Chapter 8 Section 8

Welder Zhou Peicheng and plumber Liu Jinshui of the third construction team of Ark Decoration Company were arrested at a decoration construction site in the western district of the city.At that time, both Zhou Peicheng and Liu Jinshui were working on the construction site in work clothes with the words "Ark Decoration" printed on them, as if they didn't even know that the Big Regal Casino was on fire.When the public security officers on duty wanted to take them away, they kept asking, "What's going on? What's going on? What kind of law have we broken?" However, the two suspects were not experienced criminals after all, and obviously had never experienced such a scary scene. Their inner timidity could hardly be concealed. During the negotiation process, they never dared to look the public security officers in the eye.Wang Xiaofeng, the deputy director of the Bell Tower Sub-bureau who led the team, noticed that Zhou Peicheng was trembling from the moment he was taken into the police car, and his face and forehead were sweating profusely.Therefore, Wang Xiaofeng initially thought that this surprise interrogation might easily get the right result.

Unexpectedly, the problem happened to Zhou Peicheng, the most important suspect. Zhou Peicheng refused to admit all the suspicious points raised by the police, and even claimed that he didn't know about the 200,000 yuan economic dispute between his construction team and the rich man Su Afuna, and asked Wang Xiaofeng to ask their captain Zha Tiezhu.After the interrogation, Zha Tiezhu and Liu Yanling's explanations came out, and Zhou Peicheng admitted that he and Liu Jinshui followed the team leader Zha Tiezhu to find Su Afu to pay the final payment of the project on the afternoon of August 13th, and they did quarrel. However, Zhou Peicheng still refused to admit that he had been to the rich man when the fire broke out. Liu Jinshui also swore to prove that when the rich man caught fire, Zhou Peicheng was with him all the time. One step away from the construction site.

Deputy Director Wang Xiaofeng judged from this that Zhou Peicheng might have signed an offensive and defensive alliance with Liu Jinshui and Zha Tiezhu after the incident, so he had to deal with it seriously. , the facts don’t exist? Do you think you can get away with it by signing an offensive and defensive alliance with Liu Jinshui and Zha Tiezhu? Facts are facts! I can tell you that an important witness saw you at the scene of the fire! " Zhou Peicheng resolutely refused to admit it: "Then...then he may have misjudged the person!" Deputy Director Wang Xiaofeng was anxious, but he tried his best to remain patient: "The situation you mentioned is also possible. If the witness passed by by chance and glanced at you accidentally, it is possible that he may have misjudged the person. The problem is, this Witnesses participated in the fire fighting at the beginning, stayed with you and Zha Tiezhu for a while, knew your surname Zhou, and heard you say to Zha Tiezhu: What kind of fire are you fighting? It would be better to burn all these rich people to death Miles! Isn't it?!"

Zhou Peicheng shouted immediately: "I didn't say that, I did, I wasn't there at the time!" Wang Xiaofeng slapped the table: "Then, when you asked Su Afu for money, you threatened to set fire to it, right? Ah!" Zhou Peicheng knew that these words were of great importance, so he raised his head: "I said so much at that time, I can't remember clearly!" Wang Xiaofeng was furious, and threatened coldly: "Zhou Peicheng, don't be so stubborn! I warn you: you are now suspected of a crime, perjury! Don't think that we can't arrest you and sentence you if you don't admit anything. No matter how this fire started, no matter whether it is directly related to you or not, as a citizen of the People's Republic of China, you have the obligation to testify and tell our law enforcement agencies what you know!"

Zhou Peicheng secretly glanced at Wang Xiaofeng, then lowered his head timidly. Wang Xiaofeng's tone softened a little: "Zhou Peicheng, don't be afraid. Even if you seek truth from facts and admit to the scene, we will not believe that you set the fire. What we want to handle the case is evidence, not just a confession!" Zhou Peicheng said: "Director Wang, then...then why do you need to ask me? Show me the evidence!" Wang Xiaofeng really had no other choice, so he asked Zhou Peicheng to calm down, think about the consequences of his stubborn resistance, and went out to call his brother-in-law, Changjiang Zhengliu of the Municipal Bureau, and reported that Zhou Peicheng was indeed suspected of arson, and suggested that Jiang Zhengliu should contact him immediately. Chief Prosecutor Ye Zijing took a breath and took special measures to detain Zhou Peicheng immediately.

Jiang Zhengliu hung up the phone before he finished listening, and asked Wang Xiaofeng to find out about Zhou Peicheng's alleged arson first. Coincidentally, as soon as the phone was put down here, Liu Jinshui broke through. The interrogator reported to Wang Xiaofeng that Liu Jinshui confessed that Zhou Peicheng did go to the rich man an hour before the fire in the rich man entertainment city, saying he was going to the rich man. To help Zha Tiezhu, he went on a tricycle, and when he wanted to come back, he dragged the used electric welding machine back.After the fire broke out in the entertainment city, Zhou Peicheng came back in a panic, saying that it was Zha Tiezhu who accidentally set the rich man on fire, and he might go in. He also said that it was Captain Zha who told him not to admit it. live.

Wang Xiaofeng made up his mind, and when he entered the interrogation room again, he handcuffed Zhou Peicheng without saying a word. Zhou Peicheng's face turned pale all of a sudden, and only then did he realize that the offensive and defensive alliance he had made with Zha Tiezhu and Liu Jinshui was so unreliable. Wang Xiaofeng didn't ask Wang Xiaofeng to say anything more, so he said repeatedly: "I said, I said, I'm here Over the scene!" Wang Xiaofeng said angrily: "You are willing to talk now? Then explain clearly, what did you do at the scene?" Zhou Peicheng said hesitantly: "Can... what can I do? I just want to help Captain Zha! I'm a welder, this... this welding job should be done by me, I... I don't want to get emotional, so Captain Zha will go Yes. When I arrived at the scene, I found that the fire was on fire, so I... just put out the fire with Captain Cha, and... and a young lady..."

Wang Xiaofeng followed closely: "Was it you who discovered the fire first, or that young lady?" Zhou Peicheng was extremely nervous: "Yes...it's that lady, she went upstairs in front of me!" "You left the dormitory and rushed to the rich man. What time is it?" "This... I can't remember clearly!" "Think about it, think about it before you speak!" "It seems...it seems to be past eight o'clock..." "How much after eight o'clock? Be more precise!" "It seems...it seems to be just after eight o'clock?"

"It can't take an hour to ride a tricycle from your dormitory to the rich man, right?" "Usually...that's half an hour..." "What are you doing in half an hour? Have you visited the entertainment city?" Zhou Peicheng couldn't continue, and looked at Wang Xiaofeng in a daze: "Wang... Director Wang, you... you doubt me... I set fire to it, right? Before the fire, I... I never entered the entertainment city, really... real……" Wang Xiaofeng stared at Zhou Peicheng with sharp eyes: "Zhou Peicheng, don't rush to explain, answer my question first: what did you do in that half hour? Since you didn't enter the entertainment city, where are you?"

Zhou Peicheng timidly avoided Wang Xiaofeng's gaze, and replied hesitantly: "I... I bumped into... an old man on a bicycle on the road, and I...we quarreled..." "On the way? Which way?" "Know... Zhichun intersection..." "What's the old man's last name, what's his name?" "This... How would I know this?" "Describe what he looks like." "Just... just an old man, neither tall nor short, no... neither fat nor thin!" "You didn't say that! What does the old man look like?" "This... I don't know what to say, she looks... very ordinary..."

Wang Xiaofeng became more and more aware: "Zhou Peicheng, please be more honest! The fire in Dafuhao Entertainment City did not burn one or two people to death, but one hundred and fifty-four people! How many innocent families were buried by this fire! How many sons have lost their fathers, how many wives have lost their husbands, how many old men have lost their sons and daughters!" Zhou Peicheng's face was pale and ugly, and he murmured weakly: "What...what does this have to do with me?" Wang Xiaofeng roared uncontrollably: "It's okay? Didn't you say that? It would be better if all these rich men were burned to death! Are the one hundred and fifty-four people burned to death in the entertainment city all rich men? They are citizens who abide by the law and work hard to get rich! They used their spare time to rest in the entertainment city, and they ended up like this!" Zhou Peicheng argued: "I... the rich man I cursed is not them, but... someone like Su Afu!" Wang Xiaofeng snorted: "Zhou Peicheng, I think your emotions are very problematic. If you don't hate poverty, you hate inequality!" Zhou Peicheng was very dissatisfied. He was stunned for a while, and finally plucked up his courage and pulled himself together: "No... no! I... I only hate injustice! As long as... as long as it is fair, I have nothing to say! Now Are many things fair? He... How did Su Afu get rich? How dare he openly open a brothel? Su Afu opened...a brothel, you...you police secretly protect me, but my...our wife and daughter go to prostitution! " Wang Xiaofeng was stunned, and asked almost solemnly: "Zhou Peicheng, is there any basis for what you said? Ah? Which of our police is protecting the brothel? Is this entertainment city in Suafu a brothel? Who are we referring to? Whose wife and daughter are prostitutes for the rich? Please explain clearly today, we must investigate and do it!" Zhou Peicheng's tone became tough: "Investigate whoever is responsible, Director Wang, you should stop using this kind of bureaucratic tone!" Wang Xiaofeng took a breather: "Okay, okay, Zhou Peicheng, let's not talk about this matter now! You can talk about it slowly in the future. If these situations are true, we will definitely deal with them seriously in accordance with party discipline and state laws! But, no matter what you say, None of this should be a reason for you to hate society and take crazy revenge..." Zhou Peicheng sneered: "What? Director Wang, do you really think I set the fire?" Wang Xiaofeng said as calmly as possible: "Zhou Peicheng, no one believes that you set the fire. How did the fire start? We will investigate further, and I believe the truth will be revealed soon!" Zhou Peicheng asked tentatively: "That is to say, you...you don't have much reason to arrest me now?" Wang Xiaofeng said unceremoniously: "There is a reason, and the reason is very sufficient: you are suspected of perjury!" ...