Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Praise Everything is settled
"Where are the people? Where are the people? Why did you lock me up here alone? Talk to me, ah ah——"
In the interrogation room of the Municipal Bureau, Niu Yong's angry voice could not be covered up even through the door. Even people passing by from a distance could hear his roar, which made people extremely irritated.
"It seems we should replace this door too. The sound insulation is too poor."
"Even if we replace the door with a better one, he'll still be frightened by howling like that."
"That's right." The man nodded and asked, "But why is he the only one in there?"
"I heard it was arranged by the season team."
"Oh, I heard the weekend team was busy all the time, working until the evening. I guess they made quite a bit of progress."
It seems that this matter may be settled today.
They were talking quietly, but they shut up silently when they saw a group of people coming down from upstairs.
Ji Mingcheng walked in front, followed by Guo Kai and others. Everyone had a serious expression on their faces and went straight to the interrogation room. After he walked over, his black windbreaker swayed back and forth with his big strides, making him look heroic and full of momentum.
As they rushed into the interrogation room, Niu Yong, who had just been shouting for someone to come, fell silent. He looked at them anxiously and said cautiously, "Comrade police, I've confessed everything I need to. I'll even sign and seal it now, but I really didn't do anything else. You can't blame me for everything."
He still wants to deny it now.
Qiu Jiang was still sitting by the window in her special seat for taking notes. When she heard him speak, she frowned tightly and was very angry.
Ji Mingcheng looked at him with a half-smile, which made him feel creepy, but Niu Yong just insisted on what he had said before.
He admitted to injuring people and impersonating others, but he had nothing to do with the murder.
He didn't recognize Li Chengbin from head to toe. It was Li Chengbin's parents who mistook him for him when he was in the hospital. He was homeless and penniless at the time, so he had no choice but to assume this identity.
But he had done enough. He had been a filial son and a good grandson for eight years. He had buried the old couple in a proper manner and given them a proper burial. He had done his best for them.
Even if he stabbed someone in the street, it was just because he couldn't find his wife and was afraid that she would leave him, so he did something stupid in a fit of rage. He admitted his guilt. As for the injuries on his wife, how could he have hit her so hard? After all, they had been living together for eight years and had a good relationship. It was impossible for him to do such a beastly thing.
Lie, lie, the bastard—
Seeing him constantly defending himself, Qiu Jiang's handwriting was so angry that it seemed to penetrate the paper.
But the good news is that their team 1 didn't spoil him. He crossed his legs, leaned his left hand on the table, and pointed his index finger at the position of his temples.
Little by little, her eyes were filled with teasing, as if she saw through the secrets behind all his self-proclaimed flawless words.
Niu Yong clenched his hands tightly, and cold sweat broke out on his hands. He even still didn't understand why Guo Kai had been interrogating him for the past two days, and why it suddenly became this person.
Moreover, this person was obviously of a higher rank than Guo Kai. The most annoying thing was that he had been nonchalant since he came in. Even if he racked his brains to speak, he didn't seem to care at all. His face looked as if he was saying, "You keep talking, and I'll just watch you act." This feeling of being on pins and needles made him feel very uncomfortable. He couldn't help but wonder if he had left some evidence behind and he had discovered it, or if this was his method to trick him into confessing.
The two ideas kept fighting in his mind. In this not very warm interrogation room, he broke out in sweat and wisps of clearly visible hot smoke rose from his head.
At this moment, Ji Mingcheng sneered and curled his lips, saying, "You are indeed very eloquent. How come you cheated Li Chengbin out of all his part-time job money in the same way?"
Niu Yong directly denied it, "Comrade, I've already said it, I don't know him."
As soon as he finished speaking, a stack of photos was thrown directly onto the table in front of him with a "pop" sound.
"How do you say this?"
Niu Yong's hands were shaking when he saw the photo of the two of them.
Ji Mingcheng clapped his hands. The crisp sound of applause reached his ears clearly, sounding like a mockery of him.
"You don't know each other, yet you still have a photo together? Pretty impressive." He said this lightly, like old friends chatting casually, but then his expression changed in the blink of an eye, and he slammed the table. "Do you think we're too stupid to go to Fengping City to investigate, or do you think you've done it so well that no one will notice you've known each other for a long time?"
"I... I..." Niu Yong was sweating profusely and hurriedly defended himself, "Comrade police, I didn't hide it on purpose. I was afraid that you would suspect that I killed Li Chengbin. I was too scared to tell you that we knew each other. You can't convict me based on this."
"You're quite quick-witted, but it's a pity that you're still too stupid. Stupid enough to think you're a genius." Ji Mingcheng's words were particularly hateful, especially since the other party really thought he was very powerful and kept everyone in the dark for eight years.
His words completely pierced his arrogant heart. He could no longer maintain his pitiful appearance. His whole body was shaking and he really wanted to beat him up.
It's a pity that he never had this opportunity.
As his anger was rising, the two policemen behind him stepped in and stopped him sternly, "Behave yourself—"
His head was pressed hard on the table and he couldn't struggle free. His eyes just happened to see Ji Mingcheng's mocking gaze, so he struggled even more.
"Even if we knew each other, I didn't kill him. Don't even think about accusing me. Don't even think about—"
His eyes bulged, his mouth spitted, he was extremely excited, and at this time Ji Mingcheng was particularly kind to calm him down.
Another photo was thrown over.
"Although I haven't been back very often in recent years, it's my hometown after all. Isn't this environment familiar to me?"
What Niu Yong was currently looking at was the very familiar mountain, the one that people in his town often talked about as the Evil Ghost Mountain when he was a child.
Legend has it that if you bury someone you hate in the mountains, that person will never rest in peace even after death and will be eaten by evil spirits. He has loved listening to these stories since he was a child. However, those people were not cruel enough. No matter how disgusting the dead person was, they would still make a grave for them. But he was different. He would just leave that person's body exposed in the wilderness. Even if he became a ghost and was bullied, he would make him the most miserable one.
But those were all his secrets, why did he suddenly show him the photo of this mountain? Why???
His eyes were bloodshot. He clearly had thought of something, but he still didn't want to believe it. He looked at Ji Mingcheng fiercely, without a trace of remorse in his eyes.
Ji Mingcheng sneered and threw another photo over.
They actually found...
After seeing the corpse in the photo, Niu Yong's mind suddenly exploded. He stared at him sinisterly, "You say it's him? Even if it's him, how can you prove that I killed him?"
"So you're stupid? You didn't take what I just said to heart, did you? Do you really think you're that smart and amazing? No one must have seen you go back eight years ago? Niu Yong, I have the DNA report on the bones and the testimony of the witness who saw you go back to Kailu Town on the day Li Chengbin's body was found. How could you be so stupid? You don't even know how much evidence we have, and you're still acting here. Zizizizi, you don't know how much I wanted to laugh just now."
As he said this, he laughed twice, bringing the mocking atmosphere to the extreme.
“Ahhhhhhh——” Niu Yong twisted his body madly, knocking the table over. He rushed over and shouted, “Kill you, I’m going to kill you——”
However, Ji Mingcheng didn't even move. Before he could rush over here, he was captured in the blink of an eye. At this time, Ji Mingcheng did not let go and continued to mock him.
"You must be really jealous of him, that's why you dug him out and threw him on the mountain. Why? Because he has someone he wants to marry and always looks happy in front of you? Or because he's more popular with the foreman than you are, even though we look the same? Or maybe it's something else. Anyway, you're like a gutter rat, jealous of everything he has, right? Zizi, how pitiful."
When he said this, he looked completely sympathetic, and his words were so powerful that they pierced her heart and lungs, and he kept piercing her back and forth, and would not stop until he broke through. However, Qiu Jiang felt refreshed and happy all over after hearing this. Even her writing hand could not hold the pen because of excitement.
"Bullshit, bullshit, he is a coward, a piece of trash, he shouldn't be alive, I don't envy him at all, you fart, fart——"
His face was red and warm with anger, his eyes were about to pop out of their heads, but even at this moment he did not think he was guilty. His expression was completely out of control, and he screamed at the top of his lungs, "Damn it, all of them deserve to die, he deserves to die, you deserve to die too, I'm going to kill you, kill you, bury you both in the mountains and never be able to reincarnate—"
He launched wave after wave of attacks, but unfortunately, they had zero impact on Ji Mingcheng. He glanced at Qiu Jiang and asked, "Did you remember that?"
Qiu Jiang nodded vigorously, his voice clear and powerful, "I'll remember that."
"Very good." Ji Mingcheng stood up, threw aside the few pieces of paper in his hand that were used to fool him, and winked at Guo Kai next to him.
Guo Kai understood and slammed the table. He said sternly, "Niu Yong, you forged your identity, assaulted someone, killed someone and dumped their body, and violently assaulted others. The evidence is irrefutable. We will submit this case to the procuratorate for investigation. You can't get away with this."
He announced the subsequent treatment of Niu Yong in a serious tone.
At this point, this vicious case of stabbing people in the street, which caused social sensation and panic, was successfully solved in just five days, and another case that had been dormant for eight years was finally solved.
Li Chengbin, who had been dead for eight years, could finally return to his hometown and be with his parents.
After leaving the interrogation room, Qiu Jiang still remembered Niu Yong's crazy state when he was just taken away, but she knew that no matter how crazy he became this time, he would not be able to escape the punishment of the law.
"I hope the process can be completed quickly so that he can be shot." Deng Xingwang did not enter the interrogation room, but that did not prevent him from knowing the result. He immediately felt refreshed and energized.
Qiu Jiang also felt much more relaxed and everything she saw seemed cute.
that is……
"Does Xie Youlian's family not intend to investigate the death of her ex-husband?"
Deng Xingwang sighed. "Li Qin drowned. Even if their remains were exhumed, they couldn't confirm whether he was pushed into the river or fell. His family doesn't want their son to suffer any more. If the truth truly needs to be revealed, we can only hope that Niu Yong finds his conscience and confesses everything he did."
That's probably impossible.
Based on the way he looked in the interrogation room just now, she didn't think he would say it.
"But we should still have hope. Maybe a miracle will really happen." Deng Xingwang said with a smile.
For now, we can only hold on to hope, do our best and leave the rest to fate.
Qiu Jiang breathed a sigh of relief.
Near noon, Qiu Jiang finished sorting out the relevant records, patted his sore back, and went to have lunch with his colleagues.
The dining areas for the leaders of their bureau and the police officers were not separate. There were just two tables that were reserved for the leaders by default. Others would deliberately avoid these two tables when eating, and even wished to stay far away from them.
Qiu Jiang was one of them, but plans obviously could not keep up with changes. So many people in the group got their meals and sat down together, and she was not the first one to come down. By the time she finished her meal, almost all the seats far away were occupied, with only a few empty seats at the tables next to the leaders.
She was holding her lunch box and was a little hesitant about whether to sit down or not. Before she could brainstorm a solution, someone patted her on the shoulder from behind.
"Why don't you sit down? What are you waiting for?"
Ji Mingcheng's voice.
Qiu Jiang's body was stiff, but not because he was her leader, but because the place he was photographing was the place where she had been injured for the past five days. What's more, she had just recovered from a dislocation the day before. The pain made Qiu Jiang cry.
Seeing that she didn't look back, Ji Mingcheng took two steps forward. When he saw her face, his brows furrowed fiercely. "Why are you crying? Were you bullied?"
Qiu Jiang's tears were streaming down her face, but she couldn't speak.
There's no other reason, it's just because I feel hurt.
"What's going on?"
Ji Mingcheng was most afraid of women crying, so his face was filled with fear, completely different from the image of the playful and sarcastic judge in the interrogation room.
"Nothing... nothing, the wind blew in my eyes." Qiu Jiang wiped her eyes twice, not caring whether she was sitting at the table next to her leader. She lowered her head and ate silently, leaving Ji Mingcheng, who was doubting his life, motionless for a long time.
"Mingcheng, why are you still standing there?" When their director saw him calling out in a loud voice, Ji Mingcheng put away his suspicious look and sat down.
Soon, the seat next to Qiu Jiang was taken. Deng Xingwang glanced at the leader's table next to him, looking annoyed. He asked her in a low voice, "Jiang Jiang, why did you choose to sit here? Seeing so many leaders sitting next to me makes me feel a little nervous."
Who isn't?
Qiu Jiang raised her head, revealing her red eyes, and said in a voice that was slightly sad and painful, "There are no seats left. Let's come out earlier next time."
Deng Xingwang was stunned, his only concern at the moment being, "What's wrong with you? Are you crying?"
Ji Mingcheng, who was greeting the director, paused for an inexplicable moment.
"I didn't cry." Qiu Jiang pursed her lips and retorted in a low voice.
Unfortunately, it's not very convincing.
"Is it because of this morning's case?" Deng Xingwang was clearly unconvinced and quickly tried to persuade her, "That's not okay. While compassion is a good thing, in our line of work, being too compassionate isn't okay."
Even though he had only been a criminal police officer for a year, compared to her, he was at least an old man. Even though he sometimes found it difficult to control his emotions, he remembered the words Captain Chen usually used to scold them.
"If you, a criminal police officer, can't control your emotions, immediately jump into the ice water to wake up, otherwise your brain will be drowned."
Of course, he felt a little aggrieved at that time, but after seeing more people, he was able to be as calm as possible. Even if he couldn't be calm, he had to try his best to comfort himself and never get stuck in a dead end.
He kept talking to her about his experience in controlling his emotions, without caring whether it was useful or not.
Qiu Jiang's face was expressionless after hearing this. After several unsuccessful attempts to interrupt him, she said incoherently, "Xingwang, you're overthinking it. I just have a pain in my shoulder."
Deng Xingwang finally snapped out of his shell. Without any time to feel embarrassed, he quickly asked her, "What's wrong? Are you injured yet?"
Qiu Jiang nodded and looked at his shoulder depressedly.
Today she didn't dare move her hands too much, so even if it hurt, it was still within the tolerable range. But she just realized that her estimate was too good, and the pain in her shoulder would definitely not be relieved in a week or two.
Not to mention that she will start regular shooting training next week. Her basics are already poor, and if this further hinders her training progress, she will have no chance of catching up with other colleagues.
Thinking of this, she became even more worried. The meal was tasteless, and she couldn't even muster up interest in cycling practice at noon. After getting on the bike, she rode so shakily that she couldn't even go in a straight line.
Deng Xingwang was scratching his head as he watched her, and when she was about to fall, he hurried to protect her. Fortunately, she managed to hold on to the ground in time and did not fall, but her face turned pale.
She had fair skin to begin with, so the lack of color was particularly noticeable, which was really scary.
Deng Xingwang asked carefully, "Jiang Jiang, are you seriously injured? Why don't we practice another day? Lock the car at work for now."
Qiu Jiang responded listlessly and weakly.
"Qiu Jiang—" The rough voice was particularly familiar. Chen Da saw her as he came out of the office building. Seeing that they were about to leave, he quickly called out to her. Then he walked over here, shouting as he walked, "Look at you, are you okay? You came to work without knowing you're better? Aren't you really afraid that your shoulder will become injured if you don't recover well?"
"Captain Chen, why are you here?" Deng Xingwang called out excitedly.
"Call me brother." Chen Da took the time to reply, pointing at Qiu Jiang and saying, "If I hadn't come, your good sister would have to work all day long."
He kept talking about Qiu Jiang. Deng Xingwang was no fool, so he naturally noticed something was wrong. He scratched his head and asked, "Brother Chen, how did you know Jiang Jiang's shoulder was injured?"
"How could I not know about the injury you suffered in front of me?" he said unhappily.
Qiu Jiang blinked and reassured, "Brother Chen, I'm really fine. Don't worry about me."
"Who are you trying to fool, the way you ride your bike so crookedly?"
Qiu Jiang looked at her aggrievedly, so Chen Da couldn't bear to scold her. Instead, he exposed her directly, "I just heard Guo Kai say yesterday that you injured your shoulder when you first arrived in Chenlin City, and now your arm is dislocated. Even if I didn't see it, I can tell that your shoulder is badly swollen now."
He actually guessed it right. Qiu Jiang smiled awkwardly and subconsciously touched the shoulder.
Before she went out to practice driving, she took a special look at her shoulder. It was obviously more swollen than in the morning. As long as her skin rubbed against her clothes a little, her shoulder would feel burning. She regretted that she was in a hurry to come in the morning and did not have time to use the ointment that Captain Chen or Captain Zheng of Chen Linshi had given her. Now she didn't know when it would get better.
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Chen Lin couldn't say anything more and handed her the bag in his hand. "Here, this is the plaster I often used when I was injured before. It's very effective in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Find a place where no one is around and put it on. When you're done, I'll take you to see Captain Ji."
"Looking for Captain Ji?" Qiu Jiang was dumbfounded.
"Why, you love your job so much? You still have to go to work even when you are injured?" Chen Da said with a glare.
Qiu Jiang: "..."
Well, although she likes this job very much, who doesn't like to have a vacation? Especially since Niu Yong's case is also in the process. If she can take a vacation, she can go see Xie Youlian and tell her the good news.
There is just one thing, "Well, why don't I go find Captain Ji myself." Qiu Jiang said in a low voice.
"What? Excuse me?"
"Wait, wait, what do you mean by dislocated?" Deng Xingwang was completely bewildered. He asked her anxiously, "Jiang Jiang, is your shoulder dislocated?"
"When did it happen?"
"Yes, when did it happen? How come I don't know?" Deng Xingwang heard a voice asking, and he asked too. It was not until he finished speaking that he felt that the voice he just heard was a little familiar. He turned his head and saw Ji Mingcheng standing at the back door. Even though the distance was a bit far, he could still feel the condensation of their Captain Ji.
Deng Xingwang stood up straight in an instant and fell silent.
"Team Season."
The three of them saluted and called for help.
Ji Mingcheng walked over casually, his captivating eyes fixed on her right shoulder, making Qiu Jiang instantly nervous.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
She pursed her lips and was about to speak when Chen Da directly explained everything. He concluded with, "This girl is all my fault. If I hadn't asked her to work overtime, she wouldn't have had to throw the suspect over the shoulder and her arm wouldn't have been dislocated."
"Over-the-shoulder throw?" Ji Mingcheng glanced at her thin body and frowned.
Deng Xingwang, who had just tried to remain silent, couldn't contain himself anymore and screamed, "Over the shoulder throw? Jiang Jiang?"
Is it really necessary to be so shocked? Qiu Jiang always felt that his fighting ability was underestimated. He was really depressed. "I'm not that bad, am I?"
But all her grievances turned into a pool of adorable tears when she was helped to disinfect and apply medicine in the infirmary.
“It hurts, it hurts…”
The piles of cries of pain were so heartbreaking, and I really admired the doctor in the infirmary.
"You can come to work like nothing happened even though you're swollen like this. Are you guys in the criminal police team all made of iron?"
The fact that the doctor didn't know them didn't stop her from really admiring them and being angry with them.
What a delicate girl! It would be okay if she was a little roughed up by them, but this is too rough.
Ji Mingcheng, who looked like a leader, took the complaint very seriously. However, he never refuted it from beginning to end, and even asked the doctor in a low voice what to pay attention to. His notes were taken more neatly and quickly than hers.
He is truly worthy of being a leader, a jack of all trades.
After all, she had caused her leader to be scolded, so Qiu Jiang felt a little embarrassed after coming out. She followed Ji Mingcheng and Chen Da cautiously, while Deng Xingwang stood even further behind her, playing the role of not getting hurt and not being beaten.
Chen Da is worthy of being a good leader before and a good brother now. After coming out of the medical room, he praised her highly, especially for her meticulous mind and detailed investigation, which helped her find the murderer before anyone else. She was also heroic when catching people, and was fearless in the face of danger. She fought back and knocked the man to the ground, which brought a perfect end to their arrest operation.
Qiu Jiang's face turned red when she heard this, and she felt quite embarrassed.
However, she underestimated the speed of Chen Da's thinking. When she heard his next sentence, she realized that everything he had just said was a foreshadowing and was all premeditated.
There is only one purpose.
"Captain Ji, this child hasn't recovered from her work-related injury yet. Can you let her rest for a few days?"
Ji Mingcheng turned around and glanced at her who was still in a daze. His eyes seemed full of inquiry. Qiu Jiang felt uncomfortable being looked at. He then slowly withdrew his gaze and gave her a direct and clear answer.
"It's time to take a good rest for a few days and report in on Thursday."
Qiu Jiang blinked and quickly realized that she had three more days of vacation. She immediately saluted excitedly, and a clear voice rang out.
"Thank you, Team Ji."
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