Chapter 381 - 269: I Don’t Know!

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Chapter 381: Chapter 269: I Don’t Know!Han Yu parked the police car in the yard of Zhang Erxiao’s warehouse, put on a cotton coat, donned a helmet and gloves, and rode on the light motorcycle that had been specifically brought back from Yingchuan Port the day before yesterday, hurrying to a sand and gravel yard about one kilometer from Changbei Bridge. This sand and gravel yard located by the river is owned by the Transportation Bureau and has six bungalows, with a sign for the Road Maintenance Team hanging at the entrance. A year ago, any passing car would drag along a long and thick trail of yellow dust, and road maintenance workers, gripping brooms made of bamboo branches of various thicknesses, would stoop and laboriously sweep the stones bounced to the sides of the road by car tires back to the middle. Now, unlike a year ago, the Transportation Bureau, due to tax reform, no longer has the funds to employ so many road maintenance workers, and this gravel road has been handed over to Four Factory Town’s traffic management station for maintenance. Four Factory Town is even less financially endowed; maintenance as such does not exist. In less than a year, the road surface has become potholed and, especially after the rain, filled with puddles everywhere. The Road Maintenance Team’s office has consequently been left idle. Transportation management would use it as a base when coming to check for overloading or collecting road maintenance fees, and now it has turned into a "frontline command center" for the Water Police Squadron and the Major Case Squadron. Xu Mingyuan was on the phone with Zhang Erxiao’s "big brother" cell phone, while Ma Jintao, Luo Wenjiang, Yang Yong, and Wang Xiaoshan were eating instant noodles. Han Yu had been so busy that he missed lunch, and the smell of instant noodles made him feel hungry. He smiled and asked, "Are there any left? If so, I’ll also have a pack." "There are. We bought two boxes." "Captain Yu, there are crispy cakes here too." "Okay." Han Yu took a stainless steel lunch box from Wang Xiaoshan and asked, "How was it squatting in the irrigation ditch all morning, cold?" Ma Jintao took a big sip of the steaming noodle soup and looked up with a smile, "It’s bearable." "What do you mean bearable?" Han Yu turned to look at his senior brother who was still on the phone, and said with worried concern, "The weather forecast said there will be snow. What will we do if it really snows?" "Captain Xu has sent someone to get raincoats." "Raincoats can only ensure we don’t get wet, but what I mean is it will get colder and colder." After lying in ambush in the irrigation ditch all morning and switching shifts with brothers from the Linghai Police Bureau’s Major Case Squadron just now, they were so frozen they couldn’t walk due to numb hands and feet. If it snows again, they really won’t be able to withstand it. Just as Ma Jintao didn’t know what to say, Xu Mingyuan hung up the "big brother" and came over: "Just hold on for a few more hours, we aim to finish before six o’clock." "Before six?" Han Yu asked subconsciously. Xu Mingyuan didn’t have so much time and energy to spend with the security guards of the Four Factory Public Security Department, nor did he want to watch his brothers freeze. Smiling at Han Yu, he said, "I found someone, borrowed a tricycle with a canopy, had him wear a helmet and an army coat, wrapped up tight, and he’ll drive past the bridge around half past five." "Getting someone to pretend to be Director Shi to hook those bastards?" "As far as age is concerned, Old Shi is almost fifty, and in terms of physical condition and responsiveness, he’s not as good as the younger ones. In terms of skills, Old Shi is far inferior to our master; if our master was still alive, he could take on three of him. We need to ensure his safety and not let him risk himself." "Who did you find to impersonate Director Shi?" "Deputy squad leader Kang Kui of the Armed Police Company, whose height and build are similar to Old Shi’s. He won the runner-up in the Sanshou competition in the province last October and is going to be transferred to the Binjiang Armed Police Detachment after the new year. The bureau even invited him last year to be an instructor to teach us grappling and combat." "That’s impressive!" "Against the likes of you and me, he could take us both down." "Senior brother, how did you manage to ask him?" "I don’t have that kind of clout; I just came up with the idea. Director Wu thought it was feasible and reported it to Director Yang, who personally communicated and coordinated with him." A few days ago, there was a leadership reorganization at the bureau – Commissioner Ding retired to the second line, Deputy Political Commissioner Sun was promoted, and the previous member of the bureau party committee, Criminal Investigation Captain Wu Ren Guang, was appointed as the Deputy Director of Criminal Investigation. The director of Sanxing Police Station was transferred to become the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team, and although not yet a member of the bureau party committee, it was only a matter of time following routine. Remembering that he had offended a lot of people due to disrupting the city’s municipal public health initiative, Han Yu reminded, "For such a big matter, you should have first consulted and reported to Director Lin, who is your direct superior." Xu Mingyuan didn’t expect his junior to say these things and couldn’t help laughing, "I would like to consult and report to Director Lin, but this case needs to be confidential. The brothers in our squadron only knew about it last night. The more people know, the greater the risk of leaks, so I could only directly report to Director Wu." "So, when will the Sanshou runner-up you invited arrive?" "He can come at any time, but he doesn’t know how to drive the tricycle with a canopy, I need to hurry back and teach him." "Will there be enough time?" "There should be enough time; driving a tricycle with a canopy isn’t that hard." "Alright, you hurry back, I’ll watch over here." "Not only do you need to watch over this side, but you also need to keep an eye on Old Shi." "Don’t worry, there are activities on the dunship this afternoon; he has to go to the river for the event. In a while, I’ll call Director Yang and ask him to find an excuse to keep him after the event ends." Xu Mingyuan asked curiously, "What kind of event?" Han Yu really didn’t want to explain, urging, "Dealing with the case is the priority, I’ll tell you about the event later." ... Meanwhile, having just finished lunch at the station, Shi Shengyong and Jiang Hai, leading the off-duty police and auxiliary police, hurriedly arrived at the dunship. In a little more than an hour, leaders from the City Bureau, Director Yang, Political Commissioner Sun would come, and Secretary Wang of the Municipal Political and Legal Committee might also attend the commendation ceremony. At this critical moment, the protagonist actually plays vanishing act... Shi Shengyong leans forward and looks at Han Xiangning, who has just rushed to Bailong Port, anxious and confused. "What task is it exactly, and where did he go?" "I don’t know." "Not know, Old Zhang, you’re a veteran comrade and director, if a salted fish doesn’t understand things, you can’t be the same, organize people to search for him immediately, he must be found before 1:50!" "Director Shi, where do you suggest I look for him?" Old Zhang sat on the chair, holding his teacup, with no intention of getting up. Facing a comrade like this, Shi Shengyong had no choice but to turn around and say, "Chief Ding, can you help me ask Old Liu and Old Jiang from Bailong Port Police Station, maybe they know." "No need to ask further, I’ve just asked them, and they don’t know either." "They don’t know either!" "The meeting room upstairs is too small to fit so many people, I just went over to borrow a bigger conference room, and incidentally asked them, they really don’t know." "If they don’t know, then what task was assigned to him, and who gave him the orders?" "I don’t know." "No organization, no discipline, this is too much!" The more Shi Shengyong thought about it, the angrier he got, so he rushed out of the duty room and asked urgently, "Director Jin, do you know where salted fish has gone?" "I don’t know." Jin Weiguo looked back at Han Xiangning and smiled, "It’s exactly because we don’t know that I’ve asked Han Xiangning to come on behalf of Directors Zhang and Ding." I’m going to help my junior receive his medal and certificate again... Han Xiangning was silently pondering how much the prize money for the second-class merit was, and seeing his senior supervisor looking over, he hurriedly said, "Today the river is quite calm, there are no firefighting rescue tasks, and he doesn’t need to participate in piloting today." Shi Shengyong pressed, "Then where did he go?" "I don’t know." "Xiao Yu, do you know?" "I don’t know either, he came back with Instructor Li, Uncle Zhang, and Uncle Ding, and in the blink of an eye he disappeared, he didn’t even eat lunch." Daring to stand up the leaders of the City Bureau, this is completely out of line. Shi Shengyong was so furious he was grinding his teeth when the phone in the duty room rang, Old Zhang picked it up and after asking, he immediately poked his head out and called, "Director Shi, Political Commissioner Sun is looking for you." "Oh, coming." Shi Shengyong hurried into the duty room, took the phone, and was unsure how to report when he heard the old leader on the other end asking, "Shengyong, how are preparations on your side?" "The venue is ready, the conference room on the dunship is too small, so we borrowed a large conference room from Bailong Port Passenger Pier." "You don’t need to borrow a conference room from others, the City Bureau just notified that the award ceremony must be held on the dunship. Director Dong knows that the second-floor conference room on the dunship can’t fit everyone, so she suggested holding it on that old antique that salted fish picked up from the river." "Open-air?" "Open-air." "It’s so cold outside, it’s already starting to snow!" "Snow is not rain, nor is it knives coming down, Director Dong is not afraid of the cold, and neither should we. I almost forgot, Director Dong requested that after announcing the commendation order, hold a flag-raising ceremony on the dunship; everyone please dress appropriately, and also have Old Qian from the Water Police Squadron who cooks to participate." "Flag raising in the afternoon..." "Usually, flag-raising ceremonies can’t be held in the afternoon, but today we have an award ceremony, which is a special occasion, so we can make an exception." Unlike the previous two directors, the current Director Chen places more emphasis on a collective sense of honor, or rather, on the construction of model units. The Provincial Department granting auxiliary police Liang Xiaoyu and Zhu Baogen individual third-level merits means that the once Yanjiang Police Station, now the Water Police Squadron of the Four Factory Police Station, from squad leader to auxiliary police, even the cook Old Qian, are all Party members and have all been meritorious. A unit like this, you probably can’t find a second one in the whole provincial police system! I can imagine that the City Bureau will subsequently emphasize "First Post of the Yangtze River", and the Water Police Squadron will become one of the few model units of the Linghai Police Bureau and even the Binjiang Police System. For the Linghai Police Bureau, this is a desirable good thing. Sun Jiawen secretly sighed that it was indeed reaping what others have sown, he looked up at the Political Work Office Director who was pointing at his wrist, reminding them to depart, and continued, "As for the flag-raising ceremony, you can ask salted fish, he has organized one before, leaving a deep impression on the City Bureau leaders. I should go to welcome Director Dong now, Director Yang is going to pick up Secretary Wang and Chairman Li, as Chairman Li is our former director, we must invite Chairman Li to such a significant event." "Political Commissioner..." Shi Shengyong was about to report that salted fish had disappeared, but the superior had already hung up the phone. The superiors take it so seriously, but the protagonist is missing, Shi Shengyong is anxious, just about to call the Traffic Police Team to ask them to look out for the police car driven by salted fish, Liu Xinmin and Jiang Xiaojun from Bailong Port Police Station arrived uninvited. Shi Shengyong, with a distressed expression, had just finished talking about the disappearance of salted fish, when Comrade Old Liu couldn’t help but laugh, saying, "It’s not the first time he’s missed an award ceremony, Ningning can represent him, it’s fine as long as Ningning is here." "Director Liu, the leaders are about to arrive, and you can still laugh." "Don’t worry, it’s nothing, he has an urgent task, it’s a special situation, the leaders should not say anything." "What urgent task, what special circumstance, he ran off without a heads up, to put it nicely it’s being self-willed, to put it harshly, it’s lack of organization and discipline!"

Chapter 381 - 269: I Don’t Know!

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