Chapter 680: Suspicion and Motive
"I asked Cao Minghui's mother, and she said that this money was for her son's girlfriend's treatment, and Cao Minghui borrowed it from you, would you borrow such a large amount of money from someone who doesn't have much friendship? Liu Chen pierced this layer of paper and asked Xu Zhangtai to confess the true relationship between him and Cao Minghui.
Xu Zhangtai had no room to evade, he pursed his lips and said, "I...... I and him, as I just said, he provided me with a channel, and I would give him a sum of money as a reward after the matter was completed, but he suddenly borrowed money from me a month ago, and he needed 3 million, and this money could not be taken into public accounts, so I could only transfer money to him privately, and the transaction between us was carried out in secret, because Hu Bingcheng was also looking for a special wine supply channel, and I was afraid that his channel would be snatched away by Hu Bingcheng. ”
"Hu Bingcheng, as far as I know, you have an unusual relationship with Hu Bingcheng. ”
"He is a shareholder of our company, and we do have a lot of contact in private, but people are always selfish, and we are more of a partnership of interests. ”
Liu Chen took advantage of Xu Zhangtai's defenselessness and asked loudly, "Then why did you kill this person who is valuable to you?"
Xu Zhang was too busy shaking his head and denied: "No...... Not me...... It must be...... It must have been Hu Bingcheng who did it, it must have been him......"
Liu Chen deliberately caught Xu Zhangtai off guard, taking his guess as an established fact, testing Xu Zhangtai's reaction, he said with a smile: "Look at your reaction, it's different from your reaction when you heard that Cao Minghui was killed just now, you know about Cao Minghui's killing, right?"
Xu Zhangtai had no choice but to confess to Liu Chen, and he recalled: "I...... I only found out the next day, when I was looking for him to have something, but I couldn't contact him, so I sent someone to the place where he lived, Huanghua Village, the person I sent said that the scene was blocked at that time, and I heard from the onlookers that there was a murder in the house, and the deceased was a man and a woman, and I knew as soon as I heard the news that he was killed. ”
"Then why do you think Hu Bingcheng did it?"
"Cao Minghui told me that his girlfriend had offended Hu Bingcheng. ”
"Did his girlfriend offend Hu Bingcheng?"
"Yes, it seems to be a relationship problem, and I don't know the specifics. ”
This is a new discovery by Liu Chen, so it seems that Hu Bingcheng's motive for killing Cao Minghui can be seen, Hu Bingcheng wanted Cao Minghui to help open up the supply channel of special drinks, but because of his girlfriend, he refused Hu Bingcheng's request, so he also offended Hu Bingcheng, and under the outburst of some emotion, Hu Bingcheng moved to kill.
But since he was unwilling to cooperate with Hu Bingcheng, why did Cao Minghui bring Qin Si to Hu Bingcheng's people after he was stunned? According to Cao Minghui's temper, he must not be willing to do anything to hurt his boss because of an enemy, unless he was coerced, and the coercive bargaining chip must be someone more important than Qin Si, his girlfriend or his mother.
So far, Cao Minghui's mother has not shown any signs of being coerced, and she is living well in her hometown, and the person who was coerced is likely to be his dead girlfriend.
Cao Minghui's girlfriend is sick and urgently needs thorough treatment, and Cao Minghui has borrowed it from Xu Zhangtai for the cost of treatment, so Hu Bingcheng can only coerce his girlfriend through medical services, or other very important but confidential things, these things need to be investigated from some details of his girlfriend's life, and some clues may be found.
In short, Hu Bingcheng and Cao Minghui's girlfriend must have some kind of relationship, maybe the answer lies in the fact that his girlfriend offended Hu Bingcheng.
Liu Chen quickly sorted out his thoughts in his heart, and began to feel as if he had really wronged Xu Zhangtai, maybe this Xu Zhangtai was really just a character who strayed into Cao Minghui's case, Cao Minghui had value for him, at this time he had no reason to kill people, as he himself said, he had not yet gotten a special supply channel from Cao Minghui, and Cao Minghui was killed, which should prove that Xu Zhangtai had nothing to do with Cao Minghui's death.
All the doubts and speculations point to Hu Bingcheng, but there is no substantive evidence, if you follow the method of causal cause to investigate, assuming that it was really Hu Bingcheng who killed Cao Minghui, then the reverse should be able to infer the reason, once a reasonable reason is found, the relevant evidence is also found, then Hu Bingcheng's suspicion is established, which makes Liu Chen feel relieved, and things are finally a little eyebrow-raising.
Liu Chen picked up the teacup and thanked him with tea instead of wine: "Mr. Xu, your answer has helped me a lot, thank you very much." ”
Xu Zhangtai also responded with a smile: "You're welcome." ”
Liu Chen put down the teacup, touched his chin with his hand, and asked, "By the way, I don't know if Mr. Xu is willing to talk about the relationship between you and Hu Bingcheng?"
Xu Zhangtai blinked and said simply: "The relationship between me and Hu Bingcheng is actually a partnership, and we don't communicate much in private. ”
"What does Hu Bingcheng look like in your eyes?"
"He ......" Xu Zhangtai rolled his eyes, recalling the interaction between him and Hu Bingcheng, "He's a ruthless man!"
Xu Zhangtai's evaluation of Hu Bingcheng is very simple, but extremely accurate.
"Ruthless?" Liu Chen asked with interest.
"Every aspect. In the shopping mall, he is resolute and fearless, and he will not hesitate to identify the project, even if it is a big project of hundreds of millions. On the road, he has his own principles, because of his subordinates' mistakes, he not only cut off one of his subordinates' hands, but also chopped off one of his own fingers, since then, no brother dares to touch his bottom line, and they all respect him and obey him. From Xu Zhangtai's expression and demeanor, it can be seen that he still admires Hu Bingcheng a person, and his evaluation is mainly positive.
After listening to Xu Zhangtai's description of Hu Bingcheng, Liu Chen nodded in affirmation: "He is indeed a ruthless person, hehe, but is the fact that he has an underworld background public?"
Xu Zhangtai immediately shook his head to defend Hu Bingcheng and said: "He just has a relationship with the Tao, but he is not involved in black, on the contrary, he will restrain his subordinates and brothers not to commit crimes, once they do, his punishment will be more severe than the law." ”
"Mr. Xu's evaluation of Hu Bingcheng is not the same as what I have heard. Liu Chen didn't know if Xu Zhangtai was lying, so he asked deliberately.
Xu Zhangtai replied calmly: "Everyone has everyone's opinion, at least in my eyes, he is such a person. ”
"Then why do you think he will kill Cao Minghui?" Liu Chen began to retort against Xu Zhangtai's inconsistencies.
Xu Zhang was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to circle back for a while, "This ...... I also feel that because Hu Bingcheng is sometimes more extreme, he would rather choose to destroy what he can't get. ”
Liu Chen stared at Xu Zhangtai's eyes for a long time, and finally grinned: "Okay, thank you Mr. Xu for letting me know a more comprehensive Hu Bingcheng." ”
"Huh. Xu Zhangtai lowered his head and smiled, but he was slightly embarrassed by Liu Chen's gratitude.
It's almost all the questions that should be asked, on Xu Zhangtai's side, there is no more valuable information to dig up for the time being, Liu Chen was about to end this conversation, he got up and said: "Mr. Xu, then that's all for today, don't disturb you to enjoy the beautiful scenery here." ”
Xu Zhangtai said politely as the host: "It's still early, don't you stay and play?"
"Yes, Mr. Liu, it's rare to come here, don't you play for a while?" The tall and thin man with a beard behind Xu Zhangtai said to Liu Chen with a smile, and he still remembered what Liu Chen said when he first came.
After Liu Chen stood still, he turned his head and looked at this tall and thin man with a beard looking expectantly, he asked with a smile, "Are there any beautiful women?"
"Of course, if you want to play, I'll call a few to play with you. ”
Liu Chen glanced at Wu Sheng, thinking that there was nothing else to deal with, so he might as well relax here, not knowing what mood and state he would be in next time, so he agreed: "Okay, what are you playing?"
"Horse racing, I'm compared to you. The tall, thin man with a beard looked particularly excited, as if he wanted to save face from his defeat at the Sunshine Shooting Range.
Liu Chen also planned to give him a chance, and readily agreed: "Okay." ”
"Okay, I also want to see how Mr. Liu's horse racing skills are. ”
Liu Chen and the tall and thin bearded man left the viewing platform, took the elevator downstairs, and walked along the corridor to the end, where there was a dressing room with all the equipment needed for horse racing.
The tall and thin man with a beard had his own exclusive horse racing equipment, and he entered the locker room and began to change his equipment, but when he saw Liu Chen standing there looking at him, he asked suspiciously: "Why don't you change your equipment?" ”
Liu Chen shook his head: "I don't need to change any equipment. ”
The tall and thin man with a beard was surprised: "Yes? Safety equipment is always needed, helmets, knee pads, etc." ”
"I never fall off a horse, so I don't need any safety gear. Liu Chen's reason made the bearded and tall man unable to refute.
The tall and thin beard sneered: "Hehe, although I admire your marksmanship, the way you speak is too arrogant, I don't like it a little." ”
"Arrogance is to have real skills, you won me, you can be so arrogant. ”
"Hope you're not talking big. ”
After the tall and thin man with a beard changed into his equipment, he took Liu Chen to the horse farm, and he made a call: "Find some beautiful girls to come over, and a few good horses." After saying that, he began to move his muscles and bones and do warm-up exercises.
Liu Chen also began to do warm-up exercises, after doing some stretching exercises, he leaned his legs against the pillar to press his legs, he had a set of special warm-up exercises, which could quickly move the joints of the whole body.