Chapter 212 – Gambling raid plan (1/2)
In the afternoon, after the wedding ceremony is over, Dong Xuebing’s phone rang. It was Liang Chengpeng calling.
“Hello, Chief Liang.”
“I heard it’s your cousin’s wedding, and you smashed a car blocking the road?”
“That car did it on purpose. We had given him red packets twice, and he still refuses to move off. Also, the driver is from Jin Di Mansion.”
Liang Chengpeng kept quiet for a few seconds. “These bastards just won’t stop. About two days earlier, a case was brought up to my attention. One of the villagers is brought to Jin Di Mansion’s Casino and loses all his money. He also borrowed from the loan sharks there. After the villager returns home, he hangs himself. The people from Jin Di Mansion heard the man had killed himself and tried to collect back the debt from that villager’s wife. They said that if the widow let them ‘serve’ them for one month, they will write off the debt. Sigh… They are too much, but we don’t have evidence against them.”
Dong Xuebing frowned. “Chief Liang, if such places remain, it’s only a matter of time something serious happens.”
“I know.” Liang Chengpeng replied. “You mentioned you want to conduct a gambling raid at Jin Di Mansion. How confident are you?”
“…… 90%.”
“Alright. As long as you arrest someone and got evidence against Jin Di Mansion, I will let you handle this case!”
Dong Xuebing paused for a second and brightened up. “Yes, Sir! I will not let you down!”
“It’s all up to you now. You must confiscate the gambling equipment and money. It’s useless if it is only tens of thousands. There must be at least hundreds of thousands to a million before we can get a valid reason to shut that place. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Sir!”
“Alright. Take care of your safety.” Liang Chengpeng doesn’t know why Dong Xuebing is so confident. But what Jin Di Mansion did recently had angered Liang Chengpeng. If Dong Xuebing can find a valid reason to arrest those people, Liang Chengpeng doesn’t mind giving Dong Xuebing a helping hand. If Dong Xuebing couldn’t get any evidence, Liang Chengpeng also has nothing to lose.
Liang Chengpeng’s change of attitude had given Dong Xuebing more confidence. After hanging up the phone, he brought Chu Feng to his car.
“How’s the investigation?” Dong Xuebing asked when both are in the car.
Chu Feng replied. “Chief Dong, I had checked all the case files. Over the past few years, our station had received a lot of reports from the villagers on Jin Di Mansion. But after we submitted the reports to the County Bureau, there is no more news. I remember Chief Liang had sent people to investigate on Jin Di Mansion, but… but they did not get evidence.”
Dong Xuebing looked at Chu Feng. “Everyone knows there is an illegal casino in Jin Di Mansion. How come there is no evidence?”
Chu Feng replied. “First, someone from our side might leak the news to Jin Di Mansion. Secondly, Jin Di Mansion is huge and the Casino is deep inside. When the police arrive, the people at the entrance will notify the people inside to escape. Even if the police found poker cards and dices, it’s useless. After all, it’s an entertainment outlet, and their customers can buy poker cards inside. So, it can’t be used as evidence.”
Dong Xuebing nodded. “Do you know who the person in charge of the casino and Jin Di Mansion is?”
Chu Feng nodded. “Yes. I got the information.”
“Ok. Let’s go.”
Chu Feng was surprised. “Where are we going?”
“Shopping.”
An hour later, Dong Xuebing ordered Chu Feng to buy two sets of clothes, sunglasses, and hair dye, from a shopping mall. Dong Xuebing sprayed the hair dye on his hair. It’s a spray-on non-permanent hair dye, and the color will fade when it’s washed. Dong Xuebing changed his hair color to yellow and used hair gel to comb it back. After that, he switched to a set of a Hawaiian shirt and wore a pair of big sunglasses.
“Xiao Chu, how is it? Can you recognize me?”
Chu Feng smiled. “No.”
Dong Xuebing looked at himself in the mirror and nodded. “You should also change now.”
The sunglasses covered half of Dong Xuebing’s face, and after changing his hairstyle and clothes, Dong Xuebing looks like a hooligan. Dong Xuebing felt that even his mother would not recognize him if she met him on the streets.
After a while, Chu Feng changed his clothes and hairstyle. His dressing is similar to Dong Xuebing.
Dong Xuebing looked at him and nodded. “Alright. You look different. It’s time to act. Leave your identification cards and personal items in my car. Don’t bring anything that will expose your identity.” Dong Xuebing said and threw his work pass and other items on the back seat. He only has money and a wallet with him. After that, Dong Xuebing parked the Buick in an underground carpark and left with Chu Feng.
Chu Feng asked puzzledly. “Chief Dong…”
“Call me boss.”
“Boss, where are we going?”
Dong Xuebing laughed. “We are going to conduct a gambling raid at Jin Di Mansion.”
Huh?! Chu Feng was shocked. “Just… just the two of us?”
Dong Xuebing nodded. “Jin Di Mansion’s location is under the jurisdiction of the County-City. I can’t bring the officers from our station as it is out of our boundaries. Also, our officers might have dealings with the people from Jin Di Mansion. The people from the Bureau is also not safe. That’s why it’s only the both of us.”
Chu Feng was touched because Chief Dong did not even call Liu Dahai and Chen Fa, and only brought him along. He is only a small police officer, and Chief Dong trusted him more than the Station Chief. Chu Feng was scared when he found out only two of them are going to Jin Di Mansion. But now, he was excited.
Chu Feng asked. “Boss, do you have a plan? If not, we will not be able to catch them with just the both of us.” Chu Feng knew Chief Dong is capable, but how can they raid the gambling den with only two people? Jin Di Mansion has more than a dozen people. They can escape with gambling tools and money in different directions. Even if Chief Dong can stop 3 of them, can he stop the rest?
Dong Xuebing laughed and looked at Chu Feng. “Xiao Chu, what is most critical in a gambling raid?”
Chu Feng thought for a while. “Catch the gamblers? No… the people at the Casino are not that important. The evidence is the most important. It’s gambling tools and money. In the past, when Chief Liang went to raid Jin Di Mansion, he could not find the gambling money, and that’s why he could not do anything to them. If we can find more than a few hundred thousand of gambling money, Jin Di Mansion will have no way to escape even with their backing.” The leaders in Yan Tai County are not united. None of them have the power to cover up Jin Di Mansion if there is concrete evidence. The people who are protecting Jin Di Mansion will not dare to interfere and will think of ways to cut ties with them.
Dong Xuebing replied. “You are right. Our target this time is gambling money.”
Chu Feng doesn’t understand what Dong Xuebing is saying. “Jin Di Mansion is considered a resort. They only need to move their money to another place, and they can claim the money is from the resort and not from gambling.”
Dong Xuebing said. “Then, we just have to hold on to the money, and they can’t take it to other places.”
Chu Feng’s heart skipped a beat. “You are going…”
Dong Xuebing laughed. “Let’s go. We will gamble and win their money.”
Is Chief Dong going to gamble? Chu Feng was stunned. “This… is this alright? If we gamble…”
“What’s wrong? This is called giving them a taste of their own medicine. Are you afraid of the repercussions? It got nothing to do with it. Our Public Security’s undercover officers are all over China. They even must help the drug lords to trafficked drugs to arrest them. Did they break the law? No. This is only one of their strategies.” Dong Xuebing had planned this gambling raid for a while and had thought about all the possibilities.
Dong Xuebing only has one chance to raid Jin Di Mansion’s Casino.
If Dong Xuebing fails, the other party will be alarmed and stop their operations. In the future, Dong Xuebing will have no chance to catch them. That’s why Dong Xuebing cannot afford to fail this time. His target is to win as much money as possible, and the more money he has with him, the more serious the crime is. Dong Xuebing must get rid of them in one blow!
Chu Feng was worried. Chief Dong is not an average person. Use gambling to take down a gambling den? How did he think of this idea? But if Chief Dong did not use this method, they will not gather enough evidence. Using extraordinary methods will get exceptional results!
“But… what if we lose?” Chu Feng asked.