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2003 JIANGTAN CITY

The adventure in our youth

Without a pause

No matter if there’s a tomorrow

Second-year graduate student, Jiang Yang.

Okay, Jiang Yang.

A fatigue man was stranded

I can move on when I opens my eyes

TO JIANG YANG

No matter if there’s a tomorrow

PINGKANG COUNTY PEOPLE’S PROCURATORATE LETTER OF OFFER

Yes! Yes!

Even if I will be blown away by the wind

Bye!

JIANGTAN BUS STATION PINGKANG

Jiang Yang and I met each other online.

We’ve been corresponding with each other by letters ever since.

- Jiang Yang! - Jiang Yang at least wrote 100 letters.

It’s pretty amazing.

Later, Jiang Yang

took the civil service examination behind me

because he wanted to stay with me.

And he became my colleague.

I was too young

and too impulsive.

Now

I always feel it was me

who ruined him.

THE LONG NIGHT

EPISODE 2

2010 JIANGTAN CITY

MARCH 12, 2010, TUESDAY

How was he convicted of?

Director, I was in charge of the interrogation.

You also know

Zhang Chao confessed everything.

And we found a lot of Zhang Chao’s

skin and blood tissue from the nails of the victim, Jiang Yang.

Also, the fingerprints of the tool

match with Zhang Chao’s.

We also checked the surveillance footage in the apartment blocks.

Zhang Chao was shot to

enter the apartment blocks in his black Audi and he did not come out.

- How could you believe his words? - Don’t even mention it.

Yiming and those who conducted the interrogation are not to blame for this.

Because all of evidence

is consistent with Zhao Chao’s confession.

We have all the evidence.

But it’s all a coincidence.

Ma,

show us the video in the apartment blocks.

This is what happened in front of his apartment

at 7 pm on the day Jiang Yang died.

This is Zhang Chao’s black Audi.

The resolution is too low

and it’s dark at that time.

We can’t see the face at all.

After the case was overturned, Zhang Chao said

he lent his car to Jiang Yang

and the man in the car was not him but Jiang Yang.

We tracked Zhang Chao’s whereabouts

and his spending records in his bank card.

He did not walk out of Jiangtan at all.

Later, we got to know that

he left his phone and bank card to Jiang Yang.

He admitted the crime.

The time is consistent.

Who would have thought he was in Beijing at that time?

On the day the crime happened, Zhang Chao was in Beijing.

He’s over 1000 km away from the crime scene.

But there is an incredible coincidence

- between his confession and the case. - Yeah.

- This is unlikely to happen. - Yeah.

What did the forensic doctor say?

Jiang Yang was strangled from behind from 8 to 12 o’clock that night.

The murderer had to be there to do that.

But Zhang Chao had a perfect alibi.

Zhang Chao knew the whole case so well.

It’s like he was standing there and watching it.

Is there another kind of possibility?

Zhang Chao was taking the blame for the real murderer

and he confessed his crime immediately,

so, the real murderer was ignored by us.

But when he knew…

Is there any possibility that

he did this because the murderer is his wife?

If it were his wife,

what was Zhang Chao’s true motive?

- Zhou. - Okay.

Okay, thank you, Zhou.

Zhang, this is yours.

- Thank you, Zhou. - Okay.

TO ZHANG XIAOQIAN

MISS ZHANG, I REALLY LIKE YOUR REPORT.

Chief.

Awesome.

This will be the headline.

Mr. Li,

I have a huge news.

Leave the headline to us tomorrow.

It’s definitely the headline.

Chief, should we discuss with the Municipal Public Security Bureau?

Look,

make a copy of it.

Ask the editing team to prepare a brief immediately.

The shorter, the better. A few characters would be enough.

The photo and this letter will be the front page.

Go to the Public Security Bureau this afternoon.

It’s huge, and we need to report to the police.

- Okay. - Go do it.

Try some snack from the BESTORE.

Thank you.

Did you bring what I told you last time?

Last time?

Is this…? Right?

Ma, ma!

Look at that.

Who’s that?

Zhang Xiaoqian from Jiangtan Evening.

Liu, I didn’t know you are so knowledgeable.

Cut the crap.

Did you read the report on Liu Mingyang, the undercover policeman.

Liu Mingyang?

Yeah, I was tearing myself reading it.

She wrote that.

When did you receive the letter?

One hour ago.

Miss Zhang, I really like your report.

Your words are sincere and neutral.

You stick to the truth.

As your loyal fan,

I’d like to play the 3x3 square game with you.

Specifically, I want to make a bet with the police.

I want to see if they can solve the case within 24 days.

From today on, you will receive one of the nine photos every three days.

It’s a free clue I offer to the police.

Nine photos can be combined into a complete one.

They’ll know the murderer who killed Jiang Yang.

But I don’t want to be the person who reveals the truth.

Because the result would be devastated. Many people would die in this city.

The price of cemeteries might rise again.

Every time you receive the letter, please publish the photo

on the front page of Jiangtan Evening the second day.

If the photo is not posted on any of these days,

somewhere in this city would be exploded at 12 p.m..

You should take this seriously.

I hope we can work well together.

HGP.

Turn to Forensic Services Division,

and see if they can find any useful fingerprints.

Who touched this letter before?

Zhou from the mail room.

My chief, Mr. Chen and me.

Liu.

- Captain Ren. - Go to their office

- and collect their fingerprints. - Okay, I’ll go there right away.

The chief thinks it’s a piece of news of great value.

We were wondering if we could publish this photo on the front page tomorrow.

No. The authenticity and purpose of this photo is still unknown.

- We need to report it to our leader. - Wait for the message.

Okay. Well, I’ll leave now.

What do you think about it?

When we saw Zhang Chao last time,

what did he say?

Twenty four days.

We can’t publish it because we can’t cause social panic.

But if an explosion really happened as the letter wrote.

We will fail all the people.

Yan Liang, what do you think?

The man sending the letter should be Zhang Chao’s compliance.

We have to find him.

[JIANGTAN EVENING]

What are you going to do?

Publish the newspaper in a limited amount.

Make the sender think he has gotten the control.

He will show up.

Deliver the newspapers to the newsstands in the radius of 3km

from the mailbox.

SUBWAY BODY DUMPING CASE

Monitor everyone buying the newspaper. In all likelihood, the man will show up.

An evening newspaper.

Allocate out people to every newsstand in advance.

We can’t let him get away with it.

Follow that one.

Copy that.

Follow the man in black. Check his identity.

Copy that.

Okay.

I’ll report to the leader and ask for more support.

I need to go to the crime scene.

Crime scene?

I will send some technical staff with you.

No need.

I’m not looking for physical evidence.

Then take Ma with you. He’s reliable.

I interrogated Zhang Chao yesterday night about 3x3 square.

What did he say?

He said it’s a coincident.

Captain Yan,

I’m confused.

Why did Zhang Chao get anxious every time you mentioned glasses?

A man with myopia,

who never took the subway line three,

went straight to the south gate of the subway without glasses.

What does it mean?

He tried the same thing in advance.

Zhang Chao later confessed that

he found the suitcase here.

And he found Jiang Yang’s body after he opened it.

Where did he say he strangled Jiang Yang?

Here.

- Where did you find the tool? - It was on the balcony.

This is his wife, Li Jing.

- Why are you here? - The Public Security Bureau told me

you would come to recheck here. It’s better I’m present too,

in case some valuables were missed.

I’m sorry to have bothered you.

There are even valuables on the balcony?

Nothing much.

I just want to know

how my husband’s case is going.

We’re still working on it.

Welcome to offer some evidence.

I said all I know.

I have no more else to say.

Did Zhang Chao ever reveal anything to you?

No.

Did you know Jiang Yang before?

Yeah.

What do you think about him?

He had no morals.

He’s a student of my husband.

He swindled over 300,000 yuan from us and gambled away it all.

He lived here for free,

did nothing but kept idling around.

I quarreled with Zhang Chao for this for multiple times.

He never listened to me. How about now?

Do you think Jiang Yang had any other enemies?

I don’t know.

You should ask Zhang Chao.

Do you still have Jiang Yang’s stuff?

I threw away most of it.

I didn’t touch any of it

because I was waiting for his family to get it.

Later, his ex-wife and a policeman came. They took nothing.

Some things made me terrified.

And I threw them away with your approval. All I have are on the shelf.

Most of them were placed by Zhang Chao.

There are his books and letters.

I’m not sure. You’d better take all of it. I want to rent this house after a while.

Everyone, come and eat.

- Director Zhao. - You can work better with a full stomach.

Our Director is so attentive.

- Thank you, Director. - Thank you, Director.

Thanks, Director.

- Director. - Look,

he’s so lucky to come here now.

There’s some garlic.

I know you like it.

Come on.

You can eat while I continue the report,

now that Director can listen to it as well.

Look at this.

We got the result from the Forensic Services Division.

With the information Liu collected from the news agency,

we are sure the fingerprints on the letter and photo

are from two people.

One is Zhang Xiaoqian from Jiangtan Evening.

And the other is their chief, Chen Mingsheng.

We have checked that

there’s no others’ fingerprint on the envelope.

It’s Zhou from the mail room

and other staff in the agency.

Yan Liang.

Be quiet.

- Go on. - There’s no useful evidence

on the photo and envelope.

This shows that the mysterious person behind this anonymous letter

has certain anti-detection capabilities.

Look at the second one,

I’ve searched for the Fengshan Road

on the photo.

There are two roads of such name in our province.

One lies in the High-tech Development Zone of Pingchang City.

This road was built last year.

And the other is in Pingkang County.

It has been existing since 1949.

After comparing the background,

we confirmed that it’s the one in Pingkang County.

Apart from the materials we have,

who knows better about Jiang Yang?

Captain Yan, I think you can have a talk with Zhang Xiaoqian.

Zhang Xiaoqian?

We met her in the morning.

Zhang Xiaoqian wrote a report for Liu Mingyang.

Everyone working for the PSB

cried after reading it.

Our work

is difficult and tiring.

Sometimes, we are not understood by people.

Ma, after you are done eating,

show Captain Yan the report Zhang Xiaoqian made.

Okay.

Show it to me now.

The mysterious man in the subway station has been successfully subdued.

The police opened the suitcase he claimed to be equipped with a bomb.

But inside is a dead body of an adult male.

Who’s the victim? Why was he killed?

What’s the relationship between the victim and the suspect?

Why did the suspect want to dump his body in the subway station?

You’ll get to know it

in this special episode of “Jiangtan Evening” legal edition.

Hello, who’s this?

This is Yan Liang.

I guess you haven’t slept.

Hello, Captain Yan.

What’s wrong? Is there any adjustment should be made about the news?

No, I just want to ask you

if you are available tomorrow afternoon.

Well, wait a minute. I’ll have a look at my schedule.

How about 1pm tomorrow?

No problem.

Okay, see you tomorrow.

Captain Gu, do you think Captain Yan will work it out?

A new official applies strict measures.

He’s stealing our cases now.

I had a classmate who worked with him.

I heard it’s weird.

He just solved the cases before you know it.

Seriously?

Now I’m curious.

- Captain Yan. - I’m sorry I’m late.

I know you’re busy.

I took some time to study your report.

MINGYANG A NARCOTICS AGENT

Captain Yan, I’m flattered.

Mingyang was my classmate in Academy.

We were allocated to the same unit.

It should have been me who was sent to complete the mission.

But I had a surgery for acute appendicitis.

So, Mingyang went there for me.

One time,

I visited Mingyang’s family

and I didn’t expect that his son would be so cold to him.

Later, Mingyang told me

a policeman, especially undercover agent,

often leaves his family 2 to 3 years.

The child is too young.

They won’t be as close as before without seeing each other for a while.

He had to stay longer every time he came back

before his son reconnected to him.

- Sir, what would you like…? - A cup of tea.

Okay, please wait a minute.

The reason I asked you out

is that I want to know

your opinion of Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang?

He…

Jiang Yang had a tragic life like Liu Mingyang.

I’d been interviewing him over a year.

Eight years ago, he’s a graduate

from the institute of political science and law of a top university.

Later, he was sentenced for 2 years because of a case.

He lost his family and career after he’s released.

He could only get through by repairing phones

before he died.

What case was that?

I don’t want to presume anything.

If you want to know what kind of man he was,

you could turn to his girlfriend back then, Wu Aike.

Have a good sleep, everyone.

I’m on duty tonight.

Hurry up, go home now.

- Let’s go. It’s Captain Ren’s duty. - Let’s go.

Go.

- Captain Ren, I’m leaving. - Go.

Thanks.

Captain Ren, if you are available tomorrow,

let’s go to Wu Aike’s place.

Okay.

Go home now.

I haven’t seen you go home since you came here.

I don’t need to go home.

LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON PUBLIC PROCURATORS

Any drinks?

RESIDENT IDENTITY CARD

What did you find?

Hou Guiping.

Fengshan Road, Pingkang County.

Jiang Yang, Hou Guiping.

How are they related?

Hou Guiping.

H.

G.

P.

Check if there’s any information about Hou Guiping in the system.

Is there his address?

Hou Guiping died 10 years ago.

DEATH DATE: NOVEMBER 2, 2000

He’s dead?

- Water. You’re welcome. - Thanks.

The reason we visited you

is that we want to ask something about Jiang Yang.

Did you see the news?

Yeah.

I don’t know why

it ended up like this.

Jiang Yang was your ex-boyfriend, right?

Yes.

It was years ago.

At that time, Jiang Yang just graduated from the college.

We dated for a while.

Later,

we broke up because it didn’t work out for us.

In your opinion,

what kind of man was he?

Jiang Yang was the only postgraduate in the office.

He was handsome, good tempered.

and a people person.

The Procuratorate listed him as the key personnel to train.

He was promoted as the chief of Investigation Supervision Section

within one year

for his excellent performance.

He was the deputy section chief.

He had four people under him.

My father was the Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Municipal Procuratorate.

Jiang Yang went to my place several times.

My father appreciated him a lot.

Actually,

at that time,

we were about to get married.

There are so many people.

So what? We’re not having an affair.

Let’s go. Okay.

But later

a girl

totally wrecked our peaceful life.

Who?

Li Jing.

2003 PINGKANG COUNTY ANTI-CORRUPTION AND ANTI-BRIBERY BUREAU

PINGKANG COUNTY PEOPLE’S PROCURATORATE

- Chief. - About to have lunch?

Hello, who’s this?

Is this Jiang Yang, the great prosecutor?

Yes, who is this speaking?

I’m Li Jing.

Li Jing?

Li Jing!

Hello, the most beautiful girl in our class.

Don’t make fun of me. I’m being serious.

I heard you are an official now in the Procuratorate of Pingkang County.

Save it.

I’m just serving for people.

Are you available this weekend? I need to see you in Pingkang County.

What’s so important that we have to talk in person?

It’s complicated.

Let’s talk about it when we meet.

- Okay. - I’ll tell you the place we meet.

Okay.

- Okay, look at this. - Okay.

What did you cook for lunch? It smells so good.

Yeah? My cooking is improved then.

- I’m jealous. - Guoqing, you haven’t eaten yet?

No.

What’s wrong? Why aren’t you excited about lunch today?

Well, I have to discuss something with you.

Did you make a mistake?

No way. Come on.

I just picked up a phone call from a female classmate.

And…

A female classmate.

Is she beautiful?

To be honest, I think she’s pretty.

Am I prettier or she?

Of course she is prettier.

It’s a joke.

You’re the prettiest.

Well,

she called me

and said she wanted to tell me something in person.

I’ve thought about it.

You go with me.

You can sit next to me.

If there’s anything wrong, you can come out and save me.

How’s that?

Beg me.

I’m begging you.

- Guoqing, how about eating with us? - I’m fine.

Taste the potatoes I made. It’s a little too salty.

You cooked it?

I thought you got it from the canteen.

It’s so tasty.

That’s right.

Li Jing, I don’t even recognize you.

Our top mind, Jiang Yang.

You don’t even recognize me after being a prosecutor?

I don’t mean that.

I just heard you were promoted last week.

Why did you come to Pingkang?

It’s probably destiny.

Excuse me, lady, what would you like to drink?

- The same as his. - Okay, please wait a minute.

You mentioned you had something to tell me in person.

What was that?

Do you remember Hou Guiping?

Yeah.

I felt sorry

for him.

It happened right in

Pingkang County, right?

It’s been two years, but…

But I still remember it clearly.

I’ve always wanted to

find out the truth.

So, I came to meet you here today.

You called me for this?

Li Jing,

I can do anything

to help you as long as it doesn’t violate my work principles.

I doubt that he wasn’t drowned

but murdered.

No way…

After Hou Guiping died,

the police in the Pingkang County came to report it in our school.

Do you remember the conclusion in the case file?

The school said

Hou Guiping went to swim when he taught voluntarily here.

And he drowned accidentally.

The school said so because it wanted to minimize the influence.

It’s said in the case file that

Hou Guiping raped a woman and he jumped into a river to end his life

when the police was chasing him.

- It’s impossible. - Shh.

Hou Guiping was not someone like that.

I also believe he’s not like that.

And, you know what?

When he was teaching there,

a girl in his restudy class committed suicide by drinking pesticides.

The police found the girl was raped before she took her own life.

Hou Guiping had been requesting for further investigation to his leaders.

How could he do that as told in the file?

So, you mean

Hou Guiping was murdered because of this.

But he became the scapegoat at last.

Hello, this is your coffee.

- Thanks. - Please enjoy.

You are the chief of Investigation Supervision Section.

Can you…

You want me to overturn his conviction and exonerate him?

His death

was a great strike to the whole family.

How did this happen?

Jiang Yang, you must look into it. Find out the truth and exonerate him.

Let me introduce her.

This is my colleague

and girlfriend, Wu Aike.

- Hello, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.

Come, sit here.

I’m sorry.

I know

this can be pretty hard.

But I have no requests other than figuring this out.

Jiang Yang, what are you hesitating for?

You’re a prosecutor and it’s your duty.

Well, but…

If you don’t want to do that,

I can go find my dad.

Your dad?

My dad is the Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Municipal Procuratorate,

and Jiang Yang’s leader.

If that’s the case…

I’ll try my best.

Thank you.

You seem a little hesitated about your classmate’s request.

No.

If it’s like what she said,

I’m not sure how complicated and how many people were involved in it.

I just came here for a year.

My experience is pretty limited.

If I go directly to the police and denounce them publicly,

I will offend so many people.

You’re a prosecutor

and the chief in Investigation Supervision Section.

It’s your duty to look into such wrong cases.

It’s not that easy.

Again, I haven’t exonerated anyone yet.

There's first time for everything. You can see this as your first case.

I’ll tell my dad. You’ll definitely win his support.

- But this case… - No buts anymore!

Are you a man?

How’s this related to my gender?

Fine.

I will obey your instructions

and find out the truth.

You are not doing it for me.

It’s your duty as a prosecutor.

I don’t want you to be

a prosecutor who weigh the benefits against the cost for everything.

I’ve seen too many hypocrites like that.

Okay, I’m wrong.

I should have cut such bureaucratism.

It’s for my duty as a prosecutor and the justice of the world.

I’ll check it right away.

Forgive me this time.

- I dare not do it again. - Enough.

Dress up when you go to the police station.

So many guys want me to be their girlfriend.

Who? Who is that?

I was too young

and too impulsive.

Now

I always feel it was me

who ruined him.

Li Jing is that simple.

I’ll send more people to check her background.

Hello.

What?

Okay.

I’ll be back right away.