Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1572: Looking back suddenly scares the army of millions!
Seeing that Wang Lin didn't want to say more, Yang Tao was a little confused for a moment. Did Wang Lin really not know, or was he keeping something from him? But logically speaking, even if there was something going on in the government office, Wang Lin at his level shouldn't know too much!
While Yang Tao was thinking secretly, Wang Lin used the excuse that he had something to do at home and was about to leave. Wang Lin was also very good at handling things. He wanted to pay the bill before leaving, but Yang Tao waved his hand and said:

"You should go home soon! I need to order some more things to take home. Why should I ask you to pay for coming out with me?"

Hearing Yang Tao say this, Wang Lin felt relieved. Although he earned a lot as a constable in Yijing, the consumption in Yijing was too high. At the same time, he also had a family to support, so he was not well off.

But Yang Tao is his boss after all, so even though Wang Lin didn't really want to pay the bill, he still needed to be polite to Yang Tao.

Of course, Wang Lin knew why he dared to be so polite. Yang Tao was a man who cared a lot about his reputation. He would never let himself pay for him!
So why not pay the bill yourself? This not only shows that you are generous, but you don’t have to spend any money, so why not do it?

Seeing that Yang Tao was really just as he expected, Wang Lin felt very proud that his trick had worked. Then he argued with Yang Tao for a while before leaving with satisfaction.

Yang Tao, who was still drinking in the tavern, had no idea about Wang Lin's little plan. He was still thinking about what Wang Lin had just said!
To be honest, ordinary people may not be able to understand what Wang Lin meant by "In fact, people can be caught!"
However, Yang Tao, who had been a constable for half his life, could not understand clearly what Wang Lin wanted to express...

The government handles many cases every year, including economic cases, homicide cases, etc. However, due to various reasons, it is impossible to solve all of these cases. A 70% clearance rate is quite good!

However, some cases, subject to pressure from various sides, must be investigated to a conclusion. In addition, the crime-solving rate is also related to the future of the detectives. Therefore, in order to increase the crime-solving rate, the detectives may choose some unconventional ways to solve the case!
It was obvious that what Wang Lin meant just now was to hint to himself that in order to relieve the pressure from the He Mansion and the Zhu Mansion, the higher-ups might adopt this unconventional way of solving the case!

As a detective, Yang Tao feels helpless about this unconventional way of solving cases. Some cases cannot be solved due to various reasons, but the superiors just want you to give a result, so the detective can only do things against his conscience!
Yang Tao has been a detective for many years, and he is very familiar with the twists and turns of this unconventional way of solving cases!
Out of his own conscience and professional ethics, Yang Tao generally does not take the initiative to use such unconventional means to solve cases in recent years. He will only use it unless he is forced to do so by his superiors and has no other choice!
Based on Yang Tao's years of experience as a detective, he felt that if the higher-ups really wanted to do this, the specific method of operation would be as follows!

Organize a capture operation, then find someone to impersonate Li Yi, and finally let this Li Yi die in the capture operation············
In this case, there would be no evidence, and the most important detail is that Li Yi had better be burned to death, and his face must be disfigured, so that his original appearance cannot be seen clearly.
After all, Zhang Haidong had made a lot of portraits of Li Yi in order to catch this Li Yi, so the person pretending to be Li Yi certainly couldn't see his original appearance, otherwise it would be easy to be exposed, and once there was a mistake, the consequences would be disastrous!

Besides, Li Yi stole a lot of things. If you don't make it clear that there is no evidence, you won't be able to answer if someone asks you where the things are.
Of course, even if you do all this, there will still be voices of doubt!

And even if you have done all of the above, the risk of doing so is very high. After all, you haven't caught the real Li Yi. What if he comes back to commit crimes again one day? Then you will be fabricating a false case, and according to the laws of the Great Zhou, you will be beheaded!

So once you do this, it is equivalent to burying a bomb for yourself, and this bomb may explode at any time, blowing you and your family to pieces!
But everything has two sides. Although this thing is difficult to do, the benefits will still be huge if you succeed!
Especially for himself or Zhang Haidong!

A theft case is a major and influential one. Whoever solves the case will be halfway to becoming the chief constable!

Thinking of this, Yang Tao's eyes became very complicated. He knew that Zhang Haidong had a very close relationship with Chief Constable Zhang Yang, so if the higher-ups really wanted to use this method to solve the case, then Zhang Haidong's priority would definitely be higher than his own. The higher-ups would let Zhang Haidong choose whether to do it or not!
If Zhang Haidong chooses not to do it, then it might be his turn...
Will Zhang Haidong do it?
As for the answer to this question, Yang Tao is inclined to do it!
Yang Tao knew very well that Zhang Haidong had always wanted to suppress him, so this time was a very good opportunity. Although the risk was great, once successful, this Zhang guy would really be able to suppress him as he wished!

When Yang Tao thought of Zhang Haidong becoming the chief constable and being so proud in front of him, and that he had to bow to him, he couldn't help but feel angry and picked up another glass of wine and drank it.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, an idea came to Yang Tao's mind. If his idea was true, then his current situation would be very passive. He could only wait for Zhang Haidong to make a choice before he would have any chance!

If he wanted to grasp his own destiny, there was only one way, and that was to intercept Zhang Haidong!

Organize the operation to capture Li Yi before Zhang Haidong does and prepare this fake Li Yi!
Thinking of this, Yang Tao started planning silently. The other steps were easy, but the key was who would play the fake Li Yi?
Just as Yang Tao was thinking silently, he heard the waiter's voice.

"Sir, our store is about to close! Do you want to..."

Yang Tao, who was already irritable, became even more irritable after hearing this, but he still had the basic qualities of a constable. He immediately took out a dozen copper coins from his pocket and threw them on the table, saying:

"Is that enough?"

The waiter glanced at the copper coins on the table and nodded repeatedly:

"Sir, the money is enough! There is still three cents left!"

Yang Tao said casually:

"Then make me some of your spiced peanuts! Your peanuts are great!"

"Hello, sir! I'll pack it for you right away!"

A moment later, with the help of the waiter, Yang Tao walked out of the shop carrying the spiced peanuts and headed home.

While walking, Yang Tao was thinking about how to intercept Zhang Haidong. At this moment, an accident happened again. Suddenly, a fragrant breeze blew over. Yang Tao subconsciously looked up and saw that a young woman dressed very fashionably was walking in front of him!
Although he couldn't see the young woman's face clearly, looking at her graceful back, Yang Tao was curious about her appearance and why she went out alone so late. Although the security in Yijing was relatively good, it was not very safe for a woman to walk on the street so late at night!

Just as Yang Tao was thinking about this, a little old man suddenly walked out to the side of the road. The old man was hunched over and walked seemingly aimlessly, but he unknowingly approached the young woman in front.

Yang Tao couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he saw this scene. His intuition as a detective over the years made him realize that this old man might not be a good person!
Yang Tao's intuition was right. After approaching the young woman, the old man stretched out one hand to the young woman's waist. The next moment, something fell into the old man's hand...
While the young woman continued walking forward without noticing anything, the old man, who had succeeded, was about to turn into another street. However, before he had taken two steps, a hand patted his shoulder from behind.

The old man was stunned for a moment. Just when he was thinking "bad" in his heart, a faint voice came from behind him.

"You're quite good at martial arts, old man!"

After Yang Tao finished speaking, he called out to the young woman in front of him:
"Madam in front, you dropped something!" Hearing Yang Tao's call, the young woman who had been hurrying on her way finally turned around and asked Yang Tao with some confusion:

"Are you talking to me? Did I leave something behind?"

At this time, he finally saw Yang Tao's face and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Just look at your back and you will be amazed by thousands of soldiers. Just look back and you will scare millions of lions!"

While expressing his emotion, Yang Tao also stretched out his hand towards the old man. Although the old man felt extremely helpless, he also knew that the martial arts of the person behind him was far superior to his. If he were to take action, he would probably not end up well!
Thinking of this, he had no choice but to hand over the small wallet he had just obtained. After Yang Tao took the wallet, he threw it directly to the young woman and said:
"Look, is this your wallet?"

When the young woman saw the wallet, her eyes suddenly lit up and she said:

"This is my wallet, why is it with him?"

"He just stole it from behind you. Check it out to see if there's any money missing!"

After checking it out, the young woman said to Yang Tao:

"Not a single cent is missing. Thank you very much, big brother!"

"I'm a constable from the Yijing government office. This is what I should do. It's so late, you should go home quickly..."

"Thank you, detective brother! Thank you, detective brother!"

After thanking Yang Tao profusely, the young woman quickly left. Yang Tao looked at the old man he had caught and said:
"Let's go! Follow me to the government office and give a clear explanation!"

Hearing Yang Tao's words, the old man's eyes flashed with a strange look, and Yang Tao also felt the change in the old man's expression and said with a smile:

"You are quite capable, old man! But you should know that you are no match for me!"

"I'm telling you that your problem right now is attempted theft, which isn't a big deal, just a few months of hard labor. But if you fight me, you're resisting law enforcement, which is no small matter!"

"So I advise you to be honest! So that I don't have to waste my time!"

After hearing Yang Tao's words, the old man hesitated and said:
"I heard that if you perform meritorious service, your punishment can be reduced?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Tao also became interested and asked:
"It is true that meritorious service can reduce the punishment. What meritorious service do you want to achieve?"

Facing Yang Tao's question, the old man said without hesitation:
"Someone forged the Coordination Office token!"

When Yang Tao heard this, he raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked back:

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

"Of course I know! This Coordination Office token is in my house. I stole it from someone last night!"

"I saw that man was in disguise and thought he might be a rich man, so I went to his house when he was out. However, I didn't expect that his house only had some loose change and the token of the United Mediation Office..."

"Then how do you know his Coordination Office token is fake?"

In response to Yang Tao's question, the old man explained helplessly:

"When the Fengwu Army first entered the country, I was recruited by the General Coordination Office because of my skills. But three years ago, I was possessed by a devil and stole something from the General Coordination Office. The superiors thought I had made great contributions, so they cut off two of my fingers and kicked me out of the General Coordination Office!"

After saying that, the old man raised his left hand to Yang Tao, and it was seen that his left hand was indeed missing two fingers, leaving only three fingers.

"I've worked in the Coordination Office. I know the levels of the Coordination Office's tokens. That token is a counterfeit of the Coordination Office's centurion token. To be honest, the token is pretty good, but some details are wrong, so it's a fake token!"

"Well, this is a big case. I originally wanted to hand it over to my former colleague, but now it's your turn!"

"As long as you can catch that man, you, the Yijing Constable, will have made a great contribution!"

After hearing what the old man said, Yang Tao fell into deep thought. He had not expected that his accidental action would lead to such a thing!

Although I don't know whether what the old man said is true or not, there is one thing he said that is correct. If he did not lie, and someone really forged the token of the Coordination Office, and I caught that person, then I would have indeed performed a great deed!
As for the identity of this old man, although Yang Tao also had some doubts, he knew that when the Fengwu Army first entered the pass, the General Coordination Office did absorb a group of people from all walks of life in order to enhance its intelligence capabilities, and some of these people were thieves and scoundrels...