Officer Wang took off the walkie-talkie on his belt, pressed the call button and said, "I'm Lao Wang of the Third Criminal Investigation Group of the Furong Police Station, I'm nearby, I'll take someone over to take a look immediately, it's over." ”

"Received ......"

Looking at the abnormal behavior of several policemen, David asked Gu Chen puzzled: "Do you still have to work?"

"That's right, West Street, Minxiang, there is a police situation. Gu Chen was also quite surprised, isn't this the rental place of the foreigner David?

"I'm going back just as I am, can I go with you?" asked David.

Gu Chen glanced at him and said, "If you want, whatever." ”

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Half past nine in the evening.

The gentle breeze dissipated a lot of the heat of the night.

Officer Wang drove to the intersection of a narrow alley......

This is a one-way street, but there are often some ignorant drivers who like to park their cars on the side of the road, so that when two cars are running in parallel, it is easy to scratch.

The road is paved with green bricks, so much so that driving on the road surface has a very bumpy feeling.

Wei Junzhi, who was originally from the Judicial Police Academy, had to return to the Furong Police Station with his old comrades after completing his mission.

But due to the suddenness of the incident, Officer Wang took his old partners Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei to get into the car directly, and Wei Junzhi had no choice but to follow Gu Chen to the direction of Minxiang together.

And David, a blonde foreigner, walked all the way from the pedestrian street along the alley inside.

There are a lot of narrow roads that are not suitable for driving, and sometimes driving is not necessarily faster than taking a shortcut.

When Officer Wang drove to a small square in Minxiang, David also came here from another direction.

There are many fashionably dressed foreigners in this place, and several tall blonde women are also standing aside.

Many people were not surprised to see the police car parked here, and they were busy with their own things.

"How can there be so many foreigners in this place?" Lu Weiwei was also quite surprised after getting out of the car.

"The rent here is not expensive, and it is in the business district, the most important thing is that the river runs through this place, there are many ancient buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, so it is quite popular with foreigners, many foreigners who come here to work and play, will choose to rent here, and over time it has formed a small gathering place for foreigners. ”

Gu Chen also informed Lu Weiwei based on some information he knew.

Officer Wang nodded and said, "What Gu Chen said is right, I have long heard that there are many foreigners living in this community, and it is not surprising. ”

"Where's that location?" asked Lou.

Officer Wang pointed to an old villa with a courtyard in front of him and said, "It's right there, Lane 19, No. 203." ”

A few people walked along the path, and a young blonde woman in a long white dress was standing at the door, anxiously waiting.

There are also a few foreigners around, as well as a small number of locals.

Seeing four policemen approaching, the blonde woman hurried out of the crowd.

"Who called the police?" Gu Chen turned on the law enforcement recorder and took the lead in stepping forward to ask.

"It's me, officer. The blonde woman, whose Chinese pronunciation is relatively standard, stepped forward and said.

Gu Chen took out the transcript and said, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The blonde woman covered her mouth and shed tears aggrievedly: "Officer, my husband is gone, he may ...... Probably kidnapped. ”

"Kidnapping?" said Lu Weiwei and Officer Wang in unison.

Several people looked at each other in surprise.

Seeing a large crowd gathered at the door, Gu Chen had no choice but to say, "Can you go in and say." ”

The blonde woman nodded, gave up a position and said, "Please." ”

Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei were the first to walk into the courtyard, while Gu Chen stopped and said to Wei Junzhi, "You just stay here, don't let anyone else in." ”

"Don't worry, brother, I know. After following Gu Chen for a day, Wei Junzhi's confidence also improved to a certain extent, and he immediately nodded to show that he understood.

He knew that the task assigned to him by Gu Chen was to cordon off the scene and prohibit unrelated people from entering the courtyard.

Originally, he came over to see the situation, but now that he has been assigned a task by his senior brother, Wei Junzhi is also quite excited.

Coming to the hall on the first floor of the old villa, the blonde woman took out a few bottles of drinks from the refrigerator and put them next to several people.

"Have a drink, officer. The blonde woman said.

"Thank you. Gu Chen thanked him and continued: "Let's get down to business, I ask, you answer, do you understand?"

The woman nodded: "Understood." ”

"Your name. ”

"Linda. ”

"Nationality. ”

"China. ”

Gu Chen's pen paused briefly on the page, and looked up at Linda: "Your nationality is Chinese?"

"Yes, officer. Linda nodded and said that there was no problem: "I have lived in this land with my parents since I was a child, and I also like the culture here very much, so I followed my parents early and got a Chinese green card, and I am also Chinese." ”

Hearing such an answer, Gu Chen, Officer Wang, and Lu Weiwei were quite surprised.

"No wonder you speak Chinese so well. Lu Weiwei said.

Linda nodded, "Thank you." ”

"Is there any basis for you to say that your husband was kidnapped?" Gu Chen raised his head and asked.

"That's right, officer. Linda adjusted her mood and continued: "An hour ago, I received a strange phone call, and the person inside told me that if I wanted my husband to live, I had to prepare 500,000 in cash. ”

Gu Chen was silent for a few seconds and asked, "Could that be a prank?" Haven't you been in contact with your husband recently?"

"No, comrade policeman, this is not a prank. Linda said with a crying face: "My husband has not been able to contact me since last night, I thought his phone was out of battery, but I was wrong, that person called from my husband's phone." ”

"Wait. Lu Weiwei suddenly interjected: "Could that be the case, for example, your husband's phone was lost, and someone happened to pick it up, and then called to defraud?"

Linda shook her head again: "No, if my husband loses his phone, he will call me as soon as possible, and he did it half a year ago, so I'm sure it's not that the phone is lost, but that my husband was kidnapped." ”

"Since your husband disappeared last night, aren't you at home?" Gu Chen turned his pen and continued to ask.

Linda looked depressed and said helplessly: "I played mahjong with a few neighbors last night, mahjong is fun, a dozen is an all-nighter, until this morning I found out, last night my husband didn't make a call, I felt strange at the time, and thought he was asleep, but he would always call me first, he didn't play yesterday." ”

"And then?" Gu Chen continued to ask.

And then, and then it was a little thing, and I got this same call. Linda sobbed a few times, and tears fell out again: "I haven't seen my husband for a whole day, he never disappears like this, he must have been kidnapped, I'm sure, I really didn't expect such a thing to happen, oh my God, what should I do?"

"Don't get excited. Officer Wang, who had been listening silently beside him, interrupted Linda: "Since someone called you to pay the ransom, didn't they say how to hand over the money to him after you are ready?"

Linda shook her head: "No, they didn't say how to exchange cash for my husband, they just asked me to continue to wait for the call, but I'm scared at home alone, I don't know who else I can find to help when I'm alone here, I can only risk calling the police." ”

"My God, if it's true, wouldn't you hurt your husband by calling the police like this?" Gu Chen also held his forehead, feeling that the woman was too reckless.

It stands to reason that the kidnapper will inevitably inform him on the phone that he is not allowed to call the police, but from Linda's oral statement, there is no such one.

Could it be that the kidnappers are too amateurish?

The report we received was that a woman named Linda said that her husband was in danger and needed the police to ask for help, and the police center could not distinguish the situation for the time being, so the police officers on duty nearby went to understand the situation.

If it was really a kidnapping, Gu Chen, Officer Wang and others could also choose to go in civilian clothes, and they would not come here in police uniforms.

When she said this, Linda's mood seemed to fluctuate greatly, and there were some signs of collapse for a while, and the whole person was impatient.

Gu Chen hurriedly stepped forward and patted her shoulder: "Girl Linda, you calm down first." ”

Linda didn't say a word, she pounced directly on Gu Chen, hugged Gu Chen and cried: "Officer, I'm scared, my husband may die, you must save him, please save him." ”

"Okay, but you let go first. Gu Chen spread his hands, wrote a notebook in his left hand, signed a pen in his right hand, and looked at Lu Weiwei with his eyes.

Lu Weiwei understood in seconds, rushed forward, pulled Linda who was hugging Gu Chen away, and continued to hug Linda instead of Gu Chen: "Ms. Linda, don't worry, please trust our police, we will definitely get your husband back." ”

Seeing the two women hugging each other, Officer Wang and Gu Chen also had a headache.

Linda gave too few clues, and Linda's husband has been missing since last night and only received threatening phone calls today.

If this is the case, then whether Linda's husband was kidnapped last night or this morning.

Or being kidnapped after going out today, these situations can happen.

"Ms. Linda, what's your husband's name, and what does he do?" Officer Wang asked, turning around.

Linda adjusted her mood for a moment, and then said: "My husband's name is James, and he runs a trading company in Jiangnan City, mainly exporting shoes, clothing, bags and bags to Europe, America, and some places in East Africa. ”

"Then you haven't asked your neighbors nearby, has anyone seen him today or last night?" Gu Chen asked.

Linda hesitated, then shook her head.

Officer Wang turned to Gu Chen and said, "You go next door and ask, and see who has seen Ms. Linda's husband James between last night and now." ”

"No problem. Gu Chen nodded, and quickly turned around and came to the courtyard.

Since the police car was parked in the square outside, and four more police officers entered Linda's old villa, there were many curious people at the door.

There are foreigners and locals......

"Wei Junzhi. Gu Chen walked to the door.

Wei Junzhi still stood firmly in the courtyard, closing the iron gate and not letting the others go inside.

"Senior brother, do you have any orders?" Wei Junzhi turned around and asked, in fact, he was still very nervous.

After all, it was the first time to face the eyes of so many strange people, but thinking that it was the first time that I had the opportunity to follow the police of the criminal investigation team of the police station on a mission, the whole person was still excited.

"Not yet, come with me and make an inquiry. Gu Chen said and walked to the door.

Wei Junzhi was stunned for two seconds before he hurriedly followed Gu Chen.

"Who of you is Linda's neighbor? Who saw her husband James yesterday?" Gu Chen stood at the door and asked in Chinese and English.

In an instant, the crowd of onlookers looked at each other and looked at each other for no reason.

"I'm Linda's neighbor. An old lady said, "But I didn't see her husband last night." ”

"I'm also her next-door neighbor and I haven't met James either. Another middle-aged man also said.

Subsequently, several people admitted to being Linda's neighbors, but without exception, none of them had seen her husband James last night.

Just when Gu Chen thought that there was no progress, a man who spoke fluent English suddenly raised his hand at the back of the crowd and waved to Gu Chen: "Officer, it's me, it's me David." ”

David looked very excited, Gu Chen simply opened the iron door and walked through the crowd to him.

"David, are you Linda's neighbor?" Gu Chen asked him curiously.

"Yes. David unabashedly admitted: "I rented a room in the old villa next door to her house, and I guess I can be regarded as her neighbor." ”

"Then you saw her husband last night?" Gu Chen asked again.

David nodded: "That's right, I seem to have seen it last night." ”

Gu Chen looked at the crowd on the left and right, and immediately pulled David and said, "David, you come in with me." ”

Then, Wei Junzhi closed the iron door again and stood guard near the door.

This time, he was noticeably more confident than before......

On the other side, Gu Chen took David to the hall on the first floor.

At this moment, Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei were still asking for other details.

Seeing Gu Chen with the blonde man he met at the intersection of West Street just now, Officer Wang couldn't help asking, "Gu Chen, what are you bringing him here for?"

"Senior Brother Wang, David is Linda's neighbor, and he said that he met James yesterday. Gu Chen said.

Seeing this, Linda's eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly walked up to David and asked in English, "David, what you said is true? Did you really see my husband James last night?"

"That's right, Ms. Linda, your husband says hello to me every day when he goes out to see me, and we have discussed travel plans together, so ...... We're good friends. ”

David is also quite topical when he talks about James.

But after thinking about it, David suddenly said: "Linda, your husband James is ......"

"He was kidnapped, just last night. Linda said this, also in tears.

“What？？？”

David was stunned suddenly: "Kidnapping? You mean your husband James was kidnapped last night?"

"Yes David, tell me what you saw last night? "Linda is going crazy right now.

Especially when I hear a little bit of information about my husband, I can't wait to know it immediately.

"I remember it was about nine o'clock, and I was photographing the stars, as if I saw a man with a black cap coming up to your door. ”

Speaking of this, David also began to recall what he saw yesterday.

"And what happened later?" Gu Chen asked.

"Later, James, Linda's husband, came to the door, and took the man into the house. ”

"What...... What? Did James bring this man into the room?" Lou was surprised.

"Yes, yes, I'm sure so, it was James who brought the man into the room. Again, David affirmed.

Linda was stunned, and she didn't know how to speak for a while.

"Then have you seen the appearance of this person clearly?" Gu Chen asked.

David shook his head: "It was very dark at the time, and we were all old houses here, the street lights were not very bright, and the brim of the man's hat was very low, but looking at the walking action, he looked like a man about thirty years old, and it should not be more than forty years old." ”

David also made a simple analysis based on the basic situation he saw.

"That is to say, the one who came to the house last night should be an acquaintance of Mr. James. Gu Chen looked up at Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei: "If it was a model person, James would not have brought him in, it is obvious that this person knows James." ”

"I agree. Lu Weiwei also said: "We can first exclude strangers and start with the acquaintances James knows." ”

"But he knows a lot of people, and my husband knows a lot of acquaintances, so it's hard, isn't it?" Linda was also quite anxious.

Officer Wang looked out the door and asked, "Isn't there any surveillance equipment around your house?" Especially in an old house like yours, at least you have to install a surveillance camera. ”

"Nope. Linda shook her head regretfully: "There used to be monitoring here, but after being often stoned by a few children, the neighbors have always been very taboo, especially the parents of these children, it is very difficult to speak, and the compensation issue has been delayed again and again, and then everyone has no idea of installing monitoring." ”

"It's over. Lu Weiwei spread her hands and said, "If it weren't for these unlucky children, maybe we would be able to find your husband soon, I'm really afraid of something." ”

I thought that even if there were no public cameras in such a place near the business district, there should be private civilian cameras, but who knew that this would happen?

Linda was also quite sad and said: "Then what should I do now, I can't find James?"

"Lady Linda, don't worry, these police officers are very good, they will definitely help find your husband, really. Seeing Linda covering her face and crying helplessly, David also took the initiative to come forward and comfort her.

Gu Chen crossed his waist, lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then asked for his opinion: "Ms. Linda, no matter what, since the matter has happened, then please don't be too upset, we will also help you find James's whereabouts as soon as possible, but now, can we do a search of the room?"

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