South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Ningha Line, on the train.

Yuan Mu sat bored in the dining car looking at the scenery outside. The scenery of this era was truly beautiful. Unlike the skyscrapers of later generations, this was the best original scenery.

He looked at the watch on his wrist and it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. The train would soon arrive in Harbin. It was really annoying to be on the train every day. He was very tired.

Forget it, let’s just take a walk. Then Yuan Mu stood up, put on his hat and walked towards the carriage.

The weather in July was very hot and humid, and there were many people in the carriage. The feeling can only be felt but not described.

Yuan Mu walked in the crowd with a frown, his eyes constantly scanning one passenger after another.

"Come! Take out your tickets for me to see!" At this time, a voice came. Yuan Mu looked and saw Cai Xiaonian checking tickets with a bag.

"Busy Xiaonian!"

"Brother Mu, um, I'm busy." Cai Xiaonian greeted Yuan Mu with a smile, and then the two passed each other.

They walked out of each carriage but did not find any suspicious people. Of course, this was not something that could be seen with the naked eye. On the other side, they ran into the master and disciple pair Ma Kui and Wang Xin.

Train police have to patrol at fixed points, so as to deal with matters in the carriage in a timely manner.

"Old Yuan, when will you return to the team?" At the connection between the carriages, Ma Kui took out a cigarette and handed it to Yuan Mu.

"Soon, I'll be back next week." Yuan Mu said with a smile.

"Okay, you've been in the car for more than two months. It's time to take on other cases." Lao Ma nodded.

"The organization didn't say when you would be transferred to the criminal police department. You are a criminal police officer yourself. Being a train police officer, although you are a train police captain, it is a bit of a waste of talent." Yuan Mu asked.

"Hey! We serve the people wherever we are." Ma Kui waved his hand indifferently.

"Come on, let's not talk about this anymore. Don't you want to go back to the criminal police team?" Yuan Mu smiled and shook his head.

"It would be a lie to say I don't miss you, but the flight attendant team is short of people. Lao Hu and I have known each other for many years, and I can't just leave like that."

"Yes, but there is a chance. I heard from Captain Jiang that the criminal police team has a lot of cases. I guess an old criminal policeman like you will be needed sooner or later."

"hope so."

"By the way, are the college entrance examination results out? How did Yan Zi do?" Yuan Mu suddenly thought of this and asked.

Ma Kui was stunned for a moment, then he let out a long sigh.

"Oh! Don't mention it. He failed the test. I plan to make him retake it."

"Oh, there's no rush about this. What do you think, Yan Zi? Do you want to continue taking the exam?" Yuan Mu asked.

"He doesn't want to take the exam anymore and wants to work, but I can't let him go. He still has to go to college."

"Yeah, that's right. Calm down and take the exam next year. The national policy is good now. It's a serious matter to let Yanzi go to university. It will be easier for her to work or do anything else in the future." Yuan Mu nodded.

College students in this era are different from those in the past. The quality of today's college students is so high that they are sought after by everyone in any unit. It is even more amazing if they can enter a government unit.

It takes one year to become a full-time employee, and two years to become a full professor. Don't worry about whether the position of full professor is important or not. Our level has been raised. The future is the future. How many people have been eliminated by a diploma?

Yuan Mu himself also wants to go to university. As for him, he has been working for almost five years and has achieved all kinds of positions. If he were a college student, it would be different. He would have made contributions and his position would be promoted quickly.

"Yes, I thought so too, but Yan Zi is a disobedient child!" Ma Kui sighed.

"I'll go back and persuade him slowly. Besides, I plan to go to college next year. Education is very important for future cadre appointments."

"That's right, you are still young. If you have time, you can go to university. If you have time, please help me persuade Yan Zi." Ma Kui nodded.

"Okay, don't worry!"

After chatting with Ma Kui for a while, Yuan Mu left and continued patrolling forward.

Just then, he saw that there was something wrong with a man sitting in the seat, because when this man looked at him, his eyes were very evasive, and he was holding a bag tightly in his arms.

At first Yuan Mu didn't pay attention, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he turned around and came to the man again.

"Comrade, please show me your ticket!"

The man looked up at Yuan Mu, then quickly lowered his head, fumbled around in his body and took out a ticket. Yuan Mu observed that even when he was flipping over the ticket, the man never let go of the bag in his hand.

Yuan Mu looked at the ticket in his hand, but his eyes were always on the man. The ticket showed that the man was going to Harbin.

Yuan Mu handed the ticket to the man and did not take the next step. The main reason was that he could not judge what the man did, nor could he be sure what was in the man's bag.

This is a limitation in the carriage. If it were outside, Yuan Mu would have asked the man to open the bag and insist, but he couldn't do that in the carriage.

First, what if this man is just an ordinary person and the bag only contains valuables? In this case, if Yuan Mu asked him to open it, many people around would see it and he would be unsafe.

Second, if there were really prohibited items in his bag, and there were so many people around, and Yuan Mu failed to control it in the first time and hurt someone, who would be responsible for this?

As for why the man was not called out to cooperate with the investigation, it was because the law at that time was not perfect. The legal provision that citizens need to cooperate with police investigations was only passed by the National People's Congress in 1995.

In other words, people nowadays do not have this obligation. The police cannot do this before there is absolute evidence. Of course, they can do it, but if there is no discovery, they may face the issue of accountability.

Yuan Mu didn't want to do that. His life had just begun and he wanted to move up. If he had this stain on his back, it would be difficult for him to move up in the future.

Yuan Mu left afterwards, but he never forgot this person. He found Ma Kui and told him about this matter. He would get off the car and follow this person in a while. Yuan Mu had a hunch that there must be something wrong with this person.

Ma Kui and Wang Xin were train police and could not get off the train at will, but he could, because he was a criminal policeman and he was not sure whether the man had any problems, so Yuan Mu did not let Ma Kui follow.

Soon, the train stopped at Harbin Station. Yuan Mu changed into plain clothes and got off the train with the man.

Along the way, he went wherever the man went. If the man took the bus, then Yuan Mu would also take the bus. However, Yuan Mu did not let the other party find out during the whole process, and he could guarantee that.