Solving the case: Combining the police dog's olfactory genes at the beginning

"Dr. Wang is a good person! Why are you arresting him!"

"Big hospitals have licenses but can't cure diseases, and they even make money! Dr. Wang has no license but can cure diseases and save lives!"

Li Gang said firmly.

"Practicing medicine without a license is illegal! Even Hua Tuo, if he were alive today, would have to abide by the law!"

The patients became even more furious.

"You're all liars! You're not letting ordinary people survive!"

Some people tried to prevent health officials and police from leaving, causing chaos at the scene. Dr. Wang quickly intervened to stop them.

"Everyone, calm down! Don't act rashly!"

However, the crowd was agitated and pulled Dr. Wang back inside, pushing the health bureau personnel and police out of the door.

Li Gang was enraged.

"This is outrageous! Call the riot police!"

The patients looked frightened when they heard "riot police." Dr. Wang comforted them.

"I have practiced medicine for many years and cured many patients. I believe the law will be just."

Someone reminds me.

"Dr. Wang, someone in Daxia is deliberately suppressing doctors like you! You might not come out alive if you go in!"

Dr. Wang sighed.

“I know everyone means well, but resisting law enforcement will not end well.”

The crowd gradually calmed down and realized the principle that the people cannot fight against the officials.

Seeing that the situation was under control, Li Gang said smugly.

"Dr. Wang, please."

Dr. Wang waved to everyone.

"I am temporarily unable to treat everyone. Please seek other medical professionals to avoid delaying your treatment."

Dr. Wang was forcibly taken away, and the police car sped off, leaving behind a mess in front of the clinic and heartbroken people.

Several seriously ill patients who had relied on Dr. Wang's treatment for many years collapsed to the ground and wept bitterly when they saw their only hope being cut off.

The desperate wails pierced the tranquility of the streets and alleys, and also deeply pained Luo Fei, who was standing to the side.

He watched all this in silence, his brow furrowed. The scene before him made him deeply aware of the plight of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners like Dr. Wang, who could treat illnesses at low prices, were becoming increasingly rare, and the predicament of ordinary people facing "difficulty in accessing medical care" and "high cost of medical care" would only worsen.

If this resentment continues to accumulate, it will eventually erode the foundations of society and even undermine the hard-won national unity. His thoughts extended further, realizing that it wasn't just limited to the medical field; issues like educational equity, persistent corruption, food safety, and moral decline also existed…

Behind many social problems, it seems that an invisible hand is deliberately creating antagonism and inciting conflict, with the ultimate goal of tearing this rising nation apart.

At this point, the health bureau personnel began to roughly disperse the crowd that was still watching, and took out seals, which they unceremoniously affixed to the old door panels of "Sui'an Hall".

Luo Fei's gaze was icy, focused on Li Gang, the section chief who had led the arrests. Relying on his intuition and keen observation honed over years of handling cases, he almost immediately sketched a portrait of Li Gang in his mind—a parasite of extremely depraved character.

Gambling, prostitution, embezzlement, bribery, a decadent lifestyle, and even group sex—these vices seemed to be written all over the other person's arrogant and superficial face. More importantly, Luo Fei sensed a more dangerous aura from his shifty eyes and unusual behavior: treason and collusion with the enemy.

Li Gang, along with his men, arrogantly prepared to get into their car and leave.

Luo Fei stepped forward and blocked his way.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Li Gang snapped impatiently.

Luo Fei remained expressionless and displayed his identification. "Luo Fei, Head of the Special Case Team, National Security Bureau of Great Xia."

Li Gang paused for a moment, glanced closer at the ID, and then sneered as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world: "National Security? Team leader? You're kidding me! You're trying to pull a fast one on me? You caught an old swindler, and now you've got a younger one?"

His men behind him also burst into laughter, their words filled with disdain and mockery.

Li Gang even slapped Luo Fei's ID away, letting it fall into the dust. "Trying to scare people with a lousy document? You're crazy! Get out of my way!"

Luo Fei's eyes instantly turned icy cold. He didn't pick up the documents; instead, he suddenly attacked!

With his right hand, he precisely gripped Li Gang's shoulder blade, and with a sharp, teeth-grinding crack, Li Gang let out a miserable scream, collapsing to his knees with cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

"Damn it! You dare to lay a hand on me! Get him!" Upon seeing this, the six or seven men that Li Gang brought rushed forward, shouting.

Luo Fei moved swiftly and accurately, his punches and kicks striking with such speed that one person inevitably fell to the ground with each strike.

Whether punched in the face, kicked in the abdomen, or had their joints seized and twisted... in just ten seconds, those once aggressive henchmen were all lying on the ground, groaning in pain, and unable to resist.

The scene was completely silent, and all the onlookers were stunned.

Li Gang, clutching his shoulder which was throbbing with pain and appeared to be fractured, was both shocked and furious. He threatened, his voice trembling with fear, "You...you dare to hit a government official! You'll be going to jail!"

Luo Fei responded with a cold sneer, then kicked him hard in the chest. Li Gang flew backward, crashing heavily into the newly sealed clinic door with a loud bang, passing out without a sound. Only then did Luo Fei bend down, slowly picking up his identification documents and carefully dusting them off.

Then he walked over, grabbed Li Gang by the collar like a dead dog, dragged him to the MPV parked nearby, opened the door and threw him inside.

He got into the driver's seat, started the car, and sped away before anyone could react, heading straight for the Special Case Team's temporary command center in Chang'an.

Back at the villa in the suburbs, Luo Fei had just parked the car when Wang Feifei and Zhou Xiaobei came out to greet him.

"Director Luo, what's this?" Wang Feifei asked in surprise when she saw Li Gang lying unconscious and disheveled in the car.

"A section chief from the Health Bureau is suspected of bribery and treason. Drag him in, handcuff him, and wake him up," Luo Fei instructed succinctly.

The two men immediately took action, dragged the limp Li Gang out of the car, took him into the villa's basement, handcuffed him to a sturdy pipe, and then splashed him with cold water to wake him up.

Luo Fei then convened a meeting with all team members in the living room. Yuan Bingyan, Chen Yifan, Wu Peixiong, and Su Muchen quickly gathered around.

"I visited several pharmacies and clinics under the China Pharmaceutical Group,"

Luo Fei cut to the chase, his tone heavy, “The situation is more serious than the report describes. Because truly skilled traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are constantly being marginalized and suppressed, and Western medicine drugs are expensive, their operations are extremely difficult, resulting in losses year after year. Their headquarters’ cash flow has probably already dried up. Selling the factory is, to some extent, a desperate measure.”

He paused, his voice growing even colder: "And I witnessed with my own eyes that a highly skilled and beloved traditional Chinese medicine doctor was just arrested in public by the health bureau on the absurd charge of 'practicing medicine without a license.' The person I just brought back was the one who led the operation."

Zhou Xiaobei operated the tablet computer, adding via the interface: "What Director Luo said is just a microcosm. I just reviewed the relevant data. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, our Great Xia had more than 600,000 TCM practitioners. By the 1980s, that number had plummeted to less than 300,000. And after these years of so-called 'medical reforms' and industry 'rectification,' the total number of registered TCM practitioners nationwide is now less than 30,000!"

He raised his head, looked at the crowd, and said in a serious tone: "Among them, at least half are medical school graduates who only have theory and lack clinical experience, and many of them are even certified but don't know how to treat patients."

Optimistically, there may only be around ten thousand veteran TCM doctors and key practitioners nationwide who are truly proficient in applying TCM theories, practicing independently, and alleviating patients' suffering. TCM, our national treasure, is facing an unprecedented crisis of extinction.

A hush fell over the meeting room, as everyone felt the weight of the data and the immense crisis it represented.

Luo Fei broke the silence. His voice was not loud, but it carried a penetrating power: "The demise of traditional Chinese medicine is already a cultural disaster. But what is even more terrifying is that this may only be the tip of the iceberg of other countries' efforts to destroy the traditional culture and value system of our Great Xia."

Think about it carefully: are the distorted values, wealth inequality, doctor-patient conflicts, educational inequality, and many other problems that permeate society today simply natural occurrences?

His gaze swept across the faces of each team member: "Behind this, there is very likely a long-running, multi-faceted, covert war. It is the result of an enemy country nibbling away at, dividing, and disintegrating us through means such as supporting proxies, bribing spies, manipulating public opinion, and distorting rules. Their goal is to make us fall into chaos from within and to make us deny ourselves culturally and spiritually."

Yuan Bingyan's face showed deep worry: "If this is really the case, I can't even imagine what the future will be like if this continues."

"Therefore," Luo Fei said firmly, "this is the significance of our national security system. Safeguarding national security is far more than just catching a few spies or solving a few major cases. It's also about resisting this silent cultural invasion and spiritual corruption."

Now I understand the deeper purpose behind Grandpa Lei's decision to have me investigate the pharmaceutical factory acquisition—not only to uncover the corrupt officials and spies in the economic sphere, but also to sever the dark hand that is trying to sever our cultural lifeline and create social division!

He quickly made arrangements: "Xiao Bei, immediately contact the director of the Chang'an City National Security Bureau in the name of the Special Cases Bureau, and ask him to come over right away. I want to hear his report on the local situation in person."

"Bingyan, come with me to the basement. Let's see if that Section Chief Li is awake yet. We need to have a proper 'talk' with him."

"Yes!"

The basement was dimly lit and damp. Li Gang had already regained consciousness and found himself handcuffed to a cold water pipe, unable to move, with excruciating pain shooting through his shoulder. Terrified, he struggled and screamed, "Let me go! Who are you? This is illegal detention! I'm going to sue you! Take me to the hospital! My shoulder is going to break!"

Wu Peixiong, who was standing by, saw him making a scene and flashed his badge in front of him, coldly shouting, "Quiet down! Look closely! Special Case Team of the State Security Bureau of the Great Xia! The one who just arrested you was our Director Luo Fei!"

Li Gang's howling stopped abruptly. He stared wide-eyed at the genuine national security document in disbelief, and recalled Luo Fei's terrifying skills and cold eyes. A huge fear instantly overwhelmed him, even temporarily overshadowing the pain in his shoulder, causing him to tremble all over.

At that moment, Luo Fei and Yuan Bingyan came down the stairs. Their footsteps were particularly clear in the quiet basement.

Li Gang suddenly looked up and saw Luo Fei, his eyes filled with fear and a last shred of doubt: "You...you really are...the Director of the National Security Bureau?"

Yuan Bingyan stepped forward, her voice cold and authoritative: "This is Director Luo Fei, head of the Special Case Team of the 18th Bureau of the State Security Department of Great Xia. Li Gang, you are suspected of multiple serious crimes, including embezzlement, bribery, abuse of power, favoritism, and treason. You have been formally arrested. If you want to live, you'd better answer our questions honestly."

Upon hearing the words "traitorous collusion with the enemy," and seeing the cold eyes and unmistakable identities of the two men before him, Li Gang's psychological defenses completely crumbled. He collapsed to the ground, knowing he had no chance of turning the tables this time. His face drained of color, leaving only endless fear and despair.

Luo Fei didn't waste time on his corrupt and bribery affairs, and went straight to the point: "Who ordered you to arrest Doctor Wang?"

Li Gang's eyes flickered, clearly showing his guilt. After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally succumbed to the immense pressure and confessed in a trembling voice, "It's...it's a Japanese man named Okamoto Kawao...On the surface, he's a cook at the Sakura International School in Chang'an...but I feel he's definitely not that simple, he might very well...be a spy..."

“Sakura International School?” Luo Fei’s gaze sharpened.

"Yes, that's the school that mainly enrolls children of expatriates from Japan."

Li Gang hurriedly added, "But that school...it doesn't feel that simple, like there's something going on. Okamoto gave me 1.2 million yuan to find a way to get rid of those old Chinese medicine doctors who refused to sell their prescriptions. Dr. Wang was just one of them...In the past few years, I've arrested no fewer than thirty old doctors on charges of practicing medicine illegally..."

In an attempt to lessen his punishment, he eagerly implicated even more people: "It's not just me! Our health bureau director, deputy director... they all have connections with Okamoto Kawao! They took far more money than I did!"

Just then, the basement door was suddenly pushed open, and Wang Feifei rushed in, looking anxious: "Director Luo! Something's wrong! The villa is surrounded! It's the Chang'an police! Lots of cars and lots of people!"

Almost simultaneously, the piercing sound of police sirens grew louder and louder, quickly surrounding the villa.

A stern voice, amplified through a loudspeaker, pierced the walls: "Listen up, you inside! We are the Criminal Investigation Division of the Chang'an Municipal Public Security Bureau! You are surrounded! Release the hostages immediately, lay down your weapons, and surrender! Repeat, release the hostages immediately..."

Luo Fei's face darkened, and he said to Yuan Bingyan and Wu Peixiong, "Keep an eye on him." He then turned and strode up the stairs.

Zhou Xiaobei followed closely behind and said urgently, "Director Luo, I'll go out and explain to them!"

"No need." Luo Fei's tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable decisiveness. "They're on high alert right now. You won't be able to explain yourself if you go out. Bullets don't discriminate." He could already faintly hear the sounds of guns being cocked and aimed outside.

Luo Fei walked alone to the villa's gate, took a deep breath, and suddenly flung the door open. (End of Chapter)