This was a serial murder case. The old man had killed and dismembered the body 16 years ago. He killed every consecutive year and ate human flesh. This old man must have been controlled by Gui Yu and became a puppet who offered sacrifices to Gui Yu every year.
The higher-ups would probably suspend him without a second thought if he dared to report Gui Yu as evidence. He would receive treatment from a psychiatrist.
However, the Old Priest would be able to absolve half of his guilt with this evidence. When the Old Priest was caught at the crime scene, he admitted that he was the murderer after some time. He had resisted in self-defense and killed the murderer. The Old Priest was old and greatly stimulated which caused him to lose his mind and talk nonsense.
The Old Priest was still shouting about his innocence in the detention center. He had already overturned his confession so it can be defended.
His case would depend on how it’s defended. Most importantly, the Old Priest only started to live in Tongcheng a year ago. It was hard to claim that he was involved in the serial murder case that happened 16 years ago in Tongcheng.
“Help me investigate the whereabouts of Lu Fangweng on the day of the 2016 case.”
“I remember that according to his activities at that time, he should be in Chengdu. Oh, boss, wait a minute.”
Little Cao took out his phone and started to search. After about five minutes, he handed the phone to Zhang Yanfeng.
“Boss, I found it. This is the video of his live broadcast on that day. He was at a funeral and was doing a live broadcast. His live broadcast has always been popular on the internet. This live broadcast platform will keep the historical broadcast records of famous streamers.”
“This means that when the crime was committed, Lu Fangweng was in Chengdu and not in Tongcheng. He had no chance to commit the crime.”
“Can you explain the relationship between him and the two victims who were discovered earlier?” Zhang Yanfeng asked.
“One is a young man from Sichuan who worked in Tongcheng. When he was in junior high school, he received private financial support from Lu Fangweng. The other is a person who died last year. The time of his death happened to be the second day that Lu Fangweng flew to Tongcheng.”
“Under the premise that he is the murderer of the serial murders, the evidence is supplementary. If we put aside all prejudice and look at it objectively, these two pieces of evidence are just far-fetched coincidences. They are not strong evidence.”
Zhang Yanfeng nodded. “Go back and summarize the evidence that we have just obtained regarding Xia Chunhua and report it to the Special Task Force.”
“Boss, I’m actually curious. Why did you insist on overturning the case for that old man?”
“As policemen, we can’t let a bad person go. At the same time, we can’t falsely accuse a good person! The public weapon is in our hands. If we falsely accuse someone because we didn’t investigate the matter clearly, a person’s life and his family will be ruined.”
“Heh, these words sound familiar. When my old Captain Zhang was around, he often said the same thing. Boss, you really look like Boss Zhang. Many of us have this feeling.”
Zhang Yanfeng was stunned for a moment. He smiled but did not respond.
Immediately after dropping Little Cao off at a junction, Zhang Yanfeng drove to the bookstore.
In his eyes, the bookstore was a group of terrorists! They were planning to commit a prison break.
F*ck,
What a crazy thing!
A drug dealer had successfully escaped from prison on the way to the court at the beginning of the year. This caused a public uproar. If this happened again, how would the entire city police force face the public?
If they could solve the problem through legal means, they should.
They have to believe in the Law!
This was Zhang Yanfeng’s creed.
Zhang Yanfeng’s car drove to the Ring Expressway toll booth while thinking about the clues he had obtained and estimating the difficulty of overturning the case.
The police car did not need to pay a toll fee. Once the bar was lowered, it would be raised again very quickly.
“Hello, I’m very happy to serve you. I wish you a safe journey!”
Zhang Yanfeng turned his head and looked at the toll collector.
He saw the male toll collector sitting there with an extremely stiff smile on his face. The smile terrified him.
It made him think that his boss’s zombie relative had run to the toll station to find a job again.
“I wish you a safe journey!”
The male toll collector continued to smile and made a very stiff “Goodbye” gesture to Zhang Yanfeng. It was so stiff that it looked like a robot.
He stiffly turned back and waited for the next car when Zhang Yanfeng’s car drove away. He continued saying the same words in a standard and rigid manner with a stiff smile.
Old Zhang subconsciously bit on a cigarette after driving away. He did not light it. He bit on it.
It was all within the system. He knew what was going on with that zombie expression. It must have been a request from the bosses. There were cameras inside. Every movement of their enthusiastic service was strictly regulated. The slightest mistakes would be caught. He would be fined and criticized.
It was still daytime. He would probably be scared to death and have a heart attack if he passed by this toll booth at night.
Many people thought that civil servants were good. In reality, Zhang Yanfeng knew that the majority of civil servants at the lowest level were still suffering.
Especially when they met the kind of leaders who only knew how to stay in the air-conditioned office. He heard from his boss that Haerbin banned the Ming banknote sacrifice a while ago.
It seemed that burning paper money during the Qingming Festival was the main culprit of environmental pollution. His boss had pitied the ghost guards in Haerbin. How much income would that cost?
The car stopped at the door of the bookstore twenty minutes later.
Zhang Yanfeng immediately got out of the car. He felt like he was going to stop the terrorists from causing trouble.
However, there was a Cadillac parked at the door of the bookstore. He pushed open the door and entered. He found a well-dressed, meticulous middle-aged man sitting there chatting with Lawyer An.
The two of them seemed to be very engrossed in their conversation like they haven’t met in a long time.
Zhang Yanfeng knew who he was although they were not familiar with each other. He was Little Loli’s father. He was also his boss’s childhood friend, Wang Ke.
Lawyer An warmly invited Wang Ke to drink a cup of his precious expired instant coffee. Wang Ke’s face darkened. However, he saw that Lawyer An was not teasing him. Wang Ke could only cater to him and take a few sips.
Wang Ke came from an orphanage. He had relied on his own hard work to become rich. He did not mistreat himself in life. He was afraid of being poor when he was young. This made him indulge himself more when he grew older. For example, he would buy a lot of desserts when he felt like it even if he could not eat it all. He just enjoyed the satisfaction of being able to afford them now that he had earned money.
Wang Ke could tell this coffee was expired. However, when he saw Lawyer An enthusiastically gulping down his coffee, he accompanied the gentleman.
Zhang Yanfeng walked over. He heard the two of them talking about people’s personalities. Wang Ke was a psychiatrist. A big shot in this field. He was a man who could make even Lin Ke develop special feelings for him. Lawyer An was also good at illusions. In fact, he’s a psychology major. The two of them could definitely strike a conversation.
“In fact, a person’s personality has a very strong universality. Even if one thinks that he or she is very special. This is often an illusion. Let me give you a few examples.
For example, a man doesn’t like to accept new things or meet new people. If he forgot to reply to someone’s message in time, he might not reply at all because he would think that he had taken too long to respond. Another example would be joining a group with great enthusiasm. They greet them cheerfully but immediately leave the group and block the group’s messages.
“These are the commonalities of people’s psychology. They make use of this characteristic that they think is unique to them to forcefully break apart their psychological defenses. They turn ordinary into special. They turn simple into difficult. A transformation like this requires a lot of skills and effort.”
“You’re right. Come, cheers!”
Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.
The old instant coffee quickly finished.
Bai Yingying had already contacted the instant coffee agent to specifically request for expired products. Lawyer An was crazily infatuated with the taste of the expired instant coffee. A few days ago, Bai Yingying couldn’t buy the expired products anymore. When she received them, they were not expired. Lawyer An scolded the boss for being stingy and not giving him good coffee to drink.
“Old Zhang, you’re back.” Lawyer An greeted Old Zhang.
Lawyer An sat down beside him.
“Regarding the Old Daoist’s case, there’s a new development. There’s hope for a comeback. There’s no need to break out of prison. Just let the Old Daoist get off. You’re a lawyer. Let me tell you about it. We’ll work out a plan in detail.”
“Okay.” Lawyer An immediately agreed.
Old Zhang wasn’t involved in last night’s matter. He didn’t know it was an attempt to save the Old Daoist.,
The outcome of drawing out the Phantom of a Divine Beast would have been really bad if it wasn’t for his boss.
Now there was hope to help the Old Daoist get off the hook in a legal way. Lawyer An naturally welcomed it.
“Then, you guys chat. I’ll go up and see my daughter.”
Wang Ke got up and took his leave. He went straight up the stairs.
Some time passed as Lawyer An listened to Old Zhang talk about his new discovery. He suddenly slapped his head.
Lawyer An exclaimed, “It’s over!”
“What’s wrong?” Zhang Yanfeng was a little confused.
“I shouldn’t have let him go upstairs. Sigh. I’ve forgotten why I’ve been distracting him here for so long while talking to you.’
“What’s going on?”
“The boss and the others are sleeping up there.”
“What’s wrong with sleeping?”
“The problem is Lin Ke and the boss are sleeping on the same bed. How would you feel if her father saw you like that?”
“Hiss…” Zhang Yanfeng sucked in a breath of cold air.
As the saying goes, a friend’s wife can not be wooed. A friend’s daughter can not be wooed. A friend’s underage daughter can not be wooed.