CHAPTER 46: CHAPTER 7 CAPTURE (PLEASE FAVORITE, VOTE FOR THE MONTH)

Yang Su didn’t disturb Luo Fei’s sleep.

Luo Fei was awakened around eight o’clock when Wang Lei and Xia Zheng came in.

"Leader, I found the surveillance footage of the deceased." Luo Fei told Yang Su the news as soon as he woke up.

Yang Su was thinking about how to investigate today when he suddenly heard Luo Fei’s words.

Swiftly, Yang Su got up from his chair and turned to look at Luo Fei. Wang Lei, Xia Zheng, and Zhong Jun also turned to look at Luo Fei in unison.

"Where is it, let me see?" Yang Su couldn’t wait and quickly approached, while Wang Lei and the others followed in a hurry.

Luo Fei moved the surveillance footage to the frame where the deceased got off the bus.

"Yes, this guy is definitely the deceased. The clothes, height, physique, and hairstyle are all the same." Wang Lei was the first to shout loudly from behind.

"What are you shouting about!" Yang Su glared at Wang Lei displeasedly, but he too was sure that the man getting off the bus was the deceased.

"Oh, leader, there’s another man with the deceased. I suspect this guy is the killer." Luo Fei continued, pointing at the man who got off the bus with the deceased.

Yang Su looked at the surveillance video with joy, "Luo Fei, you’ve made a contribution this time. Come on, take the external hard drive and let’s go see Officer Zhao."

Soon, Luo Fei and Yang Su arrived at Zhao Donglai’s office.

In the office, Zhao Donglai had just received another call from a county leader asking about the case’s progress, and Zhao Donglai really didn’t know how to respond.

Given the current situation, if they couldn’t clarify the deceased’s identity, this case might become a cold case, which Zhao Donglai absolutely couldn’t tolerate. He couldn’t allow such a blemish in his career.

Just as Zhao Donglai was feeling frustrated.

"Officer Zhao, Officer Zhao, we’ve found the deceased." Yang Su excitedly said as he pushed the door open. Zhao Donglai initially wanted to reprimand Yang Su for not knocking before entering the office, but upon hearing Yang Su’s next words, his expression immediately changed.

"Explain clearly, found the deceased?" Zhao Donglai looked at Yang Su in surprise.

Yang Su quickly nodded and said, "Luo Fei went yesterday to survey the bus station’s surveillance and checked them one by one, finding the deceased and the suspected criminal suspect. Luo Fei, quickly show Officer Zhao the surveillance video."

"Plug it into my computer," Zhao Donglai commanded, seeing the external hard drive in Luo Fei’s hand, and pointed to the computer on his desk.

Luo Fei also swiftly went over and plugged in the external hard drive, found the surveillance video, opened it, and dragged it to the frame where the deceased appeared.

Zhao Donglai recognized the man in the black suit at first glance, confirming he was the deceased, as the clothes, height, and physique were exactly the same. Such coincidences couldn’t happen.

"This man is likely a major suspect, having a height similar to the deceased and arriving in Jiangqin County with him." Luo Fei said, pointing to the man who appeared afterward.

"Good, now we can not only confirm the deceased’s identity but also have the track of the criminal suspect." Zhao Donglai heavily pounded the table, unable to hide the joy on his face. Knowing the deceased’s identity meant solving half of the case, let alone discovering a major suspect. Such a significant breakthrough in the case’s progress undoubtedly delighted Zhao Donglai.

Soon, Zhao Donglai composed himself and ordered, "Yang Su, Luo Fei, you two go to the bus station immediately and retrieve all passenger information from the bus the deceased rode. You must identify both the deceased and the man with him as quickly as possible."

"Yes."

Upon leaving Zhao Donglai’s office, all team members headed straight to the bus station, found the station manager, and retrieved all passenger information from the bus the deceased took.

Soon, Luo Fei and the others smoothly found the identities of the deceased and the criminal suspect, both having bought their tickets with ID cards.

The deceased was named Wang Fu, male, 51 years old, from a thousand kilometers away in Guang Province, from Fucun in Jiangqin County, that province’s capital.

The criminal suspect was named Zhang Meng, male, 32 years old, from Dudu Town in Anxin County, Long’an City, Zijiang Province.

What puzzled Luo Fei was that Guang Province and Zijiang Province were separated by over a thousand kilometers. What kind of grudge might exist between these two to result in a murder? Why did they come all the way to Jiangqin County?

Subsequently, Luo Fei examined Zhang Meng’s ticket purchase information at the bus station and discovered that on the 25th, Zhang Meng bought a direct ticket from Jiangqin County to An Hui City, the province’s capital, suggesting he had long fled An Yuan Province.

After reporting this situation to Zhao Donglai, Zhao Donglai immediately informed Wucheng, who contacted An Hui City police and learned that Zhang Meng had bought a ticket to Zijiang Province in An Hui City.

With this information, the criminal investigation team held a meeting and decided Yang Su would lead a team to Zijiang Province to arrest Zhang Meng, while Wang Dong would lead a team to Guang Province to investigate the deceased Wang Fu’s background.

The tasks were assigned with little delay. That afternoon, Luo Fei and the others set off from Jiangqin County to Zijiang Province, needing to transfer in An Hui City to get there.

Following investigations and tracking, by the third day, Luo Fei and the others had followed the suspect to Anxin County.

Upon arriving in Anxin County, Luo Fei and the others immediately reached out to the local police, both to seek their assistance and to avoid misunderstandings.

With the help of the local police, Luo Fei and the others quickly locked onto the whereabouts of the suspect, Zhang Meng, and on the evening of November 6th, they arrested Zhang Meng at his home while he was resting.

After arresting Zhang Meng and thanking the local police for their cooperation and support, Luo Fei and the others hurriedly returned to Jiangqin County with Zhang Meng.

At noon on November 9th, Luo Fei and the others returned to Jiangqin County with Zhang Meng.

Meanwhile, the team that went to investigate the deceased Wang Fu’s hometown had returned a day earlier.

According to the team’s findings from Wang Fu’s wife, Wang Fu and Zhang Meng didn’t know each other before. Wang Fu mostly did farm work and traded some yams, leading a modest life with some renown in his village.

On August 6th, a stranger called asking if he bought reishi. Wang Fu didn’t mind, thinking it might be someone selling reishi contacting him for business because of his reputation, so he said he would buy.

Later, the caller said they had a large quantity of Pine and Fir Ganoderma to sell and hoped to meet him to discuss matters. Wang Fu thought it over, agreed, and they set up a meeting in the town.

After returning home, Wang Fu excitedly told his wife he was going out for business and said if he succeeded this time, they would make a considerable profit, then took ten thousand yuan from home and left, without explaining further to his wife.

Upon their return to Jiangqin County, Luo Fei and the others did not rest and immediately began interrogating Zhang Meng.

Yang Su led the interrogation, with Luo Fei handling documentation.