Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 579 Asking for help
For a moment, Zhu Dongjun wanted to tell Zhu Yongyang that he should just not quit, but he swallowed the words back.

He believed that if he really dared to say that, his leader would definitely demote him.

"Old Zhu, in the past two years, have you discovered that in the ghost market, no, not just the ghost market, but the entire market, have you suddenly discovered a large number of supplies of unknown origin?"

After Zhu Yongyang and the others exchanged a few pleasantries, Li Yancheng began to ask.

"Material of unknown origin?" Old Zhu was slightly startled, and asked in confusion: "Director Li, the materials of unknown origin you are talking about probably refer to..."

The market is full of materials of unknown origin. They collect those things without asking where they come from. If this is not made clear, he doesn't know how to answer.

“For example, cooking oil.”

"Edible oil? Edible oil? When you say a large amount, do you mean a very large amount? Or is it not necessarily a large amount, but I just don't know the exact amount?"

"There should be a lot of them, and they should not have been on the market recently. They must have been on the market for at least one or two years."

"So long?" Zhu Yongyang was shocked when he heard that it would be traced back two years.

"If I want to go further, I have to ask the people below. You know, I basically don't ask about these things. But in the past two or three months, a guy named Lao Kui got some cooking oil from somewhere. It was all soybean oil. He would take out dozens or even hundreds of kilograms every now and then."

"Where is this person from?"

"I really don't know. It's quite mysterious. My people followed it twice, but were thrown off each time."

"Did you collect all the oil he got?"

"Almost." Zhu Yongyang now knew what had happened, and it was a big deal, otherwise it would be impossible for this old classmate to be in charge in person.

But why is it in the detention center?

"Director Li, if necessary, I can ask them to bring the account books. If that doesn't work, I can refund the money from the sale of this batch of oil."

Although he said he could withdraw, the twitching corners of Lao Zhu's mouth showed how much pain he felt. This was only in recent months. If it went back two years or even longer, he didn't know if he could afford to withdraw.

But if the oil is stolen, it is necessary to return it.

"It's not certain whether the person we are looking for is the old Kui you mentioned. We'll decide later whether to withdraw or not." Li Yancheng waved his hand and continued to ask, "How often does this person usually come to deliver oil?"

"At least once a week."

“Is there a fixed time?”

"No, it could happen at any time. I heard from them that once it came on the first day and again on the second day."

"I see, Lao Zhu, if this person comes again, have someone notify us in time."

"Do you need our help to take him down?"

"You better take a break. What's the point of taking it down? Are you robbing your fellow thieves?" Li Yancheng glared at Zhu Yongyang who was laughing.

"Don't cause any trouble. If that person comes again, just arrange for someone to notify us in time. You don't have to come to our headquarters. I will send a notice to each police station later. You can find the nearest police station when the time comes."

"No problem." Zhu Yongyang nodded in agreement.

"Does that person come alone every time?"

"I don't know if there are any other people. We have only seen him. Every time he comes, he pushes a bicycle and carries a large bucket. By the way, Director Li, judging from the quality of the oil, it is definitely not from the oil factory. It is more like it is squeezed from a small workshop in the countryside."

"When you go back, talk to your brothers and ask about the situation last year and the year before last. See if there were any other people like him before the old Kui you mentioned appeared."

"You don't need to ask me about this. I can answer you with certainty. There is definitely no one like Lao Kui who comes here to sell things all the time. If there is such a person, they will definitely tell me. I have never heard of him. Of course, I can't guarantee whether there is such a person in other districts."

Whenever there were outsiders present, Zhu Yongyang would always speak politely and use honorifics when speaking to this old classmate.

Li Yancheng didn't know whether the direction of investigation he suddenly came up with was correct or not. He could only give it a try first. After catching this guy named Lao Kui, he would see where the cooking oil he was dealing in came from. Anyway, there was definitely something wrong with this guy, there was no doubt about it.

……

Just as Li Yancheng and his colleagues were busy investigating the murder of Yue Pingxin in the detention center, Jin Zhihai, who was on duty in the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Bureau, received a call.

The person who called him was somewhat unexpected. He was a classmate of his when he took over his father's class at the police academy. He was also the only classmate of their class who later left the public security system and worked in other units.

There were more than 120 classmates of Jin Zhihai in the police academy. Some of them sacrificed their lives or died of illness over the years. As of now, only about 90 of them are still working on the public security front.

The only person transferred out of the public security system is a female comrade named Sun Mei, who is currently the deputy section chief of a department under the Menggou District Grain Bureau.

Hearing the voice introducing himself on the phone, Jin Zhihai was stunned for a moment before he remembered who it was, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Since graduation, the two had no contact because they were not from the same district. After Jin Zhihai was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Municipal Bureau, he often went to various districts and counties to assist or guide case handling. At that time, Sun Mei had already been transferred from the Menggou District Branch. The two old classmates had not seen each other for almost 20 years.

The fact that he knew that Sun Mei had become the deputy section chief of the Menggou District Grain Bureau was only revealed from another old classmate in the branch when he went to Menggou District to handle a case at the beginning of this year.

A person who he hadn't contacted for almost twenty years suddenly called him today, which made him very confused. It was a typical case of not visiting someone for no reason.

"Section Chief Sun..."

“No, no, no.” Before Jin Zhihai could finish his words, the woman on the other end of the phone interrupted, “Old classmate, you should just call me by my name, Sun Mei. I always feel it’s a bit strange when you call me Section Chief.”

"Haha, what's so strange about this? Section Chief is your position. Okay, since you said so, I'll just call you by your name. But I really didn't expect you to call me."

"It's normal to call you, my old classmate. Now you are the leader of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Bureau. I have to curry favor with you. We have been busy with our own things for so many years. I have to keep things simple so that I can come to you for help if I have any problems in the future.

Come to think of it, old classmate, you are a little bit mean. For such a big event as a promotion, you didn't even bother to set up a few tables and invite us classmates to congratulate you."

"It's not a promotion, it's just a change of title."

"It's different, okay? In the past, your criminal investigation was divided into three departments, and the power was dispersed. Now you have established the Criminal Investigation Corps, and all criminal investigation work in the city needs to be carried out under your guidance. It's fundamentally different."

“It’s all work…”

Sun Mei on the other end of the phone didn't take the initiative to mention what was going on, and Jin Zhihai didn't ask either. The two of them just talked on the phone for a while and laughed before getting to the point.

"Old classmate, I'm calling you today because I've run into a problem and I don't know how to deal with it. I want to ask you for advice."

"Difficulties? Ask me for advice? Uh... Sun Mei, I don't mean to shirk my responsibility. The main reason is that you are working in the Grain Bureau now. I may not be able to solve the problems you encounter."

"No, you're really the only person I can think of who can solve this problem I'm facing."

???

Jin Zhihai felt a little confused. He really couldn't understand what kind of problem this old classmate whom he hadn't seen for almost 20 years had encountered, and he was the only one who could solve it.

"Tell me about it. I want to hear if it's as exaggerated as you say. And I'm the only one who can handle it."

"Old classmate, did you know that there is a grain transfer warehouse in Mengou District that is directly managed by the higher authorities?"

"Yes, I know." "I suspect the granary was robbed."

"What did you say?" Jin Zhihai asked in surprise, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

"I said, I suspect that the granary was robbed."

"Uh... did you find anything? Why do you suspect it was stolen?"

I heard it right. If the granary was really robbed, it would be a big case, but what on earth is a suspicion of theft?

"On the National Day, my wife and I rode our bicycles with our children back to his home. We had to pass by the grain depot on the way to his home. If we walked along the main road in front of the depot, we would have to walk an extra kilometer. If we walked along the back road, we could take a shortcut and save two miles.

There is a small path on the other side of the backyard wall of the granary. This path was trampled out by many people. It is impossible to walk on it because of the mud and water on rainy days. You can walk or ride a bicycle on it at other times. Every time we go back to his house, we walk that way just to save time.

When we were leaving there that day, I saw the ruts of a walk-behind tractor on the back wall of the granary. If the ruts were only on the road, I wouldn't think much about it. Although it's difficult for the tractor to drive on that small road, it makes sense for it to take a shortcut.

But it also appeared at the edge of the backyard wall, and it was obviously a trace left there. This...

It's not just wheel tracks. The point is that I also saw soybeans dropped on the ground where I parked. Although there weren't many, I think if they were transporting food to the warehouse, they wouldn't park there. There's no back door in that warehouse."

"Didn't you tell Lao Qi? I remember that the transfer warehouse is within the jurisdiction of Lao Qi's police station."

The Lao Qi that Jin Zhihai mentioned is named Qi Mingyuan. He is also their classmate in the police academy and is now the deputy director of the police station in the area where the transit grain warehouse is located.

"I went home that night and told Lao Qi about it. His house is very close to mine, just across the street. He promised me that he would go over the next morning, which was the morning of the 2nd.

When he arrived home at around ten o'clock in the morning on the 2nd, old classmate, you will never guess what Lao Qi said to me.

"What did he say?"

"The first thing he said when he saw me was, 'Sun Mei, is your eyesight not good or what? I just went to the place you mentioned, and there was nothing there.'"

After hearing this, Jin Zhihai on the other end of the phone frowned slightly, moved his lips and prepared to say something, but after hesitating for a moment, he didn't say it, waiting for Sun Mei on the other end of the phone to continue.

"When I heard him say that, I thought he was joking with me. Unexpectedly, after I confirmed it again and again, he still said that he didn't see anything after he passed by, no tire tracks, no soybeans dropped on the ground where the car was parked, nothing like that.

Old classmate, you don’t know, I was completely stunned at that time. What I saw with my own eyes the first day was gone the next day. Even the trace disappeared. How could this be possible?

Just when I was anxious to say something, my child's father gave me a look, and I understood what he meant. He wanted me to stop saying anything.

Seeing my child's father like this, I followed Lao Qi's words and said that maybe I was wrong, and chatted with him for a few more words. After he left, my child's father took me there on his bike without saying a word.

After we got to that path, you won't believe it, there really was no trace of anything left, the tire tracks, the parking marks at the backyard wall, the soybeans dropped on the ground, all were gone. If I hadn't had two soybeans that I picked up from the ground yesterday in my trouser pocket, I would really have doubted whether I had seen it wrong or remembered it wrongly yesterday.

Not only me, but my child's father also had the same problem as me. He saw and remembered it wrongly. Oh, and my son too. The three of us in the family all had problems with our eyes.

Uh... sorry, old classmate, I've gone a bit off topic. Let me tell you about the situation on the scene again.

As far as I can remember, it rained where we were in mid-September, and the rain lasted for a whole day and a night. The tire tracks and traces left when parking the car that I saw yesterday should have been left not long after the rain stopped.

The scene that my child's father and I saw on the second day was obviously cleaned up by someone. If the road was not a dirt road, I would say that they cleaned it so thoroughly that there was no dust on it.

Later when we left, I went to several nearby households to inquire. An old man said that when he got up at around eleven o'clock last night, he saw several young people coming over with shovels and brooms. He was curious at the time and wondered where they were going to clean in the middle of the night, so he went out to take a look.

After a closer look, he found that the young men were just cleaning the path. The old man was a little puzzled after seeing it clearly. Why were they cleaning there so late at night? He thought that the government was going to build a road there.

Later I asked the old man if he heard the sound of tractors at night. The old man said that there were many such sounds. He said that big trucks or tractors often came to deliver or transport food at night, and then we left.

Old classmate, I don't want to speculate whether Lao Qi has any problems, but I only told him my suspicions, and someone went to clean up the scene that night, which made it hard for me not to think too much. "

Jin Zhihai on the other end of the phone had frowned deeply. Not only did Sun Mei suspect Lao Qi, but he also suspected him.

"Sun Mei, have you reported this matter to your unit leader?"

Although the transit grain depot is directly managed by the higher authorities, they are all part of the grain system. As a local grain bureau, it is normal to report any problems in a timely manner.

"Of course I did. As soon as No. 4 arrived at work, I told our section chief, but..."

At this point, Sun Mei on the other end of the phone seemed a little hesitant, and after a long pause she continued, "Our section chief told me not to meddle in other people's business. He said that it wasn't our bureau's grain depot, and whether it was stolen was a matter for the General Bureau and the Public Security Bureau, and it had nothing to do with us. Don't cause trouble for yourself.

Our section chief has said so, so I can't bypass him and go directly to the deputy director in charge. But I always feel a little uneasy. I looked for several people today before I got your office phone number, old classmate.

This is not really a report to the police. After all, I am not the victim. I am just thinking that you, my old classmate, work in the city. I wonder if you know anyone in our General Administration. If you do, could you tell him to talk to the leader in charge of the transit warehouse and have him check what is going on.

If I am really making a fuss, then I can rest assured. If someone is really stealing food from the transit warehouse, then it is too bold and should be brought to justice. "

"Sun Mei, have you told anyone else about this?"

"If there's no more, give it to Lao Qi, our section chief, and you."

"Has your lover told anyone?"

"Uh..." Sun Mei on the other end of the phone was stunned by the question and said uncertainly: "Probably not. He is not the kind of talkative person."

"I see, Sun Mei, I won't tell you whether it happened before or not. Tell your lover today and ask him not to mention this to anyone else. This is also for your safety. Sun Mei, you should understand what I mean."

Jin Zhihai's words made Sun Mei on the other end of the phone feel nervous.

Yes, if... if it is really as she guessed, even Lao Qi... then her situation as the discoverer may not be safe.

"I understand, thank you for reminding me."

"You're welcome. Let's get back to the point. I actually know someone from your General Administration. He's a director. I'll call him and tell him about this. I believe the department in charge of the transit grain depot will send someone down to inspect it soon."

"Old classmate, it's like this. You know, that place is just a transit grain warehouse. The grain transported there will be kept in that warehouse for a few days at most before being transported away. If you go to the site to check, you may not be able to find anything. It's best to check the ledgers and start from the root, how much grain was collected, how much was transported, how much was transported away, and how much was received by the final recipient.

I think the only way to find out is to check the records.”

"Okay, I'll remember your suggestion and I'll tell him."

"Thank you for your help, old classmate."

"Sun Mei, I don't like what you said. What is there to thank you for? You are doing this for the public good, not for your own personal matters."

"Haha, okay, then I'll take back what I said."

"That's right. Once they find out, if the granary was really stolen, they will definitely report it to us directly. I will try to lead the team there. When the time comes, I will call your wife and we can sit together."

"No problem. You don't have to go outside. Just stay at my house. I'll show you my skills and you can have a few drinks with my old Wei."

"it is good"

(End of this chapter)