Chapter Thirty Adjustment Work

  When the criminal police arrived at the brick kiln, they successfully controlled the three people with a criminal record. Then, they also caught two fellow villagers of the three people. Later, in an empty room near the dormitory of the five people, six stolen Tibetan mastiffs were found.

  In the face of iron facts, the five-person gang bowed their heads and pleaded guilty to stealing expensive dogs using flying needle syringes. Under their guidance, police officers found the silver-gray Wuling bread car driven by the gang during the crime.

  The suspects were arrested and the police officers took them back to the police station after investigating their homes. With this, the gang that had been stealing expensive dogs was completely destroyed. The police are now investigating what happened to the stolen dogs.

  Afterwards, Cheng Bin called Liu Li and asked him how he knew that the group of criminal suspects were hiding in the kiln factory, and how he knew where the six stolen dogs were hidden. In response to this question, Liu Li lied and said it was a tip-off from an informant.

  Time flies, and it's been a week. Tian Hu finally completed the work of guarding the village committee election. This period of time for Tian Hu is simply called the earthly hell. Every day, he was scolded by two groups of rural women in the village committee.

  Those were the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters of the detained village branch secretaries. In order to prevent these people from obstructing the election or going to petition, after those people had scolded enough, Tian Hu still had to politely persuade them to return. After returning to the office, Tian Liang was full of emotion, saying that his bad temper had been cured by those peasant women.

  As for Tian Hu's recent work experience, Liu Li had already heard about it and knew that he was closely related to the matter. So every time he heard Tian Hu complaining, Liu Li would apologetically pour water and offer cigarettes for him.

  The office expenses promised by the township government have been allocated, and all cases in the office have been handled. The township's election has also come to an end, and Liu Li and his colleagues are now as leisurely as before.

  That day, Liu Li had just gotten out of bed and walked out of the dormitory when he was called over by Du Zhiging before he even had a chance to wash his face. After sitting down, Liu Li found that Du Zhiging's expression was somewhat complicated: "Du Squad Leader, what's wrong?"

  "Congratulations, Little Liu, you've been noticed by Captain Cheng. He mentioned your name to Director Yu today and said that you have a knack for handling cases. He wants you to be the deputy captain of the newly established Criminal Police Third Brigade. Director Yu also knows about your performance in those two previous cases, so he agreed with Captain Cheng's request."

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to here, Du Zhiqing paused for a moment, then continued: 'I originally wanted to help you with your connections, but I didn't expect that Captain Cheng would take a liking to you. Although I hope you have a good future, it's just that you've only just arrived and are already going to be transferred away - I'm really rather reluctant to let you go.'"

  "Really? Well, in that case, I won't leave." Liu Li smiled and said: "To be honest, this deputy squadron leader, I really didn't take a liking to,"

  "Whatever you do, don't go. If you don't go to the team, Commander Cheng will think I'm sabotaging him from behind. I won't be able to afford offending him." After saying this, Du Zhiqing's face revealed a hint of a smile: "With what you just said, I'm satisfied."

  What's the matter? Even if you leave our department, we will still have to deal with each other in the future. Why is that? Because this newly established third brigade manages criminal cases within four towns and one township under its jurisdiction.

  Hehe... it's quite a coincidence, our village just happens to be within the jurisdiction of the third squadron. In the future, if any criminal cases occur here, I hope you can provide support quickly."

  "Don't worry, it's just a small matter. When the time comes, with just one phone call from you, we'll take over the case as if it were a criminal case, even if it's just an administrative case." Liu said reassuringly.

  "If that's really the case, I'm afraid Captain Dong of the Public Security Brigade will be angry." After joking for a moment, Du Zhiqing hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "You just arrived and don't know much about some things in our county. Let me tell you something, just keep it in mind, but never spread it out."

  In our county bureau, Captain Dong and Captain Cheng don't get along. The two often clash, and Captain Cheng wants to compete for the position of Political Commissar, but Captain Dong is also eyeing this position. It's said that Captain Dong has a strong background, and neither of them are good people. Be careful and try not to get entangled in their struggle.

  Moreover, although the third brigade was established, your main source of cases and funding comes from the police stations in the four townships below.

  However, many police stations in order to generate revenue internally, when a criminal case occurs within their jurisdiction, they will actively facilitate mediation between the parties and then let the responsible party pay a fine to settle the case. As a result, it is very likely that you will not receive any criminal cases there.

  There's another thing, in the four towns under your squadron's jurisdiction, except for me, the directors of the remaining three police stations all have a very close relationship with Captain Dong, so I think your squadron's days won't be easy.

  Although you've only been here for a little over a month, judging from your performance during this period, I feel that your future prospects are boundless. Follow Commander Cheng closely and he will appreciate you; who knows, he might even promote you in the future.

  Cheng has been the captain of the criminal police team for five years, and he has made many achievements. He has connections in the municipal bureau, and last year there were rumors that Captain Cheng would be promoted to political commissar, but nothing has happened so far.

  I estimate that by the end of this year when our department has a change in leadership, it's possible that Cheng will make a move to become the new team leader. If he can defeat Dong, then our political commissar will be secure because our current political commissar Tan is retiring this year.

  "If the team leader gets promoted, you'll definitely be able to follow in his footsteps and get ahead too. Do a good job, I'm counting on you. Go have breakfast first, then we'll hold a meeting later to announce your transfer."

  At 8 o'clock in the morning after going to work, Du Zhiqing convened a meeting of all civilian police officers and announced that Liu Li would be transferred soon. After hearing this news, everyone felt very surprised and thought, how long has he been here? How can he be transferred so soon?

  However, after hearing that Liu Li was transferred because of his outstanding performance in the Guo Yang murder case and the Tibetan Mastiff theft case, he was favored by Cheng Bin, the captain of the criminal police brigade, and everyone else was relieved.

  After the two cases were over, everyone knew that Liu Li had made a great achievement and they also knew that Liu Li would definitely be rewarded by the county bureau. It was just that no one expected the reward to be so good, directly promoting him to deputy captain of the third squadron.

  After the meeting, Du Zhiqing took Liu Li to the county bureau's criminal police team to report to Cheng Bin. After seeing Du Zhiqing and Liu Li, Cheng Bin led them to the director's office to meet Director Yu Shaoyong.

  Yu Shao Yong is over 40 years old, slender in build, wearing a pair of glasses, with a smile always on his face, looking very approachable. Upon learning that Liu Li had reported for duty, Yu Shao Yong encouraged him for a while.

  After chatting for a few sentences, Yu Shao Yong let Cheng Bin take Liu Li and the two of them went to meet with Political Commissar Tan Jun. After hearing this, Cheng Bin took the two of them to sit in Political Commissar Tan's office for a while. After coming out of Tan Jun's office, Cheng Bin said to Liu Li: "Let's go, we're going to take a look at your Third Squad now."