The next morning, Ren Yi reported to the Hongwu Public Security Bureau.
This sub-bureau is not far from their fire brigade. Although it does not belong to his jurisdiction, he still has some contacts at ordinary times. He doesn't know when there will be more people like Gong Yingxian here.
At the branch, he met the person who invited him to assist in the investigation—Song Bei.
Song Bei is an old policeman, and now he is the captain of the Third Squadron of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Hongwu Sub-bureau. He looks very friendly.
Ren Yi stretched out his hand: "Captain Song."
"Captain Ren, hello, sit down."
The two shook hands, and Ren Yi sat down. He looked around the office, the glass was translucent, and he could see the people coming and going outside.
Song Bei smiled and said, "I'm sorry to be the captain, I'm running here on a hot day."
"You're being polite. You are an elder, so I should tell you, just call me Xiaoren, but you also know my last name, so it's a bit embarrassing."
Song Bei laughed: "So I still call you the captain."
Ren Yi smiled and said, "I heard from our chief of staff that the case of jumping from a building has been reversed?"
"Yes, originally we were going to close the case as suicide, but a new situation has emerged recently, which may be related to an economic case, so I would like to ask you to assist in the investigation. After all, you knew the scene better at the time."
Ren Yi nodded: "I am impressed."
He remembered that it was midnight, just after four o'clock when people fell into a deep sleep, and the police suddenly came. Several young people who had just returned from dancing found a person strung up on the iron fence of the courtyard of the first-floor bungalow in the community. The blood flowed down the downhill trail all the way to the gate of the community.
When the fire trucks arrived, the man was still alive, and they cut off the fence. The ambulance sent the man and the fence to the hospital, but he died before reaching the hospital.
They all thought it was suicide, but they didn't expect that the case had changed in the past two months.
The cooperation between firefighting and police has always been quite close, because in many accidents, firefighting is the first to arrive at the scene, and in order to save people or property, they often make unavoidable damage to the scene, especially fire.
Song Bei spread the photos of the scene in front of Ren Yi, and helped him recall: "I have read your police report, please think about it, there are any special details."
Ren Yi tried his best to restore what he saw at that time based on his memory.
Song Bei asked a lot of questions earnestly, and the two of them sat in the conference room for more than two hours.
Suddenly, Song Bei asked curiously, "Are you looking at someone you know?"
"Huh? What?"
Song Bei raised his chin: "I think you look out of the window whenever someone passes by."
"Uh, I'm sorry." Ren Yi was extremely embarrassed. He plucked his hair, and immediately despised himself a little. Why was he inexplicably nervous when he thought of meeting Gong Yingxian? It wasn't him who was at fault.
Song Bei looked at his watch: "Oh, it's noon, I'm sorry for taking you so long, let me treat you to a meal."
"No need, this is all as it should be. You are also busy. My squadron is close. I will go back and eat."
"Then what a shame, let's go, there is a good restaurant nearby, and I just want to hear the story of your father, I have heard the name for a long time."
Ren Yi smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite."
"Let's go."
The two walked out of the meeting room, and when they passed the office area, they saw all the people walking out, and only one person walked against the flow of people towards them.
Gong Yingxian!
Ren Yi raised his eyebrows, and saw that Gong Yingxian was just like what he had seen the previous two times, wearing a neat suit, walking towards him with two long legs, and holding a white glove in his hand. paper bag.
The eyes of the two met, and the surprise in Gong Yingxian's eyes flashed past.
Song Beichao Gong Yingxian nodded: "Xiaogong, let's eat."
Gong Yingxian also nodded: "Captain Song." He glanced at Ren Yi, as if looking at a stranger.
"Come on, let me introduce, this is the young and promising captain of the Phoenix Fire Squadron, Ren Yi, here to assist us in investigating the jumping case, Captain Ren, this is our top student who just came last year, MIT's Ph.D. in chemistry, Gong Yingxian. "
The conversation has come to this point, but Song Bei didn't see the two shake hands for a long time, but instead stared at each other, he asked doubtfully, "You guys know each other?"
"do not know."
The two spoke in unison, speaking fast, as if they were afraid that they would lose if they spoke slowly.
Song Bei stroked his chin.
Ren Yi said: "Captain Song, let's go, I'm really hungry."
"Oh, let's go."
After Gong Yingxian walked away, Song Bei smiled and said, "What, didn't you expect that there is a policeman who looks like a star in our branch? The day he came, we lesbians almost went crazy."
"Hmm... I didn't expect that he is your subordinate?"
"Yes, you are an incredible young man, but his personality is a bit... withdrawn."
Ren Yi thought to himself, the adjective "solitary" is too polite, and he asked, "Why does everyone go out, but he goes in?"
"It's noon, everyone is going to eat in the cafeteria, he, hehe." Song Bei shook his head, "He won't eat with us."
"why?"
"He, cleanliness, only eats what he brings."
"Can you be a criminal police officer if you're so unsociable?"
"The sea is open to all rivers and rivers." Song Bei nodded his temples, "He has a good brain, can fight, is courageous, and has a lot of resources. We need all kinds of talents."
Ren Yi still couldn't help but slander, maybe he was donating the instrument to him.
"Besides, there is a reason why he is so out of gregarious, I can understand."
"Oh? What's the reason?"
Song Bei smiled, obviously not planning to say more. Ren Yi didn't ask any more, after all, it had nothing to do with him, and it seemed suspicious if he asked too much.
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After dinner, Ren Yi took the time to go home and had afternoon tea with his father before returning to the squadron.
As soon as he arrived at the squadron, Qu Yangbo called him to the office.
There were three people sitting on the sofa in the office, two men and one woman. As soon as he entered the room, all three of them stood up.
There was nothing special about the two men. The only girl was tall and slender, with short hair like a boy's. Although she had a good appearance, she didn't see the femininity of a woman, but she looked full of heroism.
Before Ren Yi could speak, the three saluted in unison: "Hi, captain."
Ren Yi also returned the gift, and then looked at Qu Yangbo suspiciously.
"Oh, this is the candidate firefighter I recruited for our squadron. Of course, you have to interview it yourself."
Ren Yi scanned the three of them once, and said, "Okay, well, it's a little late today, you go back first, and I will inform you of the interview time."
"Goodbye captain, goodbye instructor."
After the three left, Ren Yi glared at Qu Yangbo: "What are you thinking about? Female soldiers?"
"What's wrong with female soldiers?" Qu Yangbo shrugged, "Which document stipulates that female soldiers cannot be recruited?"
They are currently facing the restructuring of the fire department. Last year's new recruits will be the last batch of active-duty armed police. By the end of the year, they will retire at the same time and become professional, changing from the public security and fire department to the emergency management department. And recruit full-time firefighters.
When they recruit firefighters, they naturally give priority to those who have served in the fire brigade. As the squadron leader, he has the final authority over personnel affairs, while Qu Yangbo mainly does clerical and political work, and is responsible for early recruitment.
It's just that he never expected that Qu Yangbo would actually want to recruit a female firefighter.
Ren Yi frowned: "There are more than forty men in our squadron, is it convenient? Dear Comrade Bobo."
"Calm down, dear Comrade Yanyan." Qu Yangbo wore his trademark smile, "In September, several people will be discharged from the army. We only recruited three full-timers in half a year, which is far from enough."
"There are not enough staff, so you can't mess around."
"Why did you mess up, do you have any opinion on female soldiers?"
"I have no problem with female soldiers, but do you think this line of work is suitable for her? When she was a soldier, at least she was surrounded by women. If she came here... I was thinking of her. Does she know how difficult this road is? .”
"I think she thinks very clearly." Qu Yangbo pushed his glasses, "You haven't had an interview yet, so it's not good to deny her directly. According to my contact, she is a qualified firefighter."
"Fire fighters are on the front line, and the front line is not suitable for women."
"You are discriminatory and prejudiced."
"Don't use this to press me. You can ask several fire brigades across the country that have female soldiers. Is this a matter of prejudice? This is a matter of job type."
"We are not an ordinary squadron. We are a special service fire squadron. We should have a mind that is open to all people. Oh, by the way, she is still your junior sister, and she also graduated from the Armed Police University with a major in fire command."
This is the second time Ren Yi has heard the words "Hai Na Bai Chuan" today, but when Qu Yangbo said it, he smelled something different: "Yangbo, your brain should be clearer than mine, listen Listen to what I'm talking about now, is it human, do you have something to hide from me?"
Qu Yangbo took off his glasses, wiped the lenses slowly, and put them on again: "When the restructuring is completed, the Propaganda Department will do a series of tasks to show the new image of the Emergency Management Department to the people of the whole country. Female firefighter, do you know how much attention you can attract for our squadron?"
Ren Yi lowered his head: "The news is so well-informed, did your father tell you?"
"That's right."
Qu Yangbo is the son of a high-ranking cadre, and it seems that he was destined to be an official since he was born. Although they have been friends for many years and Qu Yangbo has helped him a lot, they still often disagree on many things.
Qu Yangbo persuaded him patiently: "Ren Yi, I know that you are worried that a girl is not suitable for such a dangerous job. Anyway, she is under your control, so you just treat her as a mascot, and just don't let her in some scenes. She wants to be a firefighter, we are short of firefighters, and she can add luster to our squadron, isn't this everyone's satisfaction."
Ren Yi looked directly at Qu Yangbo's slightly glowing lenses, but couldn't see his eyes: "What if I disagree."
Qu Yangbo smiled lightly: "As an instructor, I must have a vote."
Although the two are at the same level, according to the principle, Qu Yangbo's words carry more weight than his, at least above all.
Although Qu Yangbo didn't overwhelm him with this.
"Okay, since you have decided." Ren Yi's tone was not very good.
"Brother, I know you're not very happy, but I'm doing it for our own good." Qu Yangbo said, "I don't deny it, I want to be promoted, who doesn't want to be promoted? If you don't want to engage in politics, I have to do it for you." For our sake, I hope we can all go higher and higher. We will only be better if the squadron is good, huh?"
Ren Yi took a long breath: "Listen to you, anyway, it turns out in the end that you are always right."
Qu Yangbo patted his head and said with a smile, "You're so cute."
Ren Yi opened his claws and was about to scold him when the alarm bell rang.
He rushed downstairs quickly: "What's the situation?"
"... open the lock."
All the soldiers let out howls of collapse.
Ren Yizheng was a little annoyed, he rolled his eyes: "Send a police report."
The correspondent handed it to him, and he took out his mobile phone and dialed the police ticket: "Hello, fire brigade."
An anxious elderly female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Firefighters, when are you coming? My grandson is about to leave school, I have to cook for him!"
"Auntie, we are very unprofessional in unlocking this kind of work. I suggest you find a lock-picking company."
"Why are you looking for a lock-picking company? Can't you open it?" the aunt shouted, "The lock-picking company doesn't need money!"
"Auntie, that's it." Ren Yi said patiently, "We have three ways to open the door, which are increasing according to the level of damage, namely breaking the lock, tearing down the door, and smashing the wall. The specific method can only be determined at the scene, but most We don’t know how to open slightly complicated locks, and it’s more common to open doors. We do it for free, but it’s quite expensive for you to change locks and doors.”
"... You're not lying to me, are you?"
"I didn't lie to you. If you don't know how to surf the Internet, I can introduce you to a lockpicking company."
"You introduce to me?" Auntie raised her voice at the end, full of doubts.
Ren Yi took a deep breath: "Auntie, it only costs a hundred dollars to open a lock, and I didn't take back the deduction."
"Oh, that's fine."
"Please call 119 to cancel the alarm just now."
The other end hung up the phone.
Ren Yi crumpled up the police dispatch form and threw it to the correspondent on duty, "If anyone needs to unlock in the future, unless there is an emergency at home, this is the way to deal with it.
"yes."
Ren Yi pressed his sore and swollen temples and felt a burst of irritability, probably because too many things had happened during this period, and he also became angry a lot, and he was too unhealthy.
He decided to take a short vacation, to spend time with his dad, to meet up with friends, or to have a meeting or something.