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

Chapter 425 No Compromise! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"I...I really don't know, please don't ask...I beg you, please don't ask..."

The more the woman named Zhao Xiaofeng pleaded, the more Yang Jinwen felt that the number of people involved must be large and the nature of the crime must be serious.

Only those who are afraid dare not speak out.

Before 90, Zhu Gui planned to start a coal mining business. He used Bai Ying's connections to get to know Cao Xuan and Wu Mingyu.

Zhu Gui took the risk of pulling strings, and once everything was settled, Wu Mingyu wanted to get rid of Zhu Gui.

Instead of a fight to the death, Zhu Gui did something at this critical juncture that suddenly made Wu Mingyu change his mind? He helped him secure the mining and operating rights for the Panying Coal Mine.

Everything makes sense now. For a full ten years before 90, Zhu Gui used power-for-money transactions to bind Wu Mingyu!

He had a firm grasp on Wu Mingyu's perverted hobbies!
The things that have happened in this villa over the past ten years are simply unimaginable!
"Give me a number!" Yang Jinwen shouted, almost angrily.

Zhao Xiaofeng trembled with fear, raising the metal handcuffs around her wrists to cover her face, and cried out, "I really don't know! I didn't pay attention! Don't ask me anymore, go ask Boss Zhu..."

At this moment, after interrogating Zhao Xiaofeng's husband, Yao Weihua and Cai Ting came over.

"Captain Yang." Cai Ting's words were almost choked up.

"What is it?" Yang Jinwen stared intently at Zhao Xiaofeng, not even glancing at Cai Ting, seemingly waiting for her answer.

"We got some clues out of them."

Yang Jinwen stood up and gathered in the courtyard with Yao Weihua, Cai Ting, and Maozi.

Yao Weihua glanced at Liu Chuan, who was squatting in the corner, and pursed his lips, saying, "This Liu Chuan confessed that he saw at least two girls being brought here every year, some voluntarily and some under duress."

Yang Jinwen glanced at Liu Chuan and asked, "How did he know?"

He said that Dou Junhao accidentally let it slip while they were drinking together.

It was also said that in August 1995, the girl fell from the building and was almost dead. Dou Junhao and Lu Yong did not take her to the hospital, presumably they disposed of her.

On another night in July 1997, Chen Pingwa's fifth uncle heard a girl crying in the back mountain, but Liu Chuan said he didn't know anything about it.

In addition, Liu Chuan provided a very important clue.

"What clue?"

"The person who helped Zhu Gui find these girls was a local thug named Zheng Dong."

"Zheng Dong?"

"Yes, this kid used to work in Zhu Gui's coal mine, and later he worked with Dou Junhao and Lu Yong, doing all the dirty work for Zhu Gui."

Zheng Dong hadn't been working at the mine since 91, but he'd come in several times a week, saying he rode a Happiness 250 motorcycle—quite the show-off.

Do you know where he lives?

“This kid doesn’t have a fixed place of residence,” Liu Chuan said. “Zheng Dong is not old, only in his twenties. Danan County is not big. We should be able to find him in places like game arcades, computer rooms, and billiard rooms.”

Yang Jinwen squinted: "This person must be arrested."

Cai Ting asked, "What will happen here if we leave?"

Yao Weihua sighed: "What else can we do? We have to report it. We can't keep it a secret. Besides, Dou Junhao's body is still next to the mud pit. And these two guys are also key witnesses in the case."

Yang Jinwen pondered for a while and then said, "Sister Cai, take pictures of everything in this room."

"Old Yao, have Zhao Xiaofeng and Liu Chuan repeat themselves, and record it. Cat Brother, draft a statement and have them sign it."

The group readily agreed. Although they didn't know Yang Jinwen's specific thoughts, they knew that the clues they had uncovered today would be crucial in the subsequent arrests and trials.

They worked until late into the night, and the four of them couldn't keep going any longer. Yang Jinwen hadn't rested for two days and one night.

"Old Yao, I'm going to take a nap. Oh, by the way, go to the back mountain later and tell Chen Pingwa to go back first and not wait for us."

"Leave it to me, Captain Yang, you go and get some rest."

Next to the open-air kitchen against the wall on the first floor, the cat started a fire in the stove. Yang Jinwen brought a chair, sat in front of the flames, wrapped himself in his clothes, and fell asleep.

But he didn't sleep well; his mind was filled with clues about the case, and the images of the two girls kept flashing through his mind.

Although faces are not visible, they are vivid: cries, the sound of falling from a building, and figures constantly running through the woods behind the mountain.

When Yang Jinwen opened his eyes in a daze, it was already six o'clock in the morning.

Yao Weihua and Maozi were asleep in the chairs next to them, while Cai Ting stood in the corridor smoking, staring at the two witnesses whose hands were cuffed behind their backs.

"Sister Cai."

Cai Ting walked over, covered her mouth, and yawned: "Team Leader Yang."

"Take a rest for a while."

"I've already slept with him; Cat Bro replaced me."

Hearing the conversation, Lao Yao and Maozi also woke up.

Yang Jinwen asked, "Have you obtained the confession?"

Yao Weihua pulled out a folded transcript and a tape recorder from his pocket: "Here they are."

Yang Jinwen took it in his hand and examined it carefully by the light of the fire in the stove. It also had the signatures and fingerprints of Liu Chuan and Zhao Xiaofeng, making it a very complete record.

Yang Jinwen folded the film in half and carefully put it in his pocket, saying to Cai Ting, "Sister Cai, give me the film."

Cai Ting took out the film negatives from her pocket and handed them to Yang Jinwen.

The film captured images of Dou Junhao's body, the mud pit where he was buried, and photos of two witnesses...

The images of Yang Jinwen and his three companions collecting evidence, the bloodstains at the entrance of the courtyard staircase, the large amount of bloodstains on the second-floor floor, the bullet casings left at the scene, the windows pierced by bullets, the sofa and walls, etc.

"Cart casing?"

Maozi took out an evidence bag from his pocket and handed it to Yang Jinwen: "It's with me."

Yao Weihua blinked, looking at Yang Jinwen's actions, feeling inexplicably flustered.

"Alright, let's head to Danan County now."

"Shouldn't we report it?"

What about those two people?

Yao Weihua and Cai Ting asked in unison.

Yang Jinwen replied, "There's no signal in the mountains, so Director Wen can't contact me. I'll tell him about the situation here after we get down the mountain. Tie these two up first, and we'll talk more after I get Director Wen's call."

After half an hour.

Yang Jinwen and his three companions left from the back of the mountain. When they left, the two witnesses were tied to a pillar, handcuffed and tightly bound with rope.

Yao Weihua and Maozi dragged Dou Junhao's body into the house, not daring to leave it exposed in the wild, in case it was eaten by wild animals, then they would be doomed.

The door was locked, and the key was hidden in the mouth of the stone lion.

The four people returned to Chenjia Village via the same route, and it was already noon.

Upon seeing the Mitsubishi parked by the roadside, Yao Weihua's eyes widened: "Holy shit, who took off our wheels?"

The cat swallowed hard: "The glass was smashed too."

Everything inside the car was looted; the thieves practically dragged the seats out of the car.

Cai Ting's eyes widened: "It must have been those villagers who did it! I'm going to find them!"

Yang Jinwen waved his hand: "Forget it, we don't have time for that. Besides, they don't know our identities. We'll settle accounts with them after the case is over."

Yao Weihua asked, "Then how do we get to Dannan County?"

After half an hour.

On an oxcart heading to town, Yang Jinwen, Yao Weihua, Cai Ting, and Maozi were squatting.

The four of them faced the cold winter wind and felt only desolation.

It wasn't until 2 p.m. that they took a minibus in the town to head to Danan County.

In the car.

Yang Jinwen took out his mobile phone and saw three missed calls, one from Feng Xiaocai and the other from Wen Ling, the most recent being from Wen Mo's office number.

But there must have been more than just these three missed calls, because Yang Jinwen's mobile phone could only display three numbers.

Moreover, there were several missed calls on Yao Weihua, Cai Ting, and Maozi's mobile phones, all of which were made by them.

Just as Yang Jinwen was thinking of contacting Wen Mo first, an unfamiliar number called.

Yang Jinwen didn't recognize the number. After thinking for a moment, he answered the phone and held the mobile phone to his ear.

A somewhat familiar voice immediately came through the phone receiver: "Yang Jinwen?"

"you are?"

"I am Deng Zhengjie."

"Deng Shu..."

"I'm asking you, where are you right now?"

Yang Jinwen sensed something was off about his tone and replied, "I'm investigating leads related to the 105 shooting case."

"For your safety, the investigation into Annan is hereby suspended. Your Third Brigade must return to the provincial capital immediately."

Yang Jinwen blurted out almost immediately, "Why?"

"This case is not one you are qualified to investigate, do you understand?"

"Then who will investigate?"

"Don't worry about this."

Yang Jinwen's tone suddenly rose: "I am a people's police officer, so I have to take care of this!"

Deng Zhengjie on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment, then changed his tone: "Jinwen, didn't you hear what I said clearly?"
This case will definitely be investigated, but not by you. Do you understand?
That's what I told Director Wen too: Your Third Brigade must immediately return to the provincial capital and cease all investigations in Annam!
I need to see your people at the provincial government office tonight!

"it is good."

Deng Zhengjie on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief: "Jinwen, I know about your relationship with Secretary Zhang. Don't make things difficult for her, and don't let it affect your future."

"I understand, thank you, Secretary Deng."

"Take care of yourself."

After hanging up the phone, Yao Weihua, who was sitting next to Yang Jinwen, sighed deeply.

Cai Ting and Maozi sat in the back row, standing and listening to Yang Jinwen talk on the phone.

The atmosphere instantly fell silent.

When the minibus stopped at the bus station in Dannan County, after the four people got off, Yang Jinwen instructed, "You can change buses and go back first."

Yao Weihua asked, "And what about you?"

"I want to get to the bottom of this case."

Cai Ting gritted her teeth: "Captain Yang, I'll go with you..."

"Let's go," Yang Jinwen instructed. "Don't say anything until I get back."

The cat pursed its lips: "I'll stay!"

"Go on!" Yang Jinwen shouted, "Get back!"

He pushed Maozi and Yao Weihua, and helped them onto the minibus back to Anan City.

Yang Jinwen knew that even without this phone call, Yao Weihua and the other two could still have joined him in the investigation. But Deng Zhengjie's call represented not only the Qincheng Public Security Bureau, but also the Provincial Department and Sheng Wei's orders.

It wasn't that he didn't believe Deng Zhengjie's words, but this case couldn't be dragged on for long. The crocodile beneath the surface had to be dealt with decisively, without giving it a chance to breathe!

After the minibus doors closed and the bus drove away, Yang Jinwen waved to Yao Weihua and the other two people standing by the window, and smiled.

Then, he took out his mobile phone, turned it off, and quickly walked out of the station, merging into the crowd.

Yao Weihua watched Yang Jinwen's departing figure, a complex expression on his face.

"I have never admired anyone in my life, but our captain is the first."

Cai Ting nodded: "Captain Yang had expected this, otherwise why would he have taken all the evidence himself?"

The cat sat in the chair, head down, hands on its knees, fists clenched and unclenched...

(End of this chapter)