Chapter 403: Chapter 290: Red Bean-Filled Mooncakes!
File a case?
"Got it, got it, why are you shouting?"
The person on the other side was quite displeased but still reluctantly pulled out the record and began:
"Speak, who died?"
Xu Liang took a deep breath, not arguing with the other party, and said: "Yangshan Gully, Run Dong Weaving Plant..."
Run Dong Weaving Plant manager...
He hadn’t finished his sentence.
But the people in front instantly realized who it was, couldn’t hold back, and began discussing.
"The weaving plant? Isn’t that the one who often comes to the police station? He really died, huh."
"I do have some impression..."
"What happened to the weaving plant? Why don’t I remember anything?"
"..."
Zhang Shan had reported to the police before his death, but unfortunately, it was to no avail. Zhu Haoyi hadn’t directly engaged, neither cutting off water and food seemed an apparent target.
Just...
Looking at the people chatting again in front, Xu Liang’s face turned a bit unpleasant, a hint of anger brewing in his heart.
He slightly clenched his fist, but still said nothing.
Filing the case now is the most important!
After a long period, the people in front finished chatting and continued with the case filing procedures.
Just...
"Huh? Case acceptance receipt?"
The policewoman suddenly pulled out something, read the words, and hesitated before looking at Xu Liang with discontent.
"You’ve already reported this case today afternoon, Officer Wu responded..."
"The acceptance receipt clearly states hanging death, possibly due to suicide."
"Why are you reporting again?"
Officer Wu?
Wasn’t he the plainclothes officer on the scene?
Xu Liang furrowed his brows but didn’t argue, continued: "There’s a problem with the case, it wasn’t suicide, but murder."
Upon hearing this, the person in front asked:
"Do you have evidence?"
"These are photos taken before the police arrived."
Xu Liang handed over photos of Zhang Shan hanging, showing, "There are clear scratch marks on his neck, indicating Zhang Shan struggled fiercely before death."
"But the stool below shows no change."
Upper body struggles, even if the lower body doesn’t move at all, the body would still sway.
As long as swaying occurs, the stool used for hanging would surely tilt, even fall to the ground!
Yet Zhang Shan...
The stool hadn’t moved an inch!
In this case, only one thing could have happened, that is,....
"At the time of death, there was at least one other person on the scene, who moved the stool post-death to stage a suicide scene."
Xu Liang slowly explained.
Upon hearing this, the person in front seemed to ponder.
Just when Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling there was no problem...
"Then where’s the evidence?"
The policewoman suddenly asked again.
She waved both hands impatiently, "Where’s the evidence?"
Evidence... The aforementioned is the evidence!!!
Xu Liang’s heart sank, finally speaking, but the person in front continued:
"Who killed? Why kill? Murder traces? Where did all these go?"
"These are for the police to investigate."
Xu Liang took a deep breath, "I’m just here to file a case!"
Yet the other party continued persistently, "You think the police station is your home, file a case whenever you want? The station has limited manpower, if everyone in Zhengyang City considers every death a murder, takes up manpower, then what about other cases?"
How is this Xu Liang’s concern!?
Lack of manpower resources due to official inadequacy.
Plenty of money, but few applicants, even the policewoman in front, is a ’contractual’ officer, who technically shouldn’t be an official.
"Who’s your leader!?"
Xu Liang couldn’t hold back any longer, frowned, and glared at the other, his gaze unkind.
He really couldn’t understand who recruited such people, has Zhengyang City’s police manpower become so scarce that they need such people!?
And as these words fell...
The person in front burst out.
"What do you mean? You want to complain to my leader!?"
The other party yelled in anger, directly setting down the record book.
"I just want to file a case!" Xu Liang retorted, "Now, file the case, then I’ll leave, and you can get off work!"
"Okay?"
"I think you’re looking for trouble!"
The policewoman shouted, "Causing trouble in the police station, believe I’ll have you handcuffed!?"
"You!"
One sentence instantly made Xu Liang’s blood pressure rise, even Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu’s faces behind him turned extremely unpleasant, while Sun Zhongmin’s eyes flickered with an unclear mood.
Until...
"At work, what’s all the shouting?"
A dignified middle-aged male voice echoed.
Everyone turned their heads to see a man holding a thermos cup slowly approaching, speaking as he walked:
"Not afraid of others laughing at you."
Upon hearing this, the policewoman immediately felt wronged, "Director, it’s not my fault."
"Officer Wu checked out his case this afternoon, deemed it suicide, but he insists on filing a murder case."
"Then I just asked questions normally, who knew he..."
"Alright, alright."
Director Zhou was indifferent, waved his hand, and then looked at Xu Liang.
"Young man, what’s the case, why so urgent?"
Director Zhou asked with a smile.
Xu Liang scanned the other up and down.
The person had a height of about 175 cm, weight around 170 pounds, looking somewhat bloated, shirt stretched tight, facial features plump, with slightly large ears.
"Zhang Shan, manager of the Run Dong Weaving Plant in Yangshan Gully was murdered, there was a second person at the death scene."
Xu Liang stated concisely.
"The police should conduct a detailed investigation and after investigation, transfer the case to the prosecutor’s office, then proceed to trial!"
This is the normal procedure!
It’s just...
"Yangshan Gully..."
Director Zhou stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, then said:
"Is there a suspect?"
"Zhengyang Mining Company’s Chairman Zhu Haoyi, and Li Yang from the mining company!" Xu Liang said directly.
Zhu Haoyi, Li Yang...
Upon hearing these two familiar names, Director Zhou paused instantly and then asked again:
"Why say they did it? Couldn’t it be an employee from the factory?"
There are dozens of people at the weaving factory; it might just be an employee with psychological issues who killed Zhang Shan!
"Before the incident, Zhengyang Mining Company wanted to acquire Run Dong Weaving Plant, and they were extremely aggressive about it."
Xu Liang slowly spoke, "There’s a mine under the weaving factory, initially suspected to be a rare earth mine."
"We have enough reason to conduct a reasonable suspicion that Zhengyang Mining Company’s Zhu Haoyi wanted to take over the mine, but Zhang Shan refused, leading to an intense conflict and ultimately Zhang Shan’s death."
After speaking, the scene fell into deep thought.
For a long time.
Director Zhou finally said solemnly to Xu Liang:
"Alright, you can go back first. I’ll have someone verify it, and as long as they confirm what you’ve said, the police will file a case according to the law!"
After these words.
Xu Liang did not rush to speak but instead looked the other person up and down.
After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and nodded.
"Okay, then we’ll leave first."
After speaking, Xu Liang turned and left.
No information left? No documents left? Not even a photo left!?
Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu watched in puzzlement, wanting to speak but ultimately saying nothing, following along to leave.
Watching their backs disappear before his eyes.
Only then did Director Zhou slowly hold his thermos and head to the office.
"Squeak~"
The door opened.
Entering and pushing the door, Director Zhou turned sideways, locking the door with a click.
Only then did he sit slowly at the desk, think for a long time, take out his phone, and dial a number.
"Tap tap tap~"
The call rang.
In just a moment, the call was connected, and a voice was heard.
"Director Zhou, you never come to the temple for no reason, why did you think of me?"
A laugh came through the speaker to Director Zhou’s ear.
"Haha, it’s nothing big, it’s just that a case came to the police station here, and my subordinate wasn’t handling it well, so I came to inquire myself."
Director Zhou laughed heartily and then paused slightly, collected his emotions, and slowly said:
"Boss Zhu, I’ve heard... the director of Run Dong Weaving Plant in Yangshan Gully is dead?"
The call paused, shortly after, a sigh came from the speaker.
"Dead." Zhu Haoyi said.
Indeed, the person on the other end of the line was Zhu Haoyi of Zhengyang Mining Company!
Director Zhou remained calm, said: "What happened?"
"Well, Zhang Shan’s wife, oh you know, the deaf-mute woman, she ran off with the money from selling the factory, and Zhang Shan didn’t have the money to share with the factory’s co-founders. I guess he couldn’t think straight for a moment and hanged himself."
Zhu Haoyi slowly explained.
Upon hearing this, Director Zhou nodded.
"I see."
After these words.
The voice on the other end of the phone, Zhu Haoyi, suddenly turned and said:
"By the way, I heard your mother loves mooncakes? What a coincidence, my old home in the countryside just sent me a box of mooncakes, and I have more than I need..."
Mooncakes?
"What filling in the mooncakes?"
Director Zhou raised his eyebrows, with a hint of a smile at the corner of his eyes.
Then heard, Zhu Haoyi’s voice come through.
"Red bean filling."
"Red bean mooncakes!?"
Director Zhou relaxed his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Red bean is good, then we are lucky."
"Alright, hanging up."
After finishing, the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while before hanging up the call.
Director Zhou thought for a moment, first sent a team to verify, and then after they returned, had a notice prepared to issue.
...
...
The next day.
June 14th.
Yangshan Gully, Run Dong Weaving Plant.
"Tap tap!"
"Bang bang!!!"
Early in the morning, around nine o’clock.
Xu Liang continued to move around the barren soil of the factory, occasionally squatting in corners, picking up rocks to check their composition.
This scene left Yang Ruoxi and Su Yu puzzled.
"What are you doing?"
Yang Ruoxi squatted beside him, tilting her head, unable to comprehend what Xu Liang was doing.
Xu Liang still said nothing, continuing to walk back and forth on the barren land.
After a long time, he finally confirmed one thing, that was...
"There’s a mine below."
"Under Run Dong Weaving Plant, there really is a mine!"
Xu Liang took a deep breath, with ’Geological Exploration Expert’ skills supporting him, various knowledge flooded from his mind making it easy to arrive at this conclusion.
"Is there really a mine?" Yang Ruoxi was slightly surprised.
But upon careful thinking...it’s unusual if there isn’t a mine!
After all, Zhengyang Mining Company must have seen profit potential to come and kill, they are deeply tied with the mine, thus they must want the mine’s benefits!
Since they’ve set eyes on the factory, it can basically be determined there is a mine below, just...
"What kind of mine is it?"
Yang Ruoxi asked in puzzlement.
