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"What did you say on the first call?" Su Mu asked immediately.
When the two thought about it, they both showed strange expressions: "Bai Jian talked to us for the first time recently. He just greeted us a few words and then hung up."
When Zhao Qiang heard this, he couldn't help hammering the back of the sofa angrily: "What a cunning white sword!"
"Can't our confession prove that Bai Jian is the real murderer?" Zhou Wenming asked timidly.
If it can't be proved that Bai Jian is the murderer behind the scenes, then Zhou Wenming and Zhu Ruobing will have to bear all the charges. Thinking of this, the two panicked.
"Should I summon Bai Jian directly for a surprise trial first?" Wei Qing suggested.
Su Mu shook his head: "It's too risky to arrest Bai Jian directly now. This man is too cunning. Once the evidence is insufficient, he can't pry his mouth open, but give him a chance to breathe."
Zhao Qiang nodded, and he also agreed with Su Mu's words.
"There is no evidence, so let that Bai Jian get away with it?" Luo Ping couldn't help being discouraged.
Su Mu looked at Zhou Wenming and Zhu Ruobing and asked, "You guys hired Zuo Gong and Hong Chiqiang to kill Duan Xinyi 12 years ago?"
"No!" Zhou Wenming and the two shook their heads at the same time.
"Bai Jian personally found it. He also said that it would cost 300 million yuan, so we each paid 50 yuan." Zhu Ruobing immediately said again.
"That's right, that's right, Bai Jian said at the time that 300 million was a reward for the two of them." Zhou Wenming also echoed.
"300 million?" Su Mu frowned, and murmured, "In this way, Zuo Gong at least got a few hundred thousand, but after he was released from prison, it doesn't look like there are hundreds of thousands of people?"
Zhou Wenming immediately flattered him and said, "I know this. Zuo Gong likes to gamble. He owed 50 foreign debts back then. I heard that his family paid off the money before he went in."
Su Mu was silent for a while without speaking.
Zhou Wenming and Zhu Ruobing immediately became apprehensive, for fear that what they said would make Su Mu unhappy.
"Zuo Gong got 50, so Hong Chiqiang, the real murderer, got 250 million? How did you give the money to the two?" Su Mu asked, frowning.
"I heard from Bai Jian that in order to avoid revealing his flaws, he gave him cash." Zhu Ruobing said with certainty.
Su Mu's brows became tighter and tighter, and he suddenly said to Zhao Qiang and others: "Zhao Bureau, we still need to investigate another person. In addition, Luo Suo, you take someone to investigate Hong Chiqiang's family and ask them how much money they got back then? This is very important." , Be sure to check clearly!"
After saying that, Su Mu didn't explain too much, and asked Wei Qing to escort Zhou Wenming and the two back to the Municipal Bureau, while he and Zhao Qiang went straight downstairs.
In the car, Su Mu gave an address and asked the driver to go there directly.
Everyone was very unfamiliar with this address, but Zhao Qiang's eyes flickered when he heard Su Mu report the address, and he glanced at Su Mu, but he didn't ask.
The car went round and round before coming to a dilapidated neighborhood.
"Jingyao Community?" Everyone glanced at a sign erected in front of the community, with the name of the community written on it.
Su Mu asked the driver to drive the car in again, because he was driving a free car, so no one paid attention to them.
Instructing the driver to drive the car to a low building, Su Mu asked the driver to stop the car.
"Let's wait here for a while!" Su Mu said to everyone.
Everyone didn't understand Su Mu's intention, so they had to sit in the car and wait.
"This neighborhood is so dilapidated that it's still there. It's really not easy!" a comrade who was traveling with him suddenly said.
Su Mu said lightly: "Fortunately, it's still there, otherwise it would be troublesome!"
He stared at a courtyard in front of him, which was built by someone on the first floor, and there was an old man bent over watering the flowers in the courtyard.
Zhao Qiang also nodded and said: "Yes, otherwise, if we leave, we don't know how to find it yet!"
The colleague who spoke earlier heard that Su Mu and Zhao Qiang's words seemed to contain a sense of Zen, and couldn't help scratching the back of his head: "Zhao Ju, Su Suo, what are you two talking about?"
Su Mu and Zhao Qiang looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, Su Mu said with a smile: "It turns out Director Zhao thought of it too!"
Zhao Qiang shook his head with a smile and said, "Old man, if you hadn't told me the address, I would never have thought of this!"
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The others were baffled by the conversation between Zhao Qiang and Su Mu. After looking at each other, someone couldn't help but asked curiously: "Director Zhao, Su Suo, have you made any important discoveries?"
Zhao Qiang smiled and said: "The answer to the mystery will be revealed later, now we are waiting for the investigation results from Luo Suo."
Everyone knows that Luo Ping is going to find out how much money Hong Chiqiang got back then, but what does this have to do with the current situation?
Is this community related to Hong Chiqiang?
Seeing that the two were unwilling to speak out immediately, they could only hold back and wait for the results of Luo Ping's investigation.
Time passed slowly, and Su Mu kept looking at the old man in the front yard. The old man had stopped watering at this time, stood up and began to repair a plate of flowers on the stone table.
Even when the old man stood up, his back was still hunchbacked, and he looked old from behind.
Someone checked the time and muttered, "It's been so long, why hasn't there been any news from Luo Suo?"
Others also started to worry, the case was at a critical moment, they didn't understand why Su Mu brought himself and others here to wait?
At this moment, Zhao Qiang's police alarm rang.
Zhao Qiang looked at the police number, and immediately said, "It's Luo Ping."
He connected the police phone, and Luo Ping on the other end immediately said: "Director Zhao, we have found out the result. After Hong Chiqiang killed someone, his family got 200 million."
Zhao Qiang lifted his spirits, but still asked worriedly: "Are you sure it's 200 million?"
"I'm sure it's this amount. I asked everyone in his family, and they all said it was 200 million, no more and no less!" Luo Ping replied affirmatively.
"Okay!" Zhao Qiang hung up the police phone, turned to Su Mu and said, "Hong Chiqiang got 200 million Baijian back then!"
“200万?洪持强得了200万,左工得了50万,还剩余50万哪去了?当年白剑他们可是出了300万!”
Everyone clearly remembered that in the hotel, Zhou Wenming personally said that they paid 300 million, and he didn't need to lie about this.
"Could it be that Bai Jian took the remaining 50 yuan?" Someone speculated.
"It's possible!" Someone next to him immediately echoed.
But Su Mu shook his head: "Bai Jian didn't swallow the remaining 50 yuan alone."
"Where did the 50 go?" Everyone asked suspiciously.
Su Mu tapped the old man watering the flowers in front of him with his forehead: "Give it to him, Zhang Degui. The old man who was beaten by Hong Chiqiang's left worker 12 years ago is also the one Duan Xinyi wanted to save. He got 50!"
"Ah?" Everyone was shocked when they heard that, and they all looked at the old man in the yard.
The old man was still repairing the plate of flowers on the stone table, and he didn't notice the people behind him at all.
"Zhang Degui? The old man who was beaten for 12 years is indeed called Zhang Degui. Oh, I remembered, his family seems to live in this community!"
A veteran policeman who participated in the incident 12 years ago also came to his senses at this time, and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Zhao Qiang said at this time: "Just now Susuo gave the money through Bai Jian and others, guessing that there may be something wrong with Zhang Degui. Now it seems that he is indeed an accomplice in the case 12 years ago!"
Everyone looked at Su Mu again.
Su Mu said: "Two hundred and five, this amount is deliberately avoided by ordinary people in transactions. In addition, I know from the files that Zhang Degui once asked Duan Xinyi for help, but there is no record of Zhang Degui asking for help from other people."
"The case happened at the station back then, and there was a lot of people. Why did Zhang Degui turn to Duan Xinyi for help?"
After listening to Su Mu's analysis, everyone's eyes lit up, and an old policeman immediately said: "Did he deliberately drag Duan Xinyi into the incident, so that Hong Chiqiang could commit the crime smoothly?"
Su Mu nodded: "It should be like this!"
Everyone in the car gasped. This Bai Jian was really cunning. On the one hand, he found the dead man Hong Chiqiang and killed him.
"This Bai Jian is too treacherous, it's almost inhuman!" Someone scolded angrily.
Zhao Qiang said with a smile: "No matter how powerful he is, he still lost to Su Suo!"
The others also laughed happily, thinking in their hearts, if Su Mu is not a policeman, but a criminal...?
Thinking of this, no one dared to imagine. If Su Mu was a criminal, no one would be able to catch him!
Of course, Su Mu didn't know what everyone was thinking. He opened the car door and said, "We're going to meet Zhang Degui. It's been 12 years, and he should have enjoyed enough!"
Everyone got out of the car with Su Mu and went directly to Zhang Degui's house.
Pushing open the courtyard door, Zhang Degui, who was still repairing flowers, heard the voice, turned his head suddenly, saw several strangers coming to his house, and asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"
A young man took out his ID card and showed it to Zhang Degui, and said, "I am a policeman from Jiangbin City, and my name is Su Mu. I am here to inquire about a case!"
Zhang Degui just glanced at the Su Mu certificate, put down the scissors for cutting flowers, and said calmly: "Come in and sit down!"
With that said, he brought Su Mu and the others into his living room.
Zhang Degui's house has two bedrooms, one living room, one bathroom and one kitchen. The furnishings are ordinary, and can even be described as dilapidated. Except for an old cat nestled on the sofa in the living room, everyone went to the room and bathroom to check. There was no one else in the whole house, and it was very quiet.
"My son passed away 12 years ago, and my wife also passed away last year. Now the whole family is just me!"
Zhang Degui looked up at the portraits in the two photo frames on the wall, shook his head, sat down and hugged the old cat on his lap, stroked its hair, and seemed to be muttering to himself.
When Su Mu and Zhao Qiang heard that Zhang Degui took the initiative to mention 12 years ago, they couldn't help being startled, looked at each other, and then looked at Zhang Degui together.
Zhang Degui met the eyes of the two, without avoiding or being timid, and said very calmly: "It has been 12 years, and you are still here after all!"
"Do you know why we came here?" Zhao Qiang asked.
Zhang Degui nodded: "Although it's 12 years late, it's not too late!"
Su Mu immediately looked at Zhang Degui with piercing eyes.
"Sometimes I'm thinking, when will the police come to my house? Thinking about it, I have both expectations and rejoicing in my heart. These two feelings appear in turn. Sometimes I want to surrender, but I don't have the courage to walk halfway, so I have to be like a Sneaking back like a lost dog."
Everyone was silent, listening quietly to what Zhang Degui seemed to be muttering to himself.
Zhang Degui rambled on for a long time, then suddenly took out a USB flash drive from the gap in the sofa, and handed it to Su Mu.
"Here is the evidence of Bai Jian's crime. I recorded all his conversations with me 12 years ago, which can directly prove that Bai Jian is the mastermind behind the murder!"
Su Mu took the USB drive and nodded, then looked at Zhang Degui again.
Zhang Degui smiled sadly: "Duan Xinyi shouldn't have died, but at that time my son was seriously ill and needed money for treatment, so I agreed to Bai Jian's request and dragged Duan Xinyi into the incident!"
"Maybe God is punishing me. I got 50, but my son is still dead, and my wife left before me. I am the only one left!
"Oh, lingering on for 12 years, it's time to end!"
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After Zhang Degui finished speaking, he seemed to have lifted a heavy burden, and his expression suddenly became relaxed.
"Is there anything else you need to do?" Su Mu asked.
Although Zhang Degui is over 70 years old, the law is merciless. Even if an old man commits a crime, he will be punished the same way.
Zhang Degui shook his head: "The only thing I want to do now is to cooperate with you to make Bai Jian confess his crimes, and the rest is gone. Let's go."
After speaking, he cleaned up briefly, and followed Su Mu and others to the Municipal Bureau.
In the interrogation room of the Municipal Bureau, Su Mu and Zhao Qiang interrogated Zhang Degui. Zhang Degui naturally would not hide anything at this time, and explained the cause and effect of the case in detail.
Through the USB flash drive given by Zhang Degui, Su Mu found that Zhang Degui was quite flexible. Every time he talked with Bai Jian, he would respectfully call Director Bai Jian, as if he was afraid that others would not know that the other party was Bai Jian.
And while speaking, he clearly understood Jian's identity without any trace.
Obviously, Bai Jian, who is as cunning as a fox, did not expect that Zhang Degui, who was honest and honest, would defend him, and finally left valuable evidence for the case to be reversed 12 years later.
Zhao Qiang couldn't help but praised: "This Zhang Degui is much smarter than Zhou Wenming!"
After the interrogation by Su Mu and Zhang Degui, they came out with Zhang Degui under escort, and saw Fang Haotian and Lu Yiming waiting outside, and Lu Chenyao and his grandfather also rushed over after hearing the news.
At this time, her grandfather was in tears, Lu Chenli supported her grandfather, and her beautiful face also looked very miserable.
Zhang Degui seemed to know Grandpa Duan and Lu Yiming's father and daughter. When he passed by the three of them, he suddenly knelt down with a "plop".
"I'm sorry!" Zhang Degui obviously apologized for the evil he did 12 years ago. He indirectly killed Duan Xinyi, and also caused Grandpa Duan and Lu Chenyao to turn against Lu Yiming.
Although the three members of Lu Chenyao's family did not beat or scold Zhang Degui, they all turned their faces away and walked away.
Obviously all three of them refused to accept Zhang Degui's apology.
Su Mu sighed, this is also common sense, anyone who becomes an accomplice in the death of his mother, daughter and wife will not be easily forgiven.
He winked at the two policemen escorting Zhang Degui, and the two policemen immediately helped Zhang Degui up, put him in a police car, and sent him to the detention center.
After escorting Zhang Degui's police car away, Lu Yiming came over, bowed to Su Mu and said, "If Chen Yao's mother, Zai Tianzhi, knows that the case has been solved and all the murderers have been caught, she will definitely die in peace! Thank you, Su Suo! "
Su Mu hurriedly said: "This is what we should do, Mr. Lu is welcome!"
Grandpa Duan and Lu Chenyao also came over, Grandpa Duan patted Su Mu on the shoulder, his eyes were full of kindness.