"It's my wife's phone. Can I answer it?" Li Weidong asked.
"Yes, I've been authorized by the communication company to identify the base station service area of the user based on the global identification code of the user's phone," Yan Lidong explained.
Zeng Ping nodded. "Go ahead."
Li Weidong took a deep breath and answered, "Hello, I'm Li Weidong."
"Is the money ready?" A man's voice came from the phone.
"Yes, where's my wife? I want to talk to her," Li Weidong answered immediately.
"Don't worry, your wife is fine. I'll let her go as long as you pay the money," the kidnapper said.
Zeng Ping took out a pen and paper and wrote a few words, "Make sure the kidnapper is still alive."
Li Weidong looked at the words on the paper and said firmly, "I want to hear from my wife."
A scolding voice came from the other end of the phone, "Say something to your husband. Don't say what you shouldn't say. Otherwise, I'll kill you first even if I don't want the money."
Soon, a woman's cry for help came, "Honey, come and save me. I beg you, I don't want to die …"
The voice stopped abruptly before she could finish.
"Don't hurt my wife. I've prepared the money. I can give it to you anytime," Li Weidong shouted into the phone.
"Put the money in a black backpack at five o 'clock this afternoon. Tie a blue ribbon on the bag and put it on the bus from Qingdao to Simen County at 5: 20," the kidnapper said.
"Then where can I find my wife?"
"I'll inform you when the time comes," the kidnapper said and hung up the phone.
Zeng Ping turned his head and asked Yan Lidong, "Did you find anything?"
"Where?"
"The phone signal came from near the Xiangyun bus station," Yan Lidong said.
"There are too many people at the bus station. I'm afraid it'll be difficult to find the suspect," Han Bin said.
"Let's find a way to get the ransom first," Zeng Ping said.
"Officer Zeng, I really can't get the money. Can you ask the police to help me?" Li Weidong asked.
"How much do you need?"
Li Weidong calculated for a moment and said, "I've collected 120,000 myself. I still need 80,000."
"80,000 is not a small number. I can't make the decision on this matter. There are no relevant regulations in the country. There has never been such a precedent," Zeng Ping said.
"Help the needy, not the poor. Now that you are in an emergency, borrow some from your relatives and friends and return them in the future," Li Hui said.
"I, I … I'm really troubled." Li Weidong covered his face with his hands.
"Li Weidong, don't you have any rich friends?" Zhao Ming asked.
"Yes, but eighty thousand yuan is not a small amount. They might not be willing to lend it to me," Li Weidong said helplessly.
"This house is yours."
"Yes."
"Mortgage the house to them and give them more interest. When you have money, you can redeem the house." Zhao Ming shook his head. He felt that Li Weidong was not using his brain.
"This house is worth more than one million yuan. I don't feel at ease just for eighty thousand yuan." Li Weidong was in a dilemma.
"Don't you have a car? Mortgage the car to them."
"I bought that car a few years ago. It's not worth eighty thousand yuan now." Li Weidong spread out his hands.
"Well, if you put it that way, I can't do anything about it." Zhao Ming shook his head and smiled bitterly. He couldn't mortgage the worthless and refused to mortgage the valuable. This person had too many thoughts.
However, it was in line with his character. If he wasn't too thoughtful and decisive, he wouldn't have waited until the next day to call the police.
Li Hui frowned and said straightforwardly, "I think you still don't want to save your wife."
"I want to save her. I really want to save her. How about this? I will mortgage the house to the police. When I get the money back, I will redeem the house from the police." Li Weidong suggested.
"Li Weidong, you can't say things like that. If we really do that, we'll be flamed to death by the netizens. We're here to save your lover. Don't get us into trouble," Li Hui warned.
"No, I didn't mean that." Li Weidong waved his hand and seemed to want to explain.
"Li Weidong, we are here to save people. The robbers have already told us the address of the ransom. We have to rush there to monitor the situation. Are you sure you want the police to waste their energy on the ransom?" Han Bin said.
Zeng Ping frowned and was a little unhappy. "Li Weidong, if your family's conditions are particularly difficult, we will find a way to help you. But your family has a house and a car. Obviously, this is not the case."
"Okay, I understand. I will mortgage the house and borrow money from my friends." Li Weidong finally made up his mind and went to the house to look for the house.
Li Weidong's actions made the people present a little depressed.
"This is really discouraging." Zhao Ming shrugged his shoulders and said what most of the people present were thinking.
Clap, clap.
Zeng Ping clapped his hands and encouraged everyone. "Don't forget your duty as a police officer. Gao Xiaoyun is still waiting for us to save her."
"Captain Zeng is right. Gao Xiaoyun can only rely on the police now." Li Hui pointed out.
"The situation at Xiangyun Bus Station is more complicated. We have to go there in advance and monitor the situation. It's best if we can ask the local police station for help," Han Bin said.
Zeng Ping stood up and called Zheng Kaixuan.
After a while, Zeng Ping hung up. "Captain Zheng asked us to go there first. He will communicate with the local police station."
…
Half an hour later, Han Bin and the others arrived at Xiangyun Bus Station.
There was a lot of traffic near the bus station, and the inside of the station was even more crowded. It was not easy to find traces of the suspects.
Moreover, the suspects in the surveillance cameras were wearing masks, and the light was bad at night, so it was almost impossible to identify them.
Tian Li also sent news that she had found the van that kidnapped Gao Xiaoyun in the Skynet. The license plate number was also found, but it was a fake car.
Under the tracking of the Skynet, the van went out of the city and disappeared on Taihang Street.
Taihang Street was a newly built road. Although the road had been basically repaired, the surveillance cameras had not been put into use yet, so it was difficult to trace the van.
The clues about the van were temporarily missing, so the only way to investigate was to pay the ransom.
There was a bus from Qindao City to Simen County every hour and twenty minutes, and there was a bus leaving from Qindao at five twenty minutes.
At about four o 'clock in the afternoon, Li Weidong went to the bus station with the money and bought a ticket in advance.
Zheng Kaixuan also arrived at the bus station, along with the chief of the local police station, Fang Jinpeng, and four local policemen.
In an office at the bus station, Zheng Kaixuan gathered everyone together to discuss the specific surveillance plan.
Time was running out, so Zheng Kaixuan went straight to the point. "I just asked the person in charge of the bus station, and the 5: 20 bus hasn't arrived yet. We still have enough time to carry out the surveillance."
"Captain Zheng, how do you want to carry out the surveillance? Do you want to arrest the suspects on the spot, or do you want to follow them for a long time and find the place where the hostages are held?" Fang Jinpeng asked.
Zheng Kaixuan didn't answer directly, "Old Zeng, what do you think?"
"I think we should first figure out why the suspects chose to pay the ransom in this way, and how they will take the ransom," Zeng Ping said.
"Is it possible that the suspects are also in this bus, and when the bus arrives at the station or halfway there, they will take the opportunity to escape with the money, so that we can't track them?" Han Bin guessed.
"If they really did escape halfway, it will be really hard for us to track them," Zhao Ming said.
"In my opinion, we should buy two more tickets and follow them on the bus. That way, we can keep an eye on the bag. As long as anyone touches the bag, they might be the suspects, and we can arrest them directly," Li Hui suggested.
"It's such a simple method, how can the suspects not think of it?" Han Bin asked.
"Then what good ideas do you have?" Li Hui asked.
"It's about an hour's drive from Qindao to Simen County, and during that time, there will be passengers getting on and off the bus constantly. There might be accidents in this hour, and there are too many variables," Han Bin analyzed.
"We also have to consider the safety of the suspects. If we arrest the people who took the ransom, but we can't find the place where the hostages are held in time, it is likely to threaten the hostages' safety. Once the hostages are killed by the kidnappers, everything we have done will be in vain," Zheng Kaixuan said.
"After the people who took the ransom get the ransom, they will definitely contact the other kidnappers. If they don't contact them within the agreed time, the other kidnappers will know that something has happened, and the hostages are likely to be killed." Han Bin lit a cigarette, took a puff, and continued,
"The best time to arrest them should be after the people who took the ransom contact their accomplices. There will be a relatively safe period of time. As long as we can pry open the suspects' mouth during this period, we can rescue the hostages in time while the other kidnappers are not suspicious."
"Although this is a good idea, there is a certain degree of difficulty in implementing it. If we can't pry open the suspects' mouth in time, the other kidnappers will be suspicious, and the hostages' lives will be in danger," Zeng Ping said.
"Why don't we lengthen the line and wait until the kidnappers get the ransom and release the hostages safely, then we can arrest the kidnappers," Fang Jinpeng said.
Zheng Kaixuan shook his head, "No one can guarantee that the kidnappers will release the hostages after receiving the ransom. Sometimes, the ransom will become the hostages' death talisman."
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