Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 377 Those who hang out with Fatty are no ordinary people.
Yu Dazhang was actually joking with him.

Even if he ends up having to pay for the excess himself, he won't let his colleagues in the provincial department pay out of their own pockets.

However, there is one advantage to making this joke: it can greatly improve work efficiency.

Staying in Guangzhou for an extra day means spending more on accommodation, and for a criminal police officer, staying in a four-star hotel is indeed a bit of a luxury.

Therefore, the provincial police officers naturally hoped to finish their work in Guangzhou as soon as possible.

After checking into their rooms, the officers returned to their own rooms.

Yu Dazhang then gathered his people together.

Qi Fang then went to his room as well.

"Everyone's here. To save time, let's have a meeting tonight."

Yu Dazhang looked at the people sitting opposite him and said in a deep voice:

"The main focus is on information sharing and developing action plans for the next steps."

One thing that star-rated hotels can't match is their superior soundproofing.

You don't need to be careful when you speak here, unless someone is deliberately eavesdropping, you can't hear anything from next door.

"Tell us about the situation here first," Yu Dazhang said to Ma Jian and Liu Miao.

"Please be as detailed as possible."

This time, Liu Miao is the one reporting the situation; he is more meticulous in handling cases.

Starting with the unlicensed taxis, Liu Miao spent about ten minutes recounting what they had discovered over the past few days.

He concluded by saying:
“We’ve figured out the pattern. The other party must have mixed in with those touts, because only in this way can they take advantage of the situation.”

After listening to his story, everyone in the room fell into deep thought.

Yu Dazhang was a little better off, since Ma Jian had reported to him before, and what Liu Miao said was almost exactly the same.

Liu Miao went into more detail on some aspects.

Illegal activities such as unlicensed taxis and ticket scalpers have formed gangs here, making it impossible for outsiders to infiltrate.

Yes, ticket scalpers also operate in gangs.

Nationwide, police dismantle several such gangs every year, but new gangs keep emerging.

As long as there is profit to be made, there will always be people willing to take the risk.

Unless we find a way to completely sever this chain of interests.

Those who solicit customers for hotels are not as united because they don't have as much profit to be made.

They mainly rely on commissions from hotels to earn income, and in reality, they are not much different from ordinary workers.

Mixing in with them is obviously the best option, as it not only provides concealment but also allows for the selection of targets independently.

"The other side hasn't shown their face even once these past few days?" Yu Dazhang asked, staring at the two of them.

He was now starting to suspect that Zhang Chao and his men might have already withdrawn their troops.

Otherwise, the crime rate would be too low.

If they haven't caught a single person in so many days, where did all those cheap laborers in N province come from?

"Yes."

When they talked about this, they both lowered their heads, looking ashamed.

But Liu Miao quickly looked up and added:

"We didn't find any suspects, not even a single person with intellectual disabilities."

"It's really strange. The train station has such a large flow of people, but I haven't seen a single person with intellectual disabilities in so many days."

That's the main reason... Yu Dazhang felt that Liu Miao had hit the nail on the head.

"If a person with intellectual disabilities stood in front of you, could you tell?" he asked.

"I think so." Liu Miao was a little taken aback by the question. He hesitated for a moment before answering:
"Someone with Fang Peng's appearance can be recognized at a glance."

Yu Dazhang shook his head in disappointment and said in a deep voice:

"But Fang Peng is a person of normal intelligence."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Yu Dazhang.

The thought unconsciously popped into everyone's mind: You can't judge a book by its cover.

During the few days they spent stationed in Yancheng Industrial Zone, they knew that there were mentally disabled people working in those factories, but they could not identify them by their appearance.

Unless it's something particularly obvious, it's really hard to tell. The room fell silent again. Yu Dazhang took out a pack of He Tianxia cigarettes, opened it, and threw it onto the bed.

In no time, the room was filled with a strong smell of tobacco.

"They must have a method for identifying them."

Lu Zhongxin exhaled a puff of smoke and said with a solemn expression:
"Since we can't tell just by looking at them, the next step is to talk and have physical contact."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

Liu Miao then replied:
"At the train station, the only people who can talk to strangers without arousing suspicion are those touts."

"They can identify each other by observing the other person's reactions and way of speaking during the conversation."

That makes sense... Upon hearing his words, Yu Dazhang couldn't help but recall the mentally disabled people he had encountered in Yancheng.

Those people share a common characteristic in their speech: they have a limited vocabulary and tend to use repetitive and verbose sentences.

In terms of language expression, they often use simple short sentences with frequent grammatical errors and have difficulty grasping the key points.

Some of them had unclear pronunciation, spoke slowly, and had abnormal intonation.

In summary: illogical thinking, weak comprehension and reaction abilities.

In conversations with them, you can usually tell their grammatical errors and problems within just two sentences.

"So, they weren't completely hidden," Lü Zhongxin said in a deep voice.

"The point is that you didn't notice when they took the people away."

"It's not your fault. There are so many people at the train station every day. You don't know if the people being taken away are mentally disabled."

Even though he was trying to excuse Ma Jian and Liu Miao, the two still felt somewhat guilty, and their eyes flickered with apology.

Yu Dazhang, however, skipped over this topic entirely:

"Let's think together about how to find them."

The most direct way is to arrest all the touts at the train station and interrogate them separately.

However, this method cannot distinguish which are the real criminals.

If the other party insists that they are soliciting customers and are actually doing this job, the police really can't do anything about it.

The ID card doesn't indicate who the suspects are.

"We have enough manpower now, so we can send more people to observe at the train station."

It was Ma Jian who spoke. When he saw that Yu Dazhang had brought so many people, he had already thought of this method.

"This method won't work," Yu Dazhang shook his head in rejection.
"Disguised reconnaissance is not just about having a lot of people, and suddenly increasing manpower in a fixed location will also increase the risk of exposure."

There was one more thing he didn't say.

To identify suspects, you must listen closely to their conversations with strangers.

However, once you get close, it will inevitably arouse the other party's suspicion.

If they are discovered by the other side, they will retreat immediately.

Once they escape, finding them again will undoubtedly be even more difficult.

Then everyone started expressing their opinions one after another.

Qi Fang remained silent throughout the room.

It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, but that he didn't have the opportunity.

He discovered that none of the people who came from Songhai were ordinary individuals.

You can tell from the way they speak that these people are all logical and quick-witted.

They have a sharp and incisive view of issues, without any hesitation or ambiguity.

What surprised him most was that the two people who had been secretly investigating at Guangzhou Railway Station were actually from Songhai.

In other words, they were a group of five people who were handling a case across provinces.

There were so few people, and they were divided into two groups.

How dare they arrange things like this!
But it was precisely because of this arrangement that the task force saved a lot of time.

Without the prior undercover observation, there would be no further reasoning at present.

Qi Fang unconsciously opened his mouth, staring blankly as his colleagues, including Song Hai, discussed the case.

I've already smoked two cigarettes with Tianxia, ​​and now I feel a little embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)