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

Chapter 213 Breaking Through!

112 Giethoorn.

When Yang Jinwen led his men past, the first thing he glanced at was the courtyard wall, which was more than a meter high.

The lower half of the wall was built on a foundation of bluestone slabs, while the upper half was built with red bricks. Instead of cement, yellow clay was used.

This kind of wall is not very sturdy; it will collapse if pushed.

When Chai Tao saw him arrive with his men, he quickly waved.

Yang Jinwen nodded and had already drawn his gun.

"Captain Chai, what's going on?"

Chai Tao replied, "Bai Yu is a petty thug in the underworld, Chen Zhen's brother-in-law, and is highly suspicious."

"How did you find out?"

The last time I saw Yang Jinwen, he was still a trainee police officer at the Chengbei Branch. Several months have passed, and he has been transferred to the Major Crimes Unit of the Municipal Bureau and has become the deputy captain of the Major Crimes Unit.

Chai Tao felt somewhat regretful. Jiang Bala and Fu Yun had been transferred to the Jiaxing Criminal Police Brigade and had told him in detail about the case of the murder of a female student at Chengnan Health School, so his impression of Yang Jinwen had improved a lot.

After all, to uncover a case and bring the murderer to justice without having filed one requires a level of perseverance and thinking ability that most veteran detectives lack.

He immediately replied, "Jin Chao was released from prison on January 20th. On the afternoon of January 21st, Chen Zhen picked him up on a motorcycle. That motorcycle belonged to Bai Yu."

Yang Jinwen asked, "There's suspicion, but it's uncertain whether these cases are related to him?"

Chai Tao nodded: "That's right."

"Then arrest them!" Yang Jinwen said without further hesitation.

Chai Tao looked at the few people he had brought, and with his own group, the number of people was sufficient.

He whispered, "Surround the area behind the courtyard wall. Don't let them escape. Remember, if they don't resist, don't fire first. Leave one alive."

Everyone nodded.

Chai Tao said again, "Old Jiang, Old Fu, climb over the wall!"

The two responded and ran to either side of the door, taking a running start and quickly climbing over the wall.

The upper half of the red brick was teetering on the verge of collapse, but fortunately it didn't fall.

The two men looked around first, and seeing that no one was there, they jumped down. One of them stood guard while the other opened the door bolt.

The door opened gently, and Yang Jinwen, Chai Tao, and the others quickly entered.

The yard was small, and a chicken coop had been built on the left side.

The main gate was closed, with only a crack left.

Chai Tao was a veteran investigator, and he moved very quickly, rushing to the door first.

He had just arrived when the door suddenly opened.

A man appeared at the door, holding a child who was a little over one year old.

The man looked bewildered, and the criminal police officer in the courtyard met his gaze.

The man immediately realized what was happening, cursed something, threw the child in his hand in front of Chai Tao, and ran into the house.

It was a very short time, and no one expected him to do this.

Chai Tao was startled and, like a soccer goalkeeper, stretched out his arms and lunged straight at the goalkeeper.

"stop!"

"Don't run!"

At that moment, Jiang Bala and Fu Yun shouted in unison.

Yang Jinwen glanced at the child wearing a yellow woolen hat, and Chai Tao caught him steadily, his head even hitting the doorpost.

Turning his gaze away, Yang Jinwen led his men straight inside.

As soon as he entered, Bai Yu stood in the main room, holding a one-meter-long machete.

He waved his arms and shouted, "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

The more agitated he became, the more suspicious he appeared in the eyes of others.

Yang Jinwen stood five meters away from him at the doorway, staring coldly at him.

"Your name is Bai Yu?"

"I'm not...you've got the wrong person!"

"Whether you are or not, put down the knife!"

"Stop yelling and get out of my house!"

Yang Jinwen narrowed his eyes and raised the muzzle of his gun.

Seeing this, Bai Yu became even more agitated and brandished his machete.

"Get out! Didn't you hear me? Get out!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Two piercing gunshots rang out in the main room.

Bai Yu's knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground, his left hand covering his right, blood flowing continuously.

One shot to the thigh, one shot to the wrist, and he was rendered incapable of fighting in moments.

Yao Weihua and Maozi rushed forward.

Yao Weihua kicked him, cursing as he did so: "You gangster, trying to play with a knife? Who do you think you're going to kill?"

Maozi and Jiang Bala twisted his hands behind his back and handcuffed him.

Afterwards, Jiang flicked the blood off his hands and said, "Fuck your mother, that was your child, wasn't it? You'd risk your own child's life, are you even human?"

Chai Tao walked over carrying the child, who was crying loudly.

He entrusted the child to Cai Ting, the only female police officer.

Just as Fu Yun was about to go to the yard to close the gate, he saw a woman wearing a red sweater standing in front of the gate, holding a laundry basin in her hands and resting it on her waist.

Upon seeing the state of the yard, the woman was so frightened that she dropped the laundry tub on the ground.

Yang Jinwen glanced at the doorway, his gaze sharpened, and he shouted to Fu Yun, "Bring the person in!"

He clearly remembered that just as dawn broke, this woman had gone to the river to wash clothes with a group of women, and she was the one who had been keeping a close eye on the small shop. The woman asked in surprise, "You…"

When she saw the child in Cai Ting's arms, she immediately cried out, "My baby! Give me back my baby!"

Fu Yun and Qi Bin immediately restrained her and then dragged her inside.

Fu Yun said, "Don't shout. We're from the city's criminal investigation team. We're investigating a case, and we'll give you the child in a bit."

Upon hearing his words, Maozi realized that it wasn't just the Chengbei Criminal Police Team that liked to impersonate the Municipal Criminal Police Detachment; the Jiaxing Criminal Police Team also liked to use their connections and make grand pronouncements.

Subsequently, a man and a woman were interrogated separately, one in the main room and the other in the courtyard.

Bai Yu was pressed down on a long bench, his legs bleeding profusely.

The bullets from the Type 54 pistol were no joke; his face was covered in sweat, and his eyes were fierce.

Chai Tao walked up to him and asked, "Can we talk?"

Bai Yu remained silent, and Jiang Bala smacked him on the back of the head.

"I'm asking you something!"

Bai Yu remained silent.

Yang Jinwen stood in front of the woman and asked, "What's your name?"

“Li…Li Nier”.

Who is that person inside the house?

"Me, my husband."

"What's his name?"

"Bai Yu".

Do you know why we arrested him?

The woman's eyes flickered a few times, she blinked, and shook her head.

Yao Weihua interjected, "Li Nier, I advise you to answer honestly. Don't ruin yourself and your child, understand? We won't arrest people arbitrarily if it's none of your business."

The woman looked at Cai Ting, who was standing in the distance. Cai Ting was holding the child, who had already been calmed down, but she gently pinched the child's bottom.

The child started crying at the right moment, reaching out his hands to Li Nier, wanting his mother to hug him.

Li Nier stood up, but was immediately pressed down on the shoulders by Qi Bin and Yao Weihua.

"If you don't confess, then we'll have to put you in a detention center. You'd better think it through."

Li Nier gritted her teeth and nodded.

"I said."

Yang Jinwen asked, "Okay, tell me, what did Bai Yu do wrong?"

"Kill, kill people."

Who was killed?

"Zhou Qiuju and Liao Kai at the bottom of the slope."

"When did this happen?"

"Before the New Year, on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month."

"Besides him, who else?"

"And my husband's brother-in-law, Chen Zhen, and the three people he brought with him."

"Tell me your name!"

"Jin Chao, and the other two men, I only know their surname is Du, I don't know their names, my husband calls them Da Du and Xiao Du."

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze sharpened; the original four perpetrators had suddenly become five!

Bai Yu could hear the conversation in the courtyard from inside the main room.

He was about to unleash a torrent of curses, but Jiang grabbed his chin.

Upon seeing his wife betray him, he swayed violently.

Fu Yun slapped him again: "You better behave yourself!"

Before, we were a little cautious because we weren't sure if he had committed a crime. Now that Bai Yu's wife has confessed, what else is there to say?

Chai Tao and the others were itching to pry open his mouth, smash his teeth, and force him to reveal the others.

In the courtyard, Li Nier recounted: "On the afternoon of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, my husband asked me to buy some vegetables, saying that his brother-in-law was bringing some friends over."

Around 7 p.m., Chen Zhen arrived with his men, riding two motorcycles.

One of the motorcycles belonged to our family. Chen Zhen said he would borrow it for a while, but it ended up being borrowed for more than half a year, and he has been using it ever since.

They were drinking in the courtyard, talking about things in prison.

Chen Zhen had been in prison and had only been released a year ago. I know Jin Chao; he had also only been released a few days ago.

I was young then and didn't know what he had done. I only found out later from my husband that he had raped Zhou Qiuju, who ran a small shop down the slope.

He also hit her, hit her very hard.

On the night of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Jin Chao was upset when he talked about the matter. He said he wanted revenge, feeling that he had been sentenced too harshly and that he had been wronged to serve seven years in prison.

My husband's brother-in-law, Chen Zhen, also said he was innocent, and then the two Du brothers, Da Du and Xiao Du, also cheered him on from the side.

Around 10 p.m., I couldn't stay awake any longer, so I took the children to sleep in the inner room.

After midnight, I don't know what time it was, I was woken up by them. When I went out with my clothes on, I saw them sitting in the yard chatting.

The voice was very soft, as if the person was afraid of being overheard.

My husband told me to get inside, so I went in. But I saw that Jin Chao and Chen Zhen were covered in blood, and they were very excited. The way they looked at me was really strange.

Less than an hour after I went back inside, the motorcycle started running, and they left.

My husband took a shower and came into the room to tell me not to tell anyone about what happened tonight, and not to talk about it.

It wasn't until yesterday morning, when neighbors told me that Zhou Qiuju and Liao Kai had been murdered, that I realized it must have been Jin Chao and his gang who did it.

Everyone went to watch the excitement, but I didn't dare to go; I was scared.

Last night, my husband asked me to go check this morning to see if the police were still investigating. I got anxious and asked him, "Did you kill Zhou Qiuju and Liao Kai?"
My husband said, "Don't worry about it. He also said the main culprits are Jin Chao and my brother-in-law. As long as they aren't arrested, no one will trace it back to him..."

(End of this chapter)