777: 720 777: 720 Liu Cheng first had the drone return in order not to spook the quarry, then took out his phone and called Tao.
After he finished the call and returned, Qiao Shengli couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Aren’t you afraid of hitting a snag?”
“What snag?” Liu Cheng feigned ignorance.
“In such a secluded place, secretly building such high walls can’t be the work of just anyone,” Qiao Shengli raised her eyebrows and said, “Could it be soone formidable?”
Liu Cheng curled his lips, “I’m handling a case in a fair and open manner, it’s all the sa no matter who I encounter.”
After finishing his confident statent, Liu Cheng lowered his posture a bit and said, “Moreover, my thoughts are quite the opposite of yours.
A courtyard built in such a remote place isn’t likely to be the formidable kind you ntioned.
It just shows that they have sothing to hide.
So, the solution is to expose it to the light.”
After taking a deep breath, Liu Cheng turned to look at Jiang Yuan, Sulei, and the others and said, “So, I’ll send a few people with the drone around the back to make sure no one escapes, while the rest of us watch the front and wait for reinforcents before moving forward.”
Jiang Yuan and the others had no objections.
Only Mu Zhiyang said softly, “Let’s distribute the equipnt to everyone.
Can the reinforcents bring a shield?
A gun would be even better.”
“I’ll ask, but forget about the gun,” Liu Cheng said and then looked toward Jiang Yuan and the others, saying, “Captain Jiang, do you want to head back first?”
“No need, I’ll wait to sweep the scene.” Jiang Yuan usually took good self-protection asures, such as never being involved when two forensic doctors went to the scene.
But self-protection is one thing; fear and retreat are another.
Fear only leads to mistakes.
Without further ado, Liu Cheng put on handcuffs, a baton, and a stun gun, and specially checked his body cara before quickly and briefly assigning tasks.
The mountain path seed near, but walking it was far, and the group had to move as covertly as possible, making the detour no easy task.
Fortunately, the drone’s performance was solid, not only able to remotely monitor the courtyard but also to help guide the way.
Jiang Yuan stayed with Zhan Kan, Sulei, Qiao Shengli, Liu Jinghui, and others as the technician.
Mu Zhiyang, uneasy, paced back and forth with a baton in hand.
Sulei, growing weary from watching, called to Mu Zhiyang to co and rest.
Mu Zhiyang shook his head, holding the baton and said, “I can’t sit still right now.
We are understaffed; if real criminals co, Pang Da and I would have a hard ti protecting everyone.”
“You’re in a police uniform, what criminal would target a cop?”
“That’s why it’s dangerous.
What if they’re extrely vicious?”
Sulei said helplessly, “If criminals really co, we just run.
You saw how Captain Liu and the others moved; they can’t get far in an hour.
If we spot soone coming, we can definitely run away.”
“We’ll run even slower,” Mu Zhiyang said, then turned his head to glance at Jiang Yuan and whispered, “I might be able to escape, but not necessarily you all.
If I ended up escaping alone, Commissioner Huang would skin alive.”
Hearing this, Qiao Shengli rolled her eyes and said, “Alright then, if criminals co chasing us, you just guard under that pine tree up front and let us run first.”
“What if they bypass ?”
“They won’t.
That’s the only path up the mountain.
Just hold that position,” Qiao Shengli swept her hand to the left and right, “We’ll run up the mountain and then down again.
There should be a highway in front.
If you’re worried, then cover our retreat.
As long as you hold your ground and don’t surrender that critical spot, everyone else will be safe.”
Mu Zhiyang listened with alarm bells ringing in his ears—this person wasn’t joking; she was seriously suggesting a deadly standoff.
Luckily, the criminals never really ca up the mountain.
The backup forces arrived before evening at the scene of the cri.
In total, over a dozen police cars loaded with Zhengguang Bureau detectives, as well as officers borrowed by Tao Lu from other brigades, ca to the site.
Accompanying them was a small ard police squad, weapons at the ready.
Jiang Yuan and his team were at the closest and best observation spot, so Tao set up the command center there and then sent people out to search the courtyard at the front.
Mu Zhiyang instantly relaxed, unable to resist saying, “Next ti we go on such a field task, I really should be equipped with a gun.”
“Don’t you find it troubleso?” Tao Lu was a bit surprised.
Scenarios requiring a gun these days are very rare, but once a gun is carried, the reports are inevitable.
Mu Zhiyang sighed, “When it’s needed, it’s needed.
Just don’t give a toy gun.”
“I’ll arrange it for next ti,” Tao Lu said, glancing at Jiang Yuan with a bit of concern.
It was like a newly acquired 27,000-acre paddy field at ho that warranted extensive manpower and resources to build dykes for protection.
Up ahead.
Liu Cheng picked up the walkie-talkie and whispered, “All units in position, is the assault team ready?”
“Ready,” the assault team, composed of ard police, was ard with rifles and shotguns.
In the distance, there were two groups of snipers lying in wait.
By dostic standards, this was already top-notch equipnt.
It was only because of Tao Lu’s great trust in Jiang Yuan that he could mobilize all these forces imdiately.
The one farthest from a police identity on the scene was Qiao Shengli, who regarded the police operation as a rare experience.
Her lips parted as she breathed out, her eyes wide while she observed.
Liu Cheng asked Tao Lu for confirmation and after receiving it, he began to count down:
“Three, two, one… go, go go go…”
Liu Cheng’s voice quickly faded, then in the distance with a “thump,” the shouting suddenly rose:
“Police!
Police!”
Everyone at the scene tensed up.
Even Mu Zhiyang tensed up, the muscles over his ears tight.
Tao Lu also silently clenched his fists, his gaze alternating between the scene in front and the screen of the drone.
In front of him was a vast expanse of greenery, and on the screen, there were only the figures of the police.
Liu Cheng, along with several ard police, rushed into the building and there was a long silence without news.
“No one found.
Repeat, no one found!”
When Liu Cheng’s voice ca again, Tao Lu and Qiao Shengli both let out a sigh at the sa ti.
“That’s a relief,” Qiao Shengli patted her neckline.
Tao Lu glanced at her and said, “What’s so good about that?
If we didn’t find anyone, we still need to continue searching for people.”
“I was considering your position, not everyone can be unafraid of retaliation or the like,” said Qiao Shengli.
“The more people there are, the less fear there is,” Tao Lu replied tersely.
Wasn’t this the reason he had brought people from other detachnts on this operation?
To cast a wider net?
Qiao Shengli paused, then laughed, “Seems like there is so wisdom to that.”
“It’s not that complicated,” Tao Lu waved his hand dismissively.
He had intentionally revealed a bit of his rationale to forestall thoughts similar to those of Qiao Shengli, but he was unwilling to say any more than necessary.
Jiang Yuan waited a mont before saying, “I’ll search the scene.”
Mu Zhiyang hurriedly followed.
After traversing the uneven ground for a while, they finally entered into the house.
The residence was quite small for a mansion, with its outer courtyard walls reaching a height of four to five ters, and the building inside standing rely three stories tall, around a dozen ters, backed against a cliff on one side and built along the mountain on the other, jutting out slightly.
Just judging by the area, it was probably around 1000 square ters, much larger than the typical (average?) house, but much smaller in comparison to comrcial buildings in the city.
Jiang Yuan first examined the surroundings of the mansion, the overgrown plants blocking paths indicating that for at least the last half a year or even more, no one had traversed inside or out of the mansion.
Even the best houses will run into issues if left unattended for a long ti, let alone those hidden deep in the mountains.
Naturally, the building materials and construction quality were up to standard, so from a distance, it still looked quite good, but up close it showed signs of neglect.
The reason it hadn’t been spotted earlier was because the drone hadn’t dared to get too close.
Liu Cheng’s expression was clearly filled with disappointnt.
If they could have caught soone, the case would’ve made significant progress; now they were left with only an empty nest, increasing the complexity of the situation.
In a way, the stench of trouble had begun to seep out before they even saw a trace of it.
“The cost of building this house wasn’t low, and since it’s built against the mountain, it couldn’t possibly have been built by locals,” Liu Jinghui followed inside, whispering to Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan nodded.
Liu Jinghui added, “With this sort of case, we need ironclad evidence to proceed.”
Jiang Yuan nodded again, simultaneously activating his “Cri Scene Reconstruction” skill (temporary 1).
He still had one broad-spectrum temporary 1 skill untouched, and he would decide whether to use it based on the particular details of the scene.
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