Chapter 280 Zhao Suo's Secret
When he returned to the police station, Curly had already taken out his equipment and started investigating clues about the abandoned orphanage.
Wei Guoliang followed him closely, his notebook always ready.
Cao Bin was covered in dust and dirt, so he went to wash his face first.
Chi Xia winked at Luo Xun, and Luo Xun walked up to Chief Zhao: "Chief Zhao, let's go to the office and talk."
Zhao Jianguo was completely unaware and dusted himself off: "Okay, okay, let's go."
Chi Xia and Lin Wenjue also followed.
After entering Zhao Jianguo's office, he turned around and looked for a cup to make tea, but was stopped by Luo Xun.
"Chief Zhao, did you know about the basement level of the orphanage a long time ago?"
The paper cup in Zhao's hand tightened. "Captain Luo, what are you talking about? I just found it by chance."
"Won't."
Luo Xun shook his head: "According to the scope of our inspection at that time, we would not have checked that office so quickly, but your attention skipped the place where the bones were found and went directly to the office on the second floor. Don't you think your purpose is too strong?"
Chief Zhao frowned, then quickly smiled: "Captain Luo, I think you really misunderstood me. This is really just a coincidence..."
"If someone else said it was a coincidence, I would believe it, but if it was you, I wouldn't believe it."
Luo Xun stared at him: "There are more than two ways to get back to Yuji from Yubin. Even if the one you usually take is delayed by a car accident, you can take another one that is a little farther but in better condition. But you chose this one that is closer but in much worse condition. Why?"
"I didn't think so much about it at the time..." Zhao Suo said with a wry smile.
"What about the blood?"
Luo Xun pressed on: "I checked the place where the blood was found and the place where Xiao Zheng's body was found. You can't just pass by and see it. It's too late at night to find blood. The possibility of it being too low."
"Captain Luo, I have been a police officer for more than 30 years, and the chief of this police station for 10 years. Although I am not as good as the comrades in the Municipal Bureau, I am not that bad after all."
Zhao Suo said with a gloomy expression.
"Zhao Suo."
At this time, Chi Xia spoke up: "Let's not keep it a secret among ourselves at this time. You may have your own difficulties, but now the case is taken over by the Municipal Bureau, so we can't let go of any clues."
Zhao looked at them seriously, with an embarrassed expression.
"You have known Uncle Ding for a long time, right?" Chi Xia said again, "And the relationship between you two is definitely not just an ordinary acquaintance as it seems on the surface."
Zhao's expression changed several times, and he finally sighed: "When did you find out?"
"It's not that early."
Chi Xia said: "Last time at the funeral home, you seemed very distant from him. When I asked you about it later, you just said you knew him. I didn't take it seriously at the time."
"What is that?" Zhao asked.
"Uncle Ding was originally a famous forensic doctor in the provincial department. He came to Yuji more than ten years ago. Few people know his whereabouts. We only recently learned that he came to Yuji for a purpose, and his purpose is probably related to a drug-busting operation by the police that year. It also seems to be related to a criminal organization in Yuji that used children to steal. This is his purpose. Combined with what happened today, Chief Zhao, I want to know what your purpose is?"
"If nothing unexpected happens, my son will be the same age as both of you this year."
Zhao Jianguo looked at Luo Xun and Lin Wenjue and said, "No, he should be two years older than you two, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looks like a potential police officer."
Chi Xia and the other two looked at him with some confusion.
"He also participated in the anti-drug operation that year." Chief Zhao smiled bitterly: "He was the youngest police officer who died."
The eyes of Chi Xia and the other two became serious.
Chief Zhao wiped his face and said, "In our line of work, once you are involved in various operations, the word sacrifice is a consciousness. I knew this when I sent him to the police academy. He sacrificed, I understand, I accept it, that is the inevitable fate of my child wearing that police uniform."
Chi Xia and the others didn't say anything.
Zhao continued, "I have known Ding Shanhai for a long time. I discovered that he came to Yuji to investigate the case of stealing using children. As we chatted, I realized that he really wanted to investigate was the criminal gang that caused my son's death."
"That is to say, there is a connection between the criminal gang that caused heavy casualties in the anti-drug operation and Yu Ji's gang that used children to steal," said Chi Xia.
"It matters a lot."
Zhao Jianguo said, "More than a decade ago, several nearby villages had lost children. We investigated for a while, but nothing came of it. We could only conclude that they were abducted by human traffickers. You should also know that human traffickers were rampant at that time."
"What happened next?" Lin Wenjue asked, "When did you find out about the theft organization that Heizi belonged to?"
“After the police station stepped up its crackdown on trafficking, there were no more cases of children being lost in the area, and I thought the matter was over. It was not until later, when I met Lao Ding in Yuji, that I realized that the reason why had stopped losing children was because they were focusing on children who were originally orphans.”
"I don't understand." Lin Wenjue became more and more confused: "What does this have to do with that criminal organization?"
"Criminal groups need children for research, and this theft organization has enough children under its command."
Zhao sighed deeply: "So, you understand?"
Lin Wenjue suddenly realized: "So those children ended up in... the orphanage we found today?"
"Not all of them. They have their own selection criteria."
Lin Wenjue subconsciously looked at Chi Xia.
Zhao Jianguo's face became colder: "But we found out too late, there's nothing we can do."
"When was that orphanage built? And when was it abandoned?" Chi Xia asked Zhao Suo.
"That orphanage has been around for a long time. It was originally a welfare home that housed all kinds of homeless people. The manager at that time was a very low-key old man who had been doing business outside for his entire life. When he got old, he returned to his hometown and built this place."
Zhao Jianguo said: "After the old man passed away, there were several people in charge, and the business model changed again and again. There was also a situation where the business could not continue. Gradually, it only took in homeless orphans. Everyone gradually changed the name from welfare home to orphanage. Because the location is relatively remote, it became more and more difficult to operate, and then it gradually faded out of everyone's sight. As for the time when it was abandoned, it was ten years ago."
"When did you discover the underground negative layer?" Luo Xun asked.
"That place was discovered by me and Lao Ding."
Zhao Jianguo poured a glass of water and drank it all in one gulp. "It happened only in the past two years. By chance, we wanted to go there to look for clues, but we stumbled upon it by accident. Old Ding said that a kid named Hammer mentioned it to him before, but he didn't understand it at the time. It was only when we found the office that we suddenly realized it."
In other words, Hammer had already been killed by then.
Chi Xia thought about what Zhao Jianguo had just said and asked him, "Then why did you know there would be a body there?"
Chief Zhao exhaled heavily, opened the drawer, took out an envelope and handed it over: "Take a look."
Luo Xun took the envelope and opened it. There was only a photo inside.
It was the photo of Xiao Zheng's body lying in the orphanage.
