Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 609 Why don't you change your bags?

Police officers must always act in accordance with the law.

You cannot confiscate all the money and property of a family member just because someone in the family has committed a crime; there is no such provision in the law.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty has been gone for over a hundred years, and the system of confiscating property has long since disappeared.

To reiterate, if you suspect the money is embezzled, you need to provide evidence to prove it.

In fact, Yu Dazhang is not wrong.

Taking money indiscriminately without distinguishing right from wrong is no different from burglary.

After taking the money back, Yu Dazhang handed it over to the old man.

"Here's the money."

Seeing the old man holding the cloth bag in his arms, he asked again:

"Have you seen Tan Rui today? He's the second son of the Tan family."

The next step is to find evidence.

Yu Dazhang also felt that the money was stolen, but just feeling it wasn't enough.

Moreover, the ransom was in the form of gold bars exchanged for cash. If gold bars were found at the Qi family's residence, the police would have reason to suspect that it was stolen money.

"Never seen it before." The old man shook his head.

"Isn't the second son of the Tan family doing business in town? I haven't seen him for a long time."

He didn't lie... This was something Yu Dazhang hadn't expected.

If this money wasn't given by Tan Rui, then who else could it be?
All five people involved in the kidnapping have been arrested. Could there be others involved in this case?

Another crucial point is that this is 500,000 yuan in cash.

Even if Tan Rui asked others to help deliver the money, it wouldn't be possible to gather that much cash all at once.

"Did you really save this money little by little?" Yu Dazhang asked tentatively.

"When we last met, didn't you say that your two sons had taken all the money in the house?"

The old man became flustered again when this was mentioned.

He dared not look directly at Da Zhang, but instead lowered his head and answered softly:
“I hid the money because I was afraid they would find it, so I didn’t dare tell the truth to outsiders.”

He's lying again... Yu Dazhang realized that the old man in front of him wasn't a cunning person at all.

The fact that this person never tries to hide their emotions when speaking indicates that they rarely lie.

Just as he was about to continue testing him, Lü Zhongxin came to his side and patted him on the shoulder.

Yu Dazhang knew that his master wanted him to go outside and talk.

Upon entering the courtyard, Lü Zhongxin quickly said:
"The police just reported that they also found 500,000 yuan in cash at Yu Chong's house."

Another 500,000? Yu Dazhang knew very well that such a coincidence was almost impossible.

If so, then it's man-made.

"Has Wu Rui's family been investigated?" Yu Dazhang asked.

"We checked, but found nothing." Lü Zhongxin shook his head.
"However, it's also possible that their family deposited the money in a bank. I've already had someone investigate their accounts, and we'll have the results soon."

Now that 500,000 yuan in cash had been found at two of the kidnappers' homes, he naturally suspected that the other kidnappers' homes had also received the money.

As they were talking, the police officer who had confiscated 500,000 yuan from the Qi family also came out of the house.

"Da Zhang, thank you."

He approached Yu Dazhang and said sincerely:

"I acted impulsively and made some assumptions, but thankfully you reminded me in time."

He finally realized what had happened, and while still shaken, he was also filled with gratitude towards Da Zhang.

What I just did was a raid on their property. As long as I take that money out of this yard, this matter will become unclear.

You were tasked with searching a suspect's house for gold, but you ended up confiscating the cash instead.

Who knows if you're just after money, or if you're just eager to make a name for yourself.

In short, if he touches this money, he will definitely be considered to be acting out of selfish motives.

For police officers, once they are labeled with this tag, their career is definitely over.

"Thank you for what."

Yu Dazhang waved his hand dismissively:
"Actually, I also suspected that there was something wrong with that money, but I didn't have any evidence, so I couldn't take any rash actions."

What he was most curious about now was how those two guys had gotten such a large sum of cash. He had spent all his cash at the shopping mall, leaving not a single penny behind.

In such a short period of time, it is almost impossible for an ordinary person to raise more than a million in cash.

Besides, neither of them had that much money.

If they really had over a million, they wouldn't have become kidnappers.

Yu Dazhang was now somewhat impressed by the other party's meticulousness.

They exchanged the ransom for gold bars, and then left cash at their homes. This way, the police couldn't just take the cash away directly.

Because one step was missing, the police first needed to find evidence that the Tan brothers had exchanged the gold bars for cash.

Yu Dazhang thought for a moment, then said to his master.

"Go to Yu Chong's house."

Since we have no clue for the time being, we'll go to the house where the money has already been received to look for evidence.

Upon arriving at Yu Chong's house, the master and apprentice went directly to the inner room.

"I've said it so many times, this money is what our family saved up by scrimping and saving."

Yu Chong's mother, holding a bulging cloth bag in her arms, was in a standoff with the police officers inside the house.

“We work ourselves to the bone our whole lives, is 500,000 yuan a lot? Besides, our family doesn’t trust banks. We feel most at ease with the money in our own hands.”

Yu Dazhang stared at the cloth bag in her arms, and his lips curled slightly.

Why don't you change your bags?

The two families used identical cloth bags to hold their money; they really didn't care about any details.

Fortunately, the police officers here did not confiscate the money.

Before Da Zhang could even speak, Lü Zhongxin preemptively asked:
Have you seen Tan Rui today?

"Tan Rui?" Yu Chong's mother thought for a moment and asked in return:

"The second son of the Tan family?"

Lü Zhongxin nodded:

"That's right, it's him. Have you seen him today?"

This is called indirect approach.

First, determine whether the woman in front of us has met Tan Rui. If they have, the source of this 500,000 can be explained.

"No," Yu Chong's mother shook her head in denial.

“That kid has a home in town now, he only comes back to stay occasionally, I haven’t seen him for a while.”

It was so natural... Yu Dazhang didn't see any sign of lying on her face.

Since both sides have said so, it can be basically concluded that the money was not given to them by Tan Rui.

Yu Dazhang also noticed that they all gave the same story to the outside world, saying that they had saved up the money little by little.

It's obvious that someone taught them to say that.

No fancy reasons are needed; this one explanation is enough.

It's simply unrealistic to expect a family to provide a detailed statement of their savings.

No family could provide it.

Moreover, the number 500,000 is also quite subtle.

This money seems like a resettlement allowance.

If you save too little, it won't do much for the family; if you save too much, it can't be explained by savings.

Therefore, 500,000 is just the right amount.

Lu Zhongxin then asked a few more questions, which Yu Chong's mother answered fluently, showing that she had been prepared before the police arrived.

People can truly unleash their potential when faced with money.

Five hundred thousand is enough for an ordinary family to take a gamble, let alone the fact that the money is already in their hands.

Yu Dazhang no longer expected to get anything out of these two families.

The master and apprentice had just left the house when Lü Zhongxin received a call from the police:
"Wu Rui's father went to the town bank and deposited 500,000 yuan half an hour ago."

(End of this chapter)