Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 690 An Unavoidable Trap

Why didn't they go to Yanjing themselves to arrest them?
Too far.

More importantly, time was of the essence, and they could not afford to delay in the slightest.

Zhang Jiangke booked the room three days ago. Judging from his past hotel booking records, he almost never stays in the same hotel for an extended period of time.

He usually stays at a hotel for about three days, with the longest he's ever stayed being only five days.

Therefore, at this point in time, Zhang Jiangke could check out and leave at any time.

"I'll take care of it right away," Captain Xu replied, then immediately got up and left.

When Yu Dazhang was the only one left in the office, his gaze fell on the documents in front of him again.

"Why would such a seasoned human trafficker be completely unprepared to track down his whereabouts?"

Yu Dazhang muttered to himself:

"Even Xie Wei knew to have someone rent him a house so that he could effectively avoid police tracking and achieve the goal of long-term hiding."

He doesn't think Zhang Jiangke is inferior to Xie Wei.

As people age, they become shrewd and cunning. In every aspect, Xie Wei is quite different from Zhang Jiangke.

There was Zhang Qian between the two of them.

In other words, Xie Wei is not even as good as Zhang Qian, let alone Zhang Jiangke, who is at a higher level.

If that's the case, it means that Zhang Jiangke's mind is definitely more flexible and his consideration of things is more comprehensive than Xie Wei's.

He did it on purpose!
Yu Dazhang immediately made a judgment in his mind.

The reason Zhang Jiangke dared to use his real identity to book a hotel room must be that he was confident he wouldn't get caught.

Or rather, this seemingly normal behavior was actually a smokescreen he set up for the police.

“He didn’t take any precautions when buying tickets and booking rooms at the beginning, because he hadn’t yet made large-scale acquisitions in China.”

Yu Dazhang narrowed his eyes, his mind racing.

A habitual offender like Zhang Jiangke knows very well that once he starts buying up assets nationwide, it won't be long before the police are alerted.

But you can't stop at this point, unless you've made enough money.

As time goes on, Zhang Jiangke's vigilance will only increase.

At this time, people are easily trapped in their own fantasies that scare them.

Because he didn't know if the police had already found him.

Then comes the problem.

How can I be sure if the police have found me?

Thinking of this, Yu Dazhang unconsciously changed the direction of his thinking.

"If I were Zhang Jiangke..."

"As more and more people were arrested, I began to live in constant fear."

“This can’t go on. I can’t wait for the police to come knocking on my door. So I’m going to set a trap before the police find me, to see if I’ve been exposed.”

What kind of trap should be set?

At this moment, Yu Dazhang's brain was working at high speed, with one hypothesis after another flashing through his mind.

"If you're going to set a trap, you should set it on the route that the police investigation will inevitably take."

“I don’t have a fixed phone number in China, so this route is blocked and the police can’t find me by phone.”

"Then the only option is to investigate my whereabouts, and my hotel booking records are the most crucial clue."

"Yes, it's the hotel booking records. That's the only place where we can set a trap for the police."

He suddenly stopped talking at this point.

What should we do?
Composing himself, he turned his attention back to the documents.

Before we proceed with our deductions, there is one thing we can confirm first.

This time, he started looking from behind to front.

March, February, January...

Sure enough, there wasn't a single ticket purchase record!

However, during these three months, Zhang Jiangke had hotel booking records in both Yanjing and Songhai.

This indicates that he no longer uses public transportation to travel between the two places.

Looking further back, in mid-December last year, Zhang Jiangke bought a plane ticket to fly from Songhai to Yanjing.

In other words, he started taking precautions against the police this year.

Without a ticket purchase record, the police were unable to track his whereabouts, but he continued to stay in hotels.

"I see!"

Yu Dazhang's eyes lit up.

Now that it's confirmed Zhang Jiangke set a trap, the method isn't hard to guess. "It's true they booked a hotel room, but the person staying in the room wasn't him."

"Yes, that must be the case!"

Even when talking to himself, Yu Dazhang still used an affirmative tone.

Because this is the most practical and effective method.

Zhang Jiangke could simply arrange for someone to stay in the room he booked and then keep an eye on that person's movements.

Once this person is arrested by the police, it means they have been exposed.

How can I keep a close eye on this person's movements?

It's very simple, just find someone else to book a room next door using their own ID card.

The police will make a lot of noise when they arrest someone; you can hear it even if you don't leave your room.

"Damn it, this is a conspiracy!"

Yu Dazhang immediately realized that this was a trap that the police could not avoid.

Once the main suspect's whereabouts are located, an arrest is inevitable.

Just like when I gave the order to Captain Xu, I felt that we should make the arrest immediately.

Thinking of this, he immediately took out his phone and dialed Captain Xu's number.

After the call connected, he asked directly:

"Have you contacted the police in Yanjing?"

"I just got in touch," Captain Xu replied.
"I'm waiting for the leader of the specific jurisdiction to call me back."

Thankfully, we made it in time… Yu Dazhang breathed a sigh of relief and then said:

“This Zhang Jiangke is no ordinary man. We can’t arrest him directly. We need to coordinate with our colleagues in Yanjing and lie in ambush near the hotel. We can only make a move when we see Zhang Jiangke in person. This way, we can ensure that nothing goes wrong.”

You have Zhang Liangji, I have a wall ladder.

Since arrest is inevitable, let's set a necessary condition before the arrest.

The police will only take action if this condition is met.

This way, the traps set by Zhang Jiangke can be effectively avoided.

"Don't release the hawk until you see the rabbit." How would you like to respond?

"Should we not arrest them yet?"

Team Leader Xu clearly didn't quite understand this decision:
"Such a good opportunity, it would be a shame to miss it, what if they get away..."

Yu Dazhang had anticipated his reaction, so he immediately interrupted:

"Listen to me first."

He then explained in detail the conclusion he had just drawn.

After listening, Captain Xu remained silent for a long time before finally speaking slowly:

"You came up with all of these things yourself right after I left?"

He felt a headache coming on just from processing this information; it would be impossible to do it by simply imagining it out of thin air.

Many times, he really couldn't understand Yu Dazhang's thought process.

It doesn't feel like an analysis of a case, but rather like a criminal confessing.

"It's not difficult at all," Yu Dazhang said nonchalantly.

"Just put yourself in their shoes."

Logical reasoning doesn't necessarily require exceptional intelligence; it can actually be learned.

Once you become familiar with a certain way of thinking, your brain will naturally analyze a case according to that way of thinking whenever you think about it.

In his previous life, Yu Dazhang had already figured out his own way of thinking, but his mind wasn't as quick as it is in this life.

After ending the call, he focused his attention back on the documents in front of him.

That's what makes him different from other criminal police officers.

When others read materials, they usually just read them once to get a general understanding of the content.

After all, it's about understanding the case, not memorizing a text.

Unlike Da Zhang, he was used to finding the key points in the data and then analyzing them slowly.

Often, what others consider a simple document can take him a long time to study.

At this moment, Yu Dazhang placed his hand on the documents, moving down from the initial hotel booking records little by little.

When the timeline reached a hotel booking record from before the new year, his hand stopped.

"You booked two rooms?"

(End of this chapter)