Under the light, they could see the faces of the two people clearly. As expected, one of the female comrades was the apprentice of the "master" they had arrested before, and the other was Secretary Hou.
"You're really here!" Jiang Shaoming said coldly to the female comrade, "Let's see where you can run this time!"
After the two men were subdued, Dong Guanliang went to the police station to report the incident, showing his Kyoto police ID. The officer on duty at the county police station quickly ran to his colleagues' homes to call back those who had gone home to sleep to handle the case. Soon, police officers arrived at the scene and took the two men away.
After interrogation, the two confessed their crimes and purposes.
It turns out the woman was a favored student of the "Master," a key figure in Jiang Shaoming's previous cases. Her exceptional learning abilities earned her the Master's true teachings, making her a ruthless and daring individual. Her specialty was exploiting feudal superstitions to perpetrate fraud. Secretary Hou, on the other hand, was an unknown local worker. Coveting the Master's wealth and power, he colluded with him, providing him with convenient means to profit. The Master, in return, offered him a strong chance for promotion and the "dream" of becoming an official.
It was the same old routine: capture someone, hang them up, drain their blood, then use a special technique to grind the blood into powder. Each day, at a specific time, it would be burned in a pre-drawn formation. A person's blood could only be used for three months, and after it was used up, it had to be re-used as combustion material. This meant that Secretary Hou would have to kill someone every three months.
Over a decade ago, a disciple of a "master" arrived here, having heard the "master" say there was a treasure there, and was sent here to "hunt for treasure." Secretary Hou, through unknown connections, learned of this woman's abilities, set a trap, raped her, and kept her. He then divorced his wife and drove her back to her hometown with their children.
This female apprentice lived with Secretary Hou, and after a year, they had a child. Then the movement began. The female apprentice asked Secretary Hou to work with someone to refine incendiary materials and to get him involved in the movement. Soon after, Secretary Hou became the director of a pharmaceutical factory. He rose through the ranks and is now the secretary of Anguo County. Rumors suggest he'll be transferred to the provincial government after the Lunar New Year.
The truth revealed was shocking. Secretary Hou and the woman's crimes were so egregious they were unbelievable. However, the facts were clear, and their crimes had been proven.
During the interrogation, the woman's coldness and viciousness horrified Jiang Shaoming and his companions. She showed no remorse and even defended her actions, claiming she was merely carrying out tasks assigned by her "master" and that everything she did was aimed at gaining more power and wealth. Secretary Hou, on the other hand, was utterly hypocritical, repeatedly claiming he was blinded by the woman and seduced by the "master's" promises, leading him down this path of no return.
However, no matter how they defended themselves, their crimes could not be concealed. They exploited feudal superstition to commit fraud and murdered countless people for promotion, harming countless innocent people and corrupting social morals. Secretary Hou even exploited his power for personal gain, even at the expense of others.
During the interrogation, Jiang Shaoming and his colleagues also learned some other details about the case. It turned out that Secretary Hou and the female comrade, while employed at the pharmaceutical factory, had repeatedly abused their positions to illegally sell pharmaceuticals to the black market, profiting gargantuan profits. These drugs were intended for treating patients, but they were used as a means of profit, a desecration of human life.
The case was finally resolved satisfactorily. Secretary Hou and the female comrade were sentenced to heavy prison terms, their crimes duly punished. Those they harmed also received justice, their grievances redressed. However, those they murdered will never return.
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