Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 709 The Arrest Operation (1)

After leaving the street office, Chen Weiguo immediately arranged for two people to go to the courtyard where Wen Xiaoyu lived to secretly monitor every move in the courtyard. Jia Dongming returned to the Fengtai branch with Chen Weiguo to begin deploying the action plan to capture Gui Laoqi.

"Dingling! Dingling! Dingling!"

"Hello! This is the Criminal Investigation Division of Fengtai Branch. Who are you looking for?" Jia Dongming had just finished arranging the arrest plan for Gui Laoqi when the phone in the office suddenly rang. A police officer sitting in front of the phone immediately picked up the receiver and greeted him politely.

"Is this the Criminal Investigation Division of Fengtai Branch? This is Liu Guozhu from the Major Crimes Unit of Xicheng Branch. Is Captain Jia from the Municipal Bureau in your Fengtai Branch?" The question had barely finished when a middle-aged man's voice came through the phone.

Upon hearing Liu Guozhu's self-introduction, the police officer who answered the phone immediately replied politely, "Captain Liu! Captain Jia is with us. Please wait a moment while I put him on the phone."

At this point, the police officer who answered the phone immediately reported to Jia Dongming: "Captain Jia! Captain Liu from the Major Crimes Unit of the Xicheng District Branch is looking for you."

Upon hearing the report that Liu Guozhu had called him, Jia Dongming immediately guessed that the arrest operation at the Xicheng branch must have yielded results. He quickly walked to the desk where the phone was, took the receiver, and politely asked Liu Guozhu, "Captain Liu! You're calling me at this time, is it because your arrest operation has yielded results?"

Liu Guozhu never imagined that the case Jia Dongming and his team were investigating would lead to a cold case in their Xicheng District.

In response to Jia Dongming's question, Liu Guozhu immediately introduced to Jia Dongming: "Captain Jia! You may not know this, but the murder case that happened in the grove back then caused great panic in our West District. Some people even spread rumors that it was a ghost seeking revenge."

"After the case occurred, the Municipal Bureau required our branch to solve it within a specified period. Our old branch captain had to resign because he was unable to solve the case within the specified period. He also voluntarily applied for a job transfer and was transferred back to his hometown of Shanghai from Beijing."

"Captain Jia! I originally thought this case would become a cold case in our Xicheng branch, but I never expected that the case you were investigating would lead to this cold case that our branch has been unable to solve for so long."

“We received a call from Xinjiekou Police Station and immediately launched an operation to arrest the suspects on the list you provided. Except for Gui Laoqi and Jiang He, who have not yet been apprehended, all the other suspects have been captured and we are currently interrogating them.”

Upon hearing Liu Guozhu's explanation, Jia Dongming immediately asked, "Captain Liu! From what you're saying, Chen Jian, the guy we've been focusing on, should have been caught already, right?" Hearing Jia Dongming mention Chen Jian, Liu Guozhu immediately smiled and said, "Captain Jia! Chen Jian is the person you specifically asked us to capture. How could we let him get away? He's in our branch's interrogation room right now. Would you like to come and take a look?"

Upon hearing Liu Guozhu's explanation, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Liu Guozhu, "Captain Liu! We have a preliminary understanding of the main culprit, Gui Laoqi's, movements and are preparing to apprehend him this evening. We won't be coming to your branch office for now."

"What! Captain Jia! You've already got Ghost Seven's whereabouts? Is that really true?" When Liu Guozhu heard Jia Dongming say that they had found the main culprit Ghost Seven and were preparing to arrest him, his face immediately lit up with ecstatic joy, and he hurriedly asked Jia Dongming to confirm the news.

Upon hearing Liu Guozhu's question, Jia Dongming replied with absolute certainty: "Captain Liu! This is absolutely true. Furthermore, based on the information we currently have, this group is involved in more than just the murder in the grove. The car accident that happened to Qin Qiangsheng, the driver at the Xinjiekou Grain Station, a couple of years ago was very likely also committed by this group. When you interrogate this group, you must dig deep to see if you can uncover any more valuable clues."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's explanation, Liu Guozhu realized that the group's murder cases were not limited to the case in the grove. His eyes lit up, and he quickly assured Jia Dongming, "Captain Jia! Don't worry, I will immediately arrange for interrogation experts to conduct an in-depth investigation into these suspects, ensuring that their ancestors for eighteen generations are thoroughly investigated."

Upon hearing Liu Guozhu's assurance and considering that the case also involved corruption at the grain depot, Jia Dongming pondered for a moment before solemnly reminding Liu Guozhu, "Captain Liu! This group of people not only participated in the murder but also in the operation of the black market. Moreover, the boss behind this black market is involved in an even bigger case, so you must be careful to maintain confidentiality when interrogating these people."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's reminder, Liu Guozhu immediately understood the meaning behind Jia Dongming's words and hurriedly assured Jia Dongming, "Captain Jia! Please rest assured, I will personally instruct all comrades involved in the interrogation to pay close attention to confidentiality."

"What! Chen Jian and his group have been arrested by the Xicheng Branch Bureau? Did the Xicheng Branch Bureau say what the reason was for arresting Chen Jian and his group?" Just as Liu Guozhu was on the phone with Jia Dongming, in a small building, a middle-aged man heard his subordinate's report and learned that Chen Jian and others had been arrested. His face immediately turned solemn, and he asked his subordinate in a very gloomy tone.

The young man who came to report was Jiang He, the fish that Liu Guozhu had mentioned. When the police carried out the arrest operation against Jiang He, he happened to go outside to use the toilet because of a stomachache, which allowed him to escape.

Faced with the middle-aged man's questioning, and recalling the scene of Chen Jian and the others being handcuffed and put on a truck, Jiang He reported with lingering fear: "Boss! I don't know why the police arrested us. If I hadn't had a stomachache and gone to the toilet, I might have been arrested by the police too."

Upon hearing Jiang He's report, the middle-aged man, recalling the grain station corruption case being investigated by the Municipal Public Security Bureau, instinctively knew that Chen Jian and the others' arrests were likely related to this case. Thinking of Gui Laoqi, whom he hadn't seen for several days, the middle-aged man asked Jiang He with a serious expression, "Jiang He! Where has Laoqi been hiding these past few days? Do you know?"

(End of this chapter)