Village Chief Liu scratched his head, also looking depressed, and continued to explain:
"There is a saying that goes well, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected. I have to beware of this old man."
"He is the most unstable factor among our group. The superiors have long wanted to get rid of him, but I have always kept him safe."
"Hmm? What do you say?" Upon hearing what Village Chief Liu said, Lu Weiwei immediately realized that this leader of Village Chief Liu seemed to control the lives and deaths of many people.
I didn't want to explain it at first, but now I can't protect myself. After weighing the pros and cons, Village Chief Liu sighed heavily and said helplessly:
"Okay, I said, it's the leader of the gang above me, named Shu Ke, who is a native of Haidong City. It was he and the gang who organized the Jintuo Company."
"Shuke is polite and polite, and he dresses like a dog, but beneath the appearance of a gentleman, he actually hides a vicious heart."
"Because the old man who guards the island in our village has joined their gang a long time ago, but he joined passively, unlike us who joined actively."
"Please explain clearly first, what does passive joining mean?" Gu Chen also reminded him when he heard this.
Village Chief Liu scratched his head and then continued to explain: "That's right, this, because the old man didn't know what these people were doing before?"
"But as for this group of people, they need someone to station equipment on the island because they are afraid of unstable factors."
"Especially those fishermen who want to land on the island, the old man's job is to drive them away and prevent them from approaching the dock."
"The main reason is that Shuke doesn't want this island to be used by many fishermen to dock, especially since he is very knowledgeable about the Internet, until the scenery of this island is pretty good."
"Once these fishermen regard it as a scenic spot and then charge money to bring those tourists ashore, it will definitely be detrimental to us."
"So Shuke needs the old man's presence, and only he can stay there with peace of mind."
"That means that other people don't want to stay on the island?" Guo Qiang frowned upon hearing this.
Village Chief Liu nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "That's more or less what it means. Others don't want to stay on the island, and they can't."
"It's just this old man. He doesn't have many relatives or friends anyway, and he's a loner, so he's easy to control."
"Of course, Shuke also valued the old man's ease of control, so he decided to recruit him into the group."
Hearing this, Gu Chen frowned, raised his head and asked again:
"Then how did you get this old man to join the gang?"
"Does this need to be said? Give him a favor and let him drive away the approaching fishermen and some tourists on yachts."
"After all, when wind power generation was built here, a dock was specially built, so those people just wanted to land on the island."
"But Shuke needs the old man to drive him away. This is also the old man's task."
"Later, Shuke frequently brought his group of people to the island for business on the pretext of replacing equipment parts, and they all deliberately avoided the old man."
"The old man is not stupid. He must know that there is something fishy here, but the old man is a real person. He sees through it but doesn't say anything."
"It's not his business. He doesn't care. Shuke likes this very much. But he also knows that if he doesn't bring this old man into the team, if something goes wrong, then everything will be lost."
"So? What did you do?" Officer Xiaozhuang asked, waving his hands.
Village Chief Liu sighed and replied slowly: "I just told the old man not to meddle in other people's business. Everyone tacitly agreed that every time Shu Ke and the others came to trade, they would give the old man some money before leaving.
"
"As for the old man, he just does the same things step by step, and there hasn't been any big problem all these years."
After a pause, Village Chief Liu continued: "But later, Jintuo Company canceled its wind power generation business and was dissolved."
"But someone must handle the follow-up work. We are all deeply bound. Therefore, sometimes I need to handle matters here, and they will not touch me because of this."
"But this old man, because of his serious illness, his brain is a bit inflexible."
After saying this, Village Chief Liu suddenly paused, quickly looked up at Gu Chen and the others, and reminded them:
"Of course, I don't know whether this old man is pretending to be confused or really confused."
"Because you think, since the old man knows what Shuke and the others have done, it must be disgraceful."
"Although he doesn't care, it doesn't mean that he won't leak anything."
"So what Shuke means is that no matter whether this old man is really confused or pretending to be confused, he must be dealt with."
"But after all, we all belong to the same village. To be honest, I can't do anything, so I guarantee with myself that I will pay attention to every move of the old man."
After saying this, Village Chief Liu took a deep breath, shook his head helplessly, and explained:
"So these days, I am really suffering. Just to protect this old man's life, I need to always pay attention to his changes."
"Fortunately, he doesn't have any major problems, and he doesn't like to move around. He only likes to stay at home alone or move around his house. This also saves me a lot of time and energy."
After saying this, Village Chief Liu raised his eyes and whispered: "It wasn't until those two students suddenly came to the door, asking for the old man, that I realized that the situation was not good."
"Because I learned from their mouths that they all received strange letters, which asked them to find this old man."
Shaking his head, Village Chief Liu also looked helpless and sighed:
"This makes me anxious. I don't want to hurt anyone, but sometimes I have to make compromises."
"So, I can only lure these two people to my old house first, and then find a way to subdue them and lock them in the underground passage."
Looking up at Gu Chen and the others, Village Chief Liu also said with a bitter face: "Although I know that this matter will be discovered sooner or later."
"But I didn't expect that you would discover it so quickly."
"You will not be able to survive for your own misfortune." After listening to Village Chief Liu's explanation, Officer Xiaozhuang shook his head and said helplessly:
"Although you still have some kindness, the things you do are completely criminal."
"I know, but I don't want to hurt anyone." Officer Xiaozhuang also said this, and Village Chief Liu also knew that he had sinned deeply.
At this moment, Gu Chen quickly asked about Shu Ke's whereabouts: "So this Shu Ke, how do you usually contact him?"
"I can't contact him. I can't contact him at all." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Village Chief Liu quickly waved his hand and explained:
"This Shuke is very cunning. Usually only he can contact me. I can't contact him at all."
"Moreover, Shuke is also his pseudonym. It can be said that this name is actually just his code name."
"He said he was a native of Haidong City, but his accent sounded not pure."
Speaking of this, Village Chief Liu seemed to be thinking of something again. So he quickly explained to Gu Chen and others:
"Comrade police, I suddenly remembered that this Shuke's local dialect is not pure. He may be a foreigner, or he may have stayed in Haidong City for a long time."
"So he may know the dialect here in Haidong City very well, so he is very likely to pretend to be a local in Haidong City."
"Okay." Officer Xiaozhuang recorded these in the record and continued to question Village Chief Liu:
"Is it Shuke who calls you every time?"
"Yes." Village Chief Liu nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "Shuke has a strong anti-reconnaissance ability. He calls me from an empty number every time. Maybe he knows technology."
"Every time after hearing his instructions, I would go to Gimpo Pier to wait for news."
"It was also at this place that I met A Jin, the boss of the ship."
Listening to Village Chief Liu's explanation, Gu Chen crossed his fingers and said calmly: "Mr. Liu, how did you and Shu Ke first meet?"
"Bar." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Village Chief Liu quickly replied:
"The first time I met Shuke was in a bar."
"Speak clearly." Gu Chen reminded.
Village Chief Liu nodded silently and continued to explain: "It's like this. At that time, I secretly misappropriated the funds of our village to gamble. As a result, I lost everything and still owed a lot of debt."
"I thought to myself that I was definitely finished. I was in an extremely bad mood that day, so I went to the bar to get drunk, trying to numb myself with alcohol."
"Is it a person?" After listening to Village Chief Liu's explanation, Gu Chen asked again.
After all, Gu Chen needed to know whether there were other accomplices around Village Chief Liu.
But Village Chief Liu explained: "I was alone. I was getting drunk in a bar by myself. I was not too drunk. At this time, a well-dressed man suddenly came to me and invited me directly.
I had a drink."
"I was in a bad mood at the time, and I was somewhat vigilant when faced with the sudden approach of a stranger."
"Then we kept chatting like this, but Shuke pointed it out directly, saying that I had lost money and had misappropriated the village's public funds. At that time, I was almost scared to death."
"Then how did he know?" Lu Weiwei also looked puzzled when she heard this.
But Village Chief Liu rubbed his face with both hands, trying to calm himself down, and then said slowly:
"I don't know how he knew this? But I guess he should have found out through the gang of crooks in the casino, who have a lot of information."
"And my situation and identity are also known to those people, so I lost a lot of money, and they also know where my money came from."
"But, according to the rules of the casino, they don't care whether my money is black or white. If I lose, it's not my own."
"In other words, your situation was leaked by the casino gang?" Gu Chen interrupted Village Chief Liu's words and continued to ask.
Village Chief Liu also nodded silently and agreed, "Yes, it should have been leaked by the underground casino gang."
"But, that time, Shu Ke and I got to know each other. Later, he recruited me to join his team and asked me to do things for him, and he would give me a certain generous reward every time."
"Although I know that I am helping Shuke commit a crime, I can't bear it. If I don't block those holes, then I will definitely be done with it."
Taking a deep breath, Village Chief Liu also sighed helplessly: "That's what I thought at the time. Anyway, I have no way out. I have to finish the game anyway, so I might as well fight it all."
"So I joined Shuke's gang with this feeling of luck."
"Because I can also see that Shuke was also in the midst of employing people at the time, and he needed me to do things for him, especially since I am the head of a seaside village and I can handle many ship resources."
"So, since then, you have boarded Shuke's pirate ship?" Lu Weiwei felt a sense of regret after listening to Village Chief Liu's words.
But Village Chief Liu also said with a bitter face: "Comrade policewoman, I really can't help it. I just like gambling, but I'm not bad."
After a pause, Village Chief Liu continued to explain: "I gambled away the village's public funds, but I used the money I earned to plug the gap by working for Shuke."
"In order not to be discovered, I also borrowed a sum of money from Shuke to plug the remaining funding gap."
"I told Shuke that if I was found to have embezzled public funds, I would definitely be done with it. This would affect the work of our entire team."
"So, Shu Ke lent you money after hearing your lies?" Guo Qiang asked in disbelief.
But Village Chief Liu nodded silently and agreed, "Yes, because Shuke also knows my situation, and he seems to know me thoroughly."
"But in this case, I can only always obey Shuke's orders and work for Shuke."
"He asked me to go east, but I will never go west."
"Wait a minute." After listening to Village Chief Liu explain a lot, Gu Chen also raised his head slightly and continued to ask:
"I want to know right now, which casino did you lose the public money at? And who leaked your situation to Shuke."
Gu Chen knew to seize the key clues, so when everyone was paying attention to Shu Ke, Gu Chen reminded him.
Village Chief Liu's expression was stunned, and he slowly said: "It's an abandoned construction site in the west of the city. There is a canteen next to it. We usually do some business like a normal canteen."
"But behind the scenes, there is a secret passage in that canteen, which is the casino."
"Then who told Shu Ke about your situation?" Gu Chen continued to ask.
But this time, Village Chief Liu was stunned for a moment and did not reply for a long time.
When Lu Weiwei saw this, she reminded her, "Who is it?"
"Well...I...I don't know very well. It might be the owner of that canteen, or it might be the small boss who was at the same gambling table as me at the time."
"At that time, only these two people knew my specific situation. It was probably them who leaked my situation."
"Write down the specific address of the underground casino." After hearing what Village Chief Liu said, Gu Chen stood up and handed over the pen and paper in front of him.
