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

Chapter 320 Extremely Cruel!

Hekou Town Police Station.

This is a small place, just a single-story building standing in the center of the town. Across the road is the town's school, which includes primary and junior high schools.

The townspeople thought the police station was arresting people for fighting; if they found out they were arresting human traffickers, they would be in big trouble.

At that time, the concept of the rule of law had not yet taken root in people's hearts, and ordinary people were not lenient with human traffickers; beating them was a minor matter.

To avoid causing a disturbance, the police chief and Yang Jinwen, who were involved in the arrest, discussed the matter and decided to send the person directly to the county town.

Four o'clock in the afternoon, in the corridor of the detention room of the Anti-Trafficking Office of Guangwu County.

The eight members of the opera troupe, seven men and one woman, had their hands cuffed behind their backs and were squatting side by side against the wall.

A group of police officers stood in front of them, some in uniform and some in plainclothes, their eyes filled with a menacing look.

Yang Jinwen dragged over a chair, sat down in front of the leader, and stared down at him.

"Are you the troupe leader?"

"Yes."

"What's your name?"

"Li Daqiang."

"Brother Qiang, right?"

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

"I hear everyone call you that; you are highly respected."

Li Daqiang remained silent; at that moment, he felt a burning pain in his back and the back of his head.

On the way here, he kept crying out in pain and making accusations about the police.

I lifted his clothes, touched his head with my hand, and there was nothing wrong. His skin wasn't red, and there was no bump on his head, but it still hurt.

These police officers are quite adept at making arrests.

Yang Jinwen looked at the eight people and could tell at a glance which ones had been punished before and which ones were virgins.

When the police interrogate you, they will either ask you questions alone or gather you together with your accomplices.

Both are purposeful.

Now, behind these people are interrogation rooms and detention cells, but no one has been taken inside. It's obvious that they're being encouraged to denounce each other.

Li Daqiang remained silent, but some people couldn't help but speak up.

The woman named "Sister Feng" cried and shouted, "Comrades, I don't know anything! I'm just an actress, please let me go!"

My husband died young, and I have elderly parents to support and young children. I just go around acting with them to earn a living. I really don't know what they do for a living.

"Who told you to speak? Shut your mouth!" Qi Bin shouted, pointing at her face.

Everyone saw the two children in the truck.

When they were rescued, the children were trembling with fear. The sacks were full of feces and urine. They wouldn't dare to say a word when asked anything.

Right now, the children are in the reception room next door, and Cai Ting has called the doctor, who is treating them.

Sister Feng was so frightened that she trembled and shut her mouth, not daring to say a word.

Yang Jinwen said, "Report your name, place of origin, and age one by one. If you dare to lie, send you to the detention center immediately."

After he finished speaking, he pointed at Li Daqiang: "Let's start with you."

Li Daqiang licked his lips and replied, "My name is Li Daqiang, I'm from Tongguan, I'm 46 years old, and my home address is..."

As he spoke, a police officer stood by and quickly took notes.

When it was Gangzi's turn, he stammered, "My name is Gao Xiaogang, I'm 36 years old, and I'm also from Tongguan..."

At this moment, Yao Weihua took an ID card from the recorder and slapped Gangzi on the head.

"Feeling good now? You were the one who hit me this morning, weren't you?"

"Come on, let me see what's written on this ID card?"

Gangzi swallowed hard and immediately changed his tune: "I'm from Weinan City."

Yao Weihua pointed at his nose: "I'm warning you, if you dare to lie again, I'll lock you up as an unregistered resident, and you'll cease to exist. I won't even need to send you to court to sentence you! I'll sentence you however I want."

"Xiao, I understand."

"Keep calling out names, one at a time!"

Next up were Sister Feng and Jun'er. They wanted to lie, but their ID cards were in the hands of the police, so they couldn't run away and had to answer truthfully.

After confirming that his identity was correct, the recorder nodded to Yang Jinwen.

Yang Jinwen looked at Li Daqiang again.

"Tell me, how did those two kids end up in your car?"

“That’s one of our opera troupe’s apprentices…”

"Disciple, disciple!" Yao Weihua grabbed his head and scolded, "What kind of master stuffs his disciple into a sack? You're even more despicable than Tang Sanzang!"

"They were kidnapped!" At this moment, Sister Feng shouted, "I'm reporting them! I'm exposing them! Both children were kidnapped by them!"

Yang Jinwen said to Maozi and Qi Bin, "Take them in and interrogate them separately. If they show any merit, we can handle the situation accordingly."

Sister Feng immediately perked up and nodded hurriedly. She was dragged up by two policemen and pulled into the interrogation room.

Seeing her like this, even those with less serious crimes started to be tempted.

"I'm also reporting the government!"

"And I."

“I’m just a erhu player, I wasn’t involved in their affairs, but I still have something to say.”

All five people were taken away, leaving only Li Daqiang, Gangzi, and Jun'er squatting by the wall, their expressions unpredictable.

Needless to say, these three people were the masterminds.

Yang Jinwen sat in the chair, holding the materials in his hand, without even glancing at them.

Only intermittent sounds could be heard coming from the interrogation room.

Not long after, Maozi came out of the interrogation room and shouted, "Captain Yang, Zhao Feng confessed. The two children are not from An'nan. They were kidnapped by them in Dong'an City and Chuanshan Town."

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Okay."

Immediately afterwards, Yao Weihua also came out and said, "I have confessed as well. These are the three people who kidnapped the child. The others were just covering for us."

Furthermore, besides kidnapping children, they also engaged in theft. The bag of money we recovered was stolen from Hekou Town.

Yang Jinwen raised his eyelids slightly and said, "Suspected of organizing a criminal gang, buying and selling guns, engaging in armed confrontations, human trafficking, kidnapping, theft..." These charges, when he put them out, were quite serious. Anyone who knows understands what it means to be convicted of multiple crimes.

If you punish someone to the end, the probability of them getting the death penalty becomes very high.

Li Daqiang plopped down on the ground, his face deathly pale.

"No, no... Officers, you can't frame us..."

"Framed you?" Yang Jinwen leaned forward, pointing his finger at his nose: "Then tell me, which charge has wronged you?"

"I……"

At this moment, Maozi came out again and shouted, "Captain Yang, they've been doing this since 95, this isn't the first time..."

Yao Weihua also came out and shouted, "Captain Yang, I confess that at least this many people were kidnapped and sold!"

He gestured the number ten.

Yang Jinwen stared intently at Li Daqiang and demanded, "Speak! Which charge has wronged you? How many children did you traffic? Where did you get the gun? Who did you sell these children to?"

"I...I..." Li Daqiang swallowed hard. "I confess, I admit it."

Immediately afterwards, Li Daqiang was taken to the reception room, where all the interrogation rooms had already been occupied.

Yang Jinwen sat opposite him, while the interrogators took notes.

Li Daqiang said, "I am not from a professional background, but I have always had the wish to be the head of a troupe. So I found a group of folk artists and started performing in the countryside in Northwest China in 93."

At first, things were alright, and we were able to make some money, but by 95, we stopped making money and it was difficult to even make ends meet.

Seeing that the troupe couldn't hold on and was about to disband, I was very anxious. To be honest, I have artistic aspirations and have always wanted to carry forward our Bangzi Opera.

At that time, I met a gangster in Dayan City and Xiama Town.

His name is Yu Kai, but people in the underworld call him Big Dog Yu.

He ran a dog breeding center, but secretly he was a human trafficker.

He told me that people like us who travel all over the country performing operas can't make any money this way. He said he had a way to make money and asked if I wanted to do it.

I had no intention of going into this line of work, but our troupe was struggling to make ends meet and often had to steal corn cobs and sweet potatoes from the villagers' fields. If things continued like this, we would have no choice but to disband.

So, I took Jun'er and Gangzi and started kidnapping children.

I've been doing this since 95..."

Yang Jinwen squinted and asked, "How many were tied up?"

Li Daqiang stammered out a number, which made Yang Jinwen's heart sink to the bottom.

Does this include the two children we rescued?

"They weren't included."

"Do you have a conscience?"

"I……"

Where did you sell these children?

“We all send them to Yu Dagou, and he contacts the buyers.”

Where is Yu Kai from?

“It’s in Xiama Town, Dayan City. There are many places that raise horses and dogs there.”

"Besides him, do you know any other human traffickers?"

"I've seen some of them, but I don't know their names."

"Where have you seen it?"

"It's Yu Dagou's dog farm."

"Does that mean besides you and him, there are other people working with Yu Dagou on this?"

"Definitely, there were several groups of people."

"How much money did Yu Kai pay you when you sent a child to him?"

"It depends on the situation. Girls are worth 2,500 and boys are worth 3,500. The older they are, the less valuable they become."

Where did you get your gun?

"It was given to me by Yu Dagou."

"And where did he come from?"

"I didn't know, he has a group of people."

"how many people?"

"About ten people."

Do you know these people's names?

Li Daqiang shook his head: "I don't know. We'll send the child to him, take the money and leave. We can't ask any more questions."

"Do you have anything else to explain?"

Li Daqiang avoided eye contact for a moment, then shook his head.

Yang Jinwen squinted, staring intently at him: "I'm asking you, you've been putting children into sacks and hiding them in the truck, with all this stuff piled up in the cargo bed, has this been your routine all along?"

Li Daqiang nodded: "Yes."

"Nothing has happened?"

"What...what happened?"

"Was a child suffocated?"

"No, no..." Li Daqiang swallowed.

"lie!"

Yang Jinwen stood up, pinched his chin, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife: "How many died?"

"Really not..."

"Answer me, how many did you kill?"

Li Daqiang's body went limp when he saw Yang Jinwen's fierce gaze.

"I didn't want this to happen either. We were inexperienced and forgot to ventilate. Just one of them died..."

Hearing this, Yang Jinwen's heart skipped a beat, and he said, word by word, "Just wait to be performing for the King of Hell! If I don't get you sentenced to death, I'll change my surname to yours!"

(End of this chapter)