"Officer, on what grounds are you arresting me without cause?"
Chen Jianghe was fearless, his expression still calm.
"Chen Jianghe, you've committed a crime, come with us obediently!"
Team Leader Liu sneered, tilted his head, and gestured. Two law enforcement officers took out handcuffs and directly cuffed Chen Jianghe.
"What you're doing is illegal!"
Chen Jianghe frowned.
"Law? I am the law!"
"Take him away!"
Chen Jianghe was roughly shoved into a police car and taken directly to the police station.
In this era, without money or connections, once you entered the tiger's mouth, you wouldn't die, but you'd lose a layer of skin.
When Chen Jianghe was brought to the police station, no one interrogated him; they just cuffed him to a water pipe. Cuffed like this, he had to squat, but couldn't squat fully, and stand, but couldn't stand straight.
Two hours of this was enough to make someone extremely uncomfortable.
However, Chen Jianghe didn't take it to heart. He slightly bent his legs, adopting a subtle horse stance. When he was in prison, he could hold a horse stance for several hours, so this was nothing.
Throughout the night, no one paid any attention to Chen Jianghe.
It wasn't until the next morning when a law enforcement officer came to work, looked through the window, and was very surprised.
"Team Leader Liu, this kid has some resilience; he actually fell asleep!"
The law enforcement officer said in surprise.
"Wake him up and give him some treatment!"
Team Leader Liu peered in, his face darkening.
"Yes!"
Just as the law enforcement officer was about to open the door, Tang Aiguo happened to walk over.
"What's going on?"
As he passed by, Tang Aiguo casually asked.
"The North Street stabbing case from last night. We've caught a suspect and are about to interrogate him!"
Team Leader Liu replied.
"You caught someone so quickly?"
Tang Aiguo curiously glanced into the interrogation room, his eyelids twitching. He hadn't expected the person caught to be Chen Jianghe. "Did he do it? Do you have any evidence?"
"He has a grudge with Li Jindi from Yonggui Game Hall, and Chen Gang is Li Jindi's right-hand man. There's a good chance this kid did it!"
Team Leader Liu said.
"Old Liu, the higher-ups are now emphasizing governing the country according to law. Our police station needs to keep up with policy and always remember the four words: 'abide by laws and regulations.' Without evidence, we cannot extort confessions through torture!"
Tang Aiguo spoke in an official tone, patted Team Leader Liu's shoulder, and then turned to leave.
"Team Leader Liu, what does Director Tang mean?"
The law enforcement officer asked, puzzled.
"It doesn't mean anything. Go in and ask him!"
Team Leader Liu pulled out a cigarette, took a deep drag, and turned to walk outside.
"Team Leader Liu, are we still going to use treatment?"
The law enforcement officer quickly followed a few steps.
"Treatment my ass! Didn't Director Tang say we need to abide by laws and regulations?"
Team Leader Liu turned his head, glared fiercely at the law enforcement officer, walked outside, found a public phone booth, and called Li Jindi.
"It's me. That kid has some connection with Tang Aiguo. We don't have evidence here, so we're about to release him. If you want to deal with him, figure it out yourself!"
After Team Leader Liu finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Li Jindi put down his big brother phone with a grim expression, Shao Wan quickly walked over.
"That kid has gotten connected with Tang Aiguo!"
Li Jindi said with a dark face.
"He must have found An Jianguo and connected with Tang Aiguo through him!"
Shao Wan's expression also changed abruptly.
If Chen Jianghe had no background or backing, they could easily eliminate him. But once Chen Jianghe had a backer, many methods couldn't be used.
An Jianguo had only arrived at Xinmin Road Police Station two years ago. Li Jindi had his own connections, so he hadn't sought him out. Now that Chen Jianghe had found him, things became a bit tricky.
"I underestimated this kid!" Li Jindi's eyes gleamed with a cold light. "Shao Wan, arrange for two people to stake out the police station entrance. See where Chen Jianghe goes after he comes out. I think this kid will be a menace sooner or later, so we need to deal with him as soon as possible!"
"Jindi, you're overthinking it. He's just a young punk in his early twenties. How capable can he be? It won't be difficult for us to deal with him!"
Shao Wan sneered dismissively.
Even Chen Zhiming wasn't their match, let alone Chen Jianghe.
"When you're out in the world, don't take yourself too seriously, thinking you're tough enough, powerful enough, otherwise you won't even know how you died. Chen Zhiming is an example!"
Li Jindi's face remained grim.
"I understand. I'll arrange people immediately!"
Shao Wan nodded and went downstairs to make arrangements.
She felt that Li Jindi had made money in recent years, and his courage had shrunk. If it were back when he had nothing, he wouldn't have taken Chen Jiangheseriously at all.
Police station!
"Did you get anything out of him?"
Team Leader Liu only appeared after the interrogation ended.
"No, he said he was sleeping at home last night and didn't know anything. We also checked; this kid doesn't have a motorcycle, and we didn't find any knives or similar items in his house. I feel like this kid isn't telling the truth!"
The law enforcement officer said.
"Then release him!"
Team Leader Liu said impatiently.
The small amount of money Li Jindi gave him wasn't enough for him to cross Tang Aiguo, nor was it enough to frame Chen Jianghe. He just needed to do what he was supposed to do.
"Team Leader Liu, just release him like that?"
The law enforcement officer looked puzzled. He entered their police station, wasn't allowed to be treated, and was released without even being held for two days. Could this kid have some kind of background?
"If I tell you to release him, then release him! Why so much nonsense?"
Team Leader Liu dropped a sentence and turned to leave directly.
"Release him, release him!"
The few law enforcement officers vaguely guessed something and didn't dare to ask more, directly releasing Chen Jianghe.
Chen Jianghe walked out of the police station, knowing that Tang Aiguo had played a role; otherwise, once he was in, it wouldn't be so easy to get out.
As soon as he walked out of the police station, he saw two punks smoking on the other side of the street, peering over.
"He's out!"
Chen Jianghe noticed the two punks, and the two punks also noticed Chen Jianghe. They stubbed out their cigarettes, watched Chen Jianghe out of the corner of their eyes, and paid attention to his movements.
Chen Jianghe sneered, pretending not to notice the two punks. He walked along the street for a while, then suddenly darted into the car lane, using the cars as cover to shake off the two punks.
Afterward, he hurried back to the small Western-style house, took the brass knuckles from home, and then called the village where Zhang Peng lived, telling him the location and asking the owner of the small shop at the village entrance to inform Zhang Peng to come to the city to find him.
Currently, the most popular item in Peng City was the pager, but pagers were expensive, often costing one or two months' salary for a worker.
The big brothers and wealthy people in Peng City used big brother phones, which cost thousands to tens of thousands, something ordinary people couldn't afford.
Some also used Motorola phones, which were equally expensive.
It was too troublesome to only use landlines for communication.
It wasn't until noon that Zhang Peng found Chen Jianghe.
"Chen Gang is down. Next up are Shao Wan and Li Jindi!"