Chapter 41: No Rabbit, No Hawk

  When Liu Li kicked the ball back to the Legal Department, Zhang Shi's face flashed a trace of discomfort. If things went on like this, the case would eventually fall on his shoulders again. Thinking that Yu Guang was still sitting in his office, he couldn't help but feel a headache.

  Looking at the expression on Liu Li's face that seemed to be smiling but not quite, Zhang Shi couldn't help but fall into deep thought, what method could he use to get Liu Li to take over this case?

  At this time, Liu Li was also thinking in his heart. Although he didn't want to take over the case, he knew that if Zhang Shi finally went to the county bureau with the materials and took the blame, then this criminal case would very likely be assigned to the third squadron.

  However, this case was messed up by the Daxing Police Station and now Liu Li has taken over, feeling a bit disadvantaged.

  Seeing Zhang Shi standing at the stairs, lost in thought, Liu Li's eyes lit up: "Director Zhang, I heard that besides this case, there are four other criminal cases in Daxing Town, and you're doing preliminary investigations."

  "Listen, when you get back, bother to tell the brothers at the police station not to work hard anymore, just transfer the case over and we'll take care of the rest. Our third squadron has just been established, lacking both achievements and funds. With these few cases, we can finally have something to show for ourselves to the county bureau."

  If I say if, if you handle those cases, we won't say anything, just say one thing, brothers are hardworking, but hope you hand over the quota for detainees and fine funds.

  Don't worry, we won't let the brothers at the police station work in vain. At the end of the year when we report back, not only will we not mention that you took over the police station's affairs, but we'll even say that we authorized it.

  "Not only that, at the end of the year when auditing quotas are allocated, we will allocate two of them to you, and half of the fines paid by those four people will also be shared with you. After all, we're brothers, so it's only right that we share things equally."

  After hearing Liu Li's almost explicit words, Zhang Shi understood his meaning: "The deputy captain is very well-informed, haha... I understand what the deputy captain means. In that case, I'll go back and discuss with Li about how to transfer those four quotas for detention and the fines for the four cases."

  After Zhang Shi left, Liu Li looked at Li Liang beside him: "You quickly go to the finance department to ask, in those four criminal cases of Daxing Town Police Station, how much fine was handed over? How much money did the county bureau return?

  Also, let those guys know that they shouldn't sleep anymore and get ready to settle the case. They come to play during the day, get hungry after playing, eat after getting hungry, and sleep after eating. After waking up from sleep, it's time to go off work. This life is more enjoyable than even Maitreya Buddha's.

  Upon hearing Liu Li's order, Li Liang was taken aback and said: "Deputy Captain, are you so sure that Zhang Shi will compromise? Besides, what we're doing... isn't it a bit like taking advantage of the fire to loot?"

  "He'll definitely agree, didn't you hear Zhang Shi say? Yu Guang is still sitting in his office now. If that case drags on any longer, I reckon Yu Guang will soon be camping out at Zhang Shi's place. If it really gets to that point, Li Shan won't look good either."

  After finishing, Liu Li looked at Li Liang with a face of disdain: "What's called taking advantage of the fire? Can you speak properly? I call this 'striking while the iron is hot', do you understand? The little funding allocated to us by Commander Cheng has almost been used up. If we don't think of ways to get more money, I'm afraid the day when we have to drink northwest wind isn't far off. Alright, hurry up and go to work."

  At noon, Zhang Shi brought three file bags to Liu Li: "I communicated with Li Suo, he is 100% supportive of our third team's work. After understanding your meaning, Li Suo directly expressed obedience to orders."

  "These are two of the four criminal cases that have been settled, and both parties have reached a settlement agreement. This is the case file, and at the end of the year when you do the audit, just report these two names yourselves. As for the other two cases, Li's intention is not to let you take on the trouble, we will report them ourselves, so as not to add to your troubles."

  Here is the translation:

  Speaking of which, Zhang Shi took out a check, looked at it with some pain, and then handed it to Liu Li with a reluctant face: "This is the fine for your two cases, totaling 17,000 yuan."

  "It was originally over 20,000 yuan, but after handing part of it to the county bureau's finance department, only this much is left. Now I'm transferring it along with the case to you, would you please issue a receipt for me to take back and file?"

  "Director Zhang is too polite, I was just joking a moment ago, didn't expect you to take it seriously." After hypocritically saying this, Liu Li called Jiang Liguang over from outside the door.

  After handing over the file bag and check to Jiang Ligu, Liu Li asked him to issue a receipt to Zhang Shi. Then Liu Li called Ren Dongchao to the duty room again: "Later, you'll go down with Instructor Zhang."

  Recently, a criminal case occurred in Yujia Village, Daxing Town. The brothers at the Daxing Police Station have helped us complete the peripheral materials, and now they have transferred the case to us. The person involved in this case is Yu Guang, who is currently in Director Zhang's office. Go and call him over, tell him that we have taken over the case.

  When Liu Li finally agreed to take the case, thinking that he would never see the annoying Yu Guang again, Zhang Shi was so excited. After sighing in his heart: "Finally", Zhang Shi eagerly pulled Ren Dong towards the stairs going downstairs.

  After Zhang Shi left, Liu Li carefully reviewed the case files and found that the police officers handling the case had hastily questioned the parties involved in the initial investigation, assuming that the case could be mediated, and many key questions were not asked clearly.

  What was the cause of the conflict between Yu Guang and Yu Dazhu? Who took the initiative to fight first? Three eyewitnesses witnessed the whole process, even went forward to pull the frame, one of whom had said that Yu Dazhu was punched before fighting back, but the interrogation record did not ask about this testimony in detail. The police officer handling the case showed biased behavior towards the complainant during the interrogation.

  After reading the case files, Liu Li called Zhang Tao, Zhao Jie and Wang Mingzhong to the duty room, let them take a look at the case materials, and after they finished reading, Liu Li handed over the case to the three of them.

  Have them re-inquire all the materials of the parties involved and the witnesses at the scene, focusing on those three witnesses. They must ask clearly who took action first? If it is confirmed that Yu Guang was the one who started the fight, then this case will be much easier to handle.

  Yu Guang and Yu Dazhu are easy to talk to, but the three witnesses' records might be difficult to ask about. The answers of the three witnesses in their inquiry records are surprisingly consistent, all saying that they did not see clearly what happened during the fight.

  "This should be to avoid offending people, and the evidence that people have made good preparations for the attack and defense alliance in advance. If not, the civilian police who were dispatched from the Daxing Police Station earlier would have asked about it long ago, and they wouldn't have left this flaw behind." After reading the file, Wang Mingzhong spoke out his own judgment.

  Upon hearing Wang Mingzhong's words, Liu Li gave a signal to the three of them. If the three witnesses were not willing to speak, they would be dealt with individually. In the afternoon, the police car would first be driven to the doorsteps of these three witnesses' homes and wait there.

  When hungry, buy food to eat; when thirsty, buy water to drink; when tired, take a nap in the car; from time to time go to the witness's home for a stroll. The second day, one police car was withdrawn, and the third day, another police car was withdrawn.

  And on the fourth day, Yu Dazhu was summoned to the third team with great fanfare, and at that time, he brought Yu Dazhu's bedding and clothes. The villagers were unaware of this and must have thought that Yu Dazhu had been detained.

  At this time, go to find the three witnesses separately, and then tell one of the witnesses seriously that the other two witnesses have testified, and Yu Dazhu is about to be detained. If this witness still refuses to tell the truth, the police will shift the responsibility to this witness in order to protect the real witness, and tell Yu Dazhu that it was this person who caused him to be detained.

  We'll trick them like this, and when the time comes, these three witnesses will suspect each other and think that except for themselves, the other two have already testified. Adding to their worry that Dazhu will come out later and cause trouble for them, this witness will definitely reveal what they know about the matter.

  After listening to Liu Li's plan, Wang Ming gave him a thumbs up and then went downstairs with the things needed for the interrogation record.