Detective: From the Police Academy

Chapter 291 The Silent Truth

Liyuan Community, twelve o'clock late at night.

At this time, the rain outside the security room was getting heavier.

The eight surveillance cameras were silent, and only the gray-white rain curtain could be seen.

"If I'm not mistaken, this woman is the Xiaojie that Liu Yong mentioned."

Luo Rui's words shocked everyone.

Tian Guanghan was startled. The cigarette in his hand was half burned, but he didn't react at all.

He was also present when Liu Yong went crazy, and he clearly heard the other party say this name.

The photo of the beautiful woman on the computer screen appeared in front of several people.

Chu Yang swallowed his saliva and asked, "Xiao Jie is a woman? Could it be that she was also abducted and sold by Liu Jiafu and his wife?"

Tian Guanghan looked at monitor No. 1. The room inside the balcony was quiet and nothing happened.

"So what does she want to do?"

Chu Yang took over the conversation: “I checked her background. This woman has parents. It is very likely that she was adopted, or found her biological parents.

And she also met Jia Quan recently. If it wasn't for revenge, what was her purpose?"

Su Mingyuan didn't think too much and said directly: "Team leader, why don't we just arrest her? As long as we catch her, the truth will be revealed!"

After hearing what he said, the others immediately clenched their fists, thinking that this was the only way that would work. If they delayed any further, Jia Quan would be killed, she would be allowed to escape, and the truth of that year would be buried in the dust.

Luo Rui stood there in a daze, not saying a word.

Tian Guanghan urged: "Team Leader, what should we do? Should we arrest him or not?"

Chu Yang and Su Mingyuan also looked at him with burning eyes, waiting for his orders.

Luo Rui had been staring at the balcony on the surveillance screen. After a while, he nodded suddenly: "Follow me!"

After saying that, four people put on raincoats, pushed open the door of the security room, and rushed into the rain.

Arriving at the first floor of the villa, the dim light stretched the shadows of the four people very long. The rain curtain was refracted by the light, like broken silver-white pearls, falling down in strings.

Su Mingyuan knocked on the door of the resident on the first floor, and Fang Yonghui and Yang Bo immediately came out.

Before the two of them could speak, Luo Rui made a gesture: "You two go downstairs and guard, don't let her escape!"

The two men immediately understood that they were going to arrest someone.

Then, a group of four people came to the second floor.

Tian Guanghan asked, "Team Leader, knock on the door? Or bang on the door?"

"Hit!" Luo Rui responded.

The other people quickly stepped aside.

Tian Guanghan was tall and strong. He took a few steps back and waited for the men to draw their pistols.

With a "bang", Tian Guanghan kicked the door.

But he didn't kick it open.

He took two steps back, held his strength, and kicked again.

"Oh!"

The door suddenly opened, and Luo Rui and his men rushed in immediately.

Unexpectedly, despite the loud noise, there was no one in the living room and the lights were not on.

Without Luo Rui's instruction, the other three rushed to the bedroom next door.

Luo Rui noticed that the balcony door was open, the white curtains were blown up by the wind, and rain poured in.

But before the arrest, the sliding door of the balcony was closed on the surveillance camera.

After that, shouts suddenly came from downstairs.

"Police, don't run, or we'll shoot!"

Luo Rui quickly ran to the balcony and saw a woman standing in the rain. She was wearing a white dress with blood spots on it. The dim light from the street lamp shone on her face.

Fang Yonghui and Yang Bo were standing in front and behind her, sandwiched between her, ten meters apart.

Both men raised their guns.

Yang Bo moved forward, shouting, "Don't move, raise your hands, raise your hands!"

The woman seemed not to hear it. She raised her head and looked towards the balcony.

Luo Rui stood on the balcony and met her gaze.

There seemed to be reluctance and confusion in her eyes.

It's like an abandoned kitten that was picked up by its owner after a long time.

Seeing that the woman was not in danger, Yang Bo took out his gun and stood guard, while Fang Yonghui took out handcuffs and handcuffed the woman's hands.

Luo Rui let out a breath.

At this time, Tian Guanghan's voice came: "Team leader, Jia Quan is almost dying!"

Luo Rui walked into the bedroom and saw Jia Quan naked, with his hands tied behind his back, three bloody holes on his back, and a dagger stuck in his shoulder blade. The blood had dyed the sheets and quilt red.

"died?"

Tian Guanghan replied: "There is still one breath left."

"Call an ambulance!" Luo Rui said, not caring much about Jia Quan's life or death.

After saying this, he immediately ran downstairs.

Yang Bo and Fang Yonghui dragged the woman into the room on the first floor.

Without further ado, Luo Rui dragged over a stool and sat opposite the woman.

"Wen Jie, we are criminal police from the Municipal Bureau!"

Because Luo Rui and his colleagues were in plain clothes, he took out his police officer ID and showed it to them.

The woman raised her head, her eyes focused and her lips moved.

I don’t know if she was surprised after seeing the police officer’s ID, or was curious why Luo Rui knew her name.

Her whole body was soaked by the rain, her hair was wet, and the blood spots on her white dress were stained by the rain, like blooming red roses.

Her hands hung on her knees, her palms were covered in blood, and the metal handcuffs were also stained red with blood.

Luo Rui nodded: "We know your name, and we also know Nie Lin, Liu Yong, and those abducted children."

Hearing this, Wen Jie lowered his head, and a strand of wet hair fell and touched her lips.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Luo Rui looked at Yang Bo: "Go get a dry towel and pour a cup of hot water."

"Yes!" Yang Bo took a towel and handed it to Wen Jie.

She grabbed the towel in her hand, but instead of wiping the rain off her body, she wiped the blood off the palm of her hand.

The towel was immediately stained red by the blood.

"Go ahead, tell me the truth." Luo Rui lowered his voice and said, "Since we can find you, we have investigated everything that happened back then."

"What did you find out?" Wen Jie spoke for the first time, his tone sounding defensive.

"The cellar of the Liu Family Ancestral Hall, the No. 13 mine of Jiuling Coal Mine..."

Wen Jie's black pupils shrank, his whole body trembled, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Luo Rui sighed in his heart and said thoughtfully: "There are five children's bodies buried in the Liu family ancestral hall. We are looking for their parents, so don't worry, and please believe me, this case will not be buried."

Hearing this, Wen Jie couldn't hold back his tears.

She choked up and began to narrate: "My name is Wen Jie..."

……

My name is Wenjie. My father died and my mother wanted a lover instead of me and my brother.

My home is in the north. Since 98, I have been wandering around with my brother. Every day, in order to get a bite to eat, we have to rummage through trash cans and pick up other people's leftovers to fill our stomachs. When winter comes, we can't stand it. It is too cold, so we have to hide in the trash cans.

My brother would find some cardboard to cover me and hold me in his arms so that we wouldn’t freeze to death.

Sometimes when we couldn't bear it any longer, we would light a fire and keep warm in the trash can.

But the smoke was too heavy and it was easy to suffocate me, so there was no choice but to endure it.

We thought that if we endured this torture every winter, we would surely freeze to death.

My brother wanted to take us to the south, a warmer city.

But we didn't know how to get to the south, we didn't know the way, so we just kept walking along the railway.

What we didn’t expect was that we were not the only ones following the railway, there were also many beggars like us.

We wore rags, lived a precarious life, and were bullied by older kids.

Along the way, only my brother protected me and prevented outsiders from bullying me.

Even so, my brother was beaten badly. He was beaten by older children and sometimes by adults.

Once, an adult wanted to bully me because I was a girl.

My brother tried his best to protect me, and he almost beat me to death. I almost...

Fortunately, two brothers rescued us.

One is called Nie Lin and the other is called Chen Bai.

From then on, there were four of us on the trip, and then more and more people joined us. They were just like us, without parents or children who were unwanted by their families.

We all got together, and even though we didn't have enough food, we were very happy.

They protected me like a sister.

Half a year later, we arrived in a city in Haixi Province. When we first arrived, we stayed near the train station looking for food.

In May of 99, we met Liu Jiafu and Ding Li.

They said they were long-distance bus drivers and could find a place for us to work. If we agreed, we should get on the bus and go with them.

We were so hungry that we had no choice but to do something. We knew he would try to trick us, but we thought that there were so many of us and he wouldn't dare to do anything to us.

Then the eight of us got on his bus. On the way, Liu Jiafu bought us a lot of food, and we really hadn't eaten so much in a long time. Everyone thought that if we could really find a job, we would be able to survive even if it was hard.

A week later, the bus drove into Jiuling Coal Mine. We really thought that the other party had not deceived us and we could have food to eat.

But later we found out that Liu Jiafu sold us to an illegal coal mine.

The person in charge of receiving us was Jia Quan.

He only chose seven out of the eight of us, and they didn't want me because I was a girl.

My brother and his friends disagreed and wanted me to stay as well, or else we would not work in the coal mine together. But Jia Quan and the security guards beat us badly with sticks, and they also locked us in the house and starved us for two days.

Xiaobai was beaten the worst by them. His left eye was poked by a stick and his eyeball burst.

We couldn't hold on any longer and had to beg them for mercy.

In the end, my brother and Nie Lin were left in the coal mine, and Xiaobai and I were returned to Liu Jiafu.

Liu Jiafu couldn't do anything with us, so he had to lock us in the cellar.

It was at this time that I realized that Liu Jiafu was a human trafficker.

He sold the children who were immature to childless families, especially boys, who were the most valuable.

Those who were able to work and remember things were sold to work illegally in coal mines. Xiaobai and I were locked up in the cellar for several months and starved for several months.

Every once in a while, a child would be locked up in the cellar, and they were all very young.

Liu Jiafu asked us to take care of them and feed them.

But it won't be long before these children are taken away.

During that half year, Xiaobai and I felt like we were living in hell, especially Xiaobai, who lost his left eye and almost died from the infection.

Some children refused to eat or drink and died in the dark cellar because they could not endure.

Xiaobai and I were responsible for burying them in the cellar.

After Xiaobai recovered from his injuries, he tried to find a way to escape from the cellar.

At that time, because there were so many children, Xiaobai thought of an idea. We built a human ladder, sent the youngest child out of the cellar, and then lowered the rope for us.

In this way, we escaped from the cellar. Liu Jiafu's wife Ding Li was guarding the ancestral hall.

So we might not be able to escape. Xiaobai came up with another idea. He planned to set fire.

He found a bottle of gasoline, but when pouring the gasoline, he accidentally poured it on himself, and when he lit the fire, he also burned himself.

The fire suddenly started, Ding Li noticed it and immediately started chasing us.

I was the oldest and wasn't burned by the fire, so I ran the fastest.

As I was running, Xiaobai was calling me from behind, telling me to run faster and to survive!
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and I didn’t dare look back. I was afraid of seeing Xiaobai’s appearance, so I wanted to go back and save him.

I want to live, I want to live well!

I ran far away, but I knew that the younger children did not escape, they were all caught.

After that, I ran out of Jiuling Town. I didn’t dare to stay in this place.

I wandered the streets for several days and couldn't find anything to eat.

I had no choice but to run to the police station. I wanted to take another gamble on my fate.

I stayed in the police station for two days and one night. When the police found me, they asked me what was going on.

I dare not say these things, I don’t trust anyone.

They found food for me and sent me to an orphanage, and later I was adopted by a family.

At that time, I was nine years old!
……

The rain was still falling outside, and no one made a sound as Wen Jie spoke.

Even when Tian Guanghan wanted to cough, he quickly covered his mouth.

After hearing this, everyone felt heavy in their hearts.

Luo Rui exhaled and asked, "Since you have been adopted, you should be able to live well. Why... why do you still want to..."

"Revenge?" Wen Jie raised his head and brushed off the hair that was stuck to his lips.

"I always wanted to find my brother, but I was still very young at that time, so I didn't dare to go to the coal mine to look for him. After my life was settled, I went to Jiuling Coal Mine again, only to find out that the coal mine had closed down and there was nothing there.

I continued to live like this until three months ago, when Nie Lin found me and told me that my brother and the others were dead.

My brother...

Nie Lin said that my brother and his companions wanted to escape from the coal mine, but were caught by Jia Quan and beaten to death!

You say, should I take revenge for this?"

Luo Rui was speechless. Don't criticize others without having experienced their life.

But from the perspective of a police officer, he must uncover the truth of the case: "Why did Nie Lin look for you?"

"Of course it's also for revenge of our dead companions. We were still young back then, and now we want to pay blood for blood!" Wen Jie bit his lips as he said this.

Her face was pale and her eyes were determined. Luo Rui seemed afraid to look at her.

"So far, has everything gone as you wished?"

Wen Jie bit her lip, her eyes bloodshot, and she shook her head: "No, the one I want to kill most is Xin Zongliang!"

"why?"

"Because I was locked up in the coal mine for a few days, he took me away..."

I was taken away by him...

These words were like a raging storm, surging through Luo Rui's heart.

It forced him to stand up from his chair, turn around, and touch the pain in his chest.

Not only him, even Chu Yang and Tian Guanghan couldn't bear to continue listening.

Several people turned their heads and clenched their fists.

For a moment, the room was silent and no one spoke.

Then, there was the sound of Wen Jie sobbing with her head down. She did not wipe away her tears, letting them flow out and fall drop by drop into her blood-stained palms.

Luo Rui's chest heaved, and he didn't know how to ask next.

Finally, it was Wen Jie who broke the silence.

"Nie Lin found me three months ago and told me what happened in the coal mine. Not only did they not have enough to eat and no income, but they were also often beaten.

My brother couldn't bear it anymore, so he tried to escape, but he was beaten to death. A few months later, the rest of the people were buried under the mine.

Nie Lin should have died, but when he went down the mine that day, he contradicted a worker who was leading the team and was knocked unconscious by the other party, so he saved his life.

When he woke up, he found that an accident had occurred, but everyone was rescuing the people buried in Mine No. 8, and the illegal workers in Mine No. 13 were forgotten.

He went to find the mine manager, but was turned back and threatened that if he dared to say anything wrong, he would be killed, so Nie Lin had to take advantage of the chaos and find an opportunity to escape! "

"I don't know how he got through all these years, but when he found me, I knew what I should do. We can't be the only ones alive, we must give an explanation to those who died.

Nie Lin carried out his plan and sent the culprits Liu Jiafu and Ding Li to hell!

I approached Jia Quan but didn't attack him right away because I wanted to find the devil Xin Zongliang!"

Luo Rui turned around and sat back in his chair. He asked, "Then why did you choose to do it tonight?"

"Because Nie Lin made things worse." Wen Jie looked him in the eye and said, "I saw the news, two bastards died. He shouldn't have done that.

On the other hand, it would take time for me to apply for a passport. I knew that Xin Zongliang had fled the country, but I didn't know where exactly he had gone, and I needed to find out his whereabouts.

If I kill Jia Quan first, and my passport hasn't been issued yet, I'm afraid I'll be caught by you police.

Today, I just got my passport, and Jia Quan told me Xin Zongliang’s address abroad, so I…”

At this point, Wen Jie's eyes flashed with disappointment: "If you hadn't caught me, I would have been on the plane tomorrow morning."

Luo Rui asked: "Tell me Xin Zongliang's address."

Wen Jie shook his head and did not answer.

"Don't you believe we can catch him?"

"Xin Zongliang fled the country because he was afraid that the incident at the No. 13 mine would be exposed. The place he went to had no extradition treaty."

Luo Rui stared at her. "Believe me, we will catch him! We will give you justice!"

Wen Jie looked at his determined eyes, was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

"Eleven years ago, I spent two days and one night in the police station. It was the police who kept me alive, so I believe you! Xin Zongliang's address is in Canada..."

Chu Yang on the side quickly wrote down the address.

"One last question. Tell me, where is Nie Lin?"

Wen Jie hesitated and asked, "What will happen to him if he is caught by you?"

Luo Rui did not avoid the question: "Death penalty, he will definitely be sentenced to death!"

Wen Jie lowered his head, letting his wet hair cover his face.

……

Soon, the ambulance arrived, and when Jia Quan was carried into the ambulance, he had already died.

He was originally sent to the hospital, but now he can only be sent to the funeral home.

Wen Jie was also taken into the police car by the female police officer. She was wearing Luo Rui's raincoat. When she was about to get in the car, she looked up at Luo Rui who was standing in the rain.

She smiled and said, "By the way, officer, I don't know your name yet."

"Luo Rui, my name is Luo Rui."

"Officer Luo, my real name is Zhai Jie."

Luo Rui nodded vigorously: "I remember your name."

……

Jiuling Coal Mine, three o'clock in the morning.

Kang Bolin sat under the awning and looked at the eight sewer pipes with an irritable mood.

"When will the water be drained?"

Monkey, who was eating instant noodles while standing, swallowed a mouthful of noodles and replied, "Team, the engineering team said it would take at least several days, and we've only been able to get a few hours. In my opinion, we should stop wasting time here and quickly catch Nie Lin."

"You think I don't want to?" Kang Bolin rolled his eyes at him. "Director Wang asked me to watch here. What can I do?"

The monkey pouted and said, "We'll just stay here for a few days. By then the daylilies will be cold. That Director Wang had a good idea. They even went back to sleep."

"Stop complaining! It's our fault for not being capable." Kang Bolin sighed and saw a worker wearing a red helmet walk into the shed.

The man had a dust mask on his face, a raincoat on his body, and waders on his feet.

He walked to the corner of the awning where instant noodles were piled, tiptoed, picked up a box of noodles and prepared to go out.

Kang Bolin had seen this man before. He was from the engineering team and he worked very hard. He was always willing to do the hard and dirty work.

"Hey!" Camberlin called him.

The man was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned his head.

His eyes were covered with coal dust, leaving only a pair of black eyes exposed.

Kang Bolin pointed to the kettle under the table: "There is boiling water here."

"No, I'll just eat dry food," the man replied.

"Dry?" Monkey drank a mouthful of noodle soup and felt a warm feeling in his heart. He smacked his lips and said, "It's raining and the weather is so cold. Instant noodles should be soaked in boiling water to be delicious and warm."

"It's okay. I'm used to it."

After saying that, the man turned and left the awning.

Cumberlin put his legs on the table, took out a cigarette and lit it.

The monkey muttered, "This person is so weird, eating dry instant noodles, what's so delicious about that?"

"Like you, you only know how to eat, like a glutton."

"Detachment." The monkey called out, his tone full of doubt.

"what happened?"

"Why do I feel that person is not right?"

Cumberlin looked back at him, then followed his gaze.

The man was walking towards Mine No. 13. In the rain, there was only a back view...

(End of this chapter)