Chapter 213 Tracking
Chen Yan swerved the steering wheel, made a sharp turn, and chased after the truck that passed by.
After getting on the provincial road, Zhou Yi put away the magnetic warning light.
After all, this is not a movie, and the consequences of high-speed racing would be very tragic.
Moreover, the provincial road exiting the city has been blocked by armed police.
Chen Yan caught up with the truck in the blink of an eye and forced it to stop with a tailspin.
Without waiting for the other party to react, the two men got out of the car and drew their guns, aiming at the person in the cab and shouting, "Hands off the steering wheel and put your head in your hands! Don't make any moves!"
Zhou Yi pointed a gun at the driver through the windshield. After Chen Yan confirmed the license plate again, he walked around and opened the car door.
"Just one person!" Chen Yan shouted.
"Come down!"
Yu Changshun raised his hands and got out of the car tremblingly. "Don't shoot, don't shoot."
"Are you Yu Changshun?" Chen Yan pointed a gun at him and Zhou Yi asked after handcuffing him.
"I am, I am Yu Changshun."
"Where's Long Zhiqiang?"
Yu Changshun asked in confusion, "Who... who is Long Zhiqiang?"
"It's Hao Qiang! Where is he?" Zhou Yi asked sternly.
Chen Yan had already circled to the back of the truck, but there was no one in the truck bed except for boxes of hardware.
"What...what Hao Qiang? I...I don't know him." Yu Changshun stammered, but he was obviously not good at lying.
"Yu Changshun!" Zhou Yi was furious. "Do you know that you've committed the crime of harboring someone? How long will you keep making these mistakes?"
"I……"
"Do you know how many children Hao Qiang has killed?"
"What..." Yu Changshun was not stupid. He had been in prison and had taken in many people who had been released from prison. He knew very well what kind of crime would result in death penalty even for those who surrendered themselves.
But he didn't dare to think about it, and still had a glimmer of fantasy.
"Qiangzi, what...what did he...do?"
"Tell me quickly, where did he get off the bus? I'm telling you, if he gets away today, and someone else gets killed by him in the future, it'll be because of you! You're a father yourself, how are you going to face your children in the future?"
Zhou Yi's words completely crushed Yu Changshun, who already felt a huge sense of guilt. "There's a motorcycle repair shop just ahead, about two or three kilometers away. Just turn at the intersection ahead."
The two men immediately forced Yu Changshun into the car. Zhou Yi sat in the back seat and controlled Yu Changshun, then asked him to direct the way and drove forward in the direction he said.
Zhou Yi asked Yu Changshun what kind of clothes Long Zhiqiang was wearing and what he was carrying.
Because they had never seen Long Zhiqiang, they could only identify him by his clothes.
Although Zhou Yi had seen Yu Zixin in his previous life, he was not sure whether Yu Zixin was 100% Long Zhiqiang, and whether his appearance had changed over the years.
Yu Changshun explained how Long Zhiqiang was dressed now, saying that he had given him all the clothes because he was wet all over when he came to see him.
Zhou Yi was not in a hurry to ask about other things. At present, there was no evidence that the kidnapping case and the previous cases were related to Yu Changshun. His only crime was hiding, sheltering, and assisting Long Zhiqiang in escaping. He could be tried slowly later.
Soon, the car stopped in front of the repair shop that Yu Changshun mentioned.
The two men hurriedly got out of the car, but they did not see anyone who looked like Long Zhiqiang. There was only a man covering his bleeding nose, looking at them in horror.
Zhou Yi immediately showed his ID and asked, and the man said in fear that a man suddenly came and punched him and then pointed a gun at him, forcing him to hand over the keys to a Suzuki motorcycle at the door.
"Is it a middle-aged man in his early forties, wearing a gray coarse cloth work suit? Carrying a shoulder bag?"
The man nodded repeatedly.
"Where did he go?"
The man pointed to the road to the north and said, "He went in that direction."
"How long have you been walking?"
"Just five or six minutes... Officer, that car was sent here for repairs. I have to pay for it being robbed. I don't make much all day..."
Zhou Yi and Chen Yan didn't have time to listen to his complaints, so they just drove away.
Theoretically, if the motorcycle is traveling at a speed of five or six minutes, it shouldn't go very far, but we chased for almost ten kilometers and didn't see anyone.
The two of them felt their hearts tighten in an instant, even though there weren't any major forks in the road along the way. After all, the roads in the countryside were not as standardized as those in the city.
But there are many small roads in the countryside, and they are all dirt roads, which are even more complicated.
There are many roads that can be traveled by motorcycles but not by cars.
Zhou Yi suddenly shouted, "Brother Yan, turn around, turn around quickly."
"What's wrong?"
"Going north will only get us further and further away from Sanpo Village. Although there are many small roads, many of them in the countryside are difficult for non-locals to be familiar with. He can't take such a risk. He must be deliberately misleading us!"
Zhou Yi's grandmother lived in the countryside, and as a child, he often stayed there for ten days or even a month during summer vacation. He knew that many of the country's small roads were simply roads built by people. Some roads ended at the doorstep, while others led to other roads. These small dirt roads were impossible to map; only the locals who walked them daily were familiar with them.
Long Zhiqiang was on the run. Although he rode a motorcycle, which was much more flexible than a car, he couldn't waste time and take the risk of trying every small road.
What's more, going north will only get you farther and farther away from Sanpo Village.
So Zhou Yi realized this and thought that he was probably using the same old trick again, turning the motorcycle into a target for them to chase while he secretly made a move.
Chen Yan immediately turned around, and Zhou Yi told him to keep an eye on the rivers on both sides of the road. However, the road was mostly lined with small, shallow ditches, and there was no sign of a motorcycle in the river.
Seeing that they were about to drive back to the repair shop, about seven or eight hundred meters away, Zhou Yi suddenly saw a motorcycle lying behind a haystack behind a bungalow.
He immediately asked Chen Yan to stop the car and ran over to check it out, because the car was parked in a rather awkward location. Normally, no one in the countryside would park their car in front of their house.
When I went closer to take a look, I saw that it was indeed a Suzuki motorcycle, and the engine was still a little warm.
The most important thing is that the location where the car was parked is blocked by bungalows and haystacks if you walk north along the road.
You can only see it when you go south.
Zhou Yi turned to the front of the house and found the owner, an old man.
When asked, the old man said that this was not his motorcycle and he could not afford to buy one.
Then the old man suddenly looked around and shouted anxiously: "Where is my bicycle? It was just here just now. Where is my bicycle?"
Zhou Yi understood instantly. When he asked again, he found out that not only the car was lost, but also the clothes and straw hat that were originally hung on the wall for work were gone.
This Long Zhiqiang deliberately and ostentatiously stole the motorcycle from the repair shop. Not only did he beat up the boss, he also pulled out a gun.
The purpose was to make the boss remember him, and then mislead the police during their investigation, chasing them north and keeping a close eye on the motorcycle.
But in fact, he hid the car less than a kilometer away.
It's still the trick of hiding the truth under the lamp.
Then he changed his clothes, put on farm work clothes, wore a straw hat, and rode his old and broken bicycle to Sanpo Village.
The police would either continue searching northwards, or even if they realized something was wrong, they would focus on the narrow paths along the way to track down the suspect.
I never thought that he would come back so brazenly.
Even in this situation, Long Zhiqiang can still plot and scheme so calmly. His psychological quality is too terrible. If it were an ordinary fugitive, he would have panicked and lost his way.
After Zhou Yi returned to the car and explained the situation, Chen Yan stepped on the accelerator and continued the pursuit.
Fortunately, there are few main roads in the countryside and the road conditions are not complicated.
And the speed of a bicycle is very limited.
They turned back to the original main road. Zhou Yi asked Chen Yan to control the speed to about 50 miles per hour, and then keep a close eye on both sides of the road.
After driving for a while, suddenly, a man riding a bicycle appeared on the roadside ahead. He was wearing a tattered coat and a straw hat that must have had rotten edges.
Noticing a car behind him, the cyclist looked back.
Although they were still more than ten meters apart, just this one glance made Zhou Yi's heart tremble.
Long Zhiqiang!
Chen Yan was driving the Santana from the Third Brigade, a very common vehicle.
But Long Zhiqiang seemed to have been electrocuted and realized something was wrong at a glance.
But he did not run away. Instead, he immediately jumped off the bicycle and ran forward.
“Oh no!”
Chen Yan and Zhou Yi screamed at the same time, because the place where Long Zhiqiang rushed over was a bus stop!
Under the simple bus stop sign, there was an old lady waiting for the bus with a child of five or six years old.
Chen Yan and Zhou Yi rushed out of the car with guns drawn before they even stopped.
But it was still a step too late. Just when Chen Yan and Zhou Yi aimed at Long Zhiqiang, Long Zhiqiang rushed over, knocked down the old lady, and took the child hostage.
"Don't come over! Otherwise I will kill him!" Long Zhiqiang roared.
The muzzle of the gun in his hand was against the child's head. The child was frightened and cried loudly. The old lady who fell to the ground climbed up crying and screaming.
Zhou Yi quickly told the old lady to stay put, otherwise if she rushed forward blindly, Long Zhiqiang might shoot her to death.
Chen Yan and Zhou Yi took a few steps back and used the car door as cover, but the muzzles of their guns were still pointed at Long Zhiqiang.
The face under the straw hat! It was indeed Yu Zixin from decades later! In his previous life, he had truly escaped justice and transformed himself!
"Long Zhiqiang, let that kid go! We can talk about it if you have any requests!" Zhou Yi shouted.
"If you release the hostages, what bargaining chips do I have to negotiate with you!" Long Zhiqiang's eyes were fierce. Zhou Yi knew at a glance that it was the look of a criminal at the end of his rope.
At this time, he might shoot and kill the hostages at any time.
"Okay, then don't hurt the hostages. Let's talk. As long as you ensure the safety of the hostages, everything can be discussed!" In this situation, the top priority is to avoid irritating Long Zhiqiang and hurting the hostages.
"You two, put down your guns and back away until I can't see you anymore. Don't take the car keys with you and don't make any movements, or I will shoot the hostages!" Long Zhiqiang made the request calmly.
However, Zhou Yi and Chen Yan would never agree to such a request, because as soon as they put down their guns, Long Zhiqiang would immediately shoot them.
Long Zhiqiang also knew that the police could not be so stupid. Only when both sides pointed their guns at people could they maintain balance.
So his next request was to ask them to step back, give up their cars, and then he would drive away.
Before making a request that the other party may not be able to agree to, make a more excessive request first, so that your actual request will be more easily accepted by the other party.
This is a negotiation skill, but also a means of understanding human nature.
"What do you think..." Just when Long Zhiqiang was about to ask them to step back.
Zhou Yi suddenly spoke.
"Fu Baoguo! The person you want to kill the most is Fu Baoguo, right?"
Long Zhiqiang was slightly stunned, as if he had not heard this name for a long time.
"I know where he is. I can tell you his address!" Zhou Yi took advantage of the opportunity to pursue the opponent.
Long Zhiqiang instantly flew into a rage: "You're kidding me! I've been looking for him for so many years and still can't find him!"
Although Long Zhiqiang was angry, he did not move the gun in his hand, which was still pointed at the head of the kidnapped child.
This detail shows that Zhou Yi has hit Long Zhiqiang's weak spot.
"You can't find it because you're a criminal, and I'm a police officer. I can look up someone's information with just a flick of my finger. You were so cautious and hid for so many years, but I still found you, didn't I, Hao Qiang?"
"It's you?" Long Zhiqiang stared at the two young police officers in front of him in disbelief. They were just two rookies. He hadn't been caught in all these years, so how could he have fallen into the hands of these two young policemen? "Impossible! You're just a brat, wet behind the ears. It can't be you!"
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