"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
They used to go to brother-in-law Juan's tea house 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 but sob.
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 won't shed tears easily, don't cry!" Li Ziyu quickly comforted him, "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 teahouse, 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, indicating that the girl was missing!"
"When did this happen?"
"They said they didn't see Ming Nu 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 Ming Nu had gone out to play. I pressed her again and again, and my brother-in-law finally admitted that Ming Nu had gone out to play."
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."
Caught... I asked my brother-in-law to go with me to find Ming Nu, but she tried to stop me in every possible way. Then I 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 help me! If this child is lost, the government will not care about it. How will our family find it now... Wuwuwu..."
"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 will be 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 a dozen cases of various sizes at hand. However, the child abduction case is a "serious case" in the Song Dynasty 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?"
"He is 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 still 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 been elevated 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 be indifferent, but he also had to appear cordial - In the first phase of Longevity Palace
, Li Ziyu is doing well, and it can be seen that he is very popular with the chief.
According to the rules of the past, the yamen did not care about such cases. The number of women and children missing in Guangzhou every year was not in the thousands but in the hundreds. In the past, the Ming government would definitely not care about such cases. Paihua
Gao Chongjiu had solved some cases like this as a police officer, 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 didn't care about this kind of thing.
Occasionally, a wealthy family would ask for a missing person.
Although it is a common practice for the fast class catchers to "eat the gangsters", they generally do not take the money and fragrance of the "flower-shooting". This business not only separates the family members, but also the behavior of this business is so weird and sinister that even the public servants are afraid of being implicated by them.
"It hurts the vagina".
However, although there is no collusion, it does not mean that people in the government are unaware of their activities. In particular, the arresters have a large number of lower-level ears and eyes, and it is not difficult to find one if they put in the effort. So Gao Chongjiu was relieved first
After writing a few sentences, I started to ask about the specific facts 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 street-walking 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 said 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 don't want to help, but according to this reporting law, let alone whether the case can be filed, even if it 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 yamen officials do evil things on weekdays, they are much stronger than ordinary people in terms of "legal awareness". When they fool the people, they have laws and orders at their fingertips.
Yu and Zeng Juan were 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
You don’t have to file a case to deal with it.”
"Then...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 this..."
How should I put it? It is impossible to report a missing person directly, because Zeng Juan is not Mingnu's guardian, and his report will not be accepted.
"...Let's just talk about his two nephews Chengzai. Hua Zai said that he 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 file the case as a 'kidnapping case'. As long as the case is filed, I will take a few brothers to the teahouse.
With some tricks, three coaxes and two scares, we 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 what the old man Gao Chongjiu said was reasonable. They could not pass the threshold of guardianship alone.
Li Ziyu thought about it again and again, and 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 think of your own way to save Ming Nu."
"As long as I can know the whereabouts of Ming Nu, I will definitely try to rescue her." Zeng Juan was full of momentum.
The two of them discussed it, and Zeng Juan immediately reported the case according to Li Ziyu's teachings. After Gao Chongjiu recorded his confession, he went to go through the formalities for filing the case.
The kidnapping case was considered a major case in the Senate's police system. Once 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 officers from the forensics department came
He 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 face. It was very convenient to use - this is not a modern invention.
, there was a similar practice in ancient yamen, but the level of portrait sketching at that time was very poor, and the resulting portraits were often far from real people, which was completely different from this lifelike portrait card.
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 have to 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 more than 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." (To be continued.)