Chapter 2779 Report on Investigation Results

"This...Mayor, the clues we've uncovered are all fragmented and can't be pieced together at all. I really don't know how to report this to you, and much of the information we've gathered can't be connected."

"Please give me some more time. I'll give you a detailed report once the investigation results are complete," Jiang Yunpeng said hesitantly.

"I received a call from Beijing, asking me to go to Beijing in the next day or two to personally report to the leaders on the situation since I came to work in Shazhou."

"I told you last time that one of my tasks in coming to Shazhou was to investigate the true cause of Comrade Qi Yaqiu's death. Should I report this to the leadership tomorrow if they ask me about it?" Qin Feng said, somewhat displeased.

He received a call from Zhao Hongjian yesterday afternoon. Zhao Hongjian was going to Beijing for a meeting today, so he asked Qin Feng to go as well to report on the situation of the sandbar to Vice Minister Hong and other leaders.

"Since you say your investigation is fragmented and you don't know how to report it, then I'll tell you what I know. You can then report back to me based on what I know and your own investigation results," Qin Feng said after easing the tension.

"Okay." Jiang Yunpeng nodded quickly.

Jiang Yunpeng was telling the truth. Qi Yaqiu's death was a taboo subject in Shazhou City. Even as the director of the Public Security Bureau, he dared not openly send people to investigate the matter. Everything had to be done in secret, which made it very difficult and slow.

The information gathered so far is fragmented, piece by piece, and even he himself can't figure out the sequence of events, or which information is useful and which is useless. How can he report this to Qin Feng?

"The day before the incident, Comrade Qi Yaqiu received an anonymous letter in which someone reported to him that there was a huge underground casino in the Lixin Hotel. It is unclear whether the letter mentioned FD, but it definitely mentioned the underground casino."

"In the letter, this person also arranged to meet Comrade Qi Yaqiu at the Shahe Bridge that evening. He had important intelligence or evidence to hand over to Comrade Qi Yaqiu in person. He asked Comrade Qi Yaqiu to go alone and not to tell anyone about it. It had to be kept absolutely secret."

"After reading the letter, Comrade Qi Yaqiu tore up the anonymous letter to maintain secrecy. That evening, Comrade Qi Yaqiu asked his driver to go to the Shahe Bridge alone to meet the other party."

"After the meeting, Comrade Qi Yaqiu decided to go to Beijing the next day and asked his secretary Zhang Xinming to help him buy the earliest flight to Xidu and then transfer to Beijing. At the same time, he called Chen Guohua to inform him of his plan to go to Beijing early the next morning."

"After receiving Qi Yaqiu's call, Zhang Xinming immediately notified the driver to pick up Qi Yaqiu half an hour early the next morning and informed him that Qi Yaqiu was going to the airport."

"After finishing the call, Chen Guohua called Peng Zhen, the then secretary-general, to report that Qi Yaqiu was going to Beijing and asked him to adjust his work schedule."

"The next morning, the driver picked up Qi Yaqiu half an hour early. The car accident happened shortly after they started driving. That's the gist of the whole thing," Qin Feng said slowly.

"Furthermore, according to what I understand, this was done by Yang Zhihao, with Yang Zhijie as the mastermind, and Yang Guoqiang was unaware of it beforehand."

“I had specifically asked Comrade Feng Changjun about this matter before. After the Qi Yaqiu incident, Chang Yunbing personally intervened in the investigation at the first opportunity. After that, Chang Yunbing personally led the entire investigation process, including leading the investigation at the beginning and cooperating with the provincial investigation team later.”

"Although the investigation was nominally led by Feng Changjun, you know very well the situation at the Public Security Bureau at the time. Chang Yunbing was in charge, and Feng Changjun wasn't very knowledgeable about the business, so he just listened to the reports and didn't know the specifics."

"Of course, I am more inclined to believe that Feng Changjun knew the specifics of what happened, or guessed what happened, so he deliberately did not participate in the specific investigation work, not wanting to get into trouble."

"Moreover, I am certain that someone must have pressured Feng Changjun afterward, which is why Feng Changjun deliberately handed the whole matter over to Chang Yunbing. Otherwise, with a mayor dead, even if Feng Changjun wanted to avoid suspicion, he wouldn't dare to slack off on this matter."

"It is certain that Jiang Longjun was one of the people who put pressure on Feng Changjun, and it is also certain that someone else put pressure on Jiang Longjun. This person is naturally a big shot in the province."

"One more thing is certain: the investigation team organized by the province definitely had problems, plus the Shazhou City Public Security Bureau, which is why the investigation results regarding Qi Yaqiu's death were so flawless." Qin Feng told Jiang Yunpeng everything he knew and his guesses in one breath.

"This is all I know. Note that I'm only saying what I know. I can't verify the truth of this information; you'll have to verify it yourself. But for now, I'm more inclined to believe that this information is true, because it's what I've gathered from several sources, and these pieces of information together form a coherent whole," Qin Feng said again.

"I believe you now have a general understanding of the whole situation. Now, based on what I've told you, tell me your investigation results and clues." Qin Feng said, lighting another cigarette.

After Qin Feng finished lighting his cigarette, he tossed one to Jiang Yunpeng. Jiang Yunpeng lit it and sat there quietly taking several puffs, clearly trying to quickly integrate the situation he had described with the clues he had gathered from his investigation.

Jiang Yunpeng remained silent, smoking. Qin Feng didn't urge him but continued reading the newspaper, knowing that Jiang Yunpeng needed time to think.

"Mayor, first of all, I am ashamed. As the director of the Public Security Bureau, I dispatched elite troops to investigate for so long, only to find that the information I gathered was less than a drop in the ocean compared to yours. It's truly..."

"Stop with the useless nonsense and just tell me what you've found out," Qin Feng said bluntly.

"Yes, based on what you've said, I now have a general outline of the Qi Yaqiu death case. Combined with what you've said, it also corroborates several points I've investigated."

"Comrade Qi Yaqiu's itinerary before the incident has always been the focus of our investigation. According to the investigation, Comrade Qi Yaqiu did go to the Shahe Bridge area the night before the incident, but he did not stay for long. We only know that he went in that direction, but we don't know the specific address or what he did there. We just feel that this matter is a little suspicious."

“According to our investigation, only Comrade Qi Yaqiu and the driver were in the car that night, and both of them are dead. There was a dashcam in the car, but the memory card was missing after the accident. The police station’s files don’t have it, so we can’t investigate any further,” Jiang Yunpeng said.