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

Chapter 383 Movement Track!

12 PM on November 8th.

Under the iron-gray sky, on the wasteland west of the Red Star Brick Factory, there is a row of neat sycamore trees.

under the tree.

More than a hundred people from the police station, patrol team, and public security brigade gathered around Yang Jinwen.

The cat handed the photocopied sketches to these people one by one.

Holding a megaphone, Yang Jinwen shouted loudly: "Comrades, two of our comrades at the shelter have been murdered, and they died in the wasteland ahead."

The two assailants, one armed with a gun and the other with a knife, were extremely vicious, and their motives remain unclear.

They dared to kill someone in broad daylight and then escape. We must catch these two people!

First, the time was between 3 and 4:30 pm on December 7th, and this was the starting point of their escape.

We have already obtained their appearance, so we are now searching for the direction these two people fled in, covering a radius of three kilometers across the wasteland!
Secondly, besides the two criminals, there is also the homeless old lady, who is a key witness, and we must find her too!
Finally, there was the vehicle the two criminals were in: a red Buick with a local license plate ending in 3.

If you can't find anyone, then find a car!
On the afternoon of December 7, when Li Song and Fan Chuanping were murdered, this car must have been parked somewhere, so we must find it!
Remember this: the criminals are armed. If you encounter them, do not fight back; immediately notify our criminal investigation team!

After he finished speaking, the hundreds of people immediately split into groups, each holding a map of the area near the Red Star Brick Factory and sketches of the two thugs, and began to search the surrounding area.

There aren't many buildings near the Red Star Brick Factory; the furthest building is over a kilometer away.

Although there are few eyewitnesses, the sketches of the two perpetrators make it highly likely that their whereabouts on that day can be traced.

By this time, the van in the wasteland had been towed away, and Wei Ming had finished his work and returned to his team.

After these people left, only Yang Jinwen, Maozi, and Wu Daqing remained.

Yang Jinwen had a pen cap in his mouth and a fountain pen in his hand, staring intently at the map of Qincheng City.

In particular, he took notes on the area where the Weihe Bridge connects to the Hongxing Brick Factory, making notes along several roads in turn.

There are two routes from the Weihe Bridge to the Hongxing Brick Factory, with varying distances. The furthest route is seven kilometers away and is located in a remote area, while the shortest route is five kilometers away and is a city road.

Wu Daqing approached Yang Jinwen and asked, "Captain Yang, why were Li Song and Fan Chuanping murdered here?"

Yang Jinwen glanced at him and then looked at the cat.

The cat pursed its lips and pointed along the dirt road to the buildings in the distance.

"Daqing, look over there."

Wu Daqing followed his gaze, looking puzzled, before realizing, "I understand, the police station is just three kilometers away from the crime scene."

Cat nodded: "The fact that the two thugs were in the van at the time means that Li Song and Fan Chuanping not only caught the two thugs, but also wanted to take them to the police station."

I think that when the van drove here, the two thugs were afraid to go to the police station, since they were carrying guns.

Therefore, they chose a relatively remote place, which is here, to attack Li Song and Fan Chuanping.

They probably didn't know what these two men were doing, nor did they know they were carrying guns and knives; otherwise, they wouldn't have let their guard down.

Wu Daqing exclaimed, "Brother Cat, you're amazing! You were able to analyze this!"

Cat modestly replied, "This is nothing. For us detectives, investigating and analyzing crime scenes is the most basic thing..."

Before he could finish speaking, his eyes widened in surprise, because he suddenly remembered that Yang Jinwen had just instructed the investigators to find the car of the two criminals and the key witness, the old lady.

Moreover, when Yang Jinwen was investigating the scene, he asked Wei Ming if there were any items left in the car that did not match the scene.

Cat suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "I understand. On the afternoon of December 7, Fan Chuanping and Li Song found these two thugs. Where is their car?"

These two men also kidnapped an elderly homeless woman. If she wasn't in the van, where was she?

Yang Jinwen had already marked the locations on the map. He looked up and said, "The Hongxing Brick Factory and the Weihe Bridge are both in Gaolin District. There are two police stations in this area."

The closest place to the crime scene is the police station, which is three kilometers away. There are two roads coming from under the Weihe Bridge: Xinpu Road and Guihua Road.

And since the old lady wasn't in the van, where could she be?
"Li Song and Fan Chuanping found the two thugs, but the old lady was nowhere to be found. Don't you find that strange?"

The cat hissed.

Wu Daqing suddenly realized: "Most likely, the old lady is in that red Buick."

Maozi continued her analysis: "If she was in the criminals' car, Li Song and Fan Chuanping would have taken her with them."

Could it be that Li Song and Fan Chuanping only found the two thugs and didn't actually spot the red Buick?

Wu Daqing nodded: "If that's the case, could it be that the two thugs got out of the car somewhere, and their red Buick wasn't with them, and then they encountered Li Song and Fan Chuanping?"

Yang Jinwen squinted: "It's also possible that this is the place where the two thugs took the old lady. After they finished, they encountered Li Song and Fan Chuanping, who were looking for them."

"I rely on!"

Cat swallowed hard. No wonder Captain Yang called over a hundred people to investigate.

This analysis makes a lot of sense and perfectly matches the actions of Li Song and Fan Chuanping.

Maozi asked, "The shelter is in Xingye District, which is far from the crime scene. The direction they drove in wasn't the way back to the shelter. So where did they plan to go after catching the two criminals?"

Seeing that Maozi had overturned Li Song and Fan Chuanping's plan to go to the police station, Wu Daqing asked, "Didn't they say they were planning to go to the police station?" Yang Jinwen shook his head: "They might also be looking for the whereabouts of that old lady. There is a high possibility that the hideout of the two criminals is located somewhere in this area."

Moreover, it's highly likely there were more than two perpetrators; this is an organized criminal gang!

"This..." Wu Daqing was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

No wonder the detectives are aging so fast; they have no brain cells left and can't analyze these clues at all.

You can't be a criminal investigator if you don't have a meticulous mind.

Yang Jinwen instructed Maozi, "Call the police station and have a few teams go to Xinpu Road and Guihua Road to inquire, mainly keeping an eye out for the red Buick. We'll go along this dirt road and look ahead."

"Okay," the cat replied.

Wu Daqing was driving, Maozi was in the passenger seat, and Yang Jinwen rolled down the back window to look outside.

Although the temperature was very low and the cold wind stung their faces, all three of them kept an eye on the road conditions outside the car window.

The area around the brick factory was indeed very remote, with low tin-roofed houses everywhere, but fortunately, there were no hills or slopes around it, and you could see the whole area at a glance.

About a kilometer ahead, there is a crossroads. The buildings are all old buildings built along the four streets.

The buildings are either red brick buildings or buildings covered with white ceramic tiles, and some of them have black tiles on the roof. The buildings are all very low, like a large town.

Wu Daqing said, "I've been here once before. It's called Yulin Road. It's part of the old town, and almost everyone who lives here is a local."

The cat asked, "Daqing, how many years have you been in Qincheng?"

"I've been in Qincheng Prison since I was discharged from the army, for about five years now."

"You've been working as a security guard for the past five years?"

Wu Daqing said with a wry smile, "They call me a guard, but really I'm just a doorman."

Cat encouraged him, saying, "Once this case is solved, Director Wen will definitely transfer you and Li Yang to our Third Brigade, and we'll be colleagues from then on."

He said that because Yang Jinwen had just mentioned a 'criminal gang,' and catching one or two murderers was already considered quite impressive.

Combating criminal gangs is a completely different matter, especially when it involves gun-related cases.

If this case can be successfully solved, even if the Third Brigade has the lowest case-solving rate this year, it will still receive just as much recognition.

Wu Daqing sighed and said, "I'm afraid I'm not capable enough and will hold Captain Yang and you guys back."

"Don't worry, Daqing. You're honest, hardworking, and disciplined. You'll definitely do well. The Third Brigade is led by Captain Yang, so we should always listen to him..."

Cat flattered both of them at the same time. He glanced at the rearview mirror and realized that Yang Jinwen didn't care about his praise at all.

“I’m afraid of Li Yang. He’s a few years younger than me, too impatient, and a bit reckless.”

The cat rolled its eyes: "I didn't realize Li Yang was hiding his true colors so well."

"Brother Cat, you haven't had much contact with him, so you don't really know him..."

At this point, Wu Daqing felt it wasn't good to talk about other people's shortcomings, since they were all colleagues, so he said, "In any case, if Li Yang and I can be transferred to the Third Brigade, it would be a stroke of good luck."

Wu Daqing and Maozi glanced at the rearview mirror at the same time.

They thought Yang Jinwen would make a statement or say a few words of encouragement.

But Yang Jinwen didn't listen to their conversation at all; his eyes were fixed on the building in front of him.

When the car reached Yulin Road, he instructed, "Stop the car on the side of the road and we'll go door to door asking, especially the elderly, the old men and women."

Wu Daqing stopped the car: "Why ask the old folks?"

Cat opened the car door and replied, "Because they don't go to work, they're bored, and they like to wander around the streets and gossip about other people."

In their territory, if anyone who shouldn't be there appears, even a dog walking past their door, they'll notice.

"Like this?"

Cat nodded, eager to teach: "You've been in the army for too long, and after you were discharged, you worked in the city bureau. You still need to see and learn more about things in society. When we investigate cases, we need to study human nature."

Individuals and groups are different, men and women are different, children and the elderly are different. Depending on who you meet and what you say, their testimonies may not be reliable, but you can't ignore them.

The first three teams were misled by witness testimonies during their investigations, which led to the accident where the suspect fell to his death. Team leader Gao Jie was dismissed. You should know about this.

Just like the homeless leader that Sister Cai brought, this guy has a bad side, so Captain Yang slapped him twice.

But this person also had a good side; Captain Yang gave him 100 yuan so he could go see a doctor.

It's like how Americans treat someone: they beat them up, then give them a treat, and that makes them obedient.

Seeing that Yang Jinwen had started asking the surrounding residents questions and no longer paid attention to the cat, Wu Daqing also went to inquire about the situation.

However, the building density and population size on Yulin Road cannot be investigated in just one or two days.

The three of them walked all day until their legs ached, but in the end they came up empty-handed.

(End of this chapter)