Chapter 149 Rescue
The township where Sanpo Village is located is called Yong'an Township. Unlike the city, the police force in the suburban rural areas is more tense, so there are police stations only at the township level.
Although Chen Yan called immediately, the police from Yong'an Township Police Station were still late.
When the two policemen arrived, they were shocked by the scene before them. Jiang Aqing's dilapidated house was surrounded by villagers, and almost everyone in the village had come.
"Move aside, move aside, what are you all doing here?" An older policeman in his fifties said to the crowd as he walked, holding a briefcase.
When the villagers saw the two men in police uniforms, they all made way.
Suddenly a young man in the crowd shouted, "Uncle."
The old policeman turned his head and was stunned for a moment, "You are..."
"I'm Dashan, my mother is Zhang Meirong, and my grandmother is my cousin's mother's cousin. Don't you remember me?"
The old policeman frowned. This relationship was a bit complicated. "Oh, Dashan, go home quickly and don't get involved in everything. Watch out for your mother scolding you."
The young man named Dashan pointed to the crowd in front of him and said, "My mom is over there."
“…” The old policeman ignored him and continued to push through the crowd and move forward.
Finally, I got through the crowd and saw a group of people at the door of Jiang Aqing's house.
Jiang Aqing was handcuffed and handcuffed with his hands tied behind his back, but because he was disabled, he was allowed to sit on a stool. He recognized the old man standing next to him: Jiang Baogen, the Party Secretary of Sanpo Village. Several children, presumably Jiang Aqing's children, were squatting against the wall nearby.
There were also two young men whom I had never seen before. The fair-skinned and gentle one looked at everyone and Jiang Aqing warily.
The other one was a man with an imposing manner, with a grim face, dismantling the pigpen with his bare hands.
"Jiang Baogen, what's going on?" Two policemen walked through the crowd and asked.
The old man's facial features were almost twisted together. He pointed at Jiang Aqing and then at Zhou Yi who was violently dismantling the wooden fence over there.
"You...this...that..." Jiang Baogen wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it. After hesitating for a long time, he could only utter a few words.
"What the hell, you can't even speak anymore?"
Chen Yan walked over and took out his ID. "Hello, I'm Chen Yan from the Third Squadron of the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment. That's my colleague Zhou Yi. This is my ID."
The old policeman squinted his eyes and looked at the ID that Chen Yan presented. He looked at another policeman in his early thirties next to him and they were both shocked.
"Oh... you are from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau. Hello, hello. We are from the Yong'an Township Police Station." The old policeman shook hands with Chen Yan enthusiastically.
Although the other party is young, the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau cannot be underestimated. It is the superior unit of the superior.
"I was the one who called the police," said Chen Yan.
"Officer Chen, why are the comrades from the Municipal Bureau coming to our small place? Is there...some major case?"
"Bang!" Zhou Yi broke a piece of wood with force and said coldly: "There was no case originally, but now it's hard to say!"
"What is going on?" The old policeman was a little confused, but looking at the expressions of the two men, he felt that the matter was not simple.
Zhou Yi patted the dirt off his hands and pointed at Jiang Aqing over there and said, "He is suspected of child trafficking. His youngest daughter, Xiaoqi, may have been sold by him."
"What?"
Before the old policeman could be surprised, Zhou Yi pointed to the pigpen beside him and said, "The person imprisoned here should be Jiang Aqing's wife. She is chained up. Jiang Aqing is also suspected of illegal detention."
These two charges are both criminal cases. Such a major incident hasn't happened in Yong'an Township for many years.
The old policeman pointed at the villagers behind him and said, "So they...are all here to watch the fun?"
Zhou Yi sneered: "Humph, just to watch the fun? Ask them yourself what they are here for!"
The old policeman vaguely guessed something. Although Sanpo Village was just a village under the jurisdiction of Yong'an Township, he had worked in the police station for half his life and he was familiar with the situation here.
"You two, this is no small matter. Please wait a moment while I call our director."
Zhou Yi nodded and said sorry for the trouble.
After firing warning shots to intimidate the group of villagers who were about to cause trouble, Chen Yan suggested taking the people back for interrogation.
Zhou Yi disagreed. Firstly, he was concerned about what to do with the woman locked in the pigsty. Secondly, judging from the attitude of the villagers, if he forcibly took her away, there might be a conflict.
The conflict between police and citizens is a very sensitive and thorny issue. Zhou Yi can fire a warning shot, but it is impossible for him to actually point the gun at these people.
Therefore, the best way is to take the person away with the assistance of the local police station, which is also a respect for the local grassroots.
The old policeman said a few words to his colleague, who immediately ran back to the police car and contacted the station via radio.
Zhou Yi pulled out his cell phone, handed it to the old policeman, and said, "Please inform the township leaders." Zhou Yi glanced at the old man and said coldly, "There are still serious violations of discipline and dereliction of duty by village cadres here."
The old policeman took the phone, nodded repeatedly, and ran to the side to make a call.
Zhou Yi continued to dismantle the wooden fence of the pigpen. By the time the old policeman finished his call, Zhou Yi had already finished.
Suddenly, a foul smell filled the air, and the people in the front couldn't help but cover their noses.
At this time, the woman in the pigsty was curled up in the corner, shivering.
As soon as Zhou Yi bent down and walked in, the woman screamed wildly.
Zhou Yi immediately took a step back: "Don't be nervous, I'm a policeman, I won't hurt you."
The woman seemed to understand what Zhou Yi said and had some reaction, but she was still holding her head and trembling.
Zhou Yi looked at the woman. One hand and one foot were tied with iron chains, and one end of the chain was nailed to the ground at the base of the wall with a bolt.
The whole pigpen was stinking. There was a lot of straw on the floor, but it had obviously not been changed for a long time. There was a blanket that was so black that the color could not be seen, and excrement was everywhere.
If Zhou Yi was not a reborn veteran policeman, but a rookie policeman, he would have rushed out and vomited after seeing such a scene.
But now, there was only huge anger in his heart.
Is this still a human being? This person is worse than an animal!
What kind of person would treat his wife, the mother of his seven children, like this?
"I'll take you out, okay?" Zhou Yi approached the other person cautiously.
The woman held her head and trembled all over, but she didn't scream anymore.
After Zhou Yi approached, he looked at the chains on the woman's feet. They were actually locked. It was obvious that the woman had been handcuffed with the chains for a long time. The part where the chains were locked was bloody and emitted a foul stench like rotting meat.
Zhou Yi was afraid of hurting the woman, so he didn't dare to move the chain. Instead, he walked directly to the wall and grabbed the iron bolt that was driven into the stone on the ground with both hands.
He used all his strength, as if he was pulling out the nails that bound the woman's tragic fate.
Perhaps because the woman had struggled countless times before, the iron bolt began to loosen under Zhou Yi's full strength.
Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and exerted force suddenly, and the entire iron bolt was pulled out.
"It's okay now, we will protect you." Zhou Yi smiled and stretched out his hand to the woman.
The woman was like a frightened kitten, looking at the person in front of her with horror in her eyes.
But Zhou Yi just kept looking at her with a smile without any movement.
The woman seemed to sense that the man in front of her had no ill will towards her, and she extended her hand cautiously.
The woman tried to stand up, but it was obvious that there was a big problem with her body functions, and she fell down as soon as she stood up.
Zhou Yi was quick to grasp her arm. "Don't worry, take your time."
The woman held Zhou Yi's arm tightly, as if she had grabbed the only life-saving straw.
With Zhou Yi's support, the woman walked out of the pigpen tremblingly.
The dazzling sunlight shone through the weed-like hair onto the woman's face, and she screamed in fear again.
"It's okay, it's just the sun." Zhou Yi said, feeling a tightness in his chest. The woman was even afraid of the sun, which meant she hadn't been out for a long time.
At the same time, Zhou Yi immediately winked at Chen Yan and whispered, "Brother Yan, call the emergency number."
Chen Yan immediately nodded, took out his cell phone and dialed 120.
When it was exposed to the sunlight, Zhou Yi discovered that what the woman was wearing could not be called clothes at all, but only rags, exposing her dirty and smelly body.
Zhou Yi immediately took off his coat and put it on the woman.
The crowd of onlookers kept pointing and talking, some had angry expressions on their faces, some had numb expressions, and some had disgusted expressions on their faces.
The little girl who had just told Zhou Yi and the others that her sister had been sold suddenly rushed over and threw herself into the woman's arms, shouting, "Mom."
The woman screamed in fear as if she had seen a ghost, but Zhou Yi didn't understand.
The woman waved her hands wildly and slapped the little girl again and again, but the little girl held the woman tightly and refused to let go.
Slowly, the woman's movements slowed down.
The hand that was originally waving was raised up, but when it fell, it turned to touch the little girl's head.
The woman touched and touched again, as if she recognized the girl.
The girl hugged the woman tightly, calling out "Mom, Mom" all the time.
The woman suddenly hugged the little girl and began to cry loudly.
The old policeman was calling the township government to explain the situation when he suddenly heard miserable crying and turned around to look.
"Hello, what's going on?" the township government staff asked anxiously on the phone.
"Come quickly! Something big has happened." The old policeman stamped his foot and said, "We need to call the village chief! Call the village chief!"
After calling the emergency number, Chen Yan hurried over. "Zhou Yi, do you want to notify the master?"
Zhou Yi nodded. "Yes, tell Captain Wu immediately. He has to take action. This matter is quite serious."
Zhou Yi said, glancing at the villagers, "And the situation is very complicated. It's beyond our ability to handle."
"Okay, I'll call Master right away. Child trafficking, illegal detention, and the social impact should make this a major case."
Zhou Yi said gravely, "Maybe we'll have to add another one."
"What?"
"The crime of trafficking in women!"
Chen Yan's face changed drastically when he looked at the woman crying loudly in front of him.
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