Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 561 It's a good thing this kid became a policeman.

Yu Dazhang wasn't just saying that randomly.

As he tracked him down, he discovered that Cheng Wenhao was very organized in his work.

Putting everything else aside, just the fact that they managed to raise 300,000 yuan in cash in such a short time is something that ordinary people cannot do.

This was even while he was being pursued.

It's important to understand that when people are in a panic, it's very difficult for them to concentrate on coming up with a solution.

What's even more impressive is that Cheng Wenhao possesses exceptionally strong counter-surveillance awareness and mental fortitude.

At Yao Jing's house, he was able to resist calling his parents.

From this perspective, Cheng Wenhao had already guessed that his parents' phone calls were being tapped by the police, and that making a call would inevitably expose his location.

Now even his way of getting home is all fancy.

Yu Dazhang felt that the secret passage Ma Jian had just mentioned was very likely to exist.

Children who grow up in mountain villages usually have their own secret base, and this place is secretly connected to their home.

Without someone to guide you, it would be difficult for outsiders to find it.

Moreover, there are many civil defense works left over from that time in the mountains. If you are familiar with the terrain enough, you can indeed fool everyone.

"More than these."

Yu Dazhang stared at the map and muttered to himself:

"He must have other plans."

Is there another ulterior motive?

Upon hearing this, the three people in the room all looked at him with suspicion.

Even Lü Zhongxin, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but speak up this time:

"It's not that complicated. In any case, Cheng Wenhao only has one destination left. As long as we can corner him at home, this prison break case will be over."

No… Yu Dazhang didn’t say anything, he just shook his head silently.

After a moment, he asked:

"Where's the money?"

Lu Zhongxin didn't quite understand and asked in return:

"what money?"

"Cheng Wenhao scraped together 300,000 yuan." Yu Dazhang slowly turned around and looked at his master and the others:

“His primary purpose in returning home was not to catch up with his parents, but to leave them the 300,000 yuan that Yao Jing had swindled from him.”

He paused briefly, seemingly giving everyone some time to think about the implied meaning in his words.

After a while, he continued:

"But have you considered that the nature of that money has changed now? Even if Cheng Wenhao takes the money home, the police will definitely not sit idly by and will definitely treat it as stolen money."

Yu Dazhang stared at them and asked, word by word:

"Would Cheng Wenhao not have thought of this?"

"All indications now suggest that he is not stupid, or rather, he is a person who is good at using his brain."

"Now that he has thought of this, how can this problem be solved?"

Reasoning is about selecting the most logical hypothesis from a list of assumptions.

Is there a shortcut?

Of course there are.

Putting yourself in someone else's shoes is a shortcut.

However, very few people are good at taking this shortcut.

People think differently, and it takes a high level of intelligence to be able to completely follow another person's way of thinking.

Just like now.

Everyone in the room knew that they needed to put themselves in Cheng Wenhao's shoes and think about the problem from his perspective.

Unfortunately, only one person could do it.

"If I were Cheng Wenhao..."

Yu Dazhang's eyes went unfocused as he stared blankly at something in front of him, muttering to himself:

“Bringing the money home directly is definitely not an option. Now that the police know about the money, they will definitely search for it.” “If it is discovered, the money will be handed over, and my parents won’t get a single penny.”

At this point, he couldn't help but frown:
"We absolutely cannot let this happen!"

"Therefore, we must hide this money."

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. After a moment, his brow suddenly relaxed:
"It was hidden in a place the police couldn't find, but my parents could."

"Then this place must be familiar to my parents."

After saying that last sentence, Yu Dazhang slowly came back to his senses, and his eyes regained focus.

"you……"

He suddenly realized that the three people in front of him were staring at him as if he were a monster.

"They wouldn't think I was just trying to summon a spirit, would they..." Yu Dazhang was afraid his master and the others would misunderstand and think he was practicing feudal superstition, so he quickly explained:

"You don't need to make a fuss, I'm just trying to put myself in their shoes."

The three nodded solemnly.

Immediately, Liu Miao spoke up:
"Based on your analysis, Cheng Wenhao chose to go home from the mountain mainly because he wanted to hide the money, and the hiding place was on the mountain."

Cheng Wenhao was familiar with this mountain, as were his parents, who even knew more about it than he did.

“That’s right,” Ma Jian echoed.
"That must be it. Searching the mountains for money is much more difficult than finding people, and the amount of money is only 300,000, which is not even enough to cover the cost of two searches."

There was one more thing he didn't say.

The reward for Cheng Wenhao has now been raised to 200,000.

The reward amount is still being updated. If he cannot be apprehended today, the number will at least double tomorrow.

"The more you try to hide something, the more obvious it becomes."

Yu Dazhang pondered for a moment and said:

"Is it possible that Cheng Wenhao deliberately took a detour to draw the police's attention to the mountain?"

"If it were me, I would find a time difference, return to Xishan, and then hide the money in the woods behind the Catholic church."

When Lü Zhongxin and his colleagues heard this, they felt a chill run down their spines.

Is this a solution that a human could come up with?
If Cheng Wenhao really did that, the police wouldn't have thought of it.

After all, Xishan had already been searched once.

Seeing the strange looks they were giving him, Yu Dazhang quickly waved his hand:
"This is just a hypothesis, don't take it seriously."

Is this just a hypothesis?
The three of them looked at each other, and we felt it was quite possible.

Luckily, that kid became a policeman.

The idea involuntarily popped into the minds of all three of them.

"Let's go."

Yu Dazhang took one last look at the map and then said:

"Go to Cheng Wenhao's parents' house. If nothing unexpected happens, he should have already arrived."

He had considered all the possibilities and there would be no other changes; Cheng Wenhao would definitely come home.

Twenty minutes later.

The police car arrived at a mountain village. After Yu Dazhang and the others got out of the car, they looked around.

On a hillside not far away, two police officers lay prone on the ground, dressed in khaki camouflage uniforms, blending into their surroundings, watching a courtyard without moving.

On the other side of the roof, two police officers were also lying in the same position, observing the courtyard.

Due to the angle, Yu Dazhang could only see these two observation points.

But he could sense that there were more police officers secretly monitoring the target.

Soon, the gate of a courtyard opened, and a police officer strode out and approached Yu Dazhang.

"The target has not yet appeared."

The officer reported:
"There was nothing unusual in the yard either."

Yu Dazhang nodded, seemingly having anticipated this.

He then walked around Cheng Wenhao's parents' house and finally stopped at the front gate.

“Go knock on the door,” Yu Dazhang said to his master.
"He's already home."

(End of this chapter)