Chapter 1077: New Technology

"Li Yuqing, this is our criminal videographer; he will record your entire process. You don't need to worry about the items in the safe going missing. Furthermore, as long as you are innocent, the sooner you clarify the situation, the sooner you can rest. It's better for everyone, isn't it?"

Hao Zhichao lied to Li Yuqing without blinking an eye. Of course, that was mainly for the latter part.

Based on the current clues, it would be extremely difficult for Li Yuqing to clarify things. In fact, even if he could, the police would likely detain him for at least 37 days. During this period, it is highly probable that he wouldn't even be able to see his lawyer.

Similarly, those suspects who attempt to use clever tricks to deceive the police, the prosecution, or the court in order to escape are also in great agony under this mode. Ultimately, the weight of the facts is the heaviest; the heavier the weight of the facts found, the heavier the weight required on the other side of the scale.

Li Yuqing gritted his teeth and said, "I am innocent. But I don't trust you; I want to see my lawyer. Jiang Lida is my lawyer. If you bring him here, I will open the safe immediately."

Hao Zhichao tried to persuade him a few more times, using kind words, much like a gentle uncle from the neighborhood committee.

Li Yuqing was dismissive of this, only demanding to see his lawyer and make a phone call.

This is almost impossible in the investigation of major homicide cases.

Seeing this, Hao Zhichao's expression changed instantly. The cold face of a street cadre turned toward his subordinates, and he said, "Since that's the case, force it open."

Soon, a small, elderly man carrying a bag entered the room.

"You first help look at this safe; it would be best if you can open it directly," Hao Zhichao said without any pleasantries, using an imperative tone.

"Alrighty," the old man said, looking obedient. He was the "Lock King" of Lanyue City, once famous for being able to open locks all over the city with a single wire, but after being arrested, he was no longer the same.

For a period of time, whenever there were similar lock-picking cases, or even just difficult cases where the suspect couldn't be found, the police would come knocking. What "Lock King" or "Thief King"—in such an environment, let alone living, even surviving became difficult.

In the end, being able to open locks for the police, so-called "being recruited," was the best arrangement.

The old man sat in front of the safe, gently laid out his personal tool bag, and when he looked at the safe again, his eyes had become focused.

Li Yuqing was still nearby, and seeing this, he realized what the other party was about to do and couldn't help but start shouting.

Hao Zhichao only glanced at him, chuckled, and said, "Hold him to the side."

On the issue of how to interrogate Li Yuqing, Hao Zhichao had his own ideas, which were also agreed upon by Jiang Yuan and the others.

The "Lock King" version of the old man squatted in front of the safe for a good while, wearing equipment resembling a stethoscope to listen to the lock for quite some time, before standing up and saying, "It will take two hours."

The police officer next to him was dissatisfied and said, "In the movies, it's always half an hour, 20 minutes, or something like that."

The old man was stubborn for a moment: "Then you go find the people from the movies."

Li Yuqing shook his body vigorously and sneered, "With this safe of mine, you won't be able to open it in 2 hours. Besides, let me tell you, there is nothing inside mine; I don't know what you are fussing about."

Hao Zhichao ignored him and turned to give his subordinates a few more instructions.

20 minutes later, just as the old man was busy, two more people came up carrying equipment.

"Gas cut it." Seeing that the equipment had arrived, Captain Hao stopped pretending and went straight for the heavy artillery.

Seeing this, the old man said quite dissatisfied, "Give me another hour, and I can pick it open."

"Can you guarantee it?" Captain Hao asked.

The old man hesitated for a moment, then added, "Opening a safe is different from ordinary lock-picking. Ordinary lock-picking just requires hitting the right spot, but a safe is..."

"Just tell me whether you can guarantee it or not."

"Well... if you ask me to guarantee it, I can't say."

"Then gas cut it." Captain Hao said, looking at Jiang Yuan, and asked, "Team Leader Jiang, what do you think?"

"Gas cut it." The answer Jiang Yuan gave was similar.

He himself actually knew how to pick locks, so he knew the difficulty of picking this kind of safe. Being able to open it in 2 hours was already very impressive, but it wasn't necessary.

What they needed was to see what was inside the safe.

The two gas-cutting technicians were also former convicts. Unlike ordinary business owners, the police actually like convicts, and they like them sincerely.

At this moment, upon Captain Hao's order, the two gas-cutting masters stepped forward, sparks flying like lightning.

Li Yuqing's expression was somber, but he watched without saying a word.

Jiang Yuan frowned as he watched, immediately grabbed Tang Jia, and gave secret instructions.

Gas-cutting the safe also took a long time.

And the videographer was also recording the entire process from the side.

After a while, a notary from the notary office ran over and temporarily signed a document. This person was also called over by Captain Hao for Jiang Yuan's sake; otherwise, he wouldn't normally need to be so fully equipped.

After a busy half-hour, the sound of the gas cutting finally stopped.

"It can be opened now." The two gas-cutting masters stood up and directly gave their positions to the police, without even touching the door handle.

Two police officers stepped forward, wrapped in heat-insulating gloves, and under the gaze of the crowd, pulled open the safe door.

Inside the door, it was full of pearls and treasures.

The jewelry and other items purchased by Li Yuqing and his girlfriend were obviously not few, but Captain Hao and the others turned everything inside out and didn't find a single item related to the crime.

"Do you have evidence now?" Li Yuqing suddenly became arrogant and let out a "ga-ga-ga" laugh, as if he had just been teasing everyone.

Captain Hao's expression changed slightly, and he stiffened his neck, saying, "Put all these pieces of evidence into storage."

The safe had already been opened, and it was too late to put on a seal; they couldn't just leave it here.

Li Yuqing laughed loudly and shouted, "Still not letting me go? You arrested people without evidence. When I go back, we'll settle this."

"We have enough evidence to detain you. If you don't confess, you can just stay in the detention center." Although Captain Hao hadn't achieved his goal, he didn't back down in the slightest.

However, the scene before him was slightly beyond his expectations. He had left Li Yuqing at the scene instead of taking him back immediately, hoping to break his defense on the spot.

At this time, Tang Jia returned and nodded to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan immediately said, "Captain Hao, I had someone bring a ground-penetrating radar. Shall we scan it?"

"Ground-penetrating radar?" Captain Hao didn't react for a moment.

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "If the items aren't in the safe, it's very likely they are in a secret room. Let's look for it; let's see if this villa has a secret room."

Nowadays, larger villas all have secret rooms. The principle is also very simple: find a place that doesn't look like it's for people to enter and make it a place for people to enter. When encountering danger or other needs, hide inside and wait for the situation to improve before coming out.

Normal danger is when someone comes to make an arrest.

And the ground-penetrating radar Jiang Yuan mentioned is a weapon specifically for finding ancient resources like secret rooms. It was also a good piece of equipment that Huang Qiangmin had brought back a while ago.

With the ground-penetrating radar deployed, in just over ten minutes, a technician pointed his hand behind Li Yuqing.

Li Yuqing was stunned, and then his expression changed drastically. ===== CHAPTER 1078 =====