Interrogation room.
Guan Feng looked at Li Yang and asked, "Are you the person in charge of Li Yang Aquatic Products?"
Li Yang said, "Yes, I really didn't do anything wrong. I just sold some fish. How is that illegal?"
Chen Xun said, "Li Yang, we'll talk about whether you broke the law later. This is Captain Guan. He called you here for something else. Answer whatever he asks, understand?"
Li Yang glanced at Guan Feng and nodded, saying, "Understood. Then please ask your question, officer."
Guan Feng asked, "How many alligator gars have you sold?"
Li Yang sighed, "I only sold one. How was I supposed to know that fish could bite? I just thought it looked fun and brought it home. Who knew the buyer would release it? If it weren't for him, would this have caused such a big problem? I'm so angry with him now."
Guan Feng reminded him, "Since you're selling, you should be aware of the risks. Alright, have you looked at this person?"
He took out a photo of Liu Liang and handed it to Li Yang.
Li Yang glanced at him and exclaimed in surprise, "This person seems to have bought fish from my shop a few days ago. Yes, it's him. He came to pick up the goods first thing this morning."
Guan Feng asked, "What kind of fish?"
Li Yang said, "It's an eel!"
Guan Feng asked, "Eel? How big?"
Li Yang said, "Those were huge, weighing about 180 jin. There were two in total, and he bought them both. I was wondering why he would buy two eels by himself. He said he opened a restaurant and used them as a gimmick to attract customers, so I believed him. What? He didn't release them back into the wild, did he?"
Guan Feng's expression changed.
He finally realized the bad feeling he had had all along.
Liu Liang probably went into the water to release these eels.
Guan Feng asked, "Did you farm these eels?"
Li Yang nodded and said, "I'm in the aquaculture business. I have two ponds over at the bridgehead, and I sometimes do some wholesale aquatic products. It's not surprising that there are eels there, is it?"
Guan Feng said, "It's not strange, it's just a little strange that the eels are raised to be this big."
Li Yang said, "How should I put it in this line of work? If you don't have some unique methods, people won't remember you. So my wife wanted to sell these eels a few years ago, but I didn't. I just wanted to create a buzz. This time, Liu Liang offered a high price, so I finally agreed to sell them."
Guan Feng asked, "How much did you sell this eel for?"
Li Yang said, "Two of them, totaling 38,000."
Guan Feng clicked his tongue and said, "That's quite a high price."
Li Yang said, "Of course! I wouldn't sell it if he didn't offer this price."
Guan Feng nodded and then asked, "How did Liu Liang know about you?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yang said with some pride, "Speaking of which, I'm actually quite famous in our industry. Basically, most people in the circle know that I have a shop with a wide variety of aquatic products. If you want to get some high-quality goods, you have to come to me."
Guan Feng said, "So selling alligator gar and other exotic species is also to increase your popularity in the industry?"
Li Yang nodded and said, "That's right! But officer, I don't do anything illegal. I only sell ordinary aquatic products; I never touch protected animals or anything like that."
Guan Feng asked, "You just mentioned that Liu Liang bought two eels. Is there any video footage of that?"
Li Yang said, "Yes, I have several security cameras in my shop. He will definitely be filmed whenever he comes to my shop."
Seeing this, Chen Xun reminded him, "We've copied all the relevant videos back. If you want to watch them, Captain Guan, come to my office later."
Guan Feng nodded, asked a few more questions about the details, and then left the office.
He first made a phone call to Chen Xuewen.
When Chen Xuewen received the call, he asked in surprise, "Captain Guan, what's the matter?"
Guan Feng briefly explained his purpose and asked, "Do you know the child who drowned in the Balihe Reservoir?"
Chen Xuewen said, "I know, it's been checked, and it was indeed a drowning."
Guan Feng asked, "Do you have any technical means to check whether the deceased was subjected to electric shock before death?"
"electric shock?"
Chen Xuewen frowned and asked, "What level of electric shock? A normal electric shock will affect cardiopulmonary function, which can be detected through autopsy. But if it's a low-voltage shock, it's probably hard to detect."
Guan Feng said, "An electric eel! It weighs about 180 pounds."
Chen Xuewen said, "It's that big? Then it should be detectable. Okay, I'll talk to Forensic Doctor Qin and see if we can detect it."
Guan Feng nodded, gave a few instructions, and then followed Chen Xun to the office.
By reviewing the surveillance footage, it was discovered that Liu Liang came to Li Yang's fish market shop three days ago and bought two of the largest eels. These two eels weighed over 100 kilograms each and were over a meter long. From the video surveillance, they looked like giant monsters. It took the two of them a long time to put the fish into the huge, sealed blue plastic box.
When Guan Feng saw this, he suddenly realized: Liu Liang put the box in the trunk, then transported it to the Balihe Reservoir, and then released the two electric eels.
This also explains why it took the other party 20 minutes, and why the car was covered in water.
Guan Feng said, "This video is crucial to our case. Wang Xun, please make a copy and bring it back to the station."
Wang Xun said, "Okay."
Next.
Guan Feng said goodbye to Chen Xun.
The two drove back to the Hongcheng branch of the Public Security Bureau.
Just as they were about to arrive at the Hongcheng branch, Chen Xuewen called and, through further examination of the deceased's body, discovered that the deceased had suffered electric shocks before his death.
Guan Feng immediately became solemn. Upon arriving at the branch office, he didn't even bother to park the car properly and went straight to the morgue on the first floor.
Upon seeing the report in Chen Xuewen's hand, he frowned and said, "These details all match up. Captain Chen, you've done a great job this time."
Chen Xuewen adjusted his glasses and asked, "Captain Guan, could it be that someone deliberately released electric eels?"
Guan Feng nodded and said, "That's right! I need to report to Captain Zheng first. There are electric eels in the reservoir, so we can't release water for the time being. If necessary, we may even need to take precautions."
Chen Xuewen asked, "Do you need me to come with you?"
Guan Feng said, "We really need this report you have, Captain Chen."
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