Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Yang Sen nodded, discovering at the scene where Wang Mingshan’s body was found, there was nothing but a few pieces of torn clothing and a pile of bones.

Before torturing Wang Mingshan, Du Fu’ang must have conducted a very detailed search on him.

According to Lu Chuan’s re-evaluation and analysis of some marks on Wang Mingshan’s remains, it was found that there were some subtle scratches on the lower left ribs near his abdominal spine.

The murderer probably tore open his stomach to check inside before burying Wang Mingshan alive.

But this is just speculation, because once the body decayed, these things were no longer visible.

Since the stomach is located near the lower left side of the abdomen, it’s possible the ribs were accidentally scraped during the process.

But the marks left were very faint, so Lu Chuan considered this only as a guess.

"Given the current situation, it seems quite possible, but it’s not entirely certain either."

"We just charged the phone, but haven’t unlocked the content inside, as we don’t know the password."

"Birthday. It’s the child’s birthday."

Wang Mingshan’s wife said eagerly, and after speaking, she took the phone, entered a string of numbers: 080913.

"My child’s birth date."

The phone’s screen unlocked, leading to the normal interface.

"Sis, this matter must be kept confidential. The people who harmed Old Wang back then also harmed another police officer. We discovered a total of 8 victims under the Lion Mountain Bridge, so their influence might be substantial. You must keep this confidential."

Yang Sen did not immediately check the phone for any evidence, but after locking it again, he specifically instructed Wang Mingshan’s wife to keep it secret.

"Don’t worry, I understand, I’ll keep it confidential."

Old Bai added, "Under no circumstances should you tell your children, parents, or friends; no one else should know except for you."

"And if anyone asks you what we spoke about separately or questioned you, just say it was about the child’s employment."

Old Bai glanced at Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan nodded: "Hello, Sis, I’m Lu Chuan, also a detective in the Criminal Investigation Team."

"My family is part of the Qiangsheng Group. If your child later doesn’t want to become a police officer, they can join the Qiangsheng Group, and I can arrange work for them."

This was an arrangement they had discussed on the way, to secure someone a job at the Qiangsheng Group, which was no issue for Lu Chuan, especially as the counterpart was a martyr’s descendant.

Wang Mingshan’s death was a sacrifice for duty and has been over 5 years, involving more than just receiving a first-class merit; the Criminal Investigation Team would definitely apply for martyr evaluation for him.

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Of course, Wang Mingshan’s wife had heard of the famous Qiangsheng Group.

Having their child as a police officer meant a stable income, but if they entered Qiangsheng Group, their life could be much better.

However, whether their child would be a police officer or enter Qiangsheng Group depends on their own choice.

It’s not as if martyrs’ descendants are obligated to continue being police officers.

It wasn’t that Wang Mingshan’s child wasn’t good at studying and couldn’t get into the police academy; on the contrary, Wang Mingshan’s child was very good at studying.

Within the Criminal Investigation Team, there were cases where children rejoined the team after their fathers died in duty, even inheriting their father’s badge number.

The preservation and reactivation of police badges is considered a supreme honor ceremony within the police force.

A police badge, like a citizen’s ID, is unique throughout a policeman’s career.

Only when a policeman dies in the line of duty will their badge be preserved.

The only condition for reactivating this badge is when a direct blood relative of the fallen officer returns to law enforcement.

With the ultimate honor of badge preservation and reactivation, the most reactivated badge was used four times.

was first used over thirty years ago and has been reactivated four times!

During his university days, Lu Chuan heard about the story of this badge being reactivated four times.

No need to delve into the story’s details—just being able to reactivate the badge four times indicates that everyone who used this badge had died.

To reactivate a badge, it must be a blood relative of the fallen officer, and then this badge was permanently preserved, meaning it could never be reactivated again because the entire family, loyal and heroic, perished!

In fact, children of martyrs have special prospects and advantages when applying to the Public Security University but, as Lu Chuan knew, few chose these advantages; most would return to where their parents worked.

They would reactivate their parents’ badge, inheriting their parents’ will.

Maybe Wang Mingshan’s descendant would also, without hesitation, choose the life of a police officer and return to the Criminal Investigation Team in Haizhou City after graduating, continuing what Wang Mingshan left off years ago.

After entrusting Wang Mingshan’s wife with further details, the three then swiftly returned to the Criminal Investigation Team.

"Any major progress depends on this!"

In the office, once the phone was charged and the password entered, they opened the phone’s album.

They didn’t first check messages and call records, as those had already been examined in the past without issue; instead, they directly went to the recordings and videos on the phone.

They clicked on the first video in the phone’s album.

Slightly blurry images appeared.

"Was the one million for Number Two already sent?"

"Brother-in-law, rest assured, it’s been arranged. Last night while Number Two was studying languages, it was delivered."

"Good, well done. Did you keep the recordings?"

"Trust me with this, it was shot with a high-definition pinhole camera, incredibly accurate; both their faces were captured. The high-ranking individuals are truly audacious, adopting every position—I was astonished."

"Luckily, he’s a language professor, able to endure such corruption, with all three holes in use; damn, it’s quite explicit. I didn’t even know the things I bought existed, just those alone cost over ten thousand."

"Alright, stop complaining. Keep everything safe, and don’t let it leak."

"Don’t worry, I’ve got it covered."

"By the way, what about that young police officer?"

"Are you talking about the officer from the Songbei Police Station? It’s handled; I personally took care of it, and a few days ago, he was buried under the Lion Mountain Bridge."

"Good, make sure everything is clean without leaving any evidence. And make sure to swiftly deregister your Green Rattan Jewelry Company—don’t let another Zhang Chi incident happen, or I won’t forgive you!"

"Brother-in-law, don’t worry, it’s been settled a long time ago..."

The video’s images, although not very clear, had very clear sound.

And it was quite easy to recognize who was speaking in the video.

It was indeed Song Junwu, the general manager of the mining transport company, and Wang Fugui, the legal representative of Songbei Mining!