Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 693 One Li Meng is not enough

Zhengming Branch, Criminal Investigation Division.

The peaceful morning was broken by a series of irregular honking sounds.

A black Volkswagen sedan was parked at the entrance of the Criminal Investigation Brigade's office compound, with its front end near the iron gate, and its horn was blaring all day long.

"Xiao Chao, why are you banging so loudly? We're not here to cause trouble." A middle-aged man sitting in the passenger seat frowned and questioned the driver.

"Shen Ke, I contacted the people at their branch yesterday and told them they'd be coming to the Criminal Investigation Department to investigate today." Because the other party was his superior, Deng Xiaochao said in a friendly tone, "Look, our car has been parked here for quite a while and no one has come out to greet us. This is really disrespectful."

Seeing that the other party still looked slightly impatient, Deng Xiaochao was heartbroken, as if he was the one being looked down upon: "It's okay if they look down on me, Deng Xiaochao, but they look down on our disciplinary department. Can we tolerate this? Of course not, otherwise it will definitely affect our subsequent case handling. Director Shen, if we want to bring people with us, they might resist."

"Hmph, they dare?" Shen Ke raised an eyebrow, showing his disdain for Deng Xiaochao's words, but he did not stop the other party from continuing to make noise at the entrance of the compound.

The veteran auxiliary police officer in charge of guarding the gate from the Criminal Investigation Brigade had good eyesight. As soon as he came out of the house, he saw a pass from the Dongzhou Public Security Bureau tucked in a conspicuous spot on the windshield of the car, and immediately pressed the automatic switch on the iron gate in his hand.

As the iron gate slowly opened, the experienced auxiliary police officer, seeing that the car showed no intention of moving, thought to himself that they were looking for trouble.

While gesturing to his colleagues inside to call the supervisor on duty, he jogged over to the driver's seat and knocked on the car window in a fawning manner.

When the person inside showed his face, the old auxiliary policeman bowed and smiled broadly, saying politely, "Hello, sir! There are no spaces left in the yard. I'll lead the way for you in a bit. There are spaces reserved for sirs a little further in, but it will be a bit of a hassle for you to drive a little further in."

You can't hit a smiling face, especially a smile that warms your heart. This tactic, used for over a hundred years, has always been the veteran auxiliary police officer's specialty.

No matter how difficult the leader, how reckless the masses, or how sad the victim, when faced with such a heartwarming face, no one will linger. In no time, the veteran auxiliary police officer will welcome them into the office building, and the rest can be easily resolved behind closed doors.

But today, he's met his match.

"Where are the police? Where are they! Don't you know our leaders are here?" A man in plainclothes, sitting in the driver's seat, asked repeatedly, his face ashen.

According to regulations, units that operate independently outside the premises are required to have at least one police officer on duty at the security room at the main gate, responsible for receiving visitors and responding to any emergencies that may occur.

However, for grassroots units with extremely limited police resources, such as police stations and traffic police teams, no one will abide by this rule.

Of course, police officers who are assigned to work shifts would be extremely happy, since sitting around doing nothing is a dream job, but this is not the case in reality.

At the grassroots level, police officers are treated like livestock, so as long as no problems arise, most leaders turn a blind eye.

The veteran auxiliary police officer recognized him and quickly ran around the front of the car to the passenger seat, bowing and scraping as he said, "Yes, yes, I just saw him sitting in the security room. He's probably in the restroom now. Boss, it's windy outside, and it wouldn't look good if people saw us. Why don't we go into the courtyard?"

"Did your unit actually arrange for police officers to guard the gate?" The man in the driver's seat didn't buy it, his serious tone directly replacing the question from the leader in the passenger seat. The veteran auxiliary police officer glanced at the driver, who showed no intention of moving, and knew that this was no longer something he could handle. He then replied, "Please wait a moment, sir. I'll notify our brigade leader to come over right away."

After saying that, he scurried back to the security room.

After everyone left, Deng Xiaochao immediately put on a smile: "Shen Ke, they're really not following the rules. They knew you were coming today, yet they're still sitting in their office. I don't know if they've lost their minds from handling cases."

Having served as a discipline cadre for many years, Shen Ke didn't care much about such formal hospitality. However, he was quite satisfied with the attitude of this new colleague who had recently been transferred to his department, who served the leader and always put the leader first.

Taking advantage of the break, Shen Ke kindly reminded him, "When we ask questions later, Xiao Chao, don't say anything, just stand aside and watch."

"Yes, yes, I'll do whatever the leader says." Deng Xiaochao nodded hurriedly, his attitude sincere.

Seeing that the other party's attitude was quite good, Shen Ke wanted to say a few more words: "Xiao Chao, it's not that I don't want you to do your job, it's just that most people overestimate their tolerance for us, thinking that they are revolutionary patriots with hard hearts. In fact, 99% of them break down when we ask them the first question and start frantically shifting the blame."

"This incident has a wide impact, involving two deputy directors and many branch captains. Although we can't touch them at the moment, it's easy to get ourselves into trouble. We need to not only handle the case well, but also keep a close eye on things for our superiors to avoid unnecessary trouble."

Deng Xiaochao said cautiously and earnestly, "Shen Ke, I'll listen to whatever you say."

Shen Ke nodded in satisfaction and began to show off his professional knowledge: "You were just transferred from the Supervision Brigade to our Discipline Department, so you are still a bit unfamiliar with this area of ​​work. Many people outside think that our case handling is just about constantly persuading these people to give more statements. In fact, most of what we have to do is to keep the people in check, so that they don't go crazy biting people in order to clear themselves and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble."

Deng Xiaochao pondered in his heart that he was creating a lot of unnecessary trouble.

After a pause, Shen Ke succinctly stated the purpose of their trip: "Our only goal this time is to take care of this Li Meng; everything else is secondary."

Sometimes, it's not necessary to conduct an investigation first, and then, based on the collected evidence, go through rigorous deduction and scientific calculations step by step, before arriving at a reliable result.

When it comes to important matters, the leader usually gives a definite result first, and then the subordinates investigate in reverse within the circle drawn by the leader based on this result.

A moment later, the head of the criminal investigation team led a large group of people out of the office building to greet them.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Shen Ke couldn't be pretentious any longer, so he opened the car door, got out, and greeted the other person with a smile.

Under the guidance of the veteran auxiliary police officer, Deng Xiaochao drove the Volkswagen towards the parking lot inside the compound.

As he turned the corner, he glanced at the group of people still standing at the door shaking hands and talking, his eyes filled with a gloomy look. The pride of successfully transferring to another post and the long-suppressed hatred in his heart intertwined and surfaced, his distorted face revealing his true feelings.

"Heh heh, one Li Meng alone isn't enough."

(End of this chapter)