Chapter 602: Life Sentence

Cheng Army Supervisor felt empty and unsettled in his heart.

He felt that his forgery level was already very high and wouldn't have problems. Because before, he sold Qing dynasty porcelain all over the country; after all, a kiln could fire a pile at once. He also made a lot of this Ming dynasty blue and white, and even found some experts to take a look, and they weren't discovered, and that was even the Xuande reign. To sell to Liu Jinyou, for the sake of safety, he chose the Jiajing reign, and even that was fired in several kilns, carefully selected, representing the culmination of his forgery skills.

But now that he hadn't received news, he had to consider the possibility that the fake antiques had been discovered. Although he previously felt that Old Hou, Han Chunming, and others wouldn't be stronger than other experts, he also had to consider that there was a possibility of them being stronger.

According to previous situations, regardless of whether it succeeded or not, Li Yuejin would call him the first time. Because Liu Jinyou was a big customer with money, if Liu Jinyou didn't buy it, naturally he had to tell the owner the first time; after all, the owner went to Li Yuejin because of this.

He knew the time Li Yuejin went to the door, but two hours had passed, and there was still no news. Even if they wanted to find someone to take a look, Han Chunming, Old Hou, and others were all in that circle and weren't far away, so it shouldn't take such a long time.

Finally, he couldn't hold it in anymore and picked up the phone to call Meng Xiaoxing. In the past period of time, he actually had some contact with Meng Xiaoxing, finding others to sell a few antiques for Meng Xiaoxing. Anyway, they were all people from the old Han family, so he just scammed them.

"Hello? Xiaoxing? Are you at the restaurant? Why is it so noisy?" As soon as the call was connected, Cheng Army Supervisor heard the buzzing sound coming from the other end of the phone, as well as a woman's loud crying.

"What is it? I don't know why, but Li Yuejin was arrested by the police, and my sister is crying, isn't she." Meng Xiaoxing didn't have a gate on her mouth and said the matter directly, and then said irritably: "Alright, no time to talk to you about useless things, I'm annoyed here. Hang up, we'll talk later."

Without waiting for Cheng Army Supervisor to ask for more details, Meng Xiaoxing hung up the phone.

Listening to the busy signal on the phone, Cheng Army Supervisor put down his phone blankly. Although Meng Xiaoxing said she didn't know the reason, he knew that something must have gone wrong with the antiques. Even combining what he thought before, it could only be because of selling antiques to Liu Jinyou this time that something happened. Because if the previous things had problems, then a normal person wouldn't call the police the first time, but would find Li Yuejin to settle accounts later.

He silently lit a cigarette, took a big puff, and coughed repeatedly, only then letting out a long breath, relieving the anxiety brought by this sudden news.

He was a little worried, but not very worried.

Because he believed his actions were secretive enough. Except for last year, when he had contact with Li Yuejin for a while to teach some experience and introduced a few customers, he hadn't contacted Li Yuejin again. Moreover, this time the Jiajing reign blue and white spring vase was transferred four times from the south to Beijing, and there was even a stranger in the middle.

So thorough, even if they traced the source, it wouldn't be an easy thing to find him among the vast population. Even the other transactions didn't know the goods came from him; only the first person knew. The police aren't gods, and he didn't believe they could find him like this.

And the reason for his worry stemmed from the unease in his heart; he always had a feeling that disaster was imminent. He was very familiar with this feeling. Because before he was arrested last time, he also had this feeling.

He wanted to run, but considering that Li Yuejin didn't know where the goods came from at all, and in the past three years, he only met Wang Yan and Han Chunming once, and didn't leave any flaws. Although he took a fake thing to test them at that time, he also brought a real one to distract them, letting them think the fake was just him being fooled. So combining various factors, he didn't want to run very much and still felt there wasn't a big problem.

He was in the office on the second floor of the mobile phone shop, struggling back and forth, hesitant. One moment thinking they wouldn't find him, the next moment thinking what to do if they found him, and the next moment studying what was wrong with the things he made this time and how they were discovered.

After a long while, he finally made a decision: he still had to go out for a period of time. After all, he already had a bad feeling, so it was better to be careful and go out to avoid the limelight.

However, before that, he still had to go home and tell his parents. Now his parents were old, and their physical problems were increasing. He didn't know how long they could hold on, so he had to take care of them at all times. His younger brother was not bad and often went to see his parents, so he was also at ease.

Extinguishing the cigarette that was about to burn his hand in the ashtray, he raised his wrist to look at the time. It was already noon. He let out a long breath, stood up, packed his things, took his small leather bag, went downstairs, drove his Mercedes, and left to go home.

He was still very proud of this. Wang Yan was so awesome, but after so many years, wasn't he still driving that broken Santana? He knew the reason: it was to act low-key. Otherwise, as the chairman of such a big state-owned enterprise group, it wouldn't be strange to drive any car. And Han Chunming also learned Wang Yan's bad habits. After earning so much money for so many years, he couldn't bear to spend it, a habit of being stingy since childhood. Didn't driving that broken Santana hurt his butt?

Little did he know, the broken Santana Wang Yan had driven for fifteen years had been modified twice. Except for the appearance, which was still a Santana, not a single part inside or outside the whole car was original. It was equivalent to a custom-made car he rebuilt himself, just borrowing a low-key appearance, which was much more comfortable and smoother than a Mercedes. Just kidding, who could know how to enjoy life better than he, Wang Mou?

On the contrary, Han Chunming was really driving a broken car. It was only later that he sat in Wang Yan's car once and felt the difference, so he sent a few calligraphy and paintings and begged Wang Yan to help him get one with fewer functions, and only then did he enjoy it for two years...

Being so proud, Cheng Army Supervisor returned home.

The nanny had already cooked lunch and was eating with the old couple. He opened the door and entered. The nanny hurriedly got a bowl and chopsticks, and after he washed his hands, he sat down opposite his old father and mother.

"Dad, Mom, I have to go on a business trip this afternoon to the south."

Cheng's father frowned and asked: "Didn't you just come back yesterday? Why are you running to the south again?"

"Doing business, you read newspapers and watch the news every day. Those high-tech mobile phone factories are all clustered in the south. I sell mobile phones, so I definitely have to run there. Besides, business has been good recently. I'm planning to do it bigger and open a computer city. By then, I'll sell both computers and mobile phones, and I'll definitely earn more than now. My big nephew is also grown up, and in a few years, he'll be getting married. Housing prices are getting higher day by day, so it's better to buy early to save money. Buying a house for him first can also be considered an investment."

Cheng's mother nodded: "Hey, this is what a big brother should look like. Your younger brother isn't as capable of tossing as you, so help him more."

"Look at what you're saying. All these years, it was just me bullying him when he was little. Since he grew up, when have I ever left him behind when there was something good?"

Cheng's mother rolled her eyes at him and didn't speak. Because ever since their second son grew up, the eldest in this family started going to prison. The few years he was out were on the way to prison. But it was true that he had taken care of them. The previous apartment and some cash left behind helped a lot, so she didn't say anything.

As for Cheng Army Supervisor, the old couple didn't know how many times they had said it, and they had no other thoughts. They had long since determined that Cheng Army Supervisor hadn't done anything good in the past three years. Because even if there was some money left before he went to prison last time, it wasn't enough for Cheng Army Supervisor to buy a car, a house, and open a shop all at once...

Talking about one thing and another, they finished the meal, and he accompanied his old father and mother to watch TV for a while. Until they went for a nap, Cheng Army Supervisor returned to his room and pulled out his suitcase to pack his clothes. This time he planned to stay in the south for three months first, and continue selling his counterfeits after Li Yuejin's matter was completely over here.

His idea was good, but sometimes, the better the idea, the less it could be carried out.

Just as he was packing his luggage, a knock on the door sounded. Cheng Army Supervisor's movements stopped abruptly. His nerves were a bit sensitive now, but his sensitivity was right.

The nanny lived in the house, doing three meals a day, cleaning the house, washing, and so on. She was a diligent woman who had come to the city, so she had already cleaned up the kitchen waste from lunch and was watching the afternoon TV series in the living room with the sound very low.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, she shuffled over in slippers to open the door, and just saw two policemen in summer uniforms standing outside. Seeing the police, she was stunned and at a loss.

A middle-aged policeman smiled and spoke: "Comrade, hello. We are from the Dongsi Police Station. Cheng Army Supervisor lives here, right? We're here to find him to understand the situation."

"Ah, yes, yes, Comrade Police, come in quickly, I'll go call him."

In a moment, thoughts flashed through the nanny's mind, and she had already thought of the situation she was about to face. She had worked in this house for over two years, so of course, she knew that Cheng Army Supervisor had been in twice, totaling thirteen years. She had also heard Cheng's father and mother whispering that he hadn't done anything good in these years, and didn't know when he would be arrested. Now she knew; the police had come to the door.

She felt that being a nanny in this house was not bad. The pay was high, Cheng's father and mother's health was okay, not to the point of paralysis. Usually, Cheng Army Supervisor wasn't at home, just the three of them, and the meals for three were very easy to cook. Unlike her fellow villagers who took care of paralyzed, weird-tempered old people and earned less than her. Now that the person who paid her salary was in trouble, she was very panicked for a while.

However, no matter how panicked she was, she didn't forget to call Cheng Army Supervisor, hurriedly turning and trotting to Cheng Army Supervisor's room to knock on the door, saying the police had come to find him to understand the situation.

Cheng Army Supervisor had already heard it. When things reached this point, he wasn't panicked instead. Because he had experience before, and just now the police only said "understand the situation," which meant there was no solid evidence. It must be that Li Yuejin said something, and the police came to verify it. He just didn't understand, was this action speed too fast? It had only been a few hours, and they found him?

He didn't know that all this was because of the speculation of Liu Jinyou and others. A jade spring vase was already two million, so how much did he scam in the past time? This was the key to the problem. And when questioning Li Yuejin, they also combined the statements of Liu Jinyou and others and asked about what happened at Old Guan's courtyard last summer.

Li Yuejin also thoughtfully introduced the identities of those people drinking at that time, not for anything else, but because he was afraid. After all, he hadn't been to prison before and had only heard people say how prison was; how could there be good words? So he brought out the names of those people, hoping to be treated kindly. Then this mentioned Wang Yan and others, especially knowing that the person who reported the crime was Wang Yan's wife's uncle, then it was even more different.

Although Wang Yan was low-key, his name was very big because of his contribution to the national economy and people's livelihood. The broad masses of the people might not care about those things, but public servants couldn't not know Wang Yan. Not to mention anything else, the computers they used, the mobile phones the leaders used, the office systems, and even the intelligent identification of surveillance, were all Long Teng.

Adding to that, the estimated amount involved in the case was indeed not small, so the action was much faster. At noon, they found people from the Palace Museum and the Collectors Association, as well as more professional testing agencies, to jointly confirm that the two items were indeed fake and came from the same person. And then, based on the feedback from the people who had already been sent out, they went directly to Cheng Army Supervisor's home...

Letting out a long breath, he opened the door and went out, just seeing his old father and mother, who had just fallen asleep not long ago, walking out supporting each other on the side of the master bedroom, their eyes filled with dead silence.

Just as their eyes met, Cheng Army Supervisor guiltily looked away, laughing and going up to shake hands with the leading policeman: "Hello, Comrade Police, I am Cheng Army Supervisor. It's so hot, why did you two have to run such a long way? Just give me a call, and I'll drive over myself. Come, come, sit down, sit down. Go, get two bottles of water for the Comrade Police."

"No need, we're just here to understand the situation, a few words will do."

Inviting the two to sit on the sofa, Cheng Army Supervisor asked: "Comrade Police, what do you want to understand? Don't worry, I will say everything I know."

The leading middle-aged policeman took out a notebook and asked: "Li Yuejin, you know him, right?"

"I know him. In the morning, I heard from his sister-in-law that he was arrested. I don't know what it's for, Comrade Police?" Cheng Army Supervisor performed very naturally, with the style of an old oil-slick. He knew that before the police came to find him, they must have been clear about his resume of going in twice, so pretending to be stupid was meaningless.

"We came because of this matter. In the morning, we received a report from the masses that someone was forging antiques for fraud, and the person involved was Li Yuejin. After questioning, we learned that a year ago, at Guan Dehong's house, you and his sister-in-law Meng Xiaoxing went together, and at that time you took a Qianlong reign mark blue and white cloud and dragon pattern plum vase and a Yongzheng reign mark light yellow ground enamel peach pattern small bowl to find Han Chunming to appraise their authenticity. At that time, you said that the blue and white plum vase was bought from a friend for fifty thousand. So who is this friend of yours? Where is he?"

Cheng Army Supervisor's pupils contracted, and the smile on his face stiffened. He didn't expect that it was because of this matter that he was dragged in. He thought he had hidden it well at the time, and it had been a year, and there was a successful one before, so he didn't take it to heart at all.

However, he only stiffened for a moment, and then returned to normal, waving his hand and laughing: "I don't have such a friend. It's just that I wanted to sell the thing to Meng Xiaoxing, saying that the thing wasn't easy to come by, and it was a friend who finally let it go to me, and I loved it very much, so I wanted to raise the price. This is a very normal thing. Actually, that blue and white plum vase was when I was strolling in Panjiayuan, I met a peasant woman who said her family member was sick and took this thing to sell to raise money for medical treatment. I felt soft-hearted, so I spent fifty thousand to buy it."

"At that time, she took the money and ran, and didn't sign a contract. I thought it was because she was anxious to save a life. Later, I knew it was fake, and only then did I know that she had scammed me and ran away. Later, I went to Panjiayuan to stroll around, but I never saw her again. This matter, I am also a victim."

He didn't really fabricate a friend, because once he fabricated it, the police couldn't find the person, and wouldn't they still find him? So he cleverly said he was also scammed, the person disappeared, there was no symptom, and they couldn't do anything to him.

The middle-aged policeman had already keenly captured the change in Cheng Army Supervisor just now. How could he not know that this had something to do with Cheng Army Supervisor? But it didn't matter if he didn't admit it. He turned to ask: "According to our understanding from the comrades in the south, when you were released from prison last time, you only had less than thirty thousand yuan left. And in the year that followed, you first opened a mobile phone shop, then bought this house, and later bought a car. The area of this house of yours is 130 square meters, and the housing price at that time was 2,000 per square meter. You bought it for 260,000 in full. You bought a Jetta at that time, also 150,000 in full. The two combined are 410,000. According to data from the tax department, the profit of your mobile phone shop is 600,000. According to our understanding, the profit of a shop of the same scale as yours is much worse than yours and doesn't reach this level. So there are some problems here that require you to go back to the station with us to cooperate with our further investigation."

The mobile phone shop at this time was indeed profitable, but it hadn't reached such a terrifying level. After all, mobile phones were big items, one mobile phone was several thousand yuan, and the employee salary was only a thousand. Moreover, mobile phone shops were clustered, and competition was fierce. The profit of one mobile phone, even if the brand side gave a lot of concessions, was only a few hundred yuan in gross profit. After removing the shop, labor costs, and taxes, it was actually much worse.

So Cheng Army Supervisor knew very clearly that he was finished. In fact, his profit was normal, and if someone checked it, his money laundering would also be exposed. Then where did the money come from? This went back to antiques, and he couldn't explain it at all.

He let out a long sigh, turned his head to look at his old father and mother, who were standing there supporting each other without any surprise, shook his head, and no longer had the smiling face from before. He stood up with his hands on his knees: "Let's go..."

He didn't think about resisting, because he had experience twice, and he knew very well the ability of the police. He couldn't hide it, and it would always be exposed. It's just that he couldn't understand why the police locked the target directly on him, and didn't even bother to trace the source along Li Yuejin, and how they directly said his financial problems...

Cheng's father and mother, who had long since given up, didn't say a word, watching Cheng Army Supervisor get into the elevator at the door.

The old couple looked at each other, sighed in unison, and walked to the sofa to sit down with stumbling steps. Although they had long since given up and had thought about this day, and had experience before, in the final analysis, he was their own son. Cheng Army Supervisor was already forty-nine; they didn't know how many years he would be sentenced this time...

Cheng Army Supervisor was very cooperative, saying whatever he had. Although he held the best expectations, he also anticipated the situation he was most unwilling to face, because he had experience. And corresponding to having experience was being prepared, so he wasn't panicked.

It was also at this time that he knew why they locked onto him directly. It was Wang Yan, this damn guy, who was scamming him when they were eating in Old Guan's courtyard last year. Could this group of people see that those things all came from one person? How could they not see real from fake? He was seen through the first time he scammed Liu Jinyou, watching him jump around like a clown. He was so angry that he was about to go crazy, but fortunately, he was used to being hit and was strong enough, otherwise he could have been driven crazy this time...

No matter how much Cheng Army Supervisor wanted to die, things continued. With the cooperation of Cheng Army Supervisor, the head of the forgery and fraud gang, the result didn't need to be said; naturally, the whole gang was wiped out. Because Cheng Army Supervisor's fake goods were sold all over the country, and his subordinates were also scattered everywhere, the joint handling of the case went through some twists and turns. Another thing was the circulation of antiques. This was constantly finding people. The people's police are for the people, and they must ensure that every victim understands that fraud is fraud, and there are no so-called rules in the trade.

In addition, there was the total amount of Cheng Army Supervisor's fraud, as well as investigating his money laundering, etc. Everything was a series of things, very busy.

After two months of investigation and evidence collection, in mid-October, this huge group antique forgery and fraud case was heard in court. Antique forgery, huge fraud, money laundering, organized crime, money laundering, etc., finally added up to a life sentence, confiscation of illegal gains, and return to victims.

Here it must be said that Cheng Army Supervisor's preparation was that he had long since hidden a lot of the money he scammed, just to deal with this situation. Although the elevator apartment wasn't kept, the money he left was enough for them to buy another one, and also pay for the nanny's expenses, as well as his living expenses after he was released from prison. But these were things for later.

And Li Yuejin, who had a bit of brain but not much, was sold and still counted money for others, and was detained in the detention center for two months because of the case investigation. After multi-party verification, it was proven that he was indeed passively participating in the crime and didn't know the truth. In addition, almost all the things that went through his hands were real goods. After all, Cheng Army Supervisor raised Li Yuejin just to use the brand of Han Chunming and Old Guan to contact Liu Jinyou, so naturally, he couldn't let him have an accident. So finally, he was only fined thirty thousand, and his criminal punishment was exempted...

"This time it really scared me to death, Master Wang, thank you for your magnanimity, not being the same as me." Li Yuejin laughed awkwardly, leaning beside Wang Yan. Beside him, Meng Xiaozao was also standing there honestly, with a face full of gratitude. Although Wang Yan didn't do anything, not to mention anything else, just Liu Jinyou not being the same as Li Yuejin was enough. It really affected the relationship between Han Chunming and them.

Wang Yan fished a pile of mutton from the pot and dipped it in sesame paste: "No need to thank me, it has nothing to do with me. If you want to thank someone, thank your brother-in-law Chunming, who found a lawyer and paid the fine. If it weren't for his help, you would have had to go in for two years."

"Yes, I've already thanked Brother Wu." Li Yuejin turned his face and looked at Han Chunming: "Brother Wu, don't worry, in the future, if you tell me to go east, I will never go west. If you tell me to hit a dog, I will never chase a chicken."

"Didn't you see there's no more mutton? Why don't you get lost and cut the meat?" Watching Li Yuejin trot out, Han Chunming shook his head: "This kid, he just needs to be cleaned up."

Old Guan snorted: "I think it's you who needs to be cleaned up. Such a big boss, and you can't even clean up your own family?"

The old guy was ninety-three this year and was a bit confused, but his health was still okay, and he didn't delay drinking, although he didn't drink much, and his walking was still steady. Looking at it now, living for another seven or eight years was not a big problem; he was really able to live.

"Yes, yes, yes, I have to manage it well in the future. This group of people is too outrageous. Cheng Army Supervisor is really harming people. Our family has been scammed by him; he's really bad."

Old Hou laughed and drank a cup: "This time it's really satisfying. Such a bad seed should die in prison."

"Hey, isn't it a life sentence? How do you say his situation?" Ma Du asked suspiciously.

Wang Yan smiled: "He'll come out after ten years or so. Can he still retire in prison? If that were really the case, you say those who have no children, wouldn't they just commit crimes and think about running to prison to retire? You couldn't send them away even if you wanted to."

"Should say or not, this Cheng Army Supervisor really has some ability. I really didn't expect that those things were all made by him..." ===== CHAPTER 603 =====

"I have to say, this Cheng Army Supervisor really has some ability. I truly didn't expect that those things were actually all made by him..."