Chapter 548: Pond Fish

Litang Township.

The police station was built in a large courtyard by the side of the provincial road.

The gray cement walls and large iron gate looked a bit dignified, not quite in line with modern trends. The shops in the alleys on both sides were all hung with blue and red signs, which were festively out of sync with the mindset of the masses entering and leaving the police station.

Tang Xiaobo, the chief of the Litang Township Police Station, received the call and brought people downstairs to welcome them. The welcoming ceremony basically belonged to the high-end level for a township.

Huang Qiangmin was, after all, a deputy director. Although he wasn't the executive deputy and was new, when he arrived in the township, he still had some status.

Jiang Yuan fell to the back, looking around.

Entering from the main gate, directly opposite was the service hall, a two-story building facing south, with a row of transparent glass, similar to the service halls of telecom or mobile companies. On both sides were the waiting hall, household registration office, and other offices.

Behind the service hall were two more buildings. One was a three-story comprehensive logistics building, looking like a row of six or seven offices, and the other was a slightly smaller dormitory building, four stories high in total, but looking similar in size to the three-story logistics building.

"Squad Leader Jiang, here, here... Let's have a simple meal in the cafeteria first." The instructor came over to cordially invite them.

"Where is the interrogation center located?" Jiang Yuan asked directly.

"Ah..." The instructor was stunned by the question, then smiled: "In our township, there is just one interrogation room, on the first floor of the comprehensive building."

"Is the interrogation room and inquiry room integrated?" Jiang Yuan had seen similar ones.

The instructor nodded.

"Then how many people can it detain? Separate and collective detention?"

The instructor hadn't expected to be asked such questions today. He coughed twice before smiling: "There are two large rooms, each can hold five or six people. We rarely detain criminals in the township. If we encounter a need for separate detention, we send them directly to the county detention center after the interrogation."

"The instructor means they mainly catch gamblers, and if they encounter someone tough, they just send them to the county." Wei Zhenguo, the deputy leader of the Sixth Squadron and also Mu Zhiyang's master, was also on this trip. Ever since he trained Mu Zhiyang, he rarely followed Jiang Yuan around, but this time he was specifically here to see Wu Junhao off.

Wei Zhenguo had seniority and had been catching thieves for years, so he was very familiar with the surrounding township police stations.

Seeing him, the instructor smiled and shook his head: "Don't tear down my stage in front of Squad Leader Jiang."

"Squad Leader Jiang won't trouble you. Our Squad Leader Jiang is mainly concerned about the cases." Wei Zhenguo's few words made the people at the Litang Township Police Station feel much more at ease.

Everyone present knew exactly what Chai Tong's method of "promoting in name but demoting in reality" was about.

When it came to the average level of suspicion in a unit, apart from mysterious departments, the police department could rank first.

Especially for criminal police, who were exposed to the dark side of society, when they talked to people, it was as if they were observing you in four-dimensional space...

But from another perspective, the room for advancement for police was very small, and they also possessed a collective simplicity.

It was the feeling that they could herd sheep individually, but were suitable for pulling carts when put together.

The police officers and auxiliary police of the Litang Township Police Station welcomed Wu Junhao as warmly as possible, arranged a separate office for him, and then ate together in the cafeteria.

Afterwards, Chief Tang Xiaobo and the others looked eagerly at Jiang Yuan and the others, preparing to see them off.

Huang Qiangmin smiled, took Wei Zhenguo and the others, and left in a car together.

Jiang Yuan, Mu Zhiyang, Wang Chuanxing, and Wu Junhao remained.

Tang Xiaobo looked at his new subordinate, Wu Junhao, and smiled: "Old Wu, see how to arrange for Squad Leader Jiang..."

"Use the conference room next to my office." Wu Junhao was also straightforward.

Tang Xiaobo was stunned: "If you want to sleep, we have dormitories..."

"Arrange three rooms in the dormitory as well." Jiang Yuan took the initiative: "We'll stay for about a week."

The original staff of the police station looked at each other. Even if our township is a bit remote, you can drive back to the county seat in over an hour. Staying in the dormitory, could it be that...

"Since we're here, I'd like to do a few cases with Chief Wu. Is that okay?" Jiang Yuan asked politely.

The mystery was solved, and Tang Xiaobo and the others didn't need to guess anymore.

Tang Xiaobo thought about it and said with difficulty: "Squad Leader Jiang, Director Chai might have thoughts about that."

"Director Chai doesn't manage where the people from the Criminal Police Brigade go to solve cases." Wu Junhao had a rough personality that couldn't stand being bullied, and now he had no interest in compromising.

Tang Xiaobo had no choice but to sigh: "Actually, there aren't many cold cases left in our police station. Your Cold Case Task Force has cleared almost everything during this period."

Since the establishment of Jiang Yuan's Cold Case Task Force, dozens of people had been stationed in Ningtai County. Although they were solving cases across the province, when they had free time, they would still sweep through Ningtai County's cases.

Plus, Jiang Yuan had specifically cleared Ningtai County's cold cases several times. Over the past year or so, even in a small place like Litang Township, there weren't many cases worth mentioning.

Jiang Yuan didn't mind and said straightforwardly: "This time, I'm just accompanying Chief Wu to do cases, regardless of the size of the case, we can do them. Let's start tonight. Tonight, we'll screen a wave of cases first."

When it truly came to criminal cases, Tang Xiaobo had nothing to say. The Criminal Police Brigade was responsible for solving criminal cases in the whole county. Even if Jiang Yuan didn't come, if a document requested cases, they would have to cooperate in organizing and submitting them.

Thinking of this, Tang Xiaobo simply called a police officer over to accompany Jiang Yuan and the others, and he silently retreated.

Tang Xiaobo felt he needed to think carefully about life.

Early the next morning, Tang Xiaobo got up early, drove to Old Chen's Fritter Shop to buy fritters, soy milk, and tofu pudding, and came to the station, preparing to entertain Jiang Yuan.

As the saying goes, the key to gift-giving lies not only in the price but also in the frequency.

Tang Xiaobo believed that if he were a bit more diligent, he could at least warm the heart of a young man like Jiang Yuan. By then, he wouldn't be caught in the crossfire.

Thinking of this, Tang Xiaobo couldn't help but sigh. In fact, the city gate was already on fire, and the pond fish were already suffering. As a police chief in a remote township, he should have been living a fairy-like life and waiting for retirement.

As a result, after a weekend, he inexplicably met a god.

Not to mention before, just the Jingyang Line triple-homicide case that Jiang Yuan had just solved, what level of case was that? If it fell into the hands of a police officer at the Litang Township Police Station, without needing to solve the case, just by having a key part credited, it would be a Third-Class Merit at the start, and with good luck, a Second-Class Merit.

As for why Jiang Yuan and Wu Junhao only got commendations, that was another matter.

Not to mention politics, purely in terms of criminal investigation, Tang Xiaobo knew he was eight generations behind Jiang Yuan, but real life wasn't just about criminal investigation.

"Has Squad Leader Jiang come over? Have they had breakfast?" Tang Xiaobo entered the station and saw the administrative staff wandering in the courtyard.

"They're up, they went out," the staff said.

"Where did they go? Which case did he look at?"

"They said they wouldn't look at specific cases first, but look at the plant distribution in our township, saying they want to be more detailed." The staff looked confused.

Tang Xiaobo was even less clear about the content. He was older, and even if he paid attention to the cases Jiang Yuan did, he mainly focused on those famous major cases. Plus, Jiang Yuan did so many cases that he didn't pay much attention to the specific technical details.

In the end, Tang Xiaobo was just a beautiful fish swimming in the moat. The change of flags on the city wall had little to do with him. The major cases in the city, the major cases in Changyang City, and the major cases of the Houthi armed forces in the Middle East were all of similar information intensity, mainly for a rough understanding.

He didn't understand clearly how Jiang Yuan solved cases or what special, awesome means he used.

At this time, Tang Xiaobo could only nod and say: "Anyway, serve them carefully. Ningtai Jiang Yuan, his murderous aura is surging, just don't let it burn us."

"Alright, it should just be accompanying Chief Wu to see the situation," the staff guessed with illusions. ===== CHAPTER 549 =====