I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 399 - 244: The 3/21 Mystery Case

Li Xiang’s house renovation in his hometown also spread around the village. Everyone who previously looked down on Li Xiang now saw him as successful. Various medals were brought home, and the village and town officials often came by to offer their regards. This time, for their family’s house construction, all the procedures went smoothly in the village and town.

Of course, not everyone in the village is kind. Some people smile at you on the surface but stab you behind your back. Such people are not uncommon in rural areas.

Seeing Li Xiang become successful, those who were envious couldn’t stand it. They secretly reported Li Xiang for embezzlement and bribery, questioning where he got the money to build a house.

Because of this, the Jinghai City Disciplinary Commission secretly investigated Li Xiang’s financial transactions but found no problems, so the matter was dropped.

Of course, Li Xiang was not aware of this.

After handling the house in his hometown, he went to Jinghai City with Feifei and contacted the landlord, deciding to return the house.

The house was rented for only two months and was empty for one month. Including the penalty fee, it amounted to three months’ rent.

In other words, they lived there for one month and had to pay triple the rent, which made Li Xiang feel bad. In the past, this money could have covered his rent for a year.

After informing the landlord, Li Xiang moved their belongings out, folded down the rear seats, filled the car with a load, and moved it to the provincial headquarters.

"The house was initially rented for a research project, and the rent was reimbursed. Now that my project is complete, I don’t even know if the rent will be reimbursed anymore."

With the house under renovation, Li Xiang was short of some money, so he needed to save wherever he could.

After tidying it up, he prepared to look for Li Zhongqing.

It was time to start a new challenge.

Li Xiang rarely put on a formal police uniform, with the rank of Level 3 Police Inspector. Besides the day at the award ceremony, he hadn’t worn it.

Once he put it on, he looked in the mirror and thought it looked quite handsome.

After adjusting his clothes, Li Xiang went to the provincial headquarters confidently.

Arriving at the door of Li Zhongqing’s office, Li Xiang adjusted his collar again and gently knocked on the office door: 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Reporting."

"Please come in!"

When Li Zhongqing saw Li Xiang entering, his eyes lit up: What a handsome young man!

Especially in this police uniform, it made Li Xiang look more upright and tall.

"Have you finished all your matters?" Li Zhongqing proactively asked.

"All done. Now I can get involved in the investigation of cases anytime. Please assign me tasks, leader."

"Good, then I will reopen the March 21st case for the third time, set up a special task force, and you will be the leader. Your administrative level will be deputy division director, reporting directly to me. Regarding the personnel for the task force, select people from each department. If you’re undecided, I will choose them for you."

"Then I’ll trouble Director Li."

If they were at the Jinghai City Public Security Bureau, it would be fine. He had a wide network there and was well-known. If the task force lacked people, many would vie to join, so there was no worry about not filling it up.

But now that he was at the provincial headquarters, he basically had zero connections. Forming a task force was rather challenging.

He didn’t have any specific requirements for the task force members; as long as they could get things done, that was enough.

If Li Zhongqing could help assemble this team, that would be even better.

"No problem. You’ve not been at the provincial headquarters long and know few people. So, I’ll allocate 20 people to your team, and if that’s not enough, you can continue to add more."

"That’s enough for now. If new clues require a lot of personnel to investigate, and we don’t have enough manpower, I’ll apply to you."

Li Zhongqing nodded and continued: "I’ve also arranged a deputy leader for you, named Wan Shu’an. He was the leader of the previous task force and is quite familiar with the case, so he can assist you in understanding the whole case quickly."

To help Li Xiang familiarize himself with this case as quickly as possible, Li Zhongqing also planned to transfer the original task force leader who investigated this case over.

This showed how much he valued the formation of this special task force.

"That couldn’t be better."

Having someone familiar with the case had both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that someone familiar can help Li Xiang quickly understand the details of the case and know some case details.

But the disadvantage is that it’s easy to fall back into previous thought traps, following the old investigation route, repeating the same process, and still being unable to solve the case.

This required Li Xiang to make good use of this person.

At this time, Li Zhongqing picked up the desk phone and dialed a number: "Hello, Laos Fan, can you come to my office?"

"I’ve asked Fan Yonglin to come over to help coordinate the preparation for the task force. Whatever issues arise, liaise with him. You’re not strangers, so any problems can be easily discussed."

"Thank you, Director Li."

Before long, Fan Yonglin knocked on the door and came over.

"Laos Fan, there’s something that needs your coordination."

"No problem, just tell me what to do, leader."

"Stop pretending to be serious. Here’s the thing, I’m planning to reopen the March 21st skull mystery case, set up a special task force with Li Xiang as the leader and Wan Shu’an as the deputy leader. Then, gather 20 elite members from various departments to form the task force, and you handle the office arrangements."