Chapter 172: A Clean Scene
Chapter 172: A Clean Scene
This was Li Zian’s second time riding in a helicopter. The first time was when Yu Meilin picked him up from the mountains, with all the villagers watching enviously, impressed by the level at which he was ‘eating soft rice’. That flight was long, but this one was short. The helicopter flew over the hills and landed in an empty spot next to the villa.
The previously empty village road was now lined with a long row of police cars, including Special Police armored vehicles. There were several times more police and Special Police officers than vehicles, completely surrounding the villa. Some Special Police officers were also searching the forest with police dogs.
It was truly a massive scene.
Li Zian followed Liu Jun towards the villa’s fence gate. He felt a bit nervous inside, after all, he had lied, and he had lied to the police.
Someone poked him from behind. He turned his head and saw it was Kang Xin.
Kang Xin stood on her tiptoes and whispered into Li Zian’s ear: “Uncle, it’s okay, I’ve got your back.”
Li Zian smiled and felt a bit more at ease.
A police officer came out from the villa’s porch, waved at Liu Jun, and signaled for him to come over.
Liu Jun turned his head and said: “You three wait here for a moment.”
“Okay.” Li Zian stopped walking.
Liu Jun walked over. The officer who had waved at him leaned close to his ear and started muttering something.
Li Zian was not in his Incense Burning State, so he couldn’t hear, but he could guess the gist of it. That officer was probably telling Liu Jun that there was no one inside the house, and not even any signs of a struggle.
Liu Jun turned his head and glanced at Li Zian, his expression very serious.
Kang Haichuan walked over to Li Zian’s side and said: “Xiao Li, I’m taking the sponsorship matter seriously. Later I’ll go and talk to the higher-ups. It might need several hundred thousand, so you should be prepared.”
Li Zian said with a smile: “I will sponsor one million.”
He had made ten million off Pan Renlong twice, so sponsoring one million was nothing. Money earned from such intense situations didn’t hurt to spend. Besides, a Master, a Master, everything should emphasize the word ‘grand’. Sponsorship should also be grand. A few hundred thousand sponsorship wasn’t impressive enough, it had to be one million.
Kang Haichuan was stunned.
Kang Xin said with a laugh: “Uncle, you’re so handsome, have a good Mind’s Eye and are so generous, right, Uncle?”
Li Zian gave a somewhat shy smile.
He had gotten used to her calling him Uncle, and it felt quite natural.
Just then, Square-Faced turned around and waved his hand: “Old Li, you guys come over here.”
Li Zian, Kang Xin, and Kang Haichuan walked over.
Liu Jun didn’t say anything and led the three into the villa.
As Li Zian entered the villa, he froze slightly. Even though he was mentally prepared, seeing the situation in the living room still surprised him.
The living room was spotless. Forget about corpses, there wasn’t even a single piece of broken glass.
Even more bizarrely, even the shattered floor-to-ceiling window had been replaced with new glass.
He really had no idea where that glass came from.
Liu Jun looked at Kang Xin: “Kang Tongxue, where were you held captive by Huang Bo?”
Kang Xin pointed towards a corridor on one side of the living room: “There’s a room inside. Huang Bo held me and my dad captive in that room.”
Liu Jun walked towards that room.
Li Zian, Kang Xin, and Kang Haichuan followed Liu Jun through the living room and arrived at the door of that room.
The corridor was also very clean. Huang Bo had vomited a lot before he died, but now it was all gone.
The door to the room was open. There was no sign of Da Chui’s body inside either. The floor was clean.
Li Zian sniffed lightly with his nose. He caught a faint scent of mung bean paste, but it was mostly covered by the smell of air freshener, jasmine scented.
Liu Jun looked back at Li Zian, saying nothing, but his serious and questioning eyes seemed to say it all.
Li Zian said: “I know what you want to know. I was brought to this room back then. I used knockout incense to take down Huang Bo and one of his men. After that, I escaped with Professor Kang and Kang Tongxue. A group of Western gunmen suddenly appeared, shooting and chasing us. There really are no traces here, but there are bullet casings in the woods, and many trees were torn up by bullets. If you don’t believe me, you can go check.”
“Someone went already. They found bullet casings, and trees shattered by bullets.” Liu Jun said.
Kang Xin interrupted: “If Uncle hadn’t saved us tonight, my dad and I might have been killed by the bad guys.”
Liu Jun glanced at Kang Xin, then said to an officer: “Xiao Chen, take statements from Professor Kang and Kang Tongxue.”
An officer came over and took Kang Haichuan and Kang Xin outside.
“Alright, tell me, are you still hiding something from me?” Liu Jun said.
Li Zian: “…”
He knew Square-Faced would ask this.
“If you don’t tell me, and we find out later, you’ll be in trouble.” Liu Jun said.
Li Zian said: “This matter is related to the skeleton Huang Bo stole back then. You can also understand it as related to those mysterious symbols. Last time I did a divination for you and found out the real culprit was Huang Bo. He held a grudge against me because of it. He thought I had something he wanted, so he kidnapped Professor Kang and Kang Xin to force me to give it to him.”
“What thing?”
“Celestial Incense.” Li Zian did not hide it.
“Celestial Incense?”
“Probably a type of incense stick, related to those mysterious symbols. Those Western gunmen are working with Huang Bo. They are also after the Celestial Incense.” Li Zian said.
“Probably?” Liu Jun stared straight at Li Zian, his gaze sharp, “You mean you don’t have the Celestial Incense?”
Li Zian gave a wry smile: “I haven’t even seen this Celestial Incense. How would I have it? But before coming, I made a fake Large Incense, wrote symbols on it, and hid knockout drug inside. When I met them, I lit the incense, which knocked out Huang Bo and his men.”
“Huang Bo and his men just watched you light the incense?” Liu Jun looked somewhat disbelieving.
“I embedded gunpowder and matches inside the incense. There was also a striking plate. One pull and the whole thing lit up.” Li Zian said.
Liu Jun laughed: “Wow, you’re really something. You could think of a method like that.”
Actually, it wasn’t Li Zian who thought of it; it was Tang Qing. But he definitely couldn’t drag her into this.
Then, Liu Jun asked another question: “You didn’t kill Huang Bo, did you?”
Li Zian’s heart thumped, but his face remained calm: “Do I look like a killer to you? I don’t even dare kill fish. When I buy fish at the market, I have the fish seller kill it for me. I just knocked him out. But whether those Western killers would kill him to silence him, I don’t know.”
Liu Jun was silent for a moment before saying: “This matter is very serious. I expect the higher-ups will send special investigators. You need to be prepared.”
Li Zian felt inexplicably nervous: “Who will they send to investigate?”
Liu Jun said: “How would I know? But I guess they’ll be people from the national security department.”
Li Zian’s heart stirred: “You mean Secret Agents?”
“Mmm, maybe.” Liu Jun looked at Li Zian, “So, if you’re still hiding anything from me, you’d better tell me now. Otherwise, if they find out, you’ll be in big trouble.”
Li Zian rolled his eyes.
This guy’s suspicion was probably deeply ingrained. Why wouldn’t he believe him? He always thought Li Zian was hiding something. With this Master’s face, did it look like the face of a deceitful person?
“Miss this chance, and there won’t be another shop.” Liu Jun looked very crafty.
Li Zian thought for a moment before saying: “We are friends. I’ll give you a piece of intelligence. You might earn a big merit because of it.”
“What intelligence?”
Li Zian said: “There’s a Military Attaché named Pan Renlong in the Lighthouse Consulate. That guy works with Huang Bo. The Western gunmen who chased me, Professor Kang, and Kang Xin tonight are most likely connected to him.”
“A Lighthouse Military Attaché?” Liu Jun’s expression suddenly turned very serious.
Li Zian continued: “The Qinglong Group also has problems. Besides the Celestial Incense matter, I also suspect they are trying to spread a virus. That virus is called the SA01 virus, and it’s highly contagious.”
“How do you know this?”
“I went to treat Pan Renlong’s father. That guy wanted to kill me, used the virus on me, but I cured myself. Also, Pan Renlong’s father is called Pan Guoqing, the Chairperson of the Qinglong Group. But the one I cured was just a double, not the real person. Later, he contacted me again, invited me to dinner, saying a friend named Dawson wanted me to solve a problem for him. But actually, it was a trap. Huang Bo was waiting for me there. I saw through his scheme and ran away halfway. So, Huang Bo simply kidnapped Professor Kang and Kang Xin to threaten me.”
“Why didn’t you tell me all this earlier? Do you know how serious this is!” Liu Jun said excitedly.
Li Zian put on an innocent expression: “I had no evidence, and he’s a Military Attaché from the Lighthouse Consulate. If I told you these things, would you have believed me?”
“You, you… you have to trust the People’s Police! Trying to handle everything yourself, can you handle it? I need to make a call immediately and report this to the higher-ups.”
He took out his mobile phone and walked to the end of the corridor to make the call.
After saying all this, Li Zian felt a bit more relaxed inside.
His main worry was actually just one thing: that he had poisoned Huang Bo and Da Chui to death. But even if this was eventually discovered, he wouldn’t be in too much trouble, since he did it to save Kang Haichuan and Kang Xin, and he killed criminals. By revealing these things, the police action was secondary; the security department’s action was the main event, enough to give those people a hard time, and he would be much safer.
Liu Jun finished his call and came back, his expression serious: “The higher-ups want you to keep silent. Don’t tell anyone.”
Li Zian nodded: “I understand. My accusations are serious, and I have no evidence.”
“We will investigate this matter. You go about your business as usual, act as if nothing happened.”
Li Zian nodded again.
Liu Jun made a fist and gently punched Li Zian’s chest, then showed a smile: “You’re a good friend. The higher-ups will form an investigation team. I was selected. It’s my first time participating in such a big case. I’m so excited.”
“Are you the team leader?” Li Zian asked.
Liu Jun said: “No, I don’t know who the leader is, but I’m definitely a team member.”
Li Zian said nothing.
Just a team member, why are you so excited?