Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 419 Making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
"Among the hundreds of police officers in Qingyang City Bureau, he is the only one who believes Kong Zhijie is innocent, but you, Captain Cao, are not one of them!"

"Director Sun is a traitor?" Cao Yang's eyes froze, and he blurted out what was in his mind without thinking.

Sun Zhihao looked at Luo Rui and asked hurriedly, "Director Luo, does my father really think so?"

Luo Rui leaned against the conference table and shrugged: "Think about it carefully. After the [718 case] happened, was Kong Zhijie's confession sent to the procuratorate very quickly?"

Cao Yang swallowed his saliva and recalled: "That's right. Because of Kong Zhijie's identity, the city bureau leaders wanted to minimize the impact, so they asked us to handle the case as quickly as possible..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Sun Kang had taken a week off after Kong Zhijie pleaded guilty. During this week, Kong Zhijie's case had been transferred to the procuratorate.

Because of this, Sun Kang was in a bad mood those days and stayed in the office all day.

Moreover, during the six months of detention, Sun Kang went to the detention center many times. When Kong Zhijie was sentenced by the court, he also witnessed Kong Zhijie being sentenced to death.

The more Cao Yang thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Sun Zhihao said solemnly: "If my father really thinks there is something wrong with Kong Zhijie's case, why doesn't he continue to investigate?"

Lin Chen replied, "Are you stupid? You are the deputy captain of the criminal police. Can he overturn a case that has already been sentenced based on just one suspicious point?"

Cao Yang recalled: "I remember that when Kong Zhijie was interrogated, Secretary An was also present. He told us to investigate the case quickly, quickly and strictly..."

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Luo Rui: "Director Luo, if Director Sun really thinks there is something wrong with Kong Zhijie's case, then he must have found some clues."

Luo Rui pondered and said, "That's right, he must know something."

Sun Zhihao took out his cell phone and said, "No need to bother. I can just call my dad and ask him."

Sun Zhihao thought someone would stop him, but no one present moved, so he had to make the phone call.

"At this time, he must still be sleeping..." Sun Zhihao said, but within a few seconds of the call being connected, the other party answered. He immediately pressed the hands-free button, but before he could say anything, Sun Kang cursed on the phone:
"What are you doing so crazy in the middle of the night?"

"Uh..." Sun Zhihao whispered, "Director Sun, I want to ask you something."

There was no response from the other end, but the call was not hung up either.

Sun Zhihao looked at Luo Rui, then at Cao Yang. Seeing both of them nod, he blinked and said, "Um... have you been investigating the [718 case]?"

After a moment, a curse came from the receiver: "What are you talking about? Did Director Luo ask you to ask me?"

"Uh..." Sun Zhihao felt that his father's scolding was too harsh and made him lose face, so he raised his voice and said angrily: "Director Sun, please be careful with your words. You are a leader after all..."

"My boss is bullshit, I'm your father!" Sun Kang shouted on the phone, "All the files and evidence have been given to Luo Yanwang. If he can't find any problems, at 8 o'clock in the morning, ask Cao Yang to send the things to the archives room. I didn't say this, it was requested by the leaders of the Municipal Bureau, do you understand?"

Sun Zhihao felt a little embarrassed. He raised his phone to Luo Rui and said, "Director Luo, how about you say something?"

Luo Rui was about to take the phone, but Sun Kang hung up the phone.

Lin Chen curled his lips: "He is such an old fox. Director Sun wants both. He knows that there are doubts in the [718 case], but he doesn't dare to investigate further. He finds us here in a roundabout way and refuses to cooperate. He is just trying to protect himself..."

Sun Zhihao felt ashamed and did not dare to reply. He looked at Luo Rui timidly. The latter looked at Cao Yang for a while, then turned his gaze to Yan Wu who was dozing off in the corner.

Fang Yonghui asked from the side: "Luo Da, what should we do now? If we can't find any suspicious points, we can't reopen the investigation of this case at all."

Cai Xiaojing shook her head: "Even if we find the problem, it is impossible to reopen the investigation. Kong Zhijie has already been executed..."

The criminal suspect has been executed and is no longer with us. If anything is really discovered, how many departments and people will be involved?
Chu Yang said: "No wonder Director Sun is unwilling to give in. He himself knows how deep the water is."

Lin Chen sighed: "Since he knows, why bother involving us?"

At this time, Luo Rui touched his chin and looked intently at the photo of Kong Zhijie on the whiteboard.

Cai Xiaojing asked: "Luo Rui, what should we do now?"

Luo Rui glanced at the clock on the wall: "It's already past four in the morning. I've booked a room at the hotel opposite the Municipal Bureau. You guys go get some sleep."

"how about you?"

"Leave me alone for a while."

Cai Xiaojing shook her head: "I'll go with you."

Lin Chen also said: "Let's stay up together. I'm too full and I can't fall asleep for a while."

"No need." Luo Rui shook his head. "You guys go and have a rest. I'll sleep in the conference room when I get sleepy. This case is just like Captain Cai said. It's unlikely to be solved. Let's not waste our time. Let's return the files to them tomorrow morning."

At this time, Cao Yang asked: "Director Luo, are you really not going to investigate?"

Luo Rui said nothing.

Fang Yonghui said, "Luo Da, then should Sun Zhihao and I still follow Zhang Youer?"

"Of course, you will go there tomorrow morning. You don't need to come to the Municipal Bureau. Please report to me at any time."

"Okay." Fang Yonghui looked into his eyes and understood immediately.

Everyone left, only Cao Yang did not leave, and Yan Wu was still sitting in the corner dozing off.

Luo Rui looked at Cao Yang and smiled: "Captain Cao, are you afraid that I will steal the files?"

Cao Yang waved his hands embarrassedly: "No, no, it's almost dawn anyway, I'll sleep anyway if I go back or here."

"Okay, then I won't disturb your sleep." Luo Rui walked around the conference table and sat in front of Chu Yang's computer. He picked up the headphones on the table and put them on his head.

Cao Yang wanted to follow, but after thinking it over, he gave up. He found two chairs and put them together. He lay down and within a few seconds he began to snore loudly.

Seeing that he was really asleep, Luo Rui took out his cell phone, quickly edited a message and sent it out: [Tell me, what clues did you find? ]

In less than a moment, Sun Kang sent a message: [Director Luo, I thought you didn't understand. ]

Luo Rui raised his eyebrows and sent a message: [Is it Cao Yang, or Yan Wu? ]

[Director Luo, don't worry about this. Let me ask you, you guys have been investigating for the entire night, but you really didn't find anything?]

Luo Rui pressed the following sentence without thinking: [It was less than 24 hours between the time Kong Zhijie committed the crime and the time he was arrested by you. He was prepared to be arrested and said he was going to surrender himself, but he was in a good mood and changed his clothes. Does this count?]

[That's right! This is where I started to suspect that this case was not simple. Besides, Kong Zhijie is my old subordinate. I know him. Even if his daughter suffered such harm, he would never kill anyone! ]

Luo Rui shrugged and replied: [Don't keep me in suspense, it's almost dawn, where is the evidence? ]

[Director Luo, with your ability, you really can't find it? ]

Luo Rui was somewhat speechless and quickly replied: [If the archives room of your Qingyang City Bureau can cooperate with me, I can immediately find out what physical evidence you have reviewed the most times in the past few years in relation to the 718 case.]

[Director Luo, if the two victims were not killed by Kong Zhijie, then how did the murderer frame him? How did the murderer identify him and the two victims? How did Kong Zhijie willingly plead guilty?]

When Luo Rui saw this message, his mind buzzed and he immediately understood.

Sun Kang sent another message: [At 8:30, Secretary An and the leaders of the Municipal Bureau will come. Whether you can scare them depends on you, Luo Yanwang.]

Luo Rui threw his phone on the table. After watching the video for half an hour, he quickly picked up the phone and called Lin Chen.

Lin Chen was half asleep when he heard Luo Rui say on the phone: "Chen, you have to use the honey trap on your old classmate again..."

"what?"

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The eastern sky gradually turned pale, and as the sun rose, the sky turned from white to red. Today was a good day.

Light came into the conference room and Cao Yang was awakened by the brightness. He rubbed his sore eyes and saw Luo Rui sleeping on the conference table.

At this moment, the corridor outside the conference room was bustling with people, and it was already time for the Municipal Bureau to go to work.

Cao Yang glanced at his apprentice Yan Wu, who was smacking his lips and sleeping soundly.

Cao Yang did not disturb him. He got up carefully, walked to the door, opened it and went out. He then glanced at Luo Rui. Seeing that he did not wake up, he breathed a sigh of relief and closed the door gently.

"Captain Cao, good morning." A policeman passing by the door of the meeting room greeted enthusiastically.

"Good morning." Cao Yang said perfunctorily and walked quickly towards the stairs.

He caught a female police officer coming down from the third floor and asked in a low voice, "Has Director Sun come to work?"

The policewoman shook her head: "Not yet."

"Where's Director Pan?"

The policewoman looked upstairs and said, "In the office, yes..."

She leaned close to Cao Yang and whispered, "Secretary An is here too, and the detachment leader and deputy detachment leader are both in Director Pan's office."

"Okay, I got it." Cao Yang walked past her, lowered his footsteps, and quickly went upstairs.

Passing by Sun Kang's office, he stood on tiptoe and saw that there was indeed no one inside. He quickly walked to the innermost office, straightened his collar, and knocked gently on the door.

No one responded from inside, but after a moment, the door was opened.

"Captain Chen..." Cao Yang greeted him immediately when he saw Captain Chen Changyi. He looked up and saw that the director's office was crowded with people. All the leaders of the Municipal Bureau, big and small, except Sun Kang, were here.

In addition, he also saw people from the procuratorate and the court.

Chen Changyi frowned and said, "Old Cao, how is it?"

Just as Cao Yang was about to reply, a voice inside ordered, "Come in and talk."

Chen Changyi stepped aside, Cao Yang smiled and walked into the office.

He saw the person who spoke was sitting on a single sofa, with Director Pan, the deputy captain and others standing behind him. This person was none other than Secretary An.

"Hello, Secretary An..." Cao Yang nodded, his gesture very respectful. Secretary An raised his hand: "What do you mean?"

Cao Yang glanced at Director Pan standing behind him, and when he saw him nod, he replied, "The people from the provincial department investigated all night and found nothing."

"Are you sure?" Chen Changyi asked.

"Yes, Luo Yanwang said so himself. He couldn't handle it either. He also said that he would return the files of [Case 718] to the archives room soon."

Hearing this, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Secretary An nodded and said, "I was saying that this Luo Yanwang only has that little ability. No matter how powerful he is, he can't solve this case."

Cao Yang then said, "Yes, this is a case with irrefutable evidence. Even if he continues to investigate, he won't be able to find any suspicious points."

Chen Changyi frowned: "Lao Cao, where is your master? He is the one who invited Luo Yanwang here. What does he think of the [718 case]?"

Cao Yang licked his lips and said thoughtfully: "Director Sun also thinks there is no problem with this case."

"is it?"

"Yes." Cao Yang lowered his eyes.

Director Pan, standing by, put his hands behind his back and said, "If that's the case... then it's not convenient for me to come out. Old Chen, you can take everyone to treat Luo Yanwang to a meal as a way of thanking them for helping solve the [404 case] and sending these people from the provincial department away."

"Okay." Chen Changyi nodded, and then asked: "Then will the meeting still be held?"

"Open it, of course." Secretary An stood up and said, "I came here specifically to meet Luo Yanwang."

Cao Yang quickly opened the door, turned sideways, and let the group of big guys go out.

As they were walking downstairs, they happened to meet Sun Kang who was going upstairs.

"Hey, Secretary An!" Sun Kang walked up to him enthusiastically and said, "Look, I was stuck in traffic and was late. I'm sorry for neglecting Secretary An."

Secretary An smiled and said, "You are in charge of the criminal cases of the city, and you are very busy. An old man like me doesn't need you to receive him."

Sun Kang heard the sarcasm in his words, smiled, and quickly moved out of the way to avoid blocking the other person's way.

After several of his superiors walked by, Sun Kang glanced at Cao Yang behind the crowd. Cao Yang quickly lowered his head, not daring to look him in the eye.

At this time, Chen Changyi said, "Director Sun, please."

Sun Kang followed him to the meeting room and asked in a low voice, "What's the situation?"

Chen Changyi smiled and said, "Secretary An is going to send the gods away."

"That's good." Sun Kang also smiled.

When the group arrived at the conference room, Luo Rui was still sleeping on the conference table.

Besides him, there was also Yan Wu who was snoring in the corner.

Cao Yang gritted his teeth, and while no one was paying attention, he quickly walked over and kicked Yan Wu on the foot: "Still sleeping, get up quickly!"

Yan Wu staggered and nearly fell, and Cao Yang quickly helped him up.

Yan Wu opened his eyes and saw a room full of leaders. He was frightened and stood up quickly, touching his trouser legs awkwardly with his hands.

"Director Luo... wake up."

At this time, Chen Changyi walked up to Luo Rui and pushed his arm: "Director Luo?"

Luo Rui opened his eyes and saw Chen Changyi's face. He said in a daze, "Captain Chen, what's wrong?"

"Director Luo, the meeting has started. Secretary An and Director Pan are here..."

Luo Rui looked at the group of people standing at the door, staring at him. He quickly stood up and walked forward enthusiastically: "Secretary An, Director Pan, hello."

Secretary An smiled and said, "Director Luo, I heard that you have been looking through the files all night. Did you gain anything?"

Luo Rui nodded, his face firm: "Check, we must check!"

"Oh?" The smile on Secretary An's face froze. He glanced at Chen Changyi, and Chen Changyi looked at Cao Yang.

Cao Yang swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously: "Luo... Director Luo, isn't there no doubt about the [718 case]?"

"Who said I was investigating this case?" Luo Rui raised his voice: "I want to investigate [Case 404]!"

"This..." Chen Changyi asked, "Isn't this case solved?"

Luo Rui shook his head: "It was indeed Deng Mowei who murdered, but there was someone else present besides her on the night of April 4th. She had no choice but to kill Zhang Guanglu! So, I suspect that Kong Zhijie was also forced to admit to the murder three years ago. There is a common mastermind behind these two cases."

These words were like a huge rock falling into a calm lake, shocking several people on the spot.

"Wait..." Sun Kang immediately said, "Director Luo, don't say anything nonsense. Do you have any evidence to prove this?"

Luo Rui shrugged: "If you are not in a hurry, I will go to the toilet and wash my face first?"

Chen Changyi hurriedly said, "It's already this late, Director Luo, please explain the situation clearly first."

"I can't help it. I have to pee urgently. I'll be back soon." Luo Rui turned and walked towards the door. As he walked, he took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed a number.

After the call was connected, he immediately heard a child crying from the other side of the receiver.

"Lin Chen, how long will you take?"

"Director Luo, we did as you said and took Deng Mowei's child to the hospital. She immediately admitted that three people did attack her and Zhang Guanglu on the night of April 4th, but she killed the man and it was the group that burned the car.

In addition, Deng Mowei was threatened. The group said that if the police couldn't find her, even if she was lucky, if they found Deng Mowei and she dared to give them up, the group would kill her whole family, even her children. "

Luo Rui walked into the bathroom and asked, "Did she identify him?"

"Deng Mowei couldn't speak yet, so she wrote everything by hand. We showed her the photo and she nodded."

"Okay, pass Deng Mowei's confession to me." Luo Rui instructed: "Also, tell Qiao Xue to let her and Zhang Yong continue to stay in the hospital and not leave the ward. Don't make any mistakes!"

"Yes."

Luo Rui hung up the phone, turned on the faucet, washed his face, then tore off a tissue, wiped his face dry, and walked out of the bathroom.

Then, Luo Rui returned to the meeting room.

Everyone has taken their seats, and they all have serious expressions, staring vigilantly at Luo Rui who has just entered the room.

The first person to speak was Sun Kang. This old guy was ready to perform a double act.

"Director Luo, can you tell me now? What did you find out?"

Luo Rui glanced at him, nodded, and came to the conference table: "I just said that these two cases have a common mastermind. This is true. Deng Mowei has already identified the suspects in the [718] and [404] cases!"

Even though Luo Ruigang had already given them a shot of cardiac stimulant, these words still confused everyone present, and they were all feeling uneasy.

Secretary An, in particular, frowned, said nothing, and stared at Luo Rui as if he wanted to swallow him in one bite.

Sun Kang laughed and said, "Criminal suspect? Where did the criminal suspect come from? Director Luo, if I remember correctly, you and your people stayed in the conference room all night. Where did you go to look for clues?"

Luo Rui was alone in the conference room without any help, so he had to operate the computer himself and project the things Lin Chen earned from his performance onto the big screen.

"Please look, we found these videos overnight."

Luo Rui pressed the space bar on the keyboard and the video began to play. The time displayed in the upper left corner was September 2007, 9, 4: a.m., at the Supreme Court.

When Sun Kang saw the content of the video, he looked at Luo Rui in surprise, and the latter nodded slightly to him.

But the others were confused, especially Cao Yang. Although he had the lowest position, he felt uncomfortable if he didn't know the truth. This Luo Yanwang played a trick on him and then sold him out.

He pursed his lips, mustered up the courage to ask, "Director Luo, what's so interesting about the court trial video?"

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Luo Rui touched his chin and said, "This is the first session of Kong Zhijie's trial. Take a close look. Where does Kong Zhijie look every time after answering a question?"

Sun Kang opened his eyes wide. He had countless questions in his mind. This was different from what Luo Rui talked about last night. He wanted to ask, but now was not the right time, so he had to continue the double act: "Left rear?"

Luo Rui nodded: "Eight o'clock, right?"

"What's so weird about this?"

"Throughout the trial, Kong Zhijie looked towards the eight o'clock direction no less than thirty times, and even after being reminded by the bailiff, he still looked in that direction." Luo Rui said, "Come on, let's continue watching the second court trial."

As he spoke, he opened another video, which was taken three months later.

Similarly, Kong Zhijie also looked in the same direction from time to time, but because of the video angle, it was not clear who he was looking at.

Everyone in the conference room had already been whetted by Luo Rui's appetite. Chen Changyi asked impatiently, "Director Luo, what do you want to say?"

Luo Rui didn't even raise his head, nor did he answer his question. After the video was finished, he said, "When the court sentenced Kong Zhijie, I remember Director Sun was also present, right?"

Sun Kang blinked blankly and did not answer, but his heart was already in turmoil. He had already understood that Luo Rui had identified the real suspect in Case 404 and Case 718.

Luo Rui opened the third video, and the judge's statement and verdict on Kong Zhijie's charges appeared on the big screen.

"...This court now pronounces that, according to the provisions of the Criminal Law..., the defendant Kong Zhijie is guilty of intentional homicide and is sentenced to death and deprived of his... "

After hearing the word "death penalty", Kong Zhijie was shaking all over. He couldn't help but look to the left behind with pleading and desperate eyes.

Luo Rui's voice was cold and emotionless: "In this video, Kong Zhijie looked at that person no less than fifty times..."

Sun Kang clenched his fists, his heart pounding, and he couldn't help but say: "I remember, there was such a person, she was present at every court session..."

(End of this chapter)