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This matter should have been handled by the Discipline Inspection Commission, but since two people died and it involved a murder case of a violent nature, it had to be handed over to their local police station.

Most of the evidence collected by Yu Shuqiang was indeed true, but they couldn't find any evidence in this murder case, meaning they couldn't find the body. So they could only arrest Lin Yaohua on charges of embezzlement and bribery, hoping to reduce the sentence of this Lin Yaohua, but they couldn't get the rights of the two innocent victims back.

Upon receiving the tip, they immediately convened a special meeting and worked through the night to develop a town-wide search plan.

Where a murderer might ultimately hide the body is somewhere close to the crime scene.

They retrieved the police reports of the two suspects and, surprisingly, found that there were no police reports filed by them, and that their families had moved away from the area overnight.

This made what was previously a very confusing situation suddenly clear.

They moved away? How could they move away? There are only two possibilities: either they were forced to move, or they took the money and moved away.

They then retrieved the financial records of the two families from the past five years, and what they found was even more interesting.

Five years ago, they each received a transfer record of one million yuan, and they contacted the local police to conduct overnight questioning of both families.

Under police interrogation, they finally revealed the secrets they had kept hidden for years. They had gone to report the crime, but instead, they were ambushed in their home, hung up, and beaten. After that, they would occasionally see the same people who had beaten them near their home.

They lived in constant fear, but one day they were arrested, forced to transfer one million yuan to them, and then beaten for three hours. They were so badly beaten that they had no choice but to sign that humiliating letter of understanding.

They thought the matter would just end there, but to their utter surprise, this group of people continued to loiter around their neighborhood from time to time, and would occasionally cause them trouble in certain places. Terrified, they moved away overnight. But even after moving, they still received strange warning notices at their door from time to time. For five whole years, they were unable to seek justice for their family and were constantly harassed. They were on the verge of a mental breakdown.

When the police found the girl's father, he was about to drink paraquat to end his life. If the police hadn't arrived in time, Lin Yaohua would have had another murder on his hands.

After listening to the tearful accusations of the two victims' families, the police officers' fists hardened even more. They were determined to bring Lin Yaohua to justice and give these two victims justice.

They stayed up all night at the police station and finally found the last location and the car where the two suspects were last seen in surveillance footage from five years ago.

However, all that could be confirmed was that the two suspects were taken away in the car; the trail went cold there, and the car disappeared without a trace.

Just as they were in a state of panic, a call came in from the police. The caller said that there might be skeletal remains buried in the back mountain of Qingyuan Town. He had gone up the mountain that morning to dig for medicinal herbs, but instead found a skeletal hand.

He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground with a thud and immediately dialed the police.

Based on their years of experience as criminal investigators, they confirmed their suspicions in almost a second.

At this point, Yu Shuqiang recalled an important detail: he had called Lin Yaohua that day, asking him not to urge the villagers to sell melons. Lin Yaohua replied that he was powerless to do so, as the villagers had approached him on their own initiative, and also told him not to meddle in other people's business.

Then a voice from the side said, "Boss, it's all buried. The soil on this back hill is really hard to dig."

That period was the most chaotic time in Qingyuan Town. The villagers were all busy selling melons, and no one cared about what was happening on the back mountain. This made it easier for Lin Yaohua to bury the body.

This crucial information was like a timely rain. They immediately located the back mountain of Qingyuan Town and arrived with excavators. Today, they were going to catch him red-handed; that bastard Lin Yaohua wouldn't be able to escape.

They drove a large convoy of excavators to Qingyuan Town, and to their surprise, the scene was quite lively. The villagers had gathered in the melon field, making a ruckus and talking about something.

"Hey, Captain Zhang, what brings you all here? We're so sorry we didn't greet you properly."

When Lin Yaohua and Beast Zhang arrived, the excavator was just about to go up the mountain when they heard the voice that Captain Liu was talking about.

Everything matched up perfectly; the two bodies were indeed on the back mountain.

He gave a light snort and said indifferently, "We received a report that a body was found on this mountain, so we came to investigate."

"Captain Zhang, you should have said so earlier. I could have just dug it out and taken it to the police station for you without having to bother you," Lin Yaohua quickly changed his tune and said with a grin.

"That's really no trouble for you," Captain Zhang said with a forced smile.

This guy is really shameless.

Seeing that Captain Zhang remained unmoved, Lin Yaohua's heart pounded like a drum, and his face turned pale instantly. He subconsciously glanced at Beast Zhang.

Beast Zhang also looked flustered, but fortunately, at the critical moment he remembered the all-powerful method of bribery.

He chuckled and said to Captain Zhang with a lighthearted grin, "Officer Zhang, we're old acquaintances. Shall we talk in private for a moment?"

[Oh, trying to bribe the police, you Beast Zhang? Just wait and see how I embarrass you.]

Song Shiwei scoffed inwardly, then stepped forward, grabbed Scumbag Lin, and said loudly, "Secretary Lin, why did you stop talking about us cooperating with you to swindle money from the villagers? What are we supposed to say? How are we supposed to cooperate with you?"

"Yeah, didn't you say that if we don't cooperate with you, you'll have to cooperate with us?" Jiang Zhuxin, always eager for drama, chimed in.