Chapter 698: Serving Whom

"You, come here, come here, what are you running for? What is your name?"

Cui Qishan panted heavily, caught the teenager, grabbed his collar, and dragged him over.

Cui Qishan controlled the teenager while panting and panting, the sound of a broken bellows coming from his lungs, as if he had been punctured.

The teenager looked at Cui Qishan in fear and said in a low voice: "I didn't stab you."

"I... you..." Cui Qishan opened his mouth, moistened his throat, and then said: "What are you running for?"

"I... just wanted to run." The teenager said.

Cui Qishan: "I shouted for you to stop, did you hear it?"

"Heard it."

"Then you still run."

"Um."

"Why run?"

"I'm afraid."

"Afraid of what?"

"Just afraid."

The dialogue between the teenager and Cui Qishan was dry and repetitive, but Cui Qishan had no way at all.

It wasn't the first time he had encountered a similar situation. When he first arrived at Zhanggang Village, Cui Qishan was still relatively reserved, often adhering to the mentality of not moving if he could not move. Later, he found it wouldn't work. Locals would run wildly for any small thing. The last time he ran into a bellows was the last time, a 16-year-old youth wanted to race with him.

Compared with the teenager this time, it was purely an I-person, an E-person, and a pair of neurotics.

"When the police shout to stop, you must stop, understand?" Cui Qishan educated him twice and let him go. He couldn't help it; people just wanted to run.

In just a few days, the lifestyle in the village had cured Cui Qishan's three highs into two highs.

Dragging one leg to the small shop at the entrance of the village, he saw two technicians in white lab coats, giving the villagers throat swabs with white sticks, and Xiao Si and others standing by, finally looking like they were working.

"How is it?" Cui Qishan asked.

"Sampling is fast, just see if there are any fish that slipped through the net." The technician answered casually. He was sent by the local county bureau, and he didn't worry about the case, just doing it step by step.

Cui Qishan said "Um," looked at the emptiness around him, and said helplessly: "Try your best."

Their latest task is to take DNA from all the villagers in Zhanggang Village, and then compare it with the DNA found in Qingling Mountain. With current technology, even if it is not the person's own DNA, the corresponding relationship can be determined through relative DNA.

The scene in Qingling Mountain not only took a lot of fingerprints, but also took a lot of DNA. Comparing the two, more participants or insiders can be found.

However, the big shots staying in the capital will not know the difficult conditions of Zhanggang Village, and will not know the hardship of Cui Qishan and others.

Cui Qishan shook his head and turned to call back.

He had to report the situation to Branch Chief Tao clearly before he could propose the request to go home.

Tao Lu was satisfied with Cui Qishan's work. On the phone, he first comforted him, then smiled: "Old Cui, the work you did this time is very important. We have talked about it before, do you remember?"

"Remember, you told me to eat shit." Cui Qishan deliberately said it vulgarly. If he could cause a smile or sympathy from Branch Chief Tao, it would be a profit.

Tao Lu didn't take the move, laughed, and said: "That wasn't the meaning at the time... In short, Zhanggang Village and the villagers of Zhanggang Village have an inseparable relationship with this case. You must do a good job of guarding, and protect yourself at the same time."

"Yes." The branch chief gave the order, and Cui Qishan could only agree to it.

Xiao Si beside him watched him hang up the phone and asked with concern: "Captain Cui, can we go back?"

"Back my hair." Cui Qishan curled his lips: "Branch Chief Tao said, continue to protect the villagers. And protect yourself."

Xiao Si shook his head as he listened: "Captain Cui, Branch Chief Tao doesn't love you anymore. He used to say protect yourself first."

Cui Qishan was too lazy to reply to him.

Li Jiang stood behind Cui Qishan and said: "Captain Cui, have you seen that kind of undercover movie? If this continues, the few of us will join the village committee."

"Wait for news from Jiang Yuan." Cui Qishan waved his hand.

Guangju Bureau.

Jiang Yuan looked at the computer screen and said slowly: "Wait for news from Captain Cui."

Fingerprints did lock onto some people, but the disturbing thing is that after the police searched, everyone didn't find these people.

Considering the victim Zhang Lizhen who started the case, she had a situation of "hiding in the city," Jiang Yuan and others had to consider the problem of the increase in the number of victims.

Huang Qiangmin went back and forth twice for this, and invited Branch Chief Tao to dinner.

Tao Lu was already numb to expenses and the like. Honestly, so far, the number of homicide cases completed by the criminal police branch of the Guangju Bureau is more than the previous two years combined.

With the same budget structure, Tao Lu was satisfied as long as he could solve the case.

It's just that the confusion of this case always made Tao Lu uneasy.

"So many people, seeing no one alive, seeing no corpse, is not a good sign." Tao Lu was also a bit anxious, and after a while, he strolled into Jiang Yuan's office.

He wouldn't come so frequently usually, more often he would call people over to report to him. Nowadays, Tao Lu was a bit worried about affecting Jiang Yuan's work.

Liu Jinghui was sitting on the side, not playing with his mobile phone, just in a state of thinking. Hearing Tao Lu's words, he said slowly: "Avoiding the world, or collective suicide, belongs to the common upgrade form of evil cults."

There are quite a few non-mainstream sects abroad that have embarked on these two paths. Famous ones like the Amish who refuse modern technology, and tragic ones like the 900-person massacre of the People's Temple.

Liu Jinghui and Tao Lu didn't feel that the problem was so serious, but as police, defensive psychology is indispensable.

Moreover, this possibility is too terrifying. Tao Lu didn't dare to think about how shocked the superiors would be if he dug out such a case!

Reimbursement of triple expenses is a small number.

"Jiang Yuan, do you have any thoughts? You can say it." Tao Lu knew that Jiang Yuan had many methods, and compared to Liu Jinghui, he trusted Jiang Yuan more.

Liu Jinghui is empty-mouthed, doesn't have to be responsible, just like a strategist in ancient times. Jiang Yuan is different. He leads a team, with the premise of fixing the case. Huang Qiangmin will not ruin his own or Jiang Yuan's reputation.

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Jiang Yuan had worked on a case involving a village casino before, but out in the wilderness...

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "If it is a casino, it must be a very new one; otherwise, there would be wear and tear on the floors and walls, and the appearance of the finance office should also show changes."

"It doesn't look like a simple clubhouse either."

"Yeah, it's too far and too remote."

"Recruiting a batch of prostitutes, and perhaps not even particularly pretty ones, just for the sake of killing—the cycle wouldn't be sustainable." Liu Jinghui was referring to the fact that many people came from the same place; without profit, such connections would clearly be difficult to maintain.

"Pyramid scheme?" Mu Zhiyang had been standing by the whole time.

Liu Jinghui shook his head: "They wouldn't have the qualifications to live in a house like this."

Mu Zhiyang was stunned: "That's true."

Those who still play pyramid schemes nowadays are basically at the economic level of eating rotten vegetable leaves; anyone who can afford to build a three-story building wouldn't be in this line of work.

Liu Jinghui continued: "In terms of motive, the purpose of recruiting prostitutes is mainly to serve people, or else to use them as clients as well. Calculating it this way, apart from gambling, drugs, and prostitution, there really aren't many businesses that can generate this amount of capital."

"Which one do you think it is?" Mu Zhiyang asked.

Liu Jinghui licked his lips and blurted out two words: "If there is no one to serve, they can serve a god."

Jiang Yuan sat up straight: "A cult?"

"Organized, profitable, far from the world, secret gatherings." Liu Jinghui counted on his fingers and said, "If this is indeed the case, as long as we find one person, we might be able to find everyone."