Three days after going to Maozhong City, Xu Jianjun returned to Siyuan County. When I came to Li Xiaohe's house, it was already more than seven o'clock in the evening.

Because he received a call in advance and knew that Xu Jianjun was coming, Li Xiaohe had also prepared a meal.

"Lao Xu, you wash your hands and face first, and I'll go and fry those two dishes." Li Xiaohe said and entered the kitchen.

Xu Jianjun followed and quipped: "Heh, the Standing Committee of the county party committee is in charge of the spoon himself, and I am blessed as a big soldier." ”

"Go, go, don't interfere with my craft." Li Xiaohe turned his head and scolded, and then got busy with the work at hand again.

I've already done the cutting in advance, and now it's just a matter of putting it in the pan and stir-frying. It took more than ten minutes, and the two plates of stir-fry were already out of the pot.

Twisting out the cigarette butt and coming to the dining table, Xu Jianjun made a fuss and said, "Ah, it's so rich." Stewed duck, kidney-tonifying sauerkraut fish, stir-fried okra yam, what is this, oh, stir-fried kidney flower, Li Standing Committee member This is a big supplement. ”

Li Xiaohe took off his apron, sat on the chair, and said with a smile: "Isn't this thinking about you, seventy-two hours of busy running around, hard work, I will make up for you a lot, so that I can pay public food to my wife." Otherwise, if you hand over all the public rations, you won't be able to explain when you go back. ”

After clipping a piece of waist flower and chewing it carefully, Xu Jianjun nodded: "It's a good fry, but there is a commotion, maybe you cast a spell." Speaking of this, Xu Jianjun smiled "hehe", "Give me these dishes to eat, it's okay to make up for them, go back and wait for her." It's just that if you eat these things too, if your eyes are on fire and your stomach is hard for a while, where can you vent your anger? You have to tell the county party committee guard that you have to listen to the movement on the fifth floor at any time, and maybe you will let Director Li blow up the easternmost house. ”

"Fry what? Eat yours. Liquor, beer? Li Xiaohe diverted the topic.

"White bar, it's cold." After replying, Xu Jianjun teased again, "Leave the medicine and wine to the female leader, hello and I'm okay." ”

"You? There is no shape for a day. As he spoke, Li Xiaohe had already opened the wine bottle, poured a glass for the other party, and poured it himself.

With the sound of jokes, the banquet began.

It's still the old rule, the shot glass is at the bottom, and after a while, they all drank six or seven glasses, and the wine in the bottle went down more than half.

Putting down the chopsticks, Xu Jianjun spoke: "Lao Li, through this investigation, I'm afraid this case is not simple." ”

Li Xiaohe actually wanted to ask for a long time, but he endured it all the time, and now that the other party mentioned it, he hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" ”

Captain Xu Jianjun sighed and said: "From the day we went, we went to the hotel to collect evidence, and we were just in time for the hotel to renovate, and we didn't see the service staff at all, only the decoration workers." I finally met a hotel employee, who is still in the engineering department, and I don't know anything about the situation in the catering department. Through this employee, we got in touch with the person in charge of the hotel, who was out of town and had one of her assistants connect with him.

At our request, she provided the hotel staff roster, which recorded the basic information of the staff, as well as the entry and departure times. In this roster, we focused on the departures after October 20 two years ago, as well as the hires in the previous months. In the six months before the sudden death of the county magistrate, no one in the catering department joined the company, but three people left. In the 10 days after October 20th, four employees left one after another, two of them were from the front office of the food and beverage department, one was a kitchen worker, and one was a maintenance worker in the engineering department.

After further understanding, two of the four people left on the same day, and they did not say hello or go through the resignation procedures, but just talked to the department personnel at that time. The other two left on the 23rd, and both went through the resignation procedures, and both of them were employees of the front office of the catering department. This time, we also found the two who left the office in other hotels, and the two said that they were off work on October 17, and after the vacation was over, they left the office on the 23rd. ”

"That means the two front office attendants weren't at the hotel that day, and they weren't serving at that restaurant?" Li Xiaohe interjected.

Xu Jianjun replied: "According to what they said, it should be like this. After looking for the two catering waiters, we found the assistant to the general manager of the hotel, and the assistant provided an attendance sheet, which also indirectly proved that they did not show up that day. Judging from the available evidence, these two people can rule out suspicion.

As for the back-of-house kitchener, we learned about his employment at a restaurant on the outskirts of the capital, but it was only for a short time, from December 5 to 13 last year. According to the restaurateur, this man became a second chef when he came to him, but his skills were average, so the owner fired him for squid. The restaurant owner also said that the man didn't talk much, only said that he was angry with the chef in the hotel, but the restaurant owner didn't know which hotel it was. When he met the restaurant manager of the restaurant, he confirmed that there was such a phenomenon in the back kitchen.

The departing engineering maintenance worker, only one person can prove that he left, but he has not been seen since. Not only does it not know where he is now, but it is also unclear about the life and death of this person. The point is that this man was off duty that day, and he left his residence that day without attracting the attention of others. ”

Li Xiaohe let out an "oh", and immediately said: "It is inferred from common sense that once you participate in a crime, the person concerned will definitely avoid and escape, but it is not excluded to be innocent." The waiter of the meal bag was very suspicious, and there were also those who delivered the food to the meal bag, including the guests who dined together. ”

Xu Jianjun said: "Of course we took this into consideration, but the assistant general manager didn't know about the private room that day, she was still doing administrative work in other hotels at the time, but she gave us the phone number of the manager of the catering department." We made a phone call and found the manager surnamed Zhao, who was working as a catering manager in a restaurant in the province.

According to him, it was two interns from the Institute of Tourism who served the meal package that day. Although the two girls have not been in the hotel for a long time, they have a good business, are attentive and courteous, and serve important guests specifically. On the same day, the police also looked for the two girls to make a record, and later looked for them twice, but in the end they never looked for them again. But the two girls didn't bother much, and left the hotel at the beginning of November.

We found two girls in the city this time, both of whom worked as tour guides in two different tour companies. After knowing our intentions, the two of them were very cooperative, and talked about the situation of the meal package service at that time, and also talked about the situation of being investigated later. Speaking of the events at that time, both of them were inevitably sad, both complained about their bad fate, and complained that they had caught up with it. From the two people's stories, they didn't find any flaws.

As for the guests who dined in the same room, it is not convenient for us to investigate now, so we have to look through the police interrogation records at the beginning, and of course also look at the interrogation of other people. Judging from those files, the investigators had nothing to do with the death of the county magistrate, so they concluded that he died of alcoholism based on the hospital's rescue situation. By the way, in these records, there are also comments from hotel engineering managers about maintenance workers. The engineering manager said that the man usually works hard, has a gentle attitude, spends money very simply, and everything is normal. ”

Li Xiaohe immediately asked: "Then according to what you say, the death of the county magistrate is not linked to murder?" But Tu Zhongfeng clearly confessed that he found an intermediary, and the intermediary found a direct murderer. Afterwards, the intermediary also said that the perpetrator said that he had drunk 'holy water' for the county magistrate at the dinner table, and that it was the 'holy water' that could not detect symptoms. ”

Xu Jianjun raised his hand and signaled: "Don't worry. As for Tu Zhongfeng's confession, our police fully accepted it, and I have clearly told you the reasons for the acceptance. It is precisely because Tu Zhongfeng's words are credible, and all the investigation process has not found any problems, which is even more strange. It is not difficult to imagine that the implementer's plan is very thorough, and the traces have been erased in time, which is even more terrifying. ”

I thought that through Tu Zhongfeng's confession, he should be able to grasp a lot of evidence, and he should also be able to open the gap, and then sort out the whole process. But the old man allowed them to come down, but they didn't get anything. Li Xiaohe couldn't help but worry: "Then what should I do?" ”

"Due to the long period of time, a lot of evidence no longer exists, especially the body of the county magistrate has long been cremated, and it is impossible to conduct an autopsy, which is the most troublesome. The hotel video kept by the police is only in the corridor, and it is impossible to install a probe on the meal bag, so you can't pay attention to the details in the meal bag. Moreover, we can't conduct a large-scale investigation now, let alone investigate the dining guests, even if the investigation is required to keep the investigation and the person under investigation confidential, we dare not guarantee that no information has been leaked. Then there is only another way to think about it, such as the documents of the county party committee and the county government, such as some personal belongings of the county magistrate. Speaking of this, Xu Jianjun picked up his wine glass again, "It's useless to be anxious, especially now, you can't be in a hurry, come, come, drink." ”

Although he was anxious, as Lao Xu said, he couldn't be anxious. Li Xiaohe picked up the wine glass, touched it with the other party, and then drank it all.

In this way, the two of them no longer mentioned what had just happened, but continued to drink.

I don't know if it's because of the big mouths of the last few drinks, or because there is something in my heart, they only drank about six taels, and both of them had hard tongues and heavy eyelids, but they were not confused.

After drinking the last glass of wine, Xu Jianjun put the wine glass upside down on the table, and said with a big tongue: "After drinking so much wine, I can't fart, and if I don't go back, I won't let my wife scold me for being incompetent." ”

Li Xiaohe burped and waved his hand: "Don't don't, where should I go, I have eaten so many nourishing dishes, if I go crazy in the middle of the night and hug me to vent my anger, it will be troublesome." ”

Xu Jianjun stood up and pointed at the other party: "You kid is trying to drive me away, there is a problem, there must be a problem." Are you keeping the door open for others, or are you going to work in the workplace? If there are these arrangements, you can say that I don't use light bulbs. ”

"There's a dick arrangement, if you can't do it, I'll do it?" Li Xiaohe laughed at himself, got up and walked towards the bedroom.

Xu Jianjun followed, patted Li Xiaohe on the shoulder and said, "Lao Li, only by solving the case as soon as possible can your life be safe!" ”

Hearing this, Li Xiaohe also understood Lao Xu's intention to stay, and the other party was worried that he was in danger.