Chapter 922: 922
Chapter 922: Looking for Help
After the night had passed, the sun brilliantly shone . After about a week of continuous frigid weather, the weather suddenly warmed up .
It was the same situation throughout the northern areas . The temperature in southern Yunnan was more comfortable, and the sunlight appeared to be brighter . Regardless, Guo Zhenghe was in a foul mood because another incident had occurred in He County . There had been more deaths . Three people had died this time . The three people had eaten dinner together . All three were poisoned . It was obviously not an accident . The owner of the restaurant, who had been detained, was shocked .
How did things turn out to be like this? How did things turn out to be like this?
He had been repeating this sentence over and over .
After the preliminary investigation, the restaurant could be ruled out because there had been no problems with the raw materials that had been used . So, how did those three people get poisoned?
The criminal investigation experts in the province were stressed and puzzled . The original case had not yet been solved . Now, a new problem had occurred .
“Find out what the poison is!” This was the first step they took .
For this reason, they had sent blood samples of all the dead people from the previous cases to Jing for special laboratory analysis . A preliminary conclusion had been reached . The people in those three cases had all died due to the same toxin . The only difference was the amount used . The blood sample for the fourth case was immediately sent to Jing .
“This is such a small county, so why do these things keep happening here?”
“Don’t complain so much . We are here to solve this problem . ”
“I wonder if those two have made any progress . ”
In the Valley of Thousands of Medicine, hundreds of miles away…
“What? Someone has died again?” Yang Guanfeng, who had received the news, was shocked beyond words .
Lu Guanfeng lit a cigarette and quietly smoked after hearing the news .
“Alright, I got it . We have found something here, but there is no breakthrough yet . ” Yang Guanfeng said a few words and hung up .
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“Another incident has happened in He County . Three people suddenly died while they were eating in a restaurant . They were poisoned . ”
“At this time, I don’t think it was done by the people in this stronghold as it would be akin to committing a crime despite tightening law campaigns,” Lu Xiufeng said . “We are still investigating here now . As long as they are not stupid, they would not do such a thing . ”
“Planted and framed?” Yang Guanfeng asked .
“Yes, very likely,” Lu Xiufeng replied .
“What about the incident that happened in the forest a couple of days ago?” Yang Guanfeng asked .
“There must be a dirty secret in this stockade, but it should be completely unrelated to that case,” Lu Xiufeng said .
Yang Guanfeng lit a cigarette and said, “I think that even if the case outside has an undeniable relationship to the people here…”
He puffed out a ring of smoke .
“They did that to lead us here and use us to uncover the mystery here . In all likelihood, those people are probably also from this stockade . They are just another group of people who have a deep-seated hatred for Miao Xihe . ”
“Yes, I agree with your analysis,” Lu Xiufeng said .
“It’s a pity that Miao Xihe has absolute authority here,” he added . “The people in this stronghold are too conservative . As Miao Qingfeng said, they abide by the rules that have been passed down for hundreds of years . Those things are more binding than the law . We were outsiders from the start . It’s normal for them to reject and doubt us . Also, there may be eyes and ears everywhere in this stronghold . Even if some people think otherwise, they will not dare express their opinions aloud regarding Miao Xihe except for that person . ”
“Who exactly is that person?” Yang Guanfeng asked .
“Why don’t we give him a call?”
“No . ” Lu Xiufeng shook his head .
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“It’s too risky,” he said .
An undercover agent played a very important role at the critical moment . Still, they did not know what the undercover agent really thought or whether he wanted to kill someone using the hands of another .
“Ugh, what a headache!” Lu Xiufeng laid on the bed, staring at the top of the wooden house .
“People outside keep killing others . The purpose is to guide us to pay attention to this stockade . Now that we are here, we can’t find anything that is of use . ”
“No matter what kind of secret this stockade is harboring, those people who keep killing innocent people outside are the most damned,” Lu Xiufeng said . His low voice was filled with anger .
“Maybe we can talk to Chief Miao tomorrow,” Yang Guanfeng suggested .
“Talk to him? About what?”
“We’ll openly talk to him and ask him to have someone go out with us to help settle the case outside,” Yang Guanfeng said .
“What if our judgment is wrong? What if this matter is related to him?” Lu Xiufeng asked .
“There would still be telltale signs,” Yang Guanfeng said . “We’ll keep our eyes on it as much as possible . There won’t be any more progress even if we stay here . ”
“If there isn’t any more progress, we’ll both be going to lay in the ground . ”
“OK, that’s settled,” Lu Xiufeng said after thinking for a moment .
They had been there for several days . They had found some problems and made some inferences, but there was no evidence for those problems and inferences . It was purely their logical inferences .
In the stockade, among the wooden houses…
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“Someone has died again?”
“Yes, three more have died . ”
“Well, the people outside are really incompetent,” a middle-aged man said . His voice sounded hollow .
“It’s not that they’re incompetent,” Miao Xihe replied . “It is that their opponents are too cunning . ”
“Chief, shall we send someone out to help?”
“How can we help?” Miao Xihe asked . “If we were to go out, we might be regarded as a prime suspect . Besides, the enemy is hidden in the dark while we are exposed out in the open . If we were to become entangled in this matter, we wouldn’t be able to clear our names no matter how we phrased it . ”
If he had known that the situation would have led to problems like this, he would have cut down all the root in the first place, leaving no chance for a revival or latent danger .
“You guys can leave for now,” Miao Xihe said . “Let me think about it some more . ”
“Yes . ”
Miao Xihe sat with his legs crossed and eyes closed, contemplating the next step .
The next morning, the sun rose as usual .
Early in the morning, Yang Guanfeng and Lu Xiufeng found Miao Qingfeng and said they wanted to see Miao Xihe .
“Please follow me . ”
After meeting Miao Xihe, they told him about the purpose of their visit .
“Alright, I’ll send someone to help you,” Miao Xihe said . After a little thought, he agreed to their request to send out two people . One of them was their old friend, Miao Qingfeng, and the other was a middle-aged man named Miao Changhong .
They left the stockade in the morning . Yang Guanfeng drove speedily toward the outside . They arrived in He County after 8 p . m .
At night, the small county town was serene and peaceful, but the people living there were a little fearful . In recent days, there had been all sorts of rumors flying around . There were rumors that a terrible infectious disease was spreading in the county . So far, more than 20 people had died, and it was still spreading . The province had already sent experts over, but no treatment had been found . Both panic and rumors easily spread .
Bam! Guo Zhenghe threw a cup on the floor .
“Young Master, please calm down,” Xu Xinyuan who was beside him, hurriedly said .
“The experts from the province have made little progress!” he furiously exclaimed . “If people keep dying, it will alert Jing!”
Xu Xinyuan remained silent . He knew the stakes involved in this situation . If Jing were to get word of this matter, then it would no longer be possible to keep the matter hidden .
A phone suddenly rang .
“Alright, I got it,” Guo Zhenghe said . “Yes, I agree . ”
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