Chapter 7 The light in the house of seven wooden carvings

After submitting the self-criticism, the leader never troubled Shao Changshui again, nor let him intervene in Master Lao's case.Zhu Lei's "suicide" seems to be gone.Of course, Shao Changshui would not take the initiative to ask.Public security officers are the same as the army. Even if there are already guns and bullets around, you still can't rush up without an order.So, for Shao Changshui, the matter seemed to be over like this.Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of Public Security issued an order to all departments and bureaus across the country that "murder cases must be solved" to concentrate on solving a number of "murder cases" that have not been solved for many years.The party group of the department responded immediately and deployed it.Approved by the Provincial Political and Legal Committee, the Provincial Department immediately set up a "Murder Cases Must Be Solved Headquarters", headed by Deputy Director Jiao, who is in charge of criminal investigation work, and mobilized elite criminal investigation teams from across the province to concentrate their efforts on the war of annihilation.There is no doubt that the Criminal Investigation Corps, as the backbone force of this battle, was pushed to the front line.Shao Changshui was also temporarily transferred to the headquarters. As deputy director Jiao and the main assistant of Zhao's team, he was busy on the front line of solving the case.In the following period of time, he can be said to be dizzy from work. He often had to rush between several major cases at the same time, participate in research, determine the direction of detection, deploy detection forces, keep abreast of work trends, analyze and summarize the latest laws, and draw up plans for the leadership. Choose the best plan for the next stage of work, etc., and so on, so busy that I can't tell what is "busy" and "leisure". The impact and pain left in his heart by the "Tao Ligen trip" gradually healed.There is only one thing that he still broods over, and that is that the leadership has not appointed him a position.He didn't know what the reason was?Is it because of the "mistake" I made in the last stage, or is it because of something else?He couldn't estimate it, and he didn't dare to inquire.But if the leader doesn't trust him, doesn't value him, how can he put himself in the headquarters of the big battle in front of him, and use him as the main assistant?Thinking of this, he felt a little relieved.But every time he thinks about the appointment of posts and posts, he will inevitably become upset.In this way, I feel relieved for a while, restless for a while, calm for a while, and restless for a while. In the torment of alternating changes, more than ten days finally passed. The death of "Lord Lao" was finally classified as a car accident, which was just a serious traffic accident.The driver who caused the accident escaped due to drunk driving and caused death, and has been formally arrested.But it has nothing to do with "murder".Lord Lao's body was also cremated immediately.On behalf of the party group of the office and all the comrades of the corps, Deputy Director Jiao and Chief Zhao visited Mr. Lao's family.The Shengtang Company where Mr. Lao last worked gave a rather generous "pension" to the family members, and invested in the purchase of a cemetery for Mr. Lao in the famous Fudeyuan Cemetery in the provincial capital.On the day of the burial of the ashes, it was originally planned that Shengtang Company and the Criminal Investigation Corps would go to a few leaders, employees, and representatives of the police to hold a small-scale burial ceremony in cooperation with the family members.Unexpectedly, five or six hundred people arrived at once.There were two to three hundred police officers who came to bid farewell to Master Lao alone, and they all wore dark gray police uniforms.During the ceremony, the theme song of the TV series "Young Aspirations Don't Say No Sorrow" was played all the time: "Several times of wind and rain, several times of spring and autumn, wind, frost, snow, rain and torrent..." The atmosphere on the scene was quite dignified.What is particularly touching is that almost no one cried at the scene, but they were filled with unresolved doubts and grief, like layers of thick dark clouds locking the snow-covered mountains.People hugged Master Lao's wife and his only daughter silently, and shook their hands vigorously but helplessly.Now that the nature of the accident has been determined, of course people have nothing to say.But who can believe that Lord Lao's death was really caused by this bastard driver's drunk driving?When Shao Changshui stepped forward and bowed to Lord Lao's tomb, almost all the police officers present fixed their eyes on him.They all knew that he was the only person who witnessed the whole process of Mr. Lao's accident, and that Mr. Lao "died in his arms".They also heard that he had "repeatedly emphasized" to the leaders in his report that Mr. Lao was "murdered".At this moment, they all turned their eyes to him, with mixed feelings, but they all had one thing in common, they seemed to want to see his attitude towards the conclusion of the accident from his expression at the moment, so as to confirm their own hearts. Doubt.But they were disappointed.Shao Changshui who appeared in front of everyone, like most people, looked sad, but also numb.He silently bowed, silently stared at the tombstone, silently followed the high-spirited and tragic tune, and slowly returned to the dark gray team...

On the night of the funeral ceremony, when he got home, Shao Changshui didn't have dinner.To be precise, he was given a job, but he couldn't eat it no matter what.The tune of "Young Aspirations Don't Sorrow" has been echoing in his mind.The miserable, weak, pale and helpless face of Mrs. Lao's wife was always shaking in front of my eyes.Why did they pay so little attention to Master Lao's own feelings and judgments on the incident?Of course, we can't use his own feelings as the only basis for determining the event, but we must treat it with caution.Who is he?A veteran criminal policeman with rich experience has been in Taurigen for several months, and has been "deeply immersed in its vortex", and has a very rare personal experience and understanding of many things and people there.Certain premonitions and judgments he derived from this should of course be given full attention.How could it be so easily ruled out and denied, and hastily drawn another conclusion?Of course, the driver who caused the accident would not easily reveal the truth behind the scenes.If he doesn't confess or admit it, it's over?How many difficult and major cases have been cleared from the "non-acknowledgment" and "non-confession" of the parties to see the light of day again.Why is it so easy to "push the boat along the way" when it's the turn of this matter, turning major events into small ones and trivial ones? ! !After all, how could an old policeman who had spent his whole life in criminal investigation die so "unexplainably"?Unbelievable.It's completely unbelievable... He wanted to take the scarlet "rubbing" many times to find the leaders of the headquarter and the provincial department, but every time he discouraged himself. "Why do you care so much?" "Can you manage so much?" "The big organization is different from the grassroots I have worked in the past. Here, the big department is surrounded by small departments, and the big chief is connected with the small chief. Everyone is in charge. There are a lot of things, and every door is related to a lot of benefits. I am a newcomer, and I don’t know the depth. You know which corn you will step on, which taboo you violate, and which touches your heart. Who has the power in his arms? Be cautious, be cautious, be cautious, and be a man with your tail between your legs, Shao Changshui, don't think that you have been the deputy director of the county bureau for a few days, and you are still a member of the provincial police academy. In a few days, the director of the teaching and research section. An official as big as a sesame and mung bean like the deputy director of the county bureau will catch a lot in the provincial government. What a bird?! Besides, you are waiting for a fixed position. The most important thing now is, Do what you are asked to do, and do what you are asked to do well. Anything else is superfluous to you, don’t think about it, don’t care about it, can’t think about it, and don’t care about it... Never mind Don't forget the two principles you set for yourself..." Every time he competes with himself like this, when he looks back at Huifen, he always sees that she too seems to have died once As if, his face slowly turned from blue and white to red and white.As long as she saw Chang Shui sitting there in a daze, she would know that he was competing with her again.She knew that he hadn't put down Mr. Lao's matter in his heart.She is very clear that he has been a person who can't rub sand in his eyes since he was a child.Because of his dead temper, she didn't worry about him less, and she didn't get angry with him less all these years!In the past two years, Changshui has left the front line at the grassroots level and practiced in large and small institutions, and the situation has indeed "improved".But she was still afraid of him, afraid that he would care about right and wrong with others regardless of the situation, and that he would lose everything that her family had gained.Huifen felt that people like her and Changshui could "mix" to work in provincial agencies, give their two children permanent residence in the provincial capital, and "mix" into a two-bedroom apartment in the provincial capital. A modern apartment-style residence with a kitchen and a bathroom. Walking on the streets of the provincial capital, you don’t have to worry about the expensive board and lodging fees in the hotel that night and the anxiety and fatigue you have to pay for buying the return train ticket. For generations to come" she was really content to never again feel inferior in front of the kids in the city.She often said to Shao Changshui suddenly: "It's really not easy... What do you think? I really didn't expect that we could still live like this... I really want to thank you for Doudou and Eggy also wants to thank you..." When she said this, she seemed so sincere, so emotional, so emotional, and so... so scared...

"Look at what you said. It seems that Doudou and Eggy are the oil bottles you brought over." Shao Changshui said with a smile. "Of course it's not a oil bottle...how could it be a oil bottle...don't talk nonsense..." Huifen hugged Changshui with moist eyes and murmured. At this time, Shao Changshui would hug Huifen very touched, and while gently stroking her slightly dry yellow hair, he closed his eyes and sighed softly.He was deeply moved by Huifen's emotion of valuing and cherishing this family so much.Yes, all this has come at a very difficult time. On this point, he and Huifen have the same feeling.He also values ​​and cherishes everything in front of him, it should even be said that he values ​​and cherishes it very, very much...

Later, when someone in the office talked about Mr. Lao's matter behind his back, he would deliberately avoid it, neither participating nor listening.After a few more days, no one even talked about it in the office.Master Lao seems to be getting farther and farther away from him and them... He really thought that was the end of the matter.Although sitting in front of the window of an empty office on an occasional rainy afternoon, there will still be some vague agitation in my heart, and I will see those hands again, those extremely dexterous and pale hands, resting on the On the side of the small rattan table, I trembled slightly; I would hear the hissing sound of bloody bubbles in the emergency room again; The energy of writing the word "murder" in a single stroke... There will still be an inexplicable guilt (?) and regret (?) in my heart, and my brain is blank, unable to face the "Taurigan"... The impact of three words... (Yes, from then on, whenever he saw news about Taurigan published in the newspaper, he would immediately grab it and read it. For a while, he couldn't see "Taurigan" Three words, as long as these three words appear in front of his eyes, he will be very irritable, as if someone deliberately made things difficult for him and wanted to expose his scars.)

Until that day—it was a Friday afternoon in the third week after he returned to the provincial capital from Taurigan (maybe it was Saturday. But it should be Friday, because Shao Changshui remembered that it was not a public holiday. All in all, he didn’t remember much Clear. It seems to be a weekend), and he gets a call.A very unexpected and very important call.At that time, the "Murder Case Must Be Solved" battle was still in full swing.On the first day, Deputy Director Jiao was ordered to take people to Harbin to participate in the "Murder Cases Must Be Solved" phased on-site experience briefing held by the Ministry of Public Security.Several main leaders of the corps also went to Harbin.The bosses have been saved from going abroad, and the work of the headquarters will inevitably be a little easier.Coincidentally, it was the weekend again that day, and Huifen and her two children were at home. (Here is some necessary explanation for the fact that Shao Changshui and Huifen had two children. According to regulations, he can only have one child. But the first child gave birth to a girl. The old man in the family insists that Huifen will give birth to a male successor for the Shao family People. Of course Shao Changshui wanted a son himself. He let Huifen work as her accountant in the forest farm department and didn't transfer her to the county seat for many years. It wasn't that Shao Changshui didn't have the ability to transfer his wife to him, but It's a deliberate inconsistency. If she is not in the forest farm, she is designated not to have a second child. According to the policy formulated by the central government, even if she is in the forest farm, she cannot have a second child. But things are much easier to handle in the valley. Let's go Walking, you can still get the quota for the second child. At that time, I gritted my teeth and refused to transfer Huifen to the county, just to realize such a long-cherished wish of the old people in the family. As expected, the second child gave birth to a child. Of course, he was also punished After paying the fine, the Shao family happily celebrated the arrival of the fourth-generation "male successor" with a dozen or so tables of wine.) That day, Shao Changshui gave I also took a "false" for a while, and went home to have a look.Haven't been home for ten days?Gotta take a shower, change underwear or something.Also got a haircut.At lunch, I drank two taels of wine happily, and ate a large plate of hand-steaked mutton specially stewed by Huifen. I originally planned to sleep on it for another afternoon to make up for it. After dinner, I will return to the headquarters. not too late.Unexpectedly, I only slept until around 3:10, and the mobile phone on the bedside table started to yell and bounce.

The phone call was from Team Zhao, who asked him to rush to Li Min's branch to meet him. Didn't Commander Zhao go to Harbin with Deputy Director Jiao?Besides, there is a job to discuss, why don't you go to the headquarters office, why send people to that Li Min branch? "It's that thing again?" His whole body trembled, his scalp immediately felt a little numb, and he immediately felt that there might be something related to "Lord Lao" involved again.During this period of time, although he didn't ask about this matter directly, he still vaguely heard that the relevant personnel of the relevant department have not given up on this case, and have been working hard to investigate this matter.He even heard that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection had sent an unannounced visit team to work for a period of time.Of course, the unannounced investigation team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection did not come specifically for "Lord Lao", but it is said that they have also consulted some files related to "the death of Lord Lao"...

Is this the first time I have walked into Dalieba Lane and come to the home of this former Director Li?the second time?the third time?How can a person who is thirty-six or seven-year-old be so oblivious?Shao Changshui often feels that his energy is not as good as before.Once, I followed Team Zhao to the scene, sat in the back seat of the Toyota off-road vehicle, and within a short distance, all the people in the car were discussing the case energetically, but I fell asleep in a daze.It's really embarrassing.This was absolutely impossible in the past.When he was the deputy director of the county bureau, even if the whole car was in a daze, he would not feel sleepy at all.When he got off the car and went into the mountains, it was common for him to let go of his feet and walk the mountain road for dozens of miles in one go.Can we go now?Really suspicious.

... The courtyard located in the depths of the poplar, looks uneven because of the damaged green brick corridor, looks extraordinarily old because of careless management, and is extraordinarily dark and damp because of the multi-layered shade of big trees.The onion orchids and daylilies planted on both sides of the corridor are far from blooming, otherwise, they would add a little bit of color to the yard.The Russian-style "woodcut" house with front and rear verandas is located in the depth of the yard.A few decades ago, there were still many such wooden houses in the city. They are a "beautiful landscape" in this frontier city, and they are also a "special dish" that is impossible for other Chinese provincial capitals (except Harbin) .The reasons for its formation are complex.It is said that the first batch of wooden houses were built at the end of the 19th century by a few wealthy Russian businessmen and road engineers who came to China to seek gold.In the 1920s and 1930s, a group of "tsarist Russian aristocrats" and their descendants who fled from the impact of the "October Revolution" flocked to live here, and built a batch of such yards and houses.That was its heyday.By the late 1940s, this area was no longer a place where Russians lived, but became a very strange and troublesome "area" in the city.If you want to learn piano and bel canto pronunciation, please come here; if you want to learn oil painting and ballet, please also come here.But what if you want to gamble and pay prostitutes?Come here too.If you risk your life and want to find a "shortcut" to go abroad to search for guns and drugs, or want to get in touch with the bandit leader in the den of Geda Mountain, do some "private affairs" and "black crimes" that must be done. "Things", people on the road will also lead you to this place.Liberation here was early, and the people's government was established at the end of 1947 and the beginning of 1948.In order to maintain social order, the people's government is said to have worked sluggishly for half a year in secret investigation work in this area. After collecting all the evidence, it suddenly mobilized the city's public security officers and two companies of regular troops. Guard all the entrances and exits, use today's public security terminology to call it "close the door and lock it", raided overnight, and arrested three trucks of "gang leaders" from here...

In the later years, department heads of some provincial and municipal agencies successively lived here.Of course, they also fell in love with this large poplar grove and those unique "woodcut houses".But I don’t know that these wooden houses are really uncomfortable to live in. This “uncomfortable” is of course compared with the well-equipped and well-decorated modern large apartments and small villas that gradually developed later. .After all, it needs flooding, termites, and cockroaches, and the cracked floors are bound to creak and creak.The wires are old and are constantly shorting out, destroying appliances all the time.The house also lacks relatively advanced bathroom equipment, and the only old-fashioned sauna room has to use birch branches to slap the naked body vigorously when taking a bath. All these make the old comrades from the old district very uncomfortable.Later, they moved away from here one after another, and the wooden houses were demolished one after another, and rebuilt into small buildings with brick-concrete structure or reinforced concrete.It’s just that an old governor issued such an order back then, I have no problem with how you remove or modify it, even these poplar trees, I am not allowed to move a single one.It was precisely because of this seemingly inconspicuous order at the beginning that Dalieba Lane kept this piece of poplar forest that soared into the sky and became overcast...

The wooden house where Li Min's family lives is one of the only two or three remaining wooden houses.Back then, his father was only a small section chief of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, so he was not qualified to live in these single-family Russian-style wooden houses with those ministers and directors.This is thanks to the old governor.The old governor was afraid that the officials who were stationed in this alley at that time, relying on their own "background" and "power", accidentally cut down these poplar trees, and ordered the Municipal Public Security Bureau to send people to the place " forest protection", and famously asked Li Minfen's father to do this job.Li Minfen's father worked as a security officer in the army where the old governor was the "chief" in his early years.This "protection" lasted for decades, until he became the director of the Provincial Public Security Bureau.No matter which position Li Minfen's father is in or in charge of, he always has a very firm attitude and a clear-cut banner against tree cutting.When his father was dying, he told Li Minfen that you, your mother and siblings can now leave this alley.Now that the country has promulgated the forest law, big and old trees have also been included in the "people-loving measures" of the municipal and provincial governments to protect the living environment.Besides, the oldest of these trees is seventy or eighty years old, and it’s time for thinning and renewal. We don’t need to worry about them anymore, and it’s time for your mother to enjoy a modern residential life.After finishing his father's funeral, Li Min asked his mother and younger siblings to move to the apartment with seven bedrooms and three halls, plus three large balconies that had been assigned to them by the province.But he and his wife did not leave, and stayed in this "woodcut" house.He spent a considerable amount of money, and under the personal supervision of his equally shrewd and capable wife, completely remodeled the "Wood Cut Leng".Although the exterior has faithfully maintained its original appearance, the interior has undergone a complete overhaul.Removed all the rotten wood, reinforced all the beams and columns, installed all the necessary aluminum alloy doors and windows and the American Townhouse central air conditioner, laid the original imported German solid wood floor on all the indoor floors, etc. Wait.As for the addition of the most modern sanitary facilities, the most fashionable lamps, and the most exquisite hardware appliances, there is no need to talk about it.Those onion orchids and daylilies in the yard were planted at that time.At that time, two Japanese cherry blossoms with a thick mouth and a thinner century-old wisteria were transplanted.But for some reason, I haven't seen them blooming in the past two years.

Looking at it now, the yard does look a little "old", and even a little bit "decayed".How could this happen in less than ten years?Someone made a fortune for Li Minfen, saying that Li Minfen was the director of the office at the age of twenty-six. (At that time, in the province's public security system, and even in all industries in the province, he was considered the youngest director-level cadre.) But in the third year after his father's death, he began to "recite" the word, and he has never stopped. get promoted.Later, his body collapsed suddenly, and he always fell ill with some inexplicable diseases for no reason. (Some people even circulated that he suffered from depression for a while, and he still relies on taking medicine to maintain it.) During this period, his wife left her job without pay and went overseas to start a company, earning a lot of money, but I am so busy that I don't come back to this yard often.Then he announced his "sick leave", often alone in the yard alone, accompanying the wooden house, wandering alone under the poplar tree... The fortune-teller said that the changes in the yard over the years and the present The state of his life is "complemented with each other" and "complemented with each other" with his whole person's destiny and mental state.The "failure" in the yard is a testament to the fate's betrayal of him.Li Min said, can you help me avoid disasters?The fortune teller said of course there is, it depends on your sincerity.Li Min said, how can I show my sincerity?The fortune-teller said, you are a former office director, just take 10,000 yuan, and I will guarantee you disaster relief.Li Minfen laughed as soon as he heard it, and said, fuck you, God loves money too?In fact, those who really know Li Minfen's situation also scoff at these claims.Yes, these years, Min Fen's condition is not very good, the wooden house and yard left by his father are obviously old and "decayed", this is all true.But those people don't know that this has nothing to do with his "back" in politics.Because anyone who really knows the inside story knows that he has never gone through the word "back" in politics at all.At that time, the leaders of the provincial department inspected, researched and confirmed, and reported to the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee for approval, to further promote him from the position of office director—it seemed that he was transferred to the political department of the department as the deputy director.But at this juncture, he fell ill.Inexplicably ill.Unfortunately ill.It can even be said that it is disappointingly sick.But it is indeed "sick".That's all, his promotion was put on hold at such a critical moment.From the perspective of the leaders of the provincial department and the provincial party committee, there was no intention of neglecting his son just because the "old director" had left.As for the "decay" of the yard and the "oldness" of the house, that's even more nonsense.Friends agree that Min Fen has gradually matured and detached his life over the years.He is different from many of his peers in that he no longer pays so much attention to external things and external things, such as professional titles, police ranks, luxury cars, luxury houses, or go out of his way to fight for the title of a member of the National People's Congress of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, no matter how bad it is. A member of the Youth Federation should be ah... Wait, wait, wait.He felt that these were very boring.For the son of an old director, who was in charge of the office of the Provincial Public Security Bureau in his twenties, it can be said that he has "been in the sea".Although some people "have been in the sea", they are still dancing their long sleeves in the air.Some people are "the moonlight pearl in the sea has tears", "the heart is light and everything is like a feather".What kind of detachment does Li Minfen's detachment belong to? Is it the former or the latter?Is it negative, or positive?Is it a transcendent detachment, or a detachment that takes the big from the small?Friends can't tell.They said, if we want to make it clear, then don't we also become "Li Minfen"?Do you think anyone can become "Li Minfen"?Scoff! (Look how much they "worship" him.) But there is one thing my friends can say clearly, the current Li Minfen is never alone, never lonely.The "decline" of the yard and the "oldness" of the house only show that he has another pursuit in doing things.That's all. Is it true?Let's "let's see the decomposition next time". ... The room is a little dark, and books and sundries are piled up everywhere, but it doesn't look particularly messy.In the large room that has always been used as a living room, there is a large Russian-style cylindrical cast iron fireplace and several tall solid wood bookcases.In the cabinet, on the top of the cabinet, and even on the floor in front of the cabinet, there are all those ancient porcelains, ancient jades and ancient Buddha statues he played with back then, as well as some precious Qingtian stones from the old pit, which condense when you breathe. Ancient inkstone and fragmented silicon wood fossils.He has left these playthings for some years.Now his preferred corner was under the south window.There was a single sofa, a small sofa with all the lines curved, a very soft and firm sofa, and a small sofa made of black-brown matte cowhide.A black pole floor lamp with a very modern shape and very simple and clear lines.A wide, flat, low, heavy footstool.Around the sofa stood several solid wood carved book cases of different heights, the tallest one was no more than a body tall.This is where he reads.It is also the place where little girls like Cao Nan have come to visit "Director Li" and listen to him "talk about the past and the present" in the past two years.Every time such a little girl came, he would put a small wicker chair for them in front of the small sofa.In that little wicker chair, they spent many evenings with him and without rain.He told them many things they understood and did not understand.But what they often value is the many words that they don't understand.These beautiful girls in their twenties, twenties and sixteens feel that nowadays, as long as they want to, they can "obtain" anything, but it is not easy to find such "hard to understand", But something that can make me faintly excited.This is also one of the important reasons why they are often willing to come here.Besides, he still has the titles of "son of the old director of the Public Security Bureau" and "former director of the department's office".With such a title, he can do many things for them. Afterwards, Shao Changshui learned that, in fact, Commander Zhao did not go to Harbin for a meeting at all this time.As the deputy commander-in-chief of the "Murder Case Must Be Solved" General War Command, in addition to undertaking the many daily tasks of the headquarters that people can see, he is also doing another thing that most people don't know: quietly Commanding and leading another group of people to investigate the abnormal death of "Lord Lao" and re-determine the nature of Zhu Lei's death-whether it was suicide or homicide.Zhao Wuliu, like Shao Changshui, did not believe emotionally and intuitively that Mr. Lao's death was caused by the driver "unintentionally" after drinking heavily.I don't believe that Zhu Lei will die by "suicide".Both experience and intuition told him that such characterizations and conclusions appeared because someone needed them.As for who needs such a qualitative and conclusion, he is not clear.It may take a while to understand, but it may be "never" to understand.This kind of thing happened to him more than once in his life.There is a saying among them that public security work (criminal investigation) must also obey the overall political situation.Which cases should be solved quickly, which cases should be temporarily stopped, which cases should not (cannot) be pursued further after investigation to a certain extent, which cases must be investigated to the bottom, and the bottom of the fish must be solved, which cases must not be publicized after being solved, and which cases After it is broken, we must publicize it with great fanfare and strive to become a household name... We will deal with it differently according to different specific situations and political needs.But he has only heard about the things of pretending to be real, embezzling others, deliberately framing, and creating unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and they have never really happened under his nose.After Master Lao's case happened, the higher-ups didn't let their criminal investigation team intervene at first.He didn't fight either.Mr. Lao was originally from their criminal investigation team. According to the principle of avoiding suspicion, there is some reason for the criminal investigation team not to intervene in this case.Later the case was settled.He went to the head of the department to talk about his views, but that was just "discussing his views." He still didn't ask the leaders to let their criminal investigation team take over and review the case.He still felt that whether they should let their criminal investigation team review the case was a matter for the leaders to consider, and he couldn't argue about it.Later, the characterization of this case not only became more and more popular within the Public Security Bureau, but there were also rumors about it in the society. Some representatives of the Provincial People's Congress and the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress even questioned the Provincial Public Security Bureau on this matter.The party group of the department carefully studied it before deciding to hand it over to the Criminal Investigation Corps for a "re-examination of the case." "During the review process, what issues should I pay attention to, and what major principles should I master well?" When accepting the task, Zhao Wuliu once asked the leadership of the party group of the department for such a question.This has also been a practice for many years.When handling some important cases, you have to ask for instructions in this way, that is, to understand what are the political "taboos" of this important case and what must be "precautioned" and "precautions".In other words, let the hall set a "bottom line" in this regard, so as not to step on any minefields or violate any "yellow line" in the process of handling the case.Under normal circumstances, the leaders of the department will explain in detail the "bottom line situation" they have mastered to those who handle the case.But the reply of the leader of the department that day was unexpectedly "principle", and he used some "editorial language" to prevaricate him.The director replied: "What principle? Take the law as the yardstick and facts as the basis, severely crack down on all criminal activities, resolutely safeguard the interests of the party and the people, and safeguard the dignity of the law. What principle do you want? Ask more!" " Zhao Wuliu had nothing to say.After the meeting was over, Zhao Wuliu always felt very uneasy in his heart. He was uncertain for a long time, and then bit the bullet again, and went to the director alone to ask for instructions.The director pointed to his nose and said with a smile: "I know you boy will come to the door again. I'll just wait for you." Zhao Wuliu replied: "Then why don't you say everything you need to say at the meeting? Do you have to torment me like this again?" In fact, Zhao Wuliu knew very well in his heart that some "bottom lines" can be stated in public at the meeting, but some "bottom lines" can only be explained in private.The director pondered for a while, and said: "This matter is of great importance. I have long wanted your criminal investigation team to take over the case, but there are always some inconveniences. Now that the Provincial People's Congress has intervened, it is finally possible to take over the case. Just start the investigation. But do it quietly. During the entire investigation process, you must strictly keep secrets. No matter what you find, don’t make it public first. And don’t spread it in the society. This is an iron rule The discipline of the law is announced to all the comrades involved in handling this case. In principle, the comrades involved in handling this case should be few but good. They must be absolutely reliable politically. You must strictly check this point. On the one hand, we must strive to pass our Work to restore the truth of the incident and find out the real culprit; on the other hand, and perhaps a more important aspect, don't get me involved politically. The political sensitivity and complexity of this case, as well as its I don't need to elaborate on the importance of the case, you should understand it. The real difficulty of handling this case is here..." Immediately, they decided to hand over the case to Shao Changshui.This is also based on the consideration of political reliability, excellent business, calm personality, and one advantage that others do not have: this guy has just been transferred to the provincial department, and he has not yet fixed his position. Those complicated social relationships are relatively "clean" and have relatively small goals, so it is easy to implement the basic policy of "quietly handle this case"... "What's the problem?" Zhao Wuliu asked Shao Changshui after explaining the whole situation. "Of course there will be great difficulties. The biggest difficulty is that I don't know what difficulties I will encounter in the future. The biggest difficulty is that my eyes are completely black now." "Of course. If there is a bright light in front of you now, and everything is clear, what do you need?" Li Minfen said with a faint smile. "Aside from me, who else is handling this case?" Shao Changshui asked cautiously. "And I..." Zhao Wuliu laughed. "Who else?" “我和你。你和我。”赵五六不动声色地笑道。 “我能不能也算一个？”李敏分也笑道。 “你？编外吧。干活可以，没有岗位津贴，也不发夜班补助。”赵五六逗笑道。 “那我不是亏大了？”李敏分也跟着逗乐。 “还想问啥？”赵五六回过头来笑着问邵长水。 “……”邵长水稍稍地愣了一下。他心想，都啥时候了，这两位领导还有心在这儿跟人逗乐打趣？ !随后，赵总队告诉他，以后还会调派一些同志来的。但不管调谁来，“这案子都以你为主去办。将来调给你使的人，也只能是一些年轻的新手……” “为什么？总队里有那么些老同志……他们都特有经验……” “厅里有指示，为了保证这案子办得公正和客观，要尽量调用那些跟劳爷没有工作往来关系和私交感情的同志来干这档子事。”总队长说道。 “别以为自己初来乍到就不能办这么起大案。你要看清楚了，现在组织上用的就是你这个'初来乍到'。你不是'初来乍到'，这回还不一定用你哩。所以，你就别再犹豫和推托了。有总队长在背后给你撑着哩，怕啥？”李敏分又插嘴道。他总是把话说得那么“明白”和“尖刻”。不知道为什么，邵长水总有点不喜欢这个人。 “对。我们要的就是你这个'初来乍到'。”赵总队随即附和道，“我们当然也不是随便抓一个'初来乍到'，就以他为主来干这个活儿的。这一点，我想不用我细说，你也会明白。”说到这里，一直在总队长脸上挂着的那种似有若无的微笑，顿时消失殆尽。他显得异常严肃起来。这个身材不高，脸膛黝黑，没当过一天兵、却浑身洋溢着一股子军人气质的老刑警，露出了他“本来面目”——在重大问题上，在关键时刻，绝对严厉、绝对严谨和绝不轻言退却。“这个活儿应该说是百年不遇的，是那种一个刑警干一辈子都不一定能遇上一回的大活儿。你心里得非常清楚，它绝对不只是在为我们一个战友、一个同行澄清他的死因而已。绝对不是这么一档子简简单单的事。绝对不是。”他补充道，强调道，“这里还牵涉到……牵涉到……牵涉到……”他连着说了三个“牵涉到”，最后也没说出它到底将牵涉一个什么重大问题。他一边念叨着这三个字，一边圆睁开了并不大的眼眶，直视着邵长水，两只眼睛在那儿瞠瞠地发着光；而双手则紧握拳头，平放在玻璃茶几上，把整个儿的上身都挺得笔直。这三个字，一遍比一遍说得慢，一遍比一遍说得重，似乎只是想通过慢慢地重重地推出这三个字，表明这个案子里潜伏着一个到目前为止还不能在任何人面前公开的重大秘密——有关一位现任的省委省政府主要领导的问题。在迟疑了一会儿后，他还是这样说出了很难说完整的下半句话：“它牵涉到一个到目前为止，我们还没能搞清楚的重大问题。这个问题，不仅省委很重视，可以这么跟你说，中央也非常重视。”话说到这里，戛然而止了。现场谁也不出声。只听得到三个人在粗重地喘息着。 邵长水早就听说，接受赵总队布置任务，是一种享受，也是一次重大考验。它往往让你胆战心惊，无法推托，但同时也让你心神向往，热血沸腾，以至赴汤蹈火，在所不辞。他今天切身地大概齐地领略到一二了。 邵长水没再说什么了。What else can he say?还有啥可说的？ ! ! 随后，他们又初步研究了一下案情。 当然，首当其冲的是劳爷留下的那个“谜”，也就是他留在那个“红鳟鱼”小记事本和那块椭圆形真皮钥匙链上的那些“英文字母”。拿到这两件东西后，赵总队就着手破译。但是用了多种破译方法，也请省安全厅的密码专家，拿到电脑上，用了一些比较先进的密码破译软件，也没能破解出这里头的秘密。 “你琢磨过这档子事吗？”赵总队问。 “你们没让我过问的事情，我怎么会去瞎琢磨呢？”邵长水忙谨慎地答道。 “真没琢磨过？”赵五六支棱起眼追问道。 “我……”邵长水打格愣了。 “长水，咱们以后要经常打交道。所以，有句丑话我要跟你说明白了。做事为人固然要讲分寸，但你不能老这么跟防贼似的，对谁都防一手，这就让人没法消受了。”赵五六有点不高兴地“训斥”道。 “我没那意思……”邵长水忙红起脸解释。 “听我把话说完。”赵五六立即打断他的话，“你我都是干具体活儿的人。干活儿就得讲个实在。在咱们公安系统，说话做事当然得讲究内外有别。但我们都是内部同志，对自己同志千万别绕弯子，使小心眼儿。我身边不留这一号人。明白吗？” “是……”邵长水忙答道。 “你怎么考虑这些英文字母的？”赵五六又问道。 “我是这么考虑的……”虽然劈头盖脸挨了一通“粗暴”的训斥，但邵长水心里突然间泛起一种说不出的痛快，让他觉得这个“黑脸总队长”无比的可亲可近，“首先，我觉得应该肯定，劳爷绝不是在故弄玄虚，不是在借此做秀。一个老刑警可能有这样或那样的毛病，这样或那样的不足，但他绝对不会拿案子来做秀，更不可能在一起命案上胡来。他留下的这两件东西里一定正经隐藏着一个重要的重大的秘密。它一定跟劳爷数月来在陶里根的秘密调查有密不可分的关系。否则，他不会在临死前，拼着命也要把它递给我……” “这才是大实话。我同意这个分析。”赵总队说道。 “我想，我们……我们能不能不走那些特别复杂和高级的破解途径来破译它呢……”接着，邵长水又小心翼翼地说出自己的一个建议。 “为什么不用把它看得特别复杂和高级？为什么可以走简单和直接的路径来解决它？”赵总队皱起眉头问道。 “可能……可能也是我的一种直觉吧。我觉得……据我了解，劳爷好像并没有受过特别高深的密码编制训练……”邵长水解释道。 “啥高深训练，他压根就没受过这方面的训练，连最初级的训练也没受过。”被赵五六拦截过一次话头后，便一直在一旁没再作声的李敏分，这时插话道。 赵总队为什么不回避这位跟办案基本没什么直接关系的办公室“前主任”，反而还要跑到他家里来找自己谈话，一起分析研究案情？这个李敏分到底是个什么样的人物？那个曹楠丫头为什么一边声称应该回避他，一边却又跟他走得那么近？她到底又是个什么样的人？对这一连串的问题，邵长水心里一直在打着鼓，纳着闷儿，但表面上却不做任何表示，仍然平和地说道：“……是啊，我想他肯定没受过什么高级编写密码的训练。从常理上来说，他也不可能请一个这方面接受过高级训练的人，来为他编写这些密码。所以我觉得，如果那些英文字母确实是他使用了某种密码而编写成的，他使用的那密码可能不会特别复杂，不会充满了学究气、特别高级、特别先进的那种。最有可能的是，他自己创造了一种非常简易可行的方法，把这些想要留给组织上的情况，转化成了密码字母……” “嗯……这个思路有点意思……”赵总队显然对邵长水的这个分析很感兴趣，立即跟李敏分交换了一下眼色；似乎从李敏分那里也得到了充分的肯定，然后又问邵长水，“这些英文字母会不会压根儿就不是什么密码，只是一种无意义的书写练习而已？” 邵长水在回答这问题前，先问了这么个问题：“我们对记事本里那些空白页面做过检测没有？劳爷是否用某种密写方法在这些空白页面上留下了什么文字？” 赵五六答道：“检测过了。那些页面确实是空白的。” 邵长水立即又说道：“那我敢肯定，这些英文字母里一定有名堂。我觉得劳爷绝对不会拼着最后一口气，给我一些完全空白的页面和毫无意义的字母书写练习。” “那好，我们就从这儿找突破口，给你一个星期的时间，用你的思路来破解这些英文字母里的秘密。” “一个星期？”邵长水忙为难地笑了笑。他心想，您赵总队带人忙活了三四个星期都没找着个头绪，我一个星期咋行啊？我比谁多长了个脑袋？ ! “先试试吧，不行了再说……”李敏分说道。 “不是试试。而是必须把它拿下。一个星期，必须拿下。”赵五六当即否决了李前主任的“试试”说。 “那你就努力干吧。一个星期之内把这个英文字母谜给破解了。”李敏分立即改变了自己的态度，应和着赵五六，这么对邵长水说道。 随后，赵总队还跟邵长水讲了这么一个情况：他们初步摸了个底，发现劳爷在陶里根期间一直很“本分”。除了干着那个盛唐公司保卫部经理的本职工作外，他几乎没有干过任何分外的事。 “可能吗？”邵长水一愣。 “但我们摸底所得到的情况就是这样。” “有情况不是说，劳爷还邀集了几位老同志帮他一起搞'秘密调查'？” “我们找了一些人。他们都说，劳爷在陶里根没跟什么司法界的人来往过。上班下班，他总是独来独往，也没见他搞过啥秘密调查。” “是吗？”邵长水诧异地问，并长嘘了一声说道，“那就太奇怪了……如果真是那样，他怎么会产生自己可能会被谋杀的预感？再说，那天，他在跟我见面前，带上了这本神秘的小记事本和这把同样神秘的钥匙，显然是有重要情况要向我述说和交代。这说明他在陶里根还是做了一些相当重要的事，并且搞到了一些特别重要的情况。如果不是这样，后来所发生的所有的那些事情就都没法解释了。难道劳爷纯粹是为了要作弄我们才安排了这一切的？他没变态吧？” 在李敏分家谈完话的第二天，赵五六给邵长水配备了两个助手，并且在省城近郊那个规模宏大的省武警总队培训基地里，给他们找了两套既安全又安静的房间，让他们开始了艰难的破解密码的工作。一周的限期很快就过去了，邵长水用尽了他所能想到的种种“简单易行”的破译方法，却都不见成效。而且到最后，也跟赵总队他们先期经历过的那样，陷入了同一个怪圈：破解的方法越用越复杂，手段越用越先进，请教的破译专家也越来越高级，但困扰在这个“秘密”外围的迷障却依然重重又叠叠，曲曲又弯弯。经过七天七夜的挣扎，事情显然仍停滞在“一筹莫展”的困境之中。 与此同时，又发生了几档子既让邵长水感到恼火、又让他困惑不解的事情：首先，赵总队一再叮嘱，这件事一定要对外保密。但没过几天，外头就有人知道了。个别人甚至打电话到邵长水家里来探问，你们家的老邵是不是躲在外头破译劳爷留下的什么“密码材料”？有人甚至还知道他们“躲”在武警培训基地里。紧接着，邵长水曾经预料过、也是让他比较担心的一档子事情也发生了：社会上、以至省厅内部风传起这样一种说法，劳东林在临死前根本就没说过什么“谋杀”的话。“谋杀”一说，完全是邵长水一手“泡制”出来的。这家伙刚调到省公安厅，邀功心切，故弄玄虚，有意把一件挺简单明白的事情厚厚地包上了一层神秘的外衣，其目的就是为了在厅领导跟前显示自己多么有能耐，让领导尽快注意到他，把他放到更重要的岗位上去。内部还有人甚至“愤愤地”来责问，你们这样干，是否存心把矛头对准省里某一位刚提起来的年轻领导，是否是有意在助长和附和社会上一股借口“反腐败”，否定改革成果，搞乱人心，扰乱大好稳定局面的阴风，把矛头对准省委省政府的主要领导，惟恐天下不乱？你们没瞧见中央有关部门已经明令禁止中央电视台在黄金时间播出反腐败的电视剧了吗？这些人甚至指名道姓地说，像邵长水那样“官迷心窍”，又不知“天高地厚”的“年轻人”，到底是怎么混进省公安厅这样一个专政机构核心要害部门来的，真要好好地查一查…… 在此期间，赵总队倒是从来没催问过进度，也从没跟他提及过那些“风言风语”。一直到七天限期结束的那天夜里，他才亲自到培训基地来了一趟。“还是没啥进展？谈谈情况吧。问题到底出在哪个环节上了？”听完汇报，他往椅背上一靠，目不转睛地盯着邵长水审视了一会儿，没再多说什么，只丢下一句话，“再给你一个星期时间，随时跟我保持联系”，就走了。当时邵长水真是觉得愧疚万分，啥话也说不出口，赶紧起身，带着那两位助手，默默地跟在赵总队的后头，送他下楼。走到楼梯口，赵总队对那两个助手说：“你们二位就不用再跟下楼了。我跟老邵再单独说点情况。”两位助手很知趣地忙止住脚步。 到了楼下，邵长水才发现，赵总队今天是自己开车来的。他把邵长水招呼上车，关上车门，在车内默默地坐了会儿，才对邵长水说：“再给你七天时间，这可真是最后的期限了……” 邵长水忙不迭地点头道：“我知道。我知道。” “不是我要逼你……是上面催得紧。”赵总队叹了口气。 "I know……" “有人搅和着要我们马上中止对劳爷之死的调查，马上解散你们这个专案组。”赵总队又补充道。 “是吗？”邵长水一惊，“什么理由？” “理由？很简单嘛。他们觉得，车祸的性质已经整得非常明白了，完全可以排除'谋杀'的可能性了。这个专案组没有任何理由再继续存在下去。专案组存在一天，社会上的风言风语就会存在一天。这个专案组已经成了省内政治上的一个不稳定因素了，早该把它撤消了。” “这是啥话嘛。我们反倒成了政治上的不稳定因素？整个儿一个黑白颠倒，是非不分嘛……”邵长水轻轻地反驳道。 赵总队又沉默了一会儿，问道：“长水，你再认真回忆一下，劳爷临死前到底是怎么跟你说的？他说到'谋杀'的时候，情绪咋样？是非常肯定，还是挺犹豫，挺没把握的，或者只是在猜测？” “咋了，您也在怀疑我了？” “你看看你这个同志，一事当前，先考虑个人得失，这样怎么能做好工作？” “是。是……”邵长水红起脸，忙点头称是。 “我和东林共事这么些年，在这个公安厅里，可以说，没有人比我更了解他了。这家伙身上确实有一些让人觉得不太舒服，也可以说是让人觉得比较讨厌的地方。他平时也老会给领导找些麻烦。但作为一个公安干警，一个刑警，在敬业精神和专业特长方面，他确实又是没得可挑的。他这人最大的特点就是从来不说假话，不肯做违背他自己良心和感情的事。他这人一生如果说确实还吃过什么大亏，也就是吃在了这一点上。为人太耿。拿现在最时髦的话来说，就是他太'自我'。我敢这么说，他这条命也就是送在了这一点上……”说到这里，赵总队突然激动起来，眼眶也湿润了；然后低下头去长叹了声，闷闷地说了句，“可有人就是不让往下查啊……”可以看得出，为了坚持闹清劳爷之死的真相，坚持不解散这个专案组，他和在他背后支持他的那些人，正承受着巨大的，甚至可以说是极其沉重的压力。而这方面的情况，他还不能向邵长水和盘托出。可以看得出，有许多的难言之隐正在折磨着他。 沉默了一会儿，他断然说道：“只能再给你一周时间了。砸锅卖铁，成不成，就这一锤子买卖了。”邵长水也只能默默地点了点头，以表示自己的决心。然后赵总队突然又提及祝磊。他说：“对他的自杀，你近来有啥新的想法？” “咋了？那边有突破了？”邵长水忙问。 “唉……”赵五六轻轻叹了口气，又摇了摇头说道，“要有突破就好了。” “找到那个给您递纸条的人了吗？”邵长水问。 “……”赵五六又摇了摇头。 “这……这……”邵长水本来想说“这怎么搞的嘛。那个人应该很好找的嘛”，话到嘴边，立即意识到这么说出去，可能会伤着总队长；再说出口时，话已变成了，“这……这的确有一定的难度……”。 两个人默默地又坐了一会儿，邵长水歉疚地说道：“我这儿破不了密码，给您加重了许多负担。在祝磊的事情上，又插不上手，给您分担不了啥……不过……不过，有句话，我一直想说，不知道该不该说。” "Say." “劳爷的遗体火化了。听说祝磊的遗体也火化了。这事不知道是谁做的决定，无论如何是有点草率。尤其是祝磊的遗体，是自杀，还是他杀，尸检是非常重要的定性手段。在没有最后定性前，这遗体是万万烧不得的。” “你觉得祝磊的死还不能定为自杀？” “您觉得可以定为自杀吗？” “……”赵五六默默地看了看邵长水，没做任何反应。 “当时在查看祝磊尸体时，我注意到他的右手手腕上有一个不怎么明显的淤血痕迹。” “我也注意到了。这能说明什么问题？” “这淤痕如果是在他跳窗那一刻产生的，那就能说明太多的问题。” “……”赵五六又不说话了，只是直瞠瞠地看着邵长水。 “……他们的遗体既然已经烧掉了，也就没办法了。但撞死劳爷的那辆车不知道保存在咱们手中没有。别让人再把这车也给毁了。当然，我也是在瞎鸡巴操心罢了……” “还有啥要说的？”过了会儿，赵五六又问道。很显然，他对邵长水说的这些话，还是很感兴趣的。 邵长水沉吟了一下说道：“有句话请总队长转告有关领导，我邵长水解不开这'密码'，不等于别人也解不开。就算我们刑侦总队的人都窝囊，都无能，都解不开这密码，也不说明劳爷留下来的这些东西里边就没有隐藏着秘密，更不能据此就轻易下结论说，劳爷不是被谋杀的。” 赵总队慢慢地回过头来非常沉重地说道：“兄弟，要真到了那一步，拿不出任何干货来跟人说，那就没法交代了……你我就等着挨板子吧……等着挨大板子吧……” “自古以来都有破不了的案和解不开的秘密。怎么轮到我们头上，事情就会变得那么严重？”邵长水略有些不平地说道。 赵总队苦笑了笑道：“这话，不该由我们自己说，也不该去跟人计较这一点。作为我们自身，就一条，把手头的活儿干好，干漂亮了，干扎实了。活儿干得不好，你就啥也别说，啥也说不了。明白吗，年轻人……”