Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 471 The game begins!
Longchuan Police Station.

It should have been time to get off work at this time, but the Household Registration Office was brightly lit and even the director Zhang Guangxia had not yet left work.

In addition to him, of course, there was also Li Pinghai who came from the Municipal Bureau specifically in the morning.

Two people sat in the office, staring at each other.

"Li Zhi, the situation is not that serious, right?"

Li Pinghai slapped his knee, pointed to the door, and said solemnly: "Director Ding just called me and said that Mr. Luo has already entered the Municipal Bureau, and his subordinates are already investigating the circumstances of the two deceased.

You say, he is a deputy captain, a provincial department leader who is in charge of special investigations, did he come to our Longchuan City just to see the scenery? "

"This……"

Li Pinghai moved his hand towards Zhang Guangxia: "As long as you can guarantee that there is nothing wrong with the three bodies, I will go back to the Municipal Bureau immediately and ask Mr. Luo to cancel the investigation!"

Zhang Guangxia smacked his lips and said, "Li Zhi, our Longchuan Police Station salvages a lot of bodies every year, so there are almost no problems. If there are any problems, we will report them to your Municipal Bureau.

But these three people definitely died of drowning, especially the first two. Their families had no objections. Not only did they sign the consent form, they also took the bodies away. What do you think we should do?

Now they suddenly say there is a problem and there is a suspicion of homicide, shouldn't we be held accountable for this matter?"

"Whose fault is that?" Li Pinghai pointed at his chest again: "Is it my responsibility?"

Li Pinghai raised his voice: "Lao Zhang, the body was sent to the funeral home, and the forensic doctor Jin Jiahui performed a preliminary autopsy. I have read the three autopsy reports carefully.

She clearly stated in the report that the inferences of suicide and accidental death could not be proven!

Moreover, the police officer in your station who handed him over reminded him many times that these three people might be suspected of homicide, and asked him to come back and report to the station. Did this person report to you?

As long as it is a criminal case, does the family's opinion matter? Even if the king of heaven comes, he has to investigate, right?"

"You said it quite easily."

"what?"

Zhang Guangxia held his breath and slowly exhaled.

He stood up, picked up the kettle and added water to the teacup in front of Li Pinghai.

Li Pinghai didn't buy it. He reached out and covered the bottle mouth with his palm.

The meaning is very clear... Don't involve me, I won't clean up your mess.

"Captain Zhang, your Longchuan Police Station is a large city-level police station, not a small station like in a small town, and there are special police officers to maintain public order around the Longchuan River.

How will you explain this to me? How will I explain it to the Municipal Bureau? "

Zhang Guangxia placed the kettle heavily on the table. He smacked his lips twice and sighed, "Li Zhi, if Mr. Luo really finds out there is a problem, then it's my negligence. I didn't do my duty. Is that ok?"

Li Pinghai spent the whole day here just wanting to hear this sentence.

But he found a way for both of them to back down: "If we talk about responsibility, the biggest responsibility actually goes to the police officer who handed over the body to Medical Examiner Jin. Do you know whether he reported it to you? I won't ask any more questions."

This was said in a very obscure way, but Zhang Guangxia certainly understood what he meant.

But he did not intend to excuse himself: "You can't blame that young man, Captain Li, I know what's going on."

When he said this, Li Pinghai touched his nose in shame.

He quickly changed the subject: "Our most urgent task now is to find the source of the third body. Now we only have this body, which is the key to solving the case in the future!"

"Of course I understand." Zhang Guangxia complained, pointing to the household registration office downstairs: "We have been checking for a whole day, and there is no information that matches the identity of the woman who went missing in the past month."

Li Pinghai suggested: "Could it be an immigrant population?"

"Then we have to check the missing persons database of the entire Yun Province, and that has to be done when the family has already reported the case. If no one has reported the case, or if the household registration is outside of Yun Province, it will be even more difficult!"

Li Pinghai looked at his watch and it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

He stood up and warned, "Chief Zhang, you have to work harder. Don't wait until Mr. Luo asks us, we won't even be able to give an explanation."

"I understand." Zhang Guangxia was annoyed: "Captain Li, take care. I won't see you off."

Li Pinghai hesitated, sighed, and walked towards the office door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a tall woman standing outside.

The woman was in her thirties, with an oval face, peach blossom eyes, fair skin, and a ponytail tied behind her head.

Li Pinghai saw the insulated box in her hand and said with a smile, "Yaoyao, are you bringing food to your father?"

Zhang Yao nodded: "Yeah, what time is it? Are you still working?"

"We can't help it. We are police officers and we work day and night. Go in. Your father is in there."

Li Pinghai persuaded Zhang Guangxia for a whole day before he finally accepted the responsibility. Facing the daughter of an acquaintance, he felt somewhat guilty.

He quickly turned aside: "I'm leaving first."

"Go slowly, Uncle Li."

Zhang Yao entered the house and closed the door. "Dad, what's wrong? Did Uncle Li make you angry?"

Zhang Guangxia turned around and sighed heavily: "Yaoyao, you are here."

Zhang Yao put the thermos box on his desk, unscrewed the lid, took out a dish from it, and pulled out chopsticks: "The food is still hot, eat quickly."

Zhang Guangxia complained, "I've told you so many times that there's a cafeteria in the institute. You don't need to spend time cooking for me and run so far to bring it to me."

"I have to cook for my mom anyway, so it's okay to make an extra portion for you."

Zhang Guangxia picked up the chopsticks and the thermos box, picked up a mouthful of white rice, and put it into his mouth: "By the way, how is your mother these days?"

Zhang Yao sat in the office chair opposite him and shook her head. “She’s not in a good mental state. She keeps saying that we’ve spent too much money and asked us to stop treating her and take her home.”

"That's impossible." Zhang Guangxia swallowed the rice and said, "We must get treatment. It doesn't matter how much money we spend. If it's not enough, we can borrow money!"

"Dad, I have your salary card. My dental clinic has made good money recently, and I have saved some money. I calculated that the money should be enough."

Zhang Guangxia put down his chopsticks and said, "I know my own salary. How can you make up for such a big gap? Besides, you are already in your thirties and you don't even have a boyfriend. You are going to get married in the future, so I can't touch your money."

Zhang Yao pursed her lips and said, "I don't know when we can get a kidney. If this continues, Mom's condition will get worse and worse."

Zhang Guangxia exhaled, "This is fate. If God has mercy, your mother will still be alive to have a grandchild. So, Yaoyao, you'd better work harder and find a boyfriend as soon as possible."

Zhang Yao shrugged, then she leaned forward and squinted her eyes slightly: "Dad, if Mom can't wait for a matching kidney source, and there are other channels to get in line, what do you say..."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Guangxia interrupted her.

"It's okay, I was just saying it casually." Zhang Yao avoided his gaze: "Dad, do you know about the big case of trafficking human organs in Haidong Province last year?"

"Why do you ask that?"

"I'm just curious."

Zhang Guangxia raised his chopsticks and pointed at the air: "This is a major case of national importance. All of us police officers know about it. The higher-ups even organized a special internal study session.

By the way, the provincial police who cracked the case are now in our Longchuan City. "

Zhang Yao's eyes flashed: "Luo Rui?"

"You know him?"

Zhang Yao nodded: "I have seen this person's information on the Internet. It is said that when he first took up his post at the provincial department, the economy of our entire Yunnan Province declined.

Dad, why did this Luo come to our Longchuan City? Does he have a case to investigate? "

Zhang Guangxia replied casually: "It's not a case yet, just some suspicious things."

"What's going on?"

Zhang Guangxia suddenly realized that he had said something wrong: "You know our discipline, how can I tell you about my work?"

"It must be a big case." Zhang Yao said with a smile, "Maybe it happened in your area, otherwise, why would my uncle Li go back with such a bad face?"

"If you were a man, I would let you become a police officer with me."

Zhang Guangxia put down his chopsticks and said, "Don't guess randomly. Go back and have a rest. You still have work to do. If you feel tired, just pay for a nurse to take care of your mother. Don't be stingy with the money. Just have a good rest."

"I know." Zhang Yao took the incubator, screwed the lid on, and asked, "Dad, won't you come home with me?"

Zhang Guangxia shook his head and pointed towards the office. There was a camp bed against the wall with a neatly folded quilt on it. A curtain hanging from the ceiling blocked half of the space.

"I'll sleep in the office. Go back and drive safely."

"Don't stay up too late." Zhang Yao sighed, "My mother is not well yet, you must not get tired."

Zhang Guangxia stood up and pushed his daughter out the door. "Don't worry, I will never cause trouble to my daughter. If I get tired one day, just leave me alone and let me fend for myself."

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Yao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Dad, take care of yourself. I'm leaving first."

Zhang Yao walked along the corridor towards the stairs. She looked back and narrowed her eyes slightly when she saw the office door closed.

Going down the stairs, there is a side door. In the yard are parked the vehicles used by police officers to go to get off work, mostly bicycles and motorcycles.

Zhang Yao's car was parked on the roadside in front of the door, but she walked towards the main hall.

Passing through the main hall and turning left is the household registration department, which has several rooms.

There is a three-meter-high window on the left side with an aluminum alloy window bar welded on the outside of the window.

Outside this window is a three-story building, and my father’s office is on the second floor.

The doors of several rooms in the household registration department are not closed. It is probably because the rooms are too stuffy after staying up late, making it easy to fall asleep, so they need to be ventilated. It is also convenient to walk back and forth and visit rooms.

Zhang Yao walked into the office on the right and saw smoke inside. Several police officers were sitting in front of computers, constantly refreshing the database.

"No, I can't bear it anymore." A policeman complained.

"You have to endure it even if you can't!" An old chef shouted, "I tell you, cheer up. If you can't find the corpse, you can't go home."

"We've been investigating for the entire day, and not to mention the claim information we sent out earlier, no one has come to inquire, and no one has called the police. This body is definitely not from Longchuan City."

"Yes, I went to two other jurisdictions during the day, and there were no missing persons matching the description."

"Then call our brother unit in the next city and ask them."

"Brother Yan, what happened?" someone asked, "In the past, when there were unidentified corpses like this, we were not required to find the source of the corpse as soon as possible."

The old gangster named Brother Yan scolded: "Are you blind? Didn't you see that Li from the Municipal Bureau stayed in our station for the whole day? Why did he come here? Just for a drowned body?
Hurry up, stop talking nonsense, and continue to search! If you really can't find it, send the photo of the deceased to other municipal bureaus and ask them to help search as well."

Then, the photo of the deceased woman appeared on several computer screens. In order to make the deceased's appearance more accurate, it had to be slightly repaired before it could be sent out.

At this time, the police officer named Yan stood up, picked up the teacup on the table, and prepared to get water from the water dispenser. He twisted his aching neck and looked at the door, but there was no one at the door...

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Time goes back to more than an hour ago.

Room 1006, Lotus Community.

The landlord pressed the light switch in the entrance hall and led Chu Yang and his three companions into the house.

"Look, the Simmons mattress in my room has been slashed open by these two little bastards. Is this something a human would do?"

Huang Ting didn't like this short and fat landlord very much. He smelled greasy all over and his mouth smelled strongly of smoke.

She waved her hand at the air in front of her and said, "Don't you have a deposit? Just buy a new one."

"Female officer, a deposit is a deposit and vandalism is vandalism. They cannot be confused. The behavior of these two bastards is wrong."

"Then why didn't you call the police?"

"Will you policemen take care of this?" the landlord asked bossily.

Seeing his bad attitude, Chu Yang said indifferently: "Come on, the deposit is enough to compensate you. Besides, you landlords have several houses to rent out, and the government has never collected taxes from you, which is good enough."

The landlord was furious: "You can't say that. I have also made contributions to the country. I was a soldier and guarded the border..."

Chu Yang was too lazy to listen to him and interrupted him with his hand: "Tell me, is there anything else in this room that belongs to Yong Cong?"

The landlord avoided his gaze and shook his head: "Didn't I just say that? His things were taken away by his parents. Besides, I won't keep a dead person's things at home."

"You're lying!" Chu Yang stared into his eyes. "Uncle, I just told you that I'm a criminal policeman from the provincial department, not a police officer from the police station. You said you were a soldier, so you are aware of it. What I'm asking you about is very important, so you'd better not hide anything."

The landlord looked at his face and smiled flatteringly: "Uh... this..."

He pointed to the refrigerator next to the kitchen door and said, "That guy bought this refrigerator."

Chu Yang opened the refrigerator door. In the fresh-keeping layer was a bag of freshwater shrimps bought from the supermarket. There were only four of them. He was already feeling a little worried.

In addition, there was a two-kilogram bag of rice and some wilted vegetables.

Huang Ting asked, "Did Yong Cong buy the things in the refrigerator?"

Landlord: “How should I know?”

Chu Yang shook his head: "The date on the packaging bag is wrong. It's not his stuff. It should have been bought by the previous tenant."

Then he looked in the refrigerator carefully, but there was nothing else.

"What else is Yong Cong's?"

The landlord pointed to the kitchen and said, "All these pots and pans belong to him. I don't think this guy can cook. I don't know what he bought them for."

"Also, the mattress in the bedroom is also his."

Huang Ting frowned: "Didn't you just say that these are all your things?"

The landlord touched his chin and said, "He doesn't want to rent it anymore, and he doesn't want the things anymore, so they are mine, right?"

Huang Ting narrowed her eyes and said, "You wouldn't take advantage of the fact that the person is dead and his parents don't know about it, so you just steal the big items like the refrigerator and mattress, right?"

"How is that possible!" the landlord immediately retorted, but his eyes were wandering.

Chu Yang came out of the kitchen, walked to the dining room, then lifted the beaded curtain and stepped into the bedroom.

There is a wardrobe on the left and a bed on the right next to the window.

Huang Ting opened the wardrobe, and it was empty, with no clothes in it.

There were three storage cabinets above the wardrobe. Huang Ting took a stool, stood on it, and opened the cabinet door, which was also empty.

Huang Ting jumped off the stool and clapped her hands: "Officer Chu, nothing was found."

At this time, Chu Yang was staring at the tattered mattress.

The lining cloth on the mattress had been completely cut open, and there was a small amount of filling such as cotton wool in the nine holes.

The landlord complained again: "What a bad person! My good mattress has been ruined like this. It will cost me a lot of money to buy a new one."

"Are you sure this was cut by the previous tenant?"

"Who else could it be except that young couple? I rent this house to them."

Chu Yang pondered and said, "You just said that they ran away? How many days did they live here?"

"Only two or three days." The landlord replied: "I read the water and electricity meters on the third day and came to check with them, but he was gone."

"Did they take the luggage when they rented your house?"

"He brought two pieces of luggage. He was very young, like a recent college graduate. By the way, he was not from Yunnan Province. He came from another place to find a job."

"You haven't even taken the deposit?" Chu Yang stared at him: "I haven't asked you to cancel the lease?"

The landlord heard his tone was not right and said hurriedly: "You still want the deposit? Are you crazy? I haven't settled the bill with them yet."

"You mean they left without informing you or saying hello?"

The landlord shook his head: "No."

Chu Yang lowered his head and pondered.

Huang Ting looked at him and asked, "Officer Chu, is there something wrong?"

"I can't explain it. There's something strange about it."

"I don't think it's a big deal." Huang Ting took advantage of the landlord being far away and whispered, "I don't think this landlord is a good person. He must have offended someone, so he doesn't want to rent the house anymore. He also vandalized the house before leaving. This landlord must not be telling the truth."

Chu Yang didn't say anything. He took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

After the call was connected, he stepped aside, covered the phone and said, "Hello, Lin Chen, is the team leader resting?"

"I seem to have discovered something here."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

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It was three o'clock in the morning, when the night was at its darkest.

Outside the suburban funeral home, a silver-gray Jinbei van parked on the side of the road.

The car door opened and three people jumped out.

These people wore black ski masks, leaving only their eyes exposed.

Except for the thinner man who was empty-handed, the other two were holding something.

"Listen, try to avoid surveillance. Even if you are caught on camera, bend down, don't stand up straight, and don't let the police calculate our height and appearance."

The man who was speaking was wearing a military jacket, and the other was carrying a repair kit commonly used by electricians.

“I’m asking you a question!” The man in the jacket pushed his empty-handed companion.

"I know...I know."

"Action!" the man in the jacket gave the order.

The three men bent over and ran towards the funeral home across the street.

Because it was in the suburbs and after midnight, there was no traffic on the main road.

To cross the street, you need to go up a slope, and there are lush pine trees on both sides of the uphill road.

At the end of the road is the main entrance to the funeral home. The two iron doors are retracted and the lights are on in the duty room next to it.

The four walls surrounding the funeral home are all more than three meters high, and are covered with barbed wire.

The lowest place is the outer wall of the duty room, which is half a meter lower than the surrounding wall.

Moreover, the duty room has two windows facing outside and inside, and aluminum alloy fences are welded on the outside.

The three men went around to the right, bent over, felt the base of the wall, and came quietly to the bottom of the window.

The man in the jacket turned over, slowly stood up and looked into the window.

In the duty room, a young security guard was sleeping soundly with his legs on the desk and his arms folded.

Another older security guard was lying on the bed behind the wall, sleeping on his side.

The man in the jacket squatted down, stretched out two fingers to his two companions next to him, and then pointed at the two surveillance cameras above and opposite the duty room.

The electrician nodded and took out a high-powered flashlight from his bag. He walked over the man in the jacket and squatted at the front.

The man with empty hands squatted facing the wall and held his breath.

The man in the jacket straightened up slightly, put his hands on the wall, and put his left foot on his companion's shoulder.

As long as he stood up straight, the surveillance camera would be able to capture him.

The electrician turned around and raised three fingers to him.

He counted silently:
"1, 2..."

"3!"

The electrician immediately turned on the flashlight, and the dazzling light suddenly hit the surveillance camera in the upper right corner.

Then, the man in the jacket put his feet on his companion's shoulders, and his companion who was squatting on the ground pushed him up with all his strength.

The man in the jacket nimbly climbed onto the roof of the duty room. He turned around and jumped into the gate silently.

In the duty room, the security guard sleeping in the chair heard the heavy footsteps, but did not open his eyes immediately, even though his pupils had already sensed the strong light outside.

He shifted his feet and rubbed his nose with his fingers.

When he opened his eyes and looked out the window, the bright light had disappeared...

(End of this chapter)