It turns out that the commotion just now was about arresting a few "criminal thieves". [Read full text] The leader is not the police, but the Australian "Pedestrian Division". It is said that these gangsters are very powerful, all of them are highly skilled in martial arts, and they lurk in Dongmen City after sneaking into Lingao.
"...I didn't expect that their whereabouts would have been discovered by the Australians long ago. I just didn't want to alert them, and allowed them to rendezvous calmly. After everyone was ready, they launched together. It is said that they were all caught in one fell swoop!" Wang Xinlong was frothing at the mouth as he spoke. Very excited, "One of the female prisoners is very good. It is said that there is a female snitch from the north. She can jump up the house and cross the wall with just one movement, breaking through several layers of blockades. The policeman raised his hand and shot. Guess what... …”
When he said this, he actually gave it up.
"Could it be that he was killed on the spot, and the fragrance disappeared and the jade died?"
"Haha, it's not that unpleasant, but what came out of the gun was a fishing net. The female snitch was caught in the net in one fell swoop, and she was captured without a fight."
Lin Ming secretly shouted: "Bullshit!" But then he thought about it and thought that the thief Kun was known for his "uncanny skills", so it was not uncommon to have a bludgeoning weapon that could create a net.
But the waiter next to him was making noises: "What does that female thief look like? Since she is a snitch, she must be wearing tight clothes, and her figure must be exposed..."
"I didn't see it clearly, it was too far away - the streets were cordoned off and no one was allowed to get close. In addition to the police and the pedestrian department, the militia and the security army were dispatched: I heard that a Japanese from the security army beheaded a strong man. I even got scolded by the police who chased me.”
"You still need to be scolded for killing a thief?"
"You don't understand. Since such a big battle has been launched, it must be a huge case. Only a living person can be tortured for confession. What's the use of a dead person?"
"It was luck to be killed by the Japanese. If these big thieves and thieves fell into the hands of Xingrensi, life would be worse than death..." Wang Xinglong's eyebrows were dancing and he was foaming at the mouth.
"Perhaps they were sent by the imperial court?" A waiter asked, "Are they the Jin Yiwei? I heard that they are responsible for detectives. Could it be that the imperial court wants to use troops against the Australians?"
Lin Ming felt a chill in his heart, judging from what he saw along the way. The Kun thieves are already "like an enemy country" in Qiongzhou and other places. Establishing an independent government, organizing and training the army, and organizing households to harmonize the people... Not only are there fake kuns everywhere. Even the people of the Ming Dynasty regarded it as an "official government", and the imperial court had almost no sense of existence. It was common sense for the imperial court to have discussions about "begging for Kun".
He didn't know much about how the imperial guards of the capital worked, but normally it was unlikely that people would be transferred from other places all the way to investigate the enemy. Otherwise, the customs, geography and accent will not be familiar to you. You can't be a spy at all. If there is such an order, it must be selected from the Jin Yiwei in Guangdong Province.
He thought about it and found that he had never heard of it before setting off - of course, it might have been an activity that started after he set off, or maybe he was a junior official and was not qualified to hear the news... In any case, these few The unlucky guy is by no means as simple as a "robber".
"The imperial court has too much time to take care of itself, and it still has time to meddle in the business of Australians." Wang Xinglong shook his head and said, "I went down from Shandong to Jiangnan. It was really a hell on earth along the way. When I arrived in Jiangnan, I felt like I was returning to the human world, and I was in Lingao. It was simply like a paradise..."
The guys burst into laughter, and someone joked: "You've gone too far in flattering me. There aren't many cadres here to listen to your loyalty."
"You must be loyal. You are all natives of Guangdong, right? You have never suffered what I have suffered." Wang Xinglong shook his head, "Not only is it a hell on earth... it is also the bottom of the eighteen levels of hell..."
While they were chatting, Wang Jinchun came in and shouted at the top of his lungs: "It's almost ten o'clock, the lights are going to be turned off, everyone should go back to their rooms and rest early."
"I really want to sleep, but I'm cold and lonely in bed with no one to accompany me..." Then one of the waiters mocked her, pretending to be empty, lonely and cold.
"I'm looking for the fifth girl in your family when I feel empty and lonely. Make sure to use good toilet paper, don't make the quilt dirty and have to wash it again!" Although Wang Jinchun is a girl, she is very aggressive. Lin Ming was quite suspicious - Wang Xinglong was from a middle-class family after all, and his cousin could not be any worse off. She must be considered a little girl...
The guys all dispersed and went to bed. Haixing stipulates that all lights are turned off at ten o'clock every night. Except for the concierge who keeps an oil lamp, everyone goes to their own room to rest. All room doors are locked. Even using the toilet can only be solved by using the indoor toilet - It’s still the old-fashioned style of font size. Lin Ming wanted to talk to Wang Xinglong about things in Dongmen City but there was no chance, so he had to wait until they could work together tomorrow.
After having lunch the next day, Lin Ming had some free time and inquired about things in Dongmen City. Wang Xinglong saw that someone was willing to listen, so he enthusiastically boasted about what he had seen.
However, what he knew was very limited. He only knew that these criminal thieves settled in various places in Dongmen City. Some stayed in hotels and some rented private houses. One group pretended to be dignitaries coming to Gao to "see the sights of Australia", while the others pretended to be traders. I thought it was perfect, but I didn't expect that the Australians had known their whereabouts for a long time, and they worked together to collect the people last night. I heard that they were all captured in one fell swoop. Three were killed on the spot and ten were captured.
"If those snitches weren't so skilled, they wouldn't have been able to shock the market." Wang Xinglong said, "But no matter how good they were, they could be knocked down with just one shot. I heard that one of them was a martial arts master, and he was shot to death in the end. There are blood holes all over the body, there is so much blood, it’s so miserable..."
Lin Ming asked with concern: "I heard that they are from the imperial court..."
Wang Xinglong shook his head repeatedly: "Absolutely not! How can there be such a loyal and courageous person in the court who would take such a big risk? I think he probably heard about Lingao's wealth and wanted to do some big business here."
Lin Ming cursed in his heart: Who said there are no such loyal and brave people in the imperial court? There is one right in front of you. However, when I thought about it, I was not sent by the government to come here. In the final analysis, it was just for my own business.
"I was on the street yesterday and saw people working on the street... No, there were actually women among the police." He said in a feigned surprise.
"What's so surprising about this," Wang Xinglong laughed, "Australians like to use women as servants. As long as they are willing to purify themselves, what's the point of being a female police officer? Many minor officials here are women - to make it big There are a lot of officials. Let’s talk about the Australian police station. There are a lot of women in charge of household registration. Didn’t I see you when I went to apply for household registration? "
"I've seen a few, but I haven't seen any female detectives." Lin Ming deliberately introduced this topic. From what he saw last night, it seems that Li Yongxun is a "catcher". Of course, there are many women here. , but there are not many women who can engage in fighting and killing jobs, so maybe there will be some news.
However, Wang Xinglong knew no more about this than he did. They chatted about a lot of irrelevant things, but they didn't mention the "female detective" thing, let alone Li Yongxun. Lin Ming was very disappointed: it seemed that it was difficult to get news about Li Yongxun through ordinary channels.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, where are you?"
In the newly built government office area less than two kilometers away from the Haixing, there is a featureless boxy red three-story brick building. This is the Lingao County Police Station of the National Police - of course. It is now actually the headquarters of the National Police.
The iron door of the basement opened with a clang, and Li Yongxun walked out. When she walked out of the dark basement, she felt that the light in front of her eyes was dazzling. She had to cover her eyes with her hands, grabbed the handrail of the stairs and walked up slowly.
The bluestone floor in the atrium has been washed clean, and the morning sunlight is shining down from the glass ceiling at the top. Li Yongxun stood with his eyes half closed for a while before he got used to it.
Although it's only seven o'clock in the morning, the place is already operating at full power. Female clerks shuttled back and forth holding file boxes, and the air was filled with the smell of food in the cafeteria and the choking smell of tobacco. Police officers in black uniforms discussed the case in hushed tones. Many people are like her, with wrinkled clothes and dark circles under their eyes.
There are many announcements posted on the bulletin board in the center of the atrium. The top ones are the year, month, day and today's weather conditions that change every day. The most prominent place below marks the latest alert level: Today is orange - around the Lunar New Year, there are always high incidences of various cases. The entire national police system is operating at full capacity.
Li Yongxun rubbed his sore shoulders, wondering if he should go to the infirmary after get off work to get some plasters from Runshitang. Recently, her shoulders and arms have become sore and swollen every time she was seconded. She went to the general hospital to have a veteran doctor look at her and said she had overused it and contracted "tennis elbow."
Li Yongxun had no idea what tennis was, but he still understood it after using it excessively. But I had no choice. If it weren't for this ancestral skill, how could I have gained a foothold among the Australians? She had been sent back to Guangzhou a long time ago - maybe her family had taken her back to Nanjing to get married.
She didn't object to getting married, but the young conductor whom her family wanted her to marry was really unsightly. It was said that she still had some brain problems, and even wet the bed when she was older - but, if that weren't the case, what would happen to the majestic conductor? Would he marry a daughter from a mere Xiaoqi family like her?
She went to the cafeteria first and had a free breakfast that was considered a sumptuous by the standards of this time and space - a bowl of rice noodles. This is one of the benefits that Ran Yao strives for. Ordinary institutions do not have this benefit.
After her stomach was full, she started to feel sleepy, but she couldn't get off work yet: the overtime she worked last night was "borrowed", and she still had to do her job this morning. Regarding this kind of continuous overtime work, Li Yongxun didn't even have the opportunity to complain - after all, the household registration office where she worked was one of the rare day shifts in the national police system, and there was no need to work three shifts. If there were no unexpected tasks, she would get off work six hours a night. Click to get off work on time. (To be continued...)
