Once Ning Zhiheng made up his mind, Liu Datong immediately took the order and left. He loudly called over his subordinates, summoning Wen Xingsheng and Chen Yanqing, and told them Ning Zhiheng's judgment.
Each of the two men led a team to conduct a thorough search of the detached mansions on the street, as Ning Zhiheng had instructed. This time, the search was not limited to checking the head of household and the number of people, but rather to thoroughly search the entire house and mansion. In case they encountered the criminals, Shi Hong and Wang Shucheng also led their team members to search alongside them. If the criminals were found, they could be arrested immediately!
After sending out all the men, Ning Zhiheng's mind never stopped working. He paced back and forth, trying to figure out if there were any oversights in his judgment.
Just then, a series of noisy footsteps sounded. Ning Zhiheng looked up and saw that it was Gong Ji'an leading a group of people over again.
"And what's the deal with these people?" Ning Zhiheng asked.
“There were quite a few pedestrians on the street, and they were trapped inside when the street was blocked off. I just took some men and we went through the area again briefly. We felt there was something wrong with these few people, so we brought them here for you to take a look!” Gong Ji’an replied immediately.
Gong Ji'an was a relatively experienced police chief with a good ability to read people. His judgment was quite reliable. If he felt that these people had problems, he must have his own reasons!
Ning Zhiheng carefully observed the six people in front of him and suddenly realized that there was a familiar face among them. That person was also looking at Ning Zhiheng, and the two locked eyes.
"It's you, sir! You must speak up for me! This is all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding! Sir, you can testify for me!" The middle-aged man clearly recognized Ning Zhiheng and shouted loudly at him, his tone filled with relief and joy.
Ning Zhiheng looked at him with some amusement. It turned out that this middle-aged man was actually the professor of Jinling University, the male servant of the famous scholar Fang Boyi, and the guy who accepted Ning Zhiheng's twenty yuan in legal tender as a doorman's gift!
"How did you end up here? This place isn't close to Professor Fang's house." Ning Zhiheng asked with a smile.
Gong Ji'an, who was standing to the side, was quite surprised to see that this person really knew Commander Ning!
"Oh! What bad luck! A relative of mine couldn't make a living in the countryside and said he was coming to the city to stay with me! Just now, when I picked him up and was heading back, you guys blocked our way here. This officer insisted our identities were suspicious and wouldn't listen to any explanations. He just dragged us here. Luckily, we met you! You have to do us justice! We're really just good civilians, how could we possibly be criminals?" The middle-aged man cried out his innocence, muttering incessantly.
Ning Zhiheng turned to Gong Ji'an and asked, "What do you think is suspicious about these two people?"
Gong Ji'an was unsure how to answer, unsure whether to tell the truth or give them a break out of respect for Commander Ning.
"Reporting to Commander Ning, this person is fine! It's just that his relative, dressed in rags, looks like a country bumpkin, but his hands have no calluses, and the skin below his neck and wrists, hidden by his clothes, is quite fair—not like a laborer from the countryside! I arrested this countryman, but your friend kept pestering me, so I just brought him along too!" Gong Ji'an spoke frankly, explaining his reasoning. It must be said that Gong Ji'an's judgment was indeed excellent; after so many years as a police chief, he certainly had the ability!
“Sir, my relative here really doesn’t do manual labor in the countryside. He used to be the accountant for Liu the rich man in our village, but he offended Liu and was fired. He can’t do any manual labor, so he couldn’t make a living in the countryside and came to Nanjing to rely on me for a living. I’m telling you the truth!” the middle-aged man explained.
His relative kept bowing and scraping, pleading desperately, looking extremely pitiful and destitute.
Ning Zhiheng said with a look of both amusement and exasperation, "You guys are lucky today. If you hadn't run into me, I would have definitely taken you back and thrown you in jail for a few days to teach you a lesson!"
At this moment, Liu Datong, who was standing to the side, also recognized the middle-aged man as the guy who had extorted twenty yuan from Ning Zhiheng four days ago. He immediately put on a stern face and threatened, "So it's you! What do you say? Do you still want to take our Commander Ning's doorman's money today? You have no respect for a man! Now that you've fallen into my hands, I'll teach you a lesson today."
The middle-aged man suddenly felt a headache coming on. His companion's identity was no ordinary person! He was specifically responsible for the rendezvous, and the matter was of utmost importance; he could not afford to make any mistakes!
At the same time, he recognized Liu Datong as the companion who had visited Professor Fang with Ning Zhiheng. He hadn't expected Liu to be such a vengeful fellow. He regretted not taking the twenty yuan in the first place; he was determined not to let this man ruin things today.
Ning Zhiheng waved his hand and asked with a smile, "I still don't know your surname, brother?"
"Oh! No, no, my surname is Zheng, you can just call me Dayou!" Zheng Dayou said repeatedly.
"Hehe! Dayou, today's matter was a misunderstanding. We were on official business and we delayed you. You can leave now. Please give my regards to Professor Fang! If you need Professor Fang's expertise again in the future, please be lenient and help us out!" Ning Zhiheng said with a smile. After speaking, he gestured for Gong Ji'an to let the people go.
Gong Ji'an certainly didn't dare to be negligent. He stepped aside to make way for them and waved to signal them to pass!
Zheng Dayou and his companions were overjoyed, not expecting Ning Zhiheng to be so easy to talk to and to let the people go so readily.
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