Tian Chunda then said to the captain of the county criminal investigation brigade: "You must first send someone to call out the surveillance cameras on all roads leading to Dongshan to search for the man and the motorcycle he is riding."
The captain nodded and said, "Yes."
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The Xiping County Public Security Bureau issued a notice to inquire about the identity of the female corpse. A photo of the female corpse was posted on the notice.
The county town is not too big, and the population is not too large. Someone soon reported to the Public Security Bureau that the deceased's name was Zhao Xiaomei, and she was a dancer at the Voice of Spring Song and Dance Hall in the county town.
The criminal police came to the Voice of Spring Dance Hall to inquire. The foreman said that he had not noticed anything unusual about Zhao Xiaomei recently, and said that her death on a motorcycle on Dongshan Mountain might have been an accident.
Additional detectives checked Zhao Xiaomei's recent cell phone call records and found that she had a phone call with County Party Secretary Xiao Hui three days before her death, another phone call with Xiao Hui the day before her death, and a phone call with Xiao Hui's wife Hao Xiaowen on the afternoon of her death. This attracted Tian Chunda's attention. Why did a dancer talk on the phone with the county party secretary and his wife several times before her sudden death? Is this related to Zhao Xiaomei's sudden death? Tian Chunda also thought of Xu Chuan's death. Could Zhao Xiaomei's death be related to Was Xu Chuan responsible for stealing Xiao Hui's office? Xu Chuan gave the stolen secrets to Zhao Xiaomei. After Xu Chuan's death, Zhao Xiaomei used this secret to blackmail Xiao Hui and his wife. Xiao Hui and his wife agreed to give money, but then sent people to chase Zhao Xiaomei to get the money back. , and killed and silenced. Zhao Xiaomei accidentally hit a tree and died while being chased. The backpack filled with money was recaptured by the chasing man.
The detectives agreed with Tian Chunda's reasoning.
The criminal police went to the Voice of Spring Song and Dance Hall again to inquire. Sure enough, Xu Chuan found Zhao Xiaomei during the Spring Festival and took her to the stage.
Tian Chunda took Hao Dong to talk to Xiao Hui again.
After sitting down in Xiao Hui's spacious office, Xiao Hui asked his secretary Li Wei to bring tea. Tian Chunda looked at Li Wei carefully.
After Li Wei walked out, Tian Chunda began to ask Xiao Hui: "Secretary Xiao, do you know a young woman named Zhao Xiaomei?"
Xiao Hui thought for a moment and said, "This woman called me a few days ago."
Tian Chunda said: "She died on March 11."
Xiao Hui asked in surprise: "Oh? How did she die?"
"It was an accidental death and we are investigating the matter now."
"Oh." Xiao Hui nodded.
"Secretary Xiao, can you tell me what Zhao Xiaomei said on the phone?"
"She is reporting the issue of discrimination against women in employment. She hopes that the county committee will pay attention to it and help solve women's employment difficulties." He paused and then said: "My wife is the director of the County Women's Federation. I talked to her about the issues reported by Zhao Xiaomei. , she talked to Zhao Xiaomei on the phone again."
"Didn't Zhao Xiaomei ask you any other questions?"
"No." Xiao Hui shook his head.
After talking to Xiao Hui, Tian Chunda and Hao Dong walked out of Xiao Hui's office. Tian Chunda whispered to Hao Dong: "Let's go talk to Xiao Hui's secretary. I think he looks very similar to the man riding the blue motorcycle in the surveillance camera."
The criminal police checked the surveillance camera on the road leading to Dongshan and found a man of medium build riding a high-power blue motorcycle. Although he was wearing a motorcycle hat and pulled down his sun visor so that his face could not be seen clearly, Tian Chunda carefully observed his figure and noticed that he wore a black-plate Tianwang watch on his left wrist. Just now, Xiao Hui's secretary brought tea to Tian Chunda. Tian Chunda noticed that his body shape was similar to that of the man riding a blue motorcycle, and he was also wearing a black-plate Tianwang watch.
Li Wei walked into the reception room of the county party committee, smiled and said to Tian Chunda and Hao Dong: "My name is Li Wei. I am Secretary Xiao's secretary. I am very willing to assist the police officers in their work."
Tian Chunda began to ask: "Have you ridden a high-power blue motorcycle recently?"
Li Wei shook his head, "I've never ridden one. I have a red ordinary motorcycle and I ride it to and from get off work."
"Where were you around five o'clock in the afternoon on March 11? What were you doing?"
"I'm in Secretary Xiao's office, studying materials for a meeting with him."
"Do you know this woman Zhao Xiaomei?"
Li Wei shook his head: "I don't know."
After talking with Li Wei, Tian Chunda and Hao Dong returned to Xiao Hui's office, and he confirmed what Li Wei said.
On the way back to the County Public Security Bureau, Tian Chunda, who was sitting in the police car, said to Hao Dong: "Although Xiao Hui and Li Wei were very calm when answering questions, I feel that there is something hidden in their hearts. We need to dig out the secrets in their hearts. , we still need to obtain evidence.”
"Yes." Hao Dong nodded.
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The criminal police worked day and night for half a month, but still found no reliable evidence. At this time, another major case occurred in Nanshan City. The leader of the Nanshan City Public Security Bureau asked Tian Chunda to hand over the death case of Zhao Xiaomei to the Xiping County Public Security Bureau. He and his team members returned to Nanshan City to handle the new case.
But Tian Chunda was unwilling to leave this case behind. He said to the two team members he brought to Xiping County and the two apprentices Hao Dong and Meng Xiaochun: "I think the deaths of Xu Chuan and Zhao Xiaomei are most likely related to Xiao Hui. Xu Chuan stole Xiao Hui's office , Xiao Hui did not call the police, but instead asked his driver Tong Ruide to secretly catch the thief, causing Xu Chuan's death. Xiao Hui must have had something secret that Xu Chuan had stolen, and he had to retrieve it without leaking the secret, so he did not report the crime, but Solve it privately. Xu Chuan transferred this secret thing to Zhao Xiaomei, or Zhao Xiaomei copied it. Zhao Xiaomei used this thing to blackmail Xiao Hui again. Xiao Hui agreed on the surface, but secretly sent secretary Li Wei to track Zhao Xiaomei, with the intention of regaining the money and secret things. Li Wei During the pursuit, Zhao Xiaomei died in a car accident."
Both Hao Dong and Meng Xiaochun agreed with Tian Chunda's analysis.
Tian Chunda added: "Now that time is running out, I am going to use a special method to solve the case." Then he told the method of solving the case and asked that it must be kept secret before solving the case.
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Xiao Hui was sitting in the office reading documents when secretary Li Wei came in with a letter and handed it to him.
Xiao Hui looked at the envelope, which read: Personally signed by Xiao Hui, Secretary of the County Party Committee. The signature is: A group of people are notified of important matters. He opened the envelope and took out the letter, only to see it read: I am Zhao Xiaomei's best friend. Zhao Xiaomei gave me a copy of the video before setting off to exchange items with you. You know the content. Zhao Xiaomei told me that if she had an accident, I would take this video copy and report it to the public security department. Now I want to make an exchange with Secretary Xiao. If Secretary Xiao gives me 500,000 yuan, I will hand over the video copy. If Secretary Xiao agrees, give me a call back. If I don't get a reply within three days, I will report it to the Public Security Bureau.
A phone number is attached at the bottom of the letter.
Xiao Hui read the letter and handed it to Li Wei with a livid face. Li Wei looked at it and said with some seriousness: "What we were worried about still happened."
Xiao Hui said in a low tone: "What should we do now?"
Li Wei was silent for a moment and said, "It's better for me to step in and solve the problem."
Xiao Hui said: "The risk is much greater this time."
Li Wei said: "Then you have to bite the bullet."
Xiao Hui opened the safe, took out a pistol, and said to Li Wei: "The risk is high this time, please wear this gun. This is the gun I used when I was the chief of the County Public Security Bureau, and I haven't handed it in yet."
Li Wei took the gun and said, "I will try to be more thorough this time."
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Two days later, Meng Xiaochun's cell phone rang. She knew it must be a call from Xiao Hui, because the new phone number was only given to Xiao Hui in the letter.
Xiao Hui's voice came from the phone: "I'm Xiao Hui, I agree to your request, when will the items be handed over?
Meng Xiaochun said: "Tomorrow at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, we will hand over in front of the reeds on the west bank of Dongshan Lake. You come alone and bring the money."
At 3:15 pm the next day, the criminal police lurking in the reeds of Dongshan Lake saw Li Wei arriving on a high-power blue motorcycle. He looked around and saw no one, so he pushed the motorcycle in and sneaked in. Reeds, hidden.
At 3:55, Xiao Hui rode a red motorcycle to the reeds, carrying a large backpack full of things on his back. He looked around and saw no one, so he took out his mobile phone and called: "Hey, I'm here, where are you?"
Meng Xiaochun answered the phone in the reeds: "I'm here. You put down your backpack and walk 30 meters to the left."
Xiao Hui complied. As soon as he walked 30 meters to the left, two detectives rushed out from the reeds and grabbed his arms. He shouted in surprise: "What are you going to do? Why are you arresting me?"
The criminal policeman said: "You will find out when you get to the Public Security Bureau."
Li Wei heard something wrong and quietly walked out of the reeds to investigate. At this time, two more detectives rushed out from behind him and grabbed his arms.
Xiao Hui and Li Wei were pushed into a police car and escorted back to the Nanshan City Public Security Bureau.
In the interrogation room, Xiao Hui met Meng Xiaochun. Meng Xiaochun looked at him and said: "I am the one who talked to you on the phone and asked you to send money."
Xiao Hui knew that he had fallen into the criminal police's trap and lowered his head heavily.
Tian Chunda stared at Xiao Hui and said, "Is it time for you to confess honestly now?"
Xiao Hui knew that he could not deny it, so he reluctantly confessed all the facts of the crime.
After ending this case, Tian Chunda led Hao Dong and Meng Xiaochun into investigating new cases.
