After thinking for a moment, Jiang Si asked, "Uncle, is the ticket seller still here?"
"Yes."
Fourth Uncle Huo said, "Come on, I'll take you to have a look."
When he went downstairs, he showed Jiang Si the transcript he had just taken.
"The ticket seller's name is Zhu Xiaoping, and she's a veteran employee of the public transportation company."
"Thanks to her for recognizing Yu Manli's photo, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to determine Yu Manli's whereabouts."
As they were talking, several people had already arrived at the door of the interrogation room.
Jiang Si glanced at the word "tension" marked on the transcript and felt confused.
In order to verify her guess, she whispered to Huo Tingzhou for a few seconds.
"When you go in later, try to look as fierce as possible. Don't say anything. Just stare at her with a stern face."
Then he turned to Fourth Uncle Huo and said, "Fourth Uncle, you too, don't say anything when you go in."
The two of them didn't agree, but they nodded anyway.
After giving the two of them instructions, Jiang Si's face also darkened.
Next, the three of them entered the interrogation room with an expression that said "please don't disturb me".
It had been more than an hour since Zhu Xiaoping finished taking the statement, and she was already feeling uneasy.
When he saw Jiang Si and others coming in, he stood up immediately.
"Comrade Public Security, I have really said everything..."
"Are you sure you said everything?"
Jiang Si glanced at her calmly, her tone intimidating without anger.
"If a witness deliberately conceals important facts related to the case, or deliberately gives false testimony, he will generally be punished for disturbing public order."
"The penalties include imprisonment of up to two years or detention, as well as dismissal from public office."
"I forgot to tell you that the missing female comrade was a nurse at the military hospital."
"If you really have to be sentenced, you will be sentenced to at least three to five years."
Huo Tingzhou corrected himself, "For serious cases, the minimum penalty is ten years."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fourth Uncle Huo also joined in by banging the table.
"Are you going to tell the truth yourself, or do you want me to call all the passengers and the driver over and interrogate them one by one, then you will tell the truth."
“I…I…”
"I advise you to be patient. If you delay any further, the woman's life may be in danger!"
Hearing this, Zhu Xiaoping no longer dared to hide anything and hurriedly told everyone what happened in the car that day.
It was pretty much the same as Jiang Si expected.
Zhu Xiaoping noticed Yu Manli as soon as she got on the car.
"That girl has been crying since she got on the bus. When I was buying the ticket, I called her for a long time before she finally responded."
"People who take the early bus to Tong County are basically workers going to work at the Dongfang Chemical Factory. They all have monthly passes."
Beijing Suburban Monthly Ticket in 1967
"She was the only one on the bus who bought a ticket. She took out a big unity banknote and gave it to me, but I couldn't make the change."
"I advised her to take the next bus or change some change first."
"But the girl refused to get off the bus and even said she didn't need to change the money."
Zhu Xiaoping has been working as a ticket seller for nearly fifteen years, and she has never seen a passenger so generous.
Nine dollars and sixty cents is almost ten days’ salary for her. It would be a lie to say she wasn’t tempted.
So Zhu Xiaoping hesitated for a moment and then took the money.
Of course, she didn't keep the money alone, she gave half to the driver.
"Comrade Public Security, she didn't want the money. I really didn't deliberately charge her more money."
"I just hid this, I told the truth about everything else."
After hearing this, the three people in the interrogation room still have something unclear.
Yu Manli was already pretty, and she looked wealthy in an unspoken way.
In the eyes of those who are interested, isn't this definitely a big fat sheep?
But it was useless to say all this now. Jiang Si asked, "Do we also get off at the terminal to go to the Oriental Chemical Factory?"
"No, no, no, they got off at the previous stop."
Zhu Xiaoping takes this bus every day, and no one knows this route better than her.
"The main gate of the Oriental Chemical Factory is on the west side. Get off at West Street Station. This is the closest one."
Jiang Si nodded and asked the most crucial question.
"So when she got off the bus at the terminal, how many people were there on the bus?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Xiaoping suddenly raised her head and looked over -
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