Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Investigation Someone is quietly approaching behind me...
After driving for more than 30 minutes, they arrived at Shangkou Street.
Although Shangkou Street is called a street, it is actually just an ordinary alley. Even the road is a stone slab that is not very wide or flat. Low bungalows and two-story buildings can be seen everywhere. The tallest one is only a three-story primary school teaching building less than 100 meters away from the supply and marketing cooperative.
The supply and marketing cooperative they were going to was a large, old courtyard. After Qiu Jiang got off the car and looked forward, she found it hard to believe that a huge sum of three million yuan could be kept here.
Her expression was particularly easy to understand. Zhang Tianguang from Xulin City smiled and explained, "You don't understand the situation. Don't be fooled by the grayness of this place. It doesn't look very high-end, but there are newly developed commercial buildings and shopping malls not far from here. There are dense commercial activities and bustling crowds over there. This area has taken advantage of this convenience to develop restaurants and convenience stores."
Qiu Jiang glanced around and sighed, "There are so many shops and so many people."
"So the more stores there are, the more money there is. Who can trust so much money in their own hands? But who can spare one person to go to the bank every day to deposit money?"
"So everyone just keeps the money here first?" Qiu Jiang asked curiously.
"Yes, so this supply and marketing cooperative, relying on its geographical advantages, has attracted many merchants from the surrounding area to deposit money, and then the supply and marketing cooperative will deposit the money in the bank on their behalf, which provides a lot of convenience." Li Mingyue added.
At this point, Qiu Jiang understood.
It's not about thieves stealing, but it's about thieves thinking about stealing. Everyone living nearby must know about this situation, but most people are normal people, and no one is so bold as to rob the supply and marketing cooperative. Besides, the supply and marketing cooperative also has guns at that time. Who would dare to have such a crooked idea without some ability?
But if you meet someone who is ruthless and fearless, like the supply and marketing cooperative that was robbed half a year ago, then you can only hope for the best.
Fortunately, she felt that the supply and marketing cooperative was not affected much by the incident half a year ago. It was just a little after one o'clock in the afternoon, and the door of the supply and marketing cooperative was already crowded with people coming and going.
She was not only puzzled, but also asked about it. Coincidentally, a young man passed by and looked at her back and forth. He couldn't help but say, "Who said there was no impact? After the incident, people didn't dare to deposit money for more than a month. If the police hadn't recovered the money in time, do you think anyone would dare to deposit money here now?"
"Because the money has been recovered, people still dare to deposit it here." Qiu Jiang asked with a blink of an eye.
"Yeah." The young man hadn't taken his eyes off her since he saw her, and his little thoughts were obvious.
Zheng Zhiyong winked at Ji Mingcheng and whispered, "Your daughter is quite popular. Little girls are the easiest to be deceived. As a leader, you must keep a close watch on her."
Ji Mingcheng raised his eyebrows and smiled meaningfully, "Are you sure she will be deceived?"
"Huh?" Zheng Zhiyong choked up as he thought about how she'd tricked Lin Hai's mother that morning. He scratched his head and tried to explain himself. "This girl is smart, but she's not necessarily invulnerable, is she?"
Although he said so, his tone weakened at the end, and he obviously felt that what he had just said might not hold water.
Especially when she's talking to people.
Seeing someone familiar with the situation, Qiu Jiang had a lot of questions to ask, so she continued to ask, "Wow, so that's how it is. Aren't you afraid that someone else will dare to steal the money?"
"Ever since that incident, our president has applied for several guns and recruited a lot of people. I want to see which blind person dares to come again." He Zhiguo blushed a little when she looked at him, and replied to her in high spirits.
"Wow, no wonder, no wonder, if it were me, I would definitely be willing to leave the money here."
"If you want to save, you can come to me. I can cut in line for you. It will definitely be the fastest."
They chatted back and forth for a while until the supply and marketing cooperative president Lu Jiafu hurried out and interrupted their conversation.
As soon as he saw him, Lu Jiafu urged him, "Come in quickly, everyone is waiting anxiously."
"Oh." He Zhiguo wanted to chat a few more words, but he didn't dare to stay here for long with his leader, so he walked forward, looking back every step of the way.
Lu Jiafu didn't have eyes behind him, so he naturally didn't notice how slowly he moved. He quickly walked up to Zheng Zhiyong and the other man.
"Captain Zheng, isn't the case closed? Is there anything else we can do to help?"
Zheng Zhiyong didn't hide it from him. When he heard what he said, Lu Jiafu's head was buzzing and his legs were shaking. "Dead, dead?"
He swallowed, holding on to a glimmer of hope, "Is, is this a mistake?"
"Have you contacted him recently?"
Lu Jiafu's face turned pale and he stammered, "I thought he didn't want to do it anymore and they hired new people, so I didn't contact him."
Thinking that Jia Honghe might really be dead, he almost cried, "What is going on?"
It's not that he has any feelings for Jia Hong or this guy. After all, this guy was lazy and gluttonous when he was in the commune. He would give him the cold shoulder in front of everyone when he was asked to do something. If he didn't have a formal position, he would have kicked him out long ago. But no matter how much he disliked this guy, he didn't want him to die.
What's more, the cooperative has just gotten rid of the shadow of the last incident. If another fatal accident occurs, their supply and marketing cooperative will not be able to continue operating.
"Now I need you to contact the three parties involved in the robbery."
What else could Lu Jiafu do? Could he possibly obstruct the criminal police from investigating the case?
No matter how depressed he was, he still actively helped them contact each other and found them a room in the row of houses west of the supply and marketing cooperative so that they could ask questions.
When Wang Ziyi, Chen Feng and Li Qiushan were called out individually by Lu Jiafu, they felt something was wrong. When they saw Zheng Zhiyong and the others, they were completely sure that it was the same thing again, and their faces immediately turned bitter.
"Comrade, we've said everything we need to say. What else do you need us to cooperate with?"
"Jia Honghe's situation on the night of the robbery."
The three of them looked at each other in confusion and asked, "Didn't he go into the sea?"
"Yeah, he's said many times that he doesn't want to work in the community anymore. Could it be that he's in cahoots with those robbers?"
"Don't guess blindly." Zheng Zhiyong sometimes admired their imagination and straightforwardness. "Tell us everything about Jia Honghe that day."
Seeing that he looked serious and it didn't seem like a trivial matter, they had to try hard to recall.
"The four of us stayed on duty that day. During dinner, Jia Honghe was still mumbling about not wanting to do this anymore, but we didn't pay much attention. After all, he'd said it at least 800 times. After dinner, we were watching TV in the house, and soon the robbers arrived."
"Yes, that's right. The three of us didn't react in time. Jia Hong and that kid were thieves. They took advantage of the robbers' inattention and ran away over the courtyard wall."
"Then two of them quickly chased after us, and two others stayed behind to scare us with knives. Oh, and one of them was holding a homemade gun. Holding a knife is scary enough, let alone a gun. We were all so scared that we hoped Jia Honghe would call someone back. But less than an hour later, the two men came back and ran away with the money."
At that time, the three of them were beaten black and blue because they refused to tell them where the money was. No one could stop them at all. They were even afraid that they would catch up with them before they ran away, so the four of them teamed up to beat them up again.
"That group of people was so cruel and scary."
Whenever they think back to what happened that day, their teeth start to chatter with fear.
"Then you said in your confession that Jia Honghe successfully escaped?" Qiu Jiang asked doubtfully.
"Because one of the four men muttered something before running away, saying that the person who ran away was not found, and then he ran away without a trace."
Zheng Zhiyong was confused. "Those four people grabbed the money and ran off. Why did they even mention whether Jia Honghe had gotten away? It was like they wanted people to hear."
Zhang Tianguang also found it strange, "It's indeed very abnormal."
"Besides that, is there any other information you forgot to tell me?" he also asked.
The three of them shook their heads in unison. "We were in so much pain at the time, we had no time to listen to what they said. Besides, they were running so fast, and that's all we heard."
Ji Mingcheng didn't say a word the whole time. Only then did he ask, "Does Jia Honghe often skip work?"
The three of them nodded in unison.
"He's very slippery. He doesn't want to do any work or be on duty. Whenever he's on duty, he'll definitely slip away. He's almost worn away the wall behind him."
"How many escape routes does he have?" Ji Mingcheng continued to ask.
"That's all."
"That's right. There's a street right in front. Our president's home isn't far from here. After work, he likes to chat and play cards with people on the street. If Jia Honghe goes through the front door, he'll definitely be discovered by our president. Even at night, there's still a chance he'll be discovered. So he always climbs over the back wall and then runs to his house from the big pit at the back."
"Earth pit?"
"Yes, there's an open space behind us. They dug up the dirt to build houses nearby, and it became a big pit. They never had a chance to fill it back in years ago, and now it's overgrown with weeds and small trees."
At this time, Li Mingyue and the others also returned. "Captain Zheng, Captain Ji, we've asked the surrounding residents, and no one heard anyone running that night. There was an old lady who was a light sleeper and would wake up at the slightest noise. She also said that the streets were very quiet that day, and she slept through the night, a rare full night's sleep. She didn't expect to wake up in the morning to hear about the robbery at the supply and marketing cooperative. She was very surprised."
"It seems the person we are looking for is behind."
Just as they were about to leave, Wang Li ran in quickly from outside and told them shocking news.
"Team Ji, a body has been found."
"Walk--"
At Ji Mingcheng's command, a group of people rushed out and headed straight for the back mountain.
At this moment, Qiu Jiang, who discovered the body and stayed here, was shivering all over. He had not yet recovered from the scene he had just seen and the pain in his lower abdomen.
She half-knelt on the ground, breathing rapidly, unaware that someone was quietly approaching from behind.
"who--"
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