In the early morning, around 4:40, Su Tianyu, Bai Hongbo, Zhang Hao and others drove to the warehouse on the third floor. The heavy rain outside had not stopped yet, and there were several police officers collecting evidence inside and outside the warehouse on the third floor.
In the car, Su Tianyu took the phone and dialed Yu Mingyuan's number: "Hello, we are here, but I see there are still police officers in the warehouse."
"You don't need to go in yet. They will seal off the scene after they're done. You can do it after they leave. Don't move other equipment in the house. Just clean up the speedboat in the backyard." Yu Mingyuan was actually quite annoyed and felt that he had gotten into unnecessary trouble, but he still controlled his emotions and ordered Su Tianyu and others to finish it.
"Okay, I understand." Su Tianyu nodded.
The two chatted for a while and then ended the call.
"This Tang Baiqing is really idle. Is he really going to kill someone when he plays with a woman? Isn't it better to just love each other properly?" Bai Hongbo really didn't understand why a beautiful relationship between a man and a woman would end up in a bloody incident. He was also very upset: "Do you think this will affect our business?"
"I don't think so," Su Tianyu nodded: "These are two different things."
"Alas, we were supposed to receive new goods tomorrow, but someone died tonight." Bai Hongbo lit a cigarette: "It's so annoying."
Su Tianyu hadn't thought about it so much just now, but when he heard what Bai Hongbo said, he suddenly reacted: "Fuck! Tang Baiqing caused trouble in the warehouse, then... what about Daxiong?"
When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.
"He lives here. I guess he was taken away as a witness." Bai Hongbo replied tentatively.
…
Normally, Tang Baiqing's case was handled directly by the police station, so he and Daxiong should have been taken back to the station for questioning. However, Deputy Director Lao Yang did not make such arrangements, but instead asked the police officers to take them back to the Zhannan District Criminal Case Office Building.
It was still raining heavily outside. Tang's father's business car was parked opposite the Zhanan District Criminal Case Office Building. The engine was on, the lights were off, and the car was full of people.
"Old Tang, make some calls and try to find some connections!" Tang's mother urged anxiously, "You can't just sit there and wait."
"Are you out of your mind?" Tang's father frowned and retorted, "Old Yang hasn't sent me a letter yet. What's the point of me trying to find a connection now? What does he say? Your son killed someone?!"
"What should we do then?"
"Wait, if Old Yang doesn't give us a letter, let's not make things more complicated." Tang's father waved his hand and replied.
Tang's mother sobbed and didn't dare to argue.
It was early morning and the police had not yet arrived for work, so the criminal case office building was very empty.
After Tang Baiqing was brought back, he stayed in the police office on the third floor. No one questioned him, and no one took any control measures against him. Instead, Daxiong was questioned twice by the police, both about some basic details of the case.
In the criminal case office area on the third floor, Lao Yang was sitting in a chair by the window, looking down at the victim's information, as well as the information of Tang Baiqing and Daxiong.
"Tang Baiqing said that woman was pregnant. Is that true?" Old Yang asked as he flipped through the documents.
"That's not true. The forensic doctor checked and found that she wasn't pregnant. She was probably trying to scare Tang Baiqing." The police officer next to him replied while drinking tea, "But the fact that she had the needles was confirmed, which is good for Tang Baiqing."
"That's fine." Old Yang nodded, squinting his eyes as he looked at the personal information that Da Xiong had been asked about: "This Wu Shixiong's home is in Tufang Street, and he has two brothers in his family?"
"Yes, he filled out the form himself." The police officer echoed, "I mentioned this kid. He seems to be a little mentally retarded and speaks with a stutter."
"Ah?" Old Yang looked up: "He still has intellectual disabilities?"
"I heard him talk like that." The police officer reminded softly: "Boss! If this kid really has an intellectual disability, it will be troublesome! Later, we should follow the woman's acupuncture and take action first. Tang Baiqing acted in self-defense. If Wu Shixiong is found to have an intellectual disability, his testimony will be difficult for the prosecution to accept. But if there is no third witness, relying solely on Tang Baiqing's confession and the details of the evidence he has produced... It will be difficult to pass the prosecution and the court."
Lao Yang had been working as a police officer here at Longcheng Police Station in the third year since its establishment. Although his rank was not particularly high, he had extensive experience in handling criminal cases. He only took a cursory glance at the information and had a general idea in his mind about the matter.
"Let's go and see Wu Shixiong." Old Yang stood up.
"Are you still interrogating him? It's useless, right?" The police officer also stood up.
Old Yang said nothing, just walked out of the office.
Five minutes later, in the interrogation room, Wu Shixiong saw Lao Yang coming in and immediately stood up: "Hello, sir!"
"Haha, it's okay, sit down." Old Yang smiled and waved his hand: "Do you smoke?"
"No." Big Bear shook his head.
"I've read your statement. This has nothing to do with you." Old Yang sat at the interrogation table and said in a friendly manner, "I went back to the police station this morning. You can leave after you sign it."
"Oh, sorry... sorry." Big Bear nodded.
"I saw in your transcript that you have two brothers at home?"
"Yes... Yes, I have two older brothers."
"Are they all working? Hey, did your family also move here from Xia Island?" Old Yang didn't ask any serious questions, but started chatting with Nobita about family matters.
It was not until about 6:30 in the morning that Lao Yang walked out of the hearing room and said, "It's almost time to go to work. You guys clean up the mess. We'll be back at the police station at 8 o'clock."
"Okay." The police officer nodded.
"I'm going out for a while." Old Yang grabbed a coat and quickly left the office building. In the drizzle, he got into Tang's father's car: "Don't stop here, drive forward."
The driver did as he was told.
"How is it, Lao Yang?" Tang's father asked immediately.
"Old Tang, this matter is complicated, but it is also simple." Old Yang replied in a very contradictory way, rubbing his palms and narrating: "Both Bai Qing and the woman had acupuncture, but we can do this and change it. But according to the previously decided ideas, the eyewitness at the scene is a bit tricky... He is mentally retarded, and we haven't found out how mentally retarded he is yet, but if he has a serious intellectual disability, then his testimony will not be of much use to the prosecution."
"Ah, go on."
"I thought about it, this case can actually be taken in another direction." Old Yang leaned over to Tang's father's ear and whispered his thoughts.
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Just after 7 o'clock in the morning, in a breakfast shop near the port in Zhanan District, Wei Xiangzuo was eating soy milk and fried dough sticks, looking like he had a good appetite.
"Zuotang, have you heard?"
"What?"
"Something seemed to have happened to Tang Baiqing from the Coast Guard last night." A young man replied in a low voice.
"What's the matter?" Wei Xiangzuo asked.
"It seems that he is dead. He is in the warehouse of Haiyankeng." The young man sneered and cursed, "Yesterday, my gang wanted to find him, but I didn't expect that we couldn't even see him today."
"What do you want to do with him?"
"What else can we do? The business that Tang Baiqing and the dirty gang are doing has made everyone unhappy. At the beginning, there was not much volume, so they sold it for face, but now their business is getting bigger and bigger, and the higher-ups are unhappy." The young man asked back: "Zuotang, what do you think of this matter?"
Wei Xiangzuo drank soy milk without saying a word.
At the same time, after Su Tianyu finished dealing with the tail end of the warehouse on the third floor, he immediately drove to the gate of Zhanan Police Station with Bai Hongbo and Zhang Hao.