South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

On the train from Ningyang to Shenzhen.

This time when going to Shenzhen, Yuan Mu brought three people, Mingyu, Ayun and three more people. Once they get there, they will have the cooperation of the local police, so there is no need to worry about insufficient police force.

The reason why we brought three people is so that we can work in two shifts. Who knows what the situation will be like over there, and I don’t know how many days we will stay in Shenzhen.

It is already mid-January of 1980, and the Chinese New Year is less than a month away. The case is stuck here, and you can't wait until after the Chinese New Year to handle it.

This is different from going to work. It’s the same if you do it after the New Year, but the case is different. If you do it one day later, the case may be different.

But it's all worth it. After this case is completed, it will add a highlight to his resume.

After three days and two nights of sightseeing, the four of them finally arrived in Shenzhen. After getting off the car, they felt uncomfortable all over their bodies.

But there was no other way, they could not stop and had to start investigating the case directly. Yuan Mu still wanted to conclude the case before the New Year. The evidence they had in their hands was in their favor. As long as they worked faster, they might be able to conclude the case before the New Year.

They came to the local police station and asked the local police to assist them, and they quickly locked down the location of this three-headed strong man.

This three-headed strongman currently lives in an urban village in Longhua District. It is quite chaotic here and people can be seen everywhere, just like the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong Island, but not as big.

Soon, Yuan Mu and his four companions, led by two local police officers, found Santouqiang's address. It was a house similar to a tube-shaped building, and Santouqiang lived in the third room at the end of the third floor. His windows could be seen from the outside.

"This is Santouqiang's address." A police officer with a Hong Kong accent pointed to a window on the third floor and said to Yuan Mu.

"Okay, thank you comrade." Yuan Mu nodded with a smile.

"You're welcome. Do you need our help to keep an eye on you?"

"That's not necessary. The people I brought this time are enough. Thank you for your help." Yuan Mu shook his head and declined.

"Well, contact us if you need anything."

"it is good!"

After the two left, Yuan Mu began to look around. Mingyu and the other two also dispersed, otherwise they would be too conspicuous. This time, the four of them changed their clothes to more fashionable ones.

Although this is Shenzhen, there are relatively few people who dress like them. Yuan Mu persuaded them to buy these clothes, but they can afford it and it is not very expensive.

Dressing like this is easier to confuse the enemy and makes for better surveillance and reconnaissance. However, the environment here is not very good. The road in the middle is very narrow, like an alley, and only about four or five people can walk side by side.

A long road extends out, estimated to be several hundred meters long and wide, and full of forks in the road. The terrain can be said to be extremely complex.

Life in this era was indeed difficult, mainly because communication was inconvenient and there were no telephones. If you wanted to make a phone call, you could only go to a fixed place, such as a store.

Now that Mingyu and I are separated from each other, if we want to communicate we can usually only do so by walking or simply communicating through eye contact, which requires tacit understanding.

As the sky gradually darkened, Yuan Mu sat outside a jelly shop a few dozen meters across from the tube building. This was his third bowl of jelly and his second pot of tea.

Finally, a figure came down the stairs of the tube building. Yuan Mu's eyesight was so sharp that he could tell at a glance that the other party was San Tou Qiang. But now was not the time to catch him. Now he had to find out who he was in contact with.

So Yuan Mu slowly followed San Tou Qiang after he walked a few dozen meters, and at the same time, he waved his right hand behind his back. Ming Yu received the signal and followed him.

Santou Qiang staggered and swayed along the alley as if he was on drugs. Soon he walked out of the alley and onto the wide avenue, going straight to the door of a shop.

Yuan Mu saw him say a few words to the boss inside, then picked up the phone next to him and started making a call. About a few minutes later, he hung up the phone, took out money from his pocket, handed it to the boss, turned around and left.

But after leaving here, San Tou Qiang did not go anywhere else, but went straight home.

At night, Yuan Mu asked Mingyu and Ayun to go back to the guesthouse to rest. He and Youyu would keep an eye on them here tonight and take turns tomorrow to ensure that they would keep an eye on this three-headed strong man for 24 hours to see how he made contact.

So a night passed and nothing happened. Soon Ayun and Mingyu came to take over. They watched the daytime, while Yuan Mu and Youyu watched the night.

Just like that, for two days in a row, this three-headed strong man hardly went anywhere else. Apart from making phone calls, he went home and occasionally went to a restaurant next to the store to eat a bowl of noodles. There was no other activity.

Yuan Mu also asked Mingyu to check the place where Santouqiang called. Santouqiang talked about business matters on the phone, such as briefcases, but Yuan Mu knew that this should be their cover-up. The briefcase should refer to drugs.

At six o'clock on the third night.

In the noodle shop next to the store, San Touqiang was sitting there eating noodles, while Yuan Mu and You Yu were sitting at a food stall opposite the noodle shop eating.

Yuan Mu always felt something was wrong. Through the surveillance over the past few days, Yuan Mu discovered one thing: this three-headed strong man's life was extremely regular, and it seemed that there were only these few things in his life.

Making phone calls, eating noodles, and taking walks, apart from these three things, he hardly did anything else. Or rather, he didn't do anything else during the few days they were following him.

"Youyu, have you noticed anything wrong?" Yuan Mu frowned and looked at Youyu beside him.

"Ah? No, everything feels normal." You Yu shook his head blankly.

Yuan Mu was speechless when he saw his expression. This guy is considered an experienced policeman, so how come he didn’t notice anything different?

Anyway, he felt that something was wrong. Although he had not discovered anything yet, he just felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell exactly where it was.

At this moment, Santouqiang paid the bill and turned to leave. Yuan Mu and Youyu were about to leave. Yuan Mu noticed through his peripheral vision that a young woman walked into the noodle shop and sat directly where Santouqiang had just sat.

At this moment, he remembered something, or rather, he remembered a person, Hou Sanjin!

"Youyu, go and keep an eye on Santouqiang, I have something to do!" Yuan Mu ordered directly.

"Oh, okay." Youyu nodded, and then followed the three Qiangs.

As for Yuan Mu, he stood up, paid the bill and walked into the noodle shop as if nothing had happened. He deliberately chose a table diagonally opposite the woman, with his back to the woman.