"Help save the tickets?" Sun Kecheng, the old shopkeeper of Qiwei Escort Bureau, turned his eyes several times and stared at Sun Chang who came to invite him. 【Read the latest chapter】
This kid Sun Chang is said to be his nephew and somewhat related to him, but he is too straightforward and is not popular with others. After living in Guangzhou, he simply became a slave. He often felt a little regretful - it was a waste of his efforts.
I wanted to find a job for him in the escort agency, but the market of the escort agency has not been good in recent years, and the business has not been as good as before. The Escort Agency is no different from other businesses. Adding people and mouths is nothing more than an extra pair of chopsticks. The Escort Agency business is like a carrot and a pit. Only when there is business are there people. If there is a lot of business, add people. If you add people, you will have to add expenses. There will not be much profit. . If there is little business and we don’t have to lay off people, we have to work together to get through the work together. If business is not good, naturally we can’t add more people.
"Yes, my master invites you to come over and discuss it."
Sun Kecheng was a little confused. He remembered that Sun Chang worked for Mr. Gaoji Gao, a wealthy businessman on Haopan Street. This Mr. Gao is also a man with great skills and eyes in Guangzhou City. He was attacked by bandits and did not ask anyone in the officialdom. What should they do?
When it comes to saving tickets, the escort agencies are not very interested. The relationship between the escort agency and the gangsters is based on peace. They value "springing love" and "making friends". They don't like to kill and kill. They live and die. Going to save tickets is tantamount to grabbing food from a wolf's mouth - the gangsters who dare to kidnap people in this dignified provincial capital are not ordinary people - it is a life-and-death fight at every turn, and regardless of success or failure, as long as after intervention After revealing his identity, he became enemies with the gangsters.
But the situation is not good right now. Since the first year of Tianqi, chaos has gradually arisen in various places, and the escort route has become increasingly difficult. Income is decreasing day by day. There are hundreds of people in the bureau...
After much deliberation, I finally agreed to the deal. Firstly, this business can alleviate the economic situation of the Escort Agency by half, and secondly, I heard from the nephew that his new owner is an Australian maritime merchant - this made Shopkeeper Sun interested - Australian products have become famous recently. This group of maritime merchants were not only rich but also generous to others. They also allowed him to return to his original name. They were benevolent and righteous gentlemen. Yu Qing Yu Li also has to help with this.
Xiao Zishan and Ran Yao looked at the shopkeeper of the Qiwei Escort Bureau recommended by Sun Chang with some suspicion - they thought he must be a burly man with a beard, similar to a character in a martial arts movie, but they didn't expect that he was an old man. Wearing a turban and a four-span shirt, they are no different from ordinary people walking on the street. Although he still walks steadily, he does not look like a martial arts hero.
However, they are in urgent need of someone to inquire about the news. Although Gao Di has volunteered to go out, no one dares to put all their hope in the children. Immediately, I recounted what happened and the results of the survey.
After listening to Xiao Zishan's introduction and the conclusion of the investigation, Sun Kecheng nodded:
"Sir, there are experts here."
"We are not familiar with the place, and we don't understand the situation in this city. We have to ask Shopkeeper Sun for help."
"Easy to say, easy to say," Sun Kecheng smiled and nodded, "Sun Chang, this kid, is highly regarded by you. Just because of this, the Qiwei Escort Agency has to give full support."
"What do you think, Shopkeeper Sun?"
"Didn't Mr. Ran say something like this: There is one person who is barefoot. In Guangzhou city, even if the villagers from the four villages go to the city, they have to wear a pair of wooden clogs and straw sandals no matter how hard it is. There is only one kind of person who goes barefoot regardless of the season. People - Dan family."
"Dan family?" Xiao Zishan seems to have heard of this saying. It seems to be a type of untouchables in ancient times.
"Exactly. Don't you know about the Dan family?" Sun Kecheng explained. The so-called Dan family, also known as "Dan households", are floating residents located in coastal harbors and inland rivers in the three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. "The remaining people used boats as their homes and fished as their occupation. They could identify dragons by distinguishing the color of the water. They were called Dragon Households in the past, and the people of Qi were called 'Dan Houses'."
"Is he a fisherman?"
Sun Kecheng said: "Although the Dan family makes a living on the water, some are fishermen. But not all fishermen are Dan family." He explained that the Dan family does all kinds of businesses on the water, and they can be found almost everywhere in the forks of the Pearl River. ship.
Among the kidnappers are members of the Dan family, which makes the matter much clearer. It is very likely that Mr. Wen was hiding on a boat on the water. This is Nancheng, and over the city wall is the Pearl River. As soon as the bandit gets on the boat, the sky will be brighter. Moreover, the Dan family is a very closed social group and has different dialects and customs from the Lushang people. It is difficult for people who are not familiar with them to get information.
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel their hearts sinking. This is not good.
"The number of ships on the water is not tens of thousands, but thousands. Even the investigation will take months." Ran Yao became distressed, forgetting that in this time and space, he had no power to investigate.
"Gentlemen, there is no need to be depressed. The matter is not that difficult to handle. Although the Dan family and Master Lu have not been in contact with each other for a long time and are hostile to each other, they are not the ones responsible for the kidnapping. There should be some outside gangsters colluding with each other. A floating prostitute on a flower boat. This kind of prostitute often engages in illegal activities - the stuffy incense is not a common thing in the rivers and lakes, but seems to be used by floating prostitutes to steal people's money. "
He smiled confidently: "Master Wen should be on that flower boat."
"Where are the flower boats parked?"
"Most of the Dan family's flower boats are in the Baietan area of Shicui Island. I will send my bodyguard out to investigate when I get back. There are a few other things that I have made clear to you. Please be careful not to avoid them."
The first is to avoid reporting to officials. Although with Mr. Gao's reputation, a post can sway the policemen of one prefecture and two counties in Guangzhou, but these people themselves are bad guys. The fat sheep come to the door, and they don't have money to feed them. There won't be any action. Maybe he will collude with bandits.
The second is not to arrest messengers. Such people are either beggars found on the street or ordinary gangsters. They will not know the gangsters. Catching them will not only be useless but also easily arouse the other party's alert.
"Finally, don't act rashly. They must have spies around Zunzhai. But these spies are also helpers, and nothing can be found out through questioning."
Shopkeeper Sun was sent away, and everyone discussed that waiting for news was not an option. Fortunately, if the other party wants a ransom, there will definitely be letters sent from both parties - this is a clue leading to the kidnappers. Although tracking is not possible in Guangzhou, the Ming Dynasty, modern technological control and defense are no problem. Currently, cameras are installed everywhere in the courtyard, and a monitoring host is set up in the courtyard, powered by several sets of batteries. Monitor the surrounding area 24 hours a day. Lin Shenhe walked along the road and installed several more wireless cameras on the roof of the front yard to monitor the street. He put on a camouflage pullover, went up to the only big tree in the courtyard with binoculars, night vision goggles, a walkie-talkie and a rifle, set up a bunk among the dense branches, and took turns with Bei Wei on duty, ready for emergencies at any time.
Ran Yao put on the clothes of a boy and carried a DV around his waist. He was led by Zhao Chang and walked up and down Haopan Street.
"We found the stalker!" When he came back, he put the DVD on the table and said.
Everyone was refreshed and quickly gathered around.
"There are four people being followed." Ran Yao turned on the DV and showed it to everyone, "Look here," he pointed at the hawker on the screen, "Absent-mindedly, his eyes kept peeking at the door of Gao Ji's house.
"This one, although he is dressed as a Huazi, does not beg for food in the busy streets, but hides in the alley of the corner gate of Gao Ji's house.
“This is the gate to monitor here.
"And this - the person drinking tea alone in the teahouse is probably the leader. They may have one or two people as a maneuver to report the news at any time. Let's print out the photos of these people first and give each person a copy."
"good!"
"Should we arrest them?"
"Most of these people are peripheral elements and may not necessarily be familiar with the situation."
"It would be nice to be able to follow him. The leader should meet and contact the brains inside."
"Maybe. It's a pity that I can't follow it."
"How about putting a wireless beacon on him?"
"Then it's better to just put the wireless beacon in the ransom. Then we can go straight to the lair."
"Theoretically, it's possible. We don't have maps or GPS here, so we can't do precise positioning based on signals. We can only use radio direction finding to roughly position it. The terrain is too complicated."
"The key is there is no map."
"There should be maps tomorrow, right? Let someone buy some and bring them back."
"Sun Chang bought one, but this map... is really useless." The map drawing method in the Ming Dynasty was still quite primitive, and it was roughly at this time that modern cartography was introduced to China by Matteo Ricci.
"But this is also a plan. Who knows radio direction finding?"
"I can do it." Bei Wei said.
"Then it'll be up to you."
"It's best to find out the location and we can go directly to rescue people."
"It's not a big problem. Depending on what Shopkeeper Sun wants, he will be able to find his whereabouts in a few days."
"I wonder how Mr. Wen is doing now."
Shopkeeper Sun returned to the escort agency, drank several pots of strong tea, and thought for a long time. He patted his chest at the Australian Maritime Merchant and felt confident. It was already certain that there was a prostitute on the water, and even if the Australian detective Ran didn't mention the barefoot footprints, the smell he smelled in the house also told him this. But how to check it is a bit troublesome - the rules of the escort agency are not to set foot in such romantic places as brothels and flower boats. I am not familiar with the heads inside.
Fortunately, the food supply of the flower boat still needs to rely on the vendors on the ground. You can definitely know something from the mouths of those small vendors who specialize in the sale of flower boats. Needless to say, if one more person comes out on the boat, the food will increase a lot.
Immediately, several escorts were called over and divided into two groups. One group pretended to be traveling businessmen and went to make secret visits, while the other group went to inquire about the merchants they knew well. After giving such instructions, he also said:
"You should pay attention and ask if any boats have chartered guests recently, or if any boats suddenly stop accepting passengers."
The area on the flower boat is very small, so it is impossible to hide tickets and pick up passengers at the same time.
As long as you find out where the tickets are hidden, it's not difficult to save them. Shopkeeper Sun has done ticket rescue work for several regular customers in the past. He knows that kidnappers are not likely to be with meat tickets. Most of the people who look at the tickets are small minions. Firstly, they are afraid of being exposed in front of the ticket. Secondly, they are afraid of hiding the ticket. If his place was discovered by the government, he would not die along with him.
But Inspector Ran also said: The main job of the Escort Bureau is to gather information, and it is up to them to decide what to do in the end.
