The people from the power supply bureau all live in the family courtyard of the power supply bureau, and their location is not bad...」The fat shop owner said slowly.

Wei Zhenguo couldn't wait to interrupt him and asked, "What's the name of Lao Fu?"

"Fu... Fu Guangyun, I think." The fat shop owner patted his head and tried to remember.

Wei Zhenguo immediately checked on his phone, then signaled to Wen Ming to keep an eye on the shop owner, and then found a corner to call Huang Qiangming.

The kind of criminal investigator who goes directly to arrest someone after receiving information will be taken off the case after working on two cases in the country.

For a major case, organized by the provincial department, using more than a dozen laboratories, deploying hundreds of vehicles, and organizing thousands of people for investigation, in the end, only four criminal investigators got results and went to arrest the suspect themselves?

If they catch the suspect, the boss will probably reluctantly accept it, but if they can't catch them or it turns into a standoff?

Why not find a way to use the hundreds of police officers from other units?

For Wei Zhenguo, who has been catching thieves for many years, he knows the benefits of having more people.

Without going into too much detail, a criminal suspect in a normal state of mind might resist when faced with two or three people, but when they see a large group of people, they will give up resisting first.

Of course, they might try to escape, they might try everything to avoid arrest, but eliminating physical confrontation is already a great success.

Unlike what is shown on TV, the police don't want to see their colleagues or the suspects injured.

If the suspect is injured, the detention center won't take them, and they will have to send two or even four people to the hospital for 24-hour shifts... Any criminal investigator with a sense of personal heroism who guards a suspect in the hospital for half a month will be half-crazed.

After reporting to Huang Qiangming, Wei Zhenguo felt a little more relaxed, then turned back to the fat shop owner to inquire about the situation in detail.

Wen Ming and Mu Zhiyang, the two of them, carefully circled the shop three times to make sure that the two workers were outside before coming back to guard the door.

Inside the shop, Jiang Yuan was also quickly gathering information.

The information obtained at this time was not only used to capture the suspect Lao Fu, but also to possibly rescue Liu Jinghui.

If there is still time.

Jiang Yuan hadn't had time to think about this issue before. In the past three days, Jiang Yuan had spent his time in the autopsy room, and before that, he was searching for bodies and sorting through the garbage or evidence in the mine.

He deliberately didn't think about this issue.

From the beginning, changing the mode of directly searching for Liu Jinghui to solving the case first and then searching for Liu Jinghui, Jiang Yuan had abandoned a lot of emotions and made what he considered to be the best plan.

Xu Taining, Huang Qiangming, and the others eventually agreed to this plan. Of course, a large part of this was due to their trust in Jiang Yuan's investigative abilities - if they didn't trust Jiang Yuan, they probably wouldn't have adopted this indirect approach.

Jiang Yuan also understood this, and while he was glad that the case was progressing smoothly, he also had to bear this heavy pressure.

The pressure was always there, and there was no relief, only the effort to move forward.

It was still the same now, and it was far from time to celebrate.

For various reasons, stories of choosing the wrong criminal suspect were always inevitable.

At times like this, verification was necessary, but it didn't mean that everything had to stop.

Under Wei Zhenguo's detailed questioning, the fat shop owner gradually felt more at ease and began to talk a little more: "Lao Fu usually drives an old-fashioned van. That car has a lot of small problems and he has to come over to fix it from time to time. Their unit also has a Foton pickup truck, and Lao Fu occasionally comes over to fix and maintain it. Later, they got to know each other, and he often borrowed a motorcycle, saying it was convenient for mountain roads."

"How long does he borrow the motorcycle for?"

"Short ones are for a week, and long ones are for over a month. Sometimes when he comes back, he's too lazy to return the motorcycle, and just calls to say he wants to use it again in a few days."

"How is the payment calculated?"

"It's not really calculated, mainly just for the repair costs. This second-hand motorcycle only costs two or three thousand. If he uses it for a month, it's about three to five hundred, mainly because he drives on mountain roads and has to transport cables and motors, so he often has to come back for repairs. I just include it in the repair costs at the back, you can see that I didn't write a monthly settlement..."

"Is it normal for him to borrow the motorcycle so often?"

The fat shop owner sighed and said, "It's the same if he buys one himself, he still has to bring it here every day. When Lao Fu drives back, the rear suspension of the motorcycle is always loose. They drive a lot, carry heavy loads, and the road conditions are poor. Every time he comes back, I have to check and repair it, and replace parts."

After a pause, the fat shop owner pointed to the several cars behind him and said, "It's more comfortable for him to borrow from me. He always picks the best-conditioned motorcycle to take, and if he's not satisfied, I'll replace it with a new part right away. If he really bought a motorcycle himself, it would be ruined in a year, and the cost of replacing parts would be more expensive than the motorcycle itself."

Wei Zhenguo found it quite impressive and couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yuan.

This is really practical knowledge. In a big city's repair shop, they definitely wouldn't provide this kind of service, and they wouldn't casually rent out motorcycles to customers. Whether it's profitable or not, operating without a license is a hassle.But in a small town like Fangjin, whether it is legal or not is meaningless. It is often easy to arouse suspicion if you frequently come to repair and replace parts for your motorcycle. And if you don't maintain the motorcycle regularly and it breaks down halfway with a body weighing a hundred or so pounds, it would be really difficult to get help.

At the same time, it is reasonable for a motorcycle carrying an adult and a dead body to require maintenance after driving on a poorly maintained mountain road for a long time.

From another perspective, the choice of this method of disposing of the body must have some experienced elements.

"Fu Lao, when did they start borrowing your motorcycle?" Jiang Yuan followed this line of thought and asked.

The fat shop owner's head was stagnant for a while, and he said, "It's been five or six years since they brought it back from the mountain."

"What does 'brought it back' mean?"

"They used to have a point on the West Mountain for the power supply, it seems to be for the surrounding factories and mines. Later, these factories and mines didn't work, so the power supply removed the point from the West Mountain. Fu Lao used to live on the West Mountain, and then he moved down here."

Jiang Yuan glanced at Wei Zhenguo.

Wei Zhenguo secretly exclaimed, "This is a big deal," and immediately went out with his phone to call Huang Qiangming.

After Jiang Yuan asked the fat shop owner for a while, Wei Zhenguo came back and continued to ask.

In terms of interrogation skills, Jiang Yuan and Wei Zhenguo were still at different levels.

The two of them took turns questioning for more than half an hour, and then took the shop owner to the police station.

This fat shop owner is an important witness and must make a formal record in the presence of a camera.

After Jiang Yuan and the others sorted things out, an hour had passed, and as soon as they came out of the interrogation room, they heard a commotion outside.

A man wearing a black headscarf and a blue work suit, surrounded by seven or eight police officers, walked in.

The sense of arrest alone was enough to prove his identity.

"Have you caught him?" Wei Zhenguo asked the man who came in.

Seeing that it was Wei Zhenguo, the man nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes, we went and caught him. He didn't resist when he saw us, didn't say a word, didn't even ask a question."

"Did he participate in our operation? I mean, did he do any auxiliary work?" Jiang Yuan didn't know who to ask now, but seeing that Wei Zhenguo knew this person, he hurried over.

The man still looked at Wei Zhenguo first, and when he nodded, he said, "The power supply has security tasks, and it's a public institution, so they must have sent someone out. I don't know if it was him."

At this point, he slapped his head. "Remind me, I'll go and confirm this. You're Jiang Yuan, right? You're pretty sharp."

The man was about the same age as Wei Zhenguo, and he smiled and praised Jiang Yuan before going to check.

Wei Zhenguo smiled and whispered to Jiang Yuan, "Li Ji. He used to be the captain of the plainclothes brigade in the Jianjiang City Criminal Police Team. He should be doing telecommunications fraud now."

Jiang Yuan nodded.

There seemed to be a lot of criminal police officers present, but in fact, they all had work to do. In a matter of minutes, they all dispersed, like fallen leaves in a strong wind, leaving only a mess behind.

...

Not long after, Xu Taining arrived.

Huang Qiangming and several other leaders gathered spontaneously.

"Has Lao Zhou gone in?" Xu Taining was referring to the interrogation expert Zhou Chuanwen.

Xu Taining had called him over a few days ago, probably feeling that it was time to dig out the suspect.

Unexpectedly, the suspect was dug out in such a difficult way. Zhou Chuanwen had been on standby for several days because of this.

The subordinates knew Xu Taining's intentions and immediately said, "He's been in for a quarter of an hour, the interrogation should have started."

"Let's go and see, tell me on the way," Xu Taining called the local police station chief and went to the monitoring room to see the progress of the interrogation.

This was standard equipment for police stations, but the equipment in the town's police station was a bit inferior, the layout inside was a bit messy, and the monitoring room was not large enough. Several people in white shirts went in and stood in the middle, leaving the leaders in blue shirts to watch the video from the sidelines.

Xu Taining looked around and waved, "Let Jiang Yuan come in and listen. The case is not over yet."

Jiang Yuan was then pulled in.

The group of people felt even more uncomfortable, and they could only focus on the monitor screen.

The voice of the interrogator came out:

"Fu Guangyun, I was sent by the provincial department to Fangjin Township specifically to wait for you."

"If you don't speak, it won't affect the progress of the case..."

"Fu Guangyun, this is your last chance!"

The only voice that came out of the loudspeaker was that of the interrogator.

The heavyweights standing in the monitoring room could hear Xu Taining's gradually heavy breathing.

It's not uncommon for a criminal suspect to remain silent and resist interrogation. Xu Taining believed that with Zhou Chuanwen's ability, it would only take a very short time to break through the suspect's psychological defenses.

Xu Taining had seen many similar cases.

The only thing he was unsure of was whether Liu Jinghui could hold on and whether he was still there.

The same anxiety was spreading in Jiang Yuan's mind.

After waiting quietly for a few minutes, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but whisper, "I have a suggestion."

The atmosphere in the monitoring room was already oppressive enough, and as soon as Jiang Yuan spoke, everyone's eyes turned to him.

Jiang Yuan was a bit too high, which made the leaders feel uncomfortable."Let's hear it," Xu Taining said with some anticipation.

Jiang Yuan explained, "When Captain Wei and I questioned the owner of the repair shop, we learned about the power supply station in Fangjin Township. They used to have a service point in Xishan, which was closed down five and a half years ago. Before that, the service point was specifically responsible for ensuring the power supply to nearby factories and mines. We found out that the service point had a yard and three employees who took turns on duty, including the suspect Fu Guangyun."

After a pause, Jiang Yuan continued, "According to the rules, there should be two people on duty at a time, but the three employees at the service point privately swapped their shifts to work two days and take three days off, so there was always only one person on duty. Additionally, the service point was equipped with a motorcycle and had water and electricity supplies. Their daily task was to travel to various factories and mines to perform maintenance work."

Jiang Yuan spoke objectively, but in fact, he was describing an isolated place suitable for dismembering a body.

Everyone understood and began to theorize in their minds.

Xu Taining directly said to Jiang Yuan, "Continue."

"Yes," Jiang Yuan glanced at Huang Qiangming before continuing, "When Liu Jinghui disappeared, he was accompanied by two police officers. The suspect likely didn't have enough firepower for a direct confrontation. There was no reason to confront three police officers head-on. Previously, Liu's car tires were punctured, which reveals part of the suspect's strategy..."

Jiang Yuan didn't continue speculating and instead said, "The first time Liu's car tires were punctured should have been near the mine where the body was dumped. We've invested a lot of manpower in searching the area around the mine, to no avail. From the information we have now, it's possible that Liu found the service point near Xishan or encountered a similar situation."

"Do you think the service point in Xishan could be the killer's early body dumping site?" Xu Taining asked.

"It's very likely. We've dug deep into the mine in Zifeng Mountain, and the earliest body's time of death was just over four years ago. Judging from the decomposition of the body parts, the fourth body definitely wasn't the first victim," Jiang Yuan said with certainty. "Additionally, one body was never found with its skull. It's reasonable to speculate that the killer had an earlier, more convenient dumping or burial site closer to his living or working area."

Zifeng Mountain was slightly farther from Fangjin Township.

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Dozens of kilometers of mountain roads, riding a motorcycle at speeds below 30 kilometers per hour, would take about two hours, possibly even longer.

Frankly, a killer without experience and not enough psychological fortitude wouldn't dare to transport a body so far, even in the wilderness.

But experience and psychological strength can be developed.

For someone like Fu Guangyun, the initial murders might have been crude, hastily dealt with near his residence or workplace, which is the most natural reaction.

But with experience, his options could be broader, his methods more covert and safe.

Even considering the cost-effectiveness of borrowing a motorcycle.

Xu Taining was more familiar with Liu Jinghui than Jiang Yuan and subconsciously accepted Jiang Yuan's reasoning.

Liu Jinghui was a deductive genius who could find clues without evidence. To a detective like Xu Taining, who preferred to follow procedures, Liu Jinghui also had a natural intuition.

He always made astonishing assumptions and eventually proved them right.

Therefore, Liu Jinghui's repeated visits near the mine, his multiple uses of police dogs near the killer's dumping site, and the deployment of manpower far beyond the normal level undoubtedly provoked the killer.

It's conceivable that without an imminent crisis, the killer wouldn't have dared to attempt puncturing a police officer's tires.

This was also one of the reasons why Xu Taining agreed to pump water out of the filled mine when Jiang Yuan suggested it. It was not only because of abundant resources and scarce clues but also because he trusted Jiang Yuan's judgment and believed that Liu Jinghui wouldn't aimlessly wander near the mine for so long.

However, the search near the mine never found Liu Jinghui, which was quite frustrating. The initial thought might have been that the mine was too complex or the mountain roads too treacherous, causing someone to fall or be pushed.

Now it seems that Liu Jinghui might have found the killer's dumping site separately—unusual for a regular detective. A regular detective, after a car accident, would definitely search desperately for the cause on the spot.

But for Liu Jinghui, even evidence lured out using himself was just part of the case.

He always solved cases with his own thinking, effortlessly, with the skill of using minimal force to move a heavy weight.

If Liu Jinghui made a mistake, perhaps he underestimated the killer's growth.

The first time the killer punctured the tires and caused an accident, Liu Jinghui narrowly escaped. The second time, the killer probably evolved.

"Get a map of Fangjin Township and the area around Xishan," Xu Taining no longer hesitated.

His subordinate went to fetch it.

Jiang Yuan coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "I think we can deploy police dogs. It's best to deploy several, not only to try to sniff out the bodies but also to use Liu's and the missing officers' belongings as scent sources. Ideally, the suspect's scent should also be used."

"Okay, call the technical investigation team as well, check the suspect's mobile phone, and see if we can narrow down a range," Xu Taining was ready to use resources generously, never sparing any effort.