Special Case Investigation Team VI

Driving away from the hospital and back to the Public Security Bureau, Yang Simi stopped at the entrance of a fast food restaurant on the way. Cheng Jin looked at him and then at the signboard of the fast food restaurant: "Want to eat this?"

"Go buy you a prize."

"..."

When the two came to the entrance of the fast food restaurant, they met a mother and daughter who had just come out of the fast food restaurant. The little girl was holding a big red balloon in her hand. Yang Simi reached out and poked the balloon. Cheng Jin was a little worried about the little girl. Will be unhappy, looked down, the little girl looked up and smiled at Yang Simi like a little flower, and he smiled too.

Walking into the fast food restaurant, Yang Simi went straight to the counter: "How do you sell the balloons?"

The waiter smiled: "It's not for sale, it's for buying a special children's set meal."

"Here's a children's meal with balloons." Yang Simi turned to Cheng Jin, "You go and choose one you like."

"..." Cheng Jin looked at the two giant bouquet-like balloons on both sides of the counter. It seemed that these balloons were his consolation prize.

He looked and chose a white transparent balloon.

I don’t know how this kind of balloon is made. There are many thin golden plastic film discs inside. When the balloon is shaken, they will dance. Some stick to the inner wall of the balloon, and some flutter in the balloon. It’s quite beautiful of.

Returning to Yang Simi with the balloon, Cheng Jin found that in addition to the children's set menu, Yang Simi also ordered four ice cream cones, so the balloon was just a temporary interlude, and the key was the ice cream.

"Si Mi, let's have lunch here."

Yang Simi: "Then how much more ice cream shall I add?"

"No, no, four is enough." Cheng Jin looked at the menu and ordered something else.

There are two ice creams for each of the four. Cheng Jin doesn't have a particular preference for ice cream, but he will eat it if he doesn't eat Yang Simi. He thinks that Yang Simi can't eat four at a time, so he still eats his own portion , but he gave Yang Simi a bite—give him a taste, the four ice creams have different flavors.

After eating fast food and returning to the Public Security Bureau, Cheng Jin went to a convenience store near the Public Security Bureau and bought two large bags of ice cream, and brought them back to the Public Security Bureau for everyone to eat together.

As for the consolation prize balloon, Cheng Jin asked Yang Simi if he could give it to Xiao An, but Yang Simi looked at the crowd eating ice cream without saying a word.

"..." Cheng Jin said, "You still want to eat ice cream? Then you can eat another one."

Cheng Jin handed the balloon to Xiao An and asked her, "Where are the others?"

Xiao An happily shook the balloon, looked at the sequins inside, and said with a smile: "Sister Ye Zi and Bu Huan went out to find the child, You Duo went to the examination room, and Han Bin is at the forensic room."

Cheng Jin asked again: "Are there any clues about the child?"

"There is no obvious clue." Xiao'an said, "The child was traded yesterday. Neither Xie Shu nor Xie Liang contacted Lu Yong yesterday. It was an unauthenticated phone number that contacted Lu Yong. According to the property monitoring, they Neither of them went out, but a driver and a nanny did."

Cheng Jin nodded: "Pay attention to the mobile phones of the driver and the nanny, and see what calls they will make and make."

"I know." Xiaoan said again, "Huo Xiang took his younger brother to Xie Shu's wife's house this morning. I asked the property owner to come to monitor and check. I found that there was also a lawyer who came to the door at the same time. Could it be the cause of Wu Junxiong's death?" They started to divide the property before finding out?"

"It may be something else." Cheng Jin asked, "Huo Xiang and her brother are still in Xie Shu's?"

"I've already gone back."

"Is there any movement from Xie Shu after that?"

"No. Bu Huan and Sister Ye Zi are watching her house, do you want to call to inquire about the situation?"

"No, let them be busy."

"Lao Quan is over there too, so he probably hasn't discovered anything yet." Xia Licheng walked over, looked at Cheng Jin and said, "I heard that you treated everyone to ice cream?"

Cheng Jin smiled and said: "Yes, you are late, and you are gone."

"Then I have to hurry next time." Xia Licheng smiled, and then returned to the case, "Lu Yong's accomplice was arrested in Siping County."

"Arrested so quickly? Did he confess anything?"

"He and Lu Yong met in Siping. Both of them wanted to make money. Lu Yong said that he knew a rich man named Wu Junxiong, and they decided to kidnap Wu Junxiong's child to blackmail him. Knowing that Wu Junxiong was dead, the accomplice immediately didn't want to do it, so he left Lu Yong and ran away. He didn't know about Lu Yong selling the child. Oh, by the way, the car they committed the crime was stolen by the accomplice. He also got the license plate."

"It turns out that he is a skilled person. No wonder Lu Yong wants to recruit him into the gang." Cheng Jin said, "Since he has been with Lu Yong all the time, he is the witness who can prove that Lu Yong has nothing to do with the bombing in the dog fighting arena."

Xia Licheng smiled wryly: "Yes, the suspicion of Lu Yong has been completely ruled out."

Cheng Jin looked at him and told him what he had gained in the hospital.

After listening, Xia Licheng said: "Animal protection activists? Couldn't extreme animal protection activists blow up the dog fighting ring?"

Cheng Jin was slightly stunned: "That old man is not necessarily an animal protection person. However, this is also a direction of investigation."

Xia Licheng nodded: "Let me first ask someone to investigate the matter that the dog cart was stopped on Saturday night."

Then he said again: "Huo Yuan had a conflict with Jiang Xingrong, and had a quarrel with Wu Junxiong, so we have to investigate him too."

"Yeah." Cheng Jin looked at the time, "I'll go to his landlord's house later."

Xiao An interrupted: "Huo Yuan may still be at his sister's house now."

"It's okay, I'll go to his landlord first, and I'll go to him later."

Before leaving the Public Security Bureau, Cheng Jin and Yang Simi went to Han Bin and You Duo.

Han Bin is testing the blood samples brought back from the park, but the results haven't come out yet.

You Duo is "counting the money", which is the cash seized from Lu Yong for buying and selling children. 22, 2200 banknotes, he picked up each one and examined them carefully.

"Some banknotes are marked." You Duo showed Cheng Jin and Yang Simi the banknotes he picked out, "There are words written on them, this one is 'Zhang', this one is 'Chen'..."

Cheng Jin asked: "Some people's surnames?"

"It should be." You Duo said, "I suspect that the marked money comes from Wu Junxiong's dog fighting ring, where the transaction is in cash, and the gamblers use cash to make bets, and their surnames are written on the cash as mark."

Yang Simi: "In this kind of gambling, when they place bets, they usually make a stack of 1 yuan, which is tied up with paper tape, and every ten stacks are bundled into a large stack. The bet collector will bet on each stack of money Know the owner's surname, so that if there is a problem with the money, you can go to the other party directly."

Cheng Jin looked at him, and thought that Yang Simi still had experience in this field.

"Oh, so that's how it is." You Duo suddenly realized, and said again, "Only the first note is marked, so only a few banknotes have words on it."

Cheng Jin looked at the money on the table and said: "It is estimated that Wu Junxiong's family has a lot of cash from the dog fighting arena, and then Xie Shu used the cash from the family to buy the child that Lu Yong stole. It is right to keep an eye on her. "

Cheng Jin called Xiao'an and Ye Lai, telling them that Xie Shu is very likely to be the buyer of the child, and told them to keep an eye on it.

Then he called Xia Licheng again to let him know the latest progress.

Huo Yuan’s landlord is surnamed He, and his full name is He Mingzheng, from Changzhou. He is 64 years old this year. His wife died of illness 5 years ago. The couple had a daughter, but the other party passed away 20 years ago, so he was originally alone. He didn't have another companion until Huo Yuan became his tenant three months ago.

He Mingzheng's house is quite big, a small building with a big yard, but the small building is already very old.

Cheng Jin checked and found that this building belonged to a chemical factory 30 years ago. At that time, He Ming was an employee of the factory. He paid for the building—this was a very wise decision. Each household has only a row of small units, all of which are very cramped. Only He Mingzheng owns a "big house".

The front door of the mansion faces a narrow street that is barely big enough for two cars to run side by side. Cheng Jin and Yang Simi drove this way, and they walked this way once when they sent Huo Yuan and He Mingzheng back this morning.

There are many small advertisements posted on the telephone poles by the roadside, among which is a very eye-catching reminder of dog hunting. The photo of the dog on it is placed in a large size, so that passers-by can easily see it.

There is an alley outside the back door of the mansion, and bicycles can be used, but cars cannot pass.In the alley, there were many old people sitting and chatting in a secluded place. The language they spoke was the dialect of Changzhou, and Cheng Jin could only understand part of it.

They seem to be talking about the demolition. It seems that this place is about to be demolished. They are very reluctant, saying that they don’t want to live in a high-rise building, and prefer to live in the current old house. The neighbors can see each other every day and be together. chat.

There was also a dog hunting notice posted in the alley, Cheng Jin and Yang Simi went deep into the alley, and came to the back door of He Mingzheng's house.

The back door has been remodeled, a section of the wall was demolished, a small bungalow was built, containers were placed, glass doors were installed, and it became a small shop.

The top of the small shop and the walls on both sides are covered with green ivy, which looks full of vitality.

He Ming was sitting outside the small shop chatting with the old men and women. When he saw someone passing by, he raised his head to look at the person like other old people, and then he found that the person was an acquaintance whom he had met this morning.

He squeezed the cattail fan tightly in his hand and stood up: "You two—"

"My surname is Cheng, you can call me Xiao Cheng." Cheng Jin cut off the words "comrade public security" that the other party was about to say, thinking that it would be better not to reveal his official status in front of a group of old men and women, so as not to arouse their worries with vigilance.

"Old man, I want to ask you something, is it convenient to take a step to talk?"

He Mingzheng turned around and pushed away the windows of the small shop: "Come in."

Cheng Jin followed the other party, looking at the other party's back. He looked 172 cm tall. Judging from his figure, his weight should be less than 75 kg. His shoes were about a size 42, and the outer soles were worn.

——just in line with the analysis results of the pair of shoe prints in the corner of the backyard of the warehouse.

When sending Huo Yuan and He Mingzheng back early this morning, Cheng Jin felt like he had overlooked something. When chatting with Zhang Shun at noon, he finally realized:

He Mingzheng made him feel familiar.But in the early morning, he couldn't match this familiarity with the shoe print test results he had seen.

Pass through the small shop and come to the backyard. The inner wall is also covered with green vines, and there are many potted plants on the ground. The flowers of various colors are blooming very beautifully. It can be seen that the owner has put a lot of hard work for them.

There was also a grape trellis in the yard, on which hung bunches of purple grapes with hoarfrost, Yang Simi stared intently at the grapes.

He Mingzheng didn't notice, Cheng Jin quietly tugged at Yang Simi's clothes: Don't look, I want to eat grapes and I'll buy them for you later.

Walking into the small building, the furniture in the living room is quite old, and there is a large antique ceiling fan hanging on the ceiling. He Ming is turning on the switch of the ceiling fan, and the ceiling fan starts to rotate unsteadily.

He Mingzheng asked Cheng Jin and Yang Simi to sit down, poured them each a glass of water, then sat down himself, and asked, "What are you looking for me for? About the child?"

Cheng Jin looked at the other party. He Mingzheng was thinner than Peng Weimao who opened the barbecue stall, and his hair was much thicker. He was kind, but he didn't have the affinity to make customers feel good like Lao Peng, but Lao Peng Peng is in business, so he has to "please" customers and make them feel comfortable. He Mingzheng doesn't need this, he can just be himself.

"It's not the child's business. We are still looking for the child." Cheng Jin took out the recorder, turned it on and put it on the coffee table, and said, "I want to ask you, did you go to No. 15 Qiaotou Road, Chema Town Industrial Zone last Saturday?" It’s the kennel that exploded in the news.”

He Mingzheng was silent for a moment, and then said: "That's not a dog farm, it's a place for dog fighting and gambling. I went there last Saturday night to find my dog."

Cheng Jin thought of the dog-hunting revelations he had seen on the roadsides and alleys outside.