Just as Wu Xiongfei and the other two were blindly searching for Lao Gu in the vegetable market, the plainclothes police who were monitoring the periphery had already chased him to the vegetable market.
Although the police had already figured out the routes near the community, Lao Gu didn't take the usual route and kept going into the alleys... Often, the police would catch up with him, turn a corner, and then they would lose Lao Gu at the fork in the road...
In addition, because of the secret mission, the number of police officers that could be mobilized was limited, and they could not completely block the road, which gave Lao Gu an opportunity to take advantage of.
After meeting up with six or seven plainclothes police officers, Wu Xiongfei asked in a low voice, "Are all the exits to the vegetable market blocked?"
"Someone is guarding it!" said the policeman.
"Then he shouldn't be able to run away. Let's line up and conduct a dragnet search... We don't believe he can fly!" Wu Xiongfei said.
After that, everyone lined up and moved forward like a sieve, carefully identifying every stall and every passerby...
I thought doing this would have some effect, maybe even force Lao Gu out.
But from beginning to end, I didn't see any suspicious figure.
Wu Xiongfei's heart sank gradually, and he wondered if this old man could know the art of invisibility?
"Fuck! How could this happen... How am I going to report this to my boss when I get home!"
Wu Xiongfei was so annoyed that the muscles on his face kept trembling and his back teeth were creaking.
Although they were fully prepared to capture him, what they didn't know was that Lao Gu had also prepared a way out.
The moment Lao Gu rushed into the vegetable market, his men in the market had already moved him out through the back door of the store. In other words, even if Wu Xiongfei and his men turned the vegetable market upside down, they would not be able to find any trace of Lao Gu.
At this point, Wu Xiongfei had no choice but to call Wu Chengzhu at the command center in frustration to report the situation.
"Director Wu, the person ran away..."
Wu Chengzhu was also extremely shocked and disappointed after hearing this. Although the police force they deployed was limited, they had made sufficient preparations. How could they let Lao Gu escape so easily?
Now that Lao Gu has run away, it will be even more difficult to catch him in the future.
Wu Chengzhu did not blame Wu Xiongfei on the phone. He just said lightly, "I understand. You guys stay where you are and wait for orders," and then hung up the phone.
At this time, Long Gang had already led people to Yashan Prison...
Only Wu Chengzhu, Li Lin and a few staff members were left in the command center.
Wu Chengzhu looked at Li Lin with a worried look on his face, and asked unwillingly, "Xiao Lin, at first I thought Wu Xiongfei was quite responsible, capable, and had a clean background, so I made an exception and recruited him to the task force... Did I choose the wrong person? He messed up such an important mission for me!... Now I can't care about keeping it secret... I can only search the whole city for Lao Gu!"
Upon hearing this, Li Lin immediately raised an objection and said, "Director Wu, we can't do this! Although Lao Gu is important, he is not our ultimate goal. Once a large-scale search for Lao Gu is carried out, Lu Chengze will be alerted... If Lu Chengze runs away, we will really lose everything! All the people who sacrificed before and all our efforts will be wasted!"
How could Wu Chengzhu not understand this truth?
However, if Lao Gu, the key witness, runs away, even if Lu Chengze is caught, how can the chain of evidence be completed to convict him?
Wu Chengzhu said in annoyance, "So we just watch Lao Gu run away? Maybe he won't get far before Lu Chengze kills him!... How could things develop to this point!"
Li Lin calmly advised, "Director Wu, don't worry. Hasn't the worst happened yet?... I'm not trying to excuse Wu Xiongfei. He is absolutely trustworthy. It's just that this mission is too difficult and the number of people assigned to him is limited. Whoever leads the team could fail. This is not the responsibility of one person."
Wu Chengzhu realized that he had said something wrong and apologized, "I understand this truth. If Wu Xiongfei was not trustworthy, I would not have transferred him here... I just hate that this Lao Gu is too cunning. He can actually disappear out of thin air, which makes us police officers with rich experience in handling cases look so incompetent... Okay, I will call Wu Xiongfei and ask them to bring Zhou Ke and Lao Gu's men back for interrogation to see if we can find a new breakthrough."
Li Lin nodded slightly and said, "No hurry, let Wu Xiongfei wait at the scene for a while, I'll see if I can provide him with some clues."
"Do you have a solution?" Wu Chengzhu asked in surprise.
Li Lin smiled and said, "Let's try it out!"
As he said that, he walked to a deserted place and dialed Hou Yaodong's number.
"Are the brothers from Dongsheng still here?" Li Lin asked.
Hou Yaodong said, "We were all on standby in secluded places near the community and did not dare to slack off."
Li Lin told him, "The police have intervened, but Lao Gu disappeared near the vegetable market... He must be caught. Is there any way?"
Hou Yaodong said, "The vegetable market? I see. There are several stall owners there who are his subordinates... You can ask someone to check... I will personally lead my brothers to look for them!"
Li Lin nodded and said, "Wait for your good news!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Lin walked up to Wu Chengzhu and said to him, "Director Wu, there are several stall owners in the vegetable market who are Lao Gu's men. Ask Wu Xiongfei to check if there are any clues."
Wu Chengzhu frowned slightly and asked in surprise, "Is it certain? How did you know?"
Li Lin took out his cell phone and waved it in front of him and said, "I found out this, I don't know if it's accurate, let's give it a try!"
He couldn't reveal that Hou Yaodong was helping to arrest people, as this would damage the reputation of Wu Chengzhu and the other investigators. Imagine that the police officers from various parts of the province are so incompetent? They still need to rely on the security personnel of private companies to investigate the case? Where is the dignity of the public security police!
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