Chapter 989: Layoffs Hit the Main Artery

Evening.

Hot pot session.

This time it was a proper hot pot. Five or six people shared a pot, set up on a table in the cafeteria, steaming hot, instantly turning a large cafeteria into a Cantonese-style food stall.

The shabu-shabu ingredients were mainly beef. The hot pot restaurant's meat-slicing masters stood in a row, slicing *clack-clack*. The cafeteria staff brought them over *clatter-clatter*, and the police officers devoured them *swish-swish*.

"Following Team Jiang is comfortable." Xiao Si opened his mouth and stuffed himself. He had nothing to do these two days, so the energy he had stored... was just right for eating.

Cui Qishan sat opposite Xiao Si, his eyes fixed on him as if he were tethered, and said: "Don't be too relaxed; this is just halftime."

"I understand Team Jiang's halftime." Xiao Si said while laughing, and poured a basin of beef into the pot.

The red soup rolled, washing the red beef into a grayish-white color, and then dipped it into the bright red seasoning bowl...

*Buzz—*

Jiang Yuan's phone rang twice, and he answered it.

"Hello." Jiang Yuan's voice drifted away.

A group of people eating beef froze, and their movements became much gentler.

Only Xiao Si stood up abruptly, not even using chopsticks, directly using a skimmer to scoop meat, filling three or four bowls in one breath, and then started eating vigorously...

The group of criminal police in the cafeteria only needed one second to freeze before they instantly understood Xiao Si's train of thought: Jiang Yuan answered the phone, the probability of a mission increased greatly, there would be no food to eat soon, and they might have to go hungry for a while later. The meat they were eating now might be the best food they would eat for the next week...

Everyone stood up to eat!

Cui Qishan sighed deeply, and could only stand up, scooping beef while looking at Xiao Si, angrily saying: "You are a stirrer, stirring everywhere, turning a good meal into this."

"What am I stirring?" Xiao Si looked innocent, holding chopsticks and stirring in the pot.

"Stirring..." Cui Qishan stopped after saying two words. Looking at Xiao Si's movements in the pot, he suddenly lost his appetite.

"Branch Chief Tao gave this title to several of us together back then." Xiao Si could accept the nickname, but didn't want to take it all alone.

Cui Qishan felt that the chopsticks he put in the pot became hot, as if something dirty had splashed on his hands.

The people eating at the same table felt even more disgusted. Li Jiang, while grabbing beef from the pot, said vaguely: "Can you guys say something suitable for the dining table? Stirring back and forth all day, you stir me, I stir you, I can't get rid of this taste even with garlic..."

"Team Li, you don't sound any better."

"Our detachment's speaking style is like this. Next time, when we win a collective first-class merit, we'll change to a team name with 'stir', and the team members will be called 'stirrers', Zheng Guang stirrers."

"If we really win a collective first-class merit, I will definitely educate the newcomers to offer incense to your spirit tablets every day."

The group of people said more and more excessively, and scrambled to eat the meat clean.

Jiang Yuan walked back with his phone.

The police officers who had eaten their fill of hot pot looked over in unison.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuan couldn't just sit down grandly. He adjusted his limited emotional intelligence and said: "Latest news, the case has a clue. Let's do some peripheral work first, and then see the progress of the case."

He didn't say much, nor was it very clear, but everyone still gave him face and said "Oh" in unison.

Tao Lu came forward and said: "Finish eating in five minutes. Assemble after a 10-minute break."

At this moment, it was the true background of the disciplined troops. After a unison "Yes," there was the sound of clattering pots and bowls and the sound of slurping food.

A quarter of an hour later, Tao Lu started arranging tasks for the detachment level according to the pre-printed task list.

As a detachment chief, arranging tasks for the detachment level himself could be said to be very important.

After the teams were sent out, Tao Lu breathed a sigh of relief and said to Jiang Yuan: "Wait for the news."

Whether it was the Jianmen Academy case or the current espionage team case, they were all clues from many years ago. Investigating them was not only time-consuming but also very labor-intensive.

The informants from back then were scattered everywhere, and just asking a question didn't know how much effort it would take. Qi Changye's side took the route of being few but refined, which itself required the police station's people to investigate.

Although it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, the whole chain proceeded very quickly.

Domestic traffic conditions have been greatly improved. No matter how far the city is, by plane and car, it only takes a few hours to arrive. Of course, ordinary police officers can't reach it, because some units only reimburse green-skin trains, better ones reimburse high-speed rail second-class seats at most, and few are willing to reimburse economy class flights, so the speed naturally can't speed up.

Qi Changye's side is working on the case, so there is no need to save on travel expenses. In one day and one night, a large amount of information was summarized.

By noon the next day, Qi Changye found Jiang Yuan, pulled him directly into a small office, closed the door, and said: "We have a discovery."

"This, the progress of the case, actually doesn't need to be told to me anymore." Jiang Yuan was already handling the aftermath of the Jianmen Academy case.

Qi Changye laughed twice and said: "We found some information related to the code. The cryptographers suggested that you can also participate. After all, you are familiar with the case and have a background in criminal investigation and forensic medicine. Maybe there will be a different angle..."

"Just looking at the code, okay." Jiang Yuan was actually a little itchy.

The LV5 cryptography skill is basically useless in normal times. If you really want to use it, it is better to prove your strength and go to internet giants, or research institutes and schools. This aspect is the same as image enhancement. Encryption and decryption performed by computers are the popular studies of this era.

Besides, the espionage front can be said to be the field closest to the front line of cryptography. Under normal circumstances, Jiang Yuan couldn't come into contact with such actual combat.

Seeing Jiang Yuan agree, Qi Changye immediately went out, took the three-proof notebook again, and unfolded it for Jiang Yuan to see.

The so-called code is nothing more than some numbers and letters without head or tail on a few pieces of paper.

Jiang Yuan looked at it carefully, but was disappointed, shook his head and said: "It's nothing more than some mnemonic words. To decipher it, you have to find the usage environment..."

"Do you really recognize it?" Qi Changye's words were surprising. He knew Jiang Yuan could think of it, and immediately added: "I don't mean to doubt you, but the competent department believes that more evidence is needed."

"Is this testing me?" Jiang Yuan curled his lips.

"Yes." Qi Changye nodded and spread his hands: "I have absolute trust in you, but I can't help it with the superior's thoughts. However, catching people is true."

"Caught?"

Qi Changye said: "Already detained. The suspect was previously a cadre of the organ of the factory where Zhang Xiaoming was located, and later transferred to the mimeograph factory. He is a middle-level cadre of the mimeograph factory. He secretly took over the business of handling waste paper and obtained a large amount of intelligence by throwing normal printed materials into the scrap box."

Qi Changye: "Workers have discovered his behavior, but they all thought he was trying to make more money, so he deliberately increased the scrap volume. At most, they discussed it privately, and no one thought of the possibility of espionage."

Qi Changye: "Zhang Xiaoming investigated in the mimeograph factory and found that the management of the mimeograph factory was very loose. This time, Zhang Xiaoming was serious. The suspect noticed that he had copied the duty records and scrap records, claiming to be prepared to rectify the factory's style, and the suspect believed that his behavior was self-contradictory in various records."

Jiang Yuan nodded with some understanding: "Too diligent in a factory that is rotting?"

"During that period, the scrap volume of the mimeograph factory was also too high, because secret meetings were being held." Qi Changye pondered and said: "The suspect felt that even if he wasn't caught, he might be dealt with, or even caught as a typical case and laid off. Even if these dangers didn't happen, the mimeograph factory might be closed or transferred out for contracting. These would affect his intelligence gathering."

Jiang Yuan could fully imagine this decision-making process, only asking: "Did he get promoted later?"

"After killing Li Dianzhong, he entered a dormant state and was activated again later. He has money and dollars in his hands, so promotion is not difficult." Qi Changye didn't elaborate, put away the three-proof notebook, and said: "The Jianmen Academy case ends here. I have also told Director Zhang Xiaoya about the situation." ===== CHAPTER 990 =====