The quiet morning was broken by an irregular whistle.
A black Volkswagen sedan was parked at the entrance of the Criminal Investigation Brigade's office compound. The front of the car was near the iron sliding door, and its horn was honking loudly all day long.
"Xiaochao, why are you pressing so loudly? We're not here to play." A middle-aged man sitting in the passenger seat asked the driver with a frown.
"Shen Ke, I contacted the people in their branch yesterday and informed them that they are coming to the Criminal University for investigation today." Since the other party was his immediate boss, Deng Xiaochao said calmly, "Look, our car has been parked here for a while. No one came out to greet me, which is very disrespectful."
Seeing that the other party still looked a little impatient, Deng Xiaochao felt sad, as if he was the one being looked down upon: "It's okay to look down on me, Deng Xiaochao, but this is looking down on our disciplinary department. Can this be tolerated? It's definitely not okay, otherwise it will definitely affect us later. Handle the case. Shen Ke, if we want to bring someone with us, the other party may resist."
"Humph, they dare?" Shen Ke raised his eyebrows to show his disdain for Deng Xiaochao's words, but he did not stop him from continuing to make noise at the door of the courtyard.
The old police officer in charge of guarding the door of the Criminal Investigation Brigade had a good eye. As soon as he came out of the house, he saw a pass from the Dongzhou City Public Security Bureau stuffed in a conspicuous place on the windshield of the car. He immediately pressed the automatic switch of the iron sliding door in his hand.
As the iron door slowly opened, the experienced veteran police officer saw that the car had no intention of moving and thought it was looking for trouble.
While he signaled his colleagues in the room to call the leader on duty, he jogged to the driver's seat and knocked on the window glass in a flattering manner.
When the people inside showed their faces, the old police officer bent down and smiled brightly, and said politely: "Hello, leader! There is no room in the courtyard. I will show you the way from the front later. There is a parking space reserved for leaders just a little further away. , I just need to trouble you to drive inside for a while."
The 180-year-old trick of reaching out and not hitting someone with a smiling face, especially a smile that is so bright that it touches people's hearts, has always been the specialty of the veteran police officers.
No matter how difficult the leader is, no matter how reckless the masses are, no matter how sad the victim is, they will not linger deliberately when faced with such a heart-warming face. In a few moments, they will be welcomed into the office building by the old police officers, and the rest Things are easier to solve behind closed doors.
But today, he encountered a tough problem.
"Where are the police? Where are they! Our leaders came here and didn't know?" A man in casual clothes sitting in the driver's seat kept asking with a livid face.
According to regulations, units that work independently outside are required to have at least one policeman on duty in the security room at the unit gate, responsible for receiving visiting people and responding to possible emergencies.
However, for grassroots units that are extremely short of police personnel, such as police stations and traffic police teams, no one will comply with this rule.
Of course, the police officers who have their turn to be on duty must be extremely happy. After all, sitting around and not working is a good job, but this is inconsistent with the actual situation.
At the grassroots level, the police are like animals, so as long as there is no problem, most leaders will turn a blind eye.
The police officer Lao Xie recognized the man and quickly ran around the front of the car to the seat next to the passenger seat. He nodded and bowed and said, "Yes, yes, I saw him sitting in the security room just now. He may have gone to the toilet now." Leader, it’s windy outside, and it won’t be good for the people coming and going if they see it, why don’t we go first into the courtyard?”
"Has your unit arranged for police to guard the gate?" The man sitting in the driver's seat did not buy it, and directly replaced the leader sitting in the passenger seat with a serious tone.
The old police officer squinted and saw that the driver had no intention of moving. He knew that this was no longer something he could handle. He immediately replied: "Leader, wait a moment. I will notify the leader of our brigade to come over."
After saying that, he ran back to the security room in a hurry.
After the others left, Deng Xiaochao was immediately full of smiles: "Shen Ke, they are too clueless. I know you are coming today, but you are still sitting in the office. I don't know if you have lost your mind while working on the case." Already."
Shen Ke has been a disciplinary cadre for many years and doesn't care much about hospitality on such occasions. However, this new colleague who was recently transferred to his department is very satisfied with his attitude of serving the leader and thinking of the leader in everything.
Taking advantage of the gap, Shen Ke kindly reminded: "When we ask questions later, Xiao Chao, please don't speak for now. Just stand aside and watch."
"Yeah, yeah, I listen to the leader." Deng Xiaochao nodded hurriedly with a sincere attitude.
Seeing that the other party had a good attitude, Shen Ke wanted to say a few more words: "Xiao Chao, it's not that I don't let you play, it's that most people overestimate their ability to tolerate us and think that they are revolutionaries. It's so tough. In fact, 99% of people collapsed when we asked the first question and started to blame them crazily.
"This incident has a great impact, involving two deputy directors and many detachment leaders. Although we can't touch them at the moment, we can easily get our feet wet if we are not careful. We must handle the case well. , we must also check in for the leaders to avoid unnecessary trouble."
Deng Xiaochao was cautious and said seriously: "Shen Ke, I will listen to you."
Shen Ke nodded with satisfaction and began to show off his professional knowledge: "You have just been transferred to our disciplinary department from the Inspectorate Brigade, so you are still a little unfamiliar with this area of work. Many people outside think that when we handle cases, we just keep persuading, and let these people The target needs to extract more confessions. In fact, most of what we have to do is to stabilize the target so that this guy will not bite like crazy in order to clear himself up and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble."
It will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble... Deng Xiaochao thought in his mind.
After a pause, Shen Ke stated the purpose of his trip in one sentence: "When we come here this time, we only need to deal with this one named Li Meng, and the rest should be as little as possible."
Sometimes, it is not necessary to investigate first, then rely on the collected evidence, and then go through rigorous deductions and scientific calculations step by step to arrive at reliable results.
When it comes to more important matters, it is more likely that the leader will give a certain result first, and then the people below will investigate based on this result in the circle drawn by the leader.
After a while, the captain of the criminal investigation brigade quickly came out of the office building with many people to greet him.
Shen Ke, who was sitting in the passenger seat, didn't show any pretense anymore. He opened the car door and walked out, smiling and saying hello to the other person.
Under the command of the old police officer, Deng Xiaochao drove the Volkswagen toward the parking lot in the courtyard.
As he turned the corner, he glanced gloomily at the group of people who were still shaking hands and talking at the door. The pride of the successful transfer and the hatred that had been hidden in his heart for a long time surfaced together, and his twisted face was beyond words.