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

Chapter 35 The dust has settled
Wu Yongcheng said that they found a recording in a pop music tape in Du Xiaolin's home.

The recording is a conversation between Zhu Xuejun and a man called Mr. Wang. The general content is how to use Zhu Xuejun's papers to commit academic fraud and give the green light to endorse new drugs developed by Mr. Wang's pharmaceutical company.

At the same time, Zhu Xuejun will use his power to turn the Third Municipal Hospital into a special supplier of this new drug.

The interests involved may amount to tens of millions of yuan.

Zhu Xuejun could even make a profit of hundreds of thousands of yuan from this.

After discovering this recording, Wu Yongcheng immediately reported it to the director, because the things involved in the 316 case were completely beyond the control of the criminal investigation department.

In addition to the economic investigation department specifically responsible for economic crimes, the drug administration bureau, medical insurance bureau, procuratorate, etc. must also be reported.

After listening to Wu Yongcheng's report, Director Xie was very excited. He got up from the bed immediately and went straight to the Municipal Party Committee, because this was a major multi-department joint case that Hongcheng had not seen in more than ten years.

Zhu Xuejun, who was originally arrogant, instantly became as frosted after hearing the recording Wu Yongcheng brought out.

The subsequent interrogation work can be said to be as smooth as walking on flat ground.

And it proved that Zhou Yi was right in almost every step.

The quick-witted Du Xiaolin is much more powerful than the paranoid Zhang Xinli. After becoming Zhu Xuejun's lover, she tries every means to get money from him.

Moreover, judging from his long-term behavior pattern of only giving cash, Zhu Xuejun must have a long-term kickback interest relationship with pharmaceutical companies.

So Du Xiaolin used her "well-behaved and sensible" character to win Zhu Xuejun's favor, and was then brought into Zhu Xuejun's social circle and shown off as a canary.

She often took the opportunity of going to the bathroom to touch up her makeup at dinner parties, opened the Sony Walkman in her bag left on her seat, and secretly recorded Zhu Xuejun's secret conversations with others.

She usually likes Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, and sometimes even puts earphones in Zhu Xuejun's ears to share. However, Zhu Xuejun doesn't like those pop music, thinking it's all garbage.

But this did dispel his suspicion of Du Xiaolin. When he learned that Du Xiaolin had hidden the recording among the songs on the tape, he was surprised.

Until one day, Du Xiaolin recorded the conversation between Zhu Xuejun and Mr. Wang. The explosive content made her realize that her chance to rise to prominence had come.

She went to negotiate with Zhu Xuejun, using the recording as a threat, asking Zhu Xuejun to give her a one-time payment of 500,000 yuan in compensation for the loss of her youth.

It was not until this time that Zhu Xuejun suddenly realized that this woman was different from the women he had played with before.

Essentially, this woman is the same type of person as him.

He then continued to delay on the grounds of raising funds.

But in fact, he was planning how to get rid of Du Xiaolin safely without implicating himself.

Finally, he thought of killing someone with a borrowed knife.

And this knife belongs to Zhang Xinli, who was banished to the cold palace by him.

But he had no intention of letting Zhang Xinli go. Only by getting rid of her could he prevent future troubles.

He thought of the safest way, to bury everything with a terminal illness.

This wasn't a difficult task for him. He had personally examined Zhang Xinli's stomach problems, and even if the drug didn't turn into cancer in the short term, it would happen sooner or later.

He thought that this plan was perfect.

Even if someone finds out his relationship with Du Xiaolin, even if Zhang Xinli, the murderer, is discovered.

At most, there is something wrong with one's lifestyle. This kind of thing means nothing to the rich and powerful.

After a while, when the situation calmed down, he had a huge amount of money in his hands and could still party every night.

When all the truth was revealed, he couldn't understand why his perfect plan failed.

After listening to Wu Yongcheng's story, Zhou Yi sighed helplessly.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy about solving such a big case?" Wu Yongcheng asked.

"I'm just lamenting that none of the people involved in this case are innocent."

This final truth made Zhou Yi feel a little emotional and sigh. He thought it was justice for the deceased that was 27 years late, but he didn't expect that Du Xiaolin's actions were basically self-destruction.

"Your idea is wrong. When we police investigate cases, we are looking for the truth and upholding the law and justice. The right and wrong of the case itself is not our responsibility or burden. Even if you think Du Xiaolin brought this upon herself, we still have to find out the truth, because this justice is not only for the deceased, but also for this bright and clear world." Wu Yongcheng's passionate words swept away the haze in Zhou Yi's heart.

At the same time, it also woke up Chen Yan. "Captain Wu, what did you say just now?"

"Captain Wu said..."

As soon as Zhou Yi opened his mouth, Wu Yongcheng grabbed a bun and threw it over.

"I said, the buns should be eaten while they are hot. They won't taste good if they are cold."

"Hot, hot, hot!" Chen Yan immediately jumped up from the bed.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Yi stood at the gate of the Municipal Bureau, facing the sunshine and stretching lazily.

"Good morning." Xu Nian, wearing a beige windbreaker, walked towards him, smiled and stretched out his hand to greet him.

"Morning, Doctor Xu."

This is the time when the Municipal Bureau is at work.

"Did you work overtime again last night?" Xu Nian walked over, but pinched his nose because Zhou Yi smelled strongly of alcohol.

Zhou Yi scratched his head guiltily, "Last night, Brother Biao dragged me out for a drink."

When Xu Nian heard it was Jiang Biao, he burst out laughing.

"Then you didn't get drunk."

It seems that what Wu Yongcheng said was right. Jiang Biao's reputation as a drinker was known throughout the municipal bureau, and even Xu Nian knew about it.

"Lie down, didn't you just wake up?"

"I heard you solved a big case? Congratulations."

"No, no, it's all Captain Wu's credit. I was just running errands for him."

Xu Nian smiled. Early this morning, she had received calls from several colleagues asking her if she knew a young policeman named Zhou Yi, because there was no such person in the Municipal Bureau.

But it is said that he was the key figure in solving the 316 case and the major case behind it.

"Then when will you report to the Municipal Bureau?"

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "That doesn't count. Captain Wu said it was a disciplinary issue. But he told everyone to go back and have a good rest."

Xu Nian nodded: "You should have a good rest. Then I will go to work first."

"Ok, bye."

Zhou Yi looked at Xu Nian's slender back, feeling mixed emotions.

After leaving the Municipal Bureau, Zhou Yi originally wanted to go to the hospital to check on his grandfather, but when he bent down and smelled himself, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol, coupled with the sour smell brought by fighting for a whole day and night, so he decided to go home and take a shower first.

Zhou Yi returned home, only to find no one at home. He checked the time and saw that his parents had already gone to work at the steel mill.

In fact, he knew that the situation of the steel mill was already very bad at this time. It had long been running at a loss on paper. The many problems left over from the previous planned economy had made a large number of state-owned units, including the steel mill, bloated and inefficient.

The mass layoffs of workers are not a sudden event, but the result of a long process that will eventually lead to this.

But this is not the fault of those workers. It is the limitation of the times and the pain that social structure needs to go through in its development.

Zhou Yi cannot change the trajectory of the times, but he hopes to at least change the fate of the people around him.

He searched for the key on his body for a long time but couldn't find it. He remembered that after he woke up from rebirth the night before, he was called to his second uncle's house by his mother in a daze and didn't bring the key with him at all.

Recalling the past, he bent down and moved the jar of pickled vegetables his mother had placed at the door.

There was indeed a key underneath.

He had just opened the door when a voice behind him called out, "Zhou Yi?"

(End of this chapter)