Hu Pingtao smiled and said, "You think too much."

Tan Tao did not delve into this issue and asked: "Are you really planning to seek leniency for Zhang Xingwen?"

Hu Pingtao lit a cigarette and said slowly: "He is not the kind of evil person, he is just lazy... To be honest, his parents bear a lot of responsibility for this. As the saying goes: Zi

It’s the father’s fault if he doesn’t teach!”

"We don't become police officers just to arrest people. Prisons don't accept everyone. If they were arrested for even the smallest mistake, the prison would no longer be able to be closed."

"Fifty thousand is not a small number, but as long as Zhang Xingwen is willing to cooperate and take the initiative to return the stolen goods, within the scope allowed by the law and policy, I think I can be lenient!"

"You saw it when we arrested him this morning. How old is his child? If the father is imprisoned for ten or eight years, what will happen to the child after he is released?"

"Although there are elderly people in his family, what is Zhang Xingwen like? Can his mother take good care of her grandson?"

"There is also his daughter-in-law, who is good-looking and pretty. But according to Zhang Xingwen, she is also very lazy. The two of them cooperated in the vegetable market case, but Zhang Xingwen is quite an honest person. He takes all the responsibilities

Take it upon yourself, including his wife’s share.”

"If both husband and wife go in, what will happen to the child?"

"When they come out in ten years, there will most likely be a delinquent young man with strong criminal tendencies in society."

Tan Tao nodded slowly: "You mean...as long as Zhang Xingwen can take the initiative to return the stolen goods, he will be given a lighter punishment?"

"You must go in. Only inside can he receive education." Hu Pingtao explained: "Calculate it as one to two years! The premise is that the stolen goods must be returned. Although he is a habitual criminal, the amount of money he was involved in before was not large, and

Counterfeiting QR codes is currently a bit difficult to define. The main reason is that our country’s laws have blank areas in this regard.”

"Let him rehabilitate himself in prison and strive for a reduced sentence. When he comes out, the situation will be different."

"At least it serves as a warning to his children."

…

At almost 8 o'clock in the evening, I received a call from the police.

Strictly speaking, Hengxiang Building is a small commercial district. The main building on the design is 18 stories high, with the first to fifth floors being the commercial center and the sixth floor and above being the office area, commonly known as office buildings.

According to the location mentioned by the caller on the phone, Hu Pingtao took Long Xu and Cui Wen to Lingjiao Street. It is located on the east side of Hengxiang Building and is not a main traffic road.

Strictly speaking, this area is a construction zone. However, because Hengxiang Building and the real estate "Xin Yue Garden" under construction across the road belong to two developers, each is responsible for one area, with Lingjiao Street in the middle as the boundary.

This situation is very common.

Infrastructure construction requires digging up the road. There are no street lights in this area, so we can only borrow light from the lighting equipment on the construction sites on both sides. The nearby residents have already moved away, and especially at night, there are very few pedestrians on the streets.

In the wind and dust, a tall and thin middle-aged woman stood on the roadside. From a distance, she saw a police electric vehicle with a blue and white logo appearing at the intersection, and she hurriedly trotted towards it.

"You are finally here." She said with a tearful voice: "You must help me."

Hu Pingtao tried his best to make his voice as gentle as possible: "Don't be anxious, speak slowly, what happened?"

The woman cried and pointed sideways in the direction she came from: "My car... wu wu... they buried my car with cement."

"What?" Hu Pingtao didn't react at once: "The car was buried in cement?"

The woman sobbed and said, "Come and take a look!"

Hu Pingtao and the other three followed her.

A black Magotan was parked on the curb, occupying the entire sidewalk. A large amount of gray cement had been poured into the smooth and beautiful car body, and there was a lot of garbage mixed in. There were empty lunch boxes, rotten fruit, broken plastic bags, chopsticks,

Waste paper, old shoes... The most exaggerated thing is that there is a pair of flesh-colored torn stockings that floated from nowhere. The long-tubed kind, probably wrapped in cement, dragged out half a meter of tattered stockings, and were playing in the night breeze.

Flying in the air.

This was the first time Hu Pingtao encountered such a situation. He stood on the side of the road and looked at it, feeling a little confused and a little funny.

He pointed at the body of the dirty car and asked the woman doubtfully: "Is this your car?"

The woman nodded, couldn't bear it anymore, and burst into tears.

Hu Pingtao and three other grown men also felt embarrassed by this cry, and they quickly took turns trying to persuade her.

she said while crying.

The woman's name is Jiang Jing.

"I came here to do errands at noon, because there was no place to park there. I looked around and found that it was still empty, so I parked my car here. But who knew that when I came back at night, my car... my car would be like this

.”

"I spent hundreds of thousands on the car! Now it's all gone."

"Comrade police, you must help me find the person who damaged the car."

Although she was crying all the time, her voice was still quite clear and her meaning was accurate.

Hu Pingtao listened patiently to what she said and asked doubtfully: "This place is surrounded by construction sites on both sides, and there are very few people coming here. How did you think of parking the car here?"

"I..." Jiang Jing said hesitantly: "I never thought of parking at this place, but I can't find a parking space where I want to go!"

Hu Pingtao frowned and asked, "Just now you said you were here to do something. Where exactly was it and what was it doing?"

Jiang Jing hesitated for a moment and replied: "I went to Wenyuan Road Community to help my mother apply for medical insurance. It took a long time. The open space there was full of cars. I couldn't get in, so I had to find another place."

"Wenyuan Road Community?" Hu Pingtao thought for a while and asked strangely: "It's more than a kilometer away from here. You have to go too far to park, right?"

When Jiang Jing heard this, she cried again and said: "I... I have to find a place to park the car before I can go do errands! I know I have to walk a long way, but I really have no choice. If the community

If there is a parking space, I will definitely put my car there!"

"Wait a minute." Hu Pingtao is very familiar with the surrounding situation. Although Wenyuan Road Community is not under the jurisdiction of Eryuan Road Police Station, it is in Gudu District: "I remember that the yard in Wenyuan Community is very spacious, and there are two rooms next to it.

There are two large parking lots. One is underground in the Science and Technology Building, with three floors and plenty of parking spaces; the other is in the Railway Home Community, about 300 meters away from Wenyuan Community, and is also an underground parking lot."

Cui Wen nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "I've been there, and the two parking lots combined can completely meet normal needs. Especially in the Science and Technology Building, even on weekends and holidays, as long as you drive the car to the third underground floor, you can always

Find a parking space.”

Hu Pingtao glanced at Jiang Jing, who was obviously panicked: "There's something wrong with what you said. Even if you want to find a parking spot, you shouldn't go so far."

Jiang Jing swallowed hard and her voice was a little dry: "...I, I didn't say nonsense! Anyway, my car was parked here, and I don't know who stained it with cement. This... this is always the truth, right?

!”

There is some truth to what she said - the car was parked on the side of the road, and now it was covered in cement and garbage.

Hu Pingtao thought for a while and asked Cui Wen to drive the police electric car over and called Long Xu to take Jiang Jing into the car.

"Let me ask around for you first!" He explained to Jiang Jing: "Since you called the police, we must solve the problem. There are construction sites nearby. Although it is late, there must be someone on duty, maybe they

You know exactly what’s going on.”

Jiang Jing nodded silently.

The electric car drove forward for more than two hundred meters. There was a fork on the left side of the road, and a door opened in the middle of the blue fence. Through the light shining in the distance, you could see a duty room inside, with a "

The sign of "Provincial Three Construction".

Hu Pingtao got out of the car and walked into the room.

There were three people inside: one wearing a security uniform, a middle-aged man wearing glasses who was looking down at the drawings, and a young man sitting on the bench, holding a bucket of braised beef instant noodles in his hand and eating.

They unanimously focused their attention on Hu Pingtao.

The middle-aged man wearing glasses straightened up, put down the drawing in his hand, and asked doubtfully: "Who are you looking for?"

Hu Pingtao took out his ID, waved it in front of everyone, and said seriously: "I am from the Eryuan Road Police Station. Who is in charge here?"

The security guard and the young man subconsciously looked into the eyes of the middle-aged man.

He hesitated for a moment, did not answer Hu Pingtao's question, and asked instead: "...you...what's the matter?"

The deterrent effect of police uniforms is still very powerful.

Hu Pingtao smiled and said in a gentle tone: "Don't be nervous, I'm just here to understand the situation."

"Outside your construction site, near the southern intersection, there is a Magotan standing on the roadside. The car was stained with cement and a lot of garbage was dumped. Do you know who did it?"

The young man who was eating noodles reacted quickly and burst out laughing: "Hahahaha, you are talking about that car! It deserves it..."

"Li Xiaolei! What are you doing?" The middle-aged man with glasses suddenly interrupted him: "I'll eat your face. If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute."

Li Xiaolei was obviously very afraid of the middle-aged man. He shrank his neck, quickly picked up the noodles with chopsticks, put them into his mouth, and chewed them.

Even a fool can see something is wrong.

Hu Pingtao walked into the room, followed by Long Xu. Hu Pingtao pondered for a moment, first looked at Li Xiaolei who was eating noodles, and then his eyes shifted to the silent middle-aged man with glasses.

"What's your name?" he asked proactively.

"What are you going to do?" The middle-aged man looked wary.

Hu Pingtao's tone became a little cold, with an unquestionable majesty: "Someone called to complain, and we are here to resolve the dispute. According to national laws, we have the right to ask to see your ID card and verify your personal information.

.”

"If you refuse to cooperate with our investigation, then I can only take you back to the police station for processing in accordance with relevant regulations, and report the situation to your unit leader."

When the middle-aged man with glasses heard this, his expression suddenly changed. He frowned and fell into thinking for half a minute.

"...My name is Xiao Baisheng." He took out his ID card from his pocket and handed it over reluctantly.
To be continued...