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

Chapter 357 The Murder Plan
Fan Zhongliang stayed in Hongcheng for two days, staying at Fu Daqing's house.

Over the past two days, the two have had a detailed discussion on how to kill Zheng Guangming.

Fan Zhongliang told him everything he knew about Zheng Guangming, and he also brought a newspaper, which was the local newspaper that Zhou Yi later saw.

That was a promotional article that Zheng Guangming paid a newspaper to write, with the aim of promoting himself and his company.

Fan Zhongliang's demand was to make Zheng Guangming simply disappear from the face of the earth.

His true thought was that disappearing would be more advantageous for him. The company was entirely controlled by Zheng Guangming, and that "young boss Zheng" was neither very influential nor very capable. As for Huang Yanli, Zheng Guangming never allowed her to get involved in company affairs.

With Zheng Guangming missing, Zheng Tianlan must be completely disoriented. Not only will she have to rely on herself, but she can also take the opportunity to make some more money.

Of course, he couldn't reveal his true thoughts. He told Fu Daqing that if the body went missing, it could be delayed for a longer time. Even if the body was found a year or two later, it would be impossible to trace it back to Fu Daqing, an outsider.

Fu Daqing thought it made a lot of sense, so he accepted his suggestion.

If the goal is to make someone disappear, the key question is how to dispose of the body.

The best solution would actually be like what Yang Jian did: take him to the crematorium and cremate him directly.

He had seen that furnace before; it was the perfect tool for destroying evidence.

However, he could not replicate the method of disposing of Yang Jian's body, because that method was too complicated and could not be done without Zheng Guangming.

Since they can't burn it, they have to find a place to bury the body.

The place Yang Jian chose that day gave him inspiration: he could bury the body on the mountain.

Although Anyuan has many mountains, they are mainly continuous small hills, and they are all earthen hills, which make it easy to bury corpses.

His first thought was Xiaoqiushan Park, because that park required an entrance fee and was relatively less crowded.

As for how exactly to get the body inside, he planned to go and investigate on-site after returning to Anyuan.

But Fu Daqing was in a bit of a dilemma, because killing and burying a body was time-consuming and laborious, and he felt that he might not be able to handle it by himself.

Therefore, he hoped that Fan Zhongliang could help him bury the body.

Fan Zhongliang said that he was too close to Zheng Guangming and needed to leave Hongcheng during those days to create an alibi, so he couldn't help him at all.

Then, Fu Daqing had a sudden inspiration and suggested finding another person.

This startled Fan Zhongliang, who feared that others would be implicated and the matter would be exposed.

However, Fu Daqing patted his chest and assured everyone that the person he had found was absolutely reliable and that he would not reveal Fan Zhongliang's identity.

Fan Zhongliang finally agreed, but he was still very uneasy.

This aligns with the police investigation.

This is also why Fu Daqing first approached Zheng Xiaojun, and then Li Youqiang.

However, Fan Zhongliang was unaware of the specific process by which Fu Daqing found the person, because after discussing it with Fu Daqing, he left Hongcheng and left his home phone number with Fu Daqing.

The two parties agreed that after the New Year, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Fu Daqing would bring his helpers to Anyuan, where they would begin to follow and monitor Zheng Guangming, and finally find a suitable opportunity to make their move.

After returning to Anyuan, Fan Zhongliang went to Xiaoqiushan Park as soon as possible. After wandering around the park for a whole day, he finally found the gap that the poachers had cut open. The gap, which was temporarily repaired with wire, could be opened with just a pair of pliers.

Everything is almost ready, and we're just waiting for Fu Daqing to come to Anyuan after the Lantern Festival.

To his surprise, Fu Daqing arrived in Anyuan on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, which was February 13th.

He was startled when he received the call, so he quickly drove to the train station to pick them up, and that's when he saw Fu Daqing and Li Youqiang.

According to the original plan he and Fu Daqing had discussed, he would rent a house in advance and hide the key near the house. After Fu Daqing arrived, he would first go to the rented house to stay, and then he would find an opportunity to secretly meet with Fu Daqing and give him another 8,000 yuan in cash. Adding the previous 2,000 yuan, the total deposit would be 10,000 yuan.

After the matter is completed, I will pay Daqing the remaining 20,000 yuan, and that will settle the matter.

But Fu Daqing suddenly arrived ten days early, which infuriated him, but he didn't dare to say anything.

There was another thing that annoyed him: after he picked up Fu Daqing, Li Youqiang got into the car and pointed at him, asking Fu Daqing if he was helping him settle things.

Fu Daqing had promised not to expose himself before he agreed to find help, and when he went to pick him up, Fu Daqing didn't mention that he had brought help with him.

Because of this, he was exposed before he even started doing anything.

Since he couldn't find a place to rent temporarily, he could only take the two of them to a small hotel nearby and book a room for them to stay in.

Then he quietly pulled Fu Daqing outside and complained to him why he hadn't told him in advance that he was coming before the appointed day. The reason he chose the date after the fifteenth of the first lunar month was because he knew that Zheng Guangming would only come to the company after the fifteenth of the first lunar month every year, and he couldn't track his whereabouts before then.

Fu Daqing said nonchalantly that he had nothing to do in Hongcheng and since he was just killing time, he came over.

Fan Zhongliang complained again that he had exposed him, but Fu Daqing said that Li Youqiang was his good brother and told him not to worry. Speechless, Fan Zhongliang could only tell them to stay there for now, not to wander off, and especially not to contact their old friends in Anyuan, to avoid being exposed.

Fu Daqing said he knew, then rubbed his fingers together and said he had no money left in his pocket; he had used the last bit of money to buy a train ticket.

Fan Zhongliang then realized why he had suddenly come over; it turned out that the two thousand yuan Fan Zhongliang had given him earlier had all been spent.

So he had no choice but to take out the remaining eight thousand yuan deposit and give it to Fu Daqing, repeatedly telling him to keep a low profile.

Feeling uneasy, Fan Zhongliang left and immediately went to find a house for the two of them to move into.

They even went and bought a second-hand black motorcycle for the two of them to use to follow and stalk Zheng Guangming.

Zheng Guangming didn't enter the company until after the Lantern Festival.

He immediately notified Fu Daqing and Li Youqiang, instructing them to follow Zheng Guangming and make their move once they had ascertained his whereabouts.

But before they could act, they had to tell themselves that he needed to find a reason to go back to his hometown in the countryside for two days to create an alibi.

Fu Daqing and his team officially began surveillance on Zheng Guangming on February 23rd.

After observing for about a week, Fan Zhongliang realized that there was no movement at all.

I couldn't help but worry, what if these two had taken my money and run away?
So they went to the rented house to look for him. They did find him, but Fu Daqing said that they had been following him for more than a week and still couldn't figure out what kind of person Zheng Guangming was. He was running around everywhere and there was no pattern to it at all.

Fan Zhongliang knew that Zheng Guangming usually indulged in a life of pleasure, but he didn't know the specifics of his actions. He was an accountant, and Zheng Guangming wouldn't usually take him out to party.

Hearing Fu Daqing say this, he couldn't help but feel a headache coming on, thinking that dragging it out like this was not a solution.

So they had to set a time, and regardless of the consequences, Fu Daqing and his gang had to kill and dispose of the man within those three days, because he would go back to his hometown during those three days to create an alibi.

They set the dates for the three days from March 6th to 8th, because the decision was made on March 4th.

The next day, Fan Zhongliang lied to his wife Chen Ting, saying that he had dreamt of his deceased father the night before, in which the father cursed him for being unfilial. Therefore, he decided to drive back to his hometown in the countryside the day after tomorrow, the 6th, to visit his mother and stay for a night or two.

Then, as planned, Fan Zhongliang took three days off from the company and went back to his hometown in the countryside. Before leaving, he told his colleagues at the company the reason, naturally with the aim of strengthening the impression on those around him so that he could prove his innocence later.

After spending two days in the countryside feeling restless and uneasy, Fan Zhongliang couldn't wait to drive back to the city after lunch on the third day.

He didn't go home or to the company, but went straight to where Fu Daqing and the others lived.

Upon seeing the two, he immediately asked how things went.

But Fu Daqing's answer poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

Fu Daqing said: Zheng Guangming has disappeared.

Fan Zhongliang thought they had lost track of him, but Fu Daqing said that after they discovered Zheng Guangming was missing, one of them waited at the company and the other outside his villa for two days, but they still couldn't see a trace of Zheng Guangming.

This made Fan Zhongliang realize that something was wrong, so he rushed back to the company in a panic. He learned that the day after he took leave, General Manager Zheng went to the provincial capital to discuss business, and did not say when he would return.

This result left him completely dumbfounded, but there was nothing he could do about it.

All they could tell Fu Daqing and the others was to continue waiting until Zheng Guangming returned before making their move.

They waited until March 14th before Zheng Guangming finally returned from the provincial capital.

Fan Zhongliang quickly went to inform Fu Daqing and Li Youqiang, and they prepared to take action.

Moreover, he was afraid that things might get complicated if things dragged on, or that Zheng Guangming might discover something amiss and that would be the end of it.

After all, a full month had passed since Fu Daqing and his group arrived in Anyuan.

Therefore, he insisted that no matter what, the person must be killed this time, otherwise the matter would end there, and he would not give the remaining 20,000 yuan.

The next day, he used the same trick again, and asked for three days off to go back to his hometown with a similar excuse.

He drove back to his hometown on March 15th, but by the morning of March 17th, he couldn't wait any longer.

So after noon, he drove back to the city and went straight to where Fu Daqing and the others were staying.

However, he couldn't find the two people at their residence, and his heart began to pound with anxiety, fearing that something unexpected might have happened.

He didn't dare go back to the company immediately, fearing that it would arouse suspicion if the police investigated him.

So I had no choice but to go home.

But as he got out of the car and was about to go upstairs, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder from behind.

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