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

Chapter 237 Each one is more ruthless than the last!

Yang Jinwen spoke calmly, but it stirred up waves in Gong Zhen's heart.

It was obvious that the police officers who came to arrest her were very familiar with her past.

Gong Zhen pursed her lips and nodded.

"Where is he now?"

"I...I don't know."

"Then let me ask you again, where are the three Dings?"

"I haven't seen him for several days."

Yang Jinwen wanted to ask more questions, but at that moment, He Jinbo walked over and instructed, "Take him back for further questioning!"

Yang Jinwen glanced at his face; He Jinbo frowned, his expression very serious.

He could only nod and let Cai Ting and Maozi handcuff Gong Zhen.

Besides Yang Jinwen, Chai Tao, Yao Weihua, and others also suspended their interrogations.

As soon as the man was led downstairs, He Jinbo immediately said, "Something has happened at the Emperor Nightclub."

Chai Tao hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

He Jinbo didn't say anything, but his expression was solemn. He ordered a team to stay behind and keep watch over the area. Then he took the armed police officers, got into the car, and quickly drove to the area in the south of the city.

It was 3 a.m. on the street opposite the Emperor Nightclub.

As soon as Yang Jinwen and his group got out of the car, they saw thick smoke billowing from the second floor of the nightclub, with black ash floating in the air.

The yard outside the main gate was filled with police cars, fire trucks and ambulances.

Red and blue police lights were flashing on the roof of the vehicle, and people were gathered around it.

He Jinbo and the others jogged over and first glanced at the second floor. The windows on the second floor were all broken, and thick smoke was still drifting out, but no open flames could be seen.

People from the Armed Police detachment are escorting more than twenty handcuffed people onto a vehicle.

Su Qiang and Yan Bin stood dejectedly at the back of the car, each with a cigarette between their fingers, looking lingering fear.

Chai Tao was the first to ask, "What's wrong?"

Yan Bin pointed to the second-floor windows and the main entrance, and said irritably, "Can't you tell? What could possibly shatter the windows?"

"I go."

Su Qiang nodded: "When we were preparing to attack, gasoline was poured on the stairs, and then with a 'boom,' the fire suddenly broke out."

He Jinbo asked, "Is anyone injured?"

"Our men are alright, only a few have minor injuries, but the situation on the second floor is hard to say. I estimate that two are dead and several are seriously injured."

Yang Jinwen asked, "What exactly happened?"

Su Qiang glanced at He Jinbo and said, "I think someone must have tipped off Mad Dog."

When we arrived, these guys were all armed. We tried shouting at them, but it didn't work, so we had to force our way in. We were almost at the second-floor stairs, before we even got to the top, when this happened.

Yang Jinwen said, "If someone had informed them, why didn't these people run away? They even dared to resist?"

Yan Bin shook his head: "Then how do you explain that as soon as we arrived, they were able to organize people to resist?"

He Jinbo stroked his stubble, still unable to understand the situation.

Seeing that Su Qiang and Yan Bin were both looking at him, he widened his eyes and said, "Don't look at me!"

Su Qiang and Yan Bin turned to look at Chai Tao, and Chai Tao felt a chill run down his spine.

"Hey, hey, aren't you two being a bit too paranoid? You can look at Lao He, but don't point the finger at me! No matter what, nobody would dare to make a foolish mistake like this; getting caught is like being shot!"

He Jinbo glared at him and said, "Don't doubt your own comrades. The problem definitely didn't lie with us. Investigate the people below afterward."

Su Qiang sighed: "What happened tonight was too dangerous. It's been many years since something like this has happened."

Where is the mad dog?

"I just asked a few thugs, and they all said they haven't seen him in the last few days."

"He's gone too?" Yang Jinwen frowned.

Yan Bin understood the underlying meaning: "What? You guys missed out too?"

Chai Tao nodded: "Yes, Ding San is not at the Royal Water Club either."

Yang Jinwen asked, "Where is Mad Dog's residence in the city?"

Yan Bin replied, "When we came here, we sent a team to Mad Dog's house. According to his family, Mad Dog hadn't been home for several days, so we assumed he was staying at the nightclub. But the thugs at the nightclub said they hadn't seen him either."

Su Qiang squinted and gritted his teeth, saying, "Someone must have leaked the information!"

Seeing that he wouldn't let it go, He Jinbo rolled his eyes: "Old Su, don't be so alarmed. Tonight's arrest mission was decided on short notice. Even if Ding San and Mad Dog were well-informed, they wouldn't have run away days ago."

Su Qiang insisted, "What if these people are lying?"

He Jinbo waved his hand: "This matter should be investigated. Here's what we'll do: gather some people and search the whole city. Check carefully all the places Ding San and Mad Dog could have gone to, and see if we can find them. Once we get back, we'll interrogate them as soon as possible."

By the way, have you been to the second floor?

Yan Bin shook his head: "I haven't gone yet, the fire department just put out the fire."

As soon as he finished speaking, several firefighters came out of the gate and shouted something to them.

He Jinbo and the others quickly went over and followed them through the gate.

The situation on the first floor was relatively good; only the stairwell was affected by the fire. Su Qiang and Yan Bin must have led people to put out the fire when it broke out, otherwise they wouldn't have been so dirty.

The situation on the second floor was quite chaotic. The curtains and carpets were scorched, the ceiling was blackened by smoke, the doors of several offices had collapsed, and water stains left by firefighters during the firefighting efforts remained on the floor.

Stepping through the squelching water, He Jinbo was led into a luxurious office.

The office window faced the street behind, and it was sealed shut, presumably to prevent anyone from breaking in. The office itself was unaffected; the sofa and desk were intact.

Behind the mahogany desk is a bookshelf, neatly filled with classic works such as Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Lu Xun's collected works.

Judging by the luxuriousness of this office alone, it's clear they're wealthy.

Looking at the thousands of books on the bookshelf, one might think the office owner is very knowledgeable.

If someone in the know takes a closer look, they'll see that the books are all brand new, never even been opened, and are purely for show.

Chai Tao cursed, "Damn it, this mad dog is supposed to be a scholar? Can you stand that?"

Yan Bin chimed in, "Look, this son of a bitch is actually reading Sun Tzu's Art of War."

Su Qiang said, "There's also Dream of the Red Chamber. I've read that book, and Mad Dog actually did."

He Jinbo had no interest in joking around with them and asked one of the firefighters, "What's going on?"

The other person pointed to the bookshelf: "When we were putting out the fire, we noticed something was wrong with this bookshelf."

"Something's not right? What's wrong?"

The other person didn't say anything, but called their companion, and the two of them grabbed one end of the bookshelf and then pulled it backward with all their might.

It was only then that everyone noticed that the bookshelf had wheels underneath.

Whose office bookshelves have wheels? Especially in this nearly 100-square-meter space, where things can be placed however they want.

Yang Jinwen said, "Everyone, come and help!"

Several people were pushing the bookshelf, but it didn't actually require that much force; almost one person could have pushed it.

After pushing the space apart to the width of two people, Yang Jinwen picked up his flashlight and shone it inside, revealing a door behind the bookshelf.

The door was very small, only about one person wide and no more than 1.8 meters high.

He Jinbo and the others also saw it and immediately gasped in shock.

He immediately said, "Come on, everyone, let's move all the bookshelves away."

Everyone gathered around and moved the bookshelf away.

The narrow stainless steel door was now exposed to everyone's view.

Yan Bin said, "That son of a bitch, could he be hiding in here?"

Su Qiang laughed and said, "As expected of a scholar, you know the principle of 'a cunning rabbit has three burrows'."

He Jinbo walked to the door, which had a round lock embedded in it. He tried to push it, but the door didn't budge.

"Find the tools!"

Maozi and Qibin nodded and quickly ran outside.

Yang Jinwen followed him out and into the corridor, looking at the wall on the right.

As he walked, he touched the wall. When the light shone on the wall, he could clearly see traces of repainting seven steps away. The putty on the wall was of different ages and thicknesses.

This is clearly a door!

Yang Jinwen went around to the next room, which was a small tea room. Hidden between the bookshelves in Mad Dog's office and the tea room was a dark room, about thirty square meters in size.

Hearing the sound of the hammer, Yang Jinwen returned to the office and saw Su Qiang holding a hammer, swinging it repeatedly at the lock.

"Boom! Boom!"

After smashing it more than a dozen times, the lock was dented, but Su Qiang kicked it with his foot and it didn't budge.

He tossed the hammer to He Jinbo: "You do it."

He Jinbo spat twice into his palm, picked up the hammer, and swung it hard.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The round padlock fell off from behind the door.

At the same time, Su Qiangfei kicked the door open, and he quickly dodged to the side.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen flashlights shone inside, and gun barrels were raised. Anyone inside who dared to make a move would be riddled with bullets.

"Mad Dog, are you in there?"

"Where are you? Come out!"

Everyone was just bluffing, afraid that something might be thrown out from inside.

When a dozen flashlights shone inside, there was nothing there except a row of shelves covered with red cloth.

Su Qiang and Yan Bin were a little guilty after what had happened, so He Jinbo and Yang Jinwen mustered their courage, holding flashlights in one hand and guns in the other, and slowly moved to the doorway.

The darkroom was indeed 30 square meters in size, with shelves on the right, a sofa on the left, and two large freezers at the far end.

Yang Jinwen found the switch at the door and turned on the incandescent light on the ceiling.

The inside was completely exposed; there was no way to hide anyone, except for the two freezers.

He Jinbo cautiously walked in, glanced at the shelf on the right, and reached out to pull off the red cloth covering it.

He saw stacks of cash on a shelf that was shoulder-high, like half a wall!

He Jinbo took a breath, and the person who came in from outside was also dumbfounded when he saw it.

The money was neatly bundled in stacks, each stack containing ten thousand. A rough calculation showed it amounted to at least two million.

Chai Tao swallowed hard, his eyes widening in disbelief.

"Holy crap! They're all ruthless. Mad Dog must have made a fortune over the years!"

(End of this chapter)