Chapter 518: I Became a Suspect and Finding a Scapegoat

Motive is always the most important link in the judicial system.

The police officer glanced at Pang Da. He didn't find any problems from Pang Da's performance and reactions.

He didn't show anything unnatural, spoke fluently, thought when he should think, and was very natural when he should show some embarrassment or unhappiness. At least there was no problem during the initial interrogation.

Or rather, before finding some of his sensitive problems, he performed very normally.

So the interrogation personnel shifted their attention from Pang Da himself to the two clues he provided.

"Can we talk about the content Weber chatted with you?"

"I guarantee that only those who need to understand these things are qualified to see this record."

"Except for these people, no one else will see it, and no one will leak its content."

Pang Da clapped his hands, "What can't be talked about?"

"However, you have to give me a cigarette first."

After Pang Da lit the cigarette, he took two puffs, as if recalling.

"I went into his office in the afternoon. I thought he would find trouble with me. You know, the conflict between us sometimes shows up quite obviously."

"But what makes people feel surprised is that he first told me that he didn't want to take away my promotion opportunity when he came here."

"He said he had a big case in his hand. As long as this big case is solved, he has a great possibility and opportunity to move up a bit more."

"He talked about some bad performance of Chief Dai Er..."

The pen shaking rapidly in the police officer's hand recorded everything Pang Da said. When he heard this, he raised his hand and interrupted, "Sorry, can you talk about what he said?"

Pang Da nodded and talked about the words Weber said. These are the truth; he doesn't need to hide or lie.

"The bombing case made us lose face. You know, two explosions."

The police officer nodded. Not only him, but the whole Federation knew about such big news. Many heavyweight newspapers reported it, and it is said that foreign countries also reported it.

"He thinks these are problems with Chief Dai Er's management. He is too cowardly toward those criminals. He feels we should be tough."

"Then he told me, if he were chief, these things wouldn't happen, and..."

The police officer looked up slightly, "And what?"

"He also said, he would recommend me to become a senior agent, saying there was no conflict between him and me, and senior agent was just a springboard for him. He hoped I could work for him or something."

Pang Da carried some disdain on his face, "He wanted to bribe me."

The police officer had some understanding after hearing this. He quickly recorded some things, "Talk about Chief Dai Er."

Pang Da's thinking couldn't keep up with his rhythm. After a few seconds, he said, "Chief Dai Er... I actually don't know him very well. After all, I am just an ordinary agent and rarely can contact him directly."

"He is actually a pretty good person. From my perspective, he is easier to contact and easy to talk to."

"His concept of time is sometimes not good, but overall he is pretty good to us..."

The two asked and answered a lot of things. By the end, the police officer looked at the key information recorded in his hand, and a contour slowly unfolded in his mind.

"Finally, I have a question I want to ask you. Have you told anyone about the action target at night?"

"This is a very important question. You must answer seriously and honestly. This relates to whether you will be considered to have a problem."

Pang Da shook his head firmly, "I haven't told anyone."

"Good, thank you for your cooperation, Agent Pang Da. If there is any need, we will contact you again. Recently..."

Pang Da put the cigarette butt into the ashtray and stood up, "I know, I won't leave Jincheng."

After the two shook hands, Pang Da came out of the interrogation room. He looked very tired, but deep in his eyes, there was a hint of relief.

The nature of this case is very heinous. Even the governor and the attorney general called to inquire about the occurrence, process, and results of this case, as well as the methods they used to deal with it.

Hunter sat in the office, and several backbone members and confidants sat opposite him.

He crossed his legs, held a cigarette, and while flipping through the submitted confessions, listened to them report their work.

"... Judging from the evidence we have mastered so far, the suspects are mainly concentrated on Dai Er, Pang Da, and... these people."

The police officer responsible for organizing the confessions briefly talked about the reasons why these people were suspected.

"If Weber can successfully solve this case, he might top Dai Er, so there is an irreconcilable conflict between him and Dai Er."

"This conflict is very sharp. Weber might have revealed his thoughts to more people. It is possible that these thoughts were known by Dai Er, so he sold out this action plan."

"Pang Da's suspicion lies in the fact that his relationship with Weber has always been very bad. Weber came directly from the State Prohibition Committee to work locally, topping Pang Da's promotion quota, so there is a conflict between them."

"In addition..."

He said all possible conflicts and problems. Hunter put the report back on the table, "Who do you think has the greatest suspicion?"

"Although I don't want to think so, judging from these temporary, unverified evidence we have obtained, I personally think Chief Dai Er's suspicion is relatively large."

Hunter didn't show any inclination, "Reason?"

"The conflict between Pang Da and other agents and Weber should be some differences in work. Except for Pang Da, the conflict between them is not serious enough to sell intelligence to those gangs and then set up a game to kill Weber."

"In addition, I learned that it should be very difficult for Pang Da and the Lansi family to exist in cooperation, because under his chairmanship, multiple Lansi family bars and warehouses were captured, with a case value of tens of thousands."

"The feud between them should be very difficult to resolve."

Hunter raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Why is he so against the Lansi family?"

The police officer also said a guess, "Pang Da used to work under Officer Lukaer, and Officer Lukaer's death has some relationship with the Lansi family."

Officer Lukaer can also be considered Hunter's old colleague. He knows this person, a bit pretentious, but not too bad, and is a good hand at work.

Of course, these are not the key. The key is that this reason makes sense.

Under the leadership of the old boss, Pang Da and the Lansi family have always been in opposition, and then Officer Lukaer was killed, and he inherited some of Officer Lukaer's things.

"Great Revengeism" also exists in law enforcement departments. If the boss is killed by a gang, then subordinates taking revenge for the boss will get support and recognition from many people.

"You continue!", he signaled the police officer to continue.

"The only one here who has the possibility of an upgrade conflict is Dai Er."

"Since the establishment of the Hazardous Materials Administration, the achievements Dai Er can take out are not many. The biggest scandal of the Hazardous Materials Administration also happened here, and he also got together with the mayor."

"I personally feel that once he is topped, he might be marginalized immediately and then eliminated."

"The conflict between him and Weber is the one that cannot be resolved. Someone must stop."

Speaking of this, the police officer felt that he had said enough. This already involved political issues.

The mayor was abandoned, so his good friend, partner, Chief Dai Er, would he also be abandoned, and he did so many stupid things.

Is it possible that he would reveal this action plan to others in order to keep his position, and then exchange it for these people's action against Weber?

Very possible!

From the perspective of profit, Weber's death cannot make others take huge risks to do so, including Pang Da.

He claimed in his confession that he had planned to apply for a transfer, and in the inquiry of his colleagues, his colleagues also admitted this statement.

Then only Chief Dai Er is left, and he is the biggest beneficiary.

Hunter, who reached this conclusion, was a bit unbelievable, "Do you think you can believe it yourself after saying it?"

"The chief of the Hazardous Materials Administration and the biggest local gang have a collusive relationship?"

These are all his confidants, or rather, those who are not his confidants have been transferred to other places to serve in less important positions.

His confidant said without hesitation, "The mayor also has some relationship with Lansi."

A few days ago, if it weren't for the mayor's phone call, Hunter could have locked Lansi up for a long time. This statement made Hunter's intuition that he didn't quite believe this guess appear a crack.

Yes, Lansi and the mayor have a good relationship now, and the mayor and Chief Dai Er have contact. They have the ability to unite together with the mayor as a bridge!

Not to mention how deep the cooperation is, but at least there is no problem in promoting this cooperation!

Hunter didn't want to think so, but he had to investigate around this result.

"Give me a report. Don't explicitly mention our suspicion of Chief Dai Er. After all, he is still the chief of a federal law enforcement agency."

"However, you can guess and think from the perspective of the person writing the report, understand?"

Several confidants of course understood this matter. He paused for a while, let this matter settle in everyone's heart, and then talked about the other part.

"They all say this winery is the Lansi family's. Was any evidence found at the scene?"

One of the police officers took out a photo and handed it over. Hunter took a look, "Golden Lion Wine."

"Yes, we found some broken glass bottles near the farm, basically all Golden Lion wine bottles."

"Whiskey, brandy, wine, all have."

At a glance/p>

"So Golden Lion Wine is Lansi's industry?"

Hunter licked his lips, "Sounds like this case is getting bigger and bigger."

"Is there any evidence to prove these guesses?"

He looked at these subordinates expectantly, but unfortunately, they couldn't provide any of the evidence he needed.

"Let's do this for now. Follow our rhythm. Don't alarm anyone."

"Whether it's Chief Dai Er or Lansi, we must get enough evidence..."

At the same time, Chief Dai Er also received a phone call from his good friend.

The first sentence was a breaking sound that made him have to keep the receiver away from his ear, "Are you goddamn crazy?"

"I told you Weber was going to top you, and you killed him at night?"

Chief Dai Er was stunned for a moment, then took the receiver back to his ear, "Don't goddamn talk nonsense. When did I kill Weber?"

He was a bit nervous!

But his friend didn't listen to this, "Come on, we've known each other for so many years, I know what kind of person you are, Dai Er."

"You felt he would affect you, and then you found someone to kill him at night. You did it too rashly!"

"You could have waited a bit longer. You did this, making us all very passive!"

Chief Dai Er also realized this problem at this time. Ordinary people might not have this information, there is an information gap, so they won't have any abnormalities.

But for those who know this news, Weber's uncle is helping him operate this matter, and Weber had an accident and died, dead as can be. To say there is no problem here, I'm afraid everyone won't believe it!

"Egg!"

"I swear to God, this is absolutely not what I did!"

"You know me. If I did it, I would definitely tell you."

His friend was a bit suspicious, "Really?"

"Really!"

A sigh came from the receiver, "But now everyone thinks you did it. You have to find a way to clarify, otherwise, the investigation team will come to you soon."

"You know, when they decide to mess with you, you can't resist."

The more successful people are, the more problems they have!

Especially for politicians.

The salary the federal government gives politicians is not high because a group of taxpayers is watching.

This also means that if these politicians only rely on their own salary income, they cannot support the life they have now.

Of course, some people might say that the

But these things also have standards and requirements.

These requirements and standards are just for show ninety-nine percent of the time and are of no use whatsoever.

But when Congress decides to take action against a certain politician, they only need to have them account for where every penny in their pockets came from, and they can find a way to deal with them.

Capitalists are the same; they also cannot clearly explain the origin of every penny they have. As long as they say it wrong, or cannot find proof that this money is absolutely legal, then it is absolutely illegal—it is a crime!

When he was in Jinzhou, Director Dai Er was very clear about these tactics. He knew that Congress did not need to use any effort at all to deal with the people below, and he also became impatient.

"Thank you for telling me this. I won't chat with you anymore; I have to go and handle this."

"But remember what I told you: this matter has nothing to do with me, goddammit!"

After hanging up the phone, Director Dai Er sat in his office chair for a good while, then picked up the phone and requested to convene a plenary meeting.

The Hazardous Materials Bureau is, after all, a law enforcement department. Although they will cooperate with the police's work, it does not mean they will be detained by the police; they also have their own work to do.

Soon, the senior agents and team leaders were all sitting in the office, and Pang Da was there too.

After such a big incident, they must be on standby at all times and in all places.

"I am very sorry about what happened last night, but I am also very angry!"

"This is a huge injury and provocation to us. We cannot become passive just because of such a loss."

"The federal Congress and the people have given us everything; this is precisely where the people need us!"

"We must absolutely not compromise with evil, nor will we surrender."

"We are going to launch a comprehensive investigation into this case. No matter who is behind the creation of this, we are bound to ferret this person out, send him to the gallows, and avenge our sacrificed brothers!"

He paused as he spoke, "Senior Agent Wei Bo has unfortunately died, and another senior agent has also been seriously injured and will be unable to return to work for a short time."

"Our work needs someone to take the lead, so I will re-select two candidates for senior agent from among you..."

Everyone had been somewhat absent-minded, but at this moment, because of this sentence, they all perked up.

Director Dai Er's gaze swept over everyone, and finally landed on Pang Da, "Pang Da."

Pang Da was stunned for a moment, his heart becoming somewhat agitated in an instant. He stood up, "Yes?"

"You are now a senior agent."

"I had intended to nominate you before, but... however, everything has returned to the right track."

"Your current responsibilities are heavy; not only must you figure out the situation at that factory, but you must also find a way to ferret out the mole!"

Pang Da nodded forcefully, "I will, don't worry, Director."

There is a reason for choosing Pang Da. First, he was supposed to be promoted to senior agent anyway, and at the same time, he is very much at odds with the Lansi family.

At this time, reusing Pang Da will absolutely not be a problem. Everyone is saying that the winery has a connection to the Lansi family, so using Pang Da, who is at odds with the Lansi family, indicates Director Dai Er's stance.

Besides this, he also needs to divert some attention. He wants to make people remember that the first person Wei Bo offended after arriving was Pang Da, not him, the director!

He is not sure if remedial action is useful now, but doing it is definitely better than doing nothing at all!

After he appointed the other senior agent, he let everyone go to work.

Besides having to inventory those wines into storage and then destroy them, he also has to find a way to see if he can find an opportunity to move around.

With such a big scapegoat, how could he let only himself carry it?

With one more suspect, the problems on him would be a little less, and the hope of surviving under heavy pressure would be a little more.

Someone like him, who came from Jinzhou to the local area and has also provided some services for Congress, will either live out his life happily or die suddenly the moment he is suspected—there is no third path to choose!

After a day of fermentation, more media and more distant places reported this news. Director Dai Er and the Jincheng Hazardous Materials Bureau became famous once again—of course, not for a good reputation.

(End of chapter)