[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi":3,"chapter-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-79":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 2014: I Am the King of Criminal Investigation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315935,4529,"Chapter 79","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-79",79,"\u003Cp>The two waited a while longer inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The police officer named Dong Bo indeed did not come up to find them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About five minutes later, Yu Dazhang saw Dong Bo leave the inn and return to the black sedan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the vehicle drive away, Yu Dazhang knew his time was running short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other side had already begun to suspect; if no concrete evidence was found, what happened next would be beyond his control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had the two missing officers finally determined that Shuishouyingzi Village was suspicious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had probed using the tactic of tapping the mountain to scare the tiger; they wouldn’t use that method, and time wasn’t an issue for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So there was no need to do anything drastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they had ample time, what would they do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang stared out the window, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, he turned to Zhang Sen:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go for a walk outside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the street, Yu Dazhang entered a small grocery store and bought two packs of cigarettes and two lighters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming out, he handed one pack to Zhang Sen:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll split up soon—find the old men gathered chatting, give them cigarettes, get close, then try to find out about Shuishouyingzi Village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This investigative method wasn’t unusual—it was a common covert approach used by criminal investigators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, from the perspective of the two missing officers’ case-solving approach, Yu Dazhang felt this was the most reliable method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, he had inquired about the mountain situation at both the restaurant and the inn, but the information he got was extremely limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most useful piece of information he’d obtained was that there was a village on the mountain called Shuishouyingzi Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time he tried to ask about specifics, they always found an excuse to deflect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Yu Dazhang had figured it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merchants open their doors to do business—they naturally prefer to avoid trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many businesspeople are stupid? They know well that words can bring disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So important information was hard to extract from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two missing officers, to obtain key leads, could only turn to ordinary local residents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those old men gathered together chatting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had lived in the area the longest and were the most fond of gossip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering information from them was the best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two also agreed on a time: regardless of whether they gathered any information, they must return to the inn after half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After splitting up, Yu Dazhang walked toward another street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he spotted several old men gathered around a stone table in a small square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking over, he saw them gathered around a chessboard, arguing loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Move the horse! Move the horse!” an elderly man with white hair shouted, hopping in agitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Move the chariot, capture the cannon in one move!” another elder was equally anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Block the center with the horse—can’t you see the iron bolt on the other side?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, Yu Dazhang nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter where you go, there’s always a group of chess lovers—no matter their skill, once they’re nearby, they’ll shout advice nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Advice-givers are good—they talk too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s harder to make them keep a secret than to climb to heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To gather information, you must find people like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old man, old man, don’t get so worked up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang squeezed in, opened the cigarette pack, and pulled out several cigarettes in his hand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Smoke up, everyone smoke up—come on, pass them around.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elders were momentarily stunned; none had noticed when this fat man had squeezed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two elders lost their balance and nearly fell; another bumped into Yu Dazhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, what’s your problem...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to scold, he saw the cigarette Yu Dazhang offered and swallowed his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t hit someone who’s smiling, especially when they’re offering you a cigarette.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After handing out the cigarettes, Yu Dazhang smiled at the elders:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry to interrupt—I heard there’s a village on the nearby mountain. Could you tell me roughly how many households are there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking to these elders didn’t require hiding anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’d already handed out cigarettes—asking a few questions was normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From out of town?” one elder asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Yu Dazhang quickly replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My family wants to lease some land on the mountain and build a Nongjia Academy combining livestock farming and lodging.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was pure fabrication—he hadn’t even considered its plausibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t matter; he believed these elders had no idea whether building a Nongjia Academy on the mountain was allowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, none of the elders doubted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One even advised: “Why do business here? There are plenty of other places. This town is chaotic—it doesn’t retain people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a lead… Yu Dazhang immediately pressed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s there to say?” the elder looked angry:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Almost everyone in this town runs a business locally—outsiders without connections can’t survive here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did we get talking about the town… Yu Dazhang realized he was losing track of the elder’s train of thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it the same on the mountain?” he pulled the topic back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean Shuishouyingzi,” another elder interjected:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That village has only about ten or so households, and they’re extremely insular—we locals can’t even get close to them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder you need to talk to elders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few words, they open up completely—whatever they know, they tell you, no hidden agendas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pass another round!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang pulled out more cigarettes from the pack and handed them to each elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... collect... 6...9...books....com....!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no need—we haven’t finished the last ones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re too kind, really.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made the elders feel embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem, no problem—just keep them on hand,” Yu Dazhang insisted, forcing them into their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some polite refusal, each elder had a cigarette tucked behind their ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That…” Yu Dazhang thought for a moment, then asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why is the village called Shuishouyingzi? The name sounds strange.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked this purely to steer the conversation toward the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why it was called Shuishouyingzi, he had zero interest in knowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gathering information works this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You never know which topic might yield an unexpected clue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know this,” one elder immediately replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was around 1985, when the mountain villages had been abandoned—some of the elderly had passed away, and the rest had moved away with their children.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A few years later, it was probably...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elder paused, clearly trying to recall the exact year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need for details—just summarize,” Yu Dazhang quickly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He feared the elder would go on endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was limited—he had only half an hour, and fifteen minutes had already passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, the elder was persistent and finally recalled the exact year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was around 1990, yes—1990. I was forty then, just returned from living elsewhere.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A group of people claiming to be long-term sailors arrived.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They heard there was an abandoned village on the mountain and settled there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably because they were all sailors, they named the village Shuishouyingzi.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But these people rarely interacted with locals—only came down occasionally to buy daily necessities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this, the elders who had been watching the chess game became interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They no longer focused on the board; instead, they smoked and began discussing among themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know nothing! Those mountain people fought with us locals before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard that too—apparently someone from town went up the mountain, and somehow a fight broke out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people on the mountain are wild; the folks in town can’t match them at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right—look, who dares go up there now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, the conversation had nothing to do with Yu Dazhang anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old men grew more and more excited, leaving him completely aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the time was right, Yu Dazhang turned and left, returning to the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the room, he saw Zhang Sen already waiting inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Zhang Sen saw Yu Dazhang return, he jumped up, pulled him inside, and shut the door, glancing outside to check if anyone was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you being so sneaky?” Yu Dazhang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just listen to me first,” Zhang Sen said in a hushed, cautious tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The village on the mountain has another name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s it called?” Yu Dazhang immediately became interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guaizi Village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1383,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c8bbfee377822f8621c2d49e9915762d8c084ebf8f25b215e7c80253146efada","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-80","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-78",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]