Chapter 41: Encountering a Fraud
On the long-distance bus from Ling County to Dabeihu County, Qi Tongwei, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the people sitting in the middle.
"Hey, bro, can you help me check if I have won the prize?" a middle-aged man who looked honest and simple asked excitedly.
"Oh my god, brother, you are so lucky. You won 1 yuan." The middle-aged man called "old man" said enviously after looking at the can.
"Really? You didn't lie to me?" the honest man asked excitedly.
"Why would I lie to you? You can take this bottle to Jingzhou, the provincial capital, and redeem your prize."
The conversation between the two attracted the attention of everyone on the bus, and everyone looked at them at the same time.
As soon as he heard the conversation between the two, Qi Tongwei knew that he had met a scammer.
This was a common scam in the 90s, often seen on trains and long-distance buses.
Sure enough, the seemingly honest man said that he had a seriously ill elderly person at home and had no time to claim the prize. He asked the man called "Brother" whether he was willing to spend 6000 yuan to buy his prize.
The old man pretended for a while and said that he only had more than 3000 yuan and could only pay yuan.
The seemingly honest man naturally did not agree and told everyone that there would be no negotiation if the price was less than 6000 yuan.
"Brother, how about this? We each contribute 3000 yuan and we split the prize money equally." The old man aimed at a man holding a briefcase who was waiting for the table.
The man took the can and saw that it indeed said "bonus yuan" on it, and he was immediately interested.
Qi Tongwei listened to the conversation between the few people and was basically sure that the honest-looking man and the man called "old man" were in the same group. He pretended to be very interested and walked up to the few people.
"Little brother, are you interested too?" The man who looked honest and simple in appearance had a gleam in his eyes and asked in a simple and simple manner.
Qi Tongwei smiled and said, "Yes, in just a short time I can earn more than a year's salary. Of course I am interested."
As he spoke, he instantly took action, knocked down the honest-looking man, and then rushed straight towards the old man.
"Robbery, come and help!" the honest man shouted loudly, seeking help from the passengers.
Qi Tongwei saw that several people were ready to take action. These days are different from later times. If you help someone, you still worry about being blackmailed. People are proud of being brave and righteous.
"I'm a policeman, and these two are scammers." Qi Tongwei hurriedly took out his police officer ID and showed it to everyone. He didn't dare to test whether everyone would be brave enough to do what is right.
"Comrade police, we are good people, not scammers." The honest man began to cry out for injustice.
"We'll know if he's a fraudster when we get to the police station." Qi Tongwei put away his police ID and said, "Driver, please go to the county criminal police team."
With the help of other passengers, Qi Tongwei tied the two men up with his belt.
"Comrade police, how did you recognize they were scammers?" the man who was almost cheated asked curiously.
“It’s simple, you have to put yourself in their shoes.
If you won 1 yuan, would you sell it for 6000 yuan?
Remember, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you encounter similar situations when you are out and about, call the police immediately. ” Qi Tongwei said to everyone.
Most scammers take advantage of people's greed to achieve their own goals. As long as you control your greed, you don't have to worry about being cheated.
They soon arrived at the Dabeihu County Public Security Bureau. Qi Tongwei pulled the two people out of the car and walked towards the Public Security Bureau with some passengers and the driver. On the way, he met He Haoran.
"Haoran, you came at the right time. We encountered two suspects of fraud on the road. You should deal with them as you see fit. It's obvious that these two people are not doing this for the first time. You need to continue to dig deeper."
A small fraud case was not worthy of his personal intervention as the captain of the criminal police brigade.
"Yes, I'll go right away." He Haoran naturally welcomed the credit that came to his doorstep.
After handing the person over to He Haoran, Qi Tongwei went to the director Liu Xiaoshun to report the basic situation of the task force. Of course, he did not tell the director that he was suppressed by Liang Qunfeng.
After the report, Qi Tongwei went to find Sister Zhao to ask about the situation of Xiao Gao and Da Gao. He learned from her that the two girls have already enrolled in school and are currently in the fifth grade of Dabeihu No. 1 Primary School.
After learning about the two girls' situation, Qi Tongwei felt relieved for the time being and decided to go see them after get off work today.
"Comrade Yanran, where is Zhang Yongfei?" Based on what happened on the long-distance bus today, Qi Tongwei was preparing to launch an anti-fraud campaign throughout the county, but he couldn't find Zhang Yongfei, who was responsible for drafting the documents.
"In hospital." Li Yanran replied.
"Find someone to draft a document for me. By the way, tell me why he was hospitalized and whether it is serious." Qi Tongwei was still very optimistic about this young man. He had outstanding working ability and was hardworking.
After Li Yanran looked around to make sure no one was around, she whispered, "He was beaten up and was badly injured."
"What happened? Who beat you?" Qi Tongwei said dissatisfiedly.
Beating your own clerk is like slapping yourself in the face.
"The ones who beat him up were several security guards from the Xiangna Dance Hall."
"What about those security guards? They are so lawless that even the police dare to beat them up."
"They have been released. The day before yesterday, they were taken to the police station by the public security brigade to assist in the investigation. In less than two hours, all the security guards who beat people were released.
The public security brigade determined that Zhang Yongfei was provoking trouble, and if Zhang Yongfei had not been injured, he would have been detained the day before yesterday." Li Yanran said dissatisfiedly.
"Looking for trouble, what a troublemaker." Qi Tongwei said gritting his teeth.
There is no doubt that the children of powerful people are involved here, otherwise the security brigade would not do this.
Seeing Qi Tongwei's grim expression, Li Yanran explained in a low voice, "It is said that Huang Xingyao, the son of Deputy District Chief Huang, took Zhang Yongfei's girlfriend to the Xiangna Dance Hall. Zhang Yongfei came to ask for an explanation, and Huang Xingyao ordered the security guards to beat Zhang Yongfei."
"So, Zhang Yongfei first had his girlfriend robbed, then was beaten, and in the end he had to bear legal responsibility." Qi Tongwei looked grim.
He could think of the helplessness of Zhang Yongfei and his family. Not only was his girlfriend robbed and beaten, but he also had to go to jail.
Huang Xingyao is going to destroy Zhang Yongfei!
The Public Security Brigade is an accomplice!
Zhang Yongfei's case reminded him of himself. A little bit of power and willfulness forced him, a drug-fighting hero, to kneel down before a woman who was more than ten years older than him. It was ironic to think about it.
"Bring your people with me." Qi Tongwei was in charge of this matter, and no one else could do anything about it.
In the hospital ward, Zhang Yongfei was covered in wounds, staring blankly at the ceiling, breathing oxygen through his nose. Everything that had happened in the past two days had caused him a great shock.
When he thought of the couple performing a live sex scene in front of him, he wanted to kill these two bitches.
His parents and sister sat in the ward, sighing. This misfortune cast a shadow on this originally happy family.