"Money... what money?" Cai Wan's voice trembled.
"When your father fled, he brought 300,000 yuan with him." Gong Yingxian said expressionlessly, "He said I'll ask you about the rest."
"Impossible!" Cai Wan said excitedly, "It's impossible for him to say that."
Ren Yi raised his eyebrows.
Gong Yingxian pretended to flip through his notebook: "That's what he said, he asked me to ask you, where is the rest of the money?"
Cai Wan lowered her head and slowly wiped her tears.
Gong Yingxian waited for a long time, then knocked on the table: "Raise your head and answer the question."
Only then did Cai Wan raise her head, she sniffed, and looked like she was about to cry: "I don't know what he means, and I don't know what money is left, he wants to burn brother Zhen to death, pretending to be an accident, brother Zhen All the money was taken by him.”
"Only 300,000 yuan?" Gong Yingxian said, "The new drug you are using has just been released on the market, and you need to mix three kinds of drug-making raw materials. I heard that this is a very luxurious way to use it, not just anyone. Can get it. At the same time, Tao Zhen spent more than 30,000 yuan in the Fourth View in just half a night, and he only has this money?"
"How would I know? He has always been generous with his money. I know he has money, but I don't know how much." Cai Wan said quickly.
"Cai Wan, we will conduct a more in-depth investigation and interrogate your father. If his testimony is different from yours, neither of you can escape."
Cai Wan took a deep breath, looked straight at Gong Yingxian for the first time, her eyes were red, "I lied at first because... you, you have a father too, right? You can understand me, right?"
Ren Yi secretly took a look at Gong Yingxian, he had just learned about Gong Yingxian's childhood experience from Gong Feilan, although Cai Wan's words were unintentional, they would definitely make Gong Yingxian feel very uncomfortable.
But Gong Yingxian's face didn't fluctuate at all, he just stared straight at Cai Wan.
"But you all know everything now, and my father was also arrested. What I said now is true." Cai Wan cried, "He lost a lot of money in gambling and owed usury. I really didn't expect that, he would do something like this."
"Aren't you completely ignorant?"
Cai Wan shook her head vigorously.
"You told him that you are in the fourth perspective."
"Yes, but I didn't know he was going to do such a thing."
"Then how did he get Tao Zhen's money?"
"I lived in Tao Zhen's rented house for a while, and he visited me."
Ren Yi couldn't bear it anymore, and said coldly: "So, you don't know anything, but you just happened to provide Cai Zhiwei with all the conditions to do all of this."
Cai Wan looked at Ren Yi tremblingly, and then began to cry again: "I don't know, I didn't set the fire, I really don't know." She was crying, and suddenly without warning, she started scratching and pulling herself hard. hair, and yelled like crazy, the two of them were startled.
This withdrawal reaction came too suddenly, no matter how you looked at it, it seemed to be faking.
Gong Yingxian and Ren Yi looked at each other, got up and left the interrogation room.
The two leaned against the corridor, feeling a little dazed for a moment.
Ren Yi said in a low voice, "Now I really want to have a cigarette."
"You still smoke?"
"I smoked in school, but I quit when I entered the squadron." Ren Yi licked his lips, "I just want to calm down."
"why."
"Why?" Ren Yi stared at Gong Yingxian, pointed to the door of the interrogation room, and said with agitated tone, "You ask me why? This woman is probably an accomplice. She has been playing tricks on us for so long. After a while, she lit a cigarette butt. The curtains were accidentally knocked over the alcohol lamp for a while, a stranger did it for a while, Tao Zhen did it for a while, and finally her own father did it, she is innocent anyway! As the only survivor in that box, only she knows best What happened, but everything she said may be false."
Gong Yingxian said in a deep voice: "Yes, and the worst thing is, if Cai Zhiwei doesn't testify against her, we currently have no evidence to prove that she has committed crimes other than drug use."
"So you still ask me why." Ren Yi cursed, "Use your intuition to tell me, do you think she is an accomplice?"
"The law doesn't trust intuition. Maybe she's an accomplice, maybe she's not, and unless proven otherwise..."
"Then look for it. Evidence will definitely be found. Whether she is an accomplice or not, the victim's family should get the truth."
Gong Yingxian rubbed between his brows wearily, and nodded: "I will continue to investigate."
Ren Yi sighed: "At least we have identified the real culprit now, and this month's hard work was not in vain."
"Go back." Gong Yingxian looked at Ren Yi.
"Will you notify me of any progress?" Ren Yi also looked at him, "Notify me as soon as possible, and I will leave if you promise."
"it is good."
Ren Yi still looked at Gong Yingxian, took a few steps backwards, and suddenly stopped: "Sleep more, the body is the capital of revolution."
Gong Yingxian was startled slightly.
Ren Yi waved his hand, turned and left.
Gong Yingxian watched Ren Yi's back until he disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
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On the first day of school, the Phoenix Squadron received a call from students. However, the police were not at the school, and the students did not call 119. Instead, they ran into the squadron directly, saying that a child was locked in a car on the side of the road.
After autumn, the temperature is not as fierce as in summer, but it is still hot, and the temperature inside the airtight car is likely to be 40 to 50 degrees, not to mention children, adults can't stand it.
So they took the lightest tool in the history of the squadron, and sent out the shortest policeman in the history of the squadron—and ran across the street with a window breaker.
The two teenagers pointed to a black car: "Uncle is that one, we just found it when we passed by."
Ren Yi lay on the car window and looked in. On the rear baby seat, there was indeed a child, about one or two years old, biting his hands and crying.
"Did you leave a phone number or something?" Sun defined and walked around to the front of the car.
"What a fart call." Ren Yi said to Ding Qing, "You come to attract her attention."
Ding Qing tapped the car window with his hand, made a face, and made the child turn his face towards him.
Ren Yi walked around to the other side, and pushed the window breaker against the corner of the window glass. When the firing pin flicked, the glass shattered with a crash.
Ren Yi stretched his hand in and opened the car door. Just as he was about to take the child out, he heard a loud shout from behind: "What are you doing!"
As soon as Ren Yi turned his head, he saw a man running over in a hurry: "What are you doing!"
"Is this your car?" Ren Yijian frowned, "Is this your child?"
"Of course it's mine!" The man pushed Ren Yi away, looking angrily at the shattered car window.
"In this weather, you left a baby in a sealed car?" Ren Yi gritted his teeth and asked sharply, "Who are you to the child?"
"This is my daughter!" the man said angrily, "I'll just go to the toilet, and it's only five minutes. Who are you, who told you to meddle in your own business!"
The two students looked at each other, looking at Ren Yi nervously.
Sun Definition pointed to the opposite squadron: "We are firefighters, sir, you have done a very stupid and dangerous thing, which may cause..."
"Stop fucking farting!" the man yelled, "I only need to go to the bathroom, don't you care about my own daughter more than me?! My car is so expensive, do you pay for the window? Do you pay for the fire brigade? ?”
Ren Yi held back his anger: "We are here to save your daughter. You are irresponsible and put the child in danger. You have to get out of the car temporarily and at least leave her a window."
"I said I just went to the toilet, what can I do for a few minutes? What happened to my daughter? Ah?" The man grabbed Ren Yi, "Look for yourself, she is fine. What about my car window, you Speak."
Sun Definition came over and glared at the man: "Let go of our captain."
"Oh, it's still the captain, isn't it? To scare someone, did you smash the window to show that you are particularly useful? What about the window? You need to pay for damage to other people's property. If you don't pay, I'll call the police."
Ren Yi shook off his hand and looked at him condescendingly: "Call the police, follow the normal procedures, and who should pay the compensation."
The man flushed with anger: "I will call the police, I will sue you! I will sue you!"
Ren Yi raised his legs and walked away, but when he passed two students, he stopped.
The two teenagers looked at him guilty, as if they had done something wrong.
Ren Yi said softly: "You have done a very good job. If someone needs help in the future, you will do the same thing, understand?"
The two nodded vigorously.
After returning to the squadron, Sun Defined cursed and complained a lot.
Ren Yi was also very angry. He knew that when the incident was brought up to the police, and then transferred from the police to the fire department, he would have to write an inspection and be punished, but he couldn't swallow this breath for a while.
He planned to vaccinate Qu Yangbo first. Anyway, Qu Yangbo will handle this matter in the end. As soon as he picked up the phone, the ringtone rang, and Gong Yingxian's name suddenly appeared on the screen.
Ren Yi's heart trembled violently. It had been another week since Cai Wan was interrogated at the sub-bureau last time. What was the progress of this call? Will there be good news? He answered the phone nervously: "Hello?"
"Captain Ren, the bar fire case is about to be closed." Gong Yingxian said straight to the point, his voice was low and even a little depressed.
"What? So fast?" Ren Yi was surprised, "How is the investigation going, Cai Wan, and the money?"
"Cai Zhiwei killed everything because he did it. Except for the 300,000 yuan, we couldn't find any other money."
Ren Yi was startled: "You mean, there is no evidence to prove that Cai Wan is an accomplice?"
"No." Gong Yingxian said slowly, "There are small discrepancies in the two people's testimony, but it's not enough to testify against Cai Wan. As long as they don't admit it, there's nothing..."
"There is no way?" Ren Yi's anger rose to his heart, "That woman is probably one of the murderers who killed twenty-nine people, so you just let her go?"
"The case was urgently urged. Cai Wan didn't have any clues, but Cai Zhiwei's evidence was solid. Under such circumstances, the squadron made a reasonable decision and handed it over to the Procuratorate." Gong Yingxian let out a long breath, "Closed the case." gone."
Ren Yi said angrily, "The case is closed? Just close the case like this? If you catch Cai Zhiwei, you plan to hand in a job? If Cai Wan is also an accomplice and let her go free, those victims..."
"I can't help it." Gong Yingxian said with a heavy tone, "We have procedures, orders, and laws. Without evidence, you can't frame others based on intuition or guesswork." His voice was full of reluctance. anger.
Ren Yi's whole body was stiff, and his scalp was numb, he couldn't tell what was going on in his heart at this moment.
That's right, they can't frame others based on intuition, but in case, in case, Cai Wan is an accomplice, should she be allowed to escape the punishment of the law like this.
But what else can they do
Ren Yi suddenly felt powerless all over, unable to say a word anymore, he hung up the phone silently.
At this time, Qu Yangbo knocked on the door panel, leaned against the door frame, and looked at him quietly.
Ren Yi also looked at him with a very ugly expression on his face.
Qu Yangbo said: "I heard from Sun Yifei, let me handle this matter. You are not in a good mood now, and you are not suitable for commanding. It is useless to stay here. Why don't you go home."
Ren Yi nodded, walked to Qu Yangbo's side, and shook Qu Yangbo's shoulder: "Thank you."
Qu Yangbo comforted him: "My brother, why are you being polite."
Ren Yi went straight downstairs and walked home. Qu Yangbo is right, the commander cannot go to the front line with emotions, he needs to calm down now.
When I got home, Aunt Wang had just cooked the meal. She said unexpectedly, "Oh, Captain Ren, why did you come back suddenly and didn't make a phone call? I didn't cook your meal."
"It's okay, auntie, I'm not hungry."
"Wait, I'll cook two more dishes."
Ren Xiangrong was watching TV and glanced at him, "Why are you back suddenly?"
"I was busy a while ago, so why don't I hurry up and come back to see you?" Ren Yi smiled at Ren Xiangrong. Every time he steps into this house now, it's like flipping a coin. He doesn't know whether he will meet a normal father or a sick one.
Fortunately, his dad is normal today.
Ren Xiangrong seemed to have noticed something: "Why, is there something wrong with the squadron?"
"It's all trivial, nothing major, Yangbo will take care of it."
"Oh, how is Xiao Qu recently?"
"pretty good."
"Xiao Qu is an amazing kid. He is smart and has a high EQ. Like his father, he will definitely go higher in the future."
"Yes." Ren Yi sat next to Ren Xiangrong, just chatting a few words like this, he felt his mood slowly calm down.
This is the power of home.
The three had a happy meal, and after the meal, Aunt Wang went to clean up, and Ren Xiangrong and Ren Yi continued to chat about the squadron. Ren Yi once had the desire to confide in Ren Xiangrong, his irritability, his anger, his confusion, his unwillingness, he had no one else to talk to, but he still held back, after all, he was already an adult.
But Ren Xiangrong noticed something: "Ren Yi, what happened to you today, did something happen?"
"Really not." Ren Yi smiled, "I just write reports all day long, which makes my brain hurt."
"Oh, I don't like writing reports either, but you are a cadre, so this is necessary." Ren Xiangrong smiled, "You, please be content, you can still use computers to write reports now, we all wrote by hand in the early years, I'd rather train all day than write reports all day."
"Me too, it's so annoying."
"Hey, let me show you the report I wrote back then." Ren Xiangrong pointed to the TV cabinet, "Take out those cardboard boxes inside."
"Oh, your baby." Ren Yi walked over and opened the TV cabinet, looking at several old shoe boxes: "Which one is it?"
Ren Xiangrong said: "I don't remember, bring them here."
Ren Yi carried several shoe boxes over and put them on the tea table.
Ren Xiangrong opened the lid, and it was full of old materials, yellow with age, and a box full, he picked up the top one, "Look, the format back then was different from now. It was all photocopies or drafts, the originals were on file at the fire station, and then they became electronic."
Ren Yi picked it up and looked at it, then sneered and said, "Old Ren, your word is too ugly, who can understand it."
"Why can't I understand it." Ren Xiangrong rolled his eyes at him, "The report I wrote back then was used as an example for all squadrons to learn from."
"It was after you became the captain."
Ren Xiangrong scolded with a smile: "Get lost."
Ren Yi opened other shoe boxes: "I remember that there is still your photo album inside."
When the third one was opened, there were indeed several thick photo albums inside.
"Yeah, you've seen it when you were young." Ren Xiangrong picked up a photo album and flipped through it casually, "This photo, oops, when was it taken?"
Ren Yi glanced at a photo of Ren Xiangrong leaning on the fire engine, who seemed younger than himself now.
Ren Yi also picked up a copy and slowly flipped through it. He had seen some of the photos when he was a child, but he didn't have much memory of some of them.
When I turned to the last page, what was sandwiched between the plastic sheets was not a photo developed on film, but a black and white photo cut from a newspaper. On the screen is a gray-faced firefighter holding a child in his arms. Neither of them looked at the camera. It was obviously a snapshot, but half of the child's face was nestled against the firefighter's dirty combat uniform, forming a picture A picture that touches the soul.
"Dad, is this you?"
"This..." Ren Xiangrong took the photo, looked at it carefully, and nodded, "Yes, I remember it."
"When did the accident happen, who reported it, why don't I remember it?"
"You lived on campus when you were in middle school, maybe you didn't know it." Ren Xiangrong sighed, "This accident is really tragic."
"What?" Ren Yi looked at the photo again. Because of the shooting angle, light and time, the child's face in the old newspaper was not clear, but he could still tell that he was cute.
"Do you still remember Baosheng Chemical Factory?"
"How could I not remember?" His father was buried under the rubble during the Baosheng chemical factory explosion accident, and that was his second-class rescue, which he will never forget in his life.
Ren Xiangrong said with emotion: "I remember it too, I will remember it unforgettable for the rest of my life."
Ren Yi patted Ren Xiangrong on the shoulder.
"Less than a year after the chemical plant explosion, I called the police." Ren Xiangrong gently stroked the photo, "This little boy's house caught fire, his parents and his sister died, only he survived. "
Ren Yi frowned deeply, looking at the child in the photo, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"This child is very young, about six or seven years old. He is very beautiful and his family is very rich. A big villa burned down. It's too miserable." Ren Xiangrong shook his head.
Ren Yi sighed, "It's too pitiful."
"I found out afterwards that the fire was set by the male master."
"What?" Ren Yi asked in surprise, "His father set the fire?"
Ren Xiangrong nodded.
"why?!"
"His father is the chairman of the group to which the Baosheng Chemical Plant belongs. After the explosion of the chemical plant, he has been under investigation and the group is also facing bankruptcy. He was on bail at the time. I heard that he committed suicide due to the pressure."
Ren Yi stared blankly at the photo. At this moment, his cell phone rang suddenly. It was a new message from Gong Yingxian.
Ren Yi opened the message, and there were only two simple words on it: Thank you.
Gong Yingxian's handsome and indifferent face suddenly appeared before Ren Yi's eyes, but he knew that that person's heart was not without waves. The case ended in such a way that even he felt aggrieved and angry, how could Gong Yingxian, who handled the case himself, be reconciled.
He suddenly felt a little regretful and got angry at Gong Yingxian.
"You were young at the time, so you probably didn't pay much attention to it. People in our era knew about it, and it was a sensational news across the country." Ren Xiangrong continued, "This person is called Gong Mingyu. The chemical plant exploded and died. There are many people, and ordinary people can't bear such a blow, but the child is innocent."
Ren Yi's attention was still on the text messages, and the occasional messages caught in his ears made him stiff: "What..."
"what?"
"That person, what's his name?"
"Gong Mingyu? It should be this name, anyway, the surname is correct, this surname is quite special."
Ren Yi felt cold all over, he tremblingly said: "Which... Palace?"
"Palace of palaces."