“It’s not that simple.” I told Zhao Zichen briefly about Shi Sheng and Yan, “Shi Sheng and his downline are not in direct contact either, there is a broker liaison in between, Cai Xiaobing is already checking it out, it should come to light tomorrow. The reason why Shi Sheng is not such a cautious person and is so careful is probably due to the demands of his subordinates. The person coming over tomorrow to deliver the goods won’t be a top or bottom line either, it should still be a middleman.”
At this time, Xiao Er had already disposed of the corpse, I don’t know what kind of air freshener he used, once he sprayed the room there was no smell at all, if not for the blood still on Zhao Zichen’s hands, it would have been impossible to tell that someone had been killed in this room.
I felt diabolical, but neither Baldy nor the shopkeeper reacted too much, instead setting off my pretensions. Maybe it was normal for them jianghu people to stop killing by killing.
No wonder several big clans made a Jianghu alliance with each other, killing each other like this, when is the end of the fishy rain in Jianghu.
I couldn’t help but admire the old man, Ge, who had never been seen before. Even the government may not be able to control them, but only this old man can restrain them.
Zhao Zichen said, “I’ve thought about it too, so I was about to tell you not to arrest the middleman tomorrow.”
I was alerted for a moment, “Don’t you mess around.”
“I want to go undercover, maybe I can start with this middleman and find out the real underlings.”
I had a headache, “It’s not as simple as you think. Now that Shi Sheng is dead, there’s no way the other side won’t be alerted. You may not understand, the drug makers and dealers in the southwest will have pressurized goods during each transaction. The first thing is that there must be someone behind you quietly pressing the goods during your shipment, and Shi Sheng is not the core person of this criminal gang, that group of people will definitely send a person to keep an eye on Shi Sheng to press the goods so as to avoid problems. Even if Shi Sheng’s body could be hidden, his disappearance would have alerted this criminal gang. These people dare to make and sell guns in the country so blatantly, they are definitely vicious people, you will be in danger if you sneak in.”
Zhao Zichen insisted, “There are dangers in everything, and the riskier the approach, the higher the return.”
I stared at Zhao Zichen and asked, “Let’s talk openly and honestly. You helped me set up Shi Sheng to avenge Sun Qiaoqiao, but now that Shi Sheng is dead, why are you still so aggressive?”
Zhao Zichen didn’t hold back and said, “I only have one purpose, to kill Jiang Ming. Shi Sheng was a member of the Green Dragon Gang, and he was in the weapons business, I don’t believe the Green Dragon Gang didn’t know about it. I want to cut off one hand of the Green Dragon Gang.”
I couldn’t see any sign of lying on his face, Zhao Zichen was so determined that I drew in a breath of cold air, I had thought he had long forgotten about it.
“Well? I don’t have to worry about my safety, you can’t get a tiger without entering a tiger’s den.”
I shook my head, “I don’t agree, it’s too risky. And I have another line that has traced the middle man. It’s just a matter of how to keep the middle man in check without moving, that hasn’t been figured out yet.”
My very firm refusal put Zhao Zichen off the idea of being an undercover agent for the time being as well.
Undercover work was very dangerous, he wasn’t a cop, and I wasn’t in a position to ask him to take that risk. Things were at a dead end again, and the bureau we had managed to set up might only be able to catch a middleman for the joint.
Zhao Zichen and I picked up the phone and contacted Cai Xiaobing, who finally brought me the good news that by listening to Shi Sheng’s phone calls, they had locked up the middleman, Mei Jixiang, a 23-year-old young woman, a local, who had known Shi Sheng for five years, and Shi Sheng’s first call was to her after he heard about Yanzi’s accident.
Cai Xiaobing couldn’t decide whether to put Mei Jixiang under control.
I asked, “Where is she now?”
“At home, our people are watching, they haven’t run away.”
My heart thumped and I immediately said, “Tell everyone to stay away, and definitely don’t let her notice you. Shi Sheng has already called Mei Jisheng to inform her, and it’s surprising that she hasn’t run away yet, which means this chick is testing the waters. There are probably people around this chick watching her house, once you guys lean over, she’ll be the first to get the message.”
“Then why isn’t she running?” Cai Xiaobing smacked her lips, “Bold enough. What if we don’t control it? We still don’t know the address for tomorrow’s deal.”
sh*t, it looks like we’ll have to rely on Zhao Zichen to lead the way tomorrow!
I said, “Control for sure, but not now. We’ll have to wait until tomorrow’s deal to see if the middleman is the one handing over the goods. No matter what, the goods will always go to the next person, and we can always catch them by following the trail. You arrange for your men tonight, Bureau Qi and Deputy Director Xu are under control, no one will know about the operation tonight.”
“Yes, Captain!”
Shi Sheng was dead, the middle man couldn’t be moved, the best clue was instead in Zhao Zichen’s possession.
I was firmly against Zhao Zichen going undercover, but I still needed his cooperation for tomorrow’s joint.
In the evening we all rested at the wood-fired wontons, and incidentally fleshed out the plan of action for tomorrow a little more.
Early tomorrow morning, Zhao Zichen would go to a hardware factory at Luo Wang Ferry to pick up a shipment, as he had agreed with Shi Sheng, and someone at Luo Wang Ferry would tell him where to deliver the shipment.
Shi Sheng and his subordinates never meet, he doesn’t even meet with the middleman who delivers the goods, at such a dangerous time in the transaction, Shi Sheng will only contact his subordinates at home with his IPad.
After the middleman has counted the goods, the next person will transfer the money to one of Shi Sheng’s overseas accounts, and the two sides of the transaction will not meet.
It is certain that such a delivery will definitely be pressurised by someone, and this pressuriser will also be someone from the group behind the scenes, definitely not the middleman.
Our people are arranged at the scene, the focus of the arrest is not the middleman, but the person who pressed the goods, the person who pressed the goods caught, but also will not be alarmed by the batch of goods.
I told Cai Xiaobing to stand by at all times, once Zhao Zichen has news here, he must be the first to bring his men to the ambush.
We went over the plan a few more times and Cai Xiaobing proposed to put a listening device on Zhao Zichen’s body, but I refused. Because once this thing was searched, it would be like Zhao Zichen handing over his life.
After talking about the plan until midnight and coordinating every step, Zhao Zichen said, “Now you can rest a*sured. You special forces are so slow in your work. Be bold and use my plan, things can be a lot easier.”
I frowned, always feeling something hanging in my heart, and shook my head, “This plan of mine is also very risky, once the news of Shi Sheng’s death reaches the ears of that criminal gang, your little life will be hard to save.”
“You’re just being mediocre. Just one day, how could this be discovered?”
“No, I still don’t feel right. What if someone is also secretly keeping tabs on Shi Sheng’s whereabouts. You’re still too impulsive to kill Shi Sheng.”
