Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 695 Headache
Li Yancheng overestimated Jiang Feiyang's ability to withstand pressure.

In his mind, the kid should at least hold out until tonight, and only start confessing when there's absolutely no other way tomorrow.

But this guy had no guts. He tried to hold out all night, but he couldn't even last twelve hours before he couldn't take it anymore and started to confess his crimes bit by bit.

At first, he downplayed his seriousness, confessing to some minor, insignificant crimes he had committed before. The officers in charge of the interrogation didn't rush him; they let him say whatever he wanted, which was much better than keeping his mouth shut and saying nothing.

The saying "Too much talk leads to mistakes" is quite accurate.

Tension and fear had been weighing on Jiang Feiyang ever since he was caught on the train, causing him to often speak incoherently when confessing to his crimes. He would sometimes forget where he was in the conversation and needed the interrogating officers to remind him to continue.

When the officer in charge of the interrogation reminded him again, he played a trick and directly brought up the victim.

Completely oblivious, Jiang Feiyang continued speaking along with the instructions given to him.

As he was talking, he seemed to realize something was wrong. He stopped and looked at the three interrogation officers sitting opposite him, who were staring at him calmly.

At this point, three hours had passed since he first began to confess.

“Continue, Jiang Feiyang,” said the eldest of the three officers, who was sitting in the middle, when he saw that Jiang Feiyang had stopped.

As he spoke, he picked up a cigarette from the table and lit it for himself.

"We've already told you half of it. Now, let's finish the rest. I won't hide it from you; we've already exhumed the body, and it's stored in our forensic autopsy room."

If we didn't have enough evidence, how could we possibly issue a nationwide arrest warrant for you? So don't take any chances.

"Once you're here, your only way out is to confess to all the crimes you've committed, in detail."

Looking at the three serious faces opposite him, Jiang Feiyang's heart trembled involuntarily again.

After agonizing over it for the time it takes to smoke a cigarette, he finally spoke again. This time, without any prompting, he recounted in its entirety the process of killing the woman and having Zheng Yang and the other three help him bury the body.

After talking about the woman, it was only natural that they then went on to talk about the two people who killed Yi Shun.

Compared to the incoherent statements he made about other things he had done, his explanations of these three cases were much smoother and more logical.

"and many more……"

Just as Jiang Feiyang was giving his confession, spittle flying everywhere, it was the older police officer sitting in the middle who stopped him from saying anything more.

"Who just told you to run away?"

After confessing to the three murders, the young man surnamed Jiang mentioned that Zheng Yang and the other three had stolen guns at the West City Sports School. He said that he had heard that the police had arrested all four of them, and that he was scared, which is why he ran away here.

“Guo Honggang, I went to see him yesterday, hoping he could help me get through this difficult time. He said he couldn’t do anything about it, but he gave me a suggestion: I should leave Beijing and go to Hong Kong first, and then go abroad from there.”

"Oh, I was talking about Guo Honggang. His wife is Shen Baozhen, the head of the reception section under the propaganda department of your municipal bureau."

Sure enough it was him!

The three officers involved in the interrogation exchanged glances upon hearing the name, their eyes revealing shock.

"Jiang Feiyang, do I need to remind you that false accusation and framing are also crimes?"

The older officer in the middle was the presiding judge today. He raised his hand, tapped the table, and said in a deep voice.

"Officer, everything I said is true. I wouldn't go so far as to frame anyone." Jiang Feiyang, who had started to give up, gradually calmed down. When he heard the interrogator say that he was making a false accusation, he showed a disdainful expression and said with a sneer.

“Tell me everything about your meeting with Guo Honggang yesterday, from beginning to end, especially what he said to you. Make sure you explain it clearly.”

Despite expressing doubt about what he said, I still needed to ask him the questions I needed to clarify.

"Yesterday morning..."

Everything Jiang Feiyang confessed was clearly transmitted to the ears of the municipal supervisory commission staff sitting in the next room through the loudspeaker in the interrogation room.

If what he said is true, then Guo Honggang is not just involved in a simple disciplinary issue, but a criminal offense. Knowing that the other party has committed a crime, he still advised the other party to evade legal punishment. Isn't that harboring a criminal?

Of course, there is a prerequisite here: that the person knew about it.

Although Jiang Feiyang spoke eloquently, clearly stating the time, place, people, and content of the conversation, the police officers in charge of the interrogation and the staff of the supervisory committee sitting next to him still expressed doubts.

Just as the interrogators were about to ask something, the young man surnamed Jiang seemed to have guessed what they wanted to ask, and before the interrogators could speak, he continued, "I went to Guo Honggang's office yesterday morning, and quite a few people saw me. Later, when I left, people saw me too. You can go to his workplace and ask him."

Furthermore, when I left the train station with my wife and son, your reception department head, Shen Baozhen, was also at the station. I'm certain she saw me. I wonder if she reported my whereabouts to your superiors after she got back.”

Jiang Feiyang has now figured it out. Knowing that he's doomed anyway, he might as well drag a few more people down with him as scapegoats.

So, over the next period of time, he poured out all the information about the people who had helped him before, making the three interrogators tremble with fear.

Not to mention the three of them, the staff of the supervisory committee next door were also so shocked that they couldn't sit still.

The people that the kid surnamed Jiang confessed to included some who were under the jurisdiction of Beijing, some who were under the jurisdiction of their respective system headquarters, and some who were even under the supervision of the higher-level supervisory committee.

Regardless of where it falls under jurisdiction, now that there are leads, the Beijing Municipal Supervisory Commission needs to report the information it has to the relevant authorities.

Whether it was the police officers in charge of the interrogation or the staff of the supervisory commission, they all understood at this moment that Jiang Feiyang was probably thinking only one thing: after I die, who cares about the world going to flood?

Therefore, the information he provided about other people's illegal and disorderly conduct must be a mixture of truth and falsehood.

This places a demand on these investigators: they must conduct thorough and meticulous investigations, ensuring that no innocent person is wrongly accused, while also ensuring that no criminal escapes justice.

As night deepened, Jiang Feiyang in the interrogation room became increasingly excited, and the questions he revealed grew more and more shocking. Seeing that the young man seemed to have a lot more to say, the older officer in charge of the interrogation called for a halt.

After calling a halt, he discussed the matter with the staff of the supervisory committee next door, and then called Jin Zhihai, who was resting at the brigade headquarters, and Xia, the deputy director of the supervisory committee in charge of the case.

The two groups sat together, and the interrogation officers from the brigade reported to the two leaders the issues that Jiang Feiyang had already confessed to.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue the interrogation, or that he insisted on giving this report while the leaders were resting; rather, with the kid's confession, the case had spiraled out of their control.

The next steps and directions must be determined by the leadership.

Looking at the dozen or so names and different work units recorded in the notebook, the two leaders were also at a loss. They never expected that this guy surnamed Jiang would be so reckless and self-destructive.

After a brief discussion, the two decided to suspend the interrogation for now. They couldn't let the kid keep making wild accusations. They would first verify the issues he had already confessed to and see if he had been framed.

In addition, they also need to consult with their superiors.

Although the leaders have instructed that they will investigate thoroughly and show no leniency, that still has to fall under their jurisdiction.

The General Headquarters doesn't have jurisdiction issues. As long as the case occurs in Beijing, regardless of which unit the suspect belongs to or where they are from, as long as there are clues, they can launch an investigation and arrest the person directly after verification.

However, there are some special circumstances involved, and they also need to have formal procedures and processes in order to continue.

Therefore, reporting to the leader has become the only option at present.

Given that it was already the middle of the night and the case wasn't particularly urgent, Jin Zhihai and Deputy Director Xia discussed it and decided to wait until dawn to contact their superiors. The first interrogation of Jiang Feiyang was thus temporarily put to rest.

……

July 29, 1984, Sunday, the second day of the seventh lunar month.

Because it was the weekend, Li Yancheng cuddled with his wife and slept in late, not until almost nine o'clock when he opened his eyes.

Just as he was about to do something naughty to his wife, who had also just woken up, the phone rang at an inopportune moment, making him so angry that he answered it with a somewhat aggressive tone.

"Who!"

Seeing her husband's sulky little face, Luo Min smiled slightly, dodged his mischievous hand, and quickly got off the bed and headed to the bathroom. Although they had been married for more than ten years, she was still not used to being so promiscuous in broad daylight. She had thought she was doomed just now, but fortunately, this phone call saved her. So why not get out of there quickly?

"Uh... Director, I'm so sorry to disturb your rest."

The call was from Deputy Director Chang, who is in charge of criminal investigation.

He received a call from Kim Ji-hae at eight o'clock, during which he listened to a report.

Jin Zhihai is very good at following the rules. Although he has a good relationship with Li Yancheng, he never reports to higher-ups without consulting them. He always communicates with Deputy Director Chang first and asks him to report to the director.

His "sensible" attitude pleased Deputy Director Chang, who had been very troubled when he was first transferred to oversee criminal investigation work, precisely because of the close relationship between Chief Jin Zhihai and the Director.

It took this period of adjustment for him to feel at ease.

"It's Lao Chang. It's nothing, nothing at all. I didn't disturb you. I'm already up. Is there any result from the interrogation of Jiang Feiyang?"

"There has been a partial result."

Partial results?

Li Yancheng on the other end of the phone frowned. What did this mean? Had he confessed to some things but refused to confess to others?
Deputy Director Chang continued, "When Jiang Feiyang was first brought over yesterday, he didn't say a word. He didn't say anything at all, not even his own name. This continued until after 10 p.m.

Whether he felt hopeless or what, he began to give a fragmented account, initially talking about trivial matters. The interrogators did not interrupt him and listened to him slowly.

Later, during a break in his confession, the interrogator began to extract information from him, which led him to confess to killing the woman whose body we had already discovered.

He started confessing to his crimes, which was originally a good thing, but this guy probably knew he was doomed, so he started to throw caution to the wind and confessed to all the illegal and criminal things he had done in the years since he returned from the grasslands.

I know you're probably thinking it's a good thing he's willing to confess, Director. But you'll understand once you hear what I have to say. This guy is just asking for trouble.

He not only confessed to his own actions, but also revealed who had provided him with illegal and unethical assistance during this period.

The key issue was that he made wild accusations. By the time the interrogator realized something was wrong and called a halt, he had already named more than a dozen people, including Shen Baozhen, the head of the reception section of the bureau's publicity department, and her husband Guo Honggang.

Among these dozen or so people, some were managed by the city government, some were from other system headquarters, and even more…

At this point, Deputy Director Chang paused for a moment. In fact, even without him saying it, Li Yancheng had already guessed what else was going to happen.

Before Comrade Chang could continue, he said, "No need to say more, I understand what you mean. In other words, it's still uncertain whether the people Jiang Feiyang mentioned have done anything illegal or disciplinary.

“Yes, just verifying what he’s already confessed to is no small task, and we don’t even know how much he hasn’t said yet. So I think we should temporarily suspend his interrogation until all these issues have been clarified…”

"no no no"

Before Deputy Director Chang could finish speaking, Li Yancheng interrupted, "Don't stop the interrogation, lest things get complicated. Have different people interrogate him in shifts, just make sure he gets some rest every day."

The rest of the time, we kept asking him different people, not just new ones, but also repeating the things he had already told us. We asked him at least three times a day about the things he had already told us, to see if they were the same as before.

As for whether those dozen or so people violated the law or discipline, let the supervisory commission determine that; we'll just cooperate.

Our primary task is to thoroughly investigate all the illegal activities Jiang Feiyang has committed and to find out if there are any other victims.

With the gun theft case solved, the remaining matters were no longer so urgent.

(End of this chapter)