947 Im an Undercover (1/2)
”Why?” Lu Xiufeng inquisitively asked.
”There is no motive,” Wu San said. ”He's doing good in the valley, so why would he need to send someone to kill so many people on the outside? What was it that he hoped to achieve? Furthermore, he is the staunchest supporter and protector of the old ways passed down through the generations for hundreds of years in the village. He wants to keep passing down the heritage of the village from here on out, just like it has been done for the past several centuries. He avoids too much contact with the outside world to ensure the village remains like a lone paradise.”
From what he said, it seemed that he knew Miao Xihe very well.
”Thank you,” Lu Xiufeng said.
”Yeah, alright. You people best leave. It's too noisy here now.” Wu San waved.
”Oh right. I hope all these incidents won't be too much of a trouble to you.” Lu Xiufeng paused for a moment before writing his phone number down. ”Give me a call anytime if you need anything.”
”Yeah, you can leave now.”
Wu San had actually talked a lot to Lu Xiufeng that day. If one were to consider his habits, he probably would not have said that much even in a month.
”Thank you.”
Lu Xiufeng rose and bowed before leaving.
”Captain Yang, Captain Lu, we were unable to capture the two suspects.”
”There were so many people out there, yet you guys still lost them.” Lu Xiufeng lit a cigarette. He wasn't angry about it. He had long anticipated that to happen.
”Indeed. They seemed to know the woods around these parts very well. We lost them not long after getting into the mountains.”
”Noted. Notify all related personnel in the nearby county town and villages. Tell them to report it as soon as those two are spotted.”
”Yes, Sir.”
Yang Guanfeng and Lu Xiufeng saw Miao Chengtang for the second time in the bamboo building. This time, they were seeing him as he truly was.
”We meet again.”
”Did you get him?”
”Nope. They've escaped.”
Miao Chengtang sighed a breath of relief deep down. After all, they were from the same village and had once been neighbors. But he did not agree with the methods taken by Miao Tianchuan. Deep down, he still hoped that he would be apprehended by the police and punished. Even if Miao Tianchuan were to fail or die, he should have gone out in some other ways.
”Have you made up your mind?”
”I have.”
”Shall we talk?”
”Here?” Miao Chengtang asked. ”I'm afraid it's rather ill-suited for such talk.”
”Are you afraid they will return?”
”I am.”
”Alright, let's go somewhere else then.”
The high-profile operation was over as soon as it began.
”Man, just what the hell is going on here?” The people who were waiting for treatment there were all dumbfounded, not to mention very frightened as well.
”Who knows? Maybe they were out to catch some fugitive.”
”Hey, come and see if it's them.” Someone searched the news that had just come out moments ago.
”Wanted criminals, right here?”
”It's very possible given how remote this place is.”
”My god, over 20 people were killed!”
”It news from unknown sources, so it's not necessarily true.”
The activity and news in the village made everyone around rowdy for a while.
Somewhere in the nearby mountains…
Miao Tianchuan and Miao Qingshan were hiding at a mountain peak.
”Did we lose them?”
”Yeah.” Miao Tianchuan looked at what was happening beneath the mountain. He was thinking of something.
”I wonder if Chengtang will be alright.”
”He should be fine,” Miao Tianchuan said.
”Fine? Won't he be taken away by the cops?”
”Yeah,” Miao Tianchuan replied.
”You can never predict how people think.”
Miao Chengtang, Yang Guanfeng, and Lu Xiufeng were sitting inside an interrogation room in the public security bureau of He County,
”Alright, speak,” Lu Xiufeng said.