"Brother Jianguo, have all your groups taken their positions yet?" Lu Qingshan asked into the microphone.

Wang Jianguo's voice came from the other end of the phone:

"They've been in position for a while now, just waiting for the right time. Qingshan, let me be clear from the start, we've deployed over a hundred officers. How accurate is your intelligence? If we come up empty-handed, I won't be able to explain myself to the bureau tomorrow."

"Whether it's accurate or not, you'll know once you give the order."

Lu Qingshan took over the conversation directly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a rapid buzzing of a walkie-talkie came from the other end of the phone, followed by the loud voice of the officer in charge, filled with undisguised satisfaction.

"Reporting to Director Wang, the third team has commenced operations! Outpost number one has been successfully captured!"

Wang Jianguo quickly pressed on the other end of the phone, "Have they caught them? Did anyone escape?"

"Not a single one escaped! Those bastards were playing dominoes around the table. When we broke down the door and rushed in, they didn't even have time to throw their tiles away. They were all pinned to the ground. All six of them were safe and sound."

The officers loudly reported their results.

"Chief, we found 23,000 yuan in cash on site, and also a large box of dried bear bile under the bed. It was all wrapped in layers of oil paper, and the smell was so strong that Xiao Liu, who was in charge, almost threw up his dinner when he went in."

Lu Qingshan heard everything clearly on the other end of the phone and immediately drew a line on the first circle in the upper right corner of the scrap paper with a pencil.

He casually wrote down the words "23,000 yuan" and "a box of bear bile" next to it.

"Well done! Bring the guy back securely handcuffed. Next group, report!"

Wang Jianguo shouted into the walkie-talkie.

Immediately, the voice of Director Meng from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Provincial Public Security Bureau came through the walkie-talkie.

Old Meng personally led the team to raid the most critical warehouse group, and even his tone became somewhat anxious at this moment.

"Director Wang, this is Lao Meng. The heavy iron door to this warehouse was cleaved clean off with hydraulic shears without making a sound. These guys are sleeping like logs."

"But guess what good stuff we found in this warehouse?"

"Stop keeping me in suspense, Lao Meng, hurry up and tell us what you copied!" Wang Jianguo urged.

"My goodness, Jianguo, this isn't just a warehouse for mountain produce, it's a gold mine!"

Director Meng poured out his words like water from a bamboo tube.

"The dried bear paws were neatly stacked in sacks, there were at least forty of them! The tiger bone powder was all packed in those big iron barrels, a full six barrels."

"And there were deer antler slices, all wrapped in old newspapers, piled up against half a wall in woven bags!"

"On that innermost wooden shelf, there are skinned mink and fox pelts. I just glanced around, and there are at least sixty!"

Lu Qingshan tightened his grip on the pen.

This is indeed a big deal. According to the current black market prices in the provincial capital, those sixty mink pelts alone could fetch seventy or eighty thousand yuan.

Before Director Meng could finish speaking on the walkie-talkie, his voice suddenly turned somber.

"There's another critical situation regarding the founding of the nation."

"We found a welded metal cabinet in the northwest corner and had someone pry it open with a thick crowbar."

"There were two modified double-barreled shotguns hidden in the cabinet, with the barrels all sawed off. The bullets were also readily available, a full three hundred rounds, all neatly stacked in cardboard boxes."

"There are also six large machetes underneath, all with freshly sharpened white edges, very sharp."

Upon hearing the gun, Wang Jianguo cursed loudly on the other end of the line.

"The guns and ammunition were confiscated separately, following strict procedures. This shipment is estimated to be worth at least 200,000 yuan, completely changing the nature of the case."

Wang Jianguo turned to the phone and said, "Qingshan, the goods have been seized. With those two pistols and all this stolen goods, Wei Biao's case is enough to give us ten hard peanuts."

"Should I bring back the people spying on me from the back door?"

"No retreat." Lu Qingshan answered decisively. "Don't move a single person. Stay on both sides of the back door and squat there. That place will be very useful tonight."

"I'll do as you say," Wang Jianguo agreed.

The walkie-talkie channel was switched to another group, and Xiao Zhao, who was in charge of capturing the key member Bald Qiang, began to report.

"Director Wang, we've caught Bald Qiang."

"Where is he? Did he run away?" Wang Jianguo asked immediately.

"Running away? That bastard was trying to climb out the window. The moment his hand touched the windowsill, the three of us grabbed him by the arms, pulled him down, and slammed him face down on the concrete floor. We then handcuffed him right away."

Lu Qingshan vaguely heard Bald Qiang cursing loudly in the background of the walkie-talkie. He was using very foul language and shouting that President Wei would never let them off the hook.

Immediately afterwards, a very crisp "crack" sound of bone breaking came from the phone.

Bald Qiang's cursing stopped abruptly, turning into a series of gasps and sobs.

Xiao Zhao's voice was crisp and clear over the walkie-talkie.

"Reporting to the chief, the suspect resisted arrest. He lost his balance while resisting and hit his face on the corner of a radiator. He broke his nose, but it's nothing serious. A little bleeding won't delay him from giving a statement."

On the other end of the phone, Lu Qingshan put the pencil on the table, leaned back in his chair, and let out a long sigh.

Scarface Liu's back wound that went through his shoulder blade required fourteen stitches.

The sound of bones breaking just now was really satisfying.

He spoke into the microphone, "Brother Jianguo, please tell Brother Zhao for me how hard he's worked. We've finally gotten some interest on the fourteen stitches Scarface Liu suffered. I'll remember this favor."

"We're all brothers, no need for formalities," Wang Jianguo replied casually on the other end of the line, before quickly taking over the reports from the fourth and fifth groups.

Both teams achieved another complete victory, with officers arresting eleven people and recovering 14,000 yuan in stolen money. The officers in charge also reported a new development.

"Director Wang, we just apprehended an accountant, surnamed Liu. His legs went weak as soon as he was handcuffed, and he immediately knelt on the ground and poured out his grievances."

"He said he knew two other locations where Wei Biao was hiding behind the cotton mill in the north of the city, and that he was willing to redeem himself by leading us to arrest him, as long as we could get a lenient sentence."

Wang Jianguo got excited after hearing this and asked Lu Qingshan over the phone, "Qingshan, two more big fish have appeared. Should we strike while the iron is hot and send people to take down these two hideouts as well?"

"Don't move it yet," Lu Qingshan refused without even thinking.

"Tonight's task is to secure these six major assets. Suddenly changing personnel and locations in the middle of the night is the easiest way to leak information. The small fry at the bottom can't cause any big trouble. We can follow the clues tomorrow. Tonight, keep an eye on Wei Biao, the main culprit."

As Lu Qingshan spoke, he heavily checked off the first five red circles on the scrap paper.

Now only the last red circle in the very center remains, which is also the most crucial place in the entire game: Wei Biao's residence.

Time passed slowly, and neither of them spoke on the phone.

The walkie-talkie kept emitting background noise, but no message came back from the sixth group.

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