Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Gu Hu's Whereabouts
Chapter 8
"Comrade Qin Ye, come in and take a look, there are kick marks on the wall here!"
Hearing He Gongan's call, Qin Ye no longer hesitated. She pushed away Li Daniu who tried to stop her and broke into the house to find He Gongan.
Like most villagers' homes, Li Daniu's walls are made of yellow mud mixed with straw. The slightest bump will cause the wall paint to fall off.
Following the direction of He Gongan's finger, she saw a whole series of kick marks on the innermost wall of the earthen kang - as if someone had pressed his toes against the wall and kicked from the head of the kang to the foot.
Li Daniu has always been sloppy and too lazy to clean the corners of the kang, resulting in a layer of fallen wall paint accumulating where the kang is against the wall.
Qin Ye gathered the wall skins together with both hands, held them to a well-lit place, and examined them carefully, not wanting to let even a speck of dust fall.
After an unknown amount of time, she finally found what she wanted.
Yellow corduroy fabric fibers the size of rice grains - the toe of Gu Hu's tiger-head shoes are made of this material!
She rubbed her dry eyes from overwork, turned her head and shouted to Gu Yun, "Sister Gu Yun, give Hu Zi's shoes to He Gongan again. I want both shoes!"
Gu Yun quickly took out the shoes from his arms, ran over and handed them to He Gongan, and asked Qin Ye hopefully: "Sister, what did you find out?"
Qin Ye was just about to speak when he accidentally glanced and saw that Li Daniu was preparing to sneak away while no one was paying attention.
He quietly moved his body step by step, and now most of his body was outside the door.
Qin Ye immediately gave an order: "Qin Ze, catch Li Daniu! Don't let him run away!"
His attempt to escape was discovered, and Li Daniu had no time to pretend to be calm. He quickly pushed away the villagers who were blocking him and ran out.
Qin Ze was quick-witted and quick-handed. He supported the villager who was almost pushed down by Li Daniu and quickly chased after him.
He easily surpassed Li Daniu before he ran out of the gate.
With a sweeping kick, Li Daniu fell heavily to the ground with a thud, and he was unable to get up for a long time.
"Oh, you still dare to run? Do you think I'm a vegetarian when your grandfather is here?"
Qin Ze saw that Li Daniu had something to hide and showed no mercy.
He simply grabbed Li Daniu's hair with one hand, dragged Li Daniu back into the house like a dead dog, and threw him heavily to the ground.
He raised his chin, trying his best to suppress the pride in his tone, and said to Qin Ye: "I caught the person back for you!"
Qin Ye was amused by Qin Ze's pretending to be serious expression.
She coughed lightly to cover up the smile that was about to show, and said seriously: "Thank you, Xiaoze."
"Humph, it's just a small matter."
Qin Ze said lightly.
Afterwards, he tactfully walked aside and found an empty corner to make sure he would not disturb Qin Ye and He Gongan from investigating the case.
He Gongan took the tiger-head shoes and compared them with the wall. After a while, he had a conclusion in his mind: "Comrade Qin Ye, the kick marks on the toe of the shoes match those on the wall."
In other words, Qin Ye's guess was completely correct—
Someone controlled Gu Hu before he "fell into the river" and disappeared. The person who controlled him was Li Daniu, the person who told the whole village that Gu Hu fell into the river.
The villagers who had watched the whole process were all scared to death when they learned the result.
Gu Hu’s disappearance is actually related to Li Daniu? Where on earth did he take this living child? ! !
"My Tiger! My Tiger!"
Gu Yun covered his mouth and let out a desperate cry.
She totally ignored her aching chest, picked up the broom behind the door and rushed over, kicking and beating Li Daniu on the ground: "Li Daniu, you beastly son of a bitch! Why did you want to hurt my Hu Zi? ! ! How did we, an orphan and a widow, offend you? If you have anything to do, come to me, come to me..."
As Gu Yun cursed, his blood started to boil, his vision went dark, the broom in his hand fell off, and he fell straight back.
Qin Ye hurried over, supported Gu Yun who was about to fall, and helped her sit aside.
Seeing Li Daniu lying on the ground pretending to be dead, she was also furious and dragged Li Daniu up from the ground: "Tell me! Where is Gu Hu?! What did you do to him?!"
Li Daniu's lips moved but no sound came out for a long time.
It's this woman! It’s all the fault of this woman in front of me! If it weren't for her, no one would suspect that Gu Hu's disappearance was related to him!
His cloudy eyes rolled around and he wanted to hit Qin Ye, but he was knocked down by Qin Ze and his whole body was in pain. He couldn't even raise his arms.
As he was thinking, his eyes fell on Qin Ye's face and he swallowed subconsciously - how about spitting in her face to disgust her?
Li Daniu was just preparing to spit when he was suddenly slapped twice on the face, causing his ears to buzz with pain.
He was completely stunned, staring at Qin Ye in disbelief. He had never thought that a woman hitting someone would hurt so much: "You, you dare to hit me?!"
Qin Ye took back his hand and said coldly: "Tell me the truth, where is Gu Hu? If you don't tell me, I will beat you up."
She finally understood.
In this era, facing a scoundrel like Li Daniu, taking action might be a good way to solve the problem.
She is not a police officer yet, so it is not considered a violation of discipline if she takes action against Li Daniu.
"Sell it, sell it!"
Li Daniu didn't want to be beaten again, so he quickly said, "I'll sell Gu Hu!"
Qin Ye's slap hurt much more than Gu Yun's broom. He couldn't bear it and had to say: "Blame Gu Hu himself. He is the most handsome boy in the village. Many people want to buy him as their son! I was afraid that Gu Yun would look for his son, so I put Gu Hu's shoes on the shore and told the villagers that Gu Hu was washed away by the water."
As for who he was sold to, Li Daniu refused to say: "Hu Zi is going to live a good life! Maybe, when he grows up, he will thank me!"
Qin Ye was furious and wanted to beat Li Daniu again, but he held back: "He Gongan, it seems that we can't get anything else out of him for the time being, so let's take him back to the Public Security Bureau for retrial."
Public Security He thought the same thing. He took out handcuffs and handcuffed Li Daniu on the spot, ready to leave immediately and take him back to the police station.
In any case, Qin Ye was slightly relieved. From what Li Daniu said, Gu Hu was still alive.
As long as the child is alive, there is hope of finding him.
She walked to Gu Yun and comforted her: "Sister Gu Yun, don't worry. You heard it too. Hu Zi is still alive and well. Leave the rest to the public security comrades. The most important thing for you now is to take care of yourself."
Gu Yun looked at Qin Ye with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, sister Qin Ye, thank you..."
Otherwise, she would probably never know in her life that her Hu Zi did not drown but was kidnapped and sold by Li Daniu.
She really didn't know how to express her gratitude, so she simply knelt down and kowtowed to Qin Ye.
Qin Ye was startled, and after pulling and tugging for a long time, he finally helped Gu Yun up from the ground: "Sister Gu Yun, don't be like this. If you really want to thank me, go back and have a good sleep, take care of your body, and wait for Hu Zi to come back in good health."
…
Qin Ye went out and found that Public Security He was escorting Li Daniu and was still waiting for her.
He Gongan told her his thoughts: "Comrade Qin Ye, I have something to discuss with you..."
There are only four people in the police station where He Gongan and Li Quan work. One of the police officers was injured a few days ago and won’t be back for a while.
These days, the three of them have been working around the clock, and one of them has to be on duty at the bureau every two days. Everyone is almost exhausted.
The leaders of the bureau said that police officers from other stations could be seconded to help.
However, each police station in the jurisdiction is busy in its own way, and there is simply no extra manpower to be allocated to them.
He Gongan thought, he might as well take Qin Ye back and talk to his superiors, or even let her help out temporarily at the police station? ! !
What an amazing girl Qin Ye is! He thought that she was definitely better than him and had the potential to be a public security officer.
If she hadn't been careful this time and offered to look after the shoes that Gu Hu dropped on the shore, how could she have discovered that this grandson of Li Daniu had fooled the entire village!
After Qin Ye arrives at the station and tries to perform well, he will go find the leader! Tell the leader that when he retires next year, he wants Qin Ye to take over his job and become a formal public security officer!
Of course, He Gongan did not tell her about the idea of letting Qin Ye take over for the time being.
He only said: "Comrade Qin Ye, I mentioned to the leader that I want to find someone to help in the police station in our jurisdiction. I think you are suitable. If you are willing, let's go to the bureau and file a report. Don't worry, you will get paid every month!"
Qin Ye was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Public Security He actually wanted her to go to the police station.
Although he was not an official public security officer, it was enough to surprise her! Not only can she investigate the case legitimately, but she can also get a salary and improve the Qin family's current difficult situation.
"Are you guys leaving or not? If you don't leave, I will."
Qin Ze, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "I'm going to the county town to visit a friend."
Qin Ye looked at Qin Ze, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Xiao Ze, from what you said, you must have a lot of friends in Wuning County, right? My sister has something that I want your help with."
Qin Ze suddenly had a bad feeling.
But he still walked forward obediently and listened carefully to the task Qin Ye assigned to him.
…
As soon as they entered the county town, Qin Ze separated from Qin Ye and the others.
Public Security He did not return to the local police station. Together with Qin Ye, he took Li Daniu directly to the county public security bureau and sent him to the interrogation room.
At the county public security bureau, police officers from local police stations are on duty every day.
The policeman on duty at the front desk today is from another police station in the jurisdiction. He is a middle-aged man named Niu.
When he saw He Gongan coming back with Qin Ye, Niu Gongan was a little surprised: "Hey, Lao He, you catch kidnappers (human traffickers) so you catch kidnappers, why did you bring back a little girl?"
He Gongan was worried that Niu Gongan would snatch the child from him, so he didn't dare to praise Qin Ye for being so capable. He smiled modestly and said, "I'll take her to see the director. I have something to ask. By the way, please ask colleagues from the Criminal Investigation Department to come over and interrogate Li Daniu as soon as possible. The sooner we find out the whereabouts of the child, the faster we can solve the case."
When Public Security Officer Niu heard that they were going to call the Criminal Investigation Department over, he sneered, "Damn it, the credit for arresting someone in our police station was finally taken by those bastards in the Criminal Investigation Department."
As he spoke, he symbolically waved his fist in the direction of the interrogation room: "You and the criminal investigation department are the most troublesome. In my opinion, it is better to just beat the prisoner up. After being beaten, he will even confess clearly what time he peed and farted every day."
"Old Cow!"
He Gongan sternly rebuked him, "Don't say anything that violates discipline in the future."
Niu Gongan curled his lips and didn't say anything else, but judging from his expression, he didn't seem to agree with He Gongan's attitude. He slowly returned to his seat at the front desk, hummed a little tune, closed his eyes and dozed off.
Before leaving the hall, Qin Ye couldn't help but turned his head and looked at Niu Gongan a few more times.
She had heard in her previous life that when various investigative and interrogation techniques were still immature, there would be cases of police violence in enforcing the law.
It seems that some people in the public security team of Wuning County also follow this approach.
"Well, Lao Niu is just talking, it's not his turn to do the interrogation."
He Gongan was afraid that Qin Ye would misunderstand, so he explained on behalf of Niu Gongan.
He suddenly remembered that Qin Ye had slapped Li Daniu twice in Waping Village just now, and hurriedly said, "Comrade Qin Ye, I have to warn you in advance. If you go to work at the police station in our jurisdiction, you must never lay hands on criminal suspects again! We in the public security team have discipline."
Qin Ye nodded, indicating that he understood.
In her previous life, when she graduated from the police academy and joined the Criminal Investigation Brigade, the police's case-handling methods were already very mature. During the interrogation process, it is impossible for anyone to resort to torture to extract a confession.
She had never been wrong about that.
However, during the process of arresting the suspect, she lost control of her emotions and beat the suspect who surrendered.
At that time, she was still a novice criminal police officer and she solved a human trafficking case for the first time.
She was the first to rush into the scene with her partner to catch the human traffickers, but she witnessed with her own eyes the traffickers breaking a child's legs.
And in the cages in the corner, there are countless deformed children.
Are there really so many deformed children? These children, like the one whose legs had just been broken, are deformed babies artificially created by human traffickers.
There are too many children abducted by human traffickers, and there will always be children that cannot be sold. They turned the children who couldn't be sold into deformed babies, put them on the streets, and used the public's sympathy to beg.
Qin Ye realized this at that time and collapsed on the spot.
She ignored her colleagues' attempts to stop her and broke several ribs of the captured human trafficker with her bare hands. As a result, she was suspended from work for six months and a disciplinary record was also recorded in her file.
Today, she attacked Li Daniu because, on the one hand, she was disgusted with Li Daniu's rogue attitude.
On the other hand, she remembered the deformed child and was afraid that if she was a step late, Gu Hu would suffer the same inhuman torture.
…
Director's Office.
The director looked at Qin Ye who was brought in by Public Security He and frowned silently.
"Director Wu, this is Comrade Qin Ye whom I mentioned to you."
He Gongan guessed Director Wu's expression and realized that he didn't seem to like Qin Ye, so he quickly spoke up to praise her, "Director Wu, don't underestimate Comrade Qin Ye because she is young. She is very experienced and sharp when handling cases. I was able to handle these two cases thanks to her help."
Director Wu did not relax his brows because of what Public Security He said.
He looked Qin Ye up and down, not hiding his disdain at all: "Old He, you did tell me that there was a young comrade who was very good at handling cases. But you didn't tell me that this young comrade was a woman!"
"No, no!"
Director Wu said to himself, "No, no, women are not allowed. Your police station cannot hire women! How can women handle cases? They only cause trouble for me!"
Qin Ye didn't like what Director Wu said.
"Director Wu."
She raised her head, boldly met the other person's gaze, and said with a half-smile, "What's wrong with women? Why do you dare to say with such certainty that women can't handle cases?"
She could accept any other reasons Director Wu used to reject her.
The only thing she couldn't accept was that the director rejected her simply based on her gender.
"Oh, I don't know how capable you are, but you have a bad temper."
Director Wu curled his lips, took out a cigarette and lit it, then handed another to Public Security Officer He. "Old He was polite and praised you a few words, but you really don't know your place? You were just lucky, so you helped Old He catch a suspect. What's the next step? Do you know what to do after catching the suspect? Like this-"
He sank down in his office chair and flicked off the ash with his fingers.
"I don't want you to accuse me of discriminating against lesbians! If you can find out what the suspect Li Daniu did and who he met in the past two days within half an hour, I will ask you to go to Lao He's police station and help him."
After half an hour, anyone could see that Director Wu was deliberately making things difficult for Qin Ye.
She rejected Director Wu's proposal outright: "No need."
Director Wu sneered: "Why, are you scared? If you are scared, just go home. Why are you, a girl, running to the Public Security Bureau and making a fuss?"
"No, I mean—"
Qin Ye glanced at the complacent director and smiled, "I don't need half an hour at all. I can answer you now."
As she spoke, she pulled out a piece of paper from her bosom and shook it open, revealing densely written words on it - this was the record she wrote down after questioning the villagers and Gu Yun in Waping Village.
Director Wu didn't believe it. He snatched Qin Ye's statement, glanced at it roughly, and his face turned green.
In his life, he had never seen a transcript with such a clear description of the case and such neat handwriting. It clearly records which villager saw Li Daniu, when and where.
Behind the testimonies of some villagers, a circle was drawn with the words "suspected false" written on it.
Director Wu has not yet recovered from Qin Ye's transcript.
At this time, Public Security Officer Niu rushed in.
"Director Wu, there's a second-rate guy outside, claiming to be Qin Ye's younger brother Qin Ze. Behind him, there are several second-rate guys! Several of them are chattering, saying that they saw Li Daniu in the past two days, and they want to provide clues to the police! Help us find Gu Hu as soon as possible."
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