Chapter 2895 Murder or Suicide?

An hour and a half later, Qin Feng walked into the small conference room of the municipal government. Sun Yuanwei, Feng Changjun, Chen Guohua and Jiang Yunpeng were already there, sitting inside smoking and talking. When they saw Qin Feng come in, they all stood up immediately.

"mayor!"

"mayor!"

"..."

Qin Feng gestured for everyone to sit down.

Although Qin Feng invited everyone to sit down, they all waited until Qin Feng sat down in his seat before taking their own.

"Enough with the small talk. Today we're mainly discussing Shao Hongli's death. Things are quite complicated right now," Qin Feng said.

"Let me first tell you the general background of this matter. The reason for this is Ding Wenbo. Ding Wenbo used the excuse of going to Shanghai for a medical check-up, but in reality, he went to Shanghai to surrender to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection."

"During his surrender, he implicated Shao Hongli and provided the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection with a great deal of evidence related to Shao Hongli's illegal and criminal activities. After obtaining concrete evidence of Shao Hongli's illegal and criminal activities, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection sent a supervisory team to the province to supervise the investigation of the case, and also transferred the case to the provincial discipline inspection commission."

"The provincial discipline inspection commission's working group arrived in Shazhou without prior notice to our municipal party committee and government. It was only after the provincial discipline inspection commission's working group had already arrived in Shazhou that we were informed of Shao Hongli's suspected violation of laws and regulations."

"You are probably familiar with what happened next. Shao Hongli died under mysterious circumstances, catching everyone off guard, including the provincial government and our municipal party committee and government. The situation is very complicated now. The provincial discipline inspection commission's working group is still in Shazhou, while the central discipline inspection commission's supervisory group has arrived in Xidu."

"The provincial party committee has not yet given a clear opinion on this matter, and Secretary Jiang of the municipal party committee has not made a statement either. He only said that Shao Hongli is a member of our municipal government and that our municipal government should be responsible for handling this matter."

"Gentlemen, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the Municipal Party Committee are all involved in this case, and none of them have made a statement. The situation is quite complicated. Our municipal government is currently in a very passive position. We must be extremely cautious about every step related to this case, and our municipal government must have a unified understanding, unified action, and unified message." Qin Feng paused here, looking sternly at everyone.

After everyone nodded, Qin Feng continued, "That's a general overview of the background. The purpose of this meeting today is to discuss what we should do next and how to deal with this unexpected situation."

"Comrade Yunpeng, please give a brief overview of your on-site investigation. Remember, this is an internal meeting, and you are not allowed to reveal a single word of what is discussed today," Qin Feng emphasized, implying that he wanted Jiang Yunpeng to tell the truth.

Jiang Yunpeng nodded and then said, "Our Public Security Bureau was the first to enter the crime scene, and then notified the Municipal Party Committee and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection. The case is currently being investigated by our Public Security Bureau and the Commission for Discipline Inspection at the same time. We are mainly responsible for solving the homicide case, while the Commission for Discipline Inspection is mainly investigating Shao Hongli's personal illegal and criminal activities."

"We haven't communicated with the Discipline Inspection Commission about this case yet, nor have we received any orders from above, so both sides are currently conducting their own investigations," Jiang Yunpeng continued.

Jiang Yunpeng may seem to be talking nonsense, but in fact, by elaborating on this point, he is telling everyone that he has not yet reported the findings of his investigation to the Discipline Inspection Commission. In other words, he still has a lot of room to maneuver in the matter of Shao Hongli's death.

Although Jiang Yunpeng is considered young among this group, he is already over forty years old and has been working in this circle for over twenty years. He can still figure out the political context behind this matter, so he understands how big the difference is between murder and suicide for Shao Hongli.

Jiang Yunpeng said this to remind everyone present that he still has ways to make a fuss about Shao Hongli's cause of death.

"Based on the various traces at the scene and the preliminary forensic examination, it is more likely that Shao Hongli committed suicide, and we have not found any clear evidence of the presence of a second person at the scene."

"In other words, based on the current situation and evidence at the scene, we can completely classify this case as a suicide, which is entirely in accordance with the law," Jiang Yunpeng continued.

Jiang Yunpeng didn't go into too much detail about the case investigation because he knew Qin Feng and the others didn't understand it, and they weren't interested in hearing that kind of information. What they wanted to hear were his judgments and conclusions.

"Was it really suicide?" Qin Feng understood the meaning behind Jiang Yunpeng's words.

“Uh…” Jiang Yunpeng hesitated for a moment.

"As I said, this is an internal meeting, and no minutes will be taken. Moreover, the content discussed here today is absolutely not to be circulated outside," Qin Feng emphasized again.

In fact, Qin Feng didn't need to emphasize it again; it's impossible for the people sitting here to lack even this basic political awareness.

"Based on my years of experience in handling cases and some clues we have discovered so far, there is indeed a possibility of murder." Jiang Yunpeng said word by word. Although Qin Feng emphasized that this was an internal meeting and would not be disclosed, Jiang Yunpeng was still very cautious in his choice of words.

"However, the evidence we have at present is not enough to prove this," Jiang Yunpeng said, then emphasized again.

Although Jiang Yunpeng spoke very subtly and cautiously, those who didn't understand would definitely think he was talking nonsense, but everyone sitting here understood the meaning behind his words.

Jiang Yunpeng was essentially telling everyone present that Shao Hongli had definitely been murdered, and that the act was a staged suicide.

After Jiang Yunpeng finished speaking, he shut his mouth. He knew that his task was completed, and the decision on what to do next was up to the leaders. It was not his place to say anything more.

After Jiang Yunpeng finished speaking, the others fell silent. Everyone knew the seriousness of the matter, but Jiang Yunpeng was the most relaxed one.

After Jiang Yunpeng finished speaking, he stood up and offered cigarettes to the leaders one by one.

A minute later, the entire conference room began to fill with smoke. However, this conference room was usually quite lively when it was filled with smoke, but today it was unusually quiet.

"Yunpeng, I have a few more questions for you." Qin Feng said, smoking a cigarette as he looked at Jiang Yunpeng.

Jiang Yunpeng had thought that there was nothing more for him to do, so he was leaning back in his chair smoking. But when he heard Qin Feng say that, he immediately sat up straight and nodded respectfully at Qin Feng.

"If, and I mean if, Shao Hongli really was murdered, based on your years of experience, could you find conclusive evidence that Shao Hongli was murdered? Could you catch the murderer? And after catching the murderer, could you follow the clues and find the mastermind behind the whole thing?" Qin Feng asked a series of questions with a serious expression.