Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 367 - 259: I Need to Borrow Someone

Night fell, and two Santana cars slowly drove up to the river embankment.

Criminal Investigation Captain Wu Ren Guang and Major Case Captain Xu Mingyuan got out of the car and joined Director Yang and Deputy Political Commissioner Sun Jiawen, who had come from the front car, walking along the floating bridge onto the dunship.

Han Yu had been waiting for a long time and hurriedly welcomed the three leaders and their senior brother up to the second-floor meeting room.

By all accounts, they should have reported back at the bureau, but Old Ding went to help with the duty shift at Four Factory Police Station, and Old Zhang’s father was sick and hospitalized; there was no time to visit the hospital during the day, so he had to check on the old man at night.

With only three police officers in the squad, now reduced to Han Yu alone, he couldn’t leave his post, so he had to report the situation over the phone.

Director Yang couldn’t believe that someone would actually attempt to retaliate against public security police officers. As soon as he received the call, he notified Wu Ren Guang and Xu Mingyuan, and without even taking time for dinner, they hurried to Bailong Port.

Han Yu reported the situation concisely and then added in a low voice: "Director Yang, I was shocked and worried at the time and didn’t think too much, so I took the liberty of making Gu Datou our informant."

"Can Gu Datou be trusted?"

"He used to mingle with the underworld and was even dealt with by my senior brother. But now he has a family, a second-hand Santana, and his business running illegal taxi services is doing well; even Four Factory Town Government frequently uses his car, and he is living a prosperous life, so he should not dare to play tricks on us."

Han Yu steadied his mind and continued: "Moreover, his record isn’t clean, and he was worried that he would be implicated by Huang Yueping and afraid of our crackdown, so he took the initiative to report to me."

This was the first time Director Yang had encountered such a situation; he took it seriously and inquired further: "Who else knows about this?"

"Just Zhang Erxiao and me."

"Who is Zhang Erxiao?"

"Zhang Erxiao is from Bailong Port, twenty-two years old, the same age as me. His father was a miner, who died in an accident. The second year after his father’s accident, his mother ran away with someone, and he was brought up by his grandmother."

Han Yu paused, then continued: "He didn’t finish primary school and started selling cigarettes, making a good amount of money and was caught by the tobacco company several times. Later, with persuasion from me and my master, he mended his ways and went into the grain and oil business with a person named Huang Jiangsheng from East Sea Youth, and did quite well."

Director Yang looked up and asked: "Can this Zhang Erxiao be trusted?"

"He can be trusted. When we cooperated with Binjiang Port Police Station in cracking down on illegal currency exchange and arbitrage, he helped provide cover for me."

"Just Zhang Erxiao knows?"

"Just him, even Xiao Yu doesn’t know."

"What about Old Ding?"

"Chief Ding doesn’t know either."

Director Yang inquired in confusion: "Old Ding is an old comrade; with such a big incident, why didn’t you even tell Old Ding?"

Han Yu quickly explained: "Director Yang, it’s not that I don’t trust Uncle Ding, it’s mainly because Uncle Ding has been the police station chief at Four Factory for so many years, and he has settled his family there, he knows too much about Four Factory. If I told him, he would definitely be unable to restrain himself from observing and even investigating those Economic Police, which could end up spooking the suspects."

"So you didn’t tell Old Zhang either?"

"Uncle Zhang has been working at Four Factory Police Station even longer than Uncle Ding, and his family is also in Four Factory."

The kid has grown up, matured!

Director Yang inwardly marveled at how time flies and then asked: "Why didn’t you report to the station leaders?"

Han Yu knew that the bureau chief was testing him and looked up, saying: "Under these circumstances, Director Shi needs to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest. As for Instructor Li, although he doesn’t need to avoid it, Director Shi and Director Jiang are out arresting fugitives, and he has to manage the station’s work. With few people at the station, even if I reported to him, he would be too busy to handle it."

"Hmm, you’ve considered everything thoroughly."

Director Yang nodded in satisfaction and then turned to ask: "Old Wu, what do you think?"

Wu Ren Guang stubbed out his cigarette butt and analyzed: "Old Shi completely uprooted Four Factory Public Security Department and Economic Police Team. Not only did those security guards lose their livelihoods, but they also suffered a lot while the pursuit of bullets was ongoing. It’s normal for them to hate him.

The problem now is, how many security guards are involved? Does Feng Biguo know, and did he participate? How determined are they to retaliate against Old Shi? All in all, since we have the lead that they intend to retaliate against Old Shi, we need to follow the clues thoroughly and cannot act rashly for the time being."

Sun Jiawen agreed and said: "There is only the chance to catch a thief in a thousand days, not to guard against one for a thousand days. Since they dare to be so brazen, if Old Shi can uproot them once, we can do it a second time!"

"Last time we primarily considered the impact, and respected the opinions of Mr. Song and other factory leaders, leaving many things unexplored. Unexpectedly, they are ungrateful, so there’s no need to be polite with them anymore. Old Wu, your Criminal Investigation Team will take charge of this case."

"Director Yang, this case isn’t difficult to investigate, but..."

"But what?"

"Although the Four Factory Public Security Department and the Economic Police Team haven’t been established for very long, the history of Four Factory’s security department is even longer than our Police Bureau. In the past years, we often went to Four Factory to handle cases, and they also frequently handled cases in the city area and other towns. Almost all of the investigators from our team are known to them." freeweɓnøvel~com

This indeed presented a problem.

Director Yang pondered and said, "Then we will have to pull in a few new faces from the grassroots police teams."

Wu Ren Guang gave a wry smile and said, "We have a total of 121 police officers, and most of them are veterans; finding new faces is not so easy."

Xu Mingyuan, who had been the Criminal Investigation Fourth Squad leader for several years and was familiar with the situation at Four Factory Public Security Department, added, "They used to be richer than us and could use the cars from their motor pool to go to the city area for meals. Later, when they got their own vehicles, their visits to the city area became even more frequent."

Director Yang asked subconsciously, "They go to the city area to eat; it’s not like they’re dining at our bureau’s cafeteria. Surely the police officers from our bureau aren’t all known to them, right?"

Xu Mingyuan hesitated for a moment and cautiously said, "Director Yang, although their relationship with Four Factory Police Station has always been tense, that’s a conflict between different units. So... so..."

"So what, be more specific."

"They have quite a few friends in our bureau, they often dine with our police officers. I’ve seen it happen at least five or six times myself."

Once there is a dinner gathering, they would surely invite everyone who could be invited.

After back and forth like this, it really is possible that the security team from Four Factory Public Security Department might know all the police officers from Linghai Police Bureau.

Realizing this, Director Yang’s expression immediately darkened.

Sun Jiawen looked embarrassed because he had also dined several times with Four Factory Public Security Department when he was chief of the Southern City Police Station.

Xu Mingyuan, realizing he might have said something wrong, quickly said, "Director Yang, you can’t blame our colleagues for this. After all, that security team also wore police uniforms, they were police officers, and they handled cases with us, so it was inevitable to interact."

"So what do we do now? Should we report to the City Bureau and ask the City Bureau Criminal Investigation Team to help us with this case?"

"..."

If we are talking about what’s beneficial for the investigation, bringing in people from outside is undoubtedly the best option, but doing so would be quite embarrassing.

Wu Ren Guang was hesitant and didn’t know how to respond to the director’s question.

Sun Jiawen felt even more awkward and propped his chin, pretending to be deep in thought.

Han Yu hadn’t expected that the security team from Four Factory would have such extensive "connections". He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Director Yang, let me take charge of this case."

"Handle it yourself?"

"I can borrow a few people from the Water Police Station and Changhang Bureau, without alarming the City Bureau."

"And then what?"

Han Yu thought for a moment and said, "We’ll arrange for someone, find a vehicle, and go to Four Factory Town. We’ll have them work with Gu Datou running illegal taxis. We’ll also place two people inside the security company and ask the company to station them at Four Factory for close surveillance of those security guards."

If a junior brother wants to take charge, the senior brother must support him!

Xu Mingyuan immediately said without hesitation, "This method is feasible. After all, that security team only lost their uniforms and jobs, but they didn’t leave Four Factory. Most of their families live in the residential area of Four Factory, and some even work in the factory."

To think that his subordinates were actually mingling with that security team from Four Factory, and at a critical moment, no one could be used...

Director Yang couldn’t be more frustrated and said with a grim face, "I will also call Political Commissioner Wang later. We can borrow people from the Water Police Station; there’s no need to borrow from the Changhang Bureau."

Although the Water Police Station is part of the City Bureau, it was established based on the Yanjiang Police Station of Linghai Police Bureau, a fact that no one can deny to this day.

In other words, borrowing police officers from the Water Police Station to handle a case is not shameful.

Han Yu quickly grasped the "good intentions" of the director and promptly responded, "Understood!"

After weighing the options, Director Yang continued, "Xu Mingyuan, that security team knows you, so you cannot appear in the forefront, but you can be involved in the investigation behind the scenes. I’m handing this case over to you, brother disciples. You must investigate thoroughly and also ensure the safety of Comrade Shi Shengyong."

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