The great treasurer was captured by the patrol bureau?
Shu Guan's head was a little dazed for a moment. If Wang Dahu was arrested and sent to the patrol station, he might be easier to accept, such as fighting with others.
But the great treasurer? Shu Guan really couldn't imagine what trouble such an old man could cause.
"Mazi, please think of a solution quickly. The policemen who came to arrest the big guard just now were all very vicious. I'm afraid that the big guard will suffer in the patrol bureau."
Wang Dahu said anxiously.
"Dahu, please tell me slowly, what happened? Isn't Da Baoye guarding Yizhuang for others and living there all the time?"
Shu Guan frowned.
"The great treasurer came back last night. At that time, I thought he was a little strange, as if he had been frightened. But when I asked him, he refused to tell me, so he hid in the room."
"Then the police officers came this morning. When he was taken away by the police officers, the chief security officer kept shouting something."
"What words?"
"It wasn't me, she left on her own."
...It wasn’t me, she left on her own? …
Shu Guan was stunned for a moment. This sentence has no beginning and no end. What does it mean?
It seems that only by meeting the great treasurer first can we understand what is going on.
"The great treasurer was taken away by the policeman from that police station. Is it the policeman from Xiushui Street?"
Then Shu Guan asked.
This area of their Xintaoyuan Village is under the jurisdiction of Xiushui Street Patrol Bureau, so Shu Guan naturally asked this question.
"No, those patrol officers said they were from another patrol bureau."
Unexpectedly, Wang Dahu shook his head and mentioned the name of another patrol bureau.
When he heard the name of the patrol bureau, Shu Guan was startled again.
Because that patrol bureau is a patrol bureau located in Yingcheng District, just on the edge of Bell Tower Street. Because Shu Guan is now very familiar with Yingcheng District, he will know where it is when he hears the name of the patrol bureau said by Wang Dahu. .
Why did the patrol bureau of Yingcheng District come to Jiangkou District to arrest people?
"Let's go to the patrol station first."
…
On the way to Yingcheng District, Shu Guan had been speculating on the reason why Da Baoye was arrested by the patrol bureau. After thinking about it, it should be related to his current work.
Moreover, the Yizhuang where Mr. Da Bao worked seemed to be in Yingcheng District, so if something was done in Yizhuang, it would make sense for the Yingcheng District patrol to arrest the person.
The first thing I want to talk about is what kind of place the Yizhuang where Mr. Da Bao works is.
Generally speaking, a righteous village refers to a place used by large clans before Dahua to help resettle the poorer members of the clan. It contains private schools, public fields, and ancestral halls. Of course, in the past hundred years, this kind of righteous village has The number of villagers became smaller and smaller, and their scale became smaller and smaller. Later, they gradually became used for another purpose.
That is to store the coffin.
The Chinese people have a very strong sense of locality. After many people die in a foreign country, they still want to be buried in their hometown. The family of the deceased is preparing to transport the coffin back to their hometown, but cannot make the trip due to various reasons, so they can only find a place to store the coffin first. Yizhuang, which has a large area of idle land and houses, is a good choice.
In addition, there are some bodies in the charity village that cannot find suitable burial places for the time being, so they will be temporarily stored in the charity village.
Some large charity homes may be filled with hundreds of coffins during peak periods. If something happens to a family member, these coffins may be stored directly in the charity home for decades.
Therefore, Yizhuang naturally needs to hire someone to take care of it.
It's just that such a place, in the eyes of ordinary people, is very eerie and terrifying. Even if Yizhuang offers a high salary to the people who look after the coffins, it will be difficult to recruit people willing to do this job.
However, Wang Dabao did not have this kind of psychological barrier, but he was originally a cobbler, and he dared to even sew the corpses of the dead, let alone take care of coffins with only dead people lying on them.
Since he found this job, Wang Dabao has basically lived in Yizhuang, quite happy and reluctant to miss Shu, so people in the village don't know what happened to him these days.
…
Shu Guan took Wang Dahu to the patrol station near Bell Tower Street.
The scale of this patrol bureau is much larger than the patrol bureau on Xiushui Street and the patrol bureau in Tongxingli. It is a three-story house. The overall color is also blue and white. The main door There are uniformed police officers coming in and out all the time, and of course there are also people like ordinary people who come here to do business.
After entering the patrol bureau, they came to the registration office just behind the gate. Shu Guan explained his purpose of coming. The patrol officer responsible for registering visitors looked at Shu Guan and Wang Dahu up and down.
Wang Dahu was wearing the work clothes he usually works in a quarry. It was stained with a lot of lime and his hair was messy. He could tell at a glance that he was the kind of person who does hard work.
As for Shu Guan, because he was just going to see Taoist Chen today and then go back to Taoyuan Village to have a look, he wore a very ordinary jacket.
After the civilian patrol officer looked at the two people, he asked with a straight face:
"Who are you from Wang Dabao?"
"I am from his hometown, and this is his grandnephew."
Shu Guan pointed at Wang Dahu and said, and then asked politely:
"I wonder what our great security guard did?"
"What did you commit? That old thief of yours is so courageous. He actually dared to guard his own property, steal the property in someone's coffin, and even hide their body."
Shu Guan was suddenly startled.
The great security guard steals the property in the coffin?
How can this be!
After Da Bao has lived in the village for so many years, Shu Guan is still very clear about Wang Da Bao's character. Although Da Bao is usually a bit talkative, he is by no means a greedy person.
In the past, when he handled people's funeral affairs in the village, he never cared about how much compensation others were willing to give him. He would happily accept it. Even if he didn't pay, he wouldn't say anything, just like the old lame man's funeral affairs. The big treasurer handled it all by himself, but he never asked Shuguan for any compensation.
Shu Guan always felt that Da Baoye did these things more out of his own hobbies.
And how could such a person steal the burial belongings from someone else's coffin?
Shu Guan's brows suddenly wrinkled.
At this moment, he subconsciously felt that the great treasurer must have been wronged.
"Sir, can I see him?"
Shu Guan asked after thinking about it.
Regardless of whether he was wrongly accused or not, he must first see Wang Dabao and ask him face to face.
"The detective is interrogating him now. How can I let you see him?"
The civilian patrolman said impatiently.
"Then after the interrogation, I want to give him half bail pending trial."
Shu Guan took a deep breath and said.
The judicial system of the Republic of China was established according to the models of those powerful countries in the Western Continent. In order to better play the role of a patrolman in front of Rong Miao some time ago, Shu Guan really spent some time and studied a patrolman. Some common sense to know.
So he knew that as long as it was not a serious crime of murder or arson, or some political prisoners, the Patrol Bureau of the Republic of China would allow people to be released on bail pending trial.
But as soon as he said these words, the civilian patrolman couldn't help but look at him again, then smiled contemptuously and said:
"Bailed pending trial? Do you know how much premium you have to pay to be released on bail pending trial? I advise you not to think about this, just go home and wait. Then when the old man enters the cell, you can go and deliver some prison meals. .”
"How many?"
Shu Guan asked directly, and then took out a stack of banknotes from his inner pocket.
"I told you that premiums are very expensive and not something you people can afford..."
The civilian patrolman waved his hand impatiently and said, but when he saw the stack of banknotes in Shu Guan's hand, his voice suddenly dropped.
"How many?"
Shu Guan asked again.
"...Five hundred silver dollars."
The civilian patrolman said with a dazed look in his eyes.
Shu Guan directly took out a banknote and placed it in front of him.
Looking at the denomination on the bank note, the civilian patrol officer couldn't help but swallow his saliva. With his salary of seven or eight silver dollars a month, and being a civilian, he couldn't make money like his colleagues who patrolled the streets. He might not be able to save just such a banknote during his lifetime as a patrolman, but the young man in front of him held such a thick stack of banknotes in his hands.
It seems that I really made a mistake just now. This young man is definitely not an ordinary person. Even an ordinary rich kid cannot easily spend such a huge sum of money.
The civilian patrolman's attitude suddenly became much kinder.
"Help me go through the formalities."
Shu Guan said this. He knew very well how dark the patrol bureau was in this era, especially for an old man who looked helpless. If he went into the cell, even if the chief security officer stayed here for a few more days, he would be waiting to be released. I'm afraid I only have half a life left.
So he must take the big treasurer out of here as soon as possible.
Then I saw the civilian patrolman whose attitude had improved a lot, so he stood up and said:
"Then I'm going to report to Inspector Lin who is handling this case first and see if he agrees to let you get bail. You guys wait here for a while."
While talking, the civilian patrol officer was about to walk out the door. At this moment, several people passed by the door of the registration room.
The leader was a strong middle-aged man wearing casual clothes but with a pistol on his waist. His eyes were quite sharp. As he walked, he said to another person next to him with a smile on his face:
"Mr. Qin, don't worry! Even though that old man doesn't admit it yet, I will give him some punishment later. It won't take long for my brothers to pry open a frail little old man. Mouth, see where he hid the bones and property."
Walking next to him, the man he called Mr. Qin was an old man in his early seventies. He had gray hair, but he was in good spirits. His thin figure was straight and his face was slender and elegant. Wearing a silk-covered Gua shirt, with a huge jade ring on his hand, and holding a sandalwood cane, he looked very extraordinary!
At this time, listening to the words of the strong middle-aged man, the old man with extraordinary bearing said calmly:
"Tell that Yizhuang coffin keeper that I don't need to hold him accountable for stealing the property, but he must hand over Amei's bones, otherwise I will never spare him!"
"I know, I know, Mr. Qin, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter for you."
The strong middle-aged man nodded and bowed.
These people passed by the door and walked towards the gate of the patrol bureau, but the civilian patrolman hurriedly chased after him and said hello:
"Inspector Lin, these two are relatives of Wang Dabao who was arrested just now. They want to come to get Wang Dabao's bail pending trial."
The people in front suddenly stopped and turned around, and at this time Shu Guan also walked out of the registration room with Wang Dahu.
The strong middle-aged man known as Inspector Lin looked at Shu Guan and Wang Dahu up and down, and the civilian patrol officer had already stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear.
Shu Guan heard it very clearly, it was just that he just took out a large stack of banknotes and was not like an ordinary person.
Inspector Lin glanced at Shu Guan again, frowned and was about to speak, when the old man beside him angrily paused his sandalwood cane and said coldly:
"On bail pending trial? What if these two people are that person's accomplices? Detective Lin, you can't let them meet each other. Otherwise, what if Wang Dabao tells these two people the place where the bones are hidden and they move them? "
"Don't worry, Mr. Qin, I will never agree to bail."
Detective Lin quickly smiled and said.
Although the young man opposite seems to be very rich, Mr. Qin next to him is no ordinary person.
Mr. Qin's name is Qin Songling, a native of Jingcheng, Chuzhou. He once served as the Minister of Rites of the Great China Dynasty. After the fall of the Great China Dynasty, he has always supported the revolutionary party. Later, he also served in the Chuzhou Provincial Government. He served as the Minister of Education for several years. He resigned from public office a few years ago due to his age. However, he is still a member of the Provincial Council. He is highly respected in Jingcheng and even the entire Chuzhou. His disciples and former officials can be found in various government departments in Chuzhou. .
Even if the young man had some money, how could he possibly match Mr. Qin's status? Inspector Lin would never offend Mr. Qin, who had a prominent position in Jingcheng, for a young man with unknown origins.
After hearing what Inspector Lin said, Mr. Qin's expression softened a little.
Shu Guan sighed.
He originally just wanted to use a normal way to take Wang Dabao out of the patrol bureau, but looking at the current situation, he was forced to use some abnormal means.
Of course, the abnormal method here does not mean that he will use Taoism to directly kidnap Wang Dabao from the patrol station. The matter is not serious enough for him to violate the laws of heaven.
Shu Guan just thought that this place was not far from Xu Pingxi's governor's house, so he should call Xu Pingxi to come over to the patrol station.
The old man named Qin seems to have a high status in Jingcheng, but no matter how high his status is, he cannot be higher than Xu Pingxi.
Just as Shu Guan was thinking this, a group of people walked in outside the gate of the patrol bureau. Several patrol officers in uniforms walked in surrounded by a middle-aged man who also wore uniforms and had a majestic face.
Inspector Lin, who was originally standing by the gate, several other plainclothes detectives behind him, and the civilian patrolman all stood at attention and saluted respectfully to the majestic uniformed man:
"Hello, Director Liu!"
It seems that this dignified middle-aged man is the director of the patrol bureau.
After entering the door, Inspector Liu immediately saw Mr. Qin. He immediately laughed and took the initiative to greet him. He stretched out his hands and said respectfully:
"Mr. Qin, what brought you here? If you need anything, just send someone to tell me Liu Zhong. Why bother coming to the patrol station in person?"
"Director, Mr. Qin is here to report that the coffin of his former wife has been parked in the Qin Family Village. Unexpectedly, when I went to worship today, I found that the coffin had been pried open, and his wife His body has disappeared, and some of the valuable ornaments buried with him have also been stolen!"
Detective Lin beside him quickly explained with a smile.
"Who is so bold and hateful that he even steals the burial objects of the dead and disturbs Mrs. Qin's soul in heaven? Detective Lin, have you found out who did it?"
Director Liu immediately asked his subordinate angrily.
"It has been found out and arrested. It was an old man who was guarding the Yizhuang. However, the old man has not confessed yet."
"There are two people here who actually want to come to get the old man bail pending trial!"
Detective Lin pointed at Shu Guan and Wang Dahu not far away.
Director Liu then glanced at Shu Guan and the others.
At first it was just a casual glance.
But then, he took another look, a very serious look, then pondered for a moment, and said seriously to Inspector Lin:
"Since they are here to get bail and there are no problems with the procedures, let them go first!"
"ah!"
"ah!"
"ah!"
Detective Lin, the detectives behind him, the civilian patrol officer, and even Mr. Qin all exclaimed in disbelief because of Director Liu's words.
