At the same time, Xikou County Government Building.
The atmosphere in Folklore and Antiquities Investigation Division's office is depressing.
Lin Xiu is sitting behind the desk, the ashtray in front of him is full of cigarette butts.
Sitting opposite him was a middle-aged man in a black Chinese tunic suit. He was in his early forties, with a Chinese character face and thick black eyebrows. He exuded a condescending aura.
This person's name is Ding Hongzhi, Folklore and Antiquities Investigation Division Shenghai Southern General Bureau, the investigation specialist who came down.
Ding Hongzhi held a thick stack of files in his hand, flipping through page after page, his brows getting tighter and tighter.
When he turned to the last page, he threw the file on the table.
"Lin Xiu, just one month to find out this little thing?"
Lin Xiu frowned. "Commissioner Ding, there are too few clues in this case. Two key figures, Liu Mang and Chen Da, are dead. Soaring Snake Counter-Scale's whereabouts are unknown. I..."
"Missing?"
Ding Hongzhi interrupted him and said with cold eyes.
"Do you know how much effort Shenghai spent on this reverse scale? Xuan Shang Ancient Tomb in the north of Jiangnan Province, it took three months of digging, and seven investigators died before the batch of cultural relics could be unearthed."
"Soaring Snake Counter-Scale is the most critical object among them. The coordinates of Emperor Zhouyuan are engraved on it. There is no clue about such an important thing in a month?"
"How do you do things!"
Lin Xiu sneered, "It's only possible, Soaring Serpent's scales may not be on Xikou."
"Humph, it's not necessarily true. How do you know it's not certain if you don't even check!"
Ding Hongzhi wanted to scold Lin Xiu, but thinking about the other party's background, he swallowed those unpleasant words.
He suppressed his anger, took a few steps in the office, and stopped in front of the Xikou County map posted on the wall.
"The case file says that Zheng Shulan, the granddaughter of Zheng Yuanpei, may have had contact with Soaring Snake Counter-Scale?"
"That's right."
"According to our investigation, Liu Mang had contact with Zheng Shulan at the temple fair a few days before his death."
Ding Hongzhi turned around and looked at him seriously.
"In that case, why didn't you capture Zheng Shulan? Didn't she still resist the torture?"
"Zheng Shulan is the granddaughter of Zheng Yuanpei. Zheng Family is in Xikou County's power. Commissioner Ding should know it. Without conclusive evidence, we cannot arrest..."
"Can't catch it?"
Ding Hongzhi sneered, picked up the hat on the table and put it on his head.
"Let's go to the Public Security Bureau."
"Going to the Public Security Bureau?" Lin Xiu was stunned.
"Investigation Division can make a sudden decision and mobilize the military and police to ask Public Security Bureau to bring the person over for questioning. What's so difficult about this?"
After Ding Hongzhi finished speaking, he strode out of the office.
Lin Xiu opened his mouth and watched the other person leave like a fool.
Finally, he sneered and sat down again.
Public Security Bureau drawing room.
Zheng Kui was wearing a navy blue director's uniform, sitting on the main seat, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, blowing the foam slowly.
Ding Hongzhi sat opposite him, with a formulaic smile on his face, but he couldn't hide the anxiety in his eyes.
"Director Zheng, I am here to ask for your cooperation. I would like to ask Ms. Zheng Shulan to come to Investigation Division to make a record."
Zheng Kui took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and raised his eyelids to look at him.
"Commissioner Ding, are you talking about my Shulan?"
"Your Shulan?"
Ding Hongzhi was halfway through speaking when he suddenly got stuck.
Instantly realized something seemed to be wrong?
Zheng Family is very powerful in Xikou County!
It seems that in the investigation report of Zheng Shulan, it is written that Director Public Security Bureau is also from the Zheng Family.
"Shulan is my eldest brother's daughter, and also my Zheng Kui's biological niece. Commissioner Ding, if you want to summon my child, you have to give me an explanation, right?"
Ding Hongzhi's face changed, and he cursed himself for being stupid.
"Director Zheng, don't worry, I just asked her to make a transcript."
"Making notes?"
Zheng Kui interrupted him, frowned, and stared at Ding Hongzhi coldly.
"Commissioner Ding, please come back."
"We are here to see you off, but we will not entertain you!"
Ding Hongzhi opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he was asked out.
After a while,
Ding Hongzhi stood on the steps outside the gate of the Public Security Bureau.
He looked back at the "Xikou County Public Security Bureau" sign on the door lintel, curled the corners of his mouth downwards, and let out a cold snort from his nose.
"Local power is damned!"
Then Xiaobu ran over, opened the car door, and asked carefully, "Commissioner Ding, where are we going back?"
"Go back to the office!"
Ding Hongzhi bent down and got into the car. The door slammed shut, making the window glass buzz.
The car passed through Xikou County Town in the night, and the dim yellow light drew blurry shadows on the car windows.
Zheng Family...
In the car, Ding Hongzhi chewed these two words over and over in his mind. The more he chewed, the more his tooth hurt.
Zheng Yuanpei,
The first masters of Martial Scholar and Xikou County in the previous dynasty.
Although he is older, it is said that his skills are still there. As long as Master Transformation Force doesn't show up, no one dares to be presumptuous in front of him.
Director Zheng Kui, Public Security Bureau, holds Xikou County hundreds of police officers in his hands.
Zheng Family has been operating in Xikou for decades, and there are people from them in the business, political and even military circles.
Only relying on the power of the Xikou Investigation Bureau, do you want to move Zheng Shulan?
Now it seems there is no door.
Ding Hongzhi opened his eyes, his gaze fell on the flowing night outside the car window, and his mind was racing rapidly.
If Zheng Shulan cannot move, then the clue to Soaring Snake Counter-Scale is lost?
Just go back with nothing?
No.
There is another name on the file.
Fang Shuwen.
The car stopped in front of the county government building.
Ding Hongzhi pushed the door open and got out of the car, walked quickly upstairs, and pushed open the door of Folklore and Antiquities Investigation Division's office.
"Commissioner Ding, are you back? What did Director Zheng say?"
Lin Xiu raised his head and looked at the person who came, and asked in a mocking tone.
Ding Hongzhi ignored him, walked to the desk, picked up the stack of files and started flipping through them again.
He turned quickly, scanning page after page, his eyes flying quickly between the lines.
When he turned to the page Fang Shuwen, his hand stopped.
"Fang Shuwen...Zhao Estate is the son of the concierge. He failed six out of seven subjects. After the summer vacation, his grades suddenly soared and he ranked ninth in Elite Class... I don't doubt that this person is hiding his clumsiness."
"In terms of martial arts, half a month of martial arts experience, my bones rang twice after summer vacation, and I lifted 150 kilograms Stone Lock..."
He put the file down and raised his head to look at Lin Xiu.
"Have you eliminated this person?"
"The instrument is not responding, it's ruled out." Lin Xiu flicked the cigarette ashes and spoke calmly.
"The instrument is not responding?"
Ding Hongzhi sneered and tapped his fingers on those lines.
"The son of a concierge went from being a scumbag who failed six subjects out of seven to number nine in Elite Class in one summer vacation? From a loser who didn't even get started in martial arts to a martial artist with a ring to his bones? Tell me, is this something a normal person can do?"
Lin Xiu frowned. "Commissioner Ding, this doesn't explain anything..."
Ding Hongzhi put down the case file and stood up.
"I mean, there's something wrong with this Fang Shuwen, and it's a big problem."
"Ask your people to bring this man back. Forget it, I'll go with him!"