Chapter 398 Joining the Task Force
On May 8, the third day after Wu Yongcheng took "sick leave", the anxious Zhou Yi received the notice.
Let him go to Hongcheng University to attend the meeting of the Hongda case task force.
He was eager to try it out and immediately rushed to Hongda.
Since the establishment of the task force, in order to facilitate the comprehensive investigation work of the task force, Hongda has specially vacated an independent office building for the use of the task force.
This building is located in the southeast corner of Hongda. It has three floors and is one of the earliest office buildings built when Hongda was founded.
After the identity of the deceased was confirmed on May 2, a special task force was established and stationed in Hongda. In order to avoid causing panic and unrest, Hongda decided to implement semi-lockdown measures after consultation with the Municipal Party Committee and the Public Security Department.
That is, the school will stop being open to the general public, and an access control system will be implemented at all school gates. Only people with student ID cards and faculty ID cards can enter and exit. The school gate closing time will be set, and the school gate will be blocked after 9 pm. Except for the task force members and school leaders, all students, including faculty and staff, are not allowed to enter or exit.
But there is no wall that is impenetrable. When the police were searching for the body parts on a large scale, there were people watching.
The school arranged for someone to identify the body, and after the identity of the deceased was confirmed, the news spread like wildfire throughout the school.
Everyone knew that the deceased was Xu Liu, a freshman girl from the Department of Financial Management, and that she had been chopped into pieces, leaving only her head. The entire school was in a panic.
After Zhou Yi arrived at the task force office building, the first person he met was Chen Yan.
Chen Yan was very happy to see Zhou Yi coming. He, Jiang Biao and Qiao Jiali had been in a very depressed mood these past two days, not only because of the case, but also because of the matter between Captain Wu and Zhou Yi.
Although they didn't know the truth behind Wu Yongcheng's report, they were unsure whether Zhou Yi could join the task force.
As soon as Chen Yan saw Zhou Yi, he came up and hugged him.
"Welcome back."
Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and patted Chen Yan on the back.
"Thank you, Brother Yan."
At this moment, a loud voice from upstairs called out, "Zhou Yi."
Zhou Yi looked up and saw two people standing on the balcony. One was Xie Guoqiang and the other was someone he didn't know. He was most likely a leader from the provincial department.
Zhou Yi immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Hello, Director! Hello, Leader!"
Xie Guoqiang waved his hand: "Come up, let's start the meeting."
The two people downstairs hurried upstairs and entered the large conference room on the third floor.
Among the people inside, there are old acquaintances and new faces.
Old acquaintances were all very happy about Zhou Yi's appearance and made eye contact with him.
"Now that everyone is here, let's hold a meeting to summarize the investigation results during this period, and then arrange the work for the next stage." Xie Guoqiang, who was sitting in the middle, said.
"But before that, let me introduce a new member of the task force. I'm sure everyone in Hongcheng is familiar with him, but the comrades from the provincial department may not know him." Xie Guoqiang looked over at Zhou Yi, who was sitting in the corner, and called out, "Zhou Yi."
Zhou Yi immediately stood up, saluted first to the leader, and then to everyone present.
"Zhou Yi is a member of the Third Brigade of our Municipal Bureau. He was not in Hongcheng due to work reasons before, so he did not join the task force. Now he has returned to the team." Xie Guoqiang said, pointing at Zhou Yi.
The person sitting on Xie Guoqiang's left was the one he had just seen on the balcony. He was not wearing a police uniform, but a black casual suit. He looked to be around 45 years old, tall and thin, with sharp eyes.
The man was surprised and said, "Oh, he is Zhou Yi. I remember he made significant contributions in the Donghai Community dismemberment case and the Long Zhiqiang case."
Xie Guoqiang smiled and said, "Captain Liang has a good memory. Yes, he did play a key role in these major cases. He's a good talent."
Hearing Xie Guoqiang call him that, Zhou Yi immediately knew who this person was.
Liang Wei, the captain of the serious crime investigation detachment of the Provincial Department's Criminal Investigation Corps, is also Xiang Jie's leader whom he had met before in the provincial capital.
The Serious Crime Investigation Detachment of the Corps is specifically responsible for the criminal investigation of serious and major cases throughout the province. If the local authorities cannot solve the case, it will be handed over to them. It is equivalent to a provincial-level enhanced version of the Third Brigade. Of course, the police force, resources and experience are not comparable to those of the Third Brigade.
If Zhou Yi wants to make the best use of his previous life's archival memories in this life and get involved in the province's future major unsolved cases, his ultimate goal must be to join the provincial department's serious crime squad.
Liang Wei said with a smile: "Thank you, Director, for keeping such a capable general hidden away and bringing him out sooner."
Xie Guoqiang also laughed and said, "Hey, young man, you have talent, but you still need more experience."
Then he said loudly to Zhou Yi, "Zhou Yi, cherish this opportunity and learn from Captain Liang. Most people don't have this opportunity."
"Yes!" Zhou Yi responded loudly, without any polite or modest words. He knew that this was not the time for him to show off.
"Sit down." Xie Guoqiang said.
The current task force is led by Xie Guoqiang, but he does not actually coordinate and organize the daily work of the task force. He only appears when there are major discoveries and decisions, as well as case meetings like today.
The actual investigation work was carried out by deputy team leaders Liang Wei and Ni Jianrong, and of course Wu Yongcheng before that.
As for the others, from Hongcheng, there are some backbone elites from the First Brigade, members from the Third Brigade, forensic and technical departments, and the rest of the Criminal Investigation Detachment are responsible for receiving instructions and tasks and for peripheral investigations.
This is also done to prevent information from leaking and causing other problems.
For example, the fact that Lu Xiaoshuang was identified as a criminal suspect was not leaked to any outside party except the task force members and school leaders.
This was a reassurance to Zhou Yi. As long as the matter was not leaked, Lu Xiaoshuang's reputation would not be affected in the short term. As long as the case was solved as soon as possible, the situation could be kept under control to the minimum extent.
After all, human hearts are unpredictable. Who knows if someone will look at Lu Xiaoshuang with tinted glasses in the future?
However, it also aroused Zhou Yi's suspicion.
When did the person who anonymously reported Lu Xiaoshuang write the report letter? Did he already know that Lu Xiaoshuang had been identified as a criminal suspect?
It seems that I have to find a way to find out about anonymous reporting of myself.
But I can't do this by myself because I don't know anyone in the Municipal Party Committee Office.
Nor can we investigate in the name of the task force. Wu Yongcheng must not cause any more trouble with the opportunity he gained through "self-sacrifice".
Suddenly, his eyes fell on Qiao Jiali who was standing beside him.
Maybe I can ask Director Zhang about it.
On the provincial department side, in addition to Liang Wei and several members of the serious crime detachment he brought with him, there were two more people.
One is Wang Yao, the head of forensic medicine at the Provincial Urban Bureau and also the student Qin Beihai mentioned.
Zhou Yi knew this person in his previous life. He had been in charge of forensic work in the Provincial Urban Bureau and had trained many outstanding newcomers.
The other was a computer technology expert from the provincial department, named Chen Yao, who brought the most advanced computer equipment.
He has two main jobs. One is to look for clues on the Internet.
In 1997, the domestic Internet was still in its infancy, and the total number of Internet users in the country was only about 600,000. The high cost of computers and dial-up Internet access was simply not affordable for ordinary people.
But at the same time, the Internet was in a stage of wild growth at that time, and the state's control and technology were insufficient. So although the Internet was free at that time, it was also full of all kinds of unscrupulous information. Many forums were full of all kinds of strange information, and there was no shortage of criminal intentions.
There was also an investigation in this regard in the previous life.
Another of Chen Yao's jobs is to review surveillance and repair videos.
There are surveillance cameras on Hongda campuses, but in 1997, even if universities had surveillance cameras, the penetration rate was very low.
Just like the grand surveillance, except for one at the main entrance of the school, the other surveillance cameras are installed in the finance office, laboratories with important equipment, etc. There are no surveillance cameras in public areas, student dormitories and other living areas.
Moreover, Zhou Yi later discovered that the clarity of the most advanced imported surveillance cameras that Hongda claimed to have purchased was not even as clear as that of the Golden Phoenix Nightclub.
At night, the visibility was terrible. Not to mention the face, you could only tell whether it was a man or a woman.
So Chen Yao stayed in an office all day, watching the surveillance footage second by second. If he found anything suspicious, he would cut it out and repair it separately before handing it over to the criminal investigation personnel for analysis.
It's a complete chore.
Zhou Yi had a feeling, but he wasn't sure.
Today's meeting seemed to be held for him.
Because Xie Guoqiang basically asked each department to talk about all the information they had investigated since the incident, picking out the key points.
This allowed Zhou Yi, who had been absent for almost a week, to immediately grasp the clues currently in the hands of the task force.
The meeting lasted the entire morning, and Zhou Yi's notebook was filled with information.
All four kettles were emptied.
It was not until they heard Xie Guoqiang say the word "adjourn" that everyone breathed a sigh of relief and stood up and walked out hungry.
Xie Guoqiang's voice cut through the crowd: "Zhou Yi, stay a moment."
Zhou Yi, who had just stood up, stopped walking forward and instead stood there to stretch his muscles.
After everyone left, only Xie Guoqiang and Zhou Yi were left in the empty conference room.
Zhou Yi walked up to Xie Guoqiang and said, "Thank you, Director."
"sit."
"OK."
Xie Guoqiang's expression showed no emotion. He asked casually, "Do you know how you got into the task force?"
Zhou Yi didn't dare to hide it, nodded and replied: "I know."
"Then do you know why your name was not on the task force before?"
Xie Guoqiang's tone seemed casual, but his eyes revealed a strange sharpness.
Zhou Yi knew that lying was meaningless. How could the head of a bureau be fooled so easily?
He nodded and smiled awkwardly, "I know a little bit."
"Zhou Yi, I don't care what tricks you and your Captain Wu are playing. I'm putting this out there. The case is solved, and I'll let bygones be bygones."
"But if the case is not solved, or if it is not solved clearly, I will settle the score with you later!"
Seeing Xie Guoqiang's serious face, Zhou Yi immediately stopped smiling and said, "Director Xie, I also have a question for you!"
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