Animal Detective

Chapter 341: No matter how valuable the essence is, it’s not too expensive.

It's time for the MVP awards to be announced.

The ridiculous behavior that Zou Cong displayed was far more laughable than when he was frightened by the police chief.

"Wait a moment."

Zou Cong withdrew his hand, dodging the policeman who was about to handcuff him, and said urgently, "Let me see the arrest warrant again. I didn't see it clearly. Is this fake?"

"I have that right."

He hid his hands under his arms and shouted in panic.

Hu Mingchuan stopped his subordinates who were about to force him, handed him the arrest warrant, and said, "It's alright, take your time to look at it."

After receiving the two certificates and signing them one by one, with red seals, Zou Cong broke out in a cold sweat, trembling and speechless.

"No, why? I'm innocent! Why are you arresting me?"

Zou Cong screamed, took a step back, pressed his body against the wall, and shouted, "I don't care, you can't arrest people without evidence."

Hu Mingchuan raised his hand, and two of his men stepped forward and took coercive measures.

Zou Cong lay down on the ground, kicking his legs wildly, his arms tightly tucked under his armpits, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Come and see! The police are arresting people randomly!"

With that kind of tantrum, where is the demeanor of a vice president of a major bank, an elite professional?

One hand was forcibly handcuffed, and the cold handcuffs made Zou Cong scream.

He struggled frantically, like a pig waiting to be slaughtered, and neither of them could hold him down.

Then, in the struggle, he suddenly grabbed the arrest warrant from the ground, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed it into his mouth.

It was as if eating this thing would save them from being caught.

Hu Mingchuan couldn't stand it any longer and shouted at his two subordinates in a deep voice, "Have you been in the Economic Crime Investigation Department for too long? You can't even hold people down anymore?"

Upon hearing this, the two immediately exerted their strength, tightly restraining Zou Cong and forcibly handcuffing him.

Hu Mingchuan pointed to the camera next to him: "Zou Cong, look carefully, all our law enforcement actions are recorded on video."

After saying that, he waved his hand, signaling to take them away.

The person was practically dragged along by force, and broke down, crying and screaming.

Shen Xin shook his head as he watched.

I can't help but wonder, is this an economic crime or a matter of security?

If it were a murderer, he would fight to the death.

He's quite something; he doesn't even dare to bite anyone, he only dares to eat the arrest warrant.

The person was forcibly taken outside to a minibus to wait.

On this side, the technical investigation team entered the scene.

However, the relevant scene should not be here, so they quickly invited us in.

Then a large number of people ransacked the place to collect evidence.

The key is the sealed room.

Compare the architectural and interior design blueprints, focusing on identifying the differences.

We found it quickly.

It's in the living room on the basement level.

On one side of the living room, there is a display cabinet.

The contents of the panel had been cleared away, revealing a control panel about the size of a socket, embedded in the wooden board.

“It’s a fingerprint.” Guan Wenkang leaned closer to take a look.

Hu Mingchuan immediately ordered someone to bring Zou Cong down from outside.

In the video, Hu Mingchuan points to the panel, indicating to Zou Cong to open it.

Zou Cong shook his head frantically and backed away.

Useless.

Once the handcuffs were removed, they forced the machine to start by prying open their fingers.

With a faint sound of a motor starting up, the front half of the display cabinet slid to the left and retracted into the adjacent decorative wall.

Guan Wenkang exclaimed, "Wow, that's pretty much it in the movies!"

Shen Xin nodded in agreement, glanced at Zou Cong who was completely slumped on the ground, and then peered inside.

As the hidden door opened, the lights inside automatically turned on.

Upon seeing the situation inside, Shen Xin almost blurted out, "Damn it!"

Turning his head to look at Zou Cong, whose face was ashen, Shen Xin thought to himself that this guy was really playing tricks.

An electric circular bed.

And what's that stool for?

Shen Xin suddenly felt that his imagination was somewhat lacking; there were some things he simply couldn't figure out how to play.

Guan Wenkang, standing beside him, also looked like he was learning something new, craning his neck to see.

Hu Mingchuan's expression turned serious.

If it's just something like that, then it's meaningless to the case.

"Chief Hu, there's a safe." The technical investigation personnel who entered the scene first shouted.

Hu Mingchuan's eyes lit up, and he turned to ask Zou Cong for the password.

Zou Cong shook his head frantically, refusing to say a word.

"Are you sure?" Hu Mingchuan pointed at the camera and asked again, saying in a deep voice, "Zou Cong, you know your own problems. How you choose and what the outcome will be are all up to you. At this point, you should think it through carefully."

Zou Cong's gaze softened slightly. After struggling for a moment, he still shook his head, saying he didn't know there was such a room in his house.

“I bought the house from someone else. It must have been left by the previous person. I didn’t even know it. It has nothing to do with me.”

Zou Cong made a frantic defense.

It seems they still harbor a glimmer of hope.

Shen Xin chuckled to himself. This place was left behind by the previous owner. Under the purple light, it would probably be a sky full of stars.

Hu Mingchuan was too lazy to say anything more and gestured for someone to take them away.

As for the safe, even if it's embedded in a concrete wall, it still has to be dug out and taken away.

After figuring out a technical solution, Shen Xin didn't linger and went outside to wait.

About half an hour later, having apparently obtained what he wanted, Hu Mingchuan walked out with a look of excitement.

Shen Xin didn't ask any questions and left with the rest of the group.

It wasn't until today that Shen Xin finally met this special task force.

Shen Xin had experience with special task forces.

Previously, all personnel from the entire Nanjiang branch were mobilized, along with support personnel from the police station, which may have required over a hundred people to work together.

Each person was responsible for a section, just like conducting a door-to-door search; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a thorough search.

But compared to the task force in front of them, it felt like they were on a completely different level. The task force wasn't located in the Economic Crime Investigation Division, but rather in Chongming.

At the same time, it was not the Chongming Branch Bureau, but was located at the old site of the Chongming Branch Bureau.

The old site was vacated two years ago, and the plan was to demolish it and repurpose it, but construction has not yet started.

The car drove through the tree-lined avenue and stopped in front of this old, six-story office building.

Shen Xin got off the bus with the others and saw about ten buses parked side by side in front of the office building.

Then it was filled with police cars and private cars, almost completely packed.

Just by looking at so many cars, you can imagine how large this task force is.

Qin Chunyi, along with a group of people, waited at the entrance of the office building.

Looking at Zou Cong, whose legs were as thin as noodles, he gave a sharp look and nodded slightly, indicating that he should be taken inside.

Shen Xin was not part of the special task force, so he was not qualified to watch the interrogation process.

However, he went inside with the others.

Zou Cong was taken upstairs.

Qin Chunyi and his group then made their way deeper into the first floor.

Offices line both sides of the corridor.

Shen Xin then noticed that the office was full of people.

Then they put up a piece of paper at the door, marking several groups.

They might work in groups of several offices, each responsible for a specific area.

Then the first piece of paper Shen Xin saw had "Group Nine" written on it.

That means there are at least nine groups.

Every office was emptied, with only a table placed inside and various documents piled up on the floor on both sides.

Looking at the staff behind the table, they didn't seem to be police officers; there were both men and women, all dressed in plainclothes.

Each of them was holding a laptop, and the table was piled high with documents.

And as you walk along, every room is like this.

Shen Xin had long heard that the case files of the Economic Crime Investigation Department were measured in meters.

What we see here is probably not measured in meters, but in tons.

"How many people will this take?" Shen Xin asked Zhang Songhao softly beside him.

A case involving 3 billion yuan must involve a lot of information, but Shen Xin felt that what he saw was still a bit exaggerated.

Zhang Songhao pointed upstairs and said, "There are more up there. We've found several accounting firms in Pingyu and Nanjiang, with over a hundred people. They've been busy for more than two months."

Shen Xin was speechless.

More than a hundred people, and they're only responsible for auditing the accounting part—that's a daunting workload.

Noticing Shen Xin's shocked expression, Zhang Songhao said, "I told you, this is a big case."

"And it's not just the accountants, but also the investigators. To avoid attracting attention and leaking information, they were all transferred here from Nanjiang and Pingyu."

"And the criminal investigation team, I won't say how many people were deployed, but there were a lot."

Shen Xin nodded. This was a truly major case, requiring an astonishing amount of manpower and resources.

No wonder there was such a quick follow-up after learning about Yuan Jie's situation.

I'm afraid that, without my knowledge, the criminal investigation team has been running themselves ragged.

Qin Chunyi and his team are having a meeting.

Zhang Songhao found an office for Shen Xin and asked him to sit and wait.

Sitting there was boring, so Shen Xin decided to go outside.

Several large trash cans were placed next to the entrance.

Just by looking at the number of lunch boxes inside, you can imagine how many people are working here.

As I was strolling around, another group of people arrived.

The procuratorate.

Then, another group of police cars arrived.

You can tell from the license plate that the people in the car are of high rank.

Sure enough, a man wearing a white shirt came down. He wasn't very tall, and because of his age, his back was slightly hunched.

But with an olive branch on his shoulder, who would dare underestimate the hidden energy within him?

She had a square face, short hair, and a rather ordinary appearance, but she was surrounded by people as she entered the room, exuding a powerful aura.

Shen Xin watched from a distance.

Without a doubt, it must be Guo Jianli, the head of the special task force and the deputy head of the Economic Crime Investigation Division.

Unexpectedly, Guo Jianli, who was about to enter, stopped in his tracks.

He probably caught sight of Shen Xin out of the corner of his eye, stopped, and waved to Shen Xin.

Shen Xin quickly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "President Guo."

"Shen Xin."

Guo Jianli had a smile on his face, but his eyes were bright and he looked directly at you, which made you feel pressured.

He nodded slightly, looked Shen Xin up and down, and said, "Not bad, the case has made such rapid progress, and you deserve a lot of credit."

He reached out and patted Shen Xin on the shoulder.

Then he turned and went inside.

Han Shicheng was also there. He deliberately slowed down a few steps, came up and lightly punched Shen Xin in the chest with his fist, then said with a smile, "Good lad, wait for the reward for your merits."

After saying that, he hurriedly followed.

Sure enough, those words were true.

Although Shen Xin handled the case in a muddle, even now that the man has been arrested, he doesn't even know what he specifically did wrong.

The work I do is also limited.

But quality is more important than quantity. When the sheriff took action, the two sentences he gleaned were like someone pinpointing the culprit in a complex case.

Its value is astonishing.

Otherwise, would Guo Jianli have stopped specifically to praise the case for its rapid progress, attributing it to his own significant contribution?

So it doesn't matter if you don't know the details of the case. As long as the case is solved and you can make a contribution, that's enough.

Most importantly, he didn't bring shame to Nanjiang while he was away from home.

Zhao Hongjie had complained about it to his face before.

Now that the case has been solved and is closely related to him, how could he not feel proud?

Only when he is proud can he truly benefit.

(End of this chapter)