Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 465 Prisoner 3371’s Motive!
The river water, rippling in the night wind, slowly hits the shore, wave after wave.

The boy Chen Xuan hugged his knees with his arms, staring at the blue speedboat floating in the center of the river without blinking.

Gold bars were thrown into the river, creating small ripples.

Chen Xuan turned his head and looked at Chen Fangliang who was also hugging his knees.

"Dad, can you escape?"

His eyes were dark and clear, with a faint mist in their bottom.

"Don't worry, Dad is fine." Chen Fangliang touched his head again: "Time is running out, I have to go."

"dad!"

Chen Xuan wanted to stand up, but Chen Fangliang held his shoulders.

"Son, Daddy has one very important thing to do! Remember what Daddy told you. In this world, don't trust anyone. Only you can rely on yourself."

Chen Xuan sniffed and said in a choked voice: "Can I still write to you?"

"Yes!" Chen Fangliang held the phone in his hand and placed it in his palm: "Son, without me by your side, you have to work hard to survive!"

Chen Fangliang stood up, but did not dare to straighten himself. He looked back at the other side of the river and saw figures moving in the dark wetland park.

On the bridge on the left, several police cars painted white drove over quickly.

Chen Fangliang turned around and climbed up hurriedly.

Chen Xuan stared at his back closely and whispered, "Dad, take care!"

Chen Fangliang had no time to respond, so he climbed ashore and ran quickly in the dark.

When I arrived at the roadside, the motorcycle that had been waiting there was humming its engine.

The man on the motorbike turned and tossed him a black helmet.

Chen Fangliang quickly caught it and put it on his head.

The sirens on the bridge behind me had been sounded, and the shrill sound of "wuer wuer wuer" was heard.

Chen Fangliang quickly climbed onto the back of the motorcycle without having time to look back.

The man on the motorcycle shouted, "Hold on tight! Lao Chen!"

He stepped on the accelerator hard and the motorcycle drove quickly into the distance.

At the same time, two police cars rushed down from the bridge, going against the flow of traffic and chasing after them.

Because the police car was driving in the opposite direction, other vehicles on the road were honking their horns wildly.

The police car in front almost hit a van, but because the sirens were blaring, the vehicles on the road quickly chose to avoid it.

However, due to the delay, the motorcycle had already traveled a long way.

The police car behind rushed forward regardless of anything.

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Inside the command car.

Luo Rui looked at the electronic screen on the device and squinted slightly.

Messages from the police kept coming out of the walkie-talkie.

"There are two kidnappers in total. In addition to Chen Fangliang, there is another person riding a motorcycle and fleeing towards the Second Bridge!"

"The motorcycle turned in the direction of Tuanjie Road. Tuanjie Road has two intersections. Send someone to intercept it immediately!"

"Calling the command center, we found the target, the motorcycle escaped to Sangong Lane on Tuanjie Road!"

"Sangong Lane is a pedestrian street, we can't get in! Block all intersections immediately, hurry up, move quickly!"

Liu Fuze's voice sounded urgently on the walkie-talkies of each group.

The command vehicle followed behind the police cars, but not very fast.

One of the technical police officers turned around and shouted, "The target signal is on the shore, only fifty meters away from us!"

With a "bang", Luo Rui opened the car door and stuck his head out.

He saw a little boy carrying a blue schoolbag, running under the street lights. The dim street lights stretched his weak shadow very long.

"Drive faster!" Luo Rui urged.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the command vehicle approached the boy.

Lin Chen also leaned out to look and shouted, "It's Chen Xuan! It's him!"

The command vehicle passed in front of the boy and its wheels braked immediately.

Luo Rui jumped out of the car, leaped onto the roadbed, and blocked the direction Chen Xuan was running.

Chen Xuan wanted to run past him, but was grabbed by Luo Rui.

"Let me go!"

"Let me go!" Chen Xuan cried and shouted loudly: "I want to find my dad! Let me go!"

Luo Rui put his arms around him, held him in front of him, and squatted down to stare at him.

Chen Xuan was struggling hard, holding the phone in his hand.

"Listen, kid. Your mother is still waiting for you."

"No, I want to find my dad!" Chen Xuan's face was full of tears.

At this time, Lin Chen and Guo Lexuan got out of the car, ran forward, squatted down and comforted him: "Chen Xuan, listen, we are the police, your father has committed a crime, we must arrest him."

Chen Xuan shook his head: "My father was wrongly accused. My father was sent to prison because of my mother. He is innocent!"

Luo Rui didn't know how to explain to the child, so he simply handed him over to Lin Chen and others.

But at this moment, a noisy sound came from the walkie-talkie in Lin Chen's hand.

"Calling the command center, we found a motorcycle abandoned by two criminals in Sangong Lane!"

"House number 56, Commercial Road. Chen Fangliang fled to the second floor and did not see the other criminal."

"Chen Fangliang ran up to the second floor, we are tracking him!"

"SWAT team, go to the rooftop, Chen Fangliang is resisting!"

Then there were two gunshots.

Finally, there were noisy and messy footsteps and heavy breathing.

There seemed to be a stalemate on the other end of the walkie-talkie, followed by the sound of the whimpering wind.

The criminal police shouted: "Chen Fangliang, you have been surrounded. You have no way to retreat. Raise your hands and surrender. We will treat you leniently!"

"Surrender and stop struggling!"

"No, don't do anything stupid!"

Then, the disappeared footsteps sounded again, and the criminal police's exclamations were heard over the walkie-talkie.

"He jumped!"

"He jumped!"

Finally, a loud "bang" was heard from another channel, like the sound of a rice bag falling to the ground.

On the banks of the Lancang River.

The night wind is howling.

Luo Rui took the walkie-talkie from Lin Chen's hand and turned off the switch.

Chen Xuan's eyes were red, his teeth were clenched, he clenched his fists tightly, and tears kept flowing down.

Tang Lan rushed over from the bridge, and when she was about to approach her son, she slowed down, somewhat afraid to approach the child.

Finally, she called out softly, "Xuanxuan?"

Chen Xuan pretended not to hear and was held in Lin Chen's arms.

"Xuanxuan, are you okay?" Tang Lan squatted down.

But what she got in return was Chen Xuan's vicious look, which was like a dagger piercing her heart.

"You killed my dad, you killed my dad! You have such a cruel heart!"

Luo Rui took a deep breath and ordered, "Lin Chen, take the child to the hospital. I'll go to the scene."

"Okay." Lin Chen responded, and he and Guo Lexuan dragged Chen Xuan into the car.

Tang Lan knelt on one knee on the ground, her eyes dull and her body motionless...

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Sangong Lane, commercial street.

Next to a Qing Dynasty bronze man carrying a shoulder pole.

Chen Fangliang's body was lying on the ground with his back facing up, his head was bloody, his arms were broken at the joints, and there was a pool of blood underneath him.

A cordon had been set up around the scene, and the police on duty scolded the crowd who wanted to watch.

Luo Rui, Dong Jianhui, and several criminal police officers in charge set up a cordon and walked to the body.

Two policemen stepped forward and worked together to turn Chen Fangliang's body over, revealing his bloody face.

One of the policemen nodded to Luo Rui: "It's Chen Fangliang for sure!"

The leading criminal police nodded and said, "Boss Luo, there is still one criminal missing. We are searching the surrounding area."

"Okay." Luo Rui squatted down and said to the policeman, "Search him and see if he has anything on him."

The policeman responded, put on disposable gloves, and searched Chen Fangliang's trouser pocket for a while.

Then, the policeman took out a stack of brown envelopes from his arms.

The police wanted to put the letters into the evidence bag, but Luo Rui waved his hand.

After putting on gloves, he took the letters, looked at the dates, and selected a letter that was sent to Zhangshui Prison three months ago.

[Dad, how are you doing recently?]
Did you receive the letter I wrote earlier?

You never reply to my letters, and I don’t know how you are doing.

I wanted to go see you several times, but my mother caught me and sent me back every time.

I just want to ask, am I your son?
They all said that I was a bastard and that I was born to my mother and another man.

I didn't believe it, so I asked my mother and she beat me and told me to stop talking nonsense.

The only one I can trust is you.

Dad, I really want to see you!

Can you come home and see me...?

The letter was very short. After reading it, Luo Rui handed it to Dong Jianhui next to him.

Then he opened the second letter and continued reading.

The same is true for the second letter. Chen Xuan expressed his longing for his father, and the depression of life was revealed between the lines.

Of course, an eight-year-old child could not perceive these emotions, nor did he know that distorted thoughts would shape his personality. But as an adult, Luo Rui could easily see that if Chen Xuan was allowed to live with deep hatred and suspicion, this child's worldview and values ​​would become very distorted.

After reading the letters, Dong Jianhui looked at the body that was being carried into the car by the police.

"Boss Luo, is this the reason why Chen Fangliang escaped from prison at all costs? Does he want to see his child?"

Luo Rui shook his head: "I'm afraid it's more than that."

"He's dead, and there's nothing we can get out of him. What a pity."

Luo Rui put away the letters and handed them to the surveyor beside him.

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The next day, in the reception room.

Chen Xuan sat in a chair, facing Luo Rui and Lin Chen.

His eyes were swollen from crying, his face was pale, and his small body was wrapped in a chair.

Luo Rui leaned forward and asked softly, "Chen Xuan, what did your father Chen Fangliang tell you?"

Chen Xuan pursed his lips and stared at him fiercely.

"Answer me, what did he tell you?"

Chen Xuan still didn't answer, that terrifying look in his eyes, as if he was treating an enemy.

Seeing that he didn't give in, Luo Rui pondered for a moment and comforted him: "Listen to me, you are still young, you don't understand anything now. Your father is creating hatred for you, you must never think that he is right!"

"He was wronged!" Chen Xuan gritted his teeth.

"Really?" Luo Rui asked, "Did he tell you that he killed someone when he escaped from prison?"

"You're lying, my dad won't kill anyone!"

Seeing that the child was so stubborn, Luo Rui sighed deeply.

Lin Chen whispered to him, "Boss Luo, take a rest. I'll ask him."

Luo Rui nodded and walked out of the reception room.

Chen Fangliang is dead and there is no evidence to prove his guilt, so his motives are still unclear.

He kidnapped his own child and threatened his ex-wife Tang Lan, but he did not ask for a ransom and did not hurt anyone.

If you say that he escaped from prison just to see his children, this motive is completely untenable.

So what is he doing this for?
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The next day.

Zhangshui Prison, Cell No. 12.

Meng Jingshan sat on the bed, looking down at the crack in the floor, his body motionless.

Because Chen Fangliang escaped from prison while seeking medical treatment, the prisoners in Cell No. 12 were not allowed to work and go out for exercise.

Except for three meals a day, the nineteen prisoners stay in the cell all day, and prison guards patrol outside from time to time.

Not only that, the prison took one person away for interrogation every day to inquire about the situation before Chen Fangliang escaped from prison.

Meng Jingshan was taken in for questioning almost every day, but today it was already past noon and the prison guards hadn't come, and the two policemen from the provincial department hadn't shown up either.

The cell was quiet, with only the sound of the prisoner coughing.

Finally, a few people couldn't help but glance at the corridor outside. When they saw no prison guards patrolling, they walked towards Meng Jingshan's bed.

"Old Meng, what happened today? Why haven't we been interrogated?" The tattooed man who had been interrogated by Luo Rui before asked quietly.

Meng Jingshan raised his head and shook his head.

The short man with glasses asked, "Could it be that Lao Chen has been arrested?"

The tattooed man nodded: "I think it's possible. These policemen are not here to do anything. They are very good at arresting people."

The man with glasses sighed and shook Meng Jingshan's knees: "Meng, you are so stupid. The prison asked you to sign yesterday, why didn't you sign? Wouldn't it be better to get out early?"

"I..." Meng Jingshan hesitated to speak.

The tattooed man said, "Meng, Chen thought of a way for you, but you didn't catch him! You've been in prison for 21 years, isn't that enough? You don't think about yourself, so why don't you think about your son?"

The man with the glasses agreed, "Yes, go and report it now while there is still time!"

Meng Jingshan gritted his teeth and put his legs down on the bed: "Okay, I'll go!"

He put on his shoes and walked to the iron bars of the cell.

He was about to call for help, but a group of people came down the corridor.

The leader was a policeman whom Meng Jingshan had met before. It was this young policeman who was reading Chen Fangliang's books at the time.

Meng Jingshan stood there in a daze, watching Luo Rui come up to him.

The two people faced each other across the iron fence.

The air seemed to be stagnant, and the eighteen prisoners in the cell stood up and looked outside the iron bars.

After a moment, Luo Rui blinked and said, "3371. Chen Fangliang committed suicide by jumping off a building while being arrested by our police. He is dead!"

As soon as these words came out, Meng Jingshan took two steps back, his pupils dilated, and his throat kept rolling.

The eighteen prisoners in the cell were also stunned for a moment, and then they sat on their beds and sighed heavily.

Luo Rui stared at Meng Jingshan's face and said, "Meng Jingshan, the case has been closed. Now that things have come to this, do you have anything to say to me?"

Meng Jingshan swallowed his saliva and nodded heavily.

Half an hour later, in the interrogation room.

Meng Jingshan sat in the interrogation chair with a sad expression, his cloudy eyes becoming more and more numb.

He served 21 years in prison and had been thinking about getting out every day and night, especially in recent days, when this feeling had become even stronger. But when he heard that Chen Fangliang was dead, his uneasy heart suddenly calmed down.

He raised his face, faced Luo Rui's cold eyes, and said, "I lied!"

"Yes, you lied!" Luo Rui nodded: "We found out that five years ago, when Chen Fangliang was imprisoned, you were the first person he contacted, and you were also the one who had the best relationship with him!"

"That's right." Meng Jingshan looked around the interrogation room and smiled bitterly: "I have served 21 years in this prison. I am a veteran.

I was sentenced by the court because I accidentally killed my wife and covered up the body.

After so many years, I still keep thinking about the scene of me killing my wife. I deserve to die, but my son is innocent.

In these 21 years, 7665 days, I have been thinking about going out every day, all the time!
I don't want freedom because my son has no one to take care of him.

Officer, 21 years ago, my wife wanted to kill my son because she had a mental breakdown taking care of a person who couldn't take care of himself.

When I was imprisoned, my son was already 8 years old, the same age as Chen Fangliang's son is now. Now 21 years have passed, and during these years, it was my mother who took care of him.

My mother picked up waste while taking care of my son with cerebral palsy for 21 years!
But my mother is old and she is no longer able to live. If she dies, what will happen to my son?
I still have four years before I can get out, I can’t wait, I can’t wait that long! ”

Luo Rui listened to him quietly without interrupting.

Meng Jingshan's eyes were cloudy and most of his hair was white. His eyes were red and tears and snot flowed out together.

"Officer, for so many years, I have been thinking about a question. If, if I had not discovered it at the time and let my wife kill my son, would my family's life have turned out like this?

I wouldn't kill my wife in a fit of desperation, I wouldn't have to stay in this hellhole for 25 years, and my mother wouldn't have to suffer so much?"

Meng Jingshan was crying and smiling foolishly at the same time.

"Old Chen... Chen Fangliang is a calm person. As long as he serves his eight-year sentence, he can be released and start his life all over again.

But there was a question in his mind that he couldn't get rid of, that is, is the son his! ?

Lao Chen lost everything and was betrayed by his ex-wife. If the son was not his, he would really kill his ex-wife.

His son Xuanxuan, since he started primary school and learned to read quite a few words, would write to him almost every once in a while, expressing his longing for his father in the letters.

The more this child behaved like this, the more Chen Fangliang couldn't sit still. He just wanted to find out whether such a good son was his! ?
As long as a person is bound by a thought, that thought will entangle him like a devil.

Old Chen is a very nice and knowledgeable person. He has a good relationship with everyone in our cell, especially Doctor Huang. The two of them can be considered close friends.

It was not until half a month ago that Lao Chen found me and asked me if I wanted to leave early.

He knew what was going on in my family. My mother was dying and my son had no one to take care of him.

At the time, I thought he was joking, and then he told me that he would be able to get out in a few days.

If he got out, he asked me to find an opportunity to tell the police that he would kidnap Xuanxuan. He reminded me to choose the right time and never tell you about this before he takes Xuanxuan away.

I asked him, do you really want to take revenge on your ex-wife?
He shook his head and said to me with a smile, just like a normal person, that he was just going home.

Finally, he gave me an address and said that if the police couldn't catch him, I should give the address to them and they would know where he was and he would not run away.

This way, I can get a reduced sentence by making meritorious contributions. He asked me to try to get a minimum of three years in prison, and I can be released from prison in a year."

Luo Rui nodded and asked, "Where is the address?"

“No. 56, Sangong Lane, Tuanjie Road, Xishuang City.”

This is where Chen Fangliang committed suicide by jumping off a building.

Luo Rui continued to ask: "Who helped him escape from Zhangshui County? He must have an accomplice, right? Otherwise, he wouldn't have escaped to Xishuang City so quickly."

"I don't know who helped him." Meng Jingshan shook his head, his eyes neither dodging nor evading: "That's all I know."

Luo Rui nodded: "Did Chen Fangliang tell you about his relationship with Huang Fade?"

"Yes, Lao Chen said that Dr. Huang had advanced lung cancer and would not live long." Meng Jingshan recalled, "Lao Chen also said that Dr. Huang had been treating patients for so many years, but in the end this was the result. He also said that Dr. Huang wanted to end his life, but he didn't dare to do it himself."

Luo Rui asked a number of questions in succession, and seeing that they were all correct, he prepared to let the prison guards take Meng Jingshan back.

Finally, Luo Rui comforted him: "Meng Jingshan, serve your sentence well. We will find a way to deal with your son's problem."

"Thank you, thank you!" Meng Jingshan was handcuffed and escorted away by prison guards.

Qiao Xue beside him sighed and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Luo, we haven't found out who helped Chen Fangliang escape. We have searched all the prisoners released from Zhangshui Prison, but we haven't found anyone who meets the suspect."

Luo Rui frowned and said, "No clues at all?"

Fang Yonghui coughed twice and replied, "We found several eyewitnesses in the village in the city opposite the county hospital who were able to confirm that Chen Fangliang rode a motorcycle and fled to Xishuang City alone on the national highway.

We checked and found that the motorcycle was stolen and was deliberately placed somewhere in the village. We speculate that the key should also be hidden somewhere in the village, waiting for Chen Fangliang to escape and use it. "

Luo Rui narrowed his eyes: "Could it be Huang Fade?"

Qiao Xue shook her head: "We also thought it was him at first, but we investigated his movements. A few days before Chen Fangliang escaped from prison, he had not been near the county hospital, but we cannot rule out that he arranged it in advance."

"Is he awake now?"

"It's the advanced stage of lung cancer and it's brain dead. There's no hope of saving him."

Luo Rui stood up and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Since the criminal Chen Fangliang is dead, the follow-up investigation will be handed over to the Zhangshui County Bureau."

Luo Rui picked up the documents on the table and walked out of the interrogation room. After a brief handover, he, Qiao Xue and Fang Yonghui walked out of the prison gate carrying briefcases.

Because it was a small door, they had to step over the threshold one by one.

Luo Rui was the first to step out of the door. When the people outside who wanted to come in saw him, they politely stepped aside.

After Fang Yonghui went out, the man walked in, looked back at Luo Rui's back, and lowered the prison guard hat on his head.

This man was none other than the supervisor who escorted Chen Fangliang to the hospital, Song Ming!

(End of this chapter)