Chapter 1002: Division Chief Xu

"It's all tangled up now; it might not be appropriate to ask Division Chief Xu."

The criminal police detachment captain from Yuwan City knew that his side was going to bear the brunt of the funding, and he became sensitive the moment he heard the name Xu Taining. He also had to consider the cases for the next 10 years.

Jiang Yuan said: "Division Chief Xu is also good at grabbing threads. Before he does screening, he often has a sorting action. Let's ask first. Division Chief Liu, will you communicate?"

"Can do. I'll align with Old Xu." Liu Jinghui responded with a smile.

Jiang Yuan nodded, feeling slightly relaxed, grabbed two pieces of meat, and greeted everyone: "Come, come, let's eat first. Let's handle the case after we're full."

Jiang Yuan asked the waiter to mix two more portions of sauce, changed to dipping the meat, and ate quite happily.

Those at the same table were also carnivores, but they didn't have the mindset of Jiang Yuan and Liu Jinghui. One by one, as they ate, they started "playing" with their phones.

Before long, the first to see was Fang Gang, the detachment captain of the Qingshi Municipal Criminal Investigation Detachment, who broke in. He had obviously received the information from the played-with phones.

"How come everything was fine, and now we're talking about Division Chief Xu again?" Fang Gang didn't have any foreplay to do, so he relied entirely on being tough.

Liu Jinghui had already finished the call with Xu Taining by this time, came over, and first laughed: "This case involves too many places; it's a mess. Asking Division Chief Xu to analyze it and find the thread is also good."

"I thought this wasn't what you were good at?" Fang Gang flattered Liu Jinghui without a bottom line.

Liu Jinghui laughed and added: "These all require solid investigation. What conclusion the investigation will reach, I can't guess blindly either. But Old Xu, sometimes he can really guess it."

Fang Gang was surprised: "That exaggerated?"

Presupposing investigation results—this seems like it shouldn't be done, but this kind of thinking itself belongs to the ideal type, just like the rational man assumption in economics. Fortunately, criminal investigation doesn't talk about rational men, probably because there are no rational men in criminal investigation.

For every person in charge of a case, when giving an investigation direction, most have an expectation. Some investigation ranges are just hitting a pole to see if there are dates, and some investigation ranges are extremely anticipated, but this kind of thinking, under normal circumstances, is limited to expectation. Some commanders will even deliberately discard this expectation and return to rationality as much as possible.

In Liu Jinghui's statement, what Xu Taining can do obviously goes beyond this. This made Fang Gang particularly curious and even a bit wanting to learn the secret manual.

Liu Jinghui just smiled and said: "Probably practiced from doing a lot of field investigations."

"Ah... just that simple?" Yu Li Xiang on the side was also listening with his ears pricked up.

Fang Gang gave a scoff: "This is the hardest part."

Liu Jinghui also nodded: "So, we don't have the opportunity to practice it ourselves. Let Old Xu take a look and screen the direction first."

"Then can we do anything now?" Yu Li Xiang had already put down his chopsticks at this time, slightly impatient.

As the detachment captain, Fang Gang looked at Yu Li Xiang and said: "So eager to ask for battle?"

"I'm not trying to urge... that..." Yu Li Xiang hurriedly explained: "As far as I know, Division Chief Xu does things quite thoroughly. Then on our side... I'm mainly worried that even if no cases have occurred in the last month, then... are they currently doing sales?"

"This meal can't be eaten." Liu Jinghui also put down his chopsticks.

To say that Liu Jinghui couldn't think of this kind of speculation is impossible, but there is a difference between thinking of it and saying it out loud.

If you say these child-abducting guys are doing sales, then what they are selling can only be children. Liu Jinghui had to explain: "Sales are impossible. Those who do this set, once the child is in hand, they will send them out immediately because it's very dangerous to keep them in hand, especially these first-layer ones; they must minimize contact time with the victims."

Since he started talking, Liu Jinghui continued: "So they have to contact buyers in advance, which is also equivalent to letting the buyers bear a certain risk, which makes it easier to transfer them out."

"We now know that the person abducting children is driving a gray van, but what car the buyer drives and what means of transport they use, we don't know. And the next one is even harder to determine."

"However, if we can't find the children, it's very difficult to convict the suspects. These people who resell halfway are also playing this idea."

Yu Li Xiang was listening the most seriously. He had invested a lot of time and emotion in the 712 special investigation and said seriously at this time: "The more people involved, the more news should leak out, right?"

"The participants are all a community of interests; how could they leak news casually? Moreover, many people in the middle links survive entirely on this mode: hugging a child from one place, turning around and selling it to another person. How much money is raised in the middle depends entirely on their own asking price, and how many people they can find to take it also depends on their own ability." Liu Jinghui also knew a lot about the demeanor of human traffickers.

"Even if their news is spread internally, it should still leak out..."

"That's not talking about evidence or anything. By the time that happens, can we still find the children?" Liu Jinghui's question wasn't sharp; it belonged to an answer that everyone present could think of, and even knew, but everyone was unwilling to think about it in detail.

This is also a very disgusting link in human trafficking cases.

Jiang Yuan didn't want to chat anymore, stood up and said: "Brainstorming ends here. Everyone go back and make personnel arrangements. Once feedback comes back from Division Chief Xu, we will decide on the specific investigation direction and allocate personnel."

The criminal police officers didn't talk nonsense and left one after another. In the private room that was just steaming hot, in the blink of an eye, only the hot pot was left steaming itself.

Jiang Yuan returned with Liu Jinghui in silence. This wave almost didn't require any of his technical skills.

However, commanding a huge detachment-level special investigation team was something only Jiang Yuan could do among all the people present. Even Liu Jinghui couldn't.

Because the person in charge of a special investigation team needs to be responsible upwards and downwards.

Criminal police work is very different from ordinary private enterprise work. No matter how many external temptations and internal contradictions this job has, when facing a case, the matter of "being able to solve it" is always very important.

When criminal police officers spend their nights in cars, endure day after day in the office, and risk their lives in pursuit, they need some internal motivation.

If there is no trust in the person in charge of the special investigation team, and no belief that he can lead the special investigation team to victory, then the direction of the case will often be very distorted.

Vaguely, Jiang Yuan had already accumulated enough prestige and was even accustomed to leading such a large-scale special investigation team. It was just that when the technical advantage couldn't be reflected, Jiang Yuan was slightly anxious.

Xu Taining's reply was quick. After exchanging a few words with Liu Jinghui, he put it on speakerphone and started talking with Jiang Yuan.

"I've looked at the relevant clues. If I were to choose, I would try to screen all the inns and hotels in several cities." Xu Taining knew what Jiang Yuan wanted, just the part he was good at, so he spoke very directly.

Jiang Yuan asked: "Why inns and hotels?"

"Because they are running around committing crimes in so many places, it's basically certain that they have to stay in inns. Very few people can accept running hundreds of kilometers every day and then returning. From a safety perspective, it's also not suitable. To return quickly, you have to take the highway, which still has a certain danger for them." Xu Taining said seriously.

"Such a large scope, how to screen?"

"This can only rely on meticulous work. I think we can start with this gray van because more than one person reported this car. Actually, I think we can even set the target on this car. It's not easy to investigate it through the traffic system, but investigating it through inns and hotels might actually be easier!"

"Understood, I'll arrange it." Jiang Yuan didn't dare to place all his bets here, but Xu Taining's point of view was still very convincing. He is worthy of being a man who can make leaders pay money in just a few sentences. ===== CHAPTER 1003 =====