Chapter 1: Are you sick?

  Jiang Tao never introduced the identity of this young girl, and Li Bo Tao and others just thought she was Jiang Tao's secretary or a young police officer who accompanied leaders to "serve tea".

  But unexpectedly, after Jiang Tao invited her to the rest room for tea, he actually asked for her opinion. Moreover, this girl even negated his own opinion.

  At this time, Li Bo Tao and others looked at the girl with a somewhat strange gaze.

  Who is she?

  Judging by her age, she seemed to be only in her twenties, could it be that Tang Chong's sister?

  Jiang Tao's mind was deep and calm. Even though the girl's cold attitude had somewhat damaged his dignity, he didn't show any displeasure.

  He was summoned by his former leader Guo Hailong to rush over and handle the case, otherwise he would not have known that a homicide had occurred in such a remote place as Yúnǚ Fēng.

  Although the bureau attaches great importance to the case, each stall has its own leader in charge, and it's not necessarily reported to Jiang Tao.

  The old leader meant for him to come over and assist with the handling ---- he was able to climb to this position, didn't he understand the meaning of the two words 'assist'?

  To be honest, he didn't know what this girl was about and didn't want to know. He only needed to know that it was something the old leader valued, and that was enough. The sky is too high, his own hands are not long enough.

  Jiang Tao nodded and said: "I mean the same. It's so late, let's not drink tea for now. Let's get to know some case information first."

  "Yes." Li Botao nodded in response. Then he made a report on the case, Jiang Kai supplemented it, and the two of them reported the case and what they knew about it from start to finish.

  At this time, they no longer dare to be partial to either side or conceal any truth. Completely removing themselves from the situation is the right thing to do.

  "After listening to the report, Jiang Tao said: 'This case is very vicious. Someone pretended to be a Taoist priest and attacked students who came to climb the mountain for fun - fortunately, the students were not injured. What if something happened? How would we explain it to the school? How would we explain it to the parents of the students? How would we explain it to society? Bo Tao, Yúnǚ Fēng is a densely populated tourist area for students and will be a major tourist attraction developed by the government in the future. The burden on you as the head of this branch is very heavy.'"

  As soon as he spoke, the matter was settled: Tang Chong was a student, and the Taoist priest was an assassin in disguise. Tang Chong was the victim, and the Yu Nuofeng Police Station would investigate the truth of the matter to give justice to the victim.

  Li Bo Tao's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he apologized with a bow, saying: "Yes. This is our mistake at work. I will accept this lesson and from now on arrange for personnel to regularly inspect various scenic spots and monitor suspicious individuals entering the Yu Nu Feng station. We will do our best to prevent accidents and ensure the safety of tourist students."

  "Uh-huh." Jiang Tao nodded. "You've all worked hard. If you can make it happen, I'll come celebrate with you next year."

  "Thank you, leader." Li Bo Tao said gratefully. He glanced at the young girl and said, "Director Jiang, do you want to go in and visit the injured students?"

  Such things are inconvenient for leaders to say themselves, and their subordinates should be aware of the situation.

  "Hmm. Your dereliction of duty is also my dereliction of duty as a leader. You should go take a look at him." Jiang Tao said. "College students are all our nation's pride, encountering such a thing, they must be scared out of their wits, right?"

  "---" Jiang Kai followed behind and almost vomited blood. He thought to himself, it was him who scared others badly, not the other way around.

  Of course, he doesn't have the right to speak here. He can't possibly run up at this time and tell Tang Chong's bad things. Obviously, Director Jiang Tao is just for Tang Chong.

  Under Li Botao's lead, the group arrived at the iron gate where Tang Chong was being held.

  Jiang Kai stepped forward quickly and opened the iron gate, then invited the leaders to enter.

  Tang Chong saw Wen Jing and became even more certain that it was her who had made the move. Of course, only she would have made such a move, right?

  He had met this girl before, during Mid-Autumn Festival, he sent her a fruit basket and mooncake box but was rejected by himself.

  The two of them exchanged a glance, but neither spoke.

  "What's your name?" Jiang Tao asked warmly and kindly, looking at Tang Chong.

  "Tang Zhong." Tang Zhong replied.

  "Hmm, Tang Chong. I already know about your situation. However, some procedural investigations are still necessary. Don't be nervous, just speak the truth. Tell us the actual situation. If you're really a victim, we'll definitely give you justice." Jiang Tao comforted him by saying.

  "Thank you, leader. I believe most police are good people." Tang Zhong said seriously.

  When Li Botao heard this sentence, his legs went soft, and Jiang Kai wished he could skin him alive.

  Most police are good people ----- meaning is that there is still a small number of bad cops?

  As expected, Jiang Tao frowned upon hearing this and gave Li Bo a displeased look, saying: "Police have difficulties in doing their work too, can only ask everyone to be more tolerant of each other."

  Tang Chong smiled and didn't respond.

  Wen Jing walked up to Jiang Tao and said: "I want to take a look at the deceased's body."

  Jiang Tao nodded and asked: "Where is the body of the deceased?"

  "In the morgue." Li Bo Tao said. "Comrades from the municipal bureau came to examine the body this afternoon. No conclusion has been drawn yet. ---- Leader, I'm here to guide you."

  When Jiang Tao and others saw the Daoist corpse pulled out of the ice cabinet, everyone took in several mouthfuls of cold air ----- no way, there was only cold air inside the ice house.

  They have seen many corpses as police officers, but it is extremely rare for them to be tortured like this.

  Jumping from high and getting smashed is also understandable.

  But the two wounds on his eyes were extremely shocking, and he must have been stabbed blind by someone before his death.

  "Has your identity been verified?" Wenjing asked.

  "There isn't," said Li Bo Tao. "Our equipment is outdated, so we have to trouble our colleagues from the municipal bureau to take pictures and bring them back for us to search."

  "May I take two pictures?" asked Wenjing.

  "It's okay. No problem." said Li Botao.

  Wen Jing took out a black mobile phone that looked somewhat ugly and snapped several shots at the deceased.

  "Was anything suspicious found on him?"

  "There is," said Li Bo Tao. "There's a very strange pair of shoes, and a wallet with an ID card - no bank cards. But there are several thousand in cash inside the wallet."

  Wen Jing took a photo of the shoes and ID card brought by the police, bowed her head to operate her mobile phone for a while, and said: "What is your fax number here?"

  Li Bo said a fax number and Wen Jing input the numbers.

  "We'll go wait by the fax machine," said Wenjing.

  Li Bo-tao was puzzled in his heart and didn't know what to wait for at the fax machine. But since this woman had a request, and Director Jiang Tao hadn't said anything, they could only follow along.

  The fax machine was in the large office, and a group of people walked in. The two young police officers, one male and one female, who were on duty inside, quickly stood up.

  Li Bo Tao waved his hand, indicating for them to continue with their own business.

  He chatted with Jiang Tao for a while, about ten minutes later, the fax machine started beeping.

  Jiang Kai quickly pressed the receive button, and then the fax machine started receiving data.

  Hissing sound-----

  The first fax paper came out. Jiang Kai took it out and looked at it, his eyes widening in shock to the point where he almost bit off his own tongue.

  Wen Jing walked over quietly, without a word, and took the paper from his hand.

  Then comes the second one, the third one-----

  A total of eleven pages were passed over.

  Wen Jing arranged the order and then started reading from page one.

  After finishing reading it, he handed the paper to Jiang Tao and said: "Director Jiang, I think this case is already very clear."

  Jiang Tao took a look at it for a while and then handed the materials over to Li Bo Tao.

  Li Botao saw the first one, on which were clearly printed two black and white and two color photos ----- although there had been some changes, Li Botao still recognized that this was the person who was lying in the ice box, the fake Taoist.

  Name: Zhou Yi (Code name: Wild Ghost)

  Sex: Male

  Age: Thirty-nine

  Native place: Dingxi, Longnan City

  Personality traits: unpredictable, fond of dressing up, sinister and cruel, fond of torture and murder, extremely twisted psyche.

  Criminal record:

  New Era 185, March, Xiangxi Li Dongfang family of four massacre case.

  New Era 186, July, Hetao Taida Branch General Manager Chen Gang death case,

  New Era 186, September ---

  The following pages are all detailed descriptions of the criminal record of a man named Zhou Yi, also known as "Wild Ghost". He is a professional killer and one of the most wanted criminals in Huaxia Country, with a long list of heinous crimes including murder and robbery.

  The content in this material shocked Li Botao.

  What's even more shocking is that this young girl only took a few photos of the deceased, in less than 20 minutes, how could she get such detailed information about the criminal? How did she do it?

  It's been several hours since the people from the city bureau left, and so far they haven't called to say that they've found any useful information.

  "This is a heinous crime! This man's crimes are heinous!" Li Bo-tao said with indignation. "If he were caught for these cases, being shot a hundred times would not be excessive..."

  He saw on the last page of the paper that there were rewards from the Ministry of Public Security and Interpol, 10 million yuan and $2 million respectively. He thought to himself, if this case is reported, would they still have to give this kid money?

  "If you suspect the authenticity of this information, you can forward it to the Mingzhu City Bureau for re-examination and confirmation," Wenjing said. "I have no intention of interfering with your internal affairs, nor do I want to forcibly change the outcome of the investigation - but I must take him away."

  (PS: It's been 100 chapters already. Old Willow is writing so fast... Hmm, you guys can continue to praise or scold.)