Chapter 160 – Mess with people

Noon.

Wanxiang City.

Wu Junhao carried a bag of roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and handed them out one by one, as if last night had never passed.

It was Jiang Yuan's turn, and Wu Junhao gave him a bottle of milk, saying, "Little Jiang is still young, maybe he will grow taller, so drink more."

"Even if Forensic Jiang grows taller, he will have to choose special cars to ride in the future." Another member of the same team smacked his lips and finished off a roujiamo.

Wu Junhao affectionately patted the team member's head, gave him a cigarette, and said, "Don't think too much for the people of Jiang Village. Let's discuss the arrest plan."

They confirmed the itinerary of the tour group last night at around four o'clock and set off before five o'clock. After a six-hour drive, they finally arrived at Wanxiang City, the westernmost part of Shannan Province.

Compared to the lack of tourist resources in Ningtai County, Wanxiang City was a relatively large tourist destination in Shannan Province.

There were mountains, water, and cultural heritage here, and the hardware foundation was quite good. It was a preferred place for tourists visiting Shannan.

The tour group that Li Jianye signed up for, which was also the group where the suspect was, would have lunch in Wanxiang City today. After checking into the hotel, they would have free time.

Wu Junhao's team, mainly responsible for the arrest, planned to carry out the arrest in the hotel.

With Jiang Yuan, his main task was to identify people and shoes.

If they missed the opportunity to catch them in the hotel, Jiang Yuan would also be responsible for monitoring the surveillance and finding people.

The Coaster parked not far away was occupied by the instructor of the team. He was chatting with the deputy captain of the Wanxiang City Criminal Police Support Team, communicating their actions.

It would be more convenient to have local police participate in the arrest.

Waiting for over an hour was the most anxious time.

At this moment, Wu Junhao regretted choosing to arrest them in the hotel. Sitting in the car, looking at the restaurant where the tracking team member took photos of the tour group eating on his phone, he whispered, "This place is also suitable for catching them. In fact, if we can contact the driver, we can catch them at a toll station on the highway."

Jiang Yuan smiled and didn't say anything. Several options were considered on the way here. In the end, they chose the hotel based on time and margin of error.

Contacting the driver might expose their plan. Maybe someone would overhear the conversation when making the call.

The most important thing was that it would take time for Jiang Yuan and the others to arrive. The over an hour of waiting time was left for unexpected situations. If something happened in the meantime, they would still have time to deal with it.

They couldn't just rush over and start the arrest without familiarizing themselves with the area. If the suspect escaped, they would be clueless about where to chase.

Even now, there were suggestions within the Criminal Police Brigade to continue tracking for a while.

Because there was not enough evidence for the death penalty, and the evidence chain was not complete.

But Wu Junhao and Huang Qiangming were not willing to wait.

Li Jianye had already arrived in Wanxiang City with the tour group. It was not easy for the police officers from Ningtai County Criminal Police Brigade to continue tracking, and they didn't know what information they could obtain from it.

What they knew was that they had at most two days. The tour group would leave Wanxiang City and go to another province. It would be even more difficult to track them then.

The main problem was that everyone was completely unfamiliar with Li Jianye. Arresting him might provide more information.

After spending 30 minutes on the meal, the tour group made some adjustments and boarded the bus together.

They had been traveling for over a week since starting from Changyang City, and they had developed basic discipline.

After another 30 minutes, they arrived at the hotel. The criminal police from Wanxiang City directly entered the lobby and watched as the group checked in.

The criminal police officers from Ningtai County did not appear, fearing that their own people would be recognized by Li Jianye.

Since he had returned to the crime scene, the criminal police officers who had been to the crime scene with him might be remembered.

The members of the first team were hiding in the room reserved for Li Jianye. People were also arranged on both sides of the corridor. As long as Li Jianye stepped out of the elevator, it would be like catching a turtle in a jar.

Wu Junhao was quite experienced and creative in catching people.

Under his command, the members of the first team not only had universal room cards, but also carried hydraulic pliers to prevent Li Jianye from entering the room and lock the door chain.

In Jiang Yuan's opinion, the first team's method of catching people relied purely on excessive force.

Take the deputy captain who was laughing and holding hydraulic pliers as an example. His task seemed to be cutting the door chain, but in fact, there were four burly men in the bathroom right now.

Jiang Yuan couldn't imagine what Li Jianye, the suspect, would look like after entering the room.

More than twenty men heavier than donkeys and taller than horses gathered together to deal with one person. Even Japanese movies wouldn't dare to film it like this.

Li Jianye entered the elevator, unaware of the attention he was receiving.

Wu Junhao patted Jiang Yuan and immediately stepped forward, blocking the elevator.

The hotel building had a total of six floors, and there were two people guarding each elevator on every floor.Li Jianye's room was arranged on the second floor, and as long as he walked out of the elevator normally, he would basically disappear.

"We're in the corridor." Wu Junhao and Jiang Yuan's earphones simultaneously transmitted the sound.

Wu Junhao and Jiang Yuan immediately turned around and went upstairs through the fire escape.

At this time, Li Jianye was actually trapped in the corridor, but he didn't know it himself.

The rooms on both sides of the corridor were all empty and locked.

Buzz...

The electronic lock made a rotating opening sound.

Just like a horn, more than a dozen strong men rushed out from both sides of the corridor, with their heads down and without saying a word.

No romanticism during the arrest.

No unspoken understanding between men.

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No spiritual and physical confrontation.

Nothing, just the pure sound of physical blows.

When Jiang Yuan ran over, he saw Li Jianye, who was only 1.7 meters tall, being pressed against the wall by two muscular men who were at least 1.8 meters tall, with his face distorted.

And on both sides of him, there were two men in tight-fitting clothes, pressing against his waist with their shoulders and holding his arms.

Li Jianye didn't even have a chance to kick his legs, because two people were lying on the ground, holding his legs with their big arms. Li Jianye's calves were clamped under the armpits of the strong man, and his knees were forcefully hit.

Looking at the proportions, Li Jianye's thighs were not as thick as the strong man's arms below.

This was a battle between over 100 pounds and over 1000 pounds. What Jiang Yuan saw was like slaughtering pigs in the countryside. Even the process of handcuffing was like a knife stabbing the heart during pig slaughtering, slow and firm.

"What's your name?" After Wu Junhao finished handcuffing, he pulled the arm of someone and asked Li Jianye.

Li Jianye remained silent.

"Do you know what you've done?" Wu Junhao shouted loudly.

Li Jianye rolled his eyes and saw Jiang Yuan. He exclaimed, "Is it from Ningtai County?"

With just this sentence, several criminal police officers understood that this guy had definitely committed more than one crime.

Of course, judging from his skill and courage, he didn't seem like a rookie criminal who had only committed one crime.

"Take him back first." Seeing the situation, Wu Junhao stopped asking questions and searched the scene. He even took off the belt of Li Jianye's sweatpants.

Li Jianye came to stay at the hotel with his luggage, and all his other belongings were in the suitcase, so they could be taken away conveniently.

One car for the person and evidence, and another person stayed behind to take statements from the entire tour group. They would see if there was any evidence, preferably accomplices, so they could be taken back together.

After a few more hours of running around, they returned to Ningtai County in the evening.

The entire criminal police brigade was in position, waiting for this person.

In terms of numbers and mental state, they were more united than waiting for their leader.

"Do his DNA, fingerprint, footprints, and shoe samples..." When he saw the person, Lu Jianfeng, the captain of the criminal investigation squadron, came over and examined the physical evidence.

At the same time, Wu Junhao took out the evidence he had found one by one.

"There are three ID cards, matching bank cards, and mobile phone cards. They should have been bought online." The first thing Wu Junhao took out was a bit surprising.

"You don't need this for debt collection. This is a complete set, it must have cost a lot of money." Huang Qiangming glanced at it and was quite surprised.

"It might have been cheaper before, but now a set like this costs over ten thousand yuan. His is even more expensive." Wu Junhao picked up the ID card and showed Huang Qiangming the photo.

Huang Qiangming carefully looked at it and found that it resembled Li Jianye by about 70% to 80%.

With the clarity of the ID card photo, a resemblance of 70% to 80% could deceive many places.

"This is a professional criminal. Check all the ID cards and see if there are any leads." Huang Qiangming adjusted his plan against Li Jianye and directly let Liu Wenkai, the captain of the second squadron, interrogate him.

Liu Wenkai and Wu Junhao, one was good at catching prostitutes, and the other was good at interrogation. They were the strongest lineup under Huang Qiangming.

After receiving the order, Liu Wenkai first went into the bathroom and carefully combed his big back hair in front of the mirror. Then, he dug out a large piece of hair wax and applied it again, finally using a hairdryer to style it.

When everything was done, Liu Wenkai calmly entered the interrogation room.

When Liu Wenkai gathered his momentum, he was ready to give the suspect a tough time.

"Get me some cigarettes and something to eat." Li Jianye spoke first and asked for something.

Liu Wenkai was slightly surprised.

Normally, asking for something in this environment is often a prelude to the suspect confessing.

But the Li Jianye in front of him...

Liu Wenkai instantly thought of a reason, "Did you leave DNA and fingerprints at other crime scenes?"

They had checked Li Jianye's identity many times, and only his biological information was something he couldn't escape from.

Li Jianye was stunned for a moment, then smiled and pointed at Liu Wenkai with his finger, saying in a very martial manner, "You're no fun."

Liu Wenkai understood these self-proclaimed martial arts veterans very well, and he also smiled.In the restroom, Liu Wenkai abandoned his previous strategy of maintaining a stern demeanor. He replaced it with a warmer smile, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and placed it between the fingers of Li Jianye, who had extended his hand.

After lighting the cigarette for Li Jianye, Liu Wenkai said, "If you have a murder weapon on you, you might as well be straightforward. Say whatever you want to say, so you won't have to go in there and be accused of fraud."

Li Jianye smirked, looking down at his cigarette, and said, "Li Qun, huh? The cigarette you smoke is quite manly."

Liu Wenkai watched him, waiting until he had inhaled half of the cigarette before asking, "Do you know why we arrested you?"

"The person I pushed off the building in Ningtai County?" Li Jianye said with an indifferent expression.

Liu Wenkai was instantly satisfied.

Just this word "pushed" had already indicated that the murderer was most likely him.

How else would he know that the victim, Hu Lei, was pushed down with a mop handle if he wasn't at the scene?

"What did you use to push him?" Liu Wenkai asked on the spot.

"A mop," Li Jianye replied, smoking his cigarette and blowing smoke rings.

So, the murder weapon was confirmed.

Liu Wenkai then asked about the motive, "Why did you kill Hu Lei?"

"I didn't intend to kill him, I just wanted some money," Li Jianye said calmly, "I pretended to be a debt collector and asked him to withdraw some money. But he only withdrew a little over three thousand, and he made a big fuss when I asked for more."

Li Jianye shook his head as he spoke, with an expression of blaming the young man for his ignorance.

Liu Wenkai's eyelids twitched, "What do you mean by pretending to be a debt collector?"

"I pretended to be a debt collector and asked those who owed high-interest loans for money. I used to work for a debt collection company, and then I thought, it's so easy to get money, why should I work for the company? It's better to do it myself."

"You demanded money without any debt claim?"

"All I need is the list of debtors," Li Jianye said proudly, "Nowadays, companies are so cowardly, what's the use of blasting their contact lists? You just go to their door and ask for money, those who borrow online loans, none of them refuse to pay."

"You took the money, but didn't clear the debt for them?"

"Clearing the debt is their business, what does it have to do with me?" Li Jianye said cheerfully.

Liu Wenkai wanted to say, this guy is basically robbing people, but using the name of debt collection to rob seems to be more effective than direct robbery?

"Where did you get the list of debtors?" Liu Wenkai couldn't help but ask again.

"They're sold online," Li Jianye said, smacking his lips, "I also bought the ID cards online."

"Hmm..." Liu Wenkai felt uncomfortable all over from Li Jianye's frankness. He adjusted his breathing before asking again, "Hu Lei gave you over three thousand yuan, why did you still kill him?"

"He climbed onto the window himself," Li Jianye laughed, a playful smile on his face, "I was holding the mop handle, just planning to scare him a bit, but this kid climbed up himself and threatened me, saying if I pushed him further, he would jump."

Li Jianye's eyes became dreamy as he recalled, "I watched him climb onto the window, there was no one around, and I just laughed."

Li Jianye revealed his playful smile again, "I thought to myself, isn't this just perfect..."

Liu Wenkai waited a minute before asking, "Perfect for what?"

"A perfect murder. Don't people online love discussing this?" Li Jianye stopped smiling and said regretfully, "I shouldn't have stabbed him, right? There were changes in his chest during the autopsy? I scared him, but he didn't fall, so I had to stab him."

Liu Wenkai watched his expression become more and more triumphant, more and more satisfied, and felt a wave of nausea.

Liu Wenkai intentionally interrupted him, "Did you return to the crime scene afterwards?"

"You found out?" Li Jianye laughed nonchalantly.

Liu Wenkai didn't answer, only asked, "Why did you go back?"

"It's rare to commit such a beautiful crime, why not appreciate it a bit, take a few photos for keepsake?" Li Jianye's expression became increasingly twisted.

Liu Wenkai took a deep breath, which meant that this guy's phone still contained evidence of his crime.

At this point, Liu Wenkai thought of the suitcase he had seen earlier, which contained items like scarves and ropes. He immediately got up and left the room, reminding Huang Qiangming outside, "Captain Huang, the items in his suitcase might be the murder weapons from the crime scene."

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