Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 330 Sniper
"Guoan, Li Peiwen." The woman took off her sunglasses and extended her hand: "Hello, Captain Luo."

Luo Rui stood by the car without moving, with a vigilant look on his face: "Deputy."

"In my opinion, sooner or later."

Luo Rui pondered for a moment, took out his right hand from his pocket and shook hands with her.

"I heard that you are good at fighting?"

"Then maybe you heard it wrong." Luo Rui retracted his hand and put it back into his jacket pocket: "Did I call you Officer Li or Miss Li?"

Hearing this, the man next to Li Peiwen frowned.

Li Peiwen didn't care much: "We are both affiliated with the Ministry of Public Security, so we are half colleagues. You can just call me Team Leader Li."

Luo Rui followed her words and said, "Team Leader Li, did you come here specially to see me? Or did you just happen to pass by?"

Li Peiwen smiled and said, "Captain Luo, I see that you are so vigilant, you should know the nature of this case?"

"That's right, it's a spy case. On the morning of March 19, Gaoping Branch received a report that Qiu Mingjie, an old professor at Linjiang Science Research Institute, was murdered at home. Han Dong found a large amount of US dollars and Hong Kong dollars in his home.

That night, Qiu Mingjie's old classmate, Zhang Jichun, a professor at Linjiang Academy of Arts, was followed by two gangsters and jumped off the bridge.

His body was found on the evening of the 20th.”

Li Peiwen nodded: "Has Captain Luo already checked the surveillance on the bridge?"

"Yes."

"Then I wonder what you think of this case?"

Hearing this, Luo Rui shrugged his shoulders: "How can I watch it? I can just stand and watch."

Li Peiwen paused for a moment and said what he meant: "It's like this, we need to use the power of your city bureau to arrest these people."

"I'm sorry, you should tell my boss about this. I can only agree to it after the investigation documents are issued."

Seeing that he had always shown a cold attitude, the man next to him couldn't stand it and said condescendingly: "Deputy Captain Luo, you should know what department we are. You should listen to our leadership."

"I don't care what department you are in. I am only under the leadership of the Municipal Bureau." Luo Rui said to him: "If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

Luo Rui signaled to Cai Xiaojing next to him, and the two of them got into the driver's seat together and drove away.

"Ha, quite a character." Li Peiwen said with a smile as he watched the car leave.

"Team Leader, is it necessary to be so polite to him?"

"Che Yi, we have been observing him for a year. This man does not play by the rules, hates evil and has a quick mind. Two years ago, when he was kidnapped, he single-handedly overthrew a boatload of people. You have seen that video.

If you were in his situation, do you think you could survive?"

The man named Che Yi frowned and said nothing.

Li Peiwen continued, "If the provincial department hadn't refused to release him, we would have recruited him long ago. Without further ado, I'll call the leader and ask him to talk to the Linjiang Municipal Bureau. With Luo Rui here, this group of people should be arrested soon."

"Yes, team leader." The two climbed over the guardrail again and returned to the car.

……

……

Luo Rui was driving the car, and Cai Xiaojing was sitting in the passenger seat, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

Seeing her appearance, Luo Rui asked: "What do you want to say?"

Cai Xiaojing smiled and said, "It's okay. I just feel like you've changed after not seeing you for half a year."

"Really? What has it become?"

"How do you say it, tough?"

Luo Rui raised his eyebrows: "Are you talking about that Li Peiwen just now? I just don't like dealing with them. They look so superior."

“That’s what special departments are like.”

"I remembered a sentence I saw on the Internet. Do you want to listen to it?"

"What?"

"Forget it, it's better not to say anything, lest you accuse me of slandering you."

……

……

An hour later, at Zhang Jichun's home.

Lin Chen and Fang Yonghui had already arrived here and told Zhang Jichun's family about his murder.

His wife and daughter were sitting on the sofa. They had just finished crying, and there was a pile of tissues on the coffee table that had been used to wipe their tears.

After Luo Rui entered the room, the technical investigation police officers who came from the Municipal Bureau were already searching the room.

"This is the deputy detachment of our municipal bureau." Lin Chen introduced to Zhang Jichun's wife.

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman stopped sobbing, stood up, and changed her expression: "Are you the leader?"

"Please express your condolences."

"Hello, leader. I just want to ask how Lao Zhang died?"

Luo Rui glanced at Lin Chen, who shook his head helplessly.

So, he explained: “I’m sorry, this needs to be kept secret for the time being.”

Technical detective police officers were standing in several rooms, including the study and bedroom. They were wearing gloves and conducting a careful search. All the books on the bookshelf were taken down and quickly browsed through. Even under the beds, some police officers crawled in and checked carefully.

The woman asked, "What's going on? My old man was murdered, why did you police come to my house to search?"

Luo Rui asked Lin Chen: "Did you show them the search warrant issued by the procuratorate?"

"Yes, Team Leader."

Luo Rui turned to look at the woman: "It's reasonable and legal."

"What the hell is legal and reasonable? I tell you, no matter what position you hold, our Zhang is a professor at the College of Arts. He is a role model and highly respected. If you do this, I will sue you in court! Don't think we are easy to bully!"

"Okay, please."

The woman was so angry that her face turned pale. She pointed at Luo Rui's nose and wanted to curse: "You..."

Luo Rui ignored her and walked to Zhang Jichun's daughter.

"Are you Zhang Jichun's daughter?"

"it's me."

"plz follow me."

Zhang Jichun's daughter is named Zhang Ying, and she is a teacher at Yuying Primary School in Linjiang City.

Because the room was too noisy, Luo Rui came to a corner of the corridor and saw Cai Xiaojing had already turned on the law enforcement recorder.

"Zhang Ying, I am now questioning you on behalf of the Linjiang Municipal Police Department. I hope you will cooperate with our police in investigating the cause of death of your father Zhang Jichun."

"clear."

"Formal interrogation begins. Please state the name, age, occupation, and relationship between you and the victim."

"My name is Zhang Ying, I'm 26 years old... Zhang Jichun and I are father and daughter."

Luo Rui nodded. The other party did not resist like his mother.

"Do you know why your father Zhang Jichun was murdered?"

"This……"

"Just answer truthfully."

"What I want to say is, shouldn't this be the job of your police force?" Zhang Ying stared at Luo Rui with a somewhat dissatisfied tone.

Luo Rui had a blank expression on his face and followed the procedure: "We are just asking a routine question, please answer truthfully!"

"I do not know."

"When was the last time you spoke to Zhang Jichun?"

"The day before yesterday..."

"So March 19th? What time exactly?"

"Noon on the 19th."

"Where was he then?"

"My father left on the morning of the 19th, saying he was going to Huining City to meet an old friend. At noon, I called him and asked him if he would be back home that night."

"When you contacted him, did you find anything unusual about him?"

"No."

"Are you sure?"

At this point, Zhang Ying's tone became increasingly dissatisfied: "I don't know what you want to ask. How did my father die? You should tell me, not me."

"Did Zhang Jichun tell me the name of the friend he met?"

"I don't know!"

Luo Rui asked a series of questions, but Zhang Ying's answers were of no help to the case.

On the morning of the 19th, Qiu Mingjie was murdered at home, and a large amount of US dollars and Hong Kong dollars were found in his residence.

At this time, Zhang Jichun had just left home. Who was the old friend he wanted to meet?
Could it be Qiu Mingjie?

If Zhang Jichun really wanted to see Qiu Mingjie, then did Zhang Jichun know that he was killed?
Where was Zhang Jichun in Huining City during the entire day of the 19th? What was he doing? Did he meet with certain people?

In addition, late at night on the 19th, when Zhang Jichun returned to Linjiang City, the Audi car he was driving was followed by two gangsters and was intercepted on the bridge. They then jumped into the Linjiang River and drowned.

Zhang Jichun must have met someone in Huining City, because the autopsy report showed that he had been drinking before his death.

What exactly did the two criminals want to get from Zhang Jichun?
What was the reason that led Zhang Jichun to resolutely seek death?
Why was Qiu Mingjie killed?
Luo Rui stood there, thinking rapidly.

If Qiu Mingjie is really a spy, then would Zhang Jichun also be turned against the government?

Luo Rui thought of Li Peiwen, whom he met this morning. She must know more inside information than he does.

But from another perspective, Zhang Jichun’s murder might have nothing to do with Qiu Mingjie. He was not a spy, but was just found by two gangsters.

However, judging from Li Peiwen's statement that he wanted to cooperate in the investigation, Zhang Jichun did not seem to be so clean.

Luo Rui thought so and felt that it was necessary to go to Huining City and investigate in detail Zhang Jichun's movements on March 19th.

"Do you have anything else to ask?"

At this time, Zhang Ying's voice broke Luo Rui's thoughts, and he asked: "Does your father Zhang Jichun like to drink?"

Zhang Ying frowned slightly at the inexplicable words, but she still replied: "He seldom drinks, but he drinks with friends when he goes out for social events."

"Okay, thank you."

"Officer, can I ask how my father died? Who killed him?"

Luo Rui stared into her eyes: "I can only tell you that it's better for you not to know."

Then, a leading technical police officer came out and whispered to Luo Rui: "Deputy Captain, there is no safe in Zhang Jichun's home, and no suspicious clues have been found."

"I understand. I'll contact the Technical Investigation Team and ask them to check the bank account of this family. You guys can leave first..."

However, at this time, Fang Yonghui walked in quickly from outside and whispered in Luo Rui's ear: "Luo Da, I found out from the property management that Zhang Jichun has another family."

"Another home? What do you mean?"

Fang Yonghui glanced at Zhang Jichun's wife and daughter, and then said, "The beautiful girl is hidden in the golden house, in the building opposite."

"In the same community? Are you sure?" "Yes! Room 4, Building 1002, is owned by Zhang Jichun. There lives a young mother and son. The property security guard also said that the mother and son are both raised by Zhang Jichun."

Luo Rui looked at Zhang Jichun's wife. Seeing that she couldn't do anything to Luo Rui, the woman was harassing Lin Chen, hoping to stop the technical police from searching the house.

"Does Zhang Jichun's wife know about this?"

Fang Yonghui shook his head: "I heard from the security guard that they met in the community. As for whether they knew each other, it is hard to say."

Luo Rui quickly called Cai Xiaojing and Lin Chen over. After the four of them discussed for a while, Fang Yonghui and Lin Chen stayed here to get confessions from the mother and daughter.

Luo Rui and Cai Xiaojing brought four technical investigation police officers to Room 1002 of Building No. .

Fang Yonghui had already made arrangements, and two uniformed police officers were stationed at the door.

"Deputy Captain Luo, Captain Cai." The leading police officer greeted.

Luo Rui nodded slightly: "What is the name of the woman living in this room?"

"We just asked the residents next door. The woman's name is Meng Jiayao, but the child's name is unknown."

"Okay, knock on the door."

"Understood." The policeman responded, then walked to the door and rang the doorbell.

Soon, a young woman's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"From the police station."

As soon as the policeman opened his mouth, Luo Rui covered his forehead with his hands. He couldn't even check the water meter. He was so honest.

Sure enough, there was silence behind the door for a moment, and then a woman's voice came: "What do the police want from me?"

"Please open the door, we are here for the census."

"I'm sorry, my husband is not at home. Please come another day."

"Please open the door. We will ask a few questions and leave. The owner of the house does not necessarily need to be present."

"I told you to come back another day."

The policeman was at a loss and looked at Luo Rui who was standing next to him.

"Bump the door!"

The police officer said in embarrassment: "Isn't this against the rules? We don't have a search warrant. If we force our way in..."

"What are you talking about? I told you to bang the door, so bang it!"

The police officer still didn't move, looking embarrassed. After all, he was working at the grassroots level, and although there were people who did not abide by the law, if he was caught by someone with ulterior motives, his career would be ruined.

Seeing that the two policemen in front of him did not respond, Luo Rui sighed, took two steps back, rushed over and kicked the door.

The first kick didn't work, so he kicked it a second time, but still didn't work.

The woman in the room started shouting: "Are you police officers? What do you want to do? If you force your way in, I will call the police!"

Luo Rui ignored her and looked at the two policemen beside him: "What a fool! The owner of this house is Zhang Jichun. We have a search warrant for him. We can search any house under his name!
Why are you still standing there? Come and help me!"

As he was speaking, a policeman ran up and stood with him.

"I'll count to one, two, three, and kick together!"

"One, two, three! Kick!"

Two people rushed over at the same time and kicked the door together.

With a "bang", the door was kicked open.

Cai Xiaojing was well prepared. She was the first to rush into the entrance hall and ran to the living room, but there was no one there.

At this time, Luo Rui ran into the master bedroom facing the community, and the bedroom door was locked.

"Damn it!" He cursed and kicked out again. The bedroom door was thin, so he kicked it open with one kick.

I saw a young woman climbing down the window with a three-year-old child tied to her back.

Luo Rui ran over and saw a bed sheet twisted into a hemp rope tied to the windowsill. The woman was holding a flyer in her hand, which fell on the air conditioner unit below.

But the bed sheet was only two meters long, and the woman had no way of getting down.

Seeing a head popping out from the edge of the balcony, the woman shouted in panic: "Don't come over here! If you come over again, I will jump down!"

"Don't be impulsive!" Luo Rui stretched out his hand to hook her, but he couldn't reach it. The child behind the woman started crying loudly.

Seeing this, Cai Xiaojing immediately called the two policemen down: "Quick, follow me downstairs!"

At this moment, Luo Rui extremely regretted asking the two policemen to knock on the door.

If I hadn't told the woman my identity and had just tricked her, breaking into the house wouldn't have been that difficult and I wouldn't be facing this situation now.

"Meng Jiayao, listen to me. This is the tenth floor. If you fall down, both you and the child will die. If you don't want to think about yourself, you should also think about the child." Luo Rui persuaded.

The woman looked downstairs. The height of the tenth floor was nearly thirty meters. If she fell down, she would be crippled if not dead.

The child she was carrying on her back was still crying and screaming.

"Stop the fucking noise. If it weren't for you, little thing, I would have run away long ago!"

Luo Rui tried to bait her with words: "Meng Jiayao, do you know that Zhang Jichun is in trouble? Why did you run away?"

As he spoke, he noticed that the woman had a blue travel bag slung around her waist, which looked heavy.

"Meng Jiayao, don't be impulsive. I'm the deputy captain of the Linjiang City Criminal Police Detachment. Listen to my advice. As long as it's not a murder case, you still have a chance to live. You don't have to die with your child. The child is innocent."

The woman looked up at him and blurted out, "You are not from Guoan?"

"I just said that I'm from the Criminal Police Division of the Municipal Bureau."

The woman hesitated for a moment and then said, "You will definitely hand me over to Guoan."

Luo Rui asked knowingly: "Why should I hand you over? What on earth did you do?"

"I……"

"Meng Jiayao, Zhang Jichun is dead. His body is in the funeral home. You should know who killed him. Your only way out now is to cooperate with our police and make things clear.

You are still young. As long as you are not involved in murder, your crime is not punishable by death. Do you understand?"

Meng Jiayao bit her lip, struggling in her mind.

At this time, Cai Xiaojing had already run downstairs and was organizing police officers to get an inflatable mat from the property management.

Not only that, a group of people in black suits ran in from the community gate.

Luo Rui took a look and found that the leader was Li Peiwen, whom he met in the morning.

Taking this opportunity, Luo Rui stretched his hand out of the window: "Give me your hand, I'll pull you up."

Meng Jiayao stared at him: "Can I trust you?"

"You don't have to believe it. You should understand your current situation better than I do."

This ambiguous sentence made Meng Jiayao feel depressed.

The child behind her was still crying. At this moment, she no longer felt upset, but felt distressed for the child's future.

Finally, she made up her mind and reached out her hand.

Luo Rui grabbed her right hand and said, "Hold the child. I'll pull you up."

Hearing this, Meng Jiayao reached behind her with her other hand and held the child's body.

Luo Rui pulled her up with all his strength.

However, at this moment, Luo Rui's eyes were suddenly stabbed.

His vigilance since he became a police officer made him stunned immediately. Then his heart sank and he looked up at the building opposite.

The building opposite is thirteen stories high, and behind this building is a high-rise hotel.

All the windows on the hotel's exterior were closed, with only one window open.

But the distance was too far and Luo Rui couldn't see clearly.

Then...

Meng Jiayao's body shook, and the crying child behind her suddenly stopped moving.

Meng Jiayao felt something was wrong, reached behind her, and took a look. It was blood!

Her palms were full of blood!

Then her body trembled again.

Seeing this, Luo Rui stretched out his hands and dragged her up, shouting to Cai Xiaojing downstairs: "There's a sniper in the hotel opposite! Shoot!"

Just as he finished speaking, a bullet hit the windowsill, creating a hole in the aluminum window.

Downstairs, Cai Xiaojing hadn't heard clearly yet, but Li Peiwen, who was standing next to her, had already understood. She quickly stepped back a dozen steps and looked towards the hotel opposite.

"Shooting! There's a sniper!" She shouted and hurriedly led people out of the community. While running, she turned back and said to Cai Xiaojing: "Quick, contact the SWAT detachment! Tell them to come as quickly as possible, don't let anyone escape!"

Cai Xiaojing immediately took out her cell phone and ran towards Luo Rui in the corridor while making a call.

The elevator didn't come down, so Cai Xiaojing turned around and ran up the stairs next to her.

She ran to the tenth floor in one breath. In addition to contacting the special police detachment, she also notified the ambulance and called Fang Yonghui and others in the opposite building to come quickly.

When he rushed into Room 1002, Luo Rui had already pulled Meng Jiayao up.

Cai Xiaojing swallowed her saliva: "Are you...are you okay?"

Luo Rui fell on the bedroom floor and looked at Cai Xiaojing: "Hurry up and notify Li Peiwen to block the hotel across the street. The sniper should be in a room on the 20th floor or above."

"I understand." After seeing that Luo Rui was not seriously injured, she quickly made a phone call.

Luo Rui turned over and saw that Meng Jiayao was frightened and her face was pale.

The child behind her was no longer moving, so Luo Rui quickly untied the straps wrapped around her back.

He suppressed his accelerated heartbeat, held his breath and held the child in his arms.

There were two holes on the three-year-old boy's back. Luo Rui touched the child's heart and found that it had stopped beating.

"How's my son?"

At this time, Meng Jiayao turned over with difficulty and wanted to touch the child, but she was also covered in blood.

Luo Rui quickly put the child down and saw bright red blood coming out of Meng Jiayao's chest.

The bullet fired from the hotel across the street pierced through the bodies of the mother and daughter.

Luo Rui took a deep breath and immediately reached out to press her wound.

"The kid is fine, you have to hold on!"

"No, I want to see him..."

Luo Rui forced himself to calm down: "Meng Jiayao, I'm telling you now, Zhang Jichun was forced into the Linjiang River by two gangsters and drowned; and on the morning of the 19th, Qiu Mingjie was also murdered at home, and Guo An found a large amount of US dollars and Hong Kong dollars in his home.

Tell me, what did you do?"

"I……"

"At this point, do you still want to hide it? Do you know that someone wants to kill you?!"

"The USB drive, the one stolen from the research institute!" Meng Jiayao's face was pale, her eyes were dazed, and tears were overflowing from the corners of her eyes. After coughing a few times, she forced herself to speak again: "Give the child's body to Qiu Mingjie's family. The child... my child is his!"

Hearing this, Luo Rui was startled: "What USB drive? Where is the USB drive hidden?"

Meng Jiayao could no longer speak...

(End of this chapter)