wavenovel Chapter 959: Respectful Brothers
Chapter 959: Respectful Brothers
Chapter 959: Respectful Brothers
"how's it going?"
When Liu Wenkai walked into the empty dormitory next door with a smug smile, Zhou Jiantao was still resisting stubbornly.
His deputy had also tried many cases. Although he had not found anything, he said confidently, "He's just being stubborn. Give me a few more hours..."
"No need, Xiao Zhou has already confessed." Liu Wenkai looked at Da Zhou with a smile and said, "Whether he confesses or not, that's it. Our work is basically done, and the rest will be done by the special investigation team behind the case."
What he said was half true and half false. From the perspective of benefits, Liu Wenkai had basically reaped the biggest benefits of this wave of arrests, so it made no difference whether Zhou Jiantao recruited him or not.
However, Xiao Zhou did not actually give his brother Zhou Jiantao away, but instead gritted his teeth and insisted that he had committed the crime independently.
Theoretically, with his testimony, the police could have closed the case. Although there was testimony from the little boy, claiming that there were two people at the scene, in the previous round of investigation, the police did not actually accept his testimony, but instead regarded it as a means of protecting his father.
As for the fact that Zhou Jiantao and Zhou Shetao worked together, even if a new wave of investigators came along, it might not necessarily lead to further investigation.
Going out to work together is not a new thing. Many people still go out independently and go out to work together. Moreover, the two Zhou brothers helped each other to settle down in a strange city. This in itself is not a sin.
Ultimately, it depends on the degree of dedication of the investigators. In a case like the Hu Ge case, where the eyewitnesses were all convicted of the murderer and there is now a genuine murderer, different investigation teams may have different choices as to whether to investigate further.
Liu Wenkai is obviously the kind of person who is willing to delve deeper.
He had seen the photos of the bodies of the mother and daughter at the scene. From his point of view, the brothers Zhou Jiantao and Zhou Shetao had lived too long and it was time for them to make amends.
Zhou Jiantao obviously also thought about the danger he faced.
His lips began to dry up, and he said stubbornly, "You confessed under torture."
Liu Wenkai had already broken through one, and then he looked at Zhou Jiantao's armor, which was like a cardboard shell, and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Let me be clear with you, your parents knew that it was you two brothers who killed someone, not only did they not report it, but they also gave you money, booked tickets, booked rooms, and provided you with an escape route. These are all aggravating circumstances for the crime of harboring and harbouring someone."
Liu Wenkai looked at Zhou Jiantao and said, "According to the first paragraph of Article 310 of the Criminal Law, the crime of harboring a person is punishable by imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or surveillance. In serious cases, the sentence is more than three years but less than ten years. If you don't confess, I will sentence your parents to ten years. If you don't want to go to jail, let them do it for you."
"You are shameless!" Zhou Jiantao's eyes widened and he stared at Liu Wenkai with a murderous look.
Liu Wenkai laughed: "I am shameless? You two brothers killed a mother and daughter, are you heroes? Your parents still live in the same place. Your parents are good neighbors with Mai Zuqing and his son. Are they because they like to see the victims' families suffer? I think they are gathering information for you."
Liu Wenkai spat and said, "I've already said that. Your parents are guilty of harboring and harbouring a criminal. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just aggravating circumstances. I guess you've read some law books. Let me help you sort it out. What does a serious circumstance include? The object of harboring and harbouring is a criminal who has caused serious harm. You broke into a house and robbed and killed people, so you're guilty. If there are more criminals harboring and harbouring a large number of criminals, there are two of you, so you're half guilty. The judge will definitely consider it."
Liu Wenkai counted on his fingers and continued to recite the laws he had memorized before entering the door, "The third situation is harboring and shielding criminals for a long time, causing the criminals to escape justice for a long time. You have been on the run for 10 years. You have been caught. The fourth situation is harboring and shielding criminals many times. Your parents have helped you more than once, right?"
Liu Wenkai had used this trick so many times that he felt no sense of accomplishment when he saw Zhou Jiantao's increasingly desperate eyes. He said, "If you want to resist to the end and are unwilling to cooperate, then we will strictly enforce the law. Send your parents to jail."
"You're talking nonsense." Zhou Jiantao said with difficulty: "I've asked people, even if the parents did something, they can be exempted from punishment if they cover up for themselves."
"Well, you know how to talk about the case, that's a good sign." Liu Wenkai smiled and said, "I won't talk about who would ask about this kind of thing. Let's talk about protecting one's relatives. I think you're right."
Zhou Jiantao was stunned.
Before he could react, Liu Wenkai looked at Zhou Jiantao and said, "I agree with your idea, but I also tell you that harboring and protecting close relatives, reducing or exempting punishment, is a matter of discretion. If you tell the truth and cooperate with us, I can apply to the court to consider your parents harboring and protecting you two brothers and apply the principle of protecting relatives. But if you don't cooperate with me..."
Liu Wenkai didn't finish his words, he just smiled. What he said was not entirely true, but the police lied more frequently during the interrogation than when they were in love, and the amount of lies during divorce was comparable to that.
After all, Zhou Jiantao is not a legal professional and he cannot get any legal guidance. His emotions are finally pushed to the brink of collapse.
Sometimes, the lack of hope does not make people completely despair. Zhou Jiantao had originally made up his mind to resist to the end. No matter whether his brother confessed or not, he was not going to speak. The worst that could happen was death. Zhou Jiantao did not expect to hide outside forever.
But he didn't expect that the police would be so despicable as to involve his parents.
If I insist on resisting, my parents will be in trouble, but what if I choose to cooperate? Both I and my brother will surely be doomed, and my parents may not be able to get away with it either...
"How...can you guarantee that?" After a long while, Zhou Jiantao finally spoke and asked, "How can you guarantee that you can fulfill your promise?"
"That depends on how well you can cooperate." Liu Wenkai chewed the fruits of victory with satisfaction.
During the interrogation just now, Xiao Zhou took all the responsibility on himself, but Zhou Jiantao didn't know it.
Zhou Jiantao lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "I have a recording from a discussion afterwards, which proves that it was my brother who planned to steal the Qin family's door lock. I accidentally got involved in this incident when I discovered something was wrong and went to help."
"Recording?" Liu Wenkai didn't expect to get such a reward. The police officer next to him also raised his head imperceptibly.
From brothers being respectful to each other to brothers quarreling with each other, the progress bar was a bit unexpected.
Fortunately, the criminal police were well-informed and they put on their disguises in a matter of seconds.
Zhou Jiantao didn't care about other people's expressions and simply said, "I hid the phone that recorded the video. You can't find it. I want to reduce my sentence, and I also want to reduce the sentences of my parents. It should be considered as my meritorious service."
"It can be considered, but I don't have the final say." Liu Wenkai naturally wouldn't say that this didn't meet the requirements for meritorious service. He didn't even mention Zhou Shetao's name. In the face of the death penalty, there was no need to embarrass the suspect. It was the duty of the police to send them to death smoothly.
Zhou Jiantao came back from his fearless attitude and suddenly began to cherish his life. He also knew that his life was hanging by a thread, so he asked: "Who has the final say?"
"Someone will contact you later. Come, tell me about the crime first. You'd better tell the truth. This is the basis for a reduced sentence." Liu Wenkai hooked Zhou Jiantao.
Zhou Jiantao was hesitant.
"If you don't tell us, we will go by what your brother said. And you are not cooperating." Liu Wenkai had already found the analysis, so he naturally straightened his waist and pried hard.
Zhou Jiantao couldn't hold back, guessing that his brother had already given him away, he took a deep breath and said, "Alright. The second brother was the one who caused this. He... Hey, he made a key, opened the door of Mai Qinsui's house, and then went in. I don't know what he was thinking..."
Zhou Jiantao recalled the scene of that day, sighed helplessly, and then said: "I was there at the time, and I heard someone shouting in the room, so I ran over quickly, thinking of calling my brother out and apologizing to him, but I didn't expect him to hug Mai Qinsui tightly. Fearing that someone would shout, he used his elbow to strangle the person's neck."
Liu Wenkai interrupted and asked, "Does he know Mai Qinsui?"
"We went to the same school. Our area was assigned to No. 35 Middle School. My brother might... have a crush on her."
Liu Wenkai thought, you call this a secret crush? It's more like assassination.
Naturally, he would not stand up and argue with Zhou Jiantao about this issue, so he just listened and nodded: "Continue the scene."
Zhou Jiantao: "I went in and just said a few words, Mai Qinsui's mother came out again and asked my brother to release her daughter, otherwise she would call the police or something."
Liu Wenkai: “And then?”
"Then my brother let him go." Zhou Jiantao said this and sighed: "Do you know what happened in the end?"
He asked this question because this topic has been lingering in his mind for 10 years. Over the years, he has been recalling this moment all the time.
Liu Wenkai felt that he had solved the entire case, so he naturally wanted to avoid the suspicion of inducing a confession, so he said directly: "Just tell me."
"That idiot was too nervous and strangled the girl to death." Zhou Jiantao's face was full of disbelief, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It was just a short while, not long after, the person died just like that. I don't know if it was due to lack of oxygen or fear. Anyway, the person was gone, and he collapsed to the ground all of a sudden."
"Then?"
"Then we were afraid that she would burst into tears, so we brought in other people and dragged her into the bedroom to deal with her."
"What do you mean by process?"
"He strangled her to death."
"Who pinched it?"
Zhou Jiantao hesitated for a moment and said, "My brother pinched me."
Liu Wenkai didn't believe it at all, but he didn't care. He would have plenty of opportunities to solve this problem later. He just smiled and asked, "What happened next? What did you do?"
"We just ran away." Zhou Jiantao said.
Liu Wenkai hesitated for a moment and did not continue to ask about necrophilia. Obviously, people have the right to refuse necrophilia, even criminals.
On the other hand, in order to avoid the suspicion of inducing a confession, Liu Wenkai was already very relaxed. After the interrogation according to the rules, he called Huang Qiangmin again: "Political Commissar, guess what?"
(End of this chapter)