Director's Office.
After Zhou Ke interrogated Feng Shuan, he came to report to Ma Xiaocheng.
"...Director, the situation is now very clear. We can basically conclude that Wei Chunming is behind all of this."
Zhou Ke briefly stated his guess.
"This Wei Chunming is so audacious! A worker has already been killed in the fire, and now he is trying to silence the witness! He is so lawless! His Wei family has really raised a good son!"
After listening to Zhou Ke’s report, Ma Xiaocheng slammed the table in anger.
The Wei family had a very good reputation in the past. Every year they would set aside money to help the poor, and as a result, the Wei family became a role model for wealthy businessmen in Shanghai. How could they have a descendant like Wei Chunming?
Zhou Ke was silent for a moment, "If nothing had happened to Mr. Wei's two grandsons, the Wei family wouldn't be in this state now."
"Yes!" Ma Xiaocheng felt very sorry when he thought of the Wei family's eldest son who died in a car accident.
Then, Ma Xiaocheng said, "Now that we have so much evidence, I think it's time to arrest Wei Chunming. We can't let him get away with it any longer! What do you think?"
"Captain, I think we can wait a little longer."
"Now that Wei Chunming has solved his biggest problem, it is the time for him to relax the most. The last robbery case has not caught the mastermind, which is always a hidden danger. So many people gathered just to kidnap Wei Chunming's son? And those who were caught didn't know anything, which means that the mastermind is deliberately hiding his identity. This is not a trivial matter. If it is not handled properly, it will bring greater harm to the Shanghai market!"
Zhou Ke disagreed with arresting Wei Chunming immediately, as it would easily alert the enemy.
Compared with the mastermind behind the last robbery, Wei Chunming is just a small character who can be arrested at any time.
Ma Xiaocheng frowned, "But our people have been following Wei Chunming and his wife, as well as Ling Qingyue for such a long time, and have not discovered anything. Is it really necessary to invest energy in this?"
Zhou Ke: "Director, let me explain it to you. First, there was the black market case. We arrested Zhou Wu, then there was the kidnapping and extortion case of Wei Chunming's son. Not long after, there was another incident at the dock. We arrested a gang that resold cultural relics. The leader was named Zhou Kun, but when I was trying the case, I found that most people called him Zhou Yi."
"One Monday, one Friday, the names are so similar, I don't believe there is no trick between them, there must be a connection between these two people! Chief, if these cases are related, then the person hiding behind them must be a big fish! Also, there is a mysterious person who tipped us off in these cases. Although we don't know what his purpose is, he must be investigating this mysterious gang."
"This also proves that there is a connection between these cases, but we haven't discovered it yet."
I have to say that what Zhou Ke said makes a lot of sense.
Ma Xiaocheng was convinced by him. "We tried every possible means, but Zhou Kun, which was Monday, never spoke. This is indeed very similar to the previous Friday."
"If I remember correctly, Wu was sent to the farm to open up wasteland some time ago?" Ma Xiaocheng asked.
Zhou Ke nodded, "Yes, after Zhou Kun was arrested last time, I went to the farm to interrogate Zhou Wu, but unfortunately... I didn't get anything out of him. But when I went to see him, I also asked the farm leaders, and they all said that Zhou Wu worked very hard, obeyed all the arrangements from above, and was accepting reform well."
"But I always feel that there is a relationship between Zhou Wu and Zhou Kun."
Zhou Ke spoke out the doubts that he had been thinking about for a long time: "When we caught him on Friday, there was evidence that he had been running a black market business for many years. With such a lucrative business, he should have accumulated a lot of wealth. However, we searched his home and all the properties under his name, but we couldn't find any profits from all these years."
"He has so much money and nowhere to spend it. Where does the money go? Similarly, Zhou Kun ships out so many antiques every year. Where does he collect them from? It's impossible that he collects these things without spending a penny, right? Where does he get the money?"
"You mean, the money earned on Friday is used to help Zhou Kun collect antiques?" Ma Xiaocheng stood up from his chair. "Yes! Why didn't I think of that!"
Ma Xiaocheng paced back and forth in the office, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Zhou Ke said made sense.
When he looked at Zhou Ke again, his eyes were full of admiration.
He had kept this young man on purpose, it seemed that he had a good way of judging people.
"Zhou Ke! If this case is solved, I will definitely give you credit! If all the young people in our bureau could have your sharp case-solving ability and serious and persistent attitude, there would be no case that we cannot solve!"
Zhou Ke felt a little numbed by Ma Xiaocheng's fiery gaze, but he still continued speaking.
"Zhou Kun and Zhou Wu are already so powerful, so you can imagine how powerful the people behind them are. So I think Wei Chunming is just an insignificant little character. Anyway, we have evidence in our hands and can arrest him anytime we want. It's better to keep him for a while to see if he has any contact with his wife and the mastermind behind the kidnapping case."
"Well, you're right. I was impulsive before. Now that we have a direction, the next focus is to catch the people behind Zhou Wu and Zhou Kun, and the kidnapping case. You have opened my mind."
Ma Xiaocheng lowered his eyes and spoke in a deep tone, "When Zhou Kun was arrested before, Ling Qingyue happened to be spending the summer in a riverside courtyard not far from the dock. We also suspected her in the kidnapping case. So, can we suspect that the kidnapping case, the black market case, and this smuggling case are all related?"
"Zhou Ke, Ling Qingyue is definitely not as simple as she seems. I think we should pay special attention to her."
Zhou Ke was actually paying attention to this matter. "Well, our people have been monitoring Ling Qingyue, but she hasn't come out recently. She said she was recuperating."
"Anything out of the ordinary is a demon. I don't think we can relax. We need to keep an eye on her."
There is actually another reason why Ma Xiaocheng said this.
He went to Beijing for a meeting a few days ago and found that many of his colleagues and their wives were familiar with Ling Qingyue.
There was a familiarity in their conversation.
If Ma Xiaocheng had not previously suspected Ling Qingyue of being involved in the kidnapping case, he would not have noticed this detail.
But now——
It was so wrong that she was an ordinary woman and yet she made friends with so many officials.
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