You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 195 The Tacit Understanding Between Two Men!
Inside the hair salon.

The neon lights shone brightly, illuminating Chen Li's face.

The moment Hu Zhiyong revealed his identity, her expression immediately relaxed, and she stretched out her hands with trembling hands.

Hu Zhiyong pulled out handcuffs from behind his back and put them on her.

He breathed a sigh of relief, finally relieving himself of years of pent-up frustration.

Cat pressed Chen Li down onto the chair where she had just had her hair washed.

At this moment, the proprietress, who was hiding to the side, saw him and seemed to have changed her appearance. Her eyes were firm and upright, no longer as coy as when she was washing her hair.

Indeed, men look handsome when they do what they love.

"This guy likes women in handcuffs," the landlady thought to herself.

Yang Jinwen stepped forward and looked down at Chen Li.

The woman was wearing a sequined red jacket, was less than 1.6 meters tall, and had a delicate face; she didn't look like a notorious serial killer who had traveled all over the country.

Whether she has committed murder is still unclear and requires further interrogation.

"Chen Li, besides the Yuncheng police, do you know where I came from?"

Chen Li shook her head: "I don't know."

Yang Jinwen stared intently at her and said, word by word, "I am a criminal police officer from Lingmeng County, An'nan City!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Li immediately raised her head, glanced at him, and then lowered her head again.

She asked, "Gao Mingliang has been arrested by you?"

"What do you say?"

Chen Li did not answer.

Yang Jinwen added, "Besides Gao Mingliang, your accomplice Zhao Daqing has also been arrested by us!"

These words made Chen Li raise her head again, her eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

"You were involved in the murders in Yuncheng and Lingmeng County, especially in the few days since you returned to Yuncheng, when you committed another crime..."

Chen Li immediately interrupted him: "No, we didn't kill anyone when we came back!"

Yang Jinwen squinted: "You didn't kill anyone? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure the person is tied up inside the house."

Where is it?

“Shuijing Street, there’s an alley inside, house number 103.”

Yang Jinwen gestured to Hu Zhiyong, who nodded, walked to the proprietress's side, and asked in a low voice, "Where is the phone number in your shop? I need to use it."

"Next to the counter or cabinet."

"Thank you."

The proprietress swallowed hard; she had already heard who the three policemen had arrested.

The woman in front of him was younger than him, yet she was a murderer!

Hu Zhiyong picked up the phone, thought for a moment, and then dialed Chen Manqiu's number.

The call was answered quickly, and there was a lot of noise coming from the other end, probably from people organizing a search.

"Old Hu, what's up?"

"Old Chen, the place is at No. 103 Shuijing Street."

The person on the other end of the phone seemed puzzled. Chen Manqiu appeared to cover the phone and asked, "What did you say?"

“I said the place where Zhao Daqing and Chen Li are hiding is at No. 103 Shuijing Street.”

Chen Manqiu, who answered the phone, was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly asked, "Old Hu, how did you know?"

The person on the other end of the phone said, "Captain Yang found out."

"no……"

"Chen Li has been arrested. You should send people there immediately."

Then, Chen Manqiu put down his mobile phone and ran towards Zeng Weiqiang, who was sitting in the car.

“Brigade leader, Yang Jinwen... no, Hu Zhiyong has captured Chen Li, and the place where she and Zhao Daqing were hiding has also been found, at No. 103 Shuijing Street.”

Zeng Weiqiang narrowed his eyes slightly, gave a half-smile and a "hmm", and ordered, "Send someone over there immediately."

Chen Manqiu took out a walkie-talkie, notified Lao Bangcai who was searching the surrounding area, and then opened the driver's side door.

He turned the car key, and while driving, he glanced at Zeng Weiqiang sitting in the passenger seat.

"Squad leader, how did Lao Hu and his team catch that guy? It's unbelievable."

Zeng Weiqiang glanced at him and said, "Why do you care so much? Just arrest him."

Chen Manqiu nodded: "That's true. When our men brought Zhao Daqing back to the station earlier, Captain Zhang and Yao Weihua quickly followed, afraid that we would detain Zhao Daqing and prevent them from taking him away."

Zeng Weiqiang narrowed his eyes slightly and stopped talking.

After midnight.

Forty or fifty police officers from Yuncheng arrived at Shuijing Street, carrying batons and flashlights.

The courtyard of house number 103 was crowded with old-fashioned vegetables.

Chen Manqiu took the key handed to him by Niu Guoli and, under the light of the flashlight, inserted it into the cylinder lock.

He turned the key, and the door opened.

Then, Chen Manqiu quickly stepped aside, and the well-prepared old men rushed into the house like a gust of wind.

Footsteps, flashlight beams, and shouts.

A moment later, Niu Guoli ran out and reported to Zeng Weiqiang, who was standing in the yard: "Team leader, there's only one person in the house, and he's not dead!"

Zeng Weiqiang nodded and strode into the house.

The room was messy and smelled musty. In the corner, there were several large bags filled with yellowed cotton.

An old man in his sixties was squatting in the corner, his hands and feet were bound with wire, his mouth was stuffed with a large piece of cotton, and his eyes were sealed with yellow tape.

Chen Manqiu stepped forward and gently peeled off the tape over his eyes.

Upon suddenly seeing the light, the old man immediately turned his face to the side and blinked sharply.

Chen Manqiu then removed the cotton wool from his mouth.

The old man was panting heavily, his expression weak, as if he were about to faint at any moment.

Zeng Weiqiang shouted, "Water, get him some water."

Niu Guoli quickly found an empty bottle of mineral water and held it to the old man's lips, letting him drink slowly. Chen Manqiu squatted down and, after he finished drinking, asked, "We are criminal police officers from the Yuncheng branch. Don't be afraid. What's your name?"

"My name is Yue Yonghua."

"You live here?"

"Yes, this is my home."

"Do you live alone in this house?"

The old man nodded, his throat bobbing uncontrollably.

"where is your family?"

"My wife died, and my children are all working in other places."

Zeng Weiqiang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered, "Quickly, cut the wire and take the old man to the hospital."

Chen Manqiu nodded, called over a few people, and helped the victim into the car.

Zeng Weiqiang walked around the room and could roughly guess how the old man made a living.

In the Shuijing Street area, most people buy cotton from rural areas and then sell it to cotton mills. Yue Yonghua is also in this business. He still has unsold cotton from last year stored in his house, all of which are of inferior quality.

Besides, there were indeed traces of Zhao Daqing and Chen Li's life in the house.

Empty cigarette boxes, liquor bottles, a pot of porridge still cooking in the coal stove, and a travel bag they left behind containing Chen Li's clothes.

Chen Manqiu pulled out a string of condoms from the bag. They weren't boxed; they looked like small packets of shampoo, all stuck together.

He showed the document to Zeng Weiqiang: "Team leader, in the Lingmeng County family annihilation case, two women were assaulted. The forensic doctor there said that no semen was detected in their bodies."

"take it back."

"Yes."

Zeng Weiqiang made a phone call and summoned the trace evidence team to conduct an investigation. He and Chen Manqiu then drove back to the municipal bureau.

Upon returning, they immediately went to the interrogation room.

Zhao Daqing was pinned to a tiger chair, his hands and feet were handcuffed, and four police officers on duty were closely watching him.

Besides him, Chen Li was also detained in another interrogation room, where her freedom was also restricted.

The city police station has detention cells, but the person wasn't locked up there.

It's obvious that this is going to put Zhao Daqing and Chen Li through the wringer.

The leaders and cadres of the Yuncheng branch who remained at the bureau all rushed over and crowded in the corridor, all wanting to see the perpetrator of the series of family annihilation cases.

Two of these cases involved extremely brutal family annihilation. It's fair to say that any frontline criminal investigator is filled with curiosity about the perpetrators, wanting to understand the investigative process and how the perpetrators were apprehended.

Zeng Weiqiang looked around at the people, but did not see any criminal police officers from An'nan City.

He asked someone, "Where is that Captain Yang?"

The subordinate replied, "After bringing the person back, they went back to the guesthouse to rest."

Zeng Weiqiang frowned, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Where is Hu Zhiyong?"

"I just saw him standing by the flower bed."

"it is good."

Zeng Weiqiang responded and instructed Chen Manqiu, "Contact the procuratorate now and call their people over. We'll start the interrogation after dawn."

"Yes, detachment."

"Everyone has been working hard for several days, so get a good rest tonight."

"Ah."

Zeng Weiqiang walked out of the interrogation room and came to the front yard of the Municipal Bureau, where he indeed saw Hu Zhiyong next to the flower bed.

He sat on the steps of the flower bed, leaning forward, a cigarette between his fingers, looking at the streetlights at the gate.

Zeng Weiqiang walked over and sat down next to him.

Upon noticing him, Hu Zhiyong quickly stood up and said, "Team Leader."

"Sit down." Zeng Weiqiang waved to him, took out a cigarette case from his shirt pocket, and offered him a cigarette.

Hu Zhiyong quickly took it, and Zeng Weiqiang lit one for himself. After taking a deep drag, he said, "It wasn't easy. Zhao Daqing committed a murder in 95, and then committed a family annihilation case in 96. You investigated for three whole years. You've worked hard."

Hu Zhiyong shook his head: "It's not hard work, it's my fault for not doing a good job. It was Captain Yang and his team who arrested the people."

"Nonsense," Zeng Weiqiang laughed. "Didn't you arrest Chen Li?"

"No, it's Captain Yang..."

"Don't say that. Whoever put the handcuffs on her is the one who arrested her."

Hu Zhiyong's throat tightened slightly: "Squad leader, I..."

Zeng Weiqiang looked at the streetlights outside and asked, "Old Hu, you're 54 this year, right?"

"Yes, I'll be 55 next year, and my hair will be completely white. I'm planning to retire..."

"Don't back down yet. Our municipal bureau is facing a shortage of qualified personnel. Next summer, a group of top graduates from police academies will be coming over. You and Lao Chen will both need to mentor them."

"I don't have that ability."

Zeng Weiqiang said, "Don't you want to see if there's anyone like Yang Jinwen among these police academy students? I remember he was a top student too."

Hearing this, Hu Zhiyong felt a sense of anticipation.

Zeng Weiqiang nodded, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stubbed it out with the sole of his shoe, and then handed the cigarette butt to him.

"Help me throw this away later. It's getting late, go and get some rest."

Hu Zhiyong stood up and looked at him: "Squad leader, I have a question."

Zeng Weiqiang, who was about to leave, turned around and said, "Go on."

Hu Zhiyong looked into his eyes and asked, word by word, "Squad leader, when we captured Zhao Daqing, we didn't find a pager on him. Have you really forgotten about that?"

Zeng Weiqiang squinted, smiled, and patted Hu Zhiyong on the shoulder.

"Old Hu, you're a good policeman. Your hard work has paid off. I'm off; I have to get busy early tomorrow morning."

As Hu Zhiyong watched Zeng Weiqiang's retreating figure, tears welled up in his eyes, despite his advanced age.

He didn't believe the squad leader had forgotten. Yang Jinwen had just arrived in Yuncheng from Lingmeng County when Zeng Weiqiang tried to use Gao Mingliang to page Zhao Daqing and make an arrest, but Yang Jinwen refused.

Tonight, during the search, he deliberately forgot about this incident and didn't assign himself any tasks.

The squad leader wanted Yang Jinwen to take him along so that he could personally apprehend the perpetrator of the family annihilation case in Yuncheng Lishui Community. Even if he wasn't the main culprit, it would ensure that Hu Zhiyong's three years of hard work hadn't been in vain!
Moreover, Yang Jinwen also understood Zeng Weiqiang's meaning.

At the time, Hu Zhiyong didn't even notice whether they had talked or not. Could it be that they were communicating with each other through eye contact?
Can two people understand each other's meaning just by exchanging glances?
Hu Zhiyong stood there, gazing at the national emblem on the municipal bureau building, motionless for a long time.

(End of this chapter)