Chapter 323
Ye Wanxi yawned: "Mr. Duan, you're too kind. What happened last night was the result of everyone's hard work. Compared to that, I'm more concerned about Linjia Village. Have you all gone to see that river?"
Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, Duan Jiliang and the others' expressions all changed.
"I have."
"How do you plan to handle this?" Ye Wanxi narrowed her eyes. "Will you keep it a secret and deal with it discreetly, or... make it public?"
The group didn't answer immediately, but instead asked, "What does Miss Ye think?"
"What do I mean? Does my opinion matter? Do you expect me to dictate how to handle it, and you'll do exactly that?"
After a moment of silence, Zou Yiluan and Lou Jiancheng both subconsciously looked at Duan Jiliang.
Duan Jiliang stared intently at Ye Wanxi and smiled slightly, "It's not impossible."
“In that case, my opinion is to make it public.” Ye Wanxi recalled what was in the river, her eyes slightly narrowed. “Some things, just because they are not seen by others, do not mean they do not exist. People are always more complicated than you think, and always stronger than you think.”
"But... if we do this, what about the victims..."
“That’s precisely why we need you. Isn’t protecting the victims your duty? Protecting them doesn’t conflict with making this matter public.”
"On the contrary, if we only want to protect the living victims while ignoring those who have long lost their voice and will not be vindicated or given this basic closure even after death, people will never realize how cruel and serious such things are, and they will not be wary of them."
"The act of burying one's head in the sand cannot erase the harm suffered by the victims; it will only breed more innocent victims. I hope everyone can understand this."
Duan Jiliang was speechless for a moment before sighing, "We will disclose the full details while protecting the victims. It's just the array..."
Ye Wanxi's heart stirred slightly: "How do you usually handle these kinds of things?"
"Clear the trail, block the news, and avoid causing panic."
"The person who set up the formation in Linjia Village was worried that outsiders would see through it, so they added an illusion and a barrier on top of the formation. We only managed to break the barrier when we arrived yesterday afternoon, and the illusion is basically invisible to the average person. When we dealt with that thing last night, there was only Master Liaoran, a few Taoist priests, my boyfriend and I, and a poor woman who had accidentally wandered in."
Ye Wanxi's hint was very clear: not many people know about this, and Master Liaoran and several Taoist priests are their people, so there is no need to worry.
Neither she nor Feng Tianyu would reveal this matter. The only person they needed to be careful of was Wu Muhong, who was not part of the original plan.
Duan Jiliang understood her implied meaning and breathed a slight sigh of relief. It wasn't difficult for Ye Wanxi to demand that the matter of Linjia Village be made public.
The difficulty lies in the fact that if Ye Wanxi asks them to also disclose the matter of the formation, he doesn't even know how to come up with a reason to explain it.
Fortunately, Ye Wanxi did not mean that.
Seeing that Duan Jiliang had finished speaking, Lou Jiancheng interjected, "Those people arrested last night have all been interrogated. Miss Ye probably already knows the rest, so there's nothing more to say. But there's something I think Miss Ye might be interested in."
"What's up?"
"The person who tried to harm Miss Ye and the others last night was the son of the homeowner of the house where they stayed last night, named Lin Junbao. The people he brought were divided into two groups, one group was villagers from Linjia Village, and the other group was criminals from the neighboring Caojia Village."
"These criminals, along with those who escaped from Caojia Village, have now been brought to justice and will face severe legal punishment."
"According to Lin Junbao's own confession, the reason he got involved with these criminals was because two months ago, his sister died in childbirth. She was unmarried at the time and had a child out of wedlock. Coincidentally, at that time, there was a wealthy businessman in the neighboring Caojia Village who wanted to find a wife for his deceased son, but he had not been able to find a suitable candidate."
Ye Wanxi's expression was a little cold, and she didn't say anything.
"After Lin Junbao's family found out, they took the initiative to come to his door to discuss the 'marriage' and offered a dowry of one million yuan to 'marry' their deceased daughter, Lin Xiuzhen, to the son of the wealthy businessman."
"The leader of this gang of criminals, Brother Cao, happens to be a relative of that wealthy businessman. He was also present when the Cao family held a meeting, and by sheer coincidence, he ran into Lin Junbao."
Ye Wanxi was silent for a moment, then asked only one question: "Does the family that came with me know about this?"
Lou Jiancheng shook his head: "The details of the interrogation cannot be disclosed."
Ye Wanxi looked up at Lou Jiancheng and chuckled, "Before we came, you should have already investigated our purpose here. The poor woman you just mentioned, who was even unable to find peace after death and was sold by her parents to another person for a ghost marriage, is the girlfriend of the young master of the Song family who came with me, and also the mother of his child."
"Therefore, I think they have the right to know about this. Moreover, I believe that this extremely disrespectful treatment of the victim's body should teach a lesson to those who knowingly break the law and deliberately exploit legal loopholes."
Ye Wanxi's request was not difficult for Lou Jiancheng. When Ye Wanxi suggested making the Linjia Village matter public, he was already prepared to list it as a negative example.
The details of the interrogation cannot be disclosed, but if the case has been settled, and the Song family does have an emotional relationship with the victim, he is willing to make that exception for them.
“Since Miss Ye has said so, I will have someone inform the parties involved and give them the truth.” Lou Jiancheng paused here, “In addition, according to Lin Junbao and his parents’ confessions, the person who arranged the marriage between Lin Xiuzhen and that Cao family child was a particularly famous old charlatan in Caojia Village.”
"Upon learning of this, the local police immediately sent people to the charlatan's home to bring him back for questioning, only to find that he had died suddenly at home."
Upon hearing this, Ye Wanxi immediately became interested and sat up straight, asking, "Dead? When did he die?"
"The initial examination results should be from around five or six in the morning."
Ye Wanxi's expression changed slightly. She turned to look at Feng Tianyu. Wasn't it five or six in the morning when they broke through the formation of Linjia Village?
"Where is that charlatan's body? Would it be convenient for us to take a look?"
Duan Jiliang was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Of course, besides thanking the two of you, we also want to ask you to come with us to take a look and see if we can find any clues and find out who is behind this!"
(End of this chapter)
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