The city's Public Security Bureau was ablaze with lights.
In the courtyard, Gao Xiaofei, who had just returned with Mu Gua, stood beside Mei Qian with a look of resentment, sighing constantly. He already knew the situation.
—The notorious bandit Ping An was apprehended tonight! He confessed to all crimes at the scene of his arrest!
The news from his brothers on the front lines made him suspicious. He glanced at Mu Gua, who was dozing off, and with a determined heart, he quietly took him to his office when no one was paying attention.
"Make way! Make way!" after a blaring siren, a convoy of cars slowly entered the courtyard. Fully armed armed police soldiers slowly opened the car doors, pulled Ping An out of the back seat, and then slammed him to the ground.
"Notify Vice Mayor Wang! Notify the Pre-trial Detachment! We're having a meeting in my office in ten minutes to discuss pre-trial work."
"Notify the Anti-drug Detachment and have them deal with the drugs found in Ping An's warehouse!"
"Notify the media of all channels overnight. Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, we will hold a press conference on the series of cases!"
"Notify Mei Qian. Due to kinship avoidance, he should not be involved in the case for now."
"Where is Gao Xiaofei?" Yan Qing, who had just made several demands, looked around and said, "Find him and have him stay in his office on standby. He can't go anywhere without my orders! Da Shan! You go keep an eye on Gao Xiaofei and tell him that the case isn't over, and I don't have time to see him!"
The city's Public Security Bureau was lit up all night, but the light did not reach everyone's faces.
In Yan Qing's office, Mai Mang sat anxiously on the sofa.
"Xiao Mai, the National Security Detachment of the Municipal Bureau is short of a deputy detachment leader. As a deputy section chief, you can only go there for now. Afterward, I'll have a word with your bureau chief. We're all within the system, so the transfer will be no problem." Yan Qing took a sip of water and said warmly, "Who is your colleague?"
"Leader! He's a stubborn one, you don't need to pay attention to him!" Mai Mang replied with a smile.
"Alas, they are all excellent talents, why shouldn't we take care of them! Tell him to think again," Yan Qing said. "Oh dear, Old Xiang is likely in grave danger this time. You followed him, so you are already implicated. Therefore, this time, you must consider carefully and have a clear political stance!"
"I will naturally obey the organization! However, alas, Director Xiang treated me quite well. I want to go and see him, and by the way, advise him." Mai Mang said, "Hei Dou listens to him the most. If he can say a few words, Hei Dou over there..."
The words were spoken. If Hei Dou was obedient, everything would be fine. If not, it would not be too late to deal with him. Xiang Wanfeng was temporarily held in the detention room in the basement. Mai Mang's "reporting" Ping An was a merit, and he could not be neglected. Letting them meet was nothing. It might even be better if Xiang Wanfeng heard and saw it and died of anger.
Thinking of this, Yan Qing wrote a note by hand and handed it to Mai Mang, instructing him to comfort his former superior well.
After dismissing Mai Mang, the people waiting for the meeting at the municipal bureau cautiously entered Yan Qing's office. In fact, a year ago, they had already heard that the organization had been investigating Yan Qing's disciplinary violations. Just as they were about to find crucial evidence, the Niu Jian case occurred. At that time, many people did not have a good opinion of Yan Qing and believed that he would surely fall this time! When Xiang Wanfeng, who was at the same level as Yan Qing, led the special investigation team, almost everyone in the municipal bureau, except for loyalists like Gao Xiaofei, believed that Xiang Wanfeng would replace him and become the de facto second-in-command of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Because the bureau chief also held the position of vice mayor, in the municipal bureau, this "second-in-command" of daily work was the "number one."
It seemed that Yan Qing's reign was over! But who would have thought that he would turn the tables at the critical moment! Now, the drug trafficking syndicate led by Xiang Wanfeng, Ping An, Gao Min, Chen Nairong, and others had all surfaced, and it was only a matter of time before they were all captured.
"It seems our intelligence was mistaken! The total amount of drugs seized was only a little over a hundred catties. I said, how much drugs are seized nationwide in a year? How could a small city like Hechuan have over a thousand catties? This is too incredible! Such baseless intelligence is simply ridiculous! Is this mocking the results of our public security system's anti-drug work for years? Nonsense!" Yan Qing began by defining the quantity of drugs seized.
"Old Xiang is an excellent criminal investigator and a notable figure in the public security system, with connections, disciples, and influence," Yan Qing said. "The most unimaginable thing is our old friend Ping An. Alas, such a good person, because he listened to Xiang Wanfeng's nonsense, embarked on a road of no return. Now, the evidence of his murder and hiding drugs is conclusive, and no one can help him. I watched him grow up, and it pains me! Alright, now, let's discuss how to pre-trial."
So many things happened that day, so many things happened that night. Everything was so sudden, so bizarre and unpredictable.
In Gao Xiaofei's office, Mu Gua was showing him the contents of Liu Juan's phone.
There was nothing valuable on Liu Juan's phone except for some useless selfies and three videos.
The first video showed a man and a woman in bed... Ignore it directly!
In another video, a man was processing a headless body in front of a cement pool...
The third video was corrupted!
"Damn it! Everyone in Hechuan knows Gao Min is a murderer. Even if they filmed him disposing of the body, what of it? It's just evidence at most!" Gao Xiaofei, not even finishing the video, casually tossed the phone into his desk and slumped dejectedly in the sofa chair.
Outside the office, Gu Da Shan, who had been eavesdropping and controlling some equipment, snickered twice and took out his phone to secretly send a text message.
Unlike Gao Xiaofei, a "loyalist" of Yan Qing, who was being secretly monitored, Mei Qian did not receive such good treatment. After his phone was confiscated, he was directly locked up in the solitary confinement cell.
In the pre-trial center detention room in the basement of the municipal bureau, Ping An, handcuffed, lay on his back, looking up with his eyes closed, his face showing a "death doesn't matter" expression.
At this moment, it seemed he had played all his cards. Yan Qing had seen through him and left him no room for maneuver.
When did he start suspecting Yan Qing? To be honest, his first suspect was Mei Qian! He used the excuse of dating his sister to get close to him, and Mei Qian was arranged by that damned Yan Qing. Gao Xiaofei was a pig, lacking that much intelligence. Yan Qing owed him a great debt of gratitude, but that pig was still more concerned about right and wrong. When Su Xia was alive, out of consideration for his face, he didn't ask if he had leaked any police information—he naturally had, but he didn't know if he had leaked any crucial information. It was a pity that he only realized after her death that she had always stuck to her principles.
"When did I start suspecting Yan Qing?" Ping An muttered to himself. "Regarding the case, I never avoided him. Only when I spoke to Monk alone did he make a phone call, and then Liu Zi died! Xiang Wanfeng hinted that Yan Qing had problems, and I didn't believe it at the time? In the market, without any communication with the police, I only saw him, and then Gao Min woke up! He was Gao Min's master, wasn't he? His eldest son is called Fei Fei? Yan Fei Flour Mill? Heh heh, this move is too clever!"
In the adjacent pre-trial room, several police officers were adjusting equipment, preparing to interrogate Ping An.
"Creak!" The door of the detention room opened, and two police officers wearing caps walked in.
"Ping An! Come with us, prepare to be questioned." One of the police officers unlocked the chain on Ping An's feet.
Just then, the police officer behind suddenly struck with his elbow, knocking out the officer who was squatting to unlock the chain.
"Teacher Ping An, I'm sorry, I'm late!" Removing his hat, Hei Dou's stern, thin face appeared before Ping An.
"You didn't save me on the way, I thought you had no chance!" Ping An was not surprised at all. He found the key to the handcuffs from the fallen police officer, took off the officer's uniform and pants, took his key bag, disguised himself, and then quietly walked out.
It turned out that after Mai Mang and Hei Dou learned of Xiang Wanfeng's accident, they rushed back to inquire about the news. The difference was that Mai Mang wanted to prove Xiang Wanfeng's innocence openly; Hei Dou, who looked further ahead, pinned all his hopes on Ping An. Later, the three of them discussed and came up with a plan to deal with Yan Qing—Mai Mang would pretend to "report," Hei Dou would act in secret, and Ping An, who had already discovered that Yan Qing was the mastermind, would "enter the tiger's den."
"Yan Qing could turn hostile at any moment, but Liu Juan's phone is still with Mu Gua! This morning, you saw at Liu Qiao's grave, the pile of small daisies, and the photos taken by onlookers all pointed to him as the mastermind. So this time, I will personally investigate him. Mai Mang will observe in the open, and Hei Dou will find a way to get me out of the Public Security Bureau. Once I'm out, everything will proceed as planned. If I can't get out, then it will really be up to the two of you. I will leave you all the information and evidence I have, don't take risks. If I really can't get out, you continue!"
This was the scene of their discussion. Unexpectedly, everything turned out as Ping An had envisioned.
At present, Mai Mang handed the note he had tricked from Yan Qing to Hei Dou, and then Hei Dou, wearing a police uniform, appeared outside the detention room. With Yan Qing's handwritten note, no one dared to stop him, and Hei Dou was immediately allowed in. After Hei Dou entered, he happened to be there when Ping An was about to be pre-trialed, so he rescued Ping An first.
"Where is Old Xiang locked up?" Ping An asked Hei Dou after walking out of the detention room, looking at the end of the corridor, noticing that the police officers who were about to pre-trial had not yet arrived.
"When the police officer who took you for pre-trial brought me in, he asked me to wait first, saying he would take you to the interrogation room, and then take me to see Director Xiang. I estimate Director Xiang is locked up next door!" Hei Dou said.
"Give me the key, open it and see!" Ping An looked around warily, knowing that there were two surveillance cameras above him at this moment, and if he acted unnaturally, he could be discovered at any time.
In the surveillance room, the duty police officer was staring at the two police officers in the corridor. "This Xiao Wu, tell him to take Ping An to the interrogation room first, and then go see Xiang Wanfeng. Did he not hear or what? Alas!"
Hei Dou guessed correctly. Xiang Wanfeng was indeed locked up next door.
"Ping An, you've been arrested too?" Xiang Wanfeng said excitedly when he saw Ping An enter.
"How did you get exposed? Caught red-handed by Yan Qing!" Ping An asked.
"You believe my words? I still have eighty million in my account!" Xiang Wanfeng said.
"That's a matter for the Disciplinary Committee, I can't control it!" Ping An said. "Time is pressing, I have two things to do now! First, I need to guard against Yan Qing's foul play. On the way to the Public Security Bureau, he confessed everything voluntarily, but I have no way to record it. Second, he tampered with my warehouse to frame me as a drug dealer, but in fact, this is a plan to kill two birds with one stone. He not only framed me but also made the massive amount of drugs hidden disappear completely from the police's intelligence network. When no one is watching this batch of drugs, he will slowly digest it."
"Therefore, Ping An, you must find a way to find that batch of hidden drugs. At the very least, keep that batch of drugs in Hechuan. Once it flows to other provinces, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Xiang Wanfeng said. "Director Gao Liang of the special investigation team, I've had him on leave all along. In fact, he is an arrow that is drawn but not shot. His true identity is a special investigator sent by the Ministry of Public Security's Anti-Drug Bureau. 1400 catties! A rare major case! In fact, for the past two years, the Provincial Disciplinary Committee, the Provincial Department's Disciplinary Inspection Group, and the Hechuan Municipal Party Committee and Disciplinary Committee have been watching Yan Qing. However, Yan Qing is not corrupt on the surface and does not act recklessly, so it is difficult to act! Now, you are the one holding the bow, to fire that arrow!"
"Damn! This case is so big! I don't know that Gao Liang!" Ping An's heart burned with excitement.
"The apartment next door to the one your so-called 'Four-person group' rented is Gao Liang's base of operations. In fact, Gao Liang knew about you from the first day you moved in." Xiang Wanfeng said. "Yan Qing will fall sooner or later! He owes tens of millions in various high-interest loans. If this batch of drugs cannot be sold, he will be finished!"
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"He lives next door to us! As expected of an elite from a higher department!" Ping An said.
"As for me, don't worry, the Provincial Department will protect me. I will stay here and help you stall Yan Qing." Xiang Wanfeng said, "The situation is like this, many police officers are not in control of themselves, but the eyes of the cadres and employees in the Hechuan Municipal Bureau are still clear! Remember, speed is important, but so is patience!"
"Old Xiang, it's easy for you to say, but where am I supposed to find drugs?" Ping An complained.
"Flour mill! Start from the flour mill!" Xiang Wanfeng said. "You'll always find a way! I beg you! When I sent you a text message to inform you, there was also a text message that was not sent. In fact, it was sent to Gao Liang, asking them to start the pest control plan! So, the name of this operation is 'Pest Control'!"
"Alright! I'm leaving then!" Ping An looked at his watch and patted Xiang Wanfeng on the shoulder.
"Get lost! After we get rid of this big pest, we still have to deal with Mr. Ke!" Xiang Wanfeng encouraged Ping An.
As dawn broke, a piercing alarm suddenly sounded in the Hechuan Municipal Public Security Bureau! Yan Qing stood in the lobby of the municipal bureau, with Mai Mang, whose head was bandaged, trembling beside him.
"Are you all useless? A prisoner managed to escape!" Yan Qing yelled at Mai Mang.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was careless. Hei Dou attacked me, I, I..." Mai Mang said aggrievedly.
"You! Oh dear!" Yan Qing was furious.
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In Gao Xiaofei's office, hearing the alarm, he touched his hair, took out a gun from the drawer, thought for a moment, and then put Liu Juan's phone into his pocket.
"Alas, Mu Gua! When no one is in the bureau later, you should leave on your own!" Gao Xiaofei said to Mu Gua, who was sleeping on the sofa.
In the solitary confinement cell, Mei Qian, who was idly drawing circles on the ground, heard the alarm outside and people talking outside, and suddenly muttered to himself, "Make a fuss! Make a fuss! Do you really think my brother-in-law is a vegetarian!"
Just then, Gao Xiaofei's voice came from outside the solitary confinement cell: "Hey! I'm so envious of you, I wish I was locked up in there too!"
"Get lost! Don't you think something is wrong with all this?" Mei Qian asked without looking up.
"But, Ping An is still a fugitive after all!" Gao Xiaofei said dejectedly.
"Are you angry that he didn't tell you anything?" Mei Qian sneered.
"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to act!" Gao Xiaofei said.
"Bring him back alive!" Mei Qian's roar came from behind Gao Xiaofei.
In the lobby, the waiting police team was making final preparations for the operation. Gao Xiaofei stood behind Yan Qing, his expression serious and nervous.
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"Xiao Fei! You don't know people's hearts! Ping An is no longer the Ping An you knew!" Yan Qing said without turning his head, his voice reaching Gao Xiaofei's ears. "I know you've always been unconvinced by Ping An. Although you are friends, you've always wanted to compete. Now's your chance! Go, bring me back the criminal Ping An—don't forget, he's an archery master. If he resists, you can shoot him on the spot!"
"Shoot him on the spot!" When these last four words reached Gao Xiaofei's ears, he shivered with fear.
"Yes! I guarantee the mission will be completed!" After saying this, Gao Xiaofei turned and walked into the team without looking back. At this moment, he seemed to not want to see his former superior's face, nor did he want to make eye contact with this father-like elder.
Hundreds of police officers moved out. In an apartment opposite the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Ping An, holding binoculars, watched as police cars drove out of the municipal bureau one after another. He said to Gao Liang, who was standing beside him, with a lewd smile, "Team Leader Gao, come on, Director Xiang has ordered me to shoot you. How do you want me to shoot you?"
Gao Liang's expression was extremely varied, from initial indifference to mystery, from mystery to confusion, and finally to sudden realization, and even a hint of schadenfreude. He put his arm around Ping An's shoulder and said ambiguously to Ping An, who had unexpectedly turned to look at him, "Not simple, how did you figure out I like men?"
"..." Ping An looked at Gao Liang in horror.
"Alright, I'll adjust the atmosphere!" Gao Liang's ambiguous expression instantly returned to his initial indifference. "Welcome to join us!"
"Team Leader Gao, I'm a rather traditional person. My family, the old Ping family, is said to be a third-generation heir. I'm very grateful for your admiration, but I'm under a lot of pressure..." Ping An said incoherently.
"It's just a joke. Alright, tell me what intelligence you have!" Gao Liang interrupted Ping An and raised his binoculars to continue watching the Public Security Bureau opposite.
"Do you want the series of murder cases from before, or the later drug trafficking cases, or Yan Qing's..." For some reason, Ping An felt very awkward facing Gao Liang.
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"Didn't Old Xiang tell you? Hechuan City currently has over a thousand catties of drugs!" Gao Liang put down his binoculars and said to Ping An earnestly. "The series of murder cases are just 'appetizers' for the drug trafficking case. As long as Yan Qing is brought to justice, everything will be revealed!"
"I now have absolute evidence to prosecute Yan Qing! At the very least, I can get him investigated!" Ping An said confidently.
Ping An's thoughts were not wrong. Although there was no hard direct evidence, under the current circumstances, he was confident he could persuade Monk to testify against Yan Qing! Monk at that time, because he saw Yan Qing in the hotel, was hesitant to tell everything. In addition, Yan Qing's inappropriate relationships could also be used.
"That won't do! Yan Qing is a major tiger at this level. Everything needs evidence. We have much stronger evidence than yours!" Gao Liang said. "Do you know why the organization has been secretly investigating Yan Qing? Do you remember the drug transaction case a year ago? You advised Gao Xiaofei, and by chance, you found the drug den. Gao Xiaofei immediately called for reinforcements and wiped out the drug dealers with absolute force, but during that operation, Gao Xiaofei was inexplicably shot!"
"I know about that. That shot was too strange. I suspected friendly fire at the time, and no one dared to admit it!" Ping An said.
"According to our later investigation, after more than 80 simulations, it was determined that the person who fired the shot was Yan Qing, who was standing to Gao Xiaofei's right rear!" Gao Liang said. "During that operation, 40 kilograms of drugs were seized, but based on the initial intelligence and the drug money left at the scene, the drugs at the scene should have been at least 80 kilograms! At that time, Gao Xiaofei, as the person in charge of the case, should have signed the settlement list for the confiscated drugs! But he was injured, and Yan Qing signed..."
The inexplicable shooting! The lost drugs! These situations attracted the attention of the Provincial Department's Disciplinary Inspection department, and finally, the Ministry also suspected Yan Qing of major duty crimes based on intelligence from other sources. "We could have taken Yan Qing away directly, but arresting Yan Qing now is meaningless. Yan Qing is not stupid and knows where the forces secretly investigating him come from! Therefore, finding the drugs and preventing them from flowing into the whole country is the key!" Gao Liang said. "Otherwise, do you think this arrow of mine would have been delayed for so long!"
Understood, Ping An finally understood! Why did the drug transaction, which should have been quiet and steady, suddenly turn into a "major accident"? It was because Yan Qing was afraid that he couldn't hold on for long, so he suddenly increased the stakes. But unexpectedly, this change provoked people like Niu Jian to resist—everyone wanted a peaceful life, but you forced everyone to walk on knives with you? Who would be willing?
"Have you investigated that Yan Fei Flour Mill?" Ping An said after thinking for a moment.
"We have. It's a shell company! An enterprise under a village collective. Apart from making flour bags, it has hardly produced any flour!" Gao Liang said. "The legal representative of the flour mill is a ninety-year-old lonely old man who knows nothing. Besides that, there are no other clues." https:/
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"When we scouted the flour mill, we found a pile of stacked flour bags. However, the brand on the bags was not Yan Fei, but 'Da He'! I suspect that Yan Qing might directly put the drugs into the flour bags and then transfer them out through sales!" Ping An said. "No one would think that a hundred-jin flour bag is full of drugs!"
"This is also our biggest concern!" Gao Liang said. "Do you know how many bags of that Da He brand flour Hechuan City exports a day? A full six thousand bags! If everything goes according to Yan Qing's plan, and the drugs are transported in flour bags, we can't inspect them one by one!"
"Why not! I have a way! You leave this to me!" Ping An suddenly thought of something and said to Gao Liang. "Do you know their transaction date? If we investigate in advance, the enemy will be alerted! So the seizure must be on the day of the transaction!"
"There's no way, we can't find out!" Gao Liang shook his head.