Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 695: Detention
Leaving Li Meng still in shock, Deng Xiaochao hummed a song as he walked out of the office, closed the door behind him, and stood guard like a doorman. He lit a cigarette and slowly took a few puffs.

One tooth can only be considered a minor injury, but two teeth would be enough to constitute a minor injury, a real criminal offense. At that time, this method could be used to completely drag Chen Shu down with him.

Deng Xiaochao chuckled as he sipped his cigarette, pondering his next move.

His original plan was to start with Deputy Captain Li Meng and then get four or five of her subordinates involved, essentially sending in most of the main force of the Major Crimes Squad of the Zhengming District Criminal Investigation Brigade.

To handle such an influential case involving so many people upon arriving at a new unit is a testament to the unit's sincerity.

Unexpectedly, while investigating the case, they received a pleasant surprise. This guy named Li Meng actually hated his classmate Chen Shu so much.

Now that he's left alone in the office, even a pig would know what to do. The only way to break this deadlock right now is to directly target Chen Shu, who is favored by the leadership.

If Chen Shu isn't dragged into this, Li Meng will definitely be punished. Given that the Municipal Bureau has sent someone from the disciplinary department, the outcome will certainly not be lenient.

If, at this point, the blame for the minor injury is shifted to Chen Shu, and the leader wants to protect Chen Shu, they would have to completely overturn the nature of the incident, and incidentally, they would let Li Meng off the hook.

Take, for example, gambling cases. If a suspect with connections is found among a group of criminal suspects, the safest approach is not to bail out that one person, but to release all the suspects if they are innocent.

Li Meng, who has worked at the grassroots level for so many years, must understand this principle.

Deng Xiaochao was certain that Li Meng would not be able to resist this temptation.

The problem is, even if it's just a minor injury, once the forensic examination is done, Deng Xiaochao won't let Chen Shu off the hook. After all, he's now part of the disciplinary department, and the Public Security Bureau has no jurisdiction over him.

(The correct term for the Dongzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau's disciplinary department should be the Disciplinary Inspection Team stationed at the Municipal Public Security Bureau, which is a disciplinary department at the municipal level. Although these personnel still wear police uniforms while on duty, they are no longer officially part of the Public Security Bureau.)
Deng Xiaochao exhaled a long smoke ring, completely satisfied.

"what!"

A scream suddenly erupted from inside the office.

"Tch, yelling like that over a broken tooth, he's not a real man. A detective, my foot." Deng Xiaochao's eyes flashed with mockery. Although he couldn't see what was happening inside the room, his expression seemed to be enjoying a wonderful performance.

He casually waved his right hand, which was holding a cigarette butt, subtly revealing his sense of superiority.

Judging that it was about time, Deng Xiaochao slowly walked into the house.

At this moment, the man sitting behind the desk was no longer bewildered and lost. His eyes were filled with boundless hatred, as if they could shoot out black flames.

Deng Xiaochao walked to the table, picked up the tissue box next to him, and threw it in front of Li Meng: "Clean it up properly, and come back to the station with me in a bit."

Dongzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, Discipline Inspection Department.

boom.

With the door closed, this notorious chat room within the system was completely isolated into a small, relatively free, yet not free room.

With her head swollen like a pig, Li Meng sat in the room, no longer displaying her usual imposing manner, cautiously surveying the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar surroundings.

The reason it was familiar was that this interview room, like the interrogation room on the second floor of their criminal investigation building, was set up with great care, and the care was due to the very thorough protective measures taken for the interrogated persons.

As is customary, one of the officers sitting opposite said sternly, "I'll ask you a question, you'll answer it. Do you understand?"

Li Meng withdrew her gaze from the surroundings and said ingratiatingly to the colleague she had met at a previous drinking party, "Captain Deng, don't worry, I know the rules, I won't say a single unnecessary word."

Deng Xiaochao squinted at Li Meng for a long time, then repeated word by word, "I'll ask you a question, and you'll answer it. Do you understand?" "Yes."

"Tell me about the injuries you sustained when Chen Shu beat you at the hospital."

"Nothing else is wrong, except that two of my teeth were knocked out."

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Next to the interrogation room.

Several monitors on the wall were filming Deng Xiaochao interrogating Li Meng from various angles, without any sound.

Two men, one sitting and one standing, one relaxed and the other tense.

The one standing there, with his back ramrod straight, was Section Chief Shen, who was reporting his work with a serious expression: "Team leader, Chen Shu beat up Li Meng in the hospital, causing her to lose two teeth. This may involve a criminal offense."

"Criminal offense?" The team leader, dressed in a black jacket and reclining comfortably in an armchair, seemed puzzled.

"Two teeth are enough to qualify as a minor injury." Section Chief Shen's face was serious. Originally, the bureau leaders' idea was to deal with Li Meng alone. Of course, if Section Chief Shen wanted, he could also take care of Li Meng's subordinates as well.

For Section Chief Shen, who has worked at the Municipal Public Security Bureau for over ten years, this is a win-win situation.

Firstly, such a high-profile case involving so many people would allow me to fulfill my performance targets in the municipal discipline inspection department and gain recognition from my superiors; secondly, it would also earn me favors from the leaders of the municipal public security bureau. Why wouldn't I do it?
But to everyone's surprise, when questioning Li Meng, she was told that Chen Shu had knocked out two of her teeth. This involved a criminal offense, something that a mere deputy section chief like him could not possibly handle.

Naturally, the report can only be submitted to the immediate supervisor, that is, their team leader.

Including Shen Ke and Deng Xiaochao, the members of this dispatched team were originally police officers who had worked in the public security system for many years, and were transferred to the dispatched team through various means. This group of people still have many ties with the Public Security Bureau, and they wear police uniforms on weekdays, so they have a natural respect for the bureau leaders.

But the team leaders are different; they are basically parachuted in from higher-level disciplinary departments to gain experience. If they can land a big case during their experience period, that would be even better.

Therefore, their attitudes toward major cases are different.

The team leader became excited upon hearing that a crime was suspected, and slapped the armrest, saying, "Good, let's detain them then. Perfect timing, I'm free tonight, I'll go to the detention room with you guys later."

The detention rooms of disciplinary departments are generally not located in the assigned units, but are usually set up independently in remote places with no signage at the entrance. In addition to the case-handling personnel from the disciplinary department, personnel from the Public Security Bureau's Supervision Detachment and Special Police Detachment are also responsible for guarding them.

For disciplinary authorities, if a detention notice is issued, it basically confirms the suspected crime, and there is a 99% chance the person will be sent to a detention center.

Section Chief Shen swallowed hard, carefully observing the team leader's expression as he cautiously said, "Team leader, isn't detention a bit too hasty? Perhaps we should investigate further, or conduct a routine check-up. Also, this minor injury isn't under our jurisdiction, is it?"

In his mind, he was thinking about whether he could delay things so that he could at least give the bureau leaders a respectable explanation.

"Hehe." The team leader became interested when he saw that the deputy director could be implicated. He sneered, "I heard before I came that our unit was undisciplined and lazy. Now that I'm here, I'm going to set some rules for us. Perfect, let's use these two as examples to deal with them."

Section Chief Shen hesitated for a moment, then cautiously said, "Team Leader, you're new here and might not know, but this Chen Shu has a very deep background in the bureau; he's someone that Executive Director Wang is protecting."

"What a joke!" Before Section Chief Shen could finish speaking, the team leader interrupted, "We belong to the disciplinary department and are primarily responsible to them. The police can't control us. Even if their chief came, it wouldn't make a difference, let alone a deputy director like him!"

"Oh, so my presence is of no use?"

At that moment, several people walked in from outside.

(End of this chapter)