The cigarette dealer groaned and woke up slowly, watching a few plainclothes men rummaging around in his house.
Ma Peiqu fiddled with the found paint bottle and said, "Who gave this to you?"
"You, who are you?" The tobacco dealer rubbed the back of his head, feeling swollen and painful.
"I'm from the detective team. I'm warning you, answer whatever I ask you!" Mapeiqu said solemnly.
"I know..." the cigarette dealer agreed solemnly.
"Who gave you this kind of thing?"
"Business friends."
"What's his name?"
"I don't know what it's called, we just met last night..."
"Why would he give you something like this?"
"He said that in our industry, if we have this, we can save a lot of trouble."
"With so much cigarette smoke, no wonder even the police dared to fight!" Ma Peiqu took the cigarette smoke handed over by the agent and weighed it in his hand.
"Sir, this is the first time I have purchased so much goods. I beg you, master, to let me go this time."
"Your crime is serious, and it's not just about this little bit of smoke..."
An agent hurried in and said, "Team Leader Ma, Han Laoshi ran away too!"
"What! Han Laoshi ran away too?" Ma Peiqu stood up suddenly.
Han Laoshi followed the middle-aged man into a house. Two spies responsible for surveillance were waiting outside the door. Half an hour passed and he still hadn't come out. The two felt something was wrong.
After asking later, I found out that the middle-aged man was actually passing by the shoe stall, and because he had a few pairs of shoes in need of repair at home, he asked Han Laoshi to follow him to pick them up.
When he arrived at the middle-aged man's house, Han Laoshi made an excuse and left through the back door, escaping the spy's surveillance.
"A bunch of trash!" Ma Peiqu, his face livid with anger, said, "Why don't you go monitor the back door? Is this your first day as a spy?"
"Han Lao Lao can go out by opening the door in the house. We have to go around a circle to get to the back door, so..."
"Notify the station and dock immediately, strengthen inspections, and never let him escape from the city!"
"yes!"
"Did you catch Li Bing?" Ma Peiqu was most afraid of hearing the news that Li Bing had also escaped. In that case, he would have suffered a big loss this time!
The agent replied: "I just asked and I have been arrested."
"Where is he?" Ma Peiqu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Temporarily detained in the interrogation room of the detective team."
"Close the team!"
"What should I do with this guy?" The agent pointed at the tobacco dealer huddled in the corner.
"Bring back!"
"yes!"
Ma Peiqu had made a plan in his mind. If Hattori Hikoo was blamed, he would blame this guy and say that he was also a communist and secretly help Cui Li escape.
Back at the detective team, Ma Peiqu didn't waste a minute and went directly to the interrogation room.
In the interrogation room, Li Bing was handcuffed on a chair, looking at the group of people who walked in with a panic look on his face.
Ma Peiqu looked at him a few times and said, "Are you Li Bing?"
"Exactly..." Li Bing asked nervously: "May I ask, who are you, the commander?"
The agent next to him said: "This is the intelligence team leader!"
Li Bing: "Team Leader Ma, they just called me a communist. I can't bear the charge..."
Ma Peiqu: "Did we wrongly accuse you?"
"Team Leader Ma..."
"Do you know Cui Li?"
"I know...oh, I don't know, I don't know!"
Ma Peiqu frowned and said: "Every once in a while, Cui Li will leave the city from the west gate, and every time he catches up with you on duty. Is this a coincidence?"
Li Bing hesitated for a while and asked tentatively: "Team Leader Ma, what has this Cui Li committed?"
Ma Peiqu: "He is a member of the Communist Party!"
Li Bing said in surprise: "A collector of Chinese herbal medicine...he, could he be a communist?"
"Do you think it's a joke if I talk to you here?"
"Of course not... I understand, because Cui Li is a Communist, so you suspect that I am also a Communist?"
"Otherwise, can you tell me what's going on?"
"Team Leader Ma, can you loosen the handcuffs? My shoulders are so tight that my shoulders are numb. It's so uncomfortable..."
Ma Peiqu examined him for a long time, then waved his hand. An agent walked over and opened Li Bing's handcuffs.
Li Bing grinned and rubbed his wrist, and said: "Actually, I just collected a little money. I didn't expect it to be such a big deal."
"Tell me the details." Ma Peiqu believed that Li Bing was being taken advantage of. He didn't look like a Communist.
Li Bing thought for a while and said: "Two months ago, a man named Xu Tao came to me and claimed that he was an alumnus of the same class as me at the police academy. He then said that he had a relative who lived by collecting Chinese herbal medicines, so that
I'll take care of you while I'm on duty."
"Is Xu Tao your schoolmate?"
"There are so many people in the police academy... However, he mentioned the names of several instructors, and they were all right. I didn't think much about it at the time. I thought it was just a matter of effort, so I agreed."
"You agreed as soon as he said it?"
"...He gave me a sum of money. As you know, our police salary is low and we can't survive without making some extra money..."
"Don't you find it strange to pay bribes to a dealer who collects Chinese herbal medicines?"
"Everyone who knows anything knows that when it comes to taking care of something like this, it is definitely bringing contraband. If you take other people's money, you will naturally have to help them eliminate disasters."
Ma Peiqu stood up and paced back and forth in the interrogation room. He thought over and over in his mind, assuming Li Bing did not lie, that Xu Tao must be an important figure in the Communist Party!
Because according to the confessions of Wang Baochang and Shunzi, there were only four people on their line: Han Laoshi, Wang Baochang, Shunzi, and Cui Li.
Except for Cui Li, no one else has seen the fisherman. They only know that he is Cui Li's superior and the head of the Yanjin underground party!
Since no one knows the existence of Xu Tao, then this person is probably Cui Li's superior. According to this logic, Xu Tao should be the fisherman!
Most of the haze in Mapeiqu's heart has dissipated. If he can find the fisherman, he will be the real big fish!
But, how can we find this Xu Tao? In other words, can Li Bing's words be trusted?
After thinking for a while, Ma Peiqu said: "Li Bing, how can what you said be proved to be true?"
Li Bing was stunned for a moment and said, "Can Xu Tao prove it? As long as you find him, won't everything be revealed?"
Ma Peiqu looked at him coldly and said: "If the Xu Tao you mentioned really exists, the name may be fake. Where do you want me to find him?"
Li Bing hesitated and said: "If you can't find Xu Tao, how will you treat me?"
Ma Peiqu said calmly: "You are a policeman, don't you understand this? We will not just believe your words. We can only temporarily detain you until there is no conclusive evidence! If the gendarmerie is eager to solve the case, I am afraid...
You use severe punishment!"
Thinking of all the rumors about the Gendarmerie, Li Bing was so frightened that he trembled and said in a trembling voice: "Captain Ma, what I said is all the truth, not even a lie. I beg you to put in a good word in front of Taijun."
, I will definitely thank you very much afterwards!”
Ma Peiqu shook his head and said: "I will not intercede for you. If it is confirmed that you are also a Communist, won't I be implicated?"
"No, no, no, Captain Ma, please believe me!"
"I believe you are useless, the important thing is to have evidence!" Ma Peiqu turned around and ordered: "Take Li Bing into custody and wait for processing!"
"Yes!" The two agents picked up Li Bing and pushed him out.
Li Bing hurriedly shouted: "Team Leader Ma, please wait a moment, I can find Xu Tao..."