Chapter 90 Chapter 90 Suspicion is simply unjust death
Mao Bo's drug addiction was so severe that he screamed so heartbreakingly that everyone inside and outside the interrogation room who heard it wanted to cover their ears.
"Give me a breath, give me a breath, please."
He was sweating profusely and didn't care even if he was pinned to the ground and prostrated himself. He just wanted someone to give him a breath of air.
Even just one bite will do.
It's really painful.
He screamed and begged.
His strength increased instantly, making it difficult for Deng Xingwang and the others to hold him down. Sweat broke out on everyone. Seeing him like this, Jia Wang looked up anxiously and asked, "Captain Ji, what should we do? Should we give it to him?"
"Give it to him, let him scream——"
Ji Mingcheng rarely swore.
But this also made his meaning completely understood. Jia Wang and the others increased the strength in their hands and their tone became more fierce.
"Behave yourself—"
Mao Bo lost his last bit of hope and burst into tears.
However, more than the grievance, the devastating emptiness and itching all over his body made him so painful that he pounded his body to the ground.
"Fuck—"
Deng Xingwang and his men not only had to subdue him, but also had to prevent him from harming himself, and they were extremely busy.
Qiu Jiang also came in at this time, and frowned when she saw his half-human, half-ghost appearance.
Before, I had only heard that drugs and drugs could cause serious harm to people, but this time I saw it with my own eyes and realized that what they said was true.
But the most important thing right now is that he definitely won't be able to ask anything like this.
The interrogation room was filled with Mao Bo's screams and cries, which refused to disappear. Qiu Jiang watched the pointer on the wall ticking forward, and time passed slowly.
An hour later, Mao Bo fell silent.
Chang Xuemin put his finger under his nose and immediately looked up and said, "Captain Ji, he's fallen asleep."
Ji Mingcheng sat in the interrogation seat, his arms folded across his chest as he watched quietly, his brows furrowed in a frown.
"Wait ten minutes."
"yes."
After Chang Xuemin responded, they released the people together and stood around to start the countdown.
Ten, nine, eight...
They watched the second hand reach twelve, and seeing that the man was still not awake, they worked together to lift him up, but he still did not wake up.
Ji Mingcheng pointed to the paper cup on the table.
Deng Xingwang took it and poured a glass of water on Mao Bo's face. "Wake up, stop pretending."
Mao Bo coughed and finally opened his eyes unavoidably. His face was ashen and he looked lifeless.
He looked like he was used to it, which showed that he had experienced this kind of interrogation more than once.
Ji Mingcheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his calmness was easily broken.
"Do you know why we came to you?"
He kept his eyelids drooping, without reacting at all, until Ji Mingcheng said, "People who die must pay for their lives."
Mao Bo suddenly raised his eyes in panic and looked at him blankly, wanting to know whether what he said was true or false.
Until a stack of photos was thrown in front of him.
Mao Bo was so frightened after just one look that he didn't dare to look again. After seeing her, he said tremblingly, "I didn't use much force. She's usually very strong. I didn't expect she had no strength at all that day. I really didn't mean to kill her."
Even if he was in jail many times, it was only because of drug use, robbery and money. He had never pulled a knife against anyone, let alone killed anyone.
Who would have thought that the usually fierce old lady would suddenly die and become a murderer. He was so scared that his whole body was shaking.
"Do you know why we are looking for you?" Ji Mingcheng's eyes were calm, and his right fingers tapped lightly on the table. The "tapping" sound gave people a strong sense of oppression.
"Is this your first time killing someone? Your fingerprints are everywhere at the scene. Oh, and there's even a dagger covered in your fingerprints."
As soon as he said this, Mao Bo couldn't sit still anymore and had to be held down by someone so that he wouldn't jump up.
"I-I-I really didn't want to kill her..."
Ji Mingcheng slammed the pen in his hand against the table, and the "bang" sound startled everyone.
"But the person is already dead." The fact that Ji Mingcheng said was exactly what Mao Bo could not accept the most.
"I don't know. How could she die?—"
He kept repeating words like "impossible" and "unbelievable".
But the content of the photo that flashed by just now clearly reminded him that the man was dead.
Killed by him.
He became a murderer.
This shocking change of identity completely shattered his psychological defenses and he kept crying.
Seeing that he was very emotional, Ji Mingcheng looked at him quietly, waiting for him to calm down and digest it.
When his voice faded, he continued,
"Think it over. Tell the truth now and cooperate with us to confess and strive for meritorious service. Maybe you can get some leniency. Otherwise, you know what your fate will be."
Ji Mingcheng's words gave him a glimmer of hope, but he didn't understand what he meant.
"Comrade, I, I don't quite understand how I can confess my meritorious service. Can you, can you..."
He asked him tentatively.
Ji Mingcheng raised the corners of his lips slightly, then quickly smoothed them down into a serious arc. "For example, where did your drugs come from? Who is your contact?"
Mao Bo's pupils shrank sharply, he couldn't believe that this matter had been discovered.
Seeing his eyes rolling around, Ji Mingcheng said, "You better think about it carefully. We have all the evidence we can get. Even if you don't tell us, we can still find out the truth. I don't care, but for you, this is an opportunity to make a contribution. Of course, maybe you are not afraid of death..."
He paused here at the right moment.
"No, no, no—" Mao Bo waved his hands frantically.
"Then tell me."
Ji Mingcheng winked at Chang Xuemin, who immediately understood what he meant. He walked forward a few steps and sat next to him, also participating in the interrogation.
Qiu Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, sat down in his seat, and prepared to take notes.
Mao Bo looked very conflicted for a while, but in the end the thought of survival prevailed. He just wanted to tell them everything they wanted to know in order to gain merit and avoid the death penalty.
He would accept it even if he was sentenced to life imprisonment. It was better than being shot to death.
After he made up his mind, he lifted his eyelids and looked at him cautiously, "Leader, where should I start?"
"Drug trafficking."
"I...my sister got me into this business."
When he said this, many people, including Qiu Jiang, were surprised.
"Which sister?" Qiu Jiang asked anxiously, "Is her Zuo Xiaorong?"
She immediately said his sister's name, thinking that they had enough information to make Mao Bo even more afraid to fool around.
"Yes, it's her."
"Go on." Ji Mingcheng said, "How did you get into this industry?"
"I've been in Anxi for almost ten years. Initially, I came here for my sister, thinking she could take care of me. But after I came here, my brother-in-law wouldn't let my sister take care of me, nor would he let me live in their house. I was very angry at the time, but I didn't know anyone in the area, so I just found a class to attend. Later, I became addicted to drugs, and my life has been tough. I've been getting through it all on my own."
"My sister still felt sorry for me, so she would send me some money from time to time and even asked a matchmaker to introduce me to someone. Many of them didn't work out until I met He Meifeng. She was a bit aggressive, but I liked her very much. However, after playing with me for a while, she didn't want to continue with me."
"I can't bear to leave her, but I also think that her mother took her in as a son-in-law and only gave birth to two sisters. I have to give her half of the family fortune in the future. Whether it's for the sake of people or money, I can't let her get rid of me. I know her addiction is worse than mine, so I need more drugs to make me more persistent and make her unable to leave me."
Everyone’s ears are numb from listening, and they are doubting whether they are listening to Chinese?
Qiu Jiang blinked.
I looked around and found that I was not the only one shocked, so I felt relieved and continued listening.
I didn’t expect that what would shatter my worldview was yet to come.
Mao Bo was not embarrassed at all, but Ji Mingcheng frowned so much that he almost pinched a fly to death.
"Get to the point."
Mao Bo was so frightened that he spoke faster. "But I didn't have any money, so I thought about borrowing some from my sister. But I couldn't get in touch with her. My sister told me that my brother-in-law was a little busy lately and might not be with her, so I went to the massage parlor to look for her. The people there said she was at home today, so I immediately went to her house to look for her. But before I even got there, I ran into her in a panic. When I said hello to her, she got startled and dropped a packet of white powder."
At this point, he spoke even faster. "It's not like I haven't used drugs before. I recognized what it was at first glance and snatched it away. I even found a gold bracelet on her hand. Her life wasn't as bad as I saw. She had been hiding it from me all these years because she didn't want me to borrow money."
"I had a big fight with her, and she begged me to keep my voice down. Only then did she tell me everything. She said she had only been doing this business for the past two years, and she knew it was illegal and that if she was caught she would definitely go to jail or even be shot. She didn't dare trust anyone, and my brother-in-law wouldn't let her, so she didn't dare tell me. But I already knew what was going on, and she had no choice but to ask my brother-in-law if she could let me work with her. I didn't believe her at the time, so I asked to go with her. My brother-in-law was very scary at first, and he wanted to kill me, but I wasn't someone I wanted to mess with, so I told him I had customers, and if he just worked with me, I was guaranteed to sell the products. So he gave me a chance."
He spoke so quickly that Qiu Jiang remembered that the pen almost flew up. She felt so bitter that she wanted to stand up and throw it away.
Fortunately, he paused at this moment, and she quickly moved her wrist, and then she continued to listen to what he said and continued to take notes.
"Because I've been in jail many times for drug use, I know a lot of drug addicts. Even after we were released, none of us could kick our drug addiction. Naturally, this white powder was easy to sell. Through them, I found some people to sell it to, and I made some money. Later, my sister and brother-in-law recommended me to a man named Hao Ge, saying that he was their supervisor. I had already passed their test, and Hao Ge admired me and was willing to take me with them. After that, I followed Hao Ge. I went wherever he told me to pick up the goods, and I did whatever he asked me to do. I was busy all the way until the Chinese New Year."
He felt a little aggrieved when he said this. "In order to please that old lady, I not only worked with Brother Hao, but also had to help her run the store. I was so tired that I was dizzy. In the end, she still looked down on me and thought I was clumsy."
"So you killed her in a rage?" Chang Xuemin suddenly asked.
"No, no, no." Mao Bo quickly denied.
"How could I dare to kill anyone? I really didn't want to kill her. They were going back to their hometown at that time, and I wanted them to take me with them, but the old lady wouldn't let me. The old man did speak up for me, but he was just a son-in-law, and he never dared to say anything harsh to the old lady in his life. The old lady didn't listen to him at all, and she even scolded him, so she didn't dare to speak up for me anymore."
"Meifeng did speak up for me, but then the mother and daughter started arguing. Her mother slapped her again, and she ran out crying. I chased her outside, and she started scolding me and hitting me. I didn't dare fight back and let her hit me for a while. Then she got tired and started scolding her mother, saying that her mother had always favored her sister and didn't like her, so she didn't like me either."
"I just found out that the relationship between them wasn't very good, so I didn't dare mention going back to my hometown with them. During the Chinese New Year, traffic was strictly checked everywhere, so I couldn't sell drugs. I spent all my money on drugs, and I had no money left. I was so hungry that I couldn't bear it. Thinking that the whole family was away, I saw the old lady's store key somewhere before, so I wanted to go to the store to get some food, and who knew I would run into her."
"She pointed at my nose and started cursing at me. She even said she was going to tell Meifeng, who would definitely break up with me after she found out. I didn't want to, so I knelt down and begged her. But her words became increasingly venomous. I was so angry that I picked up a knife from the corner to scare her, but I ended up cutting her."
Mao Bo repeatedly and anxiously emphasized, "She was usually very strong. She was in better health than me and even knew the hospital's phone number. I thought she wouldn't die, but I was afraid, so I stayed home. I really didn't expect her to die like this. Woo woo woo... I really didn't expect it."
He wiped his tears with his hands, he really regretted it.
If he hadn't committed murder, he wouldn't have had to betray his sister and the others.
But if he doesn't betray his sister, he will die.
He was in great pain at the moment and just wanted it all to end quickly. He would rather go to jail.
No one expected things to turn out this way.
But he has confessed, and the old lady's murder case has come to a temporary end. The most important thing now is the drug trafficking case.
"Who is Brother Hao?" Ji Mingcheng asked.
Mao Bo shook his head. "I don't know. Only my sister and her friends have seen him. I've never seen him once."
Chang Xuemin also began to ask, "How many times have you transported it? Where were the locations? How did you connect?"
Mao Bo told everything he could remember. It happened many times in very scattered locations, and the code for meeting was different every time. It was obvious that the person behind the scenes was extremely cautious and basically avoided all possible risks of exposure.
It must be safe for them, but it's really screwed for the police.
In the end, the only clue now turned out to be Zuo Xiaorong and his wife.
We have to find Zuo Xiaorong.
Oh no, it’s over.
Ji Mingcheng and Qiu Jiang stood up almost at the same time.
Qiu Jiang immediately said to him anxiously, "Captain Ji, will the landlord call Zuo Xiaorong? If she finds out, she will definitely not come back."
Ji Mingcheng had obviously thought of this as well. He immediately opened her notebook, found the landlord's landline number and called him.
The call was connected quickly, but it was too late.
The landlord had obviously called.
Seeing his expression, Qiu Jiang immediately felt guilty, thinking that it was because she had not considered this point that she alerted the enemy.
However, it seemed not as she had guessed. She just heard their team leader telling the other party how to speak and then hung up the phone.
"Walk--"
He said something quickly and rushed out of the house.
Qiu Jiang and the others followed immediately, and soon only Mao Bo and his two colleagues were left in the interrogation room.
On the road, several cars without any police car markings were speeding towards the urban village on Yanqing Street.
In the car, without them having to ask, Ji Mingcheng had already told them the current situation, "The landlord has already called over there, but he called Zuo Xiaorong's pager and asked her to call back. I guess Zuo Xiaorong will find the phone soon and call back."
After he finished speaking, he began to give orders, "Qiu Jiang, call the Yanqing Street police station right now and have them go to the landlord's place in plain clothes and keep an eye on him."
"yes."
At the back of Qiu Jiang's notebook was the contact information for all the police stations in Anxi City. As soon as she found the number, she immediately dialed it and informed the other party of the specific situation.
There is no way to start other things for the time being, so I can only put it off until later.
They were driving very fast and attracted the attention of many traffic police as they passed through many sections of the road.
Ji Mingcheng took out his cell phone, found a number, dialed it, and threw it to Qiu Jiang.
As soon as she saw the number, she knew who he was calling, and she quickly called out after the call was connected.
"Director Chang, I'm Qiu Jiang from Team Five. We've made a major discovery... Yes, we need the traffic police to not follow us to avoid attracting unnecessary attention."
"Thank you, Director Chang. Captain Ji said he'll thank you in person when he gets back."
After saying that, she hung up the phone.
As soon as she hung up the phone, Ji Mingcheng turned his head to look at her and said, "Since you're so eager to thank me, come with me when you get back."
Qiu Jiang smiled and assured him, "Chengcheng, it's okay."
Deng Xingwang burst out laughing, but then felt that laughing was inappropriate in such a tense situation, so he held his mouth and retracted it.
But I feel so suffocated.
Fortunately, the location of the urban village in Yanqing Street is not very remote, and they are fast enough, so they arrived at the urban village in about twenty minutes.
After everyone got off the bus, Qiu Jiang stopped Ji Mingcheng and said seriously, "Captain Ji, I want to go see the lady boss."
Ji Mingcheng only took one look at her and agreed, "Xingwang, let's go together."
Deng Xingwang, who had just been chasing him, quickly responded, "Yes."
Then they watched them disappear into the alley, and Qiu Jiang led Deng Xingwang to the small restaurant.
The proprietress was complaining about her bad luck in the store at the moment, when she saw her lift the curtain and walk in. She was so scared.
"My good comrade, I have already shown you the way, what else do you want to do? If he is not there, I don't know where he is, and it is useless for you to look for me."
Because this urban village has at least three intersections leading to other places, they did not pass by her door when they left, and she did not see Mao Bo being taken away by them. At this time, she only felt extremely unlucky and haunted by nightmares.
"I only have two questions for you. Can you contact Zuo Xiaorong? Did you contact her just now?"
Li Lezhen slapped her thigh and complained bitterly, "I do have one... No, I really don't. She only has one pager number, and it's her boyfriend's. Her boyfriend doesn't like her brother. If I call her, it will only cause a quarrel between the couple."
She made repeated assurances and even asked her mother-in-law to prove her case.
"I've been in the store since I came back. My mother-in-law is here too. You can ask her."
Her grandmother also quickly said, "Le Zhen has been in the store since she came back. Later, a table of customers came and she went to cook. After the customers left, we kept chatting. I really didn't contact anyone else."
Qiu Jiang put down the snack a little, but still didn't dare to completely trust him, so she sat down in the store with Deng Xingwang.
"By the way, we haven't eaten the dishes we ordered this morning yet, right?" Qiu Jiang asked.
"No, but it's cold, and you haven't paid yet." Li Lezhen was a little unhappy.
When she saw Qiu Jiang taking out the money, her eyes could not help but follow it, and she subconsciously asked, "What is this..."
"Can you please heat it up for us?"
Li Lezhen's face lit up instantly. She took the khaki twenty-yuan note and said in a much gentler voice, "I'll heat it up for you right away."
"Oh, another bowl of rice."
"Okay, no problem."
She happily went to the kitchen, and soon the sound of a gas stove was heard. After a while, the dishes were heated up, and a bowl of steaming rice was served.
One dish of stir-fried green beans and one dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Qiu Jiang pushed the bowl of rice in front of Deng Xingwang and said, "Eat it."
"For me?" Deng Xingwang pointed at himself and asked.
"Yes, aren't you hungry?" Qiu Jiang asked him.
"Hungry, hungry, hungry. I'm going crazy with hunger."
Today, he only had a bowl of rice in the cafeteria at work, and then he was on the road all the time, busy and tossing around, and had no time to eat at all. Only Captain Ji took the time to treat them to a cup of hot drink, otherwise he would have been exhausted.
I could still hold on just now, but after she asked me that, I was so hungry that my whole body was crying out for food.
Qiu Jiang didn't laugh at him, "Eat quickly, we don't have much time."
“Hey.”
He was unwilling to waste even a moment, so he lowered his head and ate the rice and dishes, enjoying it so much.
And don’t tell me, the food is really delicious.
Li Lezhen was also happy when she saw how he ate. "Let me tell you, my cooking skills aren't that great, but I'm definitely pretty good at home cooking."
Qiu Jiang also smiled and praised her, "You can smell it."
Li Lezhen was even happier now. She changed her previous resentment and collected the coins from the drawer to give to her.
It was Deng Xingwang who asked her, "Jiang Jiang, why don't you eat?"
Qiu Jiang put the money away and said, "I had a cup of hot cocoa and I feel so full. I'm not hungry at all."
After she finished speaking, she checked the time on her phone, stood up and said, "Xingwang, you eat first. Don't leave after you finish eating. I'll go see Team Ji first."
The proprietress's face fell when she heard this.
So you still doubt her.
This little girl is too suspicious.
It’s so unfair!!!
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