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

Chapter 289 is about capturing江湖儿女 (people of the martial arts world)!

Yang Jinwen was not surprised that Yuan Dajun had been murdered; such things were commonplace.

Yao Weihua lifted Xie Kai's head up and comforted him with a smile, "Don't be afraid, tell me again what you just told me."

Yang Jinwen squatted down in front of him, looked carefully at his face, and raised his chin encouragingly.

Xie Kai was frightened and coaxed by Yao Weihua, turning pale and no longer as arrogant as before.

He asked cautiously, "Um... am I doomed?"

"Explain your situation clearly first, then I can help you."

Yang Jinwen took the tape recorder from Cai Ting, pressed the switch, and the tape inside the machine spun around with a 'shh' sound, like two black vortexes.

Xie Kai stared at the recorder, pursed his lips, and said, "Brother Jun was killed by Second Brother and Yin Hong. I was only responsible for disposing of the body."

"Tell me the time and place, how the person was killed, and why."

“On the night of July 3rd last year, when the miners were resting, Brother Jun called Brother Er and that woman to the weighing platform. I was smoking nearby at the time and saw Brother Jun and Brother Er arguing…”

Yang Jinwen reminded him: "Just say the name."

Xie Kai nodded: "Immediately afterwards, Yuan Lang picked up the shovel next to him and hit Yuan Dajun hard on the head."

Yuan Dajun resisted, and he and Yuan Lang tangled together. Then I heard Yuan Lang call out to that woman... Yin Hong, asking her for help.

Yin Hong was truly ruthless. She picked up a stone from the ground and smashed it on Yuan Dajun's head twice. After that, Yuan Dajun fell to the ground.

Yuan Lang then picked up a shovel and started hitting him in the face, shouting as he did so. "Later..."

Yang Jinwen interjected, "What did he shout?"

Yuan Lang shouted, "Your woman is mine, your coal mine business is mine, go to hell!"

"anything else?"

"That's all. Oh, right, Yuan Lang killed the person, looked around, and saw me. He called me over."

They asked me if I should call the police. How could I dare to call the police? What business is it of mine if those two brothers are fighting? Besides, Yuan Lang's expression at the time looked like he wanted to kill me.

I told him I would follow him forever and I promised not to tell anyone.

Yuan Lang nodded and then asked me to help him hide the body in the coal yard, covering it with coal. After that, he took Yin Hong back to the city.

I don't know what they talked about. Yuan Lang came back late at night and woke me up. The two of us dug out Yuan Dajun's body and dragged it onto the coal conveyor belt.

Yuan Lang was very ruthless. Yuan Dajun was his older brother. He not only killed people, but also shredded the bodies, even the coal chunks.

The coal crusher roared, and human flesh emerged from it...

I was terrified at the time, but I had no choice. Yuan Lang told me to put the corpses and coal in baskets, and he also instructed me to load the coal mixed with human flesh onto coal trucks for processing over the next few days.

I did as instructed. Every morning, large trucks would come to haul coal, and I would empty a basket of coal into the truck bed.

"Damn, what a capable person! He killed someone and dismembered the body!" Yao Weihua cursed. He hadn't asked about this beforehand and assumed it was just killing someone and disposing of the body.

If the body is dismembered, the plot will be more intense.

Yang Jinwen asked, "Where is all that coal being transported to?"

"Around all of Qin Province."

"What was the date you disposed of the body?"

“I was afraid the bodies would stink, so I started disposing of them on the morning of July 4th. Yuan Lang told me not to dispose of them all at once, otherwise it would be terrible if they were discovered.”

If they were worried about the corpse stinking and being recognized, they would pour the coal and meat from the basket into a mixer and sprinkle some salt in.

So I... I did as he said.

Yuan Lang picked out the larger pieces of flesh, such as kneecaps, thigh bones, and skulls, which were easier to spot, and took them away to be processed.

"How to deal with it?"

"I don't know."

"Where is the body-dismembering machine?"

"I'll take you there." Xie Kai stood up. His legs were numb from squatting for so long that he couldn't stand steadily. Yao Weihua and Maozi supported him and walked towards the place he pointed to.

Right outside the coal storage yard, in a shack, were two coal crushers, shaped like toads with open mouths, with square openings, and next to them was a conveyor belt machine, the kind with chains.

Which one?

With his hands tied behind his back, Xie Kai pointed with his chin to the machine on his right: "This one."

Where did the murder take place?

Xie Kai then pointed to the weighing platform in front of him, which was used to weigh large trucks when transporting coal.

"Right there."

Where is Yuan Lang now?

"He went to the county to discuss business, and said he'd be back tonight."

"What time exactly?"

He was talking about tonight, but I don't know for sure.

"Who does he do business with? Where does he usually go?"

"I don't know. You should ask Yuan Hong. He should know."

Without waiting for Yang Jinwen's instructions, Yao Weihua turned and ran towards the bungalow.

Yang Jinwen looked around. The miners were all in the mine shaft, and it wasn't time for them to get off work yet.

Fearing something might go wrong, Yang Jinwen took out his mobile phone and dialed Fu Mingyuan's number to inform him about Yuan Lang and Yin Hong's murder.

Fu Mingyuan was used to it; the frequency of murders in Dannan County was the highest compared to other regions.

After asking his questions, Yao Weihua rushed over. Seeing Yang Jinwen on the phone, he lowered his voice and said, "Captain Yang, I had Yuan Hong call Yuan Lang. Yuan Lang said on the phone that he is at the Fulilai Hotel and will not be back until tonight."

"You didn't reveal anything, did you?"

Yao Weihua shook his head intently, "You can rest assured about my handling of things." Fu Mingyuan, who hadn't hung up the phone yet, seemed to have overheard their conversation and hurriedly asked on the other end, "Captain Yang, have you found Yuan Lang's whereabouts?"

Yang Jinwen looked at Yao Weihua and Maozi, and nodded, saying, "Wait for my call."

Fu Mingyuan called out "Hello, hello" on the phone, and Yang Jinwen hung up.

Yang Jinwen understood Yao Weihua's intentions very well. Everyone had followed him, working hard and running around to solve a murder case. They were on the verge of catching the culprit, so of course he wouldn't give the credit to Fu Mingyuan and the others.

Furthermore, who knows if Yuan Lang knows anyone in the Criminal Investigation Brigade? If he lets the person go, who can we complain to?
In homicide investigations, not only the families of the investigating police officers, but also colleagues who are not involved in the case, must not leak information. This is the most basic principle.

Yang Jinwen's actions did not violate any rules.

Earlier, Cai Ting had already called people over, and fearing that the people at the mine might leak the news, Yang Jinwen, Yao Weihua, and Cai Ting left first.

As soon as the vehicle carrying Maozi and Qi Bin from the county bureau arrived, they immediately handed the person over and headed to the Fulilai Hotel in the county.

They met Yang Jinwen in the hotel lobby. Before they could even ask his first question, Yang Jinwen, holding the room key, waved his hand and said, "Room number 708."

Immediately afterwards, the group headed towards the elevator.

The hotel only has one elevator, and several hotel guests were waiting in front of the door.

Yao Weihua pushed the people aside and said, "You all sit down in the next row."

The group was unwilling to give up, but when they saw Yang Jinwen pull out a pistol, they immediately shut up and dispersed at a distance.

The elevator doors closed, Cai Ting pressed the button for the 7th floor, and the elevator doors closed again.

At this moment, Yang Jinwen said, "There are two men and two women in the room. Be prepared for resistance from the other side."

Upon hearing this, Maozi and Qibin quickly pulled out their guns.

With a "ding," the elevator arrived at the seventh floor.

Yang Jinwen hung his pistol at his waist like a guest, glanced at the room number across the street, and then walked to the right.

Yao Weihua and Maozi followed behind him on either side.

The sound of their footsteps was absorbed by the red carpet, making no noise whatsoever.

Even during the day, the hotel corridors are lined with candle-shaped Western-style lamps, and two cleaning ladies step aside to make way for them.

Yang Jinwen asked one of them, "Has room number 8 from our Public Security Bureau been cleaned?"

The aunt shook her head: "We dare not go in; there's a sign on the door."

Has anyone inside come out?

"did not see it."

"OK, thanks."

Yang Jinwen walked to room 708, took out his key, and prepared to open the door.

Yao Weihua and Maozi separated and hid by the door.

Yang Jinwen inserted the key into the door, turned it, and gently pushed the door open, but there was a chain hanging inside.

Qi Bin took two steps back and kicked him.

"Oh!"

The door was kicked open, and Yao Weihua, Maozi, and Cai Ting rushed inside.

"do not move!"

"Lie face down on the bed!"

"Don't get out of bed!"

"Put your hand out so I can see it!"

Yang Jinwen stepped inside and saw two beds, with a man and a woman lying on each bed.

The two women had their hands outside the blanket, gripping the blanket cover tightly, and looked very flustered.

The two men were held down firmly by Yao Weihua, Maozi, Qi Bin, and Cai Ting.

Needless to say, the woman was completely naked, and the man was only wearing his underwear.

One of the men, with a long face, a buzz cut, and a thick gold chain around his neck, yelled, "Who the hell are you? If you're from the underworld, you should recognize me."

Another man looked at the gun in Yao Weihua's hand, not recognizing it as a standard-issue weapon, and assumed he was there to cause trouble. He shouted, "We're all people of the underworld, there's no need to point guns at each other's heads. We can talk things over!"

Yao Weihua was so angry he laughed. As he handcuffed him, he said, "We're arresting people like you from the underworld!"

Upon hearing this and glancing at the handcuffs, the other person immediately asked, "Are you police officers?"

"Correct answer!" Yao Weihua responded, put the handcuffs on him, then removed the handcuffs from Qi Bin's back and put them on Horse Face as well.

Although he had already recognized the person, Yang Jinwen still asked, "Who is Yuan Lang?"

No one said a word.

"I'll ask you one more time, who is Yuan Lang?"

With his hands cuffed behind his back, Horse Face sat on the bed and replied, "Yes, it is me."

Yang Jinwen walked over and pointed to the woman on the bed.

"Put on your clothes and go outside."

The woman lifted the covers to get out of bed when the cat accidentally glanced at her. He immediately turned his head away, swallowed hard, and the images of Jiang Jianbing and Xu Guoliang, two seasoned veterans, flashed through his mind.

Yang Jinwen warned, "They'll wear them under the covers. Sister Cai, get them some clothes."

After the two women finished dressing, they were led to the corridor to squat down.

Yang Jinwen stared at Yuan Lang and asked, word by word, "Do you know why we arrested you?"

Yuan Lang looked up, his gaze darting away, and asked cautiously, "Officer, have I offended you in any way?"

(End of this chapter)