Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 372 Bullet shells at the burial site!

"What's going on?" Shen Huaimin was shocked and quickly stood up from his chair.

Fengshui County has been criticized from top to bottom throughout the whole day. If something happens now, it will be the end of it.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him nervously, Xu Chengzhi quickly waved his hands and said, "It's not what everyone thinks. It's the people from Huainan Street and Xiang Ye who came to us to ask for mercy?"

"Please?" Lin Chen blinked. He was unfamiliar with this word.

"It's a petition," Xu Chengzhi explained.

Shen Huaimin scolded him: "At this critical moment, why are you still playing dumb with me? What exactly is going on? Explain the cause and effect of the matter clearly."

Xu Chengzhi was confronted and quickly said, "Didn't Team Liao escort Bai Kangyong and other criminals back to the Municipal Bureau in the afternoon? The residents of Huainan Street thought Team Luo had also gone, so they came to our County Bureau to ask for him."

"This..." Shen Huaimin looked at Luo Rui.

"I thought it was a big deal." Luo Rui stood up and said, "I'll go out and take a look."

Then, a group of people followed him downstairs.

At this time, a large group of people were standing in the yard. The neighbors, led by Xiang Ye, were happy and excited, and they did not seem to be there to cause trouble.

When they saw Luo Rui appear, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiang Ye walked up the stairs, followed by Guo Huilan and her husband.

"Captain Luo, we all thought you had returned to the Municipal Bureau."

Luo Rui smiled and said, "How could that be? The case has not been solved yet, and the children have not been found yet..."

"I said that Luo's detachment would not ignore this matter. We have all heard that the criminal gang headed by Bai Kangyong has been arrested by the police. This matter has spread throughout the county.

Captain Luo, it's only been a few days and you have eliminated harm for the people and arrested Bai Kangyong and others. I, Xiang Rong, have never admired anyone in my entire life, and you are the first!
Don’t you think so?!”

He turned around and looked at the dozens of people standing in the yard.

"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison, and the scene was very lively.

Then, Guo Huilan took a step forward on the stairs. The thing in her hand was something that every policeman had seen, and seeing it really made people feel a warm current flowing through their hearts.

"Captain Luo, thank you!" She didn't say much, but held the scroll in her hand and unfolded the vermilion banner.

Two lines of gold-rimmed fonts appeared in front of everyone.

Letter: Enforce the law for the people with integrity.

Seeing these two lines of words, Luo Rui was stunned and was actually a little afraid to answer it.

Shen Huaimin sighed, looked at Luo Rui deeply, then raised his hands and clapped hard.

Then, everyone in the yard applauded enthusiastically.

For a moment, there was thunderous applause and cheers.

These people looked at Luo Rui with burning eyes, their eyes full of anticipation.

The members of the criminal team all held their heads high, feeling proud, and only regretted that they were not wearing uniforms.

"Thank you." Luo Rui blinked, but his heart was heavy.

What Guo Huilan wanted to express was very clear: she wanted to thank him for bringing Bai Kangyong and others to justice.

Regardless of whether Bai Kangyong and Bai Xianjin admit to bullying Guo Huilan thirteen years ago, this case may not have a good outcome due to the lack of evidence, but for Guo Huilan, it is already very good.

From her point of view, it was because she confessed the humiliation that had been buried in her heart for many years that Luo Rui captured Bai Kangyong and others in just two days.

Just a few days ago, in their eyes, Taihe Group was an unshakable existence. It was too surprising that such a behemoth collapsed so suddenly.

There is no doubt that in the minds of Guo Huilan, Xiang Ye and others, Luo Rui is here to make decisions for them. Enforcing the law for the people and being upright are completely in line with Luo Rui's style.

Luo Rui took the banner, looked at the two lines of words carefully, and sighed deeply.

Being a policeman, no regrets.

Then he handed the banner to Cai Xiaojing and looked at Xiang Jiajun who was standing beside him.

"Captain Luo, I already know what happened to my wife. Don't worry, I won't be estranged from her because of this. We have our second child, and we will live a good life."

This is what Luo Rui was worried about. He was afraid that Guo Huilan's reputation would be ruined and she would be despised by others.

But judging from the fact that Guo Huilan gave herself a banner, she must have confessed to her husband.

"That's good, that's good!"

Grandpa Xiang said, "Captain Luo, I wonder if you can find those children from five years ago. You know, this is a concern for the people of Huainan Street. It has been so many years, and it is really difficult for you. But, if they are alive, we want to see them, and if they are dead, we want to see their bodies. We want to find out."

"Don't worry, I won't leave until the case is solved!"

"Okay, with your promise, I, Xiang Rong, won't say anything else. If I can really find the children, I will be the first to kowtow to you!"

"Don't scare me, old man!" Luo Rui was startled, and then looked at everyone: "Everyone, please go away if you are fine. The parents of the children should stay, and everyone else should leave first. Don't worry, we will do our best to solve the [1*23 case]."

Seeing him say that, Grandpa Xiang waved his hand behind him and said, "Listen to Captain Luo, everyone disperse."

Soon, everyone left and the children's parents were brought into the conference room.

Photos of the five children appeared on the big screen in front.

They are Xiang Ke who has passed away, the siblings Xiang Ming and Xiang Tao who have not been found yet, as well as Wu Yue and Ren Xiaoyong.

Xiang Ke was eight years old and the oldest of five children. After his body was found, DNA testing confirmed that he and Bai Kangyong were father and son.

Xiang Tao is the only girl among five children.

When they saw the photos of the children, more than a dozen parents immediately burst into tears, and all the tissues on the table were used up.

As women, Cai Xiaojing and Lin Chen felt the same way and their eyes were red.

Shen Huaimin and Xu Chengzhi could not stop sighing. On the one hand, they felt incompetent and guilty, and on the other hand, they thought that the case was too difficult to solve.

Luo Rui and his group have only been here for a few days?
The golden time for solving a homicide case is 72 hours. Once this time passes, the wasted police force and resources will increase exponentially.

At the beginning, organizing thousands of people to go into the mountains to search was a huge cost. To put it bluntly, the food for people and horses, the mineral water and convenience doors consumed cost a lot of money.

It can be said that the Fengshui County Bureau spent all of its six months’ funds on this case. Moreover, it was during the Spring Festival and the beginning of the year, and there were many cases that needed money, which led to a lack of follow-up and the [1*23 case] had to be shelved.

But before it was shelved, the county police classified the case as a missing persons case, which was tantamount to downgrading the case.

As we all know, missing cases will only be reopened if there is a death order from above or if there are major clues.

In March, the most important clue was the discovery of Xiang Ke’s body at a construction site in the southern suburbs!

If his body is not found, the case will definitely be treated as a missing person case and then shelved.

But whether it is the county or municipal bureau, they must abide by the principle that homicide cases must be solved.

This is not just a simple slogan, but a real command-style proposition.

Therefore, the [1*23 case] was reopened. After all, homicide is the most important of the eight major criminal cases, and no matter who it is, they cannot hide or shirk responsibility.

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In another small meeting room.

Luo Rui met with the Zhao father and son. The two of them worked hard for two days and heard about what was happening in the outside world.

After Zhao Chunlai sat in the chair, he looked Luo Rui up and down carefully, making him feel embarrassed.

Luo Rui rolled his eyes: "Uncle Zhao, don't look at me like that, I have a girlfriend, I can't be your son-in-law."

"roll!"

Zhao Chunlai put the thermos cup on the table and smacked his lips. "You are so cruel, I wonder if you have three heads and six arms. I heard about what happened last night. You were attacked by six gangsters in the mountains, two of whom were armed with guns and four with knives. How did you escape?"

"How can I hide? Just fight hard." Luo Rui spread his hands.

"Luo, we have known each other for a long time. I know everything about you. You have been promoted so quickly in the past two years. You must have been hunting tigers in the mountains or catching big crocodiles in the rivers. I calculated that you have been assassinated more than ten times. It doesn't make sense that you were able to escape every time.

Tell me the truth, which Buddha did you worship? Give Uncle Zhao some advice, I deal with corpses every day, and I have long wanted to go and worship. "

Zhao Ming flipped through the information and glanced at him: "Dad, can you please stop talking nonsense? Don't you know who you are? You can only have one belief!"

"What do you care about me?" Zhao Chunlai said, "There are rules for entering any temple and worshipping any Buddha. I tell you, this is very mysterious. Otherwise, how can Luo Rui explain it? If it were someone else, he would have died many times. Luo Rui was able to ward off evil and ward off disasters time and time again. He must have been carrying a talisman with him."

"Luo Rui, be quiet, what are you hiding on your body? Take it out and let me see it! "

Luo Rui was frightened by his gaze and had no choice but to open his collar and sleeves: "I'll let you take a look. See, there's nothing! I was able to survive only because of my own ability."

"It's wrong, absolutely wrong!" Zhao Chunlai looked very serious: "You are definitely weird, you don't have a talisman with you, or you are born with evil spirits. People nicknamed you 'Luo Yanwang', I think it's true.

Luo Rui, before you came to this world, you must have held some position in the underworld, otherwise it would be totally unreasonable to have such ability..."

Seeing that his words were becoming more and more mysterious, Zhao Ming was extremely speechless and immediately changed the subject: "Luo Rui, don't listen to his nonsense, let's talk about the case first." Luo Rui turned his eyes away, but he was a little confused in his heart.

What Zhao Chunlai said was not groundless, and he did have some truth in it.

After all, Luo Rui was reborn, which was a very rare thing, not to mention that he was able to escape from ambushes time and time again. He had never thought about this before, and after Zhao Chunlai said this, he felt a little unsure.

This is the power of charlatans. They will tell you all sorts of nonsense, and as long as they say something right, your inner faith will be shaken. No matter how rich or powerful you are, as long as you are targeted by them, you can hardly escape the fate of being fooled by the charlatans.

Zhao Ming flipped through the information in his hand and brought the topic back on track.

"In the past two days, I organized the police from the county bureau to carefully sift through the soil in the backyard, but did not find any of the victim's personal clothing or other items.

I did find shells, discarded lighters, earrings, plastic bottles, etc., a total of five large boxes.

These things need to be tested to see if they carry the victim's or other people's biological information. The county bureau does not have a laboratory, so they can only be transported back to the city bureau's physical evidence center for identification..."

"That means there are no clues." Luo Rui was a little disappointed. These five large boxes need to be tested, which is a considerable expense, and the county bureau may not be able to afford it.

Even if you pay for testing, 99 percent of the clues are useless and may not produce any results at all.

Not only is it costly, but even if someone's biological information is found from the above items, police forces must be assigned to find these people, which is even more difficult.

Let's not talk about anything else, just the discarded lighter and earrings. Who threw them at the scene? When were they thrown? Do these people have any relationship with the victim, Xiang Ke?

Almost ninety-nine percent of it doesn't matter, but you still have to look and screen.

Over time, grassroots police officers complained bitterly, morale was low, and the initial unity turned into slackness.

Therefore, when solving criminal cases, it is necessary to consider all aspects. It is not as simple as rushing forward to solve the case. That is foolish behavior.

At this moment, Luo Rui just felt a headache. When he received the banner before, he was full of enthusiasm and said that he would not leave until the case was solved.

At this moment, he seemed to have understood that the banner was probably intentionally placed by Xiang Ye and his gang. In addition to giving himself a boost, it might also be a trap for him.

Seeing him dejected, Zhao Ming raised his head with a burning gaze, took out a transparent bag from the metal box at his feet, and placed it carefully on the table.

Luo Rui's attention was immediately attracted.

"This……"

Zhao Ming said, "You look so dejected. I didn't even finish what I was saying. This thing is a treasure! It's the only useful thing we found in the mud of five trucks. It may point to the nature of the case."

"It's really a treasure!" Luo Rui looked at the bullet shells in the transparent bag with fiery eyes.

This orange-yellow bullet shell is covered in mud, and the patterns inside can be clearly seen.

"Has it been identified?"

Zhao Ming nodded: "The diameter is 7.62 mm, and the total length is about 34.4 to 34.9 mm."

Luo Rui opened his eyes wide, finding it unbelievable: "Type 54?"

"No." Zhao Ming shook his head.

"How to say?"

"After I found this bullet shell, I did a ballistic test overnight and found that it was not fired from a Type 54 rifle, but from another type of gun."

"What kind?"

"TT-33!"

Hearing this name, Luo Rui's eyes were clear and ignorant.

Zhao Chunlai explained: "The TT1930/33 pistol is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Tokarev and produced by the Tsila Arsenal. This type of pistol became the standard pistol of the Soviet Army in 1930. The TT33 is its improved version. Our imitations of this pistol are the Type 51 and Type 54 pistols. This is a famous pistol."

"That is to say..."

"Yes, being able to get a gun like this shows that the owner of this gun is a gun enthusiast."

Luo Rui's pupils shrank: "In other words, when Xiang Ke was murdered, the owner of this gun was the murderer?"

Zhao Ming pondered and said, "This speculation is a bit far-fetched. After all, we don't know where the bullet shell was thrown at that time."

"No doubt, it must be this person! We went to the scene and found five truckloads of soil dug from the burial site. The radius is only about 20 meters. The bullet shells were found near the burial site, no more than 20 meters..."

As he spoke, Luo Rui stood up and analyzed while thinking: "I went to the mountain last night. The mountain at the southern suburbs construction site is connected to the mountain behind Huainan Street. I suspect that the five children went into the mountain without their parents knowing, and then met the murderer. Why did the murderer attack these children? Let's not talk about it for now.

But one thing is certain: Xiang Ke was the oldest among the children and had the physique and strength. He must have escaped from the mountain at the southern suburbs construction site. The murderer chased him all the way to the wasteland at the foot of the mountain. The murderer fired a shot but missed Xiang Ke.

At this time, Xiang Ke was exhausted and was afraid of the gunshots, so he was caught up by the murderer.

As for how Xiang Ke was killed..."

Having said that, Luo Rui looked at Zhao Chunlai.

The latter replied: "Your analysis is correct. The body only has scratches caused by the excavator, and the hyoid bone is not fractured. It is hard to say whether there are penetrating wounds, such as stabbing the internal organs with a knife or dagger.

However, I infer that the cause of death was suffocation, which means that the child was suffocated to death.

This condition is mainly caused by a blockage in the airway, which makes it impossible to breathe. The hyoid bone is located in the front of the neck and connects the tongue to the maxilla. Its main function is to support the movement of the tongue. In cases of choking, the hyoid bone is not usually directly injured or fractured.

Zhao Chunlai would not say anything absolutely, but since he said so, the cause of death must have been suffocation, without a doubt.

Moreover, a bullet fired from the barrel of a TT-33 was found at the burial site. This clue was of paramount importance and a major breakthrough.

Zhao Chunlai stretched lazily: "I have been working hard for two days without closing my eyes. I am tired."

Luo Rui coughed and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhao, thank you for your hard work. How about a bottle of Feitian Moutai?"

"Look at what you said, is this what I like?"

Zhao Ming choked: "Luo Rui, don't give it to him. He has liver cirrhosis. If he drinks it again, I will be the one in trouble."

Zhao Chunlai narrowed his eyes and said, "Zhao Ming, I'm telling you, don't meddle in my business. I don't have cirrhosis of the liver. I can't even hold a scalpel steadily if I don't drink. I haven't even retired yet, and you're cursing me to death?"

"Dad, if you don't listen to my advice, I won't work at the provincial department. I will stay at the Haijiang Branch forever!"

"you dare!"

"Hey..." Luo Rui heard the message from this and asked hurriedly: "Director Zhao, have you been transferred to the provincial department?"

Zhao Ming nodded. "A few days ago, I received a transfer order from below, which was approved by Captain Zhu. It said that the provincial department wanted to set up a homicide investigation team and asked me to be the director of the trace examination."

"Great!" Luo Rui smiled and patted Zhao Chunlai on the shoulder: "Uncle Zhao, for Director Zhao's future, I have to let you drink tea. When I finish the case and go back to the Municipal Bureau, I will definitely send you a box of high-end tea. You can drink tea instead of wine, it will be delicious...haha..."

"Go away, go away, who cares about your Maotai, or Feitian? Really?"

Luo Rui went out with a big laugh, leaving Zhao Chunlai and Zhao Ming, father and son, staring at each other.

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In the large conference room.

Cai Xiaojing and Lin Chen kept asking the parents questions, no matter how big or small the matter was, so detailed that even Shen Huaimin and Xu Chengzhi were surprised.

These questions cover the children's height, weight, what they like to eat, what they like to play, and the relationships between the children.

Although it has been five years, these parents still remember the details clearly.

At the beginning, after the case was determined to be a missing case, the whereabouts of the children could not be found. Four of the five parents went to other places together to look for them.

For this reason, he neglected his work and family, and had no money so he had to ride a motorcycle. There were five flags on the back of the motorcycle, with photos of his five children on them.

Among them, Xiang Ming and Xiang Tao's father (Xiang Nan) went the farthest. He went to five provinces alone and walked hundreds of thousands of kilometers. When he was tired, he lived in the wild. When he was hungry, he picked up food from trash cans. During this period, he encountered several landslides, highway robberies, and his wallet was stolen. He was neither human nor ghost. His wife could not bear this kind of life and chose to divorce him.

The two most serious incidents were when he broke into a human traffickers' den and was beaten half to death. After escaping, he called the police and helped them rescue a group of children who were being transported by human traffickers.

Another time, he went to a small mountain village. It was said that people in this village had been buying and selling children all year round. After he sneaked in, he was discovered and not only beaten, but also tied to a telephone pole. He starved for two days. Finally, he was saved by a child who was bought from the village.

"I will always remember that child..." Xiangnan gestured with his withered hands, his eyes reddened: "He was just that tall, thin, with a dirty face, and I felt pity for him the moment I saw him.

He came to me quietly at night when everyone in the village was asleep. He brought a pair of scissors with him and cut the ropes on my body.

He called me dad. He thought I was his dad and came here specifically to look for him. This child was abducted by human traffickers when he was one year old. Now he is ten years old.

Moreover, his left eye is blind. He said it has been like this since he was a child, but I think someone blinded that eye.

This child has suffered a great crime, and those human traffickers deserve to be shot ten times!
After he found out I wasn’t his father, he started crying and I started crying too…

At that time, I thought that if there was no other way, I would take him away and acknowledge him as my son, but he refused to go. He said that if he went with me, he would never see his biological parents again.

Over the years, I have been to many places and walked a lot. I have been hoping to find these five children. Five years have passed, and there is still no news.

In March this year, I was out of town. When I heard that Xiang Ke’s body had been found in the county, I rushed back immediately.

Honestly, we as parents would rather never find our children than see their remains..."

(End of this chapter)