Reborn in 97, I solved a cold case at the Municipal Bureau

Chapter 247 Qin Beihai

"Same as always, let the police station investigate," Shi Tao said.

"As for the mother and daughter, we can only tell from their household registration information that they are a divorced family, with the mother raising the daughter. We haven't found anything else. I think we should talk to Director Chen of the neighborhood committee to find out more about this family. It seems that the mother scolding her daughter is a common occurrence for her."

"Then there's apartment 201 in building 30. It really looks suspicious, so we should investigate it more thoroughly. Professor Gu has already checked and compiled the population registration list." Zhou Yi said, picking up the list. "I see that this household only has one person's name registered, Yuan Shuai. I don't know if that's true, we can verify it."

After the information was mostly verified, Shi Tao said that would be the end of the day. Everyone had given their all and exceeded their targets. He suggested we go to the cafeteria for lunch and then leave.

We'll check the remaining 150 households tomorrow, especially those tenants who have moved out.

"Zhou Yi, before Director Xie and Lao Wu came back, did you think this case could be solved?" Shi Tao asked on the way to the cafeteria.

Zhou Yi shook his head: "Captain Shi, I really can't guarantee that. Take the Zhang Hui case for example. If Xu Jiaguang hadn't put up missing person notices everywhere to put on a show and dispose of the remains, I really wouldn't have found out about it."

"But now, there's no trace of this case before. I just can't understand it. A person has social relationships, relatives, classmates, colleagues, and friends. How can someone just vanish without anyone knowing?"

Shi Tao said, "You know what, you think the same way I do. Even elderly people living alone without children have neighbors and a neighborhood committee. Besides, after Zhang Hui's case, shouldn't the people in this community call the police even more?"

Zhou Yi sighed, "Well, we can only keep investigating. Maybe when Elder Qin arrives tomorrow, we can find some clues from the autopsy."

The next day, Zhou Yi arrived at the Municipal Bureau early.

He called Wu Yongcheng last night to report on the progress of the investigation into the second dismemberment case in Donghai Community.

Wu Yongcheng told him that Qin Lao and his apprentice would arrive in Hongcheng at 7:30 the next morning, and asked him to arrive early to receive them.

"Zhou Yi, Old Qin is a highly respected figure in the field of forensic medicine in our province. You'd better do your best," Wu Yongcheng instructed.

So Zhou Yi was up early in the morning, waiting in the guard room. When a strange black sedan with a provincial license plate stopped at the gate, the young man driving had just rolled down the window and hadn't even said a word when Zhou Yi went to greet him.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Qin from the provincial department?" Zhou Yi asked, bending down.

The young man driving nodded, and then the back door opened, and a simply dressed man in his sixties got out of the car.

Although the old man had strands of white hair at his temples, he was in good spirits and had an upright posture.

"I am Qin Beihai," the old man said with a smile.

Zhou Yi quickly stepped forward, bowed, and shook hands with Qin Beihai, saying repeatedly, "Mr. Qin, thank you for coming all this way. With you here, we feel at ease."

Qin Beihai's hands were gripped very tightly, unlike those of a man in his sixties.

"You must be Zhou Yi?" Qin Beihai asked with a smile.

Zhou Yi was flattered: "You still remember me?"

"Regarding the previous dismemberment case and the current Long Zhiqiang series of cases, your Director Xie specifically highlighted your outstanding performance at the provincial department meeting, which left a deep impression on me." Qin Beihai spoke in a gentle, unhurried, yet forceful tone.

"I heard you only graduated from the provincial police academy six months ago? Were you promoted from the grassroots level to your municipal bureau?" Qin Beihai asked.

Zhou Yi nodded.

Qin Beihai nodded approvingly: "You are very talented, and you will definitely have more opportunities to show your skills in the future."

Zhou Yi humbly expressed to Qin Beihai that he felt unworthy of the honor and that he still had much to learn.

Then Qin Beihai introduced the young man driving the car; he was his assistant and also his apprentice, named Shen Zhaoxing.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi realized he had long admired the man's reputation, as he was a capable leader in his previous life.

After Shen Zhaoxing parked the car, Zhou Yi led the two to the forensic room.

He went to the forensic room after arriving in the morning and saw Song Yiming there. He wasn't sure if Song Yiming had stayed there or had arrived earlier than him.

Zhou Yi casually asked a question and learned that Qin Beihai did not come from the provincial capital, but from the neighboring Wuguang City. As for the specific reason, he did not ask further, but he assumed it must be something important.

After a brief chat, Qin Beihai said to Zhou Yi, "Your Director Xie told me privately that you are a promising talent, but I have a small suggestion for you. I don't know if you want to hear it."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi immediately replied with a serious expression, "Please speak, Elder Qin, I am all ears."

"If you have the energy, you can continue your studies. Although the provincial police academy is also excellent, if you want to go further in the future, a lack of academic qualifications may become a hindrance. Of course, academic qualifications are a hard indicator, but more important is learning and keeping up with the times. Having talent is a good thing, but only by combining talent with theory and practice can you stand at a higher level and have a panoramic view."

Qin Beihai said earnestly, "What does the Analects say? 'If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.'"

Qin Beihai's few words deeply moved and shocked Zhou Yi.

To be honest, since his rebirth, he hadn't thought about things in such a complicated and profound way.

He only wanted to use his advantages to save people, to prevent the murderers from escaping again, and to ensure that the dead could die with their eyes open.

Moreover, he is actually a traditional and reserved person at heart. He doesn't have much ambition or a desire to climb the social ladder.

Some people are born with this instinct and desire, and use it as a clear goal.

But Zhou Yi is not that kind of person. He even has a faint sense of shame about using his rebirth to climb the social ladder.

In essence, it's because his thinking isn't that of a leader or manager, but rather that of an executor.

This may also be related to his experiences in his previous life, because in his previous life he didn't have many opportunities or room to climb higher. As a low-level policeman with no background or education, that was already the limit that people like him could reach. Perhaps if that incident hadn't happened, he would still have eighteen years until retirement and could have climbed a little higher, but ultimately, that height was limited.

Therefore, to some extent, Zhou Yi's original mindset limited his thinking.

Therefore, he never thought about improving his education now. He felt that being able to go from the police station to the municipal bureau was already a qualitative leap in his previous life.

But Qin Beihai was different. He was among the earliest forensic doctors after the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was someone who, in an environment where the country was in ruins and technology was backward, forged ahead step by step, overcoming obstacles and hardships to carve out a path. In terms of vision, status, and overall perspective, he was among the most outstanding.

When he heard from Xie Guoqiang about Zhou Yi's outstanding contributions to the case, he wasn't surprised. But when he learned that Zhou Yi had only graduated six months prior and had been working at the police station just a month earlier, he remembered the name.

He has seen too many talented people, either those who have been outstanding since childhood or those who have worked hard and accumulated experience before finally achieving success.

It's rare to see someone so young suddenly achieve such remarkable success.

Therefore, his "little suggestion" to Zhou Yi was quite practical.

Zhou Yi solemnly expressed his gratitude to Qin Beihai, not only for the teachings of an elder.

It was Qin Beihai's few words that solved a problem that had been troubling him for a long time.

Only by climbing higher can one gain more control and better utilize the advantages of rebirth to save more people.

Now he can only fight alone, outwitting and outmaneuvering those evils that have yet to occur.

But if we can mobilize more resources and have more say in the future, we can lead more people into battle.

There's no need to consider how to reasonably explain everything. Take Ni Jianrong, for example. As the head of the Hongcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment, he doesn't need to explain anything to anyone below him except for Director Xie. If Zhou Yi were in that position, for some cases, he could simply say "based on secret intelligence" to mobilize police forces and nip crime in the bud.

As Qin Beihai said, "To do a good job, one must first have the right tools."

Qin Beihai's words enlightened him.

At this moment, the three arrived at the forensic room. Before Zhou Yi could introduce himself, Qin Beihai said with a smile, "Hey, Xiao Song, why are you all scruffy? I haven't seen you so unkempt in years."

It was obvious that the two already knew each other, so Zhou Yi didn't need to introduce them again.

"Teacher Qin, my skills are not yet proficient, and I still need to ask you for help," Song Yiming said with a wry smile.

Zhou Yi originally wanted to ask them if they had eaten breakfast, after all, they were over sixty years old and had come all the way from Wuguang before dawn, which must have been quite tiring.

However, seeing that Qin Beihai had already started working and was reviewing the detailed autopsy report provided by Song Yiming, he didn't dare to disturb him.

He greeted Shen Zhaoxing quietly.

Shen Zhaoxing pulled Zhou Yi outside the forensic room and said, "Teacher ate some bread on the way, so there's no need to prepare breakfast."

Zhou Yi nodded.

Shen Zhaoxing glanced around the room and said, "That's just the teacher's personality; he can't wait. You all go about your business first. We'll hurry up and do the autopsy, and we'll keep you updated when we have some concrete progress."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Qin. If you need anything, please feel free to contact me. This is my mobile phone number." With that, Zhou Yi handed the note he had prepared in advance to Shen Zhaoxing.

Shen Zhaoxing took the note, turned around, and went into the house.

Zhou Yi then left and returned to the Third Brigade's office. Many clues that had been uncovered yesterday needed to be followed up today.

At the same time, there are still 150 households that have moved out, and we need to find them one by one, which is a lot of work.

Hopefully, with Qin Lao's help, he can discover crucial clues and point them in the right direction.

Zhou Yi was deep in thought with his head down when he almost bumped into someone as he turned the corner.

Looking up, I saw Xu Nian.

"Teacher Qin is here?"

Zhou Yi nodded.

Xu Nian quickly ran to the forensic room.

Soon, Qiao Jiali and the second team arrived, and Shi Tao assigned tasks.

Gu Changhai was responsible for contacting the Qishan Road Police Station to follow up and verify the situation of the several suspicious residents from yesterday, as well as the handling of the kid who planted poppies.

Qiao Jiali and others continued to verify the information of relocated residents with the command center and local police stations based on the data list, and went door-to-door to investigate each one they found.

He took Zhou Yi and He Bin to Donghai Residential Area to investigate the most suspicious apartment, Room 201 in Building 30.

The tasks were assigned, and I was just about to leave when the phone on the table rang.

Qiao Jiali answered the phone and handed it to Zhou Yi, saying, "It's for you, Luo He is calling."

"Lu Zhengfeng?" Zhou Yi quickly took the microphone.

"Hello, this is Zhou Yi."

"Officer Zhou, this is Lu Zhengfeng. I've retrieved the file regarding Tao Cong's case. Shall I fax it to you now?"

"Okay, okay, thank you very much. There's another person I might need to trouble you with. He's also been imprisoned in Luohe for fraud, I think. His name is Meng Qingtong."

Lu Zhengfeng was taken aback: "How come all the criminal records from Luohe have gone to Hongcheng?"

　I would like to thank reader werun for their valuable and helpful feedback. Therefore, I have revised and improved the wording regarding the comments about Qin Beihai. Due to limited time for revisions and polishing, there may be some shortcomings. I welcome any feedback and will take it into consideration. Thank you.

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