Chapter 107: Major Discovery

  Like He Peiwen, many people do not understand why Yu Xiaopeng and his group have been detained for a long time beyond the normal judicial time limit, but the trial result has not been announced yet. For this reason, Yu Xiaopeng's mother Wang Pengying and aunt Yu Li have gone to the court and public security bureau to protest many times, and also asked lawyers to file written inquiries with the court.

  The responses from the court and public security bureau were almost identical:

  "The case has a new lead, so it can't be closed for the time being. Since it can't be closed, a verdict can't be announced immediately. Please forgive us."

  Similarly, the court and public security bureau also responded in this way to media reporters. However, when the reporter further asked:

  "Excuse me, does this mean that apart from the Provincial City Bathing Center incident, new clues have been discovered?"

  "You can understand it this way, but we are not convenient to reveal for the time being."

  Yu Xiaopeng, who was detained, knew about the leisure center and also knew that Di Rong had framed him, but he didn't panic too much. In this regard, Yu Xiaopeng still trusted the police. After all, most of Di Rong's subordinates were aware of the truth, and as long as they investigated those people, they would naturally clear his name. In Yu Xiaopeng's heart, he had already given up on Di Rong.

  What Yu Xiaopeng never expected was that his actions that night had already been completely grasped by the police.

  When the Public Security Bureau discovered that Yu Xiaopeng had used his mother Wang Pengying's ID to open a bank account with several abnormal fund flows, and the funds were all transferred to private accounts overseas, they had already launched a secret investigation into Yu Xiaopeng's recent activities. Especially on the day of the last transaction, when the third batch of funds flowed out of Wang Pengying's account, the police thoroughly investigated Yu Xiaopeng's whereabouts.

  The funds were transferred out at 3 am, and the police searched back from 3 am. First, they collected video materials from Yu Xiaopeng's residential area and nearby surveillance cameras. It was easy to see that around 11 pm, Yu Xiaopeng went downstairs, drove away from the community, and headed towards the suburbs in a strange behavior. Through surveillance videos along the way, the police finally determined where Yu Xiaopeng stopped his car. When they saw Yu Xiaopeng get out of the car, walk alone, and gradually leave the monitoring video's field of view, the police immediately sent someone to investigate on site. Based on the time it took for Yu Xiaopeng to return to the car as seen in the video, the police inferred how far he had walked and conducted a simulation of the situation.

  Walking back and forth, nothing unusual was found on the street ahead. At this time, a young policeman pointed to the public phone booth by the side of the road and said:

  "He wouldn't have come here to make a phone call, would he?"

  "How can this be..."

  Deputy director of the criminal investigation department Song Weili only said half a sentence before stopping abruptly. He immediately ordered the police officer who had just spoken to...

  "Little Sun, go to the telephone bureau and bring back all the phone numbers that were dialed from this public phone during that time period. Everyone else, return to the police station."

  After returning to the police station, Song Weili immediately went to Director Li Naiyu's office for a verbal report.

  "Director Li, based on the conclusions drawn from the on-site simulation, it is highly likely that Yu Xiaopeng's purpose for going out late at night was to make a phone call to the recipient of the remittance. On that street, apart from a public telephone booth, there were hardly any other eye-catching things."

  "Are you sure?"

  "We have to wait for Little Sun to get the call records from the public phone before we can be completely sure."

  "It's highly likely. In the middle of the night, using a secret account, transferring money to an overseas mysterious account, it looks like they're doing something that can't be revealed. So, before the transfer, it's necessary to communicate, or rather, negotiate the price."

  Li Naiwen stopped talking and looked at Song Weili.

  "Director Li?"

  "Bring you to the scene immediately, and gather all police officers who know about this matter in a small conference room at the same time, asking them to bring communication tools, including yours."

  "Yes."

  Song Weili first took out his mobile phone, turned it off and put it on Li Naiyuan's desk before turning around to leave.

  When they found out about Yu Xiaopeng's secret account and the remittance to overseas, including those who were brought to the scene by Song Weili to simulate Yu Xiaopeng's mysterious actions that night, everyone gathered in the conference room. And at the same time, their mobile phones and other communication tools were all taken away.

  Li Naiwen walked in and explained to those police officers:

  "Due to the severity of the matter, in order to prevent leaks before the case is cracked, all individuals present, including Song Weili and I, Li Naiyuan, are not allowed to leave the police station until the case is solved; must not leave the surveillance video range without reason; must not contact family or friends; must not use any communication equipment within the police station without permission. Otherwise, they will be prosecuted for leaking secrets and harboring crimes."

  Those police officers also understood that the background of the people involved was too unusual, and they also understood the director's difficulties in making such arrangements. To be honest, this way, it actually made them a lot easier. If not, if they were found by Yu Xiaopeng and others through connections, asking about the progress of the case, it would really be embarrassing.

  Soon, Xiao Sun obtained the call records of that public phone on that deep night. At 9:40 at night to 6:00 in the morning, there was only one call made from that public phone, which coincided with the short six and a half minutes when Yu Xiaopeng appeared and disappeared in the surveillance video.

  Li Naiwen did not dare to slack off and immediately made a detailed report to Zou Zhenshu of the Provincial Department, who in turn reported it to the National Security Bureau.

  After reporting, Zou Zhenshu called Li Naiwen and ordered:

  "As for that number you've been called, you also launch an investigation, just be sure not to alert the other party, first take a look at what kind of number it is, then arrange manpower, and conduct 24-hour uninterrupted surveillance."

  "Don't worry, leader, I'll arrange it right away."

  The number is easy to find, it's a local number, just the location is a bit off, it's one of the three incineration plants in the provincial capital, and it's a phone in the security room. Li Naiyuan received the news and immediately brought people to drive to the front gate of the incineration plant and circled around. What made Li Naiyuan difficult was that the incineration plant is backed by a small hill, with its main gate facing south, and there are large fields in the south, but there isn't a single place where someone could hide. How can they be monitored?

  Helpless, back to the bureau, arranged for Song Weili to lead people to change into plain clothes, first find the crematorium's leader, and understand the situation of the doorman.

  Song Weili went for a total of more than two hours and rushed back to report to Li Naiwen:

  "The gatekeepers of the incineration plant are not formal employees, but two old men in their sixties hired from outside who take turns to be on duty for 24 hours each. One is named Xiong Tianlin, 64 years old, and has been working as a gatekeeper at the incineration plant for ten years. He has no children, lives alone, and his home is in Cuijiazhuang outside the East City. The other one is named Yu Jiwei, 65 years old, who was hired five years ago. His hometown is Wangsheren, he has a wife, children, a 90-year-old mother, brothers, sisters, younger brothers and sisters, with a relatively complex family structure."

  "Focus on investigating Xiong Tianlin to see if he is a native of Zengjiashan Village. If not, where did he move from and when, it must be thoroughly investigated."

  "Yes."