197: Chapter 197 He's the real mastermind behind everything
Lei Zhen lifted Xie Xiaoyu's blanket for a look and indeed discovered that his leg was still wrapped in gauze.
Seeing that Xie Xiaoyu was handcuffed, Yin Yong hurriedly searched everywhere for the key to unlock him, but after turning the room upside down, he could not find it.
"The key is in that auntie's pocket." Xie Xiaoyu pointed outside the door. "They were just eating outside, but for some reason, they suddenly went quiet."
Several of them hurriedly returned to the dining room to check.
Yin Yong checked the three people's breathing, then finally shook his head and said, "They're all dead."
"Cherry-red complexions, plus foaming at the mouth, and I can even smell a faint scent of bitter almonds. The three of them were poisoned by potassium cyanide," Lei Zhen said.
"Potassium cyanide?" Gu Qingcheng was startled. She looked at the unfinished breakfast on the table. "It must be that the breakfast was poisoned."
Lei Zhen nodded. "Potassium cyanide can kill a person within seconds at its fastest. They clearly were poisoned before they even finished half of it. However, whether it really is that will have to wait until your Older Female Cousin arrives."
Gu Qingcheng's Older Female Cousin, Zou Yuqing, was the chief forensic examiner at the Jiangcheng Criminal Investigation Center.
"The fact that we found Dr. Jiang must have been discovered."
Lei Zhen said, "I recognize this man. He's Tan Erhu, the one I stabbed in the buttocks. This person looks very similar to him, so he must be Tan Dalong."
As it turned out, when Gu Qingcheng took out the photo to compare, it really was Tan Dalong.
"What do we do now?" Yin Yong was a bit dumbfounded. "Both of them have been silenced. How are we supposed to investigate Kang Minghao now?"
This sentence caused both Lei Zhen and Gu Qingcheng to fall into deep thought.
Lei Zhen also never expected that Tan Brothers would actually be silenced.
We only found Dr. Jiang last night, and they were silenced this morning. This indicates one thing: Kang Minghao is smarter than I imagined.
"Never mind that for now. Let's find the key first." After saying this, Gu Qingcheng went to search the pocket of the female deceased on the floor and indeed found a handcuff key.
She immediately returned to the bedroom and unlocked the cuffs on Xie Xiaoyu's hands.
Xie Xiaoyu wiped away his tears. "Thank you, Auntie."
Gu Qingcheng gently hugged Xie Xiaoyu and said, "In a while, Auntie will take you to the hospital. Once there, police officers will protect you. From now on, no one will ever be able to hurt you again."
"Mm." The child nodded; he looked stronger than everyone had imagined.
"Where are my mom and dad?" the child suddenly asked.
This question stumped everyone. It was very clear that Xie Xiaoyu did not know his parents had already passed away.
"Auntie will tell you about your mom and dad later. We will notify your grandparents to go to the hospital to take care of you."
"Call Captain Wan to notify him," Lei Zhen said to Gu Qingcheng.
Gu Qingcheng nodded and made three consecutive calls.
One was to Wan Qiang, one to her Older Female Cousin, Zou Yuqing, and the other was to 120.
Yin Yong looked at Lei Zhen. "Why don't you go into hiding for a while? Now that Tan Brothers are gone, there's no way to prove their deaths are related to Kang Minghao. If you can't prove that Kang Minghao is a drug dealer, or prove that he harmed Lin Miaozhen, you're still in a lot of trouble."
Lei Zhen thought for a moment, then nodded. "You all handle the matters here first; we'll stay in touch."
Just like that, Lei Zhen went downstairs, filled with doubt.
A giant question mark was now lingering in his mind.
How did Kang Minghao know we found the child?
Last night, Tan Erhu did not return, and we had Dr. Jiang handcuffed to a chair all night, plus we confiscated his phone, so it's impossible for him to have sent a message.
Moreover, I had carefully checked; there were no surveillance cameras inside Dr. Jiang's clinic.
Could there be a mole in the team?
My master and Hong Lin can be immediately ruled out.
Gu Qingcheng is also impossible.
Zhu Xiaojun?
Yin Yong?
Before, Lei Zhen had trusted his disciple and Officer Yin very much, but at this moment, he felt a bit lost.
Lei Zhen decided that when he had time, he would activate the Eye of Sin to scan these two people; that would be more reassuring.
But he was still inclined to believe they were not problematic.
If they weren't the moles, then wouldn't the deaths of Tan Brothers be too coincidental?
You have to know, Tan Brothers were the most important core members of Kang Minghao's drug empire. Kang Minghao's drugs were all sold by these two brothers. For Kang Minghao to kill them was almost like cutting off his own escape route.
If my guess is correct, Kang Minghao still has a large amount of drugs in the hands of these two brothers. If he kills them, how will those drugs be transferred?
Lei Zhen had roughly calculated that the drugs in Tan Brothers' hands were worth at least over a billion; Kang Minghao wouldn't just abandon them.
Although they successfully rescued Xie Xiaoyu, Lei Zhen was very clear that wanting to catch Kang Minghao and convict him was not such a simple matter.
But Lei Zhen was very puzzled. He had carefully investigated Kang Minghao. This guy's IQ was not high; otherwise, he wouldn't have relied on a big tree only to end up in debt himself.
Could it be that behind him, there is another big boss behind the scenes?
Lei Zhen suddenly thought of that person who had never appeared—Xie Xiaoyu's older brother, Xie Kefan.
This person was obviously much smarter than Kang Minghao. One thing could prove it: because Zheng Honglin had exhausted all means and still couldn't find a single complete photo of him, not even photos from his student days.
But that was also normal; back then, he had killed someone at the age of 12 and left without even taking a graduation photo.
Before, he had guessed that with the power of the Kang Family, they could completely whitewash Zheng Honglin's identity, use someone else's name or identity to enter the police system, or even the anti-drug squad.
If that were really the case, Xie Kefan could be anyone around him.
And it was precisely this guy hiding in the shadows who had been watching everyone's every move from a god's-eye perspective.
He might be the true big boss behind the scenes!!
Thinking of this, Lei Zhen couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.
Actually, during this period, Lei Zhen had been taken in by his former employers from back then, which is to say, those older sisters printed on small cards.
However, Lei Zhen wouldn't use the Wi-Fi in their homes to get online; he usually went into crowds to mooch off other people's hotspots.
That afternoon, he contacted Gu Qingcheng, and the two found a place to meet.
As soon as he got in the car, Gu Qingcheng told Lei Zhen about the investigation situation.
"The three deceased were indeed poisoned by potassium cyanide. Through testing, we discovered potassium cyanide in the soy milk all three of them drank. Additionally, there was some in a cup that hadn't been drunk. It is estimated that the deceased intended to finish eating themselves before giving it to Xie Xiaoyu, which ended up saving his life.
Furthermore, Xie Xiaoyu also recounted what happened that day, which is about the same as what you guessed. Xie Yongxing indeed did not participate in drug trafficking, but he did discover clues.
Because he felt that every time he came to Jiangcheng to deliver goods, he had a feeling of being followed, so he discussed this matter with his wife in the car. In the end, the couple decided not to deliver the goods to the destination first, but to drive the car directly to the parking area ahead and call the local police.
The couple didn't know that listening devices had been installed in the car, nor did they expect that they would lose their lives because of this."
"What about the delivery person who brought breakfast?" Lei Zhen asked. "Have you figured it out?"
Gu Qingcheng said, "We checked. He said that as soon as he went upstairs and opened the elevator door, a man reached in and said the breakfast was his. The delivery person didn't suspect anything, so he gave it to him."
"Are there surveillance cameras in the hallway?" Lei Zhen asked.
"No," Gu Qingcheng said. "It's all old residential compounds; they weren't installed. Oh right, we also discovered that the houses Tan Brothers rented for their mistresses were almost all similar old residential compounds lacking surveillance."
"One or two might be a coincidence, but since none of them have surveillance, it is one hundred percent intentional," Lei Zhen nodded.
Gu Qingcheng looked at Lei Zhen. "Now that Tan Brothers are dead, even if Kang Minghao is the drug dealer behind the scenes, we have no way to prove it."
Lei Zhen thought for a moment. "We still have a chance. The fact that Tan Brothers are dead actually proves my guess was correct; the drugs must be in their hands.
Because of the sulfuric acid truck case, Chiyuan Transport Company definitely wouldn't dare to commit crimes against the wind. In other words, the pipeline for drug transportation in Jiangcheng has been sealed off. Now, the only thing remaining is the drugs in Tan Brothers' hands.
Kang Minghao won't just watch those things worth over a billion and remain unmoved; he will definitely find a way to move these drugs away."
"Then what do we do now?" Gu Qingcheng asked.
Lei Zhen didn't answer but directly picked up Gu Qingcheng's phone and dialed Wan Qiang's number.
"Lei Zhen, is that you?" Once Wan Qiang heard Lei Zhen's voice, he was completely shocked.
"Captain Wan, I'll keep this brief," Lei Zhen said. "I suspect that Kang Minghao's drugs are definitely in Tan Brothers' hands. We have already found out that Tan Brothers together keep over forty mistresses, and those drugs are very likely hidden in the homes of some of those mistresses. Therefore, I hope you will take action immediately and search the homes of all of Tan Brothers' mistresses."
Wan Qiang said, "That's simple. Now that Tan Brothers are dead, we can completely apply for search warrants and go directly to their homes to search."
"Alright, I'll wait for your good news." After saying this, Lei Zhen hung up the phone.
Gu Qingcheng suddenly became worried. "But Lei Zhen, even if we find the drugs, it can only prove they belong to Tan Brothers; it has nothing to do with Kang Minghao. In that case, the two brothers would instead become Kang Minghao's scapegoats, and wouldn't that mean you've lost everything?"
"There's no other way," Lei Zhen said. "For now, we can't worry about that much. If we don't act now, I'm worried those drugs will be moved by Kang Minghao, and it will be even more troublesome then."