An office in Shatin Police Station was temporarily requisitioned to isolate the idle people in the police station. In this confidential space, Fang Zhenyue opened two large whiteboards and stood opposite Yi Jiayi.
The phone next to him was in a public dialing state, connected to Dylan and other members of the task force in another office.
"Now we know the general identity of the kidnappers." Fang Zhenyue drew a brain on the top and a pair of eyes on the bottom, and drew three circles to represent the mastermind, the black-skinned guy next to the Li family villa, and the other three kidnappers who were not sure what they were doing.
"The address of the mastermind has also been determined." Jiayi drew a river on the whiteboard in front of her, which was the Chengmen River. A small square next to the river was Lin Yibo's home.
At this time, Gary, who had gone to investigate, turned back, knocked on the door and walked into the office. He added some information to the map drawn by Jiayi and reported:
"It is currently impossible to determine how many robbers there are in the Dingwu, and whether the child is in the Dingwu.
"The truck that kidnapped the child was not heard near the Dingwu, and there was no other information to confirm the situation in the house.
"Lin Yibo's room is very dark, and most of the rooms have gauze curtains, which seem to block the wind, but in fact block our peeping.
"Whenever someone passes by, there is the sound of mahjong coming from the house, but I left a monitoring device in the bushes near their house, and I can confirm that the mahjong sound stopped after the people left." "
Can you listen to the sounds inside the house? "Dylan on the other end of the phone couldn't help asking.
"No, if you want to hear the sounds inside the house, you have to place the eavesdropping device inside the house, at least near the window sill or door." Gary replied.
"That's too risky. We're already approaching Lin Yi's house. We need to stay calm at this time." Fang Zhenyue said.
Jiayi on the side suddenly said: "According to the confession of the black-skinned man, there are a total of 5 kidnappers. If the information he got is true, then in addition to the black-skinned man, plus the four people playing mahjong in Lin Yi's house in Sha Tin, that's the total number of kidnappers. But-"
Fang Zhenyue and Dylan both stopped talking, listening attentively to Yi Jiayi's analysis, waiting for the content after her "but".
"Even if the sound of mahjong is heard, the people in the house may not really be playing mahjong. "Jia Yi raised her eyebrows and said something that broke everyone's habitual thinking," If they weren't playing mahjong, it's hard to say how many people were in the house. When the old policeman knocked on the door during his patrol, he only saw Lin Yibo. "
In fact, everyone guessed that the kidnapper was definitely not in the mood to play mahjong at this time, but they still instinctively thought: the four people were not playing mahjong, and they were probably planning or waiting.
Jiayi's words reconstructed the entire thinking: except for the black guy, the kidnappers may not all be at Lin Yibo's house.
Dylan immediately realized that even if they knew the identities of the kidnappers, determined that their stronghold was Lin Yibo's residence, and found this place, they still might not have found the place where the child was hidden. They were just relieved from the panic of searching aimlessly throughout the city.
"The kidnappers probably arranged for the black man to do eye surgery near Fuhao Li's house, and several others temporarily lived in Lin Yibo's small house. The information we found may not be the most difficult to confirm. "Fang Zhenyue was silent for a while, and continued to speculate:
"The kidnappers will most likely arrange for a few people to hide in another place where the police will definitely not be able to find them..."
At least, they think the police can't find them.
"In other words, we have now found the black-skinned guy who is easiest to find, and next we may find the place where the kidnappers are temporarily living, but we still can't find the place where the child is actually hidden and the person who is watching the child? "Jia Yi stood with her arms folded, her brows furrowed:
"Then we still can't make a surprise attack. The discovery of the black-skinned guy can still be kept secret. If the people living in Lin Yi Bo's Dingwu are also caught by the police, the people who really watched the child will probably kill the child and bury him where we can't find him. Then not only will the child be dead, but even if we catch these people, we will have to let them go because we have no evidence..." "
It's also possible that if they find out that we know about their situation, they will hide the child and flee directly for safety. By then, we won't know where the child is, and the child may die of hunger, thirst, or being trapped." Fang Zhenyue crossed out the whiteboard.
"But it doesn't rule out the possibility that everyone is in Lin Yi Bo's house, right? If we rush in and catch them all, even if the child is not in the Dingwu, there is a great possibility that we can force the child out, right? They may not be as tight-lipped as everyone speculates, right?" Dylan paused for a few seconds on the other end of the phone, and continued:
"If we catch multiple kidnappers, there will always be one who will confess like the black guy, right?"
"Dylan sir, what if the child is in the small house, and we rush in, the child will immediately become a hostage, and the situation will be difficult to control." Jiayi was already very polite. In fact, the most likely situation is that the media and the whole city will be alarmed, putting the police in the most passive and embarrassing situation, and the final outcome may be that the kidnappers and the children will die together.
"..." Dylan took a long breath and was speechless for a moment.
"What's more, what if the few people we rush in and catch are really tight-lipped? None of us knows what kind of relationship and personality Lin Yibo and others have. If we still don't know where the child is hiding, then things will be completely messed up." Jiayi tapped the whiteboard with her fingers. Now they can only search and keep an eye on the situation quietly. They must not act rashly until they have a full grasp of the situation.
Patience and calmness are even more needed at critical moments.
"It's really like the journey to the West with 81 levels, and each level is difficult. "Dylan complained irritably.
Jiayi nodded in agreement.
To catch the murderer in a murder case, with such evidence in hand, they can start collecting evidence in a big way.
But the kidnappers have hostages in their hands, and the police are really tied up and can't use any tricks.
"By the way, the kidnappers called Li Fuhao 30 minutes ago. Li Fuhao heard the voices of the two children and confirmed their safety. However, the call was very short and the children did not have time to reveal any information. It's just that... both children call Mr. Li daddy. From this point of view, the kidnappers may not know which child is Li Zemin." Dylan suddenly remembered this and hurriedly synchronized with Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi.
"It's unexpected that he can do this. "Jia Yi couldn't help but admire.
"They were able to find a way to send out the blood-stained scarf, which shows that they are smart kids." Fang Zhenyue also praised.
"I don't know who was injured." Jia Yi was a little worried again.
"Still haven't confirmed the address to call?" Fang Zhenyue asked Dylan again.
"The time of the call this time is enough. The location is at the northernmost part of Shek Kip Mei. Only then can we be sure that the child is not in the small house. But at that time you were still on your way to Shatin." Dylan said regretfully.
Half an hour later, the situation had become unclear again.
"Dylan Sir, send Sergeant Xu Dazhan from the Intelligence Department to Shatin to keep an eye on Lin Yi-po and the others. We need to get a grasp of the situation in the Ding House as soon as possible.
" Jiayi applied. "No problem, Madam Yi."
...
Ever since the old policeman Da Mao came, Lin Yi-po has been a little uneasy. Near dusk, a fire suddenly broke out in an empty room on the first floor of the Ding House. The curtains burned quickly and spread in the blink of an eye. It was as if someone had deliberately poured gasoline on the house and set it on fire.
Lin Yi-po and his two brothers had just brought two basins of water when the fire truck drove to the front of the house surprisingly quickly.
Several firefighters rushed into the house in an instant to move Lin Yi-po and the other three out of the house, and began to put out the fire inside and outside the Ding House.
Lin Yibo stood beside the fire truck, looking thoughtfully at the fire in the house that was being put out very slowly.
The other two stood on his left and right, also silent.
Yi Jiayi, who was watching from a distance, frowned, "You guessed it right, there are only three of them in the house, and one is missing."
"The fire department didn't find the child." Fang Zhenyue said regretfully, holding the binoculars and seeing Sanfu and others pretending to be fire department walking out of the room.
After the [firefighting operation] was over, Fang Zhenyue, Jiayi, Sanfu and others returned to the Sha Tin Police Station office and immediately communicated what Sanfu and others had found in Lin Yibo and Ding's house:
"There is no trace of the child, and there are many burgers in the refrigerator."
"There is no telephone in Ding's house. Lin Yibo must have communicated with Mr. Li and other kidnappers by making phone calls or other secret codes."
"A map of Wan Bay and a message book were found in the room. What the black-skinned guy said that Lin Yibo was going to Wan Bay after completing this job should be true."
Sanfu and others reported what they saw and checked one by one, but no trace of the child was found, including by the river outside the house that Yi Jiayi specifically mentioned.
Fang Zhenyue was so angry that he clenched the marker so tightly in his fingers that he almost crushed it.
The police took action again at the risk of alerting the enemy, but they were once again caught in a dilemma.
...
After the fire was put out, Lin Yibo took the two brothers back to the house.
One of them opened his mouth to curse, but Lin Yibo made a hissing motion and then wrote on the paper:
[The police may have placed a bug in the house]
After calming down the two brothers, Lin Yibo sat in the living room and thought about the current situation.
The fire broke out for no reason, and the firefighters broke in to put out the fire. It must have been arranged by the police to find the child.
Fortunately, he felt uneasy after the old policeman came, and asked Ah Hong to take the child to call Mr. Li and not return to the house, otherwise he would have been caught by now.
The current situation of this small house is no longer safe. The police are pressing hard and it may be difficult to get rid of it...
But even if this "business" is suspended, the rich people will definitely be more careful to take care of the children after hearing about this incident, and it will be difficult to accomplish this task again.
Everyone is already old, this is the last chance, and we must not let it go.
While reviewing the overall situation, Lin Yibo began to consider a new base.
At this time, the goldfish man became a little panicked and could not help but suggest in a breath that they kill a child, so that everyone can travel light and it will be easier to mobilize.
Lin Yibo shook his head and rejected the proposal. At this stage, we must not make any decisions casually, let alone act rashly. We must leave steadily.
Under the situation of police alert, the two children are equivalent to two hostages, which may be more beneficial for them to escape.
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In the office of Shatin Police Station, Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi stood in front of a whiteboard, thinking and reviewing over and over again, trying to find a way out of the impasse.
None of them spoke, and the others in the office were silent.
There was no phone at Lin Yibo's house, so if he wanted to communicate with others and give orders, he would have to go out and make a phone call.
If they felt unsafe and wanted to change their base, there would inevitably be a chance for them to converge.
Judging from Fang Zhenyue's experience, the place where the child was hidden would not be too far from Lin Yibo's shanty town house -
children are gold, and whether rationally or emotionally, they would not feel comfortable hiding the child too far away from the shanty town house.
It is very likely that they are in Shatin, but the plainclothes police have quietly searched for two rounds and still have not found an empty house or a pit where the children can be hidden. But even Shatin is too big, and the two children are too young. Even if they have conducted a thorough search, they still cannot be sure that nothing is left out.
Jiayi covered her head. She had been standing staring at the whiteboard for nearly 20 minutes without saying a word.
Fang Zhenyue poured a glass of warm water to persuade her to take a break, but Jiayi suddenly turned around and said,
"I want to see the old policeman again."
A few minutes later, the old policeman called "Big Mao Brother" sat opposite Jiayi, and the two began to ask and answer questions very quickly.
After a few questions, Jiayi mentioned the truck that kidnapped the children.
Big Mao Brother's answer was that he had never seen any transport vehicles near Lin Yibo's house, whether they could hold flowers or children.
Even the sedan had not stopped nearby.
Jiayi frowned immediately and kept muttering, "No, no."
Shuaitao had clearly picked up the blood-stained scarf that was confirmed to be Li Zemin's downstream.
The child must have been locked up upstream, most likely in Lin Yibo's hut. But the neighbors nearby had not seen Lin Yibo bring the child here, and if it was not pulled by a truck, then... how was the child transported here?
"Boat!" Jiayi suddenly thought of the flow image seen through Fang Zhenxuan's finger, which looked like a water dungeon, a shed on the water, or a boat.
And if the child was not brought here by a truck, and the hut was built by the river, it is very likely that the truck was parked far away, transported the child to the boat, and then rowed the boat to the hut...
If both clues point to a boat, then it is most likely a boat!
But when the firefighters searched near the hut, they did not see a boat.
Jiayi grabbed the map and carefully checked all the upstream and downstream and tributaries of the Chengmen River. After her finger crossed countless areas along the river, she turned her head to look at the darkening sky and said to Brother Yue:
"Brother Yue, I want to go out and search along the river again."