Chapter 1012

Noon.

The sun was scorching.

Looking up at the sun, one felt it had an extra halo of light.

The 37-degree high temperature felt like 73 degrees when shining on the garbage mountain, giving people the feeling that it was like 173 degrees.

The landfill staff were all hiding in air-conditioned rooms drinking salted soda, laughing and talking while watching a group of amateurs moving with difficulty on the garbage mountain.

Suddenly, a police officer jumped up.

A team leader working on-site at the landfill had been observing them, and at this moment, he also jumped up, muttering: "Oh no, someone must have fainted."

An excavator operator watched curiously and said: "It was only a matter of time. On such a hot day, staying in the landfill area—I don't know what they're thinking. My excavator's air conditioning is turned up to the max, and I still can't stay there."

"They are looking for kidnapped children." Another landfill staff member put down his salted soda with a "thud" and said: "If you can't help, that's fine, but how can you have the nerve to make sarcastic remarks? Think about it: if your own child were kidnapped, and the police were squatting in an air-conditioned room blowing cold air, unwilling to go to the garbage mountain to dig for evidence, could you stand it?"

"I don't have children." the excavator operator said coldly.

The landfill staff member who had just spoken paused and said: "You'll have children eventually..."

"Impossible. I don't have a partner, and I'm not planning on having children. Is it strange that a garbage man can't find a partner?" the excavator operator interrupted him and asked again: "Can I make sarcastic remarks now?"

"Go save people." The on-site team leader saw the atmosphere in the breakroom stiffen and simply stood up to start putting on his mask.

Some followed suit and put on masks, while others who were unwilling just sprawled there, pretending not to hear.

On the garbage mountain under high temperature, the smell was even richer and more pungent; even for those who had worked here for years, it was unbearable.

People who smell the stench all year round might have to smell it for a lifetime, just as people who endure hardship have to endure it forever, but even if one smells the stench for a lifetime and endures hardship for a lifetime, there will still be people who don't like smelling the stench and enduring hardship.

The team leader led the team, carried a stretcher, and rushed to the landfill area several hundred meters away.

Upon arriving, while the intense stench hit them, they also heard faint cheers.

"Are they poisoned silly?" the landfill staff member was a bit suspicious.

The team leader shook his head and accelerated forward. Soon, they saw a group of police officers happily surrounding a police officer and walking out.

"Going home."

"Bye."

"Withdrawing, withdrawing."

The police officers saw the landfill staff and said goodbye one by one, happily wagging their heads and tails.

Meng Chengbiao, who was sandwiched in the middle, could only smile foolishly.

"Are you not staying anymore?" the team leader asked a police officer who looked familiar.

"They can go back." The familiar police officer was Shen Yaowei, who said calmly: "A few of us will stay behind to do the finishing work."

"Hey, going back already? Is your case solved?" the team leader felt inexplicably disappointed.

Shen Yaowei nodded: "The demand here isn't as great anymore. However, our mission here isn't finished yet, and we still need your continued cooperation."

The interrogation effect after Meng Chengbiao's return was excellent, and the suspects had already begun to confess one after another.

This meant that within the Wu Yang gang, at least one death sentence was already certain, and everyone was guilty of serious crimes. Facing this pressure, confessing about their superiors and cooperating to disclose the whereabouts of the 5 children was no longer a difficult task.

As a result, just as the captain from the Yuwan City Bureau had hoped, most of the police officers could withdraw and no longer had to smell the stench.

But the captain himself, as well as Shen Yaowei, still had to remain on the garbage mountain to continue the unfinished work.

Meng Chengbiao took Miao Liyuan and the others, not returning to the Yuwan City Bureau first, but finding a bath center, where everyone washed thoroughly for two hours, before returning with a faint scent of the stench.

"Meeting in the large conference room." Wang Chuanxing waited at the door.

"Who is presiding over the meeting?" Meng Chengbiao was an old criminal police officer. A meeting in the large conference room meant it was for arranging work, not discussing problems, which indicated that the superiors already had a conclusion. Now it just depended on who the superior was.

Wang Chuanxing said: "Captain Jiang is presiding."

Meng Chengbiao immediately felt relieved and his whole body relaxed. The composite fragrance of the body wash from the bath he had just taken mixed with the complex stench from the garbage dump, healing his restless heart.

The large conference room of the Yuwan City Bureau.

After everyone arrived and the bureau leadership said a few perfunctory words, Jiang Yuan took over and said: "The female corpse found in the landfill, Zhu Huixian, has been confirmed to have been kidnapped, raped, and murdered by the Wu Yang gang. At present, no more corpses have been found, and the testimony of the gang members does not point to more homicide cases. But on the other hand, we have confirmed the occurrence of two other cases of women trafficking."

Many of the police officers present were hearing about this for the first time, and they all became serious at once.

Counting the five-child trafficking case, that makes 7 trafficking cases.

"It is now known that both women were sold to a human trafficker nicknamed 'Orangutan'. The five children were sold to two human traffickers, both female; one goes by the name Li Juan, and the other is called 'Little Sister'." Jiang Yuan paused and said: "The true identities of the three traffickers have been confirmed, and the specific arrest operation will be arranged by Director Zhou."

Director Zhou was the leader of the Yuwan City Bureau in charge of criminal investigation, and he happily took over the conversation, saying: "I order the First Brigade of the Criminal Police Detachment to arrest suspect No. 1, Wang Mian, nicknamed 'Orangutan'... The Second Brigade of the Criminal Police Detachment to arrest suspect No. 2..."

The captain who received the order stood at attention, saluted, and responded. The criminal police officers below couldn't help but discuss among themselves:

"The suspects are already confirmed?"

"Did they know in advance or what?"

"I heard the God of Jiang has been screening human traffickers for the past two days; he must have identified all the human traffickers active in the vicinity."

"How did he determine that?"

"Using other cases? And special intelligence? Otherwise, why would he be a god?"

After doing criminal police work for a long time, one often becomes disillusioned with stories like Sherlock Holmes. But on the other hand, truly difficult cases and truly awesome criminal investigation experts make ordinary criminal police yearn for them, to the point where myths unique to the internal circle appear.

Or perhaps, the strength of some criminal investigation experts is so outrageous that it makes people feel like they are Sherlock Holmes, yet they are figures who exist in reality, just like the 'Divine Eye' Ma Yulin who created his own tracking method, or Xu Limin, one of the 'Eight Tigers of Criminal Investigation' who memorized thirty thousand fingerprints, and so on.

And for Jiang Yuan, holding a string of skills and having such ample time to carefully comb through the cases involving human trafficking in Yuwan City, fruitful results were inevitable.

In fact, comprehensively utilizing the skills in his hands was also a kind of learning and progress for Jiang Yuan.

After Director Zhou finished issuing the arrest orders and sat down happily, Jiang Yuan added: "Each team must be equipped with police officers skilled in surprise interrogation. After completing the arrests, conduct surprise interrogations immediately to obtain information about the downstream buyers as much as possible. All other teams, from now on, must also be on standby at any time."

Director Zhou nodded and said: "Everyone must strengthen their sense of responsibility and faithfully fulfill their mission..."

The criminal police of the Yuwan City Bureau listened, understanding only half of it. It wasn't that they didn't really understand; it was just that listening to Jiang Yuan's words, they gradually began to feel it was outrageous.

4 hours later.

In the large conference room, Director Zhou once again convened the relevant criminal police for a meeting.

After photos and brief perfunctory words, Jiang Yuan picked up the microphone and said: "Latest news: suspects No. 1, 2, and 3 have all been arrested. Among them, No. 1 and No. 2 have confessed their downstream buyers, and suspect No. 3 is still under interrogation. The downstream buyers confessed by 'Orangutan' are a male nicknamed 'Li Gui' and a female nicknamed 'Qiao Bing'. The downstream buyer confessed by No. 2 is only one, nicknamed 'Kou Zi'. The three suspects are numbered 4, 5, and 6 respectively."

Jiang Yuan looked at his notebook and added: "The identities of suspects No. 4, 5, and 6 have now been confirmed, and the specific arrest operation will be arranged by Director Zhou."

The sound of discussion erupted instantly.

Director Zhou coughed twice and picked up the microphone: "Quiet, let's arrange the arrest activities first. I order the Fourth Brigade of the Criminal Police Detachment to arrest suspect No. 4, Zhang Bing, nicknamed 'Li Gui'... The Luting County Criminal Police Brigade is responsible for arresting suspects No. 5 and No. 6..."

The captains of each team stood up one after another to claim their tasks.

Director Zhou took a sip of water and said seriously: "Everyone must strengthen their sense of responsibility and faithfully fulfill their mission..."