Red Moscow

Chapter 2595

Sokov stood up, walked to the fake captain, took out the cigarette from his pocket and handed it over, and asked politely: "Do you want to smoke?"

 “Of course, it would be great if you could give me one.”

When the fake captain took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and held it in his mouth, Sokov personally lit a cigarette for him and asked casually: "The name you just mentioned must be a fake name. Can you tell me your real name?" ?"

The fake captain took a long drag on his cigarette, blew out the smoke ring, and said slowly: "My real name is Andrei Myakov."

The director of the bureau office frowned when he saw Sokov coming forward to hand the fake captain a cigarette. He felt that Sokov's move was a bit unnecessary and it was impossible to ask anything new. But at this moment, seeing that the other party actually said his real name readily, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Sokov asked again: "Have you ever been a soldier?"

"No." Andrei Myakov shook his head and said: "Not long after my family was evacuated to Nizhnylovgorod, my parents died of illness, and then I was arrested for theft and sent to Siberia. "Re-education through labor, there is no chance of joining the army."

“Oh, so that’s it.” Sokov nodded, and then said: “Then tell me the specific details of your burglary.”

Andrei Myakov said very cooperatively: "I usually never stay in one place for more than a month."

“Never more than a month?” The police chief heard what he said and immediately asked, “Why?”

"The reason is very simple." Andrei Miyakov shrugged and said: "When I rent a house, I always tell the other party that because my allowance has not been paid out yet, the rent will have to wait a month before being paid. And those landlords took good care of me as a soldier, so they readily agreed to my proposal."

 “Then tell me the details of your burglary.”

 Andrei Myakov said: "I usually invite my neighbors to my home when I am about to live for a month..."

"I asked about the details of your burglary, but you told me that you would invite neighbors to your home before you live for a month." The police chief said angrily: "You don't understand me. Problem?"

"Comrade Sheriff, don't get angry." Sokov felt that Andrei Miyakov must have his intentions in inviting neighbors to his home, so he quickly raised his hand to stop the Sheriff, and then shouted at Andrei Miyakov Miyakov said: "Andrei, continue."

Andrei Myakov continued: “During dinner, I will continue to look for topics, deepen my relationship with my neighbors, and learn more about the specific situation in their homes, so as to determine which family to choose to start.”

The police chief was very anxious when he saw Andrei Myakov was not talking about the specific details of the theft. He planned to interrupt him, but when he saw Sokov standing nearby, he could only swallow back what he said. , continue to listen to the other party's story.

 “After choosing the target, how do you start?” Sokov asked.

"After I learned about my neighbors' hobbies through dinner, I would take the initiative to tell them: In order to enhance our friendship with each other, I plan to invite everyone to watch a movie." Andrei Miyakov said: "If someone doesn't want to watch a movie , I would suggest watching a drama or opera instead, there is always a form of entertainment that everyone likes.”

When Sokov heard this, he roughly understood the purpose of Andrei Miyakov's doing this, and couldn't help but secretly praise him: What a great job, by inviting the neighbors to watch movies, plays or operas Way to make the tiger leave the mountain. When everyone is watching a movie or a play in the theater, he sneaks back and sneaks into an unoccupied room to steal, so that no one is aware of it.

Sure enough, Andrei Myakov confirmed Sokov's guess in the following narration: "I usually find an excuse to sneak out of the theater and sneak back to my house while they are watching movies or plays in the theater. places, picking their door locks and looking for valuables in their homes.”

"Aren't you worried that your neighbors will call the police when they come home and find that their homes have been burgled?" Sokov looked at Andrei Myakov and asked: "Once the police investigate you , your identity will be exposed."

"I have already thought about this problem." Andrei Myakov said: "So before I invite my neighbors to go to the theater to watch a movie or a play, I will buy three tickets in advance for Victoria and her children, Wait for me at the station before the movie ends, so that we can escape from this dangerous place smoothly before the neighbors come to their senses."

"What a great job." Sokov waited for him to finish and said in an approving tone: "If during the war, you might have been an excellent scout." After saying that, he raised his hand on the other person's shoulder. After patting him, he turned around and walked back to his seat.

“Tell me about it.” After the police chief waited for Sokov to sit back in his seat, he looked at Andrei Myakov and asked, “How many cases have you done in total?”

"Since September this year, I have already done three cases." Andrei Miyakov replied: "If you don't catch me today, I plan to treat the neighbors to dinner tonight and invite them to watch a movie tomorrow. , and then left the city by car.”

When the director of the bureau office heard this, he instinctively turned his head and glanced at Sokov, and said with emotion: "Comrade General, if you hadn't discovered his flaw today, I estimate that someone would come to the police station tomorrow to report the incident to their family. It's a theft. I think those families should be grateful to you."

"It's just a coincidence." Sokov waved his hand and the director of the Bureau said: "You must not tell those neighbors the truth. Just say that you accidentally discovered Andre Mia while chasing criminals. Cove is a soldier in disguise."

"clear."

The police sergeant waited for Sokov and the director of the bureau to finish speaking, and then asked cautiously: "What should we do next?"

“Lock him up first,” the director of the bureau office ordered.

After the police took Andrei Myakov away, the director of the bureau asked Sokov: "Comrade General, do you have any ideas?"

"Comrade Director." Sokov had just taken the initiative to chat with Andrei Miyakov, and he did have some thoughts in his mind. Now when the director of the bureau asked about it, he replied: "Although this person is a liar and a thief, He has never been a soldier, but I think that in some respects, he is a rare talent. Please inform the person in charge of the cell and don't embarrass him. Maybe one day he will be put to use. "

Although the director of the bureau did not know what Sokov planned to use Andrei Myakov, he still replied very readily: "Okay, Comrade General, I will say hello to the prison authorities and ask them not to make this difficult." people."

Just as Sokov was about to leave, the police sergeant suddenly said: "Comrade General, Ms. Victoria has arrived. Do you need to participate in her cross-examination?"

Sokov was about to ask who Victoria was when he suddenly thought of Andrei Miakov. The person the police chief mentioned should be the person pretending to be Andrei Miakov's wife, so he nodded and said: " Then bring her in."

Soon, a young woman in ordinary clothes was brought in by the police.

"Please sit down!" After the police chief asked the other party to sit down, he asked straight to the point: "What is your name?" "Victoria!"

 “Do you know why we asked you to come here?”

"have no idea."

When the police chief was asking, Sokov secretly observed the woman's expression. When she answered the question, her tone was very confused, and she obviously didn't understand why the police brought her here.

 “Andrei Myakov, do you know him?”

Victoria thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "I don't know."

"That's the captain who lives with you." The police chief didn't beat around the bush and said straight to the point: "After our investigation, we found that that man was not a soldier at all, but a liar and thief. So far, he has become A suspect in many thefts. We called you here just to find out how much you know about him."

"I met him on the train." Victoria lowered her head and whispered: "He said he was an officer who had just returned from the Far East battlefield and wanted to find a place to settle down. It just so happened that I was also looking for such a place. , just choose to live in the same place with him.”

“Did he show you his military ID or other valid ID?” the sergeant asked.

Victoria shook her head and said: "No, I have never seen any of his documents. Every time we go to rent a house, he will come forward. He will tell the landlord that because the military allowance has not been paid yet, he I need to wait a month before I can pay the rent. I hope my landlord can understand me.”

 “What did the landlords say?” asked the sergeant.

“The landlord looked at the military uniform he wore and the medal on his chest, so he naturally trusted him very much.” Victoria said: “In this way, we settled down in Nizhnylovgorod and had a home of our own. When we lived there for almost a month, he suddenly said to me that he wanted to treat the neighbors to a meal to thank them for taking care of us. He hoped that I could pay the fee in advance and pay it back when he had money. Give me.

I think since we all live together, if he encounters difficulties, I will definitely help him. What's more, he used the money to entertain his neighbors and build good relationships with them, which will be very helpful to our future lives. "

“On the day after every treat, would he invite his neighbors to watch movies, plays, or operas?” the police chief continued to ask.

"Yes, that's true, Comrade Police." Victoria nodded and said, "I thought it wouldn't cost much to watch movies and dramas, so I agreed to his arrangement."

"Then what?"

"Unexpectedly, when we set off to the theater, he quietly told me that he would need to leave to do something after the movie started. He hoped that I would find an opportunity to leave midway and take the child to a nearby station to wait for him. He I’ve already bought tickets to other cities.”

 “Do you know why he did this?”

Victoria shook her head first, then nodded, and said in a panic: "When I left for the first time, I didn't think about it at all. I thought something had happened. But when I left in the second city, I discovered something was wrong. place."

 “What’s wrong?”

"Think about it, last time he invited neighbors to a dinner party in Nizhnylovgorod, invited others to watch a movie the next day, and skipped out midway. He also asked me to leave the theater with my children and wait for him at the station. I felt something was wrong. After getting into the car, I opened the suitcase he was carrying and realized that he was a thief when I saw the silver candlesticks, silver tableware and some gold and silver jewelry inside.

“It would be too arbitrary for you to judge that he is a thief just based on the contents of the box,” the police chief said.

"No, no, no, this is the conclusion I came to after careful observation." Victoria continued: "The silver candlesticks and silver tableware I saw in the box belong to my female neighbor. I saw them when I was a guest at her home. Yes. Especially those gold and silver jewelry, which I have seen worn by my female neighbor. Based on these details, I think there must be something wrong with the captain."

 “Did you check your judgment later?” Sokov interjected.

Victoria looked at Sokov. Although she didn't know the other person's identity, she still nodded and said truthfully: "When I arrived in the third city, I saw him using the same rhetoric to get the landlord to agree to pay the rent one month late. I felt that he must have some conspiracy. Therefore, when he arranged for his neighbor to watch a movie in the theater again, I followed him out secretly, just to find out if he was going back to where we lived."

“Then what?” The police chief looked up at Victoria and asked, “Did he go back to where you live?”

“Yes, he went back,” said Victoria. “I saw him walk into the house where we lived, but there was no light in our room.”

"The lack of lights means nothing." The director of the bureau said in a deliberately casual tone: "Maybe he just wanted to go home and take a nap. It is normal not to turn on the lights if he squints for a while."

"Comrade police officer," Victoria said, looking at the director of the bureau: "If the lights in my house have not been on, the possibility you mentioned does exist. But the next moment, I saw the lights on the neighbor's house were on, and they were shaking from the curtains. Judging from the silhouette, there is no doubt that it is him.

So when we met at the station again, I asked him bluntly, had he just stolen something from a neighbor's house? "

 “How did he answer?”

“He said he didn’t steal anything, but because he was short of money recently, in order to survive, he had to borrow some things from his neighbors. When he has money in the future, he will return double the money to his neighbors.”

The police chief laughed after hearing this and asked, "Do you believe what he said?"

"I don't believe it." Victoria answered simply. She explained to everyone: "I went to work in a coffee shop in the town, just hoping to earn a salary that could support myself and my children, so that I would choose to leave him. I don't I hope that when my children grow up, they will have a stepfather who is a thief and a liar.”

"He has been arrested by us." The police chief said to Victoria: "Now, you are completely relieved."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the police chief finished speaking, Victoria's eyes widened in surprise: "What, he has been arrested by you. When did this happen?"

Hearing what Victoria said, Sokov couldn't help but feel a little confused. Didn't the policeman who brought you here tell you that the fake captain had been arrested by us, and asked you to come here just to verify some situations?