In the conference room of Donghua Municipal Public Security Bureau, members of the "913" special illegal fundraising case task force are giving a special report to Director Liang Yuxiang.

Xiao Wang from the Economic Investigation Department made a preliminary report on the previous investigation and preliminary conclusions. The case was solved and entered a critical period. With Li Qingquan and Gu Tiande arrested, Shikui and Shihu gang were destroyed, and some clues gradually connected, and the truth gradually came to the surface.

Li Yishu said: "I want to make some additions to what Xiao Wang reported just now. Since there is a lot of insufficient evidence, these are just speculations." She signaled to the recorder, meaning that this part of the report does not need to be recorded on the record.

"As Xiao Wang said, we initially concluded that the funds involved in the 913 case are still in Donghua City. Due to the dispersion of accounts, it has brought great difficulty to the investigation. We monitored several of the accounts involved, with an amount of about 500,000 yuan. These accounts, a week before the Spring Festival, conducted small withdrawals at several outlets such as Donghua Bank, Donghua Rural Commercial Bank, and Minfeng Bank. The other party was very clear about the bank's regulations, and each time it was less than 50,000 yuan, and cash withdrawals were withdrawn in batches. We speculated that these funds could not be reasonably left, and the suspects were organizing the collection of these cash. The task force retrieved the surveillance video of the withdrawal, and we found that two of the people who withdraw cash or accompany the withdrawal were financial personnel of Tianma Group."

When Li Yishu talked about this, Xiao Wang brought out the slideshow and projected the photos of the suspect involved in the case.

Liang Yuxiang asked: "What do you mean is that Tianma Group participated in this illegal fundraising case?"

Li Yishu said, "It is just possible that we currently lack sufficient evidence, and it may also be the personal behavior of financial personnel. We have applied to arrange control of these people. If the other party takes further action, we can discover it in time."

Liang Yuxiang fell into deep thought. If it were a financial staff, this case would be easier to handle. If it was as Li Yishu guessed, the Qi Zhongyuan and other senior personnel were involved, with Qi Zhongyuan in Donghua City and H Province, it would be difficult. Tianma Group is a star enterprise in Donghua City and a big taxpayer. Once it is involved in such a case, the consequences may be disastrous.

Thinking of this, he ordered: "You must not act rashly before you have conclusive evidence, especially the actions against the senior management of Tianma Group must be approved by me."

Everyone replied: "Yes."

Liang Yuxiang then asked, "How is Shi Kui's arrest progress?"

Li Yishu said: "We got the news from the Canadian police above that a Chinese man named Wu Tianliang was killed in Vancouver and was shot twice in the forehead. It is said that it was a fight between local Chinese gangs. By comparing the photos, we found that this person was very consistent with Shi Kui's appearance. Shi Hu also confirmed that this person was his brother Shi Kui."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple."

"According to Shi Hu's confession, Shi Kui should have mastered the account information of the funds involved in the 913 case and was killed and silenced. If this information can be found, it will have a great effect on solving our case."

Liang Yuxiang said, "No matter what, find a way to dig out these evidence!"

After the meeting, Li Yishu returned to the office and felt a little depressed. If all of these funds were taken away and transferred to foreign countries or on the black market, then even if the 913 case was solved, the subsequent recovery work would be a lot of problems.

Xiao Wang suddenly came in and said, "Captain Li, I've discovered it."

...

Outside the suburbs of Donghua City, there is a Fangjia Reservoir, which is a flood control and water storage facility used to adjust the water level of Donghua City. When Li Yishu and others drove a police car to the reservoir, police officers around had already set up a cordon.

An hour ago, Xiao Wang received a call from the criminal investigation team saying that a male corpse was found near the Fangjia Reservoir. After identity verification, it was Deng Xiaoxian, a subordinate of Shi Kui. Since this person had already registered with the Economic Investigation Brigade, the criminal investigation team immediately notified the Economic Investigation Brigade after discovering the body.

Liu Bin from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Municipal Bureau had already conducted an investigation on the spot. When he saw Li Yishu coming, he greeted him. Li Yishu exchanged a little greeting and came directly to the scene of throwing the body.

Deng Xiaoxian's body had been soaked and rotten, his whole body was swollen, his eyes turned out, and there were bruises on his body. He was obviously tortured before his death, and he was tied to a huge iron block, which was obviously thrown into the reservoir after his death.

Liu Bin said: "The body was discovered by villagers who were fishing nearby in winter. The autopsy report has not yet been released. It is initially speculated that the death time should be during the Spring Festival. I heard that this person is your focus, so I notified you to come here."

Xiao Wang and others went up to communicate with the criminal investigation people, took photos to make evidence, and handed over the remaining work to the criminal investigation. Such case investigation has little to do with economic investigation.

Xiao Wang said, "This Deng Xiaoxian is dead again. I wonder if it is related to the 913 case. However, it will be even more difficult for us to do our job after his death."

Li Yishu shook his head, "That may not be the case. Shi Kui died and Deng Xiaoxian died, which means that the situation has been out of their control. Some people can no longer sit still and start to take extreme measures. This will be more beneficial to the case. Our case is afraid of delaying. If they don't move at all, they can afford it for a year or two, and we can't afford it."

"What should we do?"

Li Yishu said: "We will investigate Deng Xiaoxian's call records, consumption records, credit cards, even WeChat, Alipay records, driving records, wherever they have been to, and who have met, and they have investigated clearly to see if there are any clues to breakthroughs."

Deng Xiaoxian's death aroused Li Yishu's alertness, which made her see the opportunity.

In the afternoon of the same day, the task force discovered that Deng Xiaoxian frequently spoke with a Canadian number a month before his death. Based on the time of Shi Kui's death, it was speculated that Shi Kui handed over the account evidence of the 913 case to Deng Xiaoxian for safekeeping, but it caused a murder to Deng Xiaoxian.

Xiao Wang said: "We also found that before Deng Xiaoxian died, he had called SF Express. According to the consumption records, he should have sent a package in the same city on the third day of the first lunar month. Xiao Sun had already gone to investigate and I believe there would be a result soon."

An hour later, Li Yishu received news, "Boss, the whereabouts of the package have been investigated clearly."

“Where?”

"Unit 901, Unit 1, Apartment Building, No. 17, Qiuyue Community Apartment, the recipient is Ma Xiaoxiao."

Li Yishu was shocked and worried that something would happen to Ma Xiaoxiao. He immediately took out his cell phone and called Ma Xiaoxiao. The opposite person prompted that the phone was turned off. Li Yishu called Wang Chong again, "Wang Chong, where is Ma Xiaoxiao?"

Wang Chong was investigating a customer in a company and said, "When she is at my house, she is feeling unwell these two days and has not gone to work."

"Why can't I get through her cell phone?"

"Maybe it's shut down."

While making a phone call, Li Yishu started the car and said, "I'm on your way to your house now. Come back quickly to see if Xiaoxiao is at home."

Wang Chong heard her tone and asked, "What's going on?"

Li Yishu said, "I'm worried that Xiaoxiao may be in danger." While driving, she told Wang Chong her speculation, "Do you still remember the account information in Shi Kui's hands? I suspect he transferred it to Ma Xiaoxiao through Deng Xiaoxian. We get the news, Shi Kui, Deng Xiaoxian is dead, come back quickly!"

Wang Chong was so scared that he was sweating all over when he heard Li Yishu's words. He called Ma Xiaoxiao, and the other party turned off the phone. So he explained to Zhang Feifan, and started the car like flying, galloping towards his home. Along the way, Wang Chong kept calling Ma Xiaoxiao, but it was still in a shutdown state.

Fifteen minutes later, Wang Chong parked the car downstairs and found that Ma Xiaoxiao's red polo was also parked in the parking space. Wang Chong had no time to wait for the elevator and climbed up the stairs in one breath.

Pushing the door and Wang Chong shouted, "Xiao Xiao!"

No one at home responded.

The house was clean and neatly tidy, with fruit trays on the coffee table, but the TV was on. Wang Chong searched through the room, but found no trace of Ma Xiaoxiao.

An ominous premonition surged into Wang Chong's heart. Could something really happened to Xiaoxiao?

A few minutes later, Li Yishu also arrived at Wang Chong's house. Seeing that Wang Chong's face was covered in sweat, he asked, "How is it?" Wang Chong kept shaking his head, "It's impossible. She was still fine when she left in the morning."

Li Yishu inspected her home and there was no sign of fighting at home. A Korean drama was being broadcast on the TV. It was the one that Ma Xiaoxiao had been holding Wang Chong to accompany her to watch these days.

Seeing that Wang Chong was a little confused, Li Yishu said, "When was your last contact?"

Wang Chong took a deep breath and forced himself to control his emotions, but found that there was no effect. His hands still couldn't help but tremble. He said, "At eleven o'clock in the afternoon, she asked me if I would go home for dinner. I had an arrangement and she ordered takeaway."

I looked through the trash can and found no takeaway box.

"Do you want to report the case?"

Li Yishu said, "It is impossible to file a case if it is missing for less than 24 hours, unless there is evidence that her personal body is threatened."

Wang Chong yelled, "What should I do?"

Seeing Wang Chong’s emotions excited, Li Yishu stepped forward and held his hand, saying, “Don’t worry, I’m a policeman, I’ll help you.”

After saying that, the two went downstairs and arrived at the community property. Li Yishu showed his police officer certificate and asked to retrieve the surveillance video from the community from 10 noon to the present.

The surveillance monitor showed that at 11:27, Ma Xiaoxiao walked out of the north gate from the north gate, wearing an orange windbreaker, and was still answering the phone while walking, looking a little panicked. At 11:31, she stopped a taxi from the door and walked eastward.

Wang Chong said, "Check the taxi!"

Li Yishu had already called the technical department, "Help me check the contact information of the taxi owner of Hua AXXXXX, a yellow Hyundai Elantra. Reply to me within five minutes."

Two minutes later, the technical department called, "Mayor Li, this is a taxi for Donghua Passenger Transportation. The owner is Li Shengli. The phone number is 139xxxxxxxxx. GPS shows that he is now at the Donghua Shopping Plaza."

Wang Chong recorded the number and called, "It's Li Shengli. At 11:30 noon today, didn't you pick up a woman in Yujing East?"

The opposite side said impatiently, "Who are you? Why should I tell you?"

Wang Chong was about to get angry, but Li Yishu took the phone number, "Hello Li Shengli, I am Li Yishu, the Economic Investigation Brigade of Donghua Public Security Bureau. Where are you now? There is a case we need to ask you to assist in the investigation."

After asking for the address clearly, Wang Chong was about to drive, Li Yishu said, "Get into my car."

Li Yishu's car was a police car, which was more convenient when driving in the city. Ten minutes later, the two of them came to Liangdonghua Shopping Plaza and found the taxi owner. Li Yishu showed him the police officer's certificate. Li Shengli said slickly, "Comrade Police, if you have something to ask directly, I know everything I can say."

Li Yishu asked, "At 11:30 in the morning, you picked up a female passenger from Yujing East and wore an orange-red windbreaker. Do you have any impression?"

Li Shengli smiled and said, "I take so many guests a day, how can I remember clearly?" Seeing his appearance, Wang Chong wanted to go up and beat him up, but now he has something to ask for him, so he forced himself to hold it back.

Li Yishu shouted: "Be serious."

Li Shengli was startled by the beautiful police officer, quickly put away his hippie smile and said, "I remember, there is such a beautiful woman. Not to mention, such a beautiful woman can be counted in Donghua City, with her figure and face..."

"Say the point!"

"Yes, yes, she got on the bus from Yujing Dongfang and got off at Donghu Wharf. She gave me 100 yuan, but she didn't ask for change, so she left in a hurry."

Wang Chong said, "Did she say anything in the car or call?"

Li Shengli said, "Well, she kept calling after getting in the car, as if she was talking about some money."

"What's the money?"

Li Shengli rolled his eyes and said, "How did I know? I just drove the car. Eavesdropping on customers' privacy is not a good habit. Why, brother, your wife has eloped with someone else?"

Wang rushed up and punched him. Although Li Shengli avoided it in time, he still hit him hard. Li Shengli shouted, "Comrade Police, I want to sue him, this kid will hit someone casually."

Li Yishu dissuaded, "Wang Chong, calm down, you can't solve the problem like this!"

Wang Chong said: "Ma Xiaoxiao is missing, life and death are unknown. How do you let me calm down now?"

Since Ma Xiaoxiao's accident, Wang Chong's head has been buzzing, as if countless voices were asking him. Finally, he couldn't help but punch the taxi in front of the taxi, and the entire hood was knocked into a depression.

Li Shengli quit, "What are you doing? I still have to do business."

Li Yishu took out a thousand dollars from his arms and handed it to Li Shengli, "Okay, okay, you go first, keep the phone open, and contact me anytime when you remember anything!"

The two of them turned to Donghu Wharf again. Since it was winter, there were few people here and few people came.

Li Yishu said: "Who asked her to come here? There is not a single person in this season, so why do you ask?"

Wang Chong observed around. There was a surveillance camera more than 100 meters away and pointed at Li Yishu, "Look at if there are any clues there."

Soon, he was transferred from the dock management office to surveillance. At around 12:20, Ma Xiaoxiao arrived at the dock. After a few minutes, two men in black took her into a black Passat without a license plate.

The two of them were wearing black windbreakers and sunglasses. They did not show their faces because they were facing the camera. Just as the three of them got in the car, Li Yishu said, "Stop!"

She pointed to the surveillance monitor and said, "You can see the front of the two people at this angle, but the distance is too far and it is a bit blurry. I took the video back to the team and let the technical department restore it to see if the facial features of these two people can be identified."
To be continued...