Chapter 31: Deputy Commander Liu

  The criminal police team of Gǔhóng County has a total of 54 police officers, divided into one large team and two medium teams. The large team has 26 police officers, while the two medium teams have 14 police officers each. Later, due to the county's implementation of the township merger policy, the county bureau decided to establish another medium team under the criminal police team, which is the third medium team.

  The Third Detachment of the Criminal Police Brigade is responsible for all criminal cases in Lanyu Town, Lizhen Town, Daxing Town and Diying Township within the jurisdiction of Gucheng County. Cheng Bin selected 9 police officers to form this detachment, and now including Liu Li, the police force of the Third Detachment has reached 10 people.

  In order to ensure that after a criminal case is discovered in the jurisdiction, the criminal police team members can rush to the scene quickly. In addition to the office of the Criminal Police Brigade being located on the first floor of the County Bureau, the remaining teams are all working within their respective jurisdictions.

  The office area of the First Brigade of Criminal Police is located inside the office building of the County Economic Development Zone. The office area of the Second Brigade is located in the county town government compound. As for the newly established Third Brigade, because the office area has not been coordinated yet, their office area is temporarily set up in Lida Township, sharing an office building with Daxing Town Police Station.

  Li Shan, the director of Daxing Town Police Station, and Liu Wei, the new captain of the third squadron, both expressed their objections to this decision. Li Shan's objection was due to his dissatisfaction with having to give up half of his office building for use by the third squadron.

  Liu Wei protested because he thought the office building he had just been allocated was too small, and demanded that the entire police station's office building be assigned to him.

  After hearing the two men's protests, Director Yu Zhaoyong directly drove them out of his office, saying that if they were dissatisfied with the bureau's decision, they could resign and the party committee would replace them with two responsible persons who supported the resolution as director and team leader.

  As soon as they heard this, both of them were disappointed and expressed their support for the decision of the bureau's party members. They then hung their heads in shame and left. From then on, the Daxing Town Police Station shared an office building with the Third Criminal Investigation Brigade.

  The office building of the Daxing Town Police Station has three floors, with ten rooms on each floor. After friendly negotiations, the Third Squadron occupied the ten rooms on the third floor, while the police officers from the police station worked on the first and second floors. The conference room and cafeteria on the second floor were shared by both departments.

  Because they had called ahead, when Cheng Bin and the other two arrived at the Third Brigade in their car, Brigade Leader Liu Wei, Police Station Director Li Shan, and Police Station Instructor Zhang Shi were already waiting for them at the entrance of the police station.

  After getting off the bus and exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Cheng Bin introduced Liu Li to the crowd. When he heard that the new deputy commander of the third battalion was Liu Li, Li Shan asked uncertainly: "Which department was Commander Liu in before? It can't be the Land Camp, can it?"

  I heard that a young and capable people's policeman named Liu Li was newly assigned to the local police station. He is bold and daring, and within less than a month of taking office, he has put all eleven village cadres in the area into detention houses and lock-ups. Are you and that Liu Li the same person?

  "Not the same name, but the same person. I am Liu Li." After introducing himself, Liu Li humbly said to everyone: "I'm new here and hope that in the future, you two leaders will give me more guidance."

  As soon as they heard that the person in front of them was Liu, who had been causing trouble at the Diying Township Police Station, Li Shan and Zhang Shi both got a headache, while Liu Wei's eyes lit up beside him, tightly grasping Liu Li's hand: "Comrade, I've long admired your great name."

  After chatting with the crowd in front of the door for a few sentences, Li Shan led the crowd to visit the police station. Taking advantage of everyone's entry, Cheng Bin whispered to Liu Wei beside him: "I heard that you are about to be driven mad by Li Shan and Zhang Shi recently. I've found a powerful assistant for you, and you'll work together from now on."

  After visiting the Daxing Town Police Station, Liu Wei led everyone to the third floor of the squadron office area for a visit. After all the personnel of the squadron arrived, Liu Wei introduced Liu Li to the team members and then asked Cheng Bin to say a few words.

  Cheng Bin encouraged the team members to work hard and strive for excellence, while requiring them to help each other with their colleagues from the police station, not to create friction, and to jointly protect the security environment of the jurisdiction, creating a harmonious and peaceful living environment for local residents.

  At noon, everyone had a meal in the canteen of the police station, which was considered to be a reception for Liu Li. Since the various tasks of the squadron were not related to the local town government, after Liu Li arrived, Li Shan did not arrange for him to meet with the main leaders of the local town government.

  After lunch, Liu Li and Du Zhiqing returned to Dizheng Township because the colleagues at the Dizheng Police Station were going to see off Liu Li in the evening, and Liu Li's luggage was also at the Dizheng Police Station, so he had to go back once.

  The next day, after officially going to work at the Third Brigade, Liu Li and Du Zhiqing left Daxing Town. On the way back, Liu Li thought for a moment and then asked Du Zhiqing if he knew where the rental houses were in the county town?

  "What? You want to rent a house?" Upon hearing this, Du Zhiging looked at Liu Li with some confusion.

  Liu Li nodded: "Yes, I just took a look, the rooms in the squadron are quite cramped, each room has a special purpose, except for the duty room, there are only two dormitories, and they are shared by four people.

  "All those beds have quilts on them, which means they're already occupied. If I were to move in, someone would have to move out, and that wouldn't be good. So I might as well just rent a place in the city."

  "So that's how it is." After understanding the reason, Du Zhiqing said with some difficulty: "I don't usually pay attention to this kind of information, and I really didn't know if there are any rental places in the county town.

  "Why don't you go to the real estate agency in the county and ask around? You're free this afternoon, so take my car and drive to the commercial street in the county town. I remember there's a real estate agency there that has a good reputation."

  After returning to the police station, Liu Li put down Du Zhiqing and greeted others in the station before driving away in Du's van.

  Arriving at the house agency recommended by Du Zhiqing, Liu Li pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing that a guest had arrived, the staff warmly welcomed Liu Li. After understanding Liu Li's intention, the staff took out a name list and placed it in front of Liu Li.

  "Sir, please take a look at this information first. It contains the basic information of rental houses within our county. If you see a house that satisfies you, please fill in your personal information and pay the fee. Then we will arrange for a staff member to take you to view the house."

  After thanking the staff, Liu Li sat down to flip through the register. As he looked at it, he couldn't help but furrow his brow: "Why are they all looking for co-rentals? Ah, co-rental is just co-rental, why only with ladies? Alas... people's hearts are not ancient, and their intentions are suspicious."

  After reading all the information, Liu Li returned the list to the staff and told them that the houses that met his requirements were only rented to women, while those that did not restrict men and women did not meet his requirements.

  With the helpless expression of the staff, Liu Li left the house agency. He planned to stroll around and take a look at other house agencies. However, just as he was about to reach the intersection of Commercial Street, he suddenly saw something strange.