The team leader led them around a small woods and came to a place 500 meters away from the village, where they saw a single house.
"It's this house. Look, there's a door at the back. There's another door on the right, so there are three doors in total." Chu Jingqiu said excitedly.
Xiao Yihan blocked Chu Jingqiu behind him, then made a gesture, instructing everyone to surround the house. He took Qi Yue and Gu Weimin in through the front door.
This house has two main rooms and two side rooms on the east and west sides. The east side room is the kitchen and the west side room is the woodshed. They divided the work by gestures. Xiao Yihan went to the woodshed, Qi Yue went to the east main room, and Gu Weimin went to the west main room.
The door of the woodshed was still locked. Xiao Yihan kicked it open, walked around the pile of firewood, and saw an old woman lying unconscious on the ground behind the partition with blood all over her face. Her hands and feet were tied, and her mouth was stuffed with rags.
Xiao Yihan used his hand to feel the old woman's carotid artery and found that it was still beating. Seeing the old woman's miserable appearance, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously.
At this time, Gu Weimin was heard shouting: "Captain, come quickly, there is a basement here."
Xiao Yihan asked other police officers to take the old woman out, and then ran into the west room.
Qi Yue didn't find any valuable clues in the east room, so when he heard the noise here, he hurried over.
On the kang in the west room, Gu Weimin lifted the kang mat and found an entrance underneath that was large enough for one person to pass through.
Xiao Yihan asked Qi Yue to watch from above, and he and Gu Weimin went down one after the other.
This is a small basement, made entirely of stones. There is an oil lamp in the basement, emitting a faint light. The basement is about ten square meters and is full of boxes, with not much space left. Two little girls are tied up inside, covered in dust and looking very embarrassed. When they saw someone coming in, they huddled together in panic.
"Don't be afraid, we are the police and we are here to rescue you." Gu Weimin said loudly.
In an instant, tears began to flow from the two girls' mouths. Their mouths were blocked with rags and they could not speak. They made excited sounds of "wu...wu...wu..."
They hurriedly untied the two girls. Gu Weimin sent the two girls upstairs and asked Chu Jingqiu to take care of them.
Xiao Yihan opened the boxes in the basement. Most of the boxes contained food, and there were medicines in a few boxes. There was also a small box of US dollars, gold bars, and a lot of pearls and jade.
Xiao Yihan walked out of the basement and looked around the room. The furnishings in the room were very simple. There was a big kang for sleeping, a cabinet at the head of the kang, and two quilts on the cabinet. There was also an octagonal table, two chairs, and a washbasin rack in the room.
He opened the bedside table and found that there were not many clothes in it. There were two Zhongshan suits, a nightgown, and two pieces of white cloth. He picked up the two pieces of white cloth, looked at them, thought about them thoughtfully, then his frown relaxed and he raised a smile.
It seems that the two accomplices have not returned yet. They don’t know that the old lady has been arrested and may come back at any time.
He instructed several police officers to restore the house to its original state and set up an ambush around the houses.
The house was located in a remote area, and most of the villagers in Yuejiazhai were working in the forest farm. Not many people knew about it, so they asked the team leader to keep it strictly confidential. The team leader nodded in agreement and asked the two militiamen who followed him to join in the ambush.
Gu Weimin and Xiao Yihan borrowed a mule cart from the village to take Jin Shuixiang to the town hospital, and waited until Jin Shuixiang was fully awake before interrogating her.
Qi Yue followed the ox cart to take the girls back to the town police station to take their statements.
Although the three girls were a little frightened, they did not suffer any substantial injuries and soon returned to normal.
Qian Yunyun is a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative, and Wang Shiya is a sophomore in high school. They are of the same age and were all kidnapped by Jin Shuixiang using the same method. They all have the same fate, so the three girls quickly became familiar with each other and even made an appointment to go shopping and watch a movie together another day.
After taking the statements, the two girls went home with their families.
Chu Jingqiu has difficulty walking, so Gu Weimin wants to take her back to the educated youth point in an ox cart. Xiao Yihan tells Gu Weimin to set up an ambush in Yuejiazhai, and he and Qi Yue will drive her there.
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Qingshan Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Bishui River flows past the village. It has beautiful mountains and clear waters and fresh air. It is a beautiful small mountain village.
They drove quickly to Qingshan Village. Xiao Yihan first went to find the Party branch secretary of Qingshan Village, Du Jianguo. He was a typical northern man with a burly build, about fifty years old. When he saw two soldiers sending Chu Zhiqing back, he hurriedly welcomed them into the brigade headquarters.
"Chu Zhiqing, several educated youths came back from the town very late yesterday. They didn't find you and scared the children. We plan to go to the town again today to look for you. If we can't find you, we plan to report to the police." The team leader said while pouring water.
Before Chu Jingqiu could speak, Xiao Yihan spoke first, "Old Secretary, we are from the Jingshi Military Region. Chu Zhiqing did us a great favor yesterday. The matter is not yet concluded, so it is inconvenient to tell you the details. We will commend Chu Zhiqing in a few days. Please do not disclose it to the public. Just say that Chu Zhiqing was temporarily assisting the commune with some emergency work yesterday. It will not affect Chu Zhiqing's reputation."
"Chu Zhiqing is our great contributor and a good comrade. Old Secretary, you must take good care of Chu Zhiqing in the future." Qi Yue chimed in.
The wrinkles on the old secretary's face blossomed into a smile as he said happily, "Chu Zhiqing is so promising and can bring honor to our Qingshan Brigade. Our brigade will definitely take good care of Chu Zhiqing. Please rest assured."
After leaving the brigade headquarters, Xiao Yihan and Qi Yue escorted Chu Jingqiu to the educated youth station. When they were about to leave, Chu Jingqiu hesitated for a moment, bit her lip, and said, "Can you give me a contact number?"
Xiao Yihan looked at her a bit puzzled, turned around and strode towards the car, opened the door and was about to get in.
Chu Jingqiu quickly said, "Hey...hey...don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. I just feel like I need to find a chance to pay you back for the money you spent on clothes for me!"
Xiao Yihan got out of the car again. He took a notebook and a pen, tore off a piece of paper, and wrote down his mailing address and contact number. As he wrote, he said, "You don't have to pay for the clothes. Consider it your reward for helping us catch the human traffickers. When this is over, we will recommend you for your contribution. If you need anything in the future, you can call us. It's no trouble."
After saying that, he handed the paper to Chu Jingqiu, who quickly took it, folded it and put it in his shirt pocket.
The two still had to go on a mission, so Chu Jingqiu watched them leave the educated youth site and limped into the site.
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