A few days later, Jiang Lin took Su Xingyun, Director Zhao, and Dean Chen to another province for an inspection. They needed to visit several stone mines to finalize a batch of suitable building materials.
That morning, Cheng Rushan did morning exercises and then went to the office to process documents. He checked the time and called Jiang Lin to ask about the situation over there. They had almost made arrangements and would be back in a few days.
After hanging up the phone, he decided to go home for breakfast first. As soon as he went out, he saw Bie Dongshan running towards him in a hurry.
"Director Cheng!"
Cheng Rushan frowned slightly and raised his hand to stop his excessive momentum, "What's the matter?"
Bie Dongshan took a breath, "He Liang and Lu Hang... were in a car accident..."
"Car accident?" Cheng Rushan walked out quickly. The weather outside was fine, and there were no heavy rainstorms in early summer. There were not many cars on the road. He Liang and Lu Hang were not the kind of people who would drive fast without caring about their lives, so where did the car accident come from? "What happened? Which hospital are they in?"
Bie Dongshan: "I don't know the details yet. It was Doctor Guo who called. She just said she was in a neighboring province and wanted us to arrange a car to take her there."
It was really difficult for Guo Yanqiu to go out in such a tight time as she didn't have a car and couldn't buy a train ticket.
Cheng Rushan: “Go and have a look.”
Don't drive to Dongshan, Cheng Rushan will buy some buns to satisfy your hunger on the way.
When they arrived at the provincial university, they saw Guo Yanqiu with red and swollen eyes. She looked relatively calm, but her body was shaking violently and she was mumbling something. She was obviously panicked and nervous, but she forced herself to remain calm.
Cheng Rushan: "Doctor Guo, please tell me the general situation first."
Guo Yanqiu was not a person who panicked when faced with something, but she was really worried and panicked. Seeing Cheng Rushan at this moment, his calm and steady demeanor made her calm down. She said, "Lü Hang drove to the neighboring province to order cotton yesterday, and He Liang happened to have nothing to do so he went with him. They drove back last night and encountered a robber on the road. He said he was still unconscious."
She also received a call from the police station early in the morning. The police station only notified the family members and did not say too much in detail. After hanging up the phone, she panicked and subconsciously called their good friend. Cheng Rushan must be more capable than Lu Hang's father, after all, he is a cadre from the army.
Moreover, the two of them encountered road robbers on the road. If Cheng Rushan came forward, it would be easier to get justice. Bie Dongshan comforted her and told her not to think too much.
Because Guo Yanqiu's explanation was not clear enough, Cheng Rushan called the police station again to ask for details.
He thought more than Guo Yanqiu. Lu Hang and He Liang were not ordinary people. He Liang came from the army. Even if his fighting skills were not as good as those of Fang Chengguang and other talented people, he was not weaker than ordinary people. Lu Hang was not a rookie. If they encountered robbers, unless they were attacked by surprise, ten or eight men would not be able to do anything to them.
He dialed the number and asked about Lu Hang and He Liang's situation first.
Lu Hang is still in a coma, but He Liang has passed the critical period after blood transfusion due to excessive blood loss and is no longer in danger of life.
The person who reported the case was Li Wenzhong, the director of a state-private joint venture coal plant in the province. He was driving back to the plant with his accountant last night. When passing by the foot of Baimao Mountain, he saw a man covered in blood fighting with four or five people holding iron bars and knives. Li Wenzhong immediately took out his homemade gun for self-defense and fired a shot into the air. As a result, the five men fled in panic.
They rushed to rescue the man, but he fainted due to blood loss. Li Wenzhong and the accountant found another man in the car, who had been hit on the head by something and had fainted.
They didn't dare to stay for long. Two of them drove a car each, one took the two injured men to the hospital, and the other went to the police station to report the incident.
The police found the ID in the car and learned that the unconscious man was named Lu Hang and the man who had lost too much blood was named He Liang.
So they contacted his wife Guo Yanqiu early in the morning according to the phone number on Lu Hang's notebook. Although He Liang was wearing a military uniform, he was carrying a teacher's work permit on this trip, so the police station also told Guo Yanqiu to contact He Liang's family.
After investigation, they were hit by rocks while driving fast, the rocks shattered the windshield, and two people were scratched by flying glass. Lu Hang was obviously hit on the head by the falling rocks, causing coma. He Liang was scratched by glass and lost too much blood in a fierce fight. If Li Wenzhong and his men had not happened to pass by and rescued them, they would have been in great danger.
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Rushan looked solemn, with anger hidden between his brows.
Bie Dongshan was very angry. "This situation has been happening for several years, and it has become more rampant in the past two years. Truck drivers have been robbed at night on the highway. Some people throw broken glass and nails to puncture tires on the road, or throw stones to smash car windows on the bridge, and rob the drivers when they are injured. I heard that it is even worse in the countryside. You may be robbed even if you walk at night. Some people even put wires on the road, and cyclists have been strangled. I don't know what those local people do for a living!"
During the Cultural Revolution, the economy was underdeveloped and it was difficult for everyone to get food. In addition, people could not go out freely because of restrictions such as household registration, letters of introduction, food stamps, and work points. Even if there were hooligans, they would not rob people on the road. Now that reform and opening up have taken place and the economy has improved, people have surplus food and have started to do small businesses. Some hooligans in urban and rural areas always want to get something for nothing, so they try all kinds of ways to make money. They either persuade rural women to come to the city to engage in sex trade, or steal, rob, cheat, and deceive, and they come up with all kinds of new methods.
As for local security, most of the forces are converted from former militias, with poor professional capabilities and even complex connections with some local bullies.
There is another reason. Many of the newly appointed local officials in charge of public security are transferred from other places and do not understand the local situation, or they do not want to offend local forces. They think they can be promoted if they can complete their term safely, and do not want to fight against those bullies and hooligans, so as not to cause trouble and hinder their careers.
Due to various reasons, bullies and road bullies are rampant among the people, especially in rural areas. The situation is getting worse and worse, and it seems that people are afraid to walk at night.
Duan Chang'an, Zhu Junjie and others are in charge of transportation. Not only do they have to travel long distances, but they also have to pass through some villages and encounter places where the people are tough. They cannot get through safely without bleeding some blood.
Cheng Rushan said to Guo Yanqiu: "It's useless for you to go. I'll contact the provincial military region to arrange to send the people back. You don't have to worry."
Guo Yanqiu is now much calmer, "Thank you, Brother Cheng."
Cheng Rushan: "One of our own."
They said goodbye to Guo Yanqiu and drove to the military district by Bie Dongshan to report the case directly to Commander Han. Commander Han listened to the report in detail and ordered on the spot to have the military district helicopter go to the hospital in the neighboring province to pick up the two and arrange for treatment in the provincial military district.
An active-duty officer was seriously injured by bandits on the national highway. This was a very serious criminal case. Commander Han immediately called the Provincial Public Security Department and asked them to work with the Public Security Department of the neighboring province to solve the case as soon as possible.
When the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs were restored, half of the cadres and staff, especially those in the public security department, were transferred from the army. So Commander Han was very rude to them, and he scolded them without even saying a word.
"You all came from me. He Liang is also my soldier. I treat you all equally. I, Han, will not allow any soldier to be harmed. Although you are not obeying the command of the military region now, you must solve the case as soon as possible and bring the murderer to justice! How dare you rob active servicemen? It's really lawless! What kind of bullshit public security are you guys doing! Are you all just staring at me and eating for free?"
"Don't be angry, old commander. We will solve the case as soon as possible, as soon as possible!" Director Yu didn't know what was going on when he received a scolding from Commander Han. He had to accept it first and then send someone to find out what was going on.
Soon, they found out that something had happened to He Liang, and Cheng Rushan went to the provincial military region in person to report the matter to Commander Han.
Director Yu was very angry and asked someone to invite Cheng Rushan immediately. What was going on? Why couldn't they raise their opinions directly with the provincial department? Why were they going to the military district now? Did they think that the military was in charge of everything at that time?
Without waiting for their people to arrive, Cheng Rushan had already returned and went straight to Director Yu's office.
Director Yu lowered his head and reviewed a few documents. After a long while, he slowly looked up at Cheng Rushan.
To be honest, although these departments are one, they are separated by strict barriers and do not interfere with each other, for fear that others will infiltrate them.
There are even some who disagree with each other privately.
Director Yu had long been paying attention to Cheng Rushan. They both came from Commander Han's staff, so Cheng Rushan was his junior, but his promotion speed was much faster than his.
Director Yu doesn't like Cheng Rushan because he is too clean, too upright and too smooth.
Clean, he is strict with himself and does not violate regulations or infringe on rights.
He is upright and will not bow to anyone, even if it means losing his job.
He was smooth, he didn't give anyone a chance to fight back, he didn't give anyone a handle, once he made a move, he would hit the target. And the evidence was irrefutable, people were convinced, even if they were caught by him, they would even be grateful to him, finally stopping themselves from sliding into the bottomless abyss.
What a bullshit logic.
The man in front of me was tall and handsome. His age on file was 37. Judging from his appearance, he might be in his twenties or early thirties. However, his calm and stern demeanor and his expressionless expression of emotion gave people a feeling of being unfathomable.
He looks like an old fox who has been immersed in officialdom for decades. It feels so incongruous since he is so young!
Director Yu was kind and greeted Cheng Rushan with a smile. He exchanged a few words and asked him to take a seat.
Cheng Rushan thanked him, sat down, and went straight to the point to explain He Liang's situation simply and clearly. "Because He Liang is an active-duty soldier, and their injuries are serious, I will go to the military region to report to Commander Han and ask him to take the two back and give them the best care. I hope Director Yu will forgive me."
If Director Yu was an easy person to deal with, Cheng Rushan would naturally report to him first and then go to greet the military district.
Unfortunately, Director Yu is not an easy person to get along with. He smiles at you on the surface, but turns his face coldly behind your back. If no one puts pressure on him, it will take at least a year or two for Lu Hang and He Liang to solve the case.
Now the military district has stepped in. He Liang is a military theory lecturer at a provincial university. He was ambushed and robbed by bandits on the road. The impact is too bad. The case must be solved quickly and the punishment must be severe!
Cheng Rushan estimated that the case could be closed in ten days or half a month, and if it was not closed, he didn't mind taking charge of it himself.
In Cheng Rushan's opinion, this kind of case does not require any technical content, it is simply a matter of whether to do it or not.
Since Director Yu received Commander Han's call, he would not give him face, nor would he make things difficult for Cheng Rushan at this time. Instead, he was friendly and said, "I will urge Commander Liu to do his best to investigate this matter."
"Thank you, Director Yu. If we can eliminate road bullies in urban and rural areas and improve public security, the public security organs will be the protectors of the people." Cheng Rushan hopes that Director Yu can face up to the rural public security issues through this incident and take this opportunity to launch a wave of severe crackdowns to benefit the people.
Director Yu laughed and said, "We are all old cows serving the people. How dare we call ourselves protectors?"
Cheng Rushan immediately understood what he meant and seemed not to want to care about it, so he stood up, said goodbye and went to find Captain Liu.
Captain Liu of the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Provincial Public Security Department was originally a deputy regimental commander in the army. He had some friendship with Captain Cen, or it could be said that he was once completely defeated by Captain Cen.
Captain Cen was a protective person. Although Cheng Rushan was not under his command, he had a crush on Cheng Rushan and naturally considered Cheng Rushan as one of his own. Moreover, two of Cheng Rushan's brothers who had been with him for a long time were captains under him, and Fang Chengguang was his best man. Therefore, Cheng Rushan had to deal with the police and the courts when he joined the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Captain Cen had already quietly informed several key figures, including Captain Liu.
No one knows about this, not even Fang Chengguang, and Captain Liu certainly won't mention it to anyone. But if Cheng Rushan needs it, he will cooperate whether he likes it or not, as long as it's not for personal gain.
Therefore, Captain Liu treated Cheng Rushan well and took the initiative to invite him to participate in the 523 case.
Cheng Rushan was afraid that he would deliberately cooperate with Director Yu to cause trouble, so he directly and secretly instructed Captain Gao Yan, a subordinate of Captain Liu, to quickly come up with an effective plan.
Gao Yan also came from the military region. When he was in the military region, he had business dealings with Cheng Rushan and admired Cheng Rushan very much. Naturally, he would provide even greater help to Cheng Rushan now.
Gao Yan personally took He Changjiang, Zhao Quan and several others to the police station in the neighboring province to negotiate and jointly handle the case. He also asked the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the neighboring province to send people to go down and work together with the local county and township police stations to spread the net and gather information.
In fact, the police officers who often handle cases have a set of useful theories. There are some idlers in every place, and the local people and police stations are very clear about it.
They knew who was good at what. Some of them even had connections with them, but the provincial department was directly involved, and no one would offend anyone for a few hooligans.
So, on the fifth day, all five gangsters were caught, and a few accomplices were also caught.
Following Cheng Rushan's instructions, Gao Yan instructed He Changjiang and others to interrogate them on the spot, so as to avoid waiting until they were brought back to the police station and letting these thugs come up with some tricks.
After interrogation, they found out that an important person named Wang Houzi had escaped.
Bie Dongshan got the news very quickly. He went to Cheng Rushan to report: "Director Cheng, Captain Gao and He Changjiang investigated and found that Wang Houzi was from Guxian County in our province."
"My province?" Cheng Rushan raised his eyebrows. "A few robbers actually formed a group across provinces. We must investigate thoroughly!"
Gao Yan, He Changjiang and others came back from a neighboring province, and drove Lu Hang's car back, and then personally led people to Baishi Town, Gu County to capture Wang Houzi. They were from the provincial department, and the municipal and county public security bureaus did not dare to be careless, and strictly ordered the town police station to fully cooperate in the capture of Wang Houzi.
Bie Dongshan also followed after he got the news. With Bie Dongshan following, they would not only investigate Wang Houzi's case, but also all the people related to Wang Houzi to see if there were other bullies and bandits hiding around and causing trouble for the people.
Soon, they found out that Wang Houzi was the brother-in-law of a local town official.
A group of people in Baishi Town took out a loan to open a brick kiln factory. Wang Houzi was their security captain, responsible for the factory's security. He kept a group of thugs to deal with the migrant workers in the kiln factory. He withheld wages, collected protection fees from private brick kilns, and suppressed his peers. Anyone who dared to contradict him would be beaten first.
They had caused a death, and when the city and county police departments came to investigate, they would make it look like a private fight and settle the matter with compensation. After the police left, they would force the victim to take the money to invest in a brick kiln factory, but investing was like investing in a waste of money, and there was no way they could get it back.
Therefore, the common people dare not speak out.
Although he had been safe and sound before, now that he had injured people from the provincial military region, no matter how powerful the person who protected him was, he was doomed.
Bie Dongshan followed Cheng Rushan's instructions and secretly conducted a thorough investigation in the local area, collecting as much evidence as possible, and trying to catch those local people who abused their power for personal gain, so that they would not continue to oppress the people.
You won't know the result until you check. Once you check, you will be shocked. The local brick kiln factories, cement factories, paper mills, etc., all the factories opened with loans, are almost without exception run by people with connections. None of them were opened by ordinary individual businesses.
Township credit cooperatives were originally intended to encourage individual business by providing loans to individuals, but now they are monopolized by a group of people who abuse their power for personal gain.
One person followed another, and the whole town and even the county was like this.
Bie Dongshan called Cheng Rushan to report, "Director Cheng, will this involve too much?"
Cheng Rushan: "Anyone who commits a crime should be investigated and punished, no matter how widespread the involvement. That's what we do, there's nothing to be afraid of."
With him taking the responsibility, Bie Dongshan, He Changjiang and others let go of the investigation, but although they found a lot of things, the evidence stopped at Baishi Town and could only prove Baishi Town's illegal behavior. Obviously, someone had arranged it in advance.
Bie Dongshan, He Changjiang and others cooperated well with each other and with a little strategy, they managed to find some information.
Bie Dongshan came back and reported to Cheng Rushan, "Director Cheng, there is an unexpected gain."
"explain."
"We found that Director Bian had an opaque relationship with a cadre in Gu County." The so-called opaque relationship means that the relationship is not clean, there are transactions, but because it is well concealed, no direct handle can be found. For example, if he buys a painting for 10,000 yuan, others cannot say that he is giving the 10,000 yuan as a gift. He will say that the painting is worth 10,000 yuan.
Cheng Rushan: "Investigate in secret and don't alert the enemy." He stood up and said, "Take me to see Wang Houzi."
He wanted to ask a few questions himself.
Wang Houzi confessed that he was addicted to gambling and his family would not tolerate him because he was always in debt. He had no choice but to go out and make some money. He first wandered around the national highway and robbed a few people. By chance, he met a few gangsters from a neighboring province. They hit it off and started to commit crimes everywhere, robbing drivers. At that time, those who could afford to drive a car were either wealthy or transporting goods. They had a lot of money. They made money by robbing one person, and it was easy and fast to make money.
In the past, they always avoided jeeps, but this time Lu Hang was driving a second-hand car bought from a textile factory, newly painted, so they thought he must be rich. They originally only wanted to smash the car and steal property, not kill anyone, but who knew that He Liang did not faint and took the initiative to attack them, so they had to fight him.
I didn’t expect he was an active military officer!
This is consistent with the information given by those hooligans.
Cheng Rushan and Gao Yan interrogated Wang Houzi, and he repeated what he had confessed before.
"I really didn't know he was a PLA comrade. I really didn't recognize him. He beat us as soon as he saw us and didn't say a word. Otherwise, we wouldn't dare to do that even if we had ten thousand guts!" Wang Houzi begged for mercy and asked for a light sentence.
Cheng Rushan's face was icy, without any forgiving intention. He said coldly: "There are no street lights on the national highway at night. How do you light it?"
"We brought lanterns, and the car had its headlights on." Wang Houzi looked very nervous.
Cheng Rushan said sternly: "Since you can see clearly, you attacked an active soldier in uniform and said you dare not!"
“No, no!” Wang Houzi was so scared that he kept denying, “We didn’t see clearly, the light was too dim, very dim. Besides, many people got old military uniforms to wear, we, we…”
Cheng Rushan snorted coldly, "He Liang's military uniform has all the insignia and collar patches, how can it be compared with the old military uniform?" He looked at Wang Houzi with cold eyes, as if he could see through everything.
Wang Houzi's heart was trembling with fear, and then he heard Cheng Rushan's cold voice saying, "You clearly want to kill me and even rob the car!"
At that time, a Santana costs about 200,000 yuan, and even a second-hand or third-hand car would cost less than 100,000 yuan. A stolen car could be sold for at least 30,000 or 40,000 yuan after being processed.
Thirty or forty thousand is a huge sum of money.
Although workers' wages at this time had increased compared to previous years, they were generally only around 50 yuan.
He Liang had woken up a few days ago and told Cheng Rushan what happened. When they were hit, Lu Hang was driving and was hit on the head by a stone and fell unconscious, causing the car to crash into the mountain wall. He Liang's neck was scratched by glass, and he bandaged it himself, and then saw several people walking towards the car with weapons. He immediately climbed out and kicked open the car door to stop them, wanting to show his identity as a soldier, but those people didn't give him a chance and directly surrounded him.
This is clearly a death wish.
Wang Houzi fabricated the story that He Liang attacked without revealing his identity in order to escape responsibility. Unfortunately, Cheng Rushan would not let him do as he wished.
"No, no..." Wang Houzi was so frightened that his face turned pale and he spoke incoherently, "No, no! We didn't do that. We just robbed people to make some money. We never kill people for money!"
If you rob and beat someone, you will go to jail. If you rob with the intention of killing someone, you will definitely be sentenced to death!
Cheng Rushan stood up and looked at Wang Houzi with a look that was like he was looking at a dead man. "You are dead."
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