Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 360: Investigating cases or fighting corruption?

Fengshui County, Dawan Restaurant.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon, long past lunchtime.

The still charming proprietress was enjoying the air conditioning and cracking melon seeds. When she saw someone lifting the air-conditioning curtain and walking in, she stood up from behind the counter and gave her signature smile.

"Hey, isn't this Director Shen? How come you have time to come over to play with me?"

Shen Huaimin, holding a worn-out handbag under his arm, looked around the lobby.

The proprietress became suspicious and asked in a low voice, "Are you looking for someone?"

"Did you entertain eight outsiders in your restaurant?"

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with these people?" The proprietress pointed upstairs and said, "Six men and two women are eating in a private room."

Shen Huaimin naturally knew. The two SUVs with provincial and municipal license plates parked outside clearly showed that Luo Rui and his group were here to fill their stomachs.

"Okay, I'll go upstairs and take a look." Shen Huaimin stepped towards the stairs, but he turned back and said, "You calculate the meal money and I'll pay for it."

After all, Luo Rui and other criminal police came from the province and city to help him solve the case from five years ago. Not to mention that he did not send anyone to take over, but they had used Team Luo as a gun before, which was already very disgusting.

Logically speaking, since people have come here with great effort, no matter whether the case can be solved or not, there should be several tables for the welcoming banquet. Even if they eat in the cafeteria, it is a sign of courtesy. However, Luo Rui and his group are still hungry, which is really unacceptable.

"Okay, let me calculate." The proprietress poured the melon seeds in her palm into the plate on the counter, picked up the computer, and clicked on the menu.

Shen Huaimin raised his eyebrows, watching the boss lady's nimble fingers, calculating faster than the counter staff at the bank. The mechanical computer volume kept ringing in his ears: "Add 50, add 100, add, add..."

Shen Huaimin's hands were in his handbag, and he interrupted her: "No, I asked you to calculate how much they ate, not the menu."

The lady boss didn't even raise her head, her fingers moving quickly on the keys: "Yes, I just ordered a menu..."

As the last "add 300" sounded, the lady boss looked up and said, "The total is 2088. I'll give you a zero and charge you 2000. Director Shen, do you want an invoice?"

"Ah?!" Shen Huaimin's heart trembled, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva: "What did the eight of them eat? Why did they eat so much?"

The proprietress shrugged, and her chest trembled twice. "It's just home-cooked food. That black-faced young man specially ordered the kitchen staff to go to the market to buy some seafood. There were eight big-headed abalones, not to mention two three-month-old fresh free-range chickens. We kill them all on the spot, so they must be expensive."

Shen Huaimin was shocked. Even if he was on a business trip, the most he would have was a rice bowl with toppings. If he was a little more extravagant, he would order a bowl of bone-strengthening soup, which would only cost 11 or 12 yuan at most. The food for eight people would cost three or five hundred yuan, which he could accept. Now, it cost two thousand yuan in one go.

Seeing that he was stunned, the lady boss asked cautiously, "Director Shen? Are you going to buy this order or not? Otherwise, I will keep the account for you?"

Shen Huaimin sighed: "Why record the public account?! They will pay for it themselves later."

"Okay, they are in 'Peony Pavilion'." The proprietress didn't care, grabbed some watermelon seeds from the basin and continued to eat them.

Shen Huaimin coughed and climbed the stairs. He originally thought that he had paid the bill and was somewhat confident, but now he was becoming less and less confident.

Arriving at the private room of The Peony Pavilion, he knocked gently on the door.

There was no sound from inside, but after a few seconds, the door suddenly opened.

"Director Shen?" A bald middle-aged man greeted and glanced into the private room.

Shen Huaimin smiled. He had just met the man in front of him. This man was ruthless in dealing with the group of people who were fighting.

"Is Captain Luo in there?" As soon as he said this, he saw Luo Rui standing up.

"Hello, Director Shen." Luo Rui walked closer and extended his hand naturally.

Seeing that his face looked normal and he was not affected by what happened before, Shen Huaimin quickly stretched out his hand and shook hands with him politely.

"Hello, Captain Luo, I'm really sorry about what happened today. I was planning to send someone to pick you up at the highway toll station, but you see what happened today. And I left you hungry. I..."

Luo Rui shook his head and interrupted him: "It's okay, there are reasons for everything. By the way, have you eaten?"

Luo Rui pointed at the food on the table and said, "We just started eating. Do you want to eat some together?"

"No, I've eaten." Shen Huaimin replied politely. However, when he saw the sumptuous dishes on the table, especially the abalone drizzled with sauce and the rich chicken soup floating in the air, he couldn't help swallowing.

"You're welcome." Luo Rui pulled him and said, "You came at the right time. We just arrived not long ago and don't know many things yet. It's just right for us to talk while eating."

"Yang Bo, help add another chair. Lin Chen, ask the boss lady to get a set of clean dishes and chopsticks. Oh, and another serving of the roast chicken. You guys ate it up right after it was served. The roast chicken tastes great."

"Okay." Lin Chen agreed, responded to Luo Rui's gaze, and trotted downstairs.

Shen Huaimin waved his hands repeatedly: "You're welcome, Captain Luo, I've really eaten, there's really no need to go to so much trouble."

Luo Rui didn't listen to him, but asked: "Would you like to drink? Would you like to have a couple of drinks?"

Shen Huaimin glanced at the table. It was filled with mineral water and there was no trace of a wine bottle.

"Captain Luo, I'm still working and can't drink. Please don't be polite. I'll sit with you for a while."

Luo Rui ignored him and pressed him into the chair. Lin Chen had already gone upstairs and placed the dishes and chopsticks in front of Shen Huaimin.

Shen Huaimin was indeed a little embarrassed. The other party was too enthusiastic, which made him feel very uncomfortable. If he had planned to pay the bill himself, he would have felt better and not so awkward. However, this table of dishes exceeded his expectations and it was really a waste to eat it.

Shen Huaimin gritted his teeth and made up his mind that he would go downstairs and pay for the bill himself. Otherwise, if people started to feel disgusted with him as soon as they came into contact with him, how could he investigate the case from five years ago?
After making up his mind, Shen Huaimin felt much better and was no longer afraid. He picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of abalone, put it into his mouth and took a careful bite.

The abalone is fresh and juicy, with a chewy texture and rich juice filling your mouth.

good to eat!

Ignoring the looks from everyone present, Shen Huaimin ate the abalone in a few bites, then tore off a roast chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth.

Seeing him like this, the lie of 'having eaten' was naturally exposed.

The director of a county bureau would not be so destitute. He was mainly busy all day and had no time to eat brunch. He just drank a few sips of water. Shen Huaimin was indeed very hungry.

Luo Rui didn't say much, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

Seeing that the two men didn't speak, Tian Guanghan and others naturally kept silent. They ate while staring at each other, using their eyes to communicate their thoughts.

Ten minutes later, Shen Huaimin had finished his meal. He put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said, "Um... Sorry, I'll pack one."

"Huh?" Luo Rui nodded quickly.

"The driver who came with me is still in the car. He hasn't eaten all day, so he must be starving."

"You don't have to go in person." Luo Rui pointed at Tian Guanghan and said, "Old Tian, ​​please go there."

"Okay." Tian Guanghan stood up and left his chair.

Luo Rui also put down his chopsticks and stared at Shen Huaimin beside him: "Director Shen, are we here to solve cases first? Or are we here to fight crime first?"

After hearing this, Shen Huaimin was stunned: "This..."

Seeing him hesitate, Luo Rui smiled and asked, "Why? Is there no evil force in Fengshui County?"

"That's not the case." Shen Huaimin sighed and faced the problem directly: "The style of Taihe Group is indeed problematic. There are many things that are not allowed to be seen in the light, but we have investigated and found that Bai Kangyong is a man of conscience and is not a bad person."

"Not bad?"

Luo Rui sneered: "He dared to destroy the crime scene, and you can't do anything to him. You call him not bad? I think he has you in his grasp and is riding on the heads of the common people."

"Well, Captain Luo, we have arrested the two excavator drivers who destroyed the crime scene. Captain Xu Chengzhi personally interrogated them. They did it in private. I can show you their transcripts.

It is clearly written in the transcript that they were responsible for the construction site because they could not work, which delayed their construction schedule. You know, if the excavator is not in use for a day, they will lose a lot of money, so these two people disregarded the law and dug up the site. "

Luo Rui narrowed his eyes slightly: "Director Shen, I just want to ask you one question."

"You say."

"Are you sure there is no one from the Taihe Group behind this?"

"This..." Shen Huaimin frowned and couldn't answer at all.

Seeing this, Luo Rui waved to Lin Chen, who took out a tablet from his briefcase, retrieved the information, and handed it to Luo Rui.

After Luo Rui took it, he placed the tablet on the table between them.

Shen Huaimin looked down and saw that during the time they had been eating, Luo Rui and his team had already thoroughly investigated Bai Kangyong's background.

The screen showed Bai Kangyong's identity information, as well as the history of Taihe Group's rise, all presented in detail to Shen Huaimin.

Luo Rui pointed to the photo on the screen and said, "Bai Kangyong, 48 years old, from Haixi Province, he, like his father, joined the army when he was young.

This Bai Xibei was a ruthless man. After retiring at a young age, he gathered a group of people, committed highway robbery, and spent more than ten years in prison.

His son Bai Kangyong is not a good person either. More than 20 years ago, he and others partnered to engage in marine aquaculture in Haixi Province. Because of the competition for customers, they had countless fights. The worst thing was that he asked people to put pesticides in the competitors' farms, killing a large number of marine fish and causing losses of hundreds of thousands of yuan to others.

After the case was sentenced, he was not punished at all, and asked his subordinates to take the blame. The person who took the blame was imprisoned for ten years. After he was released, Bai Kangyong had become rich, and he even gave this person a position as security supervisor, supporting this person for nothing. Not only that, in addition to running a farm, Bai Kangyong also ran a restaurant. Because he was a competitor, he asked hooligans to smash the store and forced the other person to stop doing business.

Why has his business grown bigger and bigger over the years, and no one can track him down?
I think Bai Kangyong has a group of relatively loyal subordinates. He is willing to give him money, and others are also willing to take on responsibilities for him.

Another most important point is that he is a very smart man. He chooses to do business in small places. Although the economic environment in small places is not good, he can still make a lot of money by being a comprador, especially from banks in Fengshui County. We asked the economic investigation department to investigate and found that Fengshui County alone loaned him more than 1 billion yuan, not to mention the money given by local support.

Fengshui County is a poor village. Isn't the amount of these loans too large? "

When Shen Huaimin heard this, sweat broke out on his forehead. It's not that he didn't know all this, but knowing is one thing and being able to check is another.

He hesitated, "Captain Luo, this is the case. Let me make it clear that I am not responsible for this matter and I don't understand business matters. I just heard that the bank was willing to give him such a large loan, which is secured and is also for the construction of Taihe Plaza. You also saw and heard this morning that our county is going to build a 52-story landmark building.

Because of this, our county...right? Everyone is looking forward to Fengshui County having a good business environment and attracting capital from other provinces to invest and build factories. After all, our geographical environment is adjacent to Haixi Province, so even tourism can boost the economy. "

Luo Rui sneered, "A 52-story building? Haha, if it can be built, I think Fengshui County will be famous all over the country, but is it possible? What if it can't be built? It will become an unfinished building, or it will cost so much money but it will just be a decoration and will not play any role. The money was spent but the work was not done. Bai Kangyong's hands fell and the bank's money was not repaid. What should we do?"

Shen Huaimin did not answer. What he had just said was also what many leaders said every day. He was just reading it verbatim and never thought about it deeply.

Seeing him like this, Luo Rui didn't want to say more. This matter was not his business, but Bai Kangyong's Taihe Group was obviously not clean. He slid the screen of the tablet and a photo of Bai Xianjin appeared on the screen.

Luo Rui tapped the table with his knuckles. "Bai Xianjin. Tsk tsk. This kid is awesome."

Shen Huaimin asked: "What do you mean?"

"Look, he doesn't have a criminal record." Luo Rui stared at him and said, "Looking at the way he beat someone up this morning, it's impossible that he doesn't have a criminal record, right?"

"This... I really don't know about this situation." Shen Huaimin quickly explained: "Bai Xianjin doesn't have a proper position in Taihe Group. This guy likes to travel to provinces and cities. I heard that he just came back this morning.

Even if he has a bad background and has committed a crime, it certainly wasn't in Fengshui County. Captain Luo, I can assure you that our county bureau has never accepted any case involving him."

"The crime was not serious, so it was erased." Luo Rui shrugged. After a moment's silence, he said, "Director Shen..."

"Hey, what do you say?"

“I’m still talking about this. Should we take over the case from five years ago first, or should we crack down on crime first? You have to make a decision.

Once you have made your decision, I will forget about reporting this matter, and ask the Municipal Bureau and the Provincial Department to send people over, and we will set up a special case team…”

The problem came back to this point. Shen Huaimin felt so upset that he broke out in a cold sweat. How could he, a small official, have the final say on such a big matter? If he wasn't careful, he would just lose his uniform.

The place name "Shahe County" suddenly popped up in his mind. This was where Luo Rui started. It was because of this battle that Gu Zhiliang, the cancer of Shahe County, was eradicated, and Zhang Jun, the boss of the most powerful Xianlin Fishery, also fell.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

If someone else said this to Shen Huaimin, he would definitely think that the other person was crazy, but these words came from Luo Rui's mouth, and his current status has risen by several levels compared to before, so he must be no joke.

Shen Huaimin took another look at the seven people present. These people were all subordinates brought by Luo Rui. Although they were not all strong and vigorous, they were all experienced in battle. Even the two female comrades were looking at him eagerly, hoping that he would nod and take a big action.

Who are you? You've only been here for a short while, and you're already thinking about pulling out my tendons and peeling my skin off!

I am just a small county lieutenant. How could I be so powerful?
At this moment, Shen Huaimin missed Tao Yuan who had returned to the provincial capital. Look at him, handling cases is handling cases, why do so many things? No, today's incident was secretly caused by this kid.

Alas, each of them is a tough guy!
Shen Huaimin saw Luo Rui staring at him, waiting for a reply. He quickly cleared his mind, coughed twice, and whispered, "I think we should handle the case first. The case is the most important. Finding the remaining four children and finding the murderer is the most urgent task."

When he said this, the people present blinked, the light in their eyes lost, and without saying another word, they continued to eat.

Luo Rui nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Director Shen's opinion, but let me say this in advance, if anyone dares to obstruct the police's investigation again and wants to be a roadblock, don't blame me for taking action!"

"Of course, of course." Shen Huaimin agreed without hesitation. He also thought that if Bai Kangyong did this again, the relationship between this person and the case would have to be investigated in depth.

The two continued chatting for a while. After all, it was dinner time, so they didn't talk much about the case. After all, the province and the city had sent people down to hold a meeting to explain the situation. In addition to being familiar with the case, they also had to determine the direction of the investigation, etc. It would take a while to explain it clearly.

Shen Huaimin was still thinking about Luo Rui's plan to hunt down corrupt officials. The other party was definitely not doing this without a purpose. This matter must be communicated with some people in the county. So he did not wait for Luo Rui to finish his meal and return to the county bureau together. He had to go and inform the higher-ups first, lest some people were still kept in the dark.

Immediately, Shen Huaimin stood up, said he had something else to do, and said goodbye and went downstairs.

He came downstairs worriedly, took out a bank card from his briefcase, and threw it on the counter: "Pay the bill."

This time, the lady boss didn't even lift her butt, and glanced at him: "Director Shen, the bill has already been paid."

"Ah? When did it happen?"

"Just now, the lesbian who came downstairs came to buy it."

"Hey, I just told them, I'm here to buy it, I'm here to buy it, why do they have to snatch it from me..." Shen Huaimin muttered loudly, holding his briefcase, and walked out the door with ease.

"Tsk." The proprietress snorted coldly, cracked the melon seed shells out of her teeth, and spit them into the trash can.

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Fengshui County, Taihe Group’s office building, inside the third-floor office.

Bai Kangyong had just sat down in his office chair when the door was pushed open and a beautiful middle-aged woman rushed in.

"Kang Yong, what happened to my son?"

Bai Kangyong put his hand on his forehead and glanced at her: "It's nothing serious, where's our dad?"

"Your dad, your dad, you only care about your dad. Your son was arrested by the police, and you don't care about it?"

Bai Kangyong said impatiently: "I've already told you, it's nothing serious, why are you making such a fuss?"

"Nothing? Pan Haigang went to the county police station to rescue someone, but the police refused to let him go, saying that he would be punished according to the public security regulations!"

Bai Kangyong glanced at the door. Pan Hai was standing nearby. Hearing this, he took two steps closer and explained, "Boss Bai, they really won't release me. Xu Chengzhi said that in addition to civil compensation, they will also detain me for ten to fifteen days."

"Listen, your son is doing something for you, but you don't feel sorry for him and you don't even try to save him."

Bai Kangyong took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Aju, at this critical moment, I think it's good for him to stay in there for a few days. You know Xianjin's temper. If we let him out right away, he might cause trouble again.

Have we cleaned up his mess too many times in the past few years? It would be good to teach him a lesson."

Zhang Ru was furious when she heard this: "Are you afraid of that criminal policeman from the provincial city? I'm telling you, he's right. This piece of land is named Bai! It can't be named anything else!"

"Can you please be a little more low-key?" Bai Kangyong also got angry and started cursing.

"I'm not keeping a low profile? Bai Kangyong, how many women have you had sex with in the past few years? How many illegitimate children do you have? Your affairs are spread everywhere. Don't think I don't know. I didn't care about you, but our son is my sweetheart. If you don't care, then I will."

"You..." Before Bai Kang could finish his words courageously, Zhang Ru turned around and walked out the door.

Bai Kangyong quickly pointed at Pan Hai who was standing nearby and said, "Follow her, don't let the boss lady do anything stupid."

"Okay." Pan Hai agreed.

Ten minutes later, in a red Mercedes-Benz, Pan Hai sat in the passenger seat, facing Zhang Ru sideways.

The car was not moving, but was parked under the boulevard.

Zhang Ru held a cigarette in her hand and blinked continuously. Then, she looked at Pan Hai beside her and said, "Haizi, go and do something."

"You say?"

"Find some people and take care of that Luo guy."

"Did he do it?" Pan Hai was shocked. "He's a criminal policeman from the city."

This is no less than the Nine-headed Insect asking Benboerba to kill Tang Monk, and he didn't even know how he died. This is how Pan Hai feels now.

Zhang Ru threw the cigarette butt onto the road outside and onto the car window.

"Are you stupid? Who told you to go there by yourself? Aren't there a bunch of hooligans in the county? Give them some money, give them 500,000 yuan, and I want one of Luo's legs!

However, don't let this leak out, do it cleanly, and don't let people suspect us. If it's inconvenient for you to come forward, find a broker and let him do it. Afterwards, this person must leave the province immediately and can't stay in front of people to find out. "

Pan Hai swallowed his saliva: "But...but Mr. Bai..."

"Don't worry about him." Zhang Ru smiled. "Back then, you took the blame for Lao Bai. You did him a favor. Besides, I didn't treat you unfairly, did I?"

As she spoke, Zhang Ru stretched out her young jade hand wearing a diamond ring, turned his face over, and looked straight at him, with a smile on her lips, her eyes moving, and she was full of charm.

Pan Hai's heart was beating like thunder and his abdomen was burning with anger.

The car was shaking under the tree-lined avenue...

At this moment, the window on the third floor opened a crack, and Bai Kangyong spat toward the boulevard while talking on his cell phone.

"Have you investigated everything? How could this Luo be so powerful? Fax me his information, including all the cases he handled... Stop talking nonsense. No matter how capable I am, I dare not touch the police!"

"Also, not only him, but also the people he brought with him, should be investigated. I want to see if he is really capable or just pretending!"

(End of this chapter)