"What gold mining team? I don't know anything about it, Captain. I'm just an ordinary person. How would I know anything about gold mining teams? If I had known there were gold mining teams, I would have gone with them to pan for gold too!" The other party tried his best to appear as calm as possible.
Seeing that the other party was particularly dishonest, Lu Yuan immediately snorted coldly: "Looks like you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin! Zhou Qi told me that your wife also went with the gold mining team, how could you not know that?"
"I really don't know. Where my wife goes is none of my business anymore. My relationship with my wife ended a long time ago!"
Upon hearing his words, Hou Qiang sneered, then grabbed the man by the neck and said, "Bastard, let me tell you, behave yourself, or I'll make you take action!"
Wang Liang trembled with fear and pleaded, "No, no, no, sir, I really don't know! If I knew, wouldn't I tell you? My wife and I have been separated for half a month. How would I know where she is!"
"Hmm? So, do I have to call Zhou Qi over before you'll tell me what's going on?"
The other person was silent for a while, their eyes darting around as if they were thinking about something.
"Zhou Qi, did you hear me wrong? He thinks I'm the one who interfered because his wife went missing, but this has absolutely nothing to do with me! Captain, please see this clearly!"
"Bullshit! You want me to torture you before you'll confess, don't you?!" Lu Yuan was furious at the other party's slippery behavior and slammed his fist on the table, cursing.
"No, no, no, I really don't know. If I knew, I would definitely tell you. Or you can go ask other people. How could we poor folks possibly know about the gold mining team?"
Lu Yuan didn't intend to waste any more words with the other party, so he waved his hand to Hou Qiang next to him.
Hou Qiang licked his lips, a cruel smile immediately appearing in his eyes. He then grabbed the other man by the collar and headed towards the interrogation room next door.
Wang Liang was terrified and kept pleading, "Please let me go! I really didn't know! I'm innocent!"
However, everyone ignored the other party's pleas and continued with their own business.
Not long after, a commotion came from the interrogation room next door, followed by Wang Liang's pitiful cries for help.
Lu Yuan was drinking tea in his room when he retrieved some files from his computer to search for information about the gold mining teams. However, to his disappointment, there were no records of anything related to the gold mining teams.
So Lu Yuan sighed, his mind focused on trying to get some useful information out of Wang Liang.
About half an hour later, the noise from next door gradually subsided. At this moment, the office door was gently pushed open, and Hou Qiang excitedly rubbed the blood off his hands.
"Captain, this kid is probably willing to talk now, but I've already taught him a lesson. You can ask him any questions you have now!"
"Yes, that's good. Let's not spread this around yet, otherwise it will have a significant impact on our side!"
After giving the order, Lu Yuan walked directly to the interrogation room next door, while Wang Liang was tied to a chair, his face was beaten into a pig's head, blood kept flowing from the corner of his mouth, and his clothes were completely soaked.
Hearing someone coming from outside, he immediately trembled with fear and tried to struggle to free himself from the leather shackles on his hands and feet, but it was clear that these shackles were beyond his ability to open.
"Stop hitting me, please stop hitting me! I know, I've told you everything! I'm just a smuggler, responsible for finding members for the gold mining teams! They're threatening my family, my wife is in their hands. I really can't say anything, if I do, my wife and children will be finished. Please, please let me go!"
Before Lu Yuan could even ask, Wang Liang blurted out everything he knew, leaving Lu Yuan feeling quite satisfied.
"Tell me everything you know about the gold mining team. If you have a lot of leads, I'll consider it a meritorious service for you! But if you try anything funny, I guarantee you won't leave this interrogation room alive!"
Although laws and morals have collapsed, District 5 has strict regulations against using excessively severe punishments. However, in special circumstances, the use of more severe punishments is often overlooked.
Lu Yuan wasn't worried about others finding out about this, but he still needed to keep a low profile. If some foolish person really came after him, he would be in big trouble.
"The gold rush team is basically a treasure hunting team. They often recruit people to search for secret things outside the restricted area. It is said that these things can increase the growth rate of living things! However, I heard that the place is extremely dangerous, filled with all kinds of poisonous gases. Anyone who goes there to mine basically never comes back! I am just a smuggler, responsible for luring people there. As for where they take them, I don't know. I am just a small fry!"
After listening, Lu Yuan immediately sketched out a general framework of their gold mining teams in his mind.
The lowest level of this so-called gold-mining team consisted of workers who had been tricked into coming to pan for gold. Above them were smugglers like Wang Liang, who were specifically responsible for handing over the tricked people to Yan Bing and Qi Heng. Yan Bing and Qi Heng would then take these people outside to the restricted area, where they would be escorted down by designated personnel. As for who was above them, Lu Yuan guessed that there must be many layers of relationships involved, because the area outside the restricted zone was already considered a restricted zone, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. There were heavy guards outside.
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