AWB Chapter 1744: Catch the thief with dirt
Chapter 1744: Catch the thief with dirt
It was still six o'clock when Li Xiangnan came out of the office. Before seven o'clock, senior Liu Yansong rushed to the Municipal Bureau.
When he saw Li Xiangnan, the veteran police officer who had been tracking Wan Shuisheng for fifteen years, his face was filled with relief. He grabbed Li Xiangnan's arm and said excitedly, "Have you figured out a way to deal with that guy? How do we lure him out?"
Li Xiangnan reached out and held Mr. Liu's hand, pulled him to sit on the sofa, first poured him a cup of tea, and then handed him the half-carved pipe he had taken from the coffee table.
"Mr. Liu, look!"
"This is..." Liu Yansong was stunned for a moment, then his eyes shone brightly and he stood up suddenly, "Is this... the pipe that disappeared in the Mindong case? No, no, no, this is not..."
He held the pipe in his hands and examined it for a long time. Seeing that the carving on the pipe was not yet complete, he took a deep breath and said suddenly, "Are you trying to make it look real?"
After he said this, his thoughts suddenly opened up, his eyes widened and he said, "I understand. You want Wan Shuisheng to think that his things are lost, and he has been discovered!"
"Not bad!"
Li Xiangnan took the pipe and while carving, he let Mr. Liu drink tea and told him all the countermeasures he had thought of that day and night.
"Wow! Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!" After hearing this, Liu Yansong stood up and paced around the room, clapping his hands.
This old policeman, who has been concerned about Wan Shuisheng for more than ten years, is as happy as a child at this moment.
He danced with excitement, and his face turned a little redder because of these brilliant plans.
"In this case, Wan Shuisheng's first priority is to make sure his sister is safe. He will most likely head directly to the suburbs and get close to Wan Shuilan's residence!"
"Besides, he suspects his pipe has been discovered, so he'll definitely go investigate, find the place where it's hidden, and see if it's gone! He'll even get rid of any other evidence that could implicate his sister and himself!"
"Also, if he senses Wan Shui Lan is in danger, he might even try to transfer her!"
At this point, Liu Yansong made the final decision: "In this way, we only need to focus on monitoring Wan Shuilan's home and all the places around her where items may be buried, and then we can easily find him!"
Li Xiangnan remained noncommittal. "The most dangerous place is the safest place. Someone like Wan Shuisheng would never hide his things somewhere else. That pipe must be with Wan Shuilan!"
"Brilliant, Xiao Li!" Liu Yansong clapped his hands. "Your plan completely predicted Wan Shuisheng's psychology and behavior. Now, instead of passively waiting, we're proactively creating momentum and guiding him to act according to our script! This ability to anticipate the enemy's actions truly impresses me! The young are truly formidable!"
This sentence "The young are formidable" is his greatest compliment to Li Xiangnan, the young junior.
Li Xiangnan quickly waved his hand, "Mr. Liu, please don't open the champagne at halftime! We still have some operations to carry out and we need your cooperation!"
"Oh?" Liu Yansong, at his age, was delighted to hear that Li Xiangnan had invited him over and really needed his help. "Great, great! If I can do my bit to help catch him, then I'll have no regrets in my life!"
Two days later.
Liu Yansong brought the pipe with the coiled snake symbol carefully carved by Li Xiangnan and went to places like Panjiayuan and Liulichang, asking for advice, and spread the word that he wanted to find an identical twin sea god pipe from eastern Fujian.
This was a strong signal, giving Wan Shuisheng the feeling that the police had begun tracking down the pipe and using it to investigate his suspicion from that year, and that he didn't have much time left.
At the same time, news about Wan Shuilan was also released.
The entire public security force was stationed outside Wan Shuilan's home in the suburbs, waiting for Wan Shuisheng to fall into the trap.
However, before Wan Shuisheng arrived, an autumn rain quietly fell over Yanjing.
As the saying goes, every autumn rain brings a chill.
The rain in Yanjing was particularly heavy, and the members of the first and third brigades were almost all soaked.
But even so, no one backed down and withdrew from the hunt.
On the contrary, as time goes by, I look forward to Wan Shuisheng's appearance more and more!
Such a sudden seasonal change, with everyone being drenched by the cold rain and unwilling to go out, must be what Wan Shuisheng thought was the best opportunity to get close to Wan Shuilan.
really!
On the rainy night of that day, the third team of members responsible for monitoring the bamboo forest outside the backyard of Wan Laoshe's sister reported.
A dark shadow appeared like a ghost under the cover of rain and night, went to the old locust tree at the edge of the bamboo forest, and quickly dug up a biscuit box.
After these words were spoken over the radio, each group's breathing became a little excited and heavy.
Liu Yiming's face was as red as a tomato with excitement. He reminded, "Advisor Li, the target has appeared. Should we catch him?"
Li Xiangnan turned his head and looked. Guo Qian, Wei Jingfei, Xiao Gan, Xiao Gao and other team members all had their big tiger-like eyes shining in the dark night, and their eyes were full of hatred and anger towards Wan Shuisheng.
He was also feeling uneasy.
After waiting for so many days and countless twists and turns in the case, he finally waited for Wan Shuisheng.
but……
If we arrest him now, we can only judge that he is a suspect, but we cannot determine his criminal behavior!
We must have more powerful evidence to defeat him in one blow and convict Wan Shuisheng completely!
"..." Li Xiangnan raised his binoculars and watched the figure bury the dirt in the darkness. He stared at his back for a long time and found that he did not disappear directly into the rainy night. He suddenly waved his hand and said, "Calm down, don't be impatient. Let's see what he wants to do! We have to catch the thief with dirt, so we must stay calm!"
Everyone looked at each other, nodded, and looked at the figure in the dark night.
Wan Shuisheng really didn't leave.
As if completing some kind of ritual, he climbed up the crooked locust tree and pressed something down with a small stone.
"Advisor Li! The target left something on the tree!" A scout immediately discovered Wan Shuisheng's unusual movements through the telescope and reported it.
"Don't act rashly, let him go!" Li Xiangnan gave the order decisively.
"Yes!"
After Wan Shuisheng's figure completely disappeared in the night, the investigator, after confirming its safety, quickly stepped forward and took the things under the stone.
In the temporary command center, the oil-wrapped note was unfolded, with only five scribbled words written on it in pencil.
"Leave Beijing in three days"
"Damn it! This kid's trying to run away!" Guo Qian's pupils shrank. "He's going to take his sister and run away!"
Li Xiangnan nodded, staring at the five words, his eyes as sharp as a knife, and his brain was working rapidly at this time.
"He reminded Wan Shuilan to leave Beijing in three days..." He smoked a cigarette and thought, "It seems he has some unfinished business that will take him three days to deal with! Before leaving, he wants to clear all traces of Yanjing..."
When these words were spoken, everyone at the scene was shocked.
Guo Qian's brows twitched. "Advisor Li, what do you mean?"
"Murder to silence the witness!" Li Xiangnan pulled out the prison list from the file.
"hiss!"
There was a sound of gasps at the scene.
Liu Yansong, who had been sitting in the middle without saying a word, looked at Li Xiangnan intently and asked, "Who will he kill? Who will be his target?"
Li Xiangnan lowered his head and searched the list, and finally his finger pointed at a name.
"Zhao Jinzhong! Warehouse manager!"
"hiss!"
There was another gasp in the room.
"He's still taking risks?" Guo Qian was incredulous. "In prisons these days, even a fly can't get in!"
Everyone was angry and shocked at the same time.
Now prisons are full of enemies. Going in and killing someone is like throwing an egg against a rock and walking into a trap. Why did Wan Shuisheng do this?
And how does he do it?
All guards and prisoners are under close surveillance by the police!
"I'm just speculating right now. The person who could freely enter and exit the various prison areas and help Wan Shuisheng grind off the iron sheets on Xu Sheng's window is most likely this logistics worker. Of course... perhaps the answer can only be found by meeting Wan Shuisheng himself! But perhaps we'll have our chance soon!"
Everyone looked at each other.
Liu Yansong couldn't help but ask, "But...how did he accomplish this assassination?"
Li Xiangnan turned to look at him.
"Mr. Liu, perhaps we have all overlooked a key point."
"what?"
"That's Wan Shuisheng's nickname—Old Snake!"
"???"