1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 276 You missed a reward!
"Comrade, you have to know that if you dare to lie about clues and try to defraud money for a major case like this, the consequences will be serious, much more serious than those people squatting in the backyard house!"

The older police officer reminded him again.

Obviously, the liars in the past have made them no longer dare to trust the informants.

"There should be no mistake about this. They all have pistols in their hands, and they are all relatively tall, not like our local coastal people. One of them is nicknamed Old Crow and has a rosacea; one is nicknamed Drill and has a scar on his left eyebrow; and the other one has triangular eyes, but I don't know his nickname!" Liang Ziqiang revealed the key information.

"Oh, by the way, I heard them bragging that before coming to Yanghai City to commit crimes, they had robbed accountants from towel factories and steel pipe factories in other provinces and cities!" Liang Ziqiang thought about it and added.

Hearing this, the expressions of the police officers all became serious.

"All the details match," the older police officer pondered. "The information you mentioned, the physical features, may have been obtained from the city's reward notice, but the details about the towel factory and steel pipe factory in other provinces were not detailed in the reward notice, so you can't make them up even if you want to!"

He then said to a young man next to him, "Xiao Fang, what are you still standing there for? Go and inform the director. Director Gong is on the street in the town, handling a dispute!"

"Okay, Old Xu!" Xiao Fang ran out to find Chief Gong.

The remaining few police officers gathered around, each one more enthusiastic than the other.

Old Xu also took the initiative to bring chairs and let the three of them each have a chair and sit in the middle:

"Sit down, sit down and talk! Where did you see them? Were there any serious casualties at the scene?"

Liang Ziqiang was about to speak, but Deng Zhaocai beside him couldn't hold back and jumped in to answer:

"The casualties are indeed serious! Everyone is dead, isn't that serious?!"

The institute was suddenly plunged into a stagnant atmosphere. Old Xu was extremely sad and gritted his teeth as he spoke in a low voice:
"How detestable! Another new crime! And then, which direction did they run to?"

"Run? They can't run away!" Deng Zhaocai rushed to answer again.

Seeing that Deng Zhaocai was so active today, Liang Ziqiang simply kept silent and let him answer.

"What do you mean? You were the ones who tied them up?" All the police officers, including Lao Xu, spoke up, their words full of suspicion.

"We didn't tie him up," Deng Zhaocai shook his head. "We didn't think it was necessary. Why tie him up when he's dead?"

This time, Old Xu almost slipped off the stool: "Dead? You said all those robbers are...dead?"

"Yes, didn't I say it before? Everyone is dead!"

"..."

This time, Lao Xu simply didn't sit down and stood up to avoid sliding down.

Damn, who knew that when he said there were serious casualties at the scene, he meant that there were serious casualties among the criminals!

Old Xu didn't want to talk to Deng Zhaocai anymore. He felt that he couldn't have a good conversation with him. He turned around and asked Liang Ziqiang:
"I have some impression of this comrade. He seems to be from Pomfret Village. His last name is Liang, right? Why don't you tell me?"

Liang Ziqiang nodded:

"I'm from Yingwang Village. My name is Liang Ziqiang. Usually they call me Aqiang. It's like this..."

Taking advantage of Deng Zhaocai's sudden interruption, he had sorted out his thoughts again, so he started from his trip out to sea this morning, and went on to talk about how he encountered bandits on an island full of pufferfish, and then the bandits tried to poison them to death without firing a single shot, but they were poisoned to death by the upright Aijie Crab instead...

After listening to him, the atmosphere in the institute fell into stagnation again.

This time it was not because of grief, but because of the twists and turns and thrills of the matter, and the result was far beyond people's expectations.

They were shocked.

"Brave and resourceful! You guys are really fearless in the face of danger, brave and resourceful!" Old Xu couldn't help but slam the table and praise.

"I think that in addition to their bravery and composure, the key this time was also thanks to that honest and clean crab..."

"Who said it wasn't? He is a righteous and clean crab. He is really righteous! He is going to execute him on the spot!"

The other two young police officers were in a good mood and started talking to each other and joking with each other.

After I finished speaking, I heard voices outside. Director Gong had been called back from the street by Xiao Fang.

"What's going on? Who found the important clue about the robbers?" Chief Gong asked anxiously as he entered the room.

"It was us! We shot the robbers to death!" Deng Zhaocai said shocking things as soon as he opened his mouth.

Gong didn't expect to hear such explosive news as soon as he entered:
"Kill him? What did you use to kill him?"

"We killed it with crabs!" Deng Zhaocai answered honestly.

Gong turned around and walked out:

"I'm going to continue dealing with the dispute on the street. Old Xu, can you see if there's any empty space in the backyard house for a few people to squat? In the future, identify this kind of fake news yourself and don't run to call me for help!"

Old Xu quickly grabbed him:
"Officer Gong, don't be impatient. Don't listen to that fat boy's nonsense. Listen to what Ah Qiang is telling you slowly!"

Deng Zhaocai shut his mouth in grievance, feeling extremely depressed. He felt that every word he said couldn't be more honest, so how could it be considered nonsense...

At about the same time as the station sent Xiao Fang to call Chief Gong, it had already called the county and municipal bureaus and was now waiting for the city and county to send specialized criminal investigation personnel over.

While waiting, Liang Ziqiang happened to tell Gong the whole process again.

Gong finally understood, and like Old Xu, he gave a thumbs up and praised Liang Ziqiang and the others. He asked:

"You fought a desperate battle with the brutal criminals, and you've consumed a lot of energy. Are you hungry? Anyway, it will take some time for the people from the city and the county to get here. Why don't you have some food from our police station?"

"I'd better not eat the meal at the police station!" Liang Ziqiang shook his head decisively.

In his previous life, he had eaten several meals at the police station, and then he had eaten at Lanziqiao for two whole years. He really didn't want to eat at the police station in this life.

"what about you?"

"We won't eat anymore," Li Liang burped twice quickly. The room was filled with the smell of puffer fish. "We ate a belly full of puffer fish. You just knew it, Gong Suo. If we didn't eat enough, we would have been shot. Our stomachs are about to burst!"

"You are so lucky. You ate a bellyful of puffer fish and poisoned someone to death!" Chief Gong couldn't help but laugh. "Just wait for the reward!"

As they were talking, people from the city and county arrived at the same time, all carrying guns.

The team was not small, and the police also sent out their own boats.

After being busy for so long, it was already dark.

The group immediately boarded the boat and asked Liang Ziqiang and four other people to take them to the remote island where the incident occurred.

Gradually they got closer and the police shone a very bright flashlight towards the island.

"Well, you see, the person is lying on the gravel beach. That's the one we shot dead!"

Deng Zhaocai pointed to the place where the flashlight was shining and became excited again.

The police officers immediately got off the boat, and with flashlights on, they first carefully examined the facial features of the three gangsters, then took photos, searched for physical evidence scattered at the scene, and checked for traces.

"The body has turned black, and preliminary evidence shows that there are indeed signs of poisoning. The wound on the temple is also very serious. The counterattack from you guys was still decisive and powerful!" a police officer made a preliminary assessment.

Of course, the actual autopsy will have to wait until the body is transported back to the city before being done in detail.

Someone also walked over to check the gunshot wound on the left chest of the innocent fisherman who was killed by the bandits, and then took a photo.

Of course, half a basin of crabs must be taken away for testing and evidence collection.

While this was going on, the police sent out to search the island also quickly sent back news:

"Found it! The cash that the robbers hid in the rocks on the island has been found. It's all in snakeskin bags. I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of dollars!"

"New banknotes, with lots of consecutive numbers. They match the case. Everything matches!"

As good news continued to come from not far away, the police officers leading the city bureau couldn't help but praise Liang Ziqiang:

"You fought back desperately, not only saving your own life, but also making a great contribution! Well done, don't worry, the 1,000 yuan bonus will be applied for you soon, not a penny less. Then you can just wait to count the money!"

Hearing this, Liang Ziqiang and the others all laughed so hard that their teeth were showing.

Who doesn’t like to hear compliments? The key is to use real cash to compliment.

We were busy at sea from early morning till night that day, and it was all well spent.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted towards them:
"Not quite, comrade, the prize money may not be one thousand dollars!"

Liang Ziqiang and his friends were not disappointed:
"We agreed on a thousand. Can you go back on your word?"

"I'm not going back on my word. In addition to the one thousand, you may have missed out on a bonus!" the police officer over there shouted at them.

Now Liang Ziqiang was really confused.

The prize money was actually more than a thousand? What was missing? How come he didn't know...

The police officer leading the team from the Municipal Bureau was also surprised and looked towards the young police officer who was speaking.

"Are you from the Pengao County Public Security Bureau?" he asked. "Captain Wang, I'm Liu Li from the County Public Security Bureau," the young police officer replied.

"The current bounty for this robbery case is one thousand. What's the matter with the amount you just mentioned that was missed?" Captain Wang asked.

"Come over here and take a look!"

Liu Li waved to them.

Captain Wang strode over. At the same time, Liang Ziqiang, Li Liang and others, who were full of curiosity, also quickly followed.

Not far from Liu Li's feet, there was another body lying.

The beam of Liu Li's flashlight passed across the left chest of the corpse, across the bullet hole and the blood that had long since dried, and stopped on the face of the corpse.

"Isn't this the unlucky fisherman who was killed by Old Crow and his men?" Li Liang muttered in confusion.

I remember that during the day, when this fisherman was dragged out of the thatch, there were a lot of grass leaves on his face.

But Liang Ziqiang, Li Liang and others could still vaguely see that this face was definitely not someone they were familiar with in Changwang Village.

Just now, Liu Li actually squatted down and started to pick off the grass leaves and debris on the fisherman's face, and the fisherman's face became clearer.

But Liang Ziqiang and the others frowned and thought about it, but still didn't know him, at least he was not from Changwang Village.

But Gong Suo and Old Xu were shocked. Old Xu said in surprise:

"I couldn't really tell what was going on with his face just now, but now that Liu Li has cleaned it up, why does he look familiar? Wait, what's You... You Zhichuang?!"

"It's You Zhichuang!" Liu Li said with certainty, "Among all the people present, I am the only one who has seen You Zhichuang with my own eyes. I can guarantee that this is the smuggling fugitive You Zhichuang!"

Liu Li was also present when the smugglers were arrested that day. Their attention was drawn to several other smugglers, and You Zhichuang suddenly attacked, biting a police officer on the wrist, and then plunged into the mountains.

Liu Li had seen all of this with his own eyes.

Later, the county launched a mountain search and printed out photos of You Zhichuang and distributed them to police stations in all towns under the county.

Therefore, Gong Suo, Lao Xu and others had only seen blurry photos of You Zhichuang and had never seen the real person. In addition, the fisherman's face on the ground was covered with weeds, so Lao Xu and others could not recognize him at first glance.

It was Liu Li who cleared the weeds off the fisherman's face and recognized him immediately.

"I said, we mobilized the masses to search the mountains for a whole day, but didn't find any sign of anyone after searching several mountains. It turned out that he was very cunning. It turned out that he sneaked out of the mountains in the middle of the night and ran to the sea!" Liu Li said with emotion.

Liang Ziqiang naturally understood it.

This smuggler named You Zhichuang was the one that Zhong Kang and the villagers were searching for all over the mountain.

Now that I think about it, this guy is quite smart and knows how to make a feint to the east and attack in the west.

Liang Ziqiang felt that from the moment this man went deep into the mountains, his real plan was not to hide in the mountains, but to escape to Hong Kong Island or Macau Island by sea.

He deliberately drew everyone's attention to the mountains, but he himself made a feint and sneaked out of the mountains in the middle of the night when no one was paying attention, escaped to the beach, and sailed out to sea.

From this point of view, the fishing boat that ran out of oil and was later washed away by the tide was most likely not his own, but a boat he stole from the shore of some village.

But man proposes, God disposes. You Zhichuang probably didn't expect that he would be so unlucky. Just as he was about to flee by boat, several outsiders rushed onto the boat and pointed a gun at his head.

He racked his brains and racked his brains, but in the end, he was still stranded on an island. When he tried to steal a gun, he was shot in the chest and could not escape the fate of dying on the deserted island.

After confirming that it was You Zhichuang, Gong Suo and Old Xu were a little surprised by Liang Ziqiang and his friends' luck. Old Xu smiled and said:

"Indeed, there is a bounty of 200 on You Zhichuang. If this money is not given to you, who will it be given to? Add the 1,000, and you should get 1,200 in total!"

Faced with all the praise, Liang Ziqiang quickly smiled at everyone.

"It's just a piece of cake!" he said modestly. "When will the bonus be paid out?"

The crowd who were praising them paused for a moment, and suddenly they lost their sense of rhythm.

Liu Li stood up and walked over, saying happily:

"The bonus will come soon! Of course, the bonus is only one aspect. You have done a great service for us. I want to express my gratitude to you!"

As he said this, he stepped forward to shake hands with them one by one and express his gratitude in person.

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it!" Liang Ziqiang kept dodging backwards, his face full of horror.

If he remembered correctly, Liu Li's hands had just cleaned You Zhichuang's face, and the gloves were still on his hands!
Liu Li's hand was halfway extended when he suddenly realized what was going on. He laughed and retracted his hand: "I won't shake hands today!"

Liu Li and his team continued to work. Liang Ziqiang realized that there was nothing he could do to help on the island, so he asked Gong Suo:

"Captain Gong, did anyone of you bring a shovel?"

He went out to sea today, bringing only longlines and fishing nets, but no shovels, chisels or other things.

Gong asked him, "What do you need a shovel for?"

"I have half a basin of poisonous Aijie crabs on my boat, and Li Liang has half a basin on his boat. We should not bring them back to the village. It would be best to dig a deep pit on the deserted island, burn them, and then bury them!"

The basin that was used to poison the robbers had been taken away as evidence, but the clean crabs on the boat were still there, so Liang Ziqiang naturally had to deal with them as soon as possible.

Captain Gong discussed with Captain Wang, borrowed a shovel from Captain Wang's men, and gave it to Liang Ziqiang.

Liang Ziqiang and Li Liang immediately found a vacant space on the island and dug a deep pit, while Zhu Tianpeng and Deng Zhaocai found some firewood.

Put a layer of firewood in the deep pit, light it, and then pour the poisonous crabs into the pit.

Then another layer of firewood was added to the Aijie crab, and the crab was burned in the middle of the two layers of firewood.

As soon as the fire started, the two of them moved away from it. When it died down, they came back and covered the pit with soil, thus burying the burnt crab.

After dealing with the clean crabs, the police were almost done with their work on the island and began to return to shore.

Liang Ziqiang and his three companions could not go home immediately for the time being and had to continue cooperating.

After returning to the station, Captain Wang and others from the Municipal Bureau took statements overnight, asking Liang Ziqiang and others to recount the incident in detail again, with a special person nearby recording it one by one.

After completing all the procedures, the four people returned to the village. The sky was already showing a hint of paleness and it was almost dawn.

They didn't sleep all night last night, and they were so sleepy that they could fall asleep anywhere on the roadside. There was no way they could go out to sea today, and they had to catch up on sleep at home during the day.

As they were about to go home, Liang Ziqiang suddenly remembered:

"We survived a disaster and agreed to go worship Mazu together. How could we forget this?"

"Yes, no matter how sleepy I am, I must not forget to worship Mazu!" Li Liang immediately felt less sleepy.

The four people did not go home first, but went straight to the Mazu Temple in the village, and knelt down to worship as soon as they entered.

This was probably the most sincere and prostrating worship they had ever shown.

After worshipping and coming out of the Mazu Temple, it was already daybreak, and Zhu Tianpeng went straight back to Xiaolang Village.

Liang Ziqiang and the other two were also preparing to go back home, when Li Liang suddenly slapped his forehead:
"Brother Qiang, we can't go back yet. The king crabs on the boat haven't been sold yet!"

Liang Ziqiang found himself so busy the whole night that he was completely confused. How could he have forgotten about this?
So, Deng Zhaocai and Zhu Tianpeng left, but Liang Ziqiang and Li Liang returned to the boat to move the remaining half basin of king crabs.

All the clean crabs have been picked out and incinerated, so there are not too many remaining king crabs.

Today, because early morning is suitable for catching seafood, Zheng Liu got up very early and was already at the purchasing point.

The two of them exchanged a few words with Zheng Liu, without mentioning a single word about the thrilling experiences of the previous day and night.

In fact, they had already reached a consensus with the police when they were still at the police station. Respecting their opinions, the police would not inform the village about the fight with the bandits, nor would they disclose the names of Liang Ziqiang, Li Liang and others to the public.

Fortunately, we went to the island to deal with the bandits in the middle of the night last night, and no other villagers knew about the process.

The price of the king crab was not bad, at 60 cents, but after deducting the portion that the robbers ate and half of the poisoned crab that was burned, the final weight was only about 30 kilograms.

The total amount I received was only a little over 19 yuan, less than 20 yuan.

When I got home, my parents and wife were anxiously asking me why I came back at such a late hour.

Liang Ziqiang vividly "recreated" the process of dealing with the fish thief to his parents and daughter-in-law.

If the robbery incident is to be kept secret, it must be kept completely secret. Except for the police who were involved and Liang Ziqiang and Li Liang, the secret must be concealed from everyone else.

This time, Liang Ziqiang couldn't reveal a word even to his wife. Li Liang also wouldn't tell Yuan Xiaomei, and Deng Zhaocai would never tell the truth to his mother.

The only thing he was afraid of was that his family would leak the news. After all, they were real desperate criminals, and they were supposed to have been caught, but who could guarantee that there were still some who had escaped?
After exchanging a few perfunctory words with his family, Liang Ziqiang hurriedly drank the porridge his wife had prepared for him, took a shower, and went to bed.

I slept so well that I couldn't tell the time of day from night, which was a great way to replenish my energy. The next day, it was raining and not suitable for going out to sea, so I rested for another day.

It was not until the third day that Liang Ziqiang set out to sea again. This time, his father and eldest brother could also go out to sea. The three boats set out again with longlines and fishing nets.

(End of this chapter)