Between 1996 and 1999, the defendant Lao Rongzhi and his lover Fa Ziying (who had been approved and executed in a separate case) conspired to commit robbery, etc., and had Lao Rongzhi engage in escort services in entertainment venues, look for targets for committing crimes, and jointly commit violence with Fa Ziying, rob other people's property or kidnap others for extortion. The two jointly committed four cases of robbery, intentional homicide, and kidnapping in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and Hefei City, Anhui Province, resulting in a total of seven deaths.
