Zhuge Yong was sentenced, but Bai Song never paid attention to this matter. To be honest, he didn't even know which prison Zhuge Yong was in now. He had to go to the Prison Administration Bureau to check first, because no one really paid attention to him.
Usually the police would stop caring about a case when it reaches the review and prosecution stage. Not many people would pay attention to people like Zhuge Yong, so no one would be very interested in the subsequent outcome.
However, as the manager of Wang Qianyi's gold shop and one of the accomplices in the smuggling case, he must know something.
The process was very smooth. Going to the prison to interrogate a prisoner was not a complicated procedure. If you were questioning as a witness, the branch leader would just sign, and then you would contact the prison administration bureau and tell them and it would be done. Because everyone acted quickly, I got to meet Zhuge Yong as I wished at around three o'clock in the afternoon.
"Officer Bai." Zhuge Yong was quite polite when he saw Bai Song.
This is what happens to anyone who stays in a prison for a long time.
"Call me Director Bai." Wang Liang said with a straight face.
"Director Bai!" Zhuge Yong said, "You have become a leader so quickly! Congratulations."
"Okay, okay. I came to you for just one thing. Think about it first." Bai Song made it clear.
Zhuge Yong is not young. Although he is Wang Qianyi's subordinate, he was Wang Qianyi's predecessor in the beginning. Later, he helped Wang Qianyi make several big deals and successfully got ashore, but he never gave up some of his "business".
He was not as brave as Wang Qianyi, so later he was willing to be Wang Qianyi's subordinate.
Until now, Wang Qianyi has died, but he has not been sentenced for long.
It is hard to say who is more experienced after taking a sip or a bite.
"Zhang Zuo?" Zhuge Yong fell into deep thought.
Zhuge Yong thought for a full half minute, and finally said: "I am not familiar with this person and don't know him well."
After hearing this, Bai Song burst out laughing.
"You are great, Zhuge Yong. I underestimated you." Bai Song said with a smile.
"What?" Zhuge Yong blinked.
"You can fool me by saying anything, even if it's just some random stuff," Bai Song said with a smile, "You thought about it for a long time, and you actually told me that you don't know anything. Aren't you telling me clearly that 'there is a problem between him and me'?
Aren't you telling me directly that you have engaged in illegal wildlife trade with him, or that he is an important buyer of yours?
Well, you are honest.”
When Zhuge Yong heard what Bai Song said, he immediately regretted it.
He knew that Bai Song was telling the truth.
"Why are you arguing with me here? You have already been sentenced. Even if there are one or two more cases of wildlife trading that can be verified, if you confessed it yourself, can you really be charged?" Bai Song said sincerely: "Brother, you have to understand one thing. No matter what, Zhang Zuo will be in here sooner or later, and you will be out sooner or later."
Zhuge Yong looked at Bai Song and began to understand what Bai Song meant.
The scene where Wang Liang called Bai Song "Director Bai" just now was still vivid in his mind. It would indeed take him no time to get out. He knew clearly whether he had offended Bai Song or Zhang Zuo.
After thinking for a long time, Zhuge Yong reorganized his words: "This person buys a lot of wild animals. The bigger the better. He wants lizards, tortoises, pangolins, peacocks, deer and even tigers.
Officer, please don't get me wrong. I have never sold tigers, and I have never seen one. I just heard him say that he would take anything he could get.
He has an MPV and he always drives that car here. He usually gets it from Wang Qianyi. I don’t know what Wang Qianyi sells to him, but he has bought two pangolins from me.
You can go back and look at the money in my bank card. I had it frozen. Later, all the money was considered my illegal gains. Two of the money was transferred one day apart. The amount was exactly the same. That's what he bought from me. " (Note: The market price of wild animals is not indicated here)
"If that's what you said, the source of the money must have been investigated at the beginning. The owner of the card used for the remittance must not be Zhang Zuo, otherwise he would have been found." Bai Song said.
"Yes, his cards are not his own, so we can't catch him." Zhuge Yong said.
"You are so stingy!" Bai Song said contemptuously, "These two sums of money were confiscated from you by the court. You only mention these two sums, but you can't directly identify him. You've said nothing after talking for so long! Are you afraid that if you say something else, your money will be confiscated again?"
"There are others, but... most of them are cash transactions..." Zhuge Yong felt embarrassed by what Bai Song said, but he didn't want to mention direct multiple transactions, so his voice was weak and whispery.
"How about this, don't tell me these things, tell me something useful." Bai Song said: "You know what is useful."
"When Zhang Zuo and I were trading, there were other witnesses, the guys from the gold shop before. You need to interrogate them. I can't guarantee whether they can confess." Zhuge Yong closed his mouth.
…
This is basically all the information we can get from Zhuge Yong.
At least, Zhuge Yong has admitted that he sold two pangolins to Zhang Zuo. Although this cannot lead to a direct conviction, the confession of the accomplice is considered to be relatively credible verbal evidence.
But Bai Song knew one thing, that is, even if several people identified Zhang Zuo, without sufficient physical evidence, it would be impossible to form a qualified chain of evidence based solely on identification.
"So, are we going to take statements from those people?" Liu Shuyuan asked as they walked out of the prison yard.
"There is no rush for now. Zhuge Yong is still in custody. He told us what happened just now. He surrendered himself and made meritorious service. I guess he won't be sentenced to any additional punishment. But if other people confess, they will basically be dealt with. They will probably be detained. They won't speak out so easily." Bai Song said: "There are a few things that need to be done now. The first thing is that we can interrogate Wang Ruoyi in the next few days. I suspect she may have feelings for Zhang Zuo, so we can have a good chat in front of her. Maybe we can get something else.
Secondly, we can check where the wild animals in Zhangzuo were sent.
The third question is where did he get the ether and carbon monoxide?
The second and third are the most important issues.”
"Well, take your time, don't be impatient." Liu Shuyuan also agreed with Bai Song's words.
The three men left the prison and took out their mobile phones from the storage area at the door. Bai Song found several missed calls.
Seeing that the call was from Team Qin, Bai Song called back immediately. After a few words, Bai Song shouted in surprise, "What? The Xingang Branch has summoned Zhang Zuo? What clues did they have that led to him summoning him?"
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