Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 523 The Woman in the Pigsty!

Litian Village, Zhangfeng Town, Ruijiang City.

It was already afternoon, and the setting sun shone through the windows in the pigsty, illuminating the human skeleton covered in pig manure.

Luo Rui and his group stood in the passageway, covering their mouths and noses, and saw that the last pigsty had the most skeletons, and there were more than one person's bones.

Human hand bones, thigh bones, and ribs lay scattered on the ground.

Looking at these things, one feels a chill run down one's spine, as if ants are crawling on one's back.

"Oh my god!" Qiao Xue couldn't help but exclaim.

In all their years as police officers, not only she, but also Luo Rui, Chu Yang, Fang Yonghui, and others, had never seen such a scene before.

They had only seen such heinous things in European and American movies and TV series, and had never encountered them in real life.

Fang Yonghui was so engrossed in his work that he couldn't move his feet, and a look of fear appeared in his eyes.

Both he and Qian Baishan had seen those clothes and shoes in the house across the street, and they had imagined them in their minds.

Luo Rui remained relatively calm. He pushed Lin Chen's hand away and slowly stepped forward.

Because he saw a room opened in the opposite wall, but there was no door.

As he walked, he drew the pistol from his waistband and released the safety.

Upon seeing his action, Fang Yonghui and Qian Baishan immediately followed suit, also drawing their pistols.

Immediately, the three people went inside and heard the sound of pigs squealing.

A large black sow, weighing at least 400 pounds, was kept in the middle of the pigpen, its head rooting around in the dry trough.

In the relatively smaller pigpen on the right, a completely naked woman squatted in the corner, her hair disheveled, her hands wrapped around her knees.

Her neck and ankles were encircled by iron collars, and she was bound by iron chains as thick as two fingers. Her range of movement was limited to a radius of just over one meter.

Upon seeing this woman, Luo Rui's pupils contracted, and Fang Yonghui and Qian Baishan were also stunned.

They never expected there to be any living people here!
A sudden tremor ran through the group, overshadowing their earlier fear and chill.

Luo Rui turned and shouted outside, "There are still people alive!"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xue, Lin Chen, Chu Yang, and Liang Weihua and Yang Jian, who were on the phone, rushed over.

The news was so shocking that Liang Weihua dropped his phone on the ground, but he didn't bother to pick it up.

A group of people gathered at the door and gasped when they saw the woman in the pigsty!
Amidst their heavy breathing, they saw the woman, without raising her head, shrink into a corner of the pigsty, her body trembling.

Her hair covered her face like dry straw, revealing only her terrified and desperate eyes.

Qiao Xue recognized them at a glance; she had seen those eyes before.

"It's Bai Fang!"

Luo Rui shouted, "Bring me clothes! Save people! Quick, save people!"

There were only two women present, Lin Chen and Qiao Xue. They didn't mind the stench of the pigsty. They leaned against the stone fence and jumped into the pigsty.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Yonghui and Qian Baishan ran outside to look for the key on Li Jiang.

"Don't be afraid, we are police officers, we are here to rescue you." Qiao Xue took the clothes that Luo Rui threw at her and put them on her.

But the woman covered her head with both hands, her expression wary.

At this moment, Lin Chen squatted down, looked at her face, and said, "Bai Fang, listen to my accent, can you tell?"
"We are criminal police officers from the former Public Security Bureau of Guangxing City, Haidong Province. My name is Lin Chen, and this is my comrade, Qiao Xue. We are here specifically to rescue you."

Lin Chen reached out and brushed the hair away from her face; she did not refuse.

Bai Fang's face was revealed; her eyes were bloodshot and her face was covered in scars.

Suddenly, her eyes narrowed, and she burst into a heart-wrenching wail.

"Ah, waah..."

Seeing that she was upset, Luo Rui, who was outside the pigsty, breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

He turned around and quickly walked outside the pigsty.

Litian Village is densely vegetated, with distant mountains and nearby forests, and the afterglow of the setting sun falls on the other side of the mountains.

If it weren't for the horrifying scene in the pigsty, the scenery here would actually be quite nice.

The sunlight shone on Luo Rui's face, and he felt an itch on his face.

At this moment, Liang Weihua ran out and stood behind him: "President Luo... I have notified the former director and the city. They will send technicians and forensic doctors over immediately."

Luo Rui turned to look at him: "Is that not enough? Does your municipal bureau have anyone who understands human forensic medicine?"

Liang Weihua's expression froze for a moment: "This...no."

"Therefore, this case cannot be handled by the Municipal Bureau alone. The case is too big and requires technical experts to investigate. We must report it to higher authorities."

Liang Weihua was shocked. He knew this was a huge deal, especially since two suspects were still at large.

He nodded: "That's right, that's right."

Immediately afterwards, Bai Fang was rescued, and W police and special police also arrived.

As darkness fell, technical experts from the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department rushed to the scene, accompanied by Chief Huang Weidong.

The Ruijiang City Police Department has been collecting the remains from the pigsty, and the police dog squad has brought police dogs to search for burial sites around the pigsty and the house.

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Several tents were set up in the courtyard, and special police were stationed below the pond to prevent villagers from coming to watch the spectacle.

But unlike other places, a large number of special police and armed police suddenly appeared in Litian Village, and not a single villager came to watch the excitement.

Needless to say, the people here are either hostile to the police or their own homes are not clean.

If they don't come, the police will come to their door.

So Liang Weihua personally led a group to each household to inquire whether they knew about Li Jiang's family situation.

Sure enough, some villagers knew there was a problem in the pigsty, but they all pretended not to see it.

Those who are aware of the situation should be brought under control, and those who are unaware should also be thoroughly investigated.

As darkness fell, out of curiosity, Fang Yonghui and Qian Baishan, along with several police officers, pried open the coffin in Li Jiangtang's room.

If the coffin lid is nailed shut, but the coffin is not buried in the grave, that is very suspicious.

After prying open the coffin, several flashlights shone inside.

Fang Yonghui glanced at it, then turned away and cursed, "Damn it, he's a beast! A beast!"

Qian Baishan frowned upon seeing the situation inside and couldn't help but swallow hard.

Besides the skeleton dressed in burial clothes, there was also a skeletonized body inside the coffin.

The body was poorly clothed, but its gender was discernible because long black hair covered its head, clearly indicating it was a female corpse.

Without a doubt, Li Jiang, that beast, put a woman in his grandfather's coffin to be buried with him or to arrange a ghost marriage. As for who this woman was, how old she was, and what the cause of death was, none of that is clear yet.

That night, Luo Rui, Huang Weidong, Liang Weihua, and others held an impromptu meeting and explained the whole story of the case in detail.

Needless to say, Huang Weidong's opinion was also reported to the ministry. In short, this case not only involved perpetrators in Yunnan Province, but also, judging from the collected remains, involved a large number of people, most of whom were tourists from other places. The scope of the involvement was unprecedented.

In the middle of the night, Luo Rui returned to his lodgings, which were rural houses the village had found for them, and a tent set up in the courtyard.

When Luo Rui returned, Fang Yonghui and the others were still awake. A bonfire had been lit on the edge of the courtyard, and everyone sat around it in silence.

The weather in Ruijiang in March is not cold; the temperature is just right, so there is no need to light a fire.

But seeing the firelight seemed to warm everyone's hearts a little.

Luo Rui walked over, and everyone stood up.

He saw that Pang Peng and Zhao Yan, police officers from Dafosi Police Station, had also arrived; they had been staying in the town.

"Sit down, everyone." Luo Rui called out, took the small wooden stool that Lin Chen handed him, and sat down by the fire.

Luo Rui smiled, the firelight reflected in his eyes.

Qian Baishan pulled out a pack of cigarettes: "Want one?"

“Okay.” Luo Rui took it, picked up a burning corn stalk from the fire, lit a cigarette, and took a deep drag.

At this moment, Fang Yonghui and Chu Yang also accepted the cigarettes.

Qiao Xue held out her hand: "Give me one."

“Me too,” Lin Chen said.

Pang Peng also asked for one, but Zhao Yan refused. She put her hands between her thighs and stared blankly at the burning flames.

Luo Rui finished his cigarette in a few puffs, threw the butt into the fire, and said, "We'll go back to the city first thing tomorrow morning."

Qian Baishan asked, "What did General Manager Huang say?"

"Wait for the ministry to send people down to form a special task force, and then we'll see how things go."

Qian Baishan nodded: "That's how it should be."

At this point, Pang Peng asked, "How many people did they kill?"

When he and Zhao Yan arrived, the pigsty and house had already been cordoned off, and only technicians and people with certain positions were allowed to enter.

Pang Peng and Zhao Yan only looked around the yard, but they spent several hours working with the police dog squad, finding several burial sites in the banana grove next to the pigsty.

But they weren't allowed to see it, so Pang Peng and Zhao Yan only heard that many people had died, but didn't know the specifics.

In fact, even Qiao Xue and Lin Chen didn't know that they had stayed by the side of the victim, Bai Fang, until the ambulance arrived.

"Damn it, a madman, a fucking madman!" Qian Baishan cursed, throwing his cigarette butt hard on the ground and stomping on it.

Chu Yang pondered, "Team leader, I think this matter is not so simple."

Qian Baishan: "It's definitely not simple. I've only heard that such a big case happened before the millennium. I've been a police officer for more than 20 years and I've never seen anything like it."

Chu Yang shook his head: "Director Qian, what I mean is that they tricked people into coming here, some were taken to Myanmar to be killed, and some were just killed here. I don't think that's the case."

"What do you mean?"

"Police officers from the Municipal Bureau found a lot of photography equipment and props in Zhang Hanbing's home, as well as in Jiang Li's home."

Furthermore, there were some props stored in Li Jiang's house. I figured they were definitely filming some graphic content here to sell for money.

Fang Yonghui slapped his knee: "Very likely! Director Qian, do you remember? We searched that room, and there was still a rope hanging from the beam above the bed."

Logically speaking, Li Jiang is a mentally unstable beast; it's highly unlikely he would resort to such elaborate schemes!

Upon hearing the word 'play,' Lin Chen retorted, 'Can you use a different word?'

Fang Yonghui nodded: "Okay, that's what I mean anyway."

Chu Yang continued, "Selling such extreme films is popular in Europe and America. People are willing to pay high prices for them, and some even commission them."

Qiao Xue tilted her head to look at him: "How do you know so much?"

“There are many videos like this on the dark web. There are too many perverts in this world. They may appear respectable and normal in public, but who knows what kind of beasts they are in private.”

Fang Yonghui wholeheartedly agreed: "Li Jiang is an idiot, fat, ugly, a pigsty, women, and those bloody scenes..."

At this point, he couldn't continue.

Lin Chen shivered and moved closer to Luo Rui.

Luo Rui said, "Chu Yang, when you get back to the city tomorrow, call Lao Ma. The two of you can search the dark web or overseas networks to see if you can find any clues."

Chu Yang nodded: "Team leader, this approach is like finding a needle in a haystack. We need to ask those technical experts for help, and these videos are definitely not free to watch."

"If these people really did this, where do you think they uploaded these videos?"

Chu Yang's eyes lit up: "I understand, it must be in Myanmar or a neighboring country."

Luo Rui looked at Qian Baishan: "Besides Jiang Li, Zhang Hanbing and Li Jiang, there may be other people involved in Litian Village and Yanshui Village. Lao Qian, you are in charge of this matter. Find all these people."

Qian Baishan was already smoking his second cigarette, nodding fiercely: "Absolutely! Once you're involved, nobody's getting away!"

Luo Rui asked Fang Yonghui, "That butcher Zhao used to buy live pigs from Li Jiang. Didn't he notice anything wrong?"

Fang Yonghui waved his hand: "I've asked him, and the police officers from the Municipal Bureau are also investigating him. Old Zhao said that every time he came to collect pigs, Li Jiang wouldn't let him into the pigpen; it was always Li Jiang who went in and dragged him out."

Qian Baishan: "Damn it, he's not stupid!"

Fang Yonghui sighed and said, "When Butcher Zhao heard that those pigs had eaten *meat, his legs went weak with fear. You tell me, as police officers, we encounter all sorts of cases."

Qiao Xue asked, "President Luo, when Bai Fang was rescued, Lin Chen and I asked her a few questions. Xie Fei and Wu Xue have already been taken to Myanmar by Jiang Li and Zhang Hanbing. What should we do with these two women? Can we go and rescue them?"

Qian Baishan shook his head: "How can we rescue them? They'll definitely be taken to the power plant in Kerenbang. Who knows, their families will receive a call from them in a few days."

Luo Rui squinted and pondered, "It's not that we can't go..."

Qian Baishan was startled and turned to look at him: "Does the ministry intend to leave the country?"

Luo Rui shook his head: "Even if we leave the country, it won't be that quick. It's impossible in less than six months to a year, and we'll also have to negotiate with the Myanmar side."

“That’s true.” Qian Baishan stood up. “I’m going to sleep. I hope I can sleep.”

Lin Chen held Qiao Xue's hand and said, "Sister Qiao, can I sleep with you tonight?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep either. All I can think about right now is the scene of rescuing Bai Fang."

Lin Chen nodded: "Me too, and those pigs too, I'll never eat pork again!"

Luo Rui stood up and looked to the left of the house, in the direction of Li Jiang's pigsty.

At this moment, two searchlights were erected outside the pigpen, and technicians in protective suits went in and out of the pigpen, collecting the remains of the victims and various physical evidence in a hurry.

Luo Rui looked up at the night sky; the moon had disappeared behind the clouds…

(End of this chapter)