Chapter 270: Re-investigating the Car Accident Case

"Ruonan! What do you mean?"

"Could it involve retaliation?" Su Ruonan tilted her head and looked at Luo Fei: "Maybe they didn't dare to attack Gu Team, so they chose the family members?"

Luo Fei pondered for a moment: "The master should have thought of this at the time, it should be..."

Before he could finish, Su Ruonan interrupted: "I understand what you want to say, but you should know Gu Team's personality better than I do. In the absence of any suspicion, and with so much work usually, I'm afraid he didn't doubt this matter!"

Luo Fei pondered for a moment and said: "Let's check it again!"

———

Investigating a traffic accident case that had been settled for more than ten years was really not a simple matter.

Fortunately, Luo Fei was no longer the small policeman he used to be, and he had some power, so it was much more convenient to handle this matter.

The perpetrator Tang Xiaofeng had been staying in Zizhen after his release from prison. Over the years, he had opened a tobacco and liquor store, hanging a huge sign that read "Famous Tobacco and Famous Liquor," and it looked like he was living quite comfortably.

It was easier to find someone like him who had a storefront business. This afternoon at three o'clock, Luo Fei took his assistant Xiao Sun to Tang Xiaofeng's store.

The store was deserted and had no customers. Luo Fei and the two entered the store and saw a man in his thirties playing with his phone happily.

Seeing Luo Fei and the two, he looked up and said: "What are you buying? Take a look yourself!"

Xiao Sun showed his work ID and stepped forward to say: "You are Tang Xiaofeng, right? We are from the Jiangdong Branch Bureau Criminal Police Team!"

They saw the man stand up with a "whoosh," his hands pressed tightly against the sides of his trousers with his five fingers together: "Yes, I am Tang Xiaofeng. I don't know what you two are looking for me for?"

Luo Fei squinted and sized him up, reaching out to touch the scar on his chin: "We are here for Fang Jie's car accident!"

He chose to cut to the chase and directly stated Fang Jie's name, just to see the other party's reaction.

Tang Xiaofeng didn't seem to hear clearly, and he asked back: "Who? Fang Jie?"

Luo Fei stared at his every move, seeing that his reaction was very normal, seemingly without any flaws!

"Right! That pregnant woman who was hit to death by you after taking drugs, do you still remember?" Luo Fei asked.

Tang Xiaofeng's lips twitched subconsciously, and he said in a low voice: "Re, remember. I even spent 5 years in prison for this."

Xiao Sun raised his eyebrows and scolded: "What? Are you still aggrieved!"

Tang Xiaofeng hurriedly raised his hands and shook them constantly: "No, no, I have already finished reforming. What are you two looking for me for today..."

"Hehe, don't be nervous, we just want to understand the situation back then." Luo Fei pointed to a chair not far away: "How about we sit down and chat?"

Tang Xiaofeng suddenly realized: "Oh! Oh, look at me, I was a bit nervous seeing you two. Please sit down!"

Luo Fei smiled and walked to the chair and sat down, seemingly joking: "What are you nervous about? Could it be that there was something hidden about the matter back then?"

When speaking, his eyes never left Tang Xiaofeng for a moment. At this moment, seeing the other party's body pause slightly, although it was extremely short, it also attracted Luo Fei's attention.

Only hearing Tang Xiaofeng smile and say: "How could that be? Hasn't the traffic police brigade already investigated this matter clearly?"

Xiao Sun said: "Do you think we came to find you today because we had nothing to do and came to chat with you? Are there any other problems, don't you know yourself? Can a traffic accident let our criminal police team come forward?"

Xiao Sun's series of questions made Tang Xiaofeng sweat profusely. Luo Fei pointed to the chair: "Sit! Let's have a good chat."

———

After coming out of Tang Xiaofeng's tobacco and liquor store, Xiao Sun said: "Luo Team, this kid definitely has something going on. Should we use some means on him?"

Luo Fei looked back at the tobacco and liquor store behind him and said sternly: "It's not appropriate. We currently don't have any evidence to prove that the car accident was a premeditated murder. We have no name for it!"

"Then what should we do? We've already flushed the grass today. If the rabbit runs away again, wouldn't we have wasted our efforts?"

"Don't worry, we'll come again tomorrow. The rabbit behind him is our prey!"

Hearing this, Xiao Sun smiled and said: "Luo Team, how can you be sure that Tang Xiaofeng was instructed by someone?"

"I've read the case files from back then. This Tang Xiaofeng remembers things from more than ten years ago too clearly!" Luo Fei said: "This seems a bit too deliberate."

What the two didn't know was that after they left, an old man with white hair and beard walked out of the inner room of Tang Xiaofeng's tobacco and liquor store. Tang Xiaofeng said respectfully: "Old Yue, two criminal police officers, I've sent them away."

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The traffic police detachment recorded the whole process of Fang Jie's car accident back then, which was consistent with Tang Xiaofeng's confession. Everything seemed to have no problems.

Xiao Sun hurriedly entered Luo Fei's office with a phone: "Luo Team, that taxi driver has been contacted!" He seemed to have just hung up the phone and was anxious to tell Luo Fei this news.

The two met Lu Yun, the taxi driver from back then, in a small restaurant. After experiencing that car accident, he never dared to drive again. Although he had no responsibility for that car accident, the vehicle was scrapped, his left hip was shattered, and he had serious sequelae. Now he walked with a limp.

When he understood the purpose of Luo Fei and the two, Lu Yun sighed and said: "Sigh! How could I not remember? That woman died too miserably in this car accident! And I also became permanently disabled!"

"The rain was heavy that night. I carried her to the intersection of Changde Road and Fenghua Road, and just happened to encounter a red light. It was about to change lights, because the rain was too heavy, I only focused on the front, and didn't know how that pickup truck rushed over at all. After the car hit, I discovered it, but it was too late. That car was too fast! There was no chance to react at all..."

"Were there any other vehicles on the road at that time?" Luo Fei asked. Given the weather that day, surely no one would be in the rain. If there were people on the road, they should be in the car, so Luo Fei asked directly if he noticed any other vehicles. He wanted to know if the pickup truck driven by Tang Xiaofeng happened to pass by or was waiting there in advance.

Lu Yun tilted his head and thought for a while, then said hesitantly: "This, I can't be sure. My leg was hurting badly at that time, and my head was in a mess. I didn't know if there were any other people nearby at all!"

The rain was too heavy that day, and the surveillance at that intersection happened to have problems. Luo Fei had already seen these from the case files. This was a bit suspicious. It seemed that the weather, surveillance equipment, etc., were all cooperating with this car accident!

Such an idea suddenly popped into Luo Fei's mind! ===== CHAPTER 271 =====