Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 227 Promotion
In late autumn, the temperature drops suddenly.

Especially in Shahe County, which is at a high altitude, when doing sports with two people, you have to wear shorts because you are afraid of the cold.

Mo Wanqiu crawled into the bed, flicked the eagle that was about to spread its wings and said, "Go wash it!"

"I'm too lazy to wash!" Luo Rui put his hands behind his head and looked at the ceiling.

Mo Wanqiu gritted her teeth, her cheeks flushed, her hair messy, and she cursed, "It's so dirty."

Luo Rui smiled and said, "Then why didn't you feel dirty just now?"

"Just now was just now, and now is now! I have entered the sage time."

"Tsk, but then again, did you really sneak out?"

Mo Wanqiu rolled his eyes. "What can I do if I don't sneak out? My mom and your mom quarrel over the vegetable garden and flower bed every day. One says it's better to grow vegetables, and the other says to grow flowers. The two old ladies can get along peacefully with each other in other aspects, but when it comes to the backyard, they have to distinguish who is better and who is better. Uncle Luo and my dad want to move out."

"Don't do that!" Luo Rui said thoughtfully.

Mo Wanqiu had just experienced a spring rain, and although the rain did not flow into the ditch, it was all caught.

"Are you worried that Uncle Nong is too charming and they can't control themselves?"

Luo Rui glanced at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm worried about their safety."

"Oh."

After hearing this, Mo Wanqiu immediately corrected his evil thoughts. Luo Rui had offended too many people. If someone came to take revenge on him like last time, it would be terrible.

Mo Wanqiu giggled, lay in Luo Rui's arms, and glanced at the bedroom. The bedroom door was closed, but there was another bedroom opposite the door.

This house was rented by Luo Rui. Shahe County is a county town after all, and there are not many large apartments. It has two bedrooms and a living room, and is only about 70 square meters.

Mo Wanqiu couldn't bear the loneliness, so he brought Nong Ying with him this time.

Nong Ying lives in the bedroom opposite.

"Let me tell you, Sister Ying, you still haven't had a boyfriend." Mo Wanqiu muttered in a low voice.

Luo Rui was not interested in listening.

Mo Wanqiu said mysteriously: "She has never had any affection for me so far."

"Stone girl?"

"What? Don't talk nonsense. Sister Ying did have a crush on someone before, but that person died later."

Luo Rui frowned. Could it be that Nong Ying was still a romantic man?
"It seems like he was killed."

"Has the murderer been caught?"

Mo Wanqiu said: "I don't know about this. She didn't tell me the details. She told me when we were taking a bath together."

Luo Rui raised his eyebrows: "Have you ever taken a bath with her?"

Mo Wanqiu chuckled: "Of course, such a nice bathtub, don't feel bad about it, you're not at home. But Sister Ying has a great figure, I'm drooling just looking at her."

Luo Rui ignored him, buried his face in Mo Wanqiu's fist, rubbed it hard, and then fell asleep peacefully.

The next morning, Mo Wanqiu returned to the provincial capital.

They were driving Luo Rui's old red Mazda. Mo Wanqiu sat in the passenger seat and looked at Luo Rui outside the car and said, "Behave yourself and don't seduce decent women."

Luo Rui rolled his eyes: "What nonsense are you talking about."

Mo Wanqiu glanced around and said with a smile, "Anyway, come back eight times a month to pay the public grain tax, it's up to you."

Luo Rui swallowed his saliva: "Eight times? How many days off do I have in a month?"

"Why not just do it eight times at a time? If that doesn't work, you can practice your ventriloquism skills. That counts, too."

Luo Rui's eyes turned bloodshot when he heard this, and he wished he could drag Mo Wanqiu out and carry her upstairs.

Nong Ying stood at the rear of the car, hesitating whether to close the trunk, pretending not to hear the two men's dirty talk.

This house in the county town is quiet after a night's sleep, but it is not soundproof.

The babbling and laughing sounds continued for most of the night, and Nong Ying did not sleep well the whole night.

Mo Wanqiu woke up in the morning looking energetic, with strawberry marks all over her neck and even her buttocks.

Nong Ying didn't even want to look at the two of them. Finally, she closed the trunk and walked to the car.

Mo Wanqiu quickly shut up and Luo Rui also touched his nose.

"Sister Ying, thank you for your hard work. Please drive carefully on the road."

Nong Ying nodded: "This is what I should do."

"Okay, have a nice trip."

Nong Ying sat in the driver's seat and drove away.

Mo Wanqiu said at the side: "Sister Ying, I told Luo Rui about your childhood sweetheart."

Nong Ying bit her lip and drove seriously.

"How did he die? Luo Rui can really help you find the real murderer. You have to trust him."

Nong Ying looked at the steering mirror and saw Luo Rui still standing on the side of the road.

She replied: "This matter is very complicated. Besides, it is not his responsibility. Let's talk about it later."

"No matter how complicated it is, Luo Rui can still solve it."

After saying this, Mo Wanqiu felt that there was ambiguity in his words and blushed.

Nong Ying didn't care. She heard what Liao Kang had said to her: "Zhang Xun's case cannot be investigated yet, and we don't know whether he is a drug dealer or was framed. So if you want to wait, we have to wait too. His undercover identity cannot be made public yet. We need time... Nong Ying, please understand that if he really did nothing wrong, we will definitely clear his name."

And Nong Ying waited for three whole years...

……

Luo Rui drove his BMW into the yard of the county bureau. When he saw that the parking spaces were full, he thought about backing up and parking on the side of the road.

But the guard suddenly ran over and waved to him.

Luo Rui rolled down the car window and frowned, "Uncle Yang, what's wrong?"

Old Yang smiled and said, "Director Lu has instructed us to reserve a parking space for you. It's behind the flower bed. Please follow me."

Lao Yang waved to the front and Luo Rui drove the car over.

He saw that there was indeed a new parking space behind the flower bed, right next to the parking spaces of Lu Kangming and Political Commissar Yang. Even Li Nong's car was not qualified to be parked here.

Luo Rui was a little embarrassed: "Isn't this a bit bad?"

Old Yang said with a smile: "What's wrong with this? If it weren't for this, our county wouldn't have the peaceful situation it has now. Didn't you see the news last night?"

Luo Rui complained in his heart, he didn't watch the news, but he watched Water Curtain Cave all night.

Lao Yang directed Luo Rui to drive the car into the yellow line.

After the incident, he said, "Our county bureau was featured on CCTV's Legal Channel, saying that our county bureau eradicated all evil and destroyed Gu Zhiliang's drug trafficking gang. We also solved the complicated K301 train robbery and murder case in a short period of time and brought the murderer to justice. We didn't wrongly accuse a good person, and didn't miss a bad person."

Speaking of this, Lao Yang felt proud. He usually didn't care much about his image. Luo Rui discovered that this morning, his hair was combed meticulously, and even the collar of his uniform was smoothed out.

Luo Rui took several days off and took Mo Wanqiu out for a while. In a word, he never got out of bed.

After Luo Rui got off the car, he felt his legs go weak, and Lao Yang hurriedly helped him up.

"You need to rest for a few days."

Luo Rui smiled. After a few more days of rest, he felt exhausted. He finally understood why those old gang members were reluctant to go home.

He took out a box of Zhonghua cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed it into Lao Yang's pocket.

"Oh, you're too polite." Old Yang was flattered.

"Take it. You are my senior, and I will need your care in the future."

There is a seventh-rank official working for the prime minister. Old Yang has no other skills, but he is first-rate at getting information.

Look, Lao Yang said mysteriously: "I'm telling you, you may be promoted."

Luo Rui blinked and said nothing.

Old Yang continued, "Let me tell you, you take a few days off. I heard that the higher-ups want to transfer He Bing to Wuyuan Police Station as deputy director, so the position of deputy criminal police captain will be yours."

Luo Rui frowned just right.

Old Yang said, "You don't know about this yet?"

"I really do not know."

Old Yang gave a thumbs up and said, "Maybe the higher-ups wanted to give you a surprise. After all, if it weren't for you, our Shahe County wouldn't be able to show off so much."

Luo Rui nodded and patted Lao Yang on the shoulder.

When I walked into the office of the Seventh Squadron, I was surprised to see that everyone was in high spirits and in uniform.

Some were combing their hair in front of the mirror, while others were adjusting their cuffs.

Especially Sun Gong, this guy even sprayed some perfume on himself.

Even Qi Lei shaved his chin cleanly.

When these people saw Luo Rui, they all surrounded him.

Fang Yonghui said: "Captain Luo, you are here."

Fang Yonghui didn't notice at all that he was using honorifics when addressing his friend who was also a police officer.

Luo Rui looked at them suspiciously. Meritorious service conferences were usually held at the end of the year, or when something big happened, but these guys were so slick about it.

"What are you doing?"

Yang Bo said with a smile: "The reporters from Imperial City are here to interview us again, and the publicity department of Imperial City headquarters has also come. They want to interview our Seventh Squadron for internal publicity, and it will also be broadcast on TV."

"Such a big formation?"

Qi Lei said, "Of course not. Didn't you see that the yard is full of cars? Political Commissar Yang was planning to call you back yesterday, but Director Lu told you to rest more. We were exhausted yesterday, cleaning, wiping the tables, and even washing the police car, all for today." At this time, Li Nong walked into the office. He was also dressed very decently, and the police rank on his shoulders was spotless.

"Ouch, Luo Rui, look at my head, I forgot to inform you, hurry up and change your clothes, we have to take pictures soon."

The county bureau was busy with this matter for the whole day. The important figures of the county bureau and the criminal police of the Seventh Squadron stood on the steps of the county bureau and took a photo which symbolized honor.

This photo will be hung in the information room of the Propaganda Department in the future, and it will also be a source of pride for the Seventh Squadron.

Lu Kangming and Yang Yunqiao, one is the director and the other is the political commissar, so they were naturally very happy.

That evening, all the police officers of the county bureau had a dinner together at Dongpo Building. Even Xiaomu from the police dog squadron had two more pieces of beef in his dog bowl, which moved the dog so much that he started whining.

Luo Rui was not good at drinking, but he could not resist being toasted by others, especially the young men from the Seventh Squadron, who were ignorant of the world and kept drinking.

On the other hand, the members of Squadron 1 were in a bad mood. They didn’t even eat the food and just kept drinking.

Luo Rui has already found out that He Bing's transfer is true.

Going to Wuyuan Police Station to serve as deputy captain was obviously a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality, meaning he had to give up his position.

However, the position of deputy director also has a lot of room for development. If the county bureau's criminal police brigade is busy, they can actually participate in solving homicide cases. However, many of them are directly handed over to the criminal police brigade due to limited conditions.

Luo Rui was already drunk, but he still walked over to He Bing carrying a bottle of white wine and a glass.

"Captain He, I'll toast to you."

There was no expression of joy or anger on He Bing's face. He stood up, picked up the wine glass, and drank it in one gulp.

"Luo Rui, the First Squadron will be in your hands from now on!" After saying that, he patted the other person's shoulder vigorously.

If Luo Rui takes over He Bing's position, the First Squadron will also be led by him.

In fact, the squadron leader is not a very important position, he is just a person who takes the lead in doing things, but the deputy captain of the criminal police brigade can manage the entire brigade.

If it is said that Li Nong, as the top leader, himself has no "motivation", then the deputy captain is the one who is in charge of the front-line criminal police and is responsible for homicide investigations.

Everyone understands that once Luo Rui takes this position, Li Nong will definitely no longer be at the forefront. He will definitely retreat to the second line and cooperate with the work of the Criminal Police Brigade.

Moreover, the Shahe County Bureau is still short of a deputy director position. Li Nong had previously won a first-class merit, which meant he had escaped from the gates of hell. By the end of this year, if nothing unexpected happens, his position will definitely be promoted.

Correspondingly, Luo Rui will also move up.

Seeing that He Bing was moved, Luo Rui also drank the wine in his glass.

He Bing sighed. He felt really bad, just like an old father sending his own daughter away.

The veterans of the First Squadron also became teary-eyed and toasted He Bing one after another; as for Luo Rui, they ignored him.

Li Nong stood at the door of the box, shook his head slightly, and then called Luo Rui into the box.

Lu Kangming and Yang Yunqiao were already drunk, and besides them, there were several people from the county present, all of whom were friends and had a close relationship.

After all, the county bureau’s funds are all allocated by these people. If we don’t build good relationships with them, where will the money for handling cases come from in the future?
Seeing these people, Luo Rui was not restrained. After a few rounds of toasts, several bigwigs in the county left tactfully.

There were only six people left in the box.

Several people moved their chairs and sat down next to each other.

Lu Kangming's face flushed with joy, but his expression suddenly became serious. He said to Luo Rui, "You should have heard the news. I have applied for the position of deputy captain. It will take some time before I can get it, but you can start working first."

Yang Yunqiao continued, "Our county has a population of 500,000, which is considered a large county, but homicide cases don't happen every day. As I said before, let's clear up a batch of backlogs first."

Li Nong was still the captain after all, and he complained: "Backlog cases are the most difficult to solve, especially murder cases. If they could be solved, they would have been solved long ago. Director Lu, Political Commissar Yang, I know you want to take advantage of this opportunity to increase the case-solving rate by the end of the year, but the conditions are really limited."

Yang Yunqiao rolled his eyes at him, but Lu Kangming didn't care. He said, "I know what you're thinking, kid. You just want money, right? It's not like I haven't worked on the front line before! Think about it, why did I invite those people to dinner just now? Our county bureau has not dared to carry out special operations because of money problems. Now we take advantage of this opportunity to clear up all the backlogs that should be cleared up."

Luo Rui glanced at the table. The wine bottles were all wrapped in brown kraft paper and he couldn't see any brand at all.

Could it be a special supply? He had drunk several cups before, but didn't think it tasted very good. It was far worse than Maotai.

The dishes on the plate were much more abundant than those on the tables in the hall, with only one abalone left. The big blue dragon still had one tentacle left, like a charge horn.

Lu Kangming continued: "Don't worry about the funding. I will approve it for you, but you have to produce results."

Yang Yunqiao felt that his words were a bit harsh, and immediately said to Luo Rui kindly: "With Luo Rui here, we are still very relieved."

Having said that, Luo Rui has only been in Shahe County for a short time, and he is not familiar with many of the unsolved cases. Besides, everyone knows that Luo Rui only solves current homicide cases, while old cases are the most difficult to solve because a lot of evidence has disappeared over time.

The two of them looked at him eagerly, just like Luo Rui stared at Mo Wanqiu eagerly last night, their eyes were exactly the same.

How could Luo Rui not know that this required him to sign a military order or make a promise.

This is what good leaders do. They hope their subordinates will give them guarantees and promises, and only then will they feel at ease.

But they will not promise anything easily. They always speak in a roundabout way and are very good at the art of language.

Luo Rui nodded: "I will do my best, please rest assured, leaders!"

Lu Kangming smiled and said, "That's good, that's good! But don't worry, let's start with investigating unsolved homicide cases with a history of less than five years. Once we have dealt with them, we can move on to other cases."

Li Nong heaved a sigh of relief. Murder cases that happened about five years ago were not too difficult to solve, because at that time, the quality of the police was still relatively high. They would try their best to obtain the necessary evidence, and they also had some knowledge of investigation and how to handle cases.

If you go forward, some policemen will not care about the crime scene or take any protective measures. They will go straight into the murder scene. Not only will they destroy the evidence, some will even leave their bloody fingerprints at the scene.

At that time, many technical police officers and forensic doctors protested. They either found fingerprints of police officers on the deceased or dropped cigarette butts at the scene. They did too much useless work and led the team in the wrong direction, causing the two groups to dislike each other, and insults and fights occasionally occurred.

The few people chatted with each other for a while, and Luo Rui picked up the bottle and poured himself a glass of wine.

He tilted his head, trying to see what kind of wine was wrapped in the brown paper.

Seeing this, Lu Kangming laughed, snatched the wine bottle, and tore off the kraft paper packaging. He saw that the trademark on the bottle had been torn off, but a corner was still left on the bottle.

Luo Rui was quite familiar with this trademark, it seemed to be called something like Daqu.

Lu Kangming laughed and said, "Do you think it's a special supply? Lao Yang bought this from the supermarket this afternoon, specifically to fool people. However, once you leave this private room, don't tell anyone."

Yang Yunqiao rolled his eyes: "It's more than 200 yuan, isn't it money?"

"That can't be helped. I can't just fool people with a few dozen dollars."

"No more talking. It's too late. Let's go home and rest." Yang Yunqiao stood up and took out his wallet.

Then, Lu Kangming and Li Nong also started to take out their wallets. Several people carefully counted the bills and then put them together and handed them to Lu Kangming's secretary.

"Give this money to the finance department. We will pay for this table separately. Don't use the official account."

The secretary nodded and quickly took the money in his hand.

Li Nong felt a toothache and looked at his empty wallet, saying dejectedly, "I'm out of money for this month's living expenses again."

Yang Yunqiao also felt the same way: "Who says it's not true? I don't have much money left."

Lu Kangming laughed: "Who told you two to have a son? My wife keeps a tight control on my salary, but my daughter always secretly gives me some. Otherwise, I would be like you two, looking poor and miserable."

Luo Rui asked from the side: "Don't you get your salary yourself?"

The three people turned to look at him and sighed, "Luo Rui, we can't compare to you. You don't smoke, but you can buy a few boxes of Zhonghua cigarettes for your colleagues. You are rich and arrogant.

How much money can we criminal police make?

In order to solve murders, it is common for us not to go home for a week. We don't give our wages to our wives. What do they want from you? Because you are good-looking? Because you are in good health? Because you pay more for public rations?
Life is hard for us."

Is this really the case? Luo Rui couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Li Nong quickly turned sideways, shielding Luo Rui's expression behind him, and changed the subject: "Director Lu, Political Commissar Yang, you two go first, I'll accompany them?"

"Okay, it's a rare opportunity for everyone to relax. You can enjoy the celebration banquet, but you all need to be alert tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

But at this moment, the secretary pushed open the door and walked in, reporting to the two leaders: "Director Lu, Political Commissar, someone has already bought the bill."

"You bought it alone?"

The two followed the secretary's gaze and looked at Luo Rui who was standing beside them, their eyes were a little surprised.

Luo Rui smiled and said, "I'll treat everyone to a meal as a celebration of your promotion."

Li Nong blinked and was the first to react, snatching the money that belonged to him from the secretary.

Yang Yunqiao and Lu Kangming also reached out and took their own small treasury. They stuffed the money into their wallets contentedly and then left drunk.

It is well-known that Luo Rui is rich, but few people know that he is extremely rich.

The net worth of a billionaire is real, and it's all in cash. After Gu Zhiliang was arrested, Shahe County couldn't find anyone richer than him.

After the celebration party, Li Nong and Luo Rui walked home. They were going in the same direction and the distance was not far, so they could take a walk to sober up.

Walking along the street lights and feeling the night breeze is indeed comfortable.

Li Nong glanced at him and asked, "What is your impression of Shahe County?"

Li Nong is a local. In ancient times, he was equivalent to a county lieutenant, a person who was good at both black and white.

But now we live in a society ruled by law, and Li Nong is not the kind of person who would seek personal gain, otherwise, he, Lu Kangming and Yang Yunqiao would have been operating sewing machines long ago.

At the beginning, Gu Zhiliang's account book was the first one Chen Hao got in his hand, and he remembered every stroke on it clearly.

Since Gu Zhiliang was arrested, the cash situation in Shahe County has become clear.

Luo Rui shrugged and said, "Yes, there are mountains and water, and without the Wuyuan Sand Mine, we can build a tourist attraction in the future."

Li Nong laughed and said, "You are so cunning. You are not speaking the truth."

Luo Rui shook his head: "This is where I work as a police officer. It's my second hometown."

Li Nong patted his shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Five years ago, I had a case in my hands. Due to limited conditions at the time, it had never been solved. If we want to clear the backlog of cases, I thought of putting it first."

Luo Rui stopped and turned to look at him: "What kind of case?"

The case that even Li Nong couldn't solve and had been detained for five years seemed really tricky.

However, the size of the case is not necessarily important. After all, every criminal police officer will feel a little sad about some cases. Some people, even after retirement, continue to investigate certain old cases, hoping to arrest the murderer before they die.

Li Nong did the same. He looked at the night sky and said, "This is a kidnapping and murder case, but it is also a poisoning case..."

(End of this chapter)