Looking at "Punishment" again, with just a small USB flash drive, the plot of "Punishment" has shrunk from the original forty episodes to twenty episodes.
There is a scene in "Punishment" that is very impactful: when Chang Zheng and Jin Yan were investigating the survivors of the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster, they accidentally discovered that Chang Fei and Zhao Pengcheng had also looked for them before their deaths.
Through flashing, the investigation experiences of Chang Fei, Zhao Pengcheng and Chang Zheng are integrated, showing their continuous efforts for truth and justice, which is full of emotion.
Zhao Pengcheng, as the second eldest of the Zhao family, did not go along with the same thing, but persistently collected evidence of the Zhao family's crimes, and finally accumulated evidence that could give an ultimatum to Zhao Xiaosheng.
Zhao Pengcheng foresaw that Zhao Xiaosheng would not be easy to comply, and his own safety was worried, so he made a backup for the Zhao family's criminal evidence USB flash drive, and set up a secret protection measure that only Chang Zheng knew, hid the USB flash drive in a place where Chang Zheng would go, and left some clues.
Zhao Pengcheng's elaborate design was destroyed by a mysterious man in black, who snatched the USB flash drive, so that Chang Zheng continued to look for clues in the fog of the case. So, who took the USB flash drive?
From the perspective of motivation, Zhao Xiaosheng and Zhao Pengchao are the most likely. This USB flash drive is closely related to the life and death of all the people in the Zhao family, and they are the most direct stakeholders.
Even, in order to destroy the evidence, Zhao Pengzhan, the eldest son of the Zhao family, did not hesitate to kill his younger brother Zhao Pengcheng. Although Zhao Pengchao has a close relationship with the second brother, he turns a blind eye to the boss's plan.
In the follow-up plot of "Punishment", although Zhao Xiaosheng and Zhao Pengchao speculated that Zhao Pengcheng might have evidence backup, they did not know the existence of the USB flash drive, let alone where the evidence was hidden, and they did not know that someone had taken the USB flash drive.
Zhao Xiaosheng and Zhao Pengchao's words are credible, because they are father and son, and they are also stakeholders, and there is no need to hide from each other on this matter of life and death. After all, there will be no situation where Zhao Pengchao threatens Zhao Xiaosheng in the plot, which is too bloody.
Obviously, the disappearance of the USB flash drive cannot be caused by Zhao Xiaosheng's father and son. Among these people, except for Chang Zheng, Jin Yan and Zhao Pengcheng's wife Dong Lu, only those who know the existence of the USB flash drive and may take the USB flash drive are only Zhang Qiufeng, Li Bodong, Xiao Zhenbang, Yan Guohua and Xiao Chen.
2. Zhang Qiufeng: 5% probability Zhang Qiufeng followed Chang Zheng to drive Zhao Pengcheng's car out of the house and took a ** in "Punishment", and then a black car followed Chang Zheng all the way to Xishan Cemetery.
Judging from this footage, it is very likely that Zhang Qiufeng took the USB flash drive. However, Zhang Qiufeng has two identities, ostensibly he is the inner ghost of the Zhao family, but in fact he seems to be the inner line of Yan Guohua's secret task force.
Whether it is an inner ghost or an inner line, Zhang Qiufeng will only play a role in ventilating the news in this incident, because Zhao Pengcheng's USB flash drive is huge, and if Zhang Qiufeng hides it privately after getting it, he will either be killed by the Zhao family, or he will be arrested by Yan Guohua in the end.
Therefore, although Zhang Qiufeng appears to be the most suspicious on the surface, he is relatively unlikely.
Second, there is a 10% probability that Li Bodong was overheard when he reported to Xiao Zhenbang that Zhao Pengcheng's evidence was backed up. The eavesdropper may be Zhang Qiufeng, Li Bodong himself, or his assistant Jia Xiaoqiang, but Jia Xiaoqiang is Li Bodong's person, so if Jia Xiaoqiang eavesdroppers, it is equivalent to Li Bodong himself eavesdropping.
Li Bodong has a certain motive for taking the USB flash drive. First of all, he wanted to cover up some incriminating evidence, because his interests were closely linked to the Zhao family. Secondly, he kept the USB flash drive as an alternative, so that when the Zhao family faced difficulties, he could use this alternative to make meritorious atonements.
Although the USB flash drive was originally available to Chang Zheng, but because it was one step away, it was preempted by others, even if Li Bodong finally found it, it could not meet the criteria for meritorious atonement, unless there was evidence that Chang Zheng and Yan Guohua did not know or could not grasp, it could be used as the capital of meritorious service.
Therefore, if Li Bodong sent Jia Xiaoqiang to get the USB flash drive first, then he would be more likely to hand it over to Zhao Xiaosheng for a reward, after all, this is a major merit.
And Zhao Xiaosheng didn't know about the existence of the USB flash drive at all, which indicates that the person who took the USB flash drive was probably not Li Bodong.
3. Yan Guohua, it is speculated that Jin Yan, as a member of the secret task force, learned about Zhao Pengcheng's evidence backup, so Yan Guohua also learned the relevant news. In terms of information acquisition, Yan Guohua and Chang Zheng are basically in sync.
The point is that Jin Yan once drove Zhao Pengcheng's car alone to the repair shop to dismantle the car, and in the process, she may have seen the navigation information in advance and discovered the Xishan Cemetery.
At the same time, because Jin Yan and Yan Guohua have an in-depth understanding of Chang Zheng, it is possible for them to predict the hiding place of the evidence in advance.
At the same time that the USB flash drive was taken away by the man in black, Yan Guohua also appeared in Xishan Cemetery, wearing black clothes, hats and masks, very similar to the man in black. This raises two questions: If Yan Guohua is the real culprit of the USB flash drive, then why did he compete with Chang Zheng for evidence?
And why didn't the case be solved immediately after getting the evidence?
First of all, we can't ignore the contents of Zhao Pengcheng's USB flash drive, which may be the key clues to solve the case. After all, a lot of physical evidence can't be stored directly in a USB stick.
Even if Yan Guohua obtained the USB flash drive, if there was not enough evidence and witnesses, it would be impossible to convict the Zhao family on the basis of this USB flash drive alone. Therefore, although the USB flash drive is important, it has not yet reached the level of solving the case immediately.
Secondly, if Chang Zheng gets the USB flash drive, he will definitely need to report to Zhang Qiufeng, Li Bodong and Xiao Zhenbang. However, these people, especially the latter two, are quite dangerous.
Once they knew that Chang Zheng had a backup of Zhao Pengcheng's evidence, Chang Zheng would likely suffer the same tragedy as Chang Fei and Zhao Pengcheng. Therefore, in order to protect Chang Zheng, Yan Guohua may have obtained the USB flash drive in advance and kept it secret for the time being.
He will secretly collect evidence according to the contents of the USB flash drive, and finally wipe out the Zhao family and the inner ghosts.
If Yan Guohua had known the secrets of Xishan Cemetery in advance, it was entirely possible that he would have driven a taxi directly to it without risking following Chang Zheng. Although from the perspective of motives and possibilities, there is a possibility that he will take the USB flash drive, this probability is not very high.
Fourth, the probability is 30%, Deputy Director Xiao Zhenbang has the possibility of driving to track Chang Zheng and steal the USB flash drive. There is only one motive, and that is to cover up incriminating evidence. After Chang Zheng reported to Xiao Zhenbang the existence of Zhao Pengcheng's evidence backup, he sent him away.
During the investigation of the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster, Chang Fei was unfortunately killed, and according to Li Bodong, Chang Fei had received a letter from the detachment"Severe depression with suicidal tendencies"psychological test report, and was ordered to suspend by the detachment leader Xiao Zhenbang.
This indicates that Xiao Zhenbang may be seriously suspected of killing Chang Fei and participating in the mining accident case, and if he learns that Zhao Pengcheng has evidence back-up, he will definitely want to take it away and destroy it.
Of course, Xiao Zhenbang is very suspicious. The reason why he was suspicious in terms of motive, time, and information was mainly because his evidence was mainly about the Zhao family.
Once the truth of the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster and Deng Lijun's death cannot be concealed, he can use the USB flash drive to force Zhao Xiaosheng to take all the sins and get himself out.
Fifth, Xiao Chen, who has a 35% chance, may be the most easily ignored of the suspects who took Zhao Pengcheng's USB flash drive. As Zhao Pengcheng's apprentice, Xiao Chen should have an in-depth understanding of Zhao Pengcheng's daily activities.
Even if Xiao Chen didn't know about Zhao Pengcheng before he was blown up and killed, he could find a lot of relevant information when sorting out Zhao Pengcheng's relics. In addition, Xiao Chen had persuaded Zhao Pengcheng's wife, Dong Lu, to return to Changwu, so he knew about the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster earlier than Chang Zheng, and learned about the existence of evidence backup earlier.
However, a question emerged: Why did Xiao Chen not cooperate when he was investigating the case? You must know that Qiu Tao's ** has proved that Chang Zheng did not kill Zhao Pengcheng**.
As Zhao Pengcheng's apprentice and a prosecutor, Xiao Chen was angry with Chang Zheng just because he had scolded Zhao Pengcheng and was unwilling to cooperate with the investigation.
It turns out that Xiao Chen's hesitation in "Punishment" is not out of work, but related to his father Xiao Zhenbang. When deciding whether to hand over Zhao Pengcheng's newspaper clippings to Chang Zheng, he put the report on the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster in his drawer.
This detail reveals Xiao Chen's inner struggle, as a prosecutor, he feels difficult when faced with something related to his father.
After comprehensive consideration, Xiao Zhenbang is suspected of not only the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster, but also related to Chang Fei's death, which is the case that Zhao Pengcheng mainly pursues. As Zhao Pengcheng's apprentice and right-hand man, Xiao Chen is not only likely to discover the case he is investigating when Zhao Pengcheng is working, but is more likely to have direct access to Zhao Pengcheng's work materials after he was bombed.
Therefore, it is very likely that Xiao Chen began to doubt his father Xiao Zhenbang after Zhao Pengcheng's death.
In Zhao Pengcheng's newspaper clippings, Chang Zheng found relevant information about the Qiongya No. 5 mine. Xiao Chen had an argument with Xiao Zhenbang at home, and Xiao Zhenbang even warned Xiao Chen not to get involved with Chang Zheng.
Xiao Chen's attitude was extremely confused. Therefore, Xiao Chen may have foreseen that his father Xiao Zhenbang had a problem, and also knew that Zhao Pengcheng had backup evidence. However, he did not understand the meaning of the navigation information.
It wasn't until he followed Chang Zheng to Xishan Cemetery that he realized Zhao Pengcheng's good intentions and took the USB flash drive before Chang Zheng. After Xiao Chen saw the information on the USB flash drive, he could almost confirm that his father Xiao Zhenbang had a problem.
He had tried to prevent Chang Zheng from entering Zhao Pengcheng's office, and even took out the newspaper clippings of the Qiongya No. 5 mine in advance. He was hesitant to hand over the newspaper clippings to Chang Zheng.
In the end, reason triumphed over emotion. As a prosecutor and Zhao Pengcheng's apprentice, Xiao Chen guided Chang Zheng to investigate the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster, as for whether Xiao Zhenbang can be found, it depends on Chang Zheng's ability.