Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 170 Night Encounter
At 9:30 in the morning, Li Yancheng got in the car driven by Su Xiaotong and appeared again at the archive center where he had visited in January.

Just like last time, they checked their work IDs and added a routine instruction to bring a letter of introduction and go through the main gate next time, and then they were able to enter smoothly.

The difference from the last time was that this time, Li Yancheng saw other living people besides the person on duty at the back door.

I also met Su Xiaotong's friend, Zeng Xiangping, in the office on the second floor of the three-story Su-style building.

"Yancheng, this is my friend, Zeng Xiangping, you can just call him Xiangping, Xiangping..."

"I don't need you to introduce me to Dr. Li. I've heard of him before, but it's rare to see him."

Zeng Xiangping smiled and extended his right hand to Li Yancheng: "Hello, Doctor Li, Xiaotong, Yangzi and I are all friends. We grew up together. I have heard Yangzi talk about you a long time ago. He has asked you to have dinner together several times, but we just didn't have the time to get together.

I didn't expect that Yangzi had left Beijing, but we met each other."

"Hello there!"

Li Yancheng smiled and shook hands with Zeng Xiangping.

"Xiaotong, I have found the file you wanted for you."

After saying hello, Zeng Xiangping raised his hand and pointed to another table in his office, on which there were a pile of file boxes.

"Take your time and look at it. My leader wants to talk to me about something."

"Okay, just do your thing, we'll fix it for you after we're done."

"Well, it doesn't matter whether it's done or not. It has been confirmed that all the backup files stored here will be destroyed. You won't be able to check them even if you want to in the future."

When he heard that it was going to be destroyed, Su Xiaotong frowned.

"Xiang Ping, these files have been destroyed. If there are any problems with the files kept by each unit, wouldn't there be no place to check them even if we want to?"

"That's not my concern. The higher-ups must have a solution to the problem, so they decided to destroy it.

Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll go over there right away. Doctor Li, I'm sorry for not welcoming you well. We'll talk again when we have lunch together."

"You go about your business."

After saying this, Zeng Xiangping picked up the notebook on the table, waved it, and left the office, thoughtfully closing the door when he left.

"Let's get started, Yan Cheng."

"What do you mainly look at?"

Looking at the several piles of files on the table, Li Yancheng had a headache. He really didn't know what to look at. The last time he looked at Ren Yunyun's file, he couldn't see anything.

"Check"

As he spoke, Su Xiaotong took out a thick stack of... photos from the yellow shoulder bag he brought with him?
Li Yancheng looked at the photos taken out of the bag with curiosity. When he picked up one and looked at it carefully, he found that the contents of these photos seemed to be archives as well, but they were very small and looked very difficult to read.

"Here's this. It will be easier to see if you use it to enlarge it."

Su Xiaotong was already prepared. After taking out all the photos from his bag, he took out two magnifying glasses.

"What file is this photo of?"

"Look at the back. Each photo has a number. Sort the photos into different categories first, then compare them with the files."

Su Xiaotong patted the files on the table and said, "The files stored here are all from two years ago. There are no files from the past two years. The key is that these files are all backup files, so they are strictly prohibited from being modified, and they can only be increased, not reduced.

In other words, the files here are the most original. The files in the photos are kept by our bureau itself. I used to think that they were well kept. But since the case file damage incident happened, I no longer trust them.

The photos show the resumes of the people we want to investigate. What we need to do now is to check them with the original files to see if there is anything fishy."

Gan!
Looking at that pile of photos and then at that pile of files, Li Yancheng smacked his lips and said, "Okay, stop saying anything and let's get started."

By the time we finished, it was already midnight.

It was only because Zeng Xiangping helped them in the afternoon, otherwise they might not have finished today.

Sitting there for a whole day, especially having to constantly use a magnifying glass, is very tiring for both my eyes and my waist.

After everything was over, Li Yancheng collapsed there, too lazy to move even a finger.

Su Xiaotong was also leaning listlessly in his chair, with a cigarette in his mouth. The ash was very long, and he didn't even want to raise his hand to flick it.

"It's useless, alas..."

"It's not a wasted effort." Li Yancheng, who was lying there, shook his head: "At least one possibility has been ruled out.

but……"

"But what?"

Hearing that Li Yancheng couldn't win the argument, Su Xiaotong raised his head and sat up straight. Zeng Xiangping, who had been helping them, also looked over.

"Xiaotong, I see you took photos of Director Shen's files, but it seems you missed one person."

"impossible"

When Su Xiaotong heard Li Yancheng say that he had missed someone, he immediately denied it, saying that he was following the bureau's roster, which even included temporary cleaning workers, so how could he have missed someone.

"You really missed one person." Li Yancheng also sat up straight, put the cigarette that Zeng Xiangping had just handed to him into his mouth, and then picked up the match on the table in front of him to light it.

"You forgot Director Li who has been transferred."

"Li..." Su Xiaotong was stunned.

Li Xueyi, formerly director of the First Division, was transferred to the Municipal Bureau as deputy director in July last year.

Whether it was waking up the man who was shot and asking him questions, or rescuing Chen Guangyao who was poisoned, he was there.

Moreover, although he has been transferred to work in the Municipal Bureau, because he has worked in the Social Affairs Bureau for a long time, with his connections and experience, he can get information out of anyone without you arousing any suspicion.

Su Xiaotong's eyes gradually changed as he was in a daze.

The main reason why Li Yancheng could think of Director Li was because of the last file he had just read. This file was about an action team member of the Third Department, who joined the Social Affairs Bureau after returning from the army seven years ago. This person's sponsor was Li Xueyi.

It was when he saw this that he remembered Director Li.

Now it was time to conduct a new round of covert investigation internally, and he felt that Director Li should not be bypassed.

At least the frame drawn by Lao Xu and Su Xiaotong can just fit the former director in.

Su Xiaotong's face had turned a little ugly at this time. It's not that he had discovered anything wrong with Director Li, he just blamed himself for being careless.

"Xiaotong, have you thought of something?"

Seeing that Su Xiaotong's face was becoming increasingly ugly, Zeng Xiangping asked directly.

"I didn't expect anything." Su Xiaotong shook his head and sighed, "I just felt that I was a little too careless. How could I forget such a crucial person?"

"Xiaotong, I remember that Li Xueyi was your former leader. Are you not sure about your former leader?"

"No, you can only know a person's face but not his heart. He is just my supervisor at work. I admire his work ability, but we don't have any personal relationship. How can I have a particularly deep understanding of him?"

Su Xiaotong's words made Li Yancheng look sideways.

He finally understood how suspicious this guy was when he said he was very suspicious.

He mentioned Li Xueyi simply because he did not know this person. He just felt that since they were going to investigate, they should investigate everyone.

But you, Su Xiaotong, have worked under him for so many years, and yet you still say you don't understand. This is really...

"Do you think I'm scary?"

Su Xiaotong seemed to have guessed what Li Yancheng was thinking, and suddenly turned around and asked.

"A little bit. I thought that when I mentioned Director Li just now, you would jump up and down to refute me, telling me that anyone could be possible except him."

“Hehe…” Su Xiaotong smiled and shook his head. After a moment of silence, he stood up and said, “Let’s go back and have a rest. I don’t have Director Li’s file. I’ll retrieve it later…”

At this point he scratched his head in annoyance. If he wanted to retrieve Director Li's file, he had to go to the Municipal Bureau, and it was impossible to keep it confidential.

"Xiaotong, I'll get you Li Xueyi's file so you can take a look first. Don't wait until you want to look at it again and it will be gone."

Zeng Xiangping's words awakened the dreamer. Yes, the files here will be destroyed soon. One less look is one less. How can we wait?

"good"……

When Su Xiaotong drove Li Yancheng out of the archives center, it was already one o'clock in the morning on the 25th.

"You can learn how to drive later. If you need help, you can drive our car yourself."

"I can drive! Didn't you say you had looked at my file? It should be in there. I already had a driver's license when I was in the army."

"Ah?" Su Xiaotong's mouth almost stretched behind his ears.

He blinked and thought for a long time before raising his hand and patting his forehead.

"Hey, I remember now. It's true. I read too many things today and my head is all confused."

"Xiaotong, when I saw you looking at Director Li's file just now, your fingers kept moving back and forth on the table as if you were writing or something. What were you doing?"

"Write down what's on his resume in his file."

???

Li Yancheng was stunned for a moment, and asked uncertainly: "You...you just read it like that...like that and then...then you can remember it?"

"Yes," Su Xiaotong nodded as a matter of course.

I wipe! ! !

This guy has a photographic memory?
Li Yancheng turned his head and looked at Su Xiaotong with admiration on his face.

Suddenly he thought of a symptom he had seen on the Internet in his previous life, hyperthymesia.

If it really is hyperthymesia, that's not a good thing.

"Xiaotong, can you remember everything you see?"

"How is that possible? That would be exhausting. I know you want to ask me if I have a photographic memory. No, I don't have that ability. I learned shorthand from my aunt.

Unlike those stenographers at meetings, my aunt's job doesn't allow her to carry a notebook with her at all times, but she has to write down everything the leader says and organize it after returning home.

She used the methods of those stenographers and created her own method, which she called the ghost drawing method. All she had to do was remember the meanings of the symbols.

I learned this method from her. Didn’t you just see me drawing on the table? "

So this is ah!

Damn! What a talented family!

"Yancheng, you just looked at Director Li's file. Do you have any ideas?"

“Yes and no.”

"What do you mean?" Su Xiaotong, who was driving, turned his head in surprise and glanced at Li Yancheng after hearing this, then turned his head again to look forward.

“Xiaotong, I don’t know much about the cases you handled before. No, I should say that I am not very clear about your case handling process.

I want to ask you a question, please give me an answer."

"Well, tell me!"

"For example, if the criminal in the case you are handling dies during the arrest phase, no matter how he died, or if he escapes and leaves the country, how will you handle the case next?"

"If it can be proven that this person was responsible for the crime, then normally the case would be closed and the files filed away, and the case would be considered done with completely."

"How did you prove that this person was responsible for this case?"

Nowadays, confessions are more important than evidence in handling cases. Li Yancheng saw a case file in Su Xiaotong's office that day. It was a murder case that Sun Yide instructed others to commit six years ago. After the murderer was caught, he was very stubborn and refused to confess.

Later, he had an argument with other prisoners in the detention center. According to other prisoners in the same cell, the two sides did not fight, they were just quarreling.

But this murderer just fell to the ground inexplicably without any physical contact with other people, and then died. The whole process was very fast.

Later, a forensic autopsy revealed that he died of cerebral hemorrhage caused by a ruptured cerebral blood vessel.

Then, the case he created was closed without even figuring out what the murder weapon was.

If Sun Yide had not been arrested this time, the case would have remained unclear.

So Li Yancheng has always been curious about their case handling process.

"Through the testimony of other witnesses."

What you said makes a lot of sense. Aren't you afraid that someone will deliberately frame you?

Li Yancheng was speechless for a moment. Just when he was about to say something, their car was about to pass a small intersection. Two people suddenly ran out from the alley on the right side of their car. One of them seemed to be injured or something.

There were no street lights at this small intersection, so I couldn't see the two people's specific appearance and physical condition. I just vaguely saw that one of them was limping when he ran.

The two men seemed to have not expected to see a car, but they had no intention of asking for help. After seeing the car, they were just slightly stunned and ran in the direction from which Li Yancheng and the others had just come.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiaotong was about to turn around, but five more people rushed out from the alley where the two men had just escaped, each of them holding knives of varying lengths in their hands.

Now it’s serious. We can’t ignore this trivial matter anymore.

Su Xiaotong slammed on the brakes and turned the car towards these people.

"You have a gun?"

"certainly"

As Li Yancheng responded, he reached behind him with his right hand and the Type 54 rifle appeared in his hand.

When the five men saw the jeep coming towards them, one of them said something and two of them stopped running and turned to face the jeep. Both of them raised their right arms holding knives and pointed the knives straight at the car, cursing.

Although Su Xiaotong and Li Yancheng in the car couldn't hear clearly what they were cursing, when the car lights shone on them, one could clearly see their mouth shapes, which were heavily containing the word "ma".

The two guys didn't find the car headlights dazzling. They just stood there straight and pointed their knives at the car, seeming to think they looked very handsome at the moment. However, in Li Yancheng's eyes, these two guys were full of middle school student vibes.

When the distance was about seven or eight meters, Su Xiaotong stopped there by braking, shifting gears and pulling the handbrake, then pulling out a gun from his waist, all in one smooth motion.

The two guys outside the car saw the car stop, and walked towards the two sides of the car, one on each side, cursing non-stop, roughly telling them not to meddle in other people's business, otherwise they would be in trouble.

However, when the two men walked to the side of the car and saw two black gun muzzles pointing at them in the light of the car lights, the knives in their hands fell to the ground with a bang.

Although the two were not together, they cooperated very well. As the knife fell to the ground, they knelt down straight without saying a word. Their movements were so skillful that there was a thud when their knees touched the ground, and Li Yancheng felt a little toothache when he heard it.

On the other side, the other three people who continued to chase the two people in front were also paying attention to the movements here. When they saw the situation here, although they did not see the gun, they could judge the situation just by the movements of the hands of the two people who got out of the car.

One of them shouted, "Run!" and started to run across the road. Li Yancheng pointed his gun at that side and spoke.

"If anyone dares to take a step forward, I will shoot. Drop your weapon immediately, put your hands on your head and lie on the ground. Quick!"

Who dares to try this?

Just this one shout, coupled with the gun that was real but couldn't be seen clearly, directly took control of the situation.

The three guys didn't dare to run anymore. They dropped the weapons in their hands and lay on the ground with their heads in their hands. They were not at all as rebellious as they were when they just came out of the alley. They were as docile as kittens.

Seeing that the situation was under control, Su Xiaotong put the gun in his hand behind his waist, then turned around, walked to the back seat of the car, opened the door, and took out a few ropes from inside.

First, pull the hands of the guy next to you behind his back. To prevent them from breaking free, their hands are tied together, one above the shoulders and the other below.

If you keep doing this for a long time, your arms will hurt badly, let alone trying to break free.

After tying up the two men near the car, Su Xiaotong walked over and tied up the three men lying on the ground one by one, and then lifted them over one by one.

At this time, Su Xiaotong gave a thumbs up to Li Yancheng who had put away his gun.

"That shout just now was great, but Yancheng, next time you encounter this kind of situation, you can just shoot directly, just try not to hit the vital parts."

As soon as these words were spoken, the five people squatting there trembled involuntarily.

Brothers, it's just a fight. Even though we have weapons, we won't hit you in the vital parts. Do you think you are going to shoot right away?

The one who shouted to run just now seemed to be the leader. He raised his head and looked towards Su Xiaotong and Li Yancheng, as if he wanted to see clearly who caught them.

(End of this chapter)