Huo Xiao, who was being watched by Ye Weiwei, was currently tracking Guo An, the son of Director Guo.
Upon learning of the Huang family's arrest, the Ning City Public Security Bureau quickly received a call and immediately dispatched personnel to apprehend Director Guo and assist in the investigation.
Similarly, Director Guo also received the news, even earlier than the Ning City Public Security Bureau. If Wang Tao hadn't had the foresight to ask Huo Xiao to help investigate the Guo family, the Guo family would probably have destroyed the evidence and wiped away all traces without anyone noticing.
Huo Xiao followed Guo An all the way to a factory staff dormitory building, where Guo An took out a rattan suitcase and carried it to the train station. Huo Xiao only stopped Guo An when he bought a ticket for the earliest train and was about to board. He then asked the station staff to call the police.
When the police arrived, he learned that he had arrested Guo An, and then told them all the places he had followed Guo An to. The police immediately sent people to check the residential building, and sure enough, they found the coded communication left by Guo An inside.
Guo An's suitcase contained a small combination lock box filled with foreign currency, amounting to over two hundred thousand.
Director Guo is indeed very cautious. There isn't a single item in his house that violates regulations. All the money he's accumulated over the years has been converted into foreign currency. He's already planned his escape route so that if anything goes wrong, he can hide abroad.
After being arrested, Director Guo refused to cooperate with the investigation, insisting that they had arrested the wrong person, that someone was trying to frame him, and that he was innocent.
He only panicked after his son was arrested and imprisoned with him.
However, Director Guo was well aware of what would happen to him after he was arrested, so he bit his tongue and committed suicide.
With Director Guo dead, there was nothing more to be said about Guo An, and the Ning City Public Security Bureau had already given up on this lead. Huo Xiao, who was listening in from the sidelines, suddenly said, "Let me try."
Wang Hai and Wang Tao, who rushed over, overheard Huo Xiao's words and immediately gave him their assurances.
Wang Hai: "Then let him try. What if he finds out something? This case is very serious, and the higher-ups are taking it very seriously. They have ordered a thorough investigation, to get to the bottom of it, and to show no leniency!"
The police officer consulted with his superiors and then agreed to let Huo Xiao assist in the interrogation.
Huo Xiao requested a private interrogation room, and after dragging Guo An inside for less than half an hour, Guo An came out having confessed completely.
The officers stared at Huo Xiao in disbelief, wondering how he had managed it. They hadn't heard any commotion inside, and Guo An seemed perfectly fine, not like he had been tortured.
Guo An: ...No, I'm not alright! Which of your eyes saw that I was perfectly fine!
Huo Xiao: "Closing the case sooner will save more innocent people."
The Guo family is suspected of several crimes, including smuggling cultural relics, human trafficking, and harming innocent people. None of these are minor offenses.
The police officers snapped out of their daze and quickly went back to their business.
Once the case is closed, we must report this kid's situation to our superiors. He's a promising police officer; we absolutely cannot let him go.
Huo Xiao was unaware that someone was targeting him; he was still replaying Guo An's confession in his mind.
To protect his son Guo An, Director Guo did not hand over the transactions between him and those people to Guo An, assuming that Guo An only knew that he had shady dealings and that his knowledge was limited.
Director Guo must have known this, which is why he committed suicide, all in an effort to preserve the only son of the Guo family.
But he never expected that his good son not only knew what he had done, but also had ulterior motives and secretly made other deals with those people behind Director Guo's back.
Upon reading Guo An's confession, the police officers' expressions changed drastically.
"Quickly! Call the army for backup. We must catch that smuggling ring and human traffickers, recover the artifacts, and rescue the trafficked people!"
With military support, things here should be back to normal.
Police Chief Lu Jie shook Huo Xiao's hand excitedly and said, "Comrade Huo Xiao, thank you for your help. You have made a great contribution to this operation. I will definitely report the truth to my superiors and recommend you for commendation!"
Huo Xiao: "That's not necessary. I just did what I was supposed to do."
Seeing Huo Xiao's composure, Lu Jie held him in even higher regard.
Wang Hai said, "Director Lu, we still need to go and check on the April Farm matter as soon as possible. Many of those who were trafficked were from April Farm. I heard that a murder happened there recently. In recent years, has the mortality rate of people on the farm been too high? I'm not speaking up for those who made mistakes, but the higher-ups only ordered them to receive labor education, not to take their lives at will."
Lu Jie's expression turned serious. "Secretary Wang, don't worry. With such a big incident, April Farm must conduct a thorough investigation. I'll send people over right away to have the county assist in the investigation. We will not tolerate any criminals."
Wang Hai smiled and said, "I trust Director Lu."
After leaving the Ning City Public Security Bureau, Huo Xiao said goodbye to the Wang brothers and prepared to go back.
How could the Wang brothers let Huo Xiao go back alone? He'd been busy all this time and hadn't even had a hot meal yet.
However, Huo Xiao was eager to return home, so in the end he had no choice but to go to the state-run restaurant, buy a few steamed buns, and ask Wang Tao to drive him back.
Wang Tao never expected that the Guo family's matter would be resolved so easily. The evidence they had was hardly of any use. Compared to the evidence of the Guo family's crimes that Huo Xiao had uncovered, their evidence seemed dispensable.
"This time it was truly a perfect storm of timing, location, and people. It's no wonder the Guo family is in such a mess." Wang Tao said excitedly as he drove, "The Huang family has done so many bad things and is now getting their comeuppance. I heard that Fatty Huang has more than a dozen large fleshy growths on his head and neck, and each growth has a human face on it. It's terrifying to look at. They say it's called 'human-faced sores.' The more people Fatty Huang kills, the more human-faced sores he'll get."
After Wang Tao finished speaking, the image he imagined made him shudder.
Huo Xiao frowned. "It's too much of a coincidence. There must be someone behind the Huang family's affairs. And it's not just one person."
Otherwise, how could they have busted the entire Huang Pangzi family, Huang Yaozong family, and a whole gang of cultural relic smugglers in just one night!
Wang Tao: "It is somewhat of a coincidence, but it also shows that the Huang family has offended too many people. This is what they mean by 'those who do many evil deeds will surely perish'!"
Huo Xiao nodded, indicating his agreement with Wang Tao's statement.
"What kind of people will April Farm send to take over?"
Wang Tao shook his head. "I don't know about that, but it won't be like when Fatty Huang was around. Don't worry, we'll take care of your family. They'll definitely take good care of you."
Huo Xiao: "We can't be ostentatious, lest we bring trouble upon ourselves."
Wang Tao nodded, "I know."
The two returned to Daqiaowan Village at noon the next day. On the way, they encountered police officers from the county public security bureau who came to the farm to investigate and collect evidence. They learned that two more people had died at the farm the previous night, and many villagers from Daqiaowan went to see what was going on.
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