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Then the officers began questioning Feng Meimei, but at this point Feng Meimei was extremely agitated, saying, "My husband's death was entirely the fault of the police. It was because of you police officers that my husband died."

At this moment, Liang Wuyun, who was standing to the side, used her advantage: "Sister Feng, your husband's death is definitely not simple. It is obvious that the people behind him do not want him to talk. If you do not tell us the important information, not only will your husband be killed by the bandits in vain, but your whole family will also be in danger."

"Can you police protect our safety?"

Su Ning, standing to the side, looked at Feng Meimei and assured her, "Definitely! As long as you can provide important information, we will send police to protect you."

Finally, Feng Meimei put aside her suspicions about them, saying, "I know someone who is connected to the incident; his name is Feng Kebi."

"Captain Liang, I feel we should send someone to keep watch nearby, because I'm worried that the mastermind behind this will definitely come back to silence us."

"Okay! I'll arrange it."

Then Liang Wuyun contacted the nearby police station and arranged for them to be on duty in the vicinity.

Su Ning was still a little worried, so she called Captain Qin and told him her concerns. Captain Qin then sent two criminal police officers to Feng Meimei's house.

Based on the clues provided by Feng Meimei, the police quickly launched an investigation into Feng Kebi.

Finally, they figured out that Li Sanzhu had reappeared after Xue Jianting's suicide.

Li Sanzhu found Feng Kebi and asked him to organize people to cause trouble in front of the police station.

The police decided to use this as a lead to launch an investigation into the suspect.

That night, the police officers from the local police station, who had been keeping watch over Feng Meimei's home, noticed something amiss. Sure enough, someone was trying to silence Feng Meimei and her family.

So the two detectives fired their guns. Although they didn't catch the ruthless criminal, they thwarted their plan to silence him.

Su Ning and Liang Wuyun were very relieved to learn the news, because if their negligence had led to a tragedy, the patient might never have been able to recover.

……

In the office of the municipal bureau chief, Director Liang stood with his back to Captain Qin, gazing out at the gloomy sky.

"Old Qin, do you know why I've always supported investigating this case?"

Captain Qin shook his head: "Old Liang, we've worked together for twenty years, and there are some things you've never said to me."

Director Liang turned around, his eyes flashing with pain: "Because of guilt. If I had persisted in investigating back then, Zeng Guowei wouldn't have died in vain, and Lao Song wouldn't have died under mysterious circumstances..."

“It’s not too late now,” Captain Qin said firmly. “Jian Fan has a tenacity that’s just like Zeng Guowei back in the day.”

Director Liang smiled wryly: "That's precisely why I'm worried. Old Zeng was just as persistent back then, and look what happened..."

He handed Captain Qin a document, saying, "Take a look at this. It's an anonymous report I just received."

Captain Qin flipped through the documents, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper: "Accusing Jian Fan of accepting bribes from Li Wei? Absurd!"

“Whether it’s true or false doesn’t matter.” Director Liang sighed. “Someone has started targeting Jian Fan, just like they did to Zeng Guowei back then.”

……

The collection room in the Li family mansion is comparable to a small museum.

Li Wei led Su Ning through the various precious cultural relics, a proud smile on his face.

“This bronze ding is a genuine Western Zhou artifact, and only three exist in the world.” He pointed to a ding with a bluish-green luster. “This is the last thing Zeng Guowei helped me authenticate.”

Suning remained calm: "President Li still thinks highly of Captain Zeng."

"I will never forget your life-saving grace," Li Wei sighed. "That year when I got a leg cramp while swimming, it was Lao Zeng and Lao Song who dragged me ashore. How could I possibly harm them?"

He opened a sandalwood box and took out a string of Buddhist prayer beads with a soft luster: "This is agarwood blessed by a high-ranking monk in the Ming Dynasty. It is priceless. Officer Jian has worked hard on the case. This is just a small gift to express my respect."

Suning did not reach out: "President Li, this is against the rules."

Li Wei's smile remained unchanged: "Rules are made by people. Officer Jian, this case is very complicated. Why jeopardize your future for public affairs?"

“My future is none of Mr. Li’s concern.” Su Ning looked him straight in the eye. “But Mr. Li, if you are truly innocent as you say, why don’t you cooperate with the investigation?”

Li Wei's expression stiffened slightly, but he quickly regained his composure: "Of course I'll cooperate. I have some information here that might be useful to you."

He handed over a USB drive, which contained "clues about cultural relic smuggling that I've investigated privately over the years."

Upon leaving the Li family mansion and returning to the police station, Su Ning immediately handed the USB drive to the technical department: "Check for viruses or tracking programs, and then analyze the contents."

……

Su Ning told Jie and the others that he wanted to change his approach and start by investigating the case from the eyewitnesses of the original case.

However, when Brother Jie and the others heard this, they became suspicious. After all, so many years had passed, and even if they could find eyewitnesses, those witnesses might not be able to recall the details of what happened back then.

However, despite hearing their complaints, Suning still appeared very confident.

Suning commissioned Tang Shouyu's men to conduct a preliminary investigation in the city.

Coincidentally, those men actually found an eyewitness.

That person used to run a sesame seed cake shop near Zeng Guowei's home.

At a simple pancake stall on the outskirts of the city, the owner, Old Ma, wiped the sweat from his flour-covered hands and said, "Who can remember clearly what happened twenty years ago?"

Su Ning pushed a yellowed photograph in front of him: "This is the gate of the residential area back then, and your shop was right across the street. What did you see that night?"

Old Ma stared at the photo, his eyes gradually becoming unfocused: "It was raining heavily that night! I once witnessed Zeng Guowei's van driving out of the community gate, only to collide with a car. Afterwards, two people got out of the van, punched and kicked the car driver, and then got back in the van and drove away again."

Do you remember the license plate?

Old Ma shook his head: "It's been too long... I only remember that the van's license plate number started with the character 'police'."

Suning returned home, only to find someone showing up at his door.

When he opened the door, he saw that the person was the old man he had seen selling goods at the antique market before.

The old man at the stall told Suning that he had witnessed a car accident involving a van and a car years ago. He clearly remembered the license plate numbers of the two vehicles and even saw Zeng Guowei in person.

It was Old Zhao from the antique stall: "Officer Su, I remember now! The black sedan's license plate ended in 668!"

"Thank you for providing this important information."

"You're welcome! Assisting the police in their investigations is our responsibility."

……

Su Ning suddenly received a message from a police officer colleague, informing him that Li Sanzhu and others were once again engaged in cultural relic smuggling activities.

He immediately notified the relevant personnel to set up roadblocks on the relevant roads to intercept their vehicles.

The national highway was deserted late at night, with only the occasional passing truck breaking the silence.

Suning received a notification from the command center through his headset: "The target vehicle is a white van with license plate number Nan B-34289. It is expected to arrive at your location in five minutes."

"Attention all units, the target vehicle is suspected of smuggling cultural relics and may be carrying weapons." Su Ning issued the order via radio. "Set up roadblocks as planned and be careful."

In the distance, two blinding headlights pierced the darkness.

When the truck approached the roadblock, instead of slowing down, it accelerated and rushed towards it.

"Stop the car! Police!" Xiao Chenggang shouted, waving a parking sign.

The truck ignored them and smashed through the roadblock.

Xiao Chenggang rushed forward and grabbed the passenger door: "Stop the car!"

Inside the car, Li Sanzhu's ferocious face flickered in and out under the dashboard lights: "Shake him off!"

The driver jerked the steering wheel, causing the car to shake violently.

Xiao Chenggang gritted his teeth and persevered, but was eventually thrown off the vehicle and rolled several meters on the road.

"Team B, intercept!" Suning started the engine and positioned his car across the middle of the road.

The truck roared and charged like a wild beast.

At the moment of impact, the airbags deployed, and Su Ning felt a sharp pain, but he still struggled to pull out his pistol and lean out of the broken car window.

"Bang! Bang!" Two bullets hit the front tires of the truck.

The truck spun out of control and eventually overturned on its side by the roadside.

Li Sanzhu climbed out of the passenger seat, holding a hunting rifle.

"Li Sanzhu! Drop your weapon!" Su Ning raised his gun and aimed, even though his vision was still somewhat blurred from the impact.

Li Sanzhu grinned maliciously as he raised his shotgun: "Die, police!" At the critical moment, several police sirens blared from all directions.

Li Sanzhu hesitated for a second, then turned and fled into the woods by the roadside.

"Chase him! We can't let him get away!" Su Ning ordered reluctantly, while noticing the items scattered in the truck's cargo bed...

……

After Suning forced the truck to stop, the police officers arrested the people in the vehicle.

Just then, Li Sanzhu took advantage of the officers' inattention and escaped.

The officers fired at him from behind, but only hit his arm.

The officers arrested the rest of the people and took them back to the police station.

All the cultural relics on the vehicle were seized.

Qi Shumin, who had been out of the public eye for a long time, finally appeared in an abandoned factory in Taoding.

It turned out that he already knew that Li Sanzhu had escaped back and was now hiding in this factory.

He drove into the factory and saw Li Sanzhu, who was still in shock.

Qi Shumin was furious about Li Sanzhu losing the cultural relics. "Li Sanzhu, what have you done this time? Do you know how much trouble you've gotten yourself into?"

"I have something to say!" Li Sanzhu had a lot to say, and he even pointed a gun at his own head. "Even if I commit suicide, I want to say these things before I die."

"Speak," Qi Shumin agreed to his request.

"The police must have planted an informant among us! Otherwise, they wouldn't have known about my smuggling of cultural relics so quickly."

Even after hearing this, Qi Shumin still harbored resentment towards Li Sanzhu.

He snatched the gun from his hand and pointed it at his head.

But at the very moment he was about to fire, he hesitated.

Out of gratitude for their past brotherhood, he temporarily spared Li Sanzhu.

"Li Sanzhu, I'm giving you one last chance. If there's a next time, even Jesus won't be able to help you."

"Thank...thank you, brother."

……

At the police station, everyone held a case analysis meeting.

At the meeting, Captain Qin told everyone, "We have now confirmed Li Sanzhu's identity, and have also published his photo online and issued an arrest warrant for him."

"Furthermore, according to the confession of a thug named Xu Mingshan whom we arrested, Xue Jianting's forced suicide was actually orchestrated by Boss Li."

Captain Qin gave the officers two main directions for their attack: "Next, we should have two main directions: first, to interrogate Boss Li; second, to do everything we can to find Li Sanzhu who is on the run. As long as we catch Li Sanzhu, we'll have caught a big fish."

However, after listening to Captain Qin's speech, Su Ning had a different opinion. "Captain Qin, I have a different opinion. First, regarding Li Sanzhu, I don't think he is a really important person. At most, he is just a henchman of the big boss behind the scenes. Catching him is not of much value."

Secondly, we also have difficulty dealing with the matter of interrogating General Manager Li.

After all, Mr. Li is a prominent figure with a deep mind. Even if we bring him to the police station, we probably won't be able to get anything out of him.

Furthermore, given Mr. Li's status as a tycoon, the police superiors would not easily allow us to arbitrarily interrogate such a person.

“That makes sense! But we still need to arrest Li Sanzhu.”

"clear."

……

At Qi Yuanmin's home, the Qi brothers discussed countermeasures.

Qi Shumin looked at Qi Yuanmin anxiously and explained, "The cultural relics we have now been lost, and the police are searching for Li Sanzhu. The situation is really unfavorable for us."

Then Qi Shumin asked Qi Yuanmin about the inside man, "Brother, I want to know if there's anyone in our team colluding with the police?"

However, Qi Yuanmin was very confident, "Don't worry! There can't be any traitors in our team. It might just be a coincidence."

Is it just a coincidence that they met?

“I’m more worried that something has gone wrong with Li Wei and Tang Lianqing.”

"Brother, do you mean they betrayed us?"

"It's hard to say! After all, the police have been putting a lot of pressure on us by reopening the case recently, and we can't rule out the possibility that they're trying to slip away unnoticed."

"Damn! Do they really think we brothers are idiots?"

Qi Shumin and others suspected that the police discovered their cultural relic smuggling activities because they must have had a special relationship with Tang Shouyu and others.

So they brought their men to the Sheng Tang Nightclub, intending to settle scores with Tang Shouyu.

As a result, they did not find Tang Shouyu, so they pointed a gun at Zeng Nan's head, hoping to use her to force Tang Shouyu to meet them.

……

Su Ning handed a document with handwriting to everyone for inspection.

It turns out that Suning had previously obtained an important clue.

On the day the cultural relic theft occurred, Qi Yuanmin went to the police station.

Su Ning found Qi Yuanmin's signature in the police station's entry records from that year.

However, Qi Yuanmin did not sign his real name at the time; he signed an alias.

Some time ago, during the interrogation of Xue Jianting about the robbery of antiques, the police summoned Qi Yuanmin.

Therefore, they obtained Qi Yuanmin's signature.

After comparison, they found that Qi Yuanmin's signature matched the signature he left at the police station years ago.

Therefore, Qi Yuanmin may have been at the police station on the day the cultural relic theft occurred.

This is indeed important news for solving the case.

Su Ning told everyone that he had checked Qiao Xiaobo's information and found that there were major suspicious points about him.

If they use him as a starting point, they will definitely be able to obtain a lot of valuable information.

As a result, the police quickly summoned Qiao Xiaobo for questioning.

In the interrogation room, the police officers began questioning Qiao Xiaobo.

However, despite the police officers' aggressive approach, Qiao Xiaobo held on and did not reveal any valuable information.

At this moment, Su Ning, who was standing to the side, finally couldn't sit still any longer. He stepped forward personally and, with some insightful words, finally broke down Qiao Xiaobo's psychological defenses.

Finally, Qiao Xiaobo had no choice but to tell everyone the truth.

It turns out that Qiao Xiaobo was a gatekeeper at the police station back then.

On the day of the accident, he left his post without permission and went out to eat.

When he returned to the police station, he suddenly saw Zeng Guowei's car driving out of the station, so he went up to greet Zeng Guowei.

Just then, two people got out of the car. They drugged Qiao Xiaobo with drugs and took him to a place ten kilometers away from the police station.

When Qiao Xiaobo woke up, he found himself in a strange place with a stack of money next to him.

That money was clearly "hush money" given to him by the bandits to keep him quiet about what he had seen and heard.

After waking up, Qiao Xiaobo returned to his home and hid the money.

He changed into clean clothes and returned to the police station, pretending that nothing had happened.

Later, Zeng Guowei and others got into trouble.

Qiao Xiaobo understood even more clearly that he could no longer say anything about what had happened before, otherwise disaster would befall him.

……

(End of this chapter)