It's only ten o'clock in the morning. The main customers of the teahouse are the elderly playing mahjong nearby. According to his memory, it doesn't get lively until at least eleven o'clock - by that time, the elderly have already sent their grandchildren to school, bought vegetables at the market, and returned home. I made soup and did the laundry, leaving just an hour or two to spare.
The two young men couldn't make up a table of mahjong, and they couldn't even play poker, so they probably could only chat awkwardly. The bulging blue backpack of one of them attracted Tian Xiaoming's attention. Was he going on a trip, or had he just returned from a trip? Nothing like it.
"Yes, zoom in on that," Tian Chunda pointed to a young man wearing sportswear and carrying a travel bag on the computer screen in his office, "This is this person. Will any tourists appear on the same street for five consecutive days? "
Hao Dong blinked his red eyes due to staying up late and nodded slightly: "If you don't buy it, it's most likely that you stepped on it."
Tian Chunda became excited. He quickly used the mouse to move the images on the screen forward, backward, and jump repeatedly... completely unlike a person who had been working continuously for twenty-two hours.
"Here," Tian Chunda finally analyzed the logic of the other party's actions. "Yesterday afternoon, he appeared in this area six times." Tian Chunda continued to control the speed of the progress bar. "Look here, what is he doing?"
Hao Dong looked at the slow-played scene. The young man sitting on the tourist bench took out his laptop and looked up at one place from time to time - that location was a small jewelry store, which was closed. There is a camera on the upper left. Tian Chunda played this section repeatedly, and Hao Dong discovered that every time the young man lowered his head and tapped on his laptop several times, the camera at the door of the jewelry store would rotate once.
"Good guy, high-tech! It seems that this company is the target."
"Let's go right away." Tian Chunda grabbed his coat and walked out.
Guan Song asked one of his subordinates to hang a sign at the door saying "The store owner has something to do and is closed today" and then personally pulled down the rolling shutter door. He tilted his head, looking at Chen Kai and Liu Hui who had been knocked unconscious, and then looked sideways at Zhou Qi, who had not yet fainted but was trembling all over. Zhou Qi was tied to a chair with a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth, looking at "Big Yellow Teeth" in horror.
"I said I only want the safe code, not your life,"
"Big Yellow Tooth" suppressed his impatience and said, "I know you are reluctant to give up money, but are you willing to give up your life? I will give you five more minutes to think about this problem."
"Big Yellow Tooth" saw a subordinate who was searching for jewelry at the counter walking towards the east, and immediately stopped him.
"Hey, if you go over there, your face will be photographed. Don't be so greedy."
"Why can't we disable this camera? That would save trouble."
"Big Yellow Tooth"'s men complained, "It would be great if Xiao Wu was here."
"Xiao Wu has more important things." "Dahuangya" grinned and raised Zhou Qi's chin with one hand, "All the good things are in this guy's mouth."
"It's too late, something must have happened."
Hao Dong was sitting in the car, looking at the sign "The owner is busy, closed today" hanging outside Zhou Xiaosheng's jewelry store across the street, and patted his thigh.
"The safety of the hostages is important." Tian Chunda gritted his teeth, "Is everyone else on the way?"
"I thought about it, and it's safer to let An Yi and Xiao Han stay at your home," Hao Dong replied, "After all, this person does have a problem with you."
Tian Chunda nodded ambivalently: "I'm just afraid of not having enough manpower."
He looked at the environment near Zhou Xiaosheng's jewelry store. It was a pedestrian street and there was no way to park. Even if the criminal succeeded, he could only leave on foot. Therefore, they will definitely ensure that the shopkeepers and shop assistants will not call the police, or they may kill people and silence them.
We must act as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late. Tian Chunda thought.
"boom! "
There was a loud bang.
It sounded like gunshots and explosions.
Zhou Qi shivered when he looked at the "big yellow tooth" standing in front of him.
"What happened?" "Big Yellow Tooth" asked his men.
The person in question shook his head blankly. Because there are walls on both sides of this small shop, only the main entrance and the back door lead to the outside. The lighting basically relies on lights. The two roller shutters are currently locked, so there is no way to know what is going on outside.
The three people in the room looked at each other. They waited with bated breath for about ten minutes, but did not hear any bigger movement.
"Big Yellow Tooth" took out his mobile phone and made a call, but the person on the other end of the phone also expressed confusion. He only confirmed that there were many police officers and firefighters, as well as a group of workers in uniforms. The roads on both sides of the pedestrian street were blocked, and entry and exit were temporarily prohibited. The only thing that could be confirmed was that these people and their actions were not directed at Zhou Xiaosheng's jewelry store.
"Then something big must have happened," "Dahuangya" gritted his teeth and analyzed, "If someone who is short-sighted happens to find someone to attack today, we will be in trouble."
"Big Yellow Ya" glanced at Zhou Qi with complicated emotions. He now felt that Zhou Qi's most important value was no longer the password hidden on the tip of his tongue. If the situation got serious, he would have to keep this guy's life as a hostage. .
"How about I go out and explore? Maybe the original route won't be usable."
"Big Yellow Fang" hesitated for a moment before nodding in response to the subordinate who made the suggestion: "That's fine, just be careful."
Guan Song took out the dagger and slowly brought the tip of the knife close to Zhou Qi's mouth.
The rolling shutter door of the back door was pulled up half a meter, and a short but strong man sneakily poked his head out and looked at the alley outside. The alley is very narrow, only about two meters wide.
After confirming that no one was there, the man got out and pulled down the rolling shutter door. The person inside immediately locked the door.
The man cautiously walked out of the alley. When he reached the entrance of the alley, two policemen rushed towards him. Before he could even shout, he was dragged in with his mouth covered.
A black car parked at the intersection.
"Don't bother, do you want to add another crime of assaulting a police officer?" Tian Chunda looked at the struggling man with a sneer, "Except Guan Song, who are the two people inside? Where did Zhou Hu go?"
Tian Chunda said Guo Fei's pseudonym. From the surveillance video of the store next door, he saw Guo Fei leaving alone in a panic, which really made him feel uneasy.
Hearing Tian Chunda say the names of his two accomplices in succession, the short man's face completely turned pale.
"I don't know where he went, I really don't know."
Tian Chunda was a little annoyed. He shouldn't have asked two questions in a row.
He grabbed the other person's collar and said sternly:
"If you had confessed early and no one was dead inside, you wouldn't have to spend more than ten years in jail. You can figure it out yourself."
Putting down the phone, Guan Song showed his big yellow teeth to Zhou Qi ferociously: "I have no patience anymore. Don't expect the police to come to rescue you. They are busy with other things now and can't take care of you. You just stink here. No one will know either. Just tell us and save us all some trouble."
Guan Song took out the dagger and slowly brought the tip of the knife close to Zhou Qi's mouth.
Zhou Qi whined, completely frightened. At this moment, the rolling shutter door was knocked, three long and one short, which was the pre-arranged code.
Guan Song rolled his eyes angrily and motioned for his men to open the door. When he looked at Zhou Qi again, he found that he had fainted. Guan Song cursed - of course threats are only effective against sane people.
Guan Song walked towards the water dispenser. He was about to pour a glass of water and splash it to wake up Zhou Qi, but he heard a burst of confusion. More than a dozen police officers rushed in, and one of them kicked him directly in the chest. Immediately afterwards, Guan Song, who was temporarily unable to move, was pushed down with his face to the ground and handcuffed.
He looked at his other subordinate in confusion as he was being pinned down by several people, almost frothing at the mouth.
Tian Chunda walked to Guan Song and knelt down: "Where is Zhou Hu? Tell me!"
Guan Song looked at Tian Chunda coldly. He opened his mouth, but said nothing. He just spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm.
"Uncle An, can you go out with me for a while? I want to go over there and have a look." Tian Xiaoming stood on the balcony and pointed to the teahouse opposite.
"Where are you going and what are you doing? Don't run around," An Yi refused. "Be sensible and don't worry your uncle."
"There's something wrong with those two people," Tian Xiaoming explained his reason. "It's been almost two hours, and they only went to the toilet once. There is no toilet in that teahouse, and the nearest public toilet is at the station."
An Yi was very happy: "You don't have to worry about how many times I went to the toilet for what I did? Have you done your homework?"
