He quickly learned a situation from the junior officers in the first section of the Secretariat. On July 7 this year, Commander-in-Chief Deng Xihou appointed Chen Li as the commander of the 26th Army Corps, but Chu Dongping suppressed it!
It took two whole days!
Chen Zifeng blinked his eyes inexplicably and asked, "Why?"
The officer shook his head, "I can't say for sure. Maybe Director Chu doesn't like that person."
Chen Zifeng continued to blink, "Then, why did he agree later?"
The officer still shook his head, "I don't know. I guess there should be a reason, but I don't know."
A huge question suddenly arose in Chen Zifeng's heart!
Let Deng Xihou send someone he trusts to take over as the commander of the 26th Army. This is Liu Richen’s special suggestion from Mr. Liu! Because this suggestion is too important!
A junior officer at his level should never have made this suggestion! But he still mentioned it in the telegram!
Calmly speaking, he vaguely realized that the situation at that time was quite dangerous! The appointment of Chen Li was to eliminate this danger! If Chu Dongping continues to withhold the appointment of Chen Li, it may have serious consequences!
Damn it, this consequence may be the consequence of the "Barrel Plan"!
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Chen Zifeng walked back and forth in the big room and said to the people in front of him: "This is the situation I got this morning! Coupled with the situation we have learned before, I think there is something wrong with this Chu Dongping! Everyone has to
Pay attention to this!"
Next, Qiao Yanfang reported. She only said one sentence, which aroused everyone's alert.
She said: "I went to see Mrs. Chu and didn't ask anything. However, there are many ancient cultural relics in her home, such as bronze statues, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, wood carvings, etc., a lot!"
Everyone listening will understand that this has something to do with the wooden mace used by the princes of the Qing Dynasty for martial arts training!
The owner of the weapon shop said that someone who spent two hundred yuan to buy a wooden mace must be a person who likes ancient cultural relics! Could it be that Mr. Chu bought the wooden mace?
Qiao Yanfang said: "Zifeng, I request to search the Chu family, maybe we can find another wooden mace! If we find it, the matter will be clear! What do you think?"
Chen Zifeng nodded, "I will report tonight and try to get Chief Gong to agree!"
Next, is Leng Yue’s report.
Chen Zifeng and Qiao Yanfang both knew that Leng Yue was going to investigate high-level government officials, so it was best to ask about some special circumstances! However, they could not guess what she could find out.
Leng Yue did not say who she was looking for. She said directly: "Last August, Zhang Qun was appointed chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government. But the local powerful factions in Sichuan did not accept it. Zhang Qun couldn't stay in a hotel when he arrived in Chengdu.
Even restaurants didn't accept him. When he went to work at the provincial government, the sentry at the door actually said that he didn't know that he was the chairman of the provincial government and asked him to find relevant people, and they allowed him to go in!"
Chen Zifeng said softly: "Captain Zhou from Chengdu also said something about this situation. The situation at that time was very serious!"
Leng Yue continued: "There was a saying at the time that if Zhang Qun became chairman of the provincial government, Chu Dongping might become director of the provincial finance bureau. Therefore, it is understandable that he suppressed Chen Li's appointment!"
Chen Zifeng blinked and asked, "What do you mean by understandable?"
Leng Yue said: "Is it understandable that Chu Dongping was a little resentful towards the powerful factions in Sichuan because he did not become the director of finance?"
Only then did Chen Zifeng understand what she meant. Chu Dongping had grievances against the powerful local factions in Sichuan! It's possible that this grievance fell on Yang Shangzhou!
He nodded vigorously and said, "Are all these situations connected?"
Xiao Ancheng spoke for the first time, "Zifeng, although you are connected, the whole situation is still unclear."
"Tell me, is there anything else you don't understand?"
"Who killed Yang Shangzhou!"
"Japanese!"
"What does the Japanese have to do with the Yang Shangzhou incident? What does it have to do with the Chu Dongping murder case? Can you explain it clearly!"
"You bastard, what do you mean?" Chen Zifeng glared fiercely.
“There’s still something crucial missing in the middle!”
"What is it! Tell me!"
"It's something that can explain that all these things are related to the 'Barrel Project'! Find out this key thing, and all the problems will be clear!"
"Then tell me, what exactly is it!" Chen Zifeng became even more vicious!
Qiao Yanfang stood up and shouted: "Don't be so cruel! If you have anything to say, please speak up! We are analyzing the case now!"
Chen Zifeng turned to her again and shouted, "Then what are you analyzing!"
Qiao Yanfang screamed at him: "I don't know!"
At this time, Leng Yue calmly said: "Wooden mace!"
Everyone turned to her and stared at her, but their eyes turned back and forth, wondering what she meant by the wooden mace!
Leng Yue looked at Chen Zifeng and said, "Searching the Chu family should be the first step! We can only do it step by step."
No matter how vicious Chen Zifeng is, he doesn't dare to get angry at Leng Yue, or even question her!
He stared and said, "Okay, I'll report tonight and search the Chu family tomorrow!"
The last person to report was Han Jindong.
His report was just one sentence, "I took five brothers and separately searched for traces of the Japanese on several nearby main roads. We found nothing! That's it!"
Qiao Yanfang asked: "Zifeng, you called us all back at noon, what are you going to do next?"
Chen Zifeng pointed at Xiao Ancheng fiercely, "Tie An, you and I go to interrogate Chu Dongping! The others are listening outside! Open your ears! Let me hear something about the situation! This is what happened this afternoon!"
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Military Commission, Department of the Executive Director of Military Justice.
Chu Dongping is a colonel and section chief, and he is involved in a love-murder case involving Secretary-General Zhang. Therefore, he will not be locked up in the ordinary police station detention center, but in the confinement room of the Military Justice Executive Directorate.
The Military Executive Directorate is located in the Military Commission, and the confinement room of the Directorate is in a two-story building behind the Military Commission.
The interrogation room in the solitary room is not large, and the furnishings inside are simpler, with only a small long table and three chairs.
When Chen Zifeng and Xiao Ancheng entered the interrogation room with files and a heavy cloth bag, Chu Dongping was already sitting inside.
Chu Dongping is thirty years old this year, with a fair face, parted hair, and a medium build. He is wearing a white shirt tucked into trousers, and he looks quite capable.
He looked at Chen Zifeng and Xiao Ancheng, who were wearing military uniforms without military caps, and only had the rank of major and captain on their collars. The corners of their mouths kept turning to the side, as if they were very unconvinced.
7-29
In the outer room, Qiao Yanfang said to Leng Yue with a smile: "This little brother is quite handsome."
Leng Yue said lightly: "I'm very conflicted, I'm afraid it won't be easy to judge."
Qiao Yanfang was still smiling and said, "Sister Leng, you have to wait and see, we will win it in three minutes!"
Leng Yue gave her a rare smile and said, "Okay, I'll watch."
Han Jindong stood behind them, blinking. He couldn't guess how Chen Zifeng and Xiao Ancheng were interrogating. In his opinion, this interrogation was like a tiger eating the sky, with no place to start!
7-30
In the solitary room, Xiao Ancheng flipped through the files in front of him page by page, seemingly forgetting about Chu Dongping in front of him.
Chen Zifeng folded his arms in front of his chest and stared at Chu Dongping coldly, as if he wanted to give him a blow at any time!
Xiao Ancheng finally stopped looking at the file. He raised his head, looked at Chu Dongping calmly, showed a slight smile, and said: "Sir Chu, we are from the Chongqing Garrison Command's Investigation Division Gendarmerie. He is the captain Chen Zifeng, and I am Xiao Ancheng.
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Chu Dongping, who was opposite, seemed to want to seize the opportunity and said: "I know who you are!"
Xiao Ancheng laughed and said, "That's great. We were ordered by the chief to investigate the murder case that occurred in Teyuan today. We hope that Chief Chu will cooperate with us."
Chu Dongping slammed the table and shouted loudly, "I didn't kill Xiang Qi! I didn't kill her at all! How many times do I have to tell you, I will never kill her! You just don't have eyes, you can't do such a simple thing
I don’t understand! You want to ask me again! When are you going to ask me?”
Xiao Ancheng waved to him gently until he calmed down, and then said softly: "Of course you didn't kill him!"
Chu Dongping suddenly shut up. He never expected that the person sitting opposite him would say this! He was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say!
Xiao Ancheng looked at him calmly, bent down and took out a bronze statue from the cloth bag on the ground, and placed it on the table.
"This is the murder weapon that killed Miss Zhao, do you recognize it?"
"This thing has been kept in Xiang Qi's room! Of course I recognize it!" Chu Dongping still spoke with emotion!
"Sir Chu, can you pick up this thing and smash it on the table! Can you!"
"What do you mean! You want my fingerprints to stay on it?"
"I didn't expect you to know about fingerprints and so on."
"What on earth do you want to do! Don't lead me into being fooled!"
"Sir Chu, I don't mean to look down on you, but you don't have the strength to tie a chicken. Can you swing such a bronze statue? If we can't even see this, we won't come!"
Chu Dongping stared at him dumbfounded, as if he didn't believe his ears.
He looked at the bloodstained bronze statue standing in front of him and muttered: "You...what did you say?"
Xiao Ancheng was still flipping through the files in front of him, "You didn't kill Miss Zhao! We are not interested in this!"
Chu Dongping looked at him dumbfounded, "Then... what do you want to know?"
Xiao Ancheng said: "We just want to know what happened to you and Miss Zhao in Room 206 of Teyuan on the night of July 19th. Chief Chu, you did not kill Miss Zhao! Did you hear clearly?
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Chu Dongping looked at him dumbfounded, speechless and could only nod.
Xiao Ancheng said sternly: "But don't delve into the murder case! You are on the road to death! Do you hear me clearly?"