Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 760: A Case Within a Case!
Upon hearing Captain Peng's reply and seeing his serious expression, Jia Dongming patted Captain Peng on the shoulder and whispered, "Captain Peng! I've made a discovery, but I need to go to the police station to confirm something with the officers there."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's reply and learning that Jia Dongming had made a discovery, Captain Peng's previously serious expression vanished instantly. He immediately asked Jia Dongming, "Captain Jia! Tell me quickly, what clues have you found?"

Upon hearing Captain Peng's question and seeing his anxious expression, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Captain Peng, "Captain Peng! This isn't the place to talk. If you want to know what clues we've found, then come with us to the police station."

As soon as Jia Dongming finished speaking, Li Bin stopped beside him on his sidecar motorcycle. After Jia Dongming sat on the seat of the sidecar motorcycle, he smiled and said to the sullen-looking Captain Peng, "Captain Peng! I'm going first, you follow behind."

A dozen minutes later, Jia Dongming and his two companions arrived at the Sanqi Street Police Station.

As Jia Dongming entered the police station, the station chief, upon hearing the news, quickly came out of his office to greet him warmly, saying, "Captain Jia! Comrades from the Municipal Bureau, welcome to our Sanqi Police Station to guide our work."

Upon hearing the police station chief's words, Jia Dongming reached out and shook hands with him, saying with a smile, "Chief Qiao! We've come here mainly to ask you about something."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words and learning his purpose, Director Qiao immediately greeted Jia Dongming, saying, "Captain Jia! What do you want to know? Let's go to the office to talk."

Led by Director Qiao, the three entered the director's office. Director Qiao first poured them a glass of water before asking Jia Dongming, "Captain Jia! What do you want to know? Please tell me."

Upon hearing Director Qiao's question and recalling his own suspicions, Jia Dongming immediately asked Director Qiao, "Director Qiao! We've come here mainly to ask you if anything unusual has happened at the hardware factory in recent years?"

When Director Qiao learned that Jia Dongming had come to inquire about the hardware factory, he immediately realized that Jia Dongming must have discovered some clues. He hurriedly asked Jia Dongming curiously, "Captain Jia! Is the explosion at the hardware factory unrelated to enemy agents?"

"What! The explosion at the hardware factory has nothing to do with enemy agents? Captain Jia! Is this true?" As soon as Director Qiao finished speaking, Captain Peng's questioning voice immediately came from outside into the office.

When Jia Dongming saw Captain Peng rushing into the office, he noticed the puzzled look on the other's face and replied with a serious expression, "Captain Peng! Ever since I learned about the residents of the tenement building, I've been thinking about one question: there are no special people living in the tenement building, so why would enemy agents carry out this bombing that shocked Beijing?"

"Later, I visited more than 20 households. When I asked these residents why Xue Chaoyang was able to live in a dormitory building full of cadres despite being a worker, they all deliberately avoided the question and used the information we had previously gathered to evade the question."

"Judging from the residents' reactions, I feel there's a shocking secret hidden here, and that secret is the key to why the murderer bombed this tenement building. That's why I came to the police station to see Chief Qiao, wanting to find out if anything unusual has happened at the hardware factory over the years." Upon hearing Jia Dongming's analysis, Captain Peng's face showed surprise, and he quickly asked Chief Qiao, "Old Qiao! Think carefully, has anything unusual happened at the hardware factory over the years?"

Upon hearing Captain Peng's question, Director Qiao recalled the information Jia Dongming had just provided and, after a few minutes of careful recollection, finally spoke up: "Captain Jia! Old Peng! If you're asking whether a certain very unusual event occurred at the hardware factory, then it certainly did."

"Speaking of this incident, it should have been about five years ago. The warehouse used by the hardware factory to store the 'Four Olds' suddenly caught fire one night. The fire not only destroyed everything in the warehouse, but also killed two hardware factory workers. Later, according to the investigation by the hardware factory's security department, it was because the two workers were smoking in the warehouse that the fire started."

Upon hearing Chief Qiao's account, Jia Dongming immediately realized that the fire was very strange, and the deaths of the two workers were likely suspicious. He then asked Chief Qiao, "Chief Qiao! What were the names of the two workers who were burned to death? Does your police station have any information about them?"

When Director Qiao heard Jia Dongming inquire about the two workers, out of professional intuition, he asked Jia Dongming curiously, "Captain Jia! Do you suspect that there's something fishy about the deaths of these two workers?"

Upon hearing Director Qiao's question, Jia Dongming nodded subconsciously and replied with a serious expression, "Director Qiao! At present, I only have suspicions. To find out the truth, we need to continue to investigate this clue carefully before we can get a result."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's reply, Chief Qiao immediately said to Jia Dongming, "Captain Jia! Cai Qiming from our station once represented our police station to investigate a fire at a hardware factory. Please wait a moment, I'll go and call him over."

Upon hearing Director Qiao's words, Jia Dongming smiled and thanked Director Qiao, saying, "Director Qiao! Thank you for your help."

"Captain Jia! You mean those two workers weren't arsonists, but scapegoats used by the hardware factory's leaders to take the blame, or even scapegoats who discovered some secrets and were silenced?" Upon hearing Jia Dongming's explanation and recalling the hardware factory explosion, Captain Peng, with his professional instincts, quickly grasped the key point and hurriedly asked Jia Dongming.

Upon hearing Captain Peng's question, Jia Dongming, recalling his own judgment, subconsciously nodded and replied, "Chief Peng! If my judgment is correct, the two workers who died back then must have discovered some secrets while fighting the fire and were silenced. The perpetrator of this bombing is very likely a relative of those two workers."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's analysis, and recalling what Director Qiao had just mentioned about the "Four Olds" stored in that warehouse, Captain Peng quickly reviewed the case in his mind and said excitedly, "Captain Jia! If your analysis is correct, then this case may also involve a group of people involved in a case."

(End of this chapter)