Chapter 4 It’s no use even if Jesus himself comes!

"Master, it's time to eat."

An unhurried voice sounded, and Li Jianye's face darkened.

"Eat? You're still thinking about eating at this hour!?"

"You look like rice to me!"

Li Jianye looked at the people around him and shouted angrily.

Several police officers looked at each other, and one of them smiled awkwardly, raised his hand and said:

"Boss, that's not what we said."

"Not you guys?"

Li Jianye paused and turned around subconsciously, only to see Chu Xi, who was holding an umbrella, wearing a blue police uniform and carrying several thermal boxes in her hands.

"Master, you~don't~want~to eat?" Chu Xi asked doubtfully.

Li Jianye swallowed the words that were about to come out of his throat, ignored the looks of the people around him, nodded abruptly, and said: "It's come to this. Let's eat first."

Li Jianye looked at the time and it was just noon, so he waved his hand.

A police officer quickly picked up the bullhorn.

"Squadrons One and Two are having a meal and taking a break. Squadron Three will take over the scene temporarily. Hurry!"

Chu Xi stood in front of the table, distributing the food brought from the cafeteria to several classmates and Li Jianye.

Li Jianye walked into the temporary shed built nearby to shelter the police from the rain for sorting out documents, shook the water off his raincoat, then took it off and opened the iron lunch box.

White rice, two meat dishes and one vegetable dish.

"Oh, that's a waste. I'll give you the money later."

"Two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, it's quite a feast today."

Several police officers smiled as they looked at the steaming meal, then took out money from their pockets and handed it over.

A policeman sniffed and looked at Da Baifan with suspicion on his face.

"Why do I smell duck legs?"

"What are you thinking about? It's good enough to have meat to eat, but you also want duck legs. Do you know how expensive duck legs are!?" another person scolded.

Chu Xi's eyes were a little vague, and she twisted her mouth. After hearing that no one was investigating further, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly looked at Li Jianye.

"Master, how's the case going?"

Her voice is no longer slow and her speaking speed is normal.

Li Jianye chewed the rice in his mouth, then swallowed it. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and sighed:

“It’s difficult.”

"The murderer killed four people. The four victims had countless wounds on their bodies. Their stomachs were peeled open, like dumplings with their skins broken, and all the contents came out at once."

"Killing was not enough, he moved the victim from the murder scene to the crime scene, then took a broken wooden board and nailed the victim to it, and then put him in a kneeling position at the crossroads."

"God knows what he wants to do!"

Li Jianye's face was very ugly, "Mad man, a naked mad man!"

The cross, with his hands nailed to his chest, was a complete picture of Jesus.

What on earth does the murderer want to do!?

He made four Jesuses and placed them at the crossroads for others to see. Everyone looked at the tragic situation of the victim, the fear on his face, the despair in his eyes, and the cry for help hidden in his throat before he died, which eventually turned into a cold, kneeling corpse on the ground.

Especially since the identities of the victims have been ascertained, no matter whether they were visited or investigated in detail, nothing related to the crime was found, not even an enemy. Why did the murderer kill them? And even in such a vicious way! What hatred or grudge did he have?

"It's raining again. Eight out of ten clues at the scene have been destroyed. There's nothing to investigate!" Li Jianye looked very ugly.

Chu Xi was silent. She had thought the case would be difficult to progress, but she didn’t expect it to be so difficult.

The policemen around him didn't say anything and just ate in silence.

Just as they were eating in silence, a shrill phone ring suddenly rang.

Li Jianye glanced at his vibrating cell phone, took it out, pressed the dial button, and put it to his ear.

"Hello? I'm Li Jianye, captain of the Criminal Investigation Team of Jiangdong District, Jiangsan City."

He spoke with no expression.

But soon, his expression became increasingly ugly.

"What? Three days!?"

"It's raining outside now, and there are only ten clues left at the scene. How can we get another three days?!"

"How can this be good? I know."

After hanging up the phone, Li Jianye's face had already turned ashen.

Several people looked at each other, then put down their chopsticks, "Boss, what's wrong?"

Li Jianye's lips moved for a long time, but he only uttered four words.

"Solve the case within a certain time limit."

Deadline to solve the case!? Several people immediately stood up, opened their mouths wide, and looked at him in disbelief.

These four words are like a death order to the police!!! How many cases were closed at lightning speed because of these four words: "Did the higher-ups really say this?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Li Jianye wiped his face, "Three days, only three days!"

"Three days?"

Some people were stunned and looked up at the cloudy sky. "It will take three days to solve the case in this blinding weather!?"

"Let's eat first."

Li Jianye took a deep breath, thinking about the investigation process in his mind, while using chopsticks to scoop rice into his mouth.

This news was like adding insult to injury and a bolt from the blue.

Chu Xi looked at them for a long time before he whispered, "Master, have you ever thought about finding a detective?"

"detective?"

Li Jianye paused, raised his head, and frowned, "Extra staff? A detective like Xiaoying?"

"Xiao Xi, don't believe these, they are all scams."

"A few years ago, a city hired a civilian detective at a high price, but he was cheated and almost cursed. No matter how poor the criminal police's ability is, he can't be compared with a detective."

Chu Xi nodded. In the eyes of criminal police, detectives are not very professional, but... "What if there are capable people?"

"A capable detective?" Li Jianye smiled and shook his head. "I haven't heard of any capable detectives in Jiangdong District. If it's about catching mistresses, then they are definitely better than the police."

"No, Boss, it seems there really is one."

Several policemen who were eating nearby paused, and suddenly looked at each other.

Li Jianye was stunned.

"And you should know this person, Boss."

Several young policemen looked at Li Jianye with strange expressions, and the same face popped up in their minds.

"I know him?" Li Jianye frowned, "Who?"

Several policemen subconsciously looked at Chu Xi.

"Well, Master, do you remember last year when you heard that the Municipal Bureau was going to assign an outstanding student to the brigade? The one who graduated first in my police academy."

Chu Xi said, "You seemed very excited for a long time at that time, and then you were depressed for several days when you heard that he didn't join the company."

Hearing this, Li Jianye's long-forgotten memories restarted in his mind, and he nodded subconsciously.

"That's true."

The second best police academy in the country, with the best academic performance. When such a talent was assigned to him, he thought it was the God of Wealth and Wenquxing hitting him in the face!

In the end, the other party did not come to work, which is no less than winning the lottery but not redeeming it, and the prize is a billion-dollar jackpot! "Wait, he won't... still stay in Jiangdong District!?"

"Is he a detective?"

Li Jianye's mind moved, and he suddenly realized something, and suddenly looked up at Chu Xi.

"The first graduate of the police academy becomes a detective!??"

Chu Xi nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Yes!"

"I'm back, I'm back!"

At half past one, an anxious voice was heard from the detention room of the Jiangdong District Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Chu Xi jogged all the way to the detention room in a hurry and turned his head to look around.

Please...collect 6_9_book_bar (Six//Nine//Book//bar)

Unexpectedly, there was no one in the detention room.

"Lie to me again"

Chu Xi said in a low voice, then sat on the chair, hugged her chest, and sulked.

"What did I lie to you about?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded.

Xu Huo shook his freshly washed hands, walked into the detention room, and looked at the little resentful woman with a twitch of his lips.

"Just going to the bathroom."

Chu Xi looked up and saw that he hadn't left, her eyes brightened. After a moment of silence, she seemed to remember something and suddenly came to her senses.

She pushed someone to her side.

"This is my master!"

"Master, this is Xu Hao. He is amazing. He taught the fourth, seventh, and ninth place graduates from the police academy!"

Xu Hao had focused all his attention on Chu Xi and only now noticed the invisible person.

"Li Jianye, captain of the Jiangdong District Criminal Investigation Team."

Li Jianye stepped forward and stretched out his hand, his eagle eyes scanning Xu Hao from head to toe.

"He has sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and he looks quite handsome."

"Xu Hao, an online writer."

Xu Hao smiled and shook hands.

"To make a long story short, Xiaoxi said you wanted to be involved in the case?" Li Jianye looked at Xu Hao and frowned.

"No, it's not me who thinks, it's you who thinks, Captain Li."

Xu Hao shook his head. He glanced at the rain outside and said slowly, "If I'm not mistaken, it's hard to find information about the crime scene."

"How far has the case progressed? Not much, I guess."

"Or maybe"

He paused and continued:

"Stay where you are?"

After these four words were spoken, there was no movement around.

Li Jianye didn't say anything and was very silent. Although the case was not completely solved, it was not much different. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had a glimmer of hope with Xu Hao.

"Well, it looks like I guessed right."

Xu Hao understood the message from Chu Xi's depressed expression.

"Then let me guess."

"Criminal police generally don't ask non-staff personnel to participate in cases, especially detectives who are looked down upon. Chu Xi just said that you will arrive in a short time."

"Even if I graduated from the police academy, I shouldn't have been like this, but Captain Li still rushed back in less than an hour and came to see me in person."

"Captain Li is in a hurry."

"It's so urgent. Is it a request from above?"

Xu Hao spoke again, his tone sounding as if he was just chatting, but every word was sharp.

"Solve the case within a time limit?"

"Ten days? Or eight days? Or three or four days?"

For a moment, the air froze.

Li Jianye took a deep breath. He now understood why Chu Xi and those disciples always lamented that Xu Hao didn't come.

Less than two minutes into the meeting, my underwear was touched clean. "Mr. Xu, if you need anything, just let me know."

"Captain Li is straightforward."

Xu Huo smiled. He liked talking to this kind of smart and straightforward person who always knew what he meant.

"Two conditions."

"First, the novel issue. After the case is solved, I need to have certain rights to adapt the case."

"Okay."

Li Jianye agreed immediately.

The case has been solved, so just write about it, it doesn’t matter, anyone can write about it, even the police may record a video about it. Only the case within the case cannot be written about or filmed!

"Second, I want a consulting position."

Xu Huo spoke up and said that if there was one task, there would be two. It would be troublesome to intervene without a consultant.

"Specially invited consultant!?"

Li Jianye frowned, thought for a moment, and shook his head, "Okay, but not now."

"Captain Li is so straightforward!"

Xu Hao grinned, he naturally understood why.

Now that he has been given a consultant status and is involved in the case, if the case cannot be solved, he will be partly blamed. Although it has little impact on him, it is still the blame and will be detrimental to his subsequent participation.

"Anything else?"

Li Jianye paused and frowned. He didn't expect the other party to ask for such a high price.

After all, detectives are all greedy. "That's it." Xu Hao waved his hand.

He stood up and walked towards the police car, the scene of the crime appearing in his mind.

'The living Jesus?'

Xu Hao narrowed his eyes.

'Even if Jesus himself came, it wouldn't help!'

"Go to the crime scene!"

Update time: Tentative update at 10 or 11 pm

(End of this chapter)