Chapter Forty-Four: Calculating Death

  In the VIP room of Bailemen Nightclub, Ouyang Rong had a bitter smile on his face. It was already midnight and he was dragged out by Lu Zhong to drink, which wasn't exactly a pleasant thing to do.

  There were three of them in total: Lu Zhong, Ouyang Rong and Feng Lianying.

  When driving to pick up Ouyang Rong, Lu Zhong had drunk a bit too much and was staggering when walking. After picking up Ouyang Rong, Lu Zhong found a coin-operated telephone booth that had just appeared on the street and made a call to Feng Lianying.

  So, Ou Yangrong and Feng Lianying, two people who were worlds apart, were brought together by Lu Zhen. If Lu Zhen hadn't been drunk, he wouldn't have called out to both of them at the same time. After all, everyone has their own circle. Especially since Ou Yangrong was just the deputy director of the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department, a regular section-level official who had worked his way up through seniority and was nearing retirement age; while Feng Lianying was the Deputy Director of the Municipal Committee Organization Department and the Director of the Municipal Labor and Personnel Bureau, a rising star in his prime. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for these two people to have any intersection.

  But Lu Zhong got drunk, let alone Ouyang Rong, who was already very afraid of Lu Zhong in his daily life, and now he didn't dare to provoke this drunken bandit. As for Feng Lianying, it seemed that he was also yielding to Lu Zhong, and when Lu Zhong called him out to drink while drunk, he came over.

  In front of Feng Lianying, Ouyang Rong added a bit more caution. People like Feng Lianying are legendary figures that these ordinary police officers discuss when talking about city politics in their daily conversations. Some police officers who like to brag often attribute their own relatives and friends to others to prove the authority of their words. For example, they might say "Certain bureau's certain department head is going to be promoted," followed by "Feng Lianying wants to promote him, this news can't be fake." Or they might say "A certain department head is going to be ousted," and then add "Feng Lianying wants to take him down."

  Now, the legendary Feng Lianying was sitting beside him, how could Ouyang Rong not be careful?

  Feng Lianying saw that Ouyang Rong was a friend of Lu Zhong, and thought that Lu Zhong was also drunk with him. He couldn't help but scold: "Zhongzi's alcohol tolerance is not good, whose dinner party is this? You're pouring so much for him."

  Ouyang Rong almost shouted to the sky, just as he was about to speak, Lu Zhong had already patted Feng Lianying's shoulder, his face full of wine, swaying his hand and laughing: "Lianying, don't scold people randomly, it has nothing to do with Old Ouyang. Just now, I was the one who drank too much, I'm so happy!" As he spoke, he reached out to touch the tea table, but touched empty air, immediately stood up unsteadily and shouted: "Where's the wine? Where's the wine?"

  Ouyang Rong smiled wryly and pulled him back, saying: "Alright, alright, it'll be delivered soon."

  Lu Zhong sat back down beside Feng Lianying, patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "Lianying, be careful lately, there's going to be a storm upstairs!" As he spoke, he pointed to the roof.

  Lu Zhong smiled and said: "Just forget what you heard, don't spread it around, okay?"

  Feng Lianying was slightly taken aback, Director Yu Gong had not said anything recently, but he was a cautious person, and Lu Zhong seemed to have some background, not just relying on Director Yu Gong. So he silently remembered Lu Zhong's words in his heart.

  The beaded curtain was lifted, and a pretty waitress wearing a red vest walked in with a dozen German dark beers and placed them on the marble coffee table, skillfully opening the beer.

  In many ways, Bailingmen is more bold and faster in its business approach than Feicui, for example, the female waitresses here can also accompany customers to drink and sing.

  In social rumors, the beautiful waitresses of Bailu Men can also accompany sleep, so Wushan gradually had the saying "three accompanying ladies".

  Nowadays, nightclubs like Bailemen and Feicui have customers who are either rich or noble. Ordinary people can only imagine the luxury of these nightclubs through rumors and exaggerations, often magnifying them tenfold. In the eyes of some petty bourgeoisie who only care about money, being a "three accompaniment miss" at Bailemen is actually an enviable profession. Some small merchants and vendors have even spent years saving up just to throw their savings into this bottomless pit, all for the chance to enter these luxurious nightclubs and become high-society people, if only for a moment, and chat with those beautiful "goddesses" in their fancy uniforms.

  Ouyang Rong rarely entered such a setting, and thinking of the various rumors about the three accompanying girls here, looking at those beautiful girls serving wine, his heart also slightly fluttered.

  Who knew that at this time, Lu Zhong suddenly slapped the tea table and shouted: "Where's that guy from earlier? Why didn't he come to deliver the wine?" Just now when the three of them entered the nightclub, Lu Zhong bumped into someone, it seems he still remembers this matter.

  Ouyang Rong smiled wryly and pulled him back, fearing that he would rush out and cause trouble. He advised: "Forget it, forget it. I know that person, nicknamed Niu Wu. With your identity, what's the point of arguing with him?"

  Lu Zhong looked over with a drunken gaze, "Niu Wu, who is he?"

  Ouyang Rong smiled wryly: "He's just a little punk, but relying on the power of Bailianmen, he's being very arrogant. Little Wang, do you still remember?"

  Lu Zhong stared straight at Ouyang Rong, looking like he had no idea what Ouyang Rong was saying.

  Ouyang Rong shook his head, seeing that Feng Lianying was also listening, and continued: "Xiao Wang went with me to your Planning Commission's young people that day. He had been taken advantage of by Niu Wu before. When they were eating at a small restaurant, he got into an argument with Niu Wu and was beaten up by Niu Wu's gang. As a result, nothing happened to Niu Wu's gang, but we just detained him, and then Zhang Chu received a phone call and let him go again. Xiao Wang still can't get over it."

  Ouyang Rong suddenly felt like he was picking a fight, so he laughed and rounded the scene: "But to say, no matter how arrogant he is, he can only bully others and can't get on stage. What are you, Director Lu, and him calculating?"

  Lu Zhong shook his head repeatedly and said, "No way, it hurts me so much." Rubbing his shoulder, he pointed at the pretty waitress and said, "Call that Niuniu or whatever her name is to come in!"

  Seeing Lu Zhong drunk and wanting to cause trouble, the target of the trouble was actually Niu Wuge, the little waiter looked down on him in his heart, thinking who are you? Not knowing the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth, Niu Wuge has arrived, can scare you to death!

  "Nerves!" The little waiter tossed out this phrase and turned away.

  When he heard the young waiter say this, Feng Lianying's face also sank.

  Without much ado, a tall and thin rascal walked in from outside, who was none other than Niu Wu, the man who had just collided with Lu Zhong outside.

  "Oh, so you're a friend of Ouyang's, no wonder you're so arrogant." Niu WU made two snorting sounds, he had been wandering around the streets for years and naturally knew Ouyang Rong, this old public security officer.

  Ouyang Rong heard his tone was sarcastic and slightly furrowed his brow.

  Niu Wu just laughed and said, "Ou Yang Chu Zhang, you don't have to listen, I'm telling you, today is my last day at Bai Le Men, I've resigned, tomorrow I'll leave and never come back to this rotten place Wushan. So, Ou Yang Chu Zhang, you guys don't have to bully me, I'm a man who's about to leave, who am I afraid of? Today I'm giving you face, I won't touch him!" As he spoke, he pointed at Lu Zhong. He turned around and walked out through the beaded curtain.

  "This son of a bitch!" Ou Yang Rong was so angry that he almost smashed the cup in his hand. Niu Wu Tai was out of control, especially in front of Director Feng. Niu Wu's words made him, as the head of public security, lose face. In Director Feng's eyes, he couldn't even handle a small thug, and must have felt that he had reached a certain level.

  Feng Lianying walked to the front of the door with a cold face, lifted the bead curtain and shouted: "Waiter, call your boss over." Although Niu Wu didn't know him and Lu Zhong, he was also slightly annoyed by Feng Lianying's arrogant tone, what's wrong with Niu Wu? It's simply inexplicable!

  "Headache......" Lu Zhong patted his head, looking very uncomfortable, picked up the teapot and poured tea water. Ouyang Rong and Feng Lianying exchanged a bitter smile, but anyway, it was better than continuing to drink wine.

  At this time, footsteps came from outside, Ouyang Rong said that it was quick to come, no matter who the boss of Bailianmen was, Feng Lianying's face could also be suppressed.

  As the bead curtain was lifted, there were bursts of laughter. "Ha, Director Feng, it's really you! I said you looked like him!" The one who walked in through the bead curtain was a young man dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with a slicked-back hairstyle that shone brightly, his face full of smiles as he came over to shake hands with Feng Lianying.

  Ouyang Rong knew this person, Municipal Committee Secretary-General Qin Huailiang. He had seen Secretary-General Qin and Zhang Chu together before, and he also knew that Secretary-General Qin was at least thirty-five or thirty-six years old, but looked like twenty-seven or twenty-eight due to his good grooming and maintenance.

  Qin, the Secretary General, is a figure with great connections, attending meetings of the Standing Committee and coming into contact with the innermost circle of power in Wushan. He was also promoted out of turn, rising from deputy department head to municipal party committee secretary general, although his current rank as municipal party committee secretary general is only at the level of county head. However, it's likely that after a period of training, he could be promoted to vice-ministerial or even Standing Committee level.

  Moreover, Secretary Qin was good at dancing with long sleeves and had extensive social connections. It is said that he especially liked to make friends with foreigners, and the Japanese from the Mitsubishi Bank's Wushan Representative Office were particularly close to him.

  Ouyang Rong sighed with emotion, thinking to himself: "It's really beyond our generation."

  "Ha, Director Lu is also here, this is really... how can I put it? We're all old friends! " Qin Huailiang walked over to Lu Zhen, who was lowering his head to drink tea, with a smile on his face and stretched out his hand.

  "Huai Liang, Zuo Er has had a bit too much to drink." Feng Lianying explained on the side to Lu Zuo, just in case Lu Zuo accidentally offended him, and also gave himself an excuse.

  Lu Zhong raised his head dazedly, stared at Qin Huai for a while, exclaimed, stood up and shook hands with Qin Huai, and said in surprise: "Is it Secretary Qin? How did you come?" Although the voice was a bit floating, the body was a bit shaking, but it seemed that he had sobered up a bit.

  Feng Lianying let out a slight sigh of relief. Qin Huailiang was not an easy person to deal with, and if he really offended him, it would be troublesome.

  Qin Huailiang shook hands with Ouyang Rong again, and after listening to Feng Lianying's introduction of Ouyang Rong's identity, he smiled and patted Ouyang Rong's hand: "Director Ouyang, you're a veteran on the public security front line, I've heard about you long ago." He shook hands with Ouyang Rong again, showing great warmth. In terms of etiquette, he was impeccable, making Ouyang Rong feel extremely comfortable and at ease.

  Qin Huailiang sat down and started chatting with Feng Lianying and Lu Zhong, occasionally exchanging a few words with Ouyang Rong, truly not leaving anyone out.

  The bead curtain was suddenly opened again from the outside, and someone asked, "Who's looking for me?" A short, fat man with a big head and ears walked in, followed by the little service staff who had just sent wine to scold Lu Zhong and the others as "neurotics".

  The short and stout man immediately saw Qin Huailiang, was stunned for a moment, and said: "Secretary General, are these three your friends?" The arrogance on his face had already turned into flattery.

  Qin Huailiang nodded and said: "Boss Li, let me introduce you to Director Feng of the Organization Department, Director Lu of the Planning Commission, and Deputy Director Ouyang of the Municipal Bureau..."

  The dwarf winter melon hastily nodded and bowed to greet the three, saying: "I am the master of Bailu Men." After handing out business cards, he glared at the waiter Xiaolan, who had just heard that some people were making trouble, looking for Niu Wu and Lao Ban. He came over to smooth things over, after all, anyone who can enter Bailu Men nowadays is not an ordinary person, and it's better to get along with others and avoid offending them.

  Mr. Li thought to himself: "Luckily I didn't listen to this little girl's nonsense, or else we would have gotten into big trouble and regretted it."

  Xiao Lan was also stunned, quietly retreating backwards. Who would have thought that these drunkards were so powerful? Even our big boss would humble himself in front of them.

  But unexpectedly, the young man who was drunk suddenly pointed at her and said: "Oh? Was it you just now? You scolded us as idiots when you were serving wine?"

  Seeing Li's boss's fierce gaze, Xiaolan was so scared that her face turned white.

  Feng Lianying saw Lu Zhong's intoxication gradually clearing, and gave him a wink, smiling: "Forget it, the little girl doesn't understand things, let's not take it seriously."

  Through the subtle movements and eye contact between Li Boss and Qin Huailiang, Feng Lianying keenly sensed that the two had a very close relationship, so he advised Lu Zhong to let things go and not just look at Li Boss's face, but also consider Qin Huailiang's face.

  Mr. Li pointed at Xiaolan and scolded: "Don't you hurry up to apologize to the three leaders? Just wait and see how I'll deal with you!"

  Xiao Lan was so scared that she wiped away her tears and came to apologize to Lu Zhong and the others. Li Laoban (Old Boss Li) repeatedly bowed and said: "Leaders, it's all my fault, I'm entirely to blame. Let me take care of today's bill for everyone, consider it my apology."

  Lu Zhong rubbed his shoulder, furrowed his brow and said: "I remember, just now when we came in, there was a pretty arrogant guy who bumped into me, what's his name? Niu Liu? Right?" He turned to look at Old Li, shaking his head with some helplessness, "Old Li, the service attitude here needs improvement!"

  When Lu Zhong mentioned Niu Wu, Mr. Li's face changed, and he forced a smile: "Yes, yes, Director Lu is right, this guy Niu Wu is useless, several times offending customers, I've already fired him!"

  Lu Zhong smiled and said, "Isn't that right? Just now, that cow five or six was saying that with Old Master Li and Secretary Qin backing him up, he's not afraid of anyone in Wushan. He said he and Old Master Li and Secretary Qin are so close they wear the same pants."

  Ouyang Rong couldn't help but secretly laugh at this, this Lu Zhong was really bad, wasn't he obviously bluffing?

  Feng Lianying, however, looked at Lu Zhong with a surprised expression. He knew that Lu Zhong was not the kind of person who would get into a fight with a local ruffian, and today's Lu Zhong did not seem like his usual self.

  Qin Huailiang smiled and said: "This kind of talk, Director Lu doesn't need to take it seriously." But looking at Li Boss's eyes, there was some displeasure.

  Mr. Li's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately said: "This guy is always bragging, if it were really like what he said, could I have fired him? Secretary Qin didn't know him before yesterday, but now he has offended Secretary Qin's friend, and Secretary Qin is furious. How can I still dare to ask him to continue working?"

  Ouyang Rong thought to himself, "So that's what happened. Niu Wujin was just making excuses, saying he quit his job to make a fortune elsewhere. In reality, he must have offended Qin Huailiang and couldn't stay in Wushan anymore. Old Master Li was just being more subtle about it."

  Lu Zhong then waved his hand and said: "Since it's been opened, let's just forget about it. Come on, have a drink."

  Everyone then followed suit and raised their glasses.

  Qin Huailiang took a deep look at Lu Zhong and smiled as he raised his wine cup.

  Then several people chatted and laughed, the wine was opened, and the atmosphere gradually became more lively, until 1 am before dispersing with a smile.

  ……

  The next day at noon, just before lunchtime, Ouyang Rong came to Lu Zhong's office with a bitter face.

  Lu Zhong was holding a watering can, watering the green and red tiger skin orchids on the windowsill, completely unaware that he had gotten drunk yesterday.

  Ouyang Rong's head was throbbing with pain, but it wasn't just because of the hangover from last night's heavy drinking. The most painful thing was a case this morning.

  Around 8 am, the airport road police station suddenly sent a murder suspect. According to a tip about an illegal attack weapon, during last night's surprise inspection, a bloody arm was found in a box under the bed in the suspect's rented flat bedroom. The police suspected that he had killed someone and this was the remains of the body that had not been disposed of yet.

  The police officer from the local police station who had been lying in ambush at the suspect's home since midnight caught the suspect as soon as he returned home around 4 am.

  Due to the severity of the case, the police station did not have the capability to handle it, so early in the morning, the case files and the suspect were transferred to the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department.

  The suspect was unexpectedly Niu Wu.

  When making a statement, Niu Wu was still arrogant, saying that he was wronged and asked the interrogating detective to call Li Boss, saying that Li Boss could prove his innocence.

  The two detectives, Old Zhao and Little Wang, who were about to start the interrogation, still had some reservations. After all, Niu Wu's background was not something that ordinary people could afford to mess with.

  Xiao Wang was once beaten up by him for no reason.

  Wait for Xiao Wang to report to Ouyang Rong, who was still not fully awake from the wine. Ouyang Rong was annoyed on the spot. This Niu Wu, did you think no one had figured out your true nature? You were kicked out of Bailu Men, yet you're still pretending to be a tiger and boasting. If I hadn't chatted with Qin Huailiang and Li Laoban last night, I would have been fooled by you again!

  Besides, this is a homicide case. According to the regulations, during the detention period of a homicide case, no one can see you? Who are you going to call, Mr. Li or something? What can he prove about your innocence?

  Involving murder cases, no one is easy to deal with!

  Even if you were wronged, it's because you offended too many people in the past. They knew you couldn't handle things at Wushan and started thinking of ways to deal with you. Otherwise, why would something happen now rather than earlier or later?

  Ouyang Rong immediately told Xiao Wang that Niu Wude had offended Secretary Qin and had resigned from Bailu Men, preparing to leave Wushan.

  More seriously: "Just do your job, don't worry about it!"

  Xiao Wang listened, and the excitement in his eyes was truly seen by Ouyang Rong. Although Ouyang Rong had never opposed torture and coercion, and had even clashed with Director Zhang Xiangdong several times over this issue, at this moment he also had to remind Xiao Wang to be careful not to cause any loss of life.

  Next, Ouyang Rong didn't go to the interrogation room either. He had thought of making a detour, but when he reached the door and heard the miserable cries inside, he turned back, thinking that if he couldn't hear or see it, then it was as if it didn't exist.

  Then, at over 10 o'clock, Xiao Wang came to find him with a crying face. After reading the record, Ouyang Rong almost collapsed.

  In the front part, it was all recorded that Niu Wu stole small things, but as it went on, the crimes became more and more serious, including burglary, robbery, and even a case of rape.

  However, the confession finally involved Zhang Qingtian's case. Niu Wu's confession said that he was the one who instructed someone to frame Zhang Qingtian. The dead body fished out of the lake was a vagrant from another place, and the person who went to warn Zhang Qingtian did not drown at all and is still alive in Wuxiang.

  In his confession, Niu Wu also clearly stated the name and current address in Wuxiang of the hoodlum who had threatened and harassed Zhang Qingtian.

  Zhang Qingtian also said that the vagrant was pushed into the water by someone he had ordered to do so, and that the witness Qiao Si had also given false testimony at his behest.

  If the confession had only gone this far, Ou Yang Rong would not have been afraid. To rehabilitate a national cadre is a remarkable achievement. However, at the end of the confession, Niu Wu implicated Zhang Qingtian, saying that he was instructed to do so by Li Laoban from Baili Men. As for the motive, he knew nothing about it.

  But that's not the worst of it, Little Wang continued with a sorrowful face to tell Ouyang Rong, Niu Wu also entrusted that Municipal Committee Secretary-General Qin Huailiang was also involved in this matter. Moreover, according to what Niu Wu knew, Qin Huailiang was actually the true mastermind behind the scenes.

  Only the last words of Niu Wu's confession were not dared to be written into the record by Xiao Wang and Lao Zhao, but instead they came to ask for Ou Yang's advice.

  Ouyang Rong was about to go crazy, in the end, how could a single dismemberment case produce such a confession?

  Xiao Wang didn't dare to hide it, his new and old hatred for Niu Wu was especially fierce, and the more evil deeds Niu Wu confessed, the more severe they became. Xiao Wang was getting more and more excited, and he beat Niu Wu until he fainted seven or eight times, each time using cold water to revive him. Now, Niu Wu was left with only a breath of life.

  Ouyang Rong held the confession and pondered what to do, after some deliberation, he suddenly felt that something was off, how did Niu Wu's case turn into Zhang Qingtian's case?

  Moreover, coincidentally the night before, Lu Zhong inexplicably got drunk and came knocking on his own door, dragging himself to Bailuomen to drink, and it was also at Bailuomen that he learned about the so-called "Niu Wu being kicked out of Bailuomen" news. If not for this, when using torture on Niu Wu, he really couldn't be too careless.

  Is everything here really designed by Lu Zhong? And is he himself just one of his pawns?

  Ouyang Rong had been thinking and rethinking, and felt that this was the case. He immediately took a copy of the transcript to find Lu Zhun, slapped the copy on Lu's office desk, and said with a bitter face: "Director Lu, you have to help me make up my mind."

  On the way to the Planning Commission, Ouyang Rong thought that this was probably just a coincidence. Who could have planned it so meticulously?

  If Zhang Xiangdong was in the bureau, he had always opposed torture and extortion, so this thing would not have happened; if Niu Wu was involved in a case that was not a homicide, this thing would not have happened either; if it wasn't for the police station transferring the case over too early, the Bailemen nightclub wouldn't be open yet, so the criminal investigation team hadn't gone to the nightclub to investigate and gather evidence from Niu Wu's acquaintances, but instead had taken a statement from suspect Niu Wu first, this thing also would not have happened; if...

  Too many ifs, if just one of them holds true, this thing wouldn't have happened.

  But if all these are just coincidences, and it's not a coincidence but human intention, then this person is too terrifying!

  Lu Zhong, should be the kind of person who is worst at calculating, right?

  But anyway, Zhang Qingtian is a cadre under Lu Zhong's command. He himself fell into such a dilemma and has more to do with Lu Zhong's responsibility. Who else would he drag down if not him?

  Besides, as long as he's not provoked, Lu Zhong is actually quite loyal to his friends. It won't hurt to ask him for advice on this matter.

  But looking at Lu Zhen's back as he slowly watered the flowers, Ouyang Rong suddenly felt a strange and inexplicable feeling in his heart. Did Lu Zhen also have such quiet and calm moments? What was Lu Zhen thinking about now? Anyway, it wasn't going to be slapping someone's ear.

  Is it or isn't, thinking of how to scheme against people?

  Ouyang Rong suddenly had such a terrible idea, and then he couldn't help but shudder.

  Two pots of tiger skin bananas have emerald green leaves with faint dew drops, very even, rain and dew are evenly distributed, Lu Zhong finally put down the watering can in his hand, satisfied with his results.

  Everything that happened last night was within his calculations, or rather, he was originally the director of this great play.

  As soon as Lu Zhong heard from Wei Xiangxiu that the head of the criminal investigation department, Zhang Xiangdong, had gone to the provincial city, he vaguely felt that this was an opportunity. Because of Zhang Qingtian's case, through his contact with Ouyang Rong, he inquired about inside information and basically determined that Ouyang Rong had nothing to do with framing Zhang Qingtian.

  Although it is unknown whether Zhang Xiangdong was involved in this matter, this person is obviously unreliable.

  Lu Zhong had heard Wang Shangfei mention Niu Wu before, but in fact, Niu Wu was not a hard nut to crack. When Wang Shangfei failed to bribe him, he angrily said: "This kid will get a good beating, and if he's honest, he'll confess that ten years ago, he stole from a widow."

  But can't really bind him to a violent beating to force him to tell the truth? Such a confession is completely unreliable from a legal perspective, and the other party can arrange multiple counterattacks and have enough time to cover up the truth.

  Moreover, if Wang Shangfei and others intervene in the dispute over the five cows, it will inevitably lead to a fierce struggle between Bailu Men and Feicui, which will also implicate Huang Zixuan, Lao Zhao and others who have nothing to do with this case.

  Wei Xiangxiu mentioned that Zhang Xiangdong and Ouyang Rong had different views on "coerced confessions", Lu Zhong suddenly had an idea, to trick Niu Wu into the interrogation room, with the current style of criminal investigators, he would be forced to confess even the things he did as a child, such as peeking at the neighbor's wife while she was bathing.

  Lu Zhong had personally experienced it, a suspect was beaten until he couldn't bear it anymore, and there was really nothing illegal to confess, so he made up nonsense, and amazingly, he could make up a confession that he stole an airplane from the aircraft factory and buried it in his family's vegetable garden. This shows how unbearable torture is.

  Now that Zhang Xiangdong is not around, the Criminal Investigation Department is in charge of Ouyang Rong's work, which is the best opportunity. If not, if Zhang Xiangdong is involved in Zhang Qingtian's case, seeing Niu Wu being caught, he will definitely think of a way to take care of him, let alone the opportunity for interrogation.

  As for how to send Niu Wu into the prison, that's easy to handle, but the case must be a big one, and a homicide case would be even better. In this way, the possibility of Niu Wu being subjected to torture and forced confession will be **almost certain**.

  As a result, there was an extra arm under the bed of Ni Wu, and this arm was obtained by Wang Shangfei through his connections in the hospital morgue. Although it felt disrespectful to the deceased, there was no other way.

  Currently, forensic science is not well-developed and it's really impossible to figure out what happened to this arm in a short period of time.

  "The case" was set, and at this time Wei Xiangxiu could take the stage. As the new director of the Airport Road Police Station, he received a tip-off to search for contraband in a bungalow in Da Guanzhuang, which happened to be Niu Wu's residence.

  Lu Zhong also repeatedly instructed, telling Wei Xiangxiu not to go to Bailumen to catch people, just guard the tree and wait for the rabbit, Niu Wu will definitely return home. As for the other few civilian police officers, they were all selected by Wei Xiangxiu. They were either young people who had just graduated from the police academy this year or police academy interns. Wei Xiangxiu also ordered them to keep everything confidential, but in fact, they didn't know who Niu Wu was either.

  Lu Zhong also handed over that Niu Wu should not be sent to the branch bureau, but rather to the municipal bureau's criminal investigation department, and report directly to Director Ouyang.

  Niú Wǔ is inevitably going into the pot. Next, what needs to be solved is how to make the municipal bureau's criminal investigation dispel their concerns and stop using torture on Niú Wǔ.

  Then there was the scene where Lu Zhui got drunk and dragged Ouyang Rong and Feng Lianying to Bailu Men to drink.

  Niú Wǔ Yī Zhāng's reliance is precisely the momentum of Bǎi Lè Mén. Lù Zhēng deliberately provoked a conflict with him, hoping to lure out the boss of Bǎi Lè Mén and use rhetoric to see if Boss Li of Bǎi Lè Mén knew about Zhang Qingtian's case.

  If Boss Li is involved in Zhang Qingtian's case, then on the surface they will inevitably go their separate ways with Niu Wu, because Niu Wu's gold master has already learned that someone from the jade side is investigating this case.

  If Boss Li is not involved in Zhang Qingtian's case, he can use verbal provocation to force Boss Li and Niu Wu to sever their relationship by borrowing the power of Feng Lianying.

  I didn't expect that the other party would react so quickly, and Cow Five actually wanted to resign immediately, and leave Wushan the next day.

  Qiao Si has gone missing, and then it's Niu Wu's turn.

  If it's delayed for just one more day, this case will be even harder to get to the bottom of.

  Because Ou Yang Rong said that in Zhang Qingtian's case files, the process of murder, motive for murder, identity of the victim and so on have all been "investigated" to be **ninety percent accurate.

  Although the other party was decisive, last night, in fact, helped Lu Zhong, Ouyang Rong personally heard that Niu Wu wanted to leave Baili Men.

  Then, the municipal party committee secretary Qin Huailiang and Li Boss etc. appeared one after another, in their words, Lu Zhong set a trap, forcing them to finally create a false impression that Niu Wu was "seriously offending Qin Huailiang and being kicked out of Bailu Men".

  But Ou Yang Rong necessarily believed this illusion to be true.

  Thus, when Niu Wu was taken to the Municipal Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the protective umbrella halo on his head had been dismantled by Lu Zhong.

  As for the grudge between Detective Wang of the Criminal Investigation Department and Niu Wu, Niu Wu's impolite confrontation with Ouyang Rong was just a coincidence, adding icing to the cake. It seemed that Niu Wu's luck had run out, and he was doomed to suffer.

  It was precisely because Niu Wu had no grudges against the criminal investigation team, and Lu Zhong was also prepared to stir up some conflict between them. However, after hearing Ouyang Rong mention the past grievances between Niu Wu, Xiao Wang, and the criminal investigation department, Lu Zhong's plan was foiled.

  It was like this, Cow Five step by step, lost in Lu Zhong's dark forest.