Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 247 Piranhas Under the Water

The autumn sun has sunk below sea level, leaving only the afterglow shining on the sea.

A yacht rises and falls with the waves in the mottled light and shadow.

Seagulls spread their wings above the beach, swooping down from great heights in groups and flying over the heads of the crowd with light and graceful gestures.

In the front yard of the villa, Luo Rui was sitting in a chair and could see all of this.

He held a can of beer in his hand, took a sip, and looked at Nong Ying who was sitting next to him.

"Sister Ying, Uncle Nongshan has already told me about Zhang Xun. Can you tell me in detail what happened to Zhang Xun?"

Nong Ying was wearing a blue and white sportswear and her shoulder-length hair was tied into a ponytail at the back of her head.

She brought her knees together and rested her hands on them.

Luo Rui had never looked at her face carefully before, but only then did he realize that Nong Ying's profile looked very much like a singer from Xiao Ri Zi, Izumi Sakai, and even their personalities were similar, melancholy, calm, and a little shy.

Nong Ying raised his head, pursed his lips, pondered for a while, and replied: "He was a retired soldier, and later worked as an auxiliary police officer for a few months. Because of his good work performance and his popularity in society, he was arranged by the Anti-Drug Brigade to be a special agent, that is, an informant.

Three years ago, he suddenly disappeared and Team Liao couldn't find any trace of him. Later, Team Liao arrested a number of people. These people all said that Zhang Xun was a gangster and had embezzled the money of his superiors, a total of several million.

Some people say he is dead, others say he fled the country with the money. I am not sure about the details, I just know that he disappeared in the past three years.

Luo Rui nodded slightly. If Zhang Xun was assigned by the police to be a special agent, then he must have some outstanding qualities. The so-called "outstanding qualities" meant that he was a bit like a gangster, able to fight and cause trouble, and his background might not be very clean.

Luo Rui thought about it and decided that Qi Lei and Tian Guanghan were suitable candidates for special investigation in the special criminal team. They looked like gangsters and big brothers in society, unlike Fang Yonghui and Chu Yang, who graduated from police academy.

Those who have been reformed in prison university can smell the smell on them with their noses.

"Just based on this, Liao Kang and the others believed it?"

"At that time, Team Liao found a lot of hidden cash in Zhang Xun's home, but that was only part of it. The remaining two million yuan was missing, along with Zhang Xun's passport and ID card."

"Zhang Xun's passport was not collected?"

After asking this question, Luo Rui felt that he had broken his promise, and there were some things he didn't dare to say more.

"Are there any photos of Xun?"

"some."

Nong Ying took out his cell phone, flipped through it for a while, and then handed it to Luo Rui.

He took the phone in his hand and found several photos saved in the private album of QQ space.

One is a photo of Zhang Xun when he joined the army. He was wearing uniform and running in the training ground.

One of the photos was of him when he was discharged from the army, wearing an auxiliary police uniform, with a wicked smile on his face.

The last photo seemed to be taken before Zhang Xun joined the army. In addition to him, Nong Ying is also in the photo.

Both of them are not very old, probably only about seventeen or eighteen years old, and the background is a photo studio.

The two people stood together, shoulder to shoulder, looking very unfamiliar, but actually very close.

Zhang Xun seemed to want to hug Nong Ying, but he couldn't let go and felt a little restrained.

Nong Ying seemed to be staring at the camera, but out of the corner of her eye she was watching Zhang Xun.

Her eyes were smiling like crescent moons, there was a hint of smile on her lips, and her movements were very cautious.

Just as Luo Rui expected, Zhang Xun did look a bit ruffian, and his facial expression was very rebellious.

Even if he wears a uniform, he can't hide his street thug temperament.

There was indeed a reason why Liao Kang asked him to be a special agent.

But at the same time, Nong Ying, such an introverted and pretty girl, could not forget such a person for so many years. This made Luo Rui feel that it was better for men to have some ruffian spirit.

Luo Rui returned the phone to Nong Ying: "When was the last time you met him?"

"December 2004, 12, 24 p.m."

"You remember the time so clearly?"

"That day was Christmas Eve...we went to see a movie." Nong Ying was about to smile, but he immediately suppressed it.

"Oh? What movie did you watch?"

"Ambush from all sides." Nong Ying replied.

Luo Rui was a little surprised. On Christmas Eve, shouldn't two people who love each other watch a romance movie?

Luo Rui had never seen this movie and didn't know what it was about, but the movie was very famous, so even if he hadn't seen it, he had heard of the name of it.

"Did you buy the movie tickets?"

Nong Ying shook his head: "No, Zhang Xun bought it in advance, but on that day, he didn't show up until half an hour after the movie started."

"Okay! I understand."

There is a lot of information that needs to be understood, and this case is a case of the city's anti-drug detachment. Luo Rui has no say in it. If he really intends to restart the investigation, there are too many twists and turns.

Luo Rui finished the last sip of beer, crushed the can in his hand, and said, "Do you want to reopen the investigation?"

Nong Ying stared at the beer in her hand, the pull ring had not been opened yet. She stared at it for a long time, then raised her head and stared at Luo Rui's face.

"I hope to find him. Even if he's dead, there has to be an explanation, right?"

Luo Rui looked at the desire in her eyes and nodded.

"I'll ask for you, but this is a case involving the city's anti-drug detachment. Although we are in the same system, we are under different jurisdictions. I can't guarantee what the final outcome will be."

"Thank you." Nong Ying nodded.

Luo Rui saw a hint of smile in her eyes, although it was only a fleeting one.

the next morning.

Luo Rui parked the car, then took a cardboard box from the trunk and walked towards the county bureau building.

People passing by greeted him and he nodded in response.

For Luo Rui, there is no difference between Shahe County Bureau and Haijiang Branch Bureau, both are units he is familiar with.

Of course, he also understood that this was just his subjective impression.

He trotted all the way to the director's office.

Everyone in the corridor glanced at him, especially at the thing in his arms, everyone was a little curious.

Mr. Luo, the things you gave away are of great value.

And in broad daylight, so blatantly?
In the office next to Wei Qunshan, the secretary saw Luo Rui and quickly pulled him in.

"Team Leader Luo, what are you doing?"

No one dares to look down on the leader's secretary, who is even a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister.

"Chief Pei, what can I do? Doesn't Director Wei like fishing? This is a set of fishing gear given to me by someone else. I don't have time, so I'll send it to Director Wei right away."

Everyone else calls him Secretary Pei, but Luo Rui calls him Section Chief Pei, which makes Old Pei feel warm.

He immediately advised, "Team Leader Luo, you know that we have been repeatedly told not to do this."

Luo Rui said in embarrassment: "What should I do then?"

"How about this, you go in by yourself now, don't bring anything with you. If there's anything, I can help you talk to Director Wei in private."

Luo Rui's eyes rolled around, and then he understood what Lao Pei meant.

Don't underestimate a secretary. When asking someone to do something for you, no one goes directly to the leader. Instead, they look for people around the leader, and things usually get done.

Luo Rui nodded clearly and put the box under Lao Pei's desk.

"The box, I'll take it away later." After saying that, Luo Rui pointed into the box.

Secretary Pei looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he nodded in understanding.

Luo Rui walked straight to Wei Qunshan's office door and knocked twice. Then a voice came from inside.

After he opened the door and walked in, he saw Wei Qunshan sitting on the guest sofa, and opposite him sat his old acquaintance, Liao Kang.

Seeing Luo Rui, Liao Kang stood up and nodded slightly.

Wei Qunshan didn't move and didn't even look at him.

Luo Rui grinned at Liao Kang, then came up to Lao Wei.

"Reporting to Director Wei, Luo Rui is here to report on his work."

"What's wrong? You can't sit still and want to find a case?"

"Yes!"

Wei Qunshan didn't ask Luo Rui to sit down, so he had to stand.

"There are eight people in the special criminal team. We can't just sit there doing nothing every day, right? Besides, we agreed to stay here for half a year. We have to go back to Shahe County in March next year. We want to solve a few more cases at the end of the year so that we can relax during the New Year."

Wei Qunshan snorted coldly and pointed at the sofa impatiently: "Sit down and talk."

Luo Rui chuckled, bowed to Liao Kang, and then said to Wei Qunshan: "Director Wei, are you familiar with the beach villa?"

"I don't know shit." Wei Qunshan glanced at him: "What's wrong?"

"Let me tell you, my dad and the foreigner next door to my house found a fishing spot in the bay yesterday. The water flow there is very stable, and it is also where tuna are found.

My dad was so happy. He never thought there would be tuna in the bay. How could they catch them with their fishing rods? Those fish weighed dozens of kilograms. My dad and Mike are buying equipment and are preparing to go out to sea on a yacht to fish for tuna this weekend. "

Hearing this, Wei Qunshan moved his butt, an excited look appeared on his face, and he raised his two hands quietly from the armrests of the sofa, then gently put them down.

Then, Lao Wei calmed down and said, "Just tell me what you want from me. Don't beat around the bush!"

"My dad and Mike are not good enough. They asked me to go with them, but I don't have time on weekends. Director Wei, if you are free on weekends, would you like to take your grandson out to sea? Can you give my dad and Mike some guidance?" Luo Rui continued to flirt without directly answering the question.

Wei Qunshan coughed twice, feeling a little distracted, but his face remained indifferent.

Seeing that the situation was almost heated, Luo Rui said, "It's like this. I came to see you, Director Wei, because there is a case happening to me, but it's not under our jurisdiction, and the type of case is not something that criminal investigation police should get involved in..."

Having said that, he glanced at Liao Kang and found that he winked at him.

"Uh... Director Liao is here too. This case is from your city's anti-drug detachment. There's a man named Zhang Xun, who should be the special agent you recruited before. His girlfriend is Nong Ying..."

When he said this, Liao Kang immediately interrupted him.

"Luo Rui, I'm here for this matter. This case has been shelved for three years because the target we have been trying to catch has not been arrested yet, so it is not easy to investigate openly. I have just discussed with Director Wei and would like to borrow the power of your special criminal team to investigate this case together."

Luo Rui opened his eyes wide: "I'll go, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Wei Qunshan sneered: "Tell your dad, I happen to be free this weekend."

Luo Rui rolled his eyes immediately. Liao Kang continued, "Director Wei has already agreed. Originally, this case should be investigated in cooperation with Chen's Criminal Investigation Team, after all, it is related to several homicide cases, but Chen's team has been too busy recently, so I came here."

Luo Rui didn't believe this. Nong Shan and his daughter were introduced to him by Liao Kang, and Nong Shan was his old squad leader when he was in the army. Nong Shan must have looked for him.

Damn it, Luo Rui secretly complained in his heart, Nong Shan didn't even explain things to him clearly, so he had to flatter Wei the fox.

I didn't expect that I would be fooled by the other party.

I spent all day hunting eagles, but today I got my eye pecked by an eagle!

There are no tuna in the bay. I just made this up. I can't just go and sell a few and ask my dad to put them on the hook for Wei Fox, right?

Well, who cares? Everyone cheats here and there anyway, and you’ll get used to it after doing it so many times.

Ten minutes later, Luo Rui and Liao Kang left the director's office and met at the end of the corridor.

Liao Kang whispered, "Luo Rui, this case is not an ordinary case. The reason we are looking for you is because we consider your ability."

Luo Rui looked at him seriously and asked, "Is this group of people more powerful than Zhang Jun from Xianlin Fishery?"

Liao Kang straightened his face.

“If we have to make a comparison, Zhang Jun and Gu Zhiliang’s gang is like crocodiles floating on the water. They can be seen and touched. As long as we tie their mouths, it is not difficult to catch them.

But this group of people are like piranhas under the water. You can’t see them or touch them. We haven’t even found out who the leader of this group is.

We investigated for five years and used several special agents, but we only caught some peripheral personnel and could not reach their core circle at all. "

Luo Rui blinked: "So amazing? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"This is different from the homicide cases you solve. It needs to be kept secret. It's normal that no one has heard of it."

"I see, what do you want to do?"

Liao Kang thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll send you the information when I get back. You can take a look at it first. I'll discuss it with Director Hu. Tomorrow morning, you can come to the Municipal Bureau and we can have a meeting first."

"Okay!" Luo Rui stood up.

After Liao Kang left, Luo Rui returned to the criminal team's office.

Qi Lei and Tian Guanghan were standing in front of the window, smoking comfortably. There were a lot of cigarette butts thrown into the potted plants by the window by the two of them.

Fang Yonghui and Chu Yang were writing files, while Su Mingyuan and Yang Bo were operating the computers.

Cai Xiaojing was sorting out the documents with a look of impatience on her face.

After seeing Luo Rui coming back, she raised her head and said angrily, "Team Leader Luo, can you tell those two people not to smoke in the office?"

"Uh……"

Cai Xiaojing's voice was so loud that Qi Lei and Tian Guanghan both heard it, and they quickly put out their cigarettes.

Luo Rui glared at them and said, "What? You two don't want to listen to what Captain Cai said?"

Qi Lei chuckled: "That's not true. Captain Cai was not in the office before, so we..."

Tian Guanghan laughed twice and touched his bald head: "This won't happen again! We got it."

Luo Rui turned to Cai Xiaojing and flattered her, "Look, they are so self-aware. Don't bother with these two rough guys. It's understandable that they relax occasionally."

Cai Xiaojing glared at the two of them and said, "Purge the cigarette butts from the potted plants."

Qi Lei and Lao Tian hurriedly squatted down to pick up the cigarette butts, and the money tree in the pot shook.

Fang Yonghui and Yang Bo smiled at each other, and Chu Yang said, "Team Leader, what case are we going to investigate next?"

"Don't worry! If nothing else, let's watch a movie first."

After Luo Rui finished speaking, he said to Qi Lei, "Old Qi, draw the curtains and let's watch it on the projector."

"what?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Watching a movie at work so early in the morning?
Who gave you the courage?

Cai Xiaojing was also confused and bewildered.

Others began to cheer, thinking that anything that broke the routine was like a spice in the boring daily work.

Su Mingyuan asked curiously: "Team Leader, what movie are we going to watch?"

Chu Yang: "Mission Impossible? Starring Tom Cruise, this movie is good."

Qi Lei curled his lips and said, "In real life, there are no such awesome people. I think it's better to watch some realistic movies."

Chu Yang was not satisfied: "Then what are you looking at?"

Qi Lei laughed: "I have an idea..."

"Get out!" Cai Xiaojing cursed unceremoniously.

"Captain Cai, you misunderstood. I was talking about Infernal Affairs."

Luo Rui was too lazy to pay attention to them. He looked at Chu Yang and said, "Find a movie online called House of Flying Daggers. Let's watch it."

"Okay! I'll find some resources." Chu Yang immediately started operating on the computer.

Everyone thought that Luo Rui would definitely find a movie related to their profession, but they didn't expect that he would find such a costume film.

So, in the office building of the Haijiang Branch, the police officers from other departments were busy with their work, but the police officers from the criminal team were watching the movie in a happy mood.

During this period, Du Feng came once. After seeing what they were doing, he frowned, but didn't know what to say.

After that, Qi Lei quickly moved a stool and blocked the door to prevent outsiders from coming in.

Everyone knew that Luo Rui would not ask people to watch a movie for no reason. There must be something behind it.

Everyone didn't relax like they would in a movie theater, but instead stared at the screen intently.

Luo Rui folded his arms, not blinking.

After the movie ended, Qi Lei cursed it as a bad movie.

Others didn't feel much either. The film mainly tells the story of two constables played by Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro, tracking down and fighting against an underground organization called Feidaomen.

But the core is the love, hate and vengeance between the two protagonists and the blind girl played by Zhang Ziyi.

If you want to say it's a bad movie, it is true. It's not bad, but the core of the movie is too low-level.

The genre is actually similar to Infernal Affairs, both of which tell stories about undercover agents, but the latter does not simply talk about love, and the film is of a higher level.

Three years ago, Zhang Xun and Nong Ying watched this movie together, and there was indeed something fishy about it.

Zhang Xun's identity is a special agent. Does he want to use this movie to tell Nong Ying about his identity? Or something else?

In the movie, Andy Lau plays the role of a constable, who is Takeshi Kaneshiro's superior. It was he who asked the latter to go undercover and find the address of the Flying Knife Sect in order to catch them all in one fell swoop.

But in fact, Andy Lau was also an undercover agent of the Feidao Sect.

Zhang Xun’s superior is Liao Kang.

Did he want to tell Nong Ying that there was something wrong with Liao Kang?
Damn it! Luo Rui reasoned like this in his mind and was suddenly frightened.

Liao Kang is the captain of the city’s anti-drug brigade!
If this is ruled out, what else is there?

The blind girl played by Zhang Ziyi?

The leader of Feidaomen is also a woman.

Did Zhang Xun mean that the leader of this gang was also a woman?
Apart from this, Luo Rui couldn't think of any other hidden meaning.

When the curtains were drawn open, the light pierced Luo Rui's eyes and he came out of his thoughts.

No one else said anything, waiting for Luo Rui's instructions.

"There is a case, the details of which are still unclear. This time we have to cooperate with the city's anti-drug detachment. If you have no other plans this afternoon, everyone should go to the underground shooting range and practice your marksmanship."

"Ah? Are we going to jump out and handle the case this time?" Fang Yonghui cheered.

Qi Lei seemed a little listless: "Don't be happy too soon, didn't you hear what Luo Da said? This case is very dangerous, and you might lose your life!"

Fang Yonghui rolled his eyes at him and said, "Tsk, are there any policemen who are so afraid of death as you are?"

Qi Lei curled his lips and said, "You are too young! The cases of the drug enforcement team are big cases! For us criminal investigators, most of the murderers are fledglings who are committing crimes for the first time. At most, they have a knife in their hands. Even if they have a gun, it is useless. Those drug dealers are not good guys. They have guns and ammunition in an organized way!"

Fang Yonghui disagreed: "Oh, it's not like we haven't come across such cases before. How did Zhang Jun and Gu Zhiliang fall in the first half of the year?"

"How can it be the same? They fell because the higher-ups wanted them to fall. That's the general trend! This case, I think, is quite dangerous!"

Luo Rui heard them arguing and quickly waved his hand: "Stop arguing, it's settled, everyone go back to your own business."

In the afternoon, Liao Kang did not fax the information over.

When it was almost time to get off work, Luo Rui received a call from the other party.

"Hey, Luo Rui, this case has just been reopened and there are some clues. Time is running out, so I can't tell you in detail. But a big fish has emerged. I'll tell you an address. Bring your people here to find me!"

"Okay! Send the address to my phone."

After hanging up the phone, Luo Rui called the team members who were preparing to get off work, and the group drove two cars to the suburbs of Tianhe District.

It gets dark very early in the late autumn nights, and the further you drive towards the suburbs, the fewer vehicles there are on the road.

When he arrived near Baita Park, Luo Rui did not see Liao Kang and no one answered the phone.

So they drove another kilometer forward, and then they saw three cars parked in the middle of the road.

Two SUVs sandwiched a silver van.

A group of people jumped out of the SUV, all holding guns in their hands.

"Don't move!"

"Hold your head, hold your head!"

"Keep your hands off the wheel!"

……

"He has a gun!"

"Damn, there's a gas tank in the car!"

……

Luo Rui and his group got out of the car quickly. Just as they were about to move forward, they heard fierce gunfire...

This case sounds exciting, I hope the trial won’t be too harsh…

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(End of this chapter)