Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 582 A wave of unrest

Li Yancheng, whose hand was already on the door handle, turned to look at the desk. For some reason, this very ordinary, normal phone ringing tone made him feel uneasy.

"Hello, I'm Li Yancheng."

"Director Li, I'm Pan Chengjun from the general duty room. I just received a report from the Mengou District Police Station that Comrade Qi Mingyuan, deputy director of the ** Police Station under their branch, was found dead in his office. Based on the initial judgment at the scene, it was suicide, and the cause of death is suspected to be taking rat poison."

Hearing this, Li Yancheng's heart sank. It was like this again. He bet that the guy driving the walk-behind tractor was definitely contacted by Qi Mingyuan and was not aware of other things.

Now that Qi Mingyuan is dead, whether it was suicide or homicide, the traffic accident case may not be investigated further at this point.

They had to find another way. Either start the investigation from the grain warehouse theft case, or start investigating Qi Mingyuan.

But what if it’s another “Wang Guangjun”?

Sigh... Li Yancheng raised his hand and pinched his nose bridge, feeling a little tired.

"When did this happen?"

"It was 5:17 when other comrades from the police station found Qi Mingyuan lying on the floor of his office, not breathing."

It’s only been over half an hour!
Li Yancheng raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist.

"Comrade Pan Chengjun, do the Director and Director Dai know about this?"

"The director and Director Dai have already been notified."

"What did the chief say?"

"The leadership asked the comrades from the Supervision Office and the Forensic Medical Office to go immediately and investigate the true cause of Comrade Qi Mingyuan's death."

"Okay, I understand. If there is any new information, please let me know."

"Okay, Director Li."

click
After hanging up the phone, Li Yancheng frowned deeply.

Judging from the current situation, the grain theft case in Menggou, the traffic accident case, and the suspected suicide case of Qi Mingyuan that just occurred should be closely related to the murder case of Yue Pingxin that he is handling.

Do you want to go to Mengou now?
After hesitating for a while, he decided not to go for the time being.

With Jin Zhihai going there, the basic facts of the case can definitely be investigated clearly. The main problem now is whether we can find the mastermind behind the scenes.

If his guess is correct, the final direction of the investigation of this case will still be placed on the transit grain warehouse.

Snapped!
Thinking of this, Li Yancheng slammed the desk heavily.

Wrong! He realized that he seemed to have made a wrong move.

Not right either!
Li Yancheng shook his head. It was not that he made a wrong move, but that Jin Zhihai made a wrong move inadvertently without knowing it.

Now is not the time to worry about this. It is not too late to mend the situation.

He immediately picked up the phone and dialed again.

"Secretary Tang, the leader hasn't left yet, right?"

"Director Li, the leader is still here."

"Transfer me to the leader immediately. I have an emergency here and need the leader to come out and coordinate in person."

"it is good"

"Comrade Yan Cheng..."

"Director, please contact the General Administration of Grain right now and ask them to immediately put all the cadres and workers of the Mengou Transit Grain Depot under surveillance or protection. Do you understand what I mean?"

"You are worried...Okay, let's talk about the rest later. I'll call Lao Tan now."

Director Gao immediately understood what Li Yancheng was worried about and knew that time was of the essence, so he hung up the phone without saying a word.

The reason why Li Yancheng did not find the leaders of the Menggou Branch and ask them to send people to temporarily "protect" all the cadres and employees of the transit grain warehouse was that Li Yancheng had doubts in his heart. He was worried that there was a traitor in the Menggou Branch. This order was equivalent to telling the mastermind behind the scenes that we already knew about the theft of grain.

The second is that there is actually no way for the police to be dispatched.

Why did your Public Security Bureau put us under custody for no reason? There must be a reason. Give us an explanation.

In comparison, if the higher authorities issue an administrative order, for example, it is time to get off work, don’t leave, let’s hold a meeting today, and gather all cadres and employees in the conference room.

All he wants is time, and he can wait for Jin Zhihai to arrive there. He cannot let more people die during this period, and cannot let more witnesses and clues be eliminated.

Li Yancheng reached out and picked up the phone again, calling the headquarters' duty room and asking Guan Weidong, who was resting there, to drive Luo Min home first, as he didn't know when he would be able to get off work.

Then he thought for a while, reached out and picked up the receiver of another red telephone on the table and dialed a few numbers.

"Hello, Guo Fan, it's me, Li Yancheng."

"Wow, you're such a busy person, and you still remember to call me?"

The person who answered the phone was obviously very surprised to receive a call from Li Yancheng, and his tone was full of surprise.

"I came to you for help."

"Haha, it's not easy to get you to ask for help. Tell me what happened that made you, a deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, come to me, a local worker, for help.

Let me make it clear first, if it is something about our Mengou District, I may be able to provide some help, but if it is something about other places, you'd better not say anything as soon as possible."

The man named Guo Fan on the other end of the phone said with a smile.

"It's about your business. Jin Zhihai is the deputy chief of our team. You should know him, right?"

"Yes, he's your childhood friend. We've had drinks together a few times. How come he's going to be transferred to our Menggou Branch as director? No, that's not right. The branch needs to change its director. As the district chief, I shouldn't be unaware of this."

"What are you talking about? Listen to me first."

"Okay, okay, go ahead and tell me what you want to say."

"Zhi Hai led a team to your Mengou to investigate a case. They have been on the road for an hour and are almost there. I hope you can send someone to intercept him on the way from the city and tell him to contact me. I am waiting in the office. His license plate number is *****"

"Don't hang up yet, Yancheng. I'll arrange for someone to intercept him and make sure your message is delivered. But you have to explain the reason to me later. I can't quite figure it out."

"it is good"

Soon, Li Yancheng heard a click, and the person on the other end put the telephone receiver on the table. Then, he heard a burst of intermittent voices coming from the receiver.

He put the receiver of the telephone down in his hand, reached out for a cigarette on the table and lit it.

"Hey, Yancheng, I've made the arrangements. Tell me what happened. Why did you ask me to help you deliver this message? Why didn't you ask someone from the branch? Of course, I don't mean to shirk my responsibility. I'm just a little confused."

"Even if you don't ask me, I have to tell you that on the 6th, a traffic accident happened in your place, resulting in two deaths and one injury in a family of three. Did you know that?"

"Of course I know. One of the two deceased was the deputy section chief of our district's Grain Bureau, and the other was her lover, who worked at the district's Finance Bureau. What do you mean? Is there something wrong with this traffic accident?"

"It's not just a problem, it's a big problem. The deputy section chief of the Grain Bureau you mentioned is called Sun Mei, and she was Zhihai's classmate at the police academy. On the afternoon of the 6th, this deputy section chief Sun called Zhihai and told him something..."

The man named Guo Fan that Li Yancheng contacted was the leader of the Menggou District Government. When he heard that the traffic accident was likely murder to silence the witness, and that the suspected suicide of Qi Mingyuan that happened this afternoon might also be a murder to silence the witness, he immediately became restless.

It would be problematic if he could still sit on the job when such a heinous case happened in the jurisdiction he manages.

"Of course, the specific situation is still unknown, and we need to wait until the investigation is completed before we can draw a conclusion."

"Yancheng, do you no longer trust the people in the branch?"

"It's not a question of trust or not. You know, I've only been here for a month. I've been busy with cases and have no time to do research. I'm not familiar with the people below me. Now the Qi Mingyuan incident has happened. I can only handle it carefully."

"I understand. I will discuss this matter with Director Zhang right away. If there is anything that needs to be done in our district, please remember to notify me in time, Yancheng."

"Don't worry, the reason we didn't warn you in advance was because the case originated in the food system's transit warehouse, and your district has no jurisdiction over that place.

But now it’s different. Your district has been implicated. The three people who died were all from your district. There will definitely be a lot of work that will require your cooperation.”

"It's good that you know. Such a big thing happened, but our district was still kept in the dark. This feeling makes people uncomfortable. In addition, I want to tell you that our district will immediately send a working group to the district bureau to investigate Qi Mingyuan's suspected suicide.

This was originally decided by Director Zhang after receiving the notice from the district bureau that Qi Mingyuan committed suicide by taking poison. Yancheng, please don't misunderstand me. "Perhaps worried that Li Yancheng might misunderstand something, Guo Fan explained the arrangements made by their district regarding Qi Mingyuan's death.

"No, no, this is normal work in your district. The district bureau is under dual jurisdiction. The deputy director of a subordinate police station committed suicide in his office for unknown reasons. It is very necessary for you to send a working group to participate in the investigation.

In fact, even if you don’t send someone, our supervisory committee will definitely take the initiative to contact you, the main leaders of the district, after they go there.”

In a city, especially in a place with an administrative level like Beijing, a deputy chief of a police station may not be a big deal, but at the district and county level, the chief and deputy chief of a police station are definitely big shots.

After learning about this incident, Menggou District must send people to investigate what exactly happened, so as to give an explanation to the outside world and the family of the deceased.

The Public Security Bureau is under dual management. It is managed by the local government and is also under the jurisdiction of the higher-level public security department. In their work, the municipal bureau and district and county local governments should cooperate with each other rather than hinder each other.

"Okay, Yancheng, I'm glad you understand. By the way, when are Xiaotong and Luo Yang leaving?"

"I will definitely leave within this month."

"Let's wait until this case is over. If they haven't left yet, I'll go back to the city and we can sit together. It won't be easy to get everyone together for a drink later."

"no problem"

"That's it, Yancheng. If there is any new news later, remember to tell me in time."

"it is good"

"Jingle Bell……"

Li Yancheng had just put the receiver back on the landline when the phone rang again.

"I am Li Yancheng"

"Director Li, I'm Jiang Aiguo."

"Hello, Director Jiang."

"Director Li, I just heard that there is a deputy director of a police station in Menggou District... Is this related to the case we are investigating?"

After hearing about what happened in a police station under the Menggou District Public Security Bureau, Jiang Aiguo immediately thought of the case of Yue Pingxin and Wang Guangjun that he was supervising.

"Director Jiang is very sensitive."

"I can't help it. I've been unable to sleep these past two days because of this case. When I heard about what happened in Menggou, I immediately thought of Wang Guangjun."

"The specific situation is still unclear. The comrades from our Supervision Office have already gone down. Before you called in, I had just finished talking to Comrade Guo Fan from Mengou District. They have also sent a working group to the district bureau. There is another thing that Director Jiang may not be aware of..."

……

Just as Li Yancheng was talking on the phone with Deputy Director Jiang of the Municipal Supervisory Commission, Guan Weidong had already driven to the gate of the Political College and picked up Luo Min who had just finished school.

When he opened the car door and saw the empty back seat, Luo Min, who had been smiling, suddenly became depressed.

"Weidong, where is he?"

She asked after getting into the car.

"Chief Luo, the leader was still in the office when I came out."

"Is he going to work overtime again today?" Hearing that her husband was still in the office, Luo Min frowned.

"Uh... I don't know if we'll have to work overtime. It seems like there was some emergency in Mengou District."

"Is that so?" Luo Min's eyes rolled around, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Then you don't have to send me back, Weidong, just go directly to your headquarters. He's in the headquarters, right?"

"exist"

"Okay, let's go to the headquarters."

"Okay, Chief Luo."

Li Yancheng was busy with work these two days and she was at school all the time, so the two children went back to Luo's house after school. Since she didn't have to worry about the children, she thought it would be better to go and accompany her husband, as there was no point in going home anyway.

Everyone who was supposed to get off work at the headquarters had already done so. Only a group of people gathered at the entrance of the canteen. They were eating with their bowls in hand and chatting happily.

"Hey, why is Director Li's car back again?"

Seeing the iconic black Shanghai-licensed car driving into the backyard, someone in the crowd muttered curiously.

"Director Li didn't leave just now. Weidong drove out alone. He must be back."

"Oh, so that's it. I just saw the car leaving and thought it was Director Li getting off work..."

Just as he said this, he saw the back door of the car parked at the back door of the office building open, and a young woman in police uniform got out of the car.

"Is this... the person Weidong is dating? Is she also from our bureau? How come I've never seen her before?"

"Maybe he's from some branch office."

"Hey, Weidong is a good guy, this girl... ouch... who kicked me?"

"You guys can't even keep your mouth shut while eating, what are you talking about here? That's Director Li's lover."

Before the guy could finish his words, he felt a kick on his butt. Turning back, he saw that not only he was kicked, but the three people who participated in the discussion were also kicked. The one who kicked them was Political Commissar Wan, who was on duty today and had been eating in the cafeteria but came out at some point.

When they heard that the woman who just got off the car was Director Li’s lover, the three people who had been talking just now shrank their necks, dared not say a word, and turned around and slipped into the cafeteria.

Li Yancheng had only been transferred here for a month. Most people, whether in the headquarters or the bureau, had never seen his wife, not to mention that Luo Min looked young, just a girl in her early twenties. People who didn't know her could not associate her with the leader's wife. It would be more accurate to say that she was the leader's daughter, although this was also true.

After kicking the three guys, Political Commissar Wan Changyou walked quickly towards Luo Min who had just got off the car.

"Chief Luo, come and see our Director Li."

"Yes, the children have all gone back to their grandmother's house, and I have nothing to do alone, so I just came to see him. Why didn't Political Commissar Wan go back?"

"I'm on duty tonight, and there's some food left on the stove. You can go up and take a rest, and Director Li can come over and eat."

"Thank you, Political Commissar Wan."

"You're welcome. I'll go first and won't waste your time."

"Okay, Political Commissar Wan, take care."

Standing there watching Wan Changyou walk towards the cafeteria, Luo Min said something to Guan Weidong, then turned and walked towards the back door of the office building. As she walked, she looked around. This was her first time to come to the headquarters.

Guan Weidong told her in the car just now that Li Yancheng's office was on the south side of the second floor, the third room to the right at the stairs, with a sign of the Captain's Office hanging on the door.

Originally, Guan Weidong wanted to take her upstairs, but she disagreed and asked him to park the car and go eat directly.

Those who were supposed to get off work had all left, and those who were eating had not yet finished their meals. The office building was very quiet. In the double-sided building, light could only come in from the windows at both ends of the corridor, so even in the daytime, you had to turn on the corridor lights to see clearly.

The quiet corridor and dim lights made Luo Min feel a little uneasy when she just stepped onto the second floor. She turned her head to look at the other side of the corridor.

There seemed to be something wrong with the lights in the corridor over there. Only one of the three lights was on, and it was pitch black at a glance. This made her heart tighten, and she quickly quickened her pace and walked to the right.

"dong dong dong"

"Come in"

Li Yancheng, who was sitting at his desk answering the phone, heard a knock on the door and answered it.

When Luo Min, who was outside the door, heard her husband's voice, her originally panicked heart immediately calmed down. She took a deep breath, calmed her frightened heart, reached out, pushed open the door and walked in.

Li Yancheng, who was sitting at his desk, had turned his head to look at the office door. When he saw that it was his wife coming in from outside, his dull face suddenly became bright.

He smiled and waved his hand, signaling his wife to come over.

Luo Min also closed the office door with a smile on her face, then pointed at the telephone receiver in his hand with her big eyes.

Seeing this, Li Yancheng immediately understood what his wife meant. He smiled and shook his head, continuing to wave for her to come over.

(End of this chapter)