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

In the living room of the guesthouse, the three men and three women sat together again.

"Officers, you've already caught the culprit, why are you keeping us here? I'm not going to pursue this anymore, I just want to leave as soon as possible." Reba thought they were going to talk about compensation, but all she wanted now was to get out of there quickly.

"Yeah, the murderer has been caught, and we still need to go back to school." Wang Rou didn't want to stay here any longer.

The three men remained silent. They could all tell that the police had come with ill intentions and wouldn't let them go after just a few words.

"Don't rush," Captain Zhao said calmly, glancing at his phone, then looking around at everyone present.

"We still have some time, so let me tell you a story."

Everyone looked at Zhao with curiosity. Why was he so eager to block everyone out? Was he just here to tell a story?

"Twelve years ago, a man came to a village alone, carrying his geological exploration equipment, hoping to find minerals."

Team Leader Zhao's slightly hoarse yet magnetic voice rang out in the living room, drawing everyone's attention involuntarily.

"However, he didn't find the mine. But he unexpectedly found wild poppies in a valley. He knew it was a drug, so he immediately reported it to the village chief of Xiahe Village. When the village chief heard that it was poppies, he immediately had evil thoughts and, together with his cousin, killed the man."

"certainly."

Team Leader Zhao paused for a moment.

"To cover up their murders, they took advantage of the villagers' ignorance, dug out the men's hearts, and pretended that the river patrol demons had killed them. The villagers believed it and even built a temple to the demons."

"Later, the village chief and his cousins ​​sealed off the valley, saying it was too dangerous inside, but the two of them were secretly manufacturing and selling drugs and made a lot of money."

Although Captain Zhao didn't mention the village's name, everyone knew he was referring to Xiahe Village.

Everyone's faces showed shock; no one had imagined that drug trafficking could be traced back to 12 years ago.

"Twelve years later, the man's family came for revenge. He disguised himself as a demon and killed the village chief and his cousin. At the same time, he also dug out their hearts in the same way the man died, making it look like a demon killing people. He also deliberately led the police to the valley, where they discovered the poppies and completely eradicated the source of this evil."

As his voice faded, Captain Zhao's sharp gaze fell upon everyone's faces, as if he could see right through them.

"What do you think of this story?"

The seven people had different expressions on their faces, some sad, some regretful, and some shocked.

Sigh, listening to it again still feels so depressing.

The most unpredictable thing in this world is the human heart.

Who would have thought the village chief would be so greedy, committing murder and drug trafficking?

...

After a long while, Lu Fei looked up at Captain Zhao.

"Officer, what exactly are you trying to say? Yaksha is Li Zhiqiang, isn't he? You've already arrested him, so what does his story have to do with us?"

Team Leader Zhao looked at Lu Fei and said calmly,

"Li Zhiqiang was murdered; he was just a scapegoat."

Everyone's expression changed drastically, staring at Captain Zhao in disbelief. Li Zhiqiang was the scapegoat, and the real Yaksha was...?

"And the real Yaksha is among you."

Team Leader Zhao's words struck everyone like a heavy hammer.

Everyone was stunned. The Yaksha was among them?

impossible.

The group looked at each other, full of doubt.

"Zheng Guanjie!" Captain Zhao suddenly raised his voice and shouted. Zheng Guanjie was so frightened that he trembled and looked at Captain Zhao in a panic.

"What do you have to say?"

"No, officer, it wasn't me." Zheng Guanjie shook his head vigorously, his eyes darting around.

[The first person to ask was Sam Cheng? He hardly ever talks.]

Yes, he's the most low-key of these people.

[I don't know what evidence Captain Zhao has, or why he was the first person they approached.]

...

"Really?" Captain Zhao grinned, opened his phone, and slowly scrolled through a few photos.

"Can you explain why you have so many call records with Li Zhiqiang?"

Zheng Guanjie's expression changed drastically, and his back was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

His Adam's apple bobbed, and his eyes darted around as he tried to think of an answer.

[He actually knows Li Zhiqiang?]

Wow, they were really good at hiding it.

When Li Zhiqiang came to cause trouble before, he didn't even look at him.

[Haha, what era are we living in? Call records are so easy to check.]

...

The others also looked at Zheng Guanjie with surprise. He had always been a man of few words, and everyone thought he was just here on vacation. They never expected that he was actually one of the developers and had been hiding his true identity so well.

"Didn't you say you're a lawyer? Why would a lawyer know the villagers of Xiahe Village and make so many phone calls? You must have talked about quite a lot, right?" Zhao's voice sounded like a death knell.

Zheng Guanjie's expression shifted repeatedly, his face contorted with struggle. Finally, he bit his lower lip and nodded firmly.

"Yes, I admit it, I contacted Li Zhiqiang."

"But I didn't kill anyone. I just wanted him to persuade the villagers to sell their land. It's that simple."

After speaking, Zheng Guanjie looked sincerely at Team Leader Zhao.

"Really, I am actually a developer's employee. Because many people in the village were unwilling to sell their land, I found this Li Zhiqiang and promised him that as long as he could get everyone to sell their land to us, I would give him a kickback of 50 yuan."

Besides that, I didn't do anything. I had no idea about that cave, let alone that there was drug trafficking involved. I just thought the village chief and the others were old-fashioned. As for killing someone, I wouldn't dare.

By the end, Zheng Guanjie's voice was trembling with emotion, almost breaking down in tears.

Team Leader Zhao stared intently at Zheng Guanjie. From the moment he started questioning him, Zheng Guanjie's face showed obvious panic, and he was completely unable to keep his composure. He was very different from the Yaksha that Team Leader Zhao had imagined.

However, we cannot rule out the possibility that this guy is acting.

"Officer, this is my chat history with my company leader. Look, I never said anything about harming anyone. We are a legitimate company, we just want to make money, we don't want to cause trouble."

Zheng Guanjie unlocked his phone and handed it to Captain Zhao.

Team Leader Zhao took the phone and said casually,

"Would a legitimate company use such tactics?"

Zheng Guanjie smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything.

Team Leader Zhao opened the chat software and found the chat history that Zheng Guanjie mentioned. The two did talk about asking Li Zhiqiang to persuade him, but they also mentioned that they could use some methods. As for what kind of methods, the chat did not say.

In this kind of situation, leaders always make the demands, and those below are responsible for implementation; the focus is on the results, not the process.

Zheng Guanjie had been observing Zhao's expression. Seeing that Zhao's face remained tense, he knew that this was not enough and that Zhao still did not believe him.

"Officer, I was sitting on the sofa the whole time that night when Yasha killed people. I didn't move at all. Everyone can testify that it really wasn't me."

After Zheng Guanjie finished speaking, he put his hands together and bowed to the group.

"Please, everyone, be my witnesses. You were playing mahjong, and I was sitting right here at the time."