Chapter 388 Hiding in the mountains? Call someone!
In the era without surveillance, it was not as easy for the police to handle cases as it is in later generations.
But after the incident, some police officers quickly questioned nearby residents and obtained some information, including how many people there were, what they looked like, what weapons they had in their hands, from which direction they appeared, and in which direction they ran after the robbery.
On this street, every person is a small surveillance camera. After questioning everyone, we can get enough information.
The first thing that can be confirmed is that the group of people should have come from other places, so people nearby said they had never seen them.
Some people are not so sensitive to other people's facial features and cannot remember their specific appearance, but some people have a very good memory and can remember most of the people after just one encounter, especially some characteristics, such as particularly thick eyebrows, particularly large mouth, buck teeth, scars on the face, etc.
Huang Dazhi was riding a bicycle and naturally lagged behind Gao Mingcheng, but after he arrived at the Xinxin Clothing Store, he took out a pen and paper and asked the nearby residents about the appearance of the group of robbers.
Perhaps because they were on the run, the gang did not wear masks.
One advantage of wearing a mask is that it can effectively hide your face, but it also has a disadvantage, which is that before you even reach the target store, the mask will attract the attention of others, which may cause your robbery plan to fail.
While listening to the neighbors' description of the robber, Huang Dazhi quickly drew on paper.
Whenever the other person finished describing the character, Huang Dazhi would have almost finished painting. He would then show the portrait to the person and ask if that was what the person looked like.
With the descriptions of many people, the portraits took shape little by little.
Huang Dazhi is an auxiliary police officer in the police station. He is not qualified to carry a gun, nor can he handle cases alone. His fighting and grappling skills are average, but he is lucky. Gao Guobing asked him to learn the skill of portrait painting from an old criminal policeman, so he is now considered a special talent.
Although Gao Mingcheng has good physical fitness and can fight several people alone, he is also an ordinary person and does not have the ability of clairvoyance and super hearing.
So he couldn't find the robbers quickly and could only rely on the information obtained by the police.
Before getting useful information, he stayed in the store to sort out the clothes and count the losses, and did not pursue blindly.
"Mingcheng, the portrait is out!" Huang Dazhi walked in with a stack of papers and handed it to Gao Mingcheng.
Gao Mingcheng immediately took the drawing papers and looked at them one by one.
There were five people in the gang of robbers, with a wide age range. Two of them were older, around forty years old, and three were younger, around early twenties.
Their facial features are different, so we can roughly rule out the possibility that they are from the same family.
The two older men both had beards that covered most of their faces. One of them was bald and had an obvious scar on his scalp.
As for the three young men, two of them had ordinary looks, and one had a sarcastic look with a pair of obvious slanted eyes, and he always looked at people with his eyes squinted.
The owner of the shoe store next to Gao Mingcheng was spotted by the slanted eyes and was deeply impressed.
The five men looked weathered and had not been groomed for a long time. They had a strong body odor and their clothes were worn and dirty. Therefore, the police suspected that this group of people came from other places to commit crimes.
Criminals from other places like this will leave here quickly once they succeed in catching someone, and it is difficult to catch them, so we have to hunt them down every minute.
Gao Mingcheng is Director Gao's nephew. This is no secret in the county. Anyone who is well-informed will know that some gangsters in the county dare not come here to cause trouble, especially some gangsters who have suffered losses at the hands of Gao Mingcheng.
Therefore, the Xinxin Clothing Store has been safe and sound since its opening. Also, because the clothes in the store are priced relatively high, the business does not seem to be so hot, so it is not easy to arouse the jealousy of competitors.
But those colleagues in the same industry did not know that the income of Gao Mingcheng's store was far greater than theirs, because when he went to Yangcheng to purchase goods, he got the latest styles and lowest prices from the clothing factory through Fan Chengyao's relationship, and he also saved the shipping costs. As for mid-range clothing, he bought it directly from Gao Shouwang at a relatively low price, but the profit was very substantial.
So some people's clothing stores seem to be doing better business than Gao Mingcheng's, but they don't necessarily make more money than Gao Mingcheng.
It’s just that Gao Mingcheng has always been low-key and won’t brag about himself outside.
So the question is, why was the first crime committed by the vagrant criminal in the county to rob Gao Mingcheng's store?
Even if the vagrant criminal didn't know that Gao Mingcheng had an uncle who was a deputy director, the location of his store was not the best in the entire county, and it was far from the railway station and bus station.
When vagrant criminals arrive in the county, how do they choose their targets for robbery?
Is it random or intentional?
Gao Mingcheng memorized all the portraits on the paper and then returned them to Huang Dazhi.
Then the two of them went to the police station together to see if there was any latest news.
Gao Guobing was in the lobby of the police station, giving orders to his men. When he saw Gao Mingcheng coming, he immediately called Gao Mingcheng over.
"There is good news. It has been confirmed that the robbers have no car. If they want to leave the county, they can only take a train or bus, or hide in the mountains. Our police officers have chased them all the way. If all goes well, we will be able to bring them back." Gao Guobing said.
After the incident, Luo Li quickly ran to the police station to call the police. The police station was not far from Gao Mingcheng's store, and it only took five or six minutes to run there.
In addition, the victim of this case was rather special, so the police responded quickly and many people were involved in the investigation.
In a short time, they had investigated the general situation and then caught up with them.
It’s just that communications are not well developed now, and information cannot be communicated in a timely manner.
There is a landline in the police station, but if you want to make a call, you have to find another landline. For example, Gao Mingcheng's clothing store also has a landline installed, but he does not have a landline installed in Gaojia Village. So if the store is robbed, it cannot be notified by phone, and Huang Dazhi has to ride a bicycle to rush to notify.
Fortunately, Gao Mingcheng had finished his work and was about to return to the county, and the two met on the way.
"Uncle, where did that group of people run to?" Gao Mingcheng asked calmly.
Gao Guobing did not hide anything and told him everything. He just said at the end: "Mingcheng, you need to stay calm. If you catch him, you can beat him up, but don't kill him."
Gao Mingcheng nodded. He was naturally sensible.
The consequences of beating someone and killing someone are obviously different.
After Gao Mingcheng got the latest news, he prepared to go.
Before leaving, he asked Huang Dazhi to pick up Luo Li and take her home, and also closed the door of the clothing store.
It's already evening and it will soon be completely dark.
The vagrant criminals planned to rob at this time. If it was in the morning, the clothing store would not be open yet, and there would not be much money in the drawer. Only in the evening could they rob all the sales of the store.
In addition, it would soon be dark, which would facilitate their escape and effectively shake off their pursuers.
As long as you find a place to hide temporarily and wait for the storm to pass, you will be able to escape smoothly.
Gao Mingcheng left the police station and headed towards the north of the city.
The south of the city is relatively underdeveloped, with most of it being villages and fields.
There are many villages and mountains here. If you continue walking forward, you will reach Xiongnan Peak, the highest peak in the county.
Xiongnan Peak is steep. In ancient times, there were bandits entrenched there. Because of the terrain, it is located in a dangerous place and one man can block the passage of ten thousand men, so it was difficult for officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits.
Xiongnan Peak is currently undeveloped. When the economy develops in the future, it will be developed into a tourist attraction such as a forest park for county residents to visit and exercise.
Gao Mingcheng had been there in his previous life. Now he was heading there, but the scene he saw was completely different from what he remembered.
The road here is not paved with cement, it is still a dirt road, and the road is not wide, but it is still wide enough for vehicles to pass.
At the end of the road, he saw a police car.
He glanced over and saw that there was no one in the police car, so he looked ahead, wondering where the officers should be.
It was completely dark, and everything was pitch black, with only the occasional flickering light in the village.
Walking on the country road, you can hear a few dogs barking in the distance.
At this time, he heard someone talking and there were several people coming towards this side.
They didn't have flashlights, so they walked slowly.
"Officer Song! Officer Zhang!" Gao Mingcheng shouted immediately when he heard the familiar voices.
Xiao Song and Xiao Zhang are Gao Guobing's favorite subordinates, and he has now promoted them to team captains.
"Mingcheng! We didn't catch up with that group of people, but some villagers nearby said that a group of people went into the mountains with axes and machetes." Xiao Song took a few quick steps, came in front of Gao Mingcheng, and pointed to a small hill.
The mountain is not big, but it is connected to Xiongnan Peak. You can reach Xiongnan Peak by going over the mountain.
"We didn't bring flashlights and we don't have enough manpower, so we plan to go back to the bureau to get equipment and call more people to search the mountain. I have already talked to the nearby villagers and asked the young and strong people in the village to go into the mountain to search together. I will give each person five yuan. Do you think it's okay?" Xiao Song said.
He knew that Gao Mingcheng was not short of money and was willing to spend it, so he let the villagers go into the mountains together in advance.
Gao Mingcheng agreed immediately.
All he wanted now was to find the robber as soon as possible, beat him up to calm down, and then ask him why he only targeted his store. He wanted to eliminate the unknown risks.
Otherwise, he is often not in the store and cannot protect the people in the store at all.
Gao Mingcheng said: "You guys go back to get the equipment and call for help. I'll go into the mountain first."
Xiao Song was stunned, and seemed to want to say something, but Xiao Zhang had already said, "Okay, let's go and come back quickly!"
Xiao Zhang patted Xiao Song's shoulder, then quickened his pace and walked towards the police car.
They all knew Gao Mingcheng's strength. Although it was not appropriate for him to go into the mountains alone in the dark, they did not say much. They just went back as soon as possible to get their equipment and call for help.
(End of this chapter)
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