You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 256 Cat: Phone bills are killing me!
Monday, June 5th.

Danan County Public Security Bureau.

When Yang Jinwen drove over, it was already 10 a.m.

The county town is located on the mountainside to the north, with large and small coal mines to the south and west, some of which are state-owned enterprises and others are privately owned coal mines that have been restructured from state-owned enterprises.

Besides the county seat, the most densely populated area is the mountain town of Caochang.

The more than 20,000 coal miners in the mine often spend their time in Caochang Town.

The town of Caochang is even more prosperous than the county seat, selling all kinds of things, and it also breeds many illegal places, such as gambling, prostitution, or black market transactions.

In addition to coal, the black market trade also includes gasoline, diesel, and explosives used in coal mining.

The pressure on the Caochang Town Police Station is unimaginable. Almost every week, they escort several criminals to the county seat, and the charges they are suspected of are varied.

If serious charges are involved, negotiations with the mining bureau are still required.

The people who put the most pressure on the police station and the county bureau are not these petty thugs, but the mining bureau. They know everything about managing coal mines.

In terms of rank, the director of the mining bureau is even more powerful than the head of the county bureau.

If the county bureau needs to arrest someone at the mine and it involves a criminal case, they need to get permission from the mining bureau before they can successfully enter to carry out their duties.

Otherwise, things won't go smoothly.

Yang Jinwen parked his car at the entrance of the county bureau, greeted the guard on duty, signed the form, and drove the car inside.

Cat asked, "Captain Yang, my mobile phone has no signal, do yours?"

Yang Jinwen pulled out his car keys: "Mine doesn't have any either."

"You haven't even looked at it."

"We're from the same brand, if you don't have it, I definitely don't have it either, why would I need to look?"

"That's true."

Cat pushed open the car door and muttered, "I only made a few phone calls, and it cost me seventy-one yuan and thirty cents. That's damn expensive! It's killing me. I might as well not have used it at all."

Who did you call?

"My parents, my sister, my aunt, my uncles, and my cousin."

Yang Jinwen laughed and said, "No wonder it cost so much money."

"I have no choice but to call, otherwise how will they get my phone number?"

What Maozi meant was, how would they know I've made it big if I don't make a phone call? And what about a mobile phone? How many people can afford one?
Cats are a little vain, but it's nothing serious.

After getting out of the car, Yang Jinwen went straight to the office building where the Criminal Investigation Brigade was located.

Yesterday afternoon, after returning to the city from his hometown, Yang Jinwen called He Jinbo and said that he would be going to Dannan County on Monday morning.

He Jinbo didn't even ask whether it was business or personal; he simply said, "Bring the cat along."

Even now, Maozi still doesn't know why Yang Jinwen came here; the main point is to place unlimited trust in Yang Jinwen.

Entering the dilapidated three-story building, in the government affairs hall, Yang Jinwen asked the police officer on duty, "Hello, I am Yang Jinwen from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. I am looking for Captain Fu Mingyuan."

The policewoman on duty glanced at him, then looked at him more closely, and suddenly smiled, her eyes slightly smirking.

"Oh, you're from the Municipal Bureau. Captain Fu is on the second floor, in the corner office. Would you like me to take you up?"

"No need, thank you," Yang Jinwen said.

The policewoman watched him go upstairs, glanced at his tall and straight back, and whispered to her male colleague next to her, "So handsome! Did you see him? He looks like a movie star, so charismatic!"

My colleague was a little jealous: "What's the use? Can you eat it?"

"Pshaw, if I had a boyfriend like that, I wouldn't even need to eat."

As Maozi pressed the buttons on his mobile phone, he walked past the counter and said leisurely, "Don't even think about it. He has a girlfriend, the most beautiful policewoman in the city, and she even carries a scalpel."

The policewoman glared at him fiercely, her eyes seeming to want to kill him.

Cat ignored her and turned to the male police officer sitting next to her, saying, "That's our Captain Yang, the deputy captain of the Major Crimes Unit of the Municipal Branch. If you were in a higher position, you would recognize him. It's a pity you're just sitting at the counter, comrade, you still have a long way to go."

The cat tossed its head and quickly ran away to avoid being bothered by them.

In the corner office on the second floor, the door was slightly ajar. Yang Jinwen saw a person lying on the sofa, covering their face with a newspaper, seemingly asleep.

Yang Jinwen reached out and knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside.

He knocked again, and the man lying on the sofa impatiently called out, "Come in!"

Fu Mingyuan removed the newspaper from his face and sat up wearily.

Yang Jinwen pushed open the door and said, "Captain Fu, this is Yang Jinwen. I called you this morning."

Fu Mingyuan's eyes were bloodshot, his hair was messy, and his beard was even thicker than He Jinbo's, making him look like Zhang Fei. It was obvious that he had stayed up all night.

"Captain Yang, welcome, welcome."

Fu Mingyuan stood up, jogged over, and shook hands with Yang Jinwen: "Please come in, please come in."

Upon entering, Yang Jinwen's first sight was a whiteboard against the wall on the right. It displayed photos of the arrested suspects, along with a map showing the distribution of coal mines in Dannan County, marked in red.

"Captain Yang, please sit down. You said on the phone that you came here because of Yang Jianhui?"

Fu Mingyuan asked cautiously, "Both of them have the same surname, Yang. It's hard to say what kind of relationship they have."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "To be honest, Yang Jianhui is a relative of mine beyond the fifth degree of kinship. Their family lives next door to my old home."

His wife approached me and asked me to come and take a look. Besides, Yang Jianhui has two children at home, and they're quite pitiful.

Fu Mingyuan smiled and said, "Killing someone is killing someone, you know that."

This was a reminder to Yang Jinwen not to interfere too much. On another level, it meant that Yang Jianhui had indeed killed someone, and the evidence was probably solid. Otherwise, Fu Mingyuan wouldn't have been so certain.

Yang Jinwen asked, "Can you tell me about the case?"

Fu Mingyuan hesitated for a moment: "How about this, I'll make a call to the higher-ups, is that alright?"

"of course."

Yang Jinwen had no objection to it, but if it were him, he would naturally not be able to disclose information if someone wanted to inquire about cases in his jurisdiction.

Fu Mingyuan made a phone call to the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation. After the deputy director asked for Yang Jinwen's name, he immediately said, "They are all our comrades, there is nothing to hide."

"By the way, I'm at the mining bureau now and won't be back until tonight. Could you keep Captain Yang here for me? Have him take a look at the cases we have on hand."

"Boss, I'm investigating those cases right now, there's really no need for that..."

"Investigate my ass! How long have you been investigating? You know about all the major cases that have happened in the city over the past year or so. Most of them were solved by Yang Jinwen and his team, understand?"

"Okay, I understand."

Fu Mingyuan hung up the phone, walked to the coffee table, and sat back down on the sofa.

"Captain Yang, here's the situation with Yang Jianhui's case: On the evening of May 28th, a murder occurred at Hongyunlou in Caochang Town. The victim was a 21-year-old young woman, and the cause of death was asphyxiation."

The deceased was stripped naked and had suffered inhumane humiliation before his death. His face, chest, and genitals were burned by cigarette butts, and we even removed half a Hongmei cigarette from his genitals.

In addition, all the valuables in the house were looted. According to the deceased's boyfriend, the stolen items included a large amount of cash and the gold necklace that the woman was wearing around her neck.

After examining the crime scene, forensic examination concluded that this was a burglary that escalated into a violent murder.

On June 1st, after investigation, we found the gold necklace in the county town.

According to the deceased's boyfriend, the gold necklace was the one the deceased was wearing around her neck.

The jewelry store staff claimed that on the afternoon of May 30th, a middle-aged man who was 1.63 meters tall came to the store to sell the gold necklace.

We intensified our investigation and discovered that after selling the necklace, the middle-aged man ordered a table full of dishes at a restaurant in the county town. After eating, he took a motorcycle to Dannan Coal Mine.

Following this lead, we spent a day investigating and finally found Yang Jianhui.

They also found a large amount of cash of unknown origin on him.

Secondly, the footprints at the crime scene matched perfectly with the pair of liberation shoes he was wearing.

Yang Jianhui also admitted that on the night of May 28th, he did indeed break into the victim's home and steal cash and a gold necklace. Yang Jianhui's burglary escalated into a rape and murder.

Hearing this, Yang Jinwen had several questions in his mind.

He asked, "Did Yang Jianhui confess to the murder?"

“He didn’t admit it, but the evidence is conclusive. There’s no point in trying to deny it. As I just said, there are both witnesses and physical evidence. It’s true that Yang Jianhui killed him.”

"Does Yang Jianhui know that woman?"

"know."

"How did we meet?"

“The victim’s name was Yu Jing. She was a silversmith. Yang Jianhui had patronized her business and knew that she had money hidden at home.”

"Can I go to the detention center to see him?"

Fu Mingyuan initially wanted to refuse, but then he remembered what his superior had said: he had to keep Yang Jinwen here. If the guy left, he would definitely be criticized when the superior came back.

He replied, "Sure, I'll arrange it for you."

"Thank you."

While Fu Mingyuan was making a phone call to the detention center, Yang Jinwen glanced at the whiteboard standing to the side. It was covered with photos, indicating that the Danan Criminal Police Brigade had a heavy arrest mission.

The Danan coal mine has a diverse and large workforce, with tens of thousands of people relying on it for their livelihood. When these people gather together, it's inevitable that some major cases will occur.

Of the three districts and six counties in An'nan City, Danan County has the worst public security situation. It's not that the Danan County Public Security Bureau is inactive, but rather that it is truly powerless to do anything about it.

Because Fu Mingyuan had put in a good word for them, Yang Jinwen and Maozi met Yang Jianhui directly in the visiting room after they went to the detention center.

Wearing a yellow vest and handcuffs on his wrists, he slowly walked out of the door under the escort of police officers.

The moment he saw Yang Jinwen, his eyes widened and he rushed to the window.

"Xiaowen, I didn't kill anyone! I really didn't kill anyone! You're a police officer, you're the captain of the criminal investigation team, please save me! Tell them I only stole some money, I wouldn't dare kill anyone!"

(End of this chapter)