287: Chapter 85: The Mole is Still an Old Friend 287: Chapter 85: The Mole is Still an Old Friend No one’s money comes blown in by the wind.
In Wang Yunxiao’s impression, Mu Yuming seemed decent, but when it came to what business he specifically conducted, Wang Yunxiao genuinely knew nothing.
What kind of business could withstand his own daughter spending money so lavishly?
Buying maids at will, donating money carelessly…
Of course, what specific business someone conducted had little to do with Wang Yunxiao, and the police department didn’t have the energy to trace the source and flow of private funds.
He and Gao Shan considered—if there was nothing wrong with the person, could the problem lie with the money?
The Great Luo Sect came to extort money by force, and it was for money.
Now this victim’s family member ran to the police station, distorting right and wrong, and it seemed to be for money as well.
It was no surprise for people to die for money, but how did they find out about this sum of money?
Large sums of money now directly circulated in banks, unlike in the past where actual silver or silver notes were involved.
It wasn’t easy to find out who had money in their pockets or who could be scammed without special channels.
Wang Yunxiao opened his notebook, “Check for an inside job first!”
No matter what the Special Service Bureau intended to catch by targeting this den, the police side definitely had to follow the normal investigation process.
After Gao Shan finished this record, he placed it on his own desk, where very few were able to access it.
They were all his own brothers.
But brothers aren’t necessarily worthy of trust.
Wang Yunxiao had Gao Shan single out the suspects for questioning, while he himself watched closely with the notebook in hand.
“Detecting a Faceless One…”
“It’s him!
Arrest him!”
When Wang Yunxiao first learned to use the notebook, he had caught a “Faceless One” in the police department.
He didn’t expect to encounter another one so soon, perfectly disguised, with no flaws to be spotted in appearance or voice.
The notebook didn’t display living people’s information, but these Faceless Ones seemed not to fear the light—more precisely, once they had changed into another person’s appearance, they wouldn’t slip up as long as they didn’t continue to morph.
This seemed to involve knowledge of “self-perception”, the specifics of which Wang Yunxiao could not fathom, but the exposure of this Faceless One prompted some unfounded associations in his mind.
“How was that person dealt with last time?”
“Couldn’t get any valuable intelligence, so he was sent to the Special Service Bureau.”
Qin Xiangdong also felt helpless about this, as there was a serious information barrier between the police department and the Special Service Bureau.
Even if he could pry some intelligence from that Faceless One’s mouth, he might not understand the value of the intelligence itself.
Although he knew this was for the sake of protection, it was difficult to handle real problems when he had no intelligence at all.
The appearance of a Faceless One always meant a police officer’s disappearance.
You couldn’t get anything out of them, and there was no word from the Special Service Bureau side—the payout of the pension was uncertain.
“We’ve lacked sufficient intelligence previously, but Director Qin, do you remember?
Among those files you gave me, there was a sect that sounded like a combination of Feng Shui Masters and Mr.
Yin Yang, called the Cuojin Sect.”
Wang Yunxiao had actually heard of the name Cuojin Sect even before the time-space retrospection, that is, when he met the Feng Shui Master named Leng Nian at Chen Yan’s house.
At that time, Nurse Liu had told them a story about this Cuojin Sect, but Wang Yunxiao forgot about it after hearing it.
It’s laughable, that was hundreds of chapters ago, I can’t even remember the content updated three days ago.
The first time he encountered one of the Faceless Ones, because the description in the notebook was very Western, Wang Yunxiao did not associate the two together.
However, as his own experience grew and he saw many examples of East-West integration and hybridization within this circle, Wang Yunxiao immediately recalled the name Cuojin Sect the next time he encountered one of these Faceless Ones.
“Do you mean to say that this person could possibly be a disciple of the Cuojin Sect?”
After Wang Yunxiao’s reminder, Qin Xiangdong thought for a moment and his expression gradually turned solemn, “Can you confirm that?”
“I cannot confirm it.”
Wang Yunxiao shook his head, “As far as I know, the Feng Shui masters of the Cuojin Sect are best at transforming their appearance and confusing the celestial secrets to seek benefits, avoid harm, and resist disasters.
Changing their appearance is only a means, not the end.
And the two people we have caught, they are clearly die-hard elements who resist stubbornly, tight-lipped, looking like they’re pawns unaware they’re being used.”
“But as the saying goes, it’s a case of ‘game recognizes game.’ Even if they are not from the Cuojin Sect, the Cuojin Sect must know about them.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have qualified to be included on the government’s priority surveillance list.”
“That makes sense.”
Qin Xiangdong felt a light bulb turn on, “This really could be a clue.
Do you think we could find a disciple of the Cuojin Sect to help with the investigation?”
Wang Yunxiao spread his hands, “The Cuojin Sect might be easy to find, but trustworthy people are not.”
The term ‘secret society’ is just a general label; in reality, most of the organizations on that list aren’t secretive, it’s just that ordinary people usually don’t come into contact with their circle.
Take the Red Lantern Society for example, they’re just low-profile, not trying to hide anything.
If you really want to find them, you could just go out, stop by any alleyway, ask a passing aunt cracking melon seeds, and you might just find the middle management of the Red Lantern Society.
Qianjin Church, owning many light industrial and textile factories, is one of the major economic pillars of Tianmen City.
Their church is openly built there, without any intent to hide.
The Cuojin Sect cannot be considered a secret society either, it can even be said to be a semi-public jianghu sect.
Feng Shui Masters need to eat too, without clients coming to give them money, they would spend their days reading Feng Shui for themselves without making a doughy pancake.
These people now spend all their time circling around the royalty and nobility of the Former Dynasty, the remaining followers.
They especially loathe interacting with members of the Official Residence and are really unwilling to enter a police station.
They claim it’s to avoid the killing qi of the official world, but in reality, it’s because of mutual disdain.
Police work requires evidence, and things in Feng Shui are not something that can be used as evidence.
A killer places a tin turtle at the victim’s doorstep, and three months later the victim dies.
Even if the killer confesses, can the police call in a Feng Shui Master to give evidence?
How could a Feng Shui Master attest to this?
It’s not a question of being scientific or not, it’s simply a matter that can’t be opened up lightly.
Just like if euthanasia were to be legalized, whether you get to die peacefully is not something you can decide on your own anymore.
Criminal cases become particularly troublesome once they involve metaphysical and supernatural elements.
“Regardless, having a direction is a good thing.”
Qin Xiangdong smiled, “Let’s keep this person detained for now; then I will think of a way.”
We have already made exceptions once and twice; we can’t keep doing it over and over again, otherwise these Faceless Ones will keep replacing each other, how many people in the police force can withstand such depletion?