Chapter 369 Coincidence
The person who is more depressed than the gunman is definitely Li Yancheng, another person involved in the shooting incident.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon on January 30th, and he had just returned to the Public Security Hospital from the office.

The reason for going there was that the Third Bureau of the Army Headquarters brought in Guan Jingming who was arrested early yesterday morning.

After receiving a phone call from Director Zhong last night, people at the Beijing Suburban Base interrogated Guan again.

According to his own account, he did not arrange for anyone else to carry out the assassination attempt on Li Yancheng. To be on the safe side, Su Xiaomin personally brought him here at noon today.

I was interrogated by Li Yancheng in one place. He only asked this one question. After confirming that the shooting incident that occurred last night was indeed not arranged by him, he didn't ask any other questions.

If it wasn't him, then who could it be and why would he be assassinated?

The possibility that Jin Zhihai mentioned in the morning once again appeared in Li Yancheng's mind.

If this is really the reason, then this matter will be a big trouble.

In any case, since there is this possibility, it must be reported, so he told Director Liu about his guess.

As for who Director Liu will report to and who will investigate, that is the military's business.

I really didn't expect that the Third Bureau went to arrest Guan Jingming early yesterday morning, using the excuse that Li Yancheng was a key member of the General Hospital project team, so the Third Bureau was able to intervene.

Now this reason may come true, but the mastermind behind the scenes has changed.

After returning to the hospital, Li Yancheng first checked on Mr. Bai's condition. Seeing that he was temporarily stable, he went back to the Social Affairs Bureau building in front and began to think carefully.

Not only did he have to consider last night's shooting, he also had to consider his future.

The problem he faces now is that his life will be in danger whether he continues to work on the front line or withdraws from the front line to concentrate on the cancer medical project team.

This makes people feel a little helpless.

He had not expected that he, a small section-level cadre who only enjoyed the treatment of a department-level official, would become so important that he became someone that anyone could kill.

Of course, whether his medical skills were the reason behind last night’s shooting is still uncertain and needs to be investigated.

But he estimated that this was the reason.

But he guessed wrong.

This shooting incident really had nothing to do with his medical skills. The reason was not that complicated. It was just an assassination attempt against him personally.

The executors of this shooting, the gunman, no, it should be said that the twin brothers were both executors. They both just received orders from their superiors to carry out this assassination.

The two brothers didn't know why they wanted to kill Li Yancheng.

They also don't care about the real reasons behind it.

When they received the assassination order, it mentioned that Li Yancheng would be working in the Public Security Hospital in the near future. If there were any changes, they would be provided with the relevant information again at the place where they received the task.

As for why I chose to do it yesterday, it was just a coincidence.

The gunman and his brother had both scouted the area near the Public Security Hospital, and they also wanted to strike near Li Yancheng's home.

But as soon as the younger brother named Erqiang entered Meishan East Hutong, he was stopped by the people living inside and asked all kinds of questions. It was obvious that they were much more vigilant than the residents here. The two brothers realized that the plan to take action near Li's house could be cancelled.

The two brothers had no idea what happened the night before. If they knew, they might have temporarily canceled their action plan.

But none of this matters now. As long as they haven't been exposed, there will definitely be another action, and they have to rearrange their plans.

But are they really not exposed?

……

"Director Su, according to our investigation, the deceased, Shen Wen, the security officer of Taifeng First Chemical Plant, liked to go to the ghost market."

"What is he doing in the ghost market? What is he doing?"

The shooting case was a case of the Public Security Bureau, but the Operations Division 1 did not give up. Without interfering with the public security department's handling of the case, Su Xiaotong and the investigation department were also investigating the case.

Li Yancheng is from the First Division. Now his people are being assassinated one after another. Everyone in the First Division is furious and swears to find out the mastermind behind this by their own methods.

After hearing the investigator's report, Su Xiaotong frowned.

As mentioned before, the ghost market is not a legal market. The reason why it has not been resolutely banned is that there are indeed many people in the ghost market who barter for some items that are urgently needed at home.

Relevant departments have always adopted a tacit attitude towards such people, and they have to leave them a way out.

But the ghost market is illegal anyway. People who have formal jobs and can make ends meet at home will hardly go to the ghost market.

The deceased Shen Wen came from a relatively well-off family.

He and his wife both have jobs and have two children. Their family conditions aren't great, but they definitely don't need to go to the ghost market to make a living.

So his frequent visits to the ghost market seemed a bit strange.

"The ghost market he often went to was not far from his home. According to preliminary investigations, he went to the ghost market once or twice a week, but each time he went there he just looked around and we hardly saw him buying or selling anything."

"Why would he go to the ghost market if he wasn't buying or selling anything? Just hanging out? Is he crazy?"

Su Xiaotong asked in disbelief.

The ghost market is not like a normal market. It usually opens at one or two in the morning or even later, and closes at four in the morning at the latest. It will be even later in winter because the sun rises later.

This means that if you want to go to the ghost market, you will definitely not be able to sleep well at night.

This is also one of the reasons why many ordinary people don’t go. They have to go to work the next day and can’t just take a nap at the office.

Shen Wen neither buys nor sells anything, but he goes to the ghost market once or twice every week. He must be crazy. This is not a daytime vegetable market. He can just go shopping there. It won't affect anything.

The investigator curled his lips. This was the situation they had investigated. If there was no problem, no one would believe it.

What a psycho, he stays up all night just to hang out.

"Have you met Shen Wen's family?" After thinking for a while, Su Xiaotong asked again.

"Yes, Shen Wen's wife is Xie Ling, who works at the nursery under the street office where their family lives. She said her husband just likes to join in the fun.

She had told him several times not to go to the ghost market again, as the family had everything they needed, but Shen Wen simply didn't listen and continued to do as she pleased. She said she had never seen her husband buy or sell anything.

The Shen family's daily expenses remain the same as before, with no major changes.

The Taifeng Branch also searched their home and did not find anything whose value was obviously beyond the normal income of the couple.

Neighbors also said that the Shen family's meals and expenses were all within normal range.

"When did Shen Wen start liking to visit the ghost market?"

"Uh... it's been a while. Xie Ling couldn't tell exactly how long it had been, but she said that in her memory, her husband's first time going to the ghost market was not long after her second child was born.

At that time, she had no milk due to health reasons, so Shen Wen went to the ghost market to see if she could buy milk powder or milk substitute. Her second child is already nine years old this year. "

"Xie Ling means that her husband had never been to the ghost market before her second child was born?"

"Yes, that's what she said."

"Has Shen Wen been going to the ghost market often since then?"

"No, it's still occasionally. I only started going there once or twice a week like now since last summer."

“It’s only been half a year!”

"Yes."

"How old is her eldest son?"

"The first one was thirteen years old, a son, and the second one was a daughter. Neighbors said Xie Ling got pregnant with another baby later, but lost the pregnancy due to health reasons.

We also briefly questioned her eldest son. Perhaps Shen Wen's death was too much of a blow to the child, so he didn't cooperate well and kept his head down and didn't speak. "

"Shen Wen died yesterday at noon. Where were his son and daughter at the time? Weren't all the students on holiday?"

"When Shen Wen got into the accident, the two children were at their grandparents' house. They came over after he got home from his night shift. His parents' house is not far from his home, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk."

"Where is your Deputy Section Chief Sun?" Su Xiaotong suddenly changed the question.

"Deputy Section Chief Sun has taken people to look for those people who are entrenched in the ghost market that Shen Wen often goes to, hoping to see if they can find out more about Shen Wen's situation."

"Ghost Market!" Su Xiaotong tapped the table with his fingers a few times, frowned, and asked, "Where exactly is that ghost market?"

"The ghost market at the junction of Taifeng, Wenchong and Yangchao districts is quite large, and there are two groups of people who have been entrenched there for a long time."

"Well, go contact Sun He and tell him not to look for those people directly. He might not be able to get anything out of them. Instead, ask him to look for someone named Zhu Yongyang. You should know this person, right?"

"I know. He's quite famous in Chengdong, Wenchong, and Yangchao. He's quite a big shot and has many subordinates. He... I remember he seems to be Chief Li's classmate?"

"Yes, it's him. Tell Sun He what I said. Ask him to go find Zhu Yongyang and ask him to help find out the details of Shen Wen's situation in the Ghost Market. We must find out what this guy is doing in the Ghost Market. Hanging around? Haha, you must be kidding."

"I understand, Director Su, but..."

"But what?"

"What if Zhu Yongyang doesn't cooperate? I heard that he has a lot of influence, and now he's making friends with those..."

Before the investigator could finish his words, Su Xiaotong waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Just go and look for him. If nothing unexpected happens, this guy should be helping to find out about the gunman from last night.

He has a good relationship with Yan Cheng, so he will definitely not shirk responsibility in this matter."

"Yes"

Of course Zhu Yongyang would not shirk responsibility in this matter. He just didn't know about Shen Wen yet. If he knew, he would have found out exactly what Shen Wen was doing in the ghost market.

There are two groups of people who control the ghost market that Shen Wen usually goes to, one of which is Zhu Yongyang's brothers.

When Sun He received Su Xiaotong's order, he immediately took people to the door. However, it was already dinner time and it had already darkened.

"dong dong dong"

"Hey, who is this dot?"

Zhu Xiaoting, who was placing chopsticks, heard a knock on the door. She muttered something, put down what she was holding and walked out.

"Brother, I'll go open the door."

"Well, let's see who it is. If it's nothing important, let him come back later."

Zhu Yongyang, who was helping his partner scoop rice, said without raising his head.

Yes, classmate Lao Zhu has been dating someone for three or four months, and they get along pretty well.

In the afternoon, as long as he had nothing to do, his girlfriend would come to his house to have dinner together. After dinner, Zhu Yongyang would send her back to the dormitory at work.

If Li Yancheng were here and saw who Lao Zhu was talking to, he would be so surprised that his eyes would bulge out of their sockets.

There was no other reason, it was just that the person that Lao Zhu was dating was actually Zhao Yanan, the Chinese teacher at Meishan Middle School who was introduced to him by Aunt Zhang from the neighborhood committee last year.

It is really interesting that she can get together with Zhu Yongyang. It can only be said that this woman really does not like to play by the rules.

It can be imagined that Zhu Yongyang is definitely not the ideal son-in-law in her parents' minds.

But she was able to date him for several months and even came to our house often for dinner. It was obvious that she did not take her parents' opinions to heart, liked to do her own thing, and had her own views and opinions on marriage.

Zhu Xiaoting jumped out and opened the gate. She was startled to see several people in police uniforms standing outside.

"Is this Zhu Yongyang's home?"

"Uh... yes, may I ask who you are..."

"I'm from the Third Security Division of the Municipal Bureau. My name is Sun He, and this is my ID. Zhu Yongyang should be home. We have something to discuss with him."

"Security Division 3 of the Municipal Bureau?"

When Zhu Xiaoting heard the name of this unit, she couldn't help but feel flustered.

Others may not be aware of this, but she is quite familiar with this unit.

Wasn't her brother taken away by this unit the year before last? Although he came back safe and sound later, she and her second brother couldn't eat or sleep well during those days.

The memory this unit left on her was so profound.

"My...my brother is at home, you...please come in."

Sun He raised his eyebrows at Zhu Xiaoting's slightly flustered expression. He realized that this girl seemed to know which unit the Security Department 3 was.

"You seem to know our unit?" he asked with interest as he walked in.

"I know...I know. Two years ago...two years ago...two years ago you took my brother away to assist in the investigation."

"Oh, that's how it is."

No wonder the girl looked a little scared.

"Who is it, Tingting?"

At this time, Zhu Xiaomin lifted the door curtain and walked out of the main house. When he saw that there were several police officers coming in from the gate, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and hurriedly turned around and said something to the people in the house.

"Brother, it's the police."

"public security?"

Zhu Yongyang, who had just scooped a bowl of rice, handed the bowl to Zhao Yanan after hearing his brother's words.

"Come on, come on."

As he shouted loudly, he rubbed his hands back and forth on his apron, then untied the apron around his waist and walked out of the house.

Zhu Yongyang didn't know Sun He and the two investigators who came with him. As soon as he walked out of the house, a smile appeared on his face.

"How many are there?"

"Zhu Yongyang, we are from the Third Security Division of the Municipal Bureau. My name is Sun He, and this is my ID. I came to talk to you about something. If it's not convenient for you here, we can go outside."

After all, he was asking for help, so Sun He was quite polite in his words.

Guarding the Third Division? Zhu Yongyang didn't even look at the ID in Sun He's hand. He could tell at a glance whether he was from the police.

It was obvious that these people were not ordinary people. When he heard that they were from the Third Security Department, he immediately understood why they were looking for him and immediately raised his hand and pointed to his brother Zhu Xiaomin's house.

“Three comrades, it’s cold outside, if you don’t mind, let’s chat here.

Xiaomin, pour three glasses of water and bring them over. Yanan, I'm going to talk to the police. You and the other two can eat first, and just leave some for me."

While making the arrangements, Zhu Yongyang had already opened the door of his brother's room and invited Sun He and the other three to sit inside.

"Are you three here to see me because of what happened last night?"

After his younger brother brought the water and left, Zhu Yongyang asked while inviting Sun He and the others to drink water.

"you know?"

“Such a big thing happened, it’s hard not to know about it, and Yan Cheng is my old classmate.

Another classmate of mine, Jin Zhihai, is also Yancheng's neighbor. He works in the Second Criminal Investigation Division of the Municipal Bureau. Do you know him?"

Seeing Sun He nod, Zhu Yongyang continued, "Zhi Hai even called me and asked me to help keep an eye out for anyone with suspicious behavior."

"That's right. We came to you because of what happened last night. Comrade Zhu Yongyang, does Team Leader Jin have anything else to tell you? For example, the case that happened in Taifeng."

Since he already knew about it and the police had also asked him to pay attention, Sun He spoke casually and got straight to the point.

"Taifeng? What else happened in Taifeng?" Zhu Yongyang's face was full of confusion.

He really didn't know about the murder case that happened in Taifeng. It's not close to the east of the city, and there's the Wenchong District in between.

"A security officer of Taifeng First Chemical Factory died in his own home yesterday at noon. The Type 54 rifle he was carrying was lost, with five bullets still in it.

And this gun is the one that shot Yan Cheng last night."

When Zhu Yongyang heard this, his eyes immediately widened. Wow, this is actually true.

At the same time, he was a little confused. Why did this person tell him this? Was he doubting him?
"Uh... Comrade, tell me this..."

"Zhu Yongyang, the deceased is Shen Wen, 35 years old this year. He liked to go to the ghost market when he was alive, that is...

We know you have someone in that ghost market, and we came to you just to ask you to find out for us as soon as possible what Shen Wen was doing in the ghost market."

That's it!

After hearing what Sun He said, Zhu Yongyang felt relieved.

Someone from the Social Affairs Bureau suddenly told him about a case that was still being investigated by the public security department, which made him think more.

Now that he heard that it was because of this, he immediately said, "Don't worry, as long as he is indeed in that market, I will give you all his information tomorrow at the latest. Where can I find you?"

"You should know about our unit, right?"

"Know"

"Just tell the sentry you want to scout the Kosun River. If I'm not here, someone else will pick you up."

"No problem, tomorrow noon at the latest."

"Okay." Sun He nodded, stood up and stretched out his right hand.

"Comrade Zhu Yongyang, thank you for your cooperation."

Now that the matter has been discussed, he has no intention of staying here any longer, as there are still many things that need to be investigated.

"You're welcome." Old Zhu quickly extended his hand and shook it, saying seriously, "It's my duty to cooperate with you in your work, and Yan Cheng is also my old classmate.

We have a very good relationship. His business is my business, and I will definitely take it to heart.”

……

"Brother, why are the Third Office looking for you again?"

After seeing off Sun He and the other three, Zhu Yongyang returned to the main house. As soon as he entered the door, his sister Zhu Xiaoting couldn't wait to ask.

She was scared when her brother was arrested last time. Now the family situation is getting better and better, and her brother has finally found a partner with excellent family and personal conditions.

She was really worried that something unexpected would happen again.

Security Department 3 of the Municipal Public Security Bureau!

The name of this unit is not very famous, and Zhao Yanan has forgotten it for so long.

When she heard the policeman in the yard say that he was from this unit, she felt somewhat familiar.

Later, when I came into the room and was talking and eating with Xiaomin and Xiaoting, I heard the brother and sister mention Shichahai, and then I realized why I had an impression of this unit.

I couldn't help but think of the doctor who had rejected me last year.

She didn't have a deep impression of Li Yancheng. After all, she had only met him once in the true sense.

Oh, no, I saw him once more later. That time, he was accompanied by a pretty girl who looked quite young.

That should be his object.

Now hearing Xiaoting asking about her brother, she put down her chopsticks and looked at Zhu Yongyang curiously.

"Oh, you asked me for help."

"They asked you for help?"

"Well, your brother Yan Cheng was shot and attacked, and the police came to our house last night.

They just wanted me to help keep an eye out for anyone acting suspiciously."

"Brother Yan Cheng was shot?"

The police checked every household last night, so of course they knew about it and even came in.

Different from the policemen from the local police station, the ones who came last night all had serious expressions and held guns in their hands. There were even more policemen in the alleys, and they were all fully armed. It was obvious that something big had happened.

Now after hearing what their brother said, Zhu Xiaoting and Zhu Xiaomin realized that the person in trouble was actually an acquaintance.

"Brother, Brother Yancheng...he..."

"Don't think too much, he's fine." Zhu Yongyang waved his hand, walked to the table, pulled out a stool and sat down.

"Okay, let's eat quickly."

Yan Cheng?
When Zhao Yanan heard this name, he was stunned. Could it be such a coincidence?
"Yongyang"

"Hmm? Eat quickly, Yanan, the food will get cold soon."

"Oh, I want to ask, the Yancheng you mentioned...is his name Li Yancheng?"

"Yeah, why? Yanan, do you know him? We are classmates."

(End of this chapter)

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