Chapter 2780 Are you sure?

“Logically speaking, dash cams are not usually removed by anyone unless there are special circumstances. However, the police did not find the dash cam’s memory card at the scene when they were collecting evidence, which is very unusual. This is the second suspicious point I think,” Jiang Yunpeng continued.

"Now both questions have been answered. Qi Yaqiu went to the Shahe Bridge area late at night to meet the person who wrote the anonymous letter, and the reason why the dashcam's memory card could not be found was that someone did not want the memory card to be found."

"Moreover, the incident occurred in a blind spot of the surveillance system. Our Shazhou has very comprehensive security and road surveillance systems, but the place where the incident happened happened to be in a very small blind spot. The probability of this is very small. Now it seems that someone deliberately designed it," Jiang Yunpeng analyzed.

"Did you find anything else useful in your investigation?" Qin Feng asked.

"There are many suspicious points about the driver who caused the accident, but there is one thing I only found out when I had someone secretly investigate the driver."

"what's the situation?"

"The driver who caused the accident suffered a sudden myocardial infarction in prison and died despite being taken to a designated hospital for treatment."

When did this happen?

"A month ago."

Hearing this, Qin Feng frowned. It was clear that the death of the driver had been planned in advance and was just waiting for the right time to be carried out.

Qin Feng is now certain that Qi Yaqiu's death was a case of intentional homicide.

“There’s another piece of information that I didn’t think was relevant before, but now it seems to explain a lot of things,” Jiang Yunpeng continued.

"Based on what you've said, Mayor Qi Yaqiu must have obtained important evidence to hand over directly to Beijing, but he was killed in a car accident before he could go to Beijing. Obviously, the Yang family knew about this and that's why they did this out of desperation."

“But how did the Yang family find out? I suspect someone passed the message to the Yang family. Who is this person? They need to know that someone informed Qi Yaqiu, that Qi Yaqiu obtained important evidence, that Qi Yaqiu was going to Beijing the next day, and even the exact time and route of Qi Yaqiu’s departure. Otherwise, it would be impossible to arrange such a perfect car accident,” Jiang Yunpeng analyzed.

"You suspect the driver?" Qin Feng immediately understood.

“When I was thinking about this car accident, I suspected the driver, so I had someone investigate him. But considering that the driver is dead, I ruled that out.”

"But after hearing what you know, I can conclude that someone close to Comrade Qi Yaqiu must have leaked information to the Yang family, so the driver is the prime suspect."

"When I had someone investigate the driver's situation, they discovered a problem."

"What's the problem?" Qin Feng asked.

“The driver’s son works at Lixin Group, and his son started working at Lixin Group three months before the incident.”

"What's even stranger is that the driver's son dropped out of high school before finishing junior high and didn't have a stable job before. Because the driver was the mayor's driver, he used some connections and was eventually assigned to the traffic police team as an auxiliary police officer."

"Auxiliary police officers are not police officers after all; they are just temporary workers with low wages and little future prospects."

“But three months before Qi Yaqiu’s accident, he suddenly started working at Lixin Group, and his salary was 12,000 yuan a month. In addition to that, he also received other bonuses and benefits, and had social insurance and housing fund.”

"With his current salary and benefits, he's at least a mid-level manager at Lixin Group. How could a new employee like him possibly enjoy such a position? Besides, how did he even get a job at Lixin Group's headquarters?"

“The month after the accident, Lixin Group gave the driver’s son a special bonus of 100,000 yuan to his salary card,” Jiang Yunpeng said.

“If it was the driver who betrayed Comrade Qi Yaqiu, then everything makes sense, and judging from the current situation, it can be basically confirmed that it was the driver who betrayed Qi Yaqiu.” Qin Feng nodded.

"I suspect that the Yang family secretly bribed the driver several months ago, so that the driver could provide them with information about Comrade Qi Yaqiu's whereabouts at any time. Based on what I know, Comrade Qi Yaqiu had a very bad relationship with Yang Zhijie during his tenure as mayor, so it is entirely possible that Yang Zhijie bribed Comrade Qi Yaqiu's driver."

"That very night, the driver told the Yang family who Qi Yaqiu had met and that he was going to Beijing the next day. Then the Yang family ruthlessly murdered Comrade Qi Yaqiu."

"I think there's another problem here: who is the person who anonymously sent the letter to Comrade Qi Yaqiu and secretly met with him? Where is he now? Is he still alive? He's a very crucial person," Jiang Yunpeng continued his analysis.

"What's your opinion?" Qin Feng asked.

"I think this person has most likely been silenced by the Yang family. The fact that the other party secretly reported on the Yang family and was able to collect important intelligence or evidence means that this person is most likely someone within the Yang family system."

"Since the driver betrayed Comrade Qi Yaqiu, he must have also betrayed that person. The Yang family can only find out what the other party gave Comrade Qi Yaqiu by finding that person, because the driver certainly doesn't know what he gave her, and Comrade Qi Yaqiu would never tell the driver."

"Given the Yang family's character, killing those who betray them is already the most merciful thing they can do," Jiang Yunpeng said.

Qin Feng nodded. He had to admire Jiang Yunpeng; in terms of business acumen, Jiang Yunpeng was far more capable than him. With the same information, Jiang Yunpeng could immediately analyze many situations that he couldn't have imagined.

"Mayor, I will find a way to locate this person, and investigate each and every person who disappeared or died unexpectedly during that period," Jiang Yunpeng continued.

"The circumstances surrounding Comrade Qi Yaqiu's death have now been basically clarified." Qin Feng nodded in satisfaction.

"Mayor, you absolutely cannot report this to the leaders like this! Right now, all of this is just our speculation, and there is no actual evidence to prove it," Jiang Yunpeng hurriedly said.

"Finding evidence is your business, the police's business. For me and the leaders in Beijing, all we need is to determine whether Comrade Qi Yaqiu died accidentally or was murdered, and to find out who the murderer is."

"Can you be sure that Comrade Qi Yaqiu did not die in an accidental car accident but was deliberately murdered?" Qin Feng asked.

Jiang Yunpeng hesitated. Having been a policeman his whole life, he was very meticulous in judging cases and would only draw conclusions when the evidence was conclusive. But now, there was no evidence to draw a conclusion, and Jiang Yunpeng didn't know whether he should speak or not.

Moreover, Jiang Yunpeng knew how important his answer to Qin Feng was today. If it was ultimately confirmed that Qi Yaqiu was not murdered, he would bear a huge responsibility.

But Jiang Yunpeng also knew what answer Qin Feng wanted, and it was definitely not him trying to avoid harm by staying here.