Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 69: Don’t Treat Beasts as Humans
Songhai Hongkou District Detention Center.

"I've read the clues you provided." Yu Dazhang sat opposite Zhou Zizhe and asked seriously:

"You were abducted to a mountain village, where you were imprisoned for half a year, and then you escaped by yourself. But you were only five years old at the time. Isn't it too difficult?"

Zhou Zizhe did not answer his question, but looked at him puzzledly:
"Why are you here this time? Where are the two police officers from last time?"

"They have other things to do, so it's my turn." Yu Dazhang made up an excuse.

There was no way he could tell Zhou Zizhe the truth.

Who knows if this guy has set up a trap in this matter.

Have to guard against it.

"Did something happen to them?" Zhou Zizhe seemed to have guessed something. He stared into Yu Dazhang's eyes.

"I've already told them that they must be careful. If they treat those beasts as human beings, they will suffer great losses!"

Yu Dazhang was shocked, but his face remained calm. He asked calmly:

"Have you warned them?"

"I have been reminding them, at least twice." Zhou Zizhe said affirmatively:
"Also, they must have modified the clues I provided. I told them at the time that I was kept in captivity for half a year."

"Keeping in captivity?" Yu Dazhang also felt that the word "keeping in captivity" was a bit awkward, so he couldn't help but ask:

"Like animals?"

This clue was indeed a bit unexpected, and it was indeed not written in the information sent to Yu Dazhang.

It is estimated that they thought the content provided by Zhou Zizhe was exaggerated, so they made some modifications.

If what he said was true, then raising a five-year-old child like an animal... this is indeed not something a human being can do.

"I was worse than an animal at that time." Zhou Zizhe smiled bitterly.
"I was put in an iron collar around my neck and chained to an open-air fence made of stones, with only an asbestos tile over my head to keep out the rain."

"Have you ever seen a trough where pigs eat?"

"There were two kids with me at the time, and the three of us literally lay in front of the trough like pigs, sticking our heads in to eat."

The picture has already appeared in Yu Dazhang’s mind.

Being able to do this shows that those people's psychology has become so abnormal that it is unimaginable for normal people.

Human emotions are interconnected, there is a word for it: empathy.

For example, people will laugh when watching a comedy movie and cry when watching a tragedy. If they are emotionally fragile, they will cry their hearts out when watching a romance movie.

That's empathy.

The children were tied with iron collars, locked in stone pens, and fed from pig troughs.

It’s cruel just to think about it, let alone do it.

They treated human life as worthless and were extremely indifferent... Yu Dazhang silently labeled those people in his heart.

It seems that Zhou Zizhe was not exaggerating, and those beasts really cannot be treated as human beings.

"The part about you pretending to be sick and running away was just mentioned briefly." Yu Dazhang continued to ask:

"Do you forget the details, or do you think it's unnecessary to go into detail?"

Zhou Zizhe thought for a moment and said:
"The police officer who recorded it at the time didn't ask any detailed questions, so I just said it in one sentence."

"Tell me in detail." Yu Dazhang said, pretending to listen attentively.

"I did feel a little uncomfortable at the time," Zhou Zizhe said as he recalled:
"Later I thought about it and realized that it was caused by long-term malnutrition, not a real illness."

"I was no longer a human being at that time. I hadn't taken a shower for half a year and was still living in that kind of environment, so it was hard to tell from the surface."

"Those people came to see me several times and when they saw that I didn't even want to eat, they took me to a place similar to a clinic."

"I think it's because I was injected with something like glucose. I feel much better and my limbs are stronger."

"So I slipped out in the middle of the night."

Yu Dazhang knew everything that happened next.

Zhou Zizhe went down the mountain overnight, walked for another day and night, and finally fainted at the gate of a construction site.

At that time, Zhou Hongfu was still a carpenter. He took the child home out of pity. Although those people were inhumane, they were not very smart... Yu Dazhang heard some clues from Zhou Zizhe's words.

The method of confining people was simple and crude, and he was deceived by a five-year-old child pretending to be sick.

This IQ doesn't seem like the kind of person who would use deceptive tactics.

Therefore, no details should be missed. Even an ordinary sentence may be able to analyze some useful information from it.

"Didn't you and your adoptive father call the police?" Yu Dazhang felt that this question was a bit redundant.

But he still wanted to know what happened.

Sixteen years have passed, and Zhou Zizhe is still entangled with those human traffickers.

This shows that he tried to let the police handle it, but the result was not satisfactory.

Sure enough, when Zhou Zizhe heard Yu Dazhang ask this, he immediately showed a helpless expression:
"My adoptive father and I have not only called the police, but we have also gone to the police almost every year since 1998."

There is no need to explain in detail what happened next, Yu Dazhang also knew what was going on.

There are simply too many cases of this kind, and they were mainly concentrated in the first twenty years of reform and opening up, reaching their peak in the 1990s.

Zhou Zizhe was lucky enough, at least he escaped and was adopted by a good family.

Those who have no news are the most miserable. Some even have their hands and feet chopped off and are forced to beg on the streets.

However, this situation has gradually decreased since 2000. Haven’t you noticed that you almost never see beggars on the streets?

When it comes to investigating a case, priority must be given to those who have not been found yet. For people like Zhou Zizhe... it's good enough that he can respond patiently.

The fact that the detachment was able to send out a special team to investigate this time was actually due to Zhou Zizhe's life.

As long as the trafficking case could be investigated, he would not struggle, resist, and confess honestly.

How to say~
Don't ask for too much.
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After being released from the detention center, Yu Dazhang returned to the team.

This time he went to see Zhou Zizhe to find out some details in person.

After all, we have dealt with each other before, so communication is smoother.

With this convenient condition, Yu Dazhang naturally wanted to take advantage of it.

On the way back, Lu Zhongxin called him twice, both times urging him to go back for the meeting.

When he arrived, the meeting had already begun.

Except for those who have missions to perform, almost all the people from the three battalions have arrived, which shows how much importance the bureau attaches to this matter.

This meeting was simpler, with groups divided on site.

Wei Qian first selected ten police officers from the first team, and then each police officer formed a team with one person from the second and third teams.

In addition to these ten groups of people, the second captain Liu Zhe and the third captain Zhang Dong each lead a group of people to provide support at any time.

Among the ten people selected by Wei Qian were Yu Dazhang and Lu Zhongxin.

The master and his disciple had just solved a case of scapegoating, and their reputations were high and they were highly respected in the bureau. Naturally, they were the best candidates to take part in this mission.

The next step is to form a team.

As time was of the essence, Wei Qian asked the selected personnel to find colleagues they were familiar with to form teams.

Now Yu Dazhang can no longer act with his master, he must choose one of the other two teams.

Are you talking about acquaintances?
He glanced quickly between the police officers from the other two brigades.

Finally, his eyes fell on a short police officer from the second team.

"Brother Sen." Yu Dazhang walked up to him with a smile on his face.

"It's you, we're a team."

Just as he shouted "Brother Sen", Zhang Sen's heart skipped a beat.

Seeing Yu Dazhang approaching him, he forced out a smile that was uglier than crying:
"Can you change someone else?"

(End of this chapter)