Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 147 Manhunt
Five o'clock in the morning.

The lights in the meeting room of Linjiang City Police Station were bright.

The criminal police gathered together and looked at Luo Rui standing in front of the whiteboard.

There were two names written on the whiteboard, one with a photo and one without.

Ouyang Qian was killed by criminals during the jewelry store robbery on December 12, so information about her is readily available.

Aged 26, from Guangxing City, worked at Wufu Jewelry Store for two years.

Her parents are still alive and live in the countryside. She also has a younger brother who is a sophomore at Guangxing University of Science and Technology.

At the time of the incident, she was shot twice, one in the chest and the other through the forehead.

All the shots were fired at close range, which means that the criminals had no intention of leaving anyone alive.

And from the surveillance video, Ouyang Qian was very cooperative at the time and had no intention of resisting at all, so her death seemed very strange.

Because Cai Xiaojing has now returned to Guangxing City to investigate Ouyang Qian's social relations, this clue can only be put aside for the time being.

As for Miao Chuan, the task force doesn't know much about this person, but with a name, it will be easy to investigate.

Hu Changyu has already notified the provincial department and asked them to initiate a joint investigation into this person's background.

Chen Hao played the road surveillance footage of the moment the escort vehicle was robbed.

Zhu Bajie, also known as Miao Chuan, was the one who threw the bomb into the driver's seat at the time of the incident, killing the driver and a security guard.

The crime time of both cases was very short, no more than ten minutes, and it was obvious that they were carefully planned.

Wufu Jewelry Store was robbed, and it was initially determined that Ouyang Qian was the traitor, so there were a total of five people involved in the robbery.

The escort vehicle was robbed, resulting in a loss of five million. The gangsters also consisted of five people. In addition to Tang Seng and his disciples, there was also a driver driving a black Volkswagen.

The current clues are:

First, using Ouyang Qian as the entry point to find out the identity of this group of criminals, this clue is very slim and the investigation may take a long time.

Second, use Miaochuan as the entry point.

Third, investigate the owner of the black Volkswagen to see if they can find out the whereabouts of the other criminals.

Cai Xiaojing is responsible for the first clue and is investigating.

Chen Hao went to the Transportation Bureau at night to investigate the black Volkswagen, but found that the car had a fake license plate and the vehicle management office had never registered this license plate.

At this time, the chief forensic doctor and police officers from the Technical Investigation Department walked into the conference room.

They reported that the autopsy of the deceased in the van had been completed, and after comparison, this person was most likely the "Zhu Bajie" among the criminals.

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the conference room.

Luo Rui narrowed his eyes slightly: "In other words, this Miao Chuan is dead?"

Chen Hao slammed the table and said, "These people are so damn cunning. They must know that Miao Chuan was involved in the kidnapping and murder at Luming Mountain. He is most likely to be exposed, so they killed him to silence him like they did with Ouyang Qian."

Kang Bolin said: "This clue is very important. Even if the person is dead, we may be able to find some clues by investigating Miao Chuan's interpersonal relationships."

Hu Changyu's expression was solemn: "The provincial department wants us to solve the case within three days. The task is heavy, so we must race against time..."

He pondered, and everyone looked at him.

If we investigate slowly, sooner or later we will be able to find out the identity information of this group of people, but the case is special, so we have to act quickly, accurately and ruthlessly.

Hu Changyu raised his head and continued, "These criminals are armed with weapons and may have bombs on them. The whole city is under martial law, so they must not have escaped yet!"

"What we have to do now is to cast a wide net! Search, all of you go out and search! You must find these rats for me. I don't believe they can hide in the sewers!"

In the conference room, the detectives nodded solemnly.

Luo Rui believes that there is nothing wrong with Hu Changyu's approach.

This is not an ordinary case and we cannot wait.

Chen Hao stood in front of the big screen and pointed at the picture, saying, "This is an abandoned kiln factory in the west of the suburbs. The criminals abandoned the van here, killed their companions, burned the van, destroyed the evidence, and then drove away."

A map of Linjiang City appeared on the big screen, and Chen Hao drew a circle at the location of the kiln factory.

"We are centered on the kiln factory. To the north is the city, and to the south are the rural areas. To the west is Linjiang. Across the Linjiang Bridge, there are a large number of factory areas. To the east are the mountains. Now that the city is under martial law, the most likely direction for this group of people to escape is the factory area in the west and the rural areas in the suburbs."

"Now, please ask Director Hu to assign tasks..."

……

After the meeting, it was already bright.

Luo Rui and Su Mingyuan had breakfast in the cafeteria of Linjiang Police Station.

Breakfast was simple: a bowl of porridge, two meat buns, and a plate of pickled mustard tubers.

This amount of food was not enough for Su Mingyuan to eat, so he ran to get two more buns, sat down to eat, and asked, "Team leader, where do you think this group of people will hide?"

Luo Rui was flipping through a map. He looked up and said, "Downtown."

Su Mingyuan opened his eyes wide: "Downtown? The city is full of police officers. How dare they be so brave?"

"Don't forget, they are armed. If I were a robber, I would not run away. I would hide in crowded places. Firstly, I would wait until the martial law is relaxed and then slip away. Secondly, if they are forced into a corner..."

Luo Rui didn't say anything else, but Su Mingyuan said: "Damn, they are not going to take hostages, are they?"

Luo Rui nodded: "The most troublesome thing now is that this group of people wore masks on their faces when they committed crimes. We don't know their identity information, so it is difficult to find them. Even if they hide in the city, who can recognize them?" Su Mingyuan smacked his lips: "Team leader, I understand. The reason they killed Miao Chuan was to avoid exposing themselves."

Luo Rui picked up the bun and took a bite. Before he swallowed it, Chen Hao and Wu Lei came over.

"Luo Rui, let's go. The Transportation Bureau has found the whereabouts of the black Volkswagen."

"Where?"

"A car owner reported that his car was stolen. It was the black Volkswagen. The Transportation Bureau checked the traffic cameras on the road where the crime occurred last night and found that the car drove across the Linjiang Bridge after the crime, perhaps near the factory area in the west."

Luo Rui stood up and followed them out.

Chu Mingyuan quickly picked up the bun he hadn’t finished eating and followed closely.

……

On the west side of Linjiang Bridge, after passing it, you can see a large number of low-rise factory areas, where garment factories, zipper factories, and shoe factories are gathered.

Along the street are food stalls, barbecue stands, auto repair shops, and pharmacies everywhere.

This place is in sharp contrast to the prosperity of Linjiang City and is a factory area rebuilt from rural land.

Because the factories are at work, there aren't many people on the streets, but once it's night and the workers get off work, the streets become very busy.

A midnight snack or a massage in the alley costs only 50 yuan, and if you just want to "fly" for a while, 30 yuan is enough.

If you want a more upscale experience, go to the city center across the bridge, such as the Tianlong Hotel.

But this hotel was ruined by someone, so this is what the workers complain about the most every day. They can only eat supper at food stalls and brag about the glorious days of Tianlong Hotel while drinking.

For example, the Soviet female soldiers singing Gatyusha, or the passionate moments on the train...

Before coming, Chen Hao had contacted the local police station. Now they and the police officers in the area are visiting everywhere, hoping to find any trace of the car.

……

Xie Ying had just returned from buying groceries. She was in a hurry, worried about her son at home.

My son is eleven years old and just started fifth grade. He had a severe fever the night before yesterday and the medicine didn’t help, so he had to ask for a day off from school.

Xie Ying's son is her only pride and has excellent academic performance, but this is all thanks to the fact that she sent him to a private school in the city.

The annual tuition fee was incredibly expensive and had to be paid with her salary alone.

My husband was a truck driver in the factory, but he resigned a month ago because of a dispute with his boss.

He slept at home every day, didn't look for a job, and didn't care when his son had a fever.

How can we live like this?
Neither Xie Ying nor her husband are from this city, so it is extremely difficult for them to settle down in Linjiang City. She places all her hopes on her young son.

I hope that one day, I can cross the bridge, buy a house in the city, and become a local.

All the workers in this factory area have this idea.

The house that Xie Ying rented was on the north side of the factory area. It was a yard built by farmers themselves, with a bicycle repair shop in front.

He says he is a farmer, but he is actually a rich man.

The local farmers have made a fortune from the land a long time ago. They would not live here and have already settled down across the bridge.

In the factory area, almost all the people are from other places.

Xie Ying was walking on the narrow road carrying a shopping bag when two criminal police officers came towards her and asked her to show her ID card.

Ordinary people have a natural fear of the police, and Xie Ying is no exception.

She didn't bring her ID card, but she did bring her temporary residence permit. After showing it to the police, the other party waved at her.

Xie Ying took a breath and strode away.

When they got back to the alley, the lame man at the bicycle repair shop asked her, "Xie Ying, where is your husband?"

Xie Ying stopped and replied, "I'm sleeping at home. I've been sleeping all day and I won't get up even if I call me."

"I was saying that your husband loves to be in the crowd. Why haven't I seen him these days?"

Xie Ying asked in confusion: "What happened? I came back from shopping and saw a lot of police on the road."

The lame old man smacked his lips and whispered, "Yesterday evening, a robbery occurred over there on the bridge. A transport vehicle was robbed. The damn robbers were so bold that they killed several people."

Xie Ying opened his mouth wide: "I told you, the police just questioned me."

"Hey, go back and tell your husband. He brags all the time that he will do something big in the future. Now that others have made a fortune, he is tempted. I heard that there are more than 5 million in cash in the escort truck. Damn, with so much money, if my legs were not broken, I would also do it."

Xie Ying stopped listening and walked quickly into the alley.

Halfway through her walk, she turned around and saw a group of people passing by the alley, including uniformed police officers. A young man even glanced at her into the alley.

Xie Ying always felt uneasy, and when she returned to the door, she found it was ajar.

Wondering if her husband had gotten up, she opened the door and walked into the room.

"Kong Fei, are you up? Is your son feeling better?"

Xie Ying shouted towards the inner room, but there was a smell of blood in the air, which made her frown slightly.

Suddenly, a big hand came from behind and covered her mouth tightly.

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