Chapter 94

"What's going on here?"

Watching Yuan Bingqi struggle on the ground, Captain Liu was dumbfounded, and a wave of fear washed over him. If the gun hadn't misfired, it would likely be Hu Baoguo lying on the ground now.

However, what puzzled Captain Liu was that the gun Yuan Bingqi used was a highly stable military-issue Type 54 pistol. Apart from the misfire, the entire gun was polished to a shine, and it shouldn't have misfired.

In fact, not only was Captain Liu puzzled, but Yuan Bingqi, who was being held down by several special police officers, felt even more bewildered. He had checked the gun that morning, and there were no issues then.

"Old Hu, I still have to thank you. After the case is over, I'll treat you to a drink!"

Although Hu Baoguo was not injured, Captain Liu was still deeply grateful. If this were a battlefield, Hu Baoguo would be the kind of person he would trust with his back.

Captain Liu was a soldier and didn't know how to express his gratitude, so he could only do it in the most straightforward way—by drinking until they were both drunk.

"On the battlefield, you have to protect your comrades from bullets!"

Captain Liu's words resonated with Hu Baoguo, who patted his shoulder and said, "After we finish this case, I'll recommend everyone for commendation, and we'll all celebrate with a drink!"

"Deputy Commander Hu, we found these things in his backpack and suspect they are drugs!"

At that moment, the room was crowded with people. Some were fetching towels to bandage Yuan Bingqi's wounds, while others were conducting a thorough search of the room. The contents of Yuan Bingqi's backpack were quickly uncovered.

"Take photos and send them for analysis. I'll interrogate the suspect first!"

Hu Baoguo reported the situation to the command center and decided to conduct an on-site interrogation. In such a situation where the suspect and the evidence were caught together, it was the easiest way to break the suspect's psychological defenses.

"Yuan Bingqi, how do you feel? Is there anything you want to say?" After a simple bandage was applied to Yuan Bingqi's right hand, Hu Baoguo brought him to the living room.

To gather more evidence, the search upstairs continued. However, the special police who entered the room from the balcony had completely destroyed any traces left by Qin Feng.

"You are framing me. I didn't deal drugs. Those... those drugs aren't mine..."

Yuan Bingqi suddenly raised his head, his eyes blazing with anger, and he struggled fiercely, shouting, "It's the police who framed me. You put the drugs there!"

Yuan Bingqi was now fully awake. Although he was shouting that he was framed, his heart was filled with despair. He believed that the framing was real, but not by the police, rather by Man Bao.

Apart from Man Bao, almost no one could have obtained so many drugs. Apart from Man Bao, no one else could have opened the safe. Man Bao's departure before the incident seemed to confirm this.

"Yuan Bingqi, I didn't say those things were drugs. How did you know they were drugs?"

Hu Baoguo smiled, but then his face turned serious, and he slammed his right hand on the coffee table in front of him, shouting, "You're still lying at the end. The drugs were found in your backpack. What else do you have to say?"

"I didn't know they were drugs."

The physical pain and the evidence before him had left Yuan Bingqi at a loss. He mumbled, "Even if those are drugs, I only hid them. I... I didn't deal them..."

As an ambitious drug dealer, Yuan Bingqi was well-versed in the relevant laws. The crime of hiding drugs was much lighter than dealing drugs, with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, which did not meet the criteria for the death penalty.

"Hiding drugs? Yuan Bingqi, don't forget that the drugs were seized from you, which can be defined as transporting drugs."

After joining the special task force, Hu Baoguo had studied a lot about drug-related laws. He coldly said, "According to the criminal law, smuggling, selling, transporting, or manufacturing more than one kilogram of opium, more than fifty grams of heroin or methamphetamine, or a large amount of other drugs, can result in a sentence of fifteen years, life imprisonment, or the death penalty. What do you have to say?"

"Man Bao, Jia Lin, I won't let you off even if I become a ghost!"

Hu Baoguo's words completely shattered Yuan Bingqi's psychological defenses. At that moment, he didn't hate the police in front of him but focused all his resentment on Man Bao. In Yuan Bingqi's view, Man Bao had betrayed him.

"Man Bao?"

Hu Baoguo was taken aback. He knew that another task force was capturing Man Bao, but he didn't understand why Yuan Bingqi mentioned Man Bao with such hatred.

"Does he think Man Bao did all this?"

Hu Baoguo's mind raced, and his voice softened. He said, "Yuan Bingqi, if you confess, you might not be sentenced to death. Tell me, where is Man Bao?"

"Man Bao did all this. His real name is Jia Lin. You must catch him. He's trying to escape from Tianjin Port!"

Yuan Bingqi's hatred had clouded his judgment. He just wanted the police to catch Man Bao and send him to the execution ground with him.

Yuan Bingqi didn't suspect that Man Bao might be an undercover agent because the crimes he had committed were enough to get him executed a hundred times. Clearly, he couldn't be working with the police.

The only conclusion was that Man Bao was after the millions of dollars stored in Thai and Swiss banks. By sending Yuan Bingqi to the execution ground, all that money would be Man Bao's.

"Man Bao is trying to escape?"

Hu Baoguo was taken aback and signaled Captain Liu to continue the interrogation. He then went outside to call the command center and report the news.

Yuan Bingqi's psychological defenses were almost completely broken, and the interrogation didn't need Hu Baoguo's involvement. The police had interrogation experts. Standing under the eaves as the rain gradually subsided, Hu Baoguo lit a cigarette.

"Damn, where did that kid go? How did he do it?"

In the entire special task force, only Hu Baoguo knew that this wasn't a natural occurrence but the work of Qin Feng. Of course, even if he said it, few would believe him.

Even Hu Baoguo found it hard to believe. He had seen Qin Feng just a few hours ago, and in less than two hours, Qin Feng had managed to frame someone.

For Hu Baoguo, this was a significant achievement. The resolution of this high-profile case would fundamentally change his career trajectory, though he couldn't predict the final outcome.

Capturing the main suspect didn't mean the case was over. Besides Hu Baoguo's team, other teams were also actively capturing suspects.

At the moment the arrest order was issued, nearly a thousand armed police surrounded the remote pharmaceutical factory, controlling everyone from the security guards to the workers.

After a thorough search, a basement was discovered, which was Yuan Bingqi's drug production workshop.

Three researchers from prestigious universities, who were working on diluting the drugs, were caught on the spot. On-site, they also seized several kilograms of high-purity heroin, marking a significant breakthrough in the major drug trafficking and production case.

At the same time, arrest teams in Tianjin, Lang City, and surrounding provinces also took action, dismantling Yuan Bingqi's drug distribution network and capturing over a hundred drug dealers.

At the Lang City cargo station where Qin Feng delivered the drugs, the station manager, Pianyi, was injured in the leg while resisting arrest. The injury was high up, and even if he wasn't executed, Pianyi would likely lose his ability to function as a man.

In Tianjin, all properties belonging to Yuan Bingqi's group were searched, and hundreds of gang members were arrested in their sleep.

Even if they hadn't been involved in drug trafficking, most of them had committed various crimes. The trio of Long, Hu, and Xiong had all committed murders, and others like Chen Yu had also committed serious crimes in the past.

The Grand Rich Nightclub and its entertainment complex were sealed off, and the gamblers, patrons, and prostitutes spent a memorable night at the police station.

The crackdown was so intense and secretive that no one in Tianjin's underworld received any information. Although it was primarily aimed at Yuan Bingqi's criminal group, it also exposed the crimes of other gangs.

That rainy night, almost all the underworld figures in Tianjin were up all night. Those with connections were frantically making phone calls to gather information, while those without connections and with criminal records were in constant fear, dreading the moment the police would appear.

In a single night, Tianjin seemed to be thoroughly cleansed by the rain, becoming clean from the inside out.

After this crackdown, if someone dropped a wallet on the street, at least ten thieves would rush to return it to the owner.

"Damn, where did that kid Qin Feng go?"

By the time it was light, Hu Baoguo still hadn't received any news about Qin Feng, which made him increasingly anxious. Even the fact that Man Hu and Man Bao hadn't been captured seemed less important.

"Oh, overslept..."

What Hu Baoguo didn't know was that Qin Feng had returned to the truck and accidentally slept until dawn. He was now driving the truck frantically towards the pharmaceutical factory.

Qin Feng knew that this trip back was like walking into a trap.

But whether as Hu Baoguo's informant or an employee of the pharmaceutical factory, he had to return. If he didn't, he would likely have to wander the world for the rest of his life.

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