Li Ziyu read the file several times in the office, and increasingly felt that there were many doubts in it. He felt that this matter was probably not as simple as "shooting flowers", "robbery" and "injury". There was probably some conspiracy behind it. But he couldn't figure it out.
He tried hard to think back and forth, but he couldn't connect this matter with the case of cheating, so he finally gave up.
"Luck can't always be with me." He thought helplessly.
Gao Chongjiu had already had an idea, but he had to keep it secret for the time being. Firstly, he was not very sure. If there was no result, it would be too rash; secondly, he did not want to reveal his ideas in front of Li Ziyu too early.
Gao Chongjiu has been working as a fast-shift yamen officer all his life, and he is an expert in investigation and arrest. However, in the past, when I was a fast class yamen officer, solving crimes mainly relied on the accumulation of experience and social connections. Senior will not give you these two for no reason. When he first became a yamen servant, he also became a disciple and worked as a "white body" for more than ten years. When his master got old, he retired and recommended him to take over. He also paid a sum of money to the class leader and the clerk's office before he became a "good body". .
Even though Zhengshen and Baishen are both messing around in the fast class, outsiders are afraid of them like tigers. But to insiders, Zhengshen is a tiger, and Baishen can only be regarded as a fox. People from all walks of life who come to the city to "make money" will not give their money to Bai Shen, and Bai Shen cannot take money from others with tickets. He can only rely on blackmailing people and running errands to share some soup when handling cases. Gao Chongjiu's experience of going from a white body to a straight body is hard to describe. Therefore, I attach great importance to my own experience and "relationships".
After the Australians arrived, a major case was solved by chance. Gao Chongjiu also jumped from an unknown "retainer" to a "training target" and was sent to Lingao to participate in a short-term police training class.
Although this short-term training course lasted only two months, it greatly expanded Gao Chongjiu's horizons and ideas. While admiring it, he also had great worries: Under the Australian system, the skills and ideas for handling cases that originally required long-term experience accumulation can be acquired through systematic teaching, and society Guanxi can be obtained through various systems established by police agencies. Household registration, Baojia, and informants were not brought by Australians, but Australians can obviously manage and use these measures more effectively. This allows any criminal police officer to quickly grasp detective resources and carry out work independently.
Gao Chongjiu had an unprecedented sense of crisis - he was already in his forties. He has no connection with Australians, and he didn't take the initiative to join him. He was retained simply because of his "experience" and familiarity with local conditions. But now, Guangzhou's lower society is suffering an unprecedented cleansing. Hundreds of years of dirt and grime are being constantly cleaned out, and social control is becoming increasingly strict. If the skin is gone, the hair will be gone, and his social relationships at the lower level are "devalued".
Therefore, he has a strong sense of crisis and really wants to solve a few more important cases. Mention your position and rank higher. After all, the "senior agent" is just a "member" and it is best to have a "chief".
Based on his experience, this case was definitely not as simple as intentional injury or robbery. Now he has successfully aroused Li Ziyu's interest. Li Ziyu is not only his boss now, but more importantly, he is a "newcomer" who passed the civil service examination. In addition to the cadres of the "Northbound Detachment" brought from Lingao, the most important thing Australians value are these local civil servants. Letting him come forward will help secure police resources.
But this appearance must be done "to the point", otherwise it will be like making wedding clothes for others. He is tall and doesn't mind being the "assistant" of his "little brother", but he has to be the "right-hand man" kind.
Gao Chongjiu arrived at the teahouse he often went to, and through the waiter, he called over several of his usual "white bodies". Several of the "white men" who contributed to the family impersonation case have now officially joined the police. Although it is indeed a good thing for the brothers, it is very inconvenient for him. Once these people join the police force, they become members of the police station. They have their own work content and cannot be sent out to do things.
Fortunately, there are still a few people in his pocket, either those who the police department thinks have a big stain on their history and are not suitable for re-employment, or those who are unwilling to work in this line of work anymore, but don't mind making some extra money. These people were unified into the "informant" system under the new system.
"You guys go to various places where money is exchanged and find out if no one has exchanged money in the days after January 11th. You can find out all the money."
Of course, the place where he can collect silver is not the "city government designated exchange points" such as the Central Reserve Bank, Delong and some banks. After the currency reform, in order to continue to exchange silver and copper coins in the society, the Reserve Bank of China designated a group of Financial institutions serve as collection offices. Silver holders brought their silver to these places, and after weighing it, they could exchange it for corresponding silver dollars and banknotes.
Local people, for various purposes and needs, sometimes have the need to exchange silver dollars and silver dollar certificates into measured silver. The Senate only promised that silver dollar coupons could be exchanged for silver dollars, but neither silver dollars nor silver dollar coupons could be exchanged for silver again.
Exchange in and out will give speculators a certain amount of room for arbitrage. The corresponding black market came into being.
Naturally, the Ministry of Finance cannot tolerate the existence of these speculators and has also launched a "crackdown" on them. But it’s just like the old time and space. As long as there is room for arbitrage, people like "ticket dealers" and "scalpers" will always have a gray space for their existence.
Gao Chongjiu estimated that because the money came from shady sources, it was unlikely that the robbers would go to places like banks to exchange the money. They could only go to these money dealers to ship the goods.
"...the total amount of silver is two hundred taels. The master of suffering said there are five twenty-tael ingots, three ten-tael ingots, and the rest are scattered silver. By the way, the five twenty-tael ingots have the name of a dumping house. , the stamp is 'Sanjiang Mao'." Gao Chongjiu said the details, "One more thing. Look around to see if any flower photographers have come to Guangzhou to commit crimes recently - come to me immediately if you have any news."
Li Ziyu had other cases at hand. After putting down the robbery case on Dashi Street, he was busy with other cases for a while. The security in Guangzhou has improved compared to when the Senate first entered the city, and vicious cases have been greatly reduced. But there are still many fragmentary cases. Especially thefts. Because Guangzhou has a large floating population and a large group of households that have not yet completed household registration, the detection rate of theft cases is pitifully low. We had to organize frequent public security raids to solve the case. Li Ziyu was also exhausted.
While he was so busy, Zhao Gui suddenly barged in.
"Report...report...report...report! Inspector..."
Agui followed Li Ziyu smoothly, but he didn't get much credit. He drank a lot of soup and water. Although he is a coward, he was promoted to the rank of first-class police officer because of the case of impersonation. When Li Ziyu returned from Lingao training and was transferred to the Criminal Police Department, she recruited Zhao Gui from the patrol team of the Public Security Department. Now he is also one of the detectives of the Criminal Police Department. Of course, the success of this matter was also due to Lian Nishang's appreciation for his "firm stance". She believed that although Zhao Gui lacked ability, he had the simplest "loyalty". Other police officers called Agui "Li Ziyu's follower" and "Li Ziyu's stupid brother-in-law."
Agui didn't care about these titles, but was rather proud of them. In this criminal police unit, except for a few cadres from the northward detachment, the local cadres were vaguely headed by Li Ziyu.
"What's up?"
"It's time to get off work..."
Li Ziyu looked at the wall clock and saw that it was already past seven-thirty in the evening. As a detective of the Criminal Division, he theoretically works from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., but in fact there is no fixed working time. It's common to work all night long when you're busy. Sometimes you get off work too late and just sleep in the bureau after the time to close the street gate.
Seeing that Li Ziyu was still interested in work, Agui quickly said: "If you... don't leave, the street gate will be closed soon."
The current security situation in Guangzhou has led the police station to continue to adopt curfew measures, but the curfew time has been shortened to start at 9 p.m. and end at dawn.
On weekdays, if he doesn't go back, he won't go back. Now he only goes back two or three nights a week at most. But today was different. Li Ziyu's mother asked someone to send a message, asking him to go back at night anyway.
Li Ziyu knows that her parents are very supportive of her work. Unless there is something particularly important, her mother will not call her back specifically.
"Okay, I understand." Li Ziyu said and started to clear the table. Although it is within the police station, whether it is case files, reference materials or other documents, after the work is completed, they must either be returned to the archives management department or locked back in the file cabinet. In short, they cannot be left on the table. This is what Mu Min and the police cadres of the Northbound Detachment have repeatedly emphasized.
After clearing the table, Li Ziyu put on his uniform and adjusted his hat and collar buttons. The police's winter uniforms use a thin tweed cardigan, which is much crisper than the summer cotton and linen uniforms. The Senate is now gradually getting richer, and its clothing is also a lot more lavish. Police badges and collar badges used to be made of cloth embroidery, but now they are all made of metal. Paired with a cross-body armed belt, it looks really powerful.
The two registered to go out and walked all the way back. Agui is still living in Li's house. On the way, we inevitably have to chat about some personal things.
Agui muttered about Sister Qiao again for the hundredth time. After the destruction of the Zhong family, although Sister Qiao was not implicated and was acquitted, she had no relatives in Guangzhou and did not even have a place to live after she was released from detention. In the end, Cihuitang took her in and arranged for her to work in a civilian production cooperative affiliated with Shantang, specializing in the production of clothing and providing simple food and accommodation.
