Chapter 43: Revenge (IV)
The residences in the Sark tourist resort are divided into three categories. The first category is a four- or five-story apartment building, which is cheap and suitable for college students to go on vacation . The second category is ordinary villas, which are aimed at ordinary middle-income people. The third category is high-end villas. High-end villas are expensive and built by the Thames. They have sky, land, grass, water and privacy. However, because the Sark resort is in the city, the land is relatively valuable, and there are not many high-end villas, only eight.
Let's say it's bad, the bad guys may not be able to rent a high-end villa. Let's say it's good, just check eight villas. There are more ordinary villas, will the criminal gang live in ordinary villas? It's possible, first of all, we need to determine how many people are in the criminal gang. According to Liang Xi's calculations, the commander, the hacker, the arrested criminals, the two criminals who broke into his house, and the scout. There must be at least six people. If it were me, I would rather choose a high-end villa in other resorts than an ordinary villa in Sack.
Ten minutes , it took Liang Xi ten minutes to sort out his thoughts in his mind. Then it was time for the technical work. Liang Xi couldn't do the technical work, so Liang Xi contacted Baker. Baker, as Karin said, didn't use his brain if he could, and he liked Liang Xi, so Liang Xi successfully tricked him into going to a TV station near Sack's high-end villa.
After Baker showed his ID, the two were given a compartment on the 12th floor as an observation room, which overlooked eight high-end villas from above. However, high-end villas are high-end, and they are surrounded by green trees more than two meters high. The 12th floor is the most suitable height. Going up further will lack a three-dimensional sense. However, even on the most suitable 12th floor, you can only see a corner of each villa.
Baker was fooled and contacted the technical hacker of the anti-powder team: "Kitty, is there anyone who has checked out of the eight high-end villas in Sack today?"
This was naturally Liang Xi's theory. After one member of the roving gang was arrested, the others would surely flee as soon as they heard the news, because they didn't know what clues the arrested person had left in the city or what surveillance cameras had captured him.
Baker: "Beauty, please help me check whether the lessees of the eight high-end villas have rented cars."
While waiting for news, Baker said to Liang Xi: "As a translator, you are really nosy."
Liang Xi: “They smashed my glass.”
Baker shrugged. "It's just glass."
Liang Xi: "Have you heard about this? Someone killed a dog, which resulted in the death of hundreds of people."
Baker laughed: "Haha, you are still so humorous. By the way, let's have dinner together this weekend."
Liang Xi said: "I can understand if you invite me to drink, but I can't understand if you invite me to dinner."
Baker: "I asked you out for drinks twice and you said no."
Liang Xi said: "The wine is too hard to drink. Why are you treating me to a meal?"
Baker replied: "My parents are coming to London for something. My team is on duty on Saturday and I took a leave to receive them. I have to invite a few friends to the dinner to share my mother's nagging. There is a phone call. Hi, Kitty."
Xiaomao said, "A Spaniard named Smith rented Villa No. 67 and checked out half an hour ago. Smith also rented two cars, a gray XX car with license plate number 123 and a black XX car with license plate number 321. The rental company's location shows that the black car drove north and is currently near the sports center. The gray car is in the public parking lot of the Sack Resort."
"Thank you beautiful, I owe you one."
Baker answered the phone and asked, "And then?"
Liang Xi said: "Then let's go to Villa No. 67 to take a look."
Baker followed Liang Xi and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Liang Xi said: "Look at the garbage. There is a big difference between the garbage of tourists and non-tourists. Half an hour after check-out, the cleaning staff has not finished cleaning, the garbage should still be in the villa."
Baker: "You better hope you're right, or the night at the bar is on your terms."
Liang Xi smiled and said, "I am right, you treat me to dinner."
Baker: “No problem.”
What is the probability of catching the bad guys? Liang Xi thinks it is half and half, and many variables affect his speculation. If it is an old roving criminal gang, they are more likely to choose a high-end villa because their vigilance will decrease and they will pursue convenience instead. If the criminal gang's target is not nearby, the probability will decrease. In addition to the Sack Villa, several separate residences near the airport are also good hiding places.
Therefore, Liang Xi did not hold out much hope. In fact, Liang Xi was indeed wrong. After looking at the garbage in Villa No. 67, Liang Xi confirmed that the tenant who checked into the villa three days ago was a tourist. Liang Xi, who was unwilling to give up, borrowed Baker's police badge to ask the staff, and then ruled out all the high-end villas. Fortunately, Baker was carefree and casually accompanied Liang Xi to play the detective game.
After all this, it was noon, so Liang Xi had to treat him to lunch. Liang Xi found a steak house near Sack, and the two chatted while eating. When Baker went to the bathroom, Liang Xi reflected on his speculation and thought that it was wrong. What was wrong? Liang Xi thought of a clue that he had overlooked: the kidnapper was a French police officer.
French police officers don't commit crimes in France, so why do they go to London to commit crimes? This doesn't conform to the principle of crime. The principle of crime: the greater the benefit, the better, the lower the risk, the better. With a French police accomplice, is it necessary for the criminal gang to travel to the UK to commit crimes?
The best explanation: There was a British policeman among the French police's accomplices. This offsets the French police's geographical advantage and explains their logic of committing crimes in the UK.
Liang Xi didn't like this best explanation, which represented countless possibilities. Since he had discovered the mistake, Liang Xi started the case over again. Targeted crimes cannot escape the stage of scouting. On-site inspection is something that a mature criminal gang must do.
The resort rented by Piaomiao is not easy to scout, and it is not necessary to scout it. The criminals' target is Piaomiao, and screening based on Piaomiao's car is one way.
While discussing with Baker, Liu Zhen called Baker. It was the technician Xiaomao who thought Baker's previous request was inappropriate, and finally contacted Baker's boss Liu Zhen. After Liu Zhen understood, in consideration of Liang Xi's contribution in arresting Wang Shuang, she came over to have a free lunch. Unlike Baker, Liu Zhen did not take Liang Xi too seriously. After sitting down, she began to persuade Liang Xi that the case was under investigation by professional detectives and asked Liang Xi not to worry.
Baker had a flash of inspiration that ruined Liu Zhen's persuasion: "Vehicles leaving the city to go to the villa village must take the highway, and they must pass through the traffic checkpoint to leave the city. We can check the time when Piaomiao passed the checkpoint, and then check the vehicles that passed the checkpoint within ten minutes. Maybe we can find the suspicious vehicle. Liang Xi is right, the captain will treat you to dinner. Liang Xi is wrong, Liang Xi will treat you to drinks in the evening."
Liu Zhen looked at Baker: "Are you free today?" Why are you playing detective games with him?
Baker explained : "The drunkard had to accompany his wife to a pregnancy check-up, so the original travel plan had to be cancelled." He did not hear Liu Zhen's subtext and directly understood Liu Zhen's meaning literally.
Liang Xi naturally heard Liu Zhen's subtext and said, "Captain Liu, I'm just fooling around. If it's inconvenient, forget it. Don't waste judicial resources."
"Checking official data is not a big deal. There is no such thing as a waste." Liu Zhen originally wanted to say "but", but considering that Liang Xi helped Baker find Wang Shuang last time, the word "but" was never uttered. She took out her phone: "I want to have Italian food for dinner." It seemed that she had already determined that Liang Xi would lose.
How could Liang Xi admit defeat? "No problem."
Liu Zhen picked up the phone and just as he got through to the technician, Liang Xi quickly reached out and turned on the phone: "Wait." Oh my god, he almost got led astray by Baker.
Liu Zhen said, "I'll contact you later." He hung up the phone and waited for Liang Xi to explain.
