Chapter 56: The Mysterious Shunfeng Ear

  "Wooo..."

  A car sped past outside the window with a loud noise.

  A light bulb went off in Li Yang's head, and he suddenly remembered that he had just heard the criminal's voice through the phone's speakerphone, along with the background noise around him. Could this be a clue to cracking the case?

  As soon as he thought of this question, he recalled that the person who spoke earlier seemed to have a ting-ting-tang sound when speaking, which should be the sound emitted by a pneumatic hammer striking an iron tool.

  He borrowed the divine consciousness of the flying disc and found that there was indeed a blacksmith's shop on the street next to the building where the suspect lived, although the door was closed, but inside, two masters were busy making iron tools. Even the shape of the tool they made looked like an axe, which Li Yang could see clearly.

  "Liuyang, there's nothing for you to do here anymore, and it's getting late. I'll send you back." Liu Xia said as she raised her head from her idle work and saw Liuyang standing there with his head bowed in thought.

  Before Lei Yang could speak, a middle-aged policeman next to him smiled and said, "Xiaoxia, you'd better continue watching the surveillance footage. This kid Lei Yang has hands and feet, he can go downstairs by himself, no need for you to send him."

  "Deputy Director Zhao, you can't say that. If it wasn't for Lai Yang taking out 1 million to let us transfer to the kidnappers, perhaps the kidnappers would have killed the hostage by now!" Liu Xia said with grievance.

  "Liyang this kid is not a good person at such a young age with a stench of corruption, Xiaxia you'd better stay away from him. What's the big deal about having some dirty money? I order you to sit down and watch the surveillance footage immediately, the case is urgent and can't afford your negligence." The majestic-looking Deputy Director Liu instructed.

  "Uh, okay. Li Yang, I'm busy, so I won't see you off..." Liu Xia sat back down, turning her head away in embarrassment.

  Li Yang's face sank like water, nodding slightly, and he took another look at Deputy Director Zhao. This guy seemed to be dignified and elegant, but there was always a hint of lust in his eyes, making Li feel that this person was not a good bird!

  "Director Liu, it's been half an hour now, shall we start transferring the second batch of money?" The technical team's officer said nervously.

  Liu Jian nodded and said: "Alright. The criminal hasn't withdrawn the money yet, let's transfer another 200,000 yuan this time. You must closely monitor the flow of funds in this account."

  Li Yang looked at Liu Xia beside him with a apologetic face, and the busy police officers, suddenly raised his arm and shouted loudly: "No need to transfer money, I know where the criminal is! Uncle Liu, quickly dispatch someone to Shi Qiao Road and Xia Fei Road intersection's Shi Qiao Second District residential area, the criminal is right there!"

  As soon as he uttered these words, everyone in the hall was shocked!

  All the police in the room suddenly turned their eyes on him, filled with disbelief.

  Deputy Director Zhao was the first to get angry, standing up and shouting: "Liyang, what nonsense are you spouting? Don't think that just because the task force used your money, you can come here and spout off, influencing everyone and disrupting the case! Get out of here quickly, there's nothing for you to do here!"

  The police officers around felt that Deputy Director Zhao's words were a bit rude, and their faces all showed embarrassment. Liu Xia hurriedly said: "Deputy Director Zhao, Li Yang is also kind-hearted, you can't speak to him like that!"

  Deputy Director Zhao was about to continue his verbal attack on Li Yang when Liu Jian walked over and waved his hand to stop him.

  Liu Jian looked at Li Yang with a serious expression and said, "The second district of Shi Qiao is just over a kilometer away from the municipal bureau. How did you know where the criminal was?"

  Liyang only wanted to kick Deputy Director Zhao to death with one foot, but now the little boy's life was at stake, he couldn't care about personal grudges anymore, and shouted: "It's a sound! The sound of iron hitting!"

  Uncle Liu, you don't know that I've been extremely sensitive to sounds since I was a child. Just now when the suspect was speaking, I faintly heard the sound of iron being struck.

  I used to ride a bicycle around Shibei 2nd District and heard the sound of ironwork in a blacksmith's shop, which was very interesting, like music beats, and left an impression.

  As soon as I heard this voice from the hands-free phone, I felt very familiar. After thinking for half a day, I finally realized that I had heard it in Shi Qiao Second District!

  Liu Jian's eyes had a hint of joy, and he calmly said: "Li Yang, can you really confirm that this voice is from the blacksmith shop in Shi Qiao Second District?"

  "One hundred percent certain!" Li Yang said with absolute certainty.

  Deputy Director Zhao angrily said, "Director, you can't listen to this kid's words. What nonsense is this about being able to determine the location of a suspect just by listening to their voice? This is simply absurd! Is he a bat or something?"

  Liu Jian waved his hand again to stop him from speaking and shouted loudly: "Is Captain Wang Tao of the Criminal Police Brigade here?"

  "Arrived!"

  A tall and sturdy policeman stood up from his bench and saluted Liu Jianying.

  "Quickly lead the way to Shi Qiao Second District. We don't have a good plan now, it's better to believe that Liuyang has something than nothing. Don't sound the police siren, so as not to alert the criminals." Liu shouted loudly.

  "I'm going to the scene too, Li Yang you sit in my car, I want to see how your ears are!" Liu Jian strode out, Li Yang and Liu Xia followed behind, leaving only a furious Deputy Director Zhao.

  Less than two minutes later, four police cars roared out of the Dongnan City Public Security Bureau.

  A distance of one kilometer is just a stone's throw away for cars. Now it was already 10 o'clock at night, and the traffic on the road was sparse, which further accelerated their speed.

  Five minutes later, Director Liu arrived at the gate of Shi Qiao No. 2 District with Liuyang, Liuxia and more than a dozen police officers.

  Here, they indeed heard a clearer clanging sound of iron hitting, which confirmed Li Yang's previous judgment. Liu Ju and the others had some confidence that the criminal was living in this neighborhood.

  The compound gate only closes at midnight, now the gate is open and residents can come and go as they please. They greeted the security guard and slipped into the compound quietly.

  This residential area was built after the renovation of the previous shantytown, and it is a relocation house. Inside are seven-story connected buildings. There are twelve buildings in total, with each building being one row, and the entire community has more than 3,000 households. Now it's nighttime, many residents have gone to bed, making it very difficult to conduct a search.

  Just as Liu Ju was on the phone asking for more police to be dispatched here, Li Yang walked forward by himself, muttering to himself: "Is it here? No, the sound should be a bit further ahead. This row of buildings is not right either, I need to keep moving forward."

  Liu Xia followed Captain Wang Tao, one on each side, with a puzzled expression, as they walked forward with Li Yang, while behind them was a large team of police officers armed and ready.

  They walked all the way to the front of the third building before Li Yang said in a low voice, "Right, it's in this row of buildings. Everyone follow me!"

  After finishing speaking, he ran into the building. Liu Jian finished the call and ran over to pull Lei Yang quietly, saying: "Lei Yang, how did you know that the criminal was in this building?"

  "It's all about listening with your ears. The sound waves propagating in the corridor have subtle differences in distance, and my ears are naturally gifted to distinguish these differences." Li Yang said with a mouthful of nonsense.

  The child's life is now in danger, and he can't afford to think too much. He stops directly under the fourth unit building. He pretends to listen for a while downstairs, unfortunately, the iron brother seems to be tired of hammering and lies down on the bed to rest, it would be strange if he could hear!

  "Li Yang, it's all over. The blacksmith has stopped working. Alright, I'll send two dry police officers to instruct the blacksmith to continue working, what do you think?" Liu Jian said in a low voice.

  "Uncle Liu, don't talk, I think I heard a child crying!" Lei Yang said in a low voice.

  Beside him, Mr. Fang was about to shout loudly with a look of anxiety, but Wang Tao quickly grabbed him and covered his mouth, whispering: "Do you want the child's life? If you shout out loud and alert the kidnappers, the child will lose his life immediately!"

  Boss Fang nodded with tears streaming down his face and retreated to one side under the protection of two police officers.

  At this time, the police officers from the Public Security Bureau were gathering in increasing numbers downstairs, and everyone was also lowering their voices and crouching down to hide in the hiding places downstairs. In the darkness of night, there were nearly twenty fully armed policemen lying in ambush under this unit building.

  They also strained their ears to listen for the sound of children crying from Li Yang's mouth, but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't hear anything.

  Actually, Li Yang couldn't hear it either. The thick concrete wall and glass window blocked out the sound of the child's cry, which was muffled by someone covering its mouth. It was no louder than a kitten's meow. If you could hear it, that would be a ghost!

  "It's this building, the child is crying, it can't be wrong! Everyone follow me up, I'm not sure which floor the criminal is on yet." Li Yang called out in a low voice.

  Liu Jian nodded excitedly and said: "Wang Tao, take your best men with you, be careful to tread lightly, don't startle the snake in the grass!"

  Captain Wang Tao nodded, pointed a few times with his hand, and several sturdy policemen like small tigers stood up. He then waved his hand, and several people followed Li Yang upstairs shoulder to shoulder.

  Li Yang stopped at every floor, pretending to listen carefully to the sound. He went up floor by floor without any special indication. Finally, when he reached the sixth floor, he first came to the west side and listened for ten seconds, then went to the east side and listened for another ten seconds. Finally, he pointed heavily with his hand and said in a low voice: "It's here!"

  Wang Tao's expression changed slightly, and he waved his hand for Li Yang to retreat to one side.

  This anti-theft door is a kind of green steel anti-pry door, with poor anti-theft performance and the possibility of being opened directly.

  Wang Tao gave a signal, and a locksmith from the Public Security Bureau's Technical Department came forward to start unlocking. A police officer next to him shone a small flashlight on the lock for him. The locksmith skillfully took out a set of delicate tools and inserted them into the keyhole to begin unlocking.

  Everyone was silent and waiting here, they still couldn't hear the sound of children crying now, but the sound of the criminal moving tables, chairs and stools while sleeping inside the house was clear.

  The faint sound of the lock expert opening the lock made everyone sweat, and through this thin iron door, the forces of justice and evil began to confront each other!

  There's nothing more to be done about Li Yang now, he let out a breath and slowly headed down to the fifth floor.

  "Lai Yang, if the criminal is not here, we are trespassing on private property. Your fault will be even greater!" Deputy Director Zhao also arrived at this point and scolded Lai Yang with a face full of anger.

  "Hmph, what's guilty or not guilty, I'm not one of your public security bureau people, those methods of expulsion, writing self-criticisms and recording demerits don't apply to me." Li Yang said furiously.