No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhao Jian arrived with his men. The man reacted as if he had seen his parents when he saw the police.
"Officer, please save me! There's a bad person behind me, she's going to kill me."
Jiang Qiao laughed angrily, "Pah! What a bunch of idiots! They shot me in the middle of the night and now they're turning around and blaming me!"
“Who killed you? It was clearly you who wanted to kill someone. Everyone told me that you wanted to kill someone and asked me to come and help. Officers, she is a bad person. You must stand up for us.”
Zhao Jian was both amused and exasperated by the sight of Jiang Qiao and the people running towards them.
"I said, why aren't you all sleeping at this hour? What's going on? Jiang Qiao, tell me, what's going on?"
Jiang Qiao stopped the car, walked over and handed Zhao Jian two bullet casings, briefly explaining the situation to him.
"Look, when we chased after him, we saw this guy riding his bike ahead. No matter how much we called out to him, he wouldn't stop. The people following behind me can testify to this. This is when I was picking up the bullet casings. They were there at the time."
The people behind him could actually vouch for Jiang Qiao. That kid kept talking, "Who knew it would be like this? I met an injured person, and he told me to quickly report it to the police and asked me to do him a favor. You say you're a good person, but who can prove that?"
Zhao Jian snorted, "That's a good question. We can prove who she is, but who can prove who you are? Take him away."
The young man was dumbfounded and his voice trembled as he said, "Comrade, police officer, I'm innocent, really. I have my work ID here. That person said he was the victim and gave me a bicycle to ride to the police station to report the crime. How was I supposed to know there was more to this than meets the eye? You must believe what I'm saying."
"Whether it is or not, let's talk about it at the police station. Where did that person go?"
The young man pointed in a direction in frustration, and Zhao Jian quickly ordered his men to search for him.
“That person is injured. I hit him, but I don’t know where the injury is. It’s late at night, and I can’t see clearly. Anyway, he has injuries. You can arrest him first.”
Zhao Jian first checked the young man and found no injuries. However, based on the description provided by Jiang Qiao, the police quickly split into two groups to arrest him first.
Jiang Qiao and her companions hadn't even reached the police station when they ran into Song Zhi on the way.
Seeing Jiang Qiao return with his men, Song Zhi quickly pulled Jiang Qiao aside and asked her some questions.
"You two take the men back first. Qiao'er, you come with us. We can't let this bastard escape."
Unfortunately, after searching the entire area, the two groups couldn't find even a trace of the assassin. The county town is only so big; either the person was hiding, or he had left the town.
Song Zhi's throat was hoarse, and thinking about it now, he felt cold sweat on his back. This assassin was obviously after Jiang Qiao. Tell me, under his jurisdiction, his own niece was gone. Tell me, how can he face his brothers in the future?
Secretly, I was also relieved. Jiang Qiao was lucky; otherwise, if it were someone else, this day next year would probably be her death anniversary.
Jiang Qiao had nothing to hide from Song Zhi. When no one was looking, she secretly told Song Zhi why the assassin was injured.
"Sigh, you're really bold, kid. Alright, you don't need to tell anyone else about this. I know what I'm doing. Unless it's like today, don't show that thing. It's too much trouble."
He didn't ask Jiang Qiao where he got the thing, but he did think about it. Given Jiang Qiao's relationship with Song Shutian and the others, it wasn't a big deal for him to have a weapon.
"Third Uncle, what should we do if we can't find it? We can't just go door to door to search, can we?"
Song Zhi was also hesitant. Whether they could find anything by continuing the investigation was another matter. In addition, they didn't have enough people at the moment. Maybe after they finished investigating this place, the assassin would find another place to hide.
"It's alright. I contacted the garrison before I came and asked them to send people to block off all the roads. It won't be so easy for this person to get out. With his injuries, let's see where he can hide. When I get back, I'll start arranging for people to search house to house."
Jiang Qiao pushed the cart as she walked, pondering, "Third Uncle, if you were an assassin, what would you do?"
Song Zhi pondered for a moment, "If I were an assassin, I would leave this place immediately if I had backup. After all, being injured, it would be dangerous no matter how I tried to hide."
If there's no backup, I'll find a suitable place to hide; the most dangerous place might just be the safest. What are you thinking about?
As Jiang Qiao walked, she said, "That young man, judging from his appearance, shouldn't be lying. If what he said is true, then this person clearly didn't have any backup."
Think about it, they sent such an assassin to deal with a young girl like me. If they were to send someone else as a backup, it would seem like they were making a mountain out of a molehill, considering my age.
Moreover, given that they were carrying out an assassination, and they chose such a specific time and route, with all the right conditions, the success rate should be 100%. There's no reason for them to bring in another person.
However, today's events were somewhat unexpected. If I hadn't had anything with me, I might really have died here today.
Song Zhi turned to look at Jiang Qiao. Bathed in moonlight, his niece seemed to have transformed into a radiant fairy, and the confidence on her face was infectious.
"So you mean this person might be hiding somewhere we wouldn't expect?"
Jiang Qiao nodded, "The timing of this person's interception on the road is just right. He must have done his homework beforehand, and he probably knows a lot about my friends."
"Third Uncle, I think I know where he's hiding. Come on, let's go to the orphan's place—"
Jiang Qiao spoke hastily afterward. If what she thought was true, this would be a big problem. Mengzi was the oldest among them, but he was still a child. The others were even older. What would happen to this group of children who had no ability to fight back when facing such an assassin?
Thinking of this, her heart ached, because she thought of Bao'er, her little nephew, who was also so young when he faced death. Although she couldn't fully empathize with his experience, she had witnessed it and remembered it.
"Oh? Then let's go quickly—"
Song Zhi was taken aback at first. He was frightened by Jiang Qiao's deduction. Those were all children. If that was the case, it would be terrible. The children were all so young.
"Quick, come with us!"
Jiang Qiao couldn't wait any longer. She threw her bicycle to the police officer next to her and jumped onto the motorcycle that Song Zhi had driven over. "Quick, let's go over there first."
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