Bai Song couldn't drive there. He didn't have the ability to drive for 20 hours straight. To be honest, even if driving is something that many people can do, professional drivers are better.
In order to save time, Bai Song booked five tickets for tonight, directly to Qiqi City.
"Brother," Wang Di followed Bai Song in the car to the airport without saying anything until they were halfway there. He couldn't help but said, "Brother, I won't go. I feel like I can't help."
Wang Di had already discovered that Bai Song paid for the case himself. It was not a big deal in Shangjing, since there was only one car and how much gas money could be? But flying to Qiqi City would be very expensive, as one more person would cost one more fee.
It’s not that Wang Di doesn’t want to go, but he feels that he is not worth the price... and he can’t help in any way.
Yan Yu can still analyze a lot of things and is also a very good clerk. Although Yang Lu can't help much, he has been contacting classmates and team leaders to cheer everyone up (of course it's useless), while he is of no help at all.
"We are a team," Bai Song said, "Why, are you tired?"
"How is that possible!" Wang Di quickly retorted: "Brother, how about we split the bill..."
"You don't have to worry about him," Wang Liang said, "Your senior brother is not short of money at all, and he is right, we are a team. In fact, even if we catch him at the border and find that he has left the country, let alone now, all our efforts will be wasted. We have made preparations for this."
Bai Song's mouth twitched, thinking that he had finally been generous for once, but Wang Liang had been the good guy. What does it mean to have no shortage of money...
Several junior brothers and sisters wanted to talk, but Bai Song stopped them. If he didn't stop them, Wang Liang would have finished his good words. Bai Song said to Wang Di, "Do you remember what we talked about on the morning of New Year's Day? At that time, we said that the further north we go, the better the food will be. We also said that we can try it if we have a chance. Now this is a ready-made opportunity."
After Bai Song said this, his fellow disciples had nothing to say, as they knew that their senior brother was just like that.
I have been with Bai Song for two or three months. I found that Bai Song is sometimes very strict and sometimes not so "kind" when encountering things, but he is impeccable when it comes to treating his own people.
Bai Song was driving the car, and his three junior brothers and sisters were secretly discussing something in the back, but they were afraid that Bai Song would hear them, so they chose to communicate through WeChat on their mobile phones, so Bai Song could not hear anything.
As they approached the airport, Yang Lu spoke up: "Brother, our classmates in the Investigation Department heard that we were going to Qiqi City to arrest someone, and they all supported us very much. They thought it was amazing that we could find clues."
"Well, then what?" Bai Song felt that there was something else behind Yang Lu's words.
"They sent me a lot of red envelopes in the group, telling me they wanted to contribute. It's impossible for them to come along, but I accepted all the red envelopes," Yang Lu said, "Brother, you have to take everyone's good intentions."
"Okay, how much?" Bai Song asked.
"More than 70,000." Yang Lu said.
"What?" Bai Song thought that a few students giving out red envelopes totaling one or two thousand yuan was considered a lot. What was going on? These were all students?
"71320", Yang Lu calculated: "That's this much."
"How many people are there in your department?" Bai Song asked, "Have you all donated?"
"Forehead……"
"Did Yan Yu take out 70,000?" Bai Song turned his head and glanced at Yan Yu.
"Uh..." Yang Lu wanted to tell the truth, but was pinched by Yan Yu and ended up not saying anything.
"Alright, alright, stop making trouble. It's not much money, you guys..." Bai Song thought for a moment and said, "Take all the money back. The red envelopes given by other classmates cannot be returned. Just keep it to buy a few bottles of wine at your graduation party."
After the car was parked, several people quickly entered the airport.
The plane ticket was booked online before driving off, it was very late, and I still had to wait when I arrived at the airport. Bai Song arranged the room and plans for tomorrow online, and then found a place to take a nap.
We had already eaten before coming here, so no one was hungry now. However, there were a lot of people at the airport, coming and going. It was really admirable that Bai Song could fall asleep so easily.
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The itinerary was fine and the airport was warm, so everyone took off their coats and waited for the plane.
In the early hours of the morning, after getting off the plane and leaving the airport, Bai Song discovered a very serious problem.
It's much colder here than expected...
The temperature late at night was approaching minus 30 degrees Celsius, and there was wind. The clothes everyone was wearing were not very thick, and at this temperature it was as if they were not wearing anything at all, and they were frozen through in seconds.
People who have not experienced this kind of ultra-low temperature may not understand that this is not "uncomfortable" but "painful."
To be honest, some areas in the north of the south are really cold in winter without heating, because there is no warm place to restore body temperature, so it is very uncomfortable in the damp and cold place. But the cold in Qiqi City is really desperate, and it is the kind of experience that you feel that your life may be lost at any time if you wear less outdoors.
To put it simply, indoors in the south you lose blood, while outdoors here you lose life.
The five people took two taxis. As soon as Bai Song opened the car door, white smoke immediately rose from near the door. The driver shouted "Get in the car quickly", and then Bai Song and his two sisters got in the car.
Wang Di and Wang Liang got on the car behind.
"The place you're going to, I tell you, is 13 kilometers," the driver said, "I'll charge you 40 yuan, is that okay?"
"I'll give you 50," Bai Song said, "Thank you for your hard work."
The name of the airport in Qiqi City is quite interesting, Sanjiazi Airport, which is only ten kilometers away from the city. According to the taxi meter price here, it is just over 20 yuan. In the middle of the night, at minus 30 degrees, the driver waited at the airport for half a day, and 40 yuan was really not much.
When the driver heard that he wanted 50 yuan, he immediately smiled and said, "Okay, you are from a big city after all, you are open-minded. I was just afraid that you would not give me more money, and if you don't give me more money, you can only use the meter. The airport is so close, and if it costs more than 20 yuan, who would want to suffer this?"
"It must cost a lot of gas money for you guys waiting here," Bai Song said.
"No, we all know what time the flight is. Our airport is small, so there aren't many planes. There are only a few cities like Beijing that have planes coming in." The driver said, "We are honest people in Gada. We won't cheat you out of your money. But there's nothing fun near the hotel you're going to. Why are you staying there?"
"I'm not here to play," Bai Song said without further ado.
"That's fine, it's okay, but the clothes you're wearing are not good. It's cold here in winter. You can go to the Victory Mall next to your place tomorrow and buy two thicker down jackets. If you like mink, you can buy one. Mink looks so good on little girls." The driver was very enthusiastic, making Bai Song feel warm. "The minks in Gada are good, not a rip-off. Let me put it this way, if he asks for a high price, you can just go to two more stores and it's fine."
"Okay," Bai Song didn't know why the driver was so enthusiastic. Fortunately, the journey was only about ten minutes. Bai Song gave the driver 50 yuan, picked up his luggage and rushed into the hotel.
He doesn't have enough body fat and can't withstand this kind of weather. An ordinary winter suit is basically just a decoration here.
The next morning, it was nine o'clock in the morning. Bai Song took everyone to have breakfast, then took everyone to the mall for a walk, bought everyone some thick clothes, and then went to a car rental company to rent a Kia sedan and set off for Zhalong Service Area.
This place is close to the red-crowned crane base, but you definitely can't see them in this season. We had to go around a lot before we reached the service area on the side entering the city.
When they arrived at the service area, Wang Liang checked the surveillance video and indeed found Jiang Baolin.
Jiang Baolin spent 6,800 yuan to get here, and he still had 200 yuan on hand. This was all the money he had.
In general, he is a timid person, but he is more or less honest when he sobers up. If he really goes to Qiqi City, he will have to give the driver 3,500 yuan, and then he will have no money left. If he gets off here, he will still have 200 yuan left.
After Jiang Baolin got off the taxi, he stopped a car here, got in and left.
Through the license plate number of the car, Bai Song found the owner. He contacted him and the owner said that this was the case. The man wanted to go to the city and gave him 50 yuan, so he took it with him.
This place is dozens of kilometers away from Qiqi City. A taxi fare of 50 yuan is not enough, but a ride will definitely be enough. Eighty to ninety percent of the people who come to this service area are going to Qiqi City, so Jiang Baolin's calculations are relatively good.
The driver told Bai Song and the other man where to park the car. Bai Song drove for more than half an hour and found the place where Jiang Baolin was to get off.
This place is in the north of the city, and Jiang Baolin's hometown is in the east of the city. Assuming that Jiang Baolin is not deliberately avoiding detection, then this choice is puzzling.
It was already noon, and Bai Song took everyone to have a hotpot meal.
I have to say, the prices here are so low that Bai Song finds it a little hard to understand.
Five of us found a nice hotpot restaurant with a nice environment and decoration. We ate more than a dozen plates of meat and a lot of other things, and in the end we only spent 370 yuan. The same thing would cost 730 yuan in Beijing.
Although it was said to be a lot, in fact, everyone finished eating in an hour. Then it was time to go to work in the afternoon, and the group found the local traffic police department to check the surveillance.
The case has been pursued to this point, and we can only rely on the most traditional methods of "inquiring" and monitoring from beginning to end. All other means are useless. So we just keep chasing people.
I have to say that although Qiqi City does not seem to be very developed, the surveillance is still good. The surveillance in the urban area is very intensive, and a preliminary Skynet system has been established.
Several bus stations have implemented facial recognition, but Jiang Baolin has not been seen in the past two days.
"Leader, let me tell you, the system here is very good, and the management of several train stations is also very strict. It is impossible to take a long-distance bus without an ID card." said the criminal police here.
Originally, Bai Song came to find the traffic police, but after he and Wang Liang took out their police officer IDs, people here took the matter very seriously and reported it immediately.
No one knew what had happened, but two big guys came with three followers to handle the case, and they gave special support here. This made Bai Song feel a little embarrassed, because the only document they had was a letter of introduction.
When the public security organs help each other to retrieve some information, they do not need to obtain a notice of evidence, but can use a letter of introduction. No one here has ever seen the Criminal Investigation Bureau bring a letter of introduction when they come to handle a case, and at first they almost thought it was fake. But now it is not the past, it is very easy to verify, so they quickly found out that Bai Song and Wang Liang’s identities were true.
However, Bai Song also received a call from Director Wei because of this. Director Wei didn't understand why Bai Song didn't take the procedures from the East City Branch when he went out to handle the case. After listening to Bai Song's explanation, he didn't say much, but just reminded him to protect the students' safety.
Speaking of this, Director Wei was a little unhappy.
After he came here, he was far less free than before in Tianhua. He was thinking of arranging for Bai Song to handle some cases, but who knew that Bai Song was in a hurry to go to the grassroots level. He hasn't seen him for several months, and now he is becoming more and more useless, running out to play with a few people who haven't even grown all their hair!
Yes, in Director Wei's opinion, Bai Song traveled so far to handle such a case, just for fun...
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With the strong support of the local police, the case was not solved. Finally, Bai Song proposed a possibility, that is, Jiang Baolin might have hitchhiked along the way.
Many long-distance buses can be stopped midway and you have to pay the fare to get on the bus, but since there is no equipment on the bus to check ID cards, you don't need an ID card.
As a result, all the local long-distance bus drivers were found one by one and questioned one by one.
Anyone who has picked up a man like this near the city in the past few days should check the in-car camera footage.
It is very common to pick up passengers on the way, and many drivers are not sure, so it took a whole day to finally find it.
On the afternoon of January 5, Jiang Baolin took a long-distance bus at an intersection in the northern suburbs of the city. He spent several dozen yuan and arrived in Arong County, Hulun City, Inner Mongolia Province.
It was already January 7th when Bai Song got this clue. Without saying a word, he thanked the man and led his team straight to Arong County.
It seems that this guy ran to his mistress's hometown.
After arriving in Arong County, Bai Song immediately went to the local real estate department and public security department to carefully check the situation of Jiang Baolin's mistress, and finally confirmed that this woman had a house here.
The housing prices here are very cheap and the woman is also divorced, so everyone rushed over immediately.
It was already past two in the afternoon when we got off the bus and parked it. No one had lunch because everyone was in good spirits.
This is how investigating a case works. As long as there are new clues, you get excited. But if there are no new clues, you lose interest.
The sun is shining brightly today. It was about ten degrees below zero at noon, but it was not so cold under the sun. There were some people outside basking in the sun. They are really cold-resistant.
This residential community is still a new one, so Bai Song, Wang Liang and others went straight to the security room. Wang Liang took his fellow junior brothers and sisters in to check the surveillance.
The security room was not big enough, so Bai Song came out for a walk when he saw Wang Liang checking. He saw someone playing chess in thick clothes in the middle of the community, so he walked over.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped when he saw a figure from behind.
This... Jiang Baolin...
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