"Captain, judging from the car marks, they should be heading in this direction.
But the next section of the road is a gravel road, so it may be impossible to continue tracking."
At a fork in the road, Wang Zhaoping and others were carefully identifying the ruts on the road.
Thanks to the heavy rain a few days ago, this rural dirt road has not yet completely dried out, and there are not many vehicles on this road. The criminal police team can still barely distinguish the direction of the van, but the tracking is forced to stop here.
"Where does this road lead?" Wang Zhaoping asked with a frown.
"Reporting to the captain, there are several villages in Majiachang, Dongtou River, Kubin Village, and Xiputang. Further south are Xiping Village and Xitang Bay."
Wang Zhaoping nodded.
“This area is mountainous, remote and relatively underdeveloped.
As the urbanized population is gradually losing, it is very suitable for hiding abducted children, and their lair must be nearby!"
"The other party has fixed contacts in the city to provide intelligence and trading channels, and there is also a dedicated person responsible for selecting targets. This is completely consistent with the characteristics of a gang committing crimes!
Captain, this is definitely a big fish, let’s chase it quickly!” Lin Wei said.
"Captain, I feel that if we continue to conduct a large-scale search without identifying the target, we may be exposed. Should we consider temporarily evacuating?
The other party will always have to contact the informant. As long as we keep an eye on the contact person, the target will eventually appear again, and we will be more prepared by then." Qin Xiaoru put forward a more prudent suggestion.
"Evacuate?" Lin Wei retorted, "Those traffickers are probably frightened now. Who knows the next time they take action will be in the Year of the Monkey?
If we don't take action in ten days and a half, do we have to wait forever?
And the longer it takes, the greater the risk that they will sell or transfer the abducted children."
Wang Zhaoping thought for a moment and felt a little unwilling.
"Let's do this. At the next intersection, we will divide into three teams to reduce the target. We all pretend to be tourists and go to several nearby villages to investigate one by one.
Once you find the target, don't make any noise, call for support immediately, everyone will act according to the situation!"
Seeing that the captain had made a decision, everyone stopped arguing and immediately got in the car to continue the pursuit.
Not long after the three vehicles had started, a motorcycle with a bunch of mountain goods tied to the back seat drove towards them. A man dressed as a farmer on the motorcycle looked at the convoy curiously as he passed them.
However, this kind of ordinary passerby did not attract the attention of Wang Zhaoping and others, and the two sides passed by.
The motorcycle waited for the three cars to go away, but suddenly stopped.
He pulled out an old Nokia phone and dialed a number...
…
"Fifth brother, are you too careful? You don't step on the plate anymore, and you ask third brother to go out and clean up the tail. Is it necessary to make such a fuss? Brother, tell me about him, too, for all this fuss."
"Huh! Women, they have long hair but short knowledge. Do you know what it means to be careful and sail a ship that will last ten thousand years?"
I went in because I was too careless, and I don’t want to go in again!”
The bald man with a sinister face who was called Big Brother spoke.
"Lao Wu did a good job this time. He was not afraid of being empty-handed, but he was afraid of missing something! It was because of Lao Wu's caution that I asked him to take you with him.
Even if it is a false alarm, we must take precautions!
It's not like before. The tactics of policemen are becoming more and more powerful. There are satellites in the sky, surveillance on the ground, and real-name authentication is required to enter a train station. The benefits of our industry are getting worse and worse, and the risks are getting higher and higher.
If you want to make money, you have to be careful!
Times have changed, brothers!
After finishing this job, I plan to take everyone to South Vietnam. I heard that the brothers there have been very prosperous recently. After a few phone calls, the money from the fat sheep started pouring in.
I took a few pictures of beautiful women and couldn’t even collect the red envelopes.
You don’t even have to show your face, you can just sit and make money, that’s what we call advancing with the times.”
"Brother, I don't understand these things, so I will listen to you."
Although Lao Wu didn't understand the "Internet+" transformation plan of the bald criminal gang, he still firmly expressed his loyalty.
Several of them have been committing crimes for many years without incident. It is because of this big brother who takes the lead and saves the day from danger time and time again. It can be said that he is the absolute core of the team.
"Ding ding ding!" The bald man's cell phone suddenly rang. When he saw the number, his expression changed slightly.
"Hey! Third child."
"Brother, there were three cars with Suzhou license plates that just passed the Majiachang intersection. There were a total of eight or nine people on them. They seemed to be together."
Got targeted!
The bald man's face darkened.
"Lao San, you stay and listen. Lao Wu and I will evacuate to the small pier first. If something goes wrong, we will evacuate separately. We will first move the young lotus roots to Heiyazi in Hujian to avoid the limelight.
Contact me later and use a spare mobile phone card!”
"I know, brother!"
Putting down the phone, the bald man's eyes were stern, "The wind is tight, we're afraid we'll be targeted. Let's find another car. Let's go to the small pier immediately and ask Lao Yu to drive the boat over, ready to pull the boat over at any time."
If they find this place, we will leave Jiangsu Province immediately!"
In Cunning Rabbit Three Cave, these human traffickers actually have two bases, and the abducted children are obviously kept in another place.
"Don't blame me for not saying the ugly things first. At this critical moment, if anyone dares to slip up, I will kill him first!"
The bald man looked murderous at the moment, and there was no sign of the brotherly respect just now.
After all, they are called elder brother and second brother, but those are just code names. What happens after the code name is taken away? Or are they planning to fly separately when disaster strikes?
Seeing the two people hurriedly packing their things and preparing their vehicle, the bald man dialed another number.
"Heizi, do you dare to betray us?" As soon as the call was connected, the bald man asked sharply.
"Eh? Bald brother, what are you talking about? When did I betray you?" Heizi on the other side of the phone was confused.
"If you hadn't betrayed us, why would Lao Wu and the others have been targeted by the police as soon as they entered the city?"
"What? A note?!" Heizi's voice was trembling.
Hearing the fear in the other person's tone, which didn't seem to be fake, the bald man's eyes narrowed slightly.
"If you didn't betray us, then you were targeted by the police... I don't need to teach you how to do it, right?"
"I...I know, bald brother! I will find a way to escape on my own. If I can't escape...I will never harm you!"
The bald man sneered and said nothing more.
However, he knew that this black man would at least not confess them right away. The child had not been found, and they still had a chance of survival. If the child was found, all of them were at least 5 years old, so it would not be surprising to eat peanuts.
"Well! If you can run out, go to Dongguang Baiyazi's place to meet us. Take care, brother!"
"I know! Take care of yourself, bald brother!"
After hanging up the phone, the bald man sneered, took out the phone card, broke it in pieces, and then walked downstairs.
Not long after, a somewhat dilapidated old Santana drove out of the yard.
Heading all the way south...
…
[Ding ring bell] The phone rang, and Wang Zhaoping, who was sitting in the passenger seat and observing the surroundings, took out his cell phone to answer the call.
"Hello! I'm Wang Zhaoping."
"Team Wang, the contact person we are responsible for keeping an eye on wants to escape. We have no choice but to control him first."
"What?" Wang Zhaoping immediately sat up straight.
"What's going on? Have you been discovered?"
"Absolutely not! We are all monitoring remotely. He was staying in the rental house just now, and he seemed to have noticed something after receiving a phone call.
At first we thought he was just going out to buy something, but we were careless and almost let him escape.
But it's quite troublesome now. The guy keeps yelling that he didn't commit any crime, why should we arrest him? We only have Yuan Li's testimony and it's hard to convict him.
Captain, what should we do now?"
"Answered the phone call... bad!" Wang Zhaoping reacted immediately.
If it's not a problem over there, it's a problem on their side!
Exposed!
"parking!"
Everyone gathered together again. Wang Zhaoping told the phone call he had just received and his guess. Everyone looked a little unhappy.
"We haven't even started searching yet, how did the other party find us?"
"That means they have arranged spies along the way. I didn't expect these guys to be so cautious.
That contact person was probably used by the other party to test us on purpose. Now that everyone has been arrested, they are alarmed even if they are not alarmed.
The opponent this time seems to be a very difficult guy..." Wang Zhaoping knew that he had underestimated his opponent.
"Alas! I'm afraid the other party has already started preparing to move. The problem is that we don't even know the exact location of the other party's lair. How can we find it?"
"Then what do we do now?"
"Xiaoru, immediately ask the technical team to search the call records on the other party's phone and find the last contact to locate him! This person is definitely the commander of this criminal gang."
"It's the captain!"
Soon, there was a reply from the technical team.
But at this time, the criminal leader had already destroyed the phone card, and it was impossible to locate it accurately. He could only know that the last approximate location of the signal was near this area.
"Damn it!" Wang Zhaoping hammered the car hood hard, looking annoyed.
With their manpower, it is simply unrealistic to search these villages in a short period of time. Even if police forces are mobilized in a big way, by the time they find them, they will probably be gone.
Just when everyone was looking ugly and at a loss what to do, Wang Zhaoping's cell phone suddenly rang again.
I looked at it and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello, who's there?"
"Are you Officer Wang from the Criminal Police Team? I have clues about the criminal gang that I want to report to you." The voice on the other end sounded a bit distorted, and it was unclear whether it was a man or a woman.
Do you have any clues that you want to report to me? It’s urgent now. Where can I find the time to listen to the reporting phone number...
"Hello, if you want to report a crime, please dial 110, eh? Wait! How do you have my contact information?"
Wang Zhaoping finally reacted.
"Oh, it was 110 that asked me to contact you."
God, 110 asked you to contact me, do you think I don’t know the procedure?
However, the other party's next words made Wang Zhaoping freeze on the spot.
"I want to provide criminal clues about the human trafficking gang in Xiping Village."
The words "criminal clues of the human trafficking gang" made Wang Zhaoping's heart skip a beat.
"you……"
However, the other person obviously did not let him express any doubts and continued on his own.
"There should be a total of seven people in this criminal gang. Except for one who met in the city, there are also four men and two women. The leader is a bald man.
They have two cars, one is a minivan and the other is a second-hand Santana, with the license plate number Su XXXXXXX.
The opponent had several sharp blades and a shotgun in his hand.
Currently, a total of 12 abducted children under the age of 14 are being held in a wooden house on an abandoned small dock in the southeast corner of Xiping Village.
In their stronghold, in addition to a hidden escape tunnel about 60 meters long that leads to a hill on the north side of the small wharf, there is also a small Zhoushan-registered fishing boat responsible for responding. The fishing boat number is '06426', and the owner is called Lao Yu.
Well, that's about it, Officer Wang, is there anything else you need to add?"
Wang Zhaoping: "..."
You even told me the fishing boat number and you asked me if I had anything to add?
There is only one thing I want to add!
"who are you?"
"Me? I'm just an enthusiastic member of the Chaoyang people."