Late at night, half past eleven.

Wen Shuo opened the door lightly and slipped out - he knew that over the years, his hardworking mother had developed a habit that was not good or bad, that is, she slept very solidly, and it was difficult for ordinary movements to wake her up, but she could wake up on time and at the time she decided without relying on any reminders.

Without pedaling the noisy three-wheeled car, Wen Shuo walked out of the unit door and trotted all the way out of the community.

In 1998, there were not too many neon flashes in the middle of the night, there was no noisy nightlife like a bustling metropolis, and even the occasional vehicles and pedestrians were very few, and the streets and alleys were quiet. Only the street lamps on both sides of the main street, emitting a dim glow in the night, gently caress this little county town that is rising rapidly, so that it becomes more and more tired at night.

Walk west along Qinghe Road, after passing the first traffic light about 30 meters away, the north of the road is the urban construction community, and the home of Xu Congjun, the director of the Qinghe Road Police Station, is here. Wen Shuo once bought some cigarettes and alcohol to thank Xu Congjun for taking care of him after being released from the police station, but was driven out by Xu Congjun with a scolding.

However, both the scolder and the scolded at that time were very happy.

In the urban construction community, there are many civil servants, so unlike the current situation that most communities in DongY County do not even have a guard room, there is not only a guard room here, but also people are on duty 24 hours a day.

Wen Shuo didn't even think about going directly to the Public Security Bureau or the criminal police team to report the case - he has been in the Xianren Bridge for many years, and he knows the importance of leaving a back road and hiding in the shadows, so he did not take the main entrance of the community, but detoured to the north of the community.

In the community, Building 7 is located in the northwest corner, and the easternmost three-unit room 201 is Xu Congjun's home.

Wen Shuo leaned against the wall and walked under the second telephone pole, looked around to see that there was no one, bent down and picked up a small piece of broken bricks, and then with agility that completely did not match his fat body, he climbed up with his hands and feet supporting the telephone pole and the fence, exposing most of his body on the wall more than two meters high, took out two rolls of paper from his pocket and wrapped the broken bricks, aimed at the window of the bedroom on the west side of Xu Congjun's house, and smashed it hard!

Bang!

Whoa!

The glass shattered, and there was an immediate exclamation in the room, and at the same time, the curtains of the west bedroom were suddenly opened!

What a quick response!

Wen Shuo was so shocked that he jumped straight down.

Just now he judged that the large half-floored window in the living room, the glass must be thick, and it may not be able to be broken, even if it is broken, the bricks and the report letter may bounce and fall outside, so he chose the window of the west bedroom. Because he had been to Xu Congjun's house before, he knew that it was Xu Congjun's bedroom. But he never expected that Xu Congjun's reaction speed was so fast, and he didn't even have the kung fu to be surprised and stunned, so he directly opened the curtain and looked out.

I almost found out!

Wen Shuo wiped the cold sweat from his head, like a big fat pig that had made a mistake, and slipped away quickly against the wall.

He knows Xu Congjun, he was born in the army and has fought in battles, and his fiery temper is not recognized. I can't talk about how good a policeman is, because Xu Congjun enforces the law roughly, and it is common to beat and scold criminal suspects and social gangsters, and he has always been stubborn and self-serving in the office. But he is also a policeman who is very loved by the general public, although he is full of swear words, he is approachable, and he will draw a knife to help when he sees unevenness on the road, which is quite chivalrous.

Because of this, when Wen Shuo decided to report Bai Hongsheng's theft of college entrance examination questions, the first thing he thought of was the only one he could think of, and he believed that the only person who could make trouble for Bai Hongsheng was Director Xu!

Xu Congjun, who had his bedroom window smashed in the middle of the night, was not surprised or scared at all except for anger.

has been a police officer for many years, and the police station is at the grassroots level, and there are too many things under its jurisdiction, and Xu Congjun is a fiery temper who is upright and righteous, and it is inevitable that he will offend many people, so for him, it is no exaggeration to say that he is accustomed to it.

And this kind of person, Xu Congjun never pays attention to it - a little hairy thief, that's all he can do!

So when the window pane was smashed and his wife and daughter who were lying next to him and his daughter in the other bedroom screamed in fright, Xu Congjun, who woke up in his sleep, opened the curtain as soon as possible, and vaguely saw half a figure jumping off the wall.

He turned on the light, went to his daughter's bedroom to reassure her, and when he returned, his wife was sitting at the head of the bed with a straight face.

Xu Congjun knew that his wife was angry again.

It's just that she has lived with a husband with such a hot personality for many years, and her wife really can't do it, so she doesn't dare to lose her temper, but this kind of soft knife method of being angry and not speaking is quite effective, which can make Xu Congjun lose his temper and feel guilty. He embarrassedly stepped forward to comfort his wife, and vowed to catch the little thief and clean it up, while taking the initiative to go to the kitchen to get a broom and shovel to clean the broken glass in the house.

After scanning a few times, but did not see the bricks that smashed the window, Xu Congjun bent down to look under the bed, and found that there was a fist-sized thing next to the bed leg, wrapped in a paper roll, and it was heavy to pick up. Tear the paper open, and inside is a broken brick.

Xu Congjun looked puzzled, who smashed the window and had to fart and take off his pants, and took the trouble to roll up the bricks with paper?

Hygiene?!

Unfolded the crumpled paper and glanced at it casually, Xu Congjun immediately frowned, only to see two lines of words scribbled on it with a pencil, the handwriting was messy and the strokes were not smooth, obviously deliberate, and even written with his left hand: "Bai Jingzhe, a student in the third and second classes of the first middle and high school, got the college entrance examination questions and answers tonight and is reading them at home." His father is Bai Hongsheng. ”

Xu Congjun went to the living room without saying a word with a calm face.

The wife could see that there must be some secret content on the paper wrapped in bricks, but she didn't come forward to ask, just picked up a broom and a shovel, and silently cleaned the broken glass on the floor - after so many years of old husband and wife, she supports her husband's work and understands his husband's personality, but many times she feels quite aggrieved.

Xu Congjun sat on the sofa in the living room, lit a cigarette, and smoked deeper than one puff.

Years of experience in the police, he quickly thought of a variety of possibilities, this kind of behavior of smashing the window in the middle of the night and secretly reporting, the credibility is actually not high, most of them are fooling around, either deliberately disgusting Bai Hongsheng, or disgusting him Xu Congjun. But tonight's anonymous report letter made Xu Congjun subconsciously feel that it was true.

But the question is, even if it's true, what can you do?

Take someone to Bai Hongsheng's house to search now?

It was a violation of discipline, illegal, and could even be said to be a crime, because Bai Hongsheng's house was on the west side of Gaomiao Park and was under the jurisdiction of the Gaomiao Police Station. Xu Congjun, the director of a small police station, had no direct orders from his superiors, no written search warrant, and no emergency situation, so he had absolutely no right to enter Bai Hongsheng's house to search without authorization.

That's called knowing the law and breaking the law!

Taking a step back, if it was an ordinary people's family, Xu Congjun would really dare to knock on the door directly with someone in the middle of the night or even break in to search.

But Bai Hongsheng's home is not ordinary! Don't say that he, the head of a small police station, even if he is the director of the county bureau, probably does not dare to rashly send someone to search Bai Hongsheng's house without the slightest preparation.

What if you can't find out?

Xu Congjun, the director of the police station, will definitely be swept to the end.

However, if you ask for instructions and report to your superiors...... Tossed back and forth, waiting for the instructions from above, and then going to carry out the search, the possible evidence of plagiarism in the college entrance examination had already been disposed of and disappeared - it was impossible for Bai Hongsheng to keep those things. What worries Xu Congjun the most is that even if he hurries up and asks for instructions and executes it overnight, Bai Hongsheng really has the college entrance examination questions and answers in his hands, and he will get the news in advance and destroy them.

Because, this is in East Y County!

Bai Hongsheng has identity, status, money, and a network of intertwined relationships that have been operating for many years!

However, so many difficulties and entanglements, but did not make Xu Congjun hesitate for too long, he has always been resolute, before he finished smoking a cigarette, he gritted his teeth and made a decision, he picked up the phone and directly dialed the phone of Wang Qing, the director of the city bureau.

Wang Qing was the battalion commander of Xu Congjun when he was in the army, and the two were born and died together on the battlefield, and they had a lifelong friendship. In the 80s, during the period of the million-dollar disarmament, they returned to work in the local area after they had made meritorious contributions, and Wang Qing was a deputy regiment-level cadre at the time of his recovery, so he was quickly promoted in the police system.

And Xu Congjun ......

The level of education is low, and his personality is hot and rude, so he has always been the head of the police station.

Over the years, Xu Congjun has never asked the old battalion commander for help, even if Wang Qing took the initiative to hint at him several times, it can be mentioned, Xu Congjun, who has an upright personality, also declined, he was worried that he didn't have any great achievements, but he made the official bigger, and if he didn't do it well, he would embarrass the old battalion commander. And now, it's time to find the old battalion commander.

Calling in the middle of the night is easy to be disgusted, and the call was answered by Wang Qing's wife Zhong Junyan, but after knowing the relationship between Xu Congjun and Wang Qing, Zhong Junyan didn't show much impatience, just told him that Wang Qing was on duty in the unit and didn't go home.

The director of the city bureau is on duty?

Xu Congjun was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask much, so he had to dial the pager number and leave a message for Wang Qing.

Soon, the phone rang.

Xu Congjun immediately picked up the phone: "Old battalion commander?"

"In the army, looking for me in the middle of the night, what's the matter?" On the phone, Wang Qing's voice was very calm, revealing a trace of nervousness and doubt - he knew Xu Congjun's character, and when he looked for him in the middle of the night, something extremely important must have happened.

Xu Congjun concisely recounted the matter and said: "I think it is very likely to be true. ”

Wang Qing was silent for a few seconds, and said: "Bai Hongsheng is a well-known entrepreneur in our city, in case ......"

"What's going on, I'm responsible!" Xu Congjun gritted his teeth and said.

"It's good if you have confidence, the college entrance examination is an important matter for the country!" Wang Qing took a deep breath, and after thinking for a while, he said decisively: "It's just right, I'm in the bureau now, and I will immediately arrange for someone from the city criminal police team to pick you up, and then go together!"

Obviously, Wang Qing knew the reason why Xu Congjun called him directly - he wanted to do something against Bai Hongsheng in DongY County, and he was really worried about leaking the news.

Xu Congjun said: "I'll take someone over first, I'm afraid that the evidence will be destroyed when it's too late." ”

"It's okay, the people from the criminal police team will bring the search warrant from the city bureau over!" Wang Qing paused for a moment and said, "In the army, you have to be careful." ”

"Got it. ”

"Bring a gun!"

"Yes!" Xu Congjun's tone immediately became cold.

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