In the police office, Captain Yan listened carefully to Meng Kenan's story.
"Listening to what you said, there must be something very wrong with this Lin Xi."
Following Lu Sheng's suggestion, Meng Kenan has reported all the current information about Lin Xi to Team Yan.
"Some of the doubts you mentioned just now were discovered by Lu Sheng, right?" Even though Meng Kenan had already said it, Captain Yan was once again sure.
"Yes."
"I didn't really pay much attention to it before, but now I suddenly feel that this Lin Xi seems a bit familiar."
"He is so famous in the police community now. You must have heard or seen him at some point." Meng Kenan explained to Captain Yan.
"No, we should have had contact at work before." Captain Yan sat in his chair and thought for a long time.
"You just said that Bai Longqiang's traffic accident file from ten years ago could not be found, right?" After thinking of this somewhat unconventional situation, Captain Yan repeated it, as if to remind himself.
Captain Yan stood up from his chair and paced back and forth in the office. Meng Kenan knew that Captain Yan was thinking about something, so he didn't speak or disturb, and just stood quietly aside.
The room was very quiet, you could only hear the sound of shoes hitting the ground.
"I remembered."
Captain Yan muttered to himself, suddenly walked back to his desk, and called his old friend at the Meizhou Police Station.
"Hey, Director Zhuang."
"You old guy, haha, you are not a director." A hearty laugh came from the other end of the phone.
Between men, especially between pure friends, a phone call is sometimes straight to the point, without so much nonsense and politeness. Apart from drinking, people only think of calling when something happens.
"I suddenly remembered something today. During the fire in the garment factory ten years ago, was the young apprentice who was with you at that time..."
Captain Yan was interrupted before he finished speaking, so he listened intently to the voice coming from the phone.
"Yes, he is Lin Xi who is in Huangzhou now. Didn't you recognize him? What's wrong?"
After Captain Yan received the confirmed answer, he quickly replied,
"Oh, it's okay. He has very strong professional skills. I just remember where I saw him."
Captain Yan and Director Zhuang chatted on the phone for a while. The old friends joked with each other a few more times and then both hung up the phone.
Captain Yan just finished hanging up the phone and immediately turned to Meng Kenan and said,
"Ke Nan, go find the files on the clothing factory fire case from ten years ago."
After watching Meng Kenan leave the office, Captain Yan took out his mobile phone again, rummaged through his address book, stared at the screen of the mobile phone for a long time, and finally dialed Lu Sheng's number.
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Lu Sheng stood outside the gate of the Huangzhou City Public Security Bureau. He did not go in immediately, but just stood there and looked at it silently.
This is a pre-war command post that protects social justice. Its mission is to fight against evil to the end. This is also a place that Lu Sheng has never forgotten. However, Lu Sheng's concept has long since changed. This police station alone cannot eliminate all evil.
criminal activity.
Looking at the public security bureau in front of him, Lu Sheng suddenly felt a little complicated. He once believed that the only way to catch bad guys was to use his own means to fight against criminals.
Lu Sheng walked in anyway. He first passed the gate. There were many police cars driven by Xiao Wu parked in the yard. Then he came to the door of the building and walked through the hall. Some people had already recognized him, and they were all a little confused.
He looked at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him in surprise.
Lu Sheng didn't pay attention to these people he knew or didn't know, and still walked forward, and finally came straight to the director's office.
Just as Lu Sheng entered the office, Meng Kenan also came back with the case file and looked at Lu Sheng in the room in surprise.
"How did you come?"
Although he didn't make a sound, Lu Sheng had already received Meng Kenan's question. Lu Sheng glanced at Captain Yan with his eyes and signaled to Meng Kenan, "He asked me to come."
Thinking of Lu Sheng's sick body, Meng Kenan asked curiously, "I see that you are in good condition today. Are you feeling well?"
"I don't know either. After a nap, I woke up normally."
Lu Sheng didn't pay much attention to Captain Yan's questioning gaze. He looked at Captain Yan and asked directly, "Say it, Captain Yan."
Captain Yan originally wanted to care about Lu Sheng's physical condition. After listening to Lu Sheng's words, he directly asked about Lin Xi's situation.
"You just witnessed it with your own eyes. Do you have any other evidence?"
"No."
Lu Sheng didn't say anything more and found a place to sit on the sofa in the office.
"We are all veteran detectives. Sometimes we really have to trust our intuition." Captain Yan was uncharacteristically saying such words, which really surprised both Meng Kenan and Lu Sheng.
After Captain Yan finished speaking, he took a look at the case file in Meng Kenan's hand, and then began to talk to the two of them.
"Ten years ago, Lin Xi and the current director of Meizhou Village came to Huangzhou because of work. At that time, Lin Xi was still the apprentice of this village. The reason why Lao Zhuang came to us was because of Zhao Shi, a native of Meizhou.
Zhao Shi built a factory in Huangzhou, a garment factory. However, due to a fire, the entire garment factory was burned down. Zhao Shi did not run out and died inside.
After investigation by our Huangzhou police, although there was something fishy about the matter, no useful clues were found, so the final conclusion was that the accidental fire occurred due to negligence of the factory staff after get off work."
After Captain Yan finished speaking, he looked at Lu Sheng and Meng Kenan. Although he already had some doubts in his heart, he had not expressed them yet.
"Is this Lin Xi again? By the way, he did tell me that he had cooperated with our Huangzhou police." Meng Kenan recalled the scene when he first came into contact with Lin Xi.
"Is there any connection between the fire ten years ago and Bai Longqiang's incident three years ago?" Lu Sheng looked at Team Yan and expressed Team Yan's suspicion.
"The files on Bai Longqiang's collision and death ten years ago were mysteriously destroyed. This is very abnormal. According to Bai Longqiang's prison file, he entered before the fire." Captain Yan further added.
"If Lin Xi was involved in Wang Lei's case, is it possible that Lin Xi was also involved in Bai Longqiang's assault case?" Lu Sheng was not sure and made a bold guess.
"If that's really the case? Then did Bai Longqiang go to jail for Zhao Shi?" Meng Kenan responded to Lu Sheng's thinking and continued to infer,
"Bai Longqiang and his wife don't have stable jobs, but they live in such a high-end community. The house was bought ten years ago. Could this money be given by Zhao Shi?"
"It's very possible. We have no evidence at all at the moment. These are just speculations." Captain Yan still mentioned the old issues he has been paying attention to.
Lu Sheng just wanted to talk about being kidnapped last night. He also suspected that Lin Xi did it, but everything that happened was so ridiculous that there was no way to give a reasonable explanation, and he couldn't figure out what Lin Xi was doing in the current situation.
He wanted to find someone to tie him up, so Lu Sheng still controlled it and didn't say anything.
"Ke Nan, just keep an eye on Lin Xi and don't let him notice anything unusual. We are all police, so we must be careful." Captain Yan specifically told Meng Kenan.
"Lu Sheng..." Captain Yan paused. After hesitating for a while, he finally said, "I will let Xiao Wu investigate the fire case again."
Captain Yan didn't say it clearly, but everyone already knew what he meant.
It had been a long time since the two of them had discussed the case together without any scruples. Lu Sheng had a long-lost feeling that seemed to only appear in dreams. The fire in his chest seemed to be burning again.
"I'm going to retire soon, and at the end of the day, you gave me such a big surprise." Captain Yan sighed, while looking at the two young people in front of him with encouragement.
Things are becoming more and more complicated, and all three of them feel that they are facing unprecedented tests.