Chapter 594: Pulling Out the Radish Brings Out the Mud

Late at night, the gathering place of the Detective Gang.

No one would have thought that the Detective Gang, which had stirred up such a storm in Hong Kong, was just a group of young kids and girls.

These people were hiding in the rented apartment where Zhang Lin lived, studying how to carry out their next case.

Although these kids and girls were quite incompetent, they were young people after all, very skilled at using the internet, cameras, and such gadgets; plus, with someone tipping them off, it was hard to catch them.

After escaping the Police's pursuit several times, they became a bit arrogant and reckless.

"These Police are truly trash! No wonder my old man was wrongly killed back then!"

"Exactly, they haven't even touched a single hair of ours for so long; the Hong Kong Police Force has no future!"

"Alright, both of you say less! Come over and study the case!"

Just as these people were drinking cold beer and eating a late-night snack, a canister emitting smoke suddenly flew in from outside the window, shattered the glass, and landed on the floor.

In a moment, thick smoke spread throughout the room.

Immediately after, several more canisters were tossed in, making it difficult for everyone in the room to breathe.

What was even more terrifying was that this smoke seemed to be mixed with some Hypnotic Gas, and in less than a minute, these people were knocked unconscious.

Then, several people wearing gas masks pried open the door to Zhang Lin's home, and after finding Zhang Lin, they took her directly out of the room.

As for the others, the Information Officer under Chen Jiajun couldn't be bothered to care.

After opening the windows to let the smoke dissipate, they left directly.

……

When Zhang Lin opened her eyes again, she found herself in a bright office.

At this moment, a pleasant-smelling sandalwood incense was burning in the office.

One look at the office's decor was enough to know that the owner of this office was either wealthy or noble.

A sense of luxury was revealed within the low-key style.

However, what Zhang Lin cared about was not this, but rather checking her own body.

She discovered that not only was she not being held captive, but there wasn't a single scratch on her from head to toe.

Clearly, it wasn't the Police who had set their sights on them, but a third-party force.

This immediately made Zhang Lin feel somewhat panicked; after all, she was only the nominal leader of the Detective Gang.

When it came down to it, she fundamentally lacked the talent of a leader and couldn't stay calm at all when faced with this kind of situation.

Just as Zhang Lin was wondering how to run out, a very beautiful foreign woman walked in.

Seeing that Zhang Lin was awake, she didn't feel surprised, but instead placed the coffee in her hand on the table and said indifferently: "Awake? Drink something first!"

"Who are you?" Although Zhang Lin's brain wasn't exactly sharp, she had learned some useful things during this period.

For example, fighting!

So, Zhang Lin suddenly lunged, intending to subdue the foreign woman before her, and then think of a way to escape.

But the next moment, Zhang Lin felt that she was wrong, and wrong to a ridiculous degree.

This woman, dressed just like a Secretary, actually subdued Zhang Lin with a single hand.

She even calmly tidied up her appearance and said indifferently: "I advise you to stay here obediently; otherwise, you will suffer."

That's right, this female Secretary was Chen Jiajun's private Secretary, Ilsa.

As a veteran Agent from England, dealing with a little girl was a piece of cake.

After pushing Zhang Lin onto a chair to sit down, Ilsa said with a cold expression: "I spent quite a bit of time brewing this coffee; you'd better drink it all, don't force me to pour it down your throat!"

Feeling the killing intent on Ilsa, how could a young girl like Zhang Lin withstand it?

Don't look at how their Detective Gang had caused the deaths of several people; compared to a tough woman like Ilsa who licked blood off the edge of a blade, they were nothing, and she was stunned on the spot.

After leaving the coffee, Ilsa turned and left the office.

And Zhang Lin, perhaps because she was scared, or perhaps because she believed she couldn't escape, sat obediently on the chair and waited.

She didn't know how much time had passed when the office door was opened again.

Chen Jiajun walked in with Lao E.

"You..." Zhang Lin immediately opened her mouth wide, looking at Chen Jiajun in disbelief.

Of course, she recognized Chen Jiajun at a glance, but she hadn't expected that the one who captured her was actually Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun smiled faintly: "What, are you surprised to see me?"

"I don't understand..." Zhang Lin was somewhat bewildered; she truly didn't understand why Chen Jiajun had found her—could it be because of the Detective Gang?

Chen Jiajun said directly: "I came to find you because of the Detective Gang's affairs!"

Zhang Lin immediately became agitated: "What's wrong with our Detective Gang? We investigate unjust, false, and wrong cases, and old cold cases, just to give the victims justice. You damn capitalists..."

Zhang Lin cursed emotionally for a moment, only to find that Chen Jiajun had no intention of getting angry.

A faint smile still hung on his face, and that gaze... was just like looking at an ignorant child.

"Finished venting?" Chen Jiajun chuckled and said: "Do you feel that what you are doing is very righteous? Do you feel that your old man is the most brilliant detective in the world?"

"You... how do you know?" Zhang Lin said, stuttering slightly.

Chen Jiajun shook his head: "Your old man is indeed brilliant; although he is crazy now, calling him a 'detective' when it comes to solving cases is definitely no problem! It's just that you, the detective's daughter, are foolishly cute!"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Lin said fiercely.

Speaking of her old man, Zhang Lin seemed like a different person; she didn't care about Chen Jiajun's status at all, but acted like a little girl defending her father.

Chen Jiajun said indifferently: "Haven't you noticed? The mastermind who let you form the Detective Gang clearly has better ways to handle these unjust, false, and wrong cases, and clearly has more appropriate ways to help your old man clear his name, yet he insists on using the most extreme methods to make you seek revenge. This is not the mindset a normal Police officer should have."

"How do you know he is a Poli... are you bluffing me?" Zhang Lin reacted quickly, looking at Chen Jiajun with vigilance.

Chen Jiajun shook his head helplessly: "I can invite you here, so how could I not know that there has always been someone behind you helping you? Otherwise, were those case codes of yours just made up out of thin air?"

Hearing Chen Jiajun's explanation, Zhang Lin immediately felt embarrassed.

If it was as Chen Jiajun said, there was indeed no need to bluff her.

Chen Jiajun continued, "Think about it carefully yourself. There are so many things a Police Constable can achieve; why would they create the Detective Gang? Is it really just for justice?"

"But the Police Force will suppress this news!" Zhang Lin hurriedly recalled the words of the person behind the scenes and retorted to Chen Jiajun.

"What about the media?" Chen Jiajun shook his head and said, "You don't know how to leverage the power of the media and public opinion? When the time comes, even if the Police Force wants to cover it up, they won't be able to! Haven't you been doing it quite well? Using the power of public opinion to pressure the Hong Kong Police Force."

Hearing Chen Jiajun's words, Zhang Lin opened her mouth but could no longer say a word.

Recalling the things they had been doing, there were indeed many suspicious points.

It was as if they were merely pawns controlled by others, being manipulated and played with at will.

Chen Jiajun continued, "If you really want to clear your father's name, then turn in the mastermind behind the scenes; it will be beneficial for both you and your father!"

"But, but..." Zhang Lin suddenly became flustered, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Chen Jiajun smiled and said, "No one will question the righteousness of what you do, but if you are wrong, you must admit it, and if you admit it, you must change. For someone who refuses to admit it and refuses to change, do you dare say that what you are doing is righteous?"

Zhang Lin seemed to have her strength drained away; she collapsed directly into the chair and slowly spat out a name: "Fang Lixin."

Chen Jiajun frowned and immediately laughed: "I was wondering how you people could be so elusive; it turns out the police investigating you were the problem themselves!"

Zhang Lin nodded: "Everything is being manipulated by Fang Lixin; he said he wanted to vindicate my father!"

"Heh, I'm afraid he just wanted to make a name for himself!" Chen Jiajun sneered and said.

Having obtained the name he wanted, Chen Jiajun did not make things difficult for the girl, Zhang Lin.

After having someone take her to rest first, he had the people from the Information Department investigate the faction Fang Lixin belonged to.

As expected, this guy and his superior, Huang Xin, both belonged to the Administrative Department, and the Deputy Minister of the Administrative Department was a man of Cai Yuanqi.

Chen Jiajun called over his subordinates from the Information Department and said, "How is it? Has the other evidence been collected?" The Information Department nodded: "It's almost done. The materials on Cai Yuanqi accepting bribes and colluding with foreign forces are basically ready."

Chen Jiajun nodded: "Then let's take action directly! Let them know what it means to break cleverness with force!"

To take down Cai Yuanqi, conventional methods would certainly be quite difficult.

If one were to investigate deeply, it would likely take several years to achieve anything.

By then, this guy would probably have accumulated enough resources and run away.

At that point, pursuing these matters against him would have no meaning at all.

Therefore, Chen Jiajun intended to use force to break through his cleverness directly.

He didn't need to worry about how tricky Cai Yuanqi was; he only needed to lay out Cai Yuanqi's criminal evidence, one by one, before the media.

By then, there would be no need for Chen Jiajun to investigate in detail; the Security Bureau would naturally take over, and that would be enough to leave Cai Yuanqi with no place to be buried.

At this time, at the O-Ji headquarters.

Li Jun, who had been following the police to investigate the case, was brought back to the Police Station.

Fang Lixin was interrogating him personally.

Fang Lixin directly framed Li Jun and Zhang Lin with all the criminal evidence of the God Detective Case, preparing to achieve his final goal.

Just as he was passionately interrogating Li Jun, the office door was suddenly pushed open.

A group of men in suits walked straight in.

O-Ji Superintendent Huang Xin frowned and asked, "Who are you people? We are in the middle of a case; please get out!"

"Sorry, Superintendent Huang!" The leading police officer flashed his credentials: "Internal Affairs Division."

"Internal Affairs Division?" Huang Xin asked in confusion: "What are you doing here?"

The Police Constable from Internal Affairs pointed at Fang Lixin in the Interrogation Room and said, "We would like to invite Senior Inspector Fang Lixin to come back with us to assist in an investigation!"

"What do you mean? A Xin is investigating a very important case!" Huang Xin said, immediately displeased.

"We know, the God Detective Case, right!" The person from the Internal Affairs Division said coldly: "Just a moment ago, the leader of the Detective Gang, Zhang Lin, turned herself in to our police, and according to her confession, the mastermind behind the Detective Gang is Senior Inspector Fang Lixin!"

Hearing this from the Internal Affairs Division, the entire O-Ji was in an uproar.

Fang Lixin himself was stunned on the spot.

He didn't know which part had gone wrong; at the critical moment when he could have pinned all these cases on Li Jun and Zhang Lin, Zhang Lin had actually turned herself in!

The person from the Internal Affairs Division ignored Huang Xin, instead showing his credentials directly to Fang Lixin and saying, "Senior Inspector Fang Lixin, come with us."

"Impossible, impossible!" Huang Xin blocked Fang Lixin: "There must be some misunderstanding!"

The person from the Internal Affairs Division said helplessly: "Superintendent Huang, no matter what misunderstanding there might be, Senior Inspector Fang Lixin must come with us to accept a hearing."

After finishing, they turned to look at Fang Lixin and said, "Senior Inspector Fang Lixin, please."

Fang Lixin took a deep breath and said, "Fine, I'll go with you!"

Saying this, he followed the few people from the Internal Affairs Division and walked toward the door.

But just as they were taking the elevator, Fang Lixin suddenly erupted and knocked the few people from the Internal Affairs Division unconscious.

Then he picked up his service weapon and walked toward the Interrogation Room on the first floor.

Fang Lixin had no way out now, unless he killed Zhang Lin directly.

Otherwise, he would never be able to clear his name in this matter.

If his other cases were uncovered by then, the trouble would be huge.

Therefore, a fierce glint appeared in Fang Lixin's eyes, and he intended to kill to silence her.

Then he could claim he suffered too much of a blow and had a mental breakdown, and he would be able to get out after a few years in prison.

Having previously pried out of the Internal Affairs people that Zhang Lin was currently in the Interrogation Room, he walked toward the Interrogation Room with his gun.

No one paid attention to Fang Lixin along the way; after all, the Internal Affairs Division wouldn't go around announcing that Fang Lixin was being investigated.

Some people even greeted Fang Lixin on the way.

Fang Lixin responded with a smile and then went straight to the Interrogation Room.

But as soon as he opened the door, he didn't see Zhang Lin's figure, but instead saw an unexpected person.

Operations Department Senior Superintendent Li Wenbin, along with several high-ranking members of the Police Force.

Seeing Fang Lixin push the door open and walk in with a murderous aura, the corners of Li Wenbin's mouth could not help but curl into a cold sneer: "Senior Inspector Fang Lixin, are you planning to come over here to silence a witness?"

Fang Lixin was completely stunned at this moment, unable to understand how things had turned out this way.

He drew his gun directly and aimed it at Li Wenbin, intending to fire.

But at this moment, he discovered that the service weapon in his hand had been swapped at some point.

Li Wenbin let out a cold snort: "Arrest him!"

Several Police Constables immediately lunged forward and tackled Fang Lixin to the ground.

Li Wenbin walked over and said with a cold laugh: "You are the mastermind behind the Detective Gang, aren't you? By causing so many incidents, what exactly are you trying to cover up? The Butcher Case, the Demon Cop Case, the Corpse Burning Case—I'm afraid some of these cases have a personal connection to you, don't they?"

With every sentence Li Wenbin spoke, Fang Lixin's complexion grew even uglier.

In the end, he began to struggle frantically, as if he had gone mad.

Li Wenbin said coldly: "Take Fang Lixin away; without my orders, no one is to have contact with him!"

"Yes, sir!" The Police Constables immediately escorted Fang Lixin away.

Subsequently, Li Wenbin said to the other senior members of the Police Force: "Everyone, I believe the West Kowloon Regional Crime Unit and the West Kowloon O-Ji should no longer participate in this case!"

The other senior members of the Police Force had seen Fang Lixin's behavior with their own eyes; he had clearly come with the intent to kill to silence a witness.

If there were no problems here, not even a fool would believe it.

Therefore, it followed logically that this matter was handed over to Li Wenbin's Regional Crime Unit for investigation.

Although there were not many "detectives" in the Police Force, there were quite a few experienced veteran officers.

Especially among the frontline Inspectors; some of them had no opportunity for further promotion due to issues like background or education, but that did not mean they lacked ability.

At the very least, Li Wenbin had quite a few such people among his subordinates.

After Li Wenbin personally took over the case, many of the case's suspicious points surfaced one after another.

Especially the Demon Cop Case from over a decade ago, which was a massive scandal for the police.

After Li Wenbin reopened the investigation, it served as an opportunity to clear the name of the PTU at the West Kowloon Police Station.

After all, back then, under Huang Xin's investigation, it had been determined that it was the PTU personnel who shot and killed their colleague.

Now that everything had been overturned, Huang Xin, the person who led the case back then, would certainly face a reckoning.

Not to mention, Fang Lixin was a capable subordinate of Huang Xin.

Sometimes, when the police investigate a case, it is a situation of pulling up a radish and bringing out the mud.

As the Demon Cop Case was solved, the Butcher Case from many years ago also surfaced; using the limited data, Li Wenbin had his subordinates lead a team to continue the investigation, and they soon uncovered the culprit behind the Butcher Case.

The so-called "Butcher" who was shot to death back then was not the perpetrator of the Butcher Case at all; after DNA testing and comparison, Fang Lixin's DNA was actually found at the scene of the Butcher Case.

Fang Lixin likely never expected that after more than a decade, there would still be technology capable of rooting him out.

Furthermore, Fang Lixin's wife, Chen Yi, was one of the victims of the Butcher Case from over a decade ago.

Now, things had really gotten interesting.

The entire West Kowloon Police Station was subjected to an investigation, and a massive, large-scale purge was implemented within the police force. (End of chapter)