Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 669 There are techniques to tying people up.
"The entire villa has been searched?" Yu Dazhang asked the police officer standing to the side.

“Yes,” the officer replied immediately.

“We’ve searched every place where people can hide.”

This is already a very rigorous answer.

A place where someone can hide must be quite large, so the search won't take long.

Some people have asked, "Shouldn't we also search the smaller places? Just in case someone is hiding there?"

That's called arguing for the sake of arguing.

Let's smash the piggy bank too, and see if someone is hiding inside.

Unscrew all the medicine bottles, pour out all the pills, and check if there's anyone inside.

Open all the bottles of liquor and pour them out, in case someone gets soaked in them.

Now it's clear, right?

If someone actually did that, their intelligence would be questionable.

Finding a person is not like finding something; there are very few places in a house where a person can hide.

Just as he was about to continue questioning the young man, a police officer's shout suddenly came from the basement:

"Who's there?! Show yourself!"

Judging from the sound, the person was clearly frightened.

Yu Dazhang and Captain Xu immediately exchanged a glance.

There are still people hiding down there!
Upon arriving at the underground sunroom, Yu Dazhang saw two police officers pointing their guns at a room, with one of the officers about to step inside.

Yu Dazhang walked to the door of the room and looked inside. He found that the room was full of clutter, and the police officer was prying open cardboard boxes one by one.

"Where is he?" Captain Xu asked from the side.

"We heard some noise from downstairs just now," the armed police officer at the door replied.

"When I got here, I saw that the cardboard boxes that were originally stacked were shaking, so I concluded that there was someone behind me."

That statement is problematic.

The shaking they later noticed indicated that they hadn't thoroughly searched the storage room beforehand.

"Didn't you check this room?" Captain Xu asked, his voice already low and serious.

"We've checked," the officer said truthfully, not daring to hide anything.

“We checked all the gaps between the miscellaneous items, but we didn’t move the cardboard boxes because from the outside, they looked like they were stacked neatly. We didn’t expect that there was nothing behind them.”

There's really no excuse; negligence is negligence, and you can't just brush it off with a simple "I didn't expect it."

The more cluttered the storage room is, the more carefully you should check it, because that's where people are most likely to hide.

However, from an appearance standpoint, such places are also the easiest to deceive people.

As they were talking, the police officer inside had already moved all the cardboard boxes aside, revealing the previously hidden space inside.

Throughout the process, Yu Dazhang kept his eyes fixed on the front, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

When the last cardboard box was moved away, two disheveled women with messy hair appeared in front of them.

Their hands were tied and their mouths were gagged with duct tape.

Upon seeing the person in front of them, their faces simultaneously revealed expressions of terror.

Two more women who have been abducted?
"Don't be afraid, we are police officers."

The officer closest to them whispered reassuringly:
"You are safe."

As he spoke, he reached out to help the two women who were curled up on the ground.

"Don't move!" Yu Dazhang suddenly shouted.

Who should stay still? His shout confused everyone.

Even the two women curled up on the ground looked at him with suspicion.

"Da Zhang, what's wrong with you...?"

Just as Captain Xu was about to ask a question, Yu Dazhang interrupted him, saying:

"Step back, I'm talking to you."

This time everyone could see clearly that Yu Dazhang was speaking to the police officer in front.

As he spoke, he took his sidearm from his waist.

then……

He pointed the gun at the two women on the ground.

"Sit up and raise your hands!"

After he finished speaking, he turned to the officer in front of him and said:

"Cuff them both and search them again to see if they have any weapons."

"Is this an overreaction?" Captain Xu couldn't help but worry.

These two women are clearly being held captive by the suspect. Was it really necessary to treat them like this?
Besides, there were no female police officers in the task force. If they were searched directly under these circumstances and a mistake was made, who would take responsibility? But out of trust in Da Zhang, he did not stop it.

If these two women really have something going on, then there's no question of them violating any rules.

According to Article 87 of the Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security, examinations of women's bodies shall be conducted by female staff members.

There are two points to note above:
First, the word "should" is not an affirmative sentence.

Therefore, this word can come in handy in special circumstances.

Second, that's a regulation for public security administration, not a criminal law.

They target different groups.

Those who violate public security regulations and criminal law are not a single group of people.

Therefore, when apprehending a criminal caught in the act or a major suspect, gender is only a consideration, not a decisive factor.

In situations like the one before us, a body search would be necessary.

The reason why Yu Dazhang was able to handle so many special cases and still live a good life is because he put safety first and everything else second.

Upon hearing the order, the officer immediately took out handcuffs and cuffed the two women.

"You, you guys..."

The two were clearly panicked and tried desperately to back away, but dared not resist.

When it came to the body search, the officer hesitated for a moment, but eventually searched all the places where weapons could be hidden, but avoided sensitive areas.

Seeing that no weapons were found, Yu Dazhang stepped forward, approached the two women, and then put his sidearm back into its holster.

At this distance, Yu Dazhang was confident that no one could ambush him.

"Now I'll give you a chance to explain. I'll ask, and you answer."

Yu Dazhang looked at them:

"Understand?"

The two nodded immediately, their eyes filled with panic.

Good people aren't afraid of the police... Seeing the look in their eyes, Yu Dazhang felt even more confident.

"Since you weren't tied up, why didn't you help each other untie the ropes?"

This is a logical problem.

If you look at the surface at first glance, you really can't find it immediately, but you can't help but think about it carefully.

"We were so scared."

The slightly older woman answered:
“We were being watched by people the whole time, so we didn’t dare to.”

Yu Dazhang gave her a thumbs-up:

"Really quick response."

Then he asked:

"Second question, was it the same person who kidnapped you?"

When this question was raised, everyone, including Team Leader Xu, was stunned.

There's only one reason: I don't know what his purpose was in asking that question.

It seems this fat guy always manages to come up with something different from others.

"This……"

The woman hesitated, seemingly wanting to say "yes" but unsure of what to do.

“What’s there to consider?” Yu Dazhang urged.
"Just tell me the truth, do you think I'm playing a riddle game with you?"

Urged on by him, the woman immediately replied:

"Yes, it was the same person who tied us up back then."

Her tone was very certain, probably because she thought this was the most logical answer.

But the next second, Yu Dazhang's voice suddenly turned cold, and he pointed to the ropes tied around their wrists:

"The same person tied two completely different knots for you?"

"Tell me, was it because that person particularly liked tying knots and deliberately tied them in different ways, or was it something you requested?"

After he said that, Captain Xu and his team immediately noticed this detail.

You have excellent eyesight.

He not only noticed that the two were not tied up, but he also noticed how the rope was tied.

"This, this is..."

The woman opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to explain, but she quickly realized what she meant:
"How would we know what he was thinking?"

She's really stubborn... Yu Dazhang stared at her coldly:
"Is it possible that you two tied each other up?"

(End of this chapter)