Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 362: I became the suspect's financial sponsor?
Huainan Street.

It was already eight o'clock in the evening. The dim street lights cast the shadows of a group of people on the wide road, and then they were crushed by passing vehicles, bringing up a breeze and leaving behind unpleasant exhaust fumes.

"Captain Luo, it's right here. Across the street is the home of five children." Xu Chengzhi pointed to the building opposite.

This building is built on the side of the street. It is seven stories high and there are shops on the first floor, including a convenience store, auto repair shop, breakfast shop, barber shop, etc.

Behind the building is a mountain. The mountain is very large, but the slope is not steep. It stands majestically before your eyes.

Unlike the roads in the county center, this one is close to the suburbs and the road surface is very wide, but there are few vehicles passing by.

Luo Rui turned around and looked at the slope behind him. Below the slope was the Fengshui River. Like most cities, this river also runs through the entire city center.

But the river section here is pitch black. If it weren't for the street lights, you couldn't see what's going on below.

In addition, Luo Rui also noticed that except for the residential buildings opposite, there were no other residential areas on the street. There were only low red brick houses and color steel houses built privately by residents on both sides of the street.

Xu Chengzhi continued to explain: "The former residents of Huainan Village all lived in the building opposite, with more than a thousand people. When the county town was expanded, it was originally planned to build a residential area, but the villagers opposed it, thinking that since everyone was from the same village, it would be better to build a building directly, and the villagers would live together. After all, they were all neighbors and could take care of each other.

So, a building like this was built, and the foundation almost occupies half of Huainan Street. People who know the business can see that the architectural style is a bit like the style of the former Su (Yueguan).”

Luo Rui nodded: "Let's go, let's go check on Xiang Ke's family."

"plz follow me."

Xu Chengzhi led the way, and the group crossed the road and walked through a ten-meter-long corridor, then they saw the stairs on the outer wall of the building.

This staircase was not built inside the building, but outside the wall.

Luo Rui followed Xu Chengzhi and climbed up to the third floor. Because the platform was small and couldn't accommodate so many people, Tian Guanghan and a few others were still standing on the stairs.

"This is Xiang Ke's home." Xu Chengzhi said, then reached out and knocked on the door.

Xu Chengzhi had already notified the family on the way here, so just as he was about to knock for the second time, the door suddenly opened and the residents inside seemed to have been waiting for their arrival.

"Lao Xiang, I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late." Xu Chengzhi greeted and then looked into the house.

Wow, the sofa, dining table, and balcony in the living room were all filled with people. He looked closely and saw that all the important people in Huainan Street were here. There were about thirty or forty people in the room.

Dozens of pairs of eyes looked past Xu Chengzhi and towards Luo Rui behind him.

"Hello, I'm a criminal policeman from the Municipal Bureau. My name is Luo Rui, and I'm responsible for the investigation of [Case 1*23]." Luo Rui ignored the looks of these people and greeted the man in front of him.

"Hello, my name is Xiang Jiajun, please come in, please come in."

Xu Chengzhi was still in a daze. Luo Rui walked past him and entered the room. Because there were too many people in the room, only Cai Xiaojing and Lin Chen followed him in.

Seeing so many people, Luo Rui was not intimidated at all. He nodded to Mr. Xiang who was sitting in the middle of the sofa and said, "Grandpa Xiang, we meet again?"

Everyone in the room had been to Taihe Plaza today, and they all saw how Luo Rui confronted Bai Kangyong. They knew that this black-faced young man was not like Captain Tao who had come before, and he did not dare to confront Taihe Group head-on.

At this point, everyone in the room showed a curious look, unlike when there was trouble in the morning.

Xiang Ye was hit on the forehead with a stick, but the skin was not broken and he was still in good spirits. However, he was afraid that the county bureau would hold him accountable for leading the trouble, so he went to the hospital to get a bandage. He looked a little funny at this time, and when he saw Luo Rui greeting him, he immediately stood up.

"Officer Luo, you are awesome! This morning, we saw with our own eyes that you dared to go against that bastard Bai Kangyong. You really helped us vent our anger!"

"Uh……"

Luo Rui touched his nose, not wanting to be flattered by an old man. "It's my duty. I just can't stand those rich people acting arrogantly in front of us ordinary people. Since I saw it, of course I have to take care of it and serve the people, don't you think?"

Mr. Xiang couldn't help nodding his head: "You are right. It's rare that you are so young and you understand these principles. You are much better than the captain Tao who came before."

Luo Rui waved his hand. Tao Yuan had just left and left a bad reputation behind. If he couldn't solve the case and just walked away, would he also be ridiculed by this old man?
He looked at everyone in the room and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. You all gathered here, are you waiting for me?"

"That's not the case." Grandpa Xiang replied, "In the morning, when we heard that you were a criminal police officer from the Municipal Bureau, we all looked forward to your coming. The children's parents wanted to go to the County Bureau to find you in the afternoon, but I was afraid that so many people would cause trouble for you, so I stopped them."

Hearing this, Luo Rui gave a thumbs up: "Master Xiang is more conscious and knows when to advance and when to retreat."

Grandpa Xiang smiled and said proudly, "That's right. I used to be the village secretary of Huainan Village."

Seeing so many eyes staring at him, and there was not even a place to sit in the room, he looked at everyone and raised his voice and said, "We are here to learn some information. Now that everyone is gathered here, it will be difficult for us to carry out our work. If there is nothing else, please go away."

When he heard that they were going to chase them away, Xiang Ye immediately became anxious: "No, Officer Luo, I was just praising you. If you come to investigate the case, we must be present. Everyone in this room is the children's relatives. We are all related to them. We can all cooperate with your investigation."

Luo Rui pondered and said, "Well, you guys go back first. I'll send someone to investigate the situation. There's no need for us to gather together. If there are too many people, we'll get confused and how can we investigate the case? Don't you agree?"

Mr. Xiang wanted to refute, but Xiang Jiajun said, "Uncle Xiang, you guys go back first. Officer Luo is right. If everyone is here, people won't be able to ask questions."

"Okay then." Mr. Xiang sighed and waved to everyone, "Everyone, go away. Don't delay their work."

As they spoke, some people left, but seven or eight people remained sitting there, not moving.

Xu Chengzhi quickly explained to Luo Rui: "Captain Luo, these remaining people are the children's parents."

Luo Rui nodded, walked out the door, and instructed Tian Guanghan and others: "Take the information Captain Xu gave you today and check every household. Focus on finding out the alibis of these people on January 04, 1. Ask them one by one and make sure nothing is left out."

Chu Yang immediately said, "Team Leader, do you suspect a relative of yours committed the crime?"

"Five children disappeared without a trace. We cannot rule out the possibility that they were taken away by someone they knew. To put it bluntly, even if it was just five chickens and ducks, there would be a lot of fuss, let alone five children. Is there a problem here? Who can tell for sure?"

Tian Guanghan agreed: "Okay, we'll do it right away."

Cai Xiaojing and Lin Chen also took out the information that Xu Chengzhi had given them during the meeting and verified the details with the children's parents again.

Luo Rui did not lead the questioning, but listened quietly.

Time passed slowly until eleven o'clock in the evening, when the questioning was completed. What the parents said was exactly consistent with the records at the time, with no discrepancies.

The five children went downstairs at eight in the morning and played with firecrackers together. After ten in the morning, Xiang Ming and Xiang Tao's mother went downstairs to look for them, but the children were missing.

That means five children disappeared within these two hours.

If the children were kidnapped, they could be taken out of the city in two hours.

It is also possible that the children left on their own, went to a certain place, and were attacked by criminals, but this must be based on the premise that the corpse was Xiang Ke's.

If not, it remains unknown whether there is any homicide in this case.

However, what can be confirmed is that the corpse is the biological child of Xiang Ke's mother.

Xiang Ke's mother was named Guo Huilan, the woman who was holding Xiang Ke's portrait in Taihe Square. Cai Xiaojing was asking her questions.

Luo Rui sat aside, looking at the woman.

The woman was in her early thirties, thin with a fair complexion. In terms of appearance, she was indeed quite pretty.

Cai Xiaojing asked: "Ms. Guo, you and your husband worked in a food factory five years ago?"

“Yes, my husband and I quit our jobs after my son went missing.”

"Why did you quit?" Cai Xiaojing looked at Xiang Jiajun who was sitting next to her. "We know that Mr. Xiang was the manager of the food factory five years ago. If you quit, won't your source of income be cut off?"

Xiang Jiajun frowned and replied, "I said I quit, but actually I was forced to leave."

"Oh?"

Xiang Jiajun glanced at Guo Huilan and said, "The factory manager targeted me. He felt that I didn't do my job well and reduced my salary. So I had no choice but to resign and leave."

"Okay." Cai Xiaojing glanced at Xu Chengzhi, who blinked, not quite understanding the meaning of her eyes.

Luo Rui quickly stood up and said, "Mr. Xiang, shall we go to the inner room and have a chat?"

Xiang Jiajun was a little confused: "Can't I say it here?"

Xu Chengzhi finally understood and said hurriedly: "We want to ask you privately."

"Okay then." Xiang Jiajun stood up: "The child's bedroom is empty, let's go in and talk."

Seeing Xu Chengzhi following him, Luo Rui sat back in his chair.

Xiang Jiajun's house is very big, and Lin Chen is responsible for inquiring other parents. He is quite far away and the two sides cannot hear each other's conversation.

Cai Xiaojing saw Xu Chengzhi close the door, then turned around and asked Guo Huilan: "Ms. Guo, if you can answer what I'm going to say, then answer it. If you don't want to answer it, you don't have to say it."

Hearing this, Guo Huilan looked confused. She didn't understand what she meant and nodded slightly.

Cai Xiaojing coughed twice, glanced at her notebook, and said, "You and your husband only have one child, Xiang Ke?"

"Uh..." Guo Huilan frowned.

"Let me put it another way. You only have Xiang Ke as your child?"

"I... yes."

"you sure?"

"I... I'm sure." Guo Huilan avoided looking at him and her answer was not straightforward.

Luo Rui sighed slightly in her heart. Even Yang Bo could see her micro-expression, let alone herself and Cai Xiaojing.

There is indeed something fishy here.

Cai Xiaojing immediately realized something was wrong and said bluntly: "The corpse excavated from the South Suburbs construction site was successfully compared with your biological sample, confirming that you are your parent-child, but the county bureau did not extract your husband's biological sample, so our main purpose this time is to investigate his relationship with this corpse. Do you understand what I mean?"

"No..." Guo Huilan was startled and her pupils shrank: "Don't do that!"

When she shouted, even Lin Chen and others who were sitting in the dining room turned their heads. There was no doubt that there must be something hidden.

Guo Huilan's face was pale and her breathing was rapid. She glanced at the bedroom door and whispered, "Please, don't extract biological samples from my husband! Just help catch the murderer who killed my child, and don't mind my business, okay?!"

Cai Xiaojing shook her head slightly.

Luo Rui leaned forward and stared into her eyes: "Whose child is it?"

"I……"

"If you want to find the murderer who killed Xiang Ke, then you must tell me, whose child is Xiang Ke?"

"I can't say!" Guo Huilan gritted her teeth and covered her lower abdomen with her hands.

"Okay." Luo Rui stood up: "I'll go ask your husband."

"No, I beg you!" Guo Huilan grabbed Luo Rui's wrist, tears streaming down her face, and begged in a very low voice: "I'm pregnant, you can't tell my husband, you can't destroy my family!"

Hearing this, Luo Rui was stunned for a moment and turned to look at her lower abdomen.

Cai Xiaojing opened her mouth, but no words came out.

Guo Xiaolan sniffed and said, "Xiang Ke disappeared first, and then his body was found. It has been five years since this happened. My husband and I thought that we had to go on with our lives, so we decided to have another child. The fetus in my belly is already more than a month old.

I…I beg you, please don’t ask my husband, don’t let him know that Xiang Ke is not his child.”

Luo Rui exhaled, sat back in his chair, and said to her: "I can promise you that I will not collect biological samples from your husband and will keep it a secret for you, but the premise is that you must tell me about Xiang Ke's origins. Whose child is he?"

"I..." Guo Xiaolan closed her eyes, let the last drop of tear flow down, and then took a deep breath.

"I really don't know whose child Xiang Ke is."

"Are you kidding me..." Luo Rui was about to get angry, but then he heard her say, "Go collect biological samples from Bai Kangyong and Bai Xianjin."

"You..." Luo Rui was stunned for a moment.

Cai Xiaojing was also stunned and speechless. Her right hand holding the pen shook violently and she drew a heavy stroke on the notebook.

……

……

In the early morning, the night market stalls in the county town are bustling with activity.

Luo Rui and his group gathered around a large round table, on which were placed casserole porridge, braised pork ribs, clams, braised prawns and other stir-fried dishes.

While washing the dishes, Xu Chengzhi said, "It's summer now. If it were winter, there would be no one here at 10 pm. The night market is bustling right now.

We have been busy all day, Captain Luo, Captain Cai, please eat more, comrades. "

Xu Chengzhi is different from Shen Huaimin. He is not so stingy. Right after the visit, he dragged Luo Rui and others to have a bite to eat.

Luo Rui leaned back in his chair, put one hand on the table, tapped it, and said, "Everyone, tell me about the situation."

Seeing that Luo Rui ignored him and started talking about work, he had to straighten his face and said, "After I knew that Xiang Ke was not Xiang Jiajun's child, I asked Xiang Jiajun in detail. On January 23rd five years ago, when the children disappeared, he said that he went to the theater and was not at home."

"Is there any witness?" Cai Xiaojing asked.

Xu Chengzhi shook his head: "He said he went there alone, and there were many people under the stage at the time. He said he didn't see anyone he knew, and no one could prove it for him."

Luo Rui asked: "What play was performed and what song was sung? Can he answer it?"

"Uh..." Xu Chengzhi touched the back of his head. "It was Kunqu Opera. As for what it was specifically about, we didn't investigate at the time. But don't worry, Captain Luo. I will make sure Xiang Jiajun's alibi is clear tomorrow."

"Okay." Luo Rui looked at Lin Chen: "What did you gain?"

Lin Chen rolled his eyes and recalled: "Xiang Ming and Xiang Tao's parents said that the two children usually don't run around unless they meet acquaintances, so their parents think that the children must have been abducted. The parents of the other two children also said so. Their records are almost the same as five years ago. There is no doubt."

Cai Xiaojing pondered and said, "The biggest doubt now is that Xiang Ke is very likely the child of Bai Kangyong and his son..."

When she said this, she was stunned for a moment and really didn't know how to describe this matter.

"Within one day, the father and son assaulted Guo Huilan one after another. Can we arrest these two people for raping a woman?"

Xu Chengzhi sighed and shook his head, "It's been so long, the evidence is long gone. It's hard to pry open the mouths of Bai Kangyong and his son with Guo Huilan's testimony alone."

Cai Xiaojing also knew that this was difficult, but she really couldn't bear to see this happen.

Lin Chen is also a woman. When she heard this in the car, her young heart was shocked beyond words. She gritted her teeth and said, "It's fucking abominable. The Bai family father and son are really heartless. If we can't punish them, what's the point of the law?
I want to see what they say if the DNA comparison is successful."

"What do you mean?" Xu Chengzhi continued, "Whether it's the father or the son, the one who wins the bid will definitely say that Guo Huilan volunteered, and the other one will definitely sue you for defamation!

This Bai Kangyong is really a tyrant here. Not to mention how many people he has offended, just the fact that he plays with women is simply outrageous. "

Tian Guanghan blinked and said, "Captain Xu, tell me, what's so simple about this?"

Xu Chengzhi knocked on the rim of the bowl with his chopsticks: "Let me tell you this, but I also heard that Bai Kangyong has played with at least this many women!"

He put down his chopsticks and stretched out his hands.

"a hundred?"

"You lack imagination. There are more than a thousand!" Xu Chengzhi sighed, his face indignant. He showed his true feelings, unlike Shen Huaimin who kept many things in his heart and was happy but did not express them.

Tian Guanghan swallowed his saliva. The others were also shocked and seemed to find this matter a bit scary.

Luo Rui was relatively calm. He had seen too many things like this. It was just that the Internet was not well developed nowadays and these things were not exposed. When ordinary people first heard about them, they thought it was a fantasy.

Tian Guanghan smacked his lips and said, "It's really LSP, can he handle it?"

"Bah!" Lin Chen cursed, "Shameless, relying on your wealth and power to do evil, how many of these women were forced, there must be a crime!"

Tian Guanghan wiped his face and said, "Officer Lin, you can be angry, but please don't spit on my face."

"You too, no man is good."

"Hey, you're scolding the team leader as well." Tian Guanghan raised his eyebrows: "Team leader, Lin Chen is scolding you."

Lin Chen glared at him, then glanced at Luo Rui cautiously, curling his lips and saying, "Team Leader, we really have to fight this time. Bai Kangyong and his son are really evil and their hands must be dirty. If it doesn't work, let's ask the economic investigation to come and check him out. I don't believe he has a clean bottom."

Luo Rui seemed to be deaf to her words and was immersed in his own thoughts.

"Team leader?" Lin Chen called again.

"Oh." Luo Rui came back to his senses, nodded slightly, and looked at Xu Chengzhi: "Is this Bai Xianjin still in prison?"

"He's locked up. I just called Director Shen and told him about the new clues. He's bringing people to pull out the kid's hair."

"Where's Bai Kangyong?"

Xu Chengzhi stroked the stubble on his chin and said, "Director Shen's idea is to compare it with Bai Xianjin's DNA first. No matter whose child Xiang Ke is, the DNA will show the result."

"Okay, tomorrow morning, the Zhao father and son will come over. We will first look at the bones to see if we can find out the cause of death, and then go to the construction site in the southern suburbs."

Xu Chengzhi nodded: "Okay, Director Shen has specifically instructed me to follow Team Luo for the next few days. If you need anything, just tell me and I will arrange it for you."

"Everyone, please eat. The food is getting cold." Luo Rui picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised pork ribs and put it into his mouth.

Seeing him pick up his chopsticks, others also started eating.

Luo Rui ate half of his food and put down his chopsticks: "I'm going to the bathroom."

Xu Chengzhi wanted to accompany him, but just as he stood up, he saw Luo Rui already standing at the counter and paying the bill.

"Luo Zhi, I'm coming, I'm coming..."

Luo Rui had already received the change from the proprietress and pressed his hand towards him: "It's all the same."

"No way! I have to give you the money!" Xu Chengzhi took out his wallet and wanted to give the money to Luo Rui, but the latter had already gone to the bathroom.

Tian Guanghan said, "Captain Xu, don't compete with our team leader. His daily income may be more than your county bureau's annual budget."

"Ah?" Xu Chengzhi blinked. "Officer Tian, ​​you're joking. We police officers don't earn that much."

"Hey, don't disbelieve it." Tian Guanghan felt that helping Luo Rui brag was more enjoyable than eating beef himself. "Let me tell you this, Bai Kangyong is the richest man in Fengshui County, right? How much wealth do you think he has?"

Xu Chengzhi sat down in a chair and replied, "I don't know, but it's probably at least 1 billion."

"That's right. It would take at least five or six Bai Kangyongs combined to be as rich as our team leader."

Hearing this, Xu Chengzhi was stunned, then he laughed, thinking that this matter was even more ridiculous than "Bai Kangyong and his son joined the battle" just now, but when he saw that the others had no expression on their faces and looked as if it was a matter of course, he was speechless.

"Is Luo... Captain Luo really that rich?"

But no one paid any attention to him. At this time, Lin Chen blinked and said, "Hey, I suddenly remembered something. This morning, when we went to Taihe Square, I saw the flower basket sent by Hongguang Investment Company."

Chu Yang narrowed his eyes, took out his tablet, and retrieved the detailed information of Taihe Group. Then, he opened his eyes wide: "This...it says here that Fengshui County is planning to build this 52-story building, and Hongguang Capital is the largest investor."

"Isn't our team leader Bai Kangyong's investor?" Lin Chen was shocked.

The others looked at each other in bewilderment, and everyone stared at the tablet in Chu Yang's hand.

Tian Guanghan smacked his lips and said, "Wow, our team leader is really Bai Kangyong's financial sponsor!"

(End of this chapter)