Night watch
Chapter 3 31 Children
Chapter 3 31 Children
The hidden so-called truth, no matter what the occasion, is mostly cruel.
——(Japanese) Ishida Tsui
1
The phone on the bedside table buzzed.
An arm struggled out from under the quilt, followed by Xiao Lang's messy hair.
He frowned, fumbled on the bedside table, and finally clasped the phone that was still vibrating.Early in the morning, I don’t know how many phone calls came in. Why is it so difficult to sleep late during a good summer vacation?
Xiao Lang was about to get angry when he woke up, but he caught a glimpse of three large characters on the screen of the phone: "Tang Dangdang".
He sat up suddenly, rubbed his hair subconsciously, cleared his throat, and connected the phone.
"Xiao Lang, why did it take you so long to answer the phone?"
Tang Dangdang's voice came from the other end of the phone.After a long time of no contact, Xiao Lang couldn't help but smile when he heard her clear voice: "Miss Tang, I haven't seen you for a semester. Before answering your call, I always have to take a shower, change clothes, and make up to show my respect. Admiration!"
"Don't make trouble, after studying archeology for a year, I really think of myself as an ancient person!" Tang Dangdang giggled on the phone.Thinking of the dimples on her cheeks at the moment, Xiao Lang couldn't help being in a good mood. While talking on the phone, he cheerfully picked up the scattered smelly socks on the floor and threw them into the basket.
"By the way, have you returned to Nan'an?" Tang Dangdang asked.
"I'm back, at my grandma's house."
"Or, come and find me!"
Hearing these words, Xiao Lang almost tripped over himself: "Hey? Miss Tang, don't you miss me?"
"What are you thinking, I want to ask you to take me to see brother Xiao Wang," Tang Dangdang's tone suddenly became shy, "Brother Xiao Wang will be a police trainee this summer, don't you want to see him?"
On the other side of the phone, Xiao Lang had lost the interest to continue tidying up the room, he shrugged his shoulders: "Well...you can go and see my brother. Is there any benefit for me to lead the way?"
"Well... I'll treat you to a big meal later, you can choose the restaurant!" Tang Dangdang laughed.
Tang Dangdang obviously dressed up carefully.
When the two of them left for college a year ago, Tang Dangdang was still a timid high school student.However, at this moment, Tang Dangdang, standing in front of Xiao Lang, looked slim and graceful, even with a little light makeup on, it looked like a girl who had just grown up.
"My God, who taught you how to do makeup? I almost dare not recognize you!" Xiao Lang looked at Tang Dangdang in surprise.
"Does it look good? Is it strange?" Tang Dangdang looked nervous, "My dad doesn't know anything about makeup, so I can only watch videos and learn by myself. Does it look good? Isn't it strange? "
"It looks good, but the taste..." Xiao Lang commented seriously, "This taste..."
"What's the smell?" Tang Dangdang sniffed himself nervously, afraid that there might be some peculiar smell on his body.
"This smell..." Xiao Lang looked sly, "Why does it smell like enoki mushroom stewed pork ribs?"
Tang Dangdang was overjoyed, and the nervous expression was swept away: "You are such a dog's nose!" She opened the insulation bucket wrapped in layers in her hand, lifted the lid and let Xiao Lang take a look, full of pride, "How is it? You made so many calls and didn't answer, almost thought that this soup couldn't be delivered to Brother Xiao Wang. I got up early in the morning and stewed it according to the recipe, it's 100% authentic!"
"Oh, I'm convinced." Xiao Lang was helpless, "I thought this delicious food was for rewarding me, you, you are still 100% my brother's little fan girl! Let's go, let's take you to find him !"
"Xiao Lang, you are the best." Tang Dangdang's pears were rippling.
In a blink of an eye, the car stopped at the gate of Nan'an University City Police Station.
Although his father and grandfather were both police officers, Xiao Lang had never been to their office.It was the first time that Xiao Lang came into such close contact with the police station, and Xiao Lang couldn't help being greatly disappointed.At the door on duty, there was a security guard reading a newspaper. Other than that, the whole yard was quiet, like a campus on a long vacation.
"Who are you looking for?" The security guard raised his head and asked through the glass window.
"Find my brother, Xiao Wang." Xiao Lang said.
"Xiao Wang?" The security guard rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, that intern from the Criminal Police Academy, does he have a certificate? If you don't have a certificate, just register."
Xiao Lang and Tang Dangdang obeyed obediently.
After a cursory check, the security guard pointed them to the location of Xiao Wang's office, signaling them both to go in.
"They don't even know that your brother is the son of the chief of the Public Security Bureau!" Xiao Lang stepped forward and Tang Dangdang followed closely behind, whispering.
"What's there to know about this?" Xiao Lang said, "If it were me, I wouldn't have said it. Wouldn't that be causing trouble for myself? What's more, my brother is such a low-key person."
Tang Dangdang nodded earnestly, thinking that the brother Xiao Wang he was thinking about was in an office at the end of the corridor, two blushes appeared on his face again.
This office is really remote.I thought the police station was so small that it would be easy to find my brother's office. Unexpectedly, after detours, Xiao Lang found the words "information collection room" that the security guard said in the corner near the stairwell.Pushing open the door, a hot flash of poor ventilation hits the face.This office is not too big, and there is a row of old-fashioned file cabinets against the inner wall, densely packed with files.
Next to the small window of the room, there is a lonely desk with an old-fashioned computer on it.
Behind the computer sat a thin man.As soon as the door opened, he instinctively straightened up and adjusted his glasses.
"Brother?" After returning from the summer vacation, in order to avoid his father's eyes, Xiao Lang ran to his grandma's house early in the morning.This was the first time he saw his long-lost brother this summer vacation.Xiao Wang looked much thinner, his face was still slightly pale like when he was a child, his glasses were on the bridge of his nose, he looked so gentle, he didn't look like a policeman.
"Why are you here!" Xiao Wang was full of surprise.He got up from his seat, went forward to meet him, looked at his tall brother and then at the petite Tang Dangdang, and couldn't help laughing.He hugged the shoulders of the two of them one by one, then turned to Xiao Lang: "Stinky boy, have you grown taller?"
Tang Dangdang was hugged, her face blushing.Xiao Lang was afraid that Xiao Wang would say "Why are you hiding at grandma's house" in the next sentence, so he quickly changed the subject, looked around, and said, "Hey, brother, is this the place where you practiced in summer vacation? How did you, a dignified prospective graduate of the Criminal Police Academy, be thrown into the cold palace to do these trivial things?"
What Xiao Lang said was right, there was a scale sticking vertically on the other wall of the information collection room, and besides Xiao Wang's computer, there was also a fingerprint printing machine on the table.To put it bluntly, the suspects involved in the case captured by the police station will first take a photo with a name tag here, and then have their fingerprints printed.The information collection room is for this purpose, and the police here are also responsible for such trivial matters.
"The police station is short of manpower, the internal staff have to go to the police, and I don't have the right to enforce the law, so I was put here." Xiao Wang smiled.
"I thought I could come to the police station and watch you solve the case. Otherwise, it would be cool to watch you interrogate a thief." Xiao Lang didn't notice the unnatural smile in his brother's smile, and looked around at the people in the room. Chen Shen, while joking carelessly, "It seems that there are not many things here, can we get off work early and sneak out to have a meal together? Tang Dangdang said she is treating guests!"
"It's still half an hour before the meal time." Xiao Wang smiled helplessly, and changed the topic, "If you are hungry, why don't you order food first? It's okay, I'll treat you to this meal, Dangdang come once It's not easy either."
"It's okay, I can wait here with you." Dangdang said quickly, she glanced at Xiao Wang's computer, and whispered, "Your computer...is it okay?"
Xiao Wang glanced back at the blue screen of the computer, and shook his head: "There is something wrong with the computer, and nothing happened after trying it for a long time. The colleague in charge of computer technology happened to be away today. When you came in, I just restarted it. , but it still doesn't seem to work."
Tang Dangdang's enthusiasm was mobilized at once: "How about... let me try?"
Xiao Wang was a little hesitant, seeing Tang Dangdang's face eager to try, so he smiled: "Okay, try it. It's good that it can be turned on smoothly. This computer is too old, and I feel that I should be its last owner. .”
Tang Dangdang, who looks petite and cute, has a different aura as soon as his hands touch the keyboard.Her fingers fluttered, and the jumping characters on the screen were like dots of light that grew automatically, rising and falling, flickering.A few minutes, that is, a few minutes, when Xiao Lang stretched out his hand to open the window, the sleeping computer seemed to have suddenly sucked in a breath of fresh air, and suddenly refreshed.
"Di."
The computer enters the normal startup screen.
Then, the document that Xiao Wang browsed before jumped out on the screen.
The big words "July 2016, 7 Nan'an City burglary of children" appeared in front of my eyes.
Xiao Lang couldn't help leaning over, reading the text on the screen: "This is... what happened last night?"
"That's right." Xiao Wang said, "From last night until now, the six police teams of the police station, except for the two police teams who are alternately on duty, the other four police teams have all canceled their vacations and focused on this case. .”
"You didn't go?"
"The director said that no one should leave the information collection room, so he didn't let me go." Xiao Wang said, "I don't know much about this case, but I just heard a few words from the brothers who came back from the police. Not often. I originally wanted to enter the case-handling coordination system to see the specifics of this case, but I didn’t expect that the computer crashed as soon as I opened the page.”
"Break in and steal a child..." Xiao Lang rubbed the bridge of his nose, "This man is so courageous."
Tang Dangdang was also aroused, and she looked curiously at the system window on the desktop: "So, have the police case handling systems been connected to the Internet?"
"15 years ago, the public security network was basically popularized to handle cases." Xiao Wang pointed to the filing cabinet next to him and said, "But legal procedures still require physical documents, which store all the files that the police station has handled over the past 20 years. case."
"So many." Tang Dangdang sighed.She withdrew her distant gaze, and when it fell on Xiao Wang again, Xiao Wang had already focused on the screen.From childhood to adulthood, every time Xiao Wang was doing something seriously, his focused expression always made her heart beat faster.She once secretly made a wish that in the future she must let Xiao Wang look at herself with such serious eyes, even just once.
Xiao Lang saw it all.He knew that his brother had always been a strong person, and he had to do whatever he wanted to do no matter what.As soon as Xiao Wang's computer was repaired, his mind was already on the child-stealing case, even if he was taken to dinner, his mind was not there.So he coughed a few times, successfully attracted the attention of the two of them, and then said with a smile: "Brother, I know your mind is full of this case at the moment. You don't need to go out with us for lunch at noon, first I owe it, it’s okay. But today, someone got up early in the morning and made soup for you. If you don’t try it, someone might cry..."
"Hey, who would cry..." Tang Dangdang blushed, not acknowledging himself.
Xiao Wang smiled.He took the thermos pot that Tang Dangdang had been holding in his hand, and uncovered it layer by layer, until a pot of hot pork rib soup appeared in front of him.It can be seen that Tang Dangdang did put a lot of effort into it.
"I didn't expect Dangdang to be able to cook by himself." Xiao Wang sighed.He carefully took a bowl out of the thermos.
Tang Dangdang was proud and shy at the same time.While agreeing, Xiao Lang coveted the soup in his brother's bowl: "Yes, Tang Dangdang used to come to our house for meals when he was a child. My mother can tell you that after you eat our meal, you will be a member of our family."
"What are you talking about!" Tang Dangdang's dimples were about to burn, she stretched out her hand to open Xiao Lang's eager hand, "Why are you in a hurry, can you let your brother finish this first!"
Xiao Lang wanted to make trouble.Ever since he was a child, he felt that grabbing food is the best food, but his elder brother always let him, so he could only grab food from Tang Dangdang who came to his house to play, although in the end he would inevitably be scolded by his mother every time. Have fun.Maybe he just likes to see Tang Dangdang so nervous and concerned.
But this time he seems to have overplayed his hand.The moment Xiao Lang avoided Tang Dangdang, he accidentally bumped into the filing cabinet next to him.Xiao Lang is not as thin and weak as his elder brother, the whole filing cabinet was shaken by the collision, and it was on the verge of collapsing.Seeing that something was wrong, Xiao Lang and Xiao Wang quickly reached out to help, but it was too late, not only did not support the filing cabinet, but knocked over the thermos bucket on the desk.The first filing cabinet fell backwards with a clang, knocking the subsequent filing cabinets down like dominoes.All the files in the filing cabinet were scattered out, and a bucket of hot soup was poured on the scattered files.
Several people were dumbfounded all of a sudden.
"Blame me, blame me, I'll clean it up." Xiao Lang was the first to squat down to clean up the files.
Tang Dangdang also squatted down and picked up the file without saying a word.The room was filled with the aroma of rib soup.The more she remained silent, the more flustered Xiao Lang became.
Xiao Wang quickly persuaded them both to stand up: "Okay, okay. Don't be too busy. Don't bother with the affairs here."
"But Brother Xiao Wang, so many files..." Tang Dangdang looked at the mess on the ground with distress.
"It's okay. You don't know the order of these files, so it's not helpful here. After a while, other people came back and saw you working here, so you have to tell me about the confidentiality of the files. I know the location of these files better than you. It will be done in a while."
"But..." Tang Dangdang still wanted to say something.
Xiao Wang pressed her shoulder: "Dangdang, I'm already very touched that you cooked soup for me yourself. I'm sorry that I can't accompany you to dinner today, so I can make up for it another day. Finally, I will give you a task to make this soup for me. Take the brat home."
"Ah?" Xiao Lang was caught off guard.
Xiao Wang patted him on the shoulder: "Brat, running away won't solve the problem. I've been hiding at my grandma's house for so many days, it's time to go home and see my parents." At the door, "Go back, see you tonight."
The two finally left.Xiao Wang squatted on the ground, picked up the file folder, and wiped it gently with a rag, while thinking about the little things about these two younger siblings, his heart was full of warmth.
Suddenly, he saw a dossier among the scattered files.
"July 2007, 7 Nan'an City National Day residential burglary baby case".
same case?Xiao Wang thought about it, thinking that his eyes were dazzled.He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look again.That's right, nine years ago, the University Town Police Station also accepted a case very similar to what happened yesterday.I don't know the circumstances of the case, but just judging from the name of the case, it is indeed very similar.
There is a red seal on the cover of the dossier, with the word "unbroken" on it.This shows that it is an unsolved backlog case, which shows that it really may have some connection with yesterday's case.
Xiao Wang speeded up and sorted out the thousands of files scattered on the ground one by one, hoping to find similar cases from these files.
After spending a whole afternoon, Xiao Wang finally sorted out the files in the filing cabinet.But it is a pity that among these old cases, except for one case in which a child was captured on the spot by the masses and then turned over to the police station, no child abduction case was found.It's normal when you think about it. After all, this is just a police station with a population of over [-]. If there are too many similar cases, it will be too abnormal.
Xiao Wang straightened up slowly, and patted the file in his hand vigorously, and the dust immediately flew up.After squatting all afternoon, my waist hurts.Xiao Wang thought, if only his body could be as strong and strong as his brother's.However, after that high fever, his body has been in such a weak state.Even if I have been exercising unremittingly these years, I can only barely maintain my health.A little slack will lead to illness.
He always remembered that when he was five or six years old, his father took him to work overtime at the police station on weekends, took off the police cap and put it on his head.My father said at that time, from now on, you will be my successor.After his illness, his father never mentioned the agreement between them again.Maybe his father couldn't bear to put too much pressure on him, but Xiao Wang always remembered it.
When he was trying to be admitted to the Criminal Police Academy, when he kept getting scholarships one after another in school, when he refused the school's invitation to stay in school and signed with the Nan'an Public Security Bureau, he saw that his father always A smile on a stern face.He knew that his father, like him, had never forgotten this agreement.
Sometimes, he is very envious of his younger brother.His younger brother was born four years later than him, but he was completely different from him.As if God gave his younger brother all that he lacked, Xiao Lang was able to jump up and down since childhood, mischievous and mischievous, with inexhaustible strength and energy, even the senses of smell, hearing and vision are more sensitive than ordinary people.If Xiao Lang wants to become a policeman, it may be much smoother than his own path, but he just doesn't want to.Whether it is rebellion or lack of interest, Xiao Lang has always rejected his father's suggestions and arrangements.A year ago, he filled out his university volunteers, no matter whether it was the first, second or third volunteers, there was no sign of a police academy.For this matter, his father did not speak to Xiao Lang for a whole year.
Xiao Wang thought bitterly, if he had a body like his brother's, maybe things would be different.
In the last few months of college, Xiao Wang was assigned to an internship in the police station in the university town, where he was responsible for information collection and file management, and he didn't even participate in case handling.I was full of enthusiasm when I was in school, but my heart was completely chilled by the internship in the past few months.
Fortunately, July is the last month of the internship period.In other words, after another eighteen days, he will be able to turn one crutch on his shoulder (a student) into two crutches (a trainee policeman); ) too.More importantly, once the internship period is over, he, a top student of the Criminal Police Academy, should not be trapped in the police station to sort out documents.What he needs is to enter the criminal police team, what he needs is to prove himself.This child theft case may be a turning point.
Night had already fallen unknowingly, Xiao Wang saw that the windows were flashing red and blue by the police lights in the courtyard, and knew that there was another police call.He sat in his seat, rubbed his hands vigorously, then opened the case coordination system, and slowly browsed the ins and outs of the case.
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Zhao Jian and his wife, as well as the neighbors and teachers who rushed to the scene at the first time, were called to the police station, and everyone took notes.Added together, there are more than twenty copies.Xiao Wang raised his wrist to look at his watch, and began to read one by one.
Zhao Jian and his wife are very famous in school, to be precise, they are well-known in the whole Nan'an city and even the whole province.Li Xiaohong still holds the record for the 1000-meter long-distance race in the Provincial Games, and has won gold medals in various long-distance running events in the Provincial Games many times.Although Zhao Jian is a ball game teacher, he is best at football.He was once selected for the national team, but he resolutely quit the team because he was always insulted.
The two were married for four years and gave birth to this lovely son.
Neighbors reported that this child is very cute and has inherited the fine traditions of the two. He has been known to be gifted in sports since he was a child.
The home of Zhao Jian and his wife is on the first floor of a six-story building in the center of the school's family area. There is a yard at the back door, and the front is facing the main road of the family area.From the cases that Xiao Wang has seen, he concluded a rule, criminals who commit crimes on the move usually choose to commit crimes on the edge of dense residential areas.Because it is easy to escape after the edge area is obtained, the distance of entering and leaving is greatly reduced.However, although the scene of this case was on the first floor, it was easy to be stolen, but the overall location was in the middle of the community.Although it is adjacent to the main road, it is still not enough to explain it by running around.
It is even more impossible to commit crimes locally. Theft can be committed locally. How can stealing children also be committed locally?
The problems Xiao Wang discovered were far more than these.
There was no sign of damage to the door lock at the scene, but from the description of Zhao Jian and his wife, the criminal entered and exited through the door.Then, this criminal does not meet the characteristics of living in distress and using children for profit.With such a superb lockpicking ability, even opening a lock and key shop can make more money than selling children at huge risks.
Taking advantage of the convenience of the police station, Xiao Wang checked the status of household registration personnel in the family area of the Physical Education College.The residents of this community are mainly school teachers, and there are also individual cases where school teachers sell their property rights after being assigned to welfare housing.There are 73 households in the community, and if there are three people in each household, it is a community of more than 200 people.In this community, there are more than a dozen children aged 0 to 5. Why did the criminal choose Zhao Jian's family?Because they are famous?What does stealing a child have to do with being famous?No buyer will pay a high price because the child's parents are notoriously famous.
Xiao Wang was even more puzzled by the conclusions drawn from the on-site investigation.No valuable traces and physical evidence were left at the scene. The perpetrator even wore brand new shoes to evade the police from discovering their wear characteristics, and wore gloves to complete the entire crime process.It can be seen that this is a criminal with rich experience in crimes and anti-investigation capabilities.
Colleagues from the Technical Squadron also discovered the damage to the cat's eyes at the gate of Zhao Jian's house, but they only made records without in-depth analysis. Xiao Wang, who has a lot of "reading" experience, easily knows that this is a technical unlocking method that uses the cat's eye as a tool entrance to open the door from the inside.
This is a formidable opponent who leaves no clues for the police.The reason why he swaggered into the house and stole the child was because he had full confidence in his own crime.Of course, according to the description of Zhao Jian and his wife, he is also full of confidence in his physical fitness, because he is fully equipped to escape.
Apart from these doubts, there are many doubts in terms of the nature of the case.Child abduction is not uncommon.Although in recent years, the public security department has stepped up efforts to crack down on this vicious crime, it still happens from time to time.Moreover, the investigation of such cases is very difficult, so the detection rate is not high.
A prominent feature of all child trafficking cases, however, is the uncertainty of the target.Xiao Wang thought, this is what the book said.Generally, criminals who abduct and traffic children do not know their targets and wait for the opportunity. When they see a single child, they will pick it up or lure them to a place where there is no one.At best, they were some daring bastards who robbed children on motorcycles in broad daylight.These cases are also reported on Weibo, WeChat and online news from time to time.
Even the act of robbing children in a speeding car is extremely rare, let alone this kind of burglary of children, which is simply unheard of!More importantly, since it is the burglary of children, we have reason to believe that this case is a targeted theft of children; the motive of the criminal in this case is not child abduction.
So, instead of child trafficking, what would it be?Kidnap?Then you should choose a rich family, and tie up a pair of poor teacher's children, what money can you get?
Or revenge?However, both Zhao Jian and his wife and their twenty-odd neighbors all agreed that Zhao Jian and his wife lived in seclusion and had a simple working and living environment, so it was impossible to form an enemy.What's more, a detective team from the criminal police team in the area of responsibility investigated all the social conflicts between Zhao Jian and his wife today, but found nothing.
So, what is the motivation for this criminal to commit crimes with a purpose?
If it is just this case, the possibility of committing a crime by a mentally ill person has to be considered.But the dossier on the table directly vetoed this possibility.
That was a case that happened nine years ago.
The National Day Community is a community where senior intellectuals live under the jurisdiction of the University City Police Station.Next door to this community is a high-end scientific research institute of the military.The one who lost his child was a deputy division commander officer in his thirties.
The exact time of the incident is estimated to be late at night.
That day, the officer did not go home in the scientific research institute.The next morning, when he went home to see his daughter, he found that her daughter had disappeared.
This made the officer very puzzled.The sleeping wife didn't even realize that her almost two-year-old daughter had disappeared from her bed!Moreover, there was no trace of outsiders entering the entire scene.
Although there are no traces of outsiders entering, the police certainly cannot believe the claims that it was sucked away by space or abducted by aliens.Therefore, the police finally classified the case as a case of burglary of infants and young children.It is a very conservative characterization, because no one dares to say that human traffickers can enter the military area guarded by sentries to steal children and sell them.
At that time, the military responded very violently, and the chiefs of the military regions all issued instructions, asking the local police handling the case to solve the case as soon as possible.However, even though the police tried their best and the military security department put a lot of energy into it, the case finally came to nothing.
Xiao Wang felt that although the two cases spanned a long period of time, they fully met the conditions for a merger.First, the choices of crimes in the two cases are similar, and they both choose the targets of infringement with a goal.Second, the modus operandi of the two cases was similar, both being burglary.Thirdly, the criminal abilities of the two cases are similar, they can enter the scene without anyone noticing, and then leave without anyone noticing, no matter how difficult the scene is to enter.Wave your sleeves without leaving a trace.
In the case in 2007, the criminal did not ask for money through phone calls or E-mails.Well, this case is estimated to have finally ruled out the possibility of kidnapping for money.In fact, the possibility of this is very small.
The change of personnel at the police station is very fast.In order to ensure the purity of the police, the Party Committee of the bureau will conduct a major exchange of policemen in the city's police stations every two years. Those in the east city will go to the west city, and those in the west city will go to the south city.Therefore, after nine years, almost all the personnel in the police station were replaced.Otherwise, there must be an old policeman who can imagine the connection of these two cases, right?
Thanks to this reckless brat, the matter of knocking over the filing cabinet turned into a disaster.
However, even if it is serialized and paralleled, so what?There is no evidence, no clues, and even the motive of the criminal is completely unclear.
"It's strange to say that these two cases actually happened in the jurisdiction of our police station." Xiao Wang thought about it, "No! What I see now is only the files of our police station. If you commit a crime, I can’t see it here! The coordination system of the first-level police has a level-[-] access authority. If you want to find the whole province, you have to go to the provincial department.”
However, he is just a trainee policeman, and he doesn't even have the right to enforce the law.
Xiao Wang looked at his watch, the hour hand was already pointing to ten o'clock at night.Colleagues haven't returned yet, and it looks like it's going to be another sleepless night.Alas, how could there be such good luck in solving the case without a clue?
Because of the emergency last night, the police station urgently called all the police to the station, including Xiao Wang.Counting it, Xiao Wang has not slept for two days and one night. He leaned heavily on the back of the chair, pinching the bridge of his nose tiredly.
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Xiao Wang fell asleep drowsily on the chair, and within ten minutes, he was awakened by a thought of his own.
My father has a close friend in the provincial office, why can't I seek his help?
Xiao Wang raised his wrist to look at his watch, worried that it would be too late and disturb others' rest, but after all, solving the case was imminent, so he couldn't take care of so much, so let's try his luck.
Xiao Wang took out his mobile phone and searched in the address book.
"Hello, Uncle Lin, I'm Xiao Wang." Xiao Wang got through the phone and tentatively said, "Xiao Wentian's eldest son."
"Xiao Wang?" Uncle Lin, who hadn't seen him for several years, was still very close to Xiao Wang, which surprised Xiao Wang greatly.
"Uncle Lin, I have graduated now, and I will officially enter the police force soon."
"How time flies." Uncle Lin sighed. "Watching you grow up, I always thought you were a witty, calm, and cautious child. It is a great blessing that you joined the police force."
"Uncle Lin is too much." Xiao Wang smiled and said, "Which department are you in now?"
"Abduction Office."
"Really? That's such a coincidence!" Xiao Wang was overjoyed, "I'm researching several baby theft cases in our jurisdiction today, can I go to your place to find out some information? Tomorrow?"
"You're talking about the family area of the Physical Education Institute, right?" Uncle Lin said, "I'm also working overtime on this matter, you can come here now."
Although Xiao Wang never thought in his heart that this case was an ordinary child trafficking case and should not be handled by the Anti-Trafficking Office, he was really pleasantly surprised because he could get more information from Uncle Lin.He immediately called the director and asked for leave, and took a taxi to the provincial government compound.
Uncle Lin is much older, but judging from the "white shirt" he is wearing, he is already the director of the Anti-Trafficking Office.After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Xiao Wang put forward his own ideas, and asked Uncle Lin to use his high-level authority to look up specific information on child abduction cases in the province in recent years, or even in the past ten years.
Uncle Lin was very interested in Xiao Wang's idea, but after all Xiao Wang was only a student, he couldn't ask the city bureau to change all the investigation measures because of a student's remarks.In Uncle Lin's view, there is no need to string together cases, but to use the police's net to directly catch the current ones.
However, Uncle Lin still gave Xiao Wang the maximum authorization, and promised Xiao Wang to stay in this office before going to work tomorrow.In this office, in addition to the public security network computer, there are copies of all unsolved child abduction and trafficking cases since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
For Xiao Wang, such a wealth of information is like a treasure.He buried his head in the file, and he didn't even know about Uncle Lin coming home from get off work.
Using a computer to search, and then searching for records by number in the filing cabinet, this is many times easier than his search for a needle in a haystack this afternoon.
Xiao Wang searched for similar cases with key words such as burglary, anti-investigation ability, etc., and soon found more than a dozen cases.Then, according to the numbers of these dozens of cases, they found the files and checked them one by one.
On July 2012, 7, the child burglary case in Linyin County, Zhaofeng City.
On July 2008, 7, the child burglary case in Xilin District, Nan'an City.
On July 2006, 7, the case of baby burglary in Nancheng District, Nan'an City.
On July 2006, 7, the child burglary case in Fengshan City.
On July 1997, 7, the case of baby burglary in Changjiang District, Jiangnan City.
……
It took Xiao Wang more than an hour to read all the important parts of these dozens of files.Xiao Wang's reading speed is astonishing due to his long-term reading habits.
Soon, Xiao Wang found many similarities among these dozen cases, plus the two cases in his own police station's jurisdiction.
Entering the room, with a clear goal, regardless of the consequences and difficulties, unlocking the lock with technology or not knowing how to enter the scene, leaving no traces and physical evidence, and no kidnapping characteristics of asking for money, and finally disappearing.
Xiao Wang believed that these dozens of cases were conditionally combined.However, even if they are serialized and merged, how can the track of the suspect be discovered through serialization?It seems that there is no rule at all.
Moreover, in 2006, two similar cases occurred in two urban areas hundreds of kilometers away at the same time!Based on this, it can be deduced that either the idea of serialization is wrong, or there is more than one criminal.
Even if there is more than one person, it is not possible to steal children on the same day, right?Stealing children always has to look for an opportunity, right?
the same day?the same day?Xiao Wang was thinking, his eyes scanning back and forth on the list of cases he had just listed.Why is it July?Because it is easy to commit crimes in July?
Xiao Wang stroked his chin, and opened the perpetual calendar with an Internet computer.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Renchen year of the lunar calendar.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Dinghai year of the lunar calendar.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Bingxu year of the lunar calendar.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Bingxu year of the lunar calendar.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Bingzi year of the lunar calendar.
……
Xiao Wang's heart sank every time he wrote a lunar date in the last column of the list.These cases with similar characteristics were all committed on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month!
Why is that?
Xiao Wang's mind kept running.Obsessive-compulsive disorder?It's a special day?What special day?Is it related to feudal superstition?Using children as sacrifices?Oh my god!
Thinking of this, Xiao Wang's goose bumps all over his body.
No, there must be more than these cases.
Xiao Wang's drowsiness was completely driven away by this terrible thought.He sat up straight again, adjusted the computer screen, and started a new round of screening and searching.
This time, the method he chose was to enter the Gregorian calendar date on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month into the system, and only use this as the only search criteria to search.
Soon, a total of 31 cases were listed on the list he made.
From 1995 to 2016, during these 22 years, similar cases must have occurred every year.In some years it happened once, in some years it happened twice.However, without exception, these cases were all committed on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month.
Xiao Wang seemed to have caught the murderer's tail, trembling, he found more than a dozen other files from the filing cabinet according to the number.
According to these more than a dozen files, these cases were not burglary, but the children were lost in strange ways.
Some are when shopping malls, and the children do not know why they disappear; some are adults playing mahjong, and the crib at the door is gone in a blink of an eye; I have been in class all the time, and my condition is normal. I don’t know why I lost my child in the process of picking up people after school.
In short, these dozen or so cases, which seem to be ordinary child trafficking cases, are actually different.
Who has such extraordinary perseverance in committing crimes?The time span is more than 20 years!Xiao Wang, who is only 23 years old this year, discovered that such a series of cases had already started quietly when he was two years old!He was very lucky that he was not stolen by the criminal.
After reading the dossier, it was already three o'clock in the morning.Xiao Wang leaned back on the chair wearily, not even daring to guess the criminal's motive.No, so many children have been lost, if they were killed, why has no body been found?Once a corpse or bone is found, it will not be so strange if it is verified with the DNA library of the missing persons.
Not knowing whether it was the reliability of this reasoning, or the resistance in his heart, or finding a support for the case, Xiao Wang forced himself to firmly believe that these 31 children were still alive.
If it weren't for feudal superstition and cruel killing, then where did the children go?What is the motive of the criminal?
Xiao Wang remembered that cases of child abduction and trafficking usually occurred in rural areas, because the villagers were busy farming, and the children were neglected from a very young age, which also gave some criminals an opportunity to take advantage of them.However, these 31 cases, without exception, all occurred in urban areas, and even several cases occurred in very busy streets.
Also, in some years, two cases occurred in different places.
Could it be a child stealing contest?What perverts do?So, the question comes back, where did the child go?
Xiao Wang's mind was in a mess. He calmed himself down, carried the 31 files to the copier, and copied the "Case Investigation Report", which was the most critical and best summarized case in each file, one by one. down.
When the copier was working, Xiao Wang suddenly had a flash of inspiration as the light spot of the copier moved.
Will children or their parents be stolen by any rule?Xiao Wang tried his best to recall the records in the dossier.Surname?Native place?blood?partisan?community?age?Profession?Not at all, there is no law at all.
But, what about their accomplishments?yes!What about achievements?
Athletes, senior engineers, senior police officers, outstanding military officers, famous hackers...
Every parent of a child is not an ordinary person!Although some of them have no power or money, they are still considered to be the famous local clan!
This is not picking targets, but picking genes!
What does the criminal want to do?
Although the motive of the criminal is still unclear, Xiao Wang has no doubts about his "flash of inspiration".He stepped up the progress of copying, then sat in front of the computer, and began to draw up what he saw and thought into a complete report.He had already made up his mind that he would not give this report material to Uncle Lin, nor would he give it to the director. He would directly hand it over to his father—Xiao Wentian, director of the Nan'an Public Security Bureau.
Because, with the case developing like this, it cannot be ruled out that there are people in the public security who violated discipline and revealed the details of the case, so Xiao Wentian is the only person he can trust.Xiao Wentian is also the person who trusts him the most.
Have a well-thought-out plan, think like a spring, and write brilliantly.
At 05:30 in the morning, Xiao Wang completed his systematic report.The report introduces the basic situation of all suspicious cases, and highlights the key parts of each case in red.The report draws extensively from sources and sources, analyzes according to reason, and finally draws a series of conclusions.
The 31 cases have clear characteristics and laws. To sum up, their inherent characteristics and laws are: date, nature, method, and target.Therefore, these 31 cases should be investigated in parallel.
The individuals who were violated in the 31 cases were all children aged 1 to 4, with a mix of males and females, and all of them were from prestigious families. There is reason to believe that the perpetrators were selecting genes.
However, there is no basis to speculate on the motive of the perpetrator, and there is no basis to confirm whether the 31 victims (the oldest is 25 years old this year) survived or not.
When writing this sentence, Xiao Wang's heart ached.He was absolutely unwilling to believe that these were 31 homicide cases, but he had to reason and analyze objectively and with evidence.
The report believes that the next step is to put aside speculation about the criminal's motives and start with the criminal's scope of activities and individual characteristics to conduct investigations.At the same time, you should look for hidden places where children gather, and check them one by one.After all, the children who have been stolen in recent years are still very young.Without a suitable living environment, children cannot survive.If there is no place to gather and hide, the children would have been found by the police long ago.
The report believes that it is more important to connect with neighboring provinces to find similar cases.Although the anti-trafficking database has long been established, the database does not have the ability to combine factors such as the characteristics of the case and the time when the case occurred.This requires the sincere cooperation and manual investigation of several nearby provinces to discover the clues.Xiao Wang believes that criminals are so rampant and committing crimes across regions, it is very likely that they commit crimes across provinces.We have not yet grasped similar cases in other provinces.
During this sleepless day and night, although Xiao Wang had made a major breakthrough, his doubts were getting bigger and bigger.He is just a trainee policeman, he has no ability to continue to explore.
can fatherCan he convince the Party committee of the bureau, the provincial department and even the Ministry of Public Security?
Xiao Wang was also not sure.
He printed out the report of more than 31 sheets, and attached the investigation reports of [-] cases, which was a whole stack.Then, he silently deleted the electronic version of the report, held a large pile of materials, turned off the lights and closed the door, and walked out of the compound of the Public Security Bureau.
At this time, the sky has turned white.Xiao Wang's family lived not far from the Provincial Office, and he quickly walked to the family compound of the police with the materials.He knew that his father would leave home to go to work on time at seven o'clock every day, and it was already 05:30 at this time, and he needed to roughly report his findings to his father before he went out.
If his father supports his views, if his superiors support his father's views, if all the police can work together, if there is a little bit of luck, and most importantly, if the children are still alive.
What a wonderful thing it would be to solve the case.
(End of this chapter)
The hidden so-called truth, no matter what the occasion, is mostly cruel.
——(Japanese) Ishida Tsui
1
The phone on the bedside table buzzed.
An arm struggled out from under the quilt, followed by Xiao Lang's messy hair.
He frowned, fumbled on the bedside table, and finally clasped the phone that was still vibrating.Early in the morning, I don’t know how many phone calls came in. Why is it so difficult to sleep late during a good summer vacation?
Xiao Lang was about to get angry when he woke up, but he caught a glimpse of three large characters on the screen of the phone: "Tang Dangdang".
He sat up suddenly, rubbed his hair subconsciously, cleared his throat, and connected the phone.
"Xiao Lang, why did it take you so long to answer the phone?"
Tang Dangdang's voice came from the other end of the phone.After a long time of no contact, Xiao Lang couldn't help but smile when he heard her clear voice: "Miss Tang, I haven't seen you for a semester. Before answering your call, I always have to take a shower, change clothes, and make up to show my respect. Admiration!"
"Don't make trouble, after studying archeology for a year, I really think of myself as an ancient person!" Tang Dangdang giggled on the phone.Thinking of the dimples on her cheeks at the moment, Xiao Lang couldn't help being in a good mood. While talking on the phone, he cheerfully picked up the scattered smelly socks on the floor and threw them into the basket.
"By the way, have you returned to Nan'an?" Tang Dangdang asked.
"I'm back, at my grandma's house."
"Or, come and find me!"
Hearing these words, Xiao Lang almost tripped over himself: "Hey? Miss Tang, don't you miss me?"
"What are you thinking, I want to ask you to take me to see brother Xiao Wang," Tang Dangdang's tone suddenly became shy, "Brother Xiao Wang will be a police trainee this summer, don't you want to see him?"
On the other side of the phone, Xiao Lang had lost the interest to continue tidying up the room, he shrugged his shoulders: "Well...you can go and see my brother. Is there any benefit for me to lead the way?"
"Well... I'll treat you to a big meal later, you can choose the restaurant!" Tang Dangdang laughed.
Tang Dangdang obviously dressed up carefully.
When the two of them left for college a year ago, Tang Dangdang was still a timid high school student.However, at this moment, Tang Dangdang, standing in front of Xiao Lang, looked slim and graceful, even with a little light makeup on, it looked like a girl who had just grown up.
"My God, who taught you how to do makeup? I almost dare not recognize you!" Xiao Lang looked at Tang Dangdang in surprise.
"Does it look good? Is it strange?" Tang Dangdang looked nervous, "My dad doesn't know anything about makeup, so I can only watch videos and learn by myself. Does it look good? Isn't it strange? "
"It looks good, but the taste..." Xiao Lang commented seriously, "This taste..."
"What's the smell?" Tang Dangdang sniffed himself nervously, afraid that there might be some peculiar smell on his body.
"This smell..." Xiao Lang looked sly, "Why does it smell like enoki mushroom stewed pork ribs?"
Tang Dangdang was overjoyed, and the nervous expression was swept away: "You are such a dog's nose!" She opened the insulation bucket wrapped in layers in her hand, lifted the lid and let Xiao Lang take a look, full of pride, "How is it? You made so many calls and didn't answer, almost thought that this soup couldn't be delivered to Brother Xiao Wang. I got up early in the morning and stewed it according to the recipe, it's 100% authentic!"
"Oh, I'm convinced." Xiao Lang was helpless, "I thought this delicious food was for rewarding me, you, you are still 100% my brother's little fan girl! Let's go, let's take you to find him !"
"Xiao Lang, you are the best." Tang Dangdang's pears were rippling.
In a blink of an eye, the car stopped at the gate of Nan'an University City Police Station.
Although his father and grandfather were both police officers, Xiao Lang had never been to their office.It was the first time that Xiao Lang came into such close contact with the police station, and Xiao Lang couldn't help being greatly disappointed.At the door on duty, there was a security guard reading a newspaper. Other than that, the whole yard was quiet, like a campus on a long vacation.
"Who are you looking for?" The security guard raised his head and asked through the glass window.
"Find my brother, Xiao Wang." Xiao Lang said.
"Xiao Wang?" The security guard rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, that intern from the Criminal Police Academy, does he have a certificate? If you don't have a certificate, just register."
Xiao Lang and Tang Dangdang obeyed obediently.
After a cursory check, the security guard pointed them to the location of Xiao Wang's office, signaling them both to go in.
"They don't even know that your brother is the son of the chief of the Public Security Bureau!" Xiao Lang stepped forward and Tang Dangdang followed closely behind, whispering.
"What's there to know about this?" Xiao Lang said, "If it were me, I wouldn't have said it. Wouldn't that be causing trouble for myself? What's more, my brother is such a low-key person."
Tang Dangdang nodded earnestly, thinking that the brother Xiao Wang he was thinking about was in an office at the end of the corridor, two blushes appeared on his face again.
This office is really remote.I thought the police station was so small that it would be easy to find my brother's office. Unexpectedly, after detours, Xiao Lang found the words "information collection room" that the security guard said in the corner near the stairwell.Pushing open the door, a hot flash of poor ventilation hits the face.This office is not too big, and there is a row of old-fashioned file cabinets against the inner wall, densely packed with files.
Next to the small window of the room, there is a lonely desk with an old-fashioned computer on it.
Behind the computer sat a thin man.As soon as the door opened, he instinctively straightened up and adjusted his glasses.
"Brother?" After returning from the summer vacation, in order to avoid his father's eyes, Xiao Lang ran to his grandma's house early in the morning.This was the first time he saw his long-lost brother this summer vacation.Xiao Wang looked much thinner, his face was still slightly pale like when he was a child, his glasses were on the bridge of his nose, he looked so gentle, he didn't look like a policeman.
"Why are you here!" Xiao Wang was full of surprise.He got up from his seat, went forward to meet him, looked at his tall brother and then at the petite Tang Dangdang, and couldn't help laughing.He hugged the shoulders of the two of them one by one, then turned to Xiao Lang: "Stinky boy, have you grown taller?"
Tang Dangdang was hugged, her face blushing.Xiao Lang was afraid that Xiao Wang would say "Why are you hiding at grandma's house" in the next sentence, so he quickly changed the subject, looked around, and said, "Hey, brother, is this the place where you practiced in summer vacation? How did you, a dignified prospective graduate of the Criminal Police Academy, be thrown into the cold palace to do these trivial things?"
What Xiao Lang said was right, there was a scale sticking vertically on the other wall of the information collection room, and besides Xiao Wang's computer, there was also a fingerprint printing machine on the table.To put it bluntly, the suspects involved in the case captured by the police station will first take a photo with a name tag here, and then have their fingerprints printed.The information collection room is for this purpose, and the police here are also responsible for such trivial matters.
"The police station is short of manpower, the internal staff have to go to the police, and I don't have the right to enforce the law, so I was put here." Xiao Wang smiled.
"I thought I could come to the police station and watch you solve the case. Otherwise, it would be cool to watch you interrogate a thief." Xiao Lang didn't notice the unnatural smile in his brother's smile, and looked around at the people in the room. Chen Shen, while joking carelessly, "It seems that there are not many things here, can we get off work early and sneak out to have a meal together? Tang Dangdang said she is treating guests!"
"It's still half an hour before the meal time." Xiao Wang smiled helplessly, and changed the topic, "If you are hungry, why don't you order food first? It's okay, I'll treat you to this meal, Dangdang come once It's not easy either."
"It's okay, I can wait here with you." Dangdang said quickly, she glanced at Xiao Wang's computer, and whispered, "Your computer...is it okay?"
Xiao Wang glanced back at the blue screen of the computer, and shook his head: "There is something wrong with the computer, and nothing happened after trying it for a long time. The colleague in charge of computer technology happened to be away today. When you came in, I just restarted it. , but it still doesn't seem to work."
Tang Dangdang's enthusiasm was mobilized at once: "How about... let me try?"
Xiao Wang was a little hesitant, seeing Tang Dangdang's face eager to try, so he smiled: "Okay, try it. It's good that it can be turned on smoothly. This computer is too old, and I feel that I should be its last owner. .”
Tang Dangdang, who looks petite and cute, has a different aura as soon as his hands touch the keyboard.Her fingers fluttered, and the jumping characters on the screen were like dots of light that grew automatically, rising and falling, flickering.A few minutes, that is, a few minutes, when Xiao Lang stretched out his hand to open the window, the sleeping computer seemed to have suddenly sucked in a breath of fresh air, and suddenly refreshed.
"Di."
The computer enters the normal startup screen.
Then, the document that Xiao Wang browsed before jumped out on the screen.
The big words "July 2016, 7 Nan'an City burglary of children" appeared in front of my eyes.
Xiao Lang couldn't help leaning over, reading the text on the screen: "This is... what happened last night?"
"That's right." Xiao Wang said, "From last night until now, the six police teams of the police station, except for the two police teams who are alternately on duty, the other four police teams have all canceled their vacations and focused on this case. .”
"You didn't go?"
"The director said that no one should leave the information collection room, so he didn't let me go." Xiao Wang said, "I don't know much about this case, but I just heard a few words from the brothers who came back from the police. Not often. I originally wanted to enter the case-handling coordination system to see the specifics of this case, but I didn’t expect that the computer crashed as soon as I opened the page.”
"Break in and steal a child..." Xiao Lang rubbed the bridge of his nose, "This man is so courageous."
Tang Dangdang was also aroused, and she looked curiously at the system window on the desktop: "So, have the police case handling systems been connected to the Internet?"
"15 years ago, the public security network was basically popularized to handle cases." Xiao Wang pointed to the filing cabinet next to him and said, "But legal procedures still require physical documents, which store all the files that the police station has handled over the past 20 years. case."
"So many." Tang Dangdang sighed.She withdrew her distant gaze, and when it fell on Xiao Wang again, Xiao Wang had already focused on the screen.From childhood to adulthood, every time Xiao Wang was doing something seriously, his focused expression always made her heart beat faster.She once secretly made a wish that in the future she must let Xiao Wang look at herself with such serious eyes, even just once.
Xiao Lang saw it all.He knew that his brother had always been a strong person, and he had to do whatever he wanted to do no matter what.As soon as Xiao Wang's computer was repaired, his mind was already on the child-stealing case, even if he was taken to dinner, his mind was not there.So he coughed a few times, successfully attracted the attention of the two of them, and then said with a smile: "Brother, I know your mind is full of this case at the moment. You don't need to go out with us for lunch at noon, first I owe it, it’s okay. But today, someone got up early in the morning and made soup for you. If you don’t try it, someone might cry..."
"Hey, who would cry..." Tang Dangdang blushed, not acknowledging himself.
Xiao Wang smiled.He took the thermos pot that Tang Dangdang had been holding in his hand, and uncovered it layer by layer, until a pot of hot pork rib soup appeared in front of him.It can be seen that Tang Dangdang did put a lot of effort into it.
"I didn't expect Dangdang to be able to cook by himself." Xiao Wang sighed.He carefully took a bowl out of the thermos.
Tang Dangdang was proud and shy at the same time.While agreeing, Xiao Lang coveted the soup in his brother's bowl: "Yes, Tang Dangdang used to come to our house for meals when he was a child. My mother can tell you that after you eat our meal, you will be a member of our family."
"What are you talking about!" Tang Dangdang's dimples were about to burn, she stretched out her hand to open Xiao Lang's eager hand, "Why are you in a hurry, can you let your brother finish this first!"
Xiao Lang wanted to make trouble.Ever since he was a child, he felt that grabbing food is the best food, but his elder brother always let him, so he could only grab food from Tang Dangdang who came to his house to play, although in the end he would inevitably be scolded by his mother every time. Have fun.Maybe he just likes to see Tang Dangdang so nervous and concerned.
But this time he seems to have overplayed his hand.The moment Xiao Lang avoided Tang Dangdang, he accidentally bumped into the filing cabinet next to him.Xiao Lang is not as thin and weak as his elder brother, the whole filing cabinet was shaken by the collision, and it was on the verge of collapsing.Seeing that something was wrong, Xiao Lang and Xiao Wang quickly reached out to help, but it was too late, not only did not support the filing cabinet, but knocked over the thermos bucket on the desk.The first filing cabinet fell backwards with a clang, knocking the subsequent filing cabinets down like dominoes.All the files in the filing cabinet were scattered out, and a bucket of hot soup was poured on the scattered files.
Several people were dumbfounded all of a sudden.
"Blame me, blame me, I'll clean it up." Xiao Lang was the first to squat down to clean up the files.
Tang Dangdang also squatted down and picked up the file without saying a word.The room was filled with the aroma of rib soup.The more she remained silent, the more flustered Xiao Lang became.
Xiao Wang quickly persuaded them both to stand up: "Okay, okay. Don't be too busy. Don't bother with the affairs here."
"But Brother Xiao Wang, so many files..." Tang Dangdang looked at the mess on the ground with distress.
"It's okay. You don't know the order of these files, so it's not helpful here. After a while, other people came back and saw you working here, so you have to tell me about the confidentiality of the files. I know the location of these files better than you. It will be done in a while."
"But..." Tang Dangdang still wanted to say something.
Xiao Wang pressed her shoulder: "Dangdang, I'm already very touched that you cooked soup for me yourself. I'm sorry that I can't accompany you to dinner today, so I can make up for it another day. Finally, I will give you a task to make this soup for me. Take the brat home."
"Ah?" Xiao Lang was caught off guard.
Xiao Wang patted him on the shoulder: "Brat, running away won't solve the problem. I've been hiding at my grandma's house for so many days, it's time to go home and see my parents." At the door, "Go back, see you tonight."
The two finally left.Xiao Wang squatted on the ground, picked up the file folder, and wiped it gently with a rag, while thinking about the little things about these two younger siblings, his heart was full of warmth.
Suddenly, he saw a dossier among the scattered files.
"July 2007, 7 Nan'an City National Day residential burglary baby case".
same case?Xiao Wang thought about it, thinking that his eyes were dazzled.He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look again.That's right, nine years ago, the University Town Police Station also accepted a case very similar to what happened yesterday.I don't know the circumstances of the case, but just judging from the name of the case, it is indeed very similar.
There is a red seal on the cover of the dossier, with the word "unbroken" on it.This shows that it is an unsolved backlog case, which shows that it really may have some connection with yesterday's case.
Xiao Wang speeded up and sorted out the thousands of files scattered on the ground one by one, hoping to find similar cases from these files.
After spending a whole afternoon, Xiao Wang finally sorted out the files in the filing cabinet.But it is a pity that among these old cases, except for one case in which a child was captured on the spot by the masses and then turned over to the police station, no child abduction case was found.It's normal when you think about it. After all, this is just a police station with a population of over [-]. If there are too many similar cases, it will be too abnormal.
Xiao Wang straightened up slowly, and patted the file in his hand vigorously, and the dust immediately flew up.After squatting all afternoon, my waist hurts.Xiao Wang thought, if only his body could be as strong and strong as his brother's.However, after that high fever, his body has been in such a weak state.Even if I have been exercising unremittingly these years, I can only barely maintain my health.A little slack will lead to illness.
He always remembered that when he was five or six years old, his father took him to work overtime at the police station on weekends, took off the police cap and put it on his head.My father said at that time, from now on, you will be my successor.After his illness, his father never mentioned the agreement between them again.Maybe his father couldn't bear to put too much pressure on him, but Xiao Wang always remembered it.
When he was trying to be admitted to the Criminal Police Academy, when he kept getting scholarships one after another in school, when he refused the school's invitation to stay in school and signed with the Nan'an Public Security Bureau, he saw that his father always A smile on a stern face.He knew that his father, like him, had never forgotten this agreement.
Sometimes, he is very envious of his younger brother.His younger brother was born four years later than him, but he was completely different from him.As if God gave his younger brother all that he lacked, Xiao Lang was able to jump up and down since childhood, mischievous and mischievous, with inexhaustible strength and energy, even the senses of smell, hearing and vision are more sensitive than ordinary people.If Xiao Lang wants to become a policeman, it may be much smoother than his own path, but he just doesn't want to.Whether it is rebellion or lack of interest, Xiao Lang has always rejected his father's suggestions and arrangements.A year ago, he filled out his university volunteers, no matter whether it was the first, second or third volunteers, there was no sign of a police academy.For this matter, his father did not speak to Xiao Lang for a whole year.
Xiao Wang thought bitterly, if he had a body like his brother's, maybe things would be different.
In the last few months of college, Xiao Wang was assigned to an internship in the police station in the university town, where he was responsible for information collection and file management, and he didn't even participate in case handling.I was full of enthusiasm when I was in school, but my heart was completely chilled by the internship in the past few months.
Fortunately, July is the last month of the internship period.In other words, after another eighteen days, he will be able to turn one crutch on his shoulder (a student) into two crutches (a trainee policeman); ) too.More importantly, once the internship period is over, he, a top student of the Criminal Police Academy, should not be trapped in the police station to sort out documents.What he needs is to enter the criminal police team, what he needs is to prove himself.This child theft case may be a turning point.
Night had already fallen unknowingly, Xiao Wang saw that the windows were flashing red and blue by the police lights in the courtyard, and knew that there was another police call.He sat in his seat, rubbed his hands vigorously, then opened the case coordination system, and slowly browsed the ins and outs of the case.
2
Zhao Jian and his wife, as well as the neighbors and teachers who rushed to the scene at the first time, were called to the police station, and everyone took notes.Added together, there are more than twenty copies.Xiao Wang raised his wrist to look at his watch, and began to read one by one.
Zhao Jian and his wife are very famous in school, to be precise, they are well-known in the whole Nan'an city and even the whole province.Li Xiaohong still holds the record for the 1000-meter long-distance race in the Provincial Games, and has won gold medals in various long-distance running events in the Provincial Games many times.Although Zhao Jian is a ball game teacher, he is best at football.He was once selected for the national team, but he resolutely quit the team because he was always insulted.
The two were married for four years and gave birth to this lovely son.
Neighbors reported that this child is very cute and has inherited the fine traditions of the two. He has been known to be gifted in sports since he was a child.
The home of Zhao Jian and his wife is on the first floor of a six-story building in the center of the school's family area. There is a yard at the back door, and the front is facing the main road of the family area.From the cases that Xiao Wang has seen, he concluded a rule, criminals who commit crimes on the move usually choose to commit crimes on the edge of dense residential areas.Because it is easy to escape after the edge area is obtained, the distance of entering and leaving is greatly reduced.However, although the scene of this case was on the first floor, it was easy to be stolen, but the overall location was in the middle of the community.Although it is adjacent to the main road, it is still not enough to explain it by running around.
It is even more impossible to commit crimes locally. Theft can be committed locally. How can stealing children also be committed locally?
The problems Xiao Wang discovered were far more than these.
There was no sign of damage to the door lock at the scene, but from the description of Zhao Jian and his wife, the criminal entered and exited through the door.Then, this criminal does not meet the characteristics of living in distress and using children for profit.With such a superb lockpicking ability, even opening a lock and key shop can make more money than selling children at huge risks.
Taking advantage of the convenience of the police station, Xiao Wang checked the status of household registration personnel in the family area of the Physical Education College.The residents of this community are mainly school teachers, and there are also individual cases where school teachers sell their property rights after being assigned to welfare housing.There are 73 households in the community, and if there are three people in each household, it is a community of more than 200 people.In this community, there are more than a dozen children aged 0 to 5. Why did the criminal choose Zhao Jian's family?Because they are famous?What does stealing a child have to do with being famous?No buyer will pay a high price because the child's parents are notoriously famous.
Xiao Wang was even more puzzled by the conclusions drawn from the on-site investigation.No valuable traces and physical evidence were left at the scene. The perpetrator even wore brand new shoes to evade the police from discovering their wear characteristics, and wore gloves to complete the entire crime process.It can be seen that this is a criminal with rich experience in crimes and anti-investigation capabilities.
Colleagues from the Technical Squadron also discovered the damage to the cat's eyes at the gate of Zhao Jian's house, but they only made records without in-depth analysis. Xiao Wang, who has a lot of "reading" experience, easily knows that this is a technical unlocking method that uses the cat's eye as a tool entrance to open the door from the inside.
This is a formidable opponent who leaves no clues for the police.The reason why he swaggered into the house and stole the child was because he had full confidence in his own crime.Of course, according to the description of Zhao Jian and his wife, he is also full of confidence in his physical fitness, because he is fully equipped to escape.
Apart from these doubts, there are many doubts in terms of the nature of the case.Child abduction is not uncommon.Although in recent years, the public security department has stepped up efforts to crack down on this vicious crime, it still happens from time to time.Moreover, the investigation of such cases is very difficult, so the detection rate is not high.
A prominent feature of all child trafficking cases, however, is the uncertainty of the target.Xiao Wang thought, this is what the book said.Generally, criminals who abduct and traffic children do not know their targets and wait for the opportunity. When they see a single child, they will pick it up or lure them to a place where there is no one.At best, they were some daring bastards who robbed children on motorcycles in broad daylight.These cases are also reported on Weibo, WeChat and online news from time to time.
Even the act of robbing children in a speeding car is extremely rare, let alone this kind of burglary of children, which is simply unheard of!More importantly, since it is the burglary of children, we have reason to believe that this case is a targeted theft of children; the motive of the criminal in this case is not child abduction.
So, instead of child trafficking, what would it be?Kidnap?Then you should choose a rich family, and tie up a pair of poor teacher's children, what money can you get?
Or revenge?However, both Zhao Jian and his wife and their twenty-odd neighbors all agreed that Zhao Jian and his wife lived in seclusion and had a simple working and living environment, so it was impossible to form an enemy.What's more, a detective team from the criminal police team in the area of responsibility investigated all the social conflicts between Zhao Jian and his wife today, but found nothing.
So, what is the motivation for this criminal to commit crimes with a purpose?
If it is just this case, the possibility of committing a crime by a mentally ill person has to be considered.But the dossier on the table directly vetoed this possibility.
That was a case that happened nine years ago.
The National Day Community is a community where senior intellectuals live under the jurisdiction of the University City Police Station.Next door to this community is a high-end scientific research institute of the military.The one who lost his child was a deputy division commander officer in his thirties.
The exact time of the incident is estimated to be late at night.
That day, the officer did not go home in the scientific research institute.The next morning, when he went home to see his daughter, he found that her daughter had disappeared.
This made the officer very puzzled.The sleeping wife didn't even realize that her almost two-year-old daughter had disappeared from her bed!Moreover, there was no trace of outsiders entering the entire scene.
Although there are no traces of outsiders entering, the police certainly cannot believe the claims that it was sucked away by space or abducted by aliens.Therefore, the police finally classified the case as a case of burglary of infants and young children.It is a very conservative characterization, because no one dares to say that human traffickers can enter the military area guarded by sentries to steal children and sell them.
At that time, the military responded very violently, and the chiefs of the military regions all issued instructions, asking the local police handling the case to solve the case as soon as possible.However, even though the police tried their best and the military security department put a lot of energy into it, the case finally came to nothing.
Xiao Wang felt that although the two cases spanned a long period of time, they fully met the conditions for a merger.First, the choices of crimes in the two cases are similar, and they both choose the targets of infringement with a goal.Second, the modus operandi of the two cases was similar, both being burglary.Thirdly, the criminal abilities of the two cases are similar, they can enter the scene without anyone noticing, and then leave without anyone noticing, no matter how difficult the scene is to enter.Wave your sleeves without leaving a trace.
In the case in 2007, the criminal did not ask for money through phone calls or E-mails.Well, this case is estimated to have finally ruled out the possibility of kidnapping for money.In fact, the possibility of this is very small.
The change of personnel at the police station is very fast.In order to ensure the purity of the police, the Party Committee of the bureau will conduct a major exchange of policemen in the city's police stations every two years. Those in the east city will go to the west city, and those in the west city will go to the south city.Therefore, after nine years, almost all the personnel in the police station were replaced.Otherwise, there must be an old policeman who can imagine the connection of these two cases, right?
Thanks to this reckless brat, the matter of knocking over the filing cabinet turned into a disaster.
However, even if it is serialized and paralleled, so what?There is no evidence, no clues, and even the motive of the criminal is completely unclear.
"It's strange to say that these two cases actually happened in the jurisdiction of our police station." Xiao Wang thought about it, "No! What I see now is only the files of our police station. If you commit a crime, I can’t see it here! The coordination system of the first-level police has a level-[-] access authority. If you want to find the whole province, you have to go to the provincial department.”
However, he is just a trainee policeman, and he doesn't even have the right to enforce the law.
Xiao Wang looked at his watch, the hour hand was already pointing to ten o'clock at night.Colleagues haven't returned yet, and it looks like it's going to be another sleepless night.Alas, how could there be such good luck in solving the case without a clue?
Because of the emergency last night, the police station urgently called all the police to the station, including Xiao Wang.Counting it, Xiao Wang has not slept for two days and one night. He leaned heavily on the back of the chair, pinching the bridge of his nose tiredly.
3
Xiao Wang fell asleep drowsily on the chair, and within ten minutes, he was awakened by a thought of his own.
My father has a close friend in the provincial office, why can't I seek his help?
Xiao Wang raised his wrist to look at his watch, worried that it would be too late and disturb others' rest, but after all, solving the case was imminent, so he couldn't take care of so much, so let's try his luck.
Xiao Wang took out his mobile phone and searched in the address book.
"Hello, Uncle Lin, I'm Xiao Wang." Xiao Wang got through the phone and tentatively said, "Xiao Wentian's eldest son."
"Xiao Wang?" Uncle Lin, who hadn't seen him for several years, was still very close to Xiao Wang, which surprised Xiao Wang greatly.
"Uncle Lin, I have graduated now, and I will officially enter the police force soon."
"How time flies." Uncle Lin sighed. "Watching you grow up, I always thought you were a witty, calm, and cautious child. It is a great blessing that you joined the police force."
"Uncle Lin is too much." Xiao Wang smiled and said, "Which department are you in now?"
"Abduction Office."
"Really? That's such a coincidence!" Xiao Wang was overjoyed, "I'm researching several baby theft cases in our jurisdiction today, can I go to your place to find out some information? Tomorrow?"
"You're talking about the family area of the Physical Education Institute, right?" Uncle Lin said, "I'm also working overtime on this matter, you can come here now."
Although Xiao Wang never thought in his heart that this case was an ordinary child trafficking case and should not be handled by the Anti-Trafficking Office, he was really pleasantly surprised because he could get more information from Uncle Lin.He immediately called the director and asked for leave, and took a taxi to the provincial government compound.
Uncle Lin is much older, but judging from the "white shirt" he is wearing, he is already the director of the Anti-Trafficking Office.After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Xiao Wang put forward his own ideas, and asked Uncle Lin to use his high-level authority to look up specific information on child abduction cases in the province in recent years, or even in the past ten years.
Uncle Lin was very interested in Xiao Wang's idea, but after all Xiao Wang was only a student, he couldn't ask the city bureau to change all the investigation measures because of a student's remarks.In Uncle Lin's view, there is no need to string together cases, but to use the police's net to directly catch the current ones.
However, Uncle Lin still gave Xiao Wang the maximum authorization, and promised Xiao Wang to stay in this office before going to work tomorrow.In this office, in addition to the public security network computer, there are copies of all unsolved child abduction and trafficking cases since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
For Xiao Wang, such a wealth of information is like a treasure.He buried his head in the file, and he didn't even know about Uncle Lin coming home from get off work.
Using a computer to search, and then searching for records by number in the filing cabinet, this is many times easier than his search for a needle in a haystack this afternoon.
Xiao Wang searched for similar cases with key words such as burglary, anti-investigation ability, etc., and soon found more than a dozen cases.Then, according to the numbers of these dozens of cases, they found the files and checked them one by one.
On July 2012, 7, the child burglary case in Linyin County, Zhaofeng City.
On July 2008, 7, the child burglary case in Xilin District, Nan'an City.
On July 2006, 7, the case of baby burglary in Nancheng District, Nan'an City.
On July 2006, 7, the child burglary case in Fengshan City.
On July 1997, 7, the case of baby burglary in Changjiang District, Jiangnan City.
……
It took Xiao Wang more than an hour to read all the important parts of these dozens of files.Xiao Wang's reading speed is astonishing due to his long-term reading habits.
Soon, Xiao Wang found many similarities among these dozen cases, plus the two cases in his own police station's jurisdiction.
Entering the room, with a clear goal, regardless of the consequences and difficulties, unlocking the lock with technology or not knowing how to enter the scene, leaving no traces and physical evidence, and no kidnapping characteristics of asking for money, and finally disappearing.
Xiao Wang believed that these dozens of cases were conditionally combined.However, even if they are serialized and merged, how can the track of the suspect be discovered through serialization?It seems that there is no rule at all.
Moreover, in 2006, two similar cases occurred in two urban areas hundreds of kilometers away at the same time!Based on this, it can be deduced that either the idea of serialization is wrong, or there is more than one criminal.
Even if there is more than one person, it is not possible to steal children on the same day, right?Stealing children always has to look for an opportunity, right?
the same day?the same day?Xiao Wang was thinking, his eyes scanning back and forth on the list of cases he had just listed.Why is it July?Because it is easy to commit crimes in July?
Xiao Wang stroked his chin, and opened the perpetual calendar with an Internet computer.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Renchen year of the lunar calendar.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Dinghai year of the lunar calendar.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Bingxu year of the lunar calendar.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Bingxu year of the lunar calendar.
The eighth day of the sixth month of the Bingzi year of the lunar calendar.
……
Xiao Wang's heart sank every time he wrote a lunar date in the last column of the list.These cases with similar characteristics were all committed on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month!
Why is that?
Xiao Wang's mind kept running.Obsessive-compulsive disorder?It's a special day?What special day?Is it related to feudal superstition?Using children as sacrifices?Oh my god!
Thinking of this, Xiao Wang's goose bumps all over his body.
No, there must be more than these cases.
Xiao Wang's drowsiness was completely driven away by this terrible thought.He sat up straight again, adjusted the computer screen, and started a new round of screening and searching.
This time, the method he chose was to enter the Gregorian calendar date on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month into the system, and only use this as the only search criteria to search.
Soon, a total of 31 cases were listed on the list he made.
From 1995 to 2016, during these 22 years, similar cases must have occurred every year.In some years it happened once, in some years it happened twice.However, without exception, these cases were all committed on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month.
Xiao Wang seemed to have caught the murderer's tail, trembling, he found more than a dozen other files from the filing cabinet according to the number.
According to these more than a dozen files, these cases were not burglary, but the children were lost in strange ways.
Some are when shopping malls, and the children do not know why they disappear; some are adults playing mahjong, and the crib at the door is gone in a blink of an eye; I have been in class all the time, and my condition is normal. I don’t know why I lost my child in the process of picking up people after school.
In short, these dozen or so cases, which seem to be ordinary child trafficking cases, are actually different.
Who has such extraordinary perseverance in committing crimes?The time span is more than 20 years!Xiao Wang, who is only 23 years old this year, discovered that such a series of cases had already started quietly when he was two years old!He was very lucky that he was not stolen by the criminal.
After reading the dossier, it was already three o'clock in the morning.Xiao Wang leaned back on the chair wearily, not even daring to guess the criminal's motive.No, so many children have been lost, if they were killed, why has no body been found?Once a corpse or bone is found, it will not be so strange if it is verified with the DNA library of the missing persons.
Not knowing whether it was the reliability of this reasoning, or the resistance in his heart, or finding a support for the case, Xiao Wang forced himself to firmly believe that these 31 children were still alive.
If it weren't for feudal superstition and cruel killing, then where did the children go?What is the motive of the criminal?
Xiao Wang remembered that cases of child abduction and trafficking usually occurred in rural areas, because the villagers were busy farming, and the children were neglected from a very young age, which also gave some criminals an opportunity to take advantage of them.However, these 31 cases, without exception, all occurred in urban areas, and even several cases occurred in very busy streets.
Also, in some years, two cases occurred in different places.
Could it be a child stealing contest?What perverts do?So, the question comes back, where did the child go?
Xiao Wang's mind was in a mess. He calmed himself down, carried the 31 files to the copier, and copied the "Case Investigation Report", which was the most critical and best summarized case in each file, one by one. down.
When the copier was working, Xiao Wang suddenly had a flash of inspiration as the light spot of the copier moved.
Will children or their parents be stolen by any rule?Xiao Wang tried his best to recall the records in the dossier.Surname?Native place?blood?partisan?community?age?Profession?Not at all, there is no law at all.
But, what about their accomplishments?yes!What about achievements?
Athletes, senior engineers, senior police officers, outstanding military officers, famous hackers...
Every parent of a child is not an ordinary person!Although some of them have no power or money, they are still considered to be the famous local clan!
This is not picking targets, but picking genes!
What does the criminal want to do?
Although the motive of the criminal is still unclear, Xiao Wang has no doubts about his "flash of inspiration".He stepped up the progress of copying, then sat in front of the computer, and began to draw up what he saw and thought into a complete report.He had already made up his mind that he would not give this report material to Uncle Lin, nor would he give it to the director. He would directly hand it over to his father—Xiao Wentian, director of the Nan'an Public Security Bureau.
Because, with the case developing like this, it cannot be ruled out that there are people in the public security who violated discipline and revealed the details of the case, so Xiao Wentian is the only person he can trust.Xiao Wentian is also the person who trusts him the most.
Have a well-thought-out plan, think like a spring, and write brilliantly.
At 05:30 in the morning, Xiao Wang completed his systematic report.The report introduces the basic situation of all suspicious cases, and highlights the key parts of each case in red.The report draws extensively from sources and sources, analyzes according to reason, and finally draws a series of conclusions.
The 31 cases have clear characteristics and laws. To sum up, their inherent characteristics and laws are: date, nature, method, and target.Therefore, these 31 cases should be investigated in parallel.
The individuals who were violated in the 31 cases were all children aged 1 to 4, with a mix of males and females, and all of them were from prestigious families. There is reason to believe that the perpetrators were selecting genes.
However, there is no basis to speculate on the motive of the perpetrator, and there is no basis to confirm whether the 31 victims (the oldest is 25 years old this year) survived or not.
When writing this sentence, Xiao Wang's heart ached.He was absolutely unwilling to believe that these were 31 homicide cases, but he had to reason and analyze objectively and with evidence.
The report believes that the next step is to put aside speculation about the criminal's motives and start with the criminal's scope of activities and individual characteristics to conduct investigations.At the same time, you should look for hidden places where children gather, and check them one by one.After all, the children who have been stolen in recent years are still very young.Without a suitable living environment, children cannot survive.If there is no place to gather and hide, the children would have been found by the police long ago.
The report believes that it is more important to connect with neighboring provinces to find similar cases.Although the anti-trafficking database has long been established, the database does not have the ability to combine factors such as the characteristics of the case and the time when the case occurred.This requires the sincere cooperation and manual investigation of several nearby provinces to discover the clues.Xiao Wang believes that criminals are so rampant and committing crimes across regions, it is very likely that they commit crimes across provinces.We have not yet grasped similar cases in other provinces.
During this sleepless day and night, although Xiao Wang had made a major breakthrough, his doubts were getting bigger and bigger.He is just a trainee policeman, he has no ability to continue to explore.
can fatherCan he convince the Party committee of the bureau, the provincial department and even the Ministry of Public Security?
Xiao Wang was also not sure.
He printed out the report of more than 31 sheets, and attached the investigation reports of [-] cases, which was a whole stack.Then, he silently deleted the electronic version of the report, held a large pile of materials, turned off the lights and closed the door, and walked out of the compound of the Public Security Bureau.
At this time, the sky has turned white.Xiao Wang's family lived not far from the Provincial Office, and he quickly walked to the family compound of the police with the materials.He knew that his father would leave home to go to work on time at seven o'clock every day, and it was already 05:30 at this time, and he needed to roughly report his findings to his father before he went out.
If his father supports his views, if his superiors support his father's views, if all the police can work together, if there is a little bit of luck, and most importantly, if the children are still alive.
What a wonderful thing it would be to solve the case.
(End of this chapter)
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