Bang!
"Wang Qi!"
"On Temple King Mountain, you used the victim's dagger to kill, and your fingerprints are on the handle!"
"At this point, what's the point of denying it?"
Ren Qiang slamd his fist on the table, his voice loud, trying to intimidate Wang Qi.
"Officer, you don't need to scare ."
Wang Qi chuckled with a disdainful expression, "I know what I did myself."
"Either way, it's death. If I did it, I'll admit it. If I didn't, admitting won't help. You still haven't caught the real killer."
Ren Qiang frowned deeply.
From Wang Qi's expression and tone, he could tell the other was likely telling the truth.
But if Wang Qi wasn't the killer, what about the fingerprints on the dagger that killed Zheng Bin?
Was there soone else at the scene?
"Wang Qi, the person who died on Temple King Mountain nine years ago was a police officer."
Ren Qiang's tone softened, "With a murder on your hands, the usual outco is definitely the death penalty."
"But if you really didn't commit the murder on Temple King Mountain, we hope you can tell us the truth. Who actually did it?"
"This could count as atonent with rit, and your death penalty might be reduced to life imprisonnt."
Life imprisonnt?
Hearing this, Wang Qi suddenly beca excited.
"What you said... is true?"
No one wants to die if they can live.
Knowing what he had done, Wang Qi was prepared to die.
But if there was a chance to live now, even life imprisonnt, spending his life inside, was better than death.
"I can't guarantee, but we'll report the information you provide to the judge. The final verdict will consider your cris and the value of the information you provide."
Ren Qiang didn't give a definitive answer.
But even this gave Wang Qi hope to live.
"I'll tell, I'll tell, I'll fully cooperate with you. Don't worry, the information I know is definitely valuable, valuable!"
Wang Qi's attitude made a 180-degree turn.
"The person who killed that policeman on Temple King Mountain nine years ago was Wang San."
"Wang San? Is that a nickna?"
Zhang Hui began to take notes as Ren Qiang continued questioning.
"It's a nickna. Everyone in our circle calls him that, but we don't know his real na."
"Your circle? What circle?"
"Crossbows. We play with crossbows."
"Go on!"
"Yes, yes, that's how it is. We play with powerful crossbows. It's illegal. We often organize people in the group to hunt in the mountains..."
The matter Wang Qi confessed to was indeed significant.
Centered in Haizhou City, it extended to four or five surrounding prefectural-level cities, forming a group illegally possessing crossbows.
They usually contacted via the internet and regularly organized hunting activities.
"Wang San was the leader. He started this circle."
"What do you do in it?"
"I make crossbows, earning three thousand yuan each, and occasionally join them in hunts."
"Where do you hunt, and what do you hunt?"
"There are generally four fixed places: Temple King Mountain, Sunwu Mountain, Beihang Mountain, and Big River Port."
"These places have deep forests with bears, wolves, and animals like deer."
"Besides those... sotis they also hunt people!"
"People?!"
Ren Qiang's voice rose several octaves.
"Yes, if there are just one or two hikers in the mountains, they hunt people."
"I know of at least three instances."
"But I didn't participate. I only helped them with crossbow adjustnts. These years, I went hunting with them only about a dozen tis."
"What's with the fingerprints on the dagger?"
"I rember that. Back then, that policeman was shot with a crossbow, and then Wang San used his dagger to ss up the wound, creating the illusion of a dagger killing."
"He gave the dagger and asked to take care of the fingerprints. I wiped the handle with the dead... the policeman's clothes, then put the dagger in his hand, and finally threw the body into the ravine."
"There are wolves and bears there. We thought it would be eaten clean, but unexpectedly, hikers discovered it and reported it."
"Because of that incident, our group halted activities for about a year. Only when the situation quieted down did it resu."
Criminal Investigation Team's conference room.
Qin Yong had a grave expression as Ren Qiang reported the relevant situation.
"According to Wang Qi's confession, there are thirteen people in this circle."
"The leader's nickna is Wang San. We only know he's from Tianzhou City, but not his real na."
"Wang Qi handles making crossbows and arrows. Wang San organizes the activities, and the other eleven join irregularly."
"The last hunt was six months ago. The next ti is undetermined. Based on past experience, it should be around May or June this year."
In the conference room, besides Ren Qiang, there were also Sun Jun, Zhang Hui, and Wang Shuai, key mbers of the action team.
Regarding the cri scene investigation, Qin Yong specifically instructed Liu Guodong to participate with Lu Chuan.
"Based on the current clues, it's confird that this is a long-embedded, secretive, organized cri syndicate around Haizhou City."
"They use crossbows for illegal hunting and even kill adventure hikers."
"The case is particularly severe, with cri scenes spanning at least four prefectural-level cities. This is going to be a tough battle!"
"I announce the reformation of the Temple King Mountain murder special task force and the relaunch of the investigation!"
This was the conclusion Qin Yong reached after consulting the municipal bureau's opinion.
Using the reopening of the nine-year-old Zheng Bin murder as a breakthrough, to capture the entire illegal hunting organization!
Cri scene investigation office.
"Master, what Group Leader Ren just said... is it real?"
Lu Chuan still found it hard to believe.
In this day and age, stories about hunters still exist!
This sounds like a fantasy tale.
The deep forests are not lawless places. Even without rangers, soone would report if a person died.
Over the years, many resources have been used to search for those who went missing in the mountains.
Liu Guodong sighed, "It's not that impossible."
"Leaving aside other things, just talking about Temple King Mountain, its periphery has been developed into a tourist area, but the interior still has vast undeveloped primitive forests."
Temple King Mountain stretches several hundred kiloters in Haizhou City's northeast, with broadleaf forests whose age is unknown.
It's not an exaggeration to call it a primordial forest.
"Every year, eight to ten people go missing there. Only one or two are found."
Temple King Mountain borders multiple prefectural-level cities, and any place can lead into the mountains.
Once soone is really missing, it's indeed difficult to find them.
"Sunwu Mountain in Tianzhou City is larger than Temple King Mountain. Although Beihang Mountain is smaller, its cliffs are steepest."
"Among these places, Big River Port is slightly better. As long as you don't drown, it's relatively safe."
The case is severe, but investigating it is relatively straightforward.
Though Wang Qi doesn't know Wang San's real na, he knows several other group mbers.
Three of them are locals from Haizhou City.
Knowing the nas makes it easier, and what remains is how to apprehend them.
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