Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 504 Beast
Lin Ge suddenly realized that even Nie Guoqiang himself didn't know the specifics! Liu Yuan had kept it a secret for a long time, not revealing any details to Nie Guoqiang.

But what kind of case is it that's making Liu Yuan so strange?
Judging from his account, there seem to be more than one or two victims, and it also seems to be related to time. Could it be a series of murders with a year as the time frame?

Lin Ge also became curious at this moment.

However, since Liu Yuan wouldn't say anything, Lin Ge and Nie Guoqiang had no way to press him for details, so they could only put the matter aside for the time being.

The group returned to the Changshi Municipal Public Security Bureau. Nie Guoqiang got out of the car with difficulty and was helped into the monitoring room of the interrogation room by Liu Yuan. Together with the leaders of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, they watched as more than a dozen police officers interrogated Tong Yang and five others separately.

The three young men were the fastest to interrogate, and they answered almost everything they knew.

After all, the three guys were already terrified when the police appeared in the hot pot restaurant. When Tong Yang attacked the police, they completely collapsed and hadn't recovered yet.

When they were shoved into the police car, one of them even wet his pants. The police officers escorting him and the driver were completely exasperated. Upon arriving at the city police station, they didn't immediately begin procedures, but instead had one officer accompany him to the station for processing before returning.

"Tsk tsk! Smuggling gold into the country, 50,000 yuan a trip. This kid actually believes in something as good as a free lunch?"

Liu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly, not knowing how to evaluate it.

"They only saw a photo and a few chat messages on Tong Yang's WeChat, and they believed it without any further doubt. They didn't even know how heavy gold is, or that the big bag of solid gold bars in the photo could be easily carried over mountains and across the border?"

Nie Guoqiang sighed, particularly curious about whether these three children had completed compulsory education and when they dropped out. No middle school student would believe such a mindless picture; it was too fake! Furthermore, how could smugglers trust a complete stranger so much? Entrusting such a large bag, roughly several dozen kilograms of gold, to you alone to smuggle across the border? How much do they trust you? They'd give you tens of millions of dollars worth of gold without fear of you embezzling it.

However, Nie Guoqiang had to admit that gold was indeed very eye-catching. In the eyes of ordinary people, those who smuggled gold must be big shots, and offering tens of thousands of yuan as a reward would be nothing to them.

So these three kids only thought about how rich the other person was, extremely rich! They didn't consider the truth of the matter at all, or forced themselves not to consider it, or they had a "take a gamble" mentality.

For such people, there's a ridiculous saying: "What's the value of my worthless life? Why would anyone cheat someone who's penniless like me?"

In reality, international criminals see the human body itself as a great treasure. Even setting aside disgusting things like human organs, just consider the numerous cases in recent years of telecom fraudsters luring people abroad for extortion.

"Everyone has value, even if they're nothing but a pile of dog shit! In the eyes of scammers, you'll naturally be able to make a profit just by showing up! Let alone extorting relatives, just imagine how many people they can scam by getting lured there, trained, and becoming one of their own. They've even turned this into a mathematical formula, yet some people are oblivious and don't take national laws and warnings seriously. Besides, what right do those who went along with them have to ask for help?"

Liu Yuan sighed.

He was also a slightly cynical person, or rather, the more he saw, the angrier he became at their lack of self-respect. Many of those who were scammed not only colluded with the telecom fraudsters but also had the audacity to portray themselves as victims—it was utterly outrageous! These scoundrels thought it was only natural for them to work hard to earn money and that it was only natural for the country to rescue them unconditionally and free of charge. They never considered how innocent those they deceived were.

"In my opinion, it would be better if these kinds of people died abroad! It's just a pity that there are more and more forms and methods of fraud now. To solve this problem at its source, we can only target the criminals themselves, rather than relying solely on anti-fraud publicity. In order to prevent fraud cases from spreading, we really need to find ways to rescue these bastards, instead of letting them aid and abet evil abroad. Humph! Human hearts are like demons, committing all sorts of sins!"

Liu Yuan grunted, his expression one of murderous intent.

Lin Ge looked up at him, but didn't think there was anything wrong with his emotions.

As a specialist handling complex and serious criminal cases, Liu Yuan's daily work involves close contact with various murders, multiple-killings, and deliberate murders. The dark side of humanity is starkly clear to him, and the various cruel and even horrific scenes repeatedly test his psychological resilience. Aside from focusing on solving cases and constantly reminding himself to seek justice for the victims, he doesn't have many ways to relieve the pressure. Even when faced with difficult cases, repeatedly viewing those bloody photos and desperately memorizing the details of those gruesome deaths, the fact that he hasn't broken down is a testament to his mental fortitude.

The more cases Liu Yuan solved, the more he hated those who didn't take the law or human life seriously.

These three young people on the screen may only be thinking about making money by helping with smuggling this time, but who knows what they will do in the future as they get deeper and deeper into it?
The various knives found on them prove that they don't mind fighting and drawing blood!

"Director Wang, how's the situation with Tong Baisui?"

Nie Guoqiang didn't want to discuss this issue too much or too deeply with Liu Yuan, so he changed the subject and looked at a municipal bureau leader sitting in the chair in front of him.

Director Wang turned and greeted Nie Guoqiang, Liu Yuan, and even Lin Ge before whispering, "Tong Baisui is unaware of Tong Yang's plan, or rather, he doesn't care. His job is to help Tong Yang find suitable targets, especially naive young people or those desperately short of money. This guy drives an unlicensed taxi and encounters all sorts of people every day. When he meets such people, he'll make a quick contact to gain their trust, and once he determines they're capable of committing a crime, he'll give them Tong Yang's contact information. Then, Tong Baisui doesn't care how Tong Yang deceives them; he just takes the money per person."

"Successfully swindled people out of the country?"

Nie Guoqiang raised an eyebrow.

Director Wang shook his head and said, "He gets fifty yuan for each friend Tong Yang adds. He gets three thousand yuan for each target who is tricked into going abroad. That's why he's so enthusiastic and tries every means to help Tong Yang seduce targets. According to his confession, he has successfully helped Tong Yang take eight victims away from Changshi by using methods such as flirting or deliberate seduction, and has received more than 50,000 yuan in kickbacks in total."

"Isn't March 8th worth 24,000?"

Zhao Zhigang came closer.

Director Wang glanced at Zhao Zhigang and sighed, "One of them was successfully extorted for 600,000 yuan, and Tong Baisui received an extra 20,000 yuan as a kickback. There were also two others who were extorted less; Tong Yang transferred 5,000 and 7,000 yuan to Tong Baisui respectively."

"But... the Changshi Municipal Public Security Bureau knows nothing about these things, right?"

Liu Yuan suddenly spoke up, smiling, "The victims are afraid to tell others what happened to them abroad, and they are also worried about being retaliated against. They also know that the money transferred abroad can never be recovered, so they honestly accept this loss in silence. I even suspect that some people, after returning, find that making money is not easy, and may reconnect with this group, step back into the mire, and turn from victims into perpetrators, just like Tong Yang."

Director Wang's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but he still nodded slightly.

Nie Guoqiang and Liu Yuan exchanged a glance, unsure of what to say.

The fact that the Changshi Municipal Public Security Bureau failed to discover this situation within its jurisdiction is undoubtedly a dereliction of duty on their part.

While it's true that the police would have difficulty obtaining relevant information if the whole thing was haphazard, didn't cause any trouble, and no one reported it, the fact that the Changshi Municipal Public Security Bureau didn't pay attention to a single deception attempt from beginning to end is something that can't be explained by mere laziness.

Of course, Liu Yuan and Lin Ge were aware of some people's thoughts. Simply discovering a problem was not enough to close the case. Criminals were overseas, and no matter how proactive the police were, they couldn't possibly go abroad to arrest them. Furthermore, the police couldn't restrict the freedom of movement of innocent people. If they insisted on going abroad, what could the police do? Thus, in this situation, being unable to control the situation became the best excuse for some people to shirk responsibility.

"To be honest, that makes a lot of sense. The police aren't babysitters, much less parents! If you insist on courting death, what can the police do to you? Like I always say, you can't reason with a damned devil!" With a sigh, Lin Ge stretched and looked around before finding an empty cushioned chair, jumping up and slowly curling up.

At this moment, the two policemen who had interrogated Tong Yang also came out. The male policeman escorted Tong Yang to the cell, while the female clerk came over with the interrogation records. Suddenly, she noticed a cat lying on her seat and frowned.

Just as she was about to lose her temper, a policeman next to her quickly reminded her of Mimi's identity, which made her face turn pale and then red. She glared fiercely at Lin Ge before turning around and going to Wang Ju.

"Director Wang, Tong Yang has basically confessed everything. Of course, we will definitely need to discuss the details and ask him a few more questions. Right now, we have only confirmed that his claim of taking people abroad was a lie and a deception, and that his statement about smuggling gold bricks was a complete lie."

"Hmm...is that all? Pu Lingyu, have you figured out what he's trying to do by luring people there? Is it a job that involves killing someone, or some kind of fraud or extortion?"

Director Wang was somewhat dissatisfied with this policewoman named Pu Lingyu.

Or rather, ever since he'd been subtly mocked by Nie Guoqiang and Liu Yuan for so long, he was extremely dissatisfied with all the bastards in the bureau. Why hadn't the bureau received a single word about Tong Baisui helping Tong Yang trick eight people into going abroad? Why didn't the community and the police station even bother to look into the cases of the victims who returned from overseas? Even if they hadn't reported it to the police, wouldn't it have been much easier to proactively investigate?
Shouldn't police stations and community organizations pay closer attention to the residents and any subtle abnormalities within their jurisdiction and take extra precautions? Do they have to be kicked to take any action, and then happily go home from 9 to 6 if no one reports anything?

Director Wang increasingly felt that the work attitude of the city's police officers was becoming excessively lax. This wasn't the case in previous years; why was it that as Chang'an's economy improved, the quality of the police force was declining?
It's time to thoroughly rectify our work style!

However… considering the somewhat agitated situation in the city following the news the day before yesterday, Director Wang had to admit that now was neither the time nor the time to rectify discipline.

"However... once this is over, I'm definitely going to get someone to teach you guys who have embarrassed me a lesson!"

Wang Jun made a firm decision in his heart and glared at the policewoman again.

Pu Lingyu looked completely innocent, utterly bewildered by Wang Ju's outburst. But Wang Ju's expression was terrifying, so she had no choice but to obediently call her partner and ask him to bring Tong Yang back for further interrogation.

After another four hours of rambling, Tong Yang finally recounted everything he knew.

Just as Liu Yuan had guessed, Tong Yang was also a victim who had been tricked into going to Myanmar. He was lured to a telecom fraud industrial park and worked there for more than six months. During this time, he was threatened and disciplined by the company in various ways, and he had to meet certain "performance targets" every day in order to get food. If he failed to meet the targets or showed any resistance, he would be brutally beaten by the company's thugs, and even locked in a dark room to suffer solitary confinement torture.

Under this violent treatment, Tong Yang quickly gave in and, as required by the company, called his family to demand 500,000 yuan from his biological father as ransom.

As a rural man, Tong Yang's father, Tong Baifu, could not have saved up this much money in half a lifetime. Moreover, Tong Yang was divorced by his mother shortly after he was born, so there was not much affection between him and his son.

But Tong Yang is shameless. He played the victim while making threats, even saying that if they didn't give him the money, he would give them his home address and have the local gang leader come to their door in person, etc...

In short, the honest farmer eventually gave in out of fear, selling his house, borrowing money, and taking out loans to finally redeem his troublesome son.

Even so, Tong Yang did not visit Tong Baifu even once after returning to China.

He quickly disappeared from society, returning to his usual carefree and irresponsible lifestyle. However, such a life requires money, and Tong Yang was too lazy to work; where would he get any money?
In this situation, he quickly recalled his time working for a telecom fraud company, where money was everywhere, and a single deal could easily net him hundreds of thousands or even millions! Wouldn't making a quick buck be more comfortable than working hard his whole life?

So... Tong Yang took the initiative to go to Myanmar again, to the company where he used to 'work', and actively joined it.

This time, he became the company's external sales representative, responsible for recruiting 'employees' for the company. For each employee he brought to the company, he would receive a base salary of 20,000 yuan, plus a substantial bonus based on the employee's future income.

After six months of hard work, Tong Yang, who felt he had become rich, was no longer willing to waste his energy talking to people. So he "hired" a few salespeople to help him find targets, and then he would personally seduce them...

"This kid is quite clever. He was worried that Tong Baisui and his men would figure out the way and steal his business, so he personally led people to the Southern Province from beginning to end, and then used legitimate channels to cross the border and trick people into going to the company. According to his confession, in the past year or so, he has tricked people worth more than one million yuan into going to Myanmar. He did not keep any record of the exact number. It was as if these people were just chickens, ducks and livestock, not worth his attention."

Pu Lingyu, pale-faced and with a serious expression, reported to Director Wang once again, completely unlike her previous casual demeanor.

She never imagined that the person she was interrogating this time would be such a scoundrel, like a demon! What did he take people for? Selling his own compatriots abroad, why didn't he feel even a shred of shame or hesitation?

What Pu Lingyu found even more incomprehensible was that even after being arrested by the police, Tong Yang stubbornly refused to admit to his crimes!
He believed he was simply doing a regular recruitment job, the only difference being that the work location was overseas, nothing more! It's only natural that workers going abroad to earn money would have to work a little harder, right? Just like him, although it was tough at first, he now easily earns millions a year, doesn't he? Therefore, Tong Yang didn't think there was anything wrong with what he was doing! He was just an ordinary person in charge of recruitment; what did the work of other departments in the company have to do with him?
"Heh... This kind of sophistry can only fool an ignorant fool like him, right?"

Liu Yuan couldn't help but sigh, never expecting that Tong Yang had been so thoroughly brainwashed.

Or rather, it wasn't that he was completely brainwashed, but rather that the millions of dollars in his possession had completely clouded his judgment.

For a scoundrel like him who extorts and bullies children in society, he felt no psychological pressure whatsoever in doing such a thing.

As for whether or not it is acknowledged as a crime?

Nie Guoqiang sneered, "If he didn't know the truth, why did he assault a police officer? Judging from his actions at the time, he was clearly aiming to kill someone! Because he knew the crime he committed was extremely serious!"

"He committed fraud under the criminal law, and it was a serious crime involving a huge sum of money, undoubtedly punishable by more than ten years in prison! Considering the other crimes he hasn't confessed to yet, he could even be sentenced to life imprisonment! Under such threats, of course he would resist. Hmph! But now, with the addition of assaulting a police officer, and with multiple charges combined and potentially a heavier sentence, he'll probably be in prison for more than fifteen years. This kid will probably be spending a long time in jail."

Liu Yuan nodded in agreement, clearly aware of the nature of Tong Yang's crimes. This guy was most familiar with serious crimes and knew them all inside and out.

"Hiss... So now there are new tasks to get done quickly, right? All of Tong Yang's subordinates, except for Tong Baisui, must be arrested as soon as possible. And those victims he tricked into going to Myanmar must also be identified and reported for rescue as soon as possible. Hmm... As for those who have already paid to come back... sigh! Let's ask the community for help to find out the situation! Especially that telecom fraud company... We need to understand its internal situation to prepare for the next rescue."

Director Wang sighed, feeling as if his head had been hit with a blunt object.

Lin Ge gave this guy a disdainful look and muttered to himself.

"Deserve it!"

(End of this chapter)