Chapter 441: Debt (22 days of 10,000 yuan a day)
"Fan Tianyou is most likely Chen Gengyun's illegitimate son." Zhou Yi said, pointing to a photo of Chen Gengyun when he was young on the whiteboard.
"The two blank years on Chen Gengyun's resume, namely 1963 and 1964, should be the two years he spent as an educated youth in the countryside."
"At that time, he was not called Chen Gengyun, but Chen Yimin."
"This Changfeng Forest Farm is probably Fan Tianyou's hometown, Changfengling. As far as I know, before 1968, the educated youth who went to the countryside mainly went to remote farms to open up wasteland. After 1968, the practice of settling in the countryside gradually increased."
"These farms were basically pioneering land, built from scratch, in extremely difficult conditions. They were either located in the Gobi Desert or on the prairie, or nestled in the mountains and forests like the one in the background. Later, some places retained the name of farms, while others changed it."
Zhou Yi's words surprised everyone. How could this guy know so much at such a young age?
"So Fan Tianyou might be the illegitimate son that Chen Gengyun left behind when he was sent to the countryside at Changfeng Forest Farm."
Xie Guoqiang turned around and asked Liang Wei, "Captain Liang, have the colleagues sent by the provincial department to Fan Tianyou's hometown arrived?"
Liang Wei checked his watch and said, "We should be almost in the city now. However, Changfengling is quite far from the city center, and transportation is very inconvenient. I heard there isn't even a decent road, so it will probably take a few more hours to get there."
"Okay, when we get there, in addition to checking Fan Tianyou's situation, we'll also check the information Zhou Yi and the others found about Chen Yimin."
"Okay, I'll call after the meeting."
Xie Guoqiang turned his head and looked at the people in the room, then locked eyes with Director Wang: "Old Wang."
"Hey, thanks, Director."
"Which department generally preserves the archives of the educated youth from the 1960s?"
Director Wang replied, "This is more complicated and will be broken down into more detail. For example, the original dispatching units, such as schools and street offices, and the original receiving unit, such as Changfeng Forest Farm, will all keep different information. However, ours should be kept in a unified manner in the municipal archives, such as resettlement lists, household registration transfer records, etc."
Xie Guoqiang nodded. "Then you should contact the archives and quickly find the information about Chen Gengyun as an educated youth. By aligning it with the information from Changfengling, we can confirm whether the place where Chen Gengyun went to the countryside is the place where Fan Tianyou was born."
"OK."
"Wu Yongcheng." Xie Guoqiang turned his head and shouted.
"Here, Director Xie, I'm here." Wu Yongcheng raised his hand from the window behind him.
"Why are you hiding there?"
Wu Yongcheng put out his cigarette and said embarrassedly, "I'm craving a cigarette. I'm afraid I'll smoke it and make everyone else feel uncomfortable."
"Is there a flaw in Chen Gengyun's alibi on the 28th?"
"Replying to Director Xie, we've confirmed it, and there's no problem. His three friends are all ordinary people with no criminal records. Their statements echo each other perfectly."
Xie Guoqiang touched his chin and said, "That's strange. If it's a conspiracy, the logic doesn't make sense."
"Come on, tell us what we found. Captain Liang should have explained the direction of his investigation to you, right?"
Everyone nodded.
Qiu Zhiyong stood up and said, "Why don't I go first?"
He was mainly responsible for searching Fan Tianyou's office and apartment, the Chen family's old house and the Crown car owned by the School of Social Sciences.
After Chen Gengyun admitted to perjury, searches of his office and dormitory were conducted.
Qiu Zhiyong said that they found a large number of photos of Lu Xiaoshuang in Fan Tianyou's apartment, and judging from the angles, they were probably taken secretly.
Not only were the photos found, but also two expensive imported cameras and a large number of negatives.
Only Fan Tianyou's fingerprints were extracted from the camera, indicating that these photos were taken by him.
On the back of some of the photos, there are hymns written in French.
A number of French books were found in Fan Tianyou's apartment, including some excerpts. After comparing them with the text on the back of the photos, it was confirmed that they were written by Fan Tianyou himself.
In addition, the photo fragments found in Xiao Bing's home were confirmed to be exactly the same as those in Fan Tianyou's home after material comparison and handwriting identification.
This finding demonstrates two things.
First, Xiao Bing might have really picked up Lu Xiaoshuang's photo by accident. Combined with Dong Lu's previous words, Zhou Yi's previous speculations were basically correct.
Everyone could only sigh helplessly at this result. If Xiao Bing had not suffered repeated heavy blows in his life, such a tragedy could have been avoided.
But from the perspective of everyone except Zhou Yi, if Xiao Bing had not escaped, he would not have met Fan Tianyou, would not have died, would not have left any hard evidence, and Fan Tianyou would not have been exposed so quickly.
To some extent, Xiao Bing was the one who actually solved the case.
Second, Fan Tianyou has an extremely obsessive crush on Lu Xiaoshuang, and Chen Yan translated the hymns behind those photos, which are basically words of praise and eulogy.
The task force consulted the head of the French Department of Hongda University. After reading these hymns, the head said that they were all French poems and works that described pure girls or chaste saints.
This is very consistent with the performance of Fan Tianyou and Zhou Yi during the confrontation.
Therefore, Fan Tianyou's motive for committing a crime against Lu Xiaoshuang was relatively clear. It was because he believed that Zhou Yi and Lu Xiaoshuang had a relationship, so he turned love into hate.
From extreme love to extreme hate.
But this alone is not enough to understand the logic behind the crimes committed by the two victims, Xu Liu and Lu Xiaoshuang.
Because nothing related to Xu Liu was found in Fan Tianyou's apartment and office, except for normal test papers and homework.
Including the collection of footprints and fingerprints in Fan Tianyou's apartment, no second person was found except Fan Tianyou.
So it is certain that Fan Tianyou’s secret crush is only Lu Xiaoshuang, not Xu Liu.
He did not find any unusual connection between him and Xu Liu outside of class.
Then, Qiu Zhiyong found some unusual things in Fan Tianyou's office.
Nothing unusual was found in Fan Tianyou's office, but a shirt with blood on the sleeve and some blood-stained gauze were found in the trash can.
He probably didn't have time to deal with it after meeting Zhou Yi.
But this is not the point. The point is that a bottle of antibiotics was found in the drawer of Fan Tianyou's office.
However, after testing the tablets in the bottle, it was discovered that the antibiotic bottles were actually filled with vitamin B tablets.
Qiu Zhiyong's conclusion left everyone present puzzled and doubtful.
Xie Guoqiang remained silent. Liang Wei then asked, "Are there any other people's fingerprints on the medicine bottles or pills?"
Qiu Zhiyong shook his head: "There is only Fan Tianyou's fingerprint."
"Did you take the wrong medicine? Or did someone deliberately switch it?" Everyone had this question.
Wu Yongcheng said: "When Zhou Yi and I were forcibly restraining Fan Tianyou, the medicine he bought at the small pharmacy fell out of his trouser pocket. I remember it was a box of amoxicillin and a tube of ointment for burns."
Xie Guoqiang nodded. "He went to buy medicine, which means he realized that the medicine he took before was ineffective. This means that the bottle of antibiotics in the office was not purchased. Medicines are strictly regulated. There is no way vitamins could have ended up in the bottle of antibiotics."
"That means the bottle of antibiotics in front was given to him by someone else!" Wu Yongcheng concluded.
Everyone in the room gasped.
If it was given to him by someone else, who else could it be but Chen Gengyun?
It is impossible to go to the hospital to treat the injury on Fan Tianyou's arm. Not only is the small clinic not capable of doing so, but it will also be remembered because of the special circumstances of the case.
That's why they use boiling water to burn the wound directly and destroy the wound's characteristics.
Not to mention the pain of doing this, the subsequent recovery is also a problem. At least you have to take antibiotics to prevent infection.
But the result was that Fan Tianyou still got a serious infection, and the vitamins he took before buying his own medicine were obviously disguised as antibiotics.
Just now, I was still suspecting that Fan Tianyou was Chen Gengyun's illegitimate son. After all, only this relationship could establish the logic of conspiracy to commit a crime.
Later, he discovered that Chen Gengyun might want to take the opportunity to kill Fan Tianyou.
So if Zhou Yi hadn't targeted Fan Tianyou and hadn't planned to lure him back for investigation.
It was very likely that Fan Tianyou couldn't bear it that day and asked for leave to go back.
Because the task force is only stationed in Hongda for investigation, it cannot restrict the daily behavior of all teachers and students.
Fan Tianyou, who did not arouse the suspicion of the task force, may have died in his own apartment due to severe infection.
Wait until the school finds out that the person is dead, and then call the police. By then, there will be no evidence.
The best outcome would be to convict Chen Gengyun of perjury.
This old fellow who looks like a human being is really cruel. In order to sacrifice his pawns to protect his king, he even killed his own son.
Xie Guoqiang said in a deep voice: "Continue."
Qiu Zhiyong nodded, and then talked about the investigation of Chen Gengyun's office, dormitory, Chen family's old house, and the Crown car.
Everything was normal in Chen Gengyun's office and nothing unusual was found. A lot of fingerprints were extracted, mainly Chen Gengyun's, followed by Liu Baoguo's. No fingerprints of Fan Tianyou and Xu Liu were found.
There was nothing unusual in Chen Gengyun's dormitory. Judging from the layout of the dormitory, his life should be relatively simple, and no large amount of cash or other valuables were found.
It seems that this is a good and honest dean.
The Chen family's old house is located on an old street at the junction of Nanming District and Qingshan District. It is a single-family blue brick bungalow and is obviously very old.
Theoretically, it meets the conditions for murder and dismemberment.
But after investigation, it was found that this was not the first crime scene, but some discoveries were made.
Not to mention the murder, dismemberment and cooking of the corpses in the Chen family's old house, there was not even any obvious signs of cleaning. Dust and cobwebs were everywhere.
This is completely inconsistent with the requirements of murder and dismemberment, because after the crime is committed, repeated flushing and cleaning are necessary to clean up the bloodstains.
Moreover, since the Chen family's old house has been uninhabited for many years, the water and electricity have been cut off, and there is no gas pipeline in the local neighborhood.
If you want to cook a corpse in this place, you have to buy a gas tank and a gas stove, which will easily attract attention.
However, some things were discovered during the on-site investigation.
Because the house has been uninhabited for many years and is covered with a thick layer of dust, the traces left behind are particularly obvious.
As soon as Qiu Zhiyong opened the door, he found a row of new footprints. He immediately measured the footprints and collected evidence. After comparison, he found that they were Chen Gengyun's footprints.
In other words, Chen Gengyun recently returned to his old house.
Then based on the trajectory of the footprints, it was found that the footprints mainly stayed in two places: the kitchen and the room.
After a detailed inspection of the two places, the technical department confirmed that a kitchen knife was missing. It was on a shelf made of wooden strips next to the cupboard, with an empty space in the middle.
In the room, there was a wooden box under the bed that showed signs of having been dragged out. The box was filled with old-fashioned clothes in the style of the 1970s and 1980s, and showed signs of having been rummaged through.
It is reasonable to suspect that the items taken away should be the old travel bag containing the body parts that was originally found in the Nansha River, and the smaller travel bag containing Xu Liu's head.
The kitchen knife that is missing is most likely the one found in the mine.
Judging from the appearance of the "murder weapon", it also fits the environment of the Chen family's old house.
However, since the Chen family's old house has been uninhabited for many years and Chen Gengyun's wife and daughter have passed away, there are no witnesses who can identify these items. In other words, there is no direct evidence to prove that these three items were taken out of the Chen family's old house by Chen Gengyun.
Finally, there is the Toyota Crown. The preliminary inspection did not find anything abnormal, but the lack of abnormality is actually the biggest abnormality.
Qiu Zhiyong discovered that the car had new tires and had been cleaned inside and out, and there had been heavy rain two days prior. However, neither Chen Gengyun's office nor the college's accounts showed any expenses related to the tire replacement and cleaning.
Qiu Zhiyong added a piece of information here. To everyone, this is just an ordinary little detail, but only Zhou Yi has a different feeling about it.
It was in Chen Gengyun’s office that many receipts were found. He required receipts for everything he bought, no matter how big or small, which showed that he had the habit of issuing receipts on a daily basis.
Combined with some subsequent investigations, it was confirmed that the reason for the habit of issuing receipts was that Chen Gengyun used public funds to reimburse many of his personal expenses.
This information could explain where the receipt that Fan Tianyou used as proof of his alibi in his previous life came from.
Qiu Zhiyong said that the car needs further detailed investigation and they will not miss any clues.
Then there was the contact and visit with Fan Tianyou and Chen Lin’s university classmates, and Qiao Jiali was in charge of this matter.
Since there were no telephones in the 1980s, the information of these university classmates had to be found in the household registration files, which was very time-consuming.
So far, we have only contacted a few people and the information we have obtained is relatively limited.
Moreover, the few people contacted were not very familiar with Fan Tianyou and Chen Lin in college.
The only useful information we have learned so far is about the personalities of Fan Tianyou and Chen Lin.
In the impressions of his two classmates, Fan Tianyou was a typical poor student. It was said that when he reported as a freshman, he was dressed very poorly and it was obvious that he came from a remote area.
He is usually very low-key and has a very weak presence.
As for Chen Lin, he was a very bourgeois person, who played the piano and loved poetry and literature. His father was the president of a college, and his mother was a women's cadre. He came from a very good family, so it was natural that he would be arrogant.
As for dating, none of the classmates had ever heard of it. They only knew that Chen Lin had strict family education.
Qiao Jiali said that she is now focusing on finding the contact information of the two people's college roommates so that she can obtain more accurate information.
There is also an investigation into Fan Tianyou’s current social relationships, mainly including colleagues and friends.
As for his colleagues, everyone has a relatively good impression of him. After all, an associate professor in his early thirties still has a strong aura in the eyes of others.
It is said that he is a low-key and gentle person. He is not very sociable, but he is polite to everyone.
A colleague confirmed that Fan Tianyou was indeed fond of photography. Someone had seen him taking pictures everywhere in the school with a camera, long before Lu Xiaoshuang started school.
Then there are the two friends who provided him with an alibi on May 1st. These two friends were not his colleagues, nor were they his college classmates or members of his study abroad social circle.
But they met in a photo studio two years ago. Like Fan Tianyou, they are both photography enthusiasts. Occasionally, they would make appointments to go out together to take photos.
Nowadays, those who can afford to play with cameras are naturally wealthy, and ordinary people can't afford it.
In fact, the task force had contacted them to verify the situation before, but at that time they only focused on the authenticity of the alibi. However, this time they specifically asked about Fan Tianyou's personality and temper, especially whether there had been any abnormalities in their past interactions.
One of them mentioned an incident where he had a female friend who was very beautiful and was a calendar model.
I had asked him to help me find a boyfriend, preferably a civil servant or someone more stable, so he introduced Fan Tianyou to me.
He specially arranged a dinner for both of them, then left on the pretext of something, leaving them alone.
After that, we didn't contact each other for a while. Later, when I met that female friend, I asked her how things were going.
As a result, the girl said with a look of disgust, "Did you introduce a lunatic to me?", which made him confused and he asked what was going on.
The girl said that the meal went well, the man was gentle and well-spoken, and she was very satisfied, and it didn't matter that he was a little older.
So after dinner, she took the initiative to ask him to go shopping. Although she could see that he seemed reluctant, Fan Tianyou went anyway out of courtesy. Later, as they were walking, a cat suddenly appeared out of nowhere, startling her. She was so frightened that she grabbed Fan Tianyou's arm.
Unexpectedly, Fan Tianyou immediately showed a very resistant reaction. Not only did he pull his hand away, but the moment he turned his head to look at her, his eyes were very terrifying, as if he wanted to eat her.
She was so scared that she made an excuse on the spot and ran away without looking back.
But Fan Tianyou's friend didn't take it seriously, because he knew that the girl was a model and had an extroverted personality, which might seem frivolous to a high-level intellectual like Fan Tianyou.
This information is like a loophole in Fan Tianyou's perfect personality.
Zhou Yi had personally witnessed his murderous gaze, and one could imagine how intimidating that gaze was to the girl at the time.
At the same time, this incident also shows that Fan Tianyou may have very serious psychological problems in emotional relationships between men and women.
He could have such an intense reaction even to ordinary physical contact, so it was naturally impossible for him to have an improper relationship with Xu Liu.
Coupled with his abnormally paranoid feelings towards Lu Xiaoshuang, Zhou Yi put forward an opinion on the spot.
"Thank you, Director. I suspect Fan Tianyou has an extreme case of mysophobia."
"What is mental mysophobia? Tell us more about it," said Xie Guoqiang.
"Okay," Zhou Yi said. "This idea of obsessive-compulsive disorder mainly comes from Dong Lu. The meaning of what Dong Lu said on the rooftop yesterday is basically clear. There is no social relationship between her and Fan Tianyou. At least Dong Lu definitely doesn't know his name."
"In other words, the two may have only had some superficial contact. For example, Fan Tianyou was feeling down, and Dong Lu happened to see him and comforted him. Then Fan Tianyou developed feelings for Dong Lu and began to stalk and secretly love her one-sidedly."
"Then, for some reason, he accidentally learned that Dong Lu had been raped. Based on the hymns he wrote, he must have an extreme obsession with cleanliness regarding the woman he loved, believing her to be dirty, unclean, and tainted. So he decided to use fire to purify this 'dirty' woman. He had studied abroad and was easily influenced by Western culture, and Western religions often use fire to purify pagans."
"So from Dong Lu's perspective, she knew nothing at all, did nothing, and was inexplicably struck by a devastating disaster."
"Then, Chen Gengyun, to protect his only bloodline, and Liu Baoguo, to secure his own promotion, conspired to turn the incident from arson and murder into self-immolation. Under Chen Gengyun's manipulation, Fan Tianyou went abroad to study and avoid the spotlight."
"Many years later, she transformed herself into a returned overseas doctor and returned to Hongda, rising step by step under the protection of Chen Gengyun. Until September last year, Lu Xiaoshuang, who looked very similar to Dong Lu, appeared. For Fan Tianyou, who had extreme mental mysophobia, Lu Xiaoshuang was undoubtedly the most ideal substitute for Dong Lu." Zhou Yi did not mention the latter part. After all, it involved himself and everyone was clear about the situation.
"So his feelings towards women are not a normal combination of psychological and physiological, but purely psychological."
Chen Yan raised his hand and interjected, "This is a bit like a Western theory called Platonic love."
Shi Tao didn't understand: "What the hell is that?"
Chen Yan explained, "Platonic love is a purely spiritual admiration and emotional exchange, a love perspective that transcends physical desire. These people believe that the core of love lies in the resonance of thought, spirit, and soul, rather than the pursuit of physical intimacy. But Fan Tianyou has added a layer of mental cleanliness to this foundation."
Zhou Yi added: "There is also a layer of unrequited love."
Shi Tao waved his hands and said, "Hey, it's so fancy, I guess it's not that you don't want to, but you can't."
There were scattered laughs in the crowd.
At this time, Liang Wei said: "This is completely different from Long Zhiqiang's inability. Long Zhiqiang wants to do something but can't. Fan Tianyou can do it but doesn't want to do it. Not only does he not want to do it himself, he also doesn't allow others to do it."
Zhou Yi and Chen Yan nodded immediately, because this summary was concise and to the point.
"Then where does his obsessive-compulsive disorder come from? Is it congenital?" Xie Guoqiang asked Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi pointed to the photo behind him and said, "Here's the root of the matter. Chen Gengyun probably only stayed at Changfeng Forest Farm for two years before returning for some reason. You can imagine, in the 1960s, if a single woman became pregnant and gave birth, she would be condemned by everyone."
Everyone was silent because this was unimaginable. In that era, this was more terrifying than the verbal and written criticism faced by death row prisoners.
"Will Fan Tianyou's mother regret it? Regret losing her virginity to Chen Gengyun, regret giving birth to Fan Tianyou. Perhaps she didn't regret it at first, after all, as can be seen from Fan Tianyou's name, his mother hoped that God would bless her son. But people cannot withstand long-term mental torture, especially since Chen Gengyun has disappeared from the scene. His mother will definitely regret losing her virginity to Chen Gengyun, and will definitely regret giving birth to Fan Tianyou."
"If she wants to vent this emotion, she has only one target."
Wu Yongcheng said in a deep voice: "Fan Tianyou."
Zhou Yi nodded. "That's right! If someone's biological mother constantly tells them, 'I really regret giving birth to you,' and 'You've ruined me and made me like this, ruining my life,' from childhood, then that person can't possibly be mentally healthy. Mental oppression, coupled with material poverty, can easily lead to psychological distortion."
At this time, Song Yiming spoke up, "We checked last night and found that Fan Tianyou did have many old injuries. Judging from the scars, they must have been there for more than twenty years. This aligns with Zhou Yi's theory. I think Fan Tianyou was not only suffering from mental oppression, but also severe violent abuse."
For a moment, everyone was silent.
Because just two years ago, a TV series called "The Debt of Sin" came out of nowhere, which made audiences across the country cry, set an astonishing viewership record, and was broadcast by many provincial TV stations.
This TV series tells the story of five children abandoned by educated youth who go to the big city to find their biological parents. It turns out that their parents all have new families and children. Not only do they not receive the comfort of family affection, but they suffer all kinds of contempt and discrimination.
In the end, one child even went astray and was punished by law.
The cold reality and tear-jerking experiences earned the audience's tears.
Zhou Yi remembered that during the summer vacation of his sophomore year, the provincial TV station broadcast "The Debt of Sin". His mother cried while watching it, and even Meng Jiangnu shook her head when she saw it.
But now it seems that Fan Tianyou may be a living example of a debt of sin, and his story may be even more cruel than the one in the debt of sin.
Shi Tao couldn't help but curse, "No wonder that old bastard wanted to change his name. He must be afraid of the bad debts that will come knocking on his door."
Shi Tao's words reminded Zhou Yi, so it should not be a coincidence that Fan Tianyou came from such a far northern place and finally got admitted to Hongda.
If this is the case, then Chen Gengyun's claim that Fan Tianyou is his daughter Chen Lin's boyfriend may also be questioned.
"Captain Liang, is there any news from customs and immigration?" Xie Guoqiang asked.
"That's perfect. Let me tell you about the progress of my investigation."
Liang Wei had two main things to do: first, to contact the customs and immigration authorities to check relevant records; second, to interrogate Liu Baoguo.
First, we checked all of Fan Tianyou’s exit records. Fan Tianyou’s first exit from the country was at the end of December 1989.
In other words, the information in the faculty and staff files is false, and there was a temporal overlap between Fan Tianyou and Dong Lu.
The arson occurred in November, and Fan Tianyou went abroad at the end of December. There was no other possibility except that Chen Gengyun used his connections to do so.
So where was Fan Tianyou at the time? He was probably at Hongda, either a faculty member or a graduate student. It must have been arranged by Chen Gengyun.
Only at Hongda can I have an intersection with Dong Lu and know which dormitory Dong Lu lives in.
However, student registration management was originally Liu Baoguo's responsibility, so it was easy for him to erase some information.
Unfortunately, the customs did not find any information about Chen Gengyun and Fan Tianyou carrying imported sleeping pills when they entered the country, because ordinary medicines carried by individuals within a reasonable range will not be specially registered.
Then came Liu Baoguo's confession. Zhou Yi didn't know what the process was like, but Liang Wei took action personally, and he must have had a battle of wits and courage with this rebellious vice-president.
Liu Baoguo must have been defeated in the end, because Liang Wei said he had found out three pieces of information.
First, regarding the phone call on the afternoon of February 14, he admitted that when he was questioned yesterday morning, he thought of who made the call, so he was furious because he wanted to cover up for that person.
This person is Chen Gengyun.
He vaguely remembered that Chen Gengyun wanted to talk to him about something that afternoon, but halfway through the conversation, he was called away by the principal. Chen Gengyun did not leave and waited for him in the office. After he came back, the two continued chatting.
Second, it was not Chen Gengyun who invited him to the dinner on the evening of April 30th, but Chen Gengyun who invited him. He also took the initiative to ask Chen Gengyun if he knew any friends in the public security system, and only then did he invite Ni Jianrong.
Third, Chen Gengyun received a phone call just after 3:00 p.m. on April 30th. The person who called was Liu Baoguo.
Liu Baoguo admitted that he was stuck in traffic and was definitely late for the school management meeting, so he called Chen Gengyun so that he could explain himself if the principal asked about it.
Chen Gengyun's reaction at the time was a bit confused, as if he hadn't remembered this matter all of a sudden. Then he immediately said okay and hung up the phone.
Later, when he rushed to the school and entered the meeting room, he didn't see Chen Gengyun.
About seven or eight minutes later, Chen Gengyun came in sweating profusely and explained that he was late because he was not feeling well. The principal even expressed his concern for him.
The last piece of information Liu Baoguo provided was very subtle.
Because Zhou Yi clearly remembered that when Chen Gengyun and Liu Baoguo were being questioned yesterday morning, neither of them mentioned the phone call, nor the fact that Chen Gengyun arrived later than Liu Baoguo.
As soon as the call records were pulled out today, Liu Baoguo immediately admitted it.
This is not the point. The point is that Liu Baoguo took the initiative to explain Chen Gengyun's lateness.
He obviously could have kept it to himself, after all, there was no necessary connection between the phone call and being late, but he chose to say it.
Moreover, he knew that it would be very disadvantageous to Chen Gengyun if he told the truth.
This shows that Liu Baoguo, like Chen Gengyun, is also using the tactic of sacrificing pawns to protect the king.
The one Chen Gengyun abandoned was Fan Tianyou, and the one Liu Baoguo abandoned was Chen Gengyun.
Of course, Zhou Yi didn't believe Liu Baoguo was connected to the dismemberment case, as it occurred during his absence from Hongcheng. However, there were undoubtedly economic and occupational crimes between him and Chen Gengyun, and he likely wanted to quickly establish Chen Gengyun's criminal record to avoid further investigation.
As for whether Chen Gengyun will take the initiative to confess other issues, he is taking a gamble. After all, no one wants to add to his guilt, but there is also the possibility of gaining merit by reporting and exposing the crime.
This really proves the saying that sooner or later you will have to pay for what you have done.
Another point is that Liu Baoguo refused to admit that he abused his power in handling the Dong Lu incident.
However, before the customs' entry and exit records came out, Liang Wei had already contacted the Provincial Education Examination Institute, because the graduate student recruitment work needs to be submitted to the Admissions Office for filing at the same time. You, Liu Baoguo, can destroy the information in the school, but what can you do with the information in the Provincial Admissions Office?
Liang Wei said that once the information from the Admissions Office arrived, Liu Baoguo would be unable to defend himself, and they would then join forces with the comrades from the Discipline Inspection Commission to take him down completely.
Xie Guoqiang nodded: "Captain Liang is really thoughtful."
"Is there anyone else who hasn't said anything?" Xie Guoqiang looked at the roll call and said, "Jiang Biao, it's time for you to do some work."
Jiang Biao scratched his head and stood up. "Thank you Director... I did find something, but the details are not detailed enough. I'm afraid it won't have sufficient legal effect."
"Tell me about it."
Jiang Biao was undoubtedly the most frustrated person in the Hongda case. Apart from searching for body parts in the early stages, he had been trying hard in the middle and late stages but found nothing.
The information about Xiao Bing's body was also obtained through the report, and it had little to do with him.
Jiang Biao said that they took the photo to an oil vendor for identification, but the feedback they received was very vague. The vendor could not be sure whether it was Liu Baoguo or Chen Gengyun. He said it looked like Chen Gengyun, but the man was not wearing glasses at the time and looked a bit like Liu Baoguo.
Vague and general testimony has very little judicial effect unless it can form a chain of evidence with other evidence.
There was some progress on the flyer issue; they found a smaller printing shop that still used the old-fashioned mechanical lead printing method.
After looking at the flyer, the printing shop owner confirmed that the flyer was made by him. He didn't remember the exact time, but he only remembered that it was mid-April.
The person who requested the printing was an elderly man who came in the evening and wanted the product on the spot. The boss said no because another customer had already placed an order.
The other party said that he needed it urgently and could pay double the money, so the boss agreed.
After hearing the content to be printed, he reminded him that it seemed inappropriate. The other party explained that he was not really soliciting prostitution, but that the woman's fickleness had caused great harm to his son, so he wanted to take revenge on her.
Of course, the boss just said that. After all, as long as he could make more money, it was fine. So he worked overtime to print the books for him on the spot, and printed four or five hundred copies in one go.
Jiang Biao took the photos of Chen Gengyun and Liu Baoguo and asked him to identify them. The boss looked at them for a long time, pointed at Chen Gengyun and said, "It looks like this is the man."
Jiang Biao became anxious and said, "Don't act like that. It won't work."
The boss said that the other party was wearing a hat and a mask, and it was evening when he came, and the lighting in the room was poor, so he couldn't be sure.
He only said it sounded like Chen Gengyun because of the glasses.
That's why Jiang Biao was so discouraged, because although he found the clue, it didn't have much practical use.
"Where is the first crime scene? Didn't you say yesterday that there were eleven suspicious places and they were being re-investigated?" Xie Guoqiang asked.
Jiang Biao nodded, quickly took out a large map of Hongcheng, ran to the front and pasted it on the whiteboard in the conference room, then pointed to the places circled with black pen on the map and began to explain them one by one.
Zhou Yi had been standing in the front because after the meeting started, Wu Yongcheng asked him to go up and talk about the interrogation and investigation of Chen Gengyun.
Later, Director Xie didn't tell him to come down, so he just kept standing.
Now that Jiang Biao has come up, he is ready to go down.
He was about to turn around, his eyes casually scanning the black circles on the map, when suddenly his gaze froze.
"Biao...Brother Biao, this place..." Zhou Yi asked, pointing at that location.
Jiang Biao was interrupted by him and immediately looked in the direction of his finger.
"Oh, this is a villa complex, located in Kaiping District, close to the city center. When I reviewed this area, I realized it hadn't been searched before because no one lived there. I don't know why this villa complex hasn't been sold since it was built, and the houses are all empty."
"Villa area?" Xie Guoqiang stood up and walked over to the map to take a look. "Jianghai Haoting, how come I haven't heard of it?"
Then he turned around and asked Zhou Yi: "What's wrong with this place?"
Zhou Yi didn't know how to answer for a moment. He glanced around the room and finally landed on Xu Nian.
Xu Nian noticed that he was looking at her, and was a little confused, not understanding why he was looking at her at this time.
Only Zhou Yi knew about this.
In the previous life, Xu Nian's father, Director Xu, was brought down a few years later. Many problems were discovered, one of which Xu Nian personally told Zhou Yi in tears.
Xu Nian said at the time: The Discipline Inspection Commission found out that her father had embezzled a lot of money and property, all of which were hidden in a villa. She and her mother had never heard of this villa and had no idea it existed at all.
The villa area where the villa is located is called Jianghai Haoting.
"Director Xie, is it possible... that this place is the original crime scene? For example, Chen Gengyun actually has a villa here?"
Shi Tao immediately said: "Impossible, I checked the real estate under Chen Gengyun's name, and there is only the old house of the Chen family, no villas."
Zhou Yi said in a deep voice: "What if the house is not under Chen Gengyun's name, but he has the right to use it?"
Xie Guoqiang was stunned by this, as if realizing something. He asked Jiang Biao which company was the developer of Jianghai Haoting.
Jiang Biao flipped through the notebook in his hand and said, "The developer of Jianghai Haoting is called... Hongcheng Jianghai Real Estate Co., Ltd., and the legal representative is... Jiang..."
"Jiang Zhengdao."
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