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

Chapter 356 Everyone is evil
So far, the case is unfolding exactly as Zhou Yi predicted.

Everyone is evil!

He had hoped that Yang Jian, the father of the little girl Lele, might be innocent.

After all, a person who treats his wife and children well will be viewed favorably by others.

Unfortunately, the filter broke.

Although his extortion of Zheng Guangming using the ledger is a crime, it does not warrant the death penalty.

The problem is that criminals won't reason with you, let alone judge whether you deserve to die.

This is why it is said that a wise person does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Moreover, from Zheng Guangming's perspective, Yang Jian was really courting death, practically terrified that Zheng Guangming would let him off the hook.

As for Fan Zhongliang's claim that he was forced by Zheng Guangming to stab Yang Jian to death, that is actually not important, because the fact of the murder has already been established.

Furthermore, Zhou Yi believed his statement that the murder weapon was taken away by Zheng Guangming, because this action logically matched Zheng Guangming's decision to force him to kill Yang Jian with a dagger.

Zheng Guangming must have wanted to use the fingerprints on the murder weapon to warn, intimidate, and threaten Fan Zhongliang, making him obedient and not have any other intentions.

Therefore, Zheng Guangming must have hidden the rope and the dagger.

I need to tell Pan Hongjie later and have them thoroughly search for this crucial evidence.

After killing the person, they put the body in a car that was not registered under Zheng Guangming's name, but was driven by Fan Zhongliang himself. Of course, the source of the funds was illegal income.

Then the next day, January 29th, Zheng Guangming personally called Lao Meng, the person in charge of the chicken farm, and asked him to poison a batch of chickens. His purpose was to arrange for his subordinates to take the chickens to the crematorium to be burned and leave a record.

That morning, Fan Zhongliang used the key Zheng Guangming gave him to steal a form from the office of the woman in charge of issuing invoices, wrote the date on it, and stamped it.

Fan Zhongliang said that this woman had a habit of writing down the contents of the form in advance, so that when she needed it, she could just fill in the date and stamp it, in order to save herself trouble.

This very point became the loophole they could exploit.

Because Zheng Guangming is the sole owner of the company, all the spare keys are kept in his office.

Their purpose, of course, is to take the opportunity to confuse the public and deceive the authorities.

Every six months, relevant municipal departments will check the incineration batches with each company using the receipts. If the quantity exceeds a certain limit, an extra fee will be charged. At that time, two identical receipts can be denied as accidentally issuing too many, since both the woman who issued the receipts and Li Tiewang, who was responsible for transporting the incinerators, will deny the fact that there was secondary incineration.

Unfortunately, reality didn't give them that chance.

There are two reasons why Yang Jian's chicken farm was chosen.

First, Old Meng, the person in charge of Chicken Farm No. 5, had just had his accounts audited. The key point is that he did have some shady dealings, but because of the accounting issues, Zheng Guangming let him off this time. So he was currently very obedient and wouldn't dare to say or ask any questions, even if he had doubts about Zheng Guangming's orders.

Secondly, the night before, after killing Yang Jian, the two men put the body in a bag and hid it in the trunk of Fan Zhongliang's car.

The vehicle wasn't parked too far away; it was parked near chicken farm number five.

Zheng Guangming meant that things could go wrong if things went wrong while driving back to the city and the situation came to light, then all their efforts would be in vain.

So on the evening of the 29th, Fan Zhongliang drove his small truck to the chicken farm to load up the dead chickens. He then drove the truck to the vicinity of his own car, moved the corpses from the trunk to the small truck, covered the bags containing the corpses with the dead chickens, and transported them to the crematorium to be burned.

Because the old man at the crematorium was in a hurry to go home and watch TV, he left early, which gave him plenty of time to deal with the bones that weren't completely burned.

After the fire was lit, he used a pre-prepared iron hook to pull out all the broken bones, then smashed them with a hammer, put them in a bag, and took them away.

Zhou Yi was surprised as to how the bones were ultimately disposed of.

He said that these bone fragments were eventually taken to a chicken farm and crushed up with chicken feed in a feed mixer.

Poor Yang Jian, he repaired machines when he was alive, and after he died, the machine even ground his bones to ashes.

Zhou Yi thought to himself, "Looks like I'll have to eat less chicken from now on."

Fan Zhongliang said that doing this all by himself almost killed him from exhaustion.

Zheng Guangming, however, found an excuse not to show up, which infuriated him, but he dared not speak out against it.

He said that it was at that time that he had the idea of ​​killing Zheng Guangming.

It's not just about venting frustration, but also about self-preservation.

Because Zheng Guangming was so ruthless in his dealings with Yang Jian, he realized that his situation was no different from Yang Jian's. It was just that Zheng Guangming still needed him to work, so he didn't kill him.

If Zheng Guangming ever decides he no longer needs him, then knowing so much about him will definitely lead to his murder to silence him.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Fan Zhongliang decided to strike first and eliminate Zheng Guangming.

But he didn't plan to do it himself, because he was afraid of being suspected; he needed to create a solid alibi.

So he thought of hiring someone to kill him.

But murder isn't like buying groceries; you can't just go out on the street and ask, "Excuse me, can you kill someone for me? I'll pay you."

After much thought, he finally came up with a suitable candidate: Fu Daqing.

There are three reasons. First, Fu Daqing is from out of town. After his business failed, he never came back to Anyuan, nor did he contact his friends here again. He felt that the risk was small enough, and no matter how much the police suspected him, they would not suspect Fu Daqing.

Secondly, Fu Daqing was broke. Ding Wenyuan had told him about what had happened back then, and he knew that Fu Daqing had almost lost everything. Although five years had passed, it was unknown whether he had recovered, but there was a strong possibility that he was still short of money.

Third, after drinking too much at a party, Fu Daqing claimed that he had been involved in a gang in his younger days and had even fought three people by himself, seriously injuring two of them so much that they had to be hospitalized. Therefore, he felt that Fu Daqing was not brave enough and would definitely dare to kill someone.

Zhou Yi remained noncommittal regarding the first two points. However, regarding the third point, Zhou Yi felt that it might not be as Fan Zhongliang thought.

They checked Fu Daqing's criminal record and found that he had no prior criminal record, not even a history of detention.

The claims of joining gangs and taking on three opponents were most likely just boasts made after drinking too much at a dinner party, but more than five years later, Fan Zhongliang actually believed them.

So he dug out the phone number he had left with Fu Daqing years ago and dialed it, only to find that it was a disconnected number.

Because that wasn't Fu Daqing's home phone number, but rather a number he used for business, which had been cancelled long ago.

I thought I had lost contact with Fu Daqing forever, but then fate started playing tricks on me.

When he put the notebook with Fu Daqing's contact number back into the drawer, he accidentally pulled too hard and pulled the entire drawer out.

When I tried to put it back in, I felt something inside. I looked and saw it was an envelope with an invoice inside.

The sender was Fu Daqing, and the sender's address was Fu Daqing's home.

Fan Zhongliang was momentarily dazed before remembering that an invoice sent by Fu Daqing had mysteriously disappeared. No matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find it, and in the end, he had to ask Fu Daqing to issue a new one and send it over.

This is the one in the envelope. It looks like I just tossed it into the drawer, and because there were so many things in the drawer, the envelope accidentally slipped into a crevice on the side of the drawer, which is why I couldn't find it.

Looking at the address on the envelope, he felt that this was God's will, and that God approved of his killing Zheng Guangming.

So, in early February, a few days before the Lunar New Year, he made an excuse and asked for a few days off.

I told the company I had something to do at home, and told my family I was going on a business trip, and then I boarded the train to Hongcheng.

Finally, following the address on the envelope, they knocked on Fu Daqing's door.

Fan Zhongliang said that when Fu Daqing opened the door, Fu Daqing was very surprised, while Fan Zhongliang breathed a sigh of relief.

He said he could tell that Fu Daqing was living a very frugal life, a far cry from the spirited Brother Gua he once was.

However, Fu Daqing was quite enthusiastic about his sudden visit and made arrangements to treat him to dinner and drinks.

But Fan Zhongliang insisted on eating at home and even went out of his way to buy a bunch of cooked food and beer, because what he wanted to say was really not suitable to say in public.

After a few rounds of drinks, Fu Daqing was filled with melancholy and mixed feelings. He began to pour out his grievances to his old friend, telling him how miserable he had been after being cheated and how much he hated that guy named Jiang Shun.

Seeing that the time was right, Fan Zhongliang let out a long sigh and began his performance.

He didn't tell Fu Daqing the truth about his desire to kill Zheng Guangming, or rather, he never intended to tell the truth at all.

Even if he hires someone to commit murder, he still needs to find some legitimate reason.

He said, with snot and tears streaming down his face, "Brother Gua, even though your wife divorced you, at least she didn't do anything to betray you. Unlike me, I'm being cheated on and I can only endure it."

These words startled Fu Daqing, who quickly asked him what was going on.

Then Fan Zhongliang vividly described to him how his wife, Chen Ting, had betrayed him by having an affair. Crucially, this lover was none other than his boss, Zheng Guangming.

She also said that her parents were seriously ill and she had to support her daughter who was in high school, so they were struggling to make ends meet and were suffering terribly.

He had no choice but to swallow his anger for the sake of his family, but any man could endure such a thing!

Through his smooth talk and flattery, he made Fu Daqing feel indignant.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Fan Zhongliang cried and said that he had come today to ask him for a favor.

Fu Daqing patted his chest and said that although he was down on his luck, he would still go to great lengths for his brothers if they needed help.

So Fan Zhongliang said: He wanted to ask Fu Daqing to help him kill his boss.

One sentence jolted Fu Daqing awake, instantly sobering him up.

Fan Zhongliang quickly added that he was willing to give all his savings, which was 30,000 yuan, as a thank-you gift, hoping that Fu Daqing could help him get justice.

Fan Zhongliang said that after he offered 30,000 yuan, Fu Daqing reacted noticeably, and he knew that the other party was interested.

So, striking while the iron was hot, he first showered Fu Daqing with praise, flattering him greatly. Then he said that Fu Daqing hadn't been to Anyuan for several years, so no one would suspect that he was the one who killed him.

He doesn't need to stay in a hotel when he goes to Anyuan; he will rent a short-term apartment in advance so that his whereabouts won't be exposed.

At that point, no one will even consider him.

In the end, Fu Daqing was persuaded and agreed to help him kill Zheng Guangming.

To show his sincerity, Fan Zhongliang immediately took out two thousand yuan that he had prepared in advance and gave it to Fu Daqing, saying that the New Year was coming soon and he should have a good New Year first, and they would talk about it after the New Year.

This money deeply moved Fu Daqing, who swore that he would definitely seek justice for Fan Zhongliang!

(End of this chapter)