Chapter 450: Grand Case: Case Closed
At the dinner on the evening of April 30th, Chen Gengyun confirmed two things.
First, the last phone call Ni Jianrong received forced him to drink a glass of wine as a penalty and leave early, which made him realize that body parts had been found.
This was much earlier than he expected.
But without the head, it would be impossible for the police to identify the deceased as Xu Liu in a short period of time.
However, trouble will also follow. Once a bag of body parts is found, the police will immediately conduct a large-scale search for the remaining body parts.
This will greatly interfere with their efforts to deal with Lu Xiaoshuang. They cannot act rashly. They must observe the situation tomorrow morning before making any plans.
Second, Zhou Yi is not a pushover.
It was the first time he met Ni Jianrong, but after three rounds of drinks he could tell that Ni Jianrong was a typical bureaucrat with little experience and did not have the temperament of a veteran criminal policeman.
Although he talked about his "great achievements" after being praised, in Chen Gengyun's eyes, he was like a paper tiger.
Chen Gengyun deliberately mentioned Zhou Yi, who had been on the show with Ni Jianrong, and only praised Zhou Yi a little. Ni Jianrong immediately frowned and said that Zhou Yi was just a vase in the bureau, in order to set an example for young people and inspire them.
In fact, it's nothing, it's just a little bit good-looking.
Chen Gengyun knew that this young policeman who passed by him must have something real.
The head of the criminal investigation detachment was jealous of a young policeman under him, which means that the appearance of this young policeman made him feel pressured and threatened.
In addition, this afternoon, Lu Xiaoshuang went to Zhou Yi's house after leaving school. Maybe Zhou Yi knew about this from his neighbors when he returned home. After all, he and Fan Tianyou did not dare to follow him into the Ergang dormitory. Of course, they did not know that Zhou Yi was on a business trip.
Thinking of this, an old veteran like him actually felt a little bit of fear towards the young man Zhou Yi.
It was precisely because of this fear that he decided to muddy the waters a little more.
By anonymously reporting Lu Xiaoshuang's internship and taking advantage of the police's avoidance principle, Zhou Yi was kicked out of the case investigation.
But he didn't know that Zhou Yi and Lu Xiaoshuang had not actually established a romantic relationship, because all his information came from Fan Tianyou and Xu Liu.
He knew that the most effective way was to report to the supervisory department, but ordinary mail was too slow and it would be easy to be exposed if he delivered the report letter in person.
After much thought, he decided to send the letter of complaint to the Municipal Party Committee building. The Municipal Party Committee would definitely take charge of such a heinous dismemberment case, and then it would take effect from top to bottom.
So on the morning of May 2nd, he found an excuse to go to the Municipal Party Committee Building. In order to avoid registration, he called a friend inside before he arrived, and the other party came out to pick him up in person, and he successfully avoided registration.
Then, while going to the bathroom, he found an empty office and threw the letter in.
He knew that based on the words "anonymous report letter", no one would be so brave as to face the enemy.
Even if the source is investigated, no one will find him.
This letter of complaint did work later on, keeping Zhou Yi out of the task force.
If Zhou Yi had not returned to the task force, the loopholes in the two-life alibi would not have been discovered, and Fan Tianyou would not have been identified.
He thought he had planned everything out, but he didn't expect that Wu Yongcheng would actually use tricks to block the bullet for Zhou Yi.
After all, an extreme utilitarian like him doesn't know what belief is.
On the morning of May 1st, Chen Gengyun took a stroll outside and found that there were a large number of police officers on the streets. However, he also found that the police were mainly searching the trash cans and garbage dumps, and did not pay much attention to the onlookers nearby.
He knew that the opportunity had come.
The police are now focused on finding the remaining body parts. If all the body parts are found but the head and bones are not, the search will be expanded immediately.
Therefore, the opportunity must not be missed. The heads of Lu Xiaoshuang and Xu Liu in the villa must be thrown into the mine as soon as possible to complete everything.
At the same time, we also need to create an alibi for May Day.
However, this day was a holiday, and it was difficult for single people living alone to prove themselves, so there was no need to be as rigorous as the previous two days. After all, the police cannot use a single piece of evidence to suspect someone.
What's more, Chen Gengyun felt that Lu Xiaoshuang disappeared on the afternoon of the 30th. Even if the police found out Lu Xiaoshuang's whereabouts before her disappearance, they would not have thought that she was dealt with a day later. The police would only focus on her alibi on the afternoon of the 30th. Although there were some minor loopholes, he and Fan Tianyou had taken remedial measures, especially Fan Tianyou's alibi. He dropped Lu Xiaoshuang off at the villa and returned to school, then went to the library to borrow books and swiped the alibi.
Chen Gengyun felt that it was not safe enough, so he found an excuse to take the key to the Student Affairs Office from Liu Baoguo, and asked Fan Tianyou to sneak into the Office in the middle of the night, sign the registration form for that day, and make up a reasonable story.
On May Day, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them signed their alibis in different public places and immediately drove to the villa.
At that time, Lu Xiaoshuang was already showing signs of waking up, so after drinking some more water, she was carried into the car and headed straight for Xinbei Town.
At that time, the area from Kaiping District to Xinbei Town was equivalent to a search blind spot, because the main police force was concentrated in the urban area to search for body parts.
In the morning, Chen Gengyun was not idle while he was outside investigating the situation. He bought a pair of pliers and used them to remove the nails from the wooden board at the hole. This is how the traces discovered by Shi Tao were left.
After arriving in Xinbei Town, Chen Gengyun found a hidden location based on his memory, and then worked with Fan Tianyou to dismantle the wooden boards. After putting on masks, he carried Lu Xiaoshuang into the mine and found a place to drop her off.
Before carrying her in, they untied the ropes on Lu Xiaoshuang's body to make it look like she went in by herself.
He also brought in the head and "murder weapon" that he had prepared in advance and threw them near Lu Xiaoshuang.
But this alone is not enough, because all traces of the two people must be cleaned up.
Chen Gengyun said he didn't know if it was due to the air problem in the cave or his own age, but he felt he could not hold on any longer in the cave, so the two of them had to retreat and catch their breath in the car.
It was at this time that something happened.
Fan Tianyou wanted to give him a drink of water, but found that there was only drugged water in the car. So he took out a pack of cigarettes and said he wanted to have a cigarette to calm down, and then he lit one himself.
Chen Gengyun said that he used to smoke, but he quit after he turned 50.
I didn't think much about it at the time, and seeing that Fan Tianyou had already started smoking, I took the cigarette that was handed to me.
The father and son smoked and took a breath. Fan Tianyou suddenly held up the cigarette box in his hand and said: Dad, do you still remember this box of cigarettes?
Chen Gengyun looked at the old Panda cigarette box in his hand and shook his head in confusion.
Fan Tianyou said: I stole this from the table when you first took me to a dinner party, because I had never seen such good cigarettes before, and I have been reluctant to take it out to smoke over the years.
Chen Gengyun replied with a hint of disdain: This is not a good cigarette, not that serious.
He said that now he thinks that it was an oversight at the time. Fan Tianyou obviously didn't smoke, but he happened to bring a pack of cigarettes that day.
After finishing his cigarette, Chen Gengyun put out the cigarette butt and was about to throw it into the car.
Fan Tianyou suddenly stretched out a hand, which held a handkerchief, and in the handkerchief was the cigarette butt he had just smoked.
He told Chen Gengyun not to throw cigarette butts around, as in case he accidentally left evidence behind, he should take them back and deal with them later.
Chen Gengyun looked at the cigarette butt in his hand, nodded, and threw his own cigarette butt in.
After putting away the handkerchief, Fan Tianyou said that he would take care of the rest of the matters, and Dad, you just need to keep watch outside.
Chen Gengyun told him to make sure to get rid of all traces.
Then Fan Tianyou went into the cave with a flashlight, and Chen Gengyun waited at the entrance for him to come out.
Hearing this, Zhou Yi asked, "Chen Gengyun, when you were standing at the entrance to the cave, did you ever think of just nailing the wooden planks shut?"
This question caught Chen Gengyun off guard, and he replied somewhat awkwardly, "No...I don't think so."
But Zhou Yi felt that considering the loving relationship between the father and son, it might not be the case.
In fact, there would be a big flaw if they did this, which is that they would not leave any traces of Lu Xiaoshuang on the way in, which would easily arouse suspicion.
In fact, when the situation developed to this point, it had already begun to get out of control. Because the case was too complicated, it would inevitably leave more traces.
If the Hongda case had only stopped at the disposal of Xu Liu's body, it would actually be very different for Chen Gengyun. At least his crime would not be so serious.
But he was too suspicious and pushed himself to this point.
He said that after Fan Tianyou came out, they sealed the entrance of the cave, wiped out the footprints left outside, and drove away. After arriving in the city, they each went to improve their own alibi.
And then the most interesting thing happened.
Before Fan Tianyou got off the car, Chen Gengyun asked him for the handkerchief containing the cigarette butt, saying that he would dispose of it himself.
Fan Tianyou didn't hesitate and took something out of his pocket and gave it to Chen Gengyun.
Chen Gengyun opened it and saw two cigarette butts.
Then he stepped on the accelerator and drove away, throwing the cigarette butts and handkerchiefs out of the car window and letting them go with the wind.
Zhou Yi couldn't help but reveal a gloating smile. Chen Gengyun had planned everything, but in the end, he was tricked by his own son.
Obviously, Fan Tianyou had already planned it out, so he prepared a cigarette butt in advance and played a trick of replacing one thing with another in the mine.
The two cigarette butts that Chen Gengyun threw away were both Fan Tianyou's, and the cigarette butt that Chen Gengyun had smoked was left in the mine.
Zhou Yi was not sure whether Fan Tianyou knew anything about DNA testing, but in his previous life he had indeed seen a case where the murderer was identified through DNA from cigarette butt evidence that had been preserved for ten years, so he deliberately left this trap, planning to one day bring Chen Gengyun to an irretrievable state.
It can be seen that he is full of hatred for his father from the bottom of his heart!
Chen Gengyun said that on May 3, he received news from Liu Baoguo that the province had set up a special task force to enter Hongda to conduct an investigation.
Only then did he realize that Xu Liu's head had been found.
He was a little panicked because the mine was exposed too quickly, far beyond his expectations.
As a result, he couldn't even confirm whether Lu Xiaoshuang was dead or not.
He immediately found an auto repair shop, replaced the tires of the college car, and had the car wash do a deep cleaning.
After learning that the principal asked Liu Baoguo to cooperate with the task force, he volunteered to help Liu Baoguo with the coordination. In fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to find out about the case so that he could respond better.
But Liang Wei was too shrewd and difficult to deal with. He only made requests without providing any information, and when asked for more details, he would use all kinds of rhetoric to evade responsibility and play Tai Chi.
As for Ni Jianrong, he was restricted by two people above him, so he didn't dare to say much.
On May 12th, because of Dong Lu's incident, Liang Wei went to confront Liu Baoguo and Chen Gengyun.
After Liu Baoguo called Chen Gengyun to ask him to come over, Chen Gengyun felt something was wrong halfway through, so he tried to call Ni Jianrong, but Ni Jianrong hung up both times he called.
He realized that the task force might have found something, but he didn't expect that Ni Jianrong didn't go there at all.
So he hurried back to the office to find the confirmation letter and withdrawal certificate from that year.
That's why there was a layer of fog on his glasses when he arrived at Liu Baoguo's office that day.
That day was also the first time Chen Gengyun met Zhou Yi in person.
After a confrontation, he found that he seemed to have worried too much. This guy named Zhou Yi was a little stronger than his peers, but if Liang Wei was not there, he would not be his opponent at all.
He didn't know that this young man was the God of Death who came to take his life!
"Two final questions," Zhou Yi asked. "Why did you kill Xiao Bing? And where did you hide Xu Liu's bones?"
After hearing these two questions, Chen Gengyun stretched his body, leaned back in his chair, and replied, "Xiao Bing's death really has nothing to do with me."
"It's all the fault of that little beast Fan Tianyou. If he hadn't done stupid things again and again, how could I have ended up in this situation!" Chen Gengyun said gritting his teeth.
After Task Force No. 3 entered Hongda, Task Force No. 4 began to investigate Xu Liu's social relationships on campus, including Fan Tianyou.
Chen Gengyun required that Fan Tianyou call him to report the entire process after each interrogation to prevent any omissions so that they could be discovered and remedied in a timely manner.
Fan Tianyou was questioned three times in total, and he answered all the questions according to the content he and Chen Gengyun had simulated before.
Chen Gengyun felt that this was enough. The police would no longer suspect him. Instead, he needed to be careful in the future because the police would definitely expand the investigation. After all, the school leaders had to take the lead and set an example.
On the evening of the 9th, he quietly went to the talent apartment where Fan Tianyou lived.
He did not tell Fan Tianyou in advance, so Fan Tianyou was surprised by his arrival.
The reason why he did this was to conduct a surprise check to see if Fan Tianyou had left any evidence of his crime, such as photos of Lu Xiaoshuang.
He felt that the only thing he didn't trust in this matter was the sin he had incurred.
Eight years ago, he almost burned Dong Lu to death with a fire. Eight years later, he ruined his originally perfect murder plan.
After this incident, he has made up his mind that after the storm has passed, he will send Fan Tianyou abroad and let him fend for himself!
I am only in my fifties. I should find a young and beautiful woman to have another child and raise him well. There is a possibility that the child will inherit everything I have in the future.
Sure enough, he found many secretly taken photos of Lu Xiaoshuang in Fan Tianyou's apartment, with a lot of French writing on the back.
He was so angry that he cursed at Fan Tianyou, saying that Lu Xiaoshuang was dead now, and if these photos were discovered, he would be the biggest suspect.
Chen Gengyun took the photos and was about to go to the toilet and burn them, but his cell phone rang, interrupting his action.
He said the call was from the real estate company, saying that the police had contacted them to inquire about the situation at Jianghai Haoting.
Chen Gengyun was a little vague when he spoke about this, but to sum it up, the people arranged by Jiang Biao found Jianghai Haoting and had some suspicions, so they found the real estate company behind it to find out the situation.
But the real estate company insisted that the property had never been put on the market for sale and no one lived there, and they also produced relevant proof.
In a large-scale investigation, this will basically be ignored unless there are other clues pointing to it.
Then, Jiang Zhengdao's people informed the "owners" of these villas and asked them to be careful recently.
After receiving the call, Chen Gengyun didn't bother to burn the photos. He asked Fan Tianyou to follow him to the villa to dispose of all the things used for dismembering the body and cleaning the scene, as well as Xu Liu's clothes, backpack and other things.
He said he was not afraid that the police would link this place to the crime scene, but that he might be implicated by the "owner" of another villa.
Come to think of it, if one villa in this place is exposed for corruption, then no one would dare to go to the other villas.
There were blood-stained things in the villa and human bones in the refrigerator. It was like a time bomb.
Given his personality, he would be restless all the time and unable to sleep at night.
So that night, they went there, cleaned up the scene again, and packed up everything he thought might arouse suspicion, including the bones in the refrigerator.
The sheets and quilt covers had been used to wipe the blood stains before, so they found a wild place in Kaiping District and burned them along with Xu Liu's things.
As for the tools used to dismember and cook the corpse, since they could not be burned, they had to be thrown away, either into the nearby river or into the wasteland on the roadside.
As for the pot used to cook the corpse, we found out yesterday that it was picked up by a scavenger and sold to a recycling station. The owner of the recycling station saw that the material of the pot was so good that he kept it for himself.
When the police found it, the pot was being used to stir-fry twice-cooked pork.
The only thing that was difficult to deal with was Xu Liu's bones.
So that night, the bones were not moved. Instead, they were placed in the trunk of the car and sealed with layer upon layer of plastic wrap.
Chen Gengyun felt that the safest way to deal with it was to either crush it or burn it to ashes.
Before finding a safe way to deal with the problem, he decided to stay put. In order to keep the car out of the police's sight, he parked it in an alley one kilometer away.
As a result, because he did not explain clearly to Fan Tianyou, the next night Fan Tianyou acted smartly and did something stupid that led to their own destruction.
On the 10th, Chen Gengyun did not contact or meet with Fan Tianyou.
On the afternoon of the 11th, he discovered that the car parked in the alley was missing. He was shocked and called Fan Tianyou but no one answered. He went to the office but couldn't find anyone either.
So he immediately rushed to the Talent Apartment. When Fan Tianyou opened the door, his face looked very ugly, which made him realize that something was wrong.
After entering the room, he found an emergency medical kit spread out on the table. This was distributed by the school to faculty and staff, and there was some bloody gauze in the trash can next to it.
Chen Gengyun sternly asked Fan Tianyou what he had done, and Fan Tianyou tremblingly lifted up his right sleeve and showed him the wound on his arm.
Chen Gengyun was completely dumbfounded and asked him angrily what he had done.
Only then did Fan Tianyou tell what happened on the night of the 10th.
He planned to throw Xu Liu's bones into the mine in Xinbei Town because he felt that the most dangerous place was the safest place. He was sure that the police would not investigate a place they had already investigated, so he wanted to make a surprise attack.
This result really shows that a wise man's careful considerations are not as good as a fool's "cleverness" for once.
When Chen Gengyun mentioned this incident during the interrogation, he still hated Fan Tianyou so much that he kept calling him a little beast.
But Zhou Yi felt that this matter was a bit strange. No matter how stupid Fan Tianyou was, he wouldn't be so stupid. However, the answer could only be known if he woke up.
That very night, Fan Tianyou almost bumped into Xiao Bing who suddenly jumped out from the side of the road.
Xiao Bing, who was in a panic at the time, recognized him and immediately rushed into the car, begging him to drive him away because the police were chasing him.
Fan Tianyou said that he was caught off guard by the sudden situation and originally wanted to drive the other party away, but when he heard the word "police", he panicked and immediately drove away.
After all, no one except the police knows what happened to Xiao Bing.
When hearing this, Zhou Yi originally thought that Xiao Bing had discovered the bones in the car, which led to Fan Tianyou's murderous intent.
But the truth is heartbreaking.
Xiao Bing didn't notice anything unusual at all. The reason Fan Tianyou wanted to kill him was simply because Xiao Bing asked, "Professor Fan, how do you know me?"
Because when Fan Tianyou got off the car, he instinctively called out "Teacher Xiao".
Fan Tianyou told Chen Gengyun that he felt exposed because in fact he and Xiao Bing had no apparent connection.
Another reason is that Xiao Bing knew that he could drive and had a car. If others knew about this, he would have no way to explain it.
So, he handed Xiao Bing a bottle of water. Xiao Bing, who had been hiding for two days, was probably very thirsty and drank half of the bottle in one breath.
Fan Tianyou lied to him and said he would drop him off at a deserted place ahead, but in fact he was driving quietly to a remote place.
Because this imported drug took effect quickly and was metabolized quickly, and Xiao Bing's physical strength had probably already been exhausted, he soon fell asleep.
Fan Tianyou drove the car to a bridge over the Nansha River, dragged Xiao Bing out of the car, and prepared to throw him down.
Just when Xiao Bing was about to fall, he suddenly woke up and grabbed Fan Tianyou's right hand tightly.
At that moment, Xiao Bing, who was hanging in the air, seemed to understand something all of a sudden. He yelled at Fan Tianyou with a rage: "It's you! You are the one who hurt Lulu!"
Chen Gengyun looked at the bloody wound and asked Fan Tianyou, was this bitten by Xiao Bing before he died?
Fan Tianyou nodded.
Chen Gengyun asked him, are you sure the person is dead?
Fan Tianyou said that he saw him fall in with his own eyes. The Nansha River was so deep and he had drunk medicine, so he would not have survived no matter how good he was at swimming.
"Chen Gengyun, was it your idea to use a boiling kettle to burn Fan Tianyou's wound?" Zhou Yi asked.
The other person nodded and said, "In his condition, he can't go to a big hospital, and small clinics can't treat him well. This is the only way to stop the bleeding."
"Stopping the bleeding isn't the goal, right? Disrupting the wound's shape is."
"It's a bit of both."
"You gave him that bottle of antibiotics, too, right?"
Chen Gengyun just nodded without saying anything.
"At that time, you had already made the decision to kill and silence the witness, right?"
Unexpectedly, Chen Gengyun shook his head firmly and said, "No, I didn't kill to silence someone. At most... at most, I watched someone die without helping."
"You're quite knowledgeable about the law, aren't you? Let me tell you, if a person knows their actions will result in the victim's death, and they hope or allow this result to happen, that's intentional homicide!"
Chen Gengyun was stunned. After a while, he suddenly shouted excitedly, "What can I do? He could have just listened to me and done nothing! But he chose to do such a stupid thing. He's trying to kill me!"
"His condition can't be concealed. Sooner or later you will find out, and then everything will be over!"
Chen Gengyun gnashed his teeth and said, "At this point, if he doesn't die, then I will have to die! This bastard, can't he be like his mother did back then and keep his mouth shut and not say or do anything?"
"Damn it! Damn it! This bastard, how could he be so stubborn? He didn't even have an abortion when his mother was tortured like that!"
"If he hadn't been born! I wouldn't be in this situation today! It's all his fault, that bastard, and that bitch!"
Chen Gengyun cursed wildly with veins bulging, all the dirty words came out of his mouth, and all his politeness was completely gone.
If Jiang Biao hadn't held him down from behind, he would have exploded.
Zhou Yi knew that it was not until this moment that this hypocrite's defense was truly broken.
He schemed all his life, but in the end it was ruined by his own son.
His only bloodline in this world destroyed everything he had carefully built and left him completely defeated.
There is nothing more murderous than this.
"Chen Gengyun." Zhou Yi looked at him with a gloating look and said, "The bastard you're talking about was born by a beast and Fan Chunyu."
Chen Gengyun was stunned, his eyes widened in anger, and he stood up and rushed towards Zhou Yi with a roar.
But Jiang Biao stretched out his hand and pinned the man down on the table, sternly scolding him, "Behave yourself."
At this moment, someone clapped their hands in the darkness, and the lights suddenly came on. Xie Guoqiang stood up and said, "I think it's almost done. Chen Gengyun, where are Xu Liu's bones?"
Chen Gengyun, who was pinned down and unable to move, saw Xie Guoqiang's look, panted heavily, and slowly calmed down. Then he said, "Please... let me go. I'm not excited anymore."
Xie Guoqiang winked at Jiang Biao, and Jiang Biao let go, but his palm was still very close to Chen Gengyun so that he could respond at any time.
"It's getting late today, Chen Gengyun. Let's call it a day after explaining where the bones are. If there are any details that haven't been explained clearly, we'll have a long way to go."
Chen Gengyun stood there, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if making his last dying struggle.
The moment he opened his eyes, he met Xie Guoqiang's chilling gaze, and his last dying struggle of resistance instantly collapsed.
Xie Guoqiang's eyes were like an executioner before an execution.
That wasn't the look a scheming villain like him could have; it was the look of someone who had actually killed someone on the battlefield.
Chen Gengyun's legs went weak and he slumped down in a chair, explaining where Xu Liu's bones were.
Wu Yongcheng immediately asked Chen Yan and others to go look for him.
Xie Guoqiang winked at Qiao Jiali, who immediately put the transcript in order and started the signing process.
Chen Gengyun wrote the confirmation statement with trembling hands, then signed and pressed his fingerprints.
Zhou Yi looked at the crooked words coming out of the pen tip and complained, "This is so ugly."
Chen Gengyun trembled all over and used force with his hands to try to make the characters look better, but the result was that they became even uglier.
After signing, Jiang Biao picked up the man and took him back to the police station like a chicken, because he would have to take him to identify several scenes, reconstruct the crime process, and confirm the authenticity of the confession, which would also require re-interrogation to provide additional details.
Once the police have finalized the case and can close it, the next "drinking party" will officially begin. As for what kind of wine the Discipline Inspection Commission will invite him to drink, Zhou Yi has no idea.
"Chen Gengyun, do you still want to know how we found Lu Xiaoshuang?" Zhou Yi suddenly asked.
Chen Gengyun turned around and said, "It doesn't matter anymore."
In fact, he would naturally find out later that Lu Xiaoshuang was not dead, because the case information would be further clarified during the process of the procuratorate and the court.
Suddenly, Chen Gengyun asked, "Can I... ask how you came to suspect Fan Tianyou? Was it because of the wound on his hand?"
Zhou Yi replied: "It doesn't matter anymore."
Chen Gengyun smiled with despair and staggered out of the studio.
Xie Guoqiang said it was time to pack up, and the studio was empty, just like a show that had finally finished recording.
Zhou Yi was the last one to leave the studio.
He stood at the door. The lights were off and the huge studio was pitch black.
Only two words were hanging above, glowing faintly.
Ask your conscience.
Worthy of nothing.
"Zhou Yi, aren't you leaving yet?" Wu Yongcheng shouted from a distance.
"Coming." Zhou Yi ran over quickly.
…
On the way back, Zhou Yi did not get on the escort car, but was taken to a van by Wu Yongcheng.
In the car were Xie Guoqiang and Liang Wei.
As soon as he got in the car, Xie Guoqiang said, "Zhou Yi, you've worked hard today."
"It's not hard, it's my duty." Zhou Yi answered before sitting down next to Wu Yongcheng.
Xie Guoqiang then said to Wu Yongcheng, "Wu Yongcheng, although Chen Gengyun has basically confessed everything today, there are still some details that need to be reviewed. You should focus on this matter over the next two days."
Wu Yongcheng just put a cigarette between his lips and nodded immediately. "I understand. There are indeed some issues that he hasn't explained clearly. For example, An Yuan provided clues about Xu Liu's cousin Feng Qiang. Xu Liu said at the end of March that he would be leaving the country soon, but Chen Gengyun said that Xu Liu threatened him with her pregnancy on April 27th. It's obvious that he's concealing something again."
"And what about that water laced with sleeping pills? Wasn't it said to be prepared to kill Xu Liu? Why did they drink bottle after bottle? On the night of the 10th, Fan Tianyou even gave Xiao Bing some. The old man didn't explain this clearly, so there must be something fishy going on."
Liang Wei said, "You're right. I think this water might have been prepared specifically for raping women. We should investigate further to see if he has committed such crimes, especially targeting some of Hongda's female students."
When Wu Yongcheng heard this, his eyes widened in anger: "Fuck... this old beast."
At this time, Xie Guoqiang said, "This Chen Gengyun has committed numerous crimes. You and Zhou Yi will have to work hard for the next two days to discipline him. Captain Liang and I will go to the provincial department tomorrow morning to report the case to Director Xu."
Zhou Yi was stunned, looked at Liang Wei and asked, "Captain Liang, are you going back now?"
Liang Wei smiled and said, "Yes. When you finish your work, I invite you to visit the Provincial Department's Serious Crime Division and exchange your experience in handling cases."
Wu Yongcheng nodded quickly: "Of course, of course."
Liang Wei said to Zhou Yi sincerely, "Zhou Yi, you have braved the wind and rain and forged ahead. I look forward to meeting you in the provincial capital one day."
Zhou Yi was about to thank him for his affirmation when Xie Guoqiang said slowly, "Captain Liang is trying to steal my talent."
Liang Wei laughed heartily: "How could that be? Aren't these all talents of the country and the people?"
Everyone looked at each other and smiled.
The night is dark, but soon the dawn on the horizon will illuminate the earth.
…
According to Chen Gengyun's confession, Xu Liu's bones were hidden in a locker in the Hongda staff public bathhouse.
It is called a staff bathhouse, but it is actually an area separated from the public bathhouse. The only difference is that the equipment in the staff area on the left is a little newer.
The police had previously found a bunch of keys in Chen Gengyun’s office, and the key to the bathhouse locker was hidden among them.
After Chen Gengyun gave the instructions, Chen Yan immediately led people to find the locker, which had a gray iron padlock hanging on it.
After breaking the lock, a black travel bag was found in the locker.
After opening it, I found two packages sealed with layers of plastic wrap in the travel bag.
After the big package was opened, it turned out to be a large number of bones neatly arranged.
The smaller bag contained about 400,000 yuan in cash, Chen Gengyun's passport and other documents, as well as a black notebook with obviously encrypted contents filled with densely written notes.
When Zhou Yi saw this little notebook, he thought that this was probably the real reason why Xu Liu died.
She wanted to find this thing hidden in the villa.
She thought it was a rope to hold the tiger, but she didn't realize it was actually her own rope to hang herself.
…
When Zhou Yi and Wu Yongcheng interrogated Chen Gengyun again the next day, they couldn't help but be stunned.
After just one night, most of Chen Gengyun's hair turned white, which shows how desperate he was after his defense was truly broken yesterday.
The black stuff on his body is like the dirt on a homeless person who hasn't taken a bath in years. If you rub it, it will come off again.
But Zhou Yi actually lost interest in him later because the other party could not answer the other question he cared about most.
What happened in the previous life?
The grand case in the previous life happened several days later than this life, and the person who died was Lu Xiaoshuang.
If the bags containing the body parts were not the same in both lives, Zhou Yi would have almost suspected that there was another murderer.
The truth of the previous life has probably been completely buried in the cracks of time and space.
There was only one thing Zhou Yi was concerned about next.
The question is whether Fan Tianyou can wake up.
First, if he woke up, paralyzed or not, as long as he could speak, he could testify against Chen Gengyun. At the same time, he was needed to supplement some details of the grand case.
Secondly, there are still a few questions that only he can answer. Although they do not affect the characterization of the case, if he does not answer them, they will probably remain unsolved mysteries forever.
…
Two days later, He Bin, who had been guarding the hospital, brought news that Fan Tianyou had woken up.
Wu Yongcheng and Zhou Yi drove there immediately, and He Bin relayed the doctor's words to them: complete injury, complete loss of sensory and motor functions below the cervical spinal cord injury level.
This is commonly known as high-level paraplegia, where the person cannot move below the neck at all.
At the door of the ward, He Bin cursed, "He's not dead yet. This bastard got what he deserved."
Wu Yong took a look inside and said, "It's a relief for him that he's not dead, but paralysis is better than being in a vegetative state. A vegetative state loses consciousness once its eyes are closed. Perhaps this is the real torture for him."
Zhou Yi stood at the door of the ward, looked at Fan Tianyou lying inside and said, "Life is worse than death."
When Wu Yongcheng and Zhou Yi walked into the ward and came to the bedside, Fan Tianyou on the bed did not react at all.
But his eyes were open, staring blankly at the empty ceiling.
"Fan Tianyou, now that you're awake, please confess your crimes." Wu Yongcheng said.
But Fan Tianyou seemed to be deaf to it and didn't react at all.
Wu Yongcheng shouted twice more, but there was still no response. He didn't even blink.
Wu Yongcheng stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him, but there was still no response.
He turned around and asked Zhou Yi: "Didn't you become a vegetable?"
Zhou Yi nodded: "Since his eyes are open, he can't be a vegetable."
"Why is there no reaction at all? Why don't you call a doctor to take a look?"
Zhou Yi said, "I'll try."
He moved closer and whispered in Fan Tianyou's ear, "Fan Tianyou, Chen Gengyun has been arrested by us."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Tianyou's dead fish-like eyes suddenly moved, and then he looked at Zhou Yi.
A hoarse voice with a foul smell emanated from his throat: "Will you shoot him?"
"That depends on how much you're willing to tell us."
Fan Tianyou took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said, "Ask."
Most of the content of Fan Tianyou's interrogation overlapped with that of Chen Gengyun, and indeed confirmed Chen Gengyun's confession, but it also revealed some points where Chen Gengyun's confession was vague or evasive.
It can be seen that this old guy is the kind of person who will not give up even if he crosses the Yellow River and will not shed tears even if he sees a coffin.
Even if the lie could only reduce his sentence by one day, he would lie without hesitation.
In his previous explanations, Chen Gengyun had always said that Fan Tianyou was his only blood relative, and he wanted to train Fan Tianyou as his heir to inherit everything from him.
However, from Fan Tianyou's point of view, this is not the case at all.
Chen Gengyun just used the pretext of training him and letting him inherit everything from him to use him as a free tool, running errands for him, delivering things for him, and serving tea and water to his friends.
He took pleasure in bossing him around and verbally insulting him in front of his connections.
He said that this was the associate professor he trained himself.
Fan Tianyou said that Chen Gengyun cares about no one except himself.
"So you want to kill Chen Gengyun because of long-accumulated dissatisfaction and anger?" Zhou Yi asked.
From this perspective, compared to Fan Chunyu's physical injury, Chen Gengyun's mental injury is indeed another extreme.
"No." Fan Tianyou replied.
His answer surprised both of them.
"I want to avenge my mother."
Then, Fan Tianyou told the truth about Fan Chunyu's death.
Although Fan Chunyu did suffer from mental problems due to endless waiting and loss, he suffered scolding and beatings throughout his growing life.
But he still loves his mother, because she is his only relative in the world and the only person who truly loves him.
He knew it wasn't Fan Chunyu's fault, it was the fault of the man named Chen Yimin.
His mother was just too stupid and foolish to believe that man's lies, which led to them and their son ending up in this situation.
This is also the reason why he feels that it was a mistake for him to come into this world. Sometimes when he sees his mother in so much pain, he feels that it is all his fault. If he had not been born, perhaps Fan Chunyu's life would be better.
He said that when he was in his third year of high school, his mother was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He didn't know what it was exactly, but her stomach was very swollen. He saw a barefoot doctor, who said it was a tumor in her stomach and that she had to go to a big city to see a doctor.
But they simply had no money to leave the mountains.
By the summer vacation after the college entrance examination, Fan Chunyu's illness had become very serious. He screamed in pain all night long, and the pain made him curl up in a ball, with his spinal joints creaking.
But Fan Chunyu gritted her teeth and endured day by day because she was waiting for Fan Tianyou's admission letter.
Finally, on that day in August, he received the grand acceptance letter, and the mother and son cried with joy.
That night, Fan Tianyou was awakened from his sleep by his mother. Fan Chunyu was holding a dirty nylon rope in his hand and said in great pain that he could not bear it anymore and begged him to help him get rid of it.
Fan Tianyou did not mention the specific details of that night, but Zhou Yi saw tears flowing from his empty eyes.
That night, Fan Chunyu hanged himself.
A few days later, Fan Tianyou left Changfengling and boarded a train to Hongcheng with a large admission letter, his mother's portrait, and ashes in a jar.
In the 1960s, a man, filled with dissatisfaction, took a train into the mountains.
Twenty years later, another man, filled with grief and indignation, came out of the mountains on a train.
Although Fan Tianyou's words could no longer be verified, Zhou Yi chose to believe him because when the police suspected Fan Tianyou of murdering his mother, they did not know that he had enshrined Fan Chunyu's portrait and ashes in his dormitory during his graduate studies.
This is not something a matricide could do.
What happened next was basically the same as what Chen Gengyun said.
In fact, when he was looking for Chen Gengyun to recognize his relatives, he had already been following Chen Gengyun for some time.
So that sudden visit to the Chen family's old house was intentional on his part.
"Did you kill Li Aiping and Chen Lin?" Wu Yongcheng asked.
Fan Tianyou replied calmly: "Yes."
"Why?"
"Because Chen Lin found me and warned me never to go to her house again. She said she overheard my parents' conversation and knew I was a bastard."
"But Li Aiping was good to you, why did you want to kill her too?" Zhou Yi asked.
Fan Tianyou replied expressionlessly: "So what."
Afterwards, Fan Tianyou confessed another matter.
Before he was sent abroad by Chen Gengyun, he did one thing.
He climbed over the wall and sneaked into Xishan Cemetery in the middle of the night, dug up the graves of Li Aiping and Chen Lin, poured out the ashes inside, and put his mother Fan Chunyu's ashes and photos into Li Aiping's urn.
As for Chen Lin's urn, he pooped in it.
He discovered from the blow that the deaths of Li Aiping and Chen Lin had on Chen Gengyun that killing him directly would not be as exciting as making him lose everything he cared about.
So on the night of April 28th, when he saw the pregnancy test stick in Xu Liu's bag, he thought the old man was really going to have a baby with Xu Liu, so he killed Xu Liu without hesitation because he wanted to see how painful the old man would be.
As a result, Chen Gengyun's angry curse shocked him. Only then did he realize that Chen Gengyun had originally wanted to kill Xu Liu.
As a result of this accident, he found himself in a desperate situation. Fortunately, Chen Gengyun was too cautious and unwilling to take any risks, so he chose to dispose of the body with him.
Later, on the afternoon of the 30th, a phone call from Liu Baoguo delayed the plan, giving him time to think calmly. He decided to leave some evidence at the scene.
Then he used a trick to replace the prince with a cat.
As for May 10th, he wanted to throw Xu Liu's bones into the mine in Xinbei Town. Just like the sense of incongruity Zhou Yi felt at the time, it was not a sudden idea. It was just an excuse he gave to Chen Gengyun.
He felt that the police were useless and that they had not even been able to find any trace of Chen Gengyun.
So he wanted to provoke the police and leave some traces, such as tire tracks and witnesses who saw the black car.
He wanted to stimulate the police to suspect Chen Gengyun as soon as possible.
"Aren't you afraid of being exposed too?" Wu Yongcheng asked.
Fan Tianyou turned his head and said indifferently: "I have a mental illness, paranoid personality disorder, I haven't taken medicine for a long time, I can't die."
These words made Wu Yongcheng and Zhou Yi gasp. He had long been aiming for mutual destruction, killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of his own. No wonder he was so emotionally unstable.
Suddenly, Zhou Yi burst into laughter, making Wu Yongcheng and Fan Tianyou dumbfounded.
Fan Tianyou couldn't help but ask, "What are you laughing at?"
Zhou Yi stopped laughing and said, "Fan Tianyou, your study abroad must have damaged your brain. You're using the same foreign logic. Let me tell you, first, our country does not recognize psychiatric evaluations and diagnoses issued by foreign institutions or doctors; second, under Chinese law, personality disorders are not considered mental illnesses. Associate Professor, haha, Chen Gengyun was right, you really are a fool."
Zhou Yi's words were like a knife, piercing Fan Tianyou's forehead.
He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"The last question is, why was it Dong Lu and why was it Lu Xiaoshuang?" Zhou Yi asked.
As to why it was Lu Xiaoshuang, there was actually no suspense. Fan Tianyou's answer was the same as Zhou Yi's guess. Lu Xiaoshuang and Dong Lu were too similar in appearance, kindness, poverty, and loneliness.
He felt that the appearance of Lu Xiaoshuang was like God making up for the regret of Dong Lu, because Lu Xiaoshuang was cleaner and purer than Dong Lu.
As for why it was Dong Lu, his answer was quite fateful.
Fan Tianyou said that when he was eight years old, they were still in Changfeng Forest Farm.
One day he followed his mother to the mountains to pick fruits. As he was mischievously chasing a little squirrel, he accidentally fell down a slope.
Fortunately, he grabbed a branch and did not fall down. At that time, in order to save him, Fan Chunyu climbed down the slope, pulling him and telling him not to be afraid, and that his mother would definitely protect him.
Finally, he was pulled up. When Fan Chunyu was climbing up, the stones under his feet loosened and he fell down.
That's why he broke a leg.
It was the person in charge of the forest farm at that time who felt sorry for her and, in order to take care of her, said that it was a work-related injury, and they were able to leave the forest farm.
But Fan Chunyu has been lame in one leg since then.
Fan Tianyou said that it was because Dong Lu saved him that awakened his childhood memories and he fell madly in love with Dong Lu in an instant.
But when he heard those people speaking dirty words about Dong Lu at the drinking party, he felt that Dong Lu had deceived him, so he had the idea of revenge.
And that night, Chen Gengyun came to his dormitory and smashed Fan Chunyu's portrait and ashes, which was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
So that night, either Chen Gengyun or Dong Lu, one of them was destined to die in the fire.
After interrogating Fan Tianyou, when Zhou Yi was about to leave, Fan Tianyou suddenly asked, "Is Lu Xiaoshuang... okay?"
"You don't deserve to know." Zhou Yi threw down these words and left without looking back.
After leaving the ward, Wu Yongcheng and Zhou Yi discussed what consequences Fan Tianyou would face next.
Finally, Wu Yongcheng’s opinion is that based on the circumstances of this case, Fan Tianyou should be executed, and the paralysis after the incident does not affect the criminal prosecution of the crime.
Moreover, Chen Gengyun's situation was unique, and he would most likely receive a suspended death sentence. Given his personality, he would likely treat the contents of that notebook as a bargaining chip to prolong his life, slowly squeezing them out like toothpaste.
After leaving the hospital, Wu Yongcheng stood at the busy hospital entrance, took out his cigarette case and said, "You go first. I want to have a cigarette. I was suffocated because they didn't allow me to smoke inside just now."
"Captain Wu, I'll smoke with you then. We can go back to the bureau after we're done."
Seeing Zhou Yi reaching out for a cigarette, Wu Yongcheng dodged to the side and said, "Smoking is harmful to your health. Young people should smoke less."
Zhou Yi didn't know what he was up to.
But Wu Yongcheng said disdainfully: "You go first, go to where you should go."
"I should go..." Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something and immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Captain Wu."
With that, he ran into the car and drove away.
Wu Yongcheng squatted on the flower bed like an old farmer, smoking a Daqianmen cigarette, squinting his eyes and smiling, "It's great to be young. I wish I could go back to my youth."
…
At the gate of Hongcheng Baodi, the security guard stood straight, saluted, and shouted, "Welcome home, our respected owners!"
Zhou Yi rolled down the car window and asked with a smile, "Do you know me?"
The security guard answered loudly and seriously: "I know you. The manager said you are a people's policeman!"
Zhou Yi smiled and thanked him, then drove into the villa area.
Compared to Jianghai Haoting, this is the real wealthy area because it is populated by real people.
Qian Hongxing was not at home. Yao Yuling told Zhou Yi that Lu Xiaoshuang took Qian Lailai to the square to play.
Zhou Yi immediately ran towards the square, and then saw two figures playing shuttlecock in the Roman-style square.
The shuttlecock flew up and down as Lu Xiaoshuang jumped lightly and nimbly, and her face was filled with that familiar smile.
The man on the side was counting the money and clapping his hands.
Suddenly, he saw Zhou Yi, called out "Uncle Zhou", and ran over.
Lu Xiaoshuang then turned around and saw Zhou Yi, and the smile on her face became even brighter.
Qian Lailai came running over, Zhou Yi picked him up and spun him around.
Lu Xiaoshuang also walked towards Zhou Yi.
Suddenly, Zhou Yi said something in Qian Lailai's ear. Qian Lailai covered his mouth, smiled and nodded, then slid off Zhou Yi and ran towards Yao Yuling who was farther away.
Zhou Yi looked at Lu Xiaoshuang and opened his arms.
Lu Xiaoshuang's footsteps paused slightly, but the next second, she ran towards Zhou Yi and threw herself into his arms.
Zhou Yi hugged her tightly, stroked her hair with his chin and said, "Xiao Shuang, I'm here to pick you up."
Lu Xiaoshuang raised her head, her eyes as gentle as autumn water, and asked, "Brother Zhou, is everything calm now?"
Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes, it's calm now."
Lu Xiaoshuang smiled and said, "When will you take me to see the sunrise?"
Qian Lailai, who was standing in front of Yao Yuling, suddenly said, "Mom, this is just like what's in the TV series."
Yao Yuling was stunned, then quickly covered her son's eyes: "Little kid, don't look at everything, do you know? It's shameful."
…
Wuguang City, Yunxia Mountain.
A red sun broke through the clouds, and the early sun was like molten gold breaking out of a cocoon, surging above the sea of clouds.
"The sunrise at Yunxia Mountain is so beautiful."
A man and a woman snuggled together, watching the magnificent sunrise.
"We'll never be separated again, right?"
"Well, we'll never be apart again."
The man lowered his head and kissed the woman's forehead affectionately.
The next second, the man's right hand suddenly pushed the woman's back hard. The woman had no time to react and fell directly down the hillside. She only left a scream and her figure completely disappeared into the valley.
Then, the golden light of the early sun shone into the man's eyes.
"Yes, the sunrise at Yunxia Mountain is so beautiful."
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