Chapter 73: The Conditions for Robbery!

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  Cai Zhenghua looked at Liu Bihua, who had just been hanging his head in despair, and suddenly said with determination that he had a way... His spirits lifted as he exclaimed: "Bihua, quickly tell me what you have in mind! I didn't think this matter would be so big! It's actually shocked the high levels of the national government! Now we're in trouble..." Cai Zhenghua finally realized why Liu Bihua had said "it's all over" earlier. It seemed that Liu Bihua had an astonishing ability to make judgments ahead of time!

  Liu Bihua said affirmatively, "There must be a very important person on the 'Huangchao Gongzhu' cruise ship! Otherwise, it wouldn't have alarmed the country. But our superiors want us to think of ways to guarantee the safety of the hostages... how can we do that? We don't even know what conditions the hijackers are demanding... nor do we know who all the hostages are. And they're at sea while we're on land... how can we possibly guarantee their safety?" Liu Bihua had said earlier, in a moment of hot-bloodedness, that there was a way... but now that he's calmed down, it seems very difficult!

  Cai Zhenghua sighed, "But the superiors don't care about these! If we can't guarantee the safety of the hostages... then this responsibility will definitely be ours! I've figured it out! For this matter, the higher-ups will definitely find some scapegoats to have an explanation! And we are those scapegoats!"

  Cai Zhenghua is right! Something big has happened, someone must take responsibility! But who will bear it? It's definitely not the provincial leaders, but the leaders of Hanjiang City! However, would the leaders of Hanjiang City be willing to take the blame? That's impossible! They'll definitely push it down! Who's below them? Below are the Secretary of the Municipal Politics and Law Committee and the Director of the Public Security Bureau! Coincidentally, these two positions are currently held by Cai Zhenghua alone! So this time, Cai Zhenghua thinks his situation will be extremely dangerous! Becoming a scapegoat is almost inevitable! Unless, they can really guarantee the safety of the hostages!

  Liu Bihua sighed and said, "Uncle, our situation is just like you said! If we can't solve this matter, we'll definitely become scapegoats! At that time, it won't be just a matter of being dismissed from office! There may even be other severe punishments! What are we going to do? We certainly can't just sit and wait for death! We must think of a way!"

  Tsai Cheng-hua paced back and forth in the room, saying helplessly: "Think of a way, now we can't see or touch the criminals... our strength is useless, what can we do?"

  Liu Bihua calmed down and analyzed: "First, we need to understand what the criminals want! They won't hijack a luxury cruise like the Huang Chao Gong Zhu for fun! They took such a huge risk to hijack this ship, they must have some heavyweight demands! If they want money... they can just extort it from the hostages' families! The Huang Chao Gong Zhu is Asia's most luxurious cruise, and the guests on board are definitely very rich and influential people! If they kidnapped these people and demanded ransom from their families, the hijackers would be making a fortune! But they hijacked the Huang Chao Gong Zhu and first notified the Hanjiang City authorities... this proves that their demands are directed at Hanjiang City!"

  Liu Bihua finished speaking and looked at Cai Zhenghua.

  Cai Zhenghua listened to Liu Bihua's analysis and said, "That's right! After your analysis, I've also figured it out. It seems that these hijackers are not after money! They hijacked the Huang Chao Gong Zhuang in Hanyang Economic Special Zone... definitely targeting Hanyang City! So what is it about our Hanyang City that has piqued the interest of these hijackers? Bihua, what do you think their demands will be? As you said: they can't just hijack the Huang Chao Gong Zhuang for fun, right?"

  Liu Bihua furrowed her brow and suddenly asked: "Uncle,

  "Those two cases I handled recently... three criminals were injured. Where are they now?"

  Cai Zhenghua said with a puzzled expression, "Is there any connection between the criminals who hijacked the Imperial Princess and these three criminals? The three of them are still in the hospital receiving treatment. Their gunshot wounds are not life-threatening and will not leave them disabled. It seems that you still showed mercy, which also proves that your marksmanship is not good!"

  Liu Bihua thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, you should know that these three criminals are all part of a notorious crime syndicate. They dared to hijack a prison van, which caught the attention of the Ministry of Public Security... what else wouldn't they dare to do? In my judgment... this time, the criminal who hijacked the Huang Chao Gong Zhu Hao should also be from this same crime syndicate! It's possible that they hijacked the Huang Chao Gong Zhu Hao in order to demand that we hand over these three captured criminals. I think this possibility is very high!"

  At this time, Cai Zhenghua received another call. All the municipal committee members of Hanjiang City arrived immediately and asked him to prepare his office. Cai Zhenghua immediately moved with Liu Bihua to the conference hall. Cai Zhenghua was always busy answering phone calls. However, at this critical moment, it was clear that Cai Zhenghua could not go to the municipal party committee to hold a standing committee meeting.

  Cai Zhenghua sat down in the conference room, thought for a moment and worriedly said: "Bing Hua, your analysis is very likely... but this is absolutely not allowed! According to convention, we do not negotiate with criminals. That is to say, these three people will never be handed over to the criminals under any circumstances! Moreover, once they recover, they will be taken away by the Public Security Department's special case group immediately!"

  Liu Bihua sighed, "Exactly! That's why we're in such a precarious situation! On the one hand, we can't meet the demands of the hijackers... on the other hand, we have to ensure the safety of the hostages on board the Imperial Princess! This is something that can't be done no matter what! Not to mention our public security bureau, even the armed police force and special forces can't do it! Because the Imperial Princess is in the vast ocean! We can't reach it... so how are we supposed to protect the hostages?"

  Tsai Cheng-hua slumped in his chair, muttering: "If the criminals really make this demand... we're done for."

  At this time, Ding Wei, the commander of the police zone and a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee of Hanjiang City, walked in panting: "Old Cai, what's going on? How could such a big thing happen! I was inspecting work downstairs... As soon as I received the notification from my superiors, I rushed back! What is that cruise ship doing? Why did it even shock the Military Commission and National Security?"

  Cai Zhenghua looked at Ding Wei, who was covered in sweat, and smiled wryly: "That cruise ship is the Huangchao Princess, the most luxurious cruise ship in Asia! It was hijacked in our Hanjiang sea area... I estimate there are big shots on board! After being hijacked, they directly sought help from high-level officials... So, we still don't understand what's going on. A task force from relevant national departments has already arrived by special plane."

  Ding Wei plopped down on his butt and dizzily said: "Big trouble... big trouble, Old Cai, it's not good, I think the two of us..." Ding Wei wasn't a fool, he understood being a scapegoat.

  Tsai Cheng-hua sighed and looked up at the sky: "Let's just follow heaven's will! We are now waiting for the criminals to make their demands."

  Ding Wei and Cai Zhenghua exchanged a glance, each forced a bitter smile, and then they were all speechless.

  At this time, Liu Bihua was quickly calculating the hijacker's conditions... After thinking for a long time... Maybe he himself is one of the conditions? Does he need to take risks or make sacrifices? Those hijackers must have figured out the situation before taking action. How could they let him go after he injured three of them? Liu Bihua now sighed that there were really many of these criminals! There can't be just a few dozen people, it's impossible to do this without that many! Not to mention that there are also security personnel on the cruise ship!

  "Ding ding ding......" The phone on the table rang again! Cai Zhenghua picked it up and listened tensely without saying a word... But his face looked worse and worse! Finally, Cai Zhenghua said in a low voice: "I know." Then he hung up the phone and stared blankly into space.

  Ding Wei looked at Cai Zhenghua and didn't know what was going on, but it definitely wasn't something good!

  Liu Bihua hastily asked: "Director, has the hijacker made any demands?"

  Cai Zhenghua nodded weakly: "Yes! First, immediately and unconditionally hand over the three criminals captured by the Hanjiang Municipal Public Security Bureau in the previous period of time! Then dispatch a helicopter to send these three people to the Huangchao Gongzhu!"

  Ding Wei swallowed his saliva and said: "Old Cai, it seems that these three people must have surrendered. What we are saying now doesn't count."

  Cai Zhenghua said bitterly: "I thought so too, the country seems to think that people on cruise ships are very important, and superiors may do everything possible to ensure the safety of the hostages. However, the second point is to hand over the armed police officer who shot and injured those three criminals... it's Comrade Liu Bihua in front of us! This is something I will never agree to!"

  Liu Bihua's heart skipped a beat... Sure enough, there was himself! He looked at Cai Zhenghua's expression and anxiously asked, "Uncle, is there a third one?" Liu Bihua was so worried that he forgot to call him Director in his anxiety.

  Cai Zhenghua is now calm! He joked: "Third, hand over Cai Suyan!"

  "What?" Liu Binghua suddenly jumped up!