Reborn in 97, I solved a cold case at the Municipal Bureau

Chapter 281 Good News Travels Far and Wide

As soon as Zhou Yi entered the Municipal Public Security Bureau, he ran into Gu Changhai and greeted him.

Gu Changhai said that Director Wang from the command center just contacted you, saying that the Meng Qingtong you were looking for has been found.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi thanked Gu Changhai and quickly ran towards the command center.

Director Wang told him that Meng Qingtong was being held in a detention center in Huaiyang City, and that they had just called this morning to give him the feedback.

"Huaiyang?"

Taicheng is to the east of Hongcheng, and Huaiyang is to the northeast of Taicheng. Beyond that, you're outside the province.

Director Wang nodded.

"What was the reason for Meng Qingtong's arrest?"

"He intentionally injured someone, stabbing one person with a knife, but the person didn't die."

Good grief, after scamming people and running away, he still has the nerve to stab them in the back? What a talent.

After getting the contact information for Huaiyang from Director Wang, Zhou Yi decided to go to Huaiyang himself. Calculating the time, if he took the highway directly, he could leave at this time and return in the evening.

He told Qiao Jiali about it. Although Qiao Jiali was surprised that he went to Huaiyang, she knew that he wouldn't drive nearly 200 kilometers for no reason, there must be something going on.

No sooner had Zhou Yi left than Shi Tao strolled over and asked, "Zhou Yi hasn't arrived yet? He can't be this carefree even after solving the case."

“They came, but they just left again,” Qiao Jiali replied.

"Gone? Where did they go?"

"They said they were going to Huaiyang, but I don't know the specifics."

Shi Tao stroked his chin and said, "This guy, does he have another case?"

Zhou Yi drove the Santana from the Third Traffic Police Brigade onto the highway, heading straight for Taicheng.

He had originally planned to take some time today to visit Jin Lei and Qian Lailai, but since he had found out Meng Qingtong's whereabouts, he would deal with this matter first.

Not long after leaving Hongcheng, the phone on the dashboard rang.

Zhou Yi pressed the speakerphone button, but his eyes remained fixed on the road ahead.

There are countless roads, but safety is the most important.

"Hello, this is Zhou Yi."

"Officer Zhou, it's me, Qian Hongxing."

"Mr. Qian, I was just wondering how your son is doing. What a coincidence!"

"Thanks to Officer Zhou, I just completed the discharge procedures this morning."

"Really? That's great news!" Zhou Yi was genuinely happy about the news. "The doctor said everything's fine?"

"The doctor said my son has a good constitution and recovers quickly. He just needs to rest at home for a while and have regular check-ups."

"That's good, Mr. Qian. Although we need to be careful later, we can't be too nervous and put too much pressure on the child. In this kind of situation, the child's mental health is more important."

"Yes, yes, I understand. By the way, Officer Zhou, are you free this Saturday?"

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

On the phone, Qian Hongxing said with a smile, "If you have time, I'd like to invite you and your family to my house for a meal."

Just as Zhou Yi was about to refuse, Qian Hongxing added, "Officer Zhou, please don't refuse me. I assure you, firstly, there will be no delicacies, secondly, no fine wine, and thirdly, I will absolutely not give you or your family any gifts or red envelopes. Even if Yuling cooks a few simple home-style dishes herself, I won't make things difficult for you."

Now that things have come to this point, if Zhou Yi doesn't agree, he'll seem heartless.

“Alright, I’ve come to see the child too,” Zhou Yi agreed.

Qian Hongxing on the other end of the phone was overjoyed: "Great, great, great! Tell me your home address. I'll have Xiao Sun pick you up at 4 pm on Saturday."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi suddenly had an idea.

When can I arrange for my third uncle to meet with Qian Hongxing?
Although Qian Hongxing has some of the typical businessman's flaws and had used some tricks on Su Jun before, he is essentially a law-abiding, honest businessman with few crooked intentions.

If the Zhou family wants to expand their business, they can't do it on their own. First, their status is special, and second, they lack business experience and acumen.

Third Uncle is undoubtedly the most suitable person, but he is currently relatively weak. If he can get Qian Hongxing's support, he might be able to become even more powerful.

All I can offer is some "predictive" information about the times.

My primary duty has always been that of a criminal investigator.

It took two hours of driving before the car entered Huaiyang City.

Zhou Yi first called Cai Lei, the deputy director of Huaiyang Second Detention Center, whom Director Wang had provided, and told him how long it would take for him to arrive. Cai Lei was surprised that he had arrived so quickly and asked Zhou Yi his current location before telling him how to get there.

When Zhou Yi arrived, someone was already waiting at the entrance of the detention center.

This man was short, had a buzz cut, wore glasses, and was slightly overweight; he looked to be in his early thirties.

After getting out of the car, Zhou Yi went up to him and asked, "Are you Director Cai?"

The other person nodded: "Are you Zhou Yi from the Hongcheng City Public Security Bureau?"

"Hello Director Cai, I am Zhou Yi."

"Thank you for your hard work. I just exchanged information with your Director Wang this morning. I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly."

The two shook hands, and Cai Lei said, "Your Hongcheng has been quite the star lately."

Zhou Yi smiled sheepishly, "The news spread really fast! Everyone in Huaiyang already knows."

“That’s right, good news travels fast.” After saying that, Cai Lei felt something was off. “Hey, what’s that saying again?” Zhou Yi learned the whole story of Meng Qingtong’s assault and arrest from Cai Lei.

At around 1 a.m. on March 3, the command center of Huaiyang City Public Security Bureau received a report from a hotel that someone had stabbed someone with a knife and the person had died.

Upon hearing that someone had died, the on-duty criminal police officers from the municipal bureau immediately rushed to the scene.

When they arrived, they discovered that no one had actually died; the hotel receptionist was just terrified.

A burly, tattooed man lay in the hotel room corridor, clutching his stomach, his wound bleeding.

The door to the room where the big man had fallen was open, and the room was in a mess, but no one was there.

An ambulance arrived shortly afterward and admitted the tattooed man to the hospital.

The police immediately began investigating the case.

The room where the incident occurred was room 218, and the ID information registered for check-in belonged to a man named Meng Qingtong.

The hotel receptionist said this person checked in around 1 p.m. today, without a suitcase, only a bag, and was staying alone.

They didn't know what the person in the middle had done, and then around midnight, the receptionist suddenly heard arguing coming from upstairs.

Just as the receptionist was about to go check what was going on, she suddenly saw a shirtless man running down the stairs in a panic, carrying clothes and a bag in one hand and a knife with blood on it in the other.

The receptionist recognized the man as the guest in room 218, but was so frightened by his appearance that she didn't dare to stop him.

Meng Qingtong rushed out of the hotel and disappeared into the night.

A few minutes later, a man and a woman in high heels, their hair disheveled, ran down from upstairs and left in a hurry without looking back.

The dumbfounded receptionist then mustered up the courage to go upstairs, where she saw the tattooed man lying on the ground.

The receptionist was terrified. Without confirming whether the person was dead or alive, she only knew that there was blood on the body and on the ground, so she rushed downstairs to call the police and said that someone had died.

Huaiyang police immediately launched a manhunt for Meng Qingtong, who had escaped, as he was clearly a prime suspect.

From the time Meng Qingtong escaped to the time she called the police, and then the time it took for the police to arrive, the time in between was not long.

Moreover, it was late at night, so Meng Qingtong couldn't possibly have gone far.

As expected, the Huaiyang police were very efficient. In less than two hours, they found Meng Qingtong inside a cat under a bridge and brought him back.

He was immediately interrogated, and by combining this information with that of the person who was stabbed, the whole story was revealed.

That evening, Meng Qingtong suddenly discovered some small cards slipped under the door. Attracted by the words and pictures on them, she became aroused and used the hotel phone to call the number on the cards.

Soon, a scantily clad, long-haired woman knocked on his door.

Meng Qingtong excitedly opened the door and saw that although the woman was not as beautiful as he had expected, he was still driven by lust and decided to let her in.

The two had only taken off half of their clothes when suddenly someone outside the door started shouting.

As if she had been prepared, the woman ran to open the door before he could react.

Then two burly men rushed in from outside. The tattooed man in the lead yelled that he had slept with his wife and that he was going to teach him a lesson.

Meng Qingtong then realized that she had been set up by a honey trap.

Meng Qingtong tried to get on their good side by saying he was also involved in the underworld, but they completely ignored him, slapped him twice, and told him he wasn't leaving without five thousand yuan.

His anger flared up instantly. He pretended to be willing to pay compensation, then took the opportunity to pull out a knife from his pocket and stabbed the tattooed man in the stomach.

The burly man who was stabbed immediately screamed and tried to run away, while Meng Qingtong, who had stabbed him, was stunned.

Although he had been to prison, it was for fraud. He impulsively stabbed someone just now and knew he was in big trouble.

So he immediately grabbed his clothes and bag and ran.

The remaining man and woman, who were partners in the honey trap scheme, abandoned the tattooed man and fled after realizing what had happened.

After solving the case, the Huaiyang police spent some time arresting the remaining two people, bringing the matter to a satisfactory conclusion. Meng Qingtong was then detained in a detention center, awaiting the judicial process.

After listening to Cai Lei's explanation, Zhou Yi felt somewhat moved.

This Meng Qingtong is truly a talent; he was even thinking about soliciting prostitutes while he was running away, and as a result, he ended up in this mess.

He's guilty of intentional injury, plus Hongcheng's fraud; with multiple charges combined, he'll be in serious trouble.

Zhou Yi explained his purpose for coming, but he was not actually there for the fraud case. After all, the case was handled by the Economic Crime Investigation Department, and Tao Cong, who had been arrested earlier, had been transferred there.

He came to confirm whether Meng Qingtong had done anything else in Hongcheng besides fraud.

After all, he still vividly remembered the suitcase full of cat corpses.

A person who can cruelly abuse cats must be a psychopath with potential criminal tendencies.

He was clearly frightened by Tang Xue's case, and it made him a bit like someone who's been afraid of ropes for ten years.

The main problem is that Donghai Community is too eerie.

Cai Lei immediately arranged for Zhou Yi to interrogate Meng Qingtong.

Zhou Yi first asked about the fraud case. He initially wanted to deny it, but after learning that Tao Cong had been arrested, he immediately fell silent.

Zhou Yi said that he was just here to make a preliminary appearance, and his colleagues from Hongcheng Economic Investigation Department would come later to conduct further investigations into the case.

Then, when Zhou Yi asked Meng Qingtong if he was responsible for the cat carcass in the rented apartment in Donghai Community, Meng Qingtong's face clearly showed fear.

But the next second, he raised his handcuffed hands and said, "Officer, I...I'm reporting someone who's trying to rob a bank."

　By the way, there's a post in the comments section looking for extras. If you need any extra roles, feel free to leave a message. For good luck, all extras will be positive characters. Any characters involved in the case are fictional; of course, if they happen to be involved, it's purely coincidental. I assure you, I didn't open any boxes, like that Mr. Long Zhiqiang.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)