The scenery of the north is covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles!

The country roads here have poles with arrows on both sides to show the location of the road. The snow is so thick that it is impossible to tell where the road is and where the grassland is, but as long as you walk between the two rows of poles, there will be no problem.

The further we went, the worse the road was cleared. Some places were not cleared at all, with only some traces of cars running over them.

Snow tires are useless in this environment. It is very difficult to control the car and I dare not brake at all.

"Get out of the car and install the snow chains." Bai Song said, "In the trunk."

It was not difficult for four people to do this job. In less than ten minutes, the four anti-skid chains were installed and they continued to move forward.

When they were almost at the village, three police cars were already waiting at the gate. They had arrived two hours ago, and when they saw Bai Song's car, someone immediately got out.

"Welcome superiors to guide our work," a police officer in a police wool coat came over to shake hands with Bai Song.

"Hello," Bai Song said politely, "We are just investigating an ordinary case. Why did we alarm the leaders of the Municipal Bureau?"

The coat didn't have a police rank or police badge, but Bai Song could tell at a glance that it was a woolen coat that only police inspectors would get, made mainly of cashmere and very impressive. Liu Zhe already had the coat, so Bai Song was still a little too early.

Many senior police officers like to wear this on formal occasions in winter, but most of them wear their police rank. Obviously, this person rushed here as soon as he received the news and didn't have time to wear his police rank.

In the ministry, this kind of clothes can be seen everywhere on the street. Even in the Tianhua City Bureau, there are many of them, including Director Wei, Team Ma and others. But here, this is definitely a big leader's clothes.

At the very least, he is a senior deputy director of the Ezhou Public Security Bureau, and possibly even the second-in-command political commissar.

Many people don't understand why the deputy director is senior when he is just a deputy director? In theory, the director of a prefecture-level city bureau is usually the deputy mayor, which means he is at the deputy bureau level. The second-in-command political commissar must be a director, so the deputy director is a deputy director. To be promoted to the third-level police inspector, you generally need to be at the director level. However, if the deputy director has been in office for a long time, his salary may be increased to that of a director, and he is also qualified to wear a white shirt.

For example, the Jiuhe Branch is at the same level as the E City Bureau here. The deputy director of the Jiuhe Branch has the lowest police rank of two bars two and the highest of one wheat one.

"We are not leaders. We are here to learn from our superiors who give us instructions on how to work. If you have any questions, just ask us directly and we will correct them!" The man in the tweed coat smiled brightly, and it seemed that the wind and snow at minus ten degrees Celsius could not affect the warmth of his smile.

"Oh? Are there any changes in the case?" Bai Song is not stupid. Even if he is from the inspection team, he is just a section chief. The local government can just send a deputy-division-level detachment leader to accompany him. There is no way that the leaders of the Municipal Bureau would have to come. Moreover, it seems that his official position is not small.

The reason may be that the case went wrong! In the few hours when Bai Song and others were preparing to come to look at the case, the Municipal Bureau attached great importance to it and began to investigate the case in advance, canceling the suicide case and investigating it as a homicide case! This is because they are afraid that Bai Song and others will hold them accountable!

"The comrades in the county were a little impatient and did not report the case in a comprehensive manner. Fortunately, they discovered the problem in time, conducted self-inspection and rectification, and are actively working on it."

Bai Song is not a person who likes to care about things. Besides, he also smiled and said, "It's okay. We just came to take a look. We haven't told our superiors the details. Can you tell us about the case?"

Upon hearing this, the smile on his face became even brighter. "No problem, leader, follow me. I'll ask their village to make some good tea. The milk tea here is pretty authentic. Have a sip of the hot tea. I'll have the captain below present the case to you."

After chatting for a few more sentences, Bai Song learned that the man's surname was Wang, Political Commissar Wang.

The convoy entered the village. There were two more vehicles from the village committee, probably coming together. Today was the fifth day of the first lunar month, and it was noon. Bai Song and the others just had a quick bite in the car. When they got to the house, the table was already full of food and drinks.

They were all simple foods, in addition to a large pot of milk tea in the middle, there were also steaming hand-pulled mutton and cheese jerky. It was obvious that the mutton had been cooked for quite a while, and this was what Bai Song and the others took out of the pot after arriving at the village entrance.

The mutton here is very good, and the hand-pulled meat is so appetizing.

"You've been traveling for so long, you haven't had lunch yet, right? There's no decent restaurant around here, just eat something casually. While you eat, I'll find someone to report to you." Political Commissar Wang said, "I haven't eaten either, let's eat together."

Bai Song nodded, and everyone sat down to eat together. At this time, the head of the county bureau's criminal investigation team came over with the case file and explained the situation.

In fact, we haven't classified the case as a homicide yet, how can it be so fast?

If they were able to quickly find clues to the case upon hearing that Bai Song was coming, wouldn't their level be sky-high?

However, the leaders of the Municipal Bureau were experienced people. They knew the origins of Bai Song and others long before the Chinese New Year, and knew that Bai Song and others were experts in handling cases. Therefore, when the political commissar heard that Bai Song and others were coming for this case, he immediately requested to withdraw the original case and re-investigate it.

Captain Ning, who was in charge of the report, repeated to Bai Song all the previous circumstances of the case and talked about the work and evidence collection over the past few hours.

"In this case, we feel that his adopted daughter is not normal." Captain Ning said: "His adopted daughter is 11 years old. Although she is a minor now, she still has the right of inheritance. Therefore, this little girl is a vested interest. Those who have great interests are suspicious. We are still investigating further."

"Why wasn't there any mention of an adopted daughter in the previous materials?" Bai Song was a little puzzled.

"The child we found in the village has not yet been adopted, but they are said to be in the process of doing so." Captain Ning said, "It is the Chinese New Year period now, and many places are still closed. People in the village have different opinions."

"I remember the deceased was 47 years old?" Bai Song frowned, "How can a 47-year-old have an 11-year-old adopted daughter? Impossible."

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Bai Song explained: "According to the relevant provisions of the Adoption Law, when an unmarried person adopts a child of the opposite sex, the age difference must be more than 40 years."

Everyone had an expression that said "there is such a rule". Even Political Commissar Wang was a little embarrassed. He really didn't know...

Political Commissar Wang quickly winked at Captain Ning, meaning that you should go and check it out!

Captain Ning immediately said some polite words, pretended to have something urgent to do, and left the house first.