I started out as a criminal, and the police relied on me to solve countless cases.

Chapter 262 Asking for help
The farce ended with Wu's arrest.

Of course, only Wu was arrested. It was too difficult to define him as an instigator, after all, everyone at the table was involved.

But sin is a very strange thing. If a person commits many evil things, he will surely die.

But if there are ten people who do evil and they did not participate in the crime, then everyone will flexibly come up with an excuse that the law does not hold everyone responsible to account to solve the problem.

Director Wang is a decent man. He took the initiative to apply for 2 million yuan of special case handling funds for Jiang Hanwen's crew. Although Jiang Hanwen decisively rejected the money, it was enough to reflect this person's connections and power in the municipal government.

When leaving the restaurant, Jiang Hanwen sat in Lao Cao's car, an old model Santana 2000, which the criminal police captain drove like a Ferrari.

"Lao Cao, if I hadn't stopped you just now, would you really have dealt with that Wang guy?"

Director Li patted his old squad leader on the shoulder with a smile.

No matter what others think of the result tonight, he is still very satisfied.

The murderer was caught, the case was successfully closed, and everything is fine.

The municipal government and the procuratorate no longer had an excuse to cause trouble with the Jiangcheng Police Station.

As for the wealthy businessmen and nobles in the restaurant, Director Li never expected that he could change anything.

"Director Li, I plan to resign."

Lao Cao slowed down the car with the steering wheel in his hands and suddenly said something.

"I plan to resign, Lao Li."

Seeing that Director Li didn't respond, Lao Cao said another sentence.

"Come on, Captain Cao, what else can you do besides handling cases? What else do you want to do? I'm telling you, if you really quit, you won't be able to come back. When you get itchy hands and want to handle a case, no one will give you the chance to investigate."

Director Li didn't believe that Lao Cao would really resign. He really couldn't imagine what this guy would do after leaving the police station. He had a hatred of evil all his life. If you asked him to go to the park for morning exercises with a bunch of old men every day, he would go crazy in two days.

The car continued along the road towards the police station, and Lao Cao remained silent.

"Advisor Jiang, haha, I'm still used to calling you Advisor Jiang. Let me tell you, I've watched your movie videos and case files no less than ten times. They're really wonderful!"

"Especially the case you committed in Jinling. I had always believed that the murderer was a chef from a restaurant near the school. I even studied the files, but the result was..."

Lao Cao stopped talking halfway, smacking his lips, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Only by liberating all mankind can we finally liberate ourselves, Captain Cao, this is a great sentence!"

Jiang Hanwen sat in the back row, looking at the two brothers who had known him for decades in front of him, and felt quite emotional.

These two people seem to be two sides of a complete personality.

One is an absolute idealist, the other is well versed in the rules of the world and is tactful and thoughtful.

Jiang Hanwen has always admired idealists. The reason why this world has not become a dirty, ugly, greedy, and boring cesspool where people will do anything for the sake of profit is because there are still idealists.

They firmly believe in principles and beliefs that are ridiculed and despised by others.

"Advisor Jiang is really a wonderful person. I have lived for so long, but I have never seen someone as insightful as Advisor Jiang, and he is still so young. Sometimes I even wonder if there is really reincarnation of the soul. Otherwise, why would some people be born with knowledge and stand out from the crowd?"

Director Li held her big belly and decided not to get involved in the conversation between the two people.

He is a pure opportunist and is not interested in the weird conversations between Jiang Hanwen and Lao Cao.

He fully understood the idea that radicals like Lao Cao wanted to catch all the students at Liu Mingyuan's table in one fell swoop.

But judging from what Jiang Hanwen said, he seemed to agree with this idea, which puzzled him.

No matter how you look at it, Consultant Jiang is an extremely intelligent person. He can't be as pedantic as Lao Cao, otherwise it would be impossible for him to hold a high position at such a young age.

"Captain Cao, in the Liu Mingyuan case, there are things to dig deeper into, such as the source of Wu's iron barrel, the source of the concentrated sulfuric acid, the sealing of the restaurant staff, and the traffic inspections along the way. If you are interested, there are things to dig deeper into here."

"Advisor Jiang, you don't have to test me. I really want to resign. To be honest, I've long been unable to do it. Nowadays, all cases involve surveillance, recording, cameras, and computer backend information retrieval, or they are simple economic crimes. An old antique like me who can't even use a computer is really not suitable to compete with young people for credit."

"As for Liu Mingyuan's case, I know myself well. These things are not something I can investigate. There are too many people involved. If I continue to investigate, it doesn't matter if I go to jail. But if Lao Li is implicated as well, it won't be worth it."

Director Li couldn't help but interrupt. He said that it was impossible for him to let Lao Cao continue investigating the case. The facts had already been closed and the evidence was conclusive. They should go through the fast process immediately and get cooperation from all parties to convict Wu. They could just give him peanuts and be done with it. If they continued investigating, they would only make things difficult for themselves.

"In fact, if you ask me, Liu Mingyuan is just too naive. I, Cao, can see it. He bought land there to build low-rent apartments and sold them to employees at cost price. Those who can't afford it can rent them at a low price. This is a way to get killed. Tens of thousands of high-income employees in his group have bought these houses. How big an impact will it have on the market? Many people will have to lower their prices. That's real money. He lost his life, but his property, wife and children are safe. This is the blessing he has earned through his good deeds."

"Li Youfu, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Lao Cao rolled his eyes at the fat guy in the passenger seat.

This guy is getting fatter and fatter, and he looks hideous. He is no longer as tall and handsome as when he first joined the army. He doesn't pay attention to his diet and cooks for his subordinates all day long.

When he was in office, the food in the canteen of the bureau was the best in the city, and people from several neighboring units liked to come to Jiangcheng Police Station for free meals.

"Of course I'm not dumb. I'm your superior. Lao Cao, let me tell you, don't mention resigning. You can't leave without my approval. Who allowed you to go home and enjoy your life so early? I haven't retired yet. If we want to retire, let's retire together."

"I'm old. Look at my white hair. It's all white on both sides."

Lao Cao refused to give in.

"Fuck you, Old Cao, speak with your conscience. Are you old? Look at our Jiangcheng Police Department. There are hundreds of people, including dogs. Who can survive three rounds of fighting with you? In terms of hand-to-hand combat or shooting, let alone the criminal police brigade, even the elite soldiers of the military district can't find anyone who can defeat you. You have eight-pack abs now, but I have three highs and a mild cerebral infarction. If anyone wants to retire, I'll be the one to retire."

Director Li just treated Lao Cao's words as pure nonsense.

He turned around, gave Lao Cao a look, and pointed at Jiang Hanwen who was sitting in the back.

Although Jiang Hanwen's current position is the Deputy Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force, he certainly looks down on the position of special consultant of the Jiangcheng Police Station.

But if they let the person go so easily, they would have a hard time explaining when they return to the police station. This was not only a task from above, but also a general requirement of the police station.

The prophet can hold a position in Chuncheng. The GDP and population of our Jiangcheng are much stronger than that. If we just let him get away, we will be laughed at.

Besides, even if they can't get the exclusive right to use a killer weapon like Jiang Hanwen, it would be nice to have a co-branded version. At least if they encounter a tough guy in the future, the Jiangcheng Police Station will have a reason to hire someone, right?

Jiang Hanwen watched the two guys in front of him wink at each other and push each other for a long time, and he felt helpless. The guy surnamed Wang just mentioned this to him, but he refused. He really didn't like that thing. Lao Cao had a good idea to go up and break that guy's front teeth, although this guy spoke very nicely, asking for sponsorship funds and inviting him to work for a temporary position.

Jiang Hanwen ignored him. It depends on the person. He agreed to it out of friendship. He agreed to work for Chuncheng Police Station purely out of respect for Lao Zhao.

Even if he is willing to take on the role of consultant for the Jiangcheng Police Station now, it would only be because of Lao Cao's face.

The problem is that if this consultant continues to take on more than one job, I’ll be in trouble with this business card in the future.

"Didi dididi~~~"

Jiang Hanwen took out his cell phone. Was it Zhu Zhisong’s call?
Why is this guy calling at this time?

Jiang Hanwen didn't react for a moment. After he answered the phone, he remembered that he had been told to pay attention to the situation of two people before he left.

"Hey, Xiao Zhu, what's going on?"

"That's right, Brother Jiang. Wang Weiming first went to the Xiguan police station to report Liu Biao as the main culprit in the hotel murder case. Liu Biao then reported Wang Weiming to the Huainan police station in his hometown under his real name. He probably felt it was not safe, so he flew to the Xiguan police station overnight to report the case again. He said the same thing, saying that Wang Weiming was the main culprit in the murder case, and that all four victims were killed by Wang Weiming. He was coerced."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Jiang Hanwen was a little curious about how the two childhood friends, the wealthy businessman Wang Weiming and the writer Liu Biao, came to blows with each other.

Jiang Hanwen was quite impressed by these two talented students.

To be honest, if these two people don't do evil, and earn money honestly with their own abilities, or write, they will have a good future.

But these two guys were obsessed and insisted on going for robbery.

They robbed more than a hundred dollars and killed four people.

Let’s not talk about whether it’s worth killing someone for a hundred bucks. If you have the guts to rob and kill people, why not do something more practical?

Now, when disaster strikes, everyone runs away and reports each other as the main culprit.

I don't know how these two people are so suspicious of each other. Aren't they childhood friends? Didn't they grow up wearing the same pants?
"Childhood friend."

Jiang Hanwen couldn't help but smile bitterly while holding the phone. After experiencing two so-called "childhood friends" cases in a row, Jiang Hanwen now found the irony of these two words too strong.

"So how did the Xiguan police handle it?"

"How should we deal with this? These two have been repeating the same story over and over again since they entered the police station. The motive for the crime, the process of the crime, and the escape route are all exactly the same."

Zhu Zhisong sighed: "The only difference is that the protagonists in the story are each other."

"It is true that the 119 case is difficult to handle. The victims are the hotel owner, his wife and his 12-year-old grandson. Another owner from southern Shandong was killed with a hammer.

"Since there were indeed no usable clues left in this case, both men wore gloves when they committed the crime, and the couple in the hotel were strangled to death."

"Although the police quickly went to the scene to investigate after the crime, the conditions were very simple at the time. There was no surveillance in the hotel, and no registration of guests staying in the hotel. Therefore, it was difficult to check the guests who had been to the hotel. Only the suspect's shoe prints and a cigarette holder were found at the crime scene."

"There was no surveillance back then, so their stories matched up with each other in every detail. It was impossible to tell the truth from the lies."

"Is there no one in the bureau who can interrogate these two people clearly?"

Jiang Hanwen was a little surprised. It's not that the Xiguan Police Station is without capable people. Captain Liang is very capable and ranks among the best criminal investigators he has ever seen.

Even if Captain Liang can't figure it out, can't that old fox Old Ding figure it out?

"No."

Zhu Zhisong's answer really surprised Jiang Hanwen.

"Brother Jiang, we really can't interrogate clearly. Captain Liang is almost using the Great Memory Restoration Technique, but there is no progress on either of them."

"Where's your master? What did he say?"

"My master? That Liu Biao is indeed a writer who has joined the Writers Association. My master couldn't even tell the truth from the lies in his stories. The bureau even used a lie detector, but it was useless."

"Brother Jiang, you also know that if the main culprit is involved, he will be given a heavier sentence. If he was coerced and no one was killed, then the crime would be much lighter. One of them is a wealthy man and the other is a writer. Who wouldn't want to stay in prison for half a year and then get out to continue enjoying life?"

Zhu Zhisong's voice sounded a little tired, and it was obvious that he had put a lot of energy into this case.

The two murderers surrendered at the same time, reporting the other as the principal offender and themselves as accomplices who were coerced.

Although this kind of thing is bizarre, it is not incomprehensible.

But the confessions of the two people were surprisingly accurate, and both of them did not have any flaws. No matter how experienced a criminal investigator you are, or how much technological equipment or lie detector you use, you can't figure it out.

This is rather bizarre.

"So how do we handle this case now?"

Jiang Hanwen also scratched his head as he listened. He was clear about the circumstances of the case. Neither Wang Weiming nor Liu Biao was a good guy. Wang Weiming killed three people and Liu Biao killed one. In the end, no one could escape.

The most ruthless person was Wang Weiming. Liu Biao killed the merchant with a hammer, and the remaining old couple and twelve-year-old grandson were strangled to death by Wang Weiming himself.

This man is indeed much more ruthless than the scholar Liu Biao.

But the question now is?
Did they turn themselves in and report each other because they were suspicious of each other and wanted to protect themselves, or did they collude with each other?
If they were suspicious of each other, why were their confessions so accurate? Could they have colluded with each other? Since they were all in, would collusion have any meaning?

Jiang Hanwen was a little confused for a moment. After all, the direction of the case was very different from his memory.

In the original case, the great writer Liu was showing off by writing his own crime process into a novel. He was then targeted by the police because the content was too realistic. Later, it was found that he was indeed involved in a murder case. After the great writer Liu was taken to the police station, he gave out the evidence of Wang Weiming.

It's not like the current situation.

"Brother Jiang, this case."

Zhu Zhisong was too embarrassed to speak up. With so many people in the Xiguan Police Station, they couldn't handle the two people who surrendered themselves. In the end, he had to ask Jiang Hanwen for help.

No matter how you look at it, it's a bit hard to justify.

(End of this chapter)