"How's it going? Have you gained anything this time?" Xiu En took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit it for himself. Then, as if he remembered something, he took out another cigarette and gave it to another agent in the room. .
After seeing each other for several months, Xiu En has long lost the high spirits he had when he first took office as the director of the Contraband Administration Bureau. He looks a lot more haggard. If it weren't for his exquisite clothes and decent grooming, he might still be regarded as the former one. That Xiu En.
It is not easy to be the director of the Contraband Investigation Bureau. The biggest problem is that Xiu En has always worked on the front line. If you want him to arrest someone and investigate some cases, he may be very capable, but let him work with a group of officials born to play politics. He is far from enough to compete within the framework of rules. For example, in the current case at hand, the subject of the investigation is Karul, a well-known bootlegging tycoon in Turnel City.
While Ernst's life and death were unknown and Dulin was in prison, he completely dominated the smuggled wine market in Turnel City. His words were the rules and his emotions were the market. If he is happy, there may be unlimited supply of high-altitude wine in the bar at night. If he is angry, sorry, all high-altitude wine in the bar will be limited in supply, and the price will become higher.
The huge wealth has brought Karur amazing wealth. When the wealth reaches a certain level, it is enough to interfere with politics.
For example, now, it is clear that Xiuen knows almost everything about Karul, but he just has no evidence to bring Karul to justice. Several times I almost touched Karul's butt, but he always managed to avoid it at the critical moment. This made Xiu En suspect that someone within the Investigation Bureau was selling out internal information for money. For this reason, he combed through the Investigation Bureau twice, but found nothing.
The detective who broke into Karul's smuggling group yesterday sent back intelligence, saying that Karul was going to pick up the goods at the dock, which contained thousands of boxes of smuggled wine on three cargo ships, at two o'clock in the middle of the night. After receiving this news, Xiu En immediately organized a team of twelve agents who he believed to be the most trustworthy in the investigation bureau. He also brought them two automatic rifles and told them to get the evidence. The reason why he did not lead the team in person was because when he was about to lead the team in person, an informant told him that somewhere on the outskirts of the city there was a secret warehouse where Karul hid private wine.
As he had done several times before, he missed again.
The empty streets on the edge of the city were empty, and the doors of several huge warehouses were open. When he entered, there was nothing in the warehouses, except for some glass fragments remaining on the ground and the strong aroma of wine in the air. After missing again, he placed all his hopes on another team. As soon as he returned to the investigation bureau, he called the agent in charge of the operation last night to the office.
Looking at the silent detective with his head lowered in front of him, Xiu En felt a bad feeling in his heart. He asked again without believing in evil, "Have you caught the person? Where is the goods? If there is goods, that's fine!"
The detective in front of him pursed his lips and said sorry, "We waited on the dock all night and found nothing. There was no person to pick up the goods, no cargo ship to deliver the goods, not even a ghost."
Xiu En clenched his fist, raised it as if he wanted to wave it, and then slowly lowered it. He knew that this had nothing to do with his agents. He had done this many times. Most of the intelligence was true and false, and most of it looked false. Even if some of them are true, they will end up being late for various reasons. He didn't understand what the problem was and why Karul seemed to know what he was going to do and avoid it in time every time.
He patted the agent on the shoulder and comforted him, "Our enemy is very cunning. We will try many painful failures before catching him, but I believe that no matter how cunning the prey is, it is impossible to escape the hunter." As long as he reveals a flaw, he will lose everything, and all our efforts will be fully rewarded in the end!"
"Work hard, this is not your fault, take my words to all team members!"
After the detective left, Xiuen closed the door. He walked to the window and looked at the city hall at the end of the street not far away. He had a vague idea that the reason why he could never catch Karul , must be related to the vested interests in this city. Whether it is members of parliament, the mayor, the police department, the fire department, the Bureau of Medical and Educational Security... almost everyone is on the opposite side of him.
In this city, the police are staring at him, the gang members on the streets are staring at him, and even at this moment, some people hiding in the dark are observing him standing smoking behind the glass window.
The curls of green smoke were rising, and he squinted his eyes slightly. How should he break the situation? If everyone is staring at him, and these people cannot lose control of information and intelligence, and cannot hide themselves, how can he catch Karul
Shoon felt great pressure, which came from the mayor's constant inquiries, the governor's expectations of him, and the pressure he put on himself. He took a deep breath, threw the already hot cigarette butt to the ground, and crushed it with his toes. If you can't follow the rules, then don't follow the rules!
At the same time, Du Lin, who spent a hundred days of peaceful life in prison, was finally released from prison. Being able to be released from prison early was also thanks to the warden's "care" for him. He applied to the State Prison Management Office for Dulin and others to have their sentences commuted and it was approved. The warden couldn't bear it anymore. The lives of his family members were always in the hands of others. In addition, inmates had frequently experienced "sudden deaths" and "accidents" some time ago. Some people had already questioned his management level.
Prison is a vertical management system. It is difficult for people outside the system to interfere with things within the system, but it is much easier for people within the system to interfere. In order to prevent people like Du Lin from causing anything to make him more passive in the last period of time, he simply got rid of all these troubles.
The first time he was imprisoned and the first time he was released from prison gave Du Lin a special sense of accomplishment. He looked back at the closed iron door, smiled and patted Du Fu on the shoulder. Although this trip was a bit dangerous, fortunately there were basically no major problems. Now it was his turn to take action.
During this period of time, news from the outside world had been continuously sent to Du Lin through some channels. He knew that he and Du Fo were safe now. All the mayor's energy was involved in Xiu En, and he had no time or energy to care about the fate of this little person. At the same time, he also had a rough guess about the person who might be behind the scenes. What he had to do now was to have a good meal, and then catch the person who was behind his back, and then go find the person who let him go. He spent a hundred days in jail to settle the score.
In the distance, three cars quickly approached the prison and stopped not far from Dulin and the others. Ellis couldn't help but smile and breathed a sigh of relief after getting out of the first car. During this time, he was breathing the free air outside, but he was the most tired person in the hometown association. Not only must we collect intelligence, but we must also try our best to find people who continue to pay attention to Dulin with limited resources.
Fortunately, he held on, and he paid the price with a sudden weight loss.
After a few hugs, they got into the car. On the way back, Dulin, who was sitting in the back seat, remained silent. Ellis had a lot to say, but he could only keep his mouth shut. Seeing the outline of the city appear in everyone's sight, Dulin suddenly spoke, "The free air is indeed different from the air inside. They both smell sweet when you breathe them. Ellis, I haven't met you during this time." Are you in any trouble?"
Ellis smiled and replied: "I am just a little person, no one will notice me, everything is very peaceful except for being a little tired."
"Then please tell me, who is trying to take away my most precious thing behind my back?" During this time in prison, Dulin often thought about who was most likely to attack him. After filtering through the people I had come into contact with and those I had not come into contact with but had an interest in, several people were finally shortlisted for the "Black Hand Award". He now needs Ellis to prove from the side who is the winner of this grand prize.
I have to thank the kids in the stormtroopers for this time, especially Savi. Ellis and the few remaining members of the hometown association are basically known to the forces in the city. Once they appear on the street, they will be easily noticed by some interested people. On the contrary, it is the children of the stormtroopers. People do not pay attention to these children at all, and they happen to provide them with the greatest convenience.
Two months ago, the two unlucky guys who tried to assassinate Du Lin were frightened by Du Lin and jumped off the building to seek medical parole. The moment they entered the hospital for treatment, they were targeted by several children at the same time. They never imagined that the children playing on the roadside were here to keep an eye on them, so they did not hide their whereabouts too deliberately. After about a week in the hospital, they were discharged in wheelchairs.
After being discharged from the hospital, the two first returned to their home in the south of the city to recuperate for a period of time. During this period, there was a person who often visited the place where they lived. After investigation, this person was the cousin of one of them. About a month ago, after this guy went to visit the two of them, the two angrily pushed the wheels on their wheelchairs and left the house. They first walked around a nearby park and then went to a barbecue restaurant in the city center.
About twenty minutes later, an unimaginable guy also entered the barbecue restaurant.
I was very busy flying in the middle and late afternoon. I almost kept going from the starting point in the morning to six o'clock in the evening, and I had to work overtime after I got home. After the conference at the end of the month... If I'm still so busy, I'll think about whether it's time to change my lifestyle. Hope to have some free time...
(End of chapter)