Chapter 1191 Is the truth important
Lin Nan didn't have many scruples about Han Zhengshan's status as the head catcher. What he was worried about was that there were still high-level government figures behind Han Zhengshan who were unwilling to let go of the investigation of the fire case and instigated Han Zhengshan to do such dirty work. Haihan invested huge manpower, material and financial resources to get concessions from the Zhejiang government, and he would never tolerate anyone destroying this hard-won achievement. It was important to investigate the insiders of the fire case, but Lin Nan believed that it was more important to find out who was behind the fire. Those in charge should cut off the source of the risk as soon as possible.
After hearing Lin Nan's question, Han Zhengshan suddenly realized the other party's identity. Apart from the real culprit who will definitely try every means to hinder the investigation of the case, the only people who care so much about the truth about the fire case are the Haihan people. Of course, he didn't realize that the identities of the two actually overlapped, and he thought that Haihan also wanted to get key information and then investigate the truth of the case on his own. However, he was not completely sure of the other party's identity, and his actions after the appearance of the other party were obviously lacking in goodwill. He was not sure what the consequences of what he said would be.
Han Zhengshan tried his best to keep his tone calm: "You may have forgotten that I am the chief arrester of Hangzhou Prefecture. This investigation is my responsibility. What is wrong with this matter? Although the superiors have announced that the case has been closed, I I thought there were still some details that needed to be clarified, and I just got relevant information. No one had given the order before, and no one was assisting me in investigating this matter."
"It seems that you are planning to take care of the matter by yourself?" Lin Nan shook his head slightly and said: "Captain Han, when I talk to you properly, you'd better answer my questions with the same attitude. Don't think about it. Don’t try to be clever with me, otherwise you will only suffer the consequences in the end.”
Lin Nan did not believe that what Han Zhengshan was doing was acting alone. Considering the social impact of the Tongsheng Wharf fire case and the subsequent agreement reached by both parties, the situation was no longer something that could be reversed by one person. Even if Han Zhengshan could investigate Whatever he gets, even with his influence, it’s hard to make a big splash. From Lin Nan's point of view, if someone hadn't instigated him, unless there was some irresolvable personal grudge between Han Zhengshan and Haihan, he would have been pushed to do this kind of thing.
Han Zhengshan was secretly frightened when he heard this. This attitude of the other party clearly meant that he did not take his status as a head catcher seriously. It seemed that if he did not cooperate well, the other party would use some means to make him suffer. But the problem is that what he said is true, but the other party refuses to believe it at all, which is very troublesome.
Han Zhengshan sighed and said: "One person is responsible for what he does, and what I say is all true. If you don't believe it, there is nothing you can do."
Lin Nan was silent for a while, then changed the subject and asked: "Do you recognize the insider of the fire case that Cui'e mentioned?"
Lin Nan had already asked for relevant information from Cui'e. If Han Zhengshan was hiding something, he would be able to tell it immediately.
Han Zhengshan knew that Cui'e would definitely not be able to withstand the questioning of this group of people. It was important to save his life now, and he was afraid that something would happen if he kept going around in circles with the other party. He immediately answered truthfully: "Cui'e said that person, I can confirm, that Gu Hui He is the labor supervisor at Tongsheng Wharf. I also talked to him during the previous investigation. It is said that he took over the unloading business of Haihan's three cargo ships when they arrived at the port. "
Hearing what Han Zhengshan said, Lin Nan suddenly remembered who Gu Hui was. Although he will not come forward to deal with business matters, Lin Si will regularly report relevant situations to him. Most of Haihan's import and export trade in Hangzhou is to transport goods from Tongsheng Terminal, and he is responsible for taking over the goods locally. It was Gu Hui who was loading and unloading.
However, if Gu Hui's identity is just a dock foreman, it is not worthy of attracting Lin Nan's attention. The main reason why Gu Hui can continue to take over Haihan's business is that his backer is Wang Yuan, the general magistrate of Hangzhou Prefecture. It is precisely because of this special relationship that Lin Nan can remember the existence of his character.
However, Wang Yuan had a relatively deep cooperation with Haihan and could be regarded as one of Haihan's spokespersons for his interests in Hangzhou's official circles. How could he allow his subordinates to spread such remarks that were detrimental to Haihan? Moreover, Han Zhengshan should also be under his jurisdiction. Now that he is investigating the truth of the case, could it be that Wang Yuan gave him the order? If Wang Yuan is really involved, then things will be more complicated, and it is also a situation that Lin Nan does not want to see.
In order to buy Wang Yuan, Haihan did a lot of work in the early stage, and the economic price he paid was not small. In order to obtain a powerful protective umbrella in Hangzhou, if there is a problem in this link, then Haihan will be in trouble in the future. Doing things locally may cause a lot of trouble. If Lin Nan couldn't confirm this first, it would be difficult to make corresponding arrangements for subsequent actions.
"If I remember correctly, this Gu Hui should be working for your boss, Mr. Wang, right?" Lin Nan decided to ask directly instead of slowly going around in circles with Han Zhengshan: "Do you have Mr. Wang's intention in pursuing the fire case? ?”
When Han Zhengshan saw that the other party revealed Gu Hui's background, he was even more sure of the other party's identity. Of course, he also knew that his immediate superior had some shady interests entangled with the Haihan people. However, because the information held by both parties was not symmetrical, Han Zhengshan Shan simply believed that the other party wanted to investigate the truth of the fire case just like him. Little did they know that Lin Nan's actions were all for the opposite purpose, just to completely block the government's investigation.
"As I said just now, this matter is just for me to fulfill my duties, and it is not an instruction from any adult." Han Zhengshan was not sure whether it was appropriate to force his superior into the situation, so he could only reply truthfully: "As for Gu Hui's words and deeds, I have done it before He didn’t know anything about it. If Cui’e hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have known that he had concealed anything during the previous investigation.”
Lin Nan observed his words and thought that it was unlikely that Han Zhengshan was lying, which made him feel a little more relaxed. If Wang Yuan had not intervened in this matter, it would have been much easier to deal with it. Just seal the mouths of these insiders. During his interrogation of Cui'e just now, he was able to basically determine that the only three people involved in this matter are Cui'e, Han Zhengshan and Gu Hui. If it is verified by Han Zhengshan, then all he needs to do is to control Gu Hui as well. .
However, because the matter involved so much, Lin Nan still did not dare to be careless, and continued to cross-examine Han Zhengshan by turning over and over the questions he had asked, in order to observe whether the other party had any inaccuracies in his previous confession. After interrogating until the third update, Lin Nan was roughly sure that the information he received was basically true. Lin Nan checked the confessions with another group of men who continued to interrogate Cui'e and confirmed that their confessions were consistent. Then he ordered the two to be temporarily separated and detained in two other rooms.
"It's really not easy to do your job." Pan Yan sighed sincerely: "I've been asking like this for almost two hours, and my head is spinning. It's a shame you can still remember what they said."< br>
Lin Nan smiled bitterly and said: "You are responsible for your responsibilities. Don't dare to slack off. Brother Pan should also know how big the impact of this matter is. Even the slightest mistake cannot be tolerated."
Pan Yan nodded and said: "This is natural. If something goes wrong, no one can explain it to the chief. So how should we deal with the people involved?"
Lin Nan looked solemn and said: "They know too much, and staying here will be a hidden danger after all."
"Then...are you going to silence them?" Pan Yan asked tentatively. Lin Nan shook his head and said: "To silence them here, we will inevitably have to dispose of the bodies and clean the scene. If it is not cleaned, it will leave new hidden dangers. I plan to take the people back to Zhoushan and let the chief decide how to deal with them. .”
Pan Yan said: "Get these two people out of the city at dawn? Is this easy to do?"
Lin Nan responded: "It's not difficult. We have people at Wangjiang Gate in the east of the city. We can leave the city directly as soon as the gate opens. What's a little more troublesome is Gu Hui. It's probably not that easy to kidnap someone during the day. .”
Pan Yan came up with an idea and said: "Then let Lin Si send someone to lure Gu Hui out and go to a secluded place before attacking? He has business dealings with Gu Hui, so it should be easy to do it."
Lin Nan thought for a while, then shook his head and rejected his suggestion: "If Lin Si is to stay in Hangzhou City permanently, it's better not to involve him. I think it's better to use Han Zhengshan's name and find someone to pretend to be a detective. Lead him out.”
Pan Yan praised: "Brother Lin's clever plan, this way there will be no future troubles."
Everyone had been busy for most of the night, and they were all hungry at this point. Lin Nan asked his men to search in the kitchen, but only found a few cold steamed buns. It was late at night, and it was during the curfew outside, so there was no way to go out to find food. Fortunately, there was rice in the rice vat, so I lit a fire to cook the rice immediately. I fished out two large bowls of green cabbage heads from the kimchi jar and chopped them, so I could make do with it.
After a group of people finished their midnight snack, Lin Nan specifically ordered his men to clean up the kitchen without leaving any obvious traces. At this time, a subordinate came to report, and Han Zhengshan asked to meet with him to talk again. Lin Nan originally thought that the overall situation had been decided and there was no need to waste any more words with him, but then he thought that if Han Zhengshan had anything else to explain, he could listen to it again, so he immediately changed his mind and asked his subordinates to take care of him. He escorted him over.
During the period when Han Zhengshan was taken out and held in solitary confinement, he probably figured it out. After seeing Lin Nan, he took the initiative to ask: "Open the skylight and speak frankly. Are you from Haihan?"
Lin Nan responded calmly: "So what if it is, so what if it isn't?"
Han Zhengshan said: "Since you don't deny it, I'll just assume you are. If you want to find out the truth about the fire case, I can help you. Why do you need to end up in the current situation?"
Lin Nandao: "The truth? What kind of truth do you want? Both the Zhejiang government and Haihan have gotten the results they want. Is the truth about the fire case still important? If you really find out a different truth, what will happen to both parties?" Wouldn't the agreement become a piece of waste paper, and Zhejiang's officialdom would be slapped in the face from the governor down. If the trade rights were revoked, Haihan's interests would be greatly harmed, compared to the burning of the three ships. I don’t know how many times more. As you said before, you decided to pursue this case on your own, but did you ever think about the consequences when you made your decision?"
Han Zhengshan has been thinking about how to investigate the fire case these days. Even if the two parties reached a settlement after a series of contacts and resolved the dispute over the fire case by agreement, he has never given up on continuing to pursue the truth of the case. But after hearing Lin Nan's words, he realized that perhaps the parties involved did not have such urgent expectations for the truth of the fire case, and that the investigation of the case might just be his own wishful thinking.
After realizing this, Han Zhengshan suddenly felt that some of the beliefs in his heart were slowly collapsing. It turned out that what he insisted on might be worthless or even a stumbling block in the eyes of others. The purpose of the other party's coming here is not to investigate the so-called "truth", but to stop his ignorance of current affairs.
But Han Zhengshan still felt a little unwilling, and continued to ask Lin Nan: "So many people were killed in this fire, are you indifferent to it? That's more than 20 lives! Don't you want them to be wronged? Dexue, let the murderer be brought to justice?”
Lin Nan would not explain to him that the truth about the fire case was that Haihan collected more than 20 corpses in advance to arrange the so-called murder scene. Since Han Zhengshan believed that Haihan was one of the victims, let him continue to maintain this illusion. alright. However, Lin Nan felt that he should still give Han Zhengshan some recognition for his professionalism and moral persistence.
"Skynet is very careful and careful. Regarding the real culprit in this case, there will naturally be a time when he will be brought to justice, but this matter should not be done by you. Mr. Han, although you are doing your duty, but with all due respect , you are indeed meddling in something you shouldn’t be meddling in. If you have nothing else to say, let’s stop the conversation here!”
Lin Nan made a gesture, and immediately two of his men came over to escort Han Zhengshan out. Han Zhengshan quickly asked: "Are you going to silence me for this?"
"If you were more honest, we wouldn't kill you." Lin Nan paused and said, "But you know too many things, and we can't let you stay in Hangzhou City any longer."
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"You... how dare you kidnap a member of the public family!" Han Zhengshan was already a bit angry at this time. He also knew that the group of people in front of him were definitely not good people. Not to mention kidnapping, it was also possible to kill him on the spot if he was provoked. But if he was really kidnapped out of Hangzhou City, his chances of survival would be slim.
"Captain Han, we do not accept any form of threats, let alone the level you are just verbal." Lin Nan stopped here and listened quietly to the sound of drums in the distance, and then continued: "The city gate will open in an hour. I suggest you take the time to recuperate, because you will have to spend the next day or two on the ship. Believe me, you have to hang around in the mezzanine of the ship for so long. , definitely not a comfortable thing.”
(End of chapter)