Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 663 Criticism
The reason for the initial pressure was that Old Master Luo wanted his youngest son-in-law to have a more stable future, not because he had any objections.

Li Yancheng understood that he had no objection to his father-in-law's arrangement. In fact, if it weren't for Old Luo suppressing him for two years, he wouldn't have been able to get this position after being transferred from the Social Affairs Bureau.

call……

Three phone calls followed me back home, and it was already six o'clock when the announcement for the end of the workday came on at just the right time.

After hanging up his father-in-law's call, Li Yancheng leaned against his desk as if he hadn't heard the broadcast. He crossed his arms, rubbed the stubble on his chin with one hand, and stared at the clothes hanging behind the office door, but his gaze was unfocused. You could tell from his expression that he was thinking about something.

"Jingle Bell"

Another phone rang, breaking the silence in the office.

"Hey"

This time, Li Yancheng didn't even look at the phone before reaching out and answering the pale yellow one. He didn't introduce himself either, and it seemed he knew who was calling.

"Director Li, it's me, Zhang Changwei from Taifeng. I'm so sorry, something came up and I was a few minutes late in calling."

"Alright, let's not talk about that. What's the situation on your end? Have you found those people yet?"

You could tell from his tone that the reason he hadn't left after get off work was because he was waiting for this call.

"Director Li, all five people who escaped last night have been apprehended and brought to justice."

Upon hearing this, Li Yancheng's originally serious expression immediately relaxed.

But soon, he put away his relaxed demeanor and said in a serious tone, "Old Zhang, I know that the work below is complicated and that you, as grassroots leaders, are worried about being criticized and held accountable when something happens. So, many times when something happens, you like to cover it up and try to hide it as much as possible."

I can understand your actions, but while I can understand, I don't agree with them. I think that even if you want to cover something up, you have to consider the circumstances. A patrol officer was injured, and two officers were injured. If you dare to cover something up, what else wouldn't you dare to do?

All I can say is that the Taifeng team is incredibly audacious; they are completely disorganized and undisciplined.

After this incident, you all must conduct a thorough self-examination. I will also make recommendations to the Municipal Bureau and Taifeng District organizations, suggesting a serious review of your individual circumstances to determine if you are still suitable to serve as branch bureau leaders.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Changwei, the director of the Taifeng branch of the Public Security Bureau, immediately turned into a bitter face.

It's no wonder Li Yancheng was angry. He said such harsh words on the phone and even wanted to dismiss all the members of the Taifeng branch leadership team. These people were really too bold.

Last night around 11 p.m., officers from the Taifeng Branch Public Security Bureau's Public Security Brigade patrolled the streets in groups of three, as planned.

When one of the patrol teams was patrolling outside an abandoned factory, they heard a woman's urgent cries for help coming from inside, so they rushed in.

To their surprise, they were ambushed as soon as they rushed in. Two of the officers who were running in front were hit on the head with wooden sticks and fell to the ground.

The officer following closely behind saw this and jumped aside, thus avoiding being injured.

Seeing that someone had escaped, the thugs quickly closed the door of the factory where they were located and jumped out of the window on the other side to escape.

When the policeman who had escaped being beaten climbed through the window into the factory, besides the two unconscious colleagues lying on the ground, there was also a young woman who was also unconscious and whose clothes were slightly disheveled. It seemed that the cry for help earlier was from her. The thugs must have intended to commit illegal acts against her, and judging from her clothing, it seemed that they had not yet succeeded.

Because there were three unconscious people, the police officer dared not leave to pursue the escaped criminals, fearing that the three people might encounter some other misfortune. He could only stay at the scene and try to wake them up.

Fortunately, the woman and a colleague were quickly brought back to their senses by his calls, while the other one was probably more seriously injured and did not respond to any calls.

With the help of his conscious colleague and the woman, they staggered and carried the still unconscious police officer to Taifeng District Hospital.

As soon as they arrived at the hospital, the police officer who had been hit on the head and the woman fainted again, causing chaos in the hospital.

Because the injured person was a police officer on duty, the hospital staff took it very seriously and called the hospital leadership to summon surgeons from their homes to participate in the treatment.

At this time, the leaders of the Taifeng District Branch also arrived. On one hand, they asked the hospital to do its best to treat the injured police officer and the woman, and on the other hand, they arranged for people to search for the five escaped criminals. The number of criminals was revealed by the woman when she regained consciousness.

Fearing that news of the patrol officer's injury would reach their superiors and cause them trouble, several leaders of the Taifeng branch issued a gag order, strictly forbidding anyone from speaking out about the matter.

To the surprise of the branch bureau leaders, the matter still got out, and even reached the ears of the executive deputy director of the municipal bureau.

It was quite a coincidence that Li Yancheng learned about this matter; one of the doctors at that hospital who participated in the treatment was his student.

This doctor is a renowned traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. Due to a shortage of staff, Taifeng District Hospital called in doctors from the surgery, internal medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine departments that very night.

Three years ago, he went to the General Hospital of the Army to study cancer treatment and greatly admired his teacher, Li Yancheng. When he heard that the Taifeng Branch wanted to suppress the matter, he felt that this approach was unfair to the two injured police officers.

They were injured while rescuing the victims, an act that is worthy of commendation and awards, at the very least praise from district and city leaders, which would be very beneficial for their future promotions.

But if we suppress this matter, it's as if nothing happened, which is unacceptable.

The doctor was also a kind-hearted person. He felt that the Taifeng branch's actions were inappropriate, so on the morning of the 2nd, he tried every means to find out Li Yancheng's office phone number and told him about the matter.

Li Yancheng was furious upon hearing this and went directly to Taifeng District Hospital to visit the injured police officers, expressing his condolences on behalf of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

He didn't say much to the leaders of the Taifeng Precinct, only asking them to do their utmost to solve the case, and to ask the Public Security Bureau and the Criminal Investigation Bureau for assistance if necessary.

Catching the five escaped thugs wasn't difficult. Although they were all masked, the woman recognized one of them as a local thug who had harassed her before, but she had never paid him any attention.

Five people committed the crime, and one of them has already been exposed, so it's only a matter of time before the other four are caught. Upon hearing this, Li Yancheng immediately ordered them to apprehend all five criminals by the end of the day and report back to him.

The injuries to the two injured police officers and the woman were not particularly serious. All three were hit on the head with wooden sticks by the assailant, suffering mild and moderate concussions respectively, and their scalps were broken. Currently, there are no other problems, but they still need to be hospitalized for treatment.

Li Yancheng also examined the three of them and, after confirming that they had no other problems, left his treatment plan before leaving.

The fact that the leaders of the Taifeng branch were not criticized in the morning does not mean that the matter will be over. When Director Dai returned at noon, he reported on the matter.

Director Dai was furious after hearing this. If he didn't have to run around to the city government and the city organization to get the bureau's funding for the year, he would have wanted to visit the injured in the hospital.

Both matters are very important, so the case in Taifeng can only be entrusted to Li Yancheng. After dealing with the funding issues, he should focus on the situation in Taifeng. If the five criminals are not caught today, the headquarters should take over the case.

The Taifeng Police Station wanted to suppress the matter and prevent it from being publicized, not only because they were afraid of being punished, but mainly because they were ashamed.

The three patrol officers rushed to the scene after hearing the cries for help, which was a correct and commendable response. However, they failed to maintain the necessary vigilance and neglected their daily training, which could have prevented their injuries.

Not only would they not be injured, but they should also have apprehended the five criminals on the spot.

If the last officer hadn't dodged, all three would have been injured, and they might have lost their weapons, which would have been a serious problem.

That's why the leaders of the Taifeng branch wanted to keep the matter quiet so that other branches wouldn't find out and laugh at them.

Zhang Changwei of the Taifeng Branch is still wondering how the news got out. However, he deduced from the fact that the city bureau leaders went to the hospital to visit the injured officers that the news was probably leaked from the hospital.

He had no choice but to endure it when his boss scolded him over the phone.

"Director Li, your criticism is correct. We were indeed wrong in this matter, and we will definitely conduct a thorough self-examination later."

Have the five people who were arrested confessed?

"The last two arrested are still under interrogation. The first three have already confessed. All five of them had just finished drinking at a friend's house and were on their way home when they ran into the woman from the previous night."

One of the five men was the local thug that the woman mentioned, who frequently harassed her. Perhaps it was because he was drunk, but the thug had malicious intentions.

After telling the other four people about his idea, he received their support. The five of them covered their faces with scarves and other items, and the thug attacked the woman, knocking her unconscious. They then dragged her to the abandoned factory, where they planned to continue their crimes.

After the five criminals took the woman to the factory, one of them went to the toilet. He accidentally saw someone coming from the road not far away through a gap in the collapsed wall, so he hurriedly ran into the factory and told them not to make a sound. At that time, they did not know that there were police officers patrolling outside.

Just then, the woman regained consciousness and shouted for help. Through the factory window, the group saw three people who were about to walk by run in.

Up to now, they still don't know that the people who heard their cries for help were police officers. All they know is that if others see them, they're doomed.

So they picked up the wooden sticks on the ground and hid behind the door to wait, while the thug knocked the woman unconscious again.

The attack occurred under these circumstances. After the attack, they realized that the people they had attacked were police officers. In addition, there was another person outside who had escaped. Fearing that the incident would be exposed, they dared not stay there any longer, so they hurriedly closed the factory door and climbed out of the other windows to escape.

They just hadn't expected that the woman would only be lucid for a few seconds, during which she not only cried for help but also recognized the man who had been staying by her side as the thug who frequently harassed her near her home.

"Have these people committed any other crimes before?" Li Yancheng asked when Zhang Changwei on the other end of the phone stopped.

"Apart from that hoodlum, the other four of these people had just returned to the city in early 1980. They are currently unemployed and spend their days aimlessly wandering the streets. Two of them had been detained for participating in fights, but the initial investigation did not find that they had committed any major crimes."

The remaining two are currently involved in criminal activities, and it's unclear whether they have committed any crimes.

Then there's that petty hoodlum. He didn't go to the countryside; he spent his days hanging around the ghost market, dabbling in small-scale transactions involving receipts. He used to be the kind of person who never made any major mistakes but constantly made minor ones, and he had been criticized and educated by the local police station a few times.

We will investigate these five people thoroughly and get to the bottom of them.

"Well, regardless of whether they recognized the police who rushed in at the time, the fact that they dared to attack people who came after hearing the noise with sticks shows that they are not as simple as they claim."

"Director Li, I think so too. Generally speaking, when criminals who want to commit crimes see that their crimes have been exposed, especially when there are more than one people coming to their rescue, their first reaction is to run away, for fear of being seen."

Few people would, and even fewer would dare, hide and attack those who come to their rescue. Based on this, I also feel that these five people are not so simple; they may have committed other crimes as well.

“Yes, the investigation must be thorough, but, Lao Zhang…”

"Director Li, please give your instructions!"

"We need to rely on evidence to solve cases, not resort to simplistic and crude methods. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood. Don't worry, Director Li. I don't like to use special methods either. I prefer to show these people the irrefutable evidence and leave them speechless."

"That's right, that's how we do it in this line of work. Also, we must take good care of those two injured comrades. Although they acted impulsively, they were worried about the people and wanted to save lives. We must commend them for this."

However, we must also remind all frontline officers that they need to be mindful of their methods and approaches, and that their regular training should be applied to real-world situations. Otherwise, what's the point of all that training? Don't you agree?

"You're right. We will hold a general meeting after this case is over to remind everyone again."

"Okay, that's settled then. Let me know if anything comes up in the follow-up investigation."

"Yes"

(End of this chapter)