Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 549 Relaxation
Not only does Director Dong have to report to the district, but Li Yancheng also has to report to Director Gao. Leaders from the headquarters and the city are also waiting, and they are all very concerned about the progress of this case.

In fact, in the afternoon, when they learned that the case had made a breakthrough, many leaders wanted to go to the command center located in the Dianhai Branch to wait for news.

But after hearing that Li Yancheng was personally in charge of the command, many people gave up the idea.

Director Gao didn't come because he knew he was not needed, and he didn't want to steal the limelight from Deputy Director Li. He was about to retire anyway, and as long as the case could be solved, it didn't matter who was in charge.

The leaders of Dianhai District did not come because they were really a little afraid of this deputy director. The matter between Rouhuai and Wuxuan had not been completely resolved yet, and people from the city had already been invited to have tea.

Even the leader of the Supervisory Commission had a talk with Director Lin from the municipal government, which shows how great the impact of this matter is.

The instigator of all this was Deputy Director Li. Now when they were asked to come and face him, they declined and decided to just wait for news at home.

As the business guidance unit, Director Qiao should have come to the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the headquarters. When he was the deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau, this case was led by him.

Now that I'm in the superior business guidance department, it's normal for me to stay in the task force command center every day.

But he also chose not to come today, mainly because he couldn't save face.

When he was in the Municipal Bureau, there was no progress in the case. As a result, when Deputy Director Li came, he first found clues and then locked in the suspect. It seemed that the case was about to be solved. How embarrassing it was for him.

In short, there were all kinds of reasons for not coming, so Li Yancheng had some free time.

The interrogation was temporarily stopped, and he and Director Dong of the Dianhai Branch walked out of the interrogation room one after another.

He came to the conference room next door, which was the temporary command center, and answered a phone call.

Before making the call, he lit a cigarette for himself, took two deep puffs, and calmed his slightly excited mood.

He has been following this case for ten years. The task force found many suspects back then. In order to solve the case quickly, he was the one who interrogated them and eliminated them one by one.

It can be said that he also put a lot of effort into this case.

Ten years later, he became the deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau in charge of criminal investigation and became the second person responsible for the case. The first person responsible was of course Director Gao. Now that the case has been solved in his hands, it can be said that he has not let down the organization's trust in him, and the pressure lingering in his heart has disappeared without a trace.

He was quite satisfied with his performance in the first twenty days since taking office.

After exhaling the cigarette in his mouth, he reached for the phone on the table, turned the dial, and dialed four digits.

"Beep...beep..."

"Hey"

"Director, it's me..."

"Yancheng, what's the situation now?" Director Gao on the other end of the phone asked impatiently without waiting for Li Yancheng to finish his words.

"I confessed that it was Gu Daming who did it."

"Okay! Hahahaha...Okay!" As soon as the words fell, Comrade Lao Gao's hearty laughter came from the receiver.

"Comrade Yan Cheng, on behalf of the organization and me, you express gratitude and greetings to the comrades fighting on the front lines, and tell them that I will personally recommend them for credit after the case is completely closed."

"Director, on behalf of the members of the task force, I would like to thank you first."

"I should be the one thanking you." Comrade Lao Gao on the other end of the phone said with some emotion: "Now that this case has been solved, I have no regrets even if I retire now."

"You can't say that. You still have to supervise our work. You can't just talk about retirement."

"Haha, what do you mean by checking or not checking? I'm old and can't keep up with the thinking of you young people. The higher-ups have repeatedly asked for younger cadres, and it's time for us old guys to make room."

"I don't think you're old. I personally think the topic you talked about last time, procedural justice and outcome justice, is very good."

Director Gao on the other end of the phone didn't seem to expect Li Yancheng to talk about this topic. He was stunned for several seconds before saying, "I thought you were avoiding this topic."

Comrade Lao Gao's tone was full of surprise.

"Director, I'm not avoiding this topic, but this topic is a bit too big and involves too many areas. When you said that the other day, I didn't know what to say for a moment, so I changed the subject."

"Then why do you think of it now?"

"Just like the report I submitted, some things have to be done by someone, right? You are the director, you have taken the lead, and as your subordinate, I have to follow closely and cheer for you."

"Haha, you... Just like you said, this topic is too big to be explained in a short time. Let's sit down and have a good chat after the holiday. Now, I will report the good news of solving the case to the city leaders."

"Okay, Chief. I'll hang up now."

"Don't worry, Comrade Yan Cheng, I will report to the leaders of the headquarters, and you can report to the main leaders of the city. What do you think?"

"I report to the city leaders?" Li Yancheng was slightly stunned. He pondered over Director Gao's words carefully before he realized what he meant by this arrangement.

As I said, the Public Security Bureau is different from the Social Security Bureau and is more closely connected with local governments. After all, financial and personnel power are in their hands.

The top police officers in many places also hold other positions in the local area in order to facilitate contact and work arrangements.

Due to Beijing's special geographical location and political environment, the head of the Public Security Bureau here is usually a deputy leader or team member of the Public Security Headquarters.

Li Yancheng had been in office for less than a month when he caused the Rouhuai and Wuxuan incidents. Of course, this was not his fault. Instead, he caught a lot of flies. The organization should praise him.

But no matter what, if this happens again and again, it will be enough to give the leaders a headache.

Director Gao meant to take this opportunity to bring some good news to the city leaders and ease the unclear atmosphere between them.

Comrade Lao Gao meant well, so Li Yancheng of course took the call. After thanking him, the two hung up the phone and reported the good news to the relevant leaders respectively.

When he returned to the interrogation room, it was already 0:40 in the morning of the 2nd.

Gu Daming had already explained the August 28th case and the September 2nd case in detail, and began to explain the case that he had committed ten years ago.

After all, a long time had passed, and his memory of the heinous things he had done back then had become much more blurred, and he spoke haltingly when he gave his account.

After entering the interrogation room and listening for a while, Li Yancheng interrupted Gu Daming.

"Wait a minute, tell me about your other identity first."

There is no particular rush to confess the crime committed ten years ago. The person is already here anyway, and he can just slowly recall it. If he really can't remember, he can still help.

The other identity is very important, as many issues are involved here. This kind of lurker usually cannot act alone. If you pull out the radish, you may also uncover the mud, and maybe you can even uncover an organization.

Of course, he would not be greedy for credit, and when necessary, he would definitely transfer the case to Su Xiaotong to handle.

Hearing Li Yancheng start to ask Gu Daming about his other identity, several leaders of Dianhai Branch and others walked out of the interrogation room very consciously. Soon, only he and Jin Zhihai were left in the room.

Jin Zhihai stayed behind, mainly responsible for record keeping.

Gu Daming spit out the cigarette in his mouth, thought for a moment and then started talking about this secret past. "Gu Qiaosong, my nominal father, whose real name is Qiaosong Xianer, according to him, he was affiliated with the Kwantung Army... After August of 1945, he received an order to stay on standby.

As far as I can remember, from 1945 to the eve of liberation, he seemed to have never been in contact with the so-called superior. It was also at this time that his hidden injuries broke out and his physical condition deteriorated.

He probably knew that he didn't have much time to live, so he began to tell me about his funeral arrangements, including his true identity. Only then did I realize that he was a sleeper and was living a simple life.

I was terrified at the time, but I didn’t know what to do. Qiao Songxianer told me that I was also a descendant of Xiaozi, which made me even more afraid to tell anyone about it. I could only follow his arrangements. ”

At this point, Gu Daming paused, licked his lower lip and said, "Leader, can you please give me a drink of water? I've been talking for so long, I'm really thirsty."

Seeing that he wanted to drink water, Jin Zhihai put down the pen in his hand and prepared to stand up, but he couldn't stand up because Li Yancheng beside him pressed down on his shoulders.

"I'll do it, you don't care."

As he spoke, Li Yancheng stood up from behind the table, picked up the teacup on the table, walked to Gu Daming, and fed him a glass of water.

After feeding her to finish drinking, he considerately lit another cigarette for her before sitting back at the table.

"Okay, now that you've had your water and cigarette lit, go on."

"Blah... blah..."

After taking two deep puffs of his cigarette, Gu Daming bit the cigarette butt with his teeth and continued his story.

"I remember clearly that year was 1948, and I was only 14 years old. I was so scared that I had to follow what Qiao Songxianer said. He taught me a lot of things, such as assassination, how to clean up the scene, and how to leave some false traces to mislead investigators to go in the wrong direction, or in the direction I wanted."

Ever since he knew that this guy might be a sleeper, Li Yancheng figured out why he had such rich experience in anti-detection.

In this age of poor information flow, even in premeditated crimes, the perpetrators do not know that they need to wear gloves, and they also need to clean up the crime scene afterwards, thus creating artificial obstacles for the police investigation.

For the police, there are not as many technological means as in later generations to assist in investigating cases, and many cases end up being unsolved after repeated investigations.

If the evidence can be well preserved, the case may still come to light decades later. If there is no evidence at all, then we can only hope that the murderer of this case commits another crime and confesses after being caught.

For someone like Gu Daming, his usual disguise is completely different from his true self. The crime scene was cleaned up and there were some suggestive clues left behind. If it wasn't for the accidental encounter with Qi Feng, with whom he had fought before, people would have gradually tracked him down.

Otherwise, it would take a long time to solve this case.

After all, even if it is Li Yancheng, he can only play a role if there is a suspect. If he can't find the suspect, he can only investigate step by step.

After the series of cases broke out, based on the situation at the scene, the murderer had a certain anti-detection ability. The investigators' first reaction was to focus their attention on the insider.

Over the past ten years, it can be said that almost all public security personnel in Beijing, including the internal security, security personnel of various units, and the Social Affairs Bureau, have been investigated over and over again.

Now that the case was solved, Li Yancheng finally understood why this guy had so many anti-detection methods, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Here, Gu Daming's narration continued.

"He also left me a method on how to get in touch with the upline. Oh, no, I said it wrong. It wasn't about how to get in touch with the upline, but how others could contact him.

What is this called... single... single what..."

"Do you want to say single-line contact?" Seeing that he couldn't remember the word, Li Yancheng reminded him.

"Yes, yes, it's a single line of communication. He told me that this is to protect everyone to the greatest extent possible, tsk..."

Speaking of this, Gu Daming smiled coldly: "What do you mean by protecting everyone? It sounds good, but isn't it just protecting the superior? If Qiao Songxianer is exposed and arrested, he doesn't know how to contact the superior.

In 1950, after Qiao Song died, everything was normal at first. I took over his job, and life didn’t seem to change much. Until a year later, in 1951, I suddenly saw the secret code left by the so-called superior.

"and many more"

At this time, Li Yancheng suddenly interrupted Gu Daming.

"Does the person online know that Qiao Songxianer is dead?"

"I don't think he knows." Gu Da was obviously hesitant when answering this question: "Qiao Song told me that he couldn't take the initiative to contact his upline, and could only wait for others to contact him, but I don't know if this is true or not. Anyway, he never told me whether he could contact his upline until he died."

"Okay, you continue."

"Uh... the code left by the person online is to go to a designated place to pick up something. I think it must be a mission."

"What do you mean some mission was assigned? Didn't you go?"

"No, I didn't go." Gu Daming shook his head, but seeing that Li Yancheng didn't seem to believe him, he said anxiously, "Director Li, there's no need for me to lie to you about this. I even admitted the crime of beheading, so how could I lie to you about something that happened thirty years ago?"

"You continue to say what you want. I will judge whether it is true or not." Li Yancheng raised his chin and gestured calmly.

"I didn't go that time. A month later, I saw that person left another emergency code at the place where he left the code last time. I still ignored him.

Director Li, I won't hide it from you. Although I have learned everything that Qiao Songxian taught me, and he also said that I am also a descendant of a wealthy family, I have never believed that in my heart. I just feel that I am a Chinese. So, I can do other things, but I will never do anything to sell out national interests.

Just like that, another week passed. One night when I was sleeping, I suddenly felt like there was someone more at home. I opened my eyes and saw someone standing beside the bed. It was a man with a hat and a mask on his head.

Seeing me move, the man shone a flashlight into my eyes and asked me in a hoarse voice where Gu Qiaosong was. I said my father had passed away last year due to illness and asked who he was. He didn't answer my question, but just continued to ask me if Gu Qiaosong told me anything before he died.

I didn't say anything, and continued to ask him who he was, what he did, and what he wanted from my father. He still didn't answer my questions, but instead asked me if my name was Gu Daming.

This time I didn't answer his question, but just asked him who he was and said that if he didn't answer, I would shout.

He might have been worried that I would really scream, so he didn't say anything this time. He just suddenly turned off the flashlight. When he turned it off, everything went dark in front of my eyes and I couldn't see anything.

I only heard the sound of his footsteps as he left. It was not until the sound of the door rang that he said one more word, saying that he would come to see me again, that he and Gu Qiaosong were friends, and that he had something very important to discuss with him.

After saying this, he left. I waited until my eyes had almost recovered before I got up and chased after him, but when I reached the alley, I still couldn't see him.

I knew that this person must be the online boss that Qiao Songxianer told me about, but he never told me that this person knew where he lived, or maybe he himself didn't know.

From that day on, I carried a dagger with me during the day and put it under my pillow when I slept at night.

Ten days passed like this, and one night this man appeared again. He probably didn't expect that this time the first thing I did after waking up from my sleep was to take out a dagger from under my pillow and stab him.

I just happened to catch him, and the knife I stabbed in the dark actually stabbed him directly in the heart. Now he died without even saying a word.

I pulled out the dagger in a panic, and the hot blood sprayed all over my face, which scared me. Although Qiao Songxianer taught me a lot, it was all theory. This was the first time for me to kill someone.

I was sitting on the bed with a blank mind. I had no idea what to do until dawn when I went out to clean up. I was still dazed. I washed the blood off my face and hands, changed my clothes, and ignored the body on the ground. I just went out to work. When I came back, I knew that the body could not be left there like this.

I tried to calm myself down and carefully recalled the method Qiao Song taught me to deal with the corpse..."

(End of this chapter)