Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 223 A sudden turn of events
The next day, Shahe County Bureau.

Li Nong brought a group of reporters into the reception room.

As soon as the group sat down, a female reporter immediately spoke up: "Captain Li, as far as we know, this K301 robbery and murder case is confusing. Excuse me, who is the suspect who killed single mother Wang?"

When Li Nong heard this question, he felt overwhelmed.

"Well... we are cooperating with the prosecution now..."

Before he could finish his words, the female reporter asked again, "We heard that your police station has arrested two suspects. Now the outside world is spreading rumors that you still can't confirm which one is the murderer, right?"

Li Nong rolled his eyes and complained in his heart, you have already found out so much, do you still need to ask me?
When Li Nong woke up this morning, his eyelids twitched violently, and he thought that something bad must be happening today.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the office, he was drafted by Lu Kangming and called to deal with the group of reporters who had rushed over from the province and city.

Not only that, he also heard that there were a lot of reporters outside the procuratorate, asking about the trial date.

The court originally planned to hold a closed trial for this case, but the case had already been exposed, and if it was not held in public, it would seem suspicious to the outside world.

The local TV station was very considerate and did not report much, but the news media in other cities would not care about the small Shahe County. Many details of the K301 train robbery and murder case have been dug out.

For example, the motive of the criminals for robbery and murder was because of an unscrupulous contractor who withheld wages, which aroused public opinion and many people sympathized with the robbers.

The suspect Ding killed his girlfriend, a flight attendant, but the flight attendant was a fickle woman who cuckolded the suspect and aroused public opinion.

The victim, Wang Jialing, was a single mother. When she was killed, she was pregnant with a two-month-old baby. Before she was killed, she was brutally beaten by other passengers. Isn't this explosive news?

Public opinion was outraged, and reporters swarmed around the county bureau and the procuratorate like flies.

In addition, the suspect Lan Hanwen suffers from mental illness and schizophrenia. Did he kill anyone? Did the police use the big memory recovery technique?
A county town with a population of 500,000 has attracted a large number of foreign journalists and legal practitioners over the past few days.

The Shahe County Party Committee also felt a headache. In order to leave a good impression on these people, all public institutions were in high spirits. Even the sanitation workers had to clean the streets thoroughly to avoid being criticized by some unscrupulous reporters.

Li Nong's mind was wandering, not knowing how to answer these questions. He turned his eyes and suddenly noticed that the female reporter did not have an ID card.

Suddenly, he became alert and asked sternly, "Which TV station are you a reporter from?"

The female reporter choked, laughed, and answered honestly: "I am a self-media blogger."

This word is not very popular nowadays, and Li Nong didn't understand it.

The female reporter explained: "It's just blogging."

Li Nong stood up, glared at the propaganda officer, and then said to the woman, "You are not a serious reporter, you are not qualified to interview in the county bureau, please get out!"

The woman did not get angry, but smiled slightly. She put her hair behind her ears and said, "Don't be so fierce. Don't worry, I won't write nonsense."

Li Nong did not answer and was ready to use this excuse to end the interview. These reporters were eyeing him covetously, which was scary to look at, and he did not have the language skills of Section Chief Ma.

The propaganda department official came over quickly and prepared to kick the woman out.

The woman said, "Don't be so stingy. By the way, where is Officer Luo Rui? I am his sister! Give me a chance. Don't worry. Although I am not a reporter, I am better than a reporter. My blog has a high number of reposts. I just want to know the circumstances of Wang Jialing's murder. How did she die? This is a topic that everyone is concerned about!"

"Luo Rui's sister? Haha..." Li Nong rolled his eyes. Luo Rui has been single since birth, so when did he have a sister?

He sent the reporters in the reception room away with a few words and then hurried back to his office.

Jiang Crocodile was sitting on the sofa, holding a thick stack of documents in his hands, looking at them carefully.

Seeing Li Nong, he raised his head and said, "Do you really want to blame Ding Zuo for Wang Jialing's death?"

Li Nong spread his hands: "What else can we do? There is insufficient evidence to prove that Lan Hanwen murdered Wang Jialing. Besides, your procuratorate keeps asking us to provide additional evidence. Where can we find additional evidence? Boss, it's difficult for us too!"

Jiang Gang raised his head and rubbed his eyes: "If Ding Zuo confessed, Lan Hanwen would be released immediately. Why bother to interrogate him?"

"Will Ding Zuo admit it?"

Jiang Gang gritted his teeth and said, "Ding Zuo's father died of illness at an early age, leaving only his mother and a younger sister who is studying. Lan Hanwen's family doesn't have much money, but Zhou Xia is rich. She goes to the detention center every day. I don't know what they talked about, but the news is that Ding Zuo seems to be very shaken."

"What are you shaking about?"

"You are a criminal police captain! Ding Zuo committed robbery and murder, the circumstances are serious and he deserves the death penalty. If he admits to killing Wang Jialing, can he be shot twice?"

Li Nong opened his eyes wide: "This... This is a crime! What on earth does Zhou Xia want to do?"

Jiang Gang sighed and said, "Crime? Zhou Xia is a lawyer, she knows how to do it better than you. After Ding Zuo is executed, she can use various names to repay her promise, such as funding Ding Zuo's sister to finish college, or donating money in the name of others when Ding Zuo's mother suffers from a serious illness in the future, etc. There are so many ways!"

Li Nong felt overwhelmed and asked, "Jiang Crocodile, what are you going to do?"

Jiang Gang raised his head and stared at him with burning eyes: "It's not about what I should do, but what should we do?!"

Li Nong blinked.

Jiang Gang pointed at him and said, "You are the captain of the criminal police team in charge of the K301 robbery and murder case..."

Then, he pointed to his chest and said solemnly, "I am the prosecutor! Only the two of us can make the truth come to light! So, Mr. Li, please find evidence that Lan Hanwen killed someone, even if it's just the slightest evidence, and I will send this devil to the dock! Give Wang Jialing's spirit back to heaven!"

The softest part of Li Nong's heart was touched, but reality told him that he simply didn't have the ability to do so. Neither Luo Rui nor Zhao Ming, a technical expert from the province or city, could find direct evidence that Lan Hanwen had committed murder, let alone himself.

Jiang Gang noticed his expression and said anxiously, "Li Da, the longer time goes on, the more Ding Zuo will be shaken. He will definitely plead guilty! Is it what you want to see Lan Hanwen go unpunished?"

Li Nong gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, Jiang Crocodile, I promise you, I will risk it all! I will go find evidence!"

Jiang Gang gave him an encouraging look and then buried himself in the pile of information.

Li Nong walked out of the office and prepared to ask people to go to the detention center together. Since Ding Zuo was going to plead guilty, the police station had to give him a shot of cardiac stimulant to calm him down first.

I don't know where that bastard He Bing has gone, and the police officers from other squadrons are busy.

Li Nong had no choice but to go to the first floor and prepare to grab two strong men.

When he reached the door of the office of the Seventh Squadron on the first floor, Li Nong saw a group of guys sitting upright facing the whiteboard with serious expressions.

The person standing in front of the whiteboard was none other than Luo Rui.

A photo of Lan Hanwen was pasted on the whiteboard, and his date of birth and life events were written below the photo in marker.

Didn't this guy start his vacation yesterday and go back to the province? Why did he suddenly appear again?

Li Nong was puzzled. He turned around and saw Jiang Gang coming down the stairs, so he waved to him.

The two stood together at the office door. Not long after, Lu Kangming and Yang Yunqiao came back from outside dejectedly. When they saw the two men, they ran over to see what was going on.

Four people, four pairs of eyes stared at Luo Rui without blinking.

Luo Rui saw them and just nodded slightly, then continued to talk to his colleagues below: "Lan Hanwen was born in Daning District, Huining City. He went to nursery at the age of five and elementary school at the age of six. He attended junior high school and high school in Huining City, which means that he lived in Huining City most of the time.

He went to college in Imperial City for four years, so let’s not investigate this now…”

Luo Rui wrote a string of numbers on the whiteboard with a marker and said, "He developed schizophrenia in July 2004, just after he took the college entrance examination. At that time, he was hospitalized for a period of time.

Now, our investigation direction is to investigate the missing persons in Daning District, Huining City, as well as the unsolved homicide cases in Daning District before July 04.

The time when the missing persons disappeared, the time when the homicide victims were killed, one by one, go to prove Lan Hanwen's absence at the time! "

Upon hearing this, the four people standing by the door suddenly changed their expressions.

Jiang Gang, in particular, had his eyes brightened up, his tired look gone.

Li Nong also slapped his thigh and understood what Luo Rui was going to do.

Lu Kangming and Yang Yunqiao had just returned from the county party committee, where they had been scolded by their superiors and were feeling depressed. Now that they saw that Luo Rui had a direction for the investigation, passion was surging in their hearts.

Luo Rui glanced at every member of the Seventh Squadron and said, "We have reason to suspect that Lan Hanwen is the murderer who killed Wang Jialing. His method was clean and decisive, without a trace of fear or panic. He has a very high psychological quality and a histrionic personality. Such a person must not be a first-time offender. He has a growth-oriented personality and 99% of him has experience in killing people. Otherwise, he would not be so calm when facing a murder scene!
Everyone, listen up! This time, we are going to strip Lan Hanwen of his underwear and send him to hell!"

The police officers of the Seventh Squadron gasped. Luo Rui, the living devil, was back again, saying he would send people to hell early in the morning.

At this time, leaders cannot help but speak.

Lu Kangming walked into the office and said in a shocking voice: "Captain Luo is right. We must investigate! Don't worry about insufficient funds. I will allocate funds to your Seventh Squadron and transfer resources in a while!

In addition, I have sent a request to Huining City and Daning District to assist us in the investigation! "

Yang Yunqiao also said: "We must take him down this time! As long as we take down Lan Hanwen, we will have accomplished a great feat!"

Li Nong suddenly thought of the interview with the reporter this morning. He said, "If we really find some definite clues, can we ask the media to get involved? After all, they have the right to supervise. At the same time, they can also help us publicize and make it impossible for Lan Hanwen, this bastard, to turn over a new leaf?"

Lu Kangming and Yang Yunqiao nodded together. This was a good idea.

Lu Kangming said: "However, if we want to let the media get involved, we must have solid evidence. We can't let them know too early!"

Li Nong nodded: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Jiang Gang ran over and patted Luo Rui's shoulders with both hands.

"I'm counting on you. Try to find evidence as soon as possible. I'm going back to the procuratorate now to suppress this case!"

"Row!"

……

In order to save time, a team of more than a dozen people led by Li Nong drove three cars and immediately rushed to Huining City.

The car was no longer a van, but a police car specially used by He Bing's First Squadron.

He Bing was so distressed. The old gang leader of the First Squadron was also supposed to go on a mission. When he saw the two vans in front of him, he felt resentful that they had taken over his position.

"Captain He, I feel dizzy when riding in this car!" He Bing kicked him and said, "Get out of here. I'm still dizzy."

"This car can't even catch up with a bicycle, and it often breaks down. If only Lao Qi was here!"

He Bing smacked his lips and said, "Don't mention that traitor to me."

The police officer behind He Bing muttered unhappily, "I want to be a traitor too, so I can smoke Zhonghua cigarettes and make merit. Lao Qi went to the Seventh Squadron, and it's only been a few days, and he's already won a third-class merit."

Qi Lei was driving the car, feeling very happy. The steering wheel was light and the accelerator and clutch were smooth, unlike those two damn vans.

Li Nong was sitting in the passenger seat. He rolled down the window and handed each of them a Zhonghua cigarette.

These cigarettes were not given by Luo Rui, but Li Nong used his own funds to buy a few packs.

Just kidding, if you go to Huining City to handle a case, you have to treat people to a meal, right? You have to give them a pack of cigarettes, right? Otherwise, who would care about you?

If the other person says, I know you are anxious, but don’t be anxious... then you are doomed, right?
You know, for more than a dozen people, food, drink and lodging all cost money. Finishing the case one day earlier means spending one day less.

Qi Lei lit the cigarette with a lighter, took a puff, and held the steering wheel with one hand.

The female reporter in the back seat coughed twice and said, "Can you please stop smoking? The risk of getting cancer from secondhand smoke is even greater than from smoking."

Li Nong looked back at her and said, "Ms. Xia, be content. We are bringing you along for Luo Rui's sake. I reiterate that any news you post on your blog must be reviewed by our publicity officer and can only be published if it complies with regulations. Do you understand?"

Xia Lili glanced at Luo Rui next to her and said with a smile, "I know the rules. I was an undercover agent for your police. In the case of the big star Zhu Lizhi, Ye Junqing from Sanli Film Group was arrested because of my cooperation. If you don't believe me, ask my brother."

Luo Rui rolled his eyes. He had just returned from the provincial capital in the morning and ran into Xia Lili outside the county bureau.

When the woman saw him, she grabbed him and buried his head in her arms, saying with a smile, "Long time no see, brother."

Xia Lili is mainly engaged in entertainment news investigations. This is a nice way of saying it. A less nice way of saying it is that she is a paparazzi reporter.

But because of the sensation caused by the Zhu Lizhi case, the news she wrote in her blog was thorough and detailed. In addition, the fact that Zhu Lizhi organized prostitution and other murder cases had risen to a social issue, so she changed her paparazzi style and became a feminist.

As soon as she heard that a single mother in Shahe County was killed on a train, she rushed over immediately and followed other reporters into the county bureau.

After begging Luo Rui desperately, she finally got the chance to get in the car. The tricks she used were not limited to winking and lifting hair, showing her mature woman style.

The Seventh Squadron was composed of grown men, and after being provoked by her, they all became alert and raised their necks.

Luo Rui ignored the woman and turned to look out the window.

Four hours later, three police cars arrived at the highway intersection, and the criminal police captain of Daning District, Huining City, was already waiting at the toll station.

This man is called Deng Zhuo, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is wearing casual clothes.

Li Nong knew him and had communicated with him on the phone in advance.

It was already past noon, and Deng Zhuo took them to have a quick lunch, and then the group returned to the police station without stopping.

The office is ready, it is spotlessly clean and has all the necessary office equipment.

Li Nong and Luo Rui looked at each other, this was a signal.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Deng Zhuo and his subordinates came into the office, and the first thing he said was: "We found out that in 2004, a senior high school student from No. Middle School disappeared one month before the college entrance examination. Her name was Kuang Mei.

Her family thought she ran away from home due to the pressure of the college entrance examination, and reported the case to the local police station, but they have not found her to this day!
The Lan Hanwen you mentioned was also a senior at No. 1 Middle School, but the two of them were not in the same class at the time."

Li Nong opened his eyes wide and clapped his hands, saying, "Maybe it was Lan Hanwen who did it!"

Deng Zhuo did not comment: "For the past four years, Kuang Mei's family has been looking for her, especially her father, who has traveled to several provinces on a motorcycle but has never found her. We have been treating this case as a missing person, until you called and told us about Lan Hanwen's situation, and then we remembered this missing person case."

As he spoke, the technical police officer opened the PPT, and Kuang Mei's photo appeared on the big screen.

She has a pretty face, with long hair and an oval face. She is wearing a blue and white school uniform. The background is the campus playground, and she is making a scissors hand gesture to the camera.

Deng Zhuo introduced: "Kuang Mei left the house at 04 o'clock in the evening on May 5, 3. At that time, her family had just finished dinner. She said she wanted to meet her classmates. Before leaving the house, she was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, jeans, a blue schoolbag, and a blue butterfly hairpin on her head.

By 10 o'clock in the evening, she had not returned home. Her parents were anxious and went out to look for her, but they couldn't find her. After dawn, her father reported the case to the local police station.

At that time, the reason for the disappearance was that Kuang Mei's New Year's money, which was more than 700 yuan, was also taken away by her. "

Everyone was shocked to hear this. It would be great if there was a specific time of disappearance.

The first question that immediately came to the minds of the criminal police from Shahe County Bureau was: What was Lan Hanwen doing on the night of May 4 four years ago?
Deng Zhuo continued: "As for the route Kuang Mei took when she left home, according to the clues provided by the local police station, she took the No. 6 bus in front of her home, which ended in the direction of Xishan Sports Field and had a total of 21 stops.

The conditions were backward at that time, there was no surveillance on the buses, and the road surveillance along the way was also blurry, not as advanced as it is now.

Besides, it was raining heavily at the time, so the police station did not launch a search immediately.

We can only start with eyewitnesses, such as the bus driver, regular passengers, etc. ”

Luo Rui raised his hand and Deng Zhuo nodded to him.

Deng Zhuo had heard of Luo Rui's name. Apart from the Green Ghost Chen Hao in Haidong Province, Luo Rui was the best at solving cases. Before he joined the police force, he was known as a genius in solving cases. After joining the police force, he was called the Living King of Hell.

"Um... Mr. Deng, I want to ask, besides Kuang Mei, do you have any other missing persons cases or unsolved homicide cases?"

Deng Zhuo blinked, and everyone, including his subordinates, looked puzzled.

Li Nong coughed twice and said, "Luo Rui means that Lan Hanwen may have committed more than one crime."

Hearing this, Deng Zhuo widened his eyes. If it could be confirmed that this case was related to Lan Hanwen, it would be enough to send the other party to hell. What was Luo Rui thinking?
Do you really think Lan Hanwen is a perverted serial killer?

Besides, it is not clear whether this case is related to Lan Hanwen.

Deng Zhuo complained in his heart for a while, and said, "Let's first figure out this case. It's like biting off more than you can chew."

Luo Rui wanted to say something, but Li Nong stepped on the instep of his foot under the table.

When the foreign troops fight, they have to rely on others to contribute money and manpower, so they have to give the other party some face.

Luo Rui understood and stopped talking.

Because Lan Hanwen's parents are currently in Shahe County, and the direction of this investigation has changed to digging deeper into Lan Hanwen's past, so in order not to alert the enemy, the first person the task force chose was Lan Hanwen's grandfather.

This is a retired veteran who fought in the battlefield.

After being laid off, Lan Hanwen's parents had to set up a stall to support the family, so Lan Hanwen has been taken care of by his grandfather since he was a child.

After opening the door, when he heard that it was the police, the old man hesitated and did not intend to let anyone in.

He knew that his grandson had been in trouble recently, but he didn't expect that the local criminal police would also come to his door.

Deng Zhuo was very cunning, carrying a bucket of peanut oil and a bag of rice in each hand.

"Old man, it's nothing serious. We are just here to understand the situation."

"Then come in."

Deng Zhuo chuckled and handed the thing in his hand to the other party, saying it was a subsidy for retired veterans. Then, he asked about Lan Hanwen's whereabouts on May 3rd four years ago.

The old man's face suddenly froze, he hesitated, and said nothing.

"Old man, you are an advanced party member who has fought in battles and killed enemies. You can't be without this awareness, right?"

The old man sat on the sofa, head down, still not speaking.

Deng Zhuo became anxious, as there was obviously something hidden.

"I'm telling you, no matter what, we won't wrongly accuse a good person. You have to believe in your grandson."

Luo Rui stood in the living room and looked around the room.

Lan Hanwen's family was not well-off, and their furniture was very old. On the wall above the TV hung pictures of him and his parents. From kindergarten to high school graduation, from childhood to youth, pictures of his entire growth stage were all hung on the wall.

He had excellent academic performance and was admitted to a prestigious school in the Imperial City. He was the pride of his parents and a good child in the eyes of his relatives.

While Deng Zhuo was asking questions, Luo Rui walked to the bedroom door.

The room is in the shape of a Chinese character "品", with the bathroom in the front and the bedroom doors on the left and right are not closed.

Through the gap in the bedroom on the left, you can see that the room inside is very small and has a desk and a bookcase.

Luo Rui gently pushed the door open, and a stale smell pierced his nose, so he covered his nose.

The desk was very clean, with only an old desk lamp and a pen holder in the corner.

The books on the bookshelf are all books about criminal law and detective novels.

The books look a bit old and don’t seem to have been newly bought. Was Lan Hanwen reading these books when he was in high school?
Luo Rui narrowed his eyes slightly, stretched out his hand and pulled the drawer under the desk.

But the drawer was locked. Luo Rui glanced outside the bedroom and saw that the old man didn't notice this side. Luo Rui found an electric pen in the bedroom, inserted it into the rusty hinge, and pried it out with force.

There was a metallic sound and the hinge broke.

After Luo Rui opened the drawer, his body froze. He saw a blue butterfly hairpin inside...

In addition to the blue butterfly hairpin, there are several other girls' items in the drawer, including exquisite key chains and bracelets made of colorful silk threads...

These are all girls' personal belongings...

Four years ago, on the rainy night of May 5rd, what happened to Kuang Mei?
(End of this chapter)