Chapter 244 Don't Try to Get Close
Tao Cong said that they had defrauded a total of more than 100,000 yuan, but he didn't know the exact number, as it was all recorded by Meng Qingtong.
Part of the money they cheated was squandered by the two of them on a life of luxury.
But most of the money is still in Meng Qingtong's hands. His reason is that if he wants to cheat more people, he has to prevent someone from becoming suspicious and asking for a refund at any time.
So he kept the money temporarily, and they would divide it up when they got enough money.
Tao Cong said that there were too many thieves in his slum and it was not suitable for hiding money, so he agreed without thinking too much.
That night, Tao Cong waited at the train station for Meng Qingtong to come with the money, but he waited the whole night and no one showed up.
His first reaction was not that he had been cheated, but that he suspected that Meng Qingtong had been arrested by the police.
He was so scared that he wanted to run away, but he had no money on him and was reluctant to give up the tens of thousands of dollars that he deserved.
Meng Qingtong did tell him where he rented a house, but he couldn't remember it. When the critical moment came, he couldn't remember it at all.
The next day he ran to the dilapidated building with dark circles under his eyes, but did not dare to go up, fearing that the police were waiting for him inside.
His original intention was to wait for Meng Qingtong to show up, but he ended up waiting for a few people who had been deceived, and he was almost discovered. He was so scared that he ran home and hid in the slum for several days without daring to show up.
Since no police came to arrest him, he slowly came to his senses.
It seemed like he had been cheated by Meng Qingtong. This bastard had probably run away with the money!
He was so angry that he was jumping up and down, but he could only rage helplessly.
Until a while ago, one day he was strolling around his home and saw that the TV in a store was playing Journey to the West, and it happened to be the part where Monkey King descends to the Dragon Palace.
When he heard the words "Dragon King of the East China Sea", he suddenly remembered that the place where Meng Qingtong rented a house also had the word "East China Sea" in its name, Donghai Community!
He was so excited that he jumped up and down. After asking someone, he found out where the Donghai Community was.
But when he arrived at Donghai Community, he was dumbfounded.
There were police everywhere, and a lot of people gathered outside.
He instinctively thought that they were here to arrest Meng Qingtong, so he ran away in fear.
Little did they know that that day was the day when body parts were salvaged from the septic tank.
Because he had no money, he hid at home and started to rely on his parents for support, until Zhou Yi suddenly showed up and arrested him.
Seeing him gritting his teeth when he mentioned Meng Qingtong, Zhou Yi knew that he was not lying this time.
At the same time, Zhou Yi was thinking that the economic investigation department should have also found out about the existence of Tao Cong. After all, all those who were deceived had made statements.
However, it is difficult to identify Tao Cong based solely on the information that he is a local person with the surname Tao.
Moreover, Tao Cong has been hiding at home and has not been arrested, which fully proves one thing: Meng Qingtong has not been caught.
Otherwise, he would have to hand Tao Cong over to reduce his own responsibility.
Did this person run away or die?
Are the body parts of another person found in the septic tank related to this person?
It seems that we still need to do an on-site inspection of the house he rented.
Afterwards, Zhou Yi asked Tao Cong about what he had done in Luohe.
Although Tao Cong felt strange that Zhou Yi asked this, he still explained it.
Basically, he went to Luohe to follow a big brother who had some connections and a lot of connections, and specialized in selling stolen goods for others.
In the 1990s, thieves were rampant, especially in downtown areas and stations, where thieves were almost everywhere.
Also, on buses, the morning and evening rush hours are when thieves are most active.
These thieves are very skilled, and many people don't even realize they've been robbed.
In addition to cash, there are some other things that can be converted into cash, especially gold jewelry, mobile phones and pagers.
But thieves are only responsible for stealing, and there are people who are specifically responsible for selling these things into cash.
Because regular stores won’t recycle this kind of stuff, you need some connections.
The big brother that Tao Cong followed was the one who specialized in this.
The reason they were arrested was that a few guys had robbed a gold shop in Luohe and then asked them to sell the stolen goods. As a result, one of them was caught and gave everyone away.
Luohe police followed the clues and busted the entire chain of selling stolen goods.
Tao Cong was also among them, but he was just a minor character and was only sentenced to one year.
His elder brother was sentenced to five years and is still in prison.
As for the robbers, he had no idea.
Zhou Yi estimated that he would not lie about this matter, and the Luohe police must have investigated the matter clearly at that time.
But he really didn't know that there was such a black industrial chain in Luohe.
"So you have never been to the house rented by Meng Qingtong?" Zhou Yi asked.
Tao Cong gnashed his teeth in hatred and said, "If I had been there, I would have gone to settle the score with him that very night."
Seeing that the interrogation was almost over, Zhou Yi decided to hand the man over to the economic investigation department. He would be of no use to him anyway.
After having him review the transcript and sign it, Zhou Yi said, "Congratulations, you can eat prison food again. This time, try the prison food from your hometown and see which tastes better, compared to Luo He's."
Tao Cong had a sad face and obviously didn't want to be congratulated.
Qiao Jiali was familiar with the Economic Investigation Department, so she went back to the office and called them to ask them to go back and complete the procedures to take the person away.
Zhou Yi took the man to the detention room and locked him up.
On the way, Tao Cong asked curiously: "Comrade police officer, are you really my junior high school classmate?"
"What do you think?"
"It's hard to say. I don't think I've seen you before. You look unfamiliar. But you know Han Jiajia. Are you really from Class 3? To be honest, I also liked Han Jiajia from your class back then, but I was too embarrassed to say it."
Zhou Yi patted his shoulder and said, "Alright, stop trying to get close to me. Just be a good person from now on. That's more useful than trying to build any connections."
After dealing with Tao Cong, it was almost evening, and the office building was still too deserted on the weekend.
Zhou Yi felt somewhat disappointed, because judging from the signs and observations during the interrogation, Tao Cong did not seem to be capable of robbery and murder.
This also means that the clues of the 614 Savings Bank robbery and murder case so far have been cut off.
"As expected... there's no way to check so far in advance." Zhou Yi scratched his head.
Then I saw a man in the corridor. He was disheveled, but judging from his body shape, it should be Song Yiming.
"Teacher Song." Zhou Yi called out.
Song Yiming seemed not to hear, and walked forward with his head down, muttering to himself, "This shouldn't be the case."
Zhou Yi didn't chase after him. It was obvious that he still hadn't figured out why there were other people's parts in the body.
I guess this is a severe career challenge for Song Yiming.
Zhou Yi was planning to ask Shi Tao how the investigation was going and whether he needed them to go over and help, when he saw Shi Tao walking in with someone.
"Captain Shi, what is this?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly.
The person being escorted by Shi Tao was a young man in his early twenties with very long hair that covered his face. If it weren't for his figure, one would have mistaken him for a woman.
Only when Zhou Yi got closer did he realize that the man had heavy dark circles under his eyes and sunken eye sockets, and looked very sick.
"Drug addict?" Zhou Yi asked.
Shi Tao said, "You have a good eye, kid. He's not just a drug addict. Guess what other good stuff he found in his house?"
Zhou Yi blurted out: "Poppy?"
Shi Tao's mouth twitched. "Tsk, this is boring. How do you know everything? Can't it be drugs?"
"If it really is drugs, then Captain Shi, you would have contacted the drug enforcement department immediately. Why did you bring it back?" Zhou Yi said with a smile.
If someone is found to be in possession of drugs, the drug enforcement department must be notified to investigate.
However, ordinary drug users are usually detained and punished by the police station, unless they are found to be involved in drug trafficking or have other important clues during the investigation and interrogation.
As for daily anti-drug propaganda and illegal poppy cultivation, the police station is usually responsible for these.
"This bastard has six pots of poppies growing in his house. No wonder he doesn't dare to open the door. I might as well bring him back and examine him to see if I can find out anything else."
Shi Tao sighed: "Ah, even a mosquito leg is meat. Recently, your third team has exposed our face."
Zhou Yi smiled. It was obvious that Shi Tao wanted to improve himself.
"Captain Shi, do you need help?"
"No, no. By the way, how's your investigation into Meng Qingtong going?"
"No clue yet."
Zhou Yi's words made Shi Tao feel relieved.
But then Zhou Yi said, "But by the way, we uncovered a fraud case, and Sister Qiao has already contacted the Economic Investigation Department."
"What?" Shi Tao was immediately annoyed. If he had known that he could bring out a fraud case, he would definitely not let go of Meng Qingtong.
Cases jointly organized by different departments make it easier to show up and make your presence felt.
"Hurry up and leave, stop dithering." Shi Tao pushed the drug addict and walked towards the interrogation room. "You'd better tell me something useful today."
Zhou Yi smiled and thought that this was the good thing about Captain Shi: he was simple-minded and his thoughts were written all over his face.
More than half an hour later, Shi Tao walked into the office of the Third Brigade. Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali were comparing the tenant information compiled by Gu Changhai.
Zhou Yi looked up and knew that Shi Tao must have gained nothing, after all, it was written on his face.
"I've notified the Qishan Road Police Station. They'll keep him in the detention room for one night and let them deal with him tomorrow." Shi Tao sat down and said dejectedly, "Guess why he's growing poppies."
Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali shook their heads.
Shi Tao suddenly became excited and said to Zhou Yi, "Hey, you can't guess sometimes, right? I'm telling you, this kid used counterfeit money to buy goods before, but people found out. Now they won't sell to him, so he had no choice but to think of growing it himself. Hey, he's really a genius!"
Zhou Yi also laughed, "What's going on? Is he planning to become a drug lord himself?"
"Come on, he's a drug lord. I've interrogated him, and he doesn't know anything. He doesn't even know how to extract morphine. I think he'll just end up chewing nuts."
At this time, the people from the second team came back, each of them looking tired and with a dry mouth.
I asked hundreds of households in one day, and everyone's throat was about to spit fire.
"Captain Shi, we counted and checked a total of 346 households. Of the remaining 150 households, no one was at home. We're not sure whether they moved away or were just not at home. We wrote them down." A policeman said in a hoarse voice.
Zhou Yi was shocked to find that nearly one-third of the residents were empty.
"Thank you for your hard work. Drink some water to moisten your throat, then sit down and rest for a while. I'll ask the canteen to cook a few dishes for our Third Brigade." Qiao Jiali poured water for everyone.
"Captain Shi, there are a few suspicious ones here. We sorted them out on the way back and circled them all." The man put a notebook on the table and pointed. "Besides the ones this morning, there are a few more suspicious ones this afternoon."
"Especially this one..."
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