Chapter 696: Lord Tiger was silenced!
Chapter 696: Lord Tiger was silenced!
After dinner, Jia Dongming and Li Huaide, accompanied by Chen Anbo and others, got on the steel rolling mill’s jeep and left Emei Restaurant.
After Li Huaide's car drove away from Emei Restaurant, he thought of Director Ruan's sudden invitation to dinner today. A gleam of wisdom flashed in his eyes, and he said meaningfully to Jia Dongming who was sitting in the back: "Director Jia! If I'm not mistaken, this dinner tonight should be a Hongmen Banquet, and it's a Hongmen Banquet targeting you."
Jia Dongming, who was sitting in the back seat with his eyes closed, was surprised when he heard Li Huaide's words. He smiled at Li Huaide, who was sitting in front of him, and pretended to be confused, "Director Li! Didn't Director Ruan say it at the dinner? He invited us to dinner mainly for the unplanned steel. Why do you think that tonight's dinner is a Hongmen Banquet against me?"
When Li Huaide heard Jia Dongming's question, he thought of everything that happened at the dinner party tonight and smiled as he introduced Jia Dongming: "Director Jia! My acquaintance with Director Ruan started when he was working at the Grain Bureau. At that time, we had a drink together once or twice due to business dealings. After he was transferred to the city government, we never met again."
"Director Ruan called me out of the blue this morning and said he wanted to treat me to dinner in the evening and asked me to invite you along as well. I was wondering at the time, why did Director Ruan suddenly invite me to dinner? And asked me to make sure to invite you along as well?"
"It was not until we were having dinner that Chen Anbo suddenly mentioned the murder of Liu Jiangping. I also heard you introduce the case, and Chen Anbo's attitude of trying to please you intentionally or unintentionally during the meal. Only then did I realize that Director Ruan's invitation to dinner and asking me for unplanned steel was fake, and his real purpose was to target you."
Li Huaide paused for a moment and continued, "Director Jia! When I discovered Director Ruan's true intentions, I was really worried about you. It was not until I reviewed everything that happened at the dinner that night that I realized that you had already guessed Director Ruan's purpose for inviting me to dinner, so you took advantage of the situation and accepted the invitation."
If someone else had said this, Jia Dongming would have been very shocked, but he was not at all surprised by Li Huaide's analysis. After all, in the plot of the Siheyuan, Li Huaide successfully overthrew Director Yang and became the head of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, and after the storm was over, he was able to successfully go ashore.
Facing Li Huaide's analysis, Jia Dongming showed admiration on his face, and said to Li Huaide in a pointed way: "Director Li! Look at what you said. I just followed you to have a meal tonight. Because I drank a few glasses of wine, I lost control of my mouth and said some things I shouldn't have said. There is no such thing as a test."
Li Huaide heard Jia Dongming's answer, how could he not understand what Jia Dongming meant? Smartly, he did not continue to discuss the issue, but directly changed the subject, and asked Jia Dongming with a smile: "Director Jia! Are you going home directly? Or are you going back to the steel mill to ride your bike?"
When Jia Dongming heard Li Huaide's question, he smiled and replied, "Director Li! I have to go to the Municipal Public Security Bureau tomorrow morning. It's inconvenient without a car. You should ask Xiao Zhang to take me back to the factory!"
At around eight o'clock the next morning, Jia Dongming rode his bike to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, intending to find Zhang Zhitao to report that Director Ruan and his team had invited him to dinner through Li Huaide the previous night. However, as soon as he entered his office, Wang Bin followed him into his office and reported to Jia Dongming with a depressed look on his face, "Captain! That Tiger Lord and his lover were killed the night before yesterday."
After returning home last night, Jia Dongming had been thinking about Director Ruan's invitation to dinner. At that time, he was still wondering why the other party dared to take the risk of being exposed and invite him to dinner through Li Huaide. Now, after hearing Wang Bin's report and learning the news that Tiger Master had been silenced, Jia Dongming finally understood where Director Ruan and his team got their confidence from. When Jia Dongming learned the news that Tiger Master had been silenced, his face became extremely solemn, and he immediately asked Wang Bin: "Wang Bin! When did you find out that Tiger Master had been silenced the night before yesterday?"
When Wang Bin heard Jia Dongming asking about the process of their arrest of Tiger Lord last night, he immediately reported to Jia Dongming: "Captain! Last night, Zhou Qiang and I followed the comrades of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Branch Bureau. Based on the clues confessed by Liu Si and others, we quickly found the residence of Tiger Lord's lover. When we quietly climbed over the wall to investigate, we immediately found the bodies of Tiger Lord and his lover. Later, according to the results of the forensic autopsy, we found that Tiger Lord had been silenced the night before."
After hearing Wang Bin's report, Jia Dongming asked Wang Bin with a serious expression, "Wang Bin! Did you find any valuable clues when you were investigating the scene?"
When Wang Bin heard Jia Dongming's question and thought of the results of their on-site investigation, he subconsciously shook his head and replied helplessly, "Captain! The way Mr. Hu died is the same as Liu Jiangping's. It can be basically confirmed that the same murderer, Lin Weiguo, was very cautious. After he killed Mr. Hu and his lover, he cleaned the room inside and out. We didn't find any valuable clues at all."
Although Jia Dongming still had an account book in his hand, the names in the account book were all replaced with pinyin. Even if he knew that there was something wrong with Director Ruan and others, he could not convict them based on that account book alone. Originally, Jia Dongming wanted to immediately find the mysterious killer through Tiger Lord, and then follow the clues to catch the real culprit behind the scenes. Unexpectedly, the killer killed Tiger Lord directly after using him.
The silencing of Tiger Lord undoubtedly put the case into a difficult situation again. After thinking for a moment, Jia Dongming asked Wang Bin seriously, "Wang Bin! Is Tiger Lord's body in the branch? Or in the municipal bureau?"
When Wang Bin heard Jia Dongming asking about Tiger Lord's body, he immediately reported to Jia Dongming: "Captain! Tiger Lord's body is temporarily stored in the morgue of the branch."
When Jia Dongming heard Wang Bin's report, he immediately stood up from his desk and asked Wang Bin seriously, "Wang Bin! Let's go to the crime scene first, and then go to the police station to see if we can find some valuable clues."
Wang Bin had not been with Jia Dongming for long, but he knew Jia Dongming's habits very well. When Wang Bin heard Jia Dongming's instructions, he nodded immediately and replied respectfully, "Captain! Then I will go to the office to get the key to the sidecar. Please wait for me in front of the office building."
(End of this chapter)