You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 234 Catch them all!
Upon hearing this, Old Cui's pupils constricted sharply, and he turned his head away, not daring to meet Yang Jinwen's gaze.

Experienced detectives can almost always tell whether someone has committed murder.

Besides, Lao Cui has no power or influence, but he has made a name for himself solely through ruthless methods, and he has a group of brothers under his command. It is impossible for him not to have blood on his hands.

Seeing his shifty eyes, it must be something serious.

Yao Weihua immediately grabbed Lao Cui's chin and reminded him, "At a time like this, are you still being stubborn?"

"I……"

"Who did you kill? Tell me!"

Immediately, everyone gathered around, staring intently at Old Cui.

Given what's happening right now, Lao Cui is doomed to be executed; it's like he's already got a full stack of buffs.

Add the murder charge, and it's absolutely horrific.

Old Cui's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his nostrils flared, partly from the pain of the gunshot wound and partly from extreme fear.

"I...I can't hold on much longer, I need to go to the hospital."

Yao Weihua laughed and said, "You won't die. Once you've confessed, we'll guarantee you can stand safely in court. If you stubbornly resist, you know the consequences."

Yang Jinwen said to Qi Bin, "Wipe his sweat."

Qi Bin nodded, pulled a few tissues from the table, and handed them to Lao Cui.

After taking it, Old Cui wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I didn't mean to kill anyone, Ding San forced me to!"

"When?"

"November five years ago."

"Where?"

"In the Royal Water Club, on the first floor of the bathhouse."

Tell me the details.

"In 94, I had just been released from labor camp. I had nowhere to go and couldn't find anything to do. Many places didn't want labor camp inmates to work."

A friend of mine, seeing that I couldn't survive, introduced me to Ding San's Royal Water Club, saying that he needed people there, and specifically people with ruthless methods.

So I went and hung out with Ding San for a while.

In November of 1994, I forget the exact date, a couple came to the Royal Water Club for a bath that night. Ding San saw the woman when she entered the bathroom.

He wanted to sleep with that woman. Besides, there weren't many people in the women's bathroom that night. While the woman was bathing alone in the bathhouse, Ding San sneaked in.

I didn't go inside with them; we were all playing cards outside.

More than an hour later, the woman came out of the bathroom. Judging from her expression, it was clear that Ding San had taken advantage of her.

The woman was crying and sobbing, holding a towel in her hand. I noticed that she was also clutching a wad of money under the towel.

After the woman's husband came out, the couple left.

Around 11 p.m., Ding San was on his way home when a figure suddenly appeared, raised a kitchen knife, and chopped Ding San to death.

The attack was aimed at the shoulder, not the head, but Ding San dodged it.

We were standing at the door when we saw this, so we quickly went over to help and together we held the man down.

When Ding San saw the man, he recognized him as the husband of the woman he had slept with. Ding San started hitting him, and while hitting him, he talked about how the man had treated his wife a few hours earlier.

The man said that as long as he wasn't beaten to death, he would definitely take Ding San's life later!
Ding San had no choice but to have us drag the man into the men's bathroom. After we dragged him in, Ding San asked us whoever dared to kill this man would become his sworn brother.

They didn't dare. At that time, I had no other way out. I thought that wealth and status were earned through my own efforts, so I raised my hand and said I would do it.

After Ding San and the others left, I... I pushed the man's head into the bathtub.

He was already injured, and after struggling for a few moments, he died.

Old Cui spoke haltingly, sometimes even appearing confused, and his words failed to express his meaning clearly.

But he described the murder in great detail.

For modern criminal police, this kind of thing is not uncommon. As long as no one reports the case and no body is found, the police have no way to investigate.

Yang Jinwen squinted and asked, "What's this person's name? What does he do?"

"Yan Jun is self-employed. Five years ago, he opened a sporting goods store opposite the Teachers' College."

What did you do with the body?

Old Cui shook his head: "I don't know. After killing the person, Ding San told me to go back quickly. He had people handle the rest."

"What about the woman? Yan Jun's wife, did she report it to the police?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"A few months after her husband was killed, this woman got together with Ding San and became Ding San's mistress."

Ding San was previously married but divorced four years ago, after which she married him. She now manages the Royal Water Club.

"Holy crap! Marrying the murderer who killed her own husband?" Cat cursed, finding the whole thing surreal.

The veteran detectives had seen things even more absurd than this, and their expressions remained calm.

Yang Jinwen asked, "What's this woman's name?"

"Gong Zhen, people in the underworld call her Sister Zhen."

"Does she know who killed Yan Jun?"

"No need to ask, she definitely knows."

Yang Jinwen nodded and pointed to the goods on the table: "Where did these things come from?"

"I'm just helping with sales; I haven't even opened up the sales channels yet."

"Where did the things come from?"

"Ding San gave it to me."

"And where did his goods come from?"

"It must be a mad dog."

"Besides these, do they have any other goods?" "I...I don't know," Old Cui said weakly.

Half an hour had passed, and his face was growing paler and paler, his right arm aching terribly.

Yao Weihua picked up a flashlight, shone it into Lao Cui's eyes, looked at the pupils, and said to Yang Jinwen, "Captain Yang, let's take him to the hospital."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "You can arrange it."

Old Cui was dragged up by several plainclothes officers and led out the door.
Yao Weihua contacted the detention center and ordered several prison vans to come over.

Just then, a group of people ran in through the gate.

He Jinbo and Chai Tao were leading the way, followed by several other people.

They first checked on Old Cui's condition. He could only be carried around by someone, and he couldn't even stand steadily on his own two legs.

Cui Wang knew very well that if he hadn't confessed, Captain Yang might have really killed him.

He Jinbo took a breath, while Chai Tao's face turned even uglier, after all, this was his jurisdiction.

Upon entering, the two were shocked to see the items piled on the table.

Nearly 800,000 yuan in cash was stacked on the table, and firearms and knives were neatly arranged. But the most alarming thing was the small bags of powder.

Chai Tao swallowed hard, pointed at the things on the table, and asked, "Captain Yang, are all these... all Old Cui's?"

Yang Jinwen nodded, looked at the criminal police officers present, and asked, "Does anyone know anything about this? Let's take it apart and have a look."

He Jinbo replied, "I'll do it."

He walked to the table, opened a small bag, dipped his index finger in it, rubbed it with his thumb, and then smelled it.

"That's right, it's Hein."

Yang Jinwen said, "Old Cui just confessed that these things were given to him by Ding San. In addition, Old Cui and Ding San are also suspected of a murder case. What do you think, should we arrest them or not?"

He asked this question for two reasons: first, He Jinbo held a higher position than him; second, this was an area under Chai Tao's jurisdiction.

At this moment, Chai Tao rushed over in a hurry and also called He Jinbo over. Yang Jinwen didn't know what they were up to, so he naturally passed the question on to the two of them.

He Jinbo answered the question in 0.01 seconds, his words vehement: "Arrest them, definitely arrest them! How can we pretend such a big thing didn't happen?"

Jiang Bala glanced at his team leader, Chai Tao, and shook his head slightly. No wonder Lao He was able to be transferred to the Municipal Bureau as a deputy branch leader; his awareness was at least several levels higher than Chai Tao's.

Chai Tao immediately realized what was happening and echoed, "We will not tolerate this!"

He Jinbo added, "I'll inform Director Wen first; major decisions should still be made by them."

He Jinbo first made a statement, then tried to shift the blame, revealing his low moral character and cunning nature.

Yang Jinwen appeared indifferent, standing to the side with his arms crossed, his face hidden in the shadows.

He Jinbo took out his mobile phone, and Chai Tao also took out his phone, ready to notify his superiors.

He glanced at the criminals squatting in the corner. One of the female gamblers widened her eyes and hurriedly called out, "Brother Tao, it's me! Don't you recognize me?"
"I even drank with you before, in a private room at the Emperor Nightclub, at a drinking party hosted by Manager Zhang from the Tobacco Bureau. We even sang 'Sweet Honey' together!"

Upon hearing this, Chai Tao's face turned ashen. He glanced around and saw that the older members of the group were all staring at him with great interest.

"Go away, go away! Who has ever sung with you? Let me tell you, don't try to get close to me!"

Chai Tao quickly slipped out the door and ran to make a phone call.

Yang Jinwen asked Cai Ting, "What time is it now?"

Cai Ting glanced at the women's watch on her left wrist: "Midnight."

Is the Royal Water Club still open at this time?

Yao Weihua said, "It's open all night. After taking a bath on the first floor, customers with money will go to the second or third floor for a massage."

Cat laughed and said, "Hey, Lao Yao, you seem to know him pretty well?"

Yao Weihua didn't hide anything: "I've been there, of course I know it well, but I've never been to the third floor."

Yang Jinwen asked, "Is it related to pornography?"

"It's covered."

"Have you checked this before?"

Jiang Bala walked over and replied, "We did investigate, but..."

He didn't say anything that would be detrimental to unity.

"Do you know this Gong Zhen?"

Jiang shook his head: "Captain Yang, we investigate serious criminal cases. Matters on the ground are generally not under our jurisdiction."

"If we know each other, we know each other; if we don't, we don't," Yang Jinwen said. Jiang Bala was also a seasoned veteran, and his words were ambiguous.

Based on his position and unit, Jiang Bala could have ignored him, but Yang Jinwen's investigative style was clearly completely different from when he was a new police officer.

Not only are their methods ruthless, but they're also the kind of people who devour others without spitting out the bones.

He may seem refined, but he's actually more ruthless than anyone else.

Furthermore, everyone knows who is behind Yang Jinwen.

If it weren't for that, Chai Tao could have argued with him, but he didn't have the guts.

Jiang Bala compromised and replied, "I don't know him."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "It's fine to know them. It's normal to know a few people in our line of work. Take Team Leader Chai, for example, he knows a lot of people, doesn't he?"

Just then, Chai Tao came in through the door. The woman who had been there earlier was practically crying and trying to rub her head against Chai Tao's leg.

"Sweet Honey, have you forgotten? We even sang a duet together, and you said I sang it better than Teresa Teng."

I was just gambling, I didn't do anything else, Captain Chai, please forgive me this time, please, forgive me. If my husband finds out I'm gambling, I'll…”

Chai Tao was so angry he was itching to bite back; tonight was truly a night of bad luck.

He said, "Stop crying. Everything is done according to the law and regulations! You broke the law, so just accept the consequences. At most, you'll be detained in a detention center for a while. What else can happen?"

The woman knew she wasn't in any serious trouble, but she was terrified, mainly of Yang Jinwen. She was afraid that someone as ruthless as Lao Cui would be subdued by him, and who knew if he would let her go?
At this moment, He Jinbo came in after finishing his phone call and shouted sternly, "The leaders of the city and the municipal bureau have reached a consensus: arrest them!"

He was full of confidence, and put away his old-fashioned tone. After making a few phone calls, he had figured out the situation and knew that there was great potential in this matter!

(End of this chapter)