Chapter 113 Chapter 113 It’s getting quite hot. …
——So, Zhang San and Gong Xie disguised themselves as sanitation workers, sneaked into the Children's Palace yesterday afternoon, picked a table tennis classroom that had no classes this morning, and placed explosives there?
Many clues connected together in Ji Yinhe's mind. She thought for a few seconds and took out a stack of photos from her bag.
That was the prison photo of Gong Xie and Zhang San that Jiang Nian retrieved from the intranet system before leaving home today!
"Hmm..." The little girl nibbled on the snowflake crisps, unsure, "It's a bit like that."
"All right."
Ji Yinhe knew that this was a difficult situation for the eight-year-old girl. After all, Gong Xie in the prison photo was not much different from now, but Zhang San's photo was twenty-four years old and was in black and white, so the image quality was very blurry.
Just when she was about to put the photo away, the little girl cried out "Ah".
"Sister Police Officer, I remember now! There was a sanitation worker who was wobbling when he walked!" She raised her head and said confidently, "Yesterday's class was a figure drawing class, and our teacher saw that sanitation worker... I still remember the teacher used him as an example—he was very thin and didn't look like he had much muscle support!"
“…” Ji Yinhe and Teacher Lu looked at each other.
Gong Xie is addicted to drugs, and the food in prison is not as good as the luxurious life he had in the Gong family. Han Feiyang even mentioned it yesterday - Gong Xie is now thin and has poor physical strength.
What the little girl said really fits his profile!
"...Oh, don't doubt it!" Seeing that neither of them was talking, the middle-aged woman hurriedly defended herself, "My child has a very good memory. What she said is absolutely true!"
Comrade Xiao Ji and the Lu University expert quickly said no, "We also absolutely believe your daughter's testimony."
When the little girl heard that what she said was taken so seriously by the handsome and beautiful policeman in front of her, she straightened her back proudly.
"Brother and sister, I have another discovery, but it only took a moment, and I'm not sure if it's just my eyes!" She hesitated for a moment, then decided to confess everything, "That sanitation worker who walks steadily seems to have white hair..."
Zhang San is forty-seven years old this year, and his white hair is very consistent with his physiological characteristics!
Ji Yinhe felt her heart beating faster. Two details already matched - based on her experience in handling so many cases, she was 80% sure that the two sanitation workers were Gong Xie and Zhang San!
She took out all the snowflake crisps from her bag and stuffed them into the little girl's hands. "Thank you so much! Don't be afraid. With your help, we police will be able to put the bad guys in jail quickly so you can study painting in peace!"
"Really?" The little girl's eyes sparkled.
"Really! Ji Yinhe's eyes were particularly firm and full of power.
She asked a few more questions for specific details, and when she was about to leave, the middle-aged woman came out embarrassedly and apologized awkwardly.
"I'm sorry, officer. I was too excited at noon... My husband went to work in another place, leaving me alone in Jingzhou to take care of the children. You see, I don't have a job. If anything goes wrong, I'm afraid my parents-in-law will complain..."
Ji Yinhe stood on the upper floor of the apartment building and said calmly, "It's okay."
She and Lu Zheng took a few steps forward, then suddenly stopped and turned back to say, "Sister, I suggest you find a job. Women should also have their own careers, instead of focusing all their lives on their family... I believe your daughter must want to follow her mother's example!"
“…”
The middle-aged lady was moved and kept repeating these words.
The hem of the army green shirt was blown up by the wind, and two figures walked side by side, rushing towards their battlefield.
*
Back in the car, Ji Yinhe immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Sun Gaoge's number.
"—Yesterday afternoon around 4:00 PM, a witness saw two men in sanitation worker uniforms walk into the Children's Palace. I highly suspect they were Gong Xie and Zhang San."
Sun Gaoge on the other end of the phone slapped his thigh, "It has to be you, Team Leader Ji! I've been following the armed police around like a headless fly for a long time, but I haven't found any clues!"
Ji Yinhe smiled and said, "Shao Pin, in short, if you can quickly go around and ask about this detail, you should be able to find more."
"Okay!" Sun Gaoge answered loudly.
Ji Yinhe hung up the phone, put down the cell phone and turned around, only to see clothes thrown on the back seat.
The white shirt that belonged to Lu Zheng as a casual wear, which always had a faint soapy scent, was now covered with red bean porridge.
It was almost midsummer and the temperature in the car was very high. After being steamed and baked for half an afternoon, it had become a dry and hard crust.
She carefully extended her finger and poked—
The crust stuck motionlessly to the shirt, as if trying to blend in with it.
"..." Comrade Xiao Ji took a deep breath, "This dress is not cheap, right?"
"Not bad." Lu Zheng, sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and, using the seatback as a shield, quietly folded the collar of his shirt to hide the inconspicuous Dior logo. "My family bought it for me to wear casually. Don't worry about it."
"...Oh." Ji Yinhe really didn't see his action just now. She patted her chest and said, "Otherwise I would feel quite guilty. But then again, even if it's not expensive, it's something you wear often. You must like it very much... So, let me take it back. My dad said that hand washing with hot water will definitely make it clean, and the provincial department dormitory is also equipped with a washing machine-"
"No need!" Lu Zheng interrupted quickly, his ears slightly red as he repeated, "You don't need to come, I can do it myself."
Ji Yinhe said "Oh", and inexplicably felt that it was indeed very hot today.
She stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the Children's Palace, fiddling with the Grand Cherokee's air conditioning. She said with a grin, "Next time you encounter something like this, you don't have to help me. I can handle it myself. It's just a little porridge thrown on me... We criminal police officers are bound to encounter this kind of thing a few times in our lives..."
"No." Lu Zheng was still casually leaning on the passenger seat, but his expression suddenly became serious. "As long as I'm here, I can't watch you suffer any--"
“Beep, beep, beep!”
The shrill ringing of the bell ruined the mood in the small carriage.
Comrade Xiao Ji, who had a soft expression just now, was startled and quickly picked up the phone, his eyes suddenly becoming sharp!
On the other end of the phone, Cheng Mo said anxiously, "Team Leader Ji, the armed police seem to have located Zhang San and Gong Xie's hiding place. Please come quickly!"
*
Fifteen minutes later.
The big black jeep stopped with a "bang" at the entrance of the alley in Heishuiba Urban Village.
Ji Yinhe and Lu Zheng got out of the car neatly and walked quickly towards the house number sent by Cheng Mo.
This courtyard is very remote, with mostly self-built houses made of red bricks, which are at least 20 to 30 years old. There is also a vegetable market surrounding it. On weekdays, people come and go, the cries of poultry and the fluttering of fish and shrimps fly in the air, and the air is filled with an indescribable smell all year round.
The house where they were suspected to be hiding was a room in the corner, with a rusty iron door on the outside. It was only a dozen square meters inside, so small that it couldn't even fit a kitchen, and the toilet had to be shared.
Before Ji Yinhe had time to carefully investigate, he had just put on his gloves when he saw Cheng Mo and the armed police coming over with an old lady wearing a cotton shirt.
"This is the citizen who reported to us," Cheng Mo introduced.
This was probably the first time the old lady had seen such good-looking policemen like Ji Yinhe and Lu Zheng. She was stunned for two full seconds with her mouth wide open before she lifted her chin and said, "Nothing much... I just saw two men living here, acting suspiciously every day. This house has been deserted for a long time. We old sisters thought they were having an affair..."
Ji Yinhe nodded and said he understood, then walked into the cabin.
There were a few mats scattered on the ground, probably used for sleeping. In addition, there was half a steamed bun with pickles in it, which was not finished, in the corner, and a few flies were buzzing around it.
Lu Zheng squatted down and picked it up without any disgust, gently pinching the cross section of the bun, "At least fifteen hours."
Ji Yinhe silently deduced their line of action, "After placing the explosives, they should have come back once and left here last night or this morning."
"——Team Leader Ji, Teacher Lu, come over and take a look at this!"
Cheng Mo's voice was heard from behind the house, and Ji Yinhe and Lu Zheng hurried over.
There was a yard not much bigger than the balcony of the provincial department dormitory. In a weed-covered corner was a pile of orange clothes. The armed police picked them up and shook them open, and they turned out to be two sanitation workers' vests!
"It can be confirmed that this is the place where Zhang San and Gong Xie hid a few days ago." Ji Yinhe stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance. He could just see the blue and white roof of the Children's Palace a few kilometers away.
"Ji Yinhe." Lu Zheng squatted down and called her softly.
She followed his gaze and looked—
There were actually two crumpled magazines in the grass where the sanitation worker's uniform was thrown just now!
Lu Zheng took out the magazine, smoothed out the wrinkles, and spread it out on the ground.
Ji Yinhe then took a deep breath.
One of the books was the Handong Police, a magazine she was very familiar with. This was the latest issue, which published her paper.
Another one is last month’s "Entrepreneur", and the two faces on the cover belong to Gong Chenggong and Gong He!
No one present dared to speak for a moment. Ji Yinhe exhaled the foul air in his chest and touched the bulletproof vest on his body and the gun on his waist.
These two things gave her a complete sense of security.
"There's some remnant powder here that looks like narcotics. It's very likely where the bomb was made." Lu Zheng took out the evidence bag and said, "Take it back and have the technical investigators analyze it."
"Alright." Ji Yinhe inspected the cabin inside and out. "Let's call it a day. The clues we found today confirm with absolute certainty that the bombers are Gong Xie and Zhang San. Let's go back now and apply to Director Tan for a joint investigation!"
*
"…The question is, where are they now?"
In the office of the Provincial Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau, Tan Li's fingers tapped slowly on the table. "According to your judgment, they are about to trigger a series of bombings. They should still be hiding in a corner of the city, waiting for their next move—"
"Yes," Ji Yinhe said, "I've mobilized personnel from various police stations to conduct visits and investigations in all similar urban villages in the city. I hope to find them before the next explosion... But to be honest, I think this needle-in-a-haystack approach is difficult."
"If we can know in advance the explosion location they've chosen, it would be a good way to catch them in a trap." Tan Li rubbed her brows. "But where will they choose?"
Ji Yinhe didn't say anything. He pulled out a rolled-up map from behind him, unfolded it with a swish, and spread it on Tan Li's desk.
"According to their profile, they prefer places with large crowds and the potential to stir up public opinion, but they may not really want to harm innocent people, so I've circled these locations—"
She pointed to several red circles on the map and said, "The square in front of the train station, the newly opened supermarket on Qingyun Road Pedestrian Street, and the Jingjiang Grand Theater will be hosting cultural performances for a while..."
Tan Li nodded seriously.
"But the place I'm most worried about is still here." Ji Yinhe pointed his finger heavily at the City Hall Square and the Golden Ring Hotel opposite.
"From the evening of June 30th to the early morning of July 1st, the Provincial Entrepreneurs Association invites all chairmen to watch the return ceremony here—if Gong Xie wants to murder his father and brother, this would be the best time!"
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