Chapter 229 Showdown
At the beginning of the meeting, Detective Liang and Su Chen sat on each side like the lawyers for the plaintiff and the defendant. Li Tianlong and Ye Wen were on the stage, and the others were below the stage.

Su Chen drank a sip of black tea, loosened his tie, and prepared to fight. Detective Liang also drank black tea. Although he was younger than Su Chen, he was more stable than Su Chen. He held a book in his hand and slowly flipped through it, waiting for the start, as if he was sure of victory.

Duanmu turned his head to Cui Jian and explained, "Su Chen is an S-level boss, and Detective Liang is just an A-level upstart. Su Chen's victory is unfair."

Cui Jian asked: "Is it possible that they will come to the same conclusion?"

Li Tianlong coughed and asked, "Who will go first?"

"Let me." Detective Liang put the bookmark on the cover and said, "I'm the junior, so I'll sort out the case."

Su Chen gestured: Please.

Detective Liang: "At 17pm on the th, the victim came back from the banquet. Less than a minute after returning home, he received an anonymous phone call. According to the housekeeper, the victim's expression was very serious when he answered the phone, and he could even say he lost his composure. He heard the victim say: I don't know you, did you call the wrong number? Is it you?"

Detective Liang: "Because there are two victims, for the sake of simplicity, we will call the female victim Li's mother and the male victim the driver. After Li's mother answered the phone, she went out. The head bodyguard in charge of Li's mother followed her. Li's mother asked them to stay at home and the driver drove her home."

Detective Liang: "The car drove to Lijiating without stopping, and then the murder happened."

Detective Liang looked at Su Chen, who gestured for him to continue. Detective Liang bowed slightly in gratitude and continued, "There is a suspicious point at the crime scene. Li's mother died near the car, and the driver died in Lijia Pavilion. Based on the on-site investigation, my first guess is that there was someone in Lijia Pavilion, and Li's mother did not get out of the car immediately. She asked the driver to search the person and get out of the car after confirming that the person had no weapons. Unexpectedly, the murderer killed the driver, took the gun and forced Li's mother, and killed her after a brief conversation with her."

Detective Liang looked at Su Chen, who leaned closer to the microphone: "I agree with your inference."

Others disagreed, saying that some details were unclear and that the driver was not a pushover. If the driver was killed, Li's mother, who stayed in the bulletproof car, could close the windows and wait for rescue.

But you are happy. Rather than a briefing, it is more like a confrontation between them. They will not answer questions for stupid questions.

Detective Liang continued, "I speculate that the murderer knew Li's mother, but they were not familiar with each other. Given Li's mother's behavior, I think Li's mother owed the murderer. To put it bluntly, Li's mother did something bad, and the reason she met the murderer was because she was worried that the murderer would leak the secret."

"I agree." Su Chen pounded the table with his fist: "So this case has nothing to do with Dayin Security, case closed."

Detective Liang: "I disagree."

Su Chen: "Why don't you agree?"

Detective Liang said: "The timing of Li's mother's death is very sensitive. I personally never believe in coincidences."

Su Chen: "It was just a coincidence that your mother gave birth to you. She chose you out of billions."

Detective Liang smiled and continued, "The case is very clear. The next step is to find the people that Li's mother has offended. I asked the Li family's housekeeper to make a list and arranged for each member of the Li family to accompany a police officer to visit all the people Li's mother knows. Even if they are overseas, they will be video-called."

Detective Liang: "The result is that there was none. No one had heard of any life-and-death feuds, not to mention any ordinary quarrels. Everyone had a very high opinion of Li's mother. Li's mother divorced early and lived with her youngest daughter. After Li's father died, Li Di took Li's mother and sister back to the Li family. Therefore, I focused on the situation of the third party. She has no family living in the world." Skip part: Li's mother had a rough life, but she had no complaints or extraordinary remarks or behaviors.

Detective Liang concluded: "Mother Li has no enemies."

Su Chen: "But she did go to meet an old friend privately." Su Chen read out the message hinted by Detective Liang: Li's mother had no enemies with anyone, and the murderer was most likely targeting Li Di.

Detective Liang: "There are many old friends. Mother Li is a kind person. Many employees who retired from the Li family are still in contact with her. The one she has the best relationship with is Aunt Zhang. Aunt Zhang is a bit like an ancient maid. She accompanied Mother Li to marry into the Li family and never married. She returned to the countryside to live in her old age a few years ago. Mother Li gave Aunt Zhang's nephew a sum of money and asked her children to visit Aunt Zhang every year."

Detective Liang looked at Su Chen and took out a USB flash drive. "Aunt Zhang took a bus into the city four hours before the crime. Six hours ago, the police found a body in the Hancheng River, proving that the deceased was Aunt Zhang."

Su Chen frowned: "Is it such a coincidence? Don't you not believe in coincidences? Why was Aunt Zhang's body found by such a coincidence?"

Detective Liang: "The rope the murderer used to tie the fallen object was of poor quality and broke due to the pull of the water flow, which led to the discovery of Aunt Zhang's body."

Su Chen: "That means the murderer can control the approximate time when Aunt Zhang's body will surface."

Detective Liang nodded: "Yes."

Su Chen: "Your reasoning is that the murderer first tricked Aunt Zhang into coming to the city, then killed her. Then he used Aunt Zhang's synthesized voice to trick Mother Li out and killed her. May I ask, what is the reason?"

Detective Liang: "Let me correct you. The murderer simply killed Aunt Zhang and did not use her to trick Li's mother out. As for the reason you mentioned, I have not investigated it in depth due to the lack of time. I think it must be a dishonorable thing."

Su Chen: "Let me ask you a question. If the murderer killed Li's mother in order to intimidate Li Di from avenging Qi Shui's death, then the murderer should have stated his purpose and attitude more openly. Instead of being vague and saying only half the words, leaving it to others to understand.

Detective Liang: "No, I think that at this critical moment, Li Di is very clear about the murderer's purpose. Mr. Li Di, let me ask you a question. In this situation, will you choose to fully support Qi Xi's revenge, or will you ask Qi Xi not to take revenge?"

Li Di answered the question irrelevantly: "Qi Xi has already stated that he will not pursue the death of Qi Shui any further and will leave everything to the law."

Detective Liang: "Let me ask you."

Li Di was silent for a long time, then replied: "Not for now."

Detective Liang said, "Mr. Su, you were poisoned when you checked into the hotel. The person who did it was Qin Hai's brother Qin He. I believe we all agree that Qin He is incapable of setting up a serial conspiracy. He was just a tool used by the murderer to confuse the public."

Su Chen: “Yes.”

Detective Liang asked, "Is there only one purpose? The murderer doesn't want Mr. Su to find out the truth?"

Su Chen: “Yes.”

Detective Liang: "Mr. Su, not many people know that you are coming to Hancheng. Apart from the people around you, I think only the people from Dayin Security Company know about it. Is it only by knowing your itinerary in advance that Qin He can arrange for the poisoning?"

Su Chen did not answer, but thought quietly. Facing the trump card thrown by Detective Liang, sweat broke out on his forehead.

Detective Liang: "Mr. Li Ran, are you on good terms with Mr. Su?"

Li Ran stood up: "Yes."

Detective Liang: "That is to say, you probably know that Mr. Su doesn't like airplane meals, nor roadside stalls. After arriving in Hancheng at night, he will definitely order the hotel's meal delivery service."

Li Ran hesitated and said, "I'm not sure about this."

Detective Liang motioned Li Ran to sit down and said, "The poisoning plan can be arranged in advance. Even if Mr. Su does not order food that night, he will order food tomorrow and eat. Mr. Su, do you agree with what I said? Qin He knew in advance that Mr. Su would stay at the Royal Hotel and hid nearby. After learning that Mr. Su ordered food, he asked the masked woman to cooperate. By hacking into the elevator monitoring or monitoring the kitchen, he took the same elevator as the dining car."

Su Chen: "I agree." Detective Liang: "Excuse me, how many people know that Mr. Su went to Hancheng?"

Li Ran raised his hand, stood up and answered: "Five members of Bodyguard A Division, Ye Lan, President Ye, me, my assistant, the head of logistics, and my friend Bai Qi."

Su Chen asked: "Did Bai Qi ask you to invite me here?"

Li Ran nodded: "Yes."

Su Chen said: "In other words, if Bai Qi hadn't spoken, you wouldn't have thought of me."

Li Ran: "I will think of you, but I won't invite you for now. I know that my people and I didn't kill Li's mother. If the police determine that it was me and my people who did it, then I will consider inviting you."

Su Chen said: "That means you invited me passively."

Detective Liang noticed that Su Chen had listed Bai Qi as a suspect, and interrupted: "Passive and active are meaningless. The murderer attacked Mr. Su only to avoid exposing his plan. Analyze the two cases of Li's mother's murder and Mr. Su's poisoning. Although I have no evidence, I believe that Mr. Su's poisoning is directly related to the internal staff of Dayin Security Company. But I am not sure that there is a direct connection between Li's mother's murder and Mr. Su's poisoning."

Detective Liang only said that the poisoner was related to someone from Dayin Security.

Ye Lan raised her hand, stood up and asked, "Detective Liang, according to your statement, does it contain another meaning: you think Li Ran would not poison Su Chen."

Detective Liang was startled, then nodded after thinking for a while: "Yes, Li Ran and Diudiu are friends, Li Ran and Su Chen are friends, I know some information about Li Ran, and I don't think Li Ran would poison Su Chen."

Cui Jian looked at Ye Lan and felt that Ye Lan was covered with the light of wisdom, making it impossible for Detective Liang and Su Chen's firefly to hide.

Li Ran was confused for a moment after being picked up by Ye Lan's words. He sat down and thought in his mind. For him, the conclusion that he had nothing to do with the matter was not good, as it meant that his forces would not be able to participate in subsequent matters. But it was a good thing for the Ye family and the company.

Detective Liang looked at Su Chen and said, "Mr. Su, do you think our next goal is to find the person who poisoned you?"

Su Chen: "This has no necessary connection with the purpose of our coming to Hancheng. I suggest we continue investigating the murder of Li's mother."

Detective Liang: "The number of suspects in a poisoning case is limited, so it's easier to start with."

Su Chen still disagreed. He knew that once the two of them joined forces to investigate the poisoning case, it would be equivalent to listing Dayin Security Department A, or more precisely, Diudiu, as the first suspect. This was because Zhu Zhenzhen had no connections in the Zhendiu group.

Detective Liang said, "I understand Mr. Su. It's not good to find out the truth, but if you don't find out the truth, it may implicate innocent people."

They are both detectives, but their personalities are quite different. Detective Liang pursues the truth, while Su Chen pays attention to his position when exploring the truth. Detective Liang's words are to remind Su Chen that if he finds out the murderer, it will not be good for the murderer and Dayin Security. But if he does not find out the truth, it will definitely be bad for Dayin Security.

When the situation was at a stalemate, Li Di and Li Tianlong received a call. Li Di ran away, and Li Tianlong announced: "The meeting is delayed. Detective Liang, Mr. Su, there is an emergency. Please come to the next room to talk with me. Mr. Xiao Ye, please restrain your subordinates before the truth comes out."

Ye Lan nodded.

An hour and a half ago, at 8:30 a.m., Li Di's younger sister went to the police station to collect her mother's belongings as scheduled. At 8:40 a.m., Li Di went to Lijia Primary School, where she was a teacher, under the protection of her bodyguards. At 9:15 a.m., Li Di arrived at Lijia Village Primary School and got off the car.

There are two rows of locust trees planted on both sides of the primary school gate. Li Mei went to the gate guard to explain. When she stood there waiting for the guard to open the small gate, a poisonous arrow shot out from the locust tree seven meters away and hit Li Mei in the back.

The poison arrow is a syringe for large wild animals. Automatic injection is different from manual injection. Automatic injection cannot push the medicine in all at once, and it takes a certain amount of time. The roadside bodyguard, who was eight meters away, discovered the situation at the first time, ran over and pulled out the syringe from Li Mei's back. Because of Su Chen's near-poisoning incident, the car was equipped with baking soda, also known as sodium thiosulfate, which is a special antidote for cyanide poisoning.

Although it was impossible to determine what kind of poison it was, the bodyguard still injected sodium thiosulfate and immediately sent her to the hospital. When Li Mei arrived at the hospital, she was already having difficulty breathing and her reaction was slow. The doctor believed that this was a symptom of severe cyanide poisoning. In short, there are treatments, but it depends on whether Li Mei can survive it. Because cyanide can poison multiple organs and damage the brain.

When this happened, the first person to go crazy was Duanmu. Because according to the plan, they were going to start the security project for Furukawa Jiro tomorrow. The safe house, the fake Jiro, the hiding plan, everything was arranged, but a few bodyguards didn't have time. What was going on? They couldn't let Jiro stay in hiding for a few more days, right?
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Li Mei's case was very simple. The murderer had hung a drone on a locust tree in advance. The locust tree has thick leaves and many branches, so it is not easy to park the drone in a relatively stable position, but it is difficult to be discovered after it is parked. Then, through surveillance, the target can be shot remotely when it appears.

What’s more terrible is that the last time I saw a drone hanging a syringe was in the Xue Bing project, and Cui Jian and Duanmu participated in the project. Although it cannot be said that the inspiration for this assassination came from the Xue Bing project, such a similarity will always make people suspicious.

The two detectives had completely different reactions to Li Mei's assassination. Liang Xi was confused for a moment, as he had never considered Li Mei in his speculation. On the other hand, Su Chen seemed to have seen through everything a long time ago, or maybe he was just pretending, at least on the surface he was calm and composed.

Cui Jian and Duanmu were temporarily asked to stay in Cui Jian's villa. Zhao Ai received a call from Su Chen, who asked Zhao Ai to keep an eye on them and not let them leave the villa, otherwise he would hold Zhao Ai accountable.

Su Chen himself was not busy. He went to the hospital and looked at the unconscious Li Mei from a distance. He learned about the situation from the detective in charge, drank a cup of coffee, had lunch at a French restaurant, and returned to Cui Jian's villa in the afternoon accompanied by Li Ran.

Faced with Li Ran's repeated private inquiries, Su Chen just asked Li Ran to go back and rest. He was really annoyed by Li Ran, so he could only tell Li Ran that he and Detective Liang had teamed up to set a trap for the murderer.

The car entered the villa, but neither of them left the car. Li Ran asked, "Do you think the murderer will attack Li Mei again?"

Su Chen: "Yes, the murderer's intention is obviously to kill Li Mei."

Li Ran: "That's the theory, but the situation is tense right now. Li Di must have arranged a lot of guards. How dare the murderer sneak into the hospital and commit the crime?"

Su Chen looked at Li Ran for a while and said, "Yes."

Li Ran: “Are you sure?”

Su Chen: “Sure.” After saying that, he ignored Li Ran, opened the car door and got out.

Li Ran drove away, and Su Chen met Zhao Ai who came to greet him. He asked in a low voice: "How many times did they use their phones this morning?"

Zhao Ai: "Cui Jian basically didn't move, and when he did, he just watched the video. Duanmu made a lot of phone calls, but it was all because of tomorrow's security project."

As soon as he finished speaking, Duanmu came out and said, "Mr. Su, we have something else to do tomorrow. Can we solve this matter today? Just ask if you have any questions. You can tell me if you need anything."

Su Chen was at ease, and asked with a smile: "What time tomorrow?"

Duanmu: "Nine o'clock in the morning."

Su Chen nodded: "It won't delay your business."

　Celebrate National Day, promote national prestige, and take a day off tomorrow...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)