ryethenovel Chapter 3 Huge Bounty
Chapter 3 Huge Bounty
Confirming that the guy couldn't break free, Wu Song picked up the phone that the robber, Boss Wang, had clipped to his waist and dialed three numbers.
110!
"My name is Wu Song. I want to report a crime. I encountered highway robbers on my way back to Gaotan from the provincial capital. I have one under control, but the other four are still unconscious and their fate is unknown. I am reporting this using the robbers' leader's phone. Also, it seems that two of these highway robbers have murder cases against them."
"The four of them were carrying knives, and one of them was carrying a double-barreled shotgun."
"Location? Where exactly is it?" Wu Song looked at the driver, got into the car, and put his phone to the driver's ear.
"It's about three or four miles northwest of Zhaojiayu," the driver said.
"Okay! Then send someone over as soon as possible!"
After hanging up the phone, Wu Song smiled at the people in the car. "Please be witnesses when the police arrive!"
"No problem, young man, you're the one!" A middle-aged man gave Wu Song a thumbs up.
"That's amazing! You took down five robbers in just a few punches and kicks. Young man, are you a Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) practitioner?"
"How could it be Sanda? This person must be a martial artist. Chinese martial arts are amazing."
"He must have been taught by some ancient martial arts master."
"These people are highway robbers. Don't worry, young man, how can we let good people suffer?"
……
Before long, officers from the nearest police station arrived to take control of the scene.
After some time, the criminal police team from the North District of Gaotan City arrived.
A middle-aged detective, who was bald on top of his head and had a briefcase tucked under his arm, and looked to be in his late thirties, was the first to get off the bus.
Wu Song happened to know this person.
Xu Bin, captain of the third squadron of the criminal investigation brigade of the Chengbei branch.
When he first joined the North City Branch, he learned from Wu Song's father and had to call Wu Song's father "Master".
Even after Wu Song's parents died, the relationship between the two sides was not severed.
In recent years, Xu Bin and his parents' other comrades-in-arms have also taken good care of the Wu brothers.
"Brother Bin, you're here." Seeing that it was an acquaintance, Wu Song smiled and walked over.
"Xiao Song".
Xu Bin, who was only 1.7 meters tall, looked up slightly at Wu Song, who was a full 1.95 meters tall, and noticed the bloodstains on Wu Song's body. His face immediately showed concern, "Are you hurt?"
"No, this blood is from those highway robbers."
"It's good that you're not injured!" Xu Bin breathed a sigh of relief and looked Wu Song up and down. "Was it you, Xiao Song, who subdued those highway robbers?"
"Yes, I was on my way back to Gotham when I encountered these five people robbing me. I couldn't help myself and attacked them."
"These people have knives and guns, and you're all alone..." A police officer next to Xu Bin, who looked no older than Wu Song, took a deep breath.
Wu Song searched through his predecessor's memories and tried his best to answer using the language of people a thousand years later.
"When I saw that the lives and property of the people were threatened, as the son of two policemen and a graduate of the police academy, I didn't think too much at the time. I only had one thought in my mind: even if I had to give up 200 pounds of flesh, I would stop these robbers. As for anything else, I didn't think too much at the time."
"Good! You didn't embarrass your dad! But you should still be more careful in the future." Xu Bin raised his hand high, wanting to pat Wu Song's shoulder, but that gesture was too awkward, so he patted Wu Song's elbow instead. "You're the one who called the police, right? I heard that two of those five road thugs have murder on their hands?"
"Yes, I scared that guy a bit, and he spilled the beans." Wu Song pointed to the blond guy who was still hugging the tree. "This guy said that last June, Boss Wang and Lao Pao committed a burglary at a wealthy house with at least two stories. Unexpectedly, there was a mother and daughter in the house. After raping them, the two suffocated the mother and daughter with plastic bags."
"What?"
"real?"
"That's not..."
The criminal police officers around Wu Song were all taken aback, their faces filled with shock and relief.
Xu Bin's eyes widened in astonishment.
Wu Song knew about this case as soon as he mentioned it.
The case of the villa community in the north of the city.
He was the one who took on this case last year.
The criminals used extremely cruel methods; it wasn't as simple as just suffocating someone with a plastic bag over their head.
It's simply too numerous to list.
Among the murder cases he had seen in his nearly twenty years as a police officer, these were among the more brutal ones.
Unfortunately, no fingerprints of the suspect were found at the scene; only valid DNA tissue was extracted. However, DNA testing is too expensive, and funding is limited.
It can only be used to compare people who are highly suspected.
The final result was that despite using manpower and resources to conduct investigations and searches for a long time, the murderer was still not caught.
The case was thus shelved.
Unexpectedly, what I was looking for came to me without any effort!
The murderer turned out to be one of the highway robbers involved in this case.
He was even tricked out by Wu Song.
"good!"
"good!"
"good!"
Xu Bin exclaimed "Good!" three times in a row, then patted Wu Song's arm again with a smile.
"You've really done us a huge favor!"
"Furthermore, the victim's husband in this case is a well-known local entrepreneur. He later offered 500,000 yuan to our police as a reward for information leading to the criminals. If those two are indeed the murderers, Xiao Song, you can expect to collect the reward!"
"And this time, the highway robbers should also get a reward of several thousand dollars."
If Wu Song has already taken up the post, then catching criminals is his duty, and the bonus is irrelevant to him.
However, he is currently employed and his status is that of ordinary citizens, no different from any other ordinary person.
These bonuses are tax-free and will be given to Wu Song in full.
"Five hundred thousand?"
Wu Song quickly did the calculations.
A detective in Gotham City with ten years of experience earns only six or seven hundred dollars a month, including his position salary, rank salary, basic salary, and seniority salary.
An ordinary criminal police officer might not earn this much money from the start of their career until retirement.
It seems I won't have to worry about money anymore.
Wu Song immediately replied with a smile, "Thank you, Brother Bin."
"Why thank me? Since you provided the information to our police, as long as it helps solve the case, you deserve it."
Just then, a square-faced, 1.85-meter-tall, well-built male detective in his thirties, also carrying a briefcase, walked over. He glanced at Wu Song with a mixture of surprise and admiration before saying, "Tsk tsk tsk, you're pretty tough, brother!"
"Of the five robbers, except for the one whose leg got stuck in a tree, the other four are all dead. One died from a shotgun wound to the back at close range, and another died from a knife wound to the throat. According to the people in the car, he was stabbed to death by this guy who threw a knife."
"Of the remaining two, one hit his head on the car, and the other was punched in the face and killed."
"The key point is that these two people had no other injuries. The people on the bus said that each of them only took one punch, and one punch killed them. Wow, that punch must be even more powerful than Tyson's! Was the young man a boxer?"
"This is my master's son, Wu Song, Song from Songshan Mountain." Xu Bin introduced the other person to Wu Song, "Jiang Yang, he's an old criminal police officer in our team, he's a veteran who returned from the army, he fought in the southern war, he's an excellent marksman, and he's also very skilled in combat, second only to me in the team."
"Tch, I was just letting you win, you know that?" Jiang Yang extended his hand and shook hands with Wu Song. "Wu Song, right? Let's have a spar sometime."
"Great!" Wu Song loved making friends. "I'll definitely ask for your advice when I have the chance."
"Um!"
"By the way, Xiao Song, I have to go now. Wait here for a bit. Come back to the station with me later to give a statement and explain the situation again. I'll arrange a motorcycle to take you back then."
"No need, I can get back by myself once I get to the city."
"You don't need to say anything more." Xu Bin waved his hand and walked away.
With the police taking over the case, Wu Song can finally relax.
Then, on a whim, he checked the incense in front of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statue.
Two incense sticks were already emitting wisps of smoke.
"Brother, I will definitely light all these incense sticks!" Wu Song thought to himself.