After a night of interrogation, Gu Chen's team was exhausted, although they obtained a lot of criminal evidence about Zou Yuhua from Zhao Qiang.
But these evidences all point to some commercial crimes.
None of this seems to have anything to do with Hu Zhe's disappearance, and Zhao Qiang seems to have no idea about the existence of Zhang Quan and Hu Zhe from beginning to end. He is just a Ma Zai who has a single line of contact with Zou Yuhua.
But what happened to Zou Yuhua? Gu Chen felt that it was necessary to find him and ask him about the situation.
At least the evidence Zhao Qiang provided to everyone is enough to take Zou Yuhua away for investigation.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Officer Wang, who was looking at the interrogation records last night, also turned to look at Gu Chen and said:
"Gu Chen, do you think we can move this Zou Yuhua now?"
"Yes." Gu Chen nodded silently, but there was no emotion on his face.
"Hmm." Officer Wang said "Hmm" and then said:
"Zou Yuhua did commit some criminal acts, but his industry is too big and he is also an outstanding entrepreneur representative in the city."
"The impact of taking him away for investigation will be huge, and it will most likely embarrass the city leaders."
"So what if it embarrasses the city leaders?" After hearing what Officer Wang said, Lu Weiwei also said angrily:
"The things he asked Zhao Qiang to do were criminal acts, and he must be held responsible for his actions."
"Lu Weiwei, listen to me first." Seeing that Lu Weiwei was still angry, Officer Wang also pressed his hands and reminded:
"This is what I think. In fact, these businessmen have more or less dark histories."
"As long as these people don't go too far and make important contributions to our economic construction, sometimes, within a reasonable range, some warnings and penalties can be given."
"Senior Brother Wang." After hearing what Officer Wang said, Gu Chen suddenly interrupted:
"Your idea is good. Yes, the history of entrepreneurs' fortunes may be hidden from the light of many people."
"However, illegal crimes are a fact, and we must not tolerate those forces that harm the people."
"Moreover, Zou Yuhua hired idle members of society to personally threaten citizens, and also participated in fights for commercial interests."
"These responsibilities, considering their contribution to society, can be punished lightly, but they must be punished."
"But just because Zou Yuhua has raised a person like Zhao Qiang, you can tell that this person has evil intentions."
"I know." Of course Officer Wang could understand what Gu Chen meant, but he still said cautiously:
"If Zou Yuhua is involved in criminal activities, he must be investigated. What I mean is that if he is just engaged in these business infighting, then if he can handle it in a low-key manner, then he should handle it in a low-key manner."
"It is best to minimize the negative impact, which is good for everyone. However, if Zou Yuhua is suspected of other major crimes, he is also the mastermind behind the deaths of Hu Zhe and Zhang Quan."
"Then we will never tolerate it, that's for sure."
"However, given the current investigation situation, in my opinion, we should keep a low profile and not complicate the issue."
"I understand." Seeing Officer Wang say this, Gu Chen also gave his own answer and said:
"Otherwise, we will find Zou Yuhua and come to the branch for questioning. To put it simply, we will investigate his commercial crimes."
"But in fact, the focus of our investigation is the disappearance of Hu Zhe and the murder of Zhang Quan."
"Because the secret hidden behind this may be what we need to master most at the moment."
"Yes." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Yuan Shasha also agreed: "Hu Zhe's disappearance and Zhang Quan's murder are all very bad cases."
"If Zou Yuhua is the mastermind behind this, then there may be many unknown criminal secrets behind him."
"Otherwise, he wouldn't be eager to kill people and silence them. But now, this Zou Yuhua is very cunning, and he is really careful in everything."
"We can simply see from the surveillance that he is suspected of communicating with Zhao Qiang."
After a pause, Yuan Shasha added: "Of course, Zhao Qiang himself admitted the relationship between him and Zou Yuhua."
"If, and I mean if, if we punish Zou Yuhua for these economic crimes, then his punishment may be too light."
"But if he is the mastermind behind Hu Zhe's disappearance and Zhang Quan's murder, then the clues to investigate him will be interrupted."
"Even if we want to investigate Zou Yuhua later, it will probably be difficult for us to do so."
"So what Xiao Yuan means is that Zou Yuhua's economic crimes can be put aside for now, and the investigation of Hu Zhe's disappearance and Zhang Quan's murder can be focused on?" Gu Chen said.
Yuan Shasha nodded fiercely: "That's what I mean. In this way, as long as we find out the illegal business behind Zou Yuhua, everything will be easy to talk about."
"At least the penalty will be much heavier than for these simple economic crimes, and he will not be allowed to escape so easily."
"Xiao Yuan is right." As soon as Yuan Shasha finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also crossed her arms and echoed:
"Our focus should be to strengthen the monitoring and investigation of Zou Yuhua, and also look at Zou Yuhua's activities in recent months to see what deliberate movements he has made?"
"If he is really the man behind the scenes, then we will definitely be able to trace the root cause of the rented warehouse and the pickles shipped in and out through the security windows."
"When the time comes, we must treat him with precision."
Turning to look at Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei asked again: "How is it? Junior Brother Gu?"
"I agree with Senior Sister Lu." Seeing that Lu Weiwei had expressed her thoughts, Gu Chen looked in the direction of He Junchao.
At this moment, He Junchao also nodded silently and said involuntarily:
"Understood, it is to strengthen the investigation of Zou Yuhua. This is no problem. I will investigate Zou Yuhua's situation in recent months."
"Then thank you, Senior Brother He." Seeing that He Junchao's workload suddenly increased a lot, Gu Chen also thanked him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Later, everyone accompanied He Junchao and began to collect evidence about Zou Yuhua.
Due to the relatively long timeline for collecting evidence, He Junchao was also busy from morning to 3 p.m.
Seeing that his tea had bottomed out, He Junchao quickly shouted to Lu Weiwei: "My tea has bottomed out, Lu Weiwei."
"Okay!" Seeing that He Junchao needed service, Lu Weiwei immediately came to He Junchao with a sliding posture, took the thermos cup from his table, and walked directly to the water dispenser.
After pouring the water for He Junchao, Lu Weiwei unscrewed the lid, handed it to He Junchao, and asked softly: "Manager He, do you need any more instructions?"
"If you can share some snacks in your drawer, maybe I will work harder." He Junchao also hinted wildly.
Knowing that everyone now wants something from themselves, why don’t they satisfy their own “little demands”?
Especially Lu Weiwei, she is the richest person in the entire criminal investigation team office.
I feel like it would be unjustifiable if I don’t take care of the wealthy people and share some snacks.
Lu Weiwei was also suppressing her temper at the moment and trying her best to satisfy He Junchao's various unreasonable demands.
He nodded immediately and said with a smile: "No problem, I'm happy to share."
After finishing her words, Lu Weiwei returned to her seat, opened the drawer, and threw some snacks onto He Junchao's desk.
Later, Lu Weiwei distributed other snacks to other colleagues in the office.
Listening to everyone thanking Lu Weiwei, He Junchao, who was still calling for surveillance and investigation, was also a little dissatisfied:
"Hey? What are you thanking Lu Weiwei for? You should all be thanking me. If it weren't for me, this girl Lu Weiwei wouldn't have shared her snacks."
"Haha." Listening to what He Junchao said, Lu Weiwei raised her eyebrows, walked directly to He Junchao, creaked the joints of her hands, and threatened directly:
"He Junchao, don't be so shameless. Be polite to you and don't push yourself too far. Otherwise, I will give you a military style massage."
"Don't you always say that you have soreness in your back? I will use my military fist to give you a sore feeling."
"Haha, that's no need." Knowing Lu Weiwei's power, He Junchao just gave up when he saw the opportunity, and didn't dare to take risks.
Officer Wang also raised his head and asked: "Speaking of He Junchao, it's already past three in the afternoon. How are you doing there?"
"It's almost done." After summarizing several of the documents, He Junchao stretched and yawned:
"Isn't it almost done? I just beat Lu Weiwei, a rich man, and gave me some snacks? I've already done it."
"Tell me about the specific situation." Seeing that He Junchao's side had completed the investigation and evidence collection, Gu Chen, who was sitting on the seat, asked quickly.
He Junchao nodded silently, immediately entered a serious state, turned his seat towards Gu Chen, sat upright, and shared with everyone:
"This Zou Yuhua, he acts very carefully. Through my monitoring of Zou Yuhua this month, I only kept it for one month. So I just checked the specific situation of Zou Yuhua this month."
Hearing what He Junchao said, Gu Chen nodded silently to express his understanding, so he quickly asked again:
"Then keep talking."
"Okay." He Junchao nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "This Zou Yuhua is very cautious in his actions. From the surveillance cameras I can obtain, I can hardly find many flaws in him."
"The only flaw may be that you found Zou Yuhua communicating with Zhao Qiang at the Southern Restaurant before."
"No way? It took so long to find out these things?" Hearing what He Junchao said, Lu Weiwei was quite disappointed. She felt that the snacks had been given out. Is there still a chance to come back?
Seeing what Lu Weiwei said, He Junchao gave up and quickly defended himself:
"Lu Weiwei, investigating these fragmented clues is very time-consuming. I have been able to investigate until now and sorted out these fragmented clues, which is already very good."
"Okay, stop arguing." Officer Wang stopped him, pointed at He Junchao and continued: "What is that? He Junchao, keep talking."
"Okay." After hearing Officer Wang's words, He Junchao immediately sat up straight again and continued to share with everyone:
"I have actually been investigating whether Zou Yuhua has been in contact with Hu Zhe."
"To this end, I also specially investigated Hu Zhe's surveillance to find out the moments when the two communicated."
"Then have you found it?" Yuan Shasha asked.
He Junchao spread his hands: "Obviously..."
"Found it?" Yuan Shasha asked, raising her eyebrows.
But He Junchao put down his hands: "Obviously, no."
"Harmful!"
When everyone heard this, they also sighed.
But He Junchao continued: "So, this is also the key. It means that during this period, Zou Yuhua and Hu Zhe had no contact. Although from the monitoring point of view, the investigation can only be carried out for one month."
"There are some that can be retrieved from a month ago, but none of them are what Zou Yuhua and Hu Zhe got together to communicate."
"If we haven't met, it doesn't mean we won't communicate." After hearing what He Junchao said, Gu Chen also expressed his own opinion and continued;
"From our interrogation of Zhao Qiang last night, it is not difficult to see that this Zou Yuhua is so cautious when in contact with Zhao Qiang, which shows that he is a very rigorous person."
"But it is difficult for a rigorous person to leave any loopholes to us. It may be difficult to investigate him."
"At least we can prove that he hired Zhao Qiang to do some shady things to make profits for the company."
"But it cannot be confirmed that he murdered Hu Zhe and Zhang Quan."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen couldn't help but sigh: "This is the cleverness of Zou Yuhua."
"However, if it is impossible to investigate that Zou Yuhua had contact with Hu Zhe, then how can we conclude that he conspired to murder Hu Zhe?" Officer Wang was also given a headache by this matter.
Gu Chen looked at He Junchao and continued to remind: "Brother He, in the past month or so, has Zou Yuhua come into contact with any vendors selling pickles?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Pickles?" He Junchao suddenly realized when Gu Chen suddenly reminded him.
He patted his head and said in surprise: "Yes, I seem to have discovered that Zou Yuhua had contact with a vegetable vendor before."
After the words fell, He Junchao immediately turned around and continued to verify the information he had previously investigated.
When Gu Chen saw this, he looked at each other with Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha, and then everyone gathered around He Junchao's seat.
Not long after, He Junchao clicked on the retrieved surveillance camera to play it.
Soon, everyone can clearly see in the surveillance screen that in an old and secret alley, Zou Yuhua seems to be communicating with an old man carrying a load selling vegetables.
Although the exchange time between the two was very short, it could be seen that the old man who came to sell vegetables with a load seemed to be very polite and seemed to have taken a big advantage.
Seeing this, Gu Chen quickly asked: "Senior Brother He, where is this scene?"
"The alley over Heping Road." He Junchao said.
Gu Chen quickly took out his phone and opened the map on his phone. After confirming the specific coordinates with the three-dimensional map, Gu Chen said: "It seems we have to confirm this vendor first."
"Let's see what kind of deal there is between him and this Zou Yuhua?"
After the words fell, Gu Chen continued to urge He Junchao: "Brother He, please continue to investigate this vendor."
"Okay." After getting this breakthrough clue, He Junchao said nothing and continued to use surveillance to lock the location of the merchant based on the specific situation at that time.
Later, by constantly switching surveillance angles, He Junchao discovered that after communicating with Zou Yuhua, the uncle quickly took up his own responsibility and walked towards a corner.
And not long after, the uncle pushed a battery car out.
What was placed on the battery cart were vegetables that he had not yet sold.
"This should be a mobile vegetable seller." Officer Wang reminded.
He Junchao nodded silently: "Yes, this kind of vegetable seller is all about being flexible and going where there are people."
"It's probably because Zou Yuhua made a deal with him, so he was so happy that he didn't even care about the unsold vegetables."
In fact, everyone knows what He Junchao said, and it is all obvious.
Therefore, He Junchao continued to monitor and follow the vegetable seller.
After constantly switching screens to investigate, He Junchao finally locked the uncle's hiding place.
Lying on the seat, He Junchao also said with relief: "I found this uncle. He lives near Heping Road, in the building in this back street."
"However, judging from the surveillance, he should live in the basement, and the battery car is also placed in the basement."
"Check again." Gu Chen said.
He Junchao nodded silently and continued to investigate the vegetable seller.
About twenty minutes later, He Junchao looked up at Gu Chen and said, "Gu Chen, it seems that there are no pickles in the underground warehouse where this uncle lives."
"But he seems to have contacted some of his relatives and friends and brought some pickles from the suburbs. Look here."
After the words fell, He Junchao adjusted the surveillance angle to a dark corner and said:
"It's a little dark, so the picture is not very clear, but what you can see here is a small tricycle, and there are some bottles and cans on the tricycle."
"Moreover, they seemed to be in the open air and inspected the goods. It seemed like..."
"What is it?" Seeing He Junchao's hesitation, Officer Wang quickly asked.
A moment later, after using technical means to increase the brightness of the screenshot, He Junchao confirmed and said:
"It seems to be pickles, yes, it is pickles."
"What happened next? Help me check what happened to this car." Gu Chen said.
He Junchao continued to operate the keyboard and mouse in his hands and began to conduct key investigations.
Soon, He Junchao reported again: "This tricycle later went near the vegetable market in Yuhua Logistics Park. To be precise, it came to a surveillance blind spot near the vegetable market."
"Moreover, the tricycle was parked until early the next morning and then left. After that, the things on the car...the things were still there."
"Are those bottles and jars still there?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"Yes." He Junchao nodded fiercely and couldn't help but said: "The bottles and cans on this tricycle are still there, but I'm not sure if the pickles inside are still there?"
"It should be gone. If these pickles want to be transported through the security window to the warehouse in Area E5, they must take out the pickles from the jars and transport them in through the gaps between the steel bars of the window." Gu Chen also based his own opinion.
The analyzed situations are presented one by one.
Lu Weiwei nodded silently and couldn't help but snap her fingers and said: "Yes, this car should be the one that transports pickles."
"What happens after that? This tricycle..."
"This tricycle has returned to the suburbs. I can track its specific location, but there will be some blind spots in the surveillance and the images may not be connected," He Junchao said.
"It's best to find that tricycle." Gu Chen reminded.
He Junchao nodded silently: "I'll try my best."
Gu Chen took a deep breath, feeling that this clue was a breakthrough. Thinking of the old man, Gu Chen quickly reminded He Junchao:
"By the way, where is the vegetable seller who was responsible for contacting Zou Yuhua before? I need his current location."
"He is now at the intersection of Heping Road, the same alley intersection where he met Zou Yuhua. At this time every day, he sells vegetables in that area."
"If you go over now, you might still run into him." He Junchao said.
"Okay." Gu Chen didn't dare to delay for a moment now, and hurriedly said to Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha:
"Senior Sister Lu, Senior Brother Wang, Xiao Yuan, let's set off immediately."
"yes!"
Everyone also echoed in unison, and then hurried to get their own equipment.
This time, everyone was still dressed in casual clothes and took a bus to the vicinity of Heping Road.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The parking space here is a bit tight, but Gu Chen is still lucky.
The red car parked in a parking space on the roadside drove away at the same time as Gu Chen arrived.
Gu Chen took advantage of the situation and parked the car firmly in the parking space, then led everyone towards Heping Road.
Since this is an old business district, it is very lively with people coming and going.
Although Gu Chen had never been here before, Gu Chen also knew the specific location through the location on the mobile phone map.
When we came to the intersection of Heping Road and alleys, we found the old vegetable seller in the video.
At this moment, the uncle laid out his vegetables and sat on a bluestone step, leisurely waiting for customers to come up and choose fresh vegetables.
"They are all fresh, why don't you buy some and take them back?" Seeing a middle-aged woman picking them for a long time, the uncle also said with a smile.
"Look again." The middle-aged woman had no intention of buying. She stood up and walked directly to another corner.
Seeing that the middle-aged woman was just choosing but not buying, and browsing here for a long time, the vegetable seller looked a little contemptuous.
But when he looked up, he found four customers standing in front of him.
Moreover, everyone is well-groomed and looks very elegant.
The uncle was stunned and quickly asked: "Guys, let's take a look. The vegetables I grow are all grown in my own land. They are very fresh and pollution-free."
"Then do you sell pickles here?" Lu Weiwei squatted down and asked.
"Pickles?" When he heard it was pickles, the uncle immediately laughed and said, "There are some, how many do you want?"
"Don't you have any ready-made ones here?" Officer Wang also asked.
"Not here." The uncle waved his hand and explained:
"Pickles need to be packed in those kind of utensils, so it's troublesome to bring them with you. But I have some at home. If you want them, I can bring some over tomorrow."
After a pause, the uncle said again: "However, you have to pay some deposit."
Gu Chen didn't want to waste too much time with the uncle, so he took out his police ID card from his pocket, showed it in front of the uncle and said, "Uncle, can you see clearly?"
"Uh..." It felt like four policemen had arrived. The confused vegetable seller was stunned for a few seconds before replying:
"I know you are the police, so what do you want to do?"
Gu Chen took back his ID, looked around casually, and then asked: "Has anyone ordered some pickles from you before?"
"Yes." The uncle nodded silently and admitted quite readily.
"It's the kind that was dragged here on a tricycle and bought a lot." Yuan Shasha also added.
"Yes, yes." How do these policemen know? The uncle nodded in agreement, but also looked confused.
"That's right." Officer Wang looked around, then took out his mobile phone, showed Zou Yuhua's photo in front of the uncle and said:
"Take a closer look, is it this person?"
"Well……"
The moment he saw the mobile phone, the uncle seemed to have a short-circuit in his mind.
But soon, the uncle calmed down and began to think seriously.
After a while, the uncle also said slowly: "This person... it seems to be him."
"Is that really true?" Feeling that the uncle's words were ambiguous, Officer Wang continued to ask.
"It should be, right?" The uncle nodded silently and said involuntarily:
"This person looked like him at the time, so he might be this person. He looks a bit like him."
Looking up in the direction of Gu Chen, the uncle also complained: "I am old, sometimes my reaction is a little slow, and my memory is not very good."
"It would be nice if you can remember this appearance. He is probably the same person anyway."
"Very good." Seeing that the uncle told the truth, Gu Chen squatted down and replied seriously: "Then please come back with us now and investigate."
"Ah?" I feel like I'm in trouble today? The uncle's heart skipped a beat and he was a little nervous, so he quickly asked:
"Comrade police, this...why is this?"
"No why? We are investigating a case, and this case involves the customer who bought your pickles."
"So, there are many things that I want to check with you."
Seeing that the uncle was still overly nervous, Gu Chen quickly comforted him: "But don't worry, we are just asking about the specific situation."
"Oh, then I shouldn't have any problems, right?" The uncle seemed to be frightened, and he was also in a state of confusion.
Lu Weiwei snorted and said, "It depends on your cooperation. Let's go, sir."
"Uh." The uncle was stunned, but looking at the vegetables in front of him, he also said in confusion: "What about my vegetables?"
"Sell these dishes back to our canteen. They should be in need there." Officer Wang gave a solution.
Seeing that his vegetables were taken care of, the uncle no longer hesitated and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."
After the words fell, the uncle stood up.
Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha respectively collected the vegetables that the uncle had placed on the ground and helped him get them to his vehicle.
After loading all the vegetables into the trunk, Gu Chen drove directly back to Furong Branch.
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When the vehicle drove into the parking lot of the compound of Furong Branch, Gu Chen first parked the vehicle at the entrance of the cafeteria steps, unloaded the vegetables, and asked several police officers from the criminal investigation team who passed by to take them to the kitchen of the cafeteria and hand them over to Master Nie.
and explain the situation.
After that, he took the vegetable seller directly to interrogation room No. 2.
When the uncle came to the interrogation room for the first time, his whole heart skipped a beat and he felt extremely guilty.
"Sit down." Gu Chen pointed to the interrogation chair in front of him.
The uncle's heart skipped a beat, he hesitated for a few seconds, and then sat down opposite.
"Don't be nervous." Yuan Shasha, who had adjusted the camera, quickly comforted her: "We are just making a case record with you. Just say whatever you know. Do you understand?"
"Ming...understand." The vegetable seller nodded silently, and then sat on the interrogation chair very cooperatively.
But I don’t know where to put my hands? I can only clasp them tightly.
When Gu Chen and others sat down, the evidence collection work officially began.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Name." Gu Chen said.
"Uh, Liu...Liu Fagen." said the vegetable seller.
"Please report your ID number." Gu Chen said again.
The uncle immediately replied "obediently": "The ID number is..."
After completing the simple input of identity information, Gu Chen looked up at Liu Fagen in front of him and said:
"Uncle Liu, what did this buyer say to you when he came to your stall? Can you explain your specific situation to us?"
"Yes...it's okay." Uncle Liu Fagen seemed a little overly nervous, but after trying to calm down, he slowly began to calm down.
After thinking for a few seconds, the uncle said in Mandarin with a slight local dialect:
"That day, I was selling vegetables at the end of the alley on Heping Road as normal, because I often pick some vegetables to sell there. The business was pretty good, and I could basically sell out every day."
"It was mainly because there was a lot of traffic there, so I met the person you mentioned later."
"Then what did he say to you?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"He said, do you have any pickles here? I said yes, how many do you want?"
"He said he wanted a lot, and I said I might need to go back to get it. Can I pay a deposit? He said of course, but the quantity he wanted was a bit too much."
"I just calculated the quantity he wanted, and then I stopped doing business and went directly back to make arrangements."
"How much did he want?" Officer Wang asked.
"It seems...a few hundred kilograms. That thing is heavy. If I want so much, that's fine. Moreover, he basically didn't bargain with the price I offered. He was very happy."
"It felt like a big business, so I called my nephew in the village to prepare it, help me pack the pickles, and then transport them to the place I said."
"Didn't he tell you to transport it directly to a certain place for delivery?" Yuan Shasha, who was in charge of recording, raised her head and asked.
"Yes." Liu Fagen nodded fiercely and couldn't help but said: "He said he wanted me to transport these pickles to the vegetable market in Yuhua Logistics Park. I said no problem."
"But he said he wouldn't transport it to the vegetable market, but told me a place. I said I knew where it was."
"Because I've been there before, but I don't have a shop there. I just occasionally set up stalls outside the market, so I'm relatively familiar with that place."
Taking a deep breath, Liu Fagen continued to think about it: "Later, I was afraid that the quantity was wrong, so I asked my nephew to drive a tricycle to the place I mentioned and confirm it before transporting it."
