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

Chapter 83 Call out my name!

The meeting room was noisy as the veteran detectives passed Yang Jinwen's notebook around, shaking their heads with wry smiles, all saying they couldn't understand it.

In the 90s, criminal police officers all had their own personal notebooks. In addition to recording case details or related clues, they also kept various questions and speculations about the cases, as well as their own deductions.

Yang Jinwen's notes are filled with characters he created himself, making them even more difficult to understand than Martian script.

This is, of course, to prevent it from being taken away by someone with ulterior motives who could then discover the details of the case.

Lu Shaohua took the notebook from Xu Guoliang, glanced at it, and then frowned.

He frowned and said, "It's giving me a headache. Jinwen, what are you thinking? Tell us so we can discuss it."

Yang Jinwen sighed. Judging from the current situation, these old fogies were actually pinning their hopes on him.

These kinds of major criminal cases are not so easy to solve. If it were a regular case, the perpetrator would have fled, and all you could do was wait for them to come back home for holidays to catch them.

Moreover, the fact that the identities of these five criminals have not yet been determined makes things even more difficult.

"Director Lu, Captain He, my thought is that we might have to fight a protracted battle with this case."

"This group wouldn't have approached Liang Xiaojun and his brother for no reason, especially not after they had committed theft on the bus..."

Zheng Kang pondered for a moment and said, "You mean, this group specifically targeted Liang Xiaojun and Liang Xiaobing to intentionally mislead our investigation?"

He Jinbo clapped his hands: "That's right, Xiao Yang's analysis is correct! Liang Xiaojun and his brother must have criminal records. As long as we go to the bus station and check the identity information of the passengers, we will definitely follow this clue to investigate."

Furthermore, even if nothing so serious had happened last night, if we had successfully captured Liang Xiaojun and Liang Xiaobing, we would definitely have investigated the pickpocket gang behind them and pinpointed their leader, Tian Xiong.

This Tian Xiong is a notorious thug in the east of the city; he's committed quite a few crimes, so we can't possibly ignore him."

Lu Shaohua concluded, "So, there are skilled fighters among these thugs? Are they trying to mislead us?"

“That’s right.” Yang Jinwen nodded. “I think even if these people aren’t locals from An’nan City, they must know a lot about pickpocket gangs in places like the East Bus Station and the train station.”

Zheng Kang pointed at him and said, "Your line of thinking is good. They must have been active in our An'nan City."

Yang Jinwen thought for a moment, and was about to speak, but then he closed his mouth again.

Seeing his troubled expression, Lu Shaohua said, "Just say what you have to say, don't hold back."

“Alright.” Yang Jinwen said, “Director Lu, Captain He, Master, what I mean is that this group of people robbed the passengers of their belongings…”

He Jinbo raised his hand: "I understand what you mean, finding a way to sell stolen goods through money, right?"

We've thought about this and have already had the items stolen from the passengers documented, focusing on gold necklaces, gold watches, or other expensive and unusual items.

But the place where this group sells the stolen goods is definitely not in our An'nan City. It all depends on how good Wen's drinking capacity is.

If he could drink those guys from the Dayan City Public Security Bureau under the table, they might help him investigate.

At this moment, Wen Ling said with a smile, "When Captain Wen is in good condition, he can drink two jin of 56-proof liquor."

Lu Shaohua's gaze sharpened: "He can drink so much? No wonder Captain Wen has such good relations with those people in the city."

Yang Jinwen said, "There's one more thing. This group of people stole a lot of ID cards. Liang Xiaojun and his brother stole them from the passengers on the bus. I estimate that these criminals had no less than fifty ID cards on them."

Zheng Kang suddenly realized: "You mean they might be using these people's identities?"

Yang Jinwen nodded: "We can't rule out that possibility. Captain Wen speculates that this group of people are unlikely to be novices; they must have committed crimes before, so it's unlikely that they would use their identities to escape."

He Jinbo took a breath: "This is a bit tricky. It's still relatively easy to count the ID cards that were stolen from the passengers on the bus."

We also need to investigate the bus that Liang Xiaojun and his gang stole from to see who had been robbed there.

Yang Jinwen smiled and said, "Captain He, we don't need to be too anxious. It's not actually that difficult."

When we interrogated Liang Xiaojun, he said that he had been targeted by this group a week ago, and the bus was robbed yesterday morning.

That leaves a one-week gap, meaning this group must have been active in An'nan City!
They'll need to scout out the East China Bus Station, right? They'll need to find a restaurant to eat at, won't they? If they're not locals, they'll need to find a guesthouse to sleep in, or maybe buy cigarettes and water at a convenience store, right?

Everyone could think of the direction of investigation that Yang Jinwen mentioned, but their minds just didn't work as fast as his.

But his next sentence really excited everyone.

"The most important clue is that Chai said at the meeting that when the owner of a car repair shop in Longmen Town opened the shop, he saw this group of people park their car not far from his shop."

Lu Shaohua frowned: "Jinwen, you mean..." Yang Jinwen said, word by word: "I think they definitely want to sell the two motorcycles."

After all, it was a tool used in the crime, and keeping it around would definitely pose a great risk.

Besides, those two motorcycles are worth a lot of money; they couldn't possibly have abandoned them or burned them, could they?

The reason they didn't sell the car to the repair shop owner was probably because Longmen Town is too close to our An'nan City, and they were afraid we would find out about them.

It's also possible that it's a small repair shop, and the owner couldn't afford the price.

When he said that, everyone's eyes lit up.

He Jinbo slapped his forehead: "That's right, how come I didn't think of that! No, we have to notify the Wen branch immediately and ask the Dayan City Public Security Bureau to investigate like this, they'll definitely find the person."

Lu Shaohua's brows relaxed, and he patted Yang Jinwen on the shoulder: "I should have let you sit at the conference table. What kind of behavior is it to stand against the wall like that?"

He pointed at He Jinbo and Zheng Kang and cursed, "Look at how you act as a brigade leader! How you act as a mentor!"

"Why aren't you issuing them guns? Look at how Director Yang and Captain Wen berated us! They never learn!"

He Jinbo nodded hurriedly: "Yes, definitely!"

"Alright, you guys go check it out quickly, don't waste time."

Lu Shaohua, with his hands behind his back, was about to leave the conference room when he turned back, pointed at Maozi, and asked, "What's this child's name?"

Upon hearing this, He Jinbo's eyes, clear yet foolish, turned to look at Zheng Kang.

Zheng Kang frowned and looked at Jiang Jianbing. The old man swallowed and laughed, "Let's call him Cat."

Lu Shaohua nodded: "Equipping kittens with guns is a lesson learned by the Chengnan Brigade. Our comrades can't fight criminals with their bare hands."

Cat was not basking in joy. Sure enough, just as Yang Jinwen had said, no one in the North City Branch knew his name.

He was unwilling to accept it and looked at He Jinbo with a look of despair: "Master, you really don't know my name?"

He Jinbo waved his hand: "That's not important."

"This is important!" the cat insisted.

"Okay, then tell me your name?"

Upon hearing this, the cat's mind went blank, its soul seemed to leave its body, and as it looked at this unfamiliar body, its brain cells felt an itch.

Yeah, what's my name again?

Cat was racking his brains, scratching his head in thought, when he finally remembered that only he and Yang Jinwen were left in the conference room.

Yang Jinwen patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, your name is Jiang Mao, right?"

The cat was so moved that tears streamed down its face: "How...how did you know?"

I specifically went to the archives to ask... Yang Jinwen smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go to the armory to get our guns. By the way, how's your aim?"

Cat wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes: "I've only ever shot at moving targets, unlike you, who's killed people."

This conversation is impossible now...

Yang Jinwen put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Actually, if we were criminal police officers for our entire lives and never fired a gun, that would be the happiest thing."

Half an hour later, Yang Jinwen and Maozi each received a Type 54 police pistol.

Compared to the "effeminate men smashing cannons" of the Type 64 movement, the Type 54 movement is truly "old but still strong".

A trusted partner of grassroots criminal police officers, it has strong recoil, but the risk of accidental discharge is slightly higher.

The gun weighs 0.85 kg and the initial velocity of the bullet is 420 m/s.

Yang Jinwen gripped the gun handle, feeling its weight, and rubbed the five-pointed star on the handle with his thumb.

This pistol, known in the underworld as the "Black Star," speaks to an era of violent aesthetics.

(End of this chapter)