Yu Cheng quickly nodded and accepted the order. He had been involved in the entire Yi Dong air raid case, and he was the one who arrested the Gu family. Naturally, he knew the situation inside. Besides, his duty was to be a jury member, and these were the things he needed to do. He took the photo and left quickly.
At this point, the interrogators began a new round of torture, using iron rods and branding irons in turn, quickly reducing Qian Zhong to a mangled state.
A short while later, Yu Cheng walked in and reported to Ning Zhiheng, "Chief, it has been confirmed that the woman in the photo is indeed Silver Fox. Qian Zhong is lying!"
Ning Zhiheng snorted coldly: "Hmph! Even now, he still tries to argue. This Qian Zhong is truly stubborn!"
Yu Cheng laughed and said, "Accepting it means death. He's not tired of living, so naturally he'll resist to the end."
At this point, he felt he should make his stance clear, otherwise, if he and Ning Zhiheng were to be suspicious of each other, they would end up being hesitant and unable to act, and might give Qian Zhong a chance to turn things around. Besides, this was also a good opportunity to get closer to Ning Zhiheng.
So he leaned closer and whispered, “Chief, I must say you’re being too cautious. As far as I know, Qian Zhong hasn’t seen you in a long time. He’s tried to see you several times, but you haven’t even been allowed inside. You’re only doing this because of old friendships; otherwise, you would have sent him away long ago. This time, we have solid evidence, so we don’t need to waste time with him. We should close the case as soon as possible and not let him get away with it.”
Upon hearing Yu Cheng's words, Ning Zhiheng's eyes flashed, and he immediately understood that Yu Cheng had long intended to kill Qian Zhong. The two of them had now come to the same conclusion.
Thinking of this, Ning Zhiheng gently patted Yu Cheng's shoulder, pointed at him with his finger, and said with a smile, "Old Yu, you're smart this time. If you had spoken up earlier, we wouldn't have had so many concerns. It made me afraid to use some of my methods. Otherwise, if you had gone to the bureau chief and accused me of being tortured into confessing, it would have been too unfair."
Yu Cheng smiled wryly and said, "Chief, you flatter me. I have always followed your lead. When have I ever held you back? To be honest, Qian Zhong did a lot of dirty work for me back then, but he was favored by the Director at the time, so I could only be angry but not speak out. Later, he lost power, but even a centipede with a hundred legs will not die. I can't give him another chance today."
Seeing that Yu Cheng was frank and had laid everything out, Ning Zhiheng stopped being polite and said, "Don't worry, Qian Zhong won't get away with this. The fact that he secretly met with Silver Fox is enough to kill him. Even the Director won't let him go. How about this, I see you're tired, go find a place to rest, and I'll let you know when the interrogation is over!"
Yu Cheng immediately understood and nodded with a smile, "You are so considerate of me, Chief. I will go and rest for a while and follow your arrangements."
Once the two reached an agreement, the rest of the work became simple. Seeing Yu Cheng leave, Ning Zhiheng stopped holding back and put Qian Zhong in the electric chair to continue the torture.
However, he never asked about the Silver Fox again. He had already made up those stories, and all he needed to do was have Qian Zhong put his fingerprint on them.
He focused his questioning on Qian Zhong's past misdeeds, including extortion, murder, and robbery. These were also evidence that could lead to Qian Zhong's conviction. He continued for less than two hours, until he had tormented Qian Zhong to the point of near death and excruciating pain, until his mind was completely cleared, before he finally stopped.
Seeing Qian Zhong, who was barely breathing, Ning Zhiheng closed the interrogation record in his hand, went to Qian Zhong, took a box of inkpad, held Qian Zhong's fingers, dipped his fingers in the inkpad, and pressed his fingerprints on the records one by one. Today's interrogation work was considered complete.
When he walked out of the interrogation room, Zhao Jiang and the others were waiting outside.
Ning Zhiheng asked, "Is the search complete?"
Zhao Jiang nodded and replied, "The search is complete, including his pawnshop. This guy has amassed a fortune. His deposits in Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank alone are substantial. He also has gold bars and cash at home, and his pawnshop contains a large number of antiques and paintings. I really don't know how he amassed so much wealth."
Zhao Jiang was shocked when he went to search the place. He hadn't expected that a serving military officer would be more wealthy than those well-known businessmen.
Ning Zhiheng was not surprised at all. Qian Zhong's reputation for making money was already well-known in the Military Intelligence Bureau, so accumulating this much wealth was nothing to him. He said, "This guy just mentioned that besides his residence, he also has an outhouse where he hides a lot of valuables. I'll give you the address in a bit, and you can go and seal it off right away."
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