Volume 1 Chapter 50: Money Laundering

  Not far from the Qi Shi Cheng, there was a mobile phone specialty store. Qu Wen asked Zhao Hai Feng to help him choose a phone with a good price-performance ratio, spending nearly 2,000 yuan. He couldn't stop shouting in pain, still being a poor man who couldn't afford such extravagance.

  But soon became curious and started fiddling with it, like most people, as long as they remembered the numbers, they dialed them all, telling others that they had bought a mobile phone, and couldn't help but have a small show-off mentality.

  Zhao Haifeng followed beside him, giving Qu Wen a fierce glare. He had just solved the puzzle of the ice jade, but now he was crying bitterly.

  "If you were poor, the vast majority of people in the world would starve to death. At the speed at which you make money, it's as if there are gods secretly sending it from heaven."

  Qu Wen's poverty has its own reason. Don't look at the hundreds of millions in his pocket now, but spiritual awareness and divine connection rely on the nourishment of the aura of precious things. Since it is a precious thing, it cannot be bought with small money. The hundreds of millions on him will disappear in an instant if he encounters something good. So Qu Wen is really very poor.

  "Hai Feng, it's not right to say that. Even if there are gods in heaven who give out money, I still need to work hard to earn it. Otherwise, if I just stay at home every day, do you think the money will fall from the sky?"

  Zhao Haifeng knew this principle, but Qu Wen's luck was too good, so good that it was a bit over the top. If he wasn't living in an era of science and technology, he would have suspected that Qu Wen had a spiritual connection with some god in heaven.

  "I know you've been working hard, but since your luck is so good, why not give some to me and let me have a stroke of good fortune too? I turned around and ran into a beautiful woman."

  Don't look at Zhao Haifeng's personality, he seems quiet and introverted, but actually he is a passionate type. Outwardly, he looks shy, but in his heart, he is very enthusiastic. Because they are all of the same age, their relationship with each other is not bad, and over time, Qu Wen slowly discovered his other side. He waved his hand: "Take it, take it, I wish you'll soon meet a beautiful girl."

  Just as Qu Wen finished speaking, four police officers walked over from a short distance away and surrounded the two of them. One of them took out his ID card, which read "Fang Qiang, First-Class Police Officer of Xicheng District".

  "Are you Qu Wen?"

  It's often said that the living don't enter government offices, and the dead don't enter hell. When nothing's wrong, a few police officers come looking for you - who would be happy about that? Moreover, judging from Fang Qiang's expression, it shouldn't be anything good. After being stunned for a moment, Qu Wen asked: "What do you want with me?"

  "We suspect you are involved in a money laundering case with an organized crime syndicate, so please come with us to the police station to assist with the investigation."

  "What? Money laundering!"

  Fang Qiang's words startled both Qu Wen and Zhao Haifeng, this crime is no trivial matter.

  "Comrades of the police, haven't you made a mistake? I've never done anything illegal or disorderly. If you don't believe me, you can investigate carefully!"

  A cold sneer flashed across Fang Qiang's face. After doing criminal investigation work for many years, all suspects would initially be evasive, but once the ironclad evidence was presented, they would naturally succumb.

  "You think the police are reckless? We've investigated and only then came to find you. Whatever you say now is useless, wait until we get to the police station and explain everything clearly. You have to believe in the country's law enforcement department, it will never wrong a good person, but also will not let off a bad person!" Fang Qiang emphasized the last sentence particularly heavily.

  This talk is okay for ordinary people, but if you tell it to officials, they will just laugh at you. It's not that all government departments are unfair, but in certain situations, some departments become personal tools.

  Qu Wen is not a fool, he knows whether he has done it or not. He suspects that someone has secretly framed him. After thinking about it carefully, he realizes that he hasn't been back for long and hasn't had many opportunities to offend anyone. If he had to say who he offended, it would only be Lu Shaojie, whom he has ruined several times and made himself his archenemy. Coincidentally, Lu's uncle is also the director of the West City Branch Bureau, so the possibility is extremely high.

  The problem is that the several police officers who came over insisted on pinning a crime of money laundering for underworld organizations on themselves.

  "Go if you must go, I've never been afraid of anything. Haifeng, you go back to the hotel first and whatever you do, don't tell Master, or he'll worry."

  Zhao Haifeng has known Qu Wen for a long time, and he knows his character. When he gets angry, he curses and fights with people. Helping the underworld launder money is not something he wouldn't do, but it also requires ability and time. Just now I was still borrowing good luck from him, and in the blink of an eye we ran into police, it's really laughable and pitiful.

  "Don't worry, no one can wrong you for something you haven't done. Once you're in, don't talk nonsense, I'll get you out soon."

  Chengxi Branch School's Qu Wen wasn't here for the first time, he had been here a few years ago to help Gong Haide. A group of high school sophomores who were obsessed with martial arts and full of chivalrous spirit ended up sending all the high school juniors, who outnumbered them by twice as much, to the hospital. Among them was also a local official's son.

  Because of the big mistake, Gong Haide was ordered to drop out of school after the incident, and Qu Wen was suspended from school for reflection. Now that he has come to the West Branch again, he feels deeply moved. If it weren't for the evil mastermind, many people would not have come here even once in their lifetime. At most, they would just walk around and do some errands, such as handling household registration and ID cards, nothing more than that.

  Qu Wen was taken directly to a small room, the room was not big, with only one door and one window that couldn't see outside. Inside, there was simply a table and three chairs.

  "What's your name and age? Do you know what crime you've committed?" Fang Qiang sat behind the desk, loudly interrogating, as if he had already determined that Qu Wen was guilty.

  If it were a few years ago, seeing this scene would have left Wenwen at a loss for words, and she would have spoken bluntly. Now, she is no longer the naive and timid girl from her second year of high school, intimidated by just a few words. With an calm and collected demeanor, she coldly smiled: "I don't know, I'd rather hear you tell me."

  All the way back to the bureau, Qu Wen's performance made Fang Qiang suspect.

  Because Qu Wen was too calm and didn't look like he was pretending at all. Having done many years of criminal work, Fang Qiang wouldn't say one hundred percent, but at least ninety percent could be distinguished, who was fake and who was real.

  Previously received the squadron leader's verbal command, suspected that Yuan Yuefeng's colleague, Qu Wen, was involved in money laundering for the underworld. Fang Qiang didn't say a word and went to catch him, but afterwards thought that there was no arrest warrant, which did not conform to the procedure. Unless Qu Wen is a suspect on the spot or a major suspect, he can be arrested first according to the Criminal Procedure Law.

  But if the suspect is really a major suspect, they wouldn't have just sent these four people. There must be some hidden reason behind this. What if they catch the wrong person and that person has a powerful background? They might end up being scapegoated and even lose their job.

  Fang Qiang is no fool. As the saying goes, "a local official is not as good as a current manager." After some thought, as long as he doesn't violate the rules, he can complete his task without offending anyone.

  "Alright, tone slightly softened: "You just answer our questions and tell us the truth about what you've done."

  "You've done it! You went to great lengths to bring me here, you should know better than I do!"

  Qu Wen is not afraid of Fang Qiang, the two dare to play with him, and use severe punishment to force a confession. If it's really like that, this matter will be enjoyable. As long as he doesn't get beaten to death, he'll come back for revenge sooner or later, even if he puts on a tiger skin, it won't work.

  The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

  "Rustle..."

  A push of the door sounded, and a police officer in his thirties walked in from outside, with two more stripes on his shoulder than Fang Qiang, presumably a deputy department-level cadre.

  Jian saw the person coming and walked straight over, saying in a low voice: "Ling squad leader, someone has brought it for you, but you didn't give us the relevant documents, this doesn't follow the rules."

  "Don't worry, I have reliable information that this guy is definitely problematic. After the matter is settled, you will definitely get your benefits." He said and walked to the table, heavily slamming a dozen documents on the desktop.

  "Qu Wen, according to the intelligence we have obtained, you helped Gong Haide and Chen Qiang, who are of a criminal nature, to illegally sell national-level cultural relics last month, and are suspected of helping a criminal organization launder money. Now, we're giving you an opportunity, and your attitude will determine the severity of your sentence."

  Qu Wen heard that his heart was depressed to the extreme, it turned out that he had helped Gong Haide sell a painting by Jin Tingbiao and some gold and silver jewelry. Could there be a problem in between? Either the origin of the goods is not legitimate, or the pawn period has not arrived, and this kid took it out to sell ahead of time.

  But Qu Wen quickly dispelled this idea, he and Gong Haide had a friendship that was forged in the detention center, where they would share a single cigarette. Although they rarely met up in recent years, others wouldn't dare say it, but Gong Haide definitely wouldn't betray himself. Moreover, before this, he didn't even know the true value of the painting, so there was no need to risk getting into big trouble for such a small gain. Furthermore, the people at Yuefeng Pawnshop would definitely conduct verification, otherwise they wouldn't dare to randomly take on this kind of business.

  It seems that someone is really making an issue out of this.

  But what is his purpose?

  Brothers, I really want to collect and vote for you, if you have some, just give me a few.

  Incidentally, I recommend this brother's book, 'Purple Lightning Thunder' a vulgar man wrote a vulgar book.