Chapter 13 Reasoning

At 8:40 pm on December 9, in a private room at Sunshine Times Teahouse, Zhongjiang City.

Gao Fei listened quietly to Liu Xiao’s description of his experience in Anchang Town and never interrupted.

"...According to these situations, I think these people who claim to be the Institute of Biology in Chiang Mai, Thailand have the following doubts: First, why are professional soldiers hired as escort personnel? And one person invited three people. Second, those 3 soldiers have been guarding the Mitsubishi off-road vehicle and not letting others get close to each other. What is there in the car? Third, the Thai man who claims to be 'Kunshan' has obviously different behaviors from the customs of Thailand. If he is not a Thai, why should he pretend to be a Thai? Fourth, the Kunshan Tangwen pronunciation is very stiff and it is difficult to communicate. Why can't they hire a professional translator? Even the escort personnel can hire three institutes and can't afford to hire a translator? So, I brought their passport information back and asked the High Bureau to verify their information through the network system of the Municipal Police Department."

After Liu Xiaofei said with a slutty look, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of water. When he raised his head, he saw Gao Fei frowning and pondering.

"Director Gao, is there any problem in verifying the passport information?" Liu Xiao asked tentatively: "Or what loopholes are there in my analysis?"

"There is no problem verifying the passport, and your analysis is also very reasonable," Gao Fei pondered for a moment and said slowly: "I am thinking of another question, a very critical issue."

“What’s the problem?”

"Motivation! What is the motivation for these people to do these things at all costs?" Gao Fei raised his eyebrows and said, "Suppose these people are really using fake passports, or even not Thai at all, then what is their purpose? Just impersonation just to acquire more than 100 mice for a high price?"

Liu Xiaoyiyi. He really never thought about this question.

"Motivation is a dead knot. Even if I admit that the doubts in your above analysis make sense, without the clue of motivation, then all your doubt analysis cannot make a reasonable explanation. In other words, your analysis is not yet valid."

"This..." Liu smiled for a long time and couldn't say a complete sentence.

Looking at Liu Xiao's depressed expression, Gao Fei smiled and said, "What's wrong? The reporter Liu from the dignified Zhongjiang Evening News has turned into a saw-mouthed gourd?"

"Oh." Liu Xiao sighed and said, "It seems that I have read too many detective novels. I can't even become a monk halfway through. I just want to learn detective reasoning. Today is a big deal."

"You're going to give up so quickly?" Gao Fei put away his smile and said seriously: "If you are a policeman and you're in a slump when you encounter difficulties in the case, that's really a big deal."

Liu Xiao sat upright: "What Gao Qu means-"

"Your analysis is not valid because you have not found a reasonable motivation to explain these doubts, but if you have not found a motive, it does not mean that the motive does not exist! In many cases, criminal suspects often hide their criminal motives very deeply. It is difficult to dig out these high-IQ criminal motives without spending some effort." Gao Fei said meaningfully.

"But, what is the real motive for these people to go to the mountainous areas to buy mice?" Liu Xiao frowned and thought hard: "...Selling drugs? But there is no need to go to the poor place in Anchang Town...Smuggling cultural relics abroad in the name of transporting mice? Yes! Maybe the Mitsubishi car guarded by the three big men will be equipped with precious cultural relics!"

Gao Fei smiled slightly, but did not answer Liu Xiao's words, and asked, "When do you think those Thais will leave Anchang Town?"

"I was worried that Kunshan said he would leave tomorrow, so I asked Zhang Fang to call Liu Zhen and asked him to find a way to hold back the Thais as much as possible. In this way, it is estimated that the Thais should still be in Anchang Town before tomorrow afternoon." Liu Xiao answered with confidence.

Gao Fei was stunned: "You asked Zhang Fang to call Liu Zhen?"

"Yes, isn't this safer?" Liu Xiao looked confused.

Gao Fei sighed: "Liu Xiao, how should I say hello to you? You didn't think about it. Liu Zhen is also the top leader of the grassroots level in the township. Why should he, Zhang Fang, an ordinary clerk of the county police station, arrange for Liu Zhen to do these things? Even if he calls, Liu Zhen will obediently follow Zhang Fang's arrangements?"

Liu Xiao's face turned red suddenly. Thinking about how he was too excited at that time, he was full of thoughts about how to lead himself and crack a shocking case. He even forgot the basic rules of the game in the officialdom. What's funny is that he proudly boasted to Zhang Fang at that time and was knowledgeable!

"You should have called me directly!" Gao Fei glared at Liu Xiao, took out his cell phone, checked the phone book, and then called Liu Zhen's phone number.

Liu Xiao pinched his thigh hard, but the annoyance in his heart could not be gone. He didn't realize that due to his rashness, he would still be deeply guilty of this in many years.

"Hello Liu Zhen, I'm Gao Fei. I'm sorry to disturb you so late. I want to ask you about something." Gao Fei secretly thanked that Liu Zhen hadn't turned off his phone at night.

"It's a high-level bureau. You are so kind. If you have any questions, just ask."

"I heard that there are a bunch of Thais coming from you. Is this happening?"

"You know this, too," Liu Zhen on the other end of the phone was surprised: "There are people who helped Thais come to our town. It is said that they are staff members of a Thai biology research institute. They came to our town to buy mice for research."

"Are they still in town?"

"Oh, I'll leave this afternoon."

Leaving?! Gao Fei's heart moved, so quickly!

“When did you leave?”

"It's about 5 o'clock, and I feel like I'm leaving in a hurry."

"Do you know they are going in that direction?"

Liu Zhen on the phone smiled: "There is a county-level highway in the south of our town, which leads directly to Biyun County. They are taking this road. As for where they go after getting on this road, I don't know."

"Oh...thank you, Liu Zhen." Gao Fei pondered for a moment and was about to hang up the phone.

"Director Gao, don't hang up the phone first, I just happened to have something to report to you." Liu Zhen said anxiously on the phone.

"Liu Zhen, you are too polite. We can't talk about reporting between us, let's talk, what's the matter?" Gao Fei said a few politely.

"This afternoon, a child in our town disappeared." Liu Zhen's voice was very dull.

Missing? Gao Fei felt nervous: "Tell me about the specific situation."

"The missing child is named Wang Xiaoshan. He is the son of Wang Carpenter Wang in the town. He is 7 years old. In the past two days, the Thais came to our town to buy mice. Wang Xiaoshan caught a few rats and sold them. At 4 o'clock this afternoon, someone saw Wang Xiaoshan walking out of the place where the Thais bought it and running towards the south of the town. Later, no one has seen him again. It has been more than 5 hours now, and we have searched all the town, but we have not found him."

"Let's do this, Liu Zhen, I'll send someone to investigate this matter tomorrow."

"Thank you, Gao Qu."

Gao Fei hung up the phone, ignored Liu Xiao's inquiring eyes, and called Director Chen of the bureau and asked him to rush to the teahouse immediately.

After calling Director Chen, Gao Fei frowned and thought for a while, and asked again: "When did you leave Anchang Town in the afternoon?"

"About 5:00 a.m., after saying that, Liu Xiao looked at Gao Fei. If it weren't for being scolded by Gao Fei, he might have been unable to help asking what Liu Zhen said on the phone.

"What happened in Anchang Town this afternoon is really interesting," Gao Fei said meaningfully: "At 4 pm, a 9-year-old child in Anchang Town disappeared. After 5:00 pm, you left Anchang Town. According to your description, the Thais were still in the town when you left. Then, from 5:10 to 6:00, the Thais also left Anchang Town. Look, it's a coincidence that the time is so tight.|"

"The Thais have left?" Although he had a premonition, Liu Xiao was still surprised: "Is he leaving shortly after we left?"

Gao Fei snorted coldly: "You are both police and reporters who have been in contact with each other. If they don't leave immediately, are you still waiting for you to go back?"

"Why is the child missing? What's going on?" Liu Xiao asked.

Gao Fei pondered silently. At this time, someone gently knocked on the door of the private room.

"Please come in." Gao Fei responded.

The door opened, Director Chen walked in, nodded at Liu Xiao, and smiled and looked at Gao Fei.

"Haoshi, is there something wrong?"

"Give the passport information you brought back to Director Chen." Gao Fei said to Liu Xiao.

Liu Xiao took out a piece of paper from his bag and handed it to Director Chen.

"Director Chen, go to the bureau immediately to check the passport information on this piece of paper, and I'll wait for your phone number. I shouldn't have disturbed you so late, but it's urgent, so I'll work overtime." Gao Fei looked very serious.

"It's okay, it's okay. Director Gao, you are too polite. It's normal for us to work overtime at night as a policeman. I'll go check it out immediately." Director Chen nodded at Gao Fei, turned around and left the private room.

"Director Gao, you are so decisive in your work." Liu Xiao sincerely exclaimed. He thought Gao Fei would start investigating this matter as soon as possible tomorrow.

Gao Fei shook his head and looked solemn: "This matter is probably not as simple as you imagined. If we start the investigation earlier, we can gain more time to win the initiative."

"Do you suspect that the missing child is related to Thai people?" Liu Xiao asked.

"It's not possible to draw conclusions too early, but the time is too close." Gao Fei always felt a vague worry in his heart.

Liu Xiao handed Gao Fei a cigarette, lit it, and lit another cigarette for himself. The two of them were smoking like this, and they didn't say anything for a long time.

When it was almost 12 o'clock, Director Chen's phone number finally came.

"Director Chen, how is the query result?" Gao Fei grabbed his cell phone and asked.

"Director Gao, I checked it. From January 1 this year to now, all airports, docks, and customs across the country have no entry records for people with the same names as those of the three passports. Moreover, the passport numbers are fake, and the three passport numbers do not exist at all." Director Chen reported on the phone.

It's indeed a fake identity!

Gao Fei twisted out the cigarette butts and gave a loud instruction to Director Chen: "Director Chen, you should immediately notify Captain Zhang of the Criminal Police Brigade and Director Wang of the Technical Department. At 7 a.m. tomorrow, personnel will be dispatched to Anchang Town with me!"

"Director Gao, you go in person." Liu Xiao was very excited, paused for a moment, and asked again: "Do you think this is a major case?"

Gao Fei nodded and said, "Just just now, you judged that the true identity of these people was a criminal who smuggled cultural relics. I personally judged that this possibility is very small. What should I do if I smuggled cultural relics to towns near the mountains to buy mice? There are rats in the city! Also, what is the purpose of forging passports? I hope to use a forged passport to passport to pass the border? This is ridiculous."

"Then what you mean is--" Liu Xiao looked at Gao Fei in confusion.

"I have a premonition that this matter is extraordinary!" Gao Fei looked solemn.
Chapter completed!