dognovel Chapter 1079 Fire
Chapter 1079 Fire
After Deng Jianli made arrangements for Lao Gui and Wang Lin, he turned to look at the warehouse. The drug-making equipment inside was still there and had not been destroyed.
Their initial plan was to use the equipment to manufacture a second or even a third batch. But now it seems that all of that has come to nothing.
The police have already set their sights on Lu Shaohua, and Deng Jianli knows that it's only a matter of time before he's being targeted as well.
But Deng Jianli could not wait any longer, because he had to save Lu Shaohua.
Lu Shaohua absolutely cannot be allowed to get into trouble! Deng Jianli and his wife have no children, and Lu Shaohua is very filial, so they treat him like their own son.
Now that he has terminal cancer and his wife is waiting in the hospital, all the funeral arrangements need to be handled by Lu Shaohua! Therefore, Deng Jianli must divert the police's attention away from Lu Shaohua!
The best way to do this is to let the police discover the drug manufacturing workshop by chance!
What could be better than setting a fire? But Deng Jianli also needed to preserve evidence to help Lu Shaohua get acquitted, and that was the difficult part.
So Deng Jianli went home and wrote a will, then put on his best clothes, returned to the warehouse, and lit the fire!
"How's the situation?" Early the next morning, Wei Shang arrived at the Xigang City Public Security Bureau and met with Lin Qiangfeng, Li Weimin, and Li An. As for Chen Qingquan? He had gone to a meeting in the hall.
"Wei Shang, we're in trouble!" Li Weimin said with a wry smile.
Looking at Wei Shang, who was even younger than Li Weimin, Lin Qiangfeng gained a stronger understanding of what his third grandfather had said. If he didn't have a powerful family background and strong personal abilities, how could he have reached this position at this age?
"Director Zhao, last night a fire broke out in an abandoned warehouse at the Xigang City Chemical Plant, which also set off fire in two nearby abandoned factory buildings! Fortunately, it was not far from the main plant area, and there was a residential area belonging to the chemical plant in between. Otherwise, the entire chemical plant could have been burned down, and the people of Xigang City would have suffered!" Lin Qiangfeng said, forcing himself to speak.
"Is Lu Shaohua, the one you're investigating, from the chemical plant? Is this related to him?" Wei Shang asked curiously.
“To say it’s related is true, because the only fatality in this fire was Deng Jianli, an engineer at the chemical plant, who was Lu Shaohua’s mentor! But it’s also not related, because Lu Shaohua was under our surveillance all night and never left our sight! And most importantly, Deng Jianli left a suicide note!” Li Weimin said with a bitter expression, never expecting things to develop to this point.
"I wonder if Deng Jianli admitted in his suicide note that he was the drug maker, felt guilty after being discovered, and then set fire to the drug workshop?" Wei Shang asked.
Li Weimin and Lin Qiangfeng smiled wryly and nodded; things had indeed developed as Wei Shang had predicted.
It was because of last night's fire that Chen Qingquan was summoned to a meeting in the province. This is no small matter; the chemical plant contains a large amount of toxic gas, and an explosion would be a disaster!
Therefore, the entire leadership team of Sihanoukville and the heads of relevant bureaus were all summoned to the provincial capital for criticism today.
"Let's go, let's go see the scene!" What other choice did Wei Shang have? He could only go see the scene.
Soon, the group arrived at the site located in a corner of the Sihanoukville chemical plant.
The fire was extinguished not long ago, and there is still thick smoke. Because Lu Shaohua used to manufacture drugs here, the smell is very pungent. Even after a whole night, it is only barely enough for people to breathe normally.
However, Wei Shang and his team still put on gas masks and began inspecting the scene.
Although the fire was very large, there was very little combustible material, so the basic framework of the structure was still visible at the scene. After all, even a large fire can't turn reinforced concrete into ashes, right?
"Is it confirmed that Deng Jian is the only deceased?" Wei Shang asked, looking at the scene.
"It's confirmed. We've also searched Deng Jianli's house and found his suicide note. In it, Deng Jianli admitted that he had no choice but to have such thoughts because he wanted to get a kidney transplant for his wife. He also admitted that he had sold out of the rock candy and pills he made and felt very guilty. So he set a fire to burn all these sins and the person in charge of it to the ground!" Lin Qiangfeng said with a mixture of emotions on his face.
"A suicide note? The handwriting has been verified? It was indeed written by Deng Jianli? It wasn't forged by someone else?" Wei Shang asked.
"It's confirmed. We've done a trace comparison, and it was indeed written by Deng Jianli while he was conscious. There are no signs of coercion or forgery!" Li Weimin said.
Looking at the scene, Wei Shang also had a headache. This Deng Jianli had really given him a difficult problem. It was one thing to confess, but he even set fire to the workshop. Now the clues were completely cut off.
As for Lu Shaohua? There's nothing we can do about it. In the short term, Lu Shaohua won't take any action, and there's simply no way to catch him!
"Come on, take me to see this Lu Shaohua!" Wei Shang's expression was also somewhat unpleasant.
"Lu Shaohua is currently at the hospital accompanying Deng Jianli's wife during her kidney transplant surgery today," Li Weimin said.
"Let's go take a look!" Wei Shang said, and led the way outside.
Li Weimin and Lin Qiangfeng had no choice but to follow.
Although Deng Jianli was a drug dealer, his wife was probably not involved, and she was undergoing surgery at the time. But Wei Shang was pressed for time, so he could only go to the hospital to check on her.
When the three arrived at the hospital, the surgery was already over, and Deng Jianli's wife had been moved to the ICU. If there was no obvious rejection reaction, the surgery would be considered a success.
At this moment, Lu Shaohua stood outside the intensive care unit with his wife Liu Qing in his arms, looking at his teacher's wife lying inside. A glint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes.
"Section Chief Lu, we meet again!" Lin Qiangfeng walked over and said to Lu Shaohua.
"Captain Lin, what brings you here?" Lu Shaohua's face remained calm, but he looked at Lin Qiangfeng and the other two with a questioning gaze.
He remembered Li Weimin from yesterday, so why is there a stranger here today?
"Section Chief Lu, you know your factory caught fire, right?" Lin Qiangfeng asked.
"What? The factory is on fire? How come I didn't know? Nobody notified me!" Lu Shaohua asked in surprise.
"The factory must have told you before they left. The fire has just been extinguished. One person died, but there was no other property damage!" Lin Qiangfeng said.
"Who died?" Lu Shaohua asked in surprise.
“Deng Jianli!” Lin Qiangfeng said.
"What? You're saying my master is dead?" Lu Shaohua shouted in shock, his face full of astonishment.