Chapter 971 Civil Servants

Let’s go back in time and review what happened before Meng Jingchan contacted Feng Bujue…

When Brother Chan called Gui Xiao’s house, it was about 11:20, and Gui Xiao’s mother was at home. After the two sides communicated, they found that Gui Xiao had left the company at 7 o’clock in the morning, but had not returned home yet, and had not called home.

If it were any other day, they might not think too much about it.

After all, Gui Xiao was 17 years old, and he was a boy, so generally speaking, he would not think about kidnapping. Even his family members guessed… this kid might have lost his phone and went to report it himself.

However, this day was not an ordinary day… but the day of a crucial game.

Meng Jingchan… could vaguely feel that something was wrong from this incident.

From Brother Zen's habit of drinking hot drinks and his catchphrase "Don't look at me like this now, I used to be this way and that", we can see that this is a young man with social experience...

To be on the safe side, he went to the senior management of the Order Studio and reported the matter...

Star players have some weight in their words, and besides... his suspicion is indeed reasonable.

The leaders of the Order 10th level also quickly realized the seriousness of the situation, and this uneasy atmosphere gradually fermented as time went on...

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Gui Xiao was still out of contact. At this time, his family naturally found that the situation was different, and suddenly became more anxious than anyone else.

So, they reported the case.

Brother Zen is both Gui Xiao's colleague and one of the last few people who had contact with him, and they have a good personal relationship.

Therefore, Meng Jingchan took the initiative to come to the Public Security Bureau to assist in the investigation.

Unfortunately, the progress of the matter is far from smooth as expected...

It doesn't mean... that if you report a case to the public security bureau, a whole team of police will immediately rush to your case to collect evidence and investigate, and quickly solve the case within a few hours.

Only robbery and murder cases involving serious violence will be treated this way.

As for general property crimes (especially those with a small amount of money). And this kind of missing cases (not children, men, missing for less than a day), it's another story.

Do you know how many small property crimes happen every year...no...every day? Some victims don't even report the case, because they also know that even if they report the case, the things will most likely not be found.

And the number of missing people every year...let's put it this way...the number of missing people in our country every year may be as many as the number of lost mobile phones.

In short...for this kind of case, when reporting the case, basically just make a record and register it, and then...wait.

How long to wait, that's uncertain...

Of course, the investigation work will still be carried out normally, but there are not many people. The efficiency is not high. What? Do you want them to set up a special task force for your case, and send two teams to watch the video for you, go on field work, and analyze the case in turn? Sure... you can probably just know the director, or if you're not good enough, the director can do it...

As mentioned earlier, Ma Junxiao's parents are both working class, or to put it more simply - ordinary people. They don't have much say, and they don't have any privileges. And he himself is not a big shot. If you insist on saying that he is a public figure... the title of "celebrity player" is the best in the eyes of the public security department and is on the same level as second- and third-tier actors.

In summary, the progress of the investigation is quite frustrating. It took 20 minutes to queue up to report a case; after queuing up, there was only one police officer in charge of receiving the police. After Gui Xiao's parents and Brother Zen finished explaining the situation, it was almost 3:30, and the police were ready to retrieve the street surveillance near the Order Office Building.

Seeing this. Brother Zen had no choice but to use his connections... So he contacted the company's senior management, and the senior management didn't say anything. Isn't it just using connections? Don't worry, we have connections. From wealthy businessmen to local hooligans. To be at the top of the industry, one must have connections... that is, the so-called "connections". Gui Xiao's significance to the competition is self-evident. This has directly involved the interests of the studio. Even if he is regarded as an "asset", it is worth using connections.

As a result, less than ten minutes after Meng Jingchan made the call, the task force... set off.

These days, as long as you have someone above you, everything is easy to handle. Shortage of manpower, right? Let the police officers who are resting at home work overtime. Why are they on call 24 hours a day? To serve the people.

After four o'clock, the investigation progressed rapidly. The bureau sent seven or eight people to sit there and watch the surveillance. The route before the disappearance was quickly found; the field work sent out five police cars to interrogate witnesses along Gui Xiao's route after work.

With a two-pronged approach, the police quickly circled the approximate time of the disappearance and locked a white van and three suspects. It can be basically confirmed that it was a kidnapping case.

However... just when Zen Ge breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to hide in the toilet cubicle to take a shit and smoke a cigarette... something that made him shudder happened.

This thing was really a coincidence...

Zen Ge was a person who liked to squat to do things, and the toilet he went to was equipped with a toilet, so this guy squatted on the edge of the toilet without any public morality.

He just squatted firmly and was about to light a cigarette, and then he heard a sound outside the cubicle, as if someone walked into the toilet.

When this man walked in, he was already talking on his cell phone. He lowered his voice and said, "Why are you calling now? I'm in the bureau... It's not convenient to talk..." As he said this, he walked in. Then without thinking, he locked the toilet door from the inside.

After locking the door, he took a few steps sideways and peeked from the bottom of each compartment one by one to see if anyone was there...

Perhaps because of a guilty conscience, this person instinctively held the phone in one hand and shielded the sound with the other hand by his mouth. This resulted in him not being able to turn the door handle of the compartment...if he didn't turn the handle, he couldn't open the compartment. The door... couldn't open the compartment door, so he looked from underneath...

And Brother Zen... was squatting on the toilet, and his feet couldn't be seen from the outside.

By some mistake, Meng Jingchan successfully started eavesdropping...

"Okay... there's no one around, just tell me..." After the man finished checking, he stood by the sink and spoke slightly louder.

After hearing the guy's first two sentences, Meng Jingchan thought that the man had received a call from his mistress.

But... after listening for thirty seconds, Brother Chan was shocked.

The man standing outside the cubicle was named Zheng. He is the deputy director of this branch, and the unknown person who called him... was giving instructions on the phone to delay the investigation.

Judging from Deputy Director Zheng's tone, he either accepted bribes or had someone else's clue... In short, he should be ready to comply.

Anyway, delaying the investigation is not very difficult to implement, and the risks after implementation...are not great either. Because this kind of behavior is difficult to define after the fact... What do you mean by procrastination? Procrastination can also be said to be cautious. Being overly cautious leads to a delay in time. Can it be called procrastination? Even if it does lead to some bad consequences in the end, what evidence do you have that this "delay" is intentional?

About two minutes later, Deputy Director Zheng’s call ended.

As for Brother Zen in the cubicle... He was half-squatting with his pants half off, his feet on the edge of the toilet, holding a cigarette in one hand and a lighter in the other... He maintained this posture without daring to make a sound.

Not to mention his addiction to cigarettes, he even suppressed his addiction to shit...

After Deputy Director Zheng hung up the phone. By the way, he washed his hands in front of the sink, looked in the mirror, and then turned around...

"Hmm..." Maybe it was due to his many years of experience in criminal investigation, or maybe it was his suspicious nature. He suddenly thought of opening all the compartment doors and confirming again...

Click——

Soon, he opened the door of the cubicle next to Brother Zen and glanced inside.

no one……

Then, his footsteps came to the compartment door in front of Brother Zen...

That moment. Meng Jingchan's heart was in his throat. The only way he could think of was... to pretend that he was a deaf-mute and to fool him for a while...

Pang pong pong——

Just as Deputy Director Zheng was about to open the second door, there was a knock on the toilet door.

"Hey! Who's inside! Open the door!" A man's voice came from outside, "Who closed the toilet door? Open the door quickly!"

Listen to his tone. It seems very urgent...

Deputy Director Zheng curled his lips when he heard the sound, walked quickly over there, and opened the toilet door.

"Get out of the way..." The person who came in was not a police officer. He didn’t recognize the deputy director in front of him either. The elder brother pushed Deputy Zheng away unceremoniously and rushed to the first cubicle. He was still cursing when he closed the door of the cubicle. "The door to the public restroom is locked! Fuck you!"

Then, there was a sound like thunder and fire in the compartment, and a smell that made life worse than death filled the air.

"Ah——" A few seconds later, the man exhaled happily.

Before his lust was over, Deputy Director Zheng had already covered his nose and fled from the toilet...

And Meng Jingchan, with the help of this "Three Urgent Brother"... narrowly escaped death.

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Time returns to the present, the waiting hall of the police station.

Nearly forty minutes had passed since I realized they had arrived. During this period, Meng Jingchan first told them about his previous experiences and what he knew about the situation, and then took Brother Jue and Xiao Tan to say hello to Gui Xiao's parents, introducing them as "Xiao Xiao's friends." .

Then, Feng Bujue went to make a few calls alone...

At 6:20 pm, a black Phaeton stopped at the door of the police station again, and a man got out of the passenger seat.

This man was wearing a black suit, with a dignified appearance and a serious expression.

When he walked past Xiaotan's silver Porsche, he glanced sideways and then continued on.

Not long after, he walked into the waiting hall, glanced at him, and met Brother Jue's eyes.

"Hey, Mr. Bao, here we come." Feng Bujue stepped forward with a smile and said hello to the secret agent of Section 9.

"I said..." Bao Qing was not polite to him and replied directly, "Is the Porsche at the door a small sigh?"

"Yes." Xiaotan replied immediately.

"You know you'll get a ticket if you park in that place, right?" It turned out that this was what Bao Qing was struggling with.

"Uh... Jue Ge specifically asked me to stop there..." Xiao Tan replied.

"Don't worry, Lao Bao." Feng Bujue said with a smile, "The more entrenched the car is, the more it stops in front of a law enforcement agency, the more no one dares to post a note."

"Although your relationship with the law enforcement department has always been tense, is it really okay for you to stand in someone's office building and blackmail them like this..." Bao Qing complained with his eyes drooping.

"Hehe... Then let's do a social experiment when we have time to see who will post it." Feng Bujue shrugged and said, "I tell you... Whoever dares to post it is a pillar of society."

"Okay, okay..." Bao Qing didn't talk nonsense with him and waved his hand, "Let's get down to business first."

To make a long story short, after a few brief chats, Feng Bujue introduced Bao Qing and Brother Zen to each other, and then Bao Qing showed his ID to a police officer...

Five minutes later, the four of them were sitting in the director's office...

After entering the room, Bao Qing just greeted the director, showed his ID again, and then... handed over a mobile phone.

After the director took the phone, he walked into the next room.

At this point, Meng Jingchan had basically fallen into a state of brain short circuit. He looked at Feng Bujue and the others and could no longer remain calm.

"This... Brother Bao." Brother Zen asked curiously, "I wonder where you are working?"

"Civil servant." Bao Qing only answered with three words.

"Uh..." For this answer that was equivalent to not saying anything, Brother Zen naturally wanted to ask, "Specifically..."

"Civil servant." Bao Qing smiled and looked at Meng Jingchan, and repeated the three words with emphasis.

With Brother Zen's intelligence, he understood after hearing this... No need to ask again.

"Speaking of which... Who is on the other end of the phone?" Feng Bujue also turned his head and looked at Bao Qing and asked.

"The person on the other end of the phone is a person who has the power to decide many things." Bao Qing replied, "And the person who has the power to decide many things just chatted with a 'friend of yours and mine' ten minutes ago."

"Oh..." Feng Bujue said, "So he is here to chat with the director now..."

"It seems that they have finished chatting." When Bao Qing answered this, the director just came back from the next room.

"Sir." The director walked up to Bao Qing with a serious face, "Next... what are your plans?"

Before Bao Qing could reply, Feng Bujue, who was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, said: "Pack all the investigation materials so far and transfer them to the computer here. By the way, let Zheng go to the interrogation room to wait..." He finished speaking quickly and added, "Oh, by the way, don't forget to confiscate his mobile phone as soon as possible."

"Hey, hey...too arrogant..." Seeing this scene, Meng Jingchan looked at Brother Jue with astonishment and complained in his heart.

But the director did not react much. After listening, he just looked at Bao Qing again in silence.

"Ah..." Mr. Bao sighed and said to the director, "Just do as he said..." (To be continued..)