Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 644 Basis
Seeing that the man surnamed Pan had fallen silent again, Jin Zhihai softened his tone and said, "Pan Debao, you can only cooperate with us now, and then we will consider your attitude and reduce your punishment. But if you still insist that you know nothing and continue to be stubborn, don't complain if you are sentenced more severely in the future, since you will definitely be punished for multiple crimes."

Whether it was these words that frightened Pan Debao, or whether he had figured things out on his own, he spoke up after the words had been spoken.

“I admit that I did teach Wang Hongyang some kung fu. As you probably know, before liberation, my father was a bodyguard for a rich man, and I learned kung fu from him.”

That year, Wang Hongyang came to our team to learn to drive. His mentor was Lao Tian, ​​Tian Qing. He had a lot of family matters to attend to, so he often had his earlier apprentices teach the newer ones.

Hongyang is a clumsy talker and doesn't know how to speak well. Old Tian's apprentices always bully him and don't teach him properly. My garage happens to be next to Old Tian's, and seeing how pitiful the kid is, I often use my time after get off work to teach him. After a while, I felt that I liked the kid quite a bit, and seeing that he was honest and often bullied by others, I also taught him some martial arts..."

"I'm afraid it's not just about hand-to-hand combat, is it?"

Before Pan Debao could finish speaking, Jin Zhihai interrupted him.

"Yes, I also taught him some... unique little tricks."

As he said this, Pan looked somewhat bitter. Before Jin Zhihai could speak, he hurriedly explained, "Officer, I didn't think much about it at the time. I just told him casually. I never expected him to actually kill someone."

"This kid looks so sly and unreliable, how could he dare to do something like murder!"

It's greed, what else could it be?

Jin Zhihai muttered to himself.

"Pan Debao, did Wang Hongyang practice with both hands?"

"You all know this?" The man surnamed Pan stared wide-eyed at Jin Zhihai, seemingly incredulous.

"You also taught him a lot of counter-surveillance experience, Pan Debao. You said you didn't expect Wang Hongyang to dare to kill someone, so tell me, what did you mean by teaching him all this?"

“I…” Pan Debao swallowed hard, a smile that looked more like a grimace on his face: “Police officers, you’ve got it wrong. Counter-surveillance experience? What does that mean? I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

"He's incorrigible!" Jin Zhihai pointed at Pan Debao.

"I hope you can keep your mouth shut and don't change your story. Your reaction makes me think that our previous judgment might have been wrong. You might be the one who committed this crime."

Swish

Jin Zhihai's words immediately changed Pan Debao's expression.

“Comrade, you...you can’t just falsely accuse people! You can investigate. I was playing cards all night on the night of the incident. Many people can testify for me. I simply didn’t have time to commit the crime.”

"Who are the people you're playing cards with? Tell me their names."

This time, Pan Debao didn't hesitate and readily named the people he had been playing cards with. It was clear that he was genuinely afraid that the police would pin the murder and theft on him.

This is a matter that could cost you your life; you can't be careless.

In reality, Kim Ji-hae just said it offhand to scare him; how could he possibly pin a crime on someone without any investigation?

His professional ethics wouldn't allow him to do that.

After recounting the names of the people he had played cards with, Pan Debao looked at Jin Zhihai and said again, "Officer, I roughly understand what you mean by 'counter-surveillance experience.' It's not something I taught Wang Hongyang; I don't understand that stuff either."

"You mentioned martial arts and those... you know, those little tricks, I admit I taught them. But as for the others, I can't admit to teaching them anything I didn't. You absolutely must investigate thoroughly."

"You can rest assured that we will not let bad people go unpunished, nor will we falsely accuse an innocent person. Although strictly speaking you are not a good person, as long as you did not do it, we will not force it on you."

call……

Jin Zhihai's words reassured Pan Debao, who breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Officer, when you talk about counter-investigation, do you mean deliberately leaving false traces when committing a crime to mislead you?"

"That's about right, what's wrong?"

"Those who understand this industry must all be insiders, right?"

"What do you mean by that?" Kim Ji-hae frowned immediately.

"Officer, please don't misunderstand." Pan Debao realized that what he said sounded a bit ambiguous, and quickly waved his hand.

"What I wanted to say was that Hongyang knows a police officer from your area. They lived in the same courtyard when they were kids and had a very good relationship. Later, the child's parents were transferred to different jobs, and they were separated. But I heard from Hongyang that they have kept in touch."

This child later joined your public security department. I don't know exactly what he did, but I do know that he went to study at the Political Academy in Dianhai last year.

"What's this person's name?"

"I only know that his surname is Geng, the Geng with the left ear and right fire radical. I don't know his given name. Oh, his family later moved to Tongxian County, and he worked at the Tongxian County Public Security Bureau."

His surname is Geng. He works at the Tongxian Public Security Bureau and is currently studying at the Political Academy.

Hmm? The one you attended last year isn't finished yet; it's a long-term training program, and you were classmates with Luo Min?

Jin Zhihai was so determined to figure everything out, even if it seemed like a very insignificant detail, such as how Wang Hongyang acquired those counter-surveillance skills and where he learned those tricks from the Ga people, because this case was very special.

The two people who died were very likely both victims and perpetrators of the crime.

Now that the person is dead, the family is devastated, and this is a matter of final judgment.

If the police were to simply declare that the two men died from double-crossing, not only would the public find it unacceptable, but the families of those two men would find it completely unacceptable. In fact, no one would accept this answer without solid evidence.

Therefore, Kim Ji-hae decided to investigate every detail of the case thoroughly so that when the results were finally announced, no one would have anything to say.

"Pan Debao, is there anything else you'd like to add?"

"Without the police officers, I'll tell you everything I know."

"Okay, now tell me about your own problems, about gambling with money."

After saying this, Jin Zhihai turned and walked out of the interrogation room. He would not get involved in Pan Debao's affairs. Playing cards and gambling was not worth his personal attention as the deputy captain of the brigade.

After leaving the interrogation room, he went to the duty room, picked up the phone and dialed a number, regardless of the time.

"Hey……"

The call was answered quickly, and Li Yancheng's voice came through the receiver.

"Director Li, it's me. Please have your wife answer the phone; I have something I'd like to ask her."

He didn't waste any words and went straight to the point about the purpose of the call. He didn't think anything of it, and Li Yancheng on the other end of the line didn't think anything was wrong either, but the duty officer in the control room was stunned.

Director Li, the only person he could think of was the executive deputy director of the municipal bureau, but was this how General Manager Jin spoke to his superiors? Calling a leader in the middle of the night, without saying a word, and immediately going to talk to his wife...

While the duty officer was still in a daze, Luo Min's voice came through the telephone receiver that Jin Zhihai was holding.

It was just a little different from the crisp sound of the past; it sounded a bit hoarse.

"Hey, Zhihai, you were looking for me?"

"Um, I'm sorry, Luo Min, for bothering you so late."

"It's nothing, just tell me what's wrong."

"Here's the thing, Luo Min. I'd like to ask you if there's anyone in the training program you're currently in who used to work for the Tongxian Public Security Bureau. They're male, around twenty years old, and their surname is Geng, like the Geng with the 'ear fire' in the name."

"Geng? Tongxian? Let me think about it, don't rush me."

"No rush, take your time to think about it."

"Yes," Luo Min replied quickly from the other end of the phone.

"I remember he should be from the Legal Affairs Section of the Tongxian Public Security Bureau, named Geng Jiangbo. If I remember correctly, his father seems to be some kind of leader in Tongxian. I don't know the specifics. What's wrong, Zhihai?"

"Oh, I need to talk to him about something. Does your school have a holiday tomorrow?"

"Go ahead and let them go, but they can't go home, even if their home is in the city. If you're going to find him tomorrow, I suggest you call our school's duty office first thing in the morning and ask them to keep an eye on things. If Geng Jiangbo goes out, they can stop him and have him wait for you in the dormitory."

Although they can't go home, they can go out for a stroll. They just need to get back to school before dinner. You told the duty office in advance, so they won't make a wasted trip.

"Thank you. Could you please give me the phone number for your school's duty office?"

"Wait a minute, I really don't know the duty room's phone number. Let me ask Da Cheng."

"Uh... Luo Min, then you can give the phone to Director Li."

"okay"

Luo Min responded on the other end of the phone, and then said, "Here, Zhihai still wants to talk to you. Remember to give him the phone number of our school's duty room."

"Zhihai, what's going on? Why are you looking for Xiaomin's current classmates?"

Li Yancheng quickly answered the phone, and his voice came through the receiver.

"It's like this, Director Li, the case..."

During the phone call, Jin Zhihai gave a brief overview of the current situation of the case and emphasized the work to be done next.

"Yes, the work must be done meticulously, leaving no room for argument. Evidence and witness testimonies must be properly documented and clearly presented."

Those two are already dead. Since they were accomplices, we must produce something convincing. We must not jump to conclusions if there are any doubts.

"I see."

"There is another point to note: if it is ultimately confirmed that the two people were indeed accomplices and that their murders were simply a case of the three criminals fighting over the division of the loot, then we must be wary of the families of the two victims causing trouble."

You should inform the Yangchao branch in advance and ask them to be vigilant and explain the situation properly. However, there is one thing you should pay special attention to: do not agree to any unreasonable conditions just because you are worried that the other party will cause trouble.

A crime is a crime. Even if someone dies, they may not be held legally responsible, but that doesn't mean they didn't commit a crime. All our actions must be based on facts and guided by the law.

"I understand, Director Li. I'll make time to talk to the leaders of the Yangchao branch tomorrow."

"Alright, Zhihai, it's getting late. You should rest when you need to. Don't stay up late. It's already the first day of 1981. Go back and spend time with your wife and kids. The case needs to be solved, but you also need to take care of your family. I don't want Lihua coming to me tomorrow asking for her man."

"Haha, okay, you're the boss, I'll listen to you. There's nothing else going on right now, I'll go back now."

"Well, hung up."

As Li Yancheng put the phone receiver back on the landline, he looked down and saw his wife lying on his stomach, staring at him with her big, watery eyes.

Seeing him hang up the phone, Luo Min's eyes lit up, and she raised her head slightly, asking urgently, "Is Zhihai calling at this hour to ask about Geng Jiangbo because he's involved in the case?"

"Yes and no." Li Yancheng reached out and lifted his wife up a little, holding her tightly in his arms.

The cases he handles now are different from those he had to keep completely confidential when he was in the Social Affairs Bureau. There are no particularly strict confidentiality requirements. As long as he doesn't reveal everything, such as various clues and evidence found at the scene, witness testimonies, and so on, it's fine.

As for the details of the case, they have already spread far and wide, but the versions circulating outside vary.

Although Luo Min and her classmates were in a relatively isolated environment at school, they had already heard about the case that had occurred in Yangchao.

So Li Yancheng didn't hide anything from his wife and told her about it.

After hearing the general details of the case, Luo Min's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Huh? You mean the two duty officers who died at the scene were very likely accomplices?"

"Right now, it's only a possibility, not certain. Don't tell anyone else about this when you go out."

"Of course I wouldn't say anything nonsense." Seeing that her husband still had to give her a special reminder, Luo Min wrinkled her nose at him with some dissatisfaction.

"So Zhihai sought out Geng Jiangbo to confirm whether the criminal who killed two people learned counter-surveillance techniques from him?"

"Yes"

"I don't think so."

"Oh? Why do you think that?" Li Yancheng immediately became interested and wanted to hear his wife's opinion.

“Geng Jiangbo has never worked on the front lines. He knows nothing about investigation, so where would he get his counter-investigation experience?”

"How do you know he knows nothing about investigation?"

“You can tell from his classes. He works in the legal department and only sees case files that have already been investigated. He has no idea where to start investigating a new case.”

Every day after class, you could see him with his textbooks and notebooks, asking questions of the older students who had previously worked in the criminal investigation department. He was genuinely quite eager to learn.

(End of this chapter)