In my detective career, there are actually many cases where there is no murder, although such cases are a little less thrilling, but the strangeness of the case and the cunning of the suspect still left a deep impression on me.

I remember that it was in the winter of 2011 when I received a call from Lao Lu saying that there had been a kidnapping in a residential complex near Guanyinyan.

It was a quarter past eight o'clock in the evening when I received the call, so I hurried to the location of the incident.

I learned from Lao Lu that the kidnapped person's name is Ma Puguo, a 49-year-old man, who runs a packaging factory with his wife Feng Juan, and the business is still booming and impressive. Their son is studying at a university in Beijing, and his wife Feng Juan did not tell her son about Ma Puguo's abduction in order not to affect his studies.

The first time I saw the murdered son, I thought that this woman was a typical housekeeper woman, she was slightly fat, with short ear-length hair, a pair of glasses with red edges, and some red and swollen eyes.

She wears a peach-colored cotton loungewear with cartoon motifs, revealing that she was at home until her husband was kidnapped.

And I saw that there were three dishes and one soup in the restaurant, and there were two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the table, but there was no rice in the bowls, and it should be that the wife was still waiting for her husband to come home for dinner.

Lao Lu asked Feng Juan, "How did you learn that your husband was kidnapped?" ”

Feng Juan said: "It was Lao Ma who called, he said that he was arrested, and asked me to prepare to raise money, saying that he would not be able to return home today." ”

Lao Lu asked again: "When did he call you, did he use his own mobile phone?" ”

Feng Juan took out her mobile phone, looked at it, and said, "I called at 7:57 in the evening, and I used my own mobile phone." ”

I frowned and asked Feng Juan, "Does Mr. Ma usually come back so late?" ”

Feng Juan said: "Because there is a meeting in the factory today, Lao Ma came back a little later than before. In the past, I used to get home around half past six, but today because the meeting was delayed, it is estimated that I will not be able to get home until eight o'clock. ”

I nodded and said, "Why do you estimate that he won't be home until eight o'clock?" ”

Feng Juan said: "Because Lao Ma called me after the meeting, it was just seven o'clock at that time, and he said on the phone that he was going home. Lao Ma drove home from the factory, which took about an hour, so I estimated that it would be around eight o'clock. ”

I said to Feng Juan: "Mr. Ma called you at 7:57, it seems that Mr. Ma should have arrived home and parked the car, and was kidnapped after getting out of the car." Can you take us to the garage to find Mr. Ma's car? ”

Feng Juan said: "We didn't buy the garage in the community, because Lao Ma's car is an old car, and he thinks that the rent of the garage is 8,000 a year, which is not cost-effective, so he usually parks on the side of the road outside the community." ”

I said, "That's fine, take us to his car." ”

So I, Lao Lu, Feng Juan and the three criminal policemen came to the fork in the road outside the community.

At this time, the sky was drizzling, and the light on the fork in the road outside the community was very dim, Lao Lu took a flashlight to illuminate the cars parked on the side of the road one by one, and the drizzle passed through the light of the flashlight, forming a dense light and shadow.

"Ah, the car really stopped back, it's this black Volkswagen sedan." Feng Juan exclaimed with some surprise.

Lao Lu and several colleagues shone a flashlight into the car, and found that the car was normal, and no traces of a struggle were found, so it was obvious that Ma Puguo was kidnapped after getting out of the car. Moreover, the kidnappers must also have a small car, and their car should be parked nearby, because only with a small car can they quickly leave the crime scene and ensure the success of the kidnapping.

I asked Feng Juan, "Does anyone else know about Mr. Ma's whereabouts?" ”

Feng Juan said: "He has a meeting today, except for the people in the factory and me, no one should know." ”

I thought about it for a while and said, "This kidnapping case should be committed by Mr. Ma's acquaintances. First, he knew when Mr. Ma would go home; secondly, he was able to identify the vehicle driven by Mr. Ma; Thirdly, he even knew where Mr. Ma was used to parking. Ms. Feng, can you think of someone who is familiar with your husband and can know this information about him? ”

Feng Juan thought for a while and said, "I don't know, if anyone has to say that they know this information, it's me." Mr. Officer, you don't suspect that I have kidnapped my husband. ”

Feng Juan's tone was obviously a little angry when she said this, and Lao Lu also frowned at me at this time.

I smiled, shook my head, and said, "I will never doubt you, because all your behavior and habits are not abnormal today, and this is also an emergency for you." But please recall that no one has been able to understand this. ”

Feng Juan pondered for a while, and the answer she gave was still shaking her head.

We sent Feng Juan home, and the group sat on the sofa in the living room of her house, and I said: "Now the situation is that the kidnappers have not contacted Ms. Feng, and if it is a kidnapping, then the kidnappers must be going to get a ransom, so what we have to do now is to wait, wait for the kidnappers to contact Ms. Feng and ask for a ransom." ”

Of course, while Feng Juan was waiting for the kidnapper's call, the police were not idle, they retrieved the surveillance video around the kidnapping site, but unfortunately the sky was very dark, the lighting of the branch road was not very good, and the rain and the kidnapping site was a blind spot for monitoring, so neither the kidnapper was found, nor could it be determined which car was the suspect vehicle.

waited until eight o'clock the next morning, Feng Juan's phone finally rang.

The caller ID was Ma Puguo, but the voice on the phone was a young man's voice: "Your husband is in our hands, if you still want to see your husband again, hurry up and prepare a ransom of one million, and don't call the police." I'll get back to you later. ”

After the man finished speaking, he hung up the phone, and Feng Juan couldn't cry anymore.

We comforted Feng Juan a few words and told her that she must stabilize her emotions, and when the kidnappers call again, try to raise money not to delay time, and the police strive to determine the location of the mobile phone in the shortest possible time.

I heard a few details in the call of the kidnapper. First, when the kidnappers mentioned us, it shows that there is more than one kidnapper, and the crime was committed by a gang. Second, the phone is very quiet, it may be in the wilderness or in a closed house; Third, the tone of speech is not local, but the pronunciation still belongs to the Bashu dialect, so the kidnappers must belong to the southwestern provinces.

An hour later, Feng Juan's phone rang again, the same voice of the young kidnapper, he asked Feng Juan on the phone how she raised the money, Feng Juan was a little emotionally out of control, crying that she was a woman's family, where to raise a million cash. The kidnapper scolded on the phone, saying that her husband was the owner of a packaging factory, how could there be no one million? The kidnappers ordered Feng Juan to continue raising money, and hung up the phone after speaking.

This phone call shows that the kidnappers are aware of the economic situation in Mapu Country.

At this time, the police determined that the source of the first call was Chaping Village, located in Shuizhen, Wanzhou District. Lao Lu wanted to go to the police immediately, but I advised Lao Lu to wait, first, because it would be detrimental to the kidnapped person if he rushed to the police, and second, it was not too late to wait until the source of the second call came out.

Not long after, the source of the kidnapper's second call came out, but it was in Sanzheng Village, Sanzheng Town, and as I expected, the cunning kidnappers went around in circles in the countryside just to avoid the police might lock down their specific location.

About two hours later, the kidnapper's call came again, also urging Feng Juan to raise money as soon as possible. Because the police were worried that they had been delaying the kidnappers to raise money, the kidnappers would be suspicious and angry with the victims, fearing that it would be unfavorable to Ma Puguo, so they asked Feng Juan to tell the kidnappers to complete the ransom raising.

Feng Juan told the kidnappers on the phone that they had only scraped together 350,000 yuan in cash, and they really couldn't take out more money, but they didn't expect the kidnappers to relent, and actually admitted to releasing them after accepting 350,000 yuan in cash. After saying that, he hung up the phone again.

The kidnappers have not yet been informed how to pay the ransom, and it seems that the kidnappers are cautious. In my judgment, the kidnappers would have asked someone known to Ma Puguo to come and deliver the ransom, so that it would be possible to avoid that the person who paid the ransom was a plainclothes policeman.

The specific location of the third call also came out, and sure enough, the location changed again, located in Qili Village, Gaosheng Town, Wanzhou District.

Judging from the current situation, the kidnappers are operating in Fenshui Town, Gaosheng Town, and Sanzheng Town, west of Wanzhou, so the specific location where Ma Puguo is imprisoned may also be within these three ranges.

However, this scope is still too wide, and if the police rush to the police, it is likely to startle the snake and arouse the suspicion of the kidnappers, thus threatening the life of Ma Puguo.

Accompanied by plainclothes policemen, Feng Juan took out 350,000 yuan in cash and put it in a blue sports satchel.

Next, it is to continue to wait for the kidnapper's call.

Two hours later, the kidnappers called and demanded that Ma Xingrong, Ma Puguo's cousin, be responsible for delivering the ransom. And the time for the ransom delivery was set at two o'clock in the morning tomorrow, but the specific delivery location was not explained, saying that they would be contacted by phone at that time.

Feng Juan contacted Ma Puguo's cousin Ma Xingrong, and Ma Xingrong rushed to Ma Puguo non-stop after knowing that his eldest brother had been kidnapped.

This Ma Xingrong is a short and stout man, about 40 years old, with a dragon tattooed on his left arm, with a sinister face, and it seems that he also belongs to the characters who are mixed in the rivers and lakes. This person is obviously the ransom messenger designated by the kidnappers to Ma Puguo, and Ma Puguo seems to be relatively sober now, and has appointed a person with some experience in the rivers and lakes.

At this time, Lao Lu walked up to Ma Xingrong and said, "Brother, give me the things on your waist." ”

I smiled, although the weather was relatively cold at this time, Ma Xingrong's bulging stuff in the back was still seen through by us at a glance.

Ma Xingrong looked at Lao Lu, who was dressed in a police uniform and had a majestic face, and could only shake his head and take off the items on his waist.

It was an Oriental short knife that was nearly two feet long.