On the second day after the operation was launched, the Zhenchuan County Criminal Police Team.
With rhythmic footsteps, two bailiffs escorted a 50-year-old suspect into the pre-trial room, brought him to a chair, put up the partition, and stood behind the suspect expressionlessly. .
The pre-examiner opened the transcript and looked at the key suspect Mu Hongtian who had just been released from Inner Mongolia and returned to Taiyuan. He was nicknamed Cao Duzi and was the number three person listed in the cattle theft case. But this person is really unattractive. His half-bald head is like an irregular potato, and his cheekbones are particularly prominent. Perhaps it is the reason for the strong wind outside the Great Wall. His face has also been weathered and pitted, coupled with a thin figure. No matter how you look at it, this person has the temperament of a heavy smoker.
"Do you know him?" The interrogator, wearing gloves, showed the photo of the No. 1 suspect, Li Honghong.
"I know, I know." The suspect nodded hurriedly.
"Repeat your previous statement, mainly about this person, what is his last name, what is his name, how did he meet, and more details." The pre-examiner said.
"... His name is Li Macro. I met him when I was cooking at the Yangquan Demonstration Ranch. He was a technician at the ranch at that time..."
Mu Hongtian began to talk about it, all about the No. 1 suspect Li Macro, about thirty years ago. The ranch technician who was in his prime at the time had other secrets when he left the ranch. Because he had a style problem with a female worker, he couldn't hold his head high on the ranch. According to Mu Hongtian, he later left the ranch and started a fur trade business in the Zhenchuan area. He drank a lot of delicious food and taught him how to get rich quickly.
The method is the drugging and theft method that later caused countless unsolved cases of cattle loss. With the help of Mu Hongtian's contacts in the Zhenchuan area for several years, this method was quickly popularized after trial, and was hailed as a "magic medicine" by colleagues who stole livestock. Mu Hongtian also made a lot of money because of this. According to his conservative confession, at the most, he could earn hundreds of thousands a month just by selling this medicine.
"When was the last time you contacted Li Macro?" the pre-examiner asked, returning to the subject.
"Years ago, the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month."
"Because of what contact?"
"I want to borrow some money, the whole house, and he said he will give me an answer in the next year, bastard, and then he ignored me."
"And when was the last time you saw him?"
"Last winter, at the end of October."
"Is this the time to see him every year? What about other times?"
"Other times he doesn't know what he's busy with. Of course it's winter, and the cow-stealing households start working at this time. He just appears from nowhere."
"Then don't you know where the online is?"
"I don't know. We don't know each other. Anyway, we came out to hang out, and something happened that day. Less words, more safety."
Talking with his head raised, the pre-examiner was a little annoyed, and asked the suspect, "How much do you know about his wife Zhao Ximei?"
"I don't know. He got married after leaving the ranch. I don't know what happened afterwards. I saw him again in 2000, more than ten years later..."
"Think about it, and think about where he might be, and it will do a lot to lessen your guilt."
The pre-examiner is inducing again. This key person who has not directly participated in the theft has become the focus of various task forces to find out, but so far, no definite information has been obtained.
After thinking for a long time, the sullen suspect shook his head and nervously looked at the policeman's expression. He saw not only disappointment, but also disgust.
…
On the third day after the launch of the operation, news from various places gradually gathered in Zhenchuan and the mysterious pharmaceutical man.
The list of suspects identified in the early stage, as well as the suspects involved in the arrest of the suspects, has increased to more than 400 people from the list that can be seen by the leading group of the provincial department. In addition to large gangs like Ding Yifei, there are also small gangs like Niu Jianshan, where three or five people form temporarily. One of the most intuitive consequences of the arrest of these people is that the outstanding cattle theft cases in various places have been settled almost in batches. Only Ding Yifei and his gang have been involved in 172 cattle theft cases. This gang committed crimes for as long as four years, and the total value of the theft reached more than 6 million yuan.
In the Anze County Detention Center, the case investigators from the provincial department took advantage of the fact that the suspect hadn’t arrived, and looked at the case that made them frown. Stealing cattle can make you a millionaire."
"In the end, they have to reap the consequences. Among Ding Yifei's immediate family members, 21 people have been arrested now, and they are all involved in the theft. His hometown, Wangshang Village, is the backbone of this cattle-stealing team. The whole village More than 400 households and 137 people were involved in the case, and almost all the police force of a county bureau was used to arrest these suspects." Another investigator said.
That incident happened the day before, and there was quite a commotion. The village was almost cordoned off and arrested. Almost every family had suspects. Village... We have to add a new concept in our province, stealing cattle village... it's all about money."
With the sound of footsteps, they put away their joking words and sat upright. The number two person, Ding Yifei, was escorted by the bailiff to the scene.
But he was a handsome man, tall and thin, with a resolute face and a pair of melancholy eyes like Hamlet's. According to his resume, this person had been in the army for four years. Who would have thought that after retiring from the army, he would engage in stealthy activities, and even grow stronger for a time, bringing the whole village into a fire pit.
"Ding Yifei, do you know him?"
"know."
"Tell me about this person in detail. Start with how you met him."
"... Cao Duzi (Mu Hongtian) introduced him. After leaving the army a few years ago, La Ming and I went to Zhenchuan to sell cattle back. Cao Duzi introduced him."
"Back then, you had already started stealing cattle, didn't you?"
"Yes, the Tianxiang Ointment Cao Duzi gave is very useful. Later, I asked him for this product, and he introduced it to us. The previous family said that I would help him promote it. In the future, every dose of medicine If I sell it directly, I will pay 10 yuan, and if others sell it, I will count the money, 8 yuan each; if others develop offline and then sell it, I will also have my share. I agreed..."
Ding Yifei spoke eloquently, with deep tiredness in his eyes. This expansion method similar to pyramid schemes is already clear, but what the investigators could not imagine is that this suspect made the business bigger, not only established a distribution network A network of illegal drugs, and organized a gang of thefts, stepping on the spot, looking out, and responding, using the tactical team structure learned by his army.
"This person, according to you, his name is Lao Qi...Qi Guoqing?"
"Yes, I don't know if it's my real name, anyway, it's called by the old seven."
"When was the last time you contacted him?"
"Last winter, maybe in November... I contacted him after the year, but I couldn't get in touch. I was worried that something might happen, so I stopped the business for a while, and figured out that the goods in my hand were quit. However, it hasn't finished yet. , something went wrong..."
"Then, in your opinion, where might this person be? Think about it, think about your usual contacts, if you have definite news, it will be good for mitigating your crime."
"I can't tell. We don't meet many times. We usually communicate by phone. Sometimes we contact Caoduzi directly. Later, when the volume of goods became large, they sent them directly to the house... Hey, I really don't know, like Yanbei. Local people."
"Don't be like, be more accurate."
"It's hard to say, this person... I've only met him twice, usually with Cao Duzi."
Ding Yifei's eyes were confused, as if he only discovered this problem at this time, and he didn't pay attention to the other party's background at all. He talked a lot about people with the pseudonym Qi Guoqing. It is said that they first met in a single big house in Helinger, Inner Mongolia. Ding Yifei always thought that he, like many rich people in the area, was a big livestock dealer. .
There was no breakthrough in the interrogation this time, but a pseudonym of Li Macro was added.
…
Qin Haijun and Yu Xiangyang who were stranded in Taiyuan City also accepted related interrogations, but unexpectedly, the two gave completely different answers. Qin Haijun identified this person as the well-known "Old Seven". The reason why he remembered it clearly was because the boss He Minggui personally arranged for him to entertain him. He Minggui's brother-in-law, Yu Xiangyang, confessed that he also knew this person, but he met him during a social gathering with his brother-in-law, but he didn't know his last name, only Li.
After sorting out, analyzing, and summarizing the news from several places, it is still stuck in a few key places, but it has been confirmed that Yicheng is the main place where the stolen goods are sold.
On this day, the investigation team stranded in Yicheng formally questioned He Minggui, accompanied by members of the two robbery and one theft task force established by the Municipal Bureau, according to the deployment. Because of the issue of evidence collection, the leading group has not yet dealt with merchants suspected of selling stolen goods in Yicheng.
He Minggui came by himself, still driving his 8888 Audi. Even when he got off the car in the compound of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, he still maintained his gentlemanly manner. When he got out of the car, he straightened his collar first, then raised his wrist to look at the famous watch, and then took the steps of Ba Ye. Xie Bing noticed it on the window. This person seemed to be an acquaintance of the detachment. When the car entered the detachment, he didn't even have to call the duty room to greet him.
He looked back at his companions, Zhou Wenjuan, Zhao Angchuan, and the comrades sent by the provincial detachment, most of them were newcomers; on the other side, accompanied by the local criminal police, three comrades in their 40s said that they had rich experience, But if he uses his rich experience to use other brains, Jie Bing reckons it should be called ginger or old spicy.
"Please." The correspondent of the detachment invited people in.
In a simple environment, in the meeting room of the detachment, He Minggui clasped his fists and said hello to several old criminal investigators. Brother Biao, Team Liu, and Brother Chen exchanged greetings, which was quite like a gangster.
One of them, Captain Liu, had a slightly displeased face, and said straightly: "Boss He, today is business, and we can only act impartially."
"We have to talk about friendship in official business. If I don't want to save face, I can refuse to be questioned. Should I still have this power now?" A few young people basically ignored it.
"Yes." The criminal policeman named Brother Biao asked with a smile, "Then if Boss He wants to exercise this power, then we won't bother you."
"Don't... Lao Biao, don't embarrass me. You know that I always abide by the law. When others ask me, I pretend to be pretending. When you ask me, I will answer everything." He Minggui said, smiling at the provincial team smiled. Liu Dui raised his hand and introduced, He Minggui didn't know whether he was sincerely praising or intentionally provoking, he gave a thumbs up and said: "You are young and promising, you have ruined Yicheng's Bull Head Banquet in a few days. Hehe ,I admire you!"
"Then this seems to be different from the discipline and law-abiding advertised by Boss He." Xie Bing sat down with a smile, gestured to the comrades who were waiting around him, and started.
"Hey, it's about slapping yourself in the face. You don't need to ridicule me, I admit it! My partner, Qin Haijun, is good at everything, but he is greedy for petty gains. And my brother-in-law is spoiled by his parents. Broken... Everyone, my attitude is already very clear. I should be caught, judged, and punished. Even if I lose my family, I have no complaints. What. Hey..."
He sighed twice, and then talked about how he had been away for many years, and he was ignorant of most of the business, especially emphasizing that he was absolutely ignorant, and he tried his best to express his deep hatred for the sale of stolen goods.
This is a complete lie. If he didn't know the details of the case, Xie Bing would probably be deceived. He looked at the show boss, and thought strangely, if Dong Shaojun and Yu Zui hadn't messed around so much, maybe until today, they wouldn't be able to reach this slightly dominant position.
But even with the advantages, Jie Bing felt that the local affairs were difficult to deal with. The gang of theft suspects is easy to deal with, but the gang of stolen goods is not easy to deal with. It's all long-term business, and it's a cash transaction. Now that most of the cases are verified, the merchants either don't admit it at all or try to deny it. There are also bosses like He, who just say "I don't know."
"Lao He, don't worry, our police also rely on evidence when handling cases, and we won't suspect you for no reason." A local criminal policeman said.
"Yes, merchants should have your attitude and strive for a good result." Another added.
The remaining one didn't speak, but stood up and poured He Minggui a glass of water.
The atmosphere became very strange during the interrogation. At least Zhou Wenjuan felt that the provincial team was still excluded. Every time they saw the local criminal police colleagues, they seemed to have a hostile mood. She quietly moved the notebook towards Jie Bing, and there was a line of reminders on it:
He is lying!
Of course I'm lying, but the wealthy businessman who is already in a high position doesn't seem to need to tell the truth to the policemen handling the case. Xie Bing smiled, took out the photo from his briefcase, pushed it in front of He Minggui, and asked straight: " Do you know this person?"
Um? He Minggui was startled for a moment, then took it into his hand as if he didn't recognize him, and looked at it carefully.
This is a touchstone, and Xie Bing is judging the suspect's psychological activities based on his limited experience in contact with the suspect: his brows are frowning, his expression is solemn, as if he is deliberating whether he should say something or not. Jie Bing blurted out: "If you refuse to answer, it's okay, you have the right."
"Oh." He Minggui was startled, put down the photo again, and said, "It seems to be Li Guoqing, or Qi Guoqing? I can't remember."
"Then how do you know him?"
"He came here by himself, and wanted to open a branch of Niutou Banquet, so I sent Qin Haijun directly to entertain him."
"As far as I know, your brother-in-law Yu Xiangyang also knows him."
"Should know, he wants to do the bull head banquet, he has to learn from the butcher directly. The first method of the bull head banquet in Yicheng is the slaughter. The beheading of the bronze tripod is an ancient sacrificial method, and it can't be done in other places."
"Then how many times have you seen him?"
"Twice, it was more than two years ago. Afterwards, there was nothing more about it. When I got busy, I forgot about it. I couldn't remember it unless you told me."
"Then Boss He, with all your affairs in your day, how could you think of a stranger you met two years ago, and still remember his name?"
"Hehe, for this reason, I can tell you that the biggest advantage of our business is that we never forget people. I have thousands of business cards in my address book. If you are interested, please post the photos. I am basically right... Want to try it?"
A small temptation put Jie Bing in an awkward position. He knew that Jiang was indeed old and spicy, and it might be difficult to get some truth out of his mouth from the details.
"Boss He seems to be an expert." Xie Bing silently took back the photo, and said in embarrassment.
The inquiry continued, but there was no news about this main link, and the provincial team was not interested in other details. The final handling of this case would probably nail He Minggui's partner Qin Haijun and his brother-in-law Yu Xiangyang.
But even being pinned is not a felony. As for the billionaire businessman in front of him, he might only be in danger of being bankrupt.
After the interrogation, the local criminal police escorted him away. As soon as the man left, Zhao Angchuan said angrily: "Damn it, profiteers are worse than thieves, even a single case is wrong."
"The province is also tricky, the attack area is too large, and it is a local industry. I heard that the mayor of Yicheng made a special trip to the provincial department to find our leaders." The comrades of the provincial team reminded.
"But we can't let them do whatever they want, right? Selling the stolen goods in the front and counting the money in the back, what's the matter with them?" Zhao Angchuan said.
"Consuming tens of thousands of cattle a year, the sale of stolen goods only accounts for a very small part. For this matter, I guess in the future it will be fined, and the heaviest one will be a suspended sentence at most." The provincial team comrade said, looking at the solution Bing, he asked: "Captain Xie, what should we do next?"
"It's exhausting, wait for new news." Xie Bing said, still suspicious when he put away the photos. Zhou Wenjuan was careful, and asked directly: "Team leader, what's the matter? Did you find anything?"
"It doesn't seem right. I always feel that there is something tricky between He Minggui and this Li Macro." Xie Bing said.
"There must be. One organizes the theft, and the other is responsible for selling the stolen goods." Zhou Wenjuan said.
"It's not about this. If it's just this kind of relationship, he can completely shirk that he doesn't know each other, or it's been a long time and he doesn't remember... He stared blankly for a long time before speaking. Tell me, what is he thinking about?" Xie Bing asked suspiciously.
Is there something tricky about this too
The others were strange, and after a while, Jie Bing arranged: "Contact the team and compare the resumes of He Minggui and Li Honghong to see if there is any possibility that they overlap in some places."
An accidental discovery led to more things. Although nothing was found on the resume, the retrial of Xiang Yang reflected such a situation. He Minggui was born in recent years, and ten years Before, this person was a businessman who traveled all over the country. He had done many businesses in clothing, electrical appliances, aquatic products, and leather clothing, and Li Macroscopical seemed to be such a person.
However, there is no evidence to prove that they ever had an intersection...