when the moon whispers

Chapter 457: Accomplice - Robbery (Part )

Six accomplices in the case
Ninety-four encounters with thieves (Part 1)
An evil wind blew in from the valley, bringing with it frost and dew from somewhere that came from nowhere. The wind blew coolly into Xiao Letian's collar, and goose bumps instantly covered his back.

He leaned closer to the screen of his mobile phone in disbelief, dragged the progress bar of the video back three or five seconds, stared at the bloody red flowing down Tu Siyao's wrist with his eyes wide open, and was stunned for a long time in the dead silence of the mountain. Suddenly he looked up at Jiang Mo: "...Senior Sister, is Song Yike serious?"

Jiang Mo didn't say anything at first. His eyes fell on the video that Xiao Letian had dragged back and forth several times. After all, it was the video that the platform regulator reminded him to delete in the name of maliciously spreading false information. Then he stared at the pop-up window reminding him that the video had been deleted and blinked twice silently. His frowning eyebrows relaxed slightly: "Hiss... Master, this video is not right."

There was a loud bang from the other end of the phone, and the chaotic noise was mostly blocked outside by the car door. Gu Xing said "hmm" very lightly, as if his irritable mood was also blocked outside the window and behind the car, but his hands were still busy. He threw the phone on the center console, turned on the speaker, and started to smoke and light a cigarette with a "click, click" sound: "Tell me more."

"Song Yike's voice should have been dubbed later... The pauses in his speech don't match Tu Siyao's reactions at all - it doesn't sound like he was threatening at the kidnapping scene, but more like... after getting a video, he used some headphones to make up a voiceover."

Jiang Mo raised his eyelids and saw Xiao Letian's eyes full of confusion and bewilderment. He patted his arm silently and guessed, "If the technical side can confirm the dubbing, it means that it is very likely that Song Yike is not in the same area with Tu Siyao, waiting for us to arrest him."

"Master, although the transferred video is blurry now, the layout captured in the camera is a bit like the small house that Tu Siyao rented outside the school - that is, Beixi Street, but the background and the light above..." Jiang Mo paused for two seconds, thinking carefully about the edge of the video. It was not so much shaken by Tu Siyao's arching, but more like a slight tremor blown by the wind. He nodded firmly across the phone, "The background should be something like a roll-up banner, and the overhead light reflects light... It should be intentional to make us transfer police forces to the door of Tu Siyao's house. And-"

"Whether it's intentional or not, this provocation has come right under our noses. We still have to send Geng Zhi to take people to Tu Siyao. Chen Rui is not here, and the police station is only led by Lao Zhou, who can't handle it. Let's see how Geng Zhi can get rid of these media blocking the door..." Gu Xing took two puffs of his cigarette and started the car. He manually shook the broken window of the field staff with a "squeaky" sound, called Xiaomi Lu, and waited for someone to sit in the passenger seat. He asked anxiously, "What did Lao Zhu say?"

Xiaomi was probably recording because he had been running around the front and back yards for a long time. He hadn't caught his breath yet, and he panted hard and swallowed twice. I guess it was Gu Xing's instruction, and his voice was focused on the microphone that was still on the call.

"...Senior Sister Jiang, I just found the source of the video. Compared to the part that is still circulating online, I sent Director Zhu a clearer version of the threatening video. He said - 'Looking at the cuts and scratches on Tu Siyao's wrist, it is more likely that she pulled it from the inside by herself, and the most dangerous radial artery was not injured, and there was no spurting blood. Judging from the difference in the amount of bleeding at the beginning and the end of the entire video, if there is no one around to cause secondary damage, the situation is relatively controllable... However, on the one hand, we are not sure whether there is anyone around Tu Siyao, and on the other hand, the wrist injury is very fragile. If she faints and shocks and accidentally causes secondary damage'..."

“Time is short and the task is heavy.”

Gu Xing succinctly picked up the words that Xiaomilu had learned from Zhu Silai and stepped on the accelerator, "...In addition to the fact that the video was fake, Song Yike's threat was a bit impatient, and there was something else hidden in it."

"Yuan Lanyin." Jiang Mo blurted out without any doubt. He glanced at Xiao Letian and slammed his fist on his palm in realization. He listened to Gu Xing on the other end of the phone chuckle, "You are worthy of being my apprentice, Jiang Mo." He turned around and saw two red armbands waving vigorously in the direction of the valley at the foot of the mountain. They raised their arms and signaled the trainers and police dog brothers who had been traveling with them to continue to investigate the top of the mountain. Then they grabbed Xiao Letian's sleeve and followed behind Deputy Chief Cao, who was in a hurry and slipped. "Last time I called, I asked Yuan Lanyin to announce the truth and apologize. This time, you didn't even mention it-"

Jiang Mo paused for a moment, and was knocked back by Xiao Letian who failed to brake his car. He staggered: "Was this video sent by Yuan Lanyin?"

"It wasn't sent by Yuan Lanyin herself. Her home's internet cable is basically under surveillance now. But it's almost the same."

Gu Xing sighed, speechless and worried. "She used her work phone and social media account to contact her assistant. The first threatening video was posted from a small studio in her company. The assistant in the office thought it was a temporary job during the adjustment period. She didn't even check the content of the video and directly uploaded it remotely using a backup marketing media account. Now we have controlled it nearby. We probably asked about it. It should be simple... doing whatever Yuan Lanyin told him to do."

"Yuan Lanyin was afraid of death, but she didn't want to reveal the truth and ruin her reputation, so she chose to negotiate with Song Yike in private, on the premise of ensuring that her personal safety was not directly threatened, and took advantage of every opportunity to cause trouble..."

The threatening video was making a huge fuss. Director Gao personally took charge of the situation. The entire criminal investigation was like a pot of boiling porridge. Gu Xing gave a few instructions on the urgent need for manpower and hung up the phone. Jiang Mo sighed hoarsely, put his phone in his pocket and turned back to answer Xiao Letian's surprised question about whether Yuan Lanyin was crazy or not. He then walked a few steps towards Deputy Chief Cao who had gone ahead to explore the way and returned, and waved his arm: "Did you find anything, Deputy Chief Cao?"

"It's just as you said. A long time ago, a few wires were pulled out of the switch room at the foot of the mountain at the entrance of the village."

Deputy Chief Cao watched the two young men pick up their pace and wait in the same place with their hands on their hips. He panted and turned to gesture in the direction of the distribution box. "Aren't all the village committee members from outside the village now? They didn't know much about the village before. It seems they just went to ask the old party secretary for information."

"Before the town development, this area had a pilot project for some new agricultural project for two years. But it seems that the project was invested in by the villagers themselves. Before it could make money and produce results, the investment company took the money and went bankrupt. This led to the subsequent bidding for the development by Shengcheng International and Fu'an Xingcheng - I'm getting off topic..."

"Anyway, the purpose of the development was to grow mushrooms. When looking for a planting site, we chose the air-raid shelters that were interconnected in this low hill. We buried several wires for equipment and created a moisture-proof and heat-insulating environment. Later, after it was abandoned, no one took care of it for a few years and it was so deserted that we couldn't even find the way. The old people in our station retired or were transferred away. I was promoted here as a result of the reorganization of Bazhuang, so I really don't know anything." Deputy Chief Cao picked up his hat and rake the back of his head, hooked his hand to signal Jiang Mo and Xiao Letian, who were nodding and greeting the big brother of the power grid who had come over to cooperate with the inspection, and hurried to the wide-open door of the distribution room.

"See this electricity meter? Run! Someone is stealing the electricity from this line."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
"When the tide comes from the Qiantang River, you will know who I am today."