Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 257 You Have a Signature for the Express Delivery

Wanda shopping mall.

It's twelve o'clock at night.

Fang Yonghui stood at the gunman's position on the third floor. The laser pen in his hand emitted a green beam directly at the elevator on the first floor and the place where Qi Lei fell.

Su Mingyuan on the first floor was standing on the side of the jewelry cabinet, which was blocked by a pillar. The green light from the laser pen in his hand was aimed at Exit A.

Exit B is on the right, and the jewelry counter is the only way to go. The supporting police officers who ran from Exit B were also suppressed by heavy firepower.

This is an ideal ambush position. As long as they have heavy weapons, they can completely suppress the police officers coming from the left and right sides to support them. At the same time, the elevator on the first floor is nearby, which can well cover Liang Jun's escape.

The mall has the most complete surveillance equipment from the first to the second floor. Although images were captured, there were too many blind spots and the criminals initially tried their best to avoid surveillance, so the technical squadron did not discover the criminals hiding in the blind spots of surveillance.

Chu Yang stood by the elevator on the first floor, holding his laptop in one hand, his index finger on the touch screen, sliding the mouse, and clicking on the surveillance video on the first floor.

Luo Rui, Cai Xiaojing and Zhao Ming stood by, and the four of them stared at the computer screen intently.

The surveillance camera's viewing angle is right on the elevator on the first floor.

At 10:35, Luo Rui, Liang Jun and Lao Jin were preparing to come down from the second floor. At the same time, two disguised gangsters passed by Qi Lei. They could clearly see Qi Lei's lips moving, as if he was cursing.

The time jumped to 10:36. Luo Rui and his group were the first to step into the elevator to the first floor. Then the two gangsters quickened their pace and hurriedly took the elevator next to them going up.

Qi Lei realized something was wrong. He stood there for two seconds and then shouted a warning, but it was too late.

Liang Jun and the two gangsters had already met, with only an arm's length between them.

The gangster threw two guns to Liang Jun.

Luo Rui noticed something was wrong and fired the first shot, hitting the gangster in front with one shot, because the other party was holding a rifle and was ready to fire.

The gangster fell to the ground.

Then, Liang Jun turned around and shot Luo Rui. Luo Rui wanted to fight back, but the gangster behind him grabbed his companion's body and fired at Luo Rui.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Luo Rui quickly jumped out of the elevator, and the place where he was standing was hit by a volley of bullets.

At this time, the dents left by the shooting on the elevator baffle could be clearly seen, and Zhao Ming took out four bullets from them.

At the same time, Qi Lei ran to the elevator going down and shot at Lao Jin and Liang Jun.

Lao Jin was beaten to death, and Liang's army used Lao Jin's body to cover and fight back.

The bullet fired from the third floor hit Qi Lei's neck. Then Liang Jun also shot at Qi Lei and knocked him down.

His body went down with the elevator and got stuck at the exit. Liang Jun dropped Lao Jin's body, jumped over Qi Lei, and ran towards Exit C.

When the gangsters who were hiding on the first floor saw him escape, they immediately ran towards the west gate from the other side. Because this man carried the most ammunition and had the strongest firepower, he attracted a large number of special police to chase him.

It was at this time that Su Mingyuan and Fang Yonghui, who were on the second floor, exchanged fire with the criminals who were coming up.

Because the criminal used the bodies of his companions for cover, and his firepower was too strong, he knocked down Tian Guanghan who came to support him.

Moreover, there was another gangster hiding diagonally opposite the third floor, firing from another direction.

Su Mingyuan and Fang Yonghui were forced to hide, and the anti-drug police officers who arrived started a firefight with them.

The entire firefight took less than two minutes.

Luo Rui frowned and looked at the laser beam that was shooting from the fifth floor to the left side of the third floor.

"In order to rescue Liang Jun, they made such a big fuss. Was it really Gao Chengyong who did this?"

Zhao Ming nodded: "Indeed. These people are too courageous."

Cai Xiaojing asked: "Do they have any other purpose?"

Luo Rui shook his head. He had an idea in his mind, but he didn't say it out loud.

Then, a group of people walked into the elevator.

Because it was late, the elevators were closed, so they climbed to the fifth floor.

At this time, Yang Bo was standing in front of a row of claw machines, facing the third floor.

Luo Rui took the laser pen from his hand and moved it to Fang Yonghui's head on the third floor.

"At that time, the person hiding on the fifth floor should have been standing here and shot Zeng Mo with a revolver."

Zhao Ming blinked and simulated the trajectory of the bullet in his mind, as well as the location where Zeng Mo's head was shot.

"It must be this location. Look, from here, looking down, the whole scene is in full view, and the location where the criminals were hiding can also be seen clearly."

Luo Rui nodded, he looked around and found that this was a blind spot for surveillance.

However, there are surveillance cameras installed on the ceilings on both sides, but the cameras are facing both sides.

"Check the surveillance. Check all the surveillance carefully. We must find this person!"

"Understood!" Chu Yang responded.

……

Two o'clock in the morning.

Starbucks on the first floor.

The members of the criminal team were all sitting inside, each with a cup of coffee. There was a computer in front of each of them, and they were staring at the surveillance images on the computer screen.

The hard drive in the mall's monitoring room had been taken away by the police, so Chu Yang needed to find someone from the technical squadron to transfer the video to his computer, and then connect to the local area network so that everyone could view it together.

Chu Yang, Su Mingyuan, Yang Bo and Fang Yonghui are each responsible for a floor.

Although it was late, no one felt tired.

The atmosphere was oppressive, and finally, Su Mingyuan couldn't stand it anymore. He glanced at Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing who were standing outside the window, and seeing that they didn't notice him, he whistled at Chu Yang.

"Hey, Lao Chu, tell me a joke. I'm dying of sleep."

Chu Yang glanced at him and knew that he was just trying to liven up the atmosphere and was not really sleepy.

"Then tell us one."

Su Mingyuan sighed and changed the subject. "Hey, did you see the meeting during the day? The higher-ups still trust that guy named Liao. We suffered such a huge loss because of him. Why did they let him take charge of the next operation?"

Yang Bo also complained: "If you ask me, it's better to let Luo Da take charge. Anyway, I don't trust anyone but Luo Da."

Su Mingyuan agreed: "Who says it's not true? If Liao Kang had listened to the team leader's advice earlier, it wouldn't have happened..."

He didn't say it out loud, and now everyone tacitly agreed not to mention Qi Lei's name, but everyone was thinking about this name in their hearts.

Fang Yonghui: "It's pretty good now. We are investigating on our own and not working with the Narcotics Squad. We are so lucky! I have to say something unpleasant. If the panda who was partnered with Lao Qi had been smarter, Lao Qi would not have been sacrificed!
I just can't understand why our people died! His drug enforcement team has nothing to do with it!
If Luo Da is in command, I can guarantee that no one will be sacrificed!
Yang Bo, tell me, am I right? We have arrested so many criminals in Shahe County, but has anyone among us been injured?
Even when we arrested Gu Zhiliang, nothing happened to us!"

Yang Bo shook his head, thinking that this statement was too absolute. When arresting Gu Zhiliang, Captain Li almost drowned, and his predecessor Zheng Rong also had a close call and almost could not be rescued.

Time passes slowly.

Chu Yang was checking the surveillance footage on the fifth floor, which had a total of ten surveillance cameras.

The floor of the mall is U-shaped, with five probes on each side.

He watched for more than an hour and didn't find anything suspicious.

But when he turned on the surveillance video near the bathroom and watched it for less than two minutes, he immediately found a suspicious person.

The time shown on the screen was 10:40. A woman in a red dress walked into the bathroom. In less than two minutes, she came out of the bathroom, but suddenly she seemed like a different person.

She changed her red dress into a black T-shirt and blue jeans, and carried a women's bag on her shoulder.

Because there was a shooting going on at the time, many pedestrians went into the bathroom to hide, so it was not easy to see.

There's something weird about this guy!
Chu Yang immediately stood up and called Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing in.

"Here, in the bathroom on the fifth floor, there is a strange woman, look."

Chu Yang rewound the video and played it again.

The more they looked at it, the deeper their frowns became.

Cai Xiaojing said: "She was wearing sunglasses, so I couldn't see what she looked like."

Luo Rui ordered: "Check the surveillance near the claw machine to see if she appears at the gunman's location."

"Okay!" Chu Yang quickly opened several other videos.

Finally, they found the woman in the red dress on the surveillance footage leading to the bathroom.

She appeared in the camera only five meters away from where the gunman fired at the third floor.

"Is it this person?" Su Mingyuan asked doubtfully, "She seems to be very flustered."

Fang Yonghui said, "She must be pretending! Look, she looked downstairs several times, as if she was observing what was going on on the first and third floors."

Luo Rui: "Find her face and zoom in on the picture!"

"Okay!" Chu Yang captured a video clip, then used software to enhance the image, and then enlarged the screen.

A woman's face filled the large screen, but because she was wearing sunglasses, her eyes could not be seen.

The woman was between thirty and thirty-five years old, with a well-defined face, a high nose and thin lips.

Cai Xiaojing was stunned and asked, "Could she be Gao Chengyong?"

Luo Rui sneered: "The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole is behind. What a deep conspiracy. No matter who she is, we will understand once we catch her."

"How do we catch it?"

Luo Rui did not answer. He raised his head, looked at the woman's face, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

……

Qianjiang City, Liwan Villa.

This place is located slightly south of the city center. It is called a villa, but it is actually a Chinese garden.

There are high-rise buildings in the east, west, south and north directions, especially on the east side, where there stands a commercial office building with more than 30 floors.

At this time, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

Liao Kang stood on the second floor across the street and glanced at the gate of the villa through a telescope.

The left side of the door leads to the crossroads, and the right side of the door leads to the commercial plaza.
Liao Kang was surrounded by a group of people, including police officers from Qianjiang City Public Security Bureau.

"This Liwan Villa used to belong to a third-rank official of the Qing government. Later, the mansion fell into the hands of a warlord. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country distributed it to meritorious officials. This man's children all went abroad, so the mansion was handed over to an agency for management.

Five years ago, the person who rented this villa was named Wen Changguo. He rented it in the name of his company. He did not use it as a residence, but converted it into a high-end club. "

The person who spoke was the captain of the Qianjiang City Criminal Police Detachment, named Peng Qiang.

Liao Kang put down the telescope and asked: "Is there a problem with Wenchang State?"

Peng Qiang shook his head. "How should I put it? There are definitely problems, but it's mainly the economic investigation team that's investigating him. Within the scope of our business, he's clean."

Liao Kang nodded and turned to look at the panda.

"Have you arranged everything?"

Panda nodded. "We have people working for the chefs and waiters in the garden. Plainclothes police officers are stationed around the villa, and snipers are lurking in high places. Once a suspicious person appears, we will arrest him immediately...but..."

Liao Kang frowned: "Just what?"

Panda hesitated for a while and said, "Master, will Gao Chengyong really come? From the time Liang Jun was arrested until now, Gao Chengyong has not contacted Liang Jun by phone or text message. I wonder if there is something wrong?"

Liao Kang looked at his other apprentice: "Bangzi, what do you think?"

"Master, I am not sure either."

This time, they didn't dare to bring Liang Jun with them. The clue they relied on was that Gao Chengyong wanted to cooperate with Liang Jun to sell the one ton of goods in his hands. In other words, Liao Kang was just sitting back and waiting for something to happen, without any bargaining chips in his hands.

Once Gao Chengyong appears, they will immediately arrest him. If Gao Chengyong does not show up, they will have no choice but to retreat.

Compared with the previous action, this one was safer, but due to the lack of a stable source of information, everyone was unsure.

The same was true for Liao Kang, but he had no choice. In order to settle the case as soon as possible, he could only take a gamble.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of Luo Rui.

This morning, when he was on his way to Qianjiang City, Luo Rui called and said that he had spotted a suspicious person involved in the shooting in the mall.

Moreover, he sent a photo of a woman to himself.

Luo Rui told him that this woman was most likely the mastermind behind the scenes.

Gao Chengyong was not the mastermind behind the mall robbery, which really surprised Liao Kang.

The woman's identity is a mystery.

Who is she?
……

As time passed, it was eight o'clock in the evening and everyone began to get nervous.

Snipers on high ground, service staff in the villa, and plainclothes police officers lying in ambush all around were all keeping a close eye on any suspicious persons nearby.

A message from a plainclothes police officer came through Liao Kang's earphone.

[Waiter No. 1 reports that there are five tables of guests in the villa, and no abnormalities were found.]

[Sniper point No. 1 reports that there is no one on the east side of the villa. ]

[Kitchen report, there is nothing unusual here. ]

[Surveillance vehicle number one reports that no one who looks like Gao Chengyong was found at the intersection...wait...]

Hearing the sound, Liao Kang, who was standing by the window, immediately became nervous. He picked up the telescope and looked towards the door of the villa.

[Surveillance car number one reports, there is a courier coming from the intersection on a tricycle, do you want to intercept and check? ]

Liao Kang turned the telescope to the right, which is the left side of the villa.

A young man in courier clothes, riding a box tricycle, was coming towards the villa.

"Maybe he is just passing by, don't worry about him for now!" Liao Kang replied.

[Surveillance Car No. 1 received.]

The courier boy drove slowly, looking around.

The more Liao Kang looked at him, the more he felt something was wrong. He wanted to stop him, but he was afraid that the criminals hiding in the dark would notice him.

If Gao Chengyong shows up, he will definitely observe the surrounding environment beforehand.

In addition, up to now, there has been no response from either Liang Jun’s mobile phone or Gao Chengyong’s subordinates’ mobile phones.

It was already past eight o'clock, and Gao Chengyong hadn't received a single call or text message.

This is so strange!

Could it be that Gao Chengyong had really discovered something? Was this operation destined to be a failure?

Liao Kang was very anxious, and so were Panda and Bangzi standing beside him. The two looked at each other several times, and Panda looked at his watch from time to time.

"It's already 8:05," she reminded.

Liao Kang nodded slightly, without putting down the telescope in his hand, he kept observing the entrance of the villa.

Suddenly, the courier boy parked his tricycle on the roadside in front of the villa.

At the same time, a voice came from the headphones.

[Sniper point number one reporting, something's happening, a courier appears at the door! ]

"Aim at him!" Liao Kang quickly ordered: "Everyone, don't act rashly. See what he's going to do."

Afterwards, dozens of pairs of eyes watched the courier from different directions.

I saw him get out of the car and then step directly over the threshold.

Because this is a garden-style building, there is a screen wall inside the door.

At this time, Liao Kang quickly picked up the intercom and commanded: "Waiter No. 1, stop him and ask him what he does!"

[Waiter No. 1 received, I have seen him and am about to contact him. ]

Liao Kang: "Be careful. If you find any danger, call for help immediately."

【Waiter No. 1 understands.】

Then, there was the conversation between Waiter No. 1 and the courier. In order to make it clear for others to hear, he deliberately repeated the courier's conversation.

[Excuse me, what can I do for you? ]

……

【Express delivery? Who sent it? 】

……

[Someone on the road asked you to deliver it? Didn’t he come from the express delivery station? ]

……

[It wasn't delivered from the courier station? Are you still accepting orders? Who is it delivered to? ]

……

[No name? Just said to deliver to Liwan Villa? Ingredients? We didn’t order the ingredients! ]

……

[The box is heavy? Okay, I'll go check it out with you...]

……

It was already 8:10 and the sky was completely dark, with only the street lamps on the side of the villa street emitting a dim light.

Liao Kang: "Waiter No. 1, please sign for the courier. Do not open it. Ask the courier to leave immediately."

Waiter No. 1 walked out of the door and nodded slightly. He didn't say anything, but he knew that Liao Kang in the opposite building could see him.

Courier: "Please help me, bro. The box is very heavy."

Waiter No. 1 pretended to be very impatient, swearing, and walked to the side of the tricycle.

The courier opened the door and climbed into the car. Then he squatted down and pushed the 28-inch cardboard box with all his strength.

He pushed one end of the carton out of the car door, waiter No. 1 lifted that end of the carton, and the two of them worked hard to lift the box down.

【Just put it on the ground, don’t carry it in. 】

The courier was stunned for a moment and said, "How are you going to carry it in by yourself?"

[It's none of your business, you can leave now. ]

"Oh, you said, I'm leaving then?"

Waiter No. 1 nodded and waved to him.

The courier shrugged, got in, turned the front of the tricycle, turned a corner, and drove in the direction he came from.

At this time, Liao Kang ordered through the intercom: "Surveillance car No. 1, find two people, stop the courier at the intersection, and take him into the car for questioning."

[Surveillance Car No. 1 received.]

"Waiter No. 1, find someone to carry the box in. I'll call the technical team to open the box. Everyone else, don't move. Continue to lurk."

【Waiter No. 1 received.】

Ten minutes later, the cardboard box was placed in the kitchen of the villa.

There are people standing at the entrance and exit of the kitchen to prevent outsiders from coming in.

Waiter No. 1 took out a monitor from the counter, placed it on the kitchen counter, and then a technician connected it for real-time monitoring.

Afterwards, the scene of the kitchen appeared on the computer screen in front of Liao Kang and others.

Because of the previous experience, no one dared to be careless and stayed away from the cardboard boxes.

Soon, two technicians carrying metal boxes walked into the kitchen.

They took one look at the box and told the others to stay away.

Then, two people put on explosion-proof equipment, and then one of them, holding a detector, scanned around the cardboard box, but the instrument did not make any alarm sound.

To be on the safe side, the technicians checked several more times but still found nothing.

One of the technicians took off his helmet, picked up the intercom, and said, "It shouldn't be an explosive."

Liao Kang and others on the second floor opposite took a breath and their expressions relaxed a little.

Liao Kang responded on the intercom: "Open the carton and see what's inside. But don't be careless, it could be toxic!"

"clear."

The technician grabbed a craft knife from the kitchen counter, then crouched down and cut the tape on the carton.

Another technical police officer carefully opened the carton.

Everyone found that there was a white foam box inside, which was also sealed with tape.

At this time, Liao Kang and others stared at the computer screen intently, their hearts in their throats.

The hand knife cut through the tape again and made a circle around the outer edge of the foam box.

Then the two technicians stood up.

No longer squatting down, because if squatting down, it would be inconvenient to escape if an accident happened.

They stood at both ends, looked behind them, and after finding that there were no obstacles, they bent down and carefully removed the cover of the foam box.

Liao Kang stared at the computer screen nervously. After seeing what was inside, he swallowed and felt that the scene in front of him was not real.

The panda on the side exclaimed: "It's a corpse!"

Then she covered her mouth and saw the technician take out a transparent plastic bag from the foam box, which contained a person's palm.

The technicians continued to dig out the arms, feet, thighs, and pelvis.

At the bottom of the box was a human head.

When the technician took it out, Liao Kang's pupils dilated sharply, and all the blood in his body froze.

The panda was also stunned on the spot.

Then, she screamed, "Master, it's Zhang Xun!"

The weather in Sichuan has been too hot recently. It’s uncomfortable and nothing feels right.

Alas, after changing the outline, it’s hard to write anything. Moreover, criminal investigation is really difficult to write and takes a lot of thought.

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