The woman's screams were shrill and piercing, so loud they hurt one's ears.

Han San made a phone call, and after a while, someone came up. It was Lao Zhang, with Zhang Hao following behind him.

"We were just wondering how to arrest his family members to cooperate with the investigation, but we didn't expect you to find one so quickly. You're pretty fast," Old Zhang said.

Seeing the head of the Major Crimes Unit in uniform and armed personally take action, even the slow-witted Jin Lanlan sensed the seriousness of the situation.

Anxious and uneasy, Jin Lanlan was taken to the Major Crimes Unit for questioning.

Inside the interrogation room, Zhang Hao, Han San, and Chen Anshui, as observers, watched as Lao Zhang interrogated Jin Lanlan and her mother.

Jin Lanlan's mother knew nothing about the reason for her husband's sudden wealth; she only knew that he had succeeded in stock trading, won the lottery, and received various other windfalls. At first, she had her doubts, but as her husband continued to provide her with money, allowing her to live a life she had never dared to dream of before, she stopped doubting him.

Jin Lanlan was the same. Suddenly, she became a popular and wealthy young woman at school, with everyone around her fawning over her. The feeling of being the center of attention made her feel smug and she quickly became arrogant.

Unexpectedly, this sense of inflated ego was quickly shattered by reality and didn't last long at all.

"After a thorough investigation, we have confirmed that your father was involved in the death of all fifty-plus employees of the agritainment business. He is the mastermind behind it all," Old Zhang said solemnly.

Jin Lanlan's eyes widened, her face flushed, and she slammed her hand on the table, shouting, "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! How could my father kill so many people for no reason!"

“You might not believe it, but it’s true. Your father killed them mainly to steal their luck. After their luck was drained, they would die for various reasons, leaving no trace of murder. It would look like an accidental death.” Old Zhang patiently recounted the case.

Jin Lanlan's mother suddenly couldn't listen anymore.

"Shut up, shut up! You're all doing this on purpose..."

Jin Lanlan's mother screamed frantically, then suddenly reached out and began scratching her face wildly, the shrill sound almost piercing eardrums. In just a few seconds, she had her face a bloody mess!
The bloodied and mangled woman began vomiting blood violently. As she vomited, she stopped breathing and collapsed completely.

This sudden turn of events happened in just over ten seconds. Old Zhang was so frightened that his face turned pale, and the faces of the several members of the Major Crimes Unit who were taking notes next to him were also very grim.

Everyone was startled by this sudden scene.

"Don't be afraid. It's just because their fates were intertwined with Jin Buhuan's. Now that Jin Buhuan is dead, the backlash from their devouring of luck will naturally affect Jin Buhuan's wife and daughters as well," Zhang Hao explained. He looked at Jin Lanlan but did not take any action.

Jin Lanlan watched as her mother died so strangely and bizarrely right beside her. She was so frightened that her face turned as pale as paper, and she broke out in a cold sweat. She stood there, frozen, not daring to move.

"Will I...will I die such a terrible death?" Jin Lanlan asked tremulously, her voice filled with fear.

The thought that she might end up with the same tragic fate as her mother nearly made Jin Lanlan faint.

"To be precise, they did die such a terrible death. After all, you enjoyed the wealth brought by Jin Buhuan and also benefited from his good fortune. Sharing happiness and hardship is both normal and reasonable," Zhang Hao explained calmly, as if he were talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

Jin Lanlan was unable to remain calm. She stared at her mother's body and broke down in tears.

"I don't want to die! Please save me! I have no idea what my father did. Even if I committed murder, he should be held accountable, why is the punishment coming on me? I'm innocent... I haven't benefited much from this, please..."

Jin Lanlan broke down and begged loudly, but Zhang Hao sat there unmoved, even lowering his head to sip water.

Chen Anshui remained silent. Thinking of the more than fifty employees who had died, he felt that he was not qualified to say anything about helping, forgiving, or being unrelated.

Old Zhang, on the other hand, felt a pang of pity: "Mr. Han, if possible, perhaps you should still try to save her..."

Zhang Hao raised his hand and gestured for him to stop, interrupting Old Zhang before he could finish speaking: "Good deeds are rewarded and evil deeds are punished; this is also a kind of retribution. Even if I have the ability, I cannot interfere at will."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jin Lanlan, who had just been begging for mercy, suddenly began to twist her body abnormally.

Her body was like a lump of dough, being molded into all sorts of strange shapes by an invisible giant hand.

The arm snapped in a bizarre arc, and the bones throughout the body cracked as if they were splitting into countless pieces.

Jin Lanlan screamed in agony, crying for help, but no one came to her aid.

Sensing that she might be about to die, Jin Lanlan burst into tears, her face filled with extreme sorrow: "Dad! You've ruined me so much!"

The people in the interrogation room remained silent as they stared at the pile of mangled flesh before them.

After an unknown amount of time, Old Zhang finally couldn't bear the oppressive atmosphere any longer and sighed, "This is truly a case of one person's misdeeds bringing disaster to the whole family. Is it really necessary to go to such extremes for money?"

Zhang Hao is well-informed and experienced. From his early days of transporting corpses to his later work of exorcising ghosts and demons, he has witnessed the endless greed and desires of gods, demons, and mortals, whether in modern or ancient times, or in the present day, in the celestial realm or the underworld.

He's already used to it.

"This case is finally over, Lao Zhang, don't think too much about it," Zhang Hao comforted him.

Old Zhang smiled bitterly: "Indeed, that major murder case has been solved, and the murderer committed suicide out of guilt. But I hope that such a case will never happen again. Seeing one once makes me depressed for a long time, and I don't know how long it will take me to recover this time."

Zhang Hao didn't say anything more, only wishing him a speedy recovery.

After all, their two departments will continue to cooperate in the future.

Leaving the interrogation room and walking on the main road outside, Chen Anshui glanced at Zhang Hao and noticed that although Mr. Han had solved the case, he did not show any joy. Instead, he seemed to be troubled by something.

"Mr. Han, you've been silent ever since you came out. Hasn't the case been solved? What are you worried about?" Chen Anshui asked, puzzled.

Han San (here we assume it's another person; the original text may contain errors or omissions, but we'll leave it as is for the sake of maintaining contextual coherence) pondered, "Is it because although the case was solved, the judge's pen wasn't retrieved?"

“That’s right, the Judge’s Pen was stolen by that evil god. If the Judge’s Pen is misused, the consequences will be unimaginable. That evil god is not easy to deal with either, and I’m afraid this trouble is far from over…” Before Zhang Hao could finish speaking, he suddenly saw a surge of demonic energy soaring into the sky ahead!
"Purple Moon is ahead! Don't come any closer!" Zhang Hao quickly left these words, and without saying anything more, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed towards the direction of the purple meteor.

However, by the time he arrived at the scene, the soaring demonic energy had completely dissipated. Gone!
Zhang Hao walked to the center of the road and watched the office workers passing by him. The bustling commercial street was teeming with tourists.

It actually disappeared right under my nose? That evil god really knows how to hide!
Thinking he had returned empty-handed, Zhang Hao was about to head back when he turned around and saw a luxury car driving out of the nearby parking lot, its window slowly rolling down. In that last glimpse, Zhang Hao remembered seeing Wei Yuze's face!
Wei Yuze is the younger brother of Wei Zhiyuan, who was involved in the case he intervened in last time.

Because of their connection, Zhang Hao remembered him.

I remember that the original Wei Yuze shouldn't have been able to afford this luxury car worth tens of millions!
Why did this person suddenly become rich again?
Thinking back to Jin Buhuan's sudden wealth, Zhang Hao watched the luxury car drive away, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

Could this guy have secretly become a follower of Ziyue, just like Jin Buhuan?

If that's the case, then we must thoroughly investigate this person from all angles.

Han San and Chen Anshui caught up and saw Zhang Hao standing there. They quickly ran over to look him over and, after confirming that he was not injured, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Han, are you alright?" Chen Anshui asked, still worried.

"Have you noticed anything amiss?" Han San asked with concern.

“I’ve discovered a suspicious person, Wei Yuze. I suspect he’s connected to the evil god. We need to focus our investigation on him,” Zhang Hao said.

Wei Yuze?
Han San frowned slightly; he vaguely remembered this person. In his view, this person was just an ordinary person, and although he was Wei Zhiming's younger brother, he had not been involved in those complicated affairs.

Moreover, this person was indeed ruled out as a suspect during the previous investigation into the employee's death.

"We also investigated the case of the 50 employees who died before, and it turns out he was innocent. Moreover, all the existing evidence points to Jin Buhuan as the real murderer," Han San reminded Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao turned around, rested his chin on his hand, and looked at him with a gradually meaningful gaze.

Han San felt extremely uncomfortable under that gaze and couldn't help but shiver: "Why are you staring at me like that?"

Don't you know that the way you look at people makes them very uncomfortable and uneasy?

“I have always trusted you. I will keep in mind everything you say to me and will unconsciously dispel any doubts I may have about him. Of course, that is, on the condition that I do not find anything suspicious in the Jin Buhuan case.”

Han San was still completely confused. When she met his gaze, it was as if she was asking: What are you talking about?

“This isn’t a good place to chat. Let’s go over there and get something to eat while we talk,” Zhang Hao suggested.

Chen Anshui glanced at the upscale restaurant Zhang Hao pointed to, then consciously took out his wallet, pulled out a card, and said to Zhang Hao, "I happen to be a lifetime VIP member there, which means I can eat there for free three times a month. Let's go, Mr. Han, it's on me."

Zhang Hao showed him an approving look; he truly deserved to be a good assistant whom he valued.

The restaurant was very quiet, with the melodious sound of a violin echoing in the air, creating an atmosphere that made people feel relaxed.

Zhang Hao chose a seat by the window. After the three of them sat down and ordered, Zhang Hao started talking about Wei Yuze.

“I find this person suspicious. First, he was also present at the crime scene; second, how could an ordinary person suddenly achieve such great success? Unless he also used some improper means, it is impossible for him to suddenly achieve such great success.”

After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he also focused on analyzing the man's facial features to prove that he did not have the luck to receive unexpected wealth.

Having said all that, Han San frowned and said, "If that's the case, then he is indeed very suspicious. But we don't have solid evidence. We can't just investigate people with a certain social standing whenever we want. What should we do next?"

They can't investigate arbitrarily, but they can still sneak in secretly.

Chen Anshui immediately thought of the time when Mr. Han and Han San disguised themselves and went undercover to apply for the job during the investigation of Jin Buhuan.

With your acting skills being so good, it shouldn't be a problem for you to use the same trick again, right?

"Ring ring..." Before Chen Anshui could express his thoughts, his cell phone rang suddenly in his pocket.

He took out his phone and saw that it was an unknown number calling.

"Hello?" Chen Anshui answered the phone, and casually asked the other party, "Who is this?"

"Hello, hello, I am Wei Yuze, the president of Hongyun Investment Company. Are you Chen Zixuan's eldest son, Chen Anshui?"

"Yes, it's me."

"Now, Mr. Chen, you have inherited the shares of several large companies under President Chen's control, right?"

Chen Anshui's face darkened, and he coldly said into the phone, "That's right, I inherited the old man's shares. What? What do you mean by asking me this question?"

"Here's the thing, my company is building a closed-loop ecosystem and is very interested in the shares of several companies under Mr. Chen's control. Mr. Chen, would you be interested in transferring your shares?"

Chen Anshui laughed in anger: "Those companies are all doing very well, why would I transfer my shares? President Wei, let me tell you, I will not transfer a single thing that the old man left me!"

“You and your brother are nothing alike. If only your brother had taken over those shares, I wouldn’t be in so much trouble now.”

Chen Anshui didn't want to talk to him for another second. This bastard was just deliberately provoking him.

"Hey, don't hang up yet." As if guessing what the other person was thinking, Wei Yuze on the other end of the phone suddenly spoke up to stop him.

“I genuinely want to acquire your shares, and the price I'm offering will definitely satisfy you, Young Master Chen. If you're not satisfied, I can raise the price. How about we discuss this in person?”

“I will offer Young Master Chen a price that you will find irresistible,” Wei Yuze said confidently and with certainty.

Chen Anshui sneered twice: "For me, money isn't the most important thing. Also, don't put on that condescending yet pretentious act. I've seen too many nouveau riche like you who get carried away after a sudden windfall! You and your brother Wei Zhiming are practically identical, both hypocrites who can't stand up to scrutiny!" (End of Chapter)

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