In the 1960s and 1970s, Hong Kong was very poor. Citizens worked hard, leaving early and returning late, and it was common to see one person working several jobs. Very early breakfasts and very late suppers were born to serve these people, and gradually many restaurants were opened.

The most famous Luk Yu Tea House, Lotus House, and Golden Phoenix Tea Restaurant, as well as the cooked food stalls on the 3rd floor of Kowloon City Market, such as Chen Kee, De Kee, and Ma Zai, all have very rich breakfast feasts.

If one day in the early morning, you see someone going in and out of such a place and feasting, do you think that this is a gourmet who got up early to eat this delicious bite?

Noooo, they may also be CID agents who interrogate all night.

Just because they stayed up all night to squat and catch people, they made a major breakthrough, so all the members gathered and took turns to stay up all night for interrogation.

Those who have just finished their shifts not only need to take a breath and rest, but also need to rush out to find a place to quickly replenish their energy.

They cannot savor the snacks on the table, but it is quite satisfying to finish the meal in a flash.

After Fang Zhenyue had his fill, he took Jiayi to check Datou's recent financial receipts and expenditures. On the morning of the 23rd, Datou deposited 300,000 Hong Kong dollars into the account.

In the early morning of today, Datou withdrew 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, leaving 200,000 in deposits.

It is not possible to verify where this money came from.

The bank retrieved the financial receipts and expenditures of the wealthy Zhou Xinhui and the Xinhui Leather Company, but no large amount of expenditures were found recently. Even if there were inflows and outflows of money, the names were clear and there was no suspicion.

The detectives suspected that Zhou Xinhui might have paid in cash, but if so, it would be difficult to verify at once.

After returning to the police station and sorting out the temporary interrogation records, the 300,000 deposited by Datou was the money recorded in the bank.

But Mawei said that the price of this business was 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, so why did Datou only deposit 300,000? Why did he only take 100,000 out of the 300,000 and give it to Mawei on this day?

After further questioning and calculation, they learned that Mawei had already obtained 400,000 Hong Kong dollars from Datou on the day when the news broke that Zhao Dongsheng had died. Then

the police force reasonably inferred that the 300,000 deposited by Datou into the account was just his income as an intermediary, not the entire commission given by Zhou Xinhui.

In order to thoroughly investigate the situation of the money, the interrogation room continued to investigate the two contact brothers and a younger brother.

Qiu Susan applied for a search warrant, and Fang Zhenyue took Jiayi, Xu Shaowei and two laboratory technicians from the Forensic Department to the big boss's house.

After a thorough search of the big boss's house for two hours, the Forensic Department obtained a lot of evidence such as fingerprints and footprints. Jiayi found 100,000 Hong Kong dollars stuck to the bed board under the big boss's bed, Fang Zhenyue found 200,000 Hong Kong dollars hidden on the top of the window frame, and Xu Shaowei found a bag of marijuana in the hole under the washbasin in the bathroom.

After returning home with a full load, they compared the money and confirmed it with colleagues from the Forensic Department. It can be basically determined that it is the same batch of money.

Fang Zhenyue took the replaced Sanfu and Gary, as well as two other testers, to search Mawei's house.

In the end, they found 250,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was about 400,000 commissions. 150,000 was immediately used to repay loans or spend on food and drink.

They took it back to the police station, and after another round of comparison and testing, it was confirmed that the 250,000 was the same batch of money found in Mawei before.

Jiayi sat at the table and calculated that Datou had spent more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars in the past few days: 300,000 was hidden at home, 300,000 was saved (of which 100,000 was withdrawn and he was caught on the spot), and 400,000 was given to Mawei.

After staring at the number for a long time,

an idea suddenly occurred to her. She looked up and asked Fang Zhenyue: "Brother Yue, is it possible that the wealthy Zhou Xinhui gave Datou 1 million Hong Kong dollars and gave Datou full authority to hire a killer to kill someone. Datou embezzled Datou himself and only gave 400,000 Hong Kong dollars to Mawei. Mawei thought she had caught Datou's weakness and came to blackmail him, asking for an additional 100,000. In this way, if the matter is settled, Mawei will earn 500,000 for the murder, and Datou will only be a subcontractor in the middle and also earn 500,000?"

"It is very likely to be the case." Fang Zhenyue pressed his finger on the notebook where Jiayi was taking notes, retracted his finger, turned to Liu Jiaming and said:

"Go talk to Mawei! Datou took 1 million from the boss and only gave him 400,000. Datou did nothing but pocketed half of the money. See how Mawei feels."

"Yes, sir." Liu Jiaming understood. The next interrogation strategy was to divide them. Once their mentality was messed up, these bastards were not calm people. They would slam the table and curse at the slightest provocation.

Datou was so ruthless that he wanted to hold back 600,000 at first. It was obvious that he did not regard Mawei as a brother, and even treated Mawei as an idiot.

He was so condescending and disrespectful. If Mawei could still calmly think that it was reasonable for Datou to make this money, Mawei would not have taken such a path.

Sure enough, within 15 minutes, Mawei had revealed Datou's true colors. Basically, from the first day Mawei knew Datou, all the bad things Datou had done, even the time when he peed on the clothes hung out to dry by the old lady downstairs after getting drunk.

About 10 days ago, Datou found Mawei and said that he had a job for him, a great thing to rob the rich and help the poor, to make a lot of money, the kind that could support his old age.

400,000, to kill the real estate businessman Zhao Dongsheng.

When the task was assigned, Datou gave Mawei 10,000 Hong Kong dollars as a deposit, and the subsequent money would be paid after the person died.

When the deposit was paid, there was also a detailed introduction of Zhao Dongsheng's information, including Zhao Dongsheng's several home addresses, several "mistresses'" addresses, daily habits, entertainment venues he often visited, etc., which was very professional.

This record was very detailed, and the information about Zhao Dongsheng that Ma Wei confessed was basically consistent with what the detectives had found.

However, when the detectives got this record, they also got a completely unexpected explosive news.

When Liu Jiaming asked Ma Wei about the specific process of the murder and where the body was discarded, Ma Wei spread his hands and said loudly:

"Sir, to be honest, I didn't kill Zhao Dongsheng at all. We got the advance payment of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, and we spent our days in debauchery and living a life of luxury. Who would still think about killing Zhao Dongsheng, that rich man? When we have spent all the money, we might really consider killing someone." "

Don't mess around. Now that the evidence is irrefutable, are you going to change your confession?" Liu Jiaming slammed the table.

"Why would I lie to you, sir? I've told you so many truths, what else is missing? But sir, can I be a tainted witness for the police? I didn't kill anyone, and I can testify for you, so you don't have to arrest me, right?" Ma Wei leaned forward slightly and smiled lightly.

Liu Jiaming frowned and motioned Ma Wei to continue. Ma Wei crossed his legs and said casually:

"On the 23rd, I suddenly saw in the newspaper that Zhao Dongsheng was missing and might have died. It happened that the 10,000 Hong Kong dollars were almost spent, so I suddenly had an idea and went to Datou to ask for money. But I didn't know that Datou was so gullible. The idiot still wanted to deceive me? Haha, I had fooled him a long time ago, and he played this trick on you, Brother Mawei?"

Mawei couldn't help laughing while talking. Liu Jiaming slammed the table to warn him, and then he touched the corner of his mouth awkwardly and continued:

"What I said was very real, and Datou believed it. After all, he didn't expect that someone else would really take Zhao Dongsheng's life. Anyway, Zhao Dongsheng is dead, no matter who killed him, Datou's goal has been achieved, and it's okay for me to take some money to spend.

"Zhao Dongsheng died on the evening of the 22nd, I have time to witness it.

"That's it, sir, you know what happened next."

"..." Liu Jiaming rubbed his fingers, and asked Ma Wei about the specific time, witnesses and other information. He knocked on the table silently and went out.

After meeting Fang Zhenyue and Jiayi's eyes, Liu Jiaming held the record and asked: "Brother Yue, what should we do next?"

Fang Zhenyue held the wall with his hand, and had an idea in his mind, but he didn't speak in a hurry, but turned to ask Jiayi:

"What do you think?"

"Brother Yue, I'm thinking... How did Ma Wei spend all 150,000 Hong Kong dollars in just one or two days." Jiayi blinked and recalled all the details of the case so far.

"So?" Fang Zhenyue raised his eyebrows.

"Is it possible that Ma Wei used the 150,000 Hong Kong dollars to pay off his debts?" Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "For example, he hired someone to be a time witness for him, spent money to make sure that he would not be exposed even if he was caught by the police. Is it even possible that the money was used to buy some boat tickets to help him escape from Hong Kong and avoid the limelight?"

Fang Zhenyue pursed his lips, "You were very quick to discover the money that disappeared out of thin air, but I have some other ideas about where the money went." Jiayi

looked at Yue Ge, and seeing that he was keeping the secret and was not ready to say anything, she pinched her chin and pondered for a while, then turned around and muttered a few words to Liu Jiaming and Uncle Jiu.

A few minutes later, Uncle Jiu and Liu Jiaming returned to the interrogation room.

Jiayi calculated the time and waited for a while. She ran back and forth outside the interrogation room for several laps. She was panting and her face flushed. She winked at Fang Zhenyue and immediately went to knock on the door of the interrogation room where Mawei was being interrogated.

Jiushu pretended to come over and open the door. He had no idea what Jiayi was going to say. He raised his eyebrows and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Jiayi looked at Jiushu's face and almost suspected that Jiushu had really forgotten what she had just said to him. What a movie star!

She couldn't lose to Jiushu. She used her superb acting skills to glance at Mawei defensively, and then quickly looked away.

When Mawei saw her like this, he felt something was wrong. He immediately sat up straight, leaned his head forward, and while Liu Jiaming turned his head to pay attention to the door, he listened with his ear to the side.

He didn't even think about it. There were people inside and outside the interrogation room. The interrogation was going on inside, and the observation and discussion were going on outside. How could he eavesdrop on something that they didn't want him to know?

Jiayi pretended to whisper in Uncle Jiu's ear, but she kept slipping out some key words:

"... we found it, the money for Mawei... was given... we caught him, and we are interrogating him... he has confessed Mawei and applied to be a tainted witness..."

Uncle Jiu nodded and glanced at Mawei from time to time. His expression was progressive. When he first listened to Jiayi's talk, his expression was solemn, showing his anxiety for more clues.

But as Jiayi talked more and more, Uncle Jiu's expression gradually relaxed, and his body language became casual.

In the end, he even took out his own small stick from his pocket, put it in his mouth and chewed it leisurely.

Jiayi finished sending the message she wanted to send to Mawei, nodded to Jiushu, and then pointed at the stick that Jiushu was chewing: "Is it really effective? Will it harbor dirt?"

"No, it's Chinese medicine. In Africa, those black people use this kind of stick as a toothbrush. They chew off the wood bark and use the fibers inside to brush their teeth. Chewing it all the time is good for oral health." Jiushu held the stick in his mouth and asked in a concierge way: "I'll give you one later."

"Thank you, but it's not necessary, Jiushu." Jiayi waved her hand. She is a lady... no, she is a dignified female detective. What does it look like to hold a wooden stick in her mouth?

Jiayi left the room. Jiushu patted Liu Jiaming on the shoulder and said casually, "You can judge it casually."

After saying that, he glanced at Mawei with contempt and turned to walk out.

Mawei saw this situation and immediately suspected that the person who took his money was caught and had to betray him as a tainted witness.

He himself was not careful with his mouth, betrayed the majority of the money, and even applied to the detective to be a tainted witness. He also thought that the whole world was full of traitors like him.

People with poor brains have no logic and wisdom when they are nervous and afraid, and they are even more confused at this moment. He immediately said anxiously:

"Hey, officer, don't go. I... I know who the murderer is. Can I apply to be a tainted witness? I swear I will tell the truth. What others say is all false. They are slandering me!"

Uncle Jiu stood at the door, turned his head and glanced at Ma Wei, and casually said, "What?"

Ma Wei thought Uncle Jiu didn't believe him, and immediately confessed as if he had a machine gun: "In fact, after I agreed to help Datou kill someone, I happened to drink with another brother. After all, that brother is cruel. I heard that he had killed people in his hometown before. I was drunk at the time, so I told him that I didn't dare to kill anyone. If he helped me kill Zhao Dongsheng, I would give him 150,000 Hong Kong dollars. Good brother, let's make money together..."

"And then?" Liu Jiaming's toes twitched nervously, and he had to match Uncle Jiu's calm expression as if he had known this for a long time, and he raised his chin slightly to signal Ma Wei to continue.

Jia Yi was outside the interrogation room, and saw Liu Jiaming's interpretation through the small window, and commented: "Too exaggerated, it would be better if the chin was raised a little less."

Fang Zhenyue had been staring at Ma Wei, but suddenly Jia Yi's words made him laugh, and he couldn't help but pat her on the back of her head.

In the interrogation room, since Ma Wei had started the first sentence, there was no need to hold back.

Besides, he thought he really had no major problems, so he was particularly open-mouthed and jumped into the trap set by Jia Yi without any pressure.

"I thought Afeng was just bragging, but who knew he was such a ruthless person and actually killed Zhao Dongsheng. So the first thing I did when I got the money was to give Afeng 150,000 Hong Kong dollars. People who really dare to kill people should not be provoked casually. Sir, don't look at me like this. In front of people like Afeng, I am a good citizen."

Ma Wei finished speaking, leaned forward on the table, and said excitedly:

"Ah Feng was really vicious. He rushed into Zhao Dongsheng's house, hacked him to death with a machete, calmly cleaned up the scene, took the body away, dismembered it, and threw it into the sea to feed the fish. I felt creepy when I heard it."

"Which Ah Feng is it? The Ah Feng from To Kwa Wan in Hung Hom, or the Ah Feng from the Big Sword Society in Tsim Sha Tsui?" Liu Jiaming asked with a half-smile, leaning his body and crossing his legs.

"Sir, you lied to me, haha. Since I said I would tell the truth, I won't bluff you anymore. People who know me, Ponytail, know that I am the most loyal and honest person." Ponytail leaned back, glared at Liu Jiaming in a reproachful manner, and then spoke:

"The A-Feng who lives in House 19, Quarry Yong Model Village, North Point, the A-Feng with a buzz cut, so tall, so fat, and small eyes."

Ponytail gestured as he spoke, showing the real language ability of an uneducated and poor-vocabulary bastard.

"Okay, do you have anything else to think of? Don't think of one sentence every now and then, or I'll think you're playing with me." Liu Jiaming slapped the table with his palm.

"That's all... Well, if I remember the key points, I'll tell you again, sir." Ma Wei smiled, looked at Uncle Jiu and then at Liu Jiaming, and asked, "When can I go home?"

"Sit down for a while." Liu Jiaming tapped the table with his fingertips and turned to look at Uncle Jiu.

The two exchanged glances and walked out of the interrogation room together.

Jiayi was asking Fang Zhenyue outside the window: "I guessed wrong, the money was outsourced to someone else to do this job, so it was spent. Did you guess it right, brother Yue?"

"Almost, it was just a flash of inspiration, and I happened to guess it right." Fang Zhenyue patted Jiayi on the shoulder, "It's amazing, now you know how to interrogate, just use some tricks, and you can trick Ma Wei into falling into the trap." "

Thank you, brother Yue, hehe, you are not bad, you guessed the whereabouts of Ma Wei's money." Jiayi looked up and praised Brother Yue.

"You are still amazing, catching a large sum of money that suddenly disappeared is a breakthrough point." Fang Zhenyue raised his eyebrows in return.

Jiu Shu and Liu Jiaming, one hugged his chest and the other pinched his waist, stood at the door of the interrogation room and stared at Fang Zhenyue and Yi Jiayi.

Jiayi's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of two people, and she instantly realized that Uncle Jiu and the others had finished the interrogation and came out.

She turned around and smiled, "Uncle Jiu's acting is first-rate." "Jia Ming is not bad either, the posture of crossing his legs at the end was very good."

"Thank you very much." Liu Jia Ming clasped his fists and nodded, that was good enough.

"When I retire, I'll go to TVB to compete for the Best Actor Award." Uncle Jiu took the small wooden stick out of his mouth, stared through the small window at Ma Wei who was sitting inside and looking around, and said to him in a serious tone,

"Boss Zhou spent 1 million to kill Zhao Dongsheng, and subcontracted the work layer by layer. When it came to A Feng, there was only 150,000 left, wow."

"One is more greedy than the other. "After Liu Jiaming sighed, he turned to ask Fang Zhenyue: "Sir Fang, what is it like?" "

The method of murder that Mawei described by Afeng is different from the murder scene we collected on the spot. Zhao Dongsheng was stabbed in the villa, but he was not dead. He jumped out of the car and ran for a while before being caught. So the Afeng that Mawei mentioned may not be the real murderer, but let's catch him first."

"Yeah, I think Afeng is mostly bragging, and he is here to cheat money like Mawei. "Liu Jiaming said, this form of subcontracting is too real.

How many things in this world are done like this, the money is allocated to find people to do the work, and in the end the people who really work hard may only get one in ten thousand.

Fang Zhenyue clapped his hands, "Jiaming, you come with me to catch Afeng. Eleven, you and Uncle Jiu go to see the other people interrogated by Sanfu and others, and compare and organize all the confessions. "

"Yes, sir."