Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 307 Is this how you catch the murderer?

Fukang County, Shipan Village.

Lu Peng put away his phone and looked at the crowd with a frown. These people were all villagers who were watching the excitement from the outside. When they saw the police surrounding Lao Niu's house, they thought it was a big deal and talked about the suspect's name one by one, pointing fingers from time to time.

Tang Kai asked, "Director Lu, who's calling?"

"Luo Rui." Lu Peng narrowed his eyes. "This guy said that he found a suspect whose hometown address is in Changqiao Township, Pingyang County. He wants our local police station to assist them in the investigation."

Tang Kai raised his eyebrows: "Suspect? Are you kidding me? What can they find? They probably saw that we were about to catch the person, so they were anxious and tried all kinds of methods."

"That's not necessarily true. Don't underestimate this man." Lu Peng has dealt with Luo Rui quite a few times.

Last year, in several consecutive cases, especially when searching for the suspect of K301 in Fengya Mountain, they in Pingyang County were determined to catch the suspect, but all the suspects were arrested by Luo Rui without exception, and they got nothing.

Not to mention, Luo Rui discovered a case within a case from the K301 train murder case, and finally brought the serial killer hiding on the train, Lan Hanwen, to justice. Lan Hanwen has already made a fortune.

Not to mention, the subsequent temple cellar imprisonment case was also solved by Luo Rui and his men, but the former Pingyang County captain Yao Quan has been suspended...

Lu Peng looked at Tang Kai who had just taken office. If Yao Quan hadn't encountered problems when arresting the suspect, how could this guy have taken the position?

"Captain Tang, can you personally take people to Changqiao Township to take a look?"

Tang Kai frowned, looked at the group of policemen gathered in the field, and said helplessly: "Director Lu, the serial murder case that happened in Pingyang County and Fukang County is about to be caught. If I let it go now, won't all the credit go to Fukang County?"

Lu Peng raised his eyebrows and thought about it. This was the critical moment. As the captain of the criminal police brigade of Pingyang County, if Tang Kai left, he would not be able to do the arrest mission himself.

"Okay, there's no rush anyway." Lu Peng nodded: "Let's go and see how their interrogation is going."

Upon hearing this, Tang Kai's brows relaxed. He immediately stepped aside, followed Lu Peng, and got into the crowd.

At this time, the two elderly people were pressed into chairs, facing many criminal police officers. Although these people had gentle expressions, they were full of momentum and the sense of oppression was very strong.

The two elderly people were obviously frightened and didn't know where to put their hands.

Dong Jianmin is also a veteran criminal policeman. Veteran criminal policemen usually have two faces when treating suspects. Sometimes they will explain the policies to you gently, more affectionately than to their own wives and children. If you refuse to cooperate, they will scare you and coax you. Even if you have committed a minor crime by fighting, they will make you feel that it is more serious than murder or arson.

However, at this time, because there were propaganda police officers from the ministries and commissions carrying cameras and filming him, Dong Jianmin did not dare to be too harsh and could only talk about policy.

"Uncle, aunt, listen to me. We are looking for your son to ask him to cooperate with our police investigation. As long as he explains the matter clearly, there will be no problem."

"What if I can't explain it clearly?"

The old man's face was frozen. His wife beside him opened her mouth and was about to speak, but was stopped by his hand.

The old woman looked terrified as the words came to her mouth.

Dong Jianmin gritted his teeth and said, "You are old now. You should understand that you are right to protect your son, but you are also guilty of harboring a criminal and you will go to jail."

The old man's face was livid, but he still said nothing.

Dong Jianmin sighed and stood up.

At this time, several police officers pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the front. One of them reported: "Director Dong, we have asked the neighbors of this family. Their son is indeed named Niu Qiang. He is unmarried, 40 years old, divorced, and has a daughter who lives with his ex-wife. In addition, this Niu Qiang is a doctor at Shahe County Hospital."

Hearing this, Dong Jianmin perked up: "Are you sure?"

The police officer said: "I can confirm it. I asked several households and they all said the same thing."

Then, several inspectors in white robes ran out of the house.

These people were holding several pairs of shoes, including worn-out sneakers, rubber shoes, rain boots, etc. He said excitedly: "Director Dong, I found it, all the size 41 shoes are here!"

Before Dong Jianmin could say anything, Lu Peng rushed over.

He pulled the on-site investigation policeman he brought with him to his side and said, "Hurry up and take a look to see if the footprints are the same as those in the three cases in Pingyang County."

Dong Jianmin wanted to get angry, but he held himself back.

The on-site surveyor of Pingyang County quickly took out several sheets of photocopied paper from the documents he was carrying.

Several people placed the shoes neatly on the concrete floor, and a group of people squatted down and compared them one by one.

These papers are imprinted with the footprints left by the murderer when he committed the crime.

Seeing Xiankan frowning, Lu Peng urged, "Can't you see it or what? Hurry up and say something, everyone is waiting!"

Xiankan carefully observed the soles of the sneakers, then looked at the soles of the rain boots, comparing them with the footprints on the paper.

After a long while, under everyone's attention, he mentioned the worn-out sneakers. "In 97, at the scene of Zhang Feng's murder, the murderer's footprints were trampled by the crowd. After the provincial department's technicians restored the footprints, they found that they were very similar to the pair of sneakers..."

"Similar?" Lu Peng frowned and said, "Can't you be more specific?"

The investigator ignored him and picked up the rain boots next to him. He looked at the pattern on the rain boots again and said, "This pair of rain boots appeared at the scene where Zheng Xueqing was murdered in 98. Because it was snowing at the time, the footprints were well preserved. So, yes, this person should be the murderer!"

The on-site investigation finally concluded the case, and the onlookers all breathed a sigh of relief.

But the two old people sitting next to them burst into tears, especially the old woman, who sobbed and wailed loudly.

People's joys and sorrows are not the same, Dong Jianming just felt it was noisy.

He straightened his face, stood in front of the camera, and began to issue orders: "Comrades, the serial murders that occurred in Pingyang County and our Fukang County have been proven to be the murderer of Niu Qiang after everyone worked hard for many days without sleep. He is a doctor in Shahe County and the County Hospital. Now we will arrest him immediately!

Criminal Police Team, go to the hospital immediately, act quickly, don't let him run away!

The police officers from the local police station continued to visit the village and collect statements from people who knew the situation, but they had to make sure that no one in the village would tip off Niu Qiang and let the news leak out.

Criminal investigation personnel went to Niu Qiang's home to collect physical evidence and confirmed the case for me!"

The police officers from Fukang County responded enthusiastically and left quickly.

Lü Peng, who was standing by, didn't care that the video was being recorded. He quickly shouted, "Mr. Dong, how do we arrange the criminal police in Pingyang County? I'm telling you, you can't eat alone! This murderer has also committed crimes in our Pingyang County!"

Tang Kai also echoed: "Director Dong, our Director Lu is right. It's not fair for you to exclude us!"

The two men talked about it, but they didn't dare to act rashly. If they managed to grab the credit, it would be fine. But if they failed and the case was ruined because of the dispute between the two sides, they would both be held responsible.

Dong Jianming coughed quickly and glanced at Ding Wei, who was staring at him with interest with his arms folded and a smile on his face.

Dong Jianmin really wanted him to turn off the camera, but he didn't have the authority to do so. After all, he was a cadre of the ministry, so he had to give him some face. If the propaganda officer on his side pointed the camera at his face, he would have lost his temper long ago.

Seeing Lv Peng, Tang Kai and a group of Pingyang County police officers staring at him with eyes as if they were tigers devouring people, his old face turned red and he was about to speak when his cell phone rang.

He stretched out his hand and waved, meaning that he should answer the phone first.

Tang Kai was getting impatient waiting on the side, and whispered to Lu Peng: "Director Lu, we can't be so passive. Since this Dong guy doesn't give us face, then we don't have to give him face. Let's act alone and arrest people directly. As long as we catch Niu Qiang and bring him to Pingyang County for trial, the credit will be ours."

Lu Peng was about to nod, but the cell phone in his pocket rang. He quickly took out his phone and saw that it was a call from his old lover Lu Kangming.

He hesitated for a moment, then picked up the phone.

Before the other party could speak, Lu Pengxian said, "Lu Baldhead, if you want to accuse me, I don't have the time to argue with you. Let me tell you, the identity of the murderer B has been confirmed. Although we have your help in this case, we have narrowed down the scope of the murderer, but this murderer committed the crime in our two counties. Don't blame us for leaving your Shahe County aside."

Lu Peng said the ugly words first, and waited for the other party to curse, but who knew that Lu Kangming sneered on the phone: "Hehe, Lu Huzi, you are so eloquent, what you said is really reasonable. Wait, I will send you a photo. By the way, is Dong Jianmin, the ungrateful wolf, with you?"

Lu Peng frowned, not knowing what tricks the other party was playing: "We are here, what's the matter? Do you still want to report us to the higher-ups? Let me tell you..."

Unexpectedly, the other party hung up the phone before he could finish his words.

Lu Peng's heart was in turmoil. He held the phone in his hand and stared at the screen without blinking.

Tang Kai urged: "Director Lu, what are you waiting for? Give the order. Otherwise, if Fukang County really gets there first, I will go and arrest them right away. As long as we act fast enough, I don't believe it..."

He suddenly stopped talking here.

Afterwards, QQ ringtones began to ring on the cell phones of all the senior police officers present, including Dong Jianmin. The ringtones kept coming one after another, which was quite abrupt.

Tang Kai narrowed his eyes and looked at Lu Peng opening a photo from QQ.

"These two people...I seem to have seen them somewhere before?"

Lu Peng's heart sank, his hands trembled, and he couldn't help but say, "Are you blind? These are two police officers from Luo Rui's criminal team!"

Tang Kai said "Oh", stretched out his hand, pointed at the handcuffed man sandwiched between the two men in the photo, and asked with clear eyes: "This man seems familiar too."

Lu Peng thought he was teasing him and couldn't help but squinting at him: "This guy is more than familiar. Isn't this the person you want to catch?"

Before Tang Kai could react, he heard Dong Jianmin, who was standing next to him, wailing and almost threw the phone in his hand.

"This... Isn't this Niu Qiang? This is..." He shouted incoherently. He never expected that the suspect he wanted to arrest would be caught, and was arrested by the criminal police of Shahe County.

Lu Peng sneered: "That's right, this is the sweetheart you want!"

When Ding Wei heard this, he hurried forward, leaned over and took a careful look.

Earlier, when searching the house, Niu Qiang's photo was also turned out. At this point, there was no doubt that the person in the photo was Niu Qiang!
Ding Wei swallowed his saliva, slapped his thigh, and wanted to curse in his heart.

I had originally been planning to film the arrest scene with great interest, and I thought that the large number of police officers from the two counties in front of me must have gained something. Little did I know that I was actually wrong.

Seeing that the murderer had been arrested, he could no longer sit still. He glared at Dong Jianmin fiercely, then shouted to his subordinates: "What are you still standing there for? Follow me!"

Then, the group trotted away without even saying hello to Dong Jianmin.

Tang Kai on the side swallowed his saliva and said, "Did Luo Rui really catch someone? How did he...how did he know that Niu Qiang was the murderer? We worked so hard for a long time, but got nothing."

Lu Peng sneered again. He looked at Dong Jianmin, and then said to Tang Kai: "I told you not to underestimate this man. Haven't you heard of Luo Yanwang's nickname? The murderer can naturally fall into his arms!
I don't know how Lu Kangming got so lucky that he actually got such a criminal investigation genius!"

Seeing Tang Kai still standing there stupidly, he snorted in dissatisfaction: "Let's go. Why are you still standing there stupidly? The murderer has been caught, and we still have to shamelessly beg him!"

Just as Lu Peng finished speaking, Dong Jianmin suddenly stood up and ran to the ridge of the field, and stopped the car on the opposite side of the road.

Lu Peng was startled, and then he also started running, cursing: "You are so good, Dong Jianmin, you run faster than a rabbit! Baldy Lu is right, you are an ungrateful person."

Because Shipan Village was Niu Qiang's hometown and the main place where he committed crimes, most of the on-site investigators and police officers stayed behind.
According to the timeline of the murderer's crime, they had to conduct the necessary visits and search for physical evidence. Only a few leaders drove to the Shahe County Bureau.

Tang Kai was driving the car, and Lu Peng was sitting in the back seat, constantly urging him: "Step on the gas, drive faster!"

Tang Kai said helplessly: "Director Lu, this is already very fast. If we go any faster, we will be speeding!"

"What are you afraid of?" Lu Peng leaned forward and glanced at the police car that was accelerating in front of him. In the car sat Dong Jianmin and his gang. "If you delay things, you'll be criticized!"

Tang Kai gritted his teeth and said, "Then you better sit tight!"

In the police car in front, Dong Jianmin glanced at the turning mirror and saw Lu Peng catching up with him. He made up his mind, took out his cell phone and called the traffic police team directly.

"Hello, I'm Dong Jianmin. That... there's a car from Pingyang County that's speeding and driving dangerously. The license plate number is... find someone to stop it, and hurry up!"

The policeman driving next to him couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard what he said.

Is it necessary to complain in your heart? We are all on the same front. If you do this, you will offend others.

After Dong Jianmin put down his phone, he saw what the boy was thinking and couldn't help but said, "You don't know anything. If we move faster and hand Niu Qiang over to Fukang County for investigation, how much funding can we get for solving this major serial murder case?

The funding of our county bureau is tied to the crime solving rate. Besides, a case of this magnitude will be on TV, and we can’t let those people say anything bad about us when they report it. We have to eliminate the negative impact!”

The policeman said "hmm" and nodded quickly, but he didn't agree with it in his heart. This was completely contrary to his original intention of joining the police force.

Of course Dong Jianming could see that this guy was somewhat disgusted, but he couldn't say anything else. The new policeman who was sent to drive for him must have a more complicated identity.

When the car was about to leave Fukang County, two traffic police cars came towards them, passed them and directly stopped Lu Peng's car behind.

Dong Jianming was delighted and looked back, only to see Lu Peng jumping out of the car with his mouth open, as if he was scolding him.

Dong Jianmin didn't care and was very happy.

Not long after, they arrived at the Shahe County Bureau. Dong Jianmin jumped out of the car, without even closing the door, and ran straight to the Criminal Police Team building.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lu Kangming and Yang Yunqiao sitting leisurely in the chairs next to him.

Two old guys, each holding a thermos cup, one drinking strong tea, the other drinking wolfberry soaked water.

Dong Jianming was panting and out of breath, and he immediately broke into a smile.

He pulled a chair over to the side, sat down, and said in a sweet voice, "Director Lu, Political Commissar Yang."

Lu Kangming and Yang Yunqiao exchanged glances, and both of them sneered in their hearts.

Dong Jianmin knew clearly what was going on. As soon as he entered the room, the two old foxes were sitting by the door. He looked up and saw that there was a large conference room inside the door. There was no police officer at the moment. Needless to say, they must have been sent away by the two men.

It's obvious what they want to do.

Dong Jianmin had previously left Shahe County aside and went on his own to investigate and arrest people, which was indeed very dishonorable and unkind, but he did not expect that in the blink of an eye, he would come to the door for help.

But no matter what, he had to swallow his pride to ask for help, so he said sincerely: "Director Lu, the tea in your cup looks like second-grade tea, not a good tea. I will send you two boxes in two days, you can taste it..."

"Commissar Yang, we haven't seen each other for half a year? You still look so young. Your wolfberry is not authentic. You bought it randomly in the market, right? Tomorrow, I will send you a can of black wolfberry. This stuff is good. It is more expensive than red wolfberry. It can nourish the kidney and essence, prevent cancer, protect the liver and improve eyesight, improve vision, improve circulation, strengthen the body, replenish blood and calm the mind, improve sleep, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and lower blood sugar... cough cough..."

Dong Jianming spoke a long paragraph in one breath as if he was speaking a jingle. He held his breath, felt short of breath, and coughed several times.

Yang Yunqiao couldn't bear it. He was a decent person and couldn't bear to hear this. If Lu Kangming hadn't dragged him over, he really didn't want to come. But there was no other way. To talk about this kind of thing, there had to be a witness.

He glanced at Lu Kangming, who took a sip of tea slowly and spat out the tea crumbs stuck on his lips with two "Puh".

Seeing him like this, Dong Jianmin felt so angry that his teeth were itching, but he had no choice but to bear it.

Lu Kangming raised his head calmly and said with a smile: "Boss, I see your eyes are red and your face is tired. You must have stayed up all night, right? We are not in a hurry. You should go to sleep and we can talk when you wake up."

Dong Jianmin finally got the upper hand. Seeing the murderer right in front of him, how could he sleep? He waved his hands repeatedly: "Director Lu, don't beat around the bush. Now that you have arrested the murderer B, tell me, what are the conditions for handing him over to me?"

Hearing this, Lu Kangming blinked and glanced at his old friend.

Yang Yunqiao turned his face away and pretended not to see it.

Dong Jianmin was anxious and continued, "Old Lu, stop pretending. Tell me what the conditions are. As long as I can give them, I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

"I know you're anxious, but don't worry." Lu Kangming put down the thermos cup and took out his phone from his pocket: "Although we caught Niu Qiang first, we have to interrogate him first. After all, this person is closely related to murderer A, so we can't hand him over to you right away.

If, I mean if Niu Qiang had not committed a crime in our Shahe County, this person would definitely be handed over to you..."

Yang Yunqiao asked kindly, "Old Dong, you should understand that this case is so big and the number of victims is so large. It is the most serious unsolved criminal case in Haidong Province since the millennium.

The city or the province will definitely send someone to take over. What's the point of you fighting over it?"

Dong Jianmin quickly shook his head: "That's wrong, Old Yang. We all know that the transfer will definitely take place, but who it is transferred to is the most important."

Yang Yunqiao curled his lips and stopped talking. This Dong Jianming seemed to be obsessed.

Lu Kangming laughed and played with his phone: "Well...I'll call the interrogation first to see how it's going?"

"Okay!" Dong Jianmin raised his hand to check the time, calculating when Lu Peng would arrive.

But who would have thought that when Lu Kangming pressed the phone, Lu Peng's voice came out: "Old Lu, don't agree to the ungrateful old boss. How about this, I'll give my Audi car to you in Shahe County and hand the man over to me?"

"Oh, sorry, I pressed the wrong button!" Lu Kangming laughed awkwardly and said quickly, "Look at my hand. How come I played the recording of the phone call between me and Lu Huzi!"

Hearing this, Yang Yunqiao covered his eyes and turned his head away.

Dong Jianmin's face turned pale. He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Two, I'll give you two cars!"

"What brand?" Lu Kangming asked cheerfully.

“Honda!”

"Honda is good, Honda has enough power, but..." Lu Kang was obviously embarrassed: "But I promised Lu Huzi before."

Dong Jianmin's face turned pale. After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, he gritted his teeth and said, "Two cars, including a year's fuel cost! Lao Lu, this is already a good deal. We are a poor village in Fukang County and can't afford it!"

Lu Kangming waved his hand righteously: "Look at what you said, it's been passed around, but they are all assets of our police force. It doesn't matter if you use them or I use them. Okay, let's make it a deal. After we catch murderer A, murderer B will be transferred to you!"

Lu Kangming stood up with a smile and stretched out his hand.

Dong Jianmin was filled with hatred. He resisted the urge to curse and touched Lu Kangming's palm. He said in a deep voice, "Take me to see the suspect!"

"Okay, you are the BOSS." Lu Kangming teased and walked downstairs with a relaxed gait.

Dong Jianmin followed him all the way to the interrogation room. During the visit, he saw that there were only a few police officers on duty in the building and the corridor of the interrogation room was also empty.

He couldn't help but ask, "We caught such an important suspect, but you guys don't seem to care much?"

Lu Kangming smiled and said, "What's so exciting about this? Aren't they all criminal suspects? Haven't we seen enough of them?"

Dong Jianmin was a little suspicious: "Um...where is your precious child Luo Yanwang?"

"Oh, you mean him? He went to catch the murderer A!"

Upon hearing this, Dong Jianmin froze in his place: "What?! Have you found this person?"

Lu Kangming nodded: "Yes, this murderer A, his real name is Qian Hao, his hometown is Pingyang County, but he is not in Haidong Province."

Lu Kangming didn't say much else. He pointed to the interrogation room and said, "Look, the person you want is in there."

Dong Jianming was a little dazed. He and Lu Peng from Pingyang County had worked for two days and two nights to finally determine the identity of the suspect, but Luo Rui arrested him first. Not to mention, the murderer A was about to be arrested.

Who is this Luo Rui? Why is he so awesome?

The more Dong Jianmin thought about it, the more upset he felt. Why didn't he have the luck to get such an awesome subordinate? He had been working hard for a whole day and two nights, running around, but for what?
(End of this chapter)