When they walked into Fuju Hotel, Su Le and Liang Fu first saw the cameras in the hall and above the cash register. They looked at each other and smiled, and came to the counter to reveal their identities directly.

The waiter at the front desk saw the police coming and was a little nervous. He called their hotel manager. The hotel manager was named Li. He invited Su Le and Liang Fu to sit in the office and handed the tea enthusiastically.

"Comrade Police, please tell me if you have anything."

"We are investigating a case. The suspect once came to your hotel. We want to see the surveillance video of the hotel." Su Le said.

"No problem, no problem. Surveillance cameras are installed on every floor of our hotel. The security brigade just came to inspect the equipment in the first half of the year. I'll take you there right away."

Su Le and Liang Fu followed Manager Li to the monitoring room next to the hotel restaurant. The so-called monitoring room in the hotel is just a simple computer room with a computer and some miscellaneous items inside.

Su Le picked up the mouse and clicked the button to watch back, and a password box popped up on the screen. Seeing this, Manager Li said:

"Oh, what is this password? You can see that you haven't used it for a long time, and I've forgotten it."

"It's okay, I'll try it." Su Le said as he entered the letter "admin" in the password box, then clicked the Enter key, and the system logged in.

"Oh, officer, how did you know the password?"

"This is the default original password for this kind of monitoring system. Most users do not change their passwords for fear of trouble."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Manager Li said with his head scratching.

Su Le operated the monitoring system and skillfully found the folder where the video files were stored. However, Su Le was surprised to find that the video data stored in the hotel monitoring system was missing, and the missing content included the time period when Jin Hui's family came to check in that day.

"Manager Li, do you know who has moved this monitoring system during this period?"

"I don't know about this. No one should touch this thing, and it's useless."

"But I found that there was a time period when the surveillance system stopped recording."

"Then I'll ask the repairman here, and he sometimes comes here to see how the equipment is running."

"Okay, if he is there, it's better to ask him to come."

Manager Li of the hotel quickly called the hotel's repairman through the walkie-talkie. The repairman thought for a while and told Su Le that he had discovered that the power cord of the monitoring system was unplugged.

After failing to obtain the surveillance video of the hotel, Su Le and Liang Fu found the waiter who checked in for Jin Hui's family at that time. The waiter looked about 40 years old. When he heard that the police came to look for her, he was so scared that he couldn't walk.

"You don't have to be afraid, we just come to understand the situation. You just need to tell us the truth." Su Le comforted the waiter and said.

The waiter stabilized his mood and said to Su Le:

"That afternoon, someone came to open three rooms. He also asked for three next to each other. He showed his ID card, so I went through the procedures for him. Then I told him that when he checked in, he would show the ID card of the person who was in the check-in. He agreed at the time, and there was no problem."

"After it was dark, the man came again and asked me what time it was on duty? I told him that I was on duty all night. Then he said he wanted to ask me for a favor, and I said it was okay, and it was our responsibility to help customers."

"Then he told me that the few people who came to check in later did not bring their ID cards, so they should not register. I said that according to the regulations, but the man stayed here and refused to leave. I agreed to him later."

"Then the man took out 1,000 yuan and said there was one more thing to ask me for help. I was a little scared when I saw him give me money. He said that help is OK, but I can't ask for the money."

"He told me that when those people came, they asked me to ask them for their ID card. They would definitely not be able to get the ID card. He asked me to put my phone on the counter."

"I said that the other person can agree? He said don't worry, he agreed, he has agreed."

"I asked him why did you ban someone from your cell phone? He said that these people owed him money, for fear that they would run away in the middle of the night."

"I asked him where he wanted someone's cell phone? He said he would just leave it here and give it to them when they check out."

"I thought about it later and it was not a big deal. Since he had agreed, it would be fine to help him."

"When he saw that I promised him, he wanted to give me money again, and I didn't ask for his money. Later, he saw that I refused, so he put it away."

"So I did what he said, and those people really handed me the phone."

"Comrade Police, I didn't do anything bad, I just helped him."

"Do you still remember what he looks like?" Su Le asked.

"Well, the man was wearing a baseball cap, a brown jacket, jeans, and sneakers. His skin was neither white nor black. His rectangular face looked very stylish, his eyes were big, and his eyebrows were dark and long."

"He showed his ID card when he checked in the room, right?" Su Le asked.

"Well, yes, I registered with his ID card."

"Can we look at the registration information?"

"Yes, but you have to watch it on the computer."

Su Le and Liang Fu followed the manager and waiter to the hall, opened the customer identity registration system in the hotel and found out that the guest who opened three rooms in Fuju Hotel that day was named Hou Shengli, 43 years old, from a certain province in the southwest.

"Have you done real-name authentication when checking in?" Manager Li asked the waiter.

"I did it, there are records here. If you don't believe it, you can check it."

The registered ID card was retrieved from the real-name authentication system. I saw that the photos on the ID card were blurry and were not very similar to the description of the waiter. Su Le took photos of the evidence and sent it back to the task force.

While Su Le and Liang Fu went to Wen County, Xiangwen County to investigate the fat man Liu Bin, Geng Yuanliang and other colleagues came to Liang County Detention Center.

Xie Tianhe, deputy director of Liang County Detention Center, was called to the office. Facing the task force with serious expressions, Xie Tianhe was a little uneasy. Before Geng Yuanliang could ask questions, Xie Tianhe took the initiative to say to Geng Yuanliang:

"Team Leader Geng, I have something to report to the task force."

"Okay, but I want to ask you first, why do you remember to report the situation to the task force now?"

"I, I'm still a little lucky, afraid that I will take responsibility. In fact, I feel very conflicted. Since Jinhui died, I have always felt guilty."

"Okay, let's talk about the specific situation."

"Wang Chao and I are from the same village. We have been playing together since we were young. When we grew up, we have a career and family, so we have less contact. Besides, Wang Chao has become a good relative and becomes a son-in-law of Xiejia Village. He looks down on me, an outsider of the Xie family."

"Later, Wang Chao suddenly contacted me and took me and Director Xie to have dinner several times, and our relationship gradually became closer."

"A few days ago, Wang Chao called me and asked me to help with something small. He said he asked someone to send someone named Ma Long in and asked me to put him and Jin Hui in the same cell. I checked it and found that there was only one missing in Jin Hui's cell. I thought that as long as they had the procedures, it would be the same to lock them in that cell, so I agreed to him."

"Who knew that Jin Hui died within a few days, and I heard that he was poisoned. I remembered that the day before Wang Chao visited the detention center to interrogate Ma Long, and he also remembered that Wang Chao asked me to lock Ma Long and Jin Hui in the same cell. I thought this may not be that simple, so I began to be scared, afraid that it would have something to do with this matter."

"Then why did you take the initiative to explain this matter today?" Geng Yuanliang asked.

"I, I think you are looking for me, it's probably related to that matter, so I took the initiative to explain."

"In addition to this, have you and Wang Chao also done other illegal things?" Geng Yuanliang asked.

"No, I am a timid person and dare not do anything illegal. Wang Chao once asked me to go singing, take a bath, and look for women. I have never been there once. I have only drunk wine with him."

"Okay, since you have admitted your mistakes on your behalf, you will leave your affairs to investigate and report to your bureau."

Director Liu, the detention center present, stood up and said:

"Don't worry, Team Leader Geng, we will investigate this matter clearly."

The interrogation of Ma Long was far from investigating Xie Tianhe's affairs. He insisted that he didn't know Jin Hui at all, and he did not admit that someone deliberately sent him in to deal with Jin Hui.

"Ma Long, you'd better confess your crime honestly, otherwise if you are convicted of intentional homicide, it will be too late for you to regret it."

"I didn't kill anyone. Do you have any evidence to prove that I killed someone?" Ma Long's mouth was very hard. He was the kind of person who didn't cry without seeing the coffin.

"The people who gave you poison have already admitted it. If you bite it, what's the point?"

"Impossible, don't lie to me, I've never seen any poison."

"Do you know Wang Chao?" Geng Yuanliang asked.

"Wang Chao? I don't know him." Ma Long looked at Geng Yuanliang alertly and replied.

"Since you don't know Wang Chao, do you know Zhang Feng?"

"I don't know Zhang Feng either."

"Haha, you said you don't know them, so what did you say when you were talking to their mobile phones before entering the detention center?"

"No, I didn't talk to them."

"Ma Long, do you think we are fools? Your call record clearly records that you have had many calls with them. Do you say you don't know them, and are you determined to fight the government to the end?" Geng Yuanliang said sternly.

After hearing Geng Yuanliang's words, Ma Long lowered his head and said nothing, his eyes were constantly turning restlessly. He, an old slippery man who had many trial experiences, was considering what the police knew.

"Okay, since you are so stubborn, I'll show you something." Geng Yuanliang took out his cell phone to find out the scene of Wang Chao and Zhang Feng being tried and showed it to Ma Long.

Ma Long was shocked after seeing it. He did not expect that the backer he had relied on had now become a prisoner. He was still arrogant just now and had no support in his body and collapsed in the chair like a pool of mud.
Chapter completed!