I am a super cop

The sudden situation made everyone present feel a chill.

You know, in everyone's eyes, Nie Ping's father is the sure winner.

It can be said that Nie Ping's father has caught up with the good times, or it is not an exaggeration to say that there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave.

But in this case, he turned out to be a fake rich man, which completely subverted everyone's previous impressions of him.

"Damn it, I was deceived by this guy. Isn't this guy quite rich?"

"If you don't make other investments, as he said, if you don't have enough money, selling a house will be enough."

"But even so, this guy actually lost more than ten apartments in his family. What does this guy want to do?"

Officer Wang could no longer imagine the exaggerated situation of Nie Ping's father.

Gu Chen frowned and couldn't help but said: "This shows that our previous speculation was correct."

"The reason why Nie Ping's father wanted to decipher the secret in the eagle totem button may have been because he didn't have enough money on hand."

"If he is a rich man and has more than a dozen houses in his hands, then our previous judgment of him may be biased, and we may even believe that he will donate all his property after his death."

"Yes, everyone was deceived by this guy before. This guy is really good at bragging." At this moment, Lu Weiwei couldn't restrain her inner shock and couldn't help complaining:
  "You tell me, this guy is already old, what else does he want to do?"

"Why do you want to waste all your money? Also, if the buttons of the eagle totem are closely related to him, then this Zhang Zhiqiang may be in the same group with him."

"In this case, Zhang Zhiqiang's disappearance must have something to do with him."

"Yes." Gu Chen crossed his arms and walked back and forth in front of everyone, and then said:
  "Let's do this. Please, Brother He, please continue to keep an eye on Nie Ping's father."

"We will also pay close attention to him privately."

"If Zhang Zhiqiang was kidnapped by Nie Ping's father, then Nie Ping's father would definitely take action, at least to ensure Zhang Zhiqiang's living supplies, right?"

"So Brother Gu, do you want to follow Nie Ping's father and find a way to find Zhang Zhiqiang?" Yuan Shasha said.

Gu Chen nodded silently: "In order not to alert others, this is the only way."

"After all, Nie Ping's father never told us the truth."

"Although after our in-depth communication, he told us the address where the real eagle totem is buried."

"However, he concealed his true purpose over and over again, which almost caused our investigation to go astray."

Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen also hummed and said with a smile: "So, in terms of acting skills, even Yang Jie, Zeng Huaqiang, and Zhuang Pei are no match for this old man."

"Haha, old guy." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang also laughed and said quickly:

"The task of tracking this old guy must not be completed by us. We must let strange faces pass by."

"Yeah." After listening to Officer Wang's suggestion, Gu Chen quickly looked at Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe in the office and said:
  "Wu Xiaofeng, Ji Zhe, you two come over here."

"Yes."

Upon hearing Gu Chen's call, the two quickly put down their work and came to Gu Chen's side.

"That's it." Gu Chen crossed his arms and said thoughtfully:

"I now leave the task of tracking Nie Ping's father to you. You only need to pay close attention to his every move after he leaves the room."

"Whenever you go to a suspicious location, you must closely monitor it and not miss every detail."

"If something happens, remember to inform me as soon as possible. Do you understand?"

"Understood." When Wu Xiaofeng heard this, he nodded silently and agreed.

Ji Zhe was also confident and said: "Don't worry, Senior Brother Gu, you can rest assured that we are here. We promise not to let this guy cause trouble under our noses."

"Okay, as long as you say this." Seeing that both of them were confident, Gu Chen also waved his hand and reminded:
  "You should change into your casual clothes now and set off immediately. I will send Nie Ping's father's personal information to the work group later. Remember to check it."

"clear."

"Then Senior Brother Gu, let's prepare first."

"Ah."

After a brief communication between a few people, Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe immediately turned around and left the office.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei also looked at He Junchao and reminded: "He Junchao, remember to provide technical support to Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe."

"Don't worry, aren't you watching?" Seeing Lu Weiwei's casual mention, He Junchao also quickly agreed.

After seeing that everything was arranged, Gu Chen sat back in his seat.

Lu Weiwei quickly gathered around and asked Gu Chen: "Junior brother Gu, do you think there is really a close relationship between Zhang Zhiqiang and Nie Ping's father?"

"Currently, we don't have much evidence." Gu Chen thought briefly for a few seconds before continuing:

"However, Zhang Zhiqiang's purpose of coming to Jiangnan City is definitely not to handle the peripheral work of Jay Chou's concert."

"Perhaps his purpose is to have a good chat with Nie Ping's father about the eagle totem button."

After taking a deep breath and trying to calm down, Gu Chen continued:
  "Judging from what we know about Zhang Zhiqiang so far, this person is not short of money, nor is he short of connections in the entire industry."

"It's very easy for people like him to make money in this industry."

"But even so, Zhang Zhiqiang still has to take a trip into this muddy water. It can be seen that Zhang Zhiqiang and the button of this eagle totem may have some connection."

"Some connection?" After hearing Gu Chen's explanation, Yuan Shasha also thought curiously:
  "In that case, Zhang Zhiqiang also really wants to know the secrets in the eagle totem button, and he must know something about it."

"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently and continued:

"He put aside his main business and went to a small processing factory to process 500 imitation products."

"First, this fully demonstrates that the eagle totem button in his hand may have been given by Nie Ping's father."

"Second, he ordered 500 imitations, which must have his intentions. I'm afraid Nie Ping's father also knows this."

Looking up at the crowd, Gu Chen added, "Also, the things Nie Ping's father talked to us about before indicate that Nie Ping did find something suspicious at that time."

"That's why Nie Ping was so panicked and even told his father about the situation."

"He just wanted his father to protect him. Does this mean that Nie Ping did know something at that time?"

"Could it be the numbers inside the buttons of the eagle totem?" Yuan Shasha said.

Gu Chen shook his head: "Now it seems that this is not the case."

"Aren't these numbers?" Officer Wang heard this and asked curiously:
  "Gu Chen, we have indeed dismantled the button of the eagle totem, and we have indeed found that various parts inside have numbers inside."

"I know." Seeing Officer Wang mention this matter, Gu Chen also faced everyone and continued to explain:
  "Because Nie Ping's father has been hiding something from us, I believe he had ulterior motives when he took us to dig out the box under the big camphor tree."

"Perhaps he already knew the number in the button of the eagle totem?"

Seeing what Gu Chen said, everyone looked at each other for a moment, as if they felt a little incredible.

Gu Chen added: "If Nie Ping's father has been hiding something, then he will definitely not let us know."

"Also, if he is obviously very rich, why would he mortgage or sell all these properties now?"

"It may mean that he may have been involved in something, which ultimately led to him being involved and losing a lot of money."

"In this case, maybe he had no choice but to sell all the properties."

"As for his involvement in this matter, it may be difficult for us to evaluate it. It may be related to the button of the eagle totem."

"Oh, why do I get more and more confused the more I listen?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang also slapped his head, feeling that things were far from as simple as everyone imagined.

He Junchao also smiled and said: "If you don't say anything else, just by watching him play around with you, you can see that this uncle is not simple."

"Furthermore, judging from the materials you used to interrogate him before, they were all revealed to you bit by bit."

"Before revealing it to you, he always hid it and didn't let you know the full situation."

"But at least he said it himself. When he saw his son Nie Ping panicking, he might have known some terrible things. However, Nie Ping did not tell the truth."

"I just asked his father to hide the buttons of the eagle totem as he wished."

Taking a deep breath, He Junchao continued to ask: "So, do you believe what he said?"

"I don't believe it." As soon as He Junchao finished speaking, Lu Weiwei shook her head and said involuntarily:
  "Perhaps Nie Ping had told his father the specific situation at that time, so his father must have known about it."

"But even if he knew the situation, for certain purposes, he wouldn't be able to tell you."

"So, I think he is lying to you. In fact, he knows everything."

"It makes sense." Seeing what He Junchao said, Officer Wang also shook his right index finger and said in agreement:

"This Nie Ping's father is indeed unfathomable. We feel a little childish in front of him."

"And let me tell you, when dealing with such a scheming guy, you must pay special attention to his micro-expression changes."

With various sighs and looking in the direction of He Junchao, Officer Wang also sighed helplessly:
  "So, now we can only see how much good news Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe can bring us. I'm even a little worried for them now. After all, this old guy is not simple."

"I hope they can complete the task well." Gu Chen didn't care too much at the moment.

In other words, the only people he can send out are Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe.

These two people were brought out by themselves, and they were able to implement their own intentions very well in handling many things.

So, throughout the whole day, no one went anywhere. They just stayed in the criminal investigation team office and kept receiving work reports from Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe.

……

……

9 pm.

Everyone ate snacks bought from the canteen and still stayed in the office.

At this moment, Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe were already outside, following and monitoring Nie Ping's father all day long.

The two of them are also a little embarrassed now, mainly because the messages sent back are too simple and do not have much practical meaning.

Usually I go out to buy groceries, then go into the store to drink tea, and then go home when the time comes.

At this moment, Nie Ping's father also returned to his residence and did not come out again.

Seeing that Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe had been waiting outside all day, Gu Chen hesitated and reminded:
  "It's better to let Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong replace these two and let them take a rest."

"I'll make arrangements." Seeing Gu Chen speak, Lu Weiwei took out her cell phone and started to contact Ding Liang and Huang Zunlong.

While Lu Weiwei was still communicating over there, Gu Chen came to behind He Junchao again and asked:

"Senior Brother He, judging from Nie Ping's father's movements these days, what problems can you see?"

Hearing Gu Chen's words, He Junchao shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"To be honest, this old man's life seems to be quite regular. I don't know why? It's very strange. If he's not staying in the store, he's going out to buy groceries. It feels like he has the same life every day. He's not bored..."

"Wait a minute." Before He Junchao finished speaking, Gu Chen suddenly interrupted.

He Junchao's expression was stunned, and he quickly asked Gu Chen: "What...what's wrong, Gu Chen?"

"You just said that his life is very regular?" Gu Chen looked at He Junchao in front of him.

"Yes... yes, he does have a very regular life, especially doing some repetitive things every day." He Junchao was also confused by Gu Chen's sudden surprise.

So Gu Chen asked again: "You also said that he goes shopping every day?"

"Yes, I go shopping every day when the sun sets." He Junchao said.

"That's wrong." Gu Chen shook his head and expressed his opinion.

He Junchao heard this and asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

"Senior Brother He." Gu Chen looked at He Junchao and asked him:
  "You don't usually need to work. You just stay at home and in that collection hall every day. Do you need to go shopping for groceries every day?"

"Uh..." After thinking for a short time, He Junchao seemed to have failed to follow Gu Chen's train of thought in a short period of time.

But Lu Weiwei on the side quickly understood Gu Chen’s inner OS and quickly echoed:

"I understand. What Junior Brother Gu means is that Nie Ping's father doesn't actually need to buy vegetables every day. If he buys vegetables once, he can buy more and store them in the refrigerator."

"He usually just buys groceries by himself and can eat for several days without any problem. Is that what you mean?"

"Yes, it seems that Senior Sister Lu has already guessed it." Seeing that Lu Weiwei had understood what she meant, Gu Chen also said slowly:

"This uncle is not simple. He buys groceries every day, so he doesn't need to buy a lot at all."

"If it's because of boredom, then his behavior would seem a bit abnormal."

"Gu Chen, what do you mean?" Seeing what Gu Chen said, Officer Wang scratched the back of his head and asked for advice.

Gu Chen, on the other hand, snapped his fingers and continued to explain: "In my opinion, it's a lie that he buys groceries, but it's a real thing that he wants to contact and communicate with others."

After the words fell, Gu Chen looked at He Junchao again and said, "Senior Brother He, Nie Ping's father, does it take a long time to buy groceries every time?"

"Yes." Seeing Gu Chen suddenly mention it, He Junchao quickly replied:

"According to my investigation, this vegetable market is actually quite far away from his collection store."

"If you walk..."

Having said this, He Junchao quickly took out his mobile phone, clicked on the mobile map, switched to the distance between the collection hall and the vegetable market, then chose to walk, and then replied:
  "At the old man's walking speed, it would take him half an hour to go back and forth."

"Plus it takes him 30 to 40 minutes to buy groceries, that's more than an hour."

After a pause, He Junchao continued: "Think about it, spending so much time just buying a little bit of groceries every time, this really makes Gu Chen right. Maybe the purpose is not to buy groceries."

"Only buy a little bit at a time?" Yuan Shasha held her chin in thought and said slowly:

"In that case, it doesn't actually take long for him to buy groceries."

"Even if you deduct the half-hour walking time back and forth, then if he only buys one or two kinds of vegetables, a few minutes will be enough."

"And he visits the vegetable market every day, so he must be very familiar with these vegetable vendors."

"Then, wouldn't it be enough if he just goes over and buys the groceries? It won't take that long, right?"

"But it just took him so long. He must have been chatting with someone. What about buying groceries? It was just a casual thing."

After a pause, Yuan Shasha continued to add: "Who does a person have to chat with for so long every day? Then this person must be his very good friend."

"But if that's the case, could his friend be related to Zhang Zhiqiang's kidnapping? After all, he is also old."

"And what about Zhang Zhiqiang? He is also strong and in his prime. If Nie Ping's father wants to kidnap him, he probably won't be able to do it on his own."

"Yes." Seeing Yuan Shasha say everything she wanted to say, Gu Chen also snapped his fingers and said involuntarily:
  "This Nie Ping's father should have his own helper, and this person must be the person he chats with the most every day at the vegetable market."

After a pause, Gu Chen looked up at everyone and continued to explain:
  "Judging from the messages that Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe kept sending us today, he did go to the market. However, these two people did not explain clearly what was going on inside the market."

"So, I think there must be something wrong here."

"Ask them both." Upon seeing this, Officer Wang took out his cell phone and dialed Wu Xiaofeng's phone number.

Not long after, the call was connected, and Wu Xiaofeng also said hello quickly: "Senior Brother Wang, we are still waiting for Senior Brother Ding and Senior Brother Huang to come and pick up our class. What's wrong? Do you have any instructions?"

"Wu Xiaofeng, let me ask you, Nie Ping's father, how long did it take to go to the vegetable market today?"

Officer Wang also got straight to the point and asked quickly.

Also stunned by such a question, Wu Xiaofeng began to discuss with Ji Zhe beside him.

Gu Chen, who was on the side, listened to the other party's movements on the speaker phone and blurted out:

"For Nie Ping's father, it takes about 30 minutes to walk from the shop to the vegetable market."

"Yes, Senior Brother Gu is right." After a brief pause for a few seconds, Wu Xiaofeng quickly replied:
  "We recorded it on sticky notes. It was a back and forth, and it took half an hour."

"Then how long does it take for him to buy groceries?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Uh, yes... it's 30 minutes." This time it was Ji Zhe who was beside Wu Xiaofeng who answered.

Gu Chen said "hmm" and asked the two of them: "Then let me ask you, what did he buy when he went to the vegetable market?"

"Uh...it seems...is..."

Feeling that they were suddenly being asked, the two of them were immediately speechless.

When Officer Wang saw this, he also sighed into his mobile phone and said: "Wu Xiaofeng, Ji Zhe, you two are still not very careful. You don't know this?"

"That's right." Seeing Officer Wang say this, Wu Xiaofeng quickly defended himself and said:
  "We have been following and monitoring Nie Ping's father in plain clothes. Therefore, we are afraid of being discovered by him and do not dare to get too close to him. We can only observe from a distance."

"Moreover, the entrance to the vegetable market is not big, and the road is very narrow. You can only walk in. There are shops selling vegetables at both ends."

"If we walked in, it would feel like there were just the two of us everywhere, and our identities would be easily exposed."

"So, we just stayed at the two exits of the vegetable market and observed secretly."

"We waited until Nie Ping's father walked back to the store with the things he bought, then we started to follow him, but we didn't dare to get too close."

"Okay." Seeing that the two of them also had their own difficulties, Officer Wang was unwilling to care about them and continued:
  "But one thing is, you don't even know how many vegetables he bought and what kind of vegetables he bought. Isn't this too hasty?"

"I know." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Ji Zhe quickly replied: "I think I saw him and bought broccoli."

"Broccoli?" After hearing Ji Zhe's words, Officer Wang hesitated and asked again:

"anything else?"

"It doesn't seem to be anymore. I just saw him from a distance from the exit. He seemed to have taken a broccoli and stuffed it into the bag. Moreover, he seemed to have stayed in that place for a long time."

"Although I walked around a bit, I stayed in front of the broccoli vendor for a long time, as if chatting about something?"

"Which vendor is he from?" Gu Chen heard this and quickly asked.

"Well, I don't know which one it is specifically, but I can mark the approximate location on the map." Ji Zhe explained quickly.

"Okay, then you can quickly mark the location for me and send it to our temporary work group." Gu Chen said.

"No problem, I'll send it now, wait a minute." Feeling that Gu Chen wanted to get this so urgently, Ji Zhe suddenly felt that his stay was not meaningless.

And what Gu Chen wanted happened to be the place Ji Zhe was investigating.

After all, according to Zhao Chen's thinking, Nie Ping's father must have his own helpers.

It would be difficult and unrealistic for him to kidnap Zhang Zhiqiang by himself.

And Nie Ping's father went to the market to buy vegetables on time every day, which was very strange.

Ordinary people can buy groceries for several days, not to mention Nie Ping's father, who usually lives alone.

"Buying groceries once can last for several days, but this white-haired man only buys a little bit every time. He doesn't look like he is going to buy groceries at all. Instead, he is looking for someone to chat with."

"Senior Brother Gu, I have marked the specific location of that vendor on the screenshot, but I'm not sure which one it is. It's probably this location."

"Okay, let me take a look first." After hearing this, Gu Chen took out his mobile phone and opened the temporary work group.

At this time, Officer Wang also hung up the phone and followed Gu Chen to check the pictures sent by Ji Zhe.

"This place..." Looking up at Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei was also thoughtful:
  "Junior Brother Gu, could this vegetable vendor be an accomplice of Nie Ping's father?"

"If not, why did he stay here so long?"

"You have to go and conduct an on-site investigation to know this." Gu Chen did not draw a conclusion immediately. After a few seconds of silence, he said again:

"If Nie Ping's father patronizes this merchant's business every day, then maybe there is indeed something wrong with these two people."

"But if Nie Ping's father, in addition to patronizing the vendor selling broccoli, also patronized other vendors and stayed there for a long time, then we have to consider whether he is in this market. How many acquaintances do you have?”

"It must be quite a lot, right?" Officer Wang crossed his arms and looked up at Gu Chen and said:

"How about we go there and investigate?"

After hearing Officer Wang's words, Gu Chen looked down at his watch and said as a reminder: "It's almost 9:[-] pm."

"By the time we get there, it will be past 10 pm. We may not be able to meet the vegetable vendors staying there, but we can try our luck."

"Then let's go, we can't waste time now." Officer Wang is also eager to know more secrets about Nie Ping's father.

It can be said that I don’t want to waste a minute.

Gu Chen had no choice but to nod and agree: "Okay, let's set off now."

……

……

Riding in a civilian car, Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha changed into casual clothes and parked the car directly outside the vegetable market.

The vegetable market here is exactly as Wu Xiaofeng and Ji Zhe dictated. The gate is very small, just a long and narrow pedestrian passage leading to the inside of the vegetable market.

On both sides of the road, there are vendors' shops, which don't seem to be very large.

Moreover, the shop here is actually a vegetable stall.

Some of them have installed their own rolling shutters. They usually store some things in the stalls and lock them here, so they don’t need to take them with them when they go home.

Some stalls were originally just places to sell vegetables, so the stalls were just open spaces with a platform for selling vegetables at the door, but nothing inside.

Only when vegetable vendors come here to operate, they will put their dishes into the stall compartments.

The partitions are also very simple and do not count as store fronts.

Gu Chen stood at the door, stopped, and carefully observed the situation on both sides.

Since it is late at night, the vendors here seem to have already gone home.

Therefore, only a few lights are still on inside the wet market.

Some voices can still be heard from some vendors with rolling shutters.

Usually at this time, the finishing work is also being done.

Some vendors were carrying goods, while others were cleaning.

The entire market seemed deserted.

And looking through a streetlight next to the narrow road, it looks darker here.

Gu Chen looked around, winked at Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, and everyone walked in together.

According to the map location provided by Ji Zhe before, the approximate area was found.

But at this time, the stall was empty, and there was no rolling shutter installed.

But next door, a middle-aged woman was still cleaning at the moment.

It seemed like he was going back home.

Seeing this, Gu Chen quickly walked up to the middle-aged woman and asked, "Hello, eldest sister, who sells broccoli here?"

"Ah?" The middle-aged woman with messy hair was also suddenly asked by Gu Chen. Looking at Gu Chen's handsome face, she quickly subconsciously lifted her hair to make herself look more decent, and said softly:

"What did you say? I didn't hear it just now. Can you say it again?"

"That's right." Seeing that the middle-aged woman had a good attitude, Gu Chen continued to ask politely:

"That's right, among these stores here, which one is selling broccoli?"

After Gu Chen finished speaking, he also pointed to an area.

"His house." The middle-aged woman pointed to a location, which basically coincided with the stall Gu Chen had identified, and explained:
  "Their vegetable seller also sells broccoli."

"Don't the stores nearby sell broccoli?" Lu Weiwei heard this and hurriedly stepped forward and said.

The middle-aged woman grinned and quickly explained: "Of these stalls, he is the only one selling broccoli."

"If you want to buy broccoli, you have to wait until tomorrow. Come during the day. They are all on sale."

After finishing her words, the middle-aged woman looked left and right again, pointed to several other locations and said:
  "Also, like theirs, and theirs, they also have broccoli. These companies all sell broccoli, the price is about the same, and the quality is about the same."

"Okay." Seeing the middle-aged woman explain in such detail, Gu Chen nodded silently and finally confirmed the person Nie Ping's father had been communicating with for a long time today.

The middle-aged woman hurriedly stepped forward and asked curiously: "Do you want chili peppers? Our house sells chili peppers, and there are some chili peppers here. Do you want to take a look?"

"Oh, no, thank you." Seeing the middle-aged woman's enthusiasm, Gu Chen declined kindly. Then, he took out his mobile phone and showed the photo of Nie Ping's father to the middle-aged woman:
  "Sister, do you know this person?"

"This person?" It felt like Gu Chen was suddenly showing her a photo on her phone. The middle-aged woman was a little confused, but she quickly moved her head over.

After a short observation, the middle-aged woman nodded silently and said affirmatively:

"I know this old man. He comes to our vegetable market every day to buy vegetables."

"Does he usually buy a lot of groceries?" Officer Wang asked quickly.

"Not much." The middle-aged woman shook her head and said with a smile:

"This old man is a bit interesting. He only buys a little bit every day. It feels like he is here to buy vegetables. It feels like he is just here to visit the vegetable market."

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