Chapter 1255: Closing the Case

"Sit down, don't move. We are going to unlock your handcuffs now, and then we will cuff you to the seat. If you act rashly in the middle, we will use electric shocks and other means. Don't look for trouble for yourself." The Malaysian police officer said as he pushed Li Haochen onto the chair.

Only then did Li Haochen feel the restraints on his wrists being released. Then, his hands were pulled to the sides and recuffed, before the hood was pulled off.

Li Haochen took the opportunity to look left and right, seeing Cai Dachui and his bandit members with their backs to him. Each of them was accompanied by a Malaysian special police officer; they weren't carrying guns, but non-lethal weapons like stun batons and pepper spray were hanging on their bodies.

These were one thing, but what truly surprised Li Haochen was that the Malaysian police had actually provided them with a business jet.

Although he had anticipated it on the way, such a luxurious configuration still shocked Li Haochen.

Don't look at the fact that he was on the ministry's payroll; he traveled in second-class seats on business trips. He had ridden in business jets, but they were always hitched rides.

Now looking at it, the Malaysian police could actually use a business jet just to transport a few prisoners—this was truly the result of Jiang Yuan's reputation spreading far and wide.

After settling Li Haochen, the Malaysian police gathered the four men and began to deal with Cai Dachui.

Similar to before, the three did not remove Cai Dachui's hood, but first took out a stun gun and said: "Bandit leader Cai Dachui, we are preparing to unlock your handcuffs now..."

Cai Dachui, dizzy and muddled, said: "I am not a bandit leader!"

The special police didn't listen to him at all. Two people linked his handcuffs and leg shackles to the seat, while the other two kept their guns pointed at him.

Li Haochen looked at Cai Dachui's miserable state and couldn't help but think inwardly: "If I were Cai Dachui... even if I were Cai Dachui, besides crying injustice, it seems there's nothing I can do!"

In front, Cai Dachui had roughly the same thought. Taking advantage of the crowd, he said repeatedly: "You made a mistake. If you want to say I have some small problems, I admit it, but I really can't be called a bandit leader. Are you killing the innocent to claim credit... You are foreigners and don't understand; you can't wrong a good person..."

"Put on the gag." The special police officer who had just finished installing the leg shackles stood up and said in Malay.

Cai Dachui had stayed in Malaysia for several years, so he could understand what the other party said, but the vocabulary was a bit obscure, and he still needed to react.

Fortunately, he had also bought and used this thing before... so... this was not good at all.

Cai Dachui reacted.

Cai Dachui began to panic!

Cai Dachui was gagged.

"Wuwu..." Cai Dachui only let out two sounds, the shrillness of which made Li Haochen feel so unbearable that he had to turn his head away.

The journey was silent.

Cai Dachui only regained the ability to speak after being locked into the interrogation chair at the Tianjin Anti-Smuggling Bureau's interrogation center.

Meng Chengbiao presided over the interrogation.

Jiang Yuan and the others watched through surveillance video.

Compared to one-way glass, this surveillance video seemed a bit lacking in momentum and immersion.

However, the rapid progress of the interrogation below well compensated for this.

As Meng Chengbiao entered the state and asked about the specific case, Cai Dachui, who had already been forced to confess to several small problems, suddenly realized why he had been dragged over.

"You should be clear about it yourself; who was standing beside you when you killed someone that day. We are asking you questions now to give you a chance; otherwise, the testimony of the eyewitnesses alone is enough evidence." Meng Chengbiao advanced step by step, but once he touched on key issues, he struck with lethal moves.

Cai Dachui, however, sighed heavily: "I just killed my own people, is it worth it?... Is it worth it?"

This counter-question of his really stumped Meng Chengbiao.

Essentially, he really felt that handling this case was quite strenuous. If it were any other head of a criminal police team, most would have given up on pursuing this case.

After all, there was no victim, and both the victim and the murderer were highly likely to be smugglers. Investigating and gathering evidence for this kind of internal murder was difficult, and not doing it was the mode with the least pressure.

However, Jiang Yuan had always handled cases by pushing through everything. Pushing to smugglers or drug dealers was the same to Jiang Yuan.

Meng Chengbiao then learned from the positive characters on TV and shook his head slowly: "It is worth it. Murder is a serious crime; since you committed a homicide, you naturally have to be punished."

Cai Dachui was stunned for a moment, then burst into wild laughter, laughing until he leaned back and forth, laughing until the interrogation chair made a loose, rattling sound.

The police officer standing on the side made a move to step forward but was stopped by Meng Chengbiao.

In his view, this kind of suspect after an emotional outburst was the easiest to use, often able to pour out their heart, even better than ordinary people who were impatient with interrogation and prone to babbling and providing too much junk information.

The laughter stopped.

Cai Dachui stared fixedly at Meng Chengbiao and asked: "Who betrayed me?"

Meng Chengbiao smiled without saying a word, looking as if he was unwilling to reveal even a bit of information.

"Old Jin?" Cai Dachui said the name he had suspected for a long time.

Meng Chengbiao was noncommittal.

Cai Dachui frowned: "Where did I get exposed? If you don't tell me, I won't talk either. Let's see later if your 'Great Recovery Technique' is awesome, or if it's more troublesome for me to retract my confession in court."

Meng Chengbiao then loosened up a bit: "How about this, I'll tell you the reason, and you describe the criminal process, how about that?"

"It's a deal!" Ever since Cai Dachui heard the word "bandit leader," he knew he was finished. Coupled with the fact that he was brought back to the country on a business jet, he had no illusions about the future. However, he still wanted to be a "clear ghost" (understand why he died).

Meng Chengbiao coughed twice, looked at the camera, waited for a moment, and then said: "The cause was that we found the victim's bloodstains in a Land Cruiser..."

He described the main situation in a few sentences.

Cai Dachui was dumbfounded: "If I had known... if I had known, I should have pushed that car into the sea!"

Meng Chengbiao curled his lips and smiled: "So, you are admitting to the murder?"

"Admit it, what's there not to admit," Cai Dachui said, then added with disdain: "I killed my own people, what does it have to do with you? You are really being sentimental, wasting time and energy. Some scum, killing them is just killing them. Do you know why I killed him?"

"Why did you kill him?" Determining the motive for murder was also a very important part of the interrogation.

"Because he cooked the books!" Cai Dachui laughed as he said it: "Is it funny or not? Cooking the books itself should be arrested, right? I asked him for money, and he messed around with me, so I could only blow his head off with a gun. I had already lost so much money; I couldn't afford to lose a Land Cruiser too."

Meng Chengbiao: "Is there evidence?"

Cai Dachui was asked to the point of laughter: "You are asking me for evidence? Are you expecting me to give you the account book?"

"If you don't give me the account book, who benefits the most?" Meng Chengbiao asked back.

Cai Dachui fell silent again.

Soon, Cai Dachui spoke again: "If I turn people in, does it count as meritorious service?"

This time, it was Meng Chengbiao's turn to laugh.

Meritorious service was naturally meritorious service, but if the person brought back was used to claim meritorious service for Meng Chengbiao again, then it would be a closed loop all over again.

Inside the surveillance room.

Jiang Yuan stood up and said to Wan Quan, who was guarding the side: "This case should be about done. I'll have Political Commissar Huang contact you and Wu Zhi later."

Strictly speaking, this case still belonged to Wu Zhisu of the Jianjiang Criminal Police Detachment. However, Jiang Yuan didn't need to worry about that much. Huang Qiangmin had been writing and drawing for the past two days and should have already thought of some things.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1256 =====