flstandardbreds Chapter 139: Shopkeeper Duan’s Son Was Arrested
Chapter 139: Shopkeeper Duan’s Son Was Arrested
After busying around for a long time without any clue, Ersong Dacheng excitedly led a large group of people to check on suspicious persons.
However, the scope of his investigation was a bit too large. All residents within a few hundred meters of Song Hongyi's residence were within his investigation range. Moreover, he also required all coach factories in Peiping to provide a list of coachmen who had been to that area that night, and then check the passengers picked up by these coachmen.
A reward is also offered for clues. Anyone who sees anyone passing by the area around midnight can report it.
This was a huge project and it caused some unrest. Two families had a grudge against each other and reported each other for having been there. Anyway, there were no cameras in those days, so he said that if he saw it, he saw it.
Ersong Dacheng didn't ask any questions and would arrest and beat anyone who reported him.
There was nothing Lin Ze could do here anymore, so he simply returned to the patrol station.
In the afternoon, when he was sitting cross-legged, drinking tea and reading the newspaper, Xie Quaner brought someone up. Lin Ze took a look and found that it was the owner of Xinhuisheng Silk Shop, Duan, who had invited him to dinner before.
At that time, the Japanese had not yet entered the city, and Manager Duan would come to him every now and then to maintain relations with him. One time, he gave him 500 French francs, which was used by Lin Ze to bribe Gao Shengping.
However, after the arrival of the Japanese, Shopkeeper Duan's silk business was no longer as good as before. The Japanese had always been a tyrant in the textile industry, and now they had intensified their influence. Whenever they occupied a place, they would dump their goods on a large scale. Many Japanese trading companies had strong backgrounds, and they put pressure on local cloth merchants.
Seeing an old acquaintance coming, Lin Ze was quite polite. He put his legs down from the table and sat down steadily. "Hey, Shopkeeper Duan, come on, come on, sit down and have a cup of tea."
Shopkeeper Duan bowed with a bitter face. Lin Ze took a look and found that the two or three big emerald green rings on his hands were gone. It seemed that business was really difficult.
"Director Lin, hey, Director Lin, you have to help me!"
Lin Ze asked him to sit down, handed him a bowl of tea, and signaled Xie Quaner to close the door.
Xie Quaner said, "The streets have been a bit uneasy these past two days. I'm going to go out and take a look."
After saying that, he went downstairs.
"Manager Duan, have a cup of tea first, catch your breath, and then talk slowly."
It seemed that Manager Duan was really anxious, breathing heavily like a bellows. Lin Ze was really afraid that he would not be able to catch his breath and pass out again.
At this time, Shopkeeper Duan no longer cared about his style. He brought over the tea bowl, gulped it down in one gulp, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then said hurriedly: "Director Lin, my son has been arrested by the Military Police Headquarters! Please think of a way. If you can, I will reward you handsomely!"
After saying that, he knelt on the ground with a thud, and then pulled out a stack of papers from his sleeve, "Director Lin, this is the deed to a house. I'm giving it to you as a gift!"
Shopkeeper Duan is an old hand and knows that when asking someone to do something for you, the most important thing is to be sure to repay them in the future.
Just repay it, why wait for later?
When you ask someone to do something for you, bring along something to express your gratitude, such as money. No matter whether the thing is done or not, this thing is there to help them do the thing. Only in this way will they do their best.
Lin Ze did not go to take the house deed. Instead, he helped Manager Duan up and brushed the dirt off his body.
It is said that one only realizes the fickleness of human nature when faced with a disaster. Shopkeeper Duan has been extremely anxious for the past half day. He has been looking for help from everyone, but no one is willing to talk to him. When they heard that his son was arrested by the Military Police Headquarters, everyone avoided him and could not even give him money!
He was so helpless that he remembered Lin Ze, with whom he had had a few drinks before. But now he is the deputy chief of the police station in the third outer district. I heard that he is very capable and is no longer the same as before. Can he help him with this?
But for the sake of his son, he didn't care about his dignity anymore and bravely went to find Lin Ze with the house deed in his pocket.
When Lin Ze brushed the dirt off him, his tears started to flow.
He grabbed Lin Ze's arm and burst into tears.
"Director Lin! I beg you, please help me get my son out. I only have this one son. The prison at the Military Police Headquarters is not a place for people to stay! If anything happens to him, my whole family will be in trouble!"
Lin Ze pushed him to sit down, "Manager Duan, if I can help you, I will do it without hesitation. Please explain to me why your son was arrested by the Military Police Headquarters."
"This rebellious son! I sent him to Huiwen Middle School, but he spent all his time talking about love and even found a foreign woman! He didn't come back yesterday, and someone told me today that the rebellious son was arrested by the Military Police Headquarters!"
The Beijing Private Huiwen School was a church middle school. After the Japanese invaders came, they did not take over the school.
Shopkeeper Duan has some financial resources and can send his son here. The students here mainly receive Western education and often go abroad to study after graduating from high school. It seems that Shopkeeper Duan also wants his son to follow this path.
However, listening to Manager Duan's description just now, this guy was most likely arrested because Ersong Dacheng expanded the scope of the investigation.
Because it takes less than half an hour to walk north from Huiwen Middle School to the row of houses behind the headquarters, and that is where Song Hongyi died.
Going east from that place, there are many high-end hotels. It is possible that Manager Duan's son took a foreign woman to get a room, and then was found nearby and arrested.
Lin Ze picked up the phone and called Gao Shengping, wanting to ask where the arrested person was. Unexpectedly, Gao Shengping said that he didn't know either. Ersong Dacheng's grandson was very ruthless and didn't trust the Chinese at all. Even Gao Shengping was ignored by him, and he didn't let Gao Shengping get involved in this matter at all.
Well, it seems I really need to go to the Military Police Headquarters.
Lin Ze took Manager Duan and called a rickshaw to go to the gendarmerie headquarters.
But when the rickshaws heard that we were going to that place, they all refused to take us.
Since this morning, the gendarmerie headquarters has been searching the entire city for rickshaw drivers who have been to that place, causing panic among the people.
Lin Ze secretly cursed Ersong Dacheng for being such an idiot. If there really was a murderer with such high martial arts skills who sneaked into Song Hongyi's residence without anyone noticing, would he need to take a rickshaw to go there?
Finally, they stopped a rickshaw driver who often drove for Lin Ze. Manager Duan used his money counting ability, and the two were able to go to the gendarmerie headquarters.
It was not worth going to Kitahara Ransuke for such a thing. After waiting at the door for a while, he saw Nimatsu Daisei driving in with a truck.
Wow, another truckload of people have been arrested.
Lin Ze hurried over to stop him, "Er Song Tai Jun, Er Song Tai Jun!"
Ersong Dacheng waved his hand and asked the military police to take everyone to the cells at the back. He turned around and saw Lin Ze, and asked in confusion: "Lin San, didn't you go back?"
Lin Ze smiled and said, "Mr. Ersong, I need your help with something."
Ersong Dacheng said expressionlessly, "Mr. Lin, if it's something related to the case, please don't say anything."
Lin Ze didn't expect that this bastard had such a strong personality, and he was a little annoyed at the moment.
Then he thought, this grandson doesn't like all Chinese people, especially himself, so he might as well take the opportunity to have a conflict with him. In this way, even if this grandson finds out something in the future, Kitahara Ransuke will think that there is a personal conflict involved, right?