"What?! It's impossible. Mingnu is still your brother-in-law's flesh and blood, and it's not like your brother-in-law's family can't survive, so why did you sell her? Did you go find her first?" Li Ziyu was a little surprised. Zeng Juan's brother-in-law's tea house, they used to go there to eat and drink together.
"It's not my brother-in-law's promiscuous wife!" Zeng Juan said and her face turned pale with anger. "That woman has been saying that Ming Nu is a loser and wants to sell her to someone else as a maid. She planned this. It's been a while. I didn't expect that I would actually commit such a murderous attack!" As he spoke, he couldn't help sobbing.
Zeng Juanyuan originally didn't have much affection for his niece, but after his sister passed away, the child became his sister's only legacy in the world, and her status in his mind was completely different.
"Hey, a good man doesn't shed tears easily, don't cry!" Li Ziyu quickly comforted, "Come on, tell me what's going on!"
"The day before yesterday, I went to deliver some snacks and clothes to the children. When I came out of the tea house, I happened to see Chengzai and Huazai - my two nephews. You have seen them."
"I know that. Let's talk about what's important."
"Cheng Zai and Hua Zai were sitting on the street, neither playing nor making trouble. When I talked to them, they both started crying, saying that their maiden was missing!"
"When did this happen?"
"They said they didn't see Mingnu for dinner the night before yesterday." Zeng Juan said, "I hurriedly went to find my brother-in-law and his wife. My brother-in-law was hesitant, but the woman insisted that Mingnu had gone out to play. I pressed her again and again, and my brother-in-law finally admitted that Mingnu was out for fun." Not here. I asked where I was, but they didn't tell me at first. Then when I couldn't ask, the woman scolded me for being "nosy" and said that the woman ran away on her own. Later she changed her story and said she was "taken for a ride". After they were captured, I asked my brother-in-law to go find Ming Nu, but she tried to stop her in every possible way. Then we got into an argument with her and was pushed to the ground." After Zeng Juan finished speaking angrily, he cried and begged Li Ziyu: "Brother Yu, you must You have to help me! The government won’t care about this child if he’s lost. How are our family going to find it now?”
"Brother Zeng, don't worry! The disappearance of this child is a serious case in our Song Dynasty. Please sit down for a moment while I ask Agui to make a report for you. I will report it to my superiors immediately!"
"Brother Yu, Zeng Juan, I swear that I will repay your kindness by doing anything in my life!"
Li Ziyu couldn't bear to be polite to him. He remembered that when he was training on abduction cases in Wanshou Palace, the instructor specifically mentioned the "time nature" of abduction cases. If the case is reported and dealt with within the first 24 hours, the possibility of recovery is greater. . The longer time passes, the less likely it is that the case will be solved.
He hurried to the Criminal Investigation Department and reported the case to the criminal police on duty.
The criminal police officer on duty is Gao Chongjiu. The Criminal Police Department has a lot of work. He has more than ten cases of various sizes at hand. However, the child abduction case is a "serious case" in the Da Song police system. He does not dare to neglect it. Hurry up and ask Zeng Juan to take notes first, and then transfer them over.
"Name?"
"I only have a nickname called Mingnu."
"age?"
"It's ten years old this year."
"gender?"
"Huh? A girl, a girl."
"Home address?"
"Is it mine or Akira's?"
"Of course it belongs to the child."
"Wanshenglu Tea House is located at No. 141 Liurong Street."
"How long have you been missing?"
"She disappeared the night before yesterday. If I hadn't gone to deliver snacks today, I wouldn't have known that Akira was missing." Zeng Juan choked up when he thought about what kind of bad guys Akira would encounter.
Zeng Juan took notes from Agui - at this time the case had not yet risen to the level of a trafficking case, and according to procedures could only be regarded as a missing persons case.
Gao Chongjiu looked at the transcript and saw that Li Ziyu had come with him in person. He knew that the person who came to report the case must have some connection with Officer Li. Not only could he not ignore it, but he also had to appear cordial - In the first phase of Wanshou Palace , Li Ziyu is doing well, and it can be seen that he is very popular with the chief.
According to past rules, the yamen would not care about such cases. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of women and children who go missing in Guangzhou every year. In the past, the Ming government would have never dealt with such cases. As a police officer, Gao Chongjiu had solved some cases such as flower photography, but most of them were discovered by chance, followed by in-depth investigation, and finally solved. Very few people solved the case after reporting it to the police - police officers generally did not care about such cases. thing. Occasionally, a wealthy family would ask for a missing person.
Although it is customary for the fast-shift catchers to "eat black people", they generally do not eat the wealth and fragrance of "flower-shooting people". This business not only separates flesh and blood, but also acts in such a weird and sinister manner that even people in public affairs are afraid of being implicated by them and "hurting their sinful ties."
However, although there is no collusion, it does not mean that people in the public sect are unaware of their activities. In particular, the catchers have a large number of lower-level ears, eyes and eyes. It is not difficult to find someone if you put in the effort. So Gao Chongjiu first comforted Zeng Juan for a few words, and then began to ask about the specific circumstances of the case.
However, after reading the transcript and asking a few more questions, Gao Chongjiu said: "It seems that your brother-in-law sold the child himself."
Zeng Juan said anxiously: "Master Cha, you are right. But he refuses to admit it, and his streetwise wife is even more unruly, so I went to the police station to report the case."
Gao Chongjiu said: "You are Ayu's friend, so I won't mince words. If he sells it himself, our police station really has nothing to do with it."
Zeng Juan asked anxiously: "Why?" He probably realized that his attitude was not respectful enough - he was asking for help!
Li Ziyu also said: "Master Jiu, please do me a favor! His sister only has this little flesh and blood left, and we can't let others ruin her!"
Gao Chongjiu said: "Ayu, you're too polite. It's not that I refuse to help, but according to this reporting law, let alone whether a case can be filed, even if a case can be filed, it will be of no use at all - although trafficking is now regarded as a serious case It’s done, but the laws of the Song Dynasty don’t say that selling children is a crime. Let’s go and investigate. As long as your brother-in-law shows his birth certificate, the case is not a missing persons case, and the police can’t do anything to him.”
Gao Chongjiu is an official. Although he has been a policeman in the Song Dynasty for only a few days, he has read several laws and regulations promulgated by the Senate that involve daily handling of cases. He is a policeman in the Yamen. Although the government officials do evil things on a daily basis, their "legal consciousness" is much stronger than that of ordinary people. When they fool the people, they have the laws and orders at their fingertips, and can make them stunned for a while. These few words came so easily that Li Ziyu and Zeng Juan were immediately speechless.
"Furthermore, according to the criminal law of the Song Dynasty, when reporting a missing person, if the missing person is a child, the rules require a guardian - that is, the parents. Ajuan is just an uncle, not a guardian. If he comes to report this case, the bureau will directly Just don’t file a case.”
"Then what should we do?" Zeng Juan was so anxious that he was pulling his hair out. Li Ziyu quickly comforted him and said, "Master Jiu, do you want to think of another way?"
Seeing that the heat was almost over, Gao Chongjiu whispered: "There is a way. But you have to ask your friends to say so."
How should I put it, directly reporting a missing person is not possible, because Zeng Juan is not Mingnu's guardian, and his report will not be accepted.
"His two nephews Chengzai and Huazai said that they saw Mingnu talking to an old woman, and then Mingnu followed her away, and they couldn't hear them calling from behind."
Li Ziyu said "Ah", thinking that this was a forged confession. She couldn't help feeling frightened and whispered: "Isn't this a false report?"
Gao Chongjiu said: "If you want to handle this case, you have to say so. This way, you can suspect the 'flower-shooting' plot and open the case as a 'kidnapping case'. As long as the case is opened, I will take a few brothers to the tea house. With some tricks, three coaxes and two scares, you can find out the girl's whereabouts. What to do next is your brother's business."
Li Ziyu only felt that this matter was a bit unreliable, but he knew that Gao Chongjiu's husband made sense. They just couldn't get over the threshold of being a guardian.
Li Ziyu thought about it again and again, called Zeng Juan aside, and said this. Zeng Juan immediately said that there was no problem - as long as he could save Ming Nu, he would say anything.
"You have to think clearly. As long as your brother-in-law shows his deed of betrayal, the police station can't do anything to him. You have to figure out how to save Mingnu."
"As long as I can know the whereabouts of Ming Nu, I will definitely try to save her." Zeng Juan was full of momentum.
The two reached a consensus, and Zeng Juan immediately reported the case according to Li Ziyu's teachings. After Gao Chongjiu recorded his confession, he went to complete the case filing procedures.
The kidnapping case was considered a major case in the Senate's police system. As soon as the case was reported, the duty officer did not dare to neglect it. He immediately reported it to Wu Xiang, who was on duty in the bureau, and immediately began to file an investigation. After a while, the police officer from the forensics department brought a set of standard portrait cards. Li Ziyu also knew about this. Through the reporter's description of the subject's facial features, he could quickly piece together a person's appearance. It was very convenient to use - ―This is not a modern invention. There was a similar practice in ancient yamen. However, the level of portrait sketching at that time was very poor. The resulting portraits were often far from real people, which was completely different from such lifelike portrait cards.
The police officer quickly put together a puzzle piece that looked most like Mingnu according to Zeng Juan's description. Li Ziyu took the portrait and ran to the copy room to ask for a copy - naturally the police station did not have a copy machine, so they used portraits from cameras. The method of remaking and reprinting. It will be printed at least tomorrow.
Although the case was filed, Wu Xiang did not have enough manpower to arrange it. At this time, Gao Chongjiu volunteered: "Let me handle this case."
"You already have a dozen cases against you."
"It doesn't matter. This kind of abduction case is mainly about gathering information. I know a lot of people in Guangzhou. If I inquire about his whereabouts in a day or two, he will definitely find his whereabouts. If not, it will probably be difficult to handle."
Wu Xiang understood what he meant: "Okay, it's up to you! We need to find the girl's whereabouts as soon as possible. As time goes by, she will disappear as soon as she is sent outside."
