1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 960
In fact, there is nothing wrong with Huang Tongyang's handling method. In a place with such a large traffic flow in Shengli Hong Kong, there are countless things that need to be managed by the police station every day.Even if there is a homicide case, as long as it is confirmed that the cause of death is not homicide, then things will go according to the procedure. At most, it is because the deceased is a foreigner and needs to say hello to the foreign affairs department.

Fu Li himself has experience working at the grassroots level, so he didn't express any doubt or dissatisfaction with Huang Tongyang's statement. He nodded and brought the topic back to this case: "I think that if it was an emergency, the murderer used some kind of After suffocating Hassan to death with the technique, he might have pushed him into the sea in a panic. But he was obviously calm enough to search Hassan's body after the attack, without touching his money , Just confiscating the train ticket, in order to pretend to be an accidental death and make it more difficult to verify the identity of the deceased afterwards, this is not something that ordinary people can do."

Fu Li has worked in the police department for several years, and has been involved in many cases. Naturally, his ability to figure out the psychology of criminals is not comparable to that of policemen in the police station who maintain law and order.Although the clues we have so far are relatively limited, Fu Li believes that the occurrence of this case is not accidental, and there may be some unknown secrets hidden behind it.

Huang Tongyang frowned and said, "The biggest suspect now is the person who ate with him in Zuixianlou, but this person's face is unclear. How can we find him?"

Lin Nan answered, "We haven't found any more information about that mysterious person yet, and the clues still have to come from Hassan."

Huang Tongyang clasped his fists and said, "Master Lin, please advise!"

"I don't dare to advise, I have some ideas, please share with me." Lin Nan pondered: "We now know that Hassan came to Shengli Port three times in four days. In fact, the supporting facilities at Sanya Port are also very complete. Yes, he didn't need to come here specifically for a meal. So what was the purpose of Hassan's previous two trips to Victory Port? Where else has he been to besides Zuixian Tower? Was it to discuss business or visit friends? "

Fu Li continued: "About Hassan's purpose of traveling alone, we have carefully questioned his subordinates before, and we can basically confirm that it is not about business, because he has already negotiated with the Ministry of Commerce on the day of his arrival in Hong Kong. Ship the goods to Tsinghua, Annan. And even if you need to purchase some bulk goods, in fact, you can just say hello to the people in the Ministry of Commerce. After all, he has just shipped a batch of copper ingots. The Ministry of Commerce is eager to stabilize this channel. He has He will try his best to meet any request. As for whether he is visiting friends, he can’t be sure, but according to his subordinates, Hassan will definitely bring a few people with him when he goes out on weekdays.”

"Is it understandable that Hassan's intention is not to let his subordinates know where he has been, who he has seen, who has done what?" Huang Tongyang added.

Fu Li nodded and said: "I think so too, so what Master Lin said just now is very important. Where has he been and who has he met besides the Zuixian Tower? These are the clues we will investigate next."

Lin Nan sighed: "Just in this way, the number of objects we need to investigate will be multiplied several times. This matter is not easy to handle."

The current Shengli Port area plus the commercial area between Fort Victory and the port area has an area of ​​at least three to four square kilometers. If you add the surrounding official agencies, service facilities, and naturalized residential areas, Then the area will increase by half on this basis.To investigate the whereabouts of a person in such a large area, the manpower and material resources required will not be small, and the social impact will be relatively large. Moreover, with the authority of the Shengli Port District Police Station, it is definitely impossible to operate this matter. It's over.

Fu Li has been in the system for several years, so he naturally understood the meaning of Lin Nan's words. He nodded and said, "It's not enough for us to rely on just a few of us. We have to report to the higher authorities."

To conduct a large-scale investigation and visit in the Shengli Port area, this matter must be reported to the leaders of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Security.If necessary, it even needs to be brought to the Executive Committee for discussion.Although Fu Li and Lin Nan have some authority in their hands, they also know that every inch of land in Shengli Port has more or less conflicts of interest with the chiefs. If there is no sufficient reason to investigate the shops and staff here, It's really easy to offend the big shots above.To continue to investigate this case, it is best to say hello to the higher-ups first, and then take further action after obtaining permission.

This matter can only be handled separately by Fu Li and Lin Nan. Huang Tongyang's level is not enough, so after the three of them agreed, they immediately split up.Fu Li went to find Ren Liang, Lin Nan went to Hao Wanqing, and each went to apply for expanded investigation authority.

The office building of Haihan Justice Department is a three-story gray brick building on the west side of Fort Victory, square and square like a matchbox.If it wasn't set off by the height of more than ten meters, the appearance of this office building can be said to be quite inconspicuous.

At present, the Ministry of Justice has Gu Kai and Ren Liang as the principal and deputy respectively. This is one of the few departments that has two executive members as full-time leaders.However, due to the relatively limited number of professionals, the public security agencies are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, and Ren Liang is in charge of public security affairs and related agencies.

Before that, Ren Liang not only managed the hard labor camp, but also served as the director of the port management committee of Shengli Port for a period of time. It can be said that he is very familiar with the basic affairs of the port operation, so after reading the report submitted by Fu Li , the understanding of this event is more thorough.

"Do you think there are other hidden secrets in this case besides the murder?" Ren Liang asked Fu Li with great interest.

"I have carefully checked Hassan's background. In the past few years, he came to Sanya once or twice a year, but he never heard of any relatives, friends or personal grievances in the local area. He left every time he completed a transaction. , The longest stay here was no more than a week. The murderer had already considered the method and location of the attack before the attack, led him to the sparsely populated dock area, and then arranged the scene to pretend to be drunk, stumbled and drowned. Such thorough consideration , and using such a complicated method, I think the possibility of his death due to personal grievances is very small." Fu Li paused and expressed his own conclusion: "I think he was killed because he knew some kind of secret. Killed."

Ren Liang glanced at the report again, and said slowly: "You mentioned that Hassan's main trading partner in the past few years is us and the Spaniards in Manila?"

"Yes, but so far there is no evidence to prove that this matter is related to the Spaniards." Fu Li replied cautiously.So far, the case is still a homicide, but if a Spaniard is involved, it may be of a different nature.Fu Li also knew that the Haihan militia fought against the Spaniards last year, and the two sides were still at war, so he didn't dare to associate this case with the Spaniards.

Ren Liang smiled and said, "Don't think I'm scaremongering. Someone from the Ministry of Security has gone to ask for instructions on this case, right? Based on their working habits, I guess Hao Wanqing's conspiracy theory will definitely come out again."

Since the Danzhou Assassination Case in 1631 and the Shilu Riot in the same year, the Ministry of Security has intensified its efforts to arrest intelligence personnel who sneaked into Hainan Island from outside forces. There has also been more intervention in the case-handling process.Even in the monthly inspection team organized by the Ministry of Justice, representatives of the Ministry of Security like Lin Nan were added, the purpose of which was to pay attention to those cases that the public security agencies had missed.

Although this kind of approach is a little suspicious, it has indeed cracked several espionage cases.Ren Liang didn't have any objection to this, but Gu Kai had always been critical of the excessive authority of the Ministry of Security. After all, the Ministry of Security arrested people and handled cases except for the rare occasions when they needed the assistance of the police. There was no action to notify the Ministry of Justice, and it was called "the need for confidentiality".

Once encountering a case that the Ministry of Security considers to be suspected of intelligence, it will take corresponding actions, summon or arrest relevant personnel for interrogation, and even use some extrajudicial means to solve the problem if necessary.In this case, even Fu Li was aware of the weirdness of the case. Ren Liang thought that an old fox like Hao Wanqing would definitely not ignore such details, so he might classify this case as requiring the direct intervention of the Ministry of Security. Degree.Of course, even if the Ministry of Security doesn't do this, the police will still investigate the case step by step, but the strength may be relatively limited.

Ren Liang asked some more detailed questions about the case, and asked Fu Li to go out and wait, while he called Hao Wanqing himself.After the two big bosses communicated on the phone, they made a decision to set up a joint task force, with Fu Li and Lin Nan in charge. The accidental death of businessman Hassan launched a further investigation in order to find out the truth behind the death.

However, this in-depth investigation was not carried out in the form of large-scale visits and investigations. On the day after the two departments made a decision, a newly posted reward offer could be seen everywhere in the Shengli Port area and the adjacent commercial district. Search notices.

The content of this announcement is to find the whereabouts of Hassan, a Persian businessman who disappeared in the local area recently. It details his appearance and clothing, etc. Anyone who can provide clues will be given 2000 to 2000 yuan by relatives and friends depending on the importance of the clues. If the clues provided can directly find the party concerned, a reward of [-] yuan can be obtained.Of course, no one can take the [-] yuan away. After all, Hassan's body was cremated after a comprehensive autopsy, and Hassan's subordinates were also temporarily placed under house arrest.All personnel involved in handling the case, including the inspection department, and even the staff of the Ministry of Commerce and Zuixianlou who Fu Li and Lin Nan visited a few days ago, were all given a gag order.

As for the reporting of the case and the crowd watching at the pier, since they did not know the inside story of the investigation, they would not link the corpse with the reward notice, because the co-organizing unit indicated under the notice was Haihan Police In the department, the police will never be too idle to offer a reward for a corpse that has been restrained by the police.

The task force believes that foreigners like Hassan have been ostentatiously passing through the Victory Harbor area for several days, and it is impossible that no one has noticed his existence. A lot of manpower and time may have miraculous results.

Sure enough, that afternoon, several people tipped off various clues about Hassan to the police. Of course, some of them were true and some were false.The task force quickly screened out a few pieces of information that matched the time and location, and then began to conduct in-depth investigations.

There was a piece of information that caught the attention of Fu Li and Lin Nan, because after comparing the reported information, there was more than one person who testified against this piece of information, and the time and place were relatively consistent, which was more in line with Hassan's itinerary.

"On January 23, that is, the afternoon of Hassan's arrival at Sanya Port, the shopkeeper Wang of the Piaoxiang Oil and Sauce Shop on the Second Branch Road of Jingjing Avenue saw a man who looked similar to Hassan enter the shop across the street. Nanyang Pavilion. He remembered this incident because after that, a customer couldn’t change the change after paying, so he went to the opposite Nanyang Pavilion for help, and saw that person talking with the shopkeeper Su of Nanyang Pavilion.”

"Another clue came from the servant of the post envoy who lived in the guest house. He met Hassan on the Scenic Avenue that day. He saw that he looked like a compatriot, so he went up to say hello, and the two had a conversation. A few words. According to what he said, Hassan was going to a shop to consign the gems he bought from Java, and the shop selling luxury goods nearby happened to be Nanyang Pavilion.”

After reading Fu Li, he put down the information and said to Lin Nan: "If shopkeeper Wang sees that Hassan is the person who entered Nanyang Pavilion, then the time is basically consistent with another clue. According to the clues we have before, Hassan should After a short stay, he took the train back to Sanya Port, and had dinner with his subordinates that day, and it is possible that this Nanyang Pavilion was his destination in Victory Port that day."

"It's Nanyang Pavilion..." Lin Nan responded, but didn't continue.

"What's wrong with this store?" Fu Li noticed Lin Nan's strangeness and asked.

"This store...is an industry under the name of Qiong Lianfa, and some of the shares are in the hands of some big leaders." Lin Nan said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter if you investigate the murder case, I am afraid that you will find something that should not be investigated. ..."

(End of this chapter)