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

Chapter 348 Four already, I'm going crazy!

The key figure in understanding why Zheng Guangming killed Yang Jian is none other than Accountant Fan Zhongliang.

Zhou Yi and Xia Yu went straight from the chicken farm to Guangming Trading Company. On the way there, Zhou Yi had already decided to take Fan Zhongliang back with them and deal with the formalities later. He figured Guo Yuanchao and Pan Hongjie wouldn't have any objections anyway.

But when they arrived at the company and asked, they found that there were only two female accountants in the finance department. They said they had seen Fan Zhongliang in the morning, but not now.

Zhou Yi and Xia Yu split up to search, looking in the conference room and the men's restroom, and confirmed that no one was there.

Finally, the receptionist said that Accountant Fan had hurriedly driven away half an hour earlier, and they didn't know where she went.

Zhou Yi realized that Fan Zhongliang might be planning to flee to avoid punishment!
Zhou Yi immediately paged Pan Hongjie, who called back a moment later. Zhou Yi told him that Fan Zhongliang might be suspected of murdering Yang Jian, a mechanic at a chicken farm, and disposing of the body under the guise of burning dead chickens. He was now fleeing to avoid punishment, and Zhou Yi ordered Pan Hongjie to immediately arrange for a blockade of the main roads in the city.

Xia Yu and I are heading to Fan Zhongliang's house to check on the situation, but we can't rule out the possibility that he might go home first.

Pan Hongjie was conducting an on-site inspection at Zheng Guangming's villa at that moment. He was marveling at the luxury of the Zheng family when Zhou Yi's pager message came.

He called directly using the Zheng family's phone number, but upon hearing Zhou Yi's words, he couldn't help but shudder.

Another one died?
Four people have died in this case! This is insane!
"Captain Pan, Fan Zhongliang has been gone for half an hour. We need to hurry, we can't let him escape Anyuan!" Zhou Yi's shout on the phone brought Pan Hongjie back to his senses.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away. I won't let him escape."

Zhou Yi hung up the phone, and Xia Yu returned with the documents he had retrieved from the personnel department, which included Fan Zhongliang's home address.

The two immediately got into the car, and Xia Yu stepped on the gas and headed straight for Fan Zhongliang's house.

Zhou Yi picked up the employee information and looked at it. The information was relatively simple, including some basic information and information on family members.

Fan Zhongliang has a wife and a daughter.

His daughter's name is Fan Lili, and she should be seventeen years old this year, but the unit listed on her registration information is still junior high school, which means that the information was updated at least one or two years ago.

His wife's name is Chen Ting, she is three years younger than Fan Zhongliang, and she is thirty-eight years old this year.

In the section for Chen Ting's workplace, Zhou Yi saw a name that startled him: Anyuan Wenyuan Trading Co., Ltd.

Ding Wenyuan's fruit wholesale company?

A series of thoughts flashed through Zhou Yi's mind like an electric current. He remembered that when he and Xia Yu went to find Ding Wenyuan, an employee seemed to be holding a stack of receipts and asking him what to do. Xia Yu translated that the company's previous accountant had quit.

"Officer Xia, do you have Ding Wenyuan's company's phone number written down?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly.

"Ding Wenyuan?" Xia Yu felt a little strange. Why was Ding Wenyuan suddenly brought up?

But she still handed over her notebook, which she usually used for taking notes, and said, "Yes, take a look."

Zhou Yi took it and searched through it, quickly finding Ding Wenyuan's company number.

He took out his phone and dialed immediately.

The long wait time on the other end of the phone made Zhou Yi anxious with each ring.

Just as the busy tone was about to sound, the call was answered.

"Hello, Wenyuan Trading, who is this?" the person on the other end of the phone asked breathlessly.

"Boss Ding, is that you? I'm Zhou Yi from the Criminal Investigation Division."

"Oh, Officer Zhou, hello, hello, is there anything else?"

"Does your company have an employee named Chen Ting?"

Ding Wenyuan nodded and said, "Yes, there is. Accountant Chen, but she has already resigned."

Sure enough! Zhou Yi was overjoyed. The final piece of the puzzle in An Yuan's murder case was about to be completed!
He immediately asked, "When did Chen Ting quit?"

"It was... last Tuesday..."

Did you explain why?

"No, she just said she wasn't feeling well and couldn't continue. Sigh, her sudden departure has really worried me. She hasn't handed over her work yet, and there's a huge mess of things to do," Ding Wenyuan said helplessly.

"The business hasn't been handed over yet?" Zhou Yi had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Fan Zhongliang killed and burned the body for Zheng Guangming, so why did his wife suddenly resign?

"Mr. Ding, did Chen Ting exhibit any unusual behavior when she resigned?"

"Abnormal? I don't know. The most unusual thing is that she quit. It was Lao Fan who told me."

What? The wife quit her job, and the husband went to talk to her?

"Does 'Old Fan' refer to her husband, Fan Zhongliang?" Zhou Yi asked.

"correct."

Did you know Fan Zhongliang before?

Ding Wenyuan answered without hesitation, "Of course I know him. Lao Fan and I are old friends. When I was a self-employed individual, he helped me with my accounts. Later, when I turned into a company and needed to hire people, I asked him if he knew any reliable accountants to recommend. He said his wife was also an accountant and was looking for a new job, so she came to me."

Suppressing his excitement, Zhou Yi asked, "Boss Ding, so you mean Fan Zhongliang and Fu Daqing know each other?"

"Yes, we know each other. Old Fan and Brother Gua are the ones who handle issuing invoices and collecting money."

As Xia Yu was driving, he suddenly heard Zhou Yi let out a long sigh of relief. The answer to the question that had been troubling Zhou Yi for so long had finally been found!
The Anyuan native who was connected with Fu Daqing was not Huang Yanli, but Fan Zhongliang!
Although the motive is still unknown, Fan Zhongliang is the person most qualified to hire someone to kill him.

Just as Zhou Yi has always insisted, it is impossible for two people to establish such a relationship of hiring someone to kill without any reason.

Zhou Yi asked Ding Wenyuan about everything concerning Chen Ting and also obtained some information.

Before this, Chen Ting worked at the same company as Fan Zhongliang, namely Zheng Guangming's company, but later, under Fan Zhongliang's arrangement, she changed jobs and went to Ding Wenyuan's company.

Ding Wenyuan was quite embarrassed about this, because his company was just a small one. Although they were both called trading companies, their scale was incomparable.

Moreover, Chen Ting is also beautiful, and he always felt that his small temple could not accommodate such a great Bodhisattva.

Once, he was drinking with Fan Zhongliang and they talked about this matter. Fan Zhongliang, who was a little drunk, took advantage of the alcohol to pour out his grievances to him and explain why he had left his wife with him.

He suspected his wife of having an affair at her former company, but he hadn't been able to find any concrete evidence, and they had argued about it several times.

Finally, under his coercion to divorce, Chen Ting agreed to resign.

Fan Zhongliang told Ding Wenyuan that he wouldn't feel at ease leaving his wife anywhere else, but he would feel at ease leaving her with Ding Wenyuan.

This also shows that Ding Wenyuan is a steady, honest, and trustworthy person.

However, Ding Wenyuan said that the matter was never mentioned again afterward, since it was a private matter, and Fan Zhongliang was drunk and crying when he said it, so he probably forgot about it afterward.

If he were to go around telling everyone about this, he would be a terrible person.

Zhou Yi told Ding Wenyuan to go to the Municipal Public Security Bureau today to give a statement.

Because the information provided by Ding Wenyuan has become part of the chain of evidence.

Ding Wenyuan readily agreed. After hanging up the phone, someone ran over to him and said, "Boss, the goods are all loaded, you can go now."

Ding Wenyuan said, "I'm not going today. I have to go to the police station."

The employee was startled and quickly asked what was wrong.

Ding Wenyuan sighed and said, "I don't know either. First it was Brother Gua, and now it's Lao Fan. How did our good days turn out like this?"

On Zhou Yi's side, Xia Yu drove very fast, and in less than twenty minutes, they arrived at the residential area where Fan Zhongliang lived.

The two got out of the car and went upstairs. Xia Yu, who was walking behind, noticed that Zhou Yi had already drawn his gun and immediately became nervous, because there weren't many opportunities to draw a gun in An Yuan.

Fan Zhongliang lived on the third floor. Zhou Yi walked along the wall with his gun in hand. Just as he reached the third floor, the door suddenly opened, startling Zhou Yi and Xia Yu.

Xia Yu even raised his gun and pointed it at the door, but fortunately Zhou Yi reacted quickly and pressed his hand down.

Zhou Yi discovered that the door that opened was not Fan Zhongliang's, but the door across the hall.

Fan Zhongliang lives in room 301, and the door opens to room 302.

The woman in apartment 302 was startled when she opened the door, because two young men on the stairs were looking at her suspiciously.

"What are you doing?" the older woman asked, somewhat frightened.

"We are..." Zhou Yi was about to take out his identification when the older sister saw Xia Yu's gun, which he hadn't had time to put away.

Terrified, he screamed, "Oh my god, a gun!"

"Police! Don't shout!" Zhou Yi rushed forward and covered the older woman's mouth.

But at the same time, a sound of something being overturned suddenly came from room 301.

There's someone in the house!

"Police, open the door!" Zhou Yi could no longer care about the woman at this moment and immediately pounded on the door of 301.

But there was no response from inside.

Normally, if the police knock on the door, they won't refuse to open it; they'll at least ask what the matter is.

But there was no sound from inside the house.

"Officer Xia, you stay here. If anyone comes out, arrest them on the spot!" Zhou Yi said, then strode down the stairs, leaping five steps at a time.

Xia Yu gripped his gun tightly, his expression tense, and stared intently at the door.

The woman across the hall was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she shakily opened the door and hid in her own home.

Zhou Yi did not choose to breach the door directly. Although, in theory, a Type 54 pistol could break a household door lock with accurate close-range shooting, in reality, it would be impossible to breach the door with a single shot like in TV dramas. Instead, multiple shots would be required, and there was even a risk of ricochets.

Moreover, since there was movement inside and he didn't open the door, it must be Fan Zhongliang. And since this is on the third floor, he might choose to escape by jumping out of the window.

So Zhou Yi quickly went downstairs, then rushed out of the stairwell and ran towards the other side of the building.

As he walked around the building, he spotted a man carefully sliding down a clothesline from a balcony, carrying a bag on his back.

The man noticed him too, and turned to look at him.

Wearing glasses, it was indeed Fan Zhongliang!

(End of this chapter)