Era: A college student came to the courtyard house

Guided by Xu Yanping, the group arrived at the opposite side of the abandoned house.

The location here isn't remote, and there are quite a few residential courtyards nearby. These guys have some guts to hide in the city like this.

As soon as Fang Yuan stood still, Jiang Quan and Mu Wenbin, who were responsible for keeping an eye on Song Qinkuai, came up from the corner to greet him.

It turned out that Song Qinkuai did not go home after leaving the steel plant, but came directly here. Shortly after he arrived, Liu Xiangnan and Jiang Cong also entered the courtyard one after the other.

Did they finally realize what was happening?

Or perhaps they usually meet here?

Regardless, since they're all inside, let's just take them all down at once, so they don't have to go and catch them one by one.

"Section Chief, the lights are on in the room," Luo Qingfeng reported after scouting the location.

"What if they actually run out later?" Director Xu Yanping asked again.

Fang Yuan said decisively, "If they resist and don't want to be dignified, we'll do it to make them dignified." He then ordered the guards, "Proceed according to plan. The police officers will be on guard. Once the rest of you go in, if they dare to resist, shoot them on the spot."

The gate to the courtyard was bolted from the inside.

At Kang Jing's signal, a short young man stepped out from the guard team.

Fang Yuan watched as he took a thin metal piece out of his bag and skillfully flicked the bolt upwards. After a moment, he nodded, and Kang Jing gently pushed open the door on the right.

Luo Qingfeng then led the rest of the group silently into the area.

The courtyard was deserted, with many crates used for packing goods scattered around.

The subsequent arrest process went smoothly.

Everything proceeded according to Fang Yuan's plan. Luo Qingfeng crouched down and felt his way to the door, while someone else entered through the window.

It only took a dozen seconds from entering the room to completing the arrest.

By the time the people in the room realized what was happening, their heads had already been pressed onto the table, and their hands were now covered in gleaming handcuffs.

As Luo Qingfeng announced, "Section Chief, everyone has been arrested," Fang Yuan strode into the room.

Good heavens, Song Qinkuai and his friends actually have the mind to drink heavily here.

"What are you doing? Who are you? Which department are you from?" Song Qin struggled and shouted, trying to look up and see who it was, but Luo Qingfeng pressed his head firmly against the table and he couldn't move.

"Song Qinkuai, your affair has been exposed."

Looking at the wine glasses on the table, Fang Yuan couldn't help but laugh and say to Liu Xiangnan, "Director Liu, you're refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a penalty shot."

The day before yesterday, Ya insisted on challenging him to a drinking contest at the guesthouse, which secretly pleased Fang Yuan. A gentleman takes revenge; why wait ten years?

"Damn it, it's you, kid." Liu Xiangnan grinned, cursing angrily.

Seeing that he still dared to spew nonsense, Kang Jing punched him without saying a word.

Even at this point, they still can't tell the difference between the King and Queen.

Fang Yuan stopped arguing and said, "Song Qinkuai, Liu Xiangnan, and Jiang Cong, the three of you are involved in the major theft and corruption case at the steel rolling mill on June 6.29. You have been arrested and brought to justice according to the instructions of your superiors. Just wait to be tried."

"I knew Niu Dazhuang was a damn bad son of a bitch." Song Qin said quickly, then closed his eyes in regret, resigned to his fate.

The incident that happened on his way home from get off work made him realize that something was wrong.

The three of them gathered here tonight specifically to discuss how to physically eliminate Niu Dazhuang without making a sound.

I never expected this, I never expected this.

The inspection department acted so swiftly that they gave them no chance to make amends.

With a wave of his hand, Fang Yuan escorted the three people out of the room.

After a search, the stolen money in the room was successfully found: 1,300 yuan and a pile of receipts, as well as eight small yellow croakers.

Of course, these are just the spoils they haven't had time to divide yet. The rest of the stolen money has obviously already been divided up by them. According to Niu Dazhuang's confession, the crime lasted for a year, and the amount involved was at least eight thousand.

Fang Yuan had Luo Qingfeng and the police station staff register the money and receipts, and then he signed them and put them into a document bag.

"Do you have account books?"

Looking around at the guards who were still searching, Fang Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"no."

"no."

"Everyone switch search positions and search again carefully, leaving no corner unchecked."

Not finding the ledger left Fang Yuan somewhat disappointed.

If it were just Song Qinkuai and his two companions dividing the spoils, it would be normal not to have an account book. But judging from Niu Dazhuang's confession, there was clearly a leader in this group, so there must have been an account book clearly recording the amount of each sale.

Ten minutes passed.

Kang Jing walked up to Fang Yuan and said softly, "Section Chief Fang, we've searched inside and out thoroughly, but we still haven't found anything."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yuan had no choice but to temporarily give up. Continuing to delay was not a solution, as they still needed to search for the embezzled funds that had been divided up.

To regroup and bring people together again.

Fang Yuan continued to assign tasks to everyone, and the four people were divided into groups to act separately.

After Kang Jing and his men left, Fang Yuan first sent the three guards who were with him outside.

When no one was around, he solemnly instructed Luo Qingfeng, "Old Luo, you and Jiang Quan hide here and keep an eye on things. I reckon if there really is an account book, that person will definitely come back to get it."

Faced with the task assigned by Fang Yuan, Luo Qingfeng did not hesitate at all and nodded to indicate that he understood.

Subsequently, Fang Yuan, along with two members of the escort team and Xu Yanping, the head of the police station, boarded a GAZ-69 and escorted Song Qinkuai to his home.

Fifteen minutes later.

The car arrived at a secluded courtyard house in Dongqitiao Hutong.

"No one's home, you can come in." Before Fang Yuan could even ask, Song Qin quickly and automatically spoke up after jumping out of the car.

"Where are your wife and children?" Fang Yuan asked Song Qin as he had someone open the door.

"I left a long time ago," Song Qin replied expressionlessly, then looked up at the courtyard as if trying to memorize everything.

"So you knew this day would come?" Fang Yuan asked tentatively.

"You don't need to overthink it. It has nothing to do with this. I just thought she was too shabby to take out in public."

"Whether it's related or not is probably not up to you to decide; the organization will naturally investigate." Leading his men into the room, Fang Yuan looked around at the layout and asked, "Where is the item?"

"There's a hidden compartment in the wall behind the wardrobe."

Song Qinkuai was very cooperative, showing none of the arrogance he had displayed at the dinner table a few days ago. As he answered, he raised his handcuffed hands and pointed to the cabinet in the far corner of the room.

Then he lowered his head and remained silent.

Fang Yuan and Xu Yanping exchanged a glance, then walked over and began to move the cabinet.

Sure enough, there were several bricks on the wall and obvious cracks along the edges.

It seems there really is a "layer between the walls".

Generally speaking, such "internal walls" are used to hide valuables, especially in the past when wealthy families would have several of them.

Fang Yuan moved the bricks aside, took the flashlight handed to him by Xu Yanping, and shone it into the hole in the wall.

The already small mezzanine was instantly illuminated.

Three thick stacks of "Great Unity" bills were bundled together with newspaper and stacked very neatly.

Fang Yuan reached in, took it out, and handed it to Xu Yanping, who was standing to the side.

After taking everything, Fang Yuan shone his flashlight inside again to make sure it was empty before getting up and leaving.

After watching Xu Yanping finish counting the money, Fang Yuan asked, "How much is it in total?"

Xu Yanping clicked his tongue and replied, "A full two thousand eight."

Looking at the stacks of ten-yuan notes on the table, Fang Yuan couldn't help but feel suspicious.

The investigation into this embezzled money went far too smoothly.