Solving the case: Wu Song travels back 97 years and becomes a detective

Chapter 24 Individual First-Class Merit

The next day.

The police in the fat chef's hometown have responded.

There is indeed such a case. All the details match up, and they will send someone over as soon as possible to bring the suspect back.

The matter was settled in the morning, and after lunch, the news spread throughout the entire North City Branch.

He's a new recruit who just joined the branch office; he hasn't even been there for a month yet.

A murder suspect was caught while having a meal at a restaurant!

And it wasn't even because he had seen the suspect's arrest warrant and recognized his appearance.

It was determined by some of the suspect's subtle movements.

Then they tricked the suspect into revealing the truth.

in the afternoon.

Wu Song was summoned to the office of Wen Zheng'an, the captain of the criminal investigation team, and given a good pep talk.

Just as I left Wen Zheng'an's office and returned to the Third Squadron's office, Xu Bin came over. "Come on, someone just came by and said the director in charge of criminal investigation wants to see you. I'll take you with me."

They went together to the office of Deputy Director Li Xiang.

Li Xiang is a tall, strong-looking middle-aged man who is not yet forty.

But perhaps because he also started from the front line of criminal investigation, he looks about six or seven years older than his peers, and his face is full of fatigue.

"Sit down! Wu Song, right? When your dad was the captain of the Third Squadron, although I wasn't in the Third Squadron, I was in the Criminal Investigation Brigade of our branch. I still have a deep impression of him. He was a master at solving cases."

"Come on, tell me briefly how you discovered that the chef was a suspect?"

"Director Li, it's like this..." Wu Song repeated the process he had already explained several times.

After listening to Wu Song's explanation, Li Xiang smiled and nodded.

"Hmm! Not bad, Wu Song, your observation and judgment abilities are very strong! You are the most talented newcomer I have ever met. Don't waste your talent, use it to better protect the lives and property of the people."

"I guarantee I'll complete the mission!" Wu Song snapped to attention and saluted.

"At ease. You made an extremely valuable contribution to this case. With your keen observation skills, you tracked down a murder suspect who had been on the run for many years. Once they confirm that he is the killer in that home invasion murder case from years ago, the bureau will nominate you for a second-class merit award!"

"Thank you, Director Li!" Wu Song saluted again.

"Why are you thanking me?" Director Li smiled slightly and made a gesture of pressing down with his palm. "I wanted to tell you something else. There's a high probability that you'll get this second-class merit award!"

That raises a new question.

Although there are no explicit regulations in our criminal investigation field, there is an unspoken principle: awards of the same level are only given once a year. You've been in the bureau for less than a month and you're about to receive a third-class merit and a second-class merit.

What about the next eleven months?

I hope you won't rest on your laurels and continue with the same energy and drive you've shown these past few days. Even without an award, everyone will recognize your contributions.

As for the first-class merit award, Li Xiang never even considered it.

There's a saying that goes something like this:

A third-class merit is earned with sweat, a second-class merit with blood, and a first-class merit with one's life.

On average, the Chengbei Branch can produce one second-class merit award per person per year.

However, he received a first-class merit award.

No one from the Chengbei Branch has received such an award in nine years.

To receive a first-class merit award, one needs to meet four extreme requirements.

The cases are extremely significant, with most being major cross-provincial and cross-border cases, and many being major cases supervised by the Ministry of Public Security and provincial authorities.

Your individual role is extremely crucial; you must be a core force in the case investigation and play a decisive role in the case.

The social impact is extremely far-reaching, and the solving of the case needs to generate a strong positive social impact.

Their spirit of dedication is exceptional; this is what is meant by risking their lives.

Even though Wu Song's performance was impressive enough, Li Xiang didn't dare to think that Wu Song could win a first-class merit award.

"Director Li, I didn't get into criminal investigation for the sake of a reward," Wu Song said.

"Good! Keep up the good work, go back to your job and I'm looking forward to more good news from you!"

……

The Third Squadron is the Major Crimes Squadron.

The term "serious crime" refers to eight types of serious violent crimes.

Intentional homicide, intentional injury causing serious injury or death, rape, robbery, drug trafficking, arson, explosion, and the crime of releasing dangerous substances.

However, with the reform and closure of state-owned enterprises, a large number of workers were laid off, and social order deteriorated rapidly. The authorities launched a special campaign to crack down on organized crime.

For the next month and a half, due to insufficient police force in the branch, Wu Song and the Third Squadron spent most of their time doing the work of the Public Security Brigade.

He would only return to his old ways when he encountered serious cases.

In a month and a half, the Third Squadron solved one robbery case and one murder case.

The robbery occurred because the perpetrator was not recognized by the suspect, but she knew the suspect's aunt. She went to the aunt's house that same day and arrested the suspect. The remaining accomplices were all apprehended by the suspect, and the entire group was brought to justice within two days.

That murder case was even simpler.

The fiancée regretted the engagement after receiving the betrothal gifts and went south to work with her lover. The money was the man's resettlement allowance. The man's father went to the woman's house to ask for the money. After an argument, he grabbed a fruit knife from the woman's house and killed his son's fiancée's father. After committing the crime, he did not run away. He had someone report the crime and waited to be arrested at the scene.

These two cases made Wu Song and Xu Bin feel a bit more normal.

That's more like it!

Where are there so many cases like the scarecrow murder case?

Many ordinary people, after committing murder, first think of turning themselves in and facing legal judgment.

……

9 month 17 number.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has just ended one day ago.

The weather is starting to get cooler.

Many leaves have fallen from the plane trees in front of the branch office, and the wind blowing through them brings with it a desolate autumn atmosphere.

As Wu Song walked into the branch office, just like every other day, he glanced at the image of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in his mind.

Six sticks of incense have been lit in front of the Bodhisattva statue.

Two sticks of incense for the highway robbers, one stick for Wang Heng who imitated the murder, one stick for Wang Zhiqiang, the killer in the scarecrow case, one stick for the fat chef, and one stick for the man who killed someone over the bride price.

"Six sticks every two months, three sticks every month, which means it would take me more than ten years to light these 365 sticks of incense?"

wrong!

The five incense sticks were lit in the first half of the month. If it continues like this for the first half of the month, it might take twenty or thirty years.

But no matter how many years it takes, I will light them all!

Wu Song's resolve was as firm as iron.

"Wu Song, you're here!"

"Good morning." Wu Song looked up and saw a female police officer from the technical department.

Since catching that fat chef, Wu Song has become famous in the bureau, and many people greet him when they see him.

More often than not, they introduce him to potential partners.

Wu Song brushed off Tongyi's request with the excuse that his older brother was not yet married and that he, as the younger brother, was not in a hurry.

After greeting three or four people along the way, Wu Song arrived at the office and sat down at his workstation.

No sooner had they sat down than Xu Bin entered. After glancing at everyone present, he beckoned to Cao Dahua and Wu Song, "Old Cao, you and Wu Song go to the Yunyang Town Police Station. There's a missing person case there. Take the technical investigation team with you and handle it."

"Seriously, Captain Xu?" Cao Dahua immediately complained, "Do we really need our Major Crimes Unit to handle cases like missing persons? We've been busy for over a month, can you please stop taking on cases so casually? I'm almost bald."

"Where did this haggling habit come from?" Xu Bin felt a chill run down his spine and glared at Cao Dahua. "This case is different. According to the samples sent by the police station, there was blood at the scene, so we can't rule out a murder case. Otherwise, why did we send you with the forensic team?"

"That's fine then, disciple!" Cao Dahua patted Wu Song on the shoulder. "Let's go!"

"Let's go!" Upon hearing that it might be a murder case, Wu Song felt a surge of motivation and stood up.