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

Chapter 357 Will He Kill Too? (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

That night.

Inside the guardhouse of Qincheng Public Security Bureau.

Li Yang held an enamel basin, picking at noodles with chopsticks as he ate, his eyes glued to the television screen.

Wu Daqing pushed open the door, took off his raincoat, and hung it on the iron hook on the wall.

Li Yang didn't even look at him before saying, "Captain Wu, there are noodles in the pot."

Wu Daqing took off his hat and placed it on the table, then glanced at the television: "Is this TV show good?"

"It's great! You wouldn't believe how many people are watching it," Li Yang said, his eyes still glued to the television.

The TV series is set in the Qing Dynasty, where a commoner woman runs through the royal gardens, hoping to catch a glimpse of the current emperor.

"What's your name?" Wu Daqing rolled up his sleeves, took his lunchbox, and sat on a small stool next to the stove.

He lifted the lid of the pot, and the noodles inside had clumped together.

“Princess Pearl,” Li Yang replied. “This woman is called Little Swallow. She’s helping her best friend find her father.”

Wu Daqing casually asked, "Then who is Dad?"

"Emperor Qianlong".

While scooping noodles, Wu Daqing instructed, "Be serious and disciplined during your shift."

Li Yang sighed: "Captain Wu, we just took over the shift, and besides, it's already dark and it's raining..."

"You want to join the Third Brigade? Let me tell you, if you don't take your job seriously, you won't have that chance."

Li Yang reached out and turned off the TV with a "snap".

"What's so interesting about love and romance?" he said righteously, holding the enamel basin, turning around to look at Wu Daqing.

"Captain Wu, do you think we really have a chance to become criminal investigators?"

Speaking of this, Wu Daqing became serious: "There is a chance, but it's very difficult."

Li Yang said, "I want to be a criminal investigator in the Third Brigade. Captain Yang is really good at solving cases. He led us to catch someone in just two days. I want to work with him."

"Who wouldn't want to?" Wu Daqing sighed. "Our education level is too low. I heard that Captain Yang is a top student. Nowadays, all the police officers are graduates of police academies. We only served in the army for a few years. It's already very good if we have the opportunity to work in a police station."

"Didn't Director Wen pat you on the shoulder and say that the Third Brigade was short-staffed and told us to work hard?"

Wu Daqing smiled and shook his head: "Don't take some of what I'm saying too seriously."

"Are you saying that Director Wen is trying to fool us?"

"No, just do your job well."

Wu Daqing didn't want to discourage him, after all, Li Yang was still very young. Although he had been trained in the army, he was still inexperienced and didn't understand the ways of the world.

Li Yang, of course, wasn't stupid. He sighed and said, "I'll just watch my Princess Pearl instead."

Seeing his dejected appearance, Wu Daqing decided not to discipline him any further.

Not only Li Yang, but Wu Daqing himself also felt that being a gatekeeper was not a promising career. Even though he was the captain and his income and benefits were higher, his daily work was nothing more than patrolling and doing odd jobs with the logistics department.

After thinking it over, Wu Daqing adjusted his mindset, bent down and slurped his noodles, then thought that it would be nice to have a scallion.

Life is about hoping for this and hoping for that, always hoping that life can continue.

Li Yang turned on the television.

In the scene, Little Swallow is already unconscious, lying on the large bed in the palace...

Just then, a car horn sounded outside.

Li Yang quickly turned off the TV, stood up, and opened the window behind the table.

A light drizzle drifted in, and the headlights of two SUVs shone brightly on the gate.

"It's the Third Brigade's car, Captain Yang is back," Li Yang called out.

Wu Daqing put down his lunchbox and ran out to open the door.

There is no electronic remote control yet; the door can only be opened manually.

Li Yang followed them out, and the two of them braved the drizzle to push open the iron gate on one side.

A Mitsubishi SUV drove in and stopped in front of Wu Daqing and Li Yang.

The car window rolled down, revealing Yang Jinwen's face.

"Team Leader Wu, Li Yang, are you on duty tonight?"

Wu Daqing smiled and said, "Yes, Captain Yang, you guys are back so late, is there a case?"

Yang Jinwen knew he was asking a question he already knew the answer to. They guarded the gate every day, and the entire Third Brigade went out every morning; there was no way they wouldn't know.

He nodded and asked, "Could we find people to take turns?"

Wu Daqing's brows furrowed: "Yes, you can."

"Come to the Third Brigade office in a bit. We're short-staffed, and we need your help with this case."

"Okay, okay!" Wu Daqing nodded hurriedly.

After the car drove into the yard, Li Yang said excitedly, "Captain Wu, we can investigate cases again."

Wu Daqing wiped the rain off his face and said excitedly, "Captain Yang is giving us a chance. Li Yang, do you have any money on you?"

"What are you doing? Trying to bribe me..."

Wu Daqing shook his head: "Let's buy two cartons of cigarettes to give some benefits to our colleagues in the team, so we don't have to ask them to take turns, and they'll complain."

"I'm going right now!" Li Yang ran towards the convenience store next to his workplace. Compared to his future, money was not important.

A dozen minutes later, Wu Daqing led Li Yang to the office of the Third Brigade.

"Captain Yang, we're here."

Yang Jinwen was standing in front of the clue board and nodded to them: "Find a seat."

Cat waved: "Little Li, there's an empty seat here."

Cat thought Li Yang had a cheerful appearance and was somewhat pleasing to the eye. Li Yang nodded, walked over, and moved the empty chair next to Feng Xiaocai.

"Little Cai, did you get wet in the rain?"

Feng Xiaocai smiled at him, her knees pressed together, her smile sweet.

Seeing Li Yang's smug look, Wu Daqing coughed.

Li Yang quickly stopped smiling and dutifully took out his notebook and the fountain pen that the army had issued to him before.

Cat rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, "This kid probably doesn't know how powerful Feng Xiaocai's family is."

When Li Yang finds out one day, his heart will be shattered.

Yang Jinwen posted a photo of the victim, Zeng Desong, on the clue board.

The photos taken by the technical team at the scene haven't been developed yet, and the photos of the deceased were also cut from the taxi's control panel.

The site survey took most of the day, and Yao Weihua and his team also visited the surrounding area.

So he spoke first: "Captain Yang, the northwest suburbs are the area where the city and suburbs meet. Apart from the woods, there are no inhabited places around, and the crime scene is about one kilometer away."

Xiao Cai and I searched for ages, but we couldn't find any eyewitnesses.

Cai Ting continued, "Cat Brother and I went to the reservoir to ask and met the person who reported the incident. The two days before and after the incident happened to be the weekend, and the old man guarding the reservoir doesn't work on weekends. It was Monday, which was this morning."

The old man spotted the taxi while patrolling around the reservoir.

He saw the driver dead inside the car and immediately called the police.

Yang Jinwen nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The deceased's name was Zeng Desong, 42 years old, a taxi driver. He was murdered after 9 p.m. on November 11th..."

Yao Weihua raised his hand and asked, "Why after nine o'clock? The autopsy report hasn't come out yet, has it?"

Yang Jinwen sighed, "Because I rode in his car on the night of the 9th."

"what?"

The group was surprised. Cai Ting blinked and said, "What a coincidence?"

Yang Jinwen nodded: "On the evening of the 9th, I came out of the police family building. I left Director Wen's home at 8:40. After 9 o'clock, I and the forensic doctor Wen arrived at the Yunding International Community in Tayan District."

At the time, the taxi I was in was driven by the victim, and I also spoke with him.

Therefore, he must have been kidnapped and murdered by criminals after 9 p.m. that night.

As for the exact time of death, that needs to be determined by a forensic examiner.

Li Yang asked, "So how do we investigate this case?"

Wu Daqing glared at him, the message being: ask fewer questions and study more.

Yang Jinwen didn't take it seriously and replied, "I examined the traces at the scene and ruled out the footprints left by the person who reported the crime and our own people. There are at least four people's footprints at the crime scene."

"Four people?" Yao Weihua frowned.

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Half a kilometer away from the crime scene, in the direction you were investigating, Lao Yao, we found the footprints of four people in a soft muddy area."

The footprints of these four people matched those around the taxi.

If it's not frequented by idle people, then it was probably left behind by criminals.

Cai Ting said, "The crime scene consisted of only woods and a reservoir; there were no fields."

Even seasoned anglers only walk around in the reservoir below; they don't come up to the surface.

We also asked the old man who guards the reservoir, and he said that in the summer, there are quite a few people fishing, but anglers rarely go fishing in the winter.

Yao Weihua stroked his chin: "That's fine. If we can confirm that the footprints around the taxi match the footprints of the four people that Captain Yang mentioned, then even if they are not criminals, they are still people related to the case."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Judging from the footprints of these four people, they should be three men and one woman."

The person walked with a bouncy, dragging gait, leaving light, fleeting footprints; they were very young.

"A case committed by four young people?" Cat squinted.

Yao Weihua rolled his eyes: "Three men are more than enough to deal with one taxi driver, yet they even brought a woman along..."

Yang Jinwen said, "They are incredibly audacious. If they were mature criminals, committing such serious crimes as robbery and murder, they would not have done so without considering the consequences."

Cai Ting nodded: "Generally speaking, the fewer people the better. Two people are enough. Even if they steal money, they can get a bigger share."

Besides, how much money could a taxi driver possibly steal? It doesn't seem like something a ruthless thug would do.

Yang Jinwen squinted: "So what we need to find is a group of reckless and immature thugs."

The age range is 18 to 20 years old, not very old.

Before the crime, these people were definitely together. After killing someone, they probably didn't even think about dividing the money and fleeing.

Yao Weihua said, "Those are just petty thugs. They're easy to spot. If this were a small place like Annam, I could find them in two days."

Cai Ting said, "Qincheng has eleven districts under its jurisdiction. It's too big. We can only rely on the street police stations. We need to issue a request for assistance first thing tomorrow morning."

Yang Jinwen thought for a moment and then said, "The relevant clues for the case haven't come out yet. The earliest we can expect to see them is tomorrow afternoon."

So, tomorrow morning, Lao Yao will take Li Yang to the taxi company to inquire about the situation.

Sister Cai and Maozi went to ask the victim's family. Even if there were no clues, they still had to go.

The victim has a daughter who is in high school. Try to get to know her better and see if you can find a breakthrough.

We can't immediately classify it as robbery and murder. It could also be a revenge killing or premeditated murder, so we also need to investigate the social relationships involved.

Furthermore, these thugs are young, audacious, and willing to kill; they probably don't have much money on them and are relatively new to the workforce. The most likely people who know them are students.

As soon as Yang Jinwen finished speaking, he saw Wu Daqing raise his hand, so he said, "Team Leader Wu, you'll be with me tomorrow."

He thought Wu Daqing felt that he hadn't been assigned any tasks.

But the other person shook his head and asked, "Captain Yang, what I want to ask is, if it's a very young thug who committed the murder, they probably didn't steal much money. They've already killed one person, so will they continue to rob and kill more people?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Jinwen's gaze sharpened. This was exactly what he had been worried about, but he couldn't voice this suspicion casually!
Previously, Yao Weihua and Cai Ting had also thought of this problem, but neither of them dared to bring it up.

If they want this group to continue killing, then we need to rush to solve the case. Reporting it to the branch will only increase the pressure on the investigators to solve the case.

(End of this chapter)