Chapter 40 Everyone has a responsibility to report crimes
"Old man, I was absent from work when I was young. The workers in the mine would feed the rats inside with the dry food they brought. As long as the rats are alive, we can Work with peace of mind. One year, the mine collapsed, and I and other colleagues were trapped inside for three days and three nights. Finally, we were led by two mice to find a way out..."
That's exactly what happened. From then on, the hunchbacked old man worshiped the rats as gods. He would never drive them away and would often share his food with them.
Perhaps most people think rats are unlucky things, but he is different. Without rats, he would have died in that mine long ago.
After the old man received the compensation, he soon found his wife and brought a stepson to live with him. The old man had no children in his life, and almost all the money he earned was given to his wife and stepson. But who knew that after his wife passed away the year before last, his stepson's attitude towards him immediately changed.
When he pays for the family income, he will be given a mouthful of food to eat and let him sleep in a dilapidated and leaky small room. Otherwise, he will be cursed from time to time. He has a mouth to eat in order to have a bed to sleep in. He swallowed his anger, but in the end he was kicked out.
"Old man, call the police!" Jiang Shiyan said angrily, "You raised him when he was young, and he has the obligation to raise you when you are old, and the house is still yours!"
"How can the police care about this bad old man like me? I don't have the money to find a lawyer to litigate..." the old man said with a wry smile.
What’s more important is that the house was under the name of my deceased wife at the time, and has now been inherited by the stepson.
“Squeak!”
The mouse suddenly barked at Jiang Shiyan.
When Jiang Shiyan heard this, his brows furrowed further: "Is he still beating you at home?"
The old man turned his head unnaturally.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!!!”
After Jiang Shiyan heard this, he immediately decided to call the police!
She took out her mobile phone and was about to call the police when Jiang Yiheng pulled her not far away and asked in a low voice: "This matter is difficult to handle. Even if you call the police, the police will only mediate. What is the matter?" Other people's private affairs, even if they can save him for a while, they can't save him for a lifetime."
"This is not just about elder abuse." Jiang Shiyan looked at the hunchbacked old man and whispered in Jiang Yiheng's ear. He said, "His stepson is also involved in gambling. There is an underground casino hidden here."
Jiang Yiheng was shocked: "How do you know?"
Jiang Shiyan looked at the few things on the ground. Just a little thing.
“……”
OK.
Everyone has a responsibility to report crime.
The brother and sister took the old man to the police station to call the police. After all, there were still acquaintances in the police station.
Jiang Shiyan has almost become a familiar face in this district bureau. When he saw her walking in with an old man who was scavenging, the first reaction of the policeman on duty was "another case."
In the minds of all of them, Jiang Shiyan has become the mascot of their branch.
After explaining the abuse and beating of the old man, the policewoman poured him a cup of hot tea. Seeing that he had not eaten for a day, she even took the initiative to make noodles and bread for him and let him eat. Sit outside and eat.
Jiang Shiyan told about the underground casino hidden in the night market.
This is indeed what the police thought.
After beating the leader and asking for instructions from his superiors, the police station immediately decided to dispatch a temporary dispatch and go straight to the underground casino.
“Ah, so fast?” Jiang Shiyan was caught off guard by them.
"What's important is to be surprised." The policeman said with a smile, "Ms. Jiang, thank you for the information. It would be better if you could provide the approximate location of the underground casino. This can greatly save our police time and prevent gamblers. Any chance to escape!"
"Then... let me ask?"
Fortunately, Jiang Yiheng was still waiting for her outside, and there were still the mice he had captured before in the car. However, the mice she caught seemed unfamiliar with underground casinos, so Jiang Shiyan turned to ask the old man.
The old man was silent and did not speak.
The policewoman probably saw that he knew something, and advised softly: "Old man, if you know something, you must tell our police. This matter is to combat gambling crimes, and there will be rewards for reporting."
"Old man, he beat you and kicked you out. You don't need to think about him. The gambler should be arrested!" Jiang Shiyan also said.
After a long while, the old man said the name of a store.
The shop was not far from his home. It was just across two alleys. During the day, it was a very ordinary grain and oil shop selling dry goods, but as long as you gave the password, you could enter the shop.
Although the old man never went in, he heard his stepson mention it when he was drunk, and he also found it when he was picking up trash.
"Old man, thank you for the clues you provided. Don't worry, we will definitely help you!"
Jiang Shiyan looked at the driver's window. Jiang Yiheng rolled down the window and saw her flattering smile. , seemed to have predicted her next move: "Take these mice away and leave them in my car to make them so scared!"
"Okay." Jiang Shiyan took the mice's cage out of the cage. The trunk was taken off.
Where to put it?
Of course it’s the police station!
These mice had eaten and drank enough, and were coaxed by Jiang Shiyan to take them to eat delicious food. They were just kept in a cage overnight, so there was no big problem.
On the other hand, the police saw her coming in with a cage of rats, especially the policewoman, who almost screamed out in fright. After listening to Jiang Shiyan’s explanation, she managed to hold back the fear in her heart and just looked at her. His eyes were a little more fearful.
Jiang Shiyan smiled dryly and placed the cage in the most inconspicuous corner, telling them repeatedly not to bark or pull the cage.
After receiving the police mission, Yan Anting rushed back to the police station immediately.
"It's you again." The members of Yan Anting's team have long been familiar with Jiang Shiyan.
"Well, it's me again." Jiang Shiyan responded dryly.
Yan Anting patted his colleague on the shoulder: "Okay, change your clothes quickly and prepare to dispatch the police!"
An hour later, the police had quietly cleared all the exits near the underground casino. Stopped.
Yan Anting and his team secretly arrived at the door of the grain and oil shop under cover of night, then hid in a corner above the shop where the surveillance cameras could not see, and nodded slightly at Jiang Shiyan.
Jiang Shiyan took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to step forward and slap the rolling shutter door.
"It's so late at night that I can't let anyone sleep. Who is knocking?"
"I'm here to watch the football!" Jiang Shiyan said in a low voice, deliberately speaking In a mouthful of earthy plastic Mandarin, "I was introduced by a fellow villager and said you have a live broadcast here..."
"Female? No, no, no, let's go!"
Jiang Shiyan continued: "I brought beer and peanuts. My fellow villager said that there are many competitions here. Let's watch the scores together then! The men at home are too cowardly. It would be more interesting to go out and play."
After a while, the rolling shutter door slowly opened. A crack slowly opened.
Jiang Shiyan knelt down and showed his bag to the people inside. There were many red bills stacked in the bag.
"My hands are itchy, brother, let me go in and play." Jiang Shiyan licked his lips and rubbed his hands, "That little guy from Nanxiang came to my hair salon before. The hair salon he introduced is xx. If you don’t believe me, just ask..."
Although I didn’t see Jiang Shiyan’s face, I heard from his voice that he was new here. People in underground casinos are still very wary. He made a phone call in front of Jiang Shiyan.
Across the rolling shutter door, Jiang Shiyan was so nervous that her heart almost jumped out of her chest. Fortunately, her bag was blocking it so she could not see her shivering calves. The money in her bag was all real except for the pictures above. , the others are almost all fake and real practice notes.
If the person inside wanted to check the money in her bag, the secret would definitely be revealed!