Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 585 Detention Center
Chen Yi did not give any prior notice before coming, so the detention center he sees now is the most real detention center.

Just after breakfast time, prison police passed by with iron buckets, and some were carrying leftover pickles and steamed buns.

When the two sides met, several policemen reacted for a while and quickly put down the iron barrel.

"Team Chen!"

Chen Yi nodded in response and took a look at the contents of the iron bucket, which were the remaining boiled cabbage.

Plain cabbage, steamed buns, and pickles are the three meals a day in the detention center, and sometimes some white porridge is also cooked.

The food is not good, but detainees can buy it with money, such as instant noodles, boiled eggs, ham and other fast foods. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get hot water, so they can only use warm water.

You come here to accept punishment, not to enjoy yourself. The maximum detention period is only a dozen days. Just endure it and it will pass.

Compared to the detention center, the conditions are pretty good.

Waving his hand to signal others to get busy, Chen Yi continued walking forward with his hands behind his back. The place was not big enough and he could finish the tour in two minutes.

Someone has already called the director.

The director of Yangcheng No. 3 Detention Center is a deputy director, one level lower than Chen Yi.

The floor-to-ceiling windows in the corridor are transparent, through which you can see the situation in the yard. The yard is surrounded by cells, and outside the cells is a wall with barbed wire on top of the wall.

There is no restaurant in the detention center. The place where we eat is in the yard, and we eat while squatting.

No one will escape from a detention center. The main reason is that there is no need to run away after being detained for a few days, as the nature of the situation will change if you run away. The secondary reason is that no one has the courage to do so.

It's just an ordinary violation. I don't even dare to commit a crime, so how could I have the courage to escape?

Ahead, we can see a number of detainees returning to their cells, so there’s no need to make a phone call.

After returning to the cell, the projector will be turned on and TV series will be played to kill time.

Go further and you will reach the place where people queue up to make phone calls.

Chen Yi stopped and saw a prison police officer maintaining queue discipline. He would kick anyone who got impatient and tried to leave the queue to look around.

"Still looking! What's so good about it?!"

The other party didn't dare to resist and behaved obediently.

Seeing this, the prison police who had been following Chen Yi quickly coughed.

The man looked over and when he recognized Chen Yi, his whole body suddenly tensed up and he subconsciously stood at attention.

Chen Yi ignored it and shifted his gaze.

Once you enter a place like this, human rights are relative. If you dare to break the law, you must bear the consequences of being disciplined.

There are all kinds of people, such as deadbeats, gamblers, prostitutes, etc. The police in the prison will definitely not politely say to you: "Brother, can you please stop watching? Please line up properly, thank you."

Newly employed prison police officers may say a few words, but after a while, they will use the simplest method.

I am exhausted from coming into contact with all kinds of lawbreakers every day.

Seeing that Chen Yi was not going to pursue the matter, the man breathed a sigh of relief and continued to maintain queue discipline, but his movements of hands and feet were much more restrained.

The director soon came upon hearing the news.

"Captain Chen!"

The voice came before the person arrived. Chen Yi turned around and saw a middle-aged man walking towards him with his hand outstretched.

The two shook hands.

Chen Yi explained his purpose, and the director was very happy. He turned around and shouted, "Tan Dong! Who is Tan Dong? Bring him here!"

Tan Dong was waiting in line, not knowing whether to call his friends or his family. He was taken away by the prison police in a daze and stood in front of Chen Yi.

He didn't know Chen Yi, nor did he know the director.

Strictly speaking, he didn't know anyone in the entire detention center.

"Captain Chen, why don't you go to my office?" the director suggested.

There is no interrogation room in the detention center.

"No need, let's chat here." Chen Yi looked at Tan Dong, who was wearing a blue uniform vest and had messy hair.

Her facial features are okay, and she looks quite decent after dressing up.

If you have a little more money, picking up girls won't be a problem.

The director asked: "Should we avoid it?"

Chen Yi smiled and responded: "No need, let's listen to the story together."

The director nodded, and looked at Tan Dong with Chen Yi. The suspect who was personally questioned by the deputy chief of criminal investigation and the chief of criminal investigation detachment might be related to a criminal case.

It is a relatively serious criminal case.

This kind of situation often occurred in previous years. The person was originally detained, but new clues were found in the middle of the detention, so the administrative detention was directly transformed into criminal detention, and he was taken away from the detention center and sent to the detention house, and his life went from being well fed and clothed to suffering.

"Who are you?" Tan Dong was a little timid. Even a fool could tell that the young man standing in front of him... was of a high status.

Chen Yi: "Don't worry about who I am. I'll leave after a few words about Shidu Town."

When he heard the words "Shidu Town", Tan Dong's body trembled noticeably and fear appeared in his eyes.

"Shi...Shidu Town?!" He obviously didn't want to recall it, and might have forced himself to forget it, but Chen Yi brought it back to his mind again.

Chen Yi ignored the other party's fear and asked, "When did you go to Shidu Town?"

Tan Dong swallowed his saliva. With so many policemen surrounding him, he didn't dare to refuse to answer. He gritted his teeth and said, "About five or six years ago."

Chen Yi: "Tell me exactly what you were doing and what you saw."

Tan Dong's memories were somewhat fragmented, the chronological order was reversed, and his ability to express himself was limited, but by putting all the words together, Chen Yi roughly understood his experience.

A few years ago, Tan Dong took his new girlfriend to Jingcheng for a trip, and from Jingcheng they went to the small town of Shidu, wanting to see what the once prosperous Shidu City had become like now.

It was the girl who suggested it. The girl is an adventurous person and often pays attention to strange places all over the country on the Internet.

The small town of Shidu is nicknamed the "ghost town". Since it is so close, of course I have to go and see it.

According to Tan Dong, Shidu Town is not completely deserted. There are still people occasionally, mostly young people, who are curious and want to see the ghost town.

Where there are people, there is business, so there is a hotel run by locals in the desolate town of Shidu.

When Tan Dong went there, there were quite a few people living there.

Although it is called a hotel, the name is quite retro, Yunshui Inn, which is very poetic.

It can provide food, shelter, and sell some daily necessities and cigarettes.

Tan Dong stayed for two days in total and ran away on the morning of the third day.

Because I saw ghosts for two days.

The first ghost floated past the window, and the second ghost was hanging on a dead tree outside the town, swaying in the wind.

When he said this, Tan Dong's face turned pale and his lips began to tremble.

The director and the prison police looked at each other with strange expressions. They were all staunch materialists and naturally would not believe in ghosts and gods.

Either I saw it wrong, or it was my imagination, or someone was playing tricks.

There is no fourth possibility.

Chen Yi listened very carefully and asked, "Did others see it? Did your girlfriend see it too?"

Tan Dong said: "Everyone saw the ghost floating past the window, but I was the only one who saw the ghost hanging on the dead tree. Someone even called the police."

Chen Yi: "What happens after calling the police?"

Tan Dong: "The police arrived an hour later and didn't find anything." Chen Yi took out his mobile phone, opened the map, and asked Tan Dong to mark the approximate location of Shidu Town.

He zoomed in on the map and did some calculations. The nearest police station to Shidu Town was the Shuishi Town Police Station. Judging from the distance, it would indeed take an hour for the police to reach Shidu Town.

Tan Dong did not lie about this matter. He must have really been to Shidu Town, and Jingcheng is indeed a tourist city. It is not very far from Shidu Town, about six hours.

"Is Yunshui Inn normal? I mean the staff inside." Chen Yi thought for a moment and continued to ask.

Tan Dong was deeply impressed and said, "There were only three people in total, a boss, a chef and a waiter. The waiter was very strange! He had dark circles under his eyes and a pale face. He looked eerie and always looked at people with his eyes slanted and secretly. It was very uncomfortable!"

Having said this, he shuddered again, and it seemed that he was really scared.

Chen Yi: “Is anyone hurt?”

Tan Dong: "No... maybe it was because there were too many people, the Yang energy was strong, if there were fewer people, it might not be the case. There were dozens of people staying in the hotel at that time."

The director and the others smiled and shook their heads. The more they talked, the more crazy they became. No one knew what case Chen Yi was investigating, and he had even investigated to Jingcheng.

Thousands of kilometers.

"How did your girlfriend react?" Chen Yi asked.

Tan Dong: "I was also scared. I broke up with her when I got back. What kind of person is she to take me to that kind of place! I must never touch a girl with a sick brain like this again!"

Everyone looked at him strangely, and it was not certain who was sick.

"Are you sure there are no casualties?"

"Casualties? No, no." Tan Dong shook his head.

“What about financial loss?”

"nor."

Chen Yi realized that the timing was probably wrong. For a top-secret case to not involve casualties, it was impossible.

Did someone die after the haunting, or before the haunting, or has the place always been haunted?
Maybe... it's haunted by someone who died?

Only when there is a death can there be material to make a big fuss, just like a haunted house.

Only when someone has died can people make associations.

Since someone is playing tricks, the three locals at Yunshui Inn are the most suspicious.

There has to be a motive for doing anything. No one was hurt and no money was lost during the two days that Tan Dong stayed there. It's unlikely that he just wanted to scare people, right?
He began to get interested, and after going to the Imperial City and reading the detailed files, he got the whole picture.

Tan Dong left and started queuing again.

Perhaps because of Chen Yi, the prison police let him take the seat he had just taken, and it would be his turn soon.

"Captain Chen, would you like to come to my office for a cup of tea?" the director invited.

Chen Yi declined politely: "Forget it, I have things to do back at the provincial office. Sorry to bother you, you guys are busy."

As he turned to leave the detention center, a short man who was waiting in line to make a phone call suddenly stood up and shouted, "Entrapment! I want to report it!"

Chen Yi stopped and looked back.

The director was about to send Chen Yi out, but at this moment he almost didn't react and shouted angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! Stand back!"

The man had mustered up the courage not to stop, probably because he had seen that Chen Yi was an extraordinary person.

Chen Yi didn't react much and looked at the other person carefully.

He was about 1.6 meters tall, very thin, wearing a white shirt under a uniform blue vest, with a dark complexion and shifty eyes, and a little weak from overindulgence.

"I didn't do anything!" The man seemed to be very angry and was ready to go all out.

Chen Yi raised his hand to stop the director from intervening, but the latter was not afraid because he was not the one who arrested the person and he was only responsible for guarding him.

"Why did you come in?"

Man: "Prostitution...but I didn't do anything!"

Chen Yi: "You didn't do anything? Did you chat with the girl?"

The man opened his mouth, not daring to look Chen Yi in the eye: "Chatting..."

Chen Yi: "Have you agreed on the price?"

The chat records are evidence and must have been recorded. Almost no one dares to fabricate a case now. Since they have come in, there must be facts.

The man looked unnatural: "We had a good chat... but I was arrested by the public security brigade as soon as I arrived. I didn't even see the woman. Isn't this a sting operation?!"

Chen Yi said: "After you get out, you can find a lawyer to ask. As long as the price is agreed upon, it is illegal. Even if the transaction is not completed, you can be detained according to the law.

Also, it looks like this isn't your first time. Do I need to thoroughly check your transaction records, mobile chat records, and call records to see how many times you've done this in the past six months?

Just a reminder, the statute of limitations is six months.”

There are only zero times and countless times of prostitution, otherwise the other party cannot enter.

Man: “I…”

Chen Yi: "Anything else?"

The man lowered his head, his face burning, and he felt like a clown.

Chen Yi turned and left, and the director and others quickly followed.

When they reached the door, Chen Yi asked, "Who brought that man in just now?"

The director was not sure and looked at a subordinate, who replied, "The plainclothes brigade of the Hongzhong Branch."

Both the plainclothes brigade and the public security brigade are responsible for handling public security violations.

Chen Yi said to Qin Fei: "Call the branch and ask who is in charge of this case. If the person in charge gives a warning, just say it was my idea. If he is not satisfied, ask him to go to the provincial department to find me."

One yard owned by a yard.

The man was definitely not wrongly accused, but the police officer in charge of the case definitely violated the rules.

"Yes." Qin Fei took out his cell phone.

The sudden change frightened the director, who thought to himself that the rumors about Chen Yi were indeed true, and that he was a very difficult person to mess with.

"Captain Chen, what is this?"

Chen Yi: "Just pretend that what happened just now never happened. Since he dared to stand up, he must be dissatisfied. The plainclothes brigade used the woman to lure him out. Both parties are wrong. It's just that the weak endures so that the strong can get away with it."

There are no strict boundaries for fishing enforcement. Take the drug enforcement team for example. Playing the role of buyer to lure out drug dealers is a common tactic used. For the purpose of drug enforcement, any means are acceptable as long as there is a result.

But it cannot be encouraged for other illegal and criminal activities.

"Captain Chen, take care."

Watching Chen Yi get into the car and leave, the director breathed a sigh of relief and asked everyone to return to their work posts.

Whether he is punished or not, it has nothing to do with him anyway.

After leaving the detention center, Chen Yi went straight to the provincial department. He Shirong should have arrived by now.

He was becoming more and more curious about the case in Shidu Town. What went wrong in this case that even He Shirong called weird?

Was it the strange way of death or the strange method of committing the crime?

Today, there are still many phenomena that cannot be explained by science, and people’s cognition is different. Even elementary school students may know material principles that even doctors do not know.

Perhaps, it just happened to hit the blind spot in the knowledge of most criminal police investigating the case.

Perhaps the suspect's methods were too sophisticated.

In this situation, Chen Yi has no pressure to look beyond the surface and see the essence. Since it has happened, there must be a special way to do it.

(End of this chapter)