consuming and resource-intensive.

The investigation seemed to have reached a deadlock again.

It's no coincidence that a book cannot be made.

At this moment, an old criminal detective named Wang Zhong, who was about to retire, was staring at the clues and suddenly remembered something.

Wang Zhong frowned and said, “Director Ge, I remember that on August 8 last year, a female cadre named Feng Juan from Nanhedong came to Beijing for a meeting.

Feng Juan came to report the case at that time, saying that she was deceived by a middle-aged man of medium height at Beijing Station and got into a small sleeper car with brown curtains and milky white straw mat cushions.

When the middle-aged man drove to the suburbs, the female cadre Feng Juan realized that something was wrong on the way, so she forced her way out of the car.

Just as the middle-aged man saw that what he was about to do was exposed, his face changed and he attempted to forcibly drag Feng Juan back to the car.

There happened to be a few people passing by on bicycles, Feng Juan quickly shouted for help, and the middle-aged man realized that he had to drive away quickly..."

Hearing this, Ge Shuping and Li Aiguo looked at each other and noticed the excitement in each other's eyes.

Both cases are related to small sleeper cars (Toyota Hiace), and the modus operandi is almost the same. Is it very likely that the two cases were committed by the same person?
So who is this person?

Time quickly came to January 1979, 1.

This morning, we finally found a new clue.

In a certain military compound, the team leader in charge of vehicle dispatch told the criminal investigation personnel that they had a Toyota sleeper car with horizontal taillights, and the driver of the car was named Geng Sangui.

On January 1, the whereabouts of the small sleeper car was unknown, and Geng Sangui did not drive the car back until around 10 o'clock the next morning.

The team leader asked him sullenly, "Where did you drive yesterday? Do you still have any discipline? This car is yours, you can drive it however you want."

Geng Sangui said with a sullen face: "Oh! Captain, I'm so sorry. Yesterday, a relative of mine had an emergency, and I drove him to the hospital, so I couldn't drive the car back in time. You see..."

"Since you have your reasons this time, I will forgive you, but don't do it again! I understand that you occasionally use the company bus for personal purposes. After all, we are all drivers and we make a living from this. But you have to report to me, right?" Since Geng Sangui often used the company bus for personal purposes, the team leader did not investigate him further.

The criminal investigation personnel asked Geng Sangui in detail about his background and his usual personality.

The reply was that Geng Sangui came from a poor peasant family, his parents had both passed away, he started working at the age of fifteen, served in the army, was assigned to work in the oil fields after demobilization, and was later transferred back to the capital.

Due to his excellent driving skills, he was arranged to join the fleet and serve as the driver of a certain leader.

This person has a good appearance, but his character is not good. He likes to take advantage of small things and has taken public property for himself many times. He also regards the small sleeper car as "his own car" and often uses it for private purposes. This situation was promptly reported back to the special investigation team.

Ge Shuping and Li Aiguo attached great importance to this discovery, and Li Aiguo personally led a team to a certain military compound.

Subsequently, criminal investigation personnel were organized to conduct a technical appraisal of the small sleeper car.

The results showed that there were many tears on the artificial leather in the car's ceiling and other places, and there were bloodstains under the back seat of the car.

The technicians immediately took a sample of the blood and sent it back for testing.

As Li Aiguo expected, after testing, it was found that he had the same blood type as the victim Qu Lizhen.

In addition, an iron toolbox was found in the trunk of the car.

After opening it, they found a round iron hammer with a diameter of exactly 2.5 cm. There was also blood on the handle of the hammer, which was tested and found to be the same blood type as the deceased.

At this point, Ge Shuping, Li Aiguo and others were in a very good mood, as the case was almost solved.

These conclusive evidences undoubtedly pushed Geng Sangui to the position of a major suspect.

Ge Shuping sneered, his tone carrying a bit of disdain and anger: "This kid is really hiding well enough! Li Aiguo, you act immediately and catch him for me!"

Li Aiguo's expression froze when he heard this, and he answered without hesitation: "Yes, Director!"

However, even if the evidence is solid, they cannot rashly arrest people in the compound. After all, this is military territory, and they need to greet the relevant leaders first to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles.

Although Ge Shuping was a little nervous, he still went to the leader. Unexpectedly, the leader was not only very reasonable, but also hated evil. He did not block Ge Shuping's request at all, but also provided some help.

This made Ge Shuping secretly rejoice in his heart, it seemed that this operation would be much smoother than expected.

The communication on Ge Shuping's side went smoothly, but Li Aiguo's side failed to catch the person.

Because Geng Sangui himself was not in the capital, he took leave and went to Tianjin to visit his relatives.

He hasn't shown up at work for several days. It seems that he wants to spend the New Year at his relatives' house before coming back.

The comrades in the task force cannot let Geng Sangui spend this New Year in comfort.

Ge Shuping quickly made a detailed report on the suspect's situation to the bureau, and decisively requested to go to another place to carry out the arrest operation.

In addition, given that Geng Sangui had been a soldier and possessed certain anti-reconnaissance capabilities, Ge Shuping was deeply afraid that he would take risks when he was desperate.

In order to ensure that the operation was foolproof, he specifically requested reinforcement from the special police brigade to deal with various possible emergencies.

The leader of the SWAT team that came to support was none other than the city's SWAT captain Liu Tielin.

Liu Tielin is now a powerful member of the Beijing Municipal Bureau. He is regarded as the "living king of hell" by various "green forest heroes". His reputation in the underworld is not much different from that of his brother Liu Zhiye.

When Ge Shuping saw that it was Liu Tielin who came personally, he felt relieved and a bright smile appeared on his face: "Hey, Captain Liu, why did you come here in person? There is no need for you to take action to deal with such an insignificant little thief!"

The two had known each other for nearly twenty years, so Liu Tielin naturally didn't bother to be polite with Ge Shuping. He smiled and said, "I'm about to retire from the frontline battlefield, so I'll take this opportunity to go out and stretch my muscles and move my body!"

Ge Shuping understood as soon as he heard it. He knew that after the Chinese New Year, Liu Tielin's position would also change. He would either be promoted to deputy director or become the head of an important branch.

Come to think of it, their situations are quite similar, and they are already planning their work adjustments after the New Year.

After the two bosses exchanged a few brief greetings, Li Aiguo quickly got into the role and began to report the case to the special police officers who had just arrived.

"Geng Sangui, male, 40 years old, from Beijing, was a retired soldier, possessed certain anti-reconnaissance capabilities, and was a difficult person..." Li Aiguo introduced the case in a clear and orderly manner.

At the same time, Ge Shuping and Liu Tielin finished their greetings and immediately switched to work mode.

Ge Shuping looked at Liu Tielin solemnly and said, "Captain Liu, you also know Li Aiguo. You will be in charge of this arrest operation, and Li Aiguo will be responsible for assisting.

Our goal is to arrest Geng Sangui as soon as possible, but at the same time we must ensure that the operation is foolproof and the safety of our team members is guaranteed.

The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and I don’t want any accidents to happen and ruin everyone’s New Year.”

Liu Tielin raised his lips, and then his expression became serious. He said solemnly: "Director Ge, don't worry. I, Liu Tielin, swear here that I will bring all my comrades back in one piece!"

Ge Shuping smiled upon hearing this. He gently patted Liu Tielin's chest and said with a hearty laugh, "Okay! Then I will wait for the good news of your triumphant return at home. When you come back, I will definitely reward you all and invite you all to drink to your heart's content!"

Liu Tielin smiled heartily and clapped his hands, "Then let's make it a deal, Director Ge, it's a deal!"

After the meeting, Liu Tielin led the team to Tianjin Port on the same day.

At about 4:40 in the morning, the sky was still immersed in deep darkness.

Liu Tielin and his arrest team, under the guidance of police officers from the local Jingang Police Station, quietly arrived at the residence of a relative of Geng Sangui.

Under the cover of night, their actions were stealthy and swift.

The director of the local police station lowered his voice and introduced to Liu Tielin: "Captain Liu, the inconspicuous small courtyard in front is the residence of Geng Sangui's uncle Zheng Haisheng."

Liu Tielin nodded slightly, his expression solemn and determined, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, comrades. Please ask your personnel to be responsible for the outer perimeter security, and we will carry out the specific arrest operation."

Upon hearing this, the director's face flashed with displeasure, as if he thought Liu Tielin was underestimating their abilities. "Captain Liu, this..."

Seeing this, Liu Tielin quickly explained with a smile: "Director Cheng, please don't misunderstand. Geng Sangui is an experienced veteran and very cunning.

In order to ensure that the arrest operation is foolproof, I brought a special police team with me. We will both perform our duties and complete the mission successfully."

The local police station chief gave up after hearing this and said, "Okay, we will follow your instructions."

Seeing that everyone was ready to go, Liu Tielin deliberately lowered his voice and uttered a short and powerful word: "Action."

Then, an agile SWAT team member jumped onto the wall lightly like a civet cat in the sky, and his movements were so fast that it was almost impossible to keep up with the pace.

Then, his figure flashed by like a ghost and landed steadily on the wall.

After a while, the gate was opened quietly.

Liu Tielin didn't need to say much, the special police team members sneaked into the quiet courtyard silently like ghosts.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they found that this was a typical traditional sanheyuan.

The main house on the north side is obviously the residence of Zheng Haisheng and his wife.

Then there are the east and west wing rooms. It is still unknown where Geng Sangui is hiding.

Seeing this, Liu Tielin quickly made arrangements.

He gestured to two SWAT officers to go to the north room, just in case.

The remaining SWAT team members were divided into two groups, each with four people, and went to the east wing and the west wing respectively to carry out the capture operation.

"Bang!" The door was slammed open.

Geng Sangui, who was sleeping, was suddenly awakened by the sudden noise. His heart started beating wildly and a sense of uneasiness came over him.

He subconsciously reached under the pillow, where a sharp dagger was hidden, which he kept in case of emergency.

However, at this critical moment, a figure flashed into the house like a ghost, quickly and forcefully grabbed Geng Sangui's arm and twisted it.

"Don't move!" A low and powerful shout rang in my ears, with unquestionable majesty.

At the same time, a member of the team quickly pressed the switch and the lights suddenly came on.

Under the bright light, Geng Sangui finally saw the attire of these uninvited guests. Their uniforms and badges all revealed their identities.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "This time, it's really over!"

Liu Tielin took out a photo from his pocket and carefully compared it with Geng Sangui's face. After confirming that it was correct, he asked coldly, "Are you Geng Sangui?"

Geng Sangui knew very well that at this point, the crimes he had committed had been completely exposed.

He closed his eyes helplessly, then suddenly opened them again, with a stubborn smile on his lips: "So what?"

Liu Tielin didn't expect that even at this point, Geng Sangui could still maintain such a tough attitude.

He frowned and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

"take away!"

Afterwards, Geng Sangui was escorted back to the capital amid the curses of his uncle's family, "What a sin!" He would face justice.

(End of this chapter)