Chapter 3317
"The pawn received four days ago included calligraphy, paintings and antiques, a total of thirty-five pieces, priced at four thousand taels of silver. The boss said that seven people came from the other side. Although these people were dressed in casual clothes, they were all armed. It is very likely that they are the defeated soldiers who stayed in the city and did not leave.”
"They have tasted the sweetness, and they did not take the opportunity to rob the pawn shop. They will probably stay in the city and continue to commit crimes. Let's take action against this group of people!"
Although the pawn shop owner did not know the whereabouts of this group of people, in the eyes of professionals like Qu Deren, there were already many clues that could be traced. Moreover, this group of people seems to be committing crimes in a gang, and it is exactly the target that Haihan wants to attack.
After Qu Deren determined the target, he immediately assigned tasks to his men. He himself continued to lead the team to investigate several pawn shops in the city that might become channels for selling stolen goods.
The next day, everyone was scheduled to meet in the government office room to summarize the information seized so far.
Qu Deren said: "Wei Laoqi, I asked you to check the source of the stolen goods. Can you find anything useful?"
Wei Laoqi, whose name was called, responded: "I'm sorry, I took those calligraphy and paintings to Taiping Street and asked some Confucian gentlemen for advice. Some people recognized that several of them were collected by Lord Han of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. But Mr. Han has already evacuated Nanjing with his family a few days ago, and it is impossible to know whether these paintings and calligraphy were stolen or snatched. As for the antiques, I left them to Liu Gui to check. "
Another detective Liu Gui responded from the side: "The villain has also found the owners of those antiques. The villain visited the area near the pawn shop. The family of Zheng Yuan in Yuminfang was killed by a group of people seven nights ago. Someone broke into the house, stole valuables from the house, and injured Mr. Zheng and his family. But at that time, no one in the government office took care of this kind of thing. The villain took the antiques seized from the pawn shop and immediately confronted them. ”
While the two narrated the investigation process, they marked the locations of the two crime scenes on the map spread out on the table.
"Both places are within one mile of this pawn shop. This should not be a coincidence." Qu Deren analyzed in a deep voice: "During this period, the city is in chaos, and they should not bring a large amount of property across the street. Lane, so their location should be not far from the crime scene and the pawn shop, so they can rob and sell the stolen goods nearby!”
Qu Deren stretched out his hand, circled an area on the map and said, "Who was taking care of this area before? Are there any idle houses here that can accommodate seven, eight, or ten people?"
Another detective responded: "I am familiar with the little people around here, but there are too many people leaving Nanjing recently, and there are probably some newly vacated houses here. If I want to check each house, I am afraid it will take a long time." , and it’s easy to alert the enemy. ”
Qu Deren said: "There's no harm in striking the grass and alerting the snake. We now have the backing of the Haihan Army. As long as the thieves are still here, we can't discipline them to fly!"
If you want to be on the safe side, of course you must first find out where the thief is staying and then go and arrest him. However, Qu Deren's time was limited, and the five-day period was coming in a blink of an eye. He had to produce outstanding results by then, and he could not delay any longer.
And he didn't need Haihan to send out a large army to surround this area. He only needed to set up roadblocks at several key intersections in advance to block the possible escape routes of the thieves.
Qu Deren made up his mind and asked his men to take his waist badge and the official document issued by Shi Diwen, and go to the garrison for help.
However, Qu Deren still wanted to take the credit for catching the thief as much as possible, and did not want the Haihan Army to snatch it away, so he only asked the Haihan Army to support the outside, and he personally led the people to search the scene.
Shi Diwen's official document was indeed useful. The garrison troops quickly mobilized two companies with a total of 300 people to cooperate with Qu Deren's actions.
With the help of the Haihan Army, Qu Deren also had the confidence to summon his men and start taking action before dark.
In investigating such cases, Qu Deren's advantage as a local leader is fully demonstrated. If the Haihan Army, who was unfamiliar with the place, conducted the investigation, they might not be able to find clear clues in five days, let alone make an arrest. Qu Deren took a dozen of the most skilled people with him, while the others were stationed everywhere or responsible for coordinating operations with the Haihan Army.
Qu Deren hasn't caught a thief personally for a long time, but he is still very confident in his skills. He learned the stick technique from an expert when he was more than ten years old. He has been practicing continuously for thirty years and has become proficient in it.
I remember that when he was young and strong, he was also famous for his ability to fight at the six gates of Yingtian Mansion. I don't know how many thieves fell under his stick. However, as time went by, there were more and more disciples and disciples, and there were fewer and fewer occasions when he needed to personally take action. When taking someone, he only needed to give an order, and a lot of people would come forward to work for him.
But with today's action, Qu Deren wanted to take this opportunity to prove to his subordinates and the people of Haihan that he was still the most qualified for the position of head catcher in Nanjing City.
It only took more than an hour for Qu Deren's men to find their target. There is a family in Sanchun Lane. A few days ago, a group of unidentified young men suddenly moved in. They live in seclusion and rarely appear in the public.
The location of this family is almost exactly in the middle of the two crime scenes and the pawnshop that was the focus of investigation. This coincides with Qu Deren's idea of investigating the case.
Qu Deren did not dare to delay, and immediately led people to Sanchun Lane. He divided a few people to block the back door of the courtyard, and then notified the surrounding Haihan Army to tighten the siege, and then led people to the main entrance. .
Seeing that the door was closed, Qu Deren was worried that knocking on the door would put the other party on guard, so he asked his men to set up a ladder and observe the situation in the yard from the top of the wall.
After confirming that no one was in the yard, a police officer climbed over the wall, opened the door from the inside, and let Qu Deren and others in.
At this time, a person inside came out with a rice bowl, just in time to see the group of police officers pouring into the yard. He was stunned for a moment, then threw the bowl away and ran into the house while shouting a warning.
As soon as he ran away, Qu Deren was even more sure that there must be something wrong with this place, and immediately led others to rush inside.
A large table of people were eating in the main room of the courtyard. When they heard the warning, they threw away their chopsticks, grabbed the guy and rushed out.
Qu Deren saw that most of the weapons held by these people were waist knives, which indeed looked like weapons, so he immediately revealed his identity: "Hurry up and handle the case, we will arrest you before you surrender your weapons!"
This group of people was obviously not a good person, and they did not question the identities of Qu Deren and others. They didn't even hesitate at all. They shouted in unison and rushed towards the police officers.
No matter what the reason for Qu Deren coming here, they had no intention of cooperating with these uninvited guests who suddenly came to their door.
Upon seeing this, Qu Deren knew that today's battle would be impossible without a fight, so he immediately picked up the eyebrow-level stick and took the lead in charging forward. His subordinates followed suit immediately, and the two groups immediately started fighting.
(End of chapter)