Ma Baoshan kept staring at Li Qing. Seeing his sudden question, he quickly replied, "the time of death was 1 p.m. yesterday."

Li Qing asked again, "how did you die?"

"The preliminary judgment is that he was strangled from the back with a belt," Ma Baoshan said. "The autopsy report hasn't come out yet. It's estimated that he will have to wait two days."

"Strangled by the belt?" Li Qing repeated, puzzled.

Ma Baoshan glanced at Li Qing: "the murderer had great strength and directly broke Chen Hongming's throat. I saw his body. When he died, his expression was very ferocious. I don't know whether it was because of pain or some kind of shock. The strangest thing is that the door lock was intact, there was no trace of struggle in the room, and no one heard any sound."

Li Qing frowned tightly: "no monitoring?"

"Yes, but 20 minutes before Chen Hongming's death, the area where the detention center was located suddenly lost power. After the power supply was restored, the police officers saw Chen Hongming lying on the ground through monitoring. They hurried to send someone to see it. Only then did they find that the person was dead."

"That is, someone deliberately cut off the power..." Li Qing's eyes were slightly heavy, glanced at Ma Baoshan carelessly, and his face was suddenly cold: "director Ma, you shouldn't be doubting me?"

"No, No." Ma Baoshan waved his hand again and again and laughed, "Master Li laughed. How could I have that idea."

Li Qing glanced: "whether you have it or not, I can directly tell you that Chen Hongming's death has nothing to do with me. It's true that I hate him, but my parents' affairs have not been found out. Do you think I will let a guy who knows the inside story die at this time? Moreover, such a happy way of death is too cheap for him."

"Yes, yes!" Ma Baoshan answered, "yes, Mr. Li, director Zhong has ordered. I have prepared the files you want and can consult them at any time."

"Thank you. I'll take a look by the way this time." Li Qing answered, and his face eased.

The car drove all the way to Lingang police station. When Li Qing went upstairs with Ma Baoshan, he looked up and hit Qi Kuan leaning against the handrail of the stairs, squinting down at them.

"Director." Ma Baoshan was a little stunned, looked at Li Qing, and then shouted a little numbly.

Qi Kuan put his hands into his pants pocket and straightened up slowly: "you go first. I have a few words with Li Qing."

"Oh, good." Ma Baoshan was really a little difficult in the middle. He nodded, turned his head and said to Li Qing, "Master Li, you can work hard in your spare time and find me in the office over there. I'll wait for you there."

Seeing Li Qing nodding, Ma Baoshan took another look at Qi Kuan. Then he turned and left.

The rest of Li Qing and Qi Kuan looked at each other for a while. Their lines of sight were intertwined, which meant that they were crisscross. After a moment, Qi Kuan suddenly smiled: "let's find a quiet place to talk."

"Yes." Li Qing followed. The two men walked in along the corridor, during which police officers kept greeting Qi Kuan.

Qi Kuan suddenly asked, "I heard you are very close to Lin Qiuqiu of the Lin family?"

"Director Qi even wants to check this?" Li Qing is a little unhappy.

Qi Kuan smiled and waved his hand: "I'm just asking. You know, I also have some friends with Qiuqiu. I can only envy your good fortune. I met Qiuqiu when I came to Yanjing as a port delegation. At that time, I was fascinated by her and almost didn't want to come back."

After a pause, Qi Kuan said again, "Li Qing, you seem to have a good relationship with women. I'm really ashamed of myself. For example, director Zhong, she seems to take special care of you."

Li Qing understood that Qi Kuan had something to say, but he deliberately didn't answer.

"Li Qing, should we talk about the arms?" Qi Kuan glanced back at Li Qing and said with a sudden smile, "Chen Hongming spent so much money on arms, and the arms were provided by our whole family, but you took the money. What do you say in your business? Oh, by the way, eat alone."

Li Qing replied coldly, "those arms come from the northern military of Hong Kong. It seems that they are not yours. The losses have been deducted from the Chen family's property. I don't know what else you want. Hasn't the Qi family taken enough advantage of it? Don't be too greedy."

The huge sum of money for arms purchase is still kept by Qian Liming. Even if Xie Yuyan calculated a while ago and the Li family was pressed step by step by the bank, Li Qingning took the risk to go to Gangbei bay to get the gold brick without using the money, let alone giving it to the Qi family at this time. This money is a way for Li Qing to keep. He will never move unless he has to.

Qi Kuan was not surprised by Li Qing's answer. Now he didn't dare to take Li Qing, so he simply chose a more gentle way of speaking: "the Qi family really takes a lot of advantage, but you Li family are not idle. The explosive news in Lingang these two days are emerging one after another. I wonder if you have heard of it."

"Do you mean the homicide in Hongjiao district?" Li Qing asked faintly with a slight lift of her eyelids.

"This is one, there is another." while talking, the two people have gone to an empty interrogation room. Qi Kuan seems to want to find such a special place to humiliate Li Qing.

Leaning against the corner of the table, Qi Kuan lit a cigarette, took a sip, then raised his head and stared at Li Qing: "I heard that two fishermen were fishing in Gangbei Bay yesterday and caught gold bricks."

The pupil suddenly shrinks, and Li Qing's body is slightly stiff.

"Now it's estimated that the whole harbor area knows that there are treasures under the harbor north bay." Qi Kuan's eyes are filled with a trace of schadenfreude. "Look at the things in the backyard. You know, people can do anything now."

"Thank you for reminding me," Li Qing said, biting his teeth. Even though he suspected that the whole family had released the news, he had nothing to do.

"Oh, by the way. Also, I hope you can give me an explanation about Chen Hongming." Qi Kuan reached out and patted his head, "There have been too many things recently. The case in Hongjiao district is really a headache. However, compared with the murder of Chen Hongming, I'd rather stay there. I only need to concentrate on the investigation there. It's very troublesome to deal with all aspects of relations on this side."

Li Qing said bluntly, "I didn't kill people."

After staring at Li Qing for a while, Qi Kuan nodded: "I believe you, but you are the last person to see Chen Hongming before he died. You have to tell me what you two said."

"The last person to see him was the murderer, not me."

Qi Kuan pinched a cigarette between his fingers and laughed: "yes, yes, I asked too hastily. I saw from the previous monitoring screen that when you met Chen Hongming, he was very excited. Li Qing, just take it as a routine inquiry. After all, in your current identity, it's a little inappropriate for you to take interrogation notes."

Li Qing changed the interrogation room he was in, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "you have been brought to such a place. It seems that there is nothing inappropriate."

"I just think it's convenient to talk here."

The corners of his mouth closed slightly. Li Qing smiled and shook his head: "my answer may disappoint you. Don't you think it's abnormal for Chen Hongming to be not excited when he sees me?"

"Oh? Why?"

Li Qing's eyebrows picked slightly: "if I killed your brother first, then robbed your fiancee at the wedding, then ruined your family, and finally divided up your property, what would happen when you see me again?"

Qi Kuan smiled meaningfully, put out the cigarette in his hand and clapped his hands: "the reason is very good. Since you say so, we have nothing to talk about."

"See you later." Li Qing waved his hand, opened the door of the interrogation room and went out. Behind him, Qi Kuan's face slowly cooled down.

Li Qing crossed the corridor and went to the office to find Ma Baoshan.

The door was half open, and seven or eight police officers were reporting to him. On the table were piles of files and investigation reports, piled like hills.

"We'll talk later." seeing Li Qing standing at the door, Ma Baoshan quickly stood up, waved to his men, opened his chair and came out.

"I just asked them to look through the previous files and find the enemy who might attack Chen Hongming." Ma Baoshan's greasy round face showed an expression of sadness and laughter. "The result is good. A long list of names, most of which are cruel characters I dare not touch. This case is difficult to handle."

Li Qing said with a smile, "it's really a little difficult for you to handle this kind of case. You'd better ask director Qi for instructions and let him stand in front. You can just start."

"Isn't it? It's estimated that the case will not be settled in the end. There are too many people trying to kill Chen Hongming in Lingang. It's meaningless to check around." Ma Baoshan stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, "go this way."

Ma Baoshan took Li Qing to the morgue first. When the cold body was pushed out of the cold storage, Li Qing finally determined that Chen Hongming was really dead.

The dignified Chen family finally came to an end. The prominent eyes and distorted face make people deeply feel that such a way of death is really disgraceful for his identity.

He tilted his head and looked at the strangulation marks on Chen Hongming's neck. Li Qing nodded secretly. Ma Baoshan was right. He was strangled and suffocated.

"Push on," Li Qing said softly, waving his hand. Because the temperature in the cold storage was too low, he exhaled a white breath.

He took off his gloves and threw them aside. Li Qing turned and walked out. Everyone was dead. He didn't want to stay here and vent his anger at a dead body. Ma Baoshan winked at the people around him, and then followed Li Qing's steps.

(the Mid Autumn Festival is followed by the national day. This festival is next to each other, and steamed stuffed buns are also preparing to explode. Strive to explode one by one!)

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