Chapter 212 Capture successful
It turns out that the former owners of this courtyard were the Gao brothers. To be more precise, it was passed down from generation to generation in their family.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the Gao family was engaged in the business of returning goods to merchants and accumulated rich assets. This courtyard of their family is just one of many properties. At that time, the Gao family was quite famous in this area, and the old people in Beixinqiao remembered their family.

During the Japanese occupation, his father sold out his family for survival and turned to the Japanese, becoming a traitor and serving as the vice president of the shitty maintenance association. With the support of the Japanese, this old man has been bullying and bullying the market ever since.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the old man was taken to the suburbs by the National Army for shooting, and most of their family property was confiscated, leaving only this smallest yard for the two brothers to live in.

The Gao brothers were only thirteen or fourteen years old; with their family living beyond their means, they had no choice but to go out to look for jobs early in order to earn a living.

At that time, because he had a traitor father, it was very difficult for the two brothers to find a job. They ran into obstacles everywhere and were looked down upon. Finally, they had no choice but to sell most of the rooms and spend money to send the two brothers to the steel plant in "Loubancheng" as apprentices.

As the old saying goes, "Like father, like son, like daughter, like daughter." This is true. If the father is a traitor, then the son is not a good guy either.

After the two brothers entered the steel mill, they used their eloquence to cleverly curry favor with the factory manager and were protected by someone. Therefore, they did not concentrate on their work, and were lazy all day long. Fishing in troubled waters became their normal state.

However, the good times did not last long. In the few years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the steel rolling mill was transformed into a public-private partnership and became an enterprise directly under the Ministry of Metallurgy.

Some illegal elements in the factory, such as those who took bribes and those who ate and drank for free, were punished or fired. The Gao brothers were not spared and could only pack up and leave in disgrace.

Because of their family stain and their dishonest nature, the two brothers were unable to find decent jobs and no company was willing to accept them.

The neighborhood office was helpless and could not watch the two brothers starve to death, so they had to arrange for them to do some dirty jobs that others avoided, such as night soil collectors.

At this point, Liu Zhiye began to have deep doubts about the Gao brothers.

First, they were former workers at the Red Star Factory and obviously knew Yang Xue, the cashier who paid the wages. They knew that today was the day when the Red Star Factory paid wages and Yang Xue would definitely come to the bank to withdraw money.

Secondly, Xu Dalong confirmed that they had a good relationship, which made Yang Xue relax her vigilance.

In addition, the two brothers are cunning and idle by nature, and they would never be willing to be a night soil collector honestly.

Finally, as excrement collectors, the Gao brothers were familiar with the nearby streets and alleys, and knew where there were many people and few people, and where there were hidden places. This enabled them to quickly commit the crime and hide Yang Xue.

All the above factors made Liu Zhiye deeply suspicious of them.

Liu Zhiye looked around the room of the two brothers. It was a standard three-bedroom north house.

The room was filthy and messy, filled with dirty clothes, torn socks, smelly shoes, cigarette butts and scraps of paper all over the floor, leaving almost no place to step.

There was an unbearable musty stench in the air, and a pile of unwashed pots and pans stood on the stove. The sight was truly unbearable.

The investigators on the scene had a really hard time; they could only endure the disgusting stench and conduct a careful investigation.

The three rooms are only this big, and there are not many decent furniture in the Gao brothers' house. They have already checked everywhere, but have not found any secret rooms or other places to hide people.

For a moment, everyone began to feel depressed. This was the residence of the last two suspects. If no more clues were found, the case would become complicated.

Liu Zhiye also gradually felt a little anxious. Eight hours had passed, it was already dark, and the hope of finding Yang Xue quickly was becoming increasingly slim.

He looked carefully at the layout of the room, trying to find some clues.

Suddenly, he noticed something unusual about the stove door at the entrance, and found a lot of wood ash.

So he squatted down and looked into the stove door, only to find that it was pitch black inside and he could not see anything.

"Sun Li! Hurry up and get a flashlight." He ordered.

"Yes!" Sun Li responded and trotted to get a flashlight and handed it to him.

Liu Zhiye turned on the flashlight and shone it inside, and found that several rotating blocks were blocked. He took them out one by one, looked inside carefully, and then a smile appeared on his face for the first time.

He pulled out a large stack of "Great Unity" and shouted excitedly, "Hurry up, someone, I found the money!"

Everyone was very surprised and quickly gathered around. Soon, they took out 50 neatly stacked stacks of "Great Unity" from the stove. This money was exactly the money Yang Xue had taken from the bank.

Liu Fangliang exclaimed excitedly: "Captain, you are really amazing. How did you know that the money was hidden here?"

Liu Zhiye smiled and said, "There is ash on the stove. If I hadn't been distracted by the ash, I wouldn't have noticed it."

Liu Fangliang asked in confusion: "Isn't it normal to have ash when cooking at the stove?"

Liu Zhiye shook his head and said, "It's normal, but it's also not normal. Look at these pots and pans, and how dirty this pot is. Hasn't it been a long time since you cooked? Since you haven't cooked, why did you take out the ash from the stove?"

"I thought there might be something hidden here, but I didn't expect to find the money directly! It's true that nothing can escape the vastness of the law!" Feng Gang laughed and said, "That's good. We can basically confirm that it was done by the Gao brothers."

Liu Zhiye waved his hand solemnly and said, "We can't be too optimistic now. First, we need to find Comrade Yang Xue, and second, we must capture the Gao brothers as soon as possible."

Liu Fangliang nodded. "I will immediately have my comrades deploy forces to find the Gao brothers as soon as possible."

Liu Zhiye said: "Immediately send someone to the Gao brothers' workplace - the District Health Bureau to look for them. They probably think they have done a perfect job and would not have thought that we solved the case so quickly, so it is unlikely that they will escape."

"The rest of you should hide nearby. We'll wait here. If the Gao brothers come back, we'll catch them in the trap."

"Yes!" everyone shouted together.

Liu Zhiye decisively arranged all the personnel to hide in the homes of residents in the courtyard and in the alleys near the compound.

Around 7 o'clock in the evening.

The lurking public security personnel were waiting hungry and a little impatient.

Two drunk men who looked exactly the same came from the entrance of the alley. They hiccuped, staggered and supported each other, laughing all the way. One of them said, "Brother! This girl is really soft, hahaha..." They supported each other and walked into this winding alley.

"Hehe! It feels so comfortable!" said another one, licking his lips.

Then, he complained and cursed: "Damn it! What a pity, I haven't done it for a few times, and you've got to..."

Zhou Weiguo, who was hiding there, saw the two men and asked in a low voice: "Did you see clearly that it was them?" The public security soldier beside him said: "It's too far to see clearly, but judging from their body shapes, they are almost the same." The two of them hid in the dark, watching the newcomers with sharp eyes.

Zhou Weiguo hesitated for a moment, then said decisively: "No more waiting, it's better to catch the wrong person than to let him go!"

"action!"

"Yes!"

So, several people immediately pounced on the two Gao brothers.

The Gao brothers here were reminiscing about the past and talking nonsense.

Suddenly, several public security officers appeared and pounced on them.

Gao Yuan suddenly screamed, "Brother! No! There's a thunderhead ahead!" Gao Ping didn't need him to say anything, he was not blind, he hurriedly said, "Stop shouting, run!"

The two brothers staggered and turned to run, but they were drunk and were caught before they had gone far.

"Ouch! Let me go. Why are you arresting us?" Gao Ping struggled and yelled.

Zhou Weiguo said coldly: "You committed a crime, and you don't know why you were arrested?"

Gao Yuan stiffened his neck and said, "We have done nothing wrong. You can't wrongly accuse good people!"

Zhou Weiguo said: "If you haven't done anything wrong, why are you running?"

Gao Yuan rolled his eyes and argued, "It's so dark, and suddenly so many people appear and rush towards you. Anyone would be scared, right?"

Zhou Weiguo didn't waste any more time talking to them and took the Gao brothers back to their residence. The arrest operation was successfully completed.

He excitedly reported: "Report! Liu, the Gao brothers have been caught!"

Liu Zhiye praised excitedly: "Good! You did a good job!"

Then he looked at the Gao brothers and said sternly, "Are you Gao Yuan and Gao Ping?"

Gao Yuan and Gao Ping looked up at him, then lowered their heads and said nothing. They were still wondering how Lei Zi had discovered their crime so quickly. This shouldn't be the case!

Zhou Weiguo slapped them hard on the back of their heads and shouted sternly: "Speak! Speak!" The sound rang out like thunder, and the air around them froze in an instant.

The Gao brothers realized that keeping silent was not working, so they said hesitantly, "Yes, my name is Gao Yuan."

"I'm Gao Ping!"

Seeing that they had yielded, Liu Zhiye continued to ask, "Do you know Yang Xue?"

(End of this chapter)