civil forensic

Chapter 1005: Both Temporary and Premeditated

Chapter 1005: Both Temporary and Premeditated

The story of Midway Island is a well-known little story. A few decades later, if China's territory extended to this place, "AF lacks fresh water" would at least be an idiom.

The coded stories it contained were also easy to understand, so Qi Changye and others immediately understood Jiang Yuan's analysis.

"So, the mimeograph factory is the place that Li Dianzhong often wrote in the code?" Qi Changye pondered and said, "Is it because he works here? No, the courier should not reveal his work location to other members of the intelligence team, and it is unnecessary to expose it multiple times. In this way, the mimeograph factory is the target of the spy team?"

After Qi Changye finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Yuan and then at Liu Jinghui.

Liu Jinghui said: "You are a spy, you have the final say."

"What's the point of me having the final say? We have to see what the facts are." Qi Changye first passed on the blame, then said, "I'll send your ideas to the experts. Um, can you give us your detailed analysis?"

"Let me write it for you." Jiang Yuan's cryptography had not yet been recognized, and he was not in a hurry to show off. He just wrote a few pages of paper in a neat and orderly manner and asked Qi Changye to pass it to the cryptography experts in the department for verification.

Qi Changye was busy contacting the headquarters to update the information.

It was impossible for him to know all the relevant information, so he could only ask whatever he encountered.

After passing information back and forth several times, Qi Changye looked at Jiang Yuan deeply and went into an independent office.

Half an hour later, Qi Changye came out and said, "It's confirmed. Number three does represent the mimeograph factory."

Jiang Yuan didn't ask how they confirmed it, but asked, "What next?"

Jiang Yuan gave more than one word. In addition, with this simplest single-table substitution encryption, the more words you know, the easier it is to guess the meaning of other words.

And judging from the number of centerfold advertisements issued by Li Dianzhong, the experts in Qi Changye's unit should be able to analyze a lot of intelligence.

Qi Changye's tense expression relaxed with a smile. He shook his head and said, "I don't know how you learned it. It's only been a short time, but you've become an expert in deciphering codes... Our people checked carefully and found that the mimeograph factory where Li Dianzhong works does have confidential business."

"What business?"

"We printed materials for some units, including the tertiary industry units of the institute that are involved in confidentiality, including promotional materials and some materials for meetings." Qi Changye paused and said, "These tertiary industry units themselves are not confidential, but many of the leaders who are qualified to attend the meeting are part-time cadres in the institute. The materials they use for meetings are not necessarily those used by the tertiary industry companies, but also those used by the institute's meetings."

The tertiary industry companies mentioned by Qi Changye are actually peripheral companies of various units. In the 90s, the domestic atmosphere was also to hope that children would work in state units, which is the so-called "formal" job. In the case of insufficient staffing in various units, some units simply set up some peripheral companies to solve the employment problems of employees' children. It doesn't matter what they do or whether they make money or not, it's purely to solve the employment burden.

Under such circumstances, the business of most of these tertiary industry companies can be said to be in a mess, and the most serious thing they do is hold meetings.

Not only tertiary industry companies need to hold meetings, but also various research institutes, institutes or companies, and they all need to hold meetings, and they hold them very seriously. Leaders who are closer to the business line also need to prepare a lot of materials, even if they will not be used.

In the case of general funding shortages, some leaders are willing to save money and transfer the work of printing or mimeographing conference materials to their own or affiliated tertiary industry companies, which falls into the category of waste utilization.

But I didn’t expect that someone like Li Dianzhong would also target those losers.

Fearing that Jiang Yuan didn't understand, Qi Changye deliberately said, "The factory where Zhang Xiaoming works is directly under the ministry, and it is large in scale, so it will be responsible for a lot of business in Beijing. Many units related to the ministry will also use their sites and personnel, and tertiary industries such as mimeograph factories are often packaged in."

"What kind of confidential meeting would that be?" Liu Jinghui asked. "If it's just about digging for treasure from garbage, the harm caused by this spy group won't be that great."

"It's hard to say now, because this is a spy organization that has not been uncovered, so there has been no damage assessment." Qi Changye spoke more and more seriously, and then slowly said: "Let me give you an example. It is known that many achievement recognition meetings were organized in this factory. In theory, the mimeograph factory would mimeograph many documents and materials used in the achievement recognition meetings. They may not be the core ones, but..."

"Is it already classified as confidential?"

"Yes. And it also depends on the other party's sense of confidentiality. For example, from what I have asked, at that time, some local units came here with some data and numbers in their heads, and were unwilling to put them in documents, fearing that they would be lost on the way. But when they come here, they will find a mimeograph factory to type some data into documents, because it looks better when they show it to the leaders above..."

Liu Jinghui's face changed: "This is very harmful."

"Yes. So, Zhang Xiaoming was probably not killed because he wanted to lay off the workers, but because he wanted to cut these tertiary industry companies at the same time. Fortunately, Li Dianzhong was silenced by their own people." Qi Changye sighed: "The loophole has been filled for the time being."

"That's not right." Liu Jinghui frowned. "If Li Dianzhong was such an important source of intelligence, they wouldn't want to kill him even if it was dangerous. Was the mimeograph factory still there at the time?"

Qi Changye's brows also frowned. "Yes. After Li Dianzhong's death, the mimeograph factory lingered on for more than two years, but its scale became smaller and smaller, and it was finally closed down along with the tertiary industry company."

"Right. It doesn't make sense if you look at it this way. If you order Li Dianzhong to kill Zhang Xiaoming in order to protect the mimeograph factory, then it is to protect the source of intelligence. Then what is the point of protecting the mimeograph factory after Li Dianzhong is dead? This is putting the cart before the horse. Unless..."

"Does the mimeograph factory have another source of information?" Qi Changye followed Liu Jinghui's pace and broke the news. He couldn't help but frowned for a long time before saying, "The courier is exposed. Generally speaking, he follows the core source of intelligence."

Being a courier actually involves greater risks, and the reason why the role of courier exists is to reduce the risk of core intelligence sources. Otherwise, having one more courier will only increase the risk of core intelligence sources, which would be meaningless.

In fact, the entire spy team is designed to reduce the risk of core intelligence sources. The purpose of the spy team is to let the core intelligence sources do the least amount of espionage work and pass the risk of transferring intelligence and delivering information to couriers and spies.

From this perspective, Li Dianzhong's death from falling from a high place was in itself a way of cutting off risks and perfectly reflected the logic of the spy team's actions.

The other side only needs to replace a courier and give a little training, and the team can continue to work.

"If the intelligence source is in the mimeograph factory..." Qi Changye frowned: "It's been twenty years. If the intelligence source back then was older, he might have retired. Many of these people have gone abroad..."

"In fact, there is still a problem that has not been solved." Jiang Yuan suddenly interrupted Qi Changye's thoughts.

Qi Changye looked over naturally.

Jiang Yuan said: "Li Dianzhong went to look for something. From the on-site investigation, it doesn't seem like he was pretending. He was really looking for something. Moreover, this is consistent with their behavior pattern."

"This is not a discussion about plotting against people and things..."

"He was after both the property and the person." Jiang Yuan had been in charge of this case for such a long time and had been thinking about it for a long time. He said with certainty, "I think the murderer had a plan to kill Zhang Xiaoming. So, the property was real, and the murder was also real. Therefore, although Zhang Xiaoming came back suddenly, the murderer's method was extremely decisive!"

"That makes sense." Liu Jinghui didn't know how to conduct on-site inspections, but seeing Jiang Yuan was so confident, he immediately updated his information and added this premise to his reasoning. He immediately agreed, "If we kill someone first, the things may fall into the hands of the police, so we have to find the things first and then get rid of Zhang Xiaoming."

Qi Changye followed their line of thought and said, "So, the murderer ran into Zhang Xiaoming who suddenly returned home, and decided to kill him on the spur of the moment. But it was also premeditated."

"Yes, this can better explain the confrontation between the two." Jiang Yuan posed and said, "Zhang Xiaoming obviously thought it was an ordinary burglary, so he wanted to drive the person out by intimidation or expulsion. He might also threaten the other party to put down the things, otherwise he would shout for help..."

Jiang Yuan: "If Zhang Xiaoming knew the murderer, his position would have changed and he would have been more defensive. As I recall, Zhang Xiaoming also received military training."

Factory and mine workers in the 90s all received long-term paramilitary training. For example, young people were incorporated into militia companies and battalions. The factories and mines were responsible for their own security and joint defense tasks. It was not surprising that sports meets were turned into military pentathlons and training was carried out in advance.

As Jiang Yuan spoke, he was also thinking, "This means that although Li Dianzhong was a non-staff employee in the factory, Zhang Xiaoming did not know him. But Li Dianzhong decisively killed Zhang Xiaoming. I said before that he stabbed mainly in the chest. Zhang Xiaoming is not short, half a head taller than Li Dianzhong. This is not a place he stabbed in haste or by accident."

Jiang Yuan said this, looked at Qi Changye again, and brought the topic back to the topic, saying: "So, what is Li Dianzhong looking for? This thing may be more important than Li Dianzhong's identity."

Qi Changye's eyes lit up: "Why?"

Jiang Yuan said: "Because Li Dianzhong took a huge risk to kill someone. From the bloodstain analysis, when Zhang Xiaoming was stabbed to death, the blood that spurted out of his body should have sprayed onto the murderer. In addition, the murderer's arm holding the knife, which should be the right hand, should have been sprayed with blood, and then blood dripped down, which means that the amount of blood was not small."

Jiang Yuan sorted out his thoughts and said, "Even if Li Dianzhong can use the flying claws to wipe the bloodstains, or wear more clothes to cover the bloodstains, can he wipe them clean? There will always be a smell. In essence, he must be taking a big risk by doing this, and it is unlikely that he can leave the scene safely."

Jiang Yuan paused, then said, "What I mean is that Li Dianzhong may be able to leave the scene safely, but leaving like this is still too risky."

Liu Jinghui instantly understood Jiang Yuan's logic: "If the bloodstain analysis leads to this conclusion, then Li Dianzhong must have made a decision at that time to kill Zhang Xiaoming."

Jiang Yuan nodded: "Yes."

Liu Jinghui nodded slowly: "No matter whether Li Dianzhong got what he wanted at that time, if he didn't kill Zhang Xiaoming, even if he took out a knife to threaten Zhang Xiaoming, he couldn't eliminate the risk. In fact, there were two thieves in the room at that time, and it would be OK to just let Zhang Xiaoming get out of the way. Zhang Xiaoming is a delicate person, and he may not take too much risk for two little thieves."

Jiang Yuan agreed, "We can also stab Zhang Xiaoming, but don't kill him. Li Dianzhong has practiced before and has a knife in his hand, so he should be able to do it. At least he doesn't need to stab him in the chest. When the time comes, Li Dianzhong can just run away. He should have made a lot of money. It's much safer than being a murder fugitive."

"If we follow this line of thought, Li Dianzhong killed people only to protect a more valuable target. That could only be the source of intelligence behind him." Liu Jinghui looked at Qi Changye: "This means that Zhang Xiaoming has something in his hand that he may not know yet, which can threaten the source of intelligence."

Qi Changye understood the two's reasoning, but considering the importance of the next order, Qi Changye confirmed again: "Li Dianzhong was silenced because of this. He sacrificed too much."

"He should have been prepared to let Wang Futing take the blame. Didn't he even let Wang Futing pay for it? Originally, if Wang Futing was silenced, the matter would be over." Liu Jinghui thought this question was too simple, and said bluntly: "Wang Futing was a smart guy. He ran away as soon as he got home that day. It was beyond Li Dianzhong's expectation. In the end, he had no choice but to be silenced."

Qi Changye nodded slowly: "It is reasonable that Wang Futing can be the vice president and Li Dianzhong can't remember the password book."

"Li Dianzhong was only in his early 20s when he died. It's normal for young people to be inexperienced. Even though he learned the flying claw and some martial arts tricks from his uncle, that was his limit. In the end, he mailed the code book, but was still silenced."

"Maybe he was threatened. As an intelligence agent, they can sacrifice him, but they won't let him run away on his own." Qi Changye skipped over the topic and asked, "So, what did Li Dianzhong take from Zhang Xiaoming?"

"I think it's probably a document, report or letter." Jiang Yuan took out the timeline of Zhang Xiaoming that the task force had summarized, and said, "Zhang Xiaoming has been sorting out the people, things and business in the factory over the past few days, and then wrote many letters to some of his elders and friends. These letters were brought back. Now it seems that they were mainly for the purpose of asking for advice, but..."

"Could Zhang Xiaoming have exposed the spy because of this?" Qi Changye's face turned red from the foreplay.

Jiang Yuan said: "It's possible. Or maybe the spy lost his source of intelligence?"

Liu Jinghui took over Jiang Yuan's words at this time and said on his behalf: "If we assume that this spy, or the spy's source of information, was the management of the factory or mimeograph factory at that time, is it feasible?"

In fact, I said a lot just for this sentence.

The factory where Zhang Xiaoming worked back then was of a fairly high level. Twenty years have passed, and there have always been people in the management who have made rapid progress - this is once again the path to rapid progress.

However, the scope is not limited to the Jianmenyuan dormitory area.

"We can check it out." Qi Changye knew what they were worried about. He glanced at Huang Qiangmin next to him and said, "After so many years, it's hard to tell what the specific situation is."