South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Chapter 328: Meet the Investigation Team Again

Soon Liu Guiying's daughter was brought back by Zhang Hongyi, along with a yellowed notebook, which was now in Yuan Mu's hand.

Yuan Mu looked at Liu Guiying in front of him and then turned to the first page.

On November 22, 1972, on the platform of Harbin Station, a little boy was sold to Li Daya, an old widower from Songlin Yujiagou, for eight yuan.

On December 3, 1972, on a train from Harbin to Ningyang, a little girl was sold to Sun Laowai from Zhaojia Village, Ningyang, for nine yuan.

On March 7, 1973, on a train from Harbin to Ningyang, the boy was sold to Wang Laosan from Zhongzhi Village, Fengxi, for eleven yuan.

Yuan Mu looked at them one by one with a frown on his face. This Liu Guiying had indeed been involved in a lot of human trafficking.

"Liu Guiying, you are so brave. You dare to blatantly abduct and sell people during the campaign?"

"It was because the supervision was not strict at that time, so there were more opportunities for attack."

"Look for yourself, is he still a human being? A living person was sold for only eight or nine yuan?" Yuan Mu shouted, pointing at the numbers in the account book.

"I had no choice. We were all poor back then. I was sold to a small mountain village. The widowers there were all poor and didn't have much money. I had to rely on my previous savings and that little bit of money, which was already a lot."

Yuan Mu was too lazy to talk to her and continued to flip through the pages. Liu Guiying abducted at least three to four people almost every year. During the movement, they were all children, but after 1976, she started abducting women.

After reading the entire notebook, Liu Guiying recorded that there were a total of 41 children and 11 women, and the illegal income totaled 5,319.72 yuan.

In the early days, she really couldn't get much money for the children she sold, but since the reform and opening up, she has been selling them for more money, sometimes hundreds of dollars. Women are more valuable, so it can be said that she has committed numerous crimes.

This is what was recorded. Yuan Mu estimated that there are many more that have not been recorded. There must have been some before 1972. They could probably have been sold at a higher price before the movement, as there were still many rich people at that time.

The interrogation of Liu Guiying came to a temporary end. Yuan Mu came to the director's office, called Ningyang Lao Ma, and found Liu Jun.

He asked Liu Jun to take people to arrest Song Lao Ba, Sun Quezi, Zhao Ermeng and Zhao Guafu, all of whom were accomplices revealed by Liu Guiying.

Yuan Mu estimated that there might be more people under these people, and it must be a long list of them, which might turn out to be a large-scale human trafficking organization.

There were dozens of people abducted and sold by Liu Guiying, and no one knows how many more had passed through their hands.

After hanging up the phone with Liu Jun, he called Kyoto again and reported the situation here to his superiors.

As expected, the superiors were very angry and asked Yuan Mu to get to the bottom of the matter as soon as possible and rescue all the children and abducted women.

Things in Beiling were coming to an end for the time being. When Yuan Mu was planning to bring Liu Guiying back to Ningyang, he received another call from his superiors, who planned to send a working group to assist him in his investigation.

Yuan Mu knew clearly that they were cooperating with the investigation, but in fact they were just here to share some of the credit. However, he did not care. This case was big enough and he could not handle it all by himself. It was only natural that he should share some with others. He could not let you take all the good things by yourself, right?

Although he was indeed the one who discovered this matter, sometimes it is like this. Yuan Mu can naturally find reasons to prevent the arrival of the working group, or step up the efforts to handle the case before the working group arrives, so as to reduce the credit of the investigation team.

But that would be too childish. You won't get long in officialdom if you eat alone. If you share the credit with others this time, then next time you ask them to do something for you, they won't refuse. It's mutual.

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On the morning of April 19, Yuan Mu met the investigation team that came from Kyoto at the Ningyang Public Security Bureau. They were all from the Ministry of Public Security. He knew some of them, but he didn't know some of the others.

After all, the Ministry of Public Security is not a small department, with so many bureaus. How could he possibly know them all?

However, Yuan Mu knew the leader. He was the director of the Second Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. He was also a subordinate of a senior minister in the Ministry of Public Security. His name was Yu Ling.

"Oh, Captain Yuan! Nice to meet you again. We used to work together, but in the blink of an eye you have become independent!" Yu Ling said with a smile.

"Yes, Director Yu. It's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect that my superiors would send you this time. I was afraid that they would send someone I wasn't familiar with!" Yuan Mu also laughed and stretched out his hand to him, and the two of them held hands tightly.

Yuan Mu has a pretty good relationship with Director Yu. They have worked on a case together before. After all, they were both from the Criminal Investigation Bureau, so they would see each other every day.

Although there are factions within the organization, there aren't too many conflicts. If there aren't too many conflicts above them, then naturally there won't be any conflicts below them. If they can get by, then they'll get by.

Then Yuan Mu shook hands with everyone behind him one by one. There were seven people in total in this investigation team. It wasn't a lot of people, but these seven people were divided into four factions. I have to say, there are so many factions in Kyoto!

The deputy team leader is Yu Ling, director of the Second Division of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, the deputy team leader is Chen Ling, a director of the Railway Public Security Bureau, team members include Gong Yongsi, section chief of the Public Security Management Bureau, Hao Yanghua, section chief of the General Office, Jiao Hongjun, section chief of the Intelligence Command, Yan Feng, section chief of the Personnel Training, and Zuo Yuxuan, section chief of the Public Security Political Department.

Look, look, this guy has divided things so messily. Seven people, from seven departments respectively. They really want to get involved. These are the trusted subordinates of the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security.

But Yuan Mu didn't care about these, because this investigation was still headed by Yuan Mu. He was the team leader, and his superiors were very clear about this. These people were just here to get credit, and Yuan Mu still had to do the specific work.

Arriving at a certain meeting room, Yuan Mu explained the case to everyone. Although these people came here to get credit, Yuan Mu had no intention of letting them sit idle. They all had to work for me, as the credit was not so easy to get.

In the following time, Yuan Mu divided them into two groups, one group to verify the family situation of the abducted persons, and the other group followed him to rescue the abducted children and women.

As for Song Lao Ba and others who were captured, they are currently being interrogated by Liu Jun and Ning Wei. It is estimated that they will confess soon. Ning Wei's methods are not low. This guy is very ruthless. If they dare not confess, they will inevitably suffer physical pain.

Now the Ningyang police force was fully mobilized, driving around and going to one ravine after another to look for people. Many of the children who were abducted have grown up now, and some may not even remember who their biological parents are.