Xu Tong was promoted to the head of the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Public Security Bureau of B City after the 330 case, and the masses did not know the hierarchical arrangement of the Public Security Bureau of B City, so many people called the captain the captain. The original captain was surnamed Zhang, and after the investigation of the 330 case was stopped, Captain Zhang didn't know where he was transferred. That winter night, what Captain Zhang said to me, I will never forget for the rest of my life.

"Professor Li, the superior informed that this case is over."

After that, all the people I knew, those I didn't know, those who had given me face, those who didn't give me face, all of them seemed to be colluding, I went up level by level, and the reason for everyone's resignation was the explanation of the superiors. At the time, I didn't understand why the police force in City B would make such a decision.

The four bodies found in the Miyun Reservoir have all been identified, but the families of the victims have also given up, and I have gone to look for the families of the four victims, but when I arrived at their homes, they had either moved out of City B or were about to leave. When I asked them why they didn't continue their investigation, the victims' relatives cried and said that they were all dead, that it was useless to find the murderer, and that they just wanted to live in peace.

I called the police to keep an eye on the 330 bus for me, but I knew that City B had already issued an order, and almost everyone was prevaricating me. Only Lao Zhang was different, after the 330 bus reappeared in G City, he immediately called me to inform me.

After Xu Tong took office, I thought that I could continue to investigate the 330 case through him. Xu Tong was the deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Public Security Bureau, and I met him several times, and although he was much older than me, he was always polite to me. When I went to him, he refused to his face.

It was also at that time that I had a big fight with all the criminal police in the corps, and many people scolded me for being arrogant, and when I angrily denounced the unfairness of the investigation on the grounds of the 330 case, the criminal police kicked me out of the corps. Since then, I've had a complete falling out with the City B police force and have no more contact.

I did not give up investigating the 330 case, but because I did not have the help of the police and the relevant departments, all my efforts were almost in vain, and I did not even see the file of the 330 case. In the years that followed, there were several major criminal and economic crimes at the boundaries of the city and suburbs of City B, and Xu Tong's ability was very strong, and with the help of Wen Ning and a large number of highly qualified criminal police, the cases were successfully solved.

What Xu Tong said made me stunned. Xu Tong smiled and repeated again: "The police have never given up on the investigation. ”

I put the glass of water in my hand aside: "Then why did the police refute the rumors, and why did they prevent me from intervening in this case?" ”

"Professor Li, you are indeed a genius at solving cases, and you can solve all the cases that others think can't be solved, I don't deny that." Xu Tong picked up the water cup on the table and took a sip: "However, you are a person outside the system, you only want to solve the case, but you never consider social stability." ”

Xu Tong spoke very slowly, and he had a bad temper with his subordinates, but at this moment, I saw Wang Xin's calm and calm in him. Xu Tong said that I was too radical to intervene in such a case.

I scoffed: "Do you think covering up this is what the highest system in the police world should do?" ”

Xu Tong didn't even think about it, he shook his head: "It's really not something we should do." Do you know how many unsolved cases were hidden by the police before you knew about the case, or even before you were born? Do you think that the cases circulating among the people now are all false? ”

Xu Tong did not give me a chance to refute, and he went on to tell me that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been many unsolved and unresolved cases, and in a certain historical period, even the superiors believed that those cases were committed by ghosts and gods. Because the murderer's criminal methods are extremely clever, and the police's criminal science skills are limited, many cases cannot be solved at all.

The level of education of the people is not high, and in this case, if those so-called supernatural murders are made public, the society and even the whole country will be in a state of unrest. This is the reason why the police have refuted rumors about some real cases in a certain historical period.

Not long after the 330 case happened, the police refuted the rumors, but despite this, the 330 case is now known throughout the country, and Xu Tong said that this is better than the police confirming it, which puts everyone in a panic mood. The police only debunked the rumors once, and since then, the 330 case has been officially confirmed.

Although the 330 case has been rumored, most people think that the 330 case is false, and it can be said that the purpose of those people in the system has been achieved.

"I have no way to understand that even if it is an unsolved case with no result, it should be made public, which is responsible for the deceased and responsible for the judiciary." I said to Xu Tong.

Xu Tong smiled: "The system has the difficulties of the system, Li Ke, you are too young after all, aren't you also being affected by this kind of thinking?" "Xu Tong's address to me was changed from Professor Li to Li Ke, and he asked me to think about how much I had changed from me when I was young and frivolous.

I don't deny that I was frivolous, before I came into contact with the 330 case, all the cases I intervened in were successfully solved, and in the eyes of everyone, my future is bright, but there are also many people who think I am too arrogant. Because I have publicly commented to the media: there is no case that I can't solve.

The real blow to my self-confidence was the 330 case, which was the first problem I encountered since I started investigating. When I was in my twenties, I was remembered by many people, and to this day, I am still a very controversial person.

Xu Tong shook his head, no longer talking about me, but turned the topic to the 330 case, he told me that although the police did not make some cases public for some purpose, they did not give up the investigation after the incident, but no one knew.

My thinking was radical, and the police were afraid of chaos, so they didn't let me intervene in the investigation.

The police have been investigating for many years, but it is all a drop in the bucket, because of the order of the superiors, Xu Tong has no way to tell me the specific details of the investigation, but he said that the superiors are discussing the establishment of a special investigation team, and I am on the list of auxiliary investigation experts of the special investigation team. The task force is specifically targeting the case of the woman in red, but the 330 bus appeared in G City, Xu Yi's bracelet appeared on the headless female corpse, and when Xu Yi returned from the suicide forest, he brought back a small puppet, and the little puppet was also related to the woman in red case, all of which told the police that the woman in red case and the 330 case were very involved.

Xu Tong said that if the Woman in Red case task force is really established, it means that the 330 case will also be investigated.

After Xu Tong finished speaking, he stood up: "Professor Li, I told you so much, I just hope you can think about your relationship with the police." To put it bluntly, we are all serving the investigation system, because of a case, you cut off contact with the police in the entire city B and refused to help, do you think what you have done is really in line with the fairness and justice that you have been advocating? ”

Xu Tong didn't wait for me to answer, turned around and left the café. I sat in the café for a long time and didn't leave, and I was thinking carefully about what Xu Tong said to me. I have always pursued fairness and justice, and in my eyes, it is an injustice to the deceased and justice for the police to cover up the facts of the case for any purpose.

But when Xu Tong said this, I seriously considered my own approach. Two years ago, on a summer night, Xu Tong sent someone to invite me to help solve a national investigation organized by the Ministry of Public Security, and the criminal policeman waited for me outside the unit for a whole night, it was raining heavily, I did not open the door, and without Xu Tong's order, the criminal policeman did not dare to go back.

My mother stood in front of the window and stared at the police in the pouring rain, and persuaded me to welcome people into the house even if I didn't agree, but I refused. The leaders of the police academy also came forward to persuade me about that, but I didn't listen to anyone's advice. Although the case was solved and the murderer was caught, there were seven dead.

Thinking back on this, I sighed.

I got up and left the café. There was still a lot of media outside the police academy, and this case exposed the ignorance of the police academy students, and the education system of the police academy was also widely criticized.