The village chief's two sons were completely clueless to the police's questions. Old Cui's lineage was closely related to the village chief's family, within the fifth degree of kinship, and they knew the village chief's family members well. The two sons grew up near their grandmother's house and returned to the village after the founding of the People's Republic of China. They've both married and have children, and have separated their families since their marriages.

Professor Dong thought that his two sons' behavior and micro-expressions did not seem to be fake, and they might not have been involved in the crimes committed by the village chief and others.

Lao Cui had his two sons taken to the brigade headquarters and locked up first. At this time, most people in the village knew that the county public security bureau had come to arrest people. The village elders also rushed over, thinking it was just a simple misunderstanding and wanted to mediate. Later, after listening to Lao Cui's summary, they stopped speaking up.

The villagers were talking about this, and the village chief lowered his head, his eyes rolling around, and he kept looking into the house secretly. After observing his two sons, Professor Dong kept observing the village chief from an unnoticed corner, while also watching the villagers on the periphery. She had a hunch that there were accomplices among the villagers, otherwise every time they entered and left the village, it would be a problem.

Professor Dong noticed the village chief's peek into the house. She entered the house from a corner. Suihe had just returned from sending his two sons to the brigade headquarters. Professor Dong whispered to him that there might be something in the house. Suihe went out and called a few colleagues, who then went into the main room and began a thorough search.

The westernmost room was a granary. Opening the door, one could imagine a granary overflowing with grain during a bountiful harvest, but at this moment, there wasn't much grain inside. Several people were exploring the granary floor inch by inch, and a police officer discovered something.

The floor of this house has been treated to be moisture-proof and is paved with blue bricks. In this corner, there are 9 bricks that are higher than the others because they are frequently moved. If you didn't have a flashlight to shine directly at night to see the difference, you really can't see it without careful observation during the day.

Suihe and his colleagues squatted down and worked together to pick at the cracks between the bricks. They pulled the bricks out and found two wooden boxes underneath. When they opened them, they were stunned! Two huge boxes full of money!

Professor Dong estimated that the number must be at least 20,000. How many people would have to be sold to make that much money?

The two colleagues carried the opened box out to the yard. Before they had time to count the money inside, Professor Dong found a small bag of gold jewelry in the kang hole in the house.

Everyone was talking about it. It was so hateful. Why did the village chief's family have such a good life for so many years? It turned out that they were just taking advantage of the people's blood.

At this moment, the village chief saw that all his secrets had been exposed, and he collapsed to the ground. Because he was handcuffed, he could only sit sideways.

Lao Cui did not waste time and sent a few more people into the house to speed up the search. Now they had to race against time. The sooner they rescued the abducted female comrades, the sooner they would be safe. It was dark in the middle of the night, and if they went too late, they were afraid that they would be killed. Even if they rescued them, some of them would commit suicide later, and the rescue would lose its meaning.

Suihe came out of the house and discussed with Lao Cui. They found an empty house that had been searched at the scene and used it as a temporary command post. They brought the village chief in and closed the door.

After about half an hour, the door opened from the inside and the village chief hung up. For the entire half hour, none of the investigators, village elders, or onlookers heard a single sound from inside the house. Old Cui left the house, looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and, after calming his current gloomy mood, called out to his officers to prepare to head into the mountains.

He turned and told the village elders that Choi Seung-ri and his brother-in-law were also involved in the village chief's crime.

The village elders quickly called on the militia to look for him. After searching for a while, they didn't see Cui Shengli. Old Cui quickly led the militia and his police officers to Cui Shengli's house.