Chapter 127: Gathering Evidence
Chu Ying was "invited" by Peng Ziyi to the small building of the intelligence group two days later, and since there was no substantive evidence, he could only assist in the investigation in name. Not only Chu Ying, but all those who may have intersected with Baron Goya's testimony in time and place were invited to come and ask them one by one.
Although it was only a preliminary investigation, it raised a lot of doubts. After all, Chu Ying's two trips to Suero are recorded, and there were people from various departments who went to Suero with him at that time, and the testimony provided by Baron Goya can be corresponded to what others said. However, Chu Ying's testimony has all kinds of minor irrationalities.
For example, Chu Ying clearly said that he went to the tavern alone, but the members of the business team who secretly went to the tavern at the same time did not meet him in the tavern. Or he said that he was going to the east of the city, but someone saw him at the intersection to the west of the city. When these issues are put together, the flaws exposed are obvious.
Outside the interrogation room, Peng Ziyi said to Milda: "After we handed over the first interrogation record, the committee agreed to search Chu Ying's residence, and you go with you in today's search operation, if there are any secrets in his residence, you should be the most likely to find out." ”
Milda said, "It's too late to look for it now." I know you've been suspicious of those people for a long time, why don't you take the initiative to do it, according to the ability of the two of us, we may have a result in a direct door-to-door search. ”
"It's different, I don't have the right to follow and search a citizen's house without authorization. ”
"Last time, I wasn't asked to go to someone's house for dinner. ”
Peng Ziyi smiled: "That's different, I have authorization to monitor the mage who came from the royal capital." It's just that you happened to bump into Chang Lin and them. ”
"It's so refreshing to start directly, not only is it easier to catch the bad guys, but justice is also quickly served. ”
Peng Ziyi groaned slightly: "But this is not the justice I pursue. The justice I pursue includes a certain amount of procedural justice. To put it simply, I don't want the injustice of the means to tarnish the justice of the results. ”
"I didn't understand. ”
"You've seen the movie, right?"
"Yes!" Milda nodded, and these days, every weekend, a movie is shown in the square of the new Hewan New District. She basically doesn't play every show, and she has watched a lot of it now.
"There is a type of film that is a superhero movie, in which there are always super capable protagonists who like to carry out justice in their own way, and I know that this kind of movie is very popular with people, after all, people in this world are eager for the power of magic and fighting spirit, and when these forces are cultivated strong, everyone can be a superhero.
But have you ever thought that there is only one protagonist in the movie, and everything in that world revolves around his story, because all those who disagree with him are unjust, so his justice is clear and clear in the movie.
But what would it be like if we were in the real world and everyone realized their own justice? You know, conceptual justice is a very subjective thing. ”
Milda had never thought about it that way, and couldn't help but stutter.
"For example, if you think that it is justice to search privately, but another person thinks that it is justice to prevent you from violating the privacy of others, do you use a duel to decide who is more righteous?"
"But I'm no one else, I'm an Intelligence Agent. ”
"If you can investigate people as you want, and no one else can stop you. Isn't it more terrible to use public weapons for private use and abuse?" Peng Ziyi asked rhetorically.
"I hadn't thought about it so much. Even the mages of the Seven Towers Age hadn't thought about it so much. They can often decide who is right and who is wrong in the mage tower with a single word. ”
"So there has to be a set of norms, a set of procedures to regulate these things. Restrain people like you and me, there is nothing that cannot be done. Or what to do in the pursuit of justice. Although substantive justice is more important than procedural justice, without procedural justice, it is too easy for us to go astray in the pursuit of substantive justice. So I don't want to break the procedural rules, because that might be a bigger cost than letting the bad guys escape. Peng Ziyi saw Milda, who was thinking blankly, and said, "Okay, but today you are undoubtedly a righteous partner, let's go to work." ”
"Nerd. Milda gave him a blank look, followed the two companions, and went to Chu Ying's residence.
Chu Ying's residence is a very ordinary one-bedroom apartment. He used half of the bedroom as a study.
The house here has not been occupied for a long time, so the furniture is very simple, and there is not much in it.
The three members of the BFIPU searched the room for a long time, digging through a pile of reports and materials, but found nothing of value.
"These things look like normal documents for the business group, and some of the others are his personal things. Zhang Cunliang, a member of the intelligence team, said.
Another intelligence team member, Ge Hao, said, "Mirda, use your ability to find out. If not, we'll have no choice but to return. ”
The ability of the "Secret Index" is used to explore large spaces, which is naturally handy. But to find out about a space bag or a storage ring, it depends on the quality of the thing itself. The more advanced and powerful the space props, the easier it is for Mirda to spot, on the contrary, the props that only compress a little bit of space are not so easy to find. It's like a bit of white on a black background that catches the eye, but dark gray is hard to spot.
Milda pondered for a long time, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be some reaction on the cushions of the sofa.
This reaction is so weak that it simply cannot be detected if it is not for concentration. Milda walked over and lifted the couch cushions. It was found that there was nothing underneath.
"Wait a minute, could it be inside the cushion cover?" Zhang Cunliang said.
The fabric sofa had been brought from that world, and he unzipped the back of the cushion and pulled the cover out, and sure enough, he saw a palm-sized bag inside.
"Space Bag!"
"What is this?" Milda pulled out scrolls, hedrons, and a parchment roll from the bag.
Ge Hao, who was on the side, said: "This seems to be a title deed in the town of Floro, and this man named Alfonso sold the house to Chu Ying for thirty gold axes?"
"Maybe there's a clue there! We'll go now!"
Milda and the two agents arrived in the town of Floro half an hour later and found the house in the name of its owner.
It was a two-story cottage, a decent house in town, but not very impressive.
Ge Hao looked at the surrounding houses and said, "Why is this Chu Ying buying a house here? Aren't you afraid that others will find out?"
"The school has replaced some of the houses in Floro Town, saying that they will be rebuilt in the future, and it is not obvious if he buys them in the mix. I guess maybe he's doing something here that is inconvenient for school. Zhang Cunliang said, "And there are not many people in the town now, most of the locals have gone to live in Hewan New District, where most of the caravan people live, and it is very chaotic, and no one pays attention to him." ”