"There are two brick kiln factories in the North District, one is the abandoned one we visited, and the other is on the edge of the North District near other cities. Previously, several workers hired at the brick kiln here have transferred to work there. The wages are high, but there's a suspicion of being forbidden to leave."
"It doesn't make sense for a region to have two brick kiln factories."
"According to the guesthouse owner's confession, the brick kiln factory we visited had fatalities during its initial establishnt, which was very inauspicious. Although soone always wanted to take it over, it never got set up successfully until a hard-headed owner managed to set it up, and then his entire family immigrated."
"Are you instigating superstitious thoughts, are you trying to tell there are ghosts there?" Wu Shuang looked at Hua Qingyi amusingly.
"No, I don't an that." Hua Qingyi was pondering over the owner's words; he felt that the guesthouse owner wanted to tell him sothing not apparent on the surface. "Two brick kiln factories, one abandoned, one operational! Secondly, there were deaths at the abandoned brick kiln factory! Thirdly, the owner's entire family immigrated, whereabouts unknown! Fourthly, high wages at the brick kiln factory, forbidden to leave!"
Hua Qingyi used the thod Xiao Lin often employed, writing down the questions with a pen and laying them out, removing those without practical aning, leaving the significant ones.
"The second and fourth points have obscure anings." Mu Rongyun prepared a nutritious porridge for Wu Shuang, forcing her to finish it. As he walked past Hua Qingyi, he glanced down and pointed out the doubts.
"No matter where a death occurs, the local police station will file a case for investigation. We don't seem to have received any report like that from the North District, and the cri rate in the North District at the City Police Departnt is always low, with zero criminal cases. Who would believe that? But in the records, it indeed is zero.
Lin Zhifang didn't issue any orders, so Wu Shuang naturally wouldn't have any statent; this is a public issue that doesn't match the facts, but no one has ever really brought it up."
Mu Rongyun poured himself a selection of wine; Hua Qingyi watched his actions but deliberately didn't tell him these wines were all fake, intending to watch him make a fool of himself.
After shaking the wine in his hand and putting it back on the wine rack, Mu Rongyun picked up a can of beer arranged in a triangle. "Do you want it?" Hua Qingyi shook his head; he usually wouldn't drink while working.
"The fourth point. The size of the brick kiln factory represents the strength of the owner in undertaking projects. The inco of an ordinary brickworker is very low.
And given the current architectural style, traditional brick burning is being phased out, replaced by modern equipnt. The composition and technology of bricks are also changing. Even so, the wage for a technician abroad wouldn't reach the inco levels of other local engineers.
So I want to know on what basis does a brick kiln factory in such a region pay wages higher than foreign technicians? The key is being forbidden to leave, which ans there are secrets that cannot be revealed."
Listening to Mu Rongyun's analysis, Hua Qingyi suddenly looked up. "There's another suspicious point."
"What?" Mu Rongyun was taken aback by this sudden suspicion. The points Hua Qingyi outlined were pretty much all covered.
"The main suspect is you!" Hua Qingyi turned the spearhead towards Mu Rongyun. "Which side are you on now?"
Amused by Hua Qingyi's sarcastic accusation, Mu Rongyun laughed rather than got angry. "Does it make a difference?"
"Yes, you are my enemy."
"So you're telling that you don't need to listen to my nonsense here, right?"
"Hua Qingyi, I dare say, Mu Rongyun has nothing to do with this incident," Wu Shuang interjected; she had just asked Mu Rongyun for help finding Xiao Lin.
"That doesn't an I need him."
"You need in so areas, or do you have better dical skills to take her forward?"
"What do you an?" Hua Qingyi glared, not intending to take Wu Shuang along.
"I won't leave like this."
"I equally don't wish to follow you; this matter doesn't fall within my sphere of activities, and my goals are not the sa as theirs."
"So what?"
"Either you accept, or you don't accept, it's just a binary choice."
"I refuse." Hua Qingyi categorically rejected Wu Shuang's proposal. "If you're thinking of her welfare, you should take her back to where she belongs, unless you want her caught in a crisis, just like the things you all do to this woman, do you want them realized one by one on her? I believe those people can do it."
Hua Qingyi wasn't intending to threaten Mu Rongyun; he was stating a fact. Mu Rongyun fell into contemplation and soon walked over to Wu Shuang. "He's right; you should return to your rightful place." As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Shuang was already unconscious.
"You really hit hard." Watching the imdiately knocked-out person, Hua Qingyi stuck out his tongue.
"I'll take her back first."
"You better keep a close watch on her, don't let her sneak back over."
Mu Rongyun carried Wu Shuang on his back, pondered for a mont, and jumped down from the third floor. Even with soone on his back, he managed to land swiftly and steadily on the ground. Hua Qingyi couldn't help but admire the man's stable skills. He picked up a piece of paper again, filling in what was previously left unwritten.
Ah San and Wang Canghai died from dismbernt, suspicion: Assassin ('Black Crow', a mber of a Texas Chainsaw organization)
Director Zhao and the owner of the inn, suspicion: Relationship
Big boss of the hardware store, suspicion: Supply channels and has never appeared
Ah San and Xiao i's romantic relationship, suspicion: Interests (Xiao i's relationship with the big boss and whether she is really a mber of a drug trafficking group?)
Cause of Ah San's death, suspicion: (He said before his death that he was not the killer of that woman)
Cause of Xiao i's death, suspicion: Died on the sa day as Ah San, who buried the body? Why did Director Zhao have such a strange expression at that ti?)
Director Zhao's hostility toward Xiao i, suspicion: (The killer of Xiao i? Uneven distribution of illicit drug sales, or other)
Liu Wei and the two male victims, suspicion: The first statent claid it was under Ah San's orders, is it possible? Out of love, or after discovering being deceived, acted out of a mont's revenge?)
Who was the person luring Xiao Lin out? Here, Hua Qingyi drew a big question mark.
After listing and comparing the items, marking solved and unsolved matters with crosses, Hua Qingyi realized there wasn't a single check mark among them. Coupled with the earlier suspicions about the brick kiln factory, he felt as if he'd entered a circle of mysteries.
If it was my brother, what would he do? He leaned back in his chair, lit a cigarette, and took the paper on the table again, imprinting each line into his mind. If he had to find a place of connection, he rearranged the sequence.
In chronological order
First, the highway car accident, perpetrator Liu Wei made a false statent intentionally;
Second, the discovery of Ah San's body, City Police Departnt entered the North District
Third, Hua Qingyi and Xiao Lin, along with Dan Qing, went to the North District to search for places Hong Lian might appear
Fourth, the hardware store, the second boss Wang Canghai's identity is revealed
Fifth, Xiao i's body was found, a junior officer nearly drowned
Sixth, the mysterious person appeared
Seventh, Wang Canghai died at the brick kiln factory, Xiao Lin went missing at the brick kiln factory
After arranging all the issues in chronological order, Hua Qingyi had a very odd thought. In all these issues, there are two people consistently involved, one is the owner of the inn and another is Director Zhao of the North District Police Station. There's another suspicious point, soone is intentionally luring them into the North District.
This thought gradually erged in his mind while arranging the sequence. What is this person's purpose? What does it have to do with the mysterious person luring Xiao Lin out? He can now confirm that Xiao Lin is not in danger, the possibility of being kidnapped is nearly zero.
Director Zhao revealed very important information today, Wang Canghai had started the illicit drug business a year ago. It's not that Yanjing doesn't have channels; it's just been suppressed and not exposed. It was always believed that Fourth Master's business was only in the Middle East, not expecting that he had already extended his reach to China.
Collecting three sheets of paper, lighting the lighter and burning them to ashes, watching the sparks fly, Hua Qingyi was a little dazed. After confirming that Xiao Lin was fine, he wasn't so eager to go to the brick kiln factory. Xiao Lin would definitely leave him clues, and now without the woman criminal Wu Shuang following, he could work more efficiently.
He had indirectly relayed Wang Canghai's matter to Director Zhao, believing the old fox there already knew. Oh, I just missed a person, the boss's wife, no matter how it looked, didn't seem like a couple!
The burnt ashes flickered a few tis in the trash can before finally settling motionless, with Hua Qingyi intending to dump it into the sink, flushing it away down the drain, covering his tracks better than anyone else.
The old man said that nobody knows how deep the waters of the North District are, and indeed it seems so now. Previously wanting to take out the North District was my negligence, muttering about this area, and just these two old guys made things very troubleso. One is unable to catch enough evidence to confirm involvent in this matter, the other outright admits to corruption, banking on the fact that I wouldn't dare kill him?
Hua Qingyi turned on the shower, hot water spraying out from the small holes. Or perhaps he should first look at the officer who nearly drowned. His brother would definitely start from here. Since we intend to take down the North District, let's start from the Police Station!
A sleepless Hua Qingyi returned to the bed after clearing his thoughts. He needed to recharge with sleep, and it was precisely at this ti when soone burst in.
"Young Master Hua, that officer who was rescued just died in the hospital."
Hua Qingyi spent a long ti staring at Director Zhao's face. The door was wide open, his bare upper body filled with anger, making Director Zhao swallow hard.
"Repeat what you just said!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welco to qidian to vote for recomndations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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