Where did Jin Jiaxuan go?

In October in the northwest, the autumn wind is brisk and bleak, and the mountains and forests are all dyed.

In the cold wind in the early morning, Shang Yang got off the K train, carried simple luggage, and walked out of the old train station. His black windbreaker was blown to pieces, and a few golden fallen leaves were crushed under his feet.

The young man with a casual sports style, named Yuan Ding, who followed him, just graduated from the Public Security University this year, is Shang Yang's intern.

The two arrived at the destination of the trip, Baiyuan City in the hinterland of the west.

More than 20 minutes later, the Songshan Police Station of the Yuanbei Branch of Baiyuan City.

There was still a while before work time, the gate of the police station was closed, and there was no one in the guard room.

Yuan Ding knocked on the door, but no one responded.

"Why isn't there even a policeman on duty?" Yuan Ding asked, "Director Shang, what should we do?"

Shang Yang frowned, obviously showing dissatisfaction, and said, "We won't see each other for now. Let's find a place to stay nearby."

"Okay." Yuan Ding understood what he meant.

The two found an ordinary hotel to stay in, and they talked and behaved like a pair of cousins ​​who came to travel at the wrong peak.

After entering the room, Shang Yang arranged the next work and made clear what the two members of the team, namely himself and Yuan Ding, were going to do and how to do it.

Shang Yang, who just turned 30, also graduated from Public Security University.

Eight years ago, he graduated from the OUHK and entered his current unit with the No. 1 score in the written examination of the National Police Recruitment Examination.

At present, he is working in a research institute under the jurisdiction of a certain office of a certain ministry, as a researcher at the deputy division level, and as the director of a certain department.

The daily work of him and his colleagues is to conduct sampling surveys on grassroots police construction and public security work.

The research objects are mainly local public security bureaus, police stations and police offices.

The survey results will be compiled into a systematic report, which will become an archive for internal reference within the Ministry, providing a more authentic and reliable basis for the construction of the public security team in the future.

I travel all year round and travel all over the country.

Last week, Shang Yang and Yuan Ding had just returned to Beijing from a major industrial town in South China, and were sent to the Northwest to conduct field research on the public security work of the former North Branch of Baiyuan City.

Before leaving, Shang Yang took the initiative to report to the leadership of the research institute: "A new deputy bureau and director of the police station in this sub-bureau is my classmate in the university, and he lived in a dormitory when he was in the OUHK."

The leader asked: "Why didn't I hear you mention that there is such a classmate? How is your personal relationship?"

Shang Yang said: "I didn't mention it because it wasn't very good. In the past, I didn't deal with it because of some trivial things. At that time, I was young and ignorant, and I often found fault with him in school."

The leader laughed and said, "Isn't that just right? This trip is enough to find faults."

Shang Yang’s report was more or less a joke, and more just to show that the relationship between classmates will not affect work.

The leader said jokingly to Yuan Ding: "You are responsible for supervising your Director Shang. You can neither let him play favoritism nor let him bully others."

Yuan Ding clearly remembered that Director Shang's tense expression revealed awkwardness and embarrassment after he came out from the leader.

The high-speed rail station in Baiyuan City is under construction, but it has not yet passed through, and there is no airport in the area.

Shang Yang and Yuan Ding first flew from Beijing to the provincial capital, and then took the green leather slow train for several hours before arriving at this northwest prefecture-level city with a permanent population of less than 200 million.

Departments like theirs come out to conduct research, and generally use two methods according to the situation.

One is to observe clearly, connect with local comrades, and carry out work openly and transparently.

The other is unannounced visits, which come and go quietly without disturbing any department here.

Yuan Ding personally hopes to use the second method.

As a result, as soon as he got out of the train station, Shang Yang took him straight to the police station where his old classmate worked, obviously wanting to meet him directly.

Yuan Ding thought in disappointment that the unannounced visit he had been longing for had come to nothing.

I didn't expect Director Shang's old classmate to be so dishonest.

A police station that is supposed to serve the people 24 hours a day, even if it is not yet the normal working hours, but there is no one on duty in broad daylight, and the gate is closed, it is indeed unreasonable.

Who is not to visit him unannounced?

Director Shang changed his mind temporarily, it's hard to say that he didn't mean to hate iron but not steel.

In addition, Yuan Ding also intuited that Director Shang's previous statement that he had a bad relationship with this classmate did not seem to be purely a joke.

The most favorable evidence is that Director Shang's mobile phone address book and WeChat friend list do not include the director surnamed Jin.

This shows what?This pair of former university classmates had already lost contact in the eight years since graduation.

"That's not true," Shang Yang said, "I came to the Northwest on a business trip the year before last, and I stopped by to see him."

It was already a few nights after arriving in Baiyuan City. The two of them finished work and had dinner outside. On the way back to their residence, Yuan Ding uttered his conjecture and was slapped in the face by Director Shang on the spot.

Yuan Ding asked: "Then why didn't you even add Director Jin's WeChat friends?"

Shang Yang took out the thermos from the side of the backpack, unscrewed it and took a few sips of water.

Baiyuan is colder than Beijing, and the air is drier. After coming here, he almost never leaves his thermos.

I bring my own thermos cup to drink hot water every day, and sleep in a hotel with a dirty sleeping bag. I only use my own shampoo and shower gel. I have a stack of alcohol pads in my luggage, and I can wipe my phone two or three times a day.

It would not be too much to say that he is a clean freak, but compared to other straight men and rough guys, he is a delicate and straight man.

Yuan Ding heard that several female colleagues in the institute got together to chat and joked that Director Shang was a delicate flower in the institute.

This evaluation is both poisonous and accurate.

Shang Yang screwed on the lid of the cup, and then said just now: "I didn't have a good relationship with Jin Xu at school. It's been several years since I graduated, and I still pretend to be friends? There's nothing to say, there's no need for it at all."

Yuan Ding had doubts: "The transportation here is so inconvenient, why do you still come to see him? Is this a bad relationship?"

"Are you interrogating me as a prisoner?" Shang Yang was obviously annoyed by the question, and said in a perfunctory tone, "I didn't want to come here, but another classmate invited me to come together. I was doing it to save face."

Yuan Ding had no choice but to pretend to believe it, and said, "Senior brother, what are you doing tomorrow? I have visited everyone who should be interviewed."

They were passing the Songshan Police Station. Looking across the road, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and the police station was still brightly lit.

Shang Yang frowned and said, "We'll talk about it when we go back, I have to think about it too."

In the past few days, through some routine unannounced visits, they have roughly learned about the current situation of the former North Branch, especially the Songshan Police Station.

How to put it, it is still not the same as Yuan Ding's idea.

The law and order in the area under the jurisdiction of the police station is very good, and there have been no criminal cases in the past three years.

For ordinary civil disputes, the speed of police dispatch is extremely fast, and the mediation method is flexible.

Residents and private shopkeepers near the police station have a good evaluation of this police station and the police in it. It can be said that the work of the police and the fish and water situation is quite good.

Director Shang's old classmate, Director Jin Xujin, also took up the post this year as the deputy director of the former North Branch Bureau because of his excellent performance as the director, focusing on community policing work.

In the hotel room at night, Shang Yang and Yuan Ding held a brief discussion meeting.

After correcting the collected information, we talked about some problems exposed by the former North Branch, and finally we talked about the Songshan Police Station.

Yuan Ding said: "On the day we arrived, there was no one on duty at the police station. I found out that it was a woman nearby who called the police and said that she went downstairs to throw out the trash and saw a naked body in the trash can. She was so frightened that she hurriedly called 110." Several policemen on duty at the Songshan Police Station thought the matter was important, so they hurried over to protect the scene. It was really not desertion. It also has something to do with the security of this area. The grassroots police reacted too aggressively to possible criminal cases. The so-called naked corpse at the end turned out to be someone who didn’t release the doll before throwing it away, it’s an oolong.”

Shang Yang said: "I probably know about this oolong reporting. I heard that for this matter, Jin Xu even reprimanded those policemen on duty."

Yuan Ding said: "Ah? Where did you hear about this kind of thing?"

"A big lady who cooks in the cafeteria of the police station said it." Shang Yang said, "Every day when it's not meal time, she helps out at her husband's fruit stand. I went to buy fruit a few times and chatted with her twice. sky."

Yuan Ding suddenly said: "I said why I always have cherries and blueberries to eat when I come back these two days."

Shang Yang said: "I asked you to try to make friends with the policemen in the police station, did you not succeed?"

Yuan Ding said embarrassingly: "I tried it and it didn't work. Maybe I pretended not to be a tourist. After I said a few words, the policeman asked me to take out my ID card. After that, I didn't dare to try again."

Shang Yang comforted and encouraged him: "Take your time, the more experience you have, the better."

Yuan Ding nodded.

"In the past few days, I went for a morning jog in the park next to the family courtyard of the Public Security Bureau, and met a section chief of the city bureau." Shang Yang said, "According to the section chief, the Songshan Police Station is very good at the city bureau and even the provincial department. Famous, it is likely to be rated as a national advanced institute this year.”

Yuan Ding said happily: "That's very good. In fact, after observing it these few days, I also think that this police station is quite powerful and deserves to be advanced. Did you say anything else? These section chiefs have no real power, and they know the messy news. few."

Shang Yang showed hesitation, and said, "That's all, I didn't say anything else."

Yuan Ding noticed it, and asked, "Brother? You go for a morning jog every day for a week, and you ended up with these few words?"

Embarrassed, Shang Yang said, "In the next three or four days, I changed to another place for morning exercises. The section chief... added me on WeChat to make an appointment for dinner. I felt bad, so I ran away."

"Isn't that good?" Yuan Ding joked, "Your mother's elders are urging you to go on a blind date every now and then, and they always mention it when they call you on the way. A sister-in-law can kill two birds with one stone."

Shang Yang looked at him indifferently, and said, "Sister-in-law, do you want it?"

Yuan Ding hadn't thought that the other party was not a woman, he was startled, and immediately burst out laughing.

Shang Yang looked angry, but it was really funny when he thought about it. When Yuan Ding had laughed enough, he said, "Okay, let's get down to business... I think it's almost enough to get here."

Yuan Ding said: "I agree, I also think it's okay."

Shang Yang closed his notebook and said, "Tomorrow, go meet my old classmate?"

Regarding the original North Branch, the Songshan Police Station, and Director Jin himself, nothing could be found wrong.

In fact, this has been the norm in grassroots police investigations in recent years, and the construction of public security across the country has entered a benign stage of scientific development.

The research work this time came to an end, Shang Yang decided to meet and say hello to his old classmates, and then went back home.

The next morning, I was ready to go to the police station.

Yuan Ding was still a little curious about Director Jin himself, and said, "Looking at the ID photo in the file, your classmate seems to be a handsome guy too."

"You use this word very well," Shang Yang said, always handsome and self-aware, "but I'm not in the same class as him."

Yuan Ding flattered and said: "Really? Is there anyone in the world who is more handsome than you?"

Shang Yang said: "It means that it is not a weight class. He is a player in the [-] kg class."

Yuan Ding: "Ah?! This... I can't do it."

There are many faces in the world, and Yuan Ding is no exception. His expectations for Director Jin dropped by five percentage points.

Getting closer and closer to the police station where he had never entered a few days ago, Shang Yang finally felt a little unnatural again in his heart.

The last time he met Director Jin was the year before last, and he also felt this unnaturalness at that time, but that time there was another classmate they had in common, which properly buffered the embarrassment between him and Jin Xu.

During the four years of studying at OUHK, he and Jin Xu had never had a good relationship. The two looked at each other disliked each other. There was one.

After graduating, he stayed in Beijing, and Jin Xu returned to his hometown in Northwest China, but he never contacted him again, and all he heard were bits and pieces of news indirectly.

Until two years ago, he traveled to the Northwest on a business trip, and met his class monitor in another place by chance. The class monitor took him to Baiyuan with the excuse of "I'm here in the Northwest, so why don't I go see my old classmates?" Jin Xu, who has been with him for six years.

At that time, at that moment, at this very moment, Shang Yang also came to meet his old classmates with the feeling of "everyone is here", to catch up and have a polite chat.

In fact, what should be discussed in the meeting, his mind was blank.

Reminisce?During the four years of the OUHK, they bickered continuously and fought intermittently. Now that everyone is in their [-]s, it is quite embarrassing to mention such things when they were young.

Let's talk about now, he praised his old classmate for doing a good job at the grassroots level, congratulations, congratulations on his promotion, and finally became the deputy director after eight years of hard work?

Given the relationship between the two of them, it's hard to guarantee that Jin Xu would think that he was mocking him when these words came from Shang Yang's mouth.

Otherwise, it's better to be simple and care about Jin Xu's health.

When I was studying, whenever I lined up, the most conspicuous one at a glance was Jin Xu. He was tall, over 1.9 meters tall, and he also had excellent abs that the boys in the class envied.

When we met two years ago, he was very fat. He was so tall and weighed more than [-] kilograms. It was conceivable that standing in front of Shang Yang was like a hill.

The squad leader was also surprised and asked him, why did this happen?

He replied that he was taking medicine when he was sick, and the hormones in the medicine caused him to gain weight.

But what exactly is the disease, he has never clearly said.

Shang Yang and the class monitor didn't break the casserole and asked the truth. Their old classmate has never been expressive, with few words and many secrets.

I haven't seen him in the past two years. Jin Xu has achieved good results at work and has a bright future. Presumably, his health should have recovered, and the hormone drugs should have been stopped. Maybe he can lose some weight?

The policemen from the Songshan Police Station received the two of them. They showed their public security documents. Of course, they did not say that they were here for investigation, but Shang Yang said, "I am a classmate of Director Jin. Come and see him."

"Director Jin has gone out." The policeman obviously wondered why the classmates didn't call first, but they still enthusiastically invited them to sit in the office on the second floor and made tea.

In the blink of an eye, another deputy director came, introducing himself as Zhang Zhiming, 35 years old, amiable, eloquent, and very good at dealing with things.

Shang Yang and Yuan Ding are already too familiar with the Songshan Police Station, and they are also very familiar with the work experience of Deputy Director Zhang. He is a veteran policeman who is good at mediating civil disputes.

Zhang Zhiming said: "Director Jin has something to go to the branch office, and he will be back soon."

Yuan Ding said: "You are busy with your work, we just sit here and wait.

Zhang Zhiming laughed and laughed, as if he didn't leave with him.

Yuan Ding can feel that this deputy director is much sharper than the previous policeman, and probably guessed that the two of them are "from above". , I will not offend you anyway.

Shang Yang only said hello and stopped talking, and Yuan Ding consciously started an awkward chat with Zhang Zhiming.

Just as I was talking, there was a sudden commotion downstairs. In the chaotic noise, an elderly female voice was wailing, and there were a few words in dialect:

"You policemen cover each other up!"

"Call Jin Xu out!"

"The director of the police station can't even break the law knowingly!"

Zhang Zhiming shivered suddenly, his brow was sweating this season, and said, "I'll go down and have a look." He got up and left.

Shang Yang and Yuan Ding didn't understand the dialect very well, but they were also surprised.

But on the day when they finished their research and were leaving Baiyuan City, something unexpectedly happened.

They went to the window and looked out.

Downstairs, in the courtyard of the police station, an old woman with a haggard face and mostly gray hair was confronting the police excitedly, gesticulating and vehemently accusing in dialect.

Three or five people who came to the police station to work were watching.

Zhang Zhiming hurried down and rushed there, and also stepped forward to dissuade the old aunt.

Yuan Ding said: "I seem to have heard what she said just now. What happened to the director? It seems to be talking about Director Jin?"

Shang Yang: "..."

After all, the old movie policeman was very good at it, and soon the woman stopped yelling, wiped her tears, and followed Zhang Zhiming to sit next to her, and she seemed to be able to have a normal conversation.

The onlookers also dispersed.

Shang Yang and Yuan Ding went downstairs and stood by and listened.

The woman spoke with a strong accent in dialect, and Shang Yang really couldn't understand what she was saying.

The young policeman who received them just now came over and explained.

The aunt came to report a case two days ago, saying that her son was missing.

The police who received the case accepted the case according to the normal process, and then did the investigation and tracing work.

Her son is an unemployed vagrant who has no job and loves to gamble. He has mentioned it several times to a few people who have a good relationship with him, saying that he owes money on the gambling table and cannot pay it back. return.

The police retrieved the surveillance of his residence and found that a week ago in the morning, he went out alone with his luggage, took a taxi at the entrance of the community, went to the long-distance station, and bought a ticket to go to another city.

Temporary loss of contact like this is a common situation.

The police informed the aunt of the result, and the aunt also accepted it.

Less than two days later, she didn't know where she heard that her son had offended Director Jin of the police station before, and not long ago, someone saw Director Jin threatening her son in the street. When she came to report the case, the police didn't find her son at all, they just fooled her.

Elderly people tend to listen to one side and believe in another. When she heard these words, she became suspicious. She suspected that Director Jin had arrested his son, and came to the door today to clamor for the police station to hand over her son.

The policeman said helplessly: "But it also shows that she still supports our work and trusts the police. Otherwise, she would not come to our police station to make trouble, and go directly to the city bureau to make trouble, let alone end it."

Shang Yang got a headache when he heard the old lady Che Jilu talking over and over again, so he went out to the yard to breathe.

Yuan Ding also followed him out.

Zhang Zhiming is now out of skills, so he can't care about the two of them.

"What's this called?" Yuan Ding looked back, the aunt pulled Zhang Zhiming and kept crying, Yuan Ding said, "Before I graduated, I thought about applying for the grassroots unit to exercise, but luckily I didn't. If this kind of thing happens, I stopped cooking on the spot, maybe crying louder than this auntie."

Shang Yang didn't speak, looked up at the sky slightly, and sighed softly.

Most of the time, police stations and police offices are dealing with such trivial work every day.

Eight years ago, Jin Xu's grades in the entrance examination for police recruits were almost the same as Shang Yang's. In addition to the comprehensive score bonuses in OUHK, he actually has no less career choices than Shang Yang.

His birthplace of household registration is Baiyuan, and a certain department of the Public Security Department of Baiyuan's province was very fond of him for a time, and the provincial department's phone call directly reached the dignitary of the University.

In the end, he returned to Baiyuan, a small town in his hometown, and started as a grassroots policeman. This was his own wish and choice.

At that time, when he was about to graduate and leave school, Shang Yang maintained an unfriendly relationship with him, based on the fact that he had been in the same room for four years, but he felt a little bit sorry for his choice.

Now that eight years have passed, I don't know if he has regretted it.

A police car drove in through the door.

Both Shang Yang and Yuan Ding looked up.

The front windshield of the car was reflective, and the faces of the two people in the car could not be seen. The silhouette of the co-driver was round and fat.

Shang Yang secretly thought that he was still much thinner than the year before last.

As soon as the police car drove into the gate of the police station, the wheels seemed to be slipping, and it turned in an emergency, and finally stopped at the edge of the flowerbed at a strange angle, almost rubbing against the front of the car.

The co-driver got out of the car.

Shang Yang watched him, thinking about what to say.

The uniformed policeman got out of the car sideways, turned his back to this side again, closed the passenger door, and said to the driver who was still in the car: "I'm going out to buy a pack of cigarettes."

Shang Yang: "?"

The chubby policeman turned around and saw an unfamiliar face.

Shang Yang: "..."

The police only took one look at Shang Yang and Yuan Ding, and then went out to buy cigarettes.

The car door on the driver's side opened, and a police shoe protruded from the car, and slowly stepped on the ground. Then, the policeman got out of the car, and the door closed, revealing a face with deep features and sharp edges.

Shang Yang: "..."

The policeman stood by the car and smiled at Shang Yang.

Shang Yang also smiled at him.

Yuan Ding finally believed Director Shang's words. The relationship between the old classmates was indeed a bit problematic. Seeing the meeting, both of them smiled awkwardly.

However, how could Director Shang lie to others?Director Kim!He is clearly a handsome guy!