Chapter 725 Howling Woman
Chapter 725 Howling Woman
Seeing that more and more people were gathering around, Lin Ze ordered, “Collect the body, send people to stand guard at the scene, disperse the people, and don’t let them gather around anymore. Take the family of the deceased back to the Coordination Bureau for questioning.”
As soon as Master Lin gave the order, the people below immediately took action.
The common people still respected and feared the people from the Auxiliary Management Bureau, but once they saw that they were serious, they dispersed. Only the family members of the deceased were still crying.
Lin Ze watched coldly, and saw that the woman who had just stopped the old lady from speaking was crying without tears, blinking her eyes and howling, looking around from time to time.
When she heard that she was going to be taken in for questioning, the woman simply sat on the ground and cried, "I have to take care of my husband's funeral. My poor man, you left us mothers and children and left. How are we going to live?"
As she cried, a white arm was revealed, and there was a gold bracelet on her wrist.
Looking closely at the woman, although she is over 30 years old, she has fair skin, smooth face and a plump body.
She's quite a pretty young woman.
Lin Ze said to Xiao Duan, "Take this woman away, and then we can use some tricks."
Xiao Duan said excitedly: "Uncle Lin, you can see that this woman kept howling and had a gold bracelet on her hand. She probably has a lover outside. This case is easy to solve."
Lin Ze kicked him and said, "This kid can't speak!"
"You can take her away if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much? She has a lover. Could it be that the other two victims also have lovers? There is something else going on in this case. Let's try this woman first."
Xiao Duan stopped talking and went to help obediently.
Lin Ze got in the car and went directly to the Auxiliary Management Bureau instead of going back to the headquarters.
When they arrived at the office, Lin Ze asked Niu Saner, "What are the largest gangs in Tianjin?"
Niu Saner thought for a moment, "The Taoism here has a deeper foundation and has been around for a longer time, like the White Lotus, Huang Tian, Wen Xiang, and the later ones include the Yi Guan Dao, Xiantian Dao, Guigen Dao, and so on."
Lin Ze was surprised, "White Lotus Sect? There is still such a thing now?"
Niu Saner smiled, "Master, it's not the kind of orderly inheritance. I've looked through the various case files of the police department before. Every once in a while, someone comes out and says that they are a leader or a saint. They hold forums to answer questions, draw talismans and give medicine. They always follow the tricks of the gangsters."
The reason why these secret societies are not in the public eye is that they exist for the purpose of deceiving people. They piece together the classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism and change their appearance to have a so-called theoretical basis. Then they perform tricks such as lotus in bowls, snakes in pots, and regenerating severed fingers to cheat ignorant men and women out of their money.
The more powerful ones are good at setting up schemes and often target the wealthy and powerful. One single move can make them rich for the rest of their lives.
Since the late Qing Dynasty, there have been more and more such organizations, making the situation chaotic.
"What about those societies?"
"Sir, there are even more. Some have dozens of people forming a society, such as the Longhua Holy Church, Tongshan Society, Xihua Hall, Morality Society, etc. The largest one is the Lihui, which is the so-called Chinese Lijiao Federation. There are offices in various places, and there are three in Tianjin, but they haven't caused any major trouble."
Lin Ze nodded. "Just because there wasn't trouble before doesn't mean there won't be trouble in the future!"
To put it bluntly, the more chaotic the times are, the more these unpresentable things will come out and jump around. Whenever order is established, these people will be the first to be hit.
This mob alone can't cause any big trouble, but we are afraid that someone is trying to do it behind the scenes.
As the two were talking, someone came hurriedly to report that the woman had been brought in, and in addition to her, the family members of the other two deceased had also been brought in.
Lin Ze got up and went to the interrogation room.
After all, they are the family members of the deceased. They are just questioned and there is no need to put handcuffs on them.
But the bloodstains and various torture instruments in the interrogation room were no joke. When catching hooligans in the past, many bosses who were very domineering outside would tremble here, let alone a woman who had never seen the world.
Wang Dayou's wife didn't dare to howl anymore. She bit her lips and lowered her head, occasionally glancing around with her eyelids raised, looking very scared.
The relatives of the other two deceased had red and swollen eyes from crying. They were sobbing non-stop out of fear and sadness.
Lin Ze sat down and said in a friendly manner, "Your men are all workers on the construction site. I am also a member of the port construction site. They are also working for me. Since someone dared to kill them so cruelly, I will never sit idly by. No matter what, I will find out the real culprit, cut them into pieces, and give you an explanation."
The other two women burst into tears when they heard this. One of them even cried, "Master Lin, we women don't understand what's going on. The neighbors all say you're a good official. My man died so tragically. You must do something for him. My family doesn't want anything but the murderer's life!"
The other one also nodded frequently and cried.
Only Wang Dayou’s wife shuddered when she heard the words “torn into pieces”. She then didn’t know where to put her hands and feet, and was obviously terrified.
Lin Ze then put away his smile and slammed the table hard.
"But you must not hide anything. Tell me clearly what your men have done since they came back, or don't blame me for being rude!"
Lin Ze looked at the trembling woman, "Wang Dayou's family, you speak first!"
The woman's teeth chattered, "Master, Master...After Dayou came home, my mother-in-law and I prayed to the Buddha. We thought that he was working hard on the construction site and might hurt his body, so we persuaded him to pray and ask the gods and Buddhas to bless him. Unexpectedly, Dayou refused to pray no matter what, and kept muttering...mumbling that they had Master Lin to bless them, and there was no need to worship these outside gods and Buddhas. My mother-in-law was unhappy and scolded him a few words. He left and didn't come back all night. We only found out this morning that he... Woo woo woo! My poor man!"
"You two should say something too."
"After my husband came back from the construction site, I quickly cooked for him. After dinner, it was already dark. Wang Dayou suddenly came home and called my husband, saying that he had something to discuss. My husband left with him and never came back!"
"My family is the same! After my husband came back, he was called away by Wang Dayou again. Our head of the family, wuwuwu! Our head of the family is gone just like that, his heart and liver were taken away by someone, what kind of sin is this!"
Lin Ze asked again: "Since these people know each other, have they ever gone out to drink, gamble, or smoke opium together?"
A woman said hurriedly, "They are all from Zaili. They never drink or play with money. Since they came to the construction site, they have been very honest. They usually bring their wages back to support their families. They are very frugal even when eating. How could they drink or smoke? They also said that Zaili wants to pay money all day long. Now that Master Lin is in charge of them, they might as well quit Zaili and save some money!"
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