Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 206 The Murderer Tan Jia 25
Tan Jia was somewhat surprised by Zheng Yan's spontaneous remarks.

She always thought the most difficult part of the case was that the righteous underlings couldn't bring the evil bigwigs to justice.

Even if they obtained the truth, it would be difficult to sway the other side. The main characters and many victims lost their lives, and they endured for decades before finally getting the chance to be overthrown by everyone.

— Tan Jia has watched quite a few crime dramas, especially after discovering that she dreams from the perspective of the murderer.

The drama mostly features cases involving powerful figures, whether they are wrongful convictions or hastily concluded cases, and these are the typical plot points.

But apart from trying to cover it up a couple of days ago, Zheng Yan doesn't seem to be very worried about this.

There's still time to ponder the distortions of human nature.

In response, Zheng Yan said, "I've told you to watch less TV dramas. Even a righteous junior employee has his own boss. If I don't go to my boss, am I supposed to shoulder this alone? I'm not the foundation."

Tan Jia suddenly realized.

After the message was successfully delivered to their backer, it became a battle between leaders. Their cautious actions in the previous two days were simply to prevent them from being silenced before the big boss found out about it.

Her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled. She also had time to participate in discussions about the distortion of human nature.

"So what's really going on behind 1.6 pounds of wild honey?"

"It's just like you think. Poverty alleviation work also has a budget allocation. When the people from above inspected the situation in various places, they came to Wenjia Village and said that they missed the high mountain honey they ate in their childhood. The people below immediately saw an opportunity and asked the villagers to temporarily collect the best honey to send to the higher-ups later."

"The people of Wenjia Village also knew that this was a great opportunity, so they found the two most clever young men to climb the mountain and collect honey. One was Wenwu, and the other was Wenjian."

“You haven’t been to the surrounding districts, counties, villages, and towns, so you don’t know how high and dangerous the cliffs of Wenjia Village are. In the past ten years or so, more than half of the honey collectors have died. When I first became a policeman, I went there to persuade the villagers.”

"But the reason why the wild honey there is so good is because the mountains are high and the cliffs are covered with rare plants that cannot grow at ordinary altitudes, resulting in honey with high medicinal value. In the past, there were specialized beekeepers who moved their hives to the foot of the mountain, but for various reasons, the honey yield was low and it was considered second-grade. It was still not as sought after as the honey grown wild in the mountains. When villagers were short of money, they would still risk climbing the mountain to collect honey."

"But Wenjian's death was actually a great pity. He fell to his death while going down the mountain after collecting honey."

"Wenwu took the honey he had collected and gave it to his superior. But the fact that his friend had died while he was still alive and well made him uneasy. Wenjian's grandparents said that during that time, Wenwu went to collect firewood and do chores for them every day."

"Perhaps after much deliberation, he finally mustered the courage to approach the higher-ups and try to apply for some compensation for Wenjian's family, since only two elderly people were left in his family. They didn't hold his death a crime against those leaders."

Some people are like living in a place where it's always raining. The pain and joy brought by the passing and arrival of life are all blocked by the dense rain curtain. Only a loud cry or a very excited wail can bring a little emotion to their faces.

Wen Jian's death was not particularly heroic, and not many people suffered.

His grandparents are still alive, continuing their short-lived existence.

Wenwu, who survived, lost his entire family.

Zheng Yan took out a cigarette but didn't smoke it. Holding it in his hand, he continued, "Wenwu is young and sincerely wants to get some compensation for Wenjian's death. Even if someone is killed while working as a laborer on a construction site, they can still get compensation."

"But his actions didn't seem so sincere to others. Maybe they thought he was threatening them, or maybe they just felt that sending honey up had cost a life, which meant they had made a big mistake at this critical juncture. In any case, if the matter got out, the people who suggested taking the honey would definitely be punished, so he wanted to keep it a secret."

"While the person at the very top was remarking that the honey still tasted as good as it used to, the third-level leader sent a signal to the fourth-level leaders below, who then urgently issued tasks to the people in the villages and towns. Finally, the people at the very bottom dealt with the civil and military officials in a brutal manner."

"But all of this was captured on Zhou Qi'an's surveillance cameras. So they started to deal with Zhou Qi'an and his son again. When that didn't work, they went up the chain of command to ask for help from their superiors, trying to 'set things right' before they were discovered."

"While the person above casually gave away that jar of honey, the people below, in order to cover up the source of the 1.6 jin of honey, had already killed more than one person, and even dared to attack the police." All of this was because of that 1.6 jin of honey.

In order not to tarnish the leader's performance record, in order not to be discovered for making mistakes, and in order not to affect the budget...

When a crime involves too many people, more crimes will occur in order to prevent it from being exposed.

After finishing his story, Zheng Yan sighed deeply.

“Handling these kinds of cases is the most painful. There were clearly normal solutions available, but in the end, everyone who made the choice chose the worst one, resulting in a lot of unnecessary deaths and sacrifices.”

Xiao Qian is a young man who has only recently joined the criminal investigation team. He is young and promising. If he survives, he might become the head of the police station in twenty or thirty years and begin another thirty years of glory.

Pity.

Tan Jia kneaded the dough figurine without speaking. After a while, he suddenly said, "I really want Yan Shulin from the previous case to come and see the cause and effect of this case. Can the hand of God design such a story?"

Social simulators are always running programs, which to some extent represent order and rules.

But real life is always prone to developing in a state of disorder; the butterfly effect and Murphy's Law are always happening.

Even if God were to manage this mess, he'd need to find several clones to work overtime with him.

Zheng Yan was taken aback by her unexpected reaction after hearing the story.

"...the two are quite similar in some ways."

Tan Jia seemed lost in thought: "If only we had met back then—"

It's hard to say whether Yan Shulin, the lone wolf with the "Hand of God," will win, or whether the gang-like "Justice Team" will prevail.

Zheng Yan interrupted her thoughts: "Don't have such dangerous ideas. If you're really worried about the progress of the case, you can go to the forensic doctor's office to watch the autopsy."

In the past two days, many people have taken a detour to visit the corpses that were pierced by bamboo shoots, and then left retching.

Tan Jia asked, "Isn't everyone busy? I see that half of the investigation team is idle."

"A special task force was sent down from above. It's the real deal, the kind that comes through the proper channels. You even recognize one of them, Officer An from the child murder case."

Then we can rest assured. That's good. They only need to investigate the cause and effect, the clues and the motive, and find out who the murderer is. The rest can be handled by others.

To avoid encountering another scoundrel like the one surnamed Jiang in the serial suicide case, so as not to be so enraged that you want to commit a crime.

She planned to return the way she came.

"Then I'll go back to the hospital and stay for another day."

"Wait a minute," Zheng Yan looked at her, hesitated, coughed, and said seriously, "If Officer An comes to the hospital to see you and tries to persuade you to become his apprentice or something, don't agree."

(End of this chapter)