While Shen Lang was traveling abroad with a group of beauties, Lin Dantong, who was working at the Lianhu Branch of the Public Security Bureau in X City, was having a terrible headache.
The massacre of the Zhao family has drawn widespread attention from all sectors of society.
After all, the Zhao family holds a pivotal position in the entire S province.
Moreover, this incident occurred less than a month after Wang Lianrong, the chief executive officer, took office. Both Wang Lianrong, the number one official in S Province, and Sun Minghui, the police commissioner, paid close attention to this matter.
In Sun Minghui's eyes, Lin Dantong was an exceptionally capable and rare talent.
Therefore, the heavy responsibility of investigating the massacre of the Zhao family fell on Lin Dantong.
A special task force, specially approved by Police Commissioner Sun Minghui, was quickly established, with Lin Dantong serving as the task force leader.
Half a month has passed since the Zhao family massacre. Lin Dantong sat at the task force's desk, looking at the data on the computer screen, feeling a headache coming on.
Since it happened, all investigations have yielded no results.
The only clues that can be gleaned from the scene and the neck wounds found during the autopsy are that the entire Zhao family died from a sharp object, which, according to forensic experts, was likely an ancient-style long spear.
However, it is impossible to determine the perpetrator's motives, or whether it was a group crime or an individual crime.
As police officers, they naturally know more about the world than ordinary people.
The only clue that could be found was that before the Zhao family was wiped out, the Zhao family's Shanhe Group was besieged by three major groups, led by Canglang Group, which led to its bankruptcy.
The day after the Zhao family was massacred, police officers investigated all three major groups. They discovered that the four had no connection other than regular business competition.
What put Lin Dantong in a difficult position was that Xia Bingyan, the chairman of Canglang Group, was still Shen Lang's person. After cooperating with the police investigation, she was taken abroad for a trip by Shen Lang.
However, Wang Xudong, the deputy head of the special task force appointed by the imperial court, kept pressing Xia Bingyan's Canglang Group and led people to investigate the group every few days.
"Team Leader Lin, I heard that Xia Bingyan, the chairman of Canglang Group, has some personal connections with your lover. I wonder if you could invite them to the special task force to cooperate with the investigation?" Wang Xudong was sitting opposite Lin Dantong at this moment, staring intently at her.
Lin Dantong said, "Deputy Team Leader Wang, I have emphasized many times that Xia Bingyan is innocent. This is the result of an investigation by professionals from the Police Department. There is no need for you to keep harping on Canglang Group."
Wang Xudong smiled and said, "Team Leader Lin, I have some different investigation results here."
Then Wang Xudong took out several photos from his briefcase and placed them in front of Lin Dantong.
The photo is a screenshot from the video of Zhao Zesheng's conflict with Shen Lang and others at Tianxiang City that day.
Lin Dantong frowned as she looked at the contents of the photo: "What does this prove?"
"This explains why the Zhao family's Shanhe Group was besieged by the three major groups," Wang Xudong said. "I also have a surveillance video here, which is enough to show that this man named Shen Lang had murderous intentions towards the Zhao family and the Zhao family's Shanhe Group."
Then Wang Xudong took out his phone and played a surveillance video in front of Lin Dantong.
This surveillance video is exactly what Yu Xian'er said: "Just destroy it."
After the video finished playing, Wang Xudong put away his phone and said to Lin Dantong, "This video is enough to show that this woman has a significant connection with the Zhao family's massacre."
Lin Dantong chuckled to herself; she was no longer the naive policewoman she once was. Sun Minghui had already explained Yu Xian'er's true identity to her.
"Deputy Team Leader Wang, do you know who this woman you've identified is?" Lin Dantong asked with a smile as she lay back in her office chair.
Wang Xudong shook his head: "I don't know him, but that's enough to show that there's a deep connection between them."
Lin Dantong stood up, leaned on the desk, looked at Wang Xudong, and said slowly, "Since you're from Beijing, you must have heard of the Yu family, right?"
Wang Xudong nodded: "That's for sure, one of the three giants in Beijing."
"This is the eldest daughter of the Yu family, the apple of their eye. Do you think it would be your turn to investigate if it were the Yu family's doing?" Lin Dantong's lips curled into a disdainful smile.
She acknowledged that Wang Xudong, sent down by the imperial court, possessed genuine talent in investigating cases, but he was overly eager to show off and always took the lead in everything.
They didn't even give me any leeway when it came to investigating and collecting evidence in Tianxiang City.
This made Lin Dantong feel that her authority had been greatly challenged.
Therefore, she didn't give Wang Xudong a friendly look.
Wang Xudong was shocked to discover that the person he was directly involved in his investigation was the Yu family in Beijing.
He was speechless for a moment.
As Lin Dantong said, if it was the work of ancient martial arts practitioners, then a special organization would investigate. And this organization is controlled by the Yu family.
Seeing that he couldn't do anything about Yu Xian'er, Wang Xudong pointed at Shen Lang and said, "What about this Shen Lang? I think he's also very suspicious."
Lin Dantong waved her hand dismissively and said, "If you find it suspicious, then invite him in for investigation. However, as far as I know, Shen Lang is currently traveling in Sanya. If you want him to come back to cooperate with your investigation, you will need Director Sun's approval. Although I have a very good personal relationship with him, if he has really broken the law, I will personally bring him to justice."
After listening to Lin Dantong's words, Wang Xudong stood up and said, "Okay, I hope Officer Lin remembers what you said and doesn't let personal feelings affect the handling of the case."
Lin Dantong nodded: "Go and apply to Director Sun first to summon Shen Lang back."
"Fine, you just wait." Wang Xudong glared at her, uttered a harsh remark, picked up his briefcase, and walked out of Lin Dantong's office.
After Wang Xudong left, a hint of worry flashed in Lin Dantong's eyes.
"Shen Lang, could it really be you?"
She wasn't worried about whether Shen Lang would be caught red-handed, but rather about how she, who was determined to uphold the rule of law, would face her one of her few good friends if Shen Lang really did it.
In the police headquarters building of City X, in the office of the police chief, Wang Xudong was sitting opposite Sun Minghui, reporting the findings of his investigation.
"Director Sun, this is what I've found out during this period. This man named Shen Lang is very suspicious, and I think it's necessary to summon him to the special task force for further investigation," Wang Xudong said righteously.
Sun Minghui watched the toy store's surveillance footage repeatedly, then looked at Wang Xudong and said, "You did a good job, but that's not enough to summon him unless you can find direct evidence linking this to the incident."
"Director Sun, we'll find out if we take a shot," Wang Xudong said hastily. "If Shen Lang manages to abscond abroad, then we really won't be able to do anything about him."
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