You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 52 Director Lu: I'm going all in!

Zheng Kang stared at He Jinbo as if he were looking at a fool.

He tilted his head and looked at Maozi: "Maozi, you tell your master about Yang Jinwen's question just now!"

"Huh?" The cat looked bewildered.

He was sipping his Jianlibao (a popular Chinese soft drink) slowly, thinking that it tasted really good. It cost two yuan a can, but he usually couldn't afford to buy it because he had to save money for his sister's education.

He was usually the one running errands, and when the older members discussed cases in private, he never had a say.

Now that Zheng Kang had called his name, with four pairs of eyes fixed on him, Maozi was so nervous that he couldn't help but swallow.

For a moment, Maozi felt as if she were facing a life-or-death test, after all, how could she know something that even her master didn't?
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his eyes darted around nervously.

Zheng Kang urged, "You've been interning for several months now, and you don't even know such a simple question? Don't you understand the case at all?"

"My master isn't..." he thought to himself. Zheng Kang continued, "Your master is blinded by his own involvement. He was provoked by Liao Guohua of the North City Branch and his brain went blank."

At that moment, a thought flashed through Maozi's mind, and he suddenly blurted out, "I understand, in addition to the five thousand yuan deposit slip that was lost, the victim's family also had eight hundred yuan in cash."

Cat excitedly stretched out his hand: "Eight hundred yuan in cash can take a long time, they certainly won't risk going to get the money during this time!"

“That’s right!” Zheng Kang snapped his fingers and looked at He Jinbo: “Old He, your apprentice is smarter than you.”

He Jinbo's expression froze: "No, it's not..."

"What do you mean it isn't!" Jiang Jianbing slammed his hand on the table. "Unless something unexpected happens in the families of these murderers, such as a family member becoming seriously ill and urgently needing a large sum of money, they really wouldn't need to go to the bank to withdraw money right away!"

Xu Guoliang added, "If that's the case, they'll definitely keep a close eye on the direction of our police investigation. Only when we let our guard down and can't find the case will they feel comfortable going to the bank to withdraw money!"

Zheng Kang snapped his fingers again: "Right, if I were the murderer, I would definitely do this!"

Cat continued to let his thoughts wander. The answer he had just guessed had sent a surge of dopamine through his brain, making him even more excited than when he was secretly reading the confiscated pornographic magazine in the bathroom.

"The murderer will definitely be watching the crime scene, trying to see if we can trace it back to them."

Jiang Jianbing continued, "The murderers committed the crime at our North City Branch. Even if they went to the bank to withdraw money, it's unlikely they would do so at our North City Bank. Withdrawing money across districts carries less risk!"
"Captain He, in the meeting this morning, Liao Guohua and Chai Tao, the captain of the Jiaxing branch, were so confident and assured; they must have thought of this!"

He Jinbo felt a surge of panic as he listened to their discussion.

Indeed, just as Zheng Kang just said, the establishment of the special task force and the involvement of the Chengbei and Jiaxing branches put He Jinbo and Lu Shaohua under great pressure.

The murderer was indeed arrested, but the case actually occurred at the North City Branch of the Public Security Bureau.

How can they even have the nerve to do this?
Shameless!
Not only him, but even Lu Shaohua might be transferred!
Even if it's a lateral transfer, you might be assigned to a remote county town or a township police station as a deputy director, which is no different from guarding a pond in the movies.

Before finding any concrete clues, it was very wise to send investigators and joint defense teams to stake out banks in various districts, since the Chengbei Branch and Jiaxing Branch had done the same thing.

However, we have gathered enough clues to conduct a large-scale investigation.

So He Jinbo began to waver. He looked at the three old men and two new recruits around the table.

These five men, like veteran cops in the trenches, stared intently at him, waiting for someone to shout, "Squad leader, give the order!" Looking at their burning gazes, He Jinbo stood up: "Cat, you come with me to find Director Lu. Old Jiang and Old Xu, you two and Old Zheng, go and investigate here first."

If Director Lu agrees, we'll change the direction of our investigation and begin investigating based on the leads you've provided!

After saying that, He Jinbo turned to leave. Seeing that Maozi was somewhat reluctant to go with him, he scolded, "You brat, are you trying to betray your master and ancestors? Your master is just making a mess of things when he's in a hurry. It's not that I didn't consider the question you just answered! Hurry up, stop dawdling!"

After the two left, Zheng Kang, Yang Jinwen, and the other three began to search along both sides of Jianmin Road, mainly focusing on the shops that did business along the street.

They only had one clue: whether any suspicious people had appeared in the vicinity in the days leading up to June 14th.

Especially the time spent loitering outside the noodle shop and along the roadside, and on the night of June 14th, when Zhang Xiaoying was carrying her child home, was anyone following her suspiciously?

This clue is very vague, and there is no specific image of the perpetrator. If we're talking about suspicious people, there are plenty of them on the street, commonly known as drifters.

What is "blind migrant"? It refers to the population that moves blindly, mainly those who do not have a fixed occupation, household registration, or stable residence and spontaneously move from rural areas to cities.

There are such people all over Annam City, and it would be extremely difficult to investigate them one by one.

Therefore, Zheng Kang and his group focused on Zhang Xiaoying's route home that night.

According to Sun Lu's statement, Zhang Xiaoying left the noodle shop and went home at 10 p.m. on the day of the incident.

Two hours earlier, Zheng Kang and Yang Jinwen had eaten noodles at a noodle shop before heading to meet up with Jiang Jianming and Xu Guoliang to arrest someone at a video arcade on Fengtai Road.

It was 10 p.m. in 1997, and apart from the shops along the street, there weren't many people on the street.

Moreover, apart from main roads or intersections, some roads will experience power outages and the streetlights will not be on all the time because the power system and electricity costs are relatively high.

In other words, as long as someone follows Zhang Xiaoying home or scouted her house beforehand, there is a high probability that eyewitnesses can be found.

By this time, it was already 7 p.m. Zheng Kang and his team had been searching Jianmin Road for five or six hours, and while they had found many women who had gone into business, they hadn't found anyone who met their criteria.

Holding a map of the North City District, Yang Jinwen said to the three people, "It's three kilometers from Jianmin Road to Wutong Lane."

It takes half an hour to walk there, meaning that if Zhang Xiaoying left the noodle shop with her child at 10:00 AM, she should have arrived home around 10:30 AM, no later than 10:40 AM. We will then search this road and the surrounding area of ​​Wutong Lane.”

Jiang Jianbing put his hands on his hips and complained, "There are only four of us. Even if we speed things up, we still won't be able to finish until tomorrow morning, and we might even miss some eyewitnesses."

Xu Guoliang nodded: "We have to call for reinforcements."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a loud horn blared from the street.

The four men turned their heads and saw that the backs of two large trucks were full of people, all of whom were members of the Chengbei Joint Defense Team. There were also patrol teams arriving in sidecars and motorcycles.

Looking around, there were more than a hundred people!

Lu Shaohua jumped out of the passenger seat of the truck, looking travel-worn, and repeatedly told the joint defense team to hurry up and get out.

Yang Jinwen swallowed hard and muttered to himself, "Is Director Lu going all in?"

(End of this chapter)