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

Chapter 559: There are things you should do and things you shouldn’t do!!!

Wang Shusen was suspected because a stolen item appeared in Wang Shusen's home, so the police suspected that Wang Shusen was involved in a series of home robberies.

According to Wang Shusen, the stolen goods were bought from a street stall. Liu Yong waited for many days but did not find the street stall that Wang Shusen mentioned.

Wang Shusen could not get rid of the identity of the suspect. Liu Yong, who had just graduated from the police academy, discovered the problem during his investigation.

Liu Yong told his master what he had discovered, but was scolded by his master.

Liu Yong was unwilling to give in, so he reported the case to his superiors and the real criminal was captured in a neighboring county. Unfortunately, the credit had nothing to do with the police station where Liu Yong worked.

This case made the institute leader very angry. He criticized everyone in the institute, but only praised Liu Yong.

Liu Yong was also feeling aggrieved as the credit he had earned was gone. The young man really wanted to make some meritorious service.

This is how the case was solved.

One Sunday morning, there were many more cars on the streets of a county in Beihe, and all of them came for one person.

This man's name is Wang Shusen. On the surface, he looks like just a farmer working at home during the busy farming season.

After investigation, the police suspected that Wang Shusen was involved in several recent home robberies. The police believed that Wang Shusen was a robber in farmer's guise.

The police received a tip that Wang Shusen would appear at the county market today, so they deployed defenses nearby before dawn with the aim of catching this robber who was causing trouble to the local area.

At around 9 o'clock in the morning, Wang Shusen appeared in the police's sight riding a bicycle. He was looking around on the streets like an ordinary person.

Considering that Wang Shusen is a dangerous person and may be carrying weapons, the police adopted plainclothes arrest for safety reasons.

Several groups of people slowly approached Wang Shusen, and when they were about to surround him, several police officers attacked at the same time, pinned Wang Shusen to the ground, handcuffed him and took him away.

Wang Shusen was totally confused at this moment. How could he be suddenly grabbed and put into a car while going to the market?

When Wang Shusen heard that the people who arrested him were policemen, he became even more panicked. Could it be that he was seen by someone when he went to the vegetable garden to steal cabbages last time?

When Wang Shusen arrived at the interrogation room, he found out that he was not arrested for stealing cabbage, but for burglary. This scared Wang Shusen. He was just an ordinary farmer, how could he become a robbery leader overnight?
However, the police produced solid evidence - an army green jacket.

This coat belongs to Wang Shusen. A month ago, this coat belonged to a man named Zhou Dafa, who lives not far from Wang Shusen’s village.

One night a month ago, around 12 o'clock in the evening, five masked and armed gangsters broke into Zhou Dafa's home, robbed his house, and took away an army green jacket.

Someone once saw Wang Shusen wearing a military green jacket. The police have taken the jacket to Zhou Fa for verification. If this jacket is the one Zhou Dafa lost before, they will formally prosecute Wang Shusen.

Wang Shusen panicked and explained, "I bought this coat in the county. There is someone in the county who specializes in selling used clothes. I bought it for a bargain."

Wang Shusen's reason seems reasonable, but unfortunately no one can prove that he bought the clothes instead of stealing them.

In order not to wrongly accuse Wang Shusen, the police specially sent people to stake out the place where Wang Shusen said he sold clothes. However, they did not encounter the stall selling clothes as Wang Shusen said for three consecutive days.

On the other hand, the police have verified that Wang Shusen’s coat was the stolen item a month ago. All signs indicate that Wang Shusen is a major suspect, and the police decided to prosecute him.

When Liu Yong, a police officer who had just graduated from the police academy, was investigating and collecting confessions near Wang Shusen's home, he found that Wang Shusen did not look like a serial robber.

Neighbors have all spoken highly of Wang Shusen, saying he is a good father, a good husband, and a filial son.

His mother has been paralyzed in bed a few years ago, and Wang Shusen has taken care of her for many years.

The old man wanted to bask in the sun, but Wang Shusen couldn't afford a wheelchair, so he carried him to the grass on the mountain to bask in the sun, and then carried him back when he wanted to rest.

Even when he is not at home, he will remind his wife to take good care of his mother.

Because his child had to attend evening self-study classes late at night, he would go to the school with a flashlight to pick up his daughter after school.

His neighbors couldn't believe that Wang Shusen was a robber. If he really was a robber, their family wouldn't have had such a hard time.

Liu Yong told his master Lao Yang what he had learned. Lao Yang criticized Liu Yong, saying that he was too subjective and that no bad person would tell others that he was a bad person.
Especially big thieves like Wang Shusen, they are the best at disguise, so don't be fooled by their appearance.

After being scolded by his master Wang Dawei, Liu Yong felt that his master was too subjective. It was too arbitrary to conclude that Wang Shusen was the robber who broke into the house just based on a coat.

But Liu Yong didn't know how to deal with it. He didn't want to contradict his master, but he always felt uneasy.

Liu Yong decided to go to the deputy director to report the situation. As a newcomer, it was a taboo to report to a higher level, so he hesitated for a long time.

But when I think about the situation at Wang Shusen's home, if Wang Shusen was wronged, it would not be just Wang Shusen who would suffer. Wang Shusen's mother, wife and daughter who was about to take the college entrance examination would all be implicated.

After weighing the pros and cons, Liu Yong decided to find the director to report his findings.

Seeing the new college student Xiao Liu coming to see him, the director received him warmly and asked him if he had encountered any difficulties in his work.
Liu Yong told the director that he came here because of Wang Shusen's case, and he felt that Wang Shusen was not the real murderer of the robbery.

The director was a little surprised because he had similar suspicions. Just two days before Wang Shusen was arrested, a robbery occurred in Lin County. It was very similar to the previous one in this county. It was very likely done by the same gang of people, but Wang Shusen had never been to the neighboring county.

After the two chatted for a while, the director sent Liu Yong to Lin County to secretly investigate the matter. He also wrote him a note, asking him to take the note to find Director Liu in Lin County if he needed anything.

Liu Yong came to Lin County and found a stall selling used clothes at the market.

The stall was full of clothes, and there were three young men selling the clothes.

Liu Yong found it strange that such a small stall required three people to man it. The money earned in a day, if divided among each person, would probably not be enough for two meals.

Liu Yong recalled Wang Shusen buying clothes and decided to observe from the side.

He noticed that among the three people, one left frequently, while the other two sat in front of the stall chatting and did not seem to be very interested in their business.

Liu Yong felt that these three people were very suspicious, so he quickly went to find Director Liu with the note written to him by the director.

As he could not reveal his identity, Liu Yong could not even enter the door of the police station. If he delayed any longer, the enemy might escape.

Liu Yong quickly called his own police chief. After hearing what Liu Yong had reported, the chief told him to wait outside the police station and he would handle the rest.

Not long after, a middle-aged man came out of the police station with a few young people. He looked at Zheng Hongyi and asked, "Are you Xiao Liu?"

Liu Yong nodded quickly.

"Get in the car quickly. Lao Li told me the situation. I think your analysis is correct. Let's go over and take a look." The person who spoke was Director Liu.

Director Liu pulled Liu Yong into his car, and along the way Liu Yong told Director Liu everything he had seen and his own judgments.

Director Liu and his men rushed to the market. Three people selling used clothes were preparing to close their stalls. Director Liu gave an order and took the three people away along with their clothes.

Three monks have no water to drink. After interrogation, the three people quickly confessed that they were the culprits of the burglary. The other two accomplices were caught before they could escape.

After taking away the valuables, the gang would sell them as quickly as possible locally, using the cover of selling old clothes to secretly contact the buyers.

The home robbery case was solved, and the Lin County Police Station was praised by its superiors for its quick response.

The credit that Liu Yong and his police station had earned was gone, and the director was very unhappy.

Was it because his subordinates swore to their duty that they arrested the wrong person, or was it because the credit was taken away by someone else?

The director did not say it explicitly at the meeting, but the old comrades in the institute could sense that the director was unhappy.

Liu Yong was the key to solving the case, but he was not rewarded for this, and his master also took the initiative to apply for a transfer soon after.

Liu Yong’s only reward was being invited to go to Lin County with Director Li to attend their celebration banquet.

It seemed like an awkward situation, but both of them accepted the invitation.

In their view, the most important thing is not to wrongly accuse a good person, not to let a bad person go, and to uphold the law and order.

As for matters like making achievements, you should just go with the flow and take it easy. Being too eager for quick success and instant benefits can easily lead to mistakes.

At the drinking party, everyone drank a lot, and Director Liu felt a little sorry for Liu Yong.

I think that no matter what, he should be given an internal praise.

The institute did not make any response, and Director Liu even suggested that Liu Yong be transferred to Lin County.

It can be seen that Director Liu admires Liu Yong very much, and he will definitely be valued if he is transferred there.

Director Li also admired Liu Yong and thought he was very talented in criminal investigation and would make a difference after some time of polishing. He was reluctant to let Liu Yong go, but he didn't want to delay Liu Yong's future. Director Li said: "As long as Liu Yong reports, he will release him."

Liu Yong rejected Director Liu's kindness and continued to stay in his original unit.

His idea was simple: although he had made an indispensable contribution to the successful resolution of the case, if Director Li did not observe everything clearly, he would not even have a chance to solve the case.

Liu Yong felt that Director Li was what a people’s policeman should be like, and he was willing to learn from him.

……

Time passed quickly and it was the end of the 1980s, when the tide of farmers moving to cities to work had just begun.

As the center of the country, Yanjing City has a huge number of migrant workers.

Every year, countless people come to Yanjing City from some remote areas.

Some of them work as temporary workers, some sell vegetables and fruits, and some run small commodity or catering businesses. In this prosperous city, they dream of making a fortune.

At the junction of Shi, Hai and Feng districts in the west of Beijing, there live many migrant workers from other places.

Most of them rent some simple self-built houses and local people's bungalows. They go out early and come back late every day. Some even bring their families with them. This place has become their second home.

The end of every year is the busiest and most stressful time for police officers like Liu Yong at grassroots police stations.

It's the end of the year, and everyone hopes that there will be peace in the area and that everyone can go home to celebrate the New Year.

Liu Yong thought so too. Although young people spend their days thinking about solving big cases and making great contributions, they care more about the people living and working in peace and contentment.

But things often...

Wang Lili, 26 years old this year, and her husband Liu Ancheng, with their two children, live in two self-built houses at the gate of the old county government office.

They are from Le County, Sichuan Province. They came to Beijing three years ago and have spent three years here now.

Liu Ancheng worked in a carriage team, and Wang Lili, in addition to taking care of two children, also did some temporary work.

In this way, the family lived in Yanjing, far away from their hometown.

The Spring Festival is just two days away. Other fellow villagers have gone back to their hometowns to celebrate the festival, but Wang Lili's family has not left. They want to celebrate the Spring Festival in Yanjing this year.

It was a little after 6 o'clock that evening, and it was just getting dark. The family was sitting around eating and discussing how to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Everything was so peaceful and tranquil, they never expected that disaster was just around the corner.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

Just as her husband Liu Ancheng was about to get up and open the door, it was kicked open.

Two strange men broke in, followed by two more. Some of the four men were holding pistols, while others were holding large knives more than a foot long for slicing mutton.

The leader asked, "Who is in the room?"

Liu Ancheng, who was honest, replied: "There are only four of us. The others have gone home to celebrate the festival."

Before he could finish his words, two thugs rushed forward, grabbed his arms and dragged him into another room. After entering, they chopped him with the back of a knife, shouting as they chopped, "Take out the money from home!"

The two children were frightened by the sudden scene and their father's screams and started crying.

The other two criminals immediately went up, covered the two children's heads with clothes, blocked their mouths with cloth, and then pressed them to the ground. They threatened Wang Lili, "Hurry up and take out the money, or we'll take the children away!"

Wang Lili, who was shaking with fear, quickly took out the only 200 yuan she had and begged, "This is all the money I have. Please don't hurt the child."

The criminal grabbed the money and yelled, "No, take out all the money."

Wang Lili pleaded: "That's all, there's really nothing else."

One of the gangsters shouted fiercely: "Stop talking nonsense! Take off your clothes!"

Wang Lili had no choice but to take off her coat tremblingly. The criminal didn't find any money, so he ordered again: "Take off all your clothes and pants! If you don't, I will kill you!"

Wang Lili refused this time, and one of the gangsters slashed at her with a knife. She screamed in pain and could not bear it any longer, so she had to take off all her clothes.

When the criminals found that they could not find any money, they tied up the hands and feet of the four people with ropes, took the four videotapes from the video camera in the house, and left.

After the criminals left, the two children untied the ropes on their hands with their mouths, and then untied their mother's rope. The three ran to another room and saw Liu Ancheng lying on the ground with blood flowing from his head.

The four people cried and hugged each other, but they did not dare to report the case as they were afraid of revenge from the criminals.

But they had no idea that the same gang of criminals had now sneaked into an orchard in Babao, where the same tragedy happened again.

There are two self-built houses in an orchard in Fang County. One is where Yang Wu and his wife and children, who came to Beijing from other provinces, live. The other self-built house not far away is where Yang Wu's parents live.

Yang Wu's father, Old Man Yang, is nearly 60 years old. He and his wife contracted this peach orchard.

That evening, Yang Wu took his wife and son to his parents' room to watch TV.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, the youngest son and his grandmother went into the inner room to sleep, while the other three were still watching intently.

Suddenly, Old Man Yang heard footsteps approaching outside the house. He was afraid that someone was coming to steal something, so he stood up and wanted to go out to check. Before he could open the door, it was kicked open and five young men rushed in.

The leader had a long knife in his hand. He came into the house without saying a word and chopped the old man Yang on the back of the head, knocking him to the ground. He shouted at them, "Take out the money!"

Yang Wu saw his father being knocked to the ground. Just as he was about to attack, a gangster pointed a knife at him and said, "Be quiet and pay!"

Yang Wu had no choice but to give him the only 30 yuan in his pocket.

At this time, another group of gangsters took a homemade pistol and forced Yang's wife to stand on the bed and take off her clothes one by one.

Even though she was only left with her underwear, the criminal still asked her to continue taking off her clothes.

As the husband, Yang Wu could no longer bear it and shouted, "Can you take it off further?"

Before he could finish his words, a gangster swung a knife and slashed at his head. A bloody gash immediately appeared on Yang's forehead, and blood oozed out. He quickly covered it with his hand.

The gangster chopped at him again, hitting the back of his hand that was covering his head, cutting off his index finger. Yang Wu fell to the ground screaming in pain.

One of the gangsters saw him shouting non-stop and was afraid that someone would hear him, so he yelled, "Stop shouting!"

Seeing Yang Wu still screaming, the inhuman criminal picked up two thermos bottles in the house and poured the boiling water in the bottles onto Yang Wu's lower abdomen. Yang Wu was scalded and rolled on the ground.

When the criminals saw that they had robbed less than 200 yuan, they tied up the people in the house and sealed their eyes and mouths with tape used to seal cardboard boxes.

Then they took the door key, locked the door from the outside, threw away the key, and fled.

The family finally broke free from the ropes. Old man Yang looked at his son covered in blood and couldn't help but burst into tears and filled with grief and anger. He quickly found someone to send his son and daughter-in-law to the hospital, and he and his wife went to Liu Yong's police station to report the case.

However, the cunning criminals used cruel methods such as tying up the people, which gave them time to escape.

So when Liu Yong and his team arrived after receiving the report, they had already disappeared without a trace.

For this gang of brutal gangsters, this crime before the Spring Festival was neither the first nor the last.

Various reporting materials were sent to the public security organs in Hai, Feng, Shi and other districts.

At around 1 p.m. on January 20, the self-built building of the material warehouse of the Municipal First Construction Company was robbed by a group of gangsters armed with homemade pistols and knives. The victims, Mr. and Mrs. Han, and their daughter were tied up, and the gangsters sealed their eyes and mouths with tape and robbed them of 20 yuan.

On February 2, a village in Hai D District was robbed. A group of robbers armed with homemade pistols and knives broke into the house of the victim Su Dacheng, tied him up, and stole a video camera, a telephone, and 5 yuan in cash.

At around 2 p.m. on February 6, a group of gangsters armed with homemade pistols and knives rushed to the county's Nianzifen, beat and injured the victim, Ai Cai, and robbed him of 8 yuan of capital he was using for his aquatic business.

On the evening of February 2, Yao Xuerong, her mother, and her sister-in-law, who lived in Caidi Hutong, Xiaowayao, were stripped naked and tied up by a group of gangsters, who robbed them of 27 yuan.

In order to rob money, the bandits grabbed Yao's four-month-old daughter and put her into a basin of hot water on the stove. Their method was extremely cruel.

(End of this chapter)