Yuanma Temple is now just a regional name. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, land reform followed. Land that originally belonged to wealthy households was distributed to farmers. In the past, this area was a village, surrounded by vegetable fields. Later, the economy prospered and the urban area expanded.

, it gradually turned into a village in the city.

From a distance, he saw a large number of people gathered around the scene of the accident, and the road was tightly blocked. Hu Pingtao had no choice but to get out of the car with Xing Le, Ding Jian and others and walked over.

After separating from the crowd, we saw that a cordon had been set up inside.

A tall, middle-aged police officer came over, stretched out his hand to Hu Pingtao, and asked enthusiastically: "Are you Captain Hu of the district team?"

Hu Pingtao nodded. When leaving the police station, he specifically asked the names of several leaders of the police station under the jurisdiction of Yuanma Temple, and said with a smile: "Are you Wu Lin, Director Wu?"

The surname "Wu" is rare.

The other party smiled and nodded: "I am Wu Lin."

As he spoke, he turned around and pointed to the blood stains flowing from the nearby shop to the sidewalk outside: "This is the scene of the eucalyptus incident."

Hu Pingtao asked while watching: "What is the specific situation?"

Wu Lin introduced: "This is a lottery shop. The owner's surname is Liu and his name is Liu Xiang..."

Hearing this, Hu Pingtao couldn't help but feel a little funny: "Liu Xiang? Not Liu Xiang?"

Wu Lin knew what he was referring to: "It's called Liu Xiang, the fragrance is fragrant. There used to be a pirate with this name. But the nearby residents called him Shunzui. Regardless of the specific word, they all called him "Liu Xiang".

"In addition, this is a lottery shop, a sports welfare lottery, and Liu Xiang is a runner, so you know."

"The victim's name is Chen Ming, and he is a regular customer of this lottery shop. It is said that he came this morning and did not leave until noon. Later, he had a quarrel with the boss, Liu Xiang, and Liu Xiang took out a knife and pointed it at Chen Ming

He was stabbed several times in the stomach, and Chen Ming fell to the ground at that time, but people around him called the police."

As he said that, Wu Lin pointed sideways at a police car parked not far away: "Liu Xiang didn't run away. He was still there when we arrived at the scene. He was also very cooperative during the arrest and took the initiative to reach out for me to give him.

Handcuffed. Overall, what happened is not complicated and there is nothing to say."

"And over there." He raised his arm and pointed directly across the road: "There happens to be a surveillance camera there. I checked the area and it is under our jurisdiction. I called back and asked, and there are records for that period.

, I’ll make a copy for you later.”

Hu Pingtao was quite surprised: "In other words, the whole process of Liu Xiang killing people with a knife was filmed?"

Wu Lin nodded and replied: "Yes. The evidence is solid, that's why I said this theory is very simple and not complicated at all."

Hu Pingtao secretly cursed in his heart: This was indeed a murder committed in broad daylight. But the murderer has been arrested, and the facts are clear. He came here just to go through the procedures and make soy sauce.

He wanted to know the condition of the injured, but Chen Ming had already been taken away by the 120 ambulance. Hu Pingtao asked Wu Lin: "Why did Liu Xiang and Chen Ming have a dispute? This slap can't make a difference, since

There must be a reason for going under the knife!"

Wu Lin was not very clear about this: "It seemed to be about buying lottery tickets. Before I had time to ask, it seemed that Chen Ming gave a number yesterday and asked Liu Xiang to call it, but Liu Xiang didn't pay attention and didn't give it to him.

The tickets were issued. But today Chen Ming came over and said that the set of numbers from yesterday was the winner, and asked Liu Xiang to redeem the tickets. Then the two sides quarreled and killed each other with a knife. "…

Xing Le followed him all the time. After hearing this, he frowned and commented: "There are quite a lot of things like this. There is a lottery shop downstairs of my house, and many old lottery players who often buy lottery tickets are like this. The boss sometimes forgets, as long as there is no

If you win the lottery, there will be no quarrels, but if you win, it will be really hard to say."

Although Yuanma Temple is a village in the city, half of the land has been demolished, and the surroundings are noisy. In addition, there is a five-way intersection next to it, and more and more people are gathering to watch. Hu Pingtao is getting more and more excited about the situation at the scene.

He was in chaos and made a quick decision: "Let's do this! Leave a few people at the scene to investigate as soon as possible, and then seal it off. I will take Liu Xiang back to the bureau first for interrogation procedures."

Wu Lin smiled and nodded: "I think so too. Okay, I'll do as you say."

Xing Le followed him, pulled Liu Xiang out of the police car at the police station, and put him into the criminal investigation team's car.

After getting into Hu Pingtao's car, Xing Le turned his head from his seat to look at the car following him, and asked doubtfully: "This case is quite simple. Since everyone from the Nancheng Police Station is here, why don't you take the case?"

Do you want to handle it directly to the end, instead of leaving it to us?"

Hu Pingtao was sitting in the passenger seat with a somewhat expressive expression: "Injuring someone with a knife is a criminal case and we will definitely be contacted."

Xing Le turned his head, puzzled: "Boss, do you know this police station chief named Wu Lin?"

"I don't know him." Hu Pingtao shook his head: "I saw him for the first time today."

Xing Le became more and more confused: "Then why did he hand over this case to us? It's such a simple case, and it's still a murder. He could just leave it to the police station to deal with it. After the matter is over, he only needs to pass the information to us."

Hu Pingtao couldn't help laughing and said: "That's why I often say that you don't understand the ways of the world."

He immediately explained: "If the police station runs this program on its own, it can definitely be counted as their work performance, and they can get extra points in the year-end assessment."

"Xing Le, you have never been in the police station. Things like extra points are not decided by the people below. This requires real evidence. Of course, the eucalyptus is true, and the Nancheng Police Station has also left evidence. But

If you think about it carefully, all assessments and assessments are based on

It’s a score. Let’s say that our Gudu District has so many police stations under its jurisdiction. During the evaluation in previous years, it often happened that more than two police stations had the same score. For example, if everyone scored 100 points, how should this account be calculated? Who

Can you be ranked first?"

Xing Le is not a fool. Many things are actually revealed in one point. She just couldn't turn her head around for a while. When Hu Pingtao said this, she immediately reacted and deliberately smiled: "Then we will tie for first place!"

Hu Pingtao rolled his eyes at her: "So there is a reason why you have been stuck in the office for so long, unable to get promoted or go to other departments."

Without waiting for Xing Le to argue, Hu Pingtao continued to explain: "My son and daughter are in kindergarten. During the final exam, even if all the children in the class get 100 points, the teacher still has to judge the first, second, and third place. At this time,

There are many ways to rate, including performing well and helping others.

Happy, help the teacher with things, get dressed quickly, wash hands frequently and keep clean, don't fight with other children... Anyway, there are many names and many tricks, even children who are not ranked can still get music stars.

Cultural Star, Sports Star and many other honorary titles.”…

Next to him, Tang Yuan smiled while driving: "My niece is like this in kindergarten now. Even the child with the worst performance in the class will at least get a little red flower during the final evaluation."

"That's it." Hu Pingtao nodded: "In short, no child will be left behind. I will always find ways to issue you a certificate of merit, so that the children will have the honor mentality of "I am not bad either."

Xing Le asked doubtfully: "Boss, are you going too far? I'm talking about the Nancheng Police Station. Why are you talking about kindergarten with me?"

"The truth is actually the same." Hu Pingtao explained: "Why did Wu Lin call the district team for help? Could it be that he couldn't handle this problem by himself?"

Tang Yuan intervened from the side: "This is to give us face."

Hu Pingtao said in a more serious tone: "As I said before, they can report this case or not. If the case is complicated and the murderer is not caught, we will have to spend time and effort investigating after we take over. But.

It’s different now. The murderer has been caught, and there is surveillance video of the murder process. It can be said that the evidence is conclusive and it is a convenient achievement.”

"The reason why Wu Lin is like this is to give us benefits on purpose. Think about it, when the details of the case are revealed and reported to the city bureau and the department, no matter what, we can't just mention our district team! We must bring it to the Nancheng Office

Together."

"In this way, we have become acquaintances with Wu Lin. Although we do not participate in the district police station's year-end evaluation and other evaluations, once there are two police stations with the same score, the criminal investigation team will be the joint and several ones.

The department will give relevant opinions.”

Tang Yuan explained with a smile: "At this time, we have to help Nancheng say good things."

Hu Pingtao also laughed: "So this is a relationship society. But Wu Lin is quite clever in doing this. He doesn't give you naked benefits, but uses this normal and procedural way to benefit everyone.

It's all good. More importantly, no one can find fault with it."

…

Interrogation room.

As soon as he sat down, Liu Xiang kept shouting about injustice.

"I was forced. I know the government's policy. I am willing to confess and surrender."

He is thin and looks quite honest. Over the years that Hu Pingtao has been a police officer, he has seen all kinds of criminal suspects, but like Liu Xiang, when he first came in, he shouted that he was willing to confess and surrender.

, it’s really the first time.

It is estimated that this recipe is easy to make and does not have any complicated ingredients.

With this thought in mind, Hu Pingtao said: "Okay! It's best if you think so. Then tell me, why do you want to kill people with a knife?"

"Chen Ming is a bastard." Liu Xiang probably had already thought up his confession on the way here. He replied angrily: "He often causes trouble, and he even comes to my store to make trouble. I really didn't say anything nonsense. I live in

Everyone nearby knows..."

Just as he said this, Hu Pingtao's cell phone on the table rang.

I had left Wu Lin's mobile phone number at the discovery site, and it was him who called. Hu Pingtao picked up the phone, and after just saying a few words, the expression on his face changed slightly.

Because the interrogation was still going on here, he kept the conversation short and quickly hung up the phone.

Putting down his mobile phone, Hu Pingtao looked at Liu Xiang and his expression became serious: "The hospital called just now. Your knives stabbed him deeply and injured his internal organs. The rescue was ineffective. Chen Ming is already dead."...

Liu Xiang had obviously expected such an outcome. He did not panic. Instead, he took a deep breath and even felt relieved: "It would be better if he died... It would be best if he died. It would be troublesome if he was seriously injured. Maybe I would

I have to support him for the rest of my life."

Hearing this, Xing Le, who was taking notes, couldn't help but raise his head with a strange expression on his face.

Hu Pingtao was also surprised by Liu Xiang's words: "What, you did it on purpose?"

Liu Xiang was silent for a few seconds, then raised his head with a bit of determination in his eyes: "Officer, let me start from the beginning!"

Hu Pingtao nodded: "Okay, you go ahead! I'm listening!"

Liu Xiangdao: "I'm not a local, I'm from Honghezhou. When I was five years old, I was herding sheep in the mountains and fell into a ditch. My left leg was fractured at that time. My family didn't pay attention to it at that time, so I just found a place with bare feet.

The doctor gave me some medicine, but I haven't recovered since then. I've become disabled and can still walk, but with a limp."

"Because of this problem, I always felt that I couldn't hold my head up in front of others. Later, I followed my friends to work in the city. Although I was hardworking and hardworking, my education level was low and I couldn't find a good job."
To be continued...