Chapter 731

Corpse discovery site.

"Jiang Yuan! Wait a moment."

Not long after Jiang Yuan, Qi Changye, and others arrived, while they were still walking toward the hillside where the corpses were buried, Tao Lu and a group of white-shirted officials chased up from behind.

Tao Lu could be considered middle-aged or elderly, with average physical strength, and was a mid-to-high-level leader, yet he was still running with wind under his feet, which made it easy for people to understand his urgent mood.

The personnel following him were a mixed bag; there were familiar faces from the Zheng Guang Bureau, semi-familiar faces from the police bureau, and semi-familiar faces of Qi Changye's colleagues from other departments.

At the very back, Huang Qiangmin, Liu Jinghui, and Wang Zhong were trailing along at a moderate pace.

"Did you report the case while in the car?" Jiang Yuan teased Qi Changye.

"There are six corpses!" Qi Changye took a deep breath, looked at Jiang Yuan, and said: "This case is a big one!"

"No need to worry too much. Although there hasn't been a careful investigation yet, from the previous videos, I think this case leans toward organized crime. The difficulty of solving it shouldn't be too high." Jiang Yuan spoke relatively simply. From an investigative perspective, 6 corpses are not necessarily more complex than 1 corpse.

Even abroad, the focus of so-called organized crime investigations is not on clues or suspects, but on the acquisition and preservation of evidence.

The situation in the country is similar, and with many years of anti-gang and anti-crime actions beforehand, the difficulty of investigating the case is likely not great—organized crime means multiple people are involved. Compared to serial murders committed by a single person, the possibility of leaks in this kind of case is extremely high. Most importantly, according to what Qi Changye said before, the organization has actually already been broken.

It's equivalent to saying that as long as you pull people out of prison and interrogate them again, it's very likely you'll find clues.

Qi Changye, however, took advantage of the gap before Tao Lu and others were in position and whispered: "You forgot, when I handled this case before, I looked for the whereabouts of our special agents. There are 6 corpses here, and not a single person confessed..."

Jiang Yuan reacted a bit at this time and said: "So, you think there is... more than just a criminal component here?"

"Hmm, it might indeed be organized crime, but it could also be that spies or some intelligence agency organization is involved." Qi Changye let out a turbid breath and didn't hide the word "spy."

Usually, when watching movies, "spy" is a rather stimulating word, but in reality, it's a bit too stimulating.

Thinking back, when Jiang Yuan was working on cases in Qinghe County and investigating the organized Yuan family, he would be hit by a mud truck. If he encountered a more threatening organization here...

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but think carefully and then said slowly: "From the appearance of the corpses I've seen just now, the corpses were all handled very simply; it doesn't look like they've received professional training."

On the matter of killing, the first time you kill, you definitely can't be called a skilled worker, but the second time you kill, you can call yourself a professional without any problem. The growth in this industry is just that fast.

But compared to a real spy organization, professionals from a wild background definitely have too many shortcomings. If nothing else, with so many jewelry bracelets, they didn't even strip them off? Just throwing them into the river would be better than burying them like this.

Furthermore, running to such a far place to bury corpses is not the most cost-effective method. Of course, it can be considered highly concealed, but if it's for spies, the workload is a bit too large.

"The main thing is that this case has already ended." Qi Changye spoke again, helplessly: "It couldn't be said that we caught them all in one net back then, but those who could be caught were caught. The corpses discovered now show that we didn't understand the full picture of the case back then..."

Qi Changye frowned as he said this, and who knows how many things passed through his mind.

Tao Lu chased up from behind and asked from afar: "What's the situation now?"

"6 human corpses; we are preparing to go see them." Qi Changye regained his composure.

"Let's go see." Tao Lu walked side by side with Qi Changye, took two steps, and asked: "Old Qi, what are your thoughts? Do you need our help?"

Qi Changye looked troubled and glanced behind Tao Lu.

Tao Lu is the detachment leader of the criminal police detachment, and theoretically, he is his immediate superior. But in certain business aspects, Tao Lu only provides support. Once this part of the business is involved, Qi Changye needs to interface with the other colleagues behind Tao Lu.

And now, the question Tao Lu asked is also very critical. If it is considered an ordinary criminal case, then even if there are many corpses, it is still a criminal case. Tao Lu would share the case with him or even take over the case and reallocate it.

But if Qi Changye thinks it is not an ordinary criminal case and involves spies or something, Tao Lu will not take the case but will only listen to his call, or even apply through more formal channels. At the same time, Qi Changye's work direction will also turn to cooperation with colleagues from other anti-espionage departments.

Naturally, the corresponding resources cannot be provided by Tao Lu's side.

The problem is that this case is very difficult to judge. The content Qi Changye chatted with Jiang Yuan just now was also to reach this conclusion. However, it is still a 50/50 situation.

"It's still unclear now." Qi Changye said truthfully: "We are also equivalent to having just discovered the corpses; the specific source of the corpses is still unclear."

"Then let's take a look first." Tao Lu also looked very reasonable, then pursed his lips and said: "It's easy for you to talk to us, but Old Huang has followed. How did you discuss it with him before?"

Qi Changye swallowed his saliva, and it was only through his professional characteristics that he managed to cover it up.

"We before... before we only discussed the special case, Old Huang... Political Commissar Huang is still quite easy to talk to." Qi Changye let out a breath as he said this, his whole body soft, and a sense of fatigue that he wanted to be tough but couldn't filled his whole body.

Before the two could communicate further, Huang Qiangmin behind them had already trotted up in two or three steps.

"I heard there are six corpses?" Huang Qiangmin asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

Qi Changye coughed twice and said: "There is indeed this situation."

"A criminal case?" Huang Qiangmin asked again.

"Not sure yet." Qi Changye spread his hands.

"Then is Detachment Tao participating?" Huang Qiangmin didn't waste any time at all. He himself had been a criminal police brigade leader for more than ten years and understood this aspect too well. And his work content in Ningtai County was at least core content similar to Tao Lu's.

If it is not certain whether it is a criminal case, Tao Lu might not even send people. And this brigade of Qi Changye is a typical high-spec brigade, with a heavy workload and a severe shortage of manpower, and even fewer can be picked out for special cases.

Qi Changye looked at Huang Qiangmin's expression and said helplessly: "What plan do you have?"

"Our Ningtai County can draw two squadrons over, 50 people, seconded to the Zheng Guang Bureau for one month." Huang Qiangmin smiled until the corners of his mouth split open.

The First Squadron and Second Squadron he painstakingly cultivated back then, one focusing on martial arts and one focusing on literature, were both good hands at solving cases. Now, the number of cases in the county is too small, and if they aren't used, they will be wasted.

As for secondment, it is no longer a rare thing within this system. Almost every young person has the experience of being seconded, from the county bureau to the municipal bureau, and from the municipal bureau to the municipality directly under the central government or the provincial department.

Qi Changye sighed and walked to the scene in silence.

On the hillside, several police officers were resting while leaning on hoes and shovels.

Jiang Yuan carried a box himself and climbed up quickly.

Zhan Kan, Liu Jinghui, and others followed quickly, then the members of Jiang Yuan's cold case special team, and then several botanists such as Pang Jidong and Su Lei.

A group of people lined up, feeling like there were as many as a platoon.

In short, there were more than the entire brigade of Qi Changye.

Tao Lu coughed twice and said in Qi Changye's ear: "Those with money contribute money, those with strength contribute strength; that's how it is."