Zheng Ya pressed the former bureau chief about the issues surrounding the suspect's discovery.
The old director said with a wry smile, "Since someone tricked Sha Zhu and Liu Lan and framed them, there are naturally suspects."
The suspect has been essentially identified as Dou Tong, the son of Lao Dou, a gambler!
"Oh, what about Dou Tong?" Zheng Ya was a little surprised. How could Xu Damao have gotten involved with Dou Tong to frame Sha Zhu?
While it's theoretically plausible that Sha Zhu persuaded Liu Lan to divorce Dou Tong, had Xu Damao report Dou Tong, and then conspired with Dou Tong to frame Sha Zhu and Liu Lan, how could Dou Tong be so foolish?
Being so foolish as to anger one's own father to death is extremely unfilial.
He was so foolish as to set up a scheme involving his wife Liu Lan and Sha Zhu's adultery, ruining his reputation.
He even used his own daughter to set up a scheme for Sha Zhu to abduct children, showing no regard for family and being utterly heartless.
Dou Tong is clearly not a human being. Did Dou Tong not think about these issues at all, or was he just too stupid to be used by Xu Damao?
The old director couldn't understand the reason either: "A large wooden stick was found at the scene, and the two children had been drugged."
Sha Zhu and Liu Lan were knocked unconscious by someone hitting them on the head with a club.
However, after our police officers investigated the scene and examined Sha Zhu's injuries, they found that Sha Zhu's injuries were caused by two people beating him.
Therefore, I conclude that someone helped Dou Tong commit this crime, but Dou Tong has already fled and is currently being pursued by the police.
The case requires Sha Zhu and Liu Lan to regain consciousness, and Dou Tong has been apprehended and interrogated before any further progress can be made.
"Alright, you all go ahead with your work. Now that the lady has recognized her daughter, we should head home. Goodbye!" Zheng Ya said, relieved that the middle-aged woman had found her daughter.
The case was a matter for the police station, and Zheng Ya didn't want to get involved.
Even though Zheng Ya knew that Xu Damao was one of the culprits, he couldn't provide any proof, which made him a little angry!
To be honest, even a seasoned bureau chief who has been handling cases for years would be helpless against a criminal like Xu Damao.
Even if Dou Tong confesses that Xu Damao is one of the culprits, but cannot produce more compelling evidence, and Xu Damao vehemently denies it, no one can convict Xu Damao.
If Zheng Ya hadn't used his special ability to sense the space to rescue Bao'er and her four children, Xu Damao would have sold Bao'er.
The result was a human tragedy!
It has to be said that Xu Damao was extremely insidious.
It's as if Zheng Ya single-handedly created the criminal Xu Damao, harbored the murderous intent to destroy Xu Damao, and was eager to return to the courtyard to deal with Xu Damao.
Just as the old director was about to say goodbye, a car horn sounded in the distance.
The Zheng family quickly moved aside, and a jeep drove into the crime scene. Xiao Luo opened the car door, saluted the old director, and reported: "Director, suspect Dou Tong has been apprehended."
In addition, we received a report from Comrade Xu Damao and took the opportunity to raid three gambling dens and arrest 38 gamblers.
Those criminals have been handed over to the police station; we only brought Dou Tong back…”
"No, you've got it wrong. Xu Damao is the real culprit in this whole case..." Dou Tong cried as he was being escorted out of the car by the police.
Even Zheng Ya was shocked. What a clever escape! Xu Damao is quite something.
Directly reporting a gambling den and getting away with the case as a suspect – who else would do that?
Xiao Luo snorted coldly: "You're talking nonsense. Xu Damao took leave this afternoon to go to the hospital for treatment. There are doctors and nurses to testify."
The gambling den was reported because Comrade Xu Damao went to the countryside to show movies and overheard some gamblers bragging. He obtained the information and reported it to our police station, which led to our surprise inspection of the gambling den.
"I never expected that after finding you, a suspect, you would still have the nerve to slander Comrade Xu Damao. You're really something!"
"No, that's not how it is. Xu Damao must have bribed the doctors and nurses to make false certificates for him. I'm telling the truth, sob sob." Dou Tong now knows that his father has died of anger. He is filled with remorse and only wants to bring Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu to justice. Otherwise, he will not be at peace even if he dies.
Unfortunately, no one believed the truth that Dou Tong spoke.
Zheng Ya was so angry he laughed. Xu was an insider, but there was no evidence to prove that Xu Damao was the culprit in the case.
Besides, Xu Damao has already had the doctors and nurses testify for him.
The doctors and nurses will definitely insist on testifying for Xu Damao, otherwise they may lose their jobs and be infamous for eternity.
This complicated situation prevented Zheng Ya from reporting Xu Damao for his crimes. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. That damned Xu Damao was truly insidious and cunning!
The old director naturally imagined what Xiao Luo had said and angrily rebuked Dou Tong: "Enough, you unfilial son, you've angered your own father to death."
You even used your three-month-old daughter as a setup, and your wife's adultery as a pretext—are you even human?
"Waaah, I'm not human, I'm guilty, but the real sinners are Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu. They're the ones who instigated me to do this!"
You have to believe me!
I know I deserve to die, and I accept that I deserve to die, but I can't let the real culprits, Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu, go unpunished.
"Please believe me just this once..." Dou Tong knelt down, kowtowing and begging in remorse, truly repenting.
But his pleas and kowtows drew the scorn of his neighbors: "Dou Tong, you're not human."
I've heard Liu Lan mention this several times before, saying you're talking in your sleep about selling your daughter?
Moreover, when you told Liu Lan that you wanted to sell your daughter, Liu Lan was so frightened that she asked all the neighbors to help supervise and prevent you from selling your daughter.
I never expected you to take my daughter away and harm someone today. You're infuriating your father! You're not even human!
"Yes, Dou Tong is lazy and good-for-nothing. He's good at eating, drinking, gambling, whoring, and smoking, but he never does anything productive. He beats his wife and yells at his daughter all day long. You're a beast!"
"Old Dou was such a good man, it's a pity he raised such an unfilial son, you beast!"
The neighbors only spoke ill of Dou Tong.
No matter how much Dou Tong begged and pleaded, no one believed a single word he uttered.
At this moment, Sha Zhu and Liu Lan woke up one after another and told the whole story, confirming Dou Tong's guilt.
Although Sha Zhu and Liu Lan didn't know who had hit them on the head, they heard Dou Tong yelling at someone before they lost consciousness.
Unfortunately, the two men did not hear the whole of Dou Tong's reprimand, and only confirmed that Dou Tong had beaten them with sticks.
This cleared Xu Damao and Jia Dongxu of the charges brought against them by the other party involved in the case.
Dou Tong became the scapegoat, pitifully crying out and reporting the crime, but no one believed him.
Sha Zhu also felt that Dou Tong's report might be true, but he couldn't go against his conscience and say that he had committed perjury and harmed people.
After all, this case involved a murder, and Sha Zhu knew the gravity of the situation. He couldn't afford to say anything reckless in this setting and ruin his reputation.
Liu Lan was terrified at the time and was subsequently knocked unconscious. She was not the type to commit perjury and harm others.
At this moment, Liu Lan knelt before her father-in-law's body, holding her two daughters, and wept uncontrollably, feeling sorry for the old man.
The old director was furious and lost his temper in public: "Dou Tong, if you have any conscience at all, divorce Liu Lan, then go back to the station for trial and sentencing."
This won't affect your daughter's and Liu Lan's lives, do you understand?
"Waaah, I confess, I'll get a divorce, I'm not human!" Dou Tong gave in and said no more.
To live to this point in life is to be filled with regret...
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