Chapter 91 A new case of third-class merit.
There are strange cases every year, but obviously, as a newly recruited criminal policeman, the outrageousness of some cases is beyond Shen Qingye's expectations.
In late May, Group 3 had not received any new cases, so everyone was happy to have some free time. Shen Qingye had nothing to do, so he took out some old unsolved cases, and finally focused his attention on a case in which a resident was beaten to death by a gangster while walking his dog in the middle of the night.
After discussion, Shen Qingye learned that the case was handled by Zhou Qiming. Because the crime happened too late, there were no witnesses around. After checking the people who had conflicts with the deceased one by one and finding that they all had clear alibis, Zhou Qiming suspected that it might be a stranger who committed the crime randomly, but there was no evidence, so he could only treat the case as an unsolved case.
Shen Qingye wanted to reinvestigate the case, and Zhou Qiming had nothing to do, so he went with her along with Wei Zhengyi.
Zhou Qiming was very careful when handling the case. The case file included the cause of death of the deceased, the testimonies of his neighbors, colleagues, and relatives, all in great detail. Shen Qingye thought there was nothing to add, so he did not go to the victim's home, but went to the crime scene first.
The crime scene was in a remote grassy area on the road. Two years later, all traces inside had long since disappeared. While Shen Qingye was outside with Wei Zhengyi, he took a look around and finally managed to strike up a conversation with a tree next to the flowers.
"I don't know that person, but I remember that he was a little shorter and thinner than the dead man. Most importantly, I remember that after he beat the man to death with a stick, he looked at the man's body and said, 'Your dog bullied my dog,' or something like that..."
Shen Qingye paused, and vaguely guessed something from this sentence, but he felt it was ridiculous.
She asked, "What about the dog? What about the dog that the deceased was walking?"
"The dog was fine. The man was walking his dog without a leash, and the dog ran in front while he followed behind. Later, the murderer beat the man to death with a stick. The dog sensed something was wrong and hurried back, barking at the man. The man had no choice but to turn around and run away."
Shen Qingye's heart moved. If that was the case... the dog should still remember the murderer.
Maybe it would react when it saw the murderer?
Shen Qingye thanked the tree, promised to bring it some plant-specific fertilizer in two days, and then went to the deceased's home.
The deceased's family had a beautiful Samoyed named Doudou, who had a sweet and gentle personality and was very friendly.
Shen Qingye started with the dog and successfully learned that this Samoyed named Doudou was usually very affectionate and never yelled at anyone, with one exception -
There is a man living in another building in their community who also has a dog.
"He has a puppy at home, and Doudou doesn't get along with the puppy. Whenever they see it, the two dogs will fight. Doudou also dislikes its owner and barks at people when he sees them."
Shen Qingye asked, "Did it start barking the moment it saw that person?"
The victim's family thought for a moment and said, "This...hiss, it doesn't seem to be the case. At first, it seemed that it just had a problem with the dog. Sometimes, that person would come out alone, and Doudou wouldn't bark when he saw him...it seems, it seems that it was after, after Lao Zhao died?!"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly realized something: "Ever since Lao Zhao died, every time it sees that person, it goes crazy, howling and barking. I get so scared that every time I see him while walking the dog, I avoid him as far as possible..."
She widened her eyes and looked at Shen Qingye and said, "Could it be, could it be him... No, it shouldn't be, we don't know him at all, we don't even know his name, and both of our families have dogs, and we rarely even say hello to each other, how could it be? How could it be..."
Shen Qingye and Zhou Qiming looked at each other, and their faces did not look very good.
She thought of what the big tree said. Although it seemed absurd, Zhou Qiming had already checked the conventional lines of thought but found no clues. Then this reason, which sounds difficult to accept, does not seem so impossible.
In order to verify the situation, Shen Qingye took Doudou downstairs pretending to take a walk, but in fact he was just waiting for something to happen. Sure enough, half an hour later, Doudou suddenly barked violently in one direction. Shen Qingye looked back and saw a man who was about 1.7 meters tall, thin and small, and about fifty years old, passing by not far away.
When he heard the noise, he frowned and looked at Doudou with disgust, then walked around the flower bed and stayed away.
Shen Qingye and Zhou Qiming looked at each other and both had a feeling that it was him!
Afterwards, Shen Qingye quickly went to his house and asked him where he was on the night of the incident. The other party only said that it was very late and he was sleeping, but what was suspicious was that no one could testify for him!
Because that night, his wife was on a business trip and was out of town; his son was also working outside, so there was no one at home.
The three of them became suspicious and first took the man away for interrogation, then searched the house. Finally, in the kitchen, Shen Qingye found a rolling pin as thick as a child's arm.
She felt a slight movement in her heart and took the rolling pin back to the team and handed it over to the trace inspection team. The other party worked for an entire afternoon and successfully detected residual bloodstains on it. After extracting the DNA and comparing it, it was found that the bloodstains belonged to the deceased Zhao Jianhai!
With irrefutable physical evidence, the puppy's owner, Pan Zaiwei, could no longer deny it and finally confessed the truth.
It turned out that when the dog was being walked before, the puppy had a conflict with Doudou from Zhao Jianwei's family. Doudou was irritated and bit the dog, making it groan and cry, and even bleeding. But because it was the puppy who started the fight, it was the one who scratched and clawed Doudou first, and even bit off a lot of Doudou's hair, so Doudou fought back in anger. Besides, the puppy’s injuries were not serious, so Zhao Jianhai simply apologized and put the matter behind him.
Unexpectedly, Pan Zaiwei loved dogs like his life. Ever since he got the dog, he couldn't bear to beat or scold it. Seeing the dog being bitten like this and losing weight after the wound healed, he was naturally annoyed. I wanted to kill Zhao Jianwei's dog secretly, but I didn't expect that there were always people around the dog. It was also smart and would not eat anything given by outsiders. I waited for two months but didn't get the chance.
As time went by, Pan Zaiwei became more and more annoyed, and finally he took out his anger towards Doudou on Zhao Jianhai. He felt that if Zhao Jianhai had taken good care of the dog, his puppy would not have been hurt; if he had not been with the big dog all the time, he would not have been unable to find an opportunity to take action.
The more he thought about it, the more paranoid he became, until he reached a dead end and began to think about killing someone.
He knew that Zhao Jianhai had the habit of walking the dog in the middle of the night, so he found a night when his wife was away on a business trip, picked up the rolling pin at home, followed Zhao Jianhai to an empty corner, and when Zhao Jianhai was not paying attention, he raised his hand and hit the man to death with a stick.
Afterwards, he returned home very calmly, wiped the blood off the rolling pin, and fell asleep peacefully.
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After hearing this reason for murder, everyone fell silent.
Luo Kaiyang, who was out with Yue Lingchuan to handle another old case, rubbed his forehead and said, "What the hell is this..."
Zhou Qiming also looked tired.
No wonder he couldn’t find any clues before. Who could have thought of this?
At the time of the incident, the conflict between Zhao Jianhai and Pan Zaiwei had lasted for two months. In fact, in the eyes of many people, that incident was not a conflict at all. It's just like a fight between two kids, just two dogs, nothing serious, it's over when it's over. Even Zhao Jianhai's wife had completely forgotten about this matter. In her opinion, Pan Zaiwei was not in the same building as them and they didn't even know each other. Who could suspect him of Zhao Jianhai's death?
Even Doudou's abnormality, they just thought it was because of the puppy and implicated his owner.
Who would have thought that the reason for murder was this? Is it because of a fight between two dogs?
Wei Zhengyi rubbed his forehead and said, "I have finally opened my eyes."
Zhou Qiming stretched himself and said, "Anyway, at least a cold case has been solved."
He patted Shen Qingye's shoulder, imitated Captain Yang's horse team, and said with a smile: "It's really thanks to Xiao Shen."
Shen Qingye also smiled at him: "Thanks to my words, Brother Qiming, would you like to treat me to a meal?"
Zhou Qiming laughed loudly: "Please, please! Let's go out for lunch today!"
Yue Lingchuan had just come back from outside when he heard this: "What do you mean by going out to eat? Going out to eat again?"
Zhou Qiming looked back at him and said happily, "Xiao Shen uncovered a cold case I handled two years ago. It was solved these past two days. I'm going to treat her to a meal."
"Oh." Yue Lingchuan was a little surprised when he saw the smiling girl, but considering her ability, he was not that surprised. He just said jokingly, "If that's the case, then I guess you'll have to treat me to dinner more often in the future."
Zhou Qiming was stunned for a while before he realized what he meant. His face immediately turned red, and then he waved his hand and said generously: "If you want to treat me to a meal, then treat me to a meal. It would be great if she could really solve those unsolved cases."
Shen Qingye's eyes widened when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Come on, Brother Qiming, you really overestimate me!"
Shen Qingye doesn't think that he can do anything just because he has that ability. If it was like the case of Cai Chengyong, where the talking physical evidence was hidden; or like Ren Fangyao's notebook, where lies were intentionally told to protect the owner; or if it was like Su Jinfu, where the person died after returning from an injury outside, she might not be able to get much useful information from them.
Shen Qingye would not be overly modest about her own abilities, but she had to admit that compared to the veteran detectives in Groups 1 and 2, or even some of their own group, she still had a lot to learn.
Wei Zhengyi and others burst into laughter when they heard this, and even Jiang Cheng couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
After the laughter ended, Wei Zhengyi asked Yue Lingchuan again: "By the way, Boss, what have you been doing these past two days? Is everything going well?"
They have been working on this case these two days. Jiang Cheng took Luo Kaiyang to investigate another old case, while Yue Lingchuan went to the bureau, apparently there was a meeting to be held.
Yue Lingchuan said: "A meeting is just to emphasize those things, what's the big deal about whether it goes smoothly or not."
Zhou Qiming said: "I heard that this meeting is related to the last case of Huang Wenqiang?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingye also looked over curiously.
Yue Lingchuan nodded and said yes. After sitting down and drinking a sip of tea, he casually broke the good news:
"In the previous case of Huang Wenqiang, although the murderer had confessed and signed a contract, the case was so extensive that it covered a large area of three provinces. In addition to various procedures and processes, the police in many places coordinated and cooperated, and it has been dragging on until now to completely sort out the case. Now the case file has been submitted to the procuratorate. This matter has been turned over by our police, and the higher-ups have begun to reward people for their contributions."
He said calmly, "Because the case is of a serious nature and involves a large number of people, the higher-ups have issued a bonus, which is a full 10,000 yuan for us."
When everyone heard the words "reward according to merit", their eyes lit up. When they heard him say the bonus was 10,000 yuan, they were excited again. But before they could cheer, Yue Lingchuan added lightly:
"In addition, because Xiao Shen was the first to discover the murderer and made significant contributions in the process of arresting the murderer, she was awarded a third-class individual merit."
The light words fell in the air, but made everyone silent. Shen Qingye slowly widened his eyes.
Yue Lingchuan turned his chair and looked back at her, his sharp eyes holding a gentle smile: "What, are you stupid?"
Shen Qingye blinked belatedly, and it took a long time before he slowly reacted: "No, no."
She licked her dry lips and said, "Me? Third-class merit?"
She graduated from the police academy, so she naturally understood the significance of the third-class merit.
She said vaguely, "Really?"
Yue Lingchuan immediately smiled, his tone becoming gentler: "Why would I lie to you?"
"The notice hasn't come down yet, but it has been mentioned at the meeting. It's probably going to happen in the next few days."
Shen Qingye still felt a little dizzy, but Wei Zhengyi had already yelled and jumped behind Shen Qingye, holding her shoulders and shaking them: "Xiao Shen, Xiao Shen, Xiao Shen, Xiao Shen is awesome!"
"Hahaha, I knew it, I knew it! That case had such a huge impact, and Xiao Shen made such a great contribution, how could he not get a reward?"
"I knew it, I said it! Wow! Xiao Shen has only been employed for a few months, and he got the third-class merit, the third-class merit, not the third-class award!"
A group of people surrounded her, jumping and making noise. Shen Qingye finally came back to her senses and slowly smiled.
Zhou Qiming waved his hand and said, "Eat, eat! Brother Zhou will treat you to a good meal today, let's celebrate!"
Yue Lingchuan glanced at him and said, "You can wait until later. This is a happy event for our group. I'll treat you today."
Zhou Qiming insisted: "I'll come, I'll come, I promised to come!"
The two of them were still arguing, and Wei Zhengyi said directly: "Come on, everyone. Today is Lao Shi, tomorrow is Lao Zhou. Let's have two big meals!"
A group of people were making a lot of noise. At the office door, Captain Yang’s cavalry, who was passing by, heard the noise and shook his head and sighed helplessly, “Young people.”
…
In the end, Yue Lingchuan got the chance to treat everyone, and Zhou Qiming was not to be outdone, so he agreed to treat them again tomorrow.
As freeloaders, Wei Zhengyi and others naturally accepted everyone who came to them, the more the better.
After returning home, Shen Linyue was already sitting on the sofa watching TV. Shen Qingye glanced at his mother and pounced over with a roar.
Shen Linyue was almost vomited out her dinner because of her pressure, and immediately said angrily: "You dead girl, you are so careless! What are you doing?"
Shen Qingye smiled at her, with smiles all over his eyebrows and eyes. She called "Mom" sweetly several times and couldn't wait to share the good news with her. Shen Linyue's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, her expression was surprised and happy, it was rare for her to cooperate with her daughter who was in her twenties but still acted like a child for a while, her words were all about how great my daughter is, how amazing my baby is, which made Shen Qingye blush, she quickly jumped up and ran back to the room, saying that she wanted to take a shower.
Chen Linyue looked at her back with a smile on her face, "You naughty girl, can't I cure you?"
It is summer now, and the villa area is well greened. You can faintly hear the chirping of insects and birds among the trees. Shen Linyue looked upstairs, and the smile on her face slowly faded.
Third-class merit...
She suddenly remembered the series of second-class and third-class merit titles her husband had won when he was still alive, as well as the first-class merit posthumously awarded by the organization after his death.
…
Yue Lingchuan's information was still very reliable. Sure enough, a few days later, the higher-ups held a commendation meeting for Huang Wenqiang's case. They personally awarded a bonus to the Serious Crime Team 3 and also gave Shen Qingye a third-class individual merit.
Shen Qingye was naturally extremely excited. It happened to be a holiday the next day, so she took her mother to buy many bags of things with the bonus and went to Gao Zhengming's house.
Bai Xiuyu saw the bag in her hand and asked in surprise: "Why did you buy so many things?"
Shen Qingye hugged her warmly and said, "I bought these with my own bonus. They are not expensive. Aunt Bai, please don't despise them."
Bai Xiuyu was surprised for a moment: "Oh, you got a bonus?"
She touched the girl's head, her eyes full of gentleness and kindness: "Xiao Feng is really amazing."
She reached out and took the things from the mother and daughter: "Don't mind, I definitely don't mind. This is your first bonus. I'm so happy that you thought of Aunt Bai."
Gao Zhengming rarely had time to stay at home. At first, he was watching TV on the sofa. At this moment, he couldn't help but come over and asked, "What bonus? What bonus?"
Bai Xiuyu smiled and said, "Xiao Feng got the first bonus and bought things for us all."
Gao Zhengming pretended to be serious: "Why is this kid spending money so recklessly?" But he couldn't hide the joy on his face.
Shen Qingye sat down with a smile and unpacked the things one by one, including the scarf she bought for Bai Xiu Yu, the belt she bought for Gao Zheng Ming, and even a pair of sneakers she bought for Gao Rui Yang.
Bai Xiuyu felt warm at heart, and kept saying to Shen Linyue: "Look, look, girls are still the best. I never expected that my brat would want to buy me things when he makes money in the future. Our Xiaofeng is really considerate!"
Chen Linyue smiled and said, "How can it be so exaggerated? Ruiyang is also a considerate person, and he will definitely be filial in the future."
"If we count on him, we may have to wait for years." Gao Zhengming said casually. Looking at the table full of gifts, he couldn't stop smiling, but he still pretended to be serious and said, "You are such a spendthrift kid. You only earn so little money. You should save it well."
Shen Qingye knew that he was speaking one thing and thinking another, so she smiled and said, "If Uncle Gao doesn't like it, I won't buy it for you in the future? I'll only buy it for Aunt Bai?"
Gao Zhengming's face froze. Meeting the girl's cunning gaze, he blushed and waved his hands: "Go away, when did I say I don't like you!"
"Hahahaha!" Both women couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Bai Xiuyu glanced at him and said, "I'm not like someone who says one thing and means another. I like it very much!"
She pinched Shen Qingye's cheek and said with a smile, "Aunt Bai likes the skirt very much. I'll go up and try it on now!"
Shen Qingye's face was immediately full of anticipation. He watched Bai Xiu Yu's figure disappear in the bedroom, then turned to look at Gao Zhengming. The other party touched his nose, coughed lightly, and said, "I'm going to see how your aunt Bai is trying on clothes." But he also took the belt in his hand.
Shen Qingye and her mother looked at each other, with smiles on their faces.
In fact, the reason why I bought so many things was, on the one hand, that I sincerely wanted to repay these two elders who have always cared about me; on the other hand... it was also what Captain Song said at the commendation meeting two days ago.
——Shen Qingye vaguely guessed that Gao Zhengming’s efforts were probably responsible for her being awarded the third-class merit.
After all, her situation was special at the time. She was not a criminal police officer, but just a civilian staff member. Although he later became a criminal policeman, his identity is still there. If her performance had not been so outstanding, coupled with Gao Zhengming's efforts, it would not have been so easy for her to obtain the third-class merit.
He knew it in his heart, but given their relationship, there was no need to thank each other repeatedly. Shen Qingye would rather express his gratitude with practical actions.
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Bai Xiu Yu came out very quickly, and Shen Qingye admired her greatly. On the one hand, she praised Bai Xiu Yu for her good figure and temperament, and on the other hand, she praised her mother for her good taste. If it were herself, she would definitely not be able to pick out a skirt that was so suitable for Aunt Bai. The two women were all smiling happily, but Gao Zhengming, who had put on a new belt, kept coughing, but no one paid any attention to him, so he could only sulk aside.
The presents were opened and it was time to eat. At the dining table, Shen Linyue couldn’t help but ask, “Why didn’t I see Ruiyang? Is he not at home?”
Bai Xiuyu sighed, "The college entrance exam is coming up soon, and he has been studying hard lately. Look, he even went to school on the weekend, and he said he wouldn't be back at noon, and just ate something outside."
Shen Linyue couldn’t help but say after hearing this: “Children nowadays are also having a hard time.”
"That's right. When I woke up early yesterday morning, I saw the light in his room was on. I felt bad, but I couldn't say anything to hold him back. I just wanted to finish the exam quickly so that the child could be free earlier."
Chen Linyue also said: "Who said it wasn't. You have to tutor him well after the exam and take him out to play more often."
Bai Xiuyu smiled and said, "I told Lao Gao a few days ago that the weather has been so hot recently, so why don't we go out and have some fun after Ruiyang finishes his exams. There seems to be a new summer resort in the next city, and I heard the scenery is pretty good. Do you want to go together, mother and daughter?"
Shen Linyue glanced at Shen Qingye and said, "I think it depends on whether this girl has time. Once she gets busy, it will take ten days or half a month."
Bai Xiuyu calmed down a little after hearing this and said, "That's right, Lao Gao probably won't be able to go by then."
Shen Qingye couldn't make any promises now, he just said: "If I have time, I will definitely go!"
Everyone then laughed.
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The days of May passed in the blink of an eye, and June is about to arrive.
For most people, June is not a special month. But for families with students taking the college entrance examination, it is extremely important.
Shen Qingye hasn't been to Gao's house for some time, for fear of disturbing Gao Ruiyang's review. I just want to wait until the college entrance examination is over and then celebrate with him properly.
Fortunately, there haven't been many cases in the team recently. Shen Qingye usually spends his time in the office, either looking through old case files or learning from his predecessors' ideas on solving cases from previously solved cases. His life is extremely stable.
But this peaceful life did not last until after the college entrance examination.
——Something happened in the circle recently. Zhou Yuanfeng from the Zhou family was suddenly involved in a kidnapping case.
"Kidnapping?" The mother and daughter were having dinner. Shen Qingye was shocked when she heard this: "Who did he kidnap?"
Shen Linyue said: "It seems that she is his girlfriend..."
"Girlfriend?" Shen Qingye was a little puzzled, not because he had a girlfriend, but...
He kidnapped his girlfriend?
Chen Linyue shook her head. "I don't know the details, but I know it probably happened. It's said that the girl's parents couldn't find their child, so they called the police and found out that the girl had been missing for two days. After investigating, the local police found signs of a struggle near the door of the house she rented, and Zhou Yuanfeng's hair was found on the ground."
Shen Qingye held the chopsticks and fell into deep thought. If that was the case... the other party was indeed highly suspicious.
only……
The last time we met, Zhou Yuanfeng didn't look like that kind of person.
Why did he kidnap his girlfriend?
Before Shen Qingye could figure out what was going on, the doorbell rang. Aunt Chen went to open the door and said in surprise:
"Mrs. Zhou?"
Shen Qingye was stunned, and looked at Shen Linyue, and then saw Madam Zhou walked in quickly with red eyes. She looked dignified, but could not hide her eagerness: "Mr. Shen."
She forced a smile and greeted politely.
Shen Linyue hurried forward to greet him: "What's going on?"
Madam Zhou raised her eyes, and her delicate makeup could not cover up the haggardness on her face. She frowned, eagerly held Shen Linyue's hand, and said in a sad voice: "Boss Shen, does Qingye work in the criminal police team? Can you ask her for help..."
Chen Linyue's eyes moved slightly: "Mrs. Zhou, are you talking about... the recent rumors that Yuanfeng was suspected of kidnapping?"
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