After Wu Ping's report, Lin Wencong made a summary.

"Comrades, under the correct leadership of the city bureau, the county party committee and the county government, especially the Meng Bureau, the members of the special case group have slept in the open air, overcome obstacles and thorns, and have gone all the way through five hurdles and six generals, and in less than a month, they have cracked the appalling series of cases in Guangong Town. Congratulations on the good results achieved by the task force; The rich work experience accumulated by the task force in the course of the investigation is worth learning from everyone. Now, I propose, with the warmest applause, to thank Meng Ju; At the same time, cheer for ourselves with the warmest applause. Applause......"

Thunderous applause.

Wu Ping suddenly felt that Lin Wencong's words and actions in front of everyone could no longer be described as shameless, but pathetic. Before today, he was full of resistance and disgust for Lin Wencong, but now, he suddenly feels that he is just a victim of the social operation mechanism, he does not have his own maverick character, and he goes with the flow in the face of the social tide.

Wu Ping began to sympathize with Lin Wencong, but also for himself.

In the evening, a celebration banquet was held.

Wu Ping did not go, calling sick. This kind of celebration banquet is nothing more than putting on a mask for yourself, not only deceiving yourself to tell others that the case has been successfully solved, but also deceiving yourself to tell yourself that the case has been successfully solved.

However, the truth is best known to those who are wise in their own hearts. Liu Debao and Lu Fei expressed their incomprehension of Wu Ping's insistence on not going to the celebration banquet, and in the entire series of cases, Wu Ping made great contributions, and if he didn't go, he couldn't make the banquet.

Go, Liu Debao, Lu Fei, including all the police officers who have worked hard to investigate the case, should go, drink a full meal, drink a full meal, get drunk, and sleep beautifully, perhaps, there are more things waiting for them tomorrow. Those who don't know the truth are always the happiest.

After work, Wu Ping did not go home, he felt a very heavy burden in his heart, and he could hardly breathe. What this burden was, he couldn't say at once. So he paced back and forth in the courtyard of the criminal police team, and kept smoking.

"Martial arts."

It's Lu Qingqing, at this time, why did she appear here, shouldn't she be at the celebration banquet.

"I heard Brother Bao say that you are not feeling well, I guess you are here." Lu Qingqing stood in front of Wu Ping, her eyes were still so gentle, but looking at Wu Ping, her eyes were full of admiration and admiration.

"Have you finished the celebration feast?" Wu Ping asked.

"I didn't go, it didn't matter." Lu Qingqing pulled the emanation on his face behind his ears, snorted lightly in his nose, and showed a disdainful expression on his face.

"Explain your expression." Wu Ping exhaled a puff of smoke and walked forward.

Lu Qingqing followed, "It's the same reason you don't want to go." ”

"Oh? Are you not feeling well? ”

"Martial Forces, you can't always treat me as a recent graduate, even if I did just graduate. However, you know, your mind can be hidden from others, not from me. ”

"Then tell me about it." Wu Ping looked ahead, but his heart was already turbulent. He really wanted to see how this milky yellow-haired girl could see through his mind.

"To put it simply, the murderer hasn't been caught yet."

Wu Ping's heart was shocked, and he couldn't imagine that Lu Qingqing could actually see this layer. He stared at Lu Qingqing's eyes, and there was a determined look in her eyes. "Haha...... Haha, little one, open mouth. The summary meeting has been opened, the celebration banquet is being held, and tomorrow the provincial leaders will come down to inspect. Who has the guts to deceive the upper and lower levels? Obviously, Wu Ping's smile was extremely unnatural, he could feel it himself, it was a cover-up.

"Wu team, it seems that if I don't tell the truth, you won't admit it."

Wu Ping gestured to let her continue.

"I have read all the materials of the Guan Gongzhen series of cases, and after the investigation, I have also carefully questioned Liu Debao and Lu Fei. If I guessed correctly, judging from the clues and evidence I have so far, it can only prove that Li Chuang killed Zhou Guoqiang, and the rest cannot be determined. ”

"Gone?" Wu Ping thought to himself, after all, he was still young and inexperienced, but he could guess these things just from the materials, which was already commendable, far beyond himself back then, and in time, Lu Qingqing would definitely become a great weapon.

"It's gone." Lu Qingqing replied very simply.

"Are Cao Guisheng and Li Chuang alive or dead?" Wu Ping planned to simply test her.

"Suppose that the person who burned to death in the guard room of Guangong Township Middle School was Cao Guisheng, and the murderer was Li Chuang, and the clues behind it have always proved that the person who died by the river in Muqiao Township was Li Chuang, then, this does not make sense. Li Chuang wants to commit suicide, forget it if he dies, how simple it is to die. Don't you think someone has been guiding us down this path? The report letter of the blacksmith shop owner Yuan Man, Cao Guisheng's suicide note, audio tapes, and fingerprints on cigarette butts in the Muqiao Township Guest House, all the clues point to the murderer Li Chuang, and finally Li Chuang committed suicide. We have been following a path that has been repaired by others, a path that we did not find ourselves. In fact, what puzzled me the most was who forced Yuan Man to ask who he was and what his purpose was. If we can figure this out, we will not be far from the truth. The terrible thing is that the other party did not threaten Yuan Man to let him hide the persecution, but asked him to speak out boldly. So in fact, there has always been a possibility: the person who died in the school guard room was Li Chuang, as for Cao Guisheng, or he died by the small river in Muqiao Township, or he was the real murderer at large. ”

The cigarette between Wu Ping's index and middle fingers had burned to the end, and the burned nerves instantly transmitted information to the brain, and only after feeling the stinging pain did he throw the cigarette butt away violently.

Wu Ping was stunned.

Wu Ping was stunned locally, "Cao Guisheng is the murderer who killed Wu Changan and Li Chuang, and it was Cao Guisheng who forced Yuan Man to write a report letter?" He also killed another person, pretending to be Li Chuang and committing suicide? In the end, he managed to abscond? ”

"It's not impossible. Perhaps, Cao Guisheng is dead, and the body by the river in Huotan Village, Muqiao Township is him, in this case, there is another murderer. ”

Wu Ping felt a wave of shame hit his heart, and he was defeated by a newcomer who had just joined the company. "How did you come up with this?"

"Guess." Lu Qingqing laughed, "Everything is not supported by strong evidence, so I can only say that it is guessed." ”

"It seems that the captain's position is going to be given to you." Wu Ping felt very relieved that there was someone better than himself appearing, and he was one step closer to the truth.

"Don't. Martial arts. I speculate from the material that it is a bystander who is not burdened by illusions. It's normal that you've been working on every aspect of the case yourself, and you've inevitably jumped into the trap designed by the killer. If I were you, I would have been dazed by the murderer. ”

"You're so comforting." Wu Ping also smiled.

"And what are you going to do next?"

"What else can I do, read according to the report."

"Are you willing? Or do you have a good conscience? For the deceased and the families of those who died. ”

Wu Ping didn't expect Lu Qingqing to question him like this, ordinary people wouldn't dare to ask like this, but she was Lu Qingqing.

Lu Qingqing was disappointed by Wu Ping's answer, she thought that Wu Ping would definitely not be willing to let the truth yield to power like this. However, Wu Ping is just an ordinary person, he has a wife and children, and the burden of this family is on his shoulders alone. He knows very well what the consequences of using the mantis arm as a car are.

Lu Qingqing left, leaving Wu Ping alone on the ground stunned. This gentle police flower, in the choice of truth or authority, shows a firmer position than a man.

A police officer stood every 100 meters on the county's development avenue, and the reason was cleaned in advance, and later it was washed with water. The road was open and open, and no people or cars were passing. At 11 o'clock in the morning, a long line of cars drove briskly into the development avenue and soon drove into the square in front of the county party committee office building. After a circle around the square, stop under the office building.

Lu Weiyuan, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee, arrived.

First of all, the secretary of the municipal party committee made a report, followed by the mayor, the secretary of the county party committee and the county magistrate. Standing Committee member Lu expressed satisfaction with the work at the city and county levels and gave important instructions.

"Before I came, I heard that there were several murders in the county, but now, are the results of the investigation out?" Lu asked, his voice full of irresistible power.

The venue was silent.

Leaders at the city and county levels, no one thought that Standing Committee Lu would ask such a question. The municipal bureau has not had time to report the case to the provincial department, how did Standing Committee Lu know? The city bureau instructed the county bureau to end the investigation before the leaders arrived, just to block the crowd and prevent any daredevils from talking nonsense and affecting the promotion of the leaders of the city bureau.

But fortunately, I was prepared in advance. The director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau kicked Meng Moming lightly, and Director Meng immediately understood.

"Report to the secretary, the case has been investigated clearly, and I am planning to report it to the provincial department. If you don't delay the secretary's precious time, let the person in charge of the case report it? ”

"Okay."

Lin Wencong can speak well, and it is better for him to report, the key is that others don't want to be in the limelight now. There are still many unclear points in the case, and once the responsibility is really pursued in the future, Lin Wencong can be taken out to take the black pot.

Lin Wencong didn't know the truth, thinking that the leader intended to cultivate him, and he was so excited that his whole body was numb.

The case that came out of Lin Wencong's mouth has simply become a Sherlock Holmes detective collection, magical and wonderful. After he finished his report, Standing Committee Member Lu first applauded, and then the applause in the conference room rang out for two or three minutes.

Everyone was satisfied.

Everyone was happy, the happy ending, and the leaders of the city bureau laughed to the bottom of their ears.

However, Wu Ping, who was sitting in the middle, raised his right hand.

The applause ceased one after another until it was quiet.

"Comrade who raised your hand, do you have something to say?" Yao Youning, deputy director of the provincial department, asked Wu Ping.

Wu Ping is a well-known rectum who doesn't know how to go around the bends, and the leaders of the city and county bureaus know him. Seeing him raise his hand, the leaders of the provincial department asked him if he had anything to say, and the person who knew the truth of the case suddenly raised his heart to his throat, a chill ran down his spine, and sweat was already coming out.

Especially Meng Moming, "This damn guy, what does he want to do." "It's too late to stop it.

The staff immediately handed Wu Ping a wireless microphone. At this moment, the leaders with cold sweat on their backs stared at the staff member fiercely, and they all thought: Accomplice, you are looking for death and going home.

Wu Ping blew on the microphone, and a "poof" sound immediately sounded on the other end of the stereo, proving that the microphone could be used normally, "Secretary, introduce yourself, I am Wu Ping, the deputy head of the special team for the series of murders in Guan Gong Town, and I participated in the investigation of the entire case." Just now, Deputy Director Lin only said a small part right, Li Chuang is the murderer who killed Zhou Guoqiang, but the murderer who killed Wu Changan is uncertain, as for Li Chuang and Cao Guisheng, who is the murderer and who is still alive, it is impossible to verify now. ”

After Wu Ping finished speaking, he sat back in his place, and he felt that a big stone was suddenly put down in his heart. But at the same time, he also understands what will greet him.

After Lu Qingqing left last night, Wu Ping had been pondering what she said. Yes, he was not reconciled. Halfway through the investigation of the case, he knew that the result was ahead, but he deliberately went in the opposite direction. From the day he joined the Force, it would be unrealistic to say that he had not made a mistake, he had made mistakes and taken detours, but in the end he was moving in the right direction. He is not a great man, not a creator of truth, but he can be a guardian of truth. Finding the truth, arresting the murderer, and giving justice to the deceased and the deceased's family is the original intention that prompted him to become a police officer. Although after so many years, this original intention has gradually blurred and alienated, but it is only covered with a layer of dust, and blowing hard will still glow with the light of the year. If you know that it is wrong, not only do you not correct it, but you will help the wrong thing to develop into an even more wrong abyss, and you will be sorry for your conscience.

It's the right choice, but it may come at a higher price.

Wu Ping is an upright person, we all like him very much, but at the same time we are also very sympathetic to him, it is important to do the right thing, but it is even more important to choose the right way to do the right thing.

Later, I heard that Standing Committee member Lu left the meeting in anger, and that the original plan to have dinner in Simao County was also canceled, and the inspection team went to another city overnight. Before leaving, Standing Committee member Lu instructed the principal leaders at the city and county levels to immediately form a working group to supervise and handle the series of murders in Guangong Town. Whoever conceals and falsely reports will directly take off the black gauze hat.

Lin Wencong was demoted to deputy director of the police station because of his ineffective handling of the case and did not report it.

Wu Ping was demoted to an ordinary police officer due to his ineffective handling of the case.

The Municipal Public Security Bureau promoted a deputy captain from a brigade of the Municipal Criminal Police Detachment to the Simao County Public Security Bureau as deputy director to replace Lin Wencong's position; He also promoted a deputy captain from the city criminal police detachment to Simao County as the captain of the criminal police brigade to take over Wu Ping's position. The Guangong Town Series Murder Case Task Force was re-established to continue the investigation. Information about the true situation of the case has been completely blocked, and the external voice is unified: the real culprit is Li Chuang, who has committed suicide in fear of crime.

The suggestion to block the news and conduct a secret investigation was put forward by Lu Qingqing, which was affirmed by Meng Moming and higher-level leaders. The reasons are: First, stabilize people's hearts and reduce unnecessary panic among citizens, the real culprit of the serial murder case has been ambushed, and the people can live a normal life. Second, confuse the murderer, since the murderer wants the police to think that he is dead, then follow his train of thought, pretend to be fooled, and urge the murderer to relax his vigilance. If he continues to commit crimes or openly walks in front of the law, put him in a cage.