Seeing that the two men were deep in thought, Director Li also reviewed the current situation of the case. The letter of complaint must have been written by someone in the village, so they still needed to go to the village to investigate. Even if they couldn't catch the main culprit, they couldn't let the minor ones go.

Uncle Li

"Desert Snow"

The two spoke at the same time.

An Moxue said, "Uncle Li, you go first."

Director Li said, "Mo Xue, should we take action against Fan Zijian or not? We need to study this further. But I think we should still find the person who wrote the whistleblower letter and see if we can find any other clues."

Wu Sicheng said, "I agree with Uncle Li's statement."

"In that case, let's go to the village and do some research first," Director Li said, looking at An Moxue.

“Okay, Uncle Li, um, I’d like to make a call to Kyoto first, and then go back. Is that alright?” An Moxue asked Director Li.

“Okay, after you finish your call, I’ll send two people with the complaint letter to accompany you to the village.”

"OK."

Then Director Li and Wu Sicheng left the office.

An Xue dialed the number in Kyoto. Zhang Jing, who was on the other end of the line, was quite surprised to receive the call. He knew that An Xue would not call him if she was alright; a call meant that something must have happened.

He asked directly, "Mo Xue?"

An Moxue replied, "Uncle Zhang, it's me."

Zhang Jing asked, "What happened?"

"Uncle Zhang, there's been some progress in my case. The night before last, the people from the village committee demanded a search, but they couldn't produce a search warrant or a tip-off. They were very arrogant and tried to forcibly take me away, but I fought them off and they took me to the county public security bureau. Then, following the trail, they found out that the person who killed Jiang Shi in the last case was that guy named Fan Zijian. And last night, I overheard him talking to the director of the town's village committee. In the conversation, he mentioned that my parents were persecuted to death by their accomplices. They want to know something from my parents, but they refused to confess, so they came after me. Their superiors' intention is that regardless of whether I know about this or not, they'd rather kill the innocent than let me go. I think this matter must be very important, but I've searched through everything related to my parents' lives and haven't found a single clue. You'll have to investigate this matter. I think, given my parents' personalities and the level of importance these people attach to this, it must be a major matter, otherwise they wouldn't be acting like this."

"Okay, I understand. I will report this matter to the commander. As for Fan Zijian, I think it's best not to arrest him for now. I will send people to monitor and investigate him. Let's play the long game and see if we can get any other results."

"Okay, then I'll listen to Uncle Zhang."

"Okay, contact me anytime if anything comes up. If there's anything else you can't handle, I gave you a contact list, right? Just go find the people listed there. Don't worry about owing favors, okay?"

"Okay, Uncle Zhang, I understand. I'll definitely do it next time."

"Okay, goodbye, take care of yourself."

Goodbye, Uncle Zhang.

After An Moxue finished her call, Director Li had already arranged for several people to wait for her in the office lobby. Upon seeing her arrive, Director Li handed An Moxue three complaint letters: "Moxue, take a look and see if you find any clues."

An Moxue took the letter of complaint, read it carefully one by one, but found no clues. She handed the letter to Director Li and said, "Nothing."

Director Li handed the letter to Officer Wang and said, "This time, I'll have Lao Wang and Xiao Zhang go with you to Anle Village to investigate the matter of the whistleblower letter."

An Moxue said, "Okay, thank you both. Uncle Li, let's go over there and talk about something."

The two men walked to the side and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Uncle Li, the people in Kyoto said they will send someone to investigate Fan Zijian's matter."

"Okay, I understand."

Then the group left the police station.

Two policemen, each with a bicycle, were about to get on An Moxue's bicycle when Wu Sicheng walked up to her and said, "Moxue, I'll give you a ride. I don't have a bicycle."

"Fine." An Moxue reluctantly sat on the back of the bicycle.

As Wu Sicheng rode his bicycle, he asked An Moxue, "Moxue, why didn't you say you were coming to the county town? Why don't we go together?"

An Moxue said, "You didn't say you were coming to the county town!"

"I was just worried about you! I thought I'd come and see if I could help out in any way."

"You and Director Li seem to know each other quite well!"

"He and my third uncle were comrades-in-arms. I only got in touch with him after I came here. Mo Xue, you seem to know Director Li quite well too."

"Me? I've come here so many times that we've gotten to know each other."

Listening to An Moxue's words, Wu Sicheng felt a pang of sadness. How often must she be visiting the police station? She's practically become an acquaintance of the police chief.

He shouldered all the burdens of life alone, while also facing pursuit from the shadows.

For a moment I didn't know what to say, so I just silently pedaled my bike.

Women's cycling speed is indeed not comparable to that of men. It usually takes her more than three hours to cycle, but today the three of them arrived at Anle Village in less than three hours.

Several people went to the village committee together.

In the village committee office, the village chief, accountant, and scorekeeper were calculating this year's work points and discussing the delivery of corn and other grains in a few days.

There was a knock on the office door, and several people came in. They gave a brief introduction and explained their purpose: to investigate the source of the whistleblower letter. Accountant Chen and the scorekeeper both picked up the letter and looked at it, but found no clues.

Village Chief Guo asked them how they planned to investigate, and Public Security Officer Wang said, "It's simple. Gather all the villagers together and say that the matter of the whistleblower letter has been investigated. Say that you want to find the person who wrote the letter to understand the specific situation so that you can make a final decision. The person who made the whistleblower will be unable to hold back. Even if they don't admit it, they will leave clues. Besides, we have already identified several suspects, and we will focus on investigating them."

When Village Chief Guo heard this, he was fine as long as there was a solution. He told him to investigate, and that was the best course of action. He also suggested that they report each other, but there was no other good solution.

After saying that, he went to the broadcasting room and broadcast a message: "Attention, everyone! Please gather at the threshing ground at 3:30 pm after hearing this message, regardless of age or gender." The village chief broadcast it three times in a row.

Before 3:30, many villagers gradually arrived at the drying ground. At this time, only some men were working; most were idle at home or doing odd jobs. Therefore, they arrived quickly and in large numbers after hearing the broadcast.

By 3:30, almost everyone had arrived. Two police officers and Village Chief Guo stood on the stage. Village Chief Guo raised his hand and said, "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me. The county police have investigated the letter of complaint against An Moxue, the educated youth. We have gathered you all here today to find out who wrote the letter and to further understand the specific circumstances so that we can investigate the case."

As soon as Village Chief Guo finished speaking, the drying ground erupted into a commotion.