Chapter 263 Sir, Make Meritorious Deeds
On the phone, Shi Tao told Zhou Yi that they went door to door with Tang Xue's photo.
An old lady said that around the evening of March 1st, she saw a girl in school uniform walking out of Building 12. Her posture looked a bit strange, and she kept holding her stomach.
But the old lady said she didn’t see the face and was not sure if it was the girl in the photo, nor did she know where the girl had gone.
But she was sure it was March 1st, because her three children would send her rice on the first day of every month.
Based on this clue, they conducted a large-scale visit outside the community, trying to find out where Tang Xue had gone.
But nothing was found.
Just when Shi Tao and the second team were standing dejectedly at the gate of Donghai Community, the sound of the security guard singing opera came over.
Shi Tao remembered that Zhou Yi had mentioned this old man, saying that he was the mascot of the community, and was only slightly better than a stone lion.
With the idea of trying everything possible, Shi Tao went up to the security guard and asked him.
As a result, the old man looked at Tang Xue's photo and thought for three minutes. When Shi Tao turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly said, "This little girl came to borrow my phone."
Shi Tao thought he had misheard and turned around to ask, "Uncle, what did you just say?"
"Yes, that's right, it's her. There's a mole on the tip of her nose. I remember her."
Shi Tao quickly asked, "Uncle, when did she come to borrow the phone? What time? Who did she call?"
The old man frowned and tried his best to recall, but after a long pause he said, "Which day... I don't remember..."
"What time... I forgot..."
"Who are you calling... I didn't notice..."
Shi Tao was almost driven to death by the old man's "three fatal combos".
I was already overjoyed. After all, the fact that a phone call had been made was more useful evidence than mere eyewitness testimony.
As a result, the old man actually came here.
But the next second, the old man's words made Shi Tao's mood turn around and brighten up.
"But I remember that Ma Lianliang's Ganlu Temple was playing on the radio at the time, and it happened to be the part where the Queen Mother of Wu cursed Sun Quan."
"Are you sure?" Shi Tao didn't understand Peking Opera, but he knew Sun Quan.
When the security guard talked about singing opera, he was so energetic and said with absolute certainty that it would be absolutely right!
Shi Tao asked him which radio station was broadcasting the music, and the security guard picked up the radio and pointed it out to him.
"I called the radio station and asked them to check the program to see what day and time Ma Lianliang's Ganlu Temple would be broadcast," Shi Tao said over the phone. "Zhou Yi, guess what happened?"
"The evening of March 1st?" Zhou Yi asked.
"That's right! It was March 1st, Friday. The radio station had a program called Liyuan Huicui, and this play was broadcast! And in the past two months, this play was only broadcast on this day!" Shi Tao said excitedly.
Zhou Yi hurriedly said, "Captain Shi, go to the telecommunications bureau and check the numbers dialed during that time period!"
"Lao Gu and I will be at the district telecommunications bureau soon. Come here quickly."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali immediately got in the car and headed to the district telecommunications bureau.
This was really beyond Zhou Yi's expectations, especially he didn't expect that in the end it was the most unreliable security guard who provided a crucial clue.
When Shi Tao said this, Zhou Yi was still hesitant, but when he said that he clearly and accurately remembered which play was being played, Zhou Yi knew it was safe!
This is definitely within the security guard's professional field.
When the two arrived at the Municipal Telecommunications Bureau, it was almost time to get off work. Shi Tao and Gu Changhai walked out holding a piece of paper.
"Captain Shi!" Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali went forward to meet him.
"You're here, and we just got it. To be on the safe side, I had the telecommunications bureau print out all the call records for the phone in the Donghai Community guardhouse on March 1st. There were only three calls during the time period that matched the TV program schedule, two of which were incoming." Shi Tao pointed to a number underlined on the paper and said, "Only this one was an outgoing call."
Zhou Yi leaned over to take a look and saw that it was not a landline number, but a mobile phone number format.
"This number...why does it look familiar..." Zhou Yi murmured.
Shi Tao looked at him in disbelief: "Is this true? Zhou Yi, please don't tease me."
After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he took out his cell phone and flipped through it.
Suddenly, his expression changed.
Qiao Jiali said: "This is not..."
…
As the lights came on, in the interrogation room of the Municipal Bureau, the person sitting opposite Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali was not Yao Fenfang, but Tang Xue!
Tang Xue was handcuffed in the cold detention chair, her eyes hidden behind her bangs were full of fear. She tried to struggle, but it was of no avail.
"Tang Xue, we are now beginning our interrogation. I need to tell you that everything you say will be recorded and become evidence in this case. So please answer my questions truthfully."
Qiao Jiali said seriously, "Also, I have to remind you that this is an interrogation room, where criminal suspects are interrogated. Don't think you can get away with just keeping silent. Any refusal to cooperate with the interrogation will ultimately be borne by you. Do you understand?"
Tang Xue was so scared that she started crying and trembling.
This is also the reason why Zhou Yi suggested that Qiao Jiali preside over the interrogation of Tang Xue. It was not because she was a policewoman, but because during the previous interrogation process, her attitude towards Tang Xue had always been relatively gentle.
During the formal interrogation, Qiao Jiali's harsh attitude would make Tang Xue feel a strong psychological gap, making it easier to quickly put psychological pressure on her.
As expected, Tang Xue was frightened and started crying after just two warnings.
Without hesitation, Qiao Jiali slammed the table and scolded, "Stop crying! You are seventeen, not seven. You must bear the consequences of your actions!"
Tang Xue was so frightened that her whole body trembled, but she forced herself to hold back her tears.
"Name!" Qiao Jiali asked loudly.
Zhou Yi held the pen and glanced at Tang Xue. Usually, there is a key point in the interrogation of a suspect, which is when the suspect speaks and responds directly to the interrogation questions.
This represents the suspect's mental state and whether he still has strong resistance.
So sometimes the suspect will ask for a glass of water or a cigarette, which means that the resistance is fading.
Similarly, a series of basic information at the beginning of the interrogation, in addition to ensuring the legality and accuracy of the confession, also uses routine questions to weaken the suspect's resistance in criminal psychology.
"Tang...Tang Xue."
Tang Xue's opening of the mouth foreshadowed a breakthrough in the interrogation.
After asking for basic information, Qiao Jiali got straight to the point.
"Tang Xue, where were you on March 1st?"
"At home..." Tang Xue's voice was weak and soft, but it could be heard clearly in the interrogation room without any interference.
"Who else was with you that day?"
Tang Xue was silent.
Qiao Jiali tapped the table with her knuckles as a reminder, but said nothing.
"With my mother..."
Qiao Jiali pulled out the two time sheets and said, "We've confirmed that on March 1st, your mother, Yao Fenfang, arrived at the plastics factory at 7:56 AM to cover for her colleague, Jiang Guihua, and didn't clock out until after 8:00 AM the next morning. This is Jiang Guihua's time sheet, and this is Yao Fenfang's. Jiang Guihua and other workers at the plastics factory confirmed Yao Fenfang's cover shift."
"So tell me, why were you at home with your mother, Yao Fenfang, on March 1st?"
Tang Xue's breathing suddenly became rapid, her face flushed red, and her fingernails scratched helplessly on the smooth metal plate of the detention chair.
"I... don't remember."
"Then let me ask you again, when were you born?"
"Number 2...Number 28..."
It seems that they are still resisting stubbornly.
"Then why did you go to the guardhouse of your residential complex and borrow the phone at 5:42 PM on March 1st?"
As soon as Qiao Jiali finished speaking, Tang Xue looked up at the two of them in horror. That look was the kind of fear she had never experienced since she was brought to the Municipal Bureau.
Because his biggest secret was discovered.
"Who did you call?"
Before the interrogation began, Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali discussed the direction of the interrogation. Zhou Yi's opinion was not to let Tang Xue recount the entire incident linearly, because Yao Fenfang must have made Tang Xue recite the statements they had designed countless times.
Keeping silent is the worst option, lying is the best option.
So just skip what Yao Fenfang has already said and catch her off guard with the facts.
After all, she is just a little girl, how can she have strong psychological endurance?
"Don't ask me, wuwuwu, I don't know. He clearly told me that it was okay. I don't know why it turned out like this, wuwuwu." Tang Xue's psychological defenses completely collapsed and she cried heartbreakingly.
Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali didn't rush her this time. Instead, they waited until she finished crying. Then Qiao Jiali said earnestly, "Tang Xue, tell me everything you know. Do you really want to make the same mistake over and over again and send your mother to jail?"
In the interrogation room, Tang Xue began to tell everything she had experienced.
…
Early the next morning, a silver-gray car stopped on the roadside outside the Municipal Bureau, and a man and a woman got out of the driver and front passenger seats.
The man was wearing a tweed coat, with a tall and straight figure, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes; the woman was wearing a beige windbreaker, dignified and gentle, with her hair tied up in a high bun, and she looked very elegant.
It's obvious that she comes from a well-off family, and she looks like someone from two completely different worlds compared to the disheveled Yao Fenfang.
After the man got out of the car, his brows furrowed, he slammed the door shut, and then yelled at the back seat, "Get out!"
The back door opened and Huang Chen got out of the car tremblingly.
"Hurry up! You're always dilly-dallying and can't get anything done!" the man scolded. Huang Chen lowered his head and didn't dare to say a word.
"Why are you scolding him? He's your son, and he looks like you." The woman scolded unhappily.
"What do you mean by like me? It's because you spoiled me all the time. You gave me everything I wanted and spoiled me like this!"
The two men cursed and walked into the city bureau with grim expressions, while Zhou Yi stood at the window upstairs, looking at the three people.
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