Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 761 Major discovery!

Not long after, Director Qiao led a middle-aged man into the office from outside and introduced him to Jia Dongming with a smile: "Captain Jia! Let me introduce you. This is Comrade Cai Qiming. He was in charge of handling the case of the fire that occurred in the hardware factory warehouse back then."

After introducing the case, Director Qiao turned to Cai Qiming and said, "Old Cai! You were in charge of handling the case of the hardware factory warehouse that burned down back then. Captain Jia and Branch Captain Peng came here this time to ask you about the specific circumstances of that fire and the information of the two workers who were burned to death."

Upon hearing the information provided by Director Qiao and learning the purpose of Jia Dongming and the others' visit, Cai Qiming first greeted them politely. After carefully recalling the events for a few minutes, he then introduced himself: "Captain Jia! Branch Captain Peng! The case of the fire at the hardware factory warehouse occurred five years ago."

“That day was my shift. I received an alarm call from the hardware factory and learned that the factory’s warehouse was on fire. So Guo Ming and I rushed to the scene of the fire at the hardware factory as soon as possible.”

"At the time, a comrade from the security department of the hardware factory told us that two workers from their factory were slacking off during their night shift and secretly went to the warehouse to take a nap. As a result, they accidentally set the warehouse on fire and were trapped in the fire, where they were burned alive."

"When we heard the security guard's account, we felt something was amiss and decided to investigate. However, the hardware factory's leadership found several witnesses to prove that the security guard's account was true. Moreover, the hardware factory's leadership did not want to escalate the situation, so we handed the matter over to the hardware factory's security department to handle."

After listening to Cai Qiming's explanation, Jia Dongming pondered for a moment before asking Cai Qiming with a serious expression, "Comrade Cai Qiming! What was the name of the security guard who handed over the case to you? Also, what are the names of the witnesses the hardware factory brought in? Do you remember them?"

When Cai Qiming heard Jia Dongming ask about the name of the security guard and the names of the other witnesses, he immediately nodded and replied, "Captain Jia! The security guard's name is Xu Peng, and he is now the deputy head of the security department of the hardware factory. As for the names of the witnesses, I don't remember them very clearly, but we have taken statements from each of them. If you want to check the list of these people, I can go to the archives and find the records from that year."

Upon hearing Cai Qiming's explanation, Jia Dongming immediately thanked Cai Qiming, saying, "Comrade Cai Qiming! Then please go and find the transcripts from that year. We need to confirm the list of these witnesses."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's instructions, Cai Qiming immediately nodded and replied with a smile, "Captain Jia! Please wait a moment, I'll go to the archives and find that record from back then for you."

After Cai Qiming left, Jia Dongming immediately asked Captain Peng, "Captain Peng! Do you have the list of residents for that tenement building?"

When Captain Peng heard Jia Dongming ask about the list of residents in the tenement building, he immediately nodded, quickly took out a notebook from his briefcase, and replied, "Captain Jia! The list is right here."

When Jia Dongming saw the notebook that Captain Peng took out of his briefcase, he immediately reached out and took the notebook. He then quickly opened the notebook and soon found Xu Peng's name on it.

Seeing Jia Dongming's confident expression and recalling the conversation between Jia Dongming and Cai Qiming, Captain Peng immediately asked Jia Dongming, "Director Jia! Have you discovered any clues?" Hearing Captain Peng's question and recalling his own speculations, Jia Dongming excitedly told Captain Peng, "Captain Peng! Although I haven't seen the list of witnesses yet, I'm now basically certain that the explosion at the hardware factory this morning is related to the fire at the hardware factory five years ago, and the perpetrator of the explosion is very likely a relative of the two victims."

“If the murderer is a relative of the deceased, it means that the fire at the hardware factory back then was not an accident, but a fire deliberately caused by someone to cover up something. And the two workers who were burned to death in the fire must have discovered some secret and were silenced.” After hearing Jia Dongming’s analysis, Captain Peng’s mind immediately started working, and then he excitedly replied.

"Captain Jia! The statement you needed has been found." A few minutes later, Cai Qiming walked briskly into Director Qiao's office with a file bag in his hand and said to Jia Dongming.

Upon hearing Cai Qiming's words, Jia Dongming immediately reached out and took the file bag from the other party, took out a stack of transcripts from the file bag, and then began to check the names of the witnesses.

After reading through all the witnesses' names, Jia Dongming compared them with the resident information in his notebook. His face lit up with ecstatic joy as he exclaimed, "They match! They all match! All the witnesses lived in this tenement building, including the murdered Xue Chaoyang."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words and learning that the names matched, Captain Peng quickly took some transcripts from Jia Dongming and compared the witness names on the transcripts with the resident information in the notebook.

After confirming that everything was correct, Captain Peng said to Jia Dongming with an excited expression, "Captain Jia! The city gave us three days and asked us to solve the case within the time limit. I was worried that it would be almost impossible to solve the case within three days without any clues. But I didn't expect that we would find the key clue in just half a day."

Upon hearing what Captain Peng said, Jia Dongming immediately asked Cai Qiming, who was standing beside him, "Comrade Cai Qiming! Do you know anything about Liu Zhijun and Guo Yongkang? After their deaths, did their children take over their jobs at the hardware factory?"

When Cai Qiming heard Jia Dongming ask about the two deceased, he immediately thought carefully for a moment before speaking: "Captain Jia! Due to the requirements of the hardware factory leaders, our police station did not get involved in the follow-up handling. However, I heard that the families of the two deceased seemed to have gone to the hardware factory to make a scene. As for what happened after that, I don't know much about it."

Upon hearing Cai Qiming's reply, Jia Dongming immediately said to Director Qiao, "Director Qiao! We need to check the household registration information of these two deceased individuals."

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's request, Director Qiao immediately nodded and replied, "Captain Jia! That's no problem at all. I'll go to the household registration office right now and retrieve the household registration information for these two deceased individuals."

(End of this chapter)