Ma Jin came down from upstairs sleepily early in the morning, bought a few steamed buns from a roadside stall, took a taxi and went straight to Shunshan Village. When he arrived at Tang Youcai's house, Ma Jin burst into tears.
Ma Jin's sister didn't know what was going on and hurriedly came over to ask. Ma Jin showed his swollen face to his sister, who said distressedly:
"Xiao Jin, what's wrong with you? Who hit you?"
"My brother-in-law beat him," Ma Jin said while crying.
"Fart!" Tang Youcai, who was standing aside, said with disdain.
"Your brother-in-law is always at home, why would he hit you?"
"It's because of my brother-in-law that I got beaten." Ma Jin stopped crying and said.
"What's going on, Xiao Jin, please tell me clearly."
"Sister, didn't I come to ask my brother-in-law to go to the bank yesterday? He refused to go, so they beat me."
"Ah, how could these people do this? Tell me to take a look."
"Sister, please advise my brother-in-law to go there once, otherwise they will beat me."
"Xiao Jin, didn't you say you took a thousand yuan from someone? How about we return the money to them?"
"Sister, I can't refund the money. Besides, I don't have the money to refund it."
"Then let's do this. I'll give you a thousand yuan, and you can take it and return it to others."
"No, why should we give him one thousand yuan? We didn't take the one thousand yuan." Tang Youcai said.
"Hey, if you have money, forget it, just give him a thousand and it will be done."
"Sister, no."
"Why not?"
"They said the card can't be used and I have to go there again."
"No, I won't go no matter what." Tang Youcai said.
"Sister, please advise my brother-in-law to let him go once, otherwise they will beat me."
"Hey, if you have money, why don't you go there once? Look, Xiao Jin has been beaten like this."
"No, I won't go no matter what you say." Tang Youcai said.
Hearing what Tang Youcai said, Ma Jin jumped up and pointed at him and cursed:
"Tang Youcai, you are so heartless, are you just going to watch me being beaten?"
"You are like this. You get beaten all day long and it's all because of me?" Tang Youcai didn't believe Ma Jin at all.
"Okay, you don't believe it, right? So let's do this. I'll ask them to come to you and see if you believe it or not." After Ma Jin said that, he turned around and walked out of Tang Youcai's house.
Ma Jin’s sister shouted from behind:
"Xiao Jin, you can't."
Zhang Pengfei and Liu Heng, who were sitting in the car at the entrance of the alley, looked at each other when they heard this. Liu Heng asked:
"Officer Zhang, what should we do?"
"Wait a moment and check the situation before we talk."
Ma Jin walked to the alley entrance of Tang Youcai's house, took out his mobile phone and started to make a call. After about five minutes of calling, Ma Jin began to smile and nodded and agreed to something. After hanging up the phone, Ma Jin did not leave.
Instead, he sat on a stone at the entrance of the alley and started smoking, looking towards the entrance of the village from time to time, as if waiting for someone.
"It looks like Ma Jin called someone over." Zhang Pengfei said.
"He said the same thing at the Tang family just now."
"If he had called a noble and strong person over, then Tang Youcai might have been beaten."
"Yes, what should we do?" Liu Heng asked.
Zhang Pengfei took out his cell phone and dialed Su Le's number.
"Su Le, Tang Youcai may be in danger. Should we ask him to agree to go to the bank and see how he reacts?"
"If Tang Youcai doesn't go to the bank, he won't be able to attract people with bank cards."
"Yes, I think so too."
"Okay then, let's proceed as planned. Captain He said that Eto Okora, who has been working directly with the company, came to Liang County, and Deng Ru and Yiran also followed."
"Really, that's great."
Zhang Pengfei hung up Su Le's phone and dialed Village Chief Tang's cell phone.
"Village Chief Tang, I am Zhang Pengfei who came to see you yesterday."
"Oh, Officer Zhang, just tell me if you have anything."
"Some people from the society may go to Tang Youcai's house later. They will ask Tang Youcai to go to the bank to go through some procedures. You go to Tang Youcai's house now and persuade Tang Youcai to agree to their request."
"Oh, you mean you want me to go to Tang Youcai's house now?"
"Yes, you went there firstly to prevent them from attacking Tang Youcai, and secondly to persuade him."
"Oh, okay, can I take someone with me?"
"Okay, no problem, just keep it confidential." Zhang Pengfei replied.
Village Chief Tang hung up the phone and a short time later he appeared at the entrance of Tang Youcai's alley with a tall, muscular man. He saw Ma Jin sitting at the entrance of the alley, so he asked:
"Isn't this Xiao Jin? What are you doing here?"
"Hey, it's Uncle Tang. I'm waiting for someone here." Ma Jin stood up and replied with his head bowed.
"Is your kid going to gamble again?"
"No, no, I stopped gambling a long time ago."
"Hmph, a dog can change to eat shit? I don't believe it." Village Chief Tang ignored Ma Jin and went straight to Tang Youcai's house.
After another half an hour, a car stopped at the entrance of Tangjia Hutong, four young people got out of the car, and the small courtyard of Tangjia became lively.
"Are you Tang Youcai?" a voice asked.
"What do you want to do?" Tang Youcai asked.
"Brother-in-law, this is Brother Cao, he is the one who collected the bank card." Ma Jin said.
"Tang Youcai, for Ma Jin's sake, we won't make it difficult for you. Come with us to the bank and complete the procedures. How about I give you another five thousand yuan?" Brother Cao said.
"I'm not going, you go find someone else."
"It's okay if you don't go. You agreed when you got the five thousand yuan last time. If there are any problems, we need to deal with them again."
"What? Five thousand, I didn't get a penny last time."
"I don't care if you took it or not, your brother-in-law Ma Jin took it."
"He took it, then you can just find him."
"If we can get things done by looking for him, why don't we come to you? I already said I'd give you another five thousand. That's enough."
"If you don't go, I don't want your money either. You should leave quickly."
"Tang Youcai, I think you are offering a toast instead of a fine drink. Brothers, hold him down for me," Brother Cao said.
"Hey, hey, if you have something to say, please say it, but don't do anything." Village Chief Tang's voice sounded.
"What do you do?"
"I am the village chief here. You cannot act recklessly in our village."
"It's okay if you don't act recklessly. As long as you go to the bank, nothing will happen."
"If you have money, don't make them angry, just go and go." Village Chief Tang said.
"Village Chief, you don't know that there are risks in applying for that card."
"Nonsense, what are the risks? Many people in our county have done this. Have you ever heard of any accidents?" Brother Cao said.
"That's it, if you have money, don't be stubborn and promise them to go there once. Ah, this time I will listen to my brother. A good man will not suffer the immediate consequences."
"That's right, if you have money, just listen to the village chief and go ahead." Ma Jin's sister said.
"Hey, if you say go, then go ahead." Tang Youcai said helplessly.
"Okay, if you had promised to go earlier, I would meet you in front of the bank in the city at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. If you don't go, you know the consequences." Brother Cao said.
"Brother-in-law, I will call a car to pick you up tomorrow morning. Just wait at home." Ma Jin said.
"Hmph!" Tang Youcai snorted angrily.
Deng Ru and Ding Yiran arrived at Hexi Airport with Eto Okora on the same plane. After getting off the plane, they followed Eto Okora unhurriedly. After Su Le and Liang Yinghong met at dinner, Captain Liang Ronghua was impressed by their cooperation.
They were obviously much more active and sent two more police officers and two more vehicles, which gave Su Le time to come to Hexi Airport to pick up Deng Ru and the others.
Hexi Airport is a small airport. There were more than a dozen people waiting outside the airport exit. One of them, a middle-aged man wearing a suit and gold-rimmed glasses, was holding a sign with the word "Eto" written on it.
Su Le took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the middle-aged man. He sent the photo to Liang Yinghong.
Soon Su Le received a reply from Liang Yinghong on her mobile phone:
"This person's name is Xie Liangpeng. He is a subordinate of the old man of the Xie family. I will send you the specific information later."
Eto Okora followed the people who got off the plane and came to Xie Liangpeng. Xie Liangpeng shook hands with Eto enthusiastically and led Eto out. When Su Le saw Deng Ru and others following Jiang Teng, he did not say hello to them, but
I followed Eto directly to the parking lot.
Xie Liangpeng and Jiang Teng got into an Audi A8 in the parking lot. Su Le picked up Deng Ru and Ding Yiran at the exit of the parking lot and followed the Audi A8 to Liang County.
In the lobby of the Xie family's four-star hotel, "Gaili Hotel", after Xie Liangpeng helped Eto Okora check in, he did not send Eto Okora upstairs. He watched Eto get on the elevator and hurriedly left the Galli Hotel.
There were very few vehicles on the county streets at night. The Audi A8 drove very fast and arrived at the Tangqian Building in the center of Liangxian County and entered the company's internal parking lot. Su Le's car was rejected at the entrance to the parking lot because he did not have a pass.
After that, he parked the car on the side of the road.
Ten minutes later, another car drove out from the parking lot of Tangqian Building. When passing by where Su Le parked, Su Le saw from the rolled-down window that the people in the car were the same people he saw at the casino that day.
The man named Cao Min. Su Le started the car and followed Cao Min from a distance. He saw Cao Min's car making twists and turns in the county town and then entering the back door of Donghai Bathhouse.
Su Le put colleagues involved in the Liang County case and He Xiaohui into a group and talked in the group.
Su Le: I just saw Gao Guiqiang's subordinate Cao Min coming out of the Tangqian Building and back to the casino in Donghai Bathhouse. I suspect he came to get his bank card.
Zhang Pengfei: Cao Min and Tang Youcai have made an appointment to go to the bank to go through the procedures tomorrow morning.
Ding Yiran: Jiang Teng has not left the hotel since he entered the hotel. The lights in the room are currently turned off.
He Xiaohui: It seems that Cao Min, Gao Guiqiang and this Xie Liangpeng were all involved in the bank card matter.
Su Le: I have to go to the bank to go through the formalities tomorrow. Has the bank informed me?
He Xiaohui: We have already notified the bank. On the grounds that there is a problem with the banking system, we will delay them for another day to see how they will react.
Su Le: If they don’t respond, what will happen next?
He Xiaohui: I had no choice but to tell them that they had received a report that there was something wrong with the bank card and it had been frozen.
Su Le: Will they give up the money?
He Xiaohui: It's possible, so we need to collect evidence as soon as possible to prove the transaction between them.
Su Le: Okay, I will be responsible for tracking Cao Min tomorrow.
Zhang Pengfei: I'm following Ma Jin and Tang Youcai.
Deng Ru: Are we still following Eto?
He Xiaohui: Yes. Be careful not to reveal your identity when you act tomorrow. The bank has made arrangements, so we don’t need to follow too closely.
While everyone was chatting, Su Le's cell phone rang, and Liang Yinghong sent Xie Liangpeng's information.