Chapter 318 Chicken Farm

In front of the Jiang family's old house is a dirt road, and next to the dirt road is a small ditch about two meters wide.

Beyond the small ditch is a large area of ​​farmland. It is the time when rape flowers are in full bloom, and the whole place is covered with yellow.

The direction Zhou Yi pointed to was the ridge between two fields, which happened to be facing the gate of the Jiang family's old house.

"Captain Pan, it would be best to send someone to ambush in the fields on both sides of the ridge, just in case Jiang Wei doesn't come into the house tomorrow and instead kowtows directly across the river. This location faces the main entrance. If his stepmother places the worship chairs directly in front of the door, then when the incense is lit, Jiang Wei will be considered to have kowtowed even though he's across the river."

Pan Hongjie took a look and was a little surprised: "That makes sense, you have good observation skills."

After a while, Xia Yu and the police officers from the police station who came with him came back. They asked the residents nearby, and an old man said that he saw someone coming to the Jiang family's old house more than a week ago. At that time, he thought it was a beggar. The man behind him noticed that he was looking over here and left in a hurry.

It sounds a lot like Jiang Wei, but unfortunately the old man, like Jiang Wei's stepmother, can't remember the exact date.

This is indeed the case. During routine visits and investigations, the police often encounter situations like "can't remember, not sure, it seems so".

Because many people have very low memory accuracy for things that are not closely related to themselves, unless the occurrence of the event happens to coincide with their memory.

For example, in the Donghai community, the security guard who provided the key clues was able to determine the time when Tang Xue called by remembering the radio programs he listened to every day.

It is normal not to remember clearly.

If the target of the visit is forced to recall a "precise" time or information, it is easy to cause false charges and wrongful convictions.

"Let's go back to the bureau and call everyone back. Let's recuperate and catch him in the trap tomorrow," said Pan Hongjie.

"Captain Pan, I think there is another possibility that we must guard against," Zhou Yi said.

"What?"

"It's Jiang Wei's stepmother, that peasant woman. The police came to her twice in one day. It's impossible for her not to guess that Jiang Wei had committed a crime. If Jiang Wei were to come and meet her tomorrow, she might have tipped him off or let something slip. She might even have Jiang Wei's contact information and call him directly. Although this person looks honest, many people in rural areas have a weak sense of law and a stronger sense of family ties. We still have to be on guard."

Pan Hongjie affirmed, "What you said makes sense. Keeping an eye on her is easy, but a phone call is a bit harder to guard against."

"I just observed that neither her home nor her neighbors have telephone lines, which means they don't have a phone. Normally, in this situation, they would call the village committee. We can have our colleagues at the police station secretly communicate with the village cadres. If she does call, please report the situation in a timely manner. Then we can follow the clues based on the phone number."

"Yes, you are very thoughtful."

On the way back, Zhou Yi asked, "Captain Pan, I have a question. Do you know where the Guangming Chicken Farm is?"

"Guangming Chicken Farm? Zheng Guangming's business?"

"Zheng Guangming? Is he the owner of this chicken farm?"

Pan Hongjie turned around in surprise: "You're looking for Guangming Chicken Farm, but you don't know Zheng Guangming?"

"What's wrong with this guy?"

"Xiao Xia, tell Zhou Yi."

Xia Yu, who was driving, nodded. "Okay. Officer Zhou, asking where the Guangming chicken farm is isn't quite right."

"Why?"

"Because there are many Guangming chicken farms in Anyuan. I know of seven or eight, and two pig farms, so it depends on which one you ask."

Xia Yu continued, "This boss is called Zheng Guangming. He's just fifty years old this year. He celebrated his fiftieth birthday at the beginning of the year. He's one of the biggest bosses in Anyuan Aquaculture and is worth a fortune."

Zhou Yi suddenly realized, "I see. But why do we need to set up so many separate chicken farms?"

Pan Hongjie said: "It's about sharing the risk and putting the eggs in different baskets. It can prevent chicken plague or poisoning."

"Would someone poison chickens?" Zhou Yi was a little surprised.

"Of course not. There are so many people who are jealous these days. Seeing you make a fortune, they feel unbalanced. Last year, we also solved a chicken farm poisoning case. The owner suffered heavy losses. You'd never guess who the murderer was in the end."

Zhou Yi casually replied, "The boss's brother?"

When Pan Hongjie heard this, he turned around and looked at Zhou Yi in surprise, "Have you heard of this case?"

"No... I was just guessing."

"Oh... then you're right. He's the boss's biological brother, a brother from the same mother. He poisoned the chicken because his younger brother borrowed a thousand yuan from him when he was running the chicken farm. Later, when his younger brother made money, he didn't repay him double. He got angrier and angrier, and finally, he secretly poisoned the chicken in the middle of the night."

Pan Hongjie reacted and turned to Zhou Yi and asked, "By the way, why are you looking for this Guangming Chicken Farm?"

"Oh, that's right. Something happened yesterday..." Then Zhou Yi briefly told the story of the little girl Lele.

"Have you reported it to the police?"

"Yes. I took them to the nearby police station to report the case this morning, but neither the old one nor the young one could provide any accurate information."

"Since we've reported the case, let the local police station investigate. I'll give them a heads up and ask them to pay attention. But to be honest, Zhou Yi, you probably won't be able to find out anything about this."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "Why?"

"The workers employed in our chicken farm are all temporary workers."

"Temporary worker?"

"Yes, that's the kind where you don't sign a contract and you're paid by the day you work. If you don't want to work anymore, or if they don't want you anymore, just tell them. That's why workers are mobile. They go to whichever company pays the most. If they're not happy working today, they can switch to another company tomorrow."

Zhou Yi understood. Someone was deliberately doing this to save costs and shirk social responsibility. "These bastard capitalists are truly cunning."

"So even if you go to Guangming Chicken Farm to investigate, it will be difficult to find out the truth. And it is possible that this Yang Jian really ran away to avoid debt. Some people have a strong preference for boys over girls. You are all still young and inexperienced. There are all kinds of strange things in this world. Don't trust human nature too much." Pan Hongjie said earnestly.

Zhou Yi knew that Pan Hongjie's words, while pessimistic, were also sincere words from a police officer with many years of experience. However, after interacting with the little girl, he felt that she did not seem to be abandoned.

Because most of the abandoned children are not abandoned suddenly, but have not received care and have been neglected for a long time, which leads to their lonely and introverted personalities.

Lele obviously does not have such characteristics. Although she lives in poverty, Zhou Yi can feel that she used to live in a loving environment.

"Captain Pan, if there is no news about Yang Jian, what should happen to his daughter?" Xia Yu couldn't help but ask.

"Then we should look for her relatives first. If none of them are willing to raise her, we can only send her to an orphanage." Pan Hongjie sighed, "Let's focus on the case at hand. After all, we're already in a difficult situation."

Zhou Yi knew what Pan Hongjie was talking about. The city had issued an order to solve the case within a deadline. If the case could not be solved by then, someone would have to take the blame. Who else could it be but him?

After returning to the Municipal Bureau, Pan Hongjie quickly called everyone to a meeting to arrange tomorrow's deployment and arrest work.

"Where's Lao Chen? Hasn't he come back yet?" Pan Hongjie asked.

Someone replied: "Brother Chen went to check the line for cars and hasn't come back yet."

"Then let's not wait for him, let's drive ahead."

Pan Hongjie began to deploy tomorrow's defense work, which was roughly divided into three layers.

The outermost area is the main traffic artery of Jiang Wei’s village.

The most important thing is to stake out the Jiang family's old house, and especially arrange two people to ambush in the rapeseed field across the river.

The only remaining line is Jiang Wei's stepmother's house.

"In short, the purpose of this operation is to arrest Jiang Wei immediately as soon as he shows up!" Pan Hongjie said loudly.

"Understood!" everyone answered in unison.

As soon as the meeting ended, Chen Dejiang came back.

"Captain Pan, we've made a discovery!"

"Old Chen, tell me quickly." Chen Dejiang's words cheered up Pan Hongjie, and he pulled a stool over for him to sit on.

"I found a red Nissan Toyota at a repair shop in the north of the city. The shop said the owner had brought the car in for a wash on March 28th."

"The car owner paid for a deep wash, which was supposed to take just over an hour. He said he needed to buy a pack of cigarettes and never returned. The repair shop didn't know what was going on with the car owner and, fearing they might get ripped off, didn't touch the car, leaving it parked outside the shop."

"March 28th?" Pan Hongjie asked doubtfully, "It's been so long?"

"Captain Pan, I checked it out. There are obvious scratches on the left side of the rear of the car. This should be the car we're looking for."

Zhou Yi found it a bit strange. Logically, the murderer should have gone to Xiaoqiushan Park to bury the body on March 16th. Why did he wait so long before sending the car to the repair shop?

And if you find scratches on your car and you don't want to expose them, shouldn't you just touch up the paint? Why would you choose to wash the car? And deep clean it?

Wait, deep cleaning...

Zhou Yi seemed to be lost in thought.

"Xiao Xia, go call the technical department and come with us to the repair shop immediately."

"Okay, Captain Pan."

"Old Chen, did you memorize the license plate?"

Chen Dejiang nodded: "I'll remember."

"Send someone to check who owns this car."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Chen Dejiang said as he stood up and walked out.

"Wait, have you let the people in the repair shop see the photos of Fu Daqing and Li Youqiang?" Pan Hongjie asked.

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention it. I did identify them, but the guy at the repair shop said it wasn't those two guys, but a young man around thirty."

"Young man?" Pan Hongjie was stunned.

Zhou Yi said, "Captain Pan, I suspect this person might be Jiang Wei."