As the news that Lu Qingyuan's murder case had been cracked in one day appeared in the newspapers and television news, and spread widely, although the general public gave a positive evaluation of the work of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, it also made everyone question the delay in solving the three murder cases of Yang Yutang, Yang Wenjing, and Wei Dongdong.

Since all three cases involved foreign organizations entrenched in Jiangjun City, the city bureau could only remain silent in the face of many doubts for the purpose of secrecy. As the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation of the Municipal Bureau, Ling Zhan, the captain of the serious crime team, especially since he has just been transferred, can imagine the pressure he has received from all sides.

Seeing that Song Jin and Zhao Zengyuan were withdrawn by Lin Jia of the National Security Bureau, Jia Wei and Xiao Hua followed Du Xiaowei, who was traveling, and commanded Youyinghao, who had just been brought to justice and was determined to atone for his crimes, to implement the so-called "beautiful man plan", and only Xun Jianguo, Rong Liang and Qi Zhibin were left in the serious crime team. After all, the work of Jia Wei and Xiao Hua still belongs to the scope of the National Security Bureau.

Although Ling Zhan did not participate in the tripartite meeting of the military, police, and national security, the leaders had already made it clear to him before he was transferred - due to the particularity of the political environment in Jiangjun City, the work of the National Security Bureau must be put in the first place.

To be sure, in the two months since Ling Zhan was transferred, in addition to temporarily participating in the operation to eradicate the underworld forces of the Xing family in Fuyuan City and the murder of Lu Qingyuan, almost all of them have been working around the scope of responsibility of the National Security Bureau.

Regarding the work involving criminal investigation in the three criminal cases of Yang Yutang, Yang Wenjing, and Wei Dongdong, in fact, almost everything has already been done.

First of all, the direct murderers of Yang Yutang's case, Bai Yu and Zeng Cheng, have already arrived at the case.

The murderer in Yang Wenjing's case, that is, the unknown person A, has not yet been found, but around the bank card that appeared in the case for Yang Wenjing to order food, the antique dealer Zhou Wei's car accident case, the arrest of Wu Jian, the extradition of Duan Chuyu, until the return of Shi Xiaoyu a few days ago, the direct suspect who appeared at the scene of the car accident, and Zeng Cheng, one of the behind-the-scenes commanders, have also been arrested.

Because the real culprit behind the two cases ultimately pointed to the unknown person A, and this person, according to the current information held by the National Security Bureau, can basically be determined to be a key person planted by the CIA or 25AF in General City. Therefore, as far as the Municipal Public Security Bureau is concerned, after finding out this, although it cannot be said that it will transfer the case to the State Security Bureau, at least it must take the lead of the State Security Bureau, and it cannot make its own decisions.

Then there is the murder case of Yang Yutang's wife Wei Dongdong, which directly involved Vietnamese jewelry merchant Nguyen Phuc Chun. And the identity of this person is on Mu Qixiong's line, and it is still unclear which overseas organization he belongs to. The Serious Crime Squad is also not allowed to make its own claims.

Fortunately, with Song Jin and Zhao Zengyuan being withdrawn from the National Security Bureau, the work of monitoring Li Diying and Hu Yujie was also handed over at the same time. Ling Zhan only ordered the criminal police team to closely cooperate with the national security bureau to monitor the two of them with the police station in the jurisdiction, so relatively speaking, the work pressure of the serious crime team became easier.

Ling Zhan knew very well in his heart that the result of his ease of relaxation would directly lead to a sudden increase in the workload on Lin Jia's side. Therefore, in order to reduce the burden of the National Security Bureau, Ling Zhan did not stay out of the matter, but led Xun Jianguo, Rong Liang and Qi Zhibin to devote themselves to the investigation of the so-called "Old Buddha Society".

Lu Qingyuan, who had just been promoted to "Golden Arhat", was dead. Nguyen Phuc Chun, who is both a member of an overseas organization and may be an important member of the "Old Buddha Society," has not yet been brought to justice. Qin Yong, a taxi driver, is just a so-called "holy monk" who has just started his career, and his knowledge is limited. So at first, he was imprisoned in the Chengguan Police Station for selling customer information in the leased bank safe for profit, and Wang Jianxun, who had just been mentioned by Lin Jia to the National Security Bureau, became the main target of Ling Zhan's investigation.

Of course, before that, for Xu Zhongliang, who killed Lu Qingyuan, Ling Zhan felt that it was necessary to interrogate him again. The last time Xu Zhongliang was interrogated, because under pressure from all sides, in order to restore the truth of the case as soon as possible and give an explanation to the general public, the focus was on the situation at the time of the incident. and did not know more about how the two met and how they came together. This time Xu Zhongliang was interrogated, and Ling Zhan hoped to find out some information about Lu Qingyuan's participation in the activities related to the "Old Buddha Society".

"How long have you known Lu Qingyuan?"

"It's not a short time. Lu Qingyuan: We met not long after the repair shop opened. ”

"How did you meet?"

"Once Lu Qingyuan accidentally locked the door key at home, and it happened that my electric kettle was broken that day and I went to him to fix it. Seeing that he was about to find a locksmith, I volunteered to open the door for him. ”

"Isn't there an electric kettle near your house, why do you have to find Lu Qingyuan so far away?"

"Do you need to ask?"

"Answer the question well."

"People secretly like him."

"How did you know that Lu Qingyuan's sexual orientation is the same as yours?"

"Intuition, some say sixth sense." Xu Zhongliang immediately added: "Of course, I also inquired from the side and knew that he didn't like women. ”

"That's why you deliberately approached him?"

"Hmm."

"Is there any other reason besides?"

"What else could be the reason?"

Looking at Xu Zhongliang, whose expression and demeanor in front of him were completely different from last time, he didn't seem to be worried at all about the severe punishment waiting for him. So Ling Zhan asked puzzledly, "Have you ever regretted killing Lu Qingyuan?" ”

"Of course there are regrets. But it's good to think about it. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Anyway, people like us are not treated well in the yang world, and maybe the underworld will be better. So, I've figured it out and go down to accompany Lu Qingyuan's dead ghost as soon as possible. ”

"What is the yang and the underworld, that is superstitious thinking."

"The Buddha said, 'One sand and one world,' and there are as many worlds in the universe as the sand of the Ganges, who can be sure that there is no netherworld that gathers the souls of the dead? That's not superstition, you don't understand. ”

"Have you studied Buddhism?"

"It's from the Dead Devil."

"Where did Lu Qingyuan learn Buddhism?"

"Then how do I know, I only know what kind of 'Golden Arhat' of the 'Buddha Society' he is......."

"'Lafayette'?"

"Yes, it's the 'Lafayette'. He also told me that in the next life he would enjoy the glory and wealth of the world, and that he would never again be so miserable as he is now. ”

"What does Lu Qingyuan mean by 'living aggrieved'?"

"That is, of course, different from everyone else."

Ling Zhan didn't want to talk to Xu Zhongliang much on the topic of "gay", so he hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "What else did Lu Qingyuan tell you about the 'Old Buddha Club'?" ”

"He said that as long as I honestly talked to him, sooner or later he would introduce me to the 'Lavernella'." Speaking of this, Xu Zhongliang's eyes turned red, and then tears fell, and he said in a choked voice: "Alas, it's all my fault, not only did I not listen to him, but I also killed for such a broken incense burner." ”

(End of chapter)