Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room.

Chapter 491 Jiang Yanyan was ill
The interrogation of Yushu did not end the theft case, but made it more confusing. From the moment Chen Yi saw the bracelet in the ancestral hall last night, he was mentally prepared.

Unexpectedly, Yushu's confession was even more bizarre than expected, and it appeared that the bracelet was given away for free.

Chen Yi doesn't believe it 99% of the time, and the remaining 1% is an extremely low probability event.

For example, the person in the portrait really existed, and he was really very "selfless" and stole the bracelet and gave it to Yushu. His motive was not for Yushu, but for the bracelet.

It is even related to the offerings in the ancestral hall of Yuluo Village.

One can think of it this way: the thief originally wanted to put Jiang Yanyan's bracelet into the ancestral hall of Yuluo Village, and Yushu's predicament just gave him the opportunity. Everyone got what they needed and everyone was happy, so it was a win-win situation.

Chen Yi would believe this inference, but that is only one percent, and there is still a ninety-nine percent chance that Yushu is lying.

There was another question Chen Yi didn't ask, because he knew it would be a waste of energy to ask it.

According to Yushu's confession, why was he afraid of the police? Why did he try to stop the police from entering the village?

It doesn't make sense.

Yushu didn't know that the bracelet was stolen. His mistake was only breaking the bracelet in the ancestral hall. What does it have to do with the police?
Whether he broke the jade bracelet or accepted the bracelet from someone else, he did not commit any crime and he should not be afraid of the police.

This is critical.

He really shouldn't be afraid of the police.

However, the fact is that Yushu tried very hard to prevent the police from entering the village. Han Yuedong fell off his horse and he himself almost collapsed. That's why Chen Yi thought that Yushu was still lying, or that he was not lying but was hiding something.

His expression was very sincere during the interrogation. Chen Yi affirmed his acting skills, which was not easy for a young man from a mountain village.

The most important thing right now is to let Jiang Mingfu identify the bracelet, and then Hu Qingzhi will check and find the person in the portrait.

Chen Yi needs to determine a new direction for the homicide investigation.

The matter of the bracelet is far less important than the four lives.

"Have you seen Shi Lin and Yue Qing outside the village?" This was Chen Yi's last question.

Yu Shu was bewildered: "Shi Lin? Sister Yue Qing? I haven't seen them for several years. I don't know where they went."

Chen Yi left the interrogation room. He found Lao Shao and asked him to find out the whereabouts of Shi Lin and Yue Qing from Yu Luo Village. After all, he had already promised the village chief, and whether the two had a falling out or not would not affect the fulfillment of his promise.

"Okay, Captain Chen, I will ask someone during this time." Lao Shao said that there was no problem, as long as the person was still in Mengzhu Town, he would definitely be found.

After such a long period of no news, Chen Yi guessed that the two were no longer in Mengzhu Town, so he decided to look for them first.

After dawn, Liang Qidong sent someone to escort the bracelet back to Mingcheng, while he and Chen Yi took Yushu to Ruicheng.

Hu Qingzhi has been informed of the results of last night's interrogation. The other party will also set off for Ruicheng today, and both parties will gather in Ruicheng.

Yushu met the suspect in Ruicheng, so Ruicheng is naturally the focus of the investigation. In the future, the two cases will be carried out simultaneously in Ruicheng.

After noon.

Ruicheng City Bureau.

The director and the deputy director in charge welcomed Chen Yi's arrival and wanted to arrange a dinner, but Chen Yi declined. So everyone packed up their meals in the city bureau cafeteria and ate directly in the conference room, talking about the case while eating.

The direction of Yuluo Village is temporarily blocked, and it is currently unknown why Tu Xiangnan appeared in Mengzhu Town. Chen Yi speculated that he might have gone there to pick up jadeite.

"I think he went there just to pick up jade and sell it for money." Liang Qidong agreed with Chen Yi's judgment and gave a reasonable basis, "Three or four years ago, Tu Xiangnan's hotel had some problems in operation and urgently needed capital injection. He went to Yuluo Village just to try his luck."

Chen Yi was eating and asked, "No relevant investigation conclusion?"

Liang Qidong: "Looking back now... Tu Xiangnan didn't have any obvious windfall. The hotel later got through the crisis by borrowing money from Rao Jiawu and Midli."

He Shixin looked over and said, "Why didn't he just borrow it directly? Instead, he went to Yuluo Village first."

Liang Qidong shook his head: "I don't know. Maybe it's hard to ask. It's hard to borrow money these days, especially if the amount is not small."

When Xin stopped talking and continued eating.

After a while of silence, Qin Fei raised a new question: "How did Tu Xiangnan know that Yuluo Village was full of jadeite? Has he been there? But all the villagers said they had never seen it."

Cheng Hanjun said, "We don't have to go into the village, right? There may be jade outside the village. There were so many jade stones in Yuluo Village back then, and some of them would have been missed after a long time."

Chen Yi said: "There are some outside the village. I have seen them."

This time when he went in and out of Yuluo Village, he deliberately observed on the road and found that there were indeed some jadeite raw stones that no one cared about lying alone in the mountains and forests, experiencing the wind, sun and rain.

He didn't take a close look and sift through the remaining items, so they weren't worth much.

Maybe it's really of high quality, but the probability is about the same as winning the jackpot in the lottery.

First, this piece of jade needs to avoid the screening of the people of Bagan and Yulu Village, then it has to happen to fall into the mountains, and then someone has to be lucky enough to come across it, and also need to have extremely high eyesight to recognize the value of the raw stone...

If any link is missing, it will not work. It would be better to buy a lottery ticket.

Therefore, if Tu Xiangnan really went to Mengzhu Town for Yuluo Village, and really wanted to look for jadeite in and around Yuluo Village, then he had a bold inference.

Qin Fei just said it.

"Maybe Tu Xiangnan has really been into the mountains before and picked up some good stuff." Chen Yi's voice continued.

Several people stopped eating and turned to look at Chen Yi.

This guess is still very reasonable. If he hadn't tasted the sweetness, why would he do it?
"At present... there is no such thing found." Liang Qidong said.

Not finding anything doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, but it is basically impossible to confirm it. The person is already dead, and if the family knew about it, they would have told it long ago.

Chen Yi had almost finished eating and put down his chopsticks: "It is doubtful that all four street urchins have achieved success in their careers. We can make a guess based on the new clues."

Hearing this, those who had not yet finished eating quickened their pace and waited for the next step after finishing.

Chen Yi said, "If Tu Xiangnan had tasted the sweetness of Yuluo Village before, did he go there alone? Is it possible that four people went there together? Or more than four people?"

"According to this logic, I remembered the serial murders in Jiangcheng caused by tomb robbery. Internal fighting occurred for profit, and later generations took revenge."

"Regardless of whether it is reliable or not, let's put it this way. Tu Xiangnan and his group found something good in Yuluo Village. The four of them were tempted by the money and wanted to kill them. Many years later, someone avenged the dead and killed the people involved one by one."

"Because the dead people were not friends of Tu Xiangnan and his friends, Lao Liang did not gain anything from his investigation into interpersonal relationships."

After the words were spoken, several people fell into deep thought.

The logic is correct and it is not a blind guess. After all, there must be a reason why Tu Xiangnan appeared in Mengzhu Town inexplicably, and the probability of him going there for the jade is relatively high. The four gangsters have all achieved success in their careers, so there is a possibility that the other three are also involved.

As for the subsequent murder and robbery...it's hard to say.

Since Chen Yi said that it doesn't matter whether it is reliable or not, it means that he has no certainty and is just making a guess that is not a direction.

“It is possible.”

Liang Qidong felt that he should support Chen Yi at this time. Chen Yi did not go into this topic in depth. Anyway, the next direction is to find out whether the success of the four victims was accidental or inevitable, which probably requires investigation... around the six or seven year period.

Six or seven years ago, the four of them were still hanging out on the streets.

If it is discovered that there is ill-gotten gains...it can be directly classified as a vendetta.

"Are there any unsolved cases of murder for money in Ruicheng in previous years?" Chen Yi asked.

Liang Qidong shook his head: "No."

Chen Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Let's check first. The Han team has already covered a wide area. To save time, we should not follow their old path. We should think outside the box and start with low-probability events. We should take it slow."

Liang Qidong: "I will follow Captain Chen's instructions on everything."

Hu Qingzhi arrived at around three in the afternoon. At that time, the task force was still in the conference room, resting, chatting and waiting.

Hu Qingzhi and the police officers he brought with him each had a teppanyaki grill, and the entire conference room was immediately filled with a rich aroma.

"I'm sorry I didn't have time to eat on the way. I saw a teppanyaki stall in front of the city bureau, so I bought one."

Hu Qingzhi apologized and explained.

Chen Yi smiled and said it was okay, and motioned for everyone to take a seat.

"Lao Liang, does that teppanyaki vendor have someone behind her? She seems to be the only vendor on such a big street, and even the city management officials don't dare to chase her away."

As the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Mingcheng City Public Security Bureau, his keen sense is no joke. He can see the problem just from a teppanyaki stall.

Chen Yi found it interesting and looked at Liang Qidonggang.

He also noticed that stall. It dared to set up a stall in front of the Municipal Bureau and there was only one stall. It must be something valuable.

Liang Qidong coughed and said, "No, no, Hu Zhi is overthinking."

Hu Qingzhi chewed his food and smiled without saying a word.

It would be nice to have a teppanyaki restaurant, where the police officers on field duty can quickly solve their hunger problem. Even the clerical, technical, and civilian staff would get tired of eating in the cafeteria every day.

The biggest advantage of junk food is that it can bring people happiness.

Chen Yi took out a cigarette and flicked the filter, then put it in his mouth and lit it. He looked at Hu Qingzhi and said, "Old Hu, the portrait is on the table, in front of you to the right. This person is not found in the database, so I give it to you."

Hearing this, Hu Qingzhi turned his head slightly, stood up, took the portrait, and sat back down. While observing the portrait, he said, "Such a great thief doesn't have a criminal record? Is it because the portrait is not accurate enough?"

"Uh……"

Chen Yi didn't know how to answer and subconsciously looked at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen looked like his professionalism was being questioned, but with his brother-in-law around, he became bolder and immediately said, "Hu Zhi, I drew the portrait. As long as the suspect's description is correct, the accuracy can definitely reach the search level. I have confidence."

Hu Qingzhi was slightly stunned, and after taking a look at Lin Chen, he smiled and said, "Of course, the people Captain Chen brought must be very capable. I have to go and look around. A thief with no criminal record... Tsk, it's very rare."

Chen Yi slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "So there may be other details in this case. Old Hu, please pay attention to it and be careful."

Hu Qingzhi said seriously: "I understand... Oh, by the way, there is something I want to report."

Chen Yi: "Say."

Hu Qingzhi stuffed the last bite of teppanyaki into his mouth, swallowed it quickly, and said, "Didn't Captain Chen suggest that I investigate Jiang Yanyan in depth before he left? I checked, but I don't know if it counts as a clue. Jiang Yanyan had a serious illness once, but she recovered later."

"Serious illness?" Chen Yi seemed to be thinking, "What kind of serious illness is it?"

Hu Qingzhi: "It's quite strange. I had black spots all over my body. I went to many hospitals and tried many folk remedies to cure it. Now I am fine and healed."

Chen Yi was silent for a while, then asked, "When?"

Hu Qingzhi: "Probably... the year before last. I started to have symptoms the year before last, and the next year, which was last year, it became increasingly severe. I later took a medicinal bath and it cured me. I used a folk remedy."

Chen Yi said, "Oh!" This incident seemed to have nothing to do with the stolen bracelet, but...

It’s a bit strange to think that Jiang Mingfu wore a bracelet worth 100 million yuan for his daughter, and before leaving he blocked the door of the provincial department and asked him to investigate the theft first.

"When exactly did you recover?" he asked.

Hu Qingzhi: "It's hard to say. Anyway, it will heal slowly, not so fast, and there is no exact date."

Chen Yi: "Did people start dying when the situation got better?"

"Ah?" Hu Qingzhi took a moment to realize that the other party was talking about the Ruicheng murder case. "Well... let me think about it. I remember the medicinal bath was... in October of the second half of the year... well, people started dying. No, they were all dead. At that time, Rao Jiawu had already been killed."

Rao Jiawu was the last person to die.

"Is there a connection here?!" Hu Qingzhi suddenly came to his senses just after he answered.

Chen Yi raised his hand: "Don't jump to conclusions yet. Did Jiang Mingfu cooperate when you investigated Jiang Yanyan?"

Hu Qingzhi nodded: "I cooperated, but I felt confused and asked me why I investigated Jiang Yanyan instead of looking for the thief."

Chen Yi thought about it for a moment and made note of the matter. He could ask someone about it during future investigations.

The rich people in Mingcheng... wouldn't reach out to Ruicheng for no reason, right? Unless there is a specific reason.

At this moment, after learning about Jiang Yanyan's strange disease, based on his experience and intuition, Chen Yi seemed to have touched a vague line, but he could not tell the beginning and end of the line, let alone the specific content of the line.

It could be an illusion, or it could be that I really caught something.

While the meeting was going on, the bracelet had already been delivered to the Mingcheng Provincial Department. Upon receiving the news, Jiang Mingfu rushed over as quickly as possible and confirmed on the spot that the bracelet was the one his daughter had lost.

He was extremely surprised. He never thought that the lost bracelet could be found, so he immediately asked to take it away.

Xia Lanshan said that this was stolen property and could not be taken back until the case was resolved.

"What? I can't take it back?" Jiang Mingfu was angry. "I must take it away today! The bracelet is very important to my daughter. You...you can give me some convenience. It won't affect your arrest anyway."

Xia Lanshan refused. The bracelet couldn't be lost in the provincial department. If it was lost, it would be my fault. Why are you so anxious? It has no expiration date, so how can it go bad? It won't be a problem to keep it for a thousand years.

Jiang Mingfu was determined to take Xia Lanshan away, and when he saw that Xia Lanshan disagreed, he immediately mobilized his connections to put pressure on him.

It works very well. Politics and business are inseparable. Jiang Mingfu's status in Mingcheng is still not low. The Criminal Investigation Corps under the Provincial Department is just a public security unit after all. After receiving a call, Xia Lanshan had no choice but to push the box containing the bracelet to Jiang Mingfu.

It doesn't matter. You have to give it back sooner or later anyway. It's a relationship with the owner, so just give it back in advance. There's no need to argue with the higher authorities.

After Jiang Mingfu left satisfied, Xia Lanshan took out his cell phone and called Chen Yi.

This matter needs to be discussed with the other party.

(End of this chapter)