According to Chang Hongyun's explanation, when he first started selling babies, he planned to pay the surrogate women a sum of money and send them away after they gave birth to the children. However, Chen Lihua did not agree. He believed that these women could not
He was worried that it would be difficult for these women to keep secrets after they were released, so he thought it would be better to kill them.
Whether it's smuggling wild protected animals or selling babies, Chang Hongyun thinks it's all business. As long as money can solve it, it's not a big deal. However, killing is different. Killing is a business that requires a life.
He was strongly opposed to it at first, but when the first batch of pregnant women were sent to Chenjiahe Village and after giving birth, Chen Lihua killed those women in front of Chang Hongyun, Chang Hongyun knew that
He was completely on the road to death. He was already dead, and he had no other choice but to walk all the way to the dark side.
After listening to Chang Hongyun's confession, Xu Lang was silent for a long time. Although there was not much expression on his face, his heart was turned upside down.
From Chang Hongyun's confession, Xu Lang discovered that Chang Hongyun and Chen Lihua were engaged in smuggling wild protected animals not in the past few years, but more than ten or twenty years ago.
Xu Lang had previously guessed that Chang Hongyun's current wealth was obtained by smuggling protected wild animals. Xu Lang's guess was correct. However, Xu Lang still underestimated them. After all, the smuggling activities that Chang Hongyun had engaged in over the years were actually smuggling.
Xu Lang didn't know how many wild protected animals there were, and Chang Hongyun himself couldn't remember clearly. However, when he thought about the time they had been engaged in smuggling, he knew that this was an astronomical number.
What shocked Xu Lang even more was that no one had discovered what Chang Hongyun had done in the past few decades, or that someone was assisting Chang Hongyun in doing so.
The final destination of these wild protected animals is abroad. As for their current fate, whether they were killed for meat, raised in captivity, or sold again, Xu Lang did not know, but they
His fate is definitely not that good.
Xu Lang felt very uncomfortable when he thought that these animals protected by the country were secretly transported overseas by people like Chang Hongyun and others. Others just took good things to their own homes, but Chang Hongyun and the others were better off.
, not only did they not pull them into their own homes, but they also sent them to others. Fortunately, these wild protected animals were not rare animals. If they were rare animals, then it would undoubtedly be a major loss to the country. Sure enough, some people, just for money,
It is possible to ignore everything and do whatever it takes.
"How many protected wild animals have you smuggled in these years?" Xu Lang looked at Chang Hongyun and asked.
Chang Hongyun shook his head and said with a wry smile: "If you ask me how much it is, I don't know and I can't remember it clearly. In short, it must be a lot. I have an account book and a safe in XX Bank.
There are smuggling ledgers.”
"You smuggle so many protected wild animals every year, and they are all live animals. How do you pass customs inspection?" Xu Lang asked.
"There are our people at the customs. Every time I smuggle, I will call him in advance and tell him where the goods are. Once they know, they will not randomly check the goods containing these living animals," Chang Hongyun said.
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"Then after you smuggle these wild protected animals abroad, who do you sell them to?"
"We have regular buyers abroad."
Chang Hongyun immediately told Xu Lang all the information about these buyers, and Ding Haoqiong also quickly recorded it.
"Have you made a lot of money through smuggling over the years?" Xu Lang asked.
Chang Hongyun nodded and said: "Yes, I have made a lot of money, enough to last for several lifetimes."
"Since you have made so much money, why do you still sell babies? Even if you are not in the smuggling business and are in the serious business, that's fine, right?"
Hearing what Xu Lang said, Chang Hongyun raised his head, glanced at Xu Lang, shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Some things have been done, and you can't just back out if you want. I am not doing the smuggling business alone, but
It can only be made by the help of many people at the same time. The more people there are, the less money will be divided. Although I have made a lot of money, if I don't continue to do it or find other ways, my little money will soon be lost.
It’s gone.”
"Why are babies being sold? Don't you know that human trafficking is illegal?" Xu Lang asked again.
Chang Hongyun nodded and said: "I know, how could I not know."
"Now that you know it, why do you still take the risk?"
"Making money is one aspect, and the other aspect is related to my own experience."
"Tell me more specifically."
It turned out that Chang Hongyun had spent a lot of money in order to have a son. It could be said that he did not hesitate at all costs, but he finally got his wish. The reason why Chang Hongyun was able to have a son was that he was rich, and he
There are connections that can help him, and in China, not to mention the whole country, just around S City, how many people are distressed because they can't have children. Chang Hongyun himself has the same experience, and he knows this very well, and
This is also one of the major reasons that prompted him to do this.
"How many children have you sold in total in the past three years?"
"I don't know exactly how many there are. It's probably less than a hundred."
Hearing what Chang Hongyun said, Xu Lang's face turned gloomy and terrifying, and he slapped the table hard.
Less than a hundred? At this moment
, Chang Hongyun also felt that those newborn children were no different from the animals he smuggled. They were just goods. Even if there were less than a hundred, there were dozens. Dozens of children meant that dozens of women were killed.
, and no one knows how these children are doing now or what they will do in the future.
"Who were these children sold to?" Xu Lang asked through gritted teeth.
"A lot of them, some were sold to wealthy people with health problems, some were sold to friends with whom they had good relationships before, and some were given away."
"Giving it away?" Xu Lang narrowed his eyes.
Chang Hongyun raised his head, glanced at Xu Lang, then lowered his head and said: "Some people don't care about money, are not lustful, and don't like antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but they want a child, and if you give the child to them, they will help.
Ours.”
"Crack."
Xu Lang slapped the table hard again and cursed: "What a bunch of beasts."
Chang Hongyun lowered his head and said nothing.
"Then do you have records of the whereabouts of these children?" Xu Lang took a few deep breaths and asked.
Chang Hongyun nodded quickly and said, "Yes, put it together with the smuggling account book."
Next, Xu Lang and the others asked Chang Hongyun about the details of all his crimes over the years, and Chang Hongyun also answered every question. Many of his explanations are currently unknown to the police.
As Chang Hongyun explained, the faces of Xu Lang and others who were responsible for interrogating him became increasingly ugly. By the time the interrogation was over, Xu Lang was so angry that he could not speak.
"Officer Xu, I took the initiative to confess this, does it count as meritorious service?"
At the end of the interrogation, Chang Hongyun raised his head, looked at Xu Lang, and asked cautiously.
Xu Lang could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He suddenly stood up from the chair, picked up the tea cup in front of him, and threw it at Chang Hongyun. This scared Chang Hongyun so much that he quickly shrank his neck and shook the glass.
The cup flew past his head and hit the wall behind him. The tea cup shattered instantly, and the glass shards mixed with the tea splashed out.
Xu Lang was still angry and wanted to rush over and teach this inhumane bastard a lesson. Fortunately, Lai Pi and Ding Haoqiong realized that something was wrong and quickly stopped Xu Lang's excessive behavior. In the end, they forcibly dragged Xu Lang out of the interrogation.
room, and people from the central government were watching this scene in the observation room next door.
Xu Lang has investigated countless cases, large and small, since he became a police officer. He has seen all kinds of criminals and all kinds of crime methods. However, criminal methods like Chang Hongyun and others are still the first to do so.
Once I saw it, whether it was wild protected animals or newborn babies, in their eyes, they were just goods exchanged for money, just a thing, and those pregnant women who were killed were just a tool and a means for them to make money.
That's all.
There are many gangsters in history, and there are also many extremely vicious criminals. However, there are still very few guys with no humanity at all like Chang Hongyun and others.
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After Xu Lang was dragged out of the interrogation room, he slowly calmed down. He knew that now Chang Hongyun had been arrested and the problem had been explained. Even if he shot Chang Hongyun to death now, what would happen?
Can we save the current situation? The answer is no.
Instead of shooting him to death, he should be judged by the law and the people.
Does Chang Hongyun deserve to die? He deserves death for his crimes, but there are other people who are even more hateful and abominable than him, such as Chen Lihua, and those guys who were corrupted by him and became his accomplices. These people are the ones who really deserve to die.
Chang Hongyun had a lot to explain, and the police had a lot to investigate.
After the interrogation, the police immediately rushed to the bank that Chang Hongyun mentioned, opened the safe, and obtained the two ledgers from inside.
When these two thick account books appeared in front of Xu Lang and the others, everyone felt extremely heavy. These were evidence of Chang Hongyun's crimes over the years, and also evidence of the loss of conscience of many people.
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That night, Tian Yongchun and the people from the provincial department rushed back from Chenjiahe Village and held an emergency meeting at the General Bureau of Public Security. There were very few people participating in the meeting. Except for the S city bureau leaders and provincial leaders, only
People from the central government and, of course, CSY also participated in this meeting.
There is only one result of the meeting, and that is, according to Chang Hongyun's explanation, the account book was found, and the corrupted officials recorded in it were investigated in isolation. The action must be fast to prevent them from escaping.
In addition, the goal is to find the whereabouts of the babies that have been trafficked based on the account books, find them, and bring the relevant personnel back for interrogation and investigation.
Be quick, be strict, be severe, and anyone who obstructs or interferes with this matter will be severely punished.
The meeting was brief, but the signal conveyed gave people the feeling that a storm was about to come.
After the meeting, relevant departments immediately took action, and the officialdom of S City underwent earth-shaking changes.
Many officials who appeared in the ledger were taken away that night, including some retired cadres.
The police acted quickly and progressed smoothly. However, some people still noticed something was wrong and wanted to flee with the money. However, before they could escape, they were arrested.
Caught.
That night, there was one of the biggest storms in S city in recent years. Pedestrians on the road went home early. Even private cars and taxis rarely appeared. Only one car sounded its siren and flashed.
Police cars with lights on broke the tranquility on the street.
After Xu Lang and the others interrogated Chang Hongyun and attended the meeting, they had no time to rest. The investigation of these people in the ledger was done by specialized people. The most important task for Xu Lang and the others now was to find a way to investigate all the truth.
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Most of the villagers in Chenjiahe Village have been arrested or shot dead. A small number of those who escaped were also eliminated with the cooperation of the military and police. However, there are still three people who have not been arrested.
One is Uncle Li, Chen Lihua, the other is Chen Qiang, the son of the head of Chenjiahe Village, and the other is Chen Shan.
According to the confessions of Chen Zhen and others, Chen Shan disappeared after Chen Lihua arrived in S City. It is not known whether he followed Chen Lihua back to Chenjiahe Village or escaped in advance. During this period, the police conducted a thorough investigation of S City.
Despite all the searches, Chen Shan was not found, and a wanted order for Chen Shan had already been issued, but he has not yet been found.
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August 13th.
The violent wind and rain that had been raging all night finally stopped, and the dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the long-lost sun reappeared, shining on the land.
The dark clouds have dispersed, the sun is shining brightly, and the air is extremely fresh. It seems that with the arrest of a large number of criminals, the air in S City has been purified a lot.
Another sleepless night has passed. While many people are still wondering whether to go to work today, S city has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The people who were searching deep in the mountains of Chenjiahe Village received news at ten o'clock in the morning that they had arrested Chen Lihua and Chen Qiang.
The arrival of this news is undoubtedly the biggest piece of good news during this period. Chen Lihua's arrest means that the criminal gang headed by Chen Lihua and Chang Hongyun has finally been destroyed.
Tian Yongchun asked them to take Chen Lihua back to City S as soon as possible for a surprise interrogation.
After the news of Chen Lihua's arrest came, the work in S City was also going very smoothly, and the investigation of many people was also progressing very quickly. At this point, they already knew that no matter how stubborn they were, there would be no way to resist.
When faced with the interrogation, many people began to take the initiative to explain themselves before the interrogator spoke. They burst into tears and kept saying that they were just confused for a while.
According to the records in the ledger, most of the children who were trafficked were found, and the people who bought them were also arrested.
What no one expected was that these babies were not only trafficked near S City, but also all over the country. This also brought great inconvenience to the work of the police. However, in the national criminal investigation game, in S City
During the operation, the provincial department had already notified the police in the area where these babies were located, asking them to assist in handling the case.
After good news emerged one after another, new problems also emerged.
First, Chen Lihua was arrested, but how to get him to speak is a very important question. After all, only he knows many things.
Second, this time, many people have been arrested and many people have been arrested. How to find out the truth in the shortest possible time is also a problem.
Third, although most of these trafficked babies have been found, how to place them after they are found is another problem. No one knows who their father is, not even Chang Hongyun himself, and they
Their mothers have also been killed. If the people who bought these children are also dealt with, what should we do with these children? They are still young, the youngest is only one month old, and the oldest is only two years old. They don’t understand anything.
It's a tough question.
Fourth, of the corpses found in the cave in Chenjiahe Village, only one-third of the identities of the female victims have been determined so far, and some of them have not been investigated clearly. This is also a problem.
Fifth, in addition to being shot dead or having sufficient evidence to prove their guilt, some of the villagers in Chenjiahe Village cannot be identified. How should they be dealt with and resettled?
Sixth, during the interrogation of the villagers in Chenjiahe Village, the police learned that in addition to Chen Shan and others, there are some villagers living in other cities. They may also be suspected of committing crimes. How to arrest them is another question.
question.
Seventh, where did the guns in Chenjiahe Village come from?
In addition to these immediate problems, there are still many problems that need to be solved. For example, what should be done in the aftermath of the burned-out Chenjiahe Village? How to deal with the problems in Hengtong County? Also, there are many cadres who have been dismissed this time.
The changes are huge, how to carry out the next work, etc. These problems need to be solved one by one.
Of course, these are not issues that Xu Lang and CSY should worry about, but they have to be concerned about these issues.
As this operation progresses, citizens have become aware of abnormalities, relevant news has begun to appear, and public opinion has arisen. How to deal with these matters is another headache and thorny issue.
Xu Lang and the others were under a lot of pressure, as were the leaders of the municipal bureau, and the pressure on the provincial and government departments was even greater. A murder case caused by Sun Wenyao, which involved a major case that shocked the country, seemed to be over, but in fact,