Lao Bian heard the phone ringing by the bedside, but he still stretched lazily.
He is not young anymore, especially working in the international department of the provincial government in the past few years. No matter how hard he maintains his heart for front-line work, his body has uncontrollably deteriorated a lot.
I haven't experienced such a high-intensity and high-density work style in the past few days.
Even if he is transferred back to the criminal investigation department, it is not actually the front-line criminal investigation department. The workload of the criminal investigation work of the provincial department is not too large.
After staying up all night, I didn't catch up on my sleep immediately. Instead, I finally got a chance to rest when night fell. If I wanted to say that I wasn't tired, Lao Bian himself was embarrassed to say so.
This time, I slept for more than fourteen hours.
After all, he is no longer a young man. No matter how enthusiastic his heart is, his body will never lie.
After lying on the bed and looking up at the ceiling for a few seconds, Lao Bian picked up the phone on the bedside.
At first glance, it turned out to be Cheng Yu calling, and Lao Bian knew that something must be wrong with him.
Looking at the time displayed on the phone again, it was already around nine o'clock. The faint light coming from the curtains fully showed that this was not the night he had just fallen asleep for a few hours, but it was already the next day.
Lao Bian shook his head slightly, but he no longer felt sleepy at all, and his whole body was completely awake.
Although he saw several WeChat messages on the phone's header, Lao Bian immediately answered Cheng Yu's call.
"Master Cheng."
From his voice, Cheng Yu couldn't tell that Lao Bian had just woken up. However, since Lao Bian took a long time to answer the call and Lao Bian did not lower his voice, this meant that he had just woken up.
It was not in a meeting, it was so quiet around him, and it was naturally not a noisy place, so I couldn't hear his cell phone ringing. This only meant that Lao Bian had just woken up.
Since he had just woken up, he obviously didn't see the photo Cheng Yu sent him last night.
Of course Cheng Yu would not blame Lao Bian. In fact, Lao Bian really tried his best and said it was his duty. But if it had not been Cheng Yu's thing, Lao Bian would not have worked so hard that he only slept once in two days.
"Just woke up?"
Lao Bian said with some embarrassment: "Maybe I'm really old. I slept really well this time. It's almost nine o'clock."
Cheng Yu smiled and said, "I told you to rest during the day yesterday, but you didn't listen."
"Alas..." Old Bian scratched his head and said, "Mr. Cheng, just tell me if you have anything to do. I'll clean up and go to the city bureau to check on the situation."
Cheng Yu thought to himself that if I ask you something now, you can't possibly give me an answer.
So he said: "Don't worry, since you just woke up, I don't have anything to ask. Just take a look at the WeChat message I sent you last night."
Lao Bian quickly agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Lao Bian quickly opened WeChat. In addition to the message from Cheng Yu, there was also a message from the task force.
After clicking on Cheng Yu's photo, Lao Bian saw a photo, and below it was the text that Cheng Yu asked him to help find out the man's identity.
After hesitating for a moment, Lao Bian felt that it was still necessary to ask clearly, so he responded to Cheng Yu on WeChat.
"Mr. Cheng, the person in this photo..."
Cheng Yu quickly replied with a voice message: "I had dinner with my friends last night. It happened that my cousin was also in the same restaurant, and the person in the photo was the one he invited to the banquet. I have some doubts about the meeting between these two people."
After reading it, Lao Bian pondered silently in his heart.
Cheng Yu had doubts about Cheng Fu, who had always been honest with Lao Bian.
Although Cheng Yu's voice did not reveal much, if it was just an ordinary meeting or dinner, Cheng Yu would have filtered it on his own.
It is impossible to say that every time Cheng Fu comes into contact with someone, Cheng Yu will ask Lao Bian to help investigate.
Obviously during the contact between the two people, Cheng Yu made a basic judgment based on their behavior, posture, etc., and then he asked Lao Bian to help.
It has been almost a year since I met Cheng Yu. Although Cheng Yu is very young and is only twenty-two years old now, Lao Bian feels that this may be the most mature and stable twenty-two-year-old he has ever seen.
Even most people in their thirties are far less able to keep their composure than Cheng Yu.
Nodding, Lao Bian forwarded the photo to the person in charge of the task force at the Municipal Bureau, with clear instructions to find this person from the household registration database and confirm his identity.
The other side is already at work, so of course I will send a reply right away.
Later, Lao Bian clicked on the WeChat message sent by the task force. This was the report the task force made to him after making a major breakthrough in the case.
But these are just breakthroughs in the case of this gang that resells used spare parts. Many people in the gang could no longer survive, were broken through their psychological defenses, and confessed to the crimes they committed. Basically, the evidence held by the task force
It is already possible to prosecute this gang.
But Lao Bian not only wants to crack down on this gang, he also hopes to clear up Cheng Guangnian's problems through this case.
Mr. Yu, this is a case involving this gang that has caused extremely significant consequences. This is an extremely important reference for the procuratorate and the court in sentencing this gang.
In private, Lao Bian knows very well who Cheng Yu is. Unless he doesn't intend to investigate further, otherwise, just like he uncovered Wang Xu that night and single-handedly made Wang Xu give up resistance and be captured, Cheng Yu will definitely not
He will be afraid of any danger and will investigate the matter to the end.
What's more, in Cheng Guangnian's case, it was obvious that someone deliberately manipulated him. The passive manipulation of his car was not just an accident caused by selling scrap parts, but someone was deliberately murdering him. This is also true for Lao Bian.
Things must be investigated thoroughly.
Although this case lacks key evidence, so it has not been possible to establish a murder case until now, Lao Bian also reported his and Cheng Yu's suspicions to the provincial department leaders.
Because it involves such a well-known entrepreneur in the province, and the relationship between this entrepreneur and the provincial government has always been quite good, the leaders of the provincial department immediately reported the matter to the main leaders of the provincial government.
After careful consideration, the leader gave instructions. Since there were not enough procedural doubts and evidence to file a case, it was left to Lao Bian to continue the investigation. It was necessary to get to the bottom of the matter.
Therefore, what happened to Cheng Guangnian was just an accident to the outside world, but in the provincial department and higher-level departments, it was actually considered a case.
However, this matter involves serious matters and it should not be made public without evidence.
Therefore, even with this task force, Lao Bian could not tell them everything clearly, and could only conduct the investigation secretly by himself and his two confidants.
The members of the task force felt that the case was basically over, so in the early hours of this morning, some gang members relaxed and confessed. After sorting out the confessions and evidence they obtained, they believed that the case could basically be characterized.
, the next step is to transfer it to the prosecutorial department.
So, they sent Lao Bian a WeChat message, not urging Lao Bian to go to the bureau to prepare for closing the case and handing it over, but just to make a procedural report and relax mentally at the same time.
The task force has only been established for more than 20 hours, and most members feel that it can be disbanded on the spot.
But of course Lao Bian would not allow them to disband, so he thought about it and did not reply to any message.
After washing up, Lao Bian took two bites of the breakfast that his wife left for him in the kitchen, and hurried out the door.
After arriving at the city bureau, the members of the task force responsible for this case no longer felt as nervous as yesterday. Although they were still waiting for the team leader, Lao Bian, to come back and make the final decision, so they did not leave the unit, but as soon as Lao Bian walked in,
I found that these people were already in an extremely relaxed state.
Some were lying lazily on chairs, some were eating breakfast, and some were chatting and joking with each other.
Lao Bian knew very well that these police officers had stayed up all night without closing their eyes, and of course he would not accuse them of anything.
Especially for other members of this task force, the current situation of the case can indeed be called basically over.
Therefore, Lao Bian called all the members of the task force to have a brief meeting, mainly to listen to the evidence they compiled.
Then, the deputy team leader asked: "Director Bian, this case is basically ready to be nailed. Do you think we should contact the procuratorate immediately and hand it over to them?"
Lao Bian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Last night's surprise interrogation, everyone worked hard.
It can be seen that everyone is very tired, but the spirit is very good and the motivation is still high.
Our task force has been established for less than 24 hours, but the results achieved are quite good.
I am ashamed to say that, as the team leader, I did not take the lead. Last night when everyone was busy here, I went back to sleep."
At this time, the deputy team leader hurriedly interjected: "Bureau Bian, please don't say that. The reason why the task force's operation was so smooth was entirely due to Bureau Bian and two other comrades who arrived at the task force yesterday night."
Work done before its establishment.
We just stayed up all night last night, which is common in our criminal police team.
But the three of you stayed up all night the day before yesterday and made perfect preparations for our detection and arrest work. Moreover, the three of you worked hard until dark yesterday before leaving. Even the young men in our team said that the three of you are talented.
It’s real hard work.”
Lao Bian smiled with satisfaction and made a downward movement with his hand to stop other team members from complying with the deputy leader's words.
"Haha, now that the case is not over yet, I don't think we should continue to flatter each other.
Although the evidence we have now is sufficient to convict these black sheep.
However, after all, our task force has been established less than 24 hours ago, and there is no pressure on us from above.
I wonder if we can do a more detailed job and make this case a solid case.
But comrades, don’t worry, I see your comrades’ hard work.
Today is the weekend again, so you should go back and have a good rest.
The rest of the work will be done by those of us who had enough sleep yesterday."
Lao Bian looked around the audience and found that the atmosphere in the conference room seemed a little subtle.
After all, he was someone who worked his way up from the grassroots level. Lao Bian quickly thought of the reason.
He smiled slightly and said: "We are not in a hurry to hand it over to the procuratorate.
Do the comrades in the Procuratorate also need to take a break? Today is Saturday and tomorrow is Sunday. I think we should not cause trouble to our brother units without the pressure of peaking.
We have just taken advantage of these two days to solidify the case and evidence, and on Monday, we will work with the prosecutor's comrades to hand over these people."
Lao Bian understood that he was currently refusing to transfer the case to the procuratorate, and even asked everyone present to go back to rest, so the remaining people would all be people who came down from the provincial department.
These people are also afraid that Lao Bian will take all the credit. Then won't their work be in vain?
Although it is true that the people on Lao Bian’s side made the most of the credit for this case. The preliminary work has been done to the extent that they only need to arrest people at their homes and conduct surprise interrogations to obtain confessions. The physical evidence has been prepared by Lao Bian’s side, but,
After all, these people were busy making arrests and interrogations. They had no credit but hard work.
If at the final moment, Lao Bian had taken all the credit, everyone would definitely not be so satisfied.
But when Lao Bian said this, these people all understood. Lao Bian wanted to do the last bit of finishing work for them, and he did not intend to take away their credit. Since it would be handed over to the procuratorate until Monday, then what they had done before
All those little thoughts are gone.
The deputy team leader stood up in a daze and said, "How can Bureau Bian do all these trivial finishing tasks? We are not too tired yet. It's okay for us to go back and rest after we finish."
"Haha, let's not push and grab each other. As for me, everyone should also understand.
I used to be in the criminal investigation team of the municipal bureau, and was later transferred to the department. Over the years, I have always wanted to return to a front-line position, but I was always focused on external relations.
I finally came back not long ago, but I still can't compare with you real front-line members.
It's not that the Department of Major Cases won't get involved. I feel like I've almost forgotten many of the procedures for frontline police officers to handle cases.
So this time, I will act as a nanny for everyone and provide support. This last bit of work will allow me to become familiar with the process of handling cases on the front line.
Everyone, go back and rest, I am waiting for you in the bureau. After we complete the summary on Monday, we will transfer these criminals to the Procuratorate!"
Now that the conversation was over, everyone stopped talking. After the deputy leader gave the order, everyone started to pack up and prepare to leave.
Lao Bian, on the other hand, went directly to the household registration office to inquire about the progress of the previous photo.
But today is Saturday. Although the officer on duty immediately contacted the police officer in charge of household registration files who was taking a break after the photo was sent, by the time she arrived at the city bureau, it was even later than Lao Bian came in.
This photo is so confusing that it doesn’t even have a specific location, so it’s like trying to match it among the country’s billions of people.
Of course, this can eliminate half of the women, as well as teenagers and children under the age of 18.
But even so, there are hundreds of millions of people who need to compare them one by one. No matter how powerful the computing power of the computer is, it cannot be done in less than half an hour.
Moreover, when Lao Bian sent this photo, he had a preconceived impression. He always felt that since this person is now in Wudong, and Cheng Yu suspects that he is related to Cheng Guangnian's case, then this person is probably Jiangdong himself.
Save people.
Therefore, he told the police officers there to start with the population of Jiangdong Province for comparison.
Including the floating population, Jiangdong Province has a population of nearly 100 million. This population alone cannot be compared in half an hour.
Fortunately, Lao Bian was not too anxious. He was skilled in Tai Chi and set the transfer time to the Procuratorate on Monday. This gave him nearly forty-eight hours to conduct a detailed comparison, so he simply stayed at the household registration place and soaked it up.
I had a cup of tea and sat with the police officer.
Cheng Yu left the hospital, originally thinking that if Lao Bian got up early, he might have some clues by now, and he could ask him to meet and talk.
But Lao Bian had just gotten up at that time, and Cheng Yu knew he was in a hurry. After going downstairs and getting into his car, he didn't know where to go for a while.
After sitting in the car for a while, Cheng Yu suddenly realized a problem.
The man in the photo has an accent from the Northeast, and the accent is not too strong. Gao Yiming analyzed at the time that he was probably from Heilongjiang or Inner Mongolia. After all, the accent in Liaoji Province is relatively strong. He did not tell Lao Bian about this.
Said, this will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of Lao Bian's investigation.
So, Cheng Yu called Lao Bian again.
Lao Bian heard the cell phone ringing and saw that it was Cheng Yu. He thought he was anxious and he was indeed a little embarrassed, so he put down his tea cup and hurriedly left the office, standing in the corridor before answering Cheng Yu's call.
As soon as the phone call came through, Lao Bian said: "Mr. Cheng, I'm sorry.
Today is the weekend, and the comrades here are resting at home.
I also received your call, so I sent the photo to the bureau, and then called the police from the household registration department. At this time, I am still checking the population of Jiangdong Province.
But don’t worry, I’ve already…”
Cheng Yu directly interrupted Lao Bian and said, "Bureau Bian, it's my fault that I didn't explain myself clearly.
I am not urging you to get the results, but I want to tell you that the man in the photo speaks with a Northeastern accent, and it is an accent closer to Mandarin.
I personally suspect that this person is probably from Heilongjiang or Inner Mongolia.
I suggest that you only need to check the floating population in the province during this period. After all, this person is an outsider and will definitely find a place to live when he comes to Wudong.
Now that planes, trains and hotels all use real-name registration, this scope should be narrowed a lot.
If none of these can be found, then we will focus on the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang province for comparison and investigation."
When Lao Bian heard this, he thought that he had indeed made a mistake, so he hurriedly said: "The clue you provided, Mr. Cheng, is very important. It can reduce a lot of workload.
Let's do this. I will immediately ask the household registration department to conduct a centralized investigation on the situation of the floating population in Wudong within forty days. If not, I will investigate the situation of the floating population in Jiangdong Province within one month.
If it doesn’t happen again, I’ll follow your instructions and go check the second province of Heimeng.”
"Okay. Good job."
"It's okay, it's okay. If anything happens, I'll let you know in time."
Cheng Yu was just about to hang up the phone, then thought about it and said, "Wait a minute. Director Bian, I think there is another possibility..."
"You said."
"Didn't you tell me yesterday that there are three parts sales records related to Bentley? I think, if this man is really related to my father's incident, I hope we can find a breakthrough from that gang.
Show them the photos and ask them to check the buyer’s information..."
When Lao Bian heard this, he stamped his feet and said, "Oh, why did I forget this?"
"Actually, I just remembered that we had always believed that the gang rarely met in person for transactions, so we never thought that they might know the man in the photo.
I said this just as a casual question.
After all, even if they don’t know him, it may remind them that a man with a Northeastern accent once came to them to buy goods, so they may be able to find the man’s contact information more directly, and then it will be easier to confirm his identity.”
Lao Bian nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, I'll go and interrogate those people."
After hanging up the phone, Lao Bian hurriedly called his police officers and began to interrogate the group of people.
The interrogation lasted all night, and those people were already exhausted. They thought that they could finally go to sleep now that they had to give an explanation, right?
Unexpectedly, within a few minutes of closing my eyes, another person came over and called out, asking what they were doing. The answer was two cold words: interrogation!
This group of people was about to collapse. Everyone was crying and shouting, saying that they had already explained everything they could and that there was no point in bringing it up again.
The result, of course, was for the police officer to shut up.