Lu Yinglan didn't expect the police to come to her house. She was confused and said, "Police comrade, are you mistaken? I have never been involved in any criminal case!"
Lu Yinglan is a law-abiding person. Before today, Lu Yinglan had never thought that criminal offenses would have anything to do with her!
The policeman who came to see Lu Yinglan was also an acquaintance of Lin Shuyue.
Pengcheng's Criminal Investigation Brigade has a total of four action teams. Hang Jiabai's team is Team 3, and the team that came to investigate this case is Team 2. Lin Shuyue was also close with them.
She asked Lin Shuxing to bring out two bottles of iced mineral water from the house and gave them to them: "Officer Wang, Officer Zhang, drink a bottle of water first."
Officer Wang and Officer Zhang looked at each other. The older Officer Wang took over first: "We are thirsty too. It's December, why is it still so hot?"
Once these words were spoken, it meant that they could start chatting. Lin Shuyue took over the conversation: "Yes, but I think it will be cold in half a month?"
The winter in Guangdong Province is extremely short. It is only cold from December to January. After January, it starts to get hot again. It is hot all the way. It is for this reason that you cannot find dual-frequency air conditioners in Guangdong Province. They are all single-frequency.
"It's about that time." Officer Zhang had already drunk some water, and the heat in his body had subsided a little.
Lin Shuyue chatted with them for a while about the weather, and then asked, "Officer Wang, what crime did Lu Yinglan commit? Would you mind telling me?"
"These are all old cases. In 1995, a robbery and murder case occurred in Luohe Dance Hall in Pinghu District. According to the information disclosed by the insider at the time, one of the suspects was a woman named Lu Yinglan, who was from Luwu Village in Pengcheng. After the case happened, we went to Luwu Village to investigate. Lu Yinglan left in 1986 and never returned."
"Another incident occurred in Pingjiang District in 1998. Two men were strangled to death in the Meihuali Hotel. According to the investigation, the two victims were investors from the north with 300,000 yuan in cash. They were killed because they saw a small advertisement in the hotel and decided to have sex. The woman who responded was named Lu Yinglan, who was also from Luwu Village."
After hearing this, Lu Yinglan was even more confused: "That's impossible. I went to work in Wancheng after giving birth to Xiaoyi. Since then, I have rarely left Wancheng. After I married my husband in 1994, I have never come back."
Lu Yinglan was completely confused. Everyone in her Luwu village had the surname Lu. "Did you do the wrong research? There are many people with my name in our village."
Officer Wang and Officer Zhang looked at each other. They were both veteran policemen and they had been investigating the case at that time. However, since Yang Baozong was still in charge of the Pengcheng Public Security Bureau at that time, there were many suspicious points in the two cases. However, after a period of fruitless investigation, they stopped the investigation.
After Yang Baozong retired, no one wanted to overturn these old cases. However, at the end of May this year, after Yang Baozong was implicated in a false and wrongful conviction, all the old cases accumulated during his tenure were required to be re-examined.
He had accumulated too many cases during his tenure, and because everything was not well developed at that time, it was particularly difficult to investigate. This afternoon, Lu Yinglan went to the hospital to give a statement. Because the Public Security Bureau has achieved networking with various outlets in the city, Lu Yinglan came into the attention of the people from Criminal Investigation Team 1 and Team 2 who were struggling with these cases.
After Officer Wang and Officer Zhang carefully checked the information, they came directly over, but because of their trust in Lin Shuyue, they were not in a hurry.
"The investigation was correct, it was you." Officer Wang's words ruthlessly shattered Lu Yinglan's hopes, and she was shocked.
When Lin Shuyue heard this, she was moved and remembered Zhang Zhenfa who was involved in the previous case of tycoon's family being murdered in a villa, and Zhao Zhonghe who was arrested in Yangcheng the day before yesterday. The ID card information they used was all real.
Moreover, the name of the task released by the system this time was exactly "The Dead But Still Alive". This made Lin Shuyue think more.
She asked Lu Yinglan: "Auntie Lu, have you had any major accidents in these years, such as car accidents, drowning, etc.?"
The name "Auntie Lu" was what Lu Yinglan asked Lin Shuyue and the others to call her during the meal just now.
Lu Yinglan is also 34 years old, and she can accept Lin Shuyue and others calling her aunt.
Although Lu Yinglan was still shocked, she answered truthfully: "Yes. It should be at the end of 1993. The leaders of our factory organized us to go to the beach. Because the waves were too big, I was swept into the water. If I hadn't met my partner who was fishing at sea, I might have been buried in the sea."
At this point, Lu Yinglan added, "But at the beginning, the hospital also issued me two or three critical illness notices, and called my parents and my second sister, but none of them came. It was my husband who paid to sign to save me."
After Lu Yinglan said this, Lin Shuyue's guess became more certain. And Officer Wang and Officer Zhang were not fools. They followed Hang Jiabai to investigate the previous case of the rich man's villa murder.
They have also investigated the case of fake information buying and selling. Hang Jiabai investigated this matter again in Guangzhou the day before yesterday.
Officer Wang and Officer Zhang looked at each other and asked, "In all these years, you have never been back to Luwu Village once?"
Lu Yinglan shook her head: "No."
Over the years, Lu Yinglan really has never been back home. When she was pregnant with Zeng Xiaoyi, she was deeply hurt by the people in the village, especially her parents, whom she saw through. After going to work in Wancheng, apart from sending money to Lu Ercai every month, occasionally writing to her eldest sister and third sister, calling her grandmother and sending some money, she had no contact with Pengcheng.
"Is there any witness?" asked Officer Wang.
"As for my family, my parents and the people in our village should be able to testify for me? In Dongguan City, my family has a nanny, Aunt Ruan, who we have hired since 1994. She can testify for me." Lu Yinglan said a little uncertainly.
Over the years, her relationship with her parents has become irreconcilable. Especially a few years ago, when her father was hospitalized for high blood pressure, her eldest brother called her and asked her to pay for treatment. After she refused, her eldest sister and third sister all thought she was cold-blooded. Her eldest sister also said that it had been so many years since the incident, and she was now married to a rich husband, had money in her hands, and Xiaoyi was also raised by Lu Ercai. If she still held on to the incident, she would be immature.
Because of her elder sister's words, she stopped contacting her elder sister. She didn't ask for the money she lent to her elder sister over the years, just as a repayment of the favor.
Officer Wang said, "We understand what you said, but before we investigate thoroughly, you need to come with us."
Lu Yinglan had calmed down. She nodded to Lou Fengqin and others, then followed Officer Wang. Lin Shuyue felt that it was not a good idea to let her follow the police like this. She was Zeng Xiaoyi's biological mother, and if she was taken away like this, the villagers would definitely gossip.
Although there are many tenants in their village, there are also many locals.
"I'll go with you."
Lu Yinglan showed gratitude. She could think of the same problems that Lin Shuyue could think of. She didn't want Zeng Xiaoyi to be involved in this kind of rumor storm after getting out of the abyss of Lu Ercai.
Lin Shuyue carried her small bag and followed them. As soon as she walked out of the door, she saw quite a few people gathered around her house. When Lin Shuyue and others came out, their eyes were looking at her like searchlights.
Aunt Wang has the best relationship with Lin Shuyue's family. She asked in the crowd: "Ah Yue, where are you going?"
Lin Shuyue smiled and said, "The police have something to talk to me about, so I have to go out for a while."
Lin Shuyue was a reporter, and her close relationship with the police station was known to all the neighbors. In the past, many police officers would come to look for her. Now, when they heard her say this, they didn't think much about it.
But they were very curious about Lu Yinglan, and asked one after another: "Where is Xiaoyi's mother going?"
Lv Yinglan, who was walking side by side with the two policemen, was stunned when she heard the name "Xiao Yi's mother". She had many labels in her life, but this was the first time she heard of "Xiao Yi's mother".
"Didn't mother and daughter just recognize each other? Shouldn't she go buy some food and clothes for her daughter? I just happened to be going out, so I'll be going with her."
"Yes, yes, yes, you have to buy it." Aunt Wang and others started talking at once. After Lin Shuyue and the others got into the police car one after another, Aunt Wang and the others started chatting about this matter.
When she arrived at the Public Security Bureau, Lin Shuyue did not go in. She already knew almost everything she needed to know, and the next step was to investigate.
She can go there by herself.
Just when Lin Shuyue was about to leave, she saw Hang Jiabai returning hurriedly with a box.
Hang Jiabai was surprised to see Lin Shuyue: "Ah Yue, why are you here?"
After what happened in Yangcheng, Hang Jiabai now finds it easier to call her by her nickname Ah Yue.
Lin Shuyue glanced at the reception hall of the Public Security Bureau, then took two steps closer to Hang Jiabai and said to her, "Do you know about Xiaoyi? She won the championship of Singing With You. Today at noon, her parents came to our house and said that our family abducted a girl and asked us to return Xiaoyi..."
Lin Shuyue roughly told Hang Jiabai what happened today. As she spoke, Hang Jiabai's expression gradually changed, from livid at first to unexpected later.
"So your idea is that Lu Yinglan's ID information has actually been sold, which is why there are two criminal cases?"
Lin Shuyue nodded: "Yes, that's right. Another point that makes people suspicious is that Lu Yinglan's current husband is a businessman from Taiwan, doing export trade in Southeast Asia."
Hang Jiabai's expression became more serious, because in the two cases they knew about, the ID card information was purchased from Southeast Asia.
"I see." Hang Jiabai said, and then asked, "Are you going back now?"
It was already past five in the afternoon and the sun had already set.
"Yes, I'm ready to go back."
Hang Jiabai invited again: "Shall I treat you to a meal?"
This was already the third time Hang Jiabai had invited her. Lin Shuyue happened to have nothing else to do, so she nodded, "Okay."
Hang Jiabai returned the box in his hand, and then drove a silver Honda to pick up Lin Shuyue. After Lin Shuyue sat in the passenger seat and fastened her seat belt, she asked him, "Where is your Jeep?"
Hang Jiabai likes jeep. From the time I met him until now, he has basically driven a jeep every time. This is the first time he has driven another car.
"Don't ask about it. I came back this afternoon, and my tire was punctured before I even left Yangcheng. Now the jeep is in the repair shop in Yangcheng." Hang Jiabai turned the steering wheel: "I was so unlucky. I called the repair shop five or six times but no one answered. Finally, one arrived after more than an hour of waiting. As soon as my jeep entered the repair shop, I turned back. I took a truck that was transporting things from Yangcheng to Pengcheng. It was hot and tiring."
After Hang Jiabai finished speaking, he began to talk about the information he got after asking Zhao Zhonghe.
"It is said that Zhao Zhonghe said that he bought his ID card information on a website. There are many ID cards to choose from on this website, with different prices according to different places and requirements. If there are special requirements, you can also customize the identity. After the transaction is successful, there will be a special person to respond, and then take a photo of the ID card, and then make a series of forgeries, and then the identity can be successfully replaced."
Hang Jiabai is calm now when talking about these things. Yesterday, they had already seen the summary of ID card information from all over the country according to the website provided by Zhao Zhonghe. There are many kinds of ID cards, with different prices. The cheapest one is 200 yuan, which does not include any conditions and has the risk of being found out by the police at any time. This kind of ID card is just a ID card with a changed face, but it is easy to be exposed when encountering surprise inspections.
The medium price is 5,000. After the certificate is given, the original owner's identity information will be given. If necessary, they can even help arrange for someone related to the original identity information to help testify, to ensure that even if the police find out, there won't be a big problem. Of course, this after-sales service is based on the DNA information not being detected by the police. If the DNA information is detected, then you can only hope for the best.
The most expensive one is 20,000 yuan. This 20,000 yuan one not only has the original ID card owner's resume and personal testimony, but also a copy of the original ID card owner's DNA information, fingerprints, skin tissue, blood, etc., striving to make it indistinguishable from the original ID card owner. Zhao Zhonghe bought this 20,000 yuan one.
Because he had never intended to stay alive after killing Xu Simiao. After all, his idea was not only to make Xu Simiao's parents suffer the pain of the death of their loved one, but also to ask Xu Simiao's parents in person why they did not help their family. In this case, the possibility of him staying alive was very small.
Lin Shuyue thought that this was an industrial chain, but she didn't expect that this industrial chain was engaged in online sales.
"Then what methods did they use to buy and sell ID card information before that?" You have to know that Zhang Zhenfa and his team forged identities at least ten years ago. The Internet was not yet popular at that time, let alone as developed as it is now!
"What about people who don't know how to use the Internet?"
"In the earlier days, if you wanted to buy ID information, you had to go to the border. There were headhunters who specialized in this. After contacting the headhunters, they would be taken to a special location to choose an identity and pay the money. When you wanted to buy again, the headhunter had changed and the delivery location would also change. Now their business is basically online, making it even harder to catch them."
This is also the main reason why Hang Jiabai and his team's last investigation was interrupted.
Hang Jiabai was very angry, but he was not angry at the cunning of criminals, because if criminals were not cunning, they would not be criminals. He was angry and upset, or rather, they were angry at the police who helped buyers and sellers to complete information in these identity trading cases.
Without these police officers to complete the information, this industrial chain would not be formed.
Lin Shuyue also guessed it. In fact, this world is not only black and white. There are countless white people wandering in the dark. Most of them are driven by interests, and only a few people have no choice but to do so. But no matter what, what they did has constituted a crime and betrayal.
Lin Shuyue looked at the busy traffic on the roadside and said, "There are always bad apples in every industry."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Shuyue's cell phone rang. Lin Shuyue took it out and saw that it was a call from reporter Zhang from Pengcheng Entertainment News.
Reporter Zhang was very unhappy over there because he had just had a fight with Pang Hui.
"Xiao Lin, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." As soon as the call was connected, reporter Zhang began to apologize.
Lin Shuyue smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, you didn't do anything wrong, why are you apologizing?"
Pengcheng Entertainment News is not as well-known as Pengcheng Metropolitan News. As early as 2000, they began to transform themselves, no longer focusing on the mainstream, but setting their sights on the entertainment industry.
Their newspapers, in most cases, reprint entertainment news from Taiwan and Hong Kong, and then report on mainland celebrities. If they come across any private matters, they will deal with them privately if they can, but will directly disclose them if they cannot.
Over the years, they have accumulated a number of regular audiences.
The incident involving Zeng Xiaoyi filmed by Pang Hui is not very popular, but it is not very unpopular either. After all, the show "Singing With You" has just finished, and the audience has not forgotten Zeng Xiaoyi.
But she is not famous at all. If Zeng Xiaoyi is ranked first in the next quarter, and she doesn't have any hit albums, she will soon be forgotten by the public. To put it bluntly, in the eyes of reporter Zhang, Zeng Xiaoyi is not popular that she hasn't even touched the edge of the entertainment industry.
The popularity of this news may not be as high as the news that Yu Xiangwan was discharged from the hospital.
"How can I not apologize? Pang Hui is still my subordinate. He has crossed the line." There are also unspoken rules in the journalist circle. Generally speaking, the family situation of colleagues cannot be exposed. Even if it is to be exposed, it must be done after consultation with colleagues.
Just like the previous incident with Lin Jianxin, when Huang Qiang exposed this matter, he also showed the manuscript to Lin Shuyue, for fear that Lin Shuyue's family would be implicated.
Reporter Zhang has read Pang Hui's report, which is one-tenth true and nine-tenths false. It is so outrageous that it is simply a rumor. In particular, he hinted in the article that Zeng Xiaoyi won the championship by "sleeping" and he also said that Zeng Xiaoyi was Lou Fengqin's goddaughter on the surface, but in fact, she was Lin Shuyang's maid.
What he said was well-reasoned, and there was also Lu Ercai, the troublemaker, as a witness. If someone didn't know the situation of Lin Shuyue's family, they would definitely believe it. Some people who knew about it but didn't have good intentions would also believe it halfway. But for people like reporter Zhang who have dealt with Lin Shuyue, the outrageousness of Pang Hui's report is probably as speechless as saying that Sun Wukong had an affair with the Queen Mother and that the Seven Fairies were the illegitimate daughters of Sun Wukong and the Queen Mother.
After saying that, reporter Zhang paused and said, "Our Pengcheng Entertainment Newspaper is not unknown in the Guangdong and Guangdong entertainment circles. Some celebrities who participate in local activities will take the initiative to ask us to help them promote. If Pang Hui's newspaper is reported, it will have a great impact on our newspaper."
Since the newspaper was founded, even though they later switched to the entertainment industry, they still did not lose their journalistic ethics, which is "seeking truth from facts." Looking at all the news they have reported in the past, even the most untrue one is still 50% true.
Zeng Xiaoyi's case, not to mention that she has Lin Shuyue as her sister who is also a reporter, the police also have case records, and the fake ones will be exposed with a single poke. It's not like Pengcheng Entertainment News doesn't have rivals. Pengcheng Entertainment Weekly, which is also an entertainment newspaper, is eyeing them covetously. With such a good opportunity, will Entertainment Weekly not trample them underfoot?
"Don't worry, Xiao Lin, Pang Hui's report cannot be published in Guangdong Province." Just now, the editor-in-chief had dismissed Pang Hui, the troublemaker who had been causing more and more trouble in the past two years, and the report was suppressed by the editor-in-chief. Their editor-in-chief is still a bit well-known in the entertainment circle of Guangdong Province. Once he speaks out and shares a few exclusives that no one else knows about, no one in the entire Guangdong Province will accept Pang Hui's posts.
Lin Shuyue was very satisfied when she heard this. This was the reason why she called reporter Zhang. As long as Pang Hui's fabricated report was not published, even if he wrote a report about the incident based on facts, it would not have much negative impact on Zeng Xiaoyi.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I'll treat you to a meal when I have time."
"Then I'll be waiting." Reporter Zhang smiled when he heard this. "I heard from Shi Ji that you recently received a reward for bravery from the Public Security Bureau. Don't be too stingy when the time comes."
"Okay, let's call Shi Ji and the others tomorrow and go to the newly opened KTV near Luwu Village. I heard that the drinks there are all shipped from Hong Kong. There are a lot of foreign wines, which are very authentic. The fruit plates and side dishes are also very delicious. Most importantly, the barbecue is superb." Lin Shuyue's words were purely made up. She had only heard Zeng Xiaoyi say before that there was a very grand KTV near Luwu Village. Before she was sent to the Internet addiction school, Lu Ercai had been hinting at her for a long time, wanting her to drop out of school and go to work there.
Where to play, what to play and how to play are not the key points.
"Then I'll look forward to it."
After hanging up the phone, the neon lights of the businesses on the roadside had already been turned on.
Lin Shuyue turned her head to look at Hang Jiabai: "Every profession has bugs and rotten flesh. Just pick them off and remove them."