You're cast as a villain, and you're supposed to teach the police how to solve cases?

"Zhiqiang! Captain Zhao, it's Li Zhiqiang!" Police station chief Li Xiangyang recognized him immediately.

【Huh?! Li Zhiqiang!】

Is he a demon?

"That's impossible. Wasn't he knocked unconscious by the Yaksha?"

[Yeah, why is he dressed as a demon?]

Qin Wei: [It's definitely the real Yaksha trying to frame him. They killed him and then dressed him in Yaksha's clothes.]

Yes, that must be it. That Yaksha is too cunning.

...

Everyone was stunned to see that it was Li Zhiqiang under the mask.

Dilraba: "Oh, it was him? Then why didn't he kill me that night?"

Lu Fei rolled her eyes at her. "What, you think it's a pity?"

Shen Yi shook his head. "I never expected that it was actually the villagers themselves in disguise, and they killed so many people. They were too brutal."

Team Leader Zhao remained silent, his mind beginning to wander.

If it was Li Zhiqiang, then his motive for killing was probably to force the villagers to sell their land.

However, if the goal was simply to scare the villagers, wearing this outfit to frighten them would have been enough; there was no need to kill anyone.

Could it be that he had some deeper grudge against the two deceased?

And how did he die?

"Li Zhiqiang's cause of death was a blunt force trauma to the back of the head. As for the weapon?" Xiao Song continued, picking up a few bloodstained stones from beside his feet.

"These should be the stones. There is bloodstains on these four or five stones, but it is not yet certain whose blood it is. We need to go back and have them tested."

Team Leader Zhao looked at the stones that Xiao Song had picked up; they were of various sizes.

"If the murderer wanted to kill someone, one stone would have been enough. Why use so many stones?" Captain Zhao asked.

The others were also curious. It's just killing someone, not asking you to pick stones, why make such a fuss?

Xiao Song picked up the stone with a puzzled look, then looked up thoughtfully at the cliff.

"Team Leader Zhao, do you think it's possible that a rock rolled down from the mountaintop and happened to hit him, which is why there are rocks of all sizes on him?"

The searchlight found its way to the cliff at just the right time. The cliff had little vegetation, and many rocks were exposed.

Over time, this is indeed a possibility.

"Preserve the evidence first, and I'll have someone come over tomorrow to compare it."

By comparing the material and shape, it's easy to determine whether a stone is from a cliff.

"By the way, what was his time of death?" Captain Zhao asked.

"His time of death was much shorter than the village chief's; his body was still warm, so it should have been no more than 20 minutes ago."

Team Leader Zhao nodded. If that's the case, then it matches up.

After killing the village chief, the demon escaped and happened to encounter them. He returned here, presumably to hide, but unexpectedly, he was crushed to death by rocks on the cliff.

The workings of fate are truly inexplicable.

[I never imagined that Yasha would be killed by being hit by a rock.]

They've committed too many sins; even Heaven cannot tolerate them.

No wonder the village put up a fence; it's really dangerous inside.

Yes, who would have thought that a stone would roll down from such a beautiful place?

Given the Chinese tendency to take photos at all costs throughout their lives, there's a high possibility someone might be taking pictures at the bottom of the cliff, potentially resulting in them being crushed to death, and the scenic area would be bankrupt from the financial losses.

...

Those who deserved to die are dead, and those who didn't deserve to die are also dead. After completing the initial investigation of the scene, Old Wu led his men to cordon off the area and then conduct a thorough inspection at dawn the next day.

Over here, Team Leader Zhao is also making arrangements, leaving a few people to keep watch while the rest go back.

As for Lu Fei and the others, Captain Zhao also told them to go back early.

The others had no objections; they had already seen who the Yaksha was, and what happened afterward was just a cleanup, nothing interesting at all.

Just then, Old Wu's voice suddenly came from afar.

"Team Leader Zhao, come and take a look."

Team Leader Zhao was puzzled. Could someone else have died?

He led his men over, and Lu Fei and the others followed curiously.

Old Wu stood next to a field that looked like it had been cultivated by humans; it was very neat and there were no weeds.

Only one type of plant was planted in the field, which was a few tens of centimeters tall and had bright red flowers at the top.

Wow, you actually have such refined tastes in this kind of flower!

You know what, some flowers can only grow in valleys.

These flowers look quite pretty; they're probably what the village chief and his men are going to sell for money.

[That's right. The village chief controls this land, grows flowers for free, and then sells them without giving any money to the village.]

...

As people in the live stream made casual guesses, Zhao's expression didn't look so good.

Upon seeing this flower, his expression changed drastically. He stepped forward and carefully examined one of the flowers.

A moment later, Captain Zhao stared at Lao Wu in astonishment, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Captain Zhao, what's wrong? Is this flower poisonous?" Xiao Song asked curiously.

"The flower itself isn't poisonous," Captain Zhao said in a deep voice, "but it can be used to make poison."

"This is a poppy!"

Upon hearing the word "poppy," everyone present was momentarily stunned.

What is a poppy? It's the raw material for drugs.

Such a large area of ​​poppies means that drugs are being grown here, just like in the Golden Triangle.

[Drugs? They grow drugs?]

[Are you crazy? They actually dared to grow this stuff.]

[Wow! The village chief is actually growing these poppies! My God!]

Growing drugs and then selling them to others—damn, isn't that drug trafficking?

No wonder! I was wondering how someone could make so much money just from growing flowers; it turns out he was dealing drugs.

...

Team Leader Zhao looked up and saw a vast expanse of red flowers. How much drugs must be hidden here?

This little river village actually hides such a big secret.

Li Xiangyang, who accompanied him, was also stunned. Xiahe Village had always been peaceful, and he thought it was an ordinary village. He never expected that so many evils were hidden in this village.

"Captain Zhao, we did seize some drugs before, but I thought they had smuggled in from outside," Li Xiangyang explained, a layer of cold sweat beading on his forehead.

With such a large-scale drug problem in his jurisdiction, his job as the police station chief is probably over.

"Take your men and seal off the entire valley. No one is allowed to touch anything here. I need to report this to my superiors!"

"Team Leader Zhao gave the order sternly."

His heart began to race uncontrollably, and he knew he was in trouble.

What was initially thought to be a simple revenge killing or a conflict of interest now needs to be re-examined due to the addition of drugs.

......

May 4rd, the fourth day.

Early in the morning, several police cars rushed into the village and headed straight for the valley, where they conducted a thorough search.

"Captain Zhao, it's confirmed, this is indeed opium poppy," a narcotics officer reported. "We also found a workshop over there, which appears to be where the opium poppies are being initially processed."