Chapter 814: Sneaking into the Village
The three people were discussing in the small shop about how to proceed with the next steps.
"The printing shop in the county town can be taken care of right now."
Chen Yang could call the criminal investigation team in Huangcheng County now to initiate the arrest.
However, Zhang Hui shook his head: "That’s out in the open. We can arrest them anytime as long as we keep an eye on them and don’t let them run, there’s no problem."
"I think we can leave this line for now and deal with it after we have caught Li San, it won’t be too late."
Lu Chuan nodded.
"I agree with this suggestion."
"We can catch the printing shop anytime we want to."
"The key now is this person named Li San."
"According to what Qian San has just explained, regarding Zheng Hu, he can contact him in advance. Although it takes a long time, their cooperation has been longer and the relationship is fairly reliable."
"If we fish through Qian San, we should be able to catch Zheng Hu."
"But as for Li San, Qian San only has the surveillance of Li San’s appearance, but no other information."
"If we don’t catch him and he finds out later that the printing shop has been raided and Qian San hasn’t been caught, he won’t come here at all."
"Therefore, my suggestion is to try and catch him based on Li San’s child trafficking activities."
"As long as we catch him, the human traffickers in this area will probably be cleaned up substantially."
The case involving Zhang Haiyan and Zhang Haifeng entangled so many issues, which Lu Chuan did not foresee initially.
But now that they have encountered it, they must see the case through to the end, arresting all related personnel until the case is complete.
"What comes next..."
"Enter the village!"
Lu Chuan’s expression was serious.
"Initially, our plan was to rescue the children and the detained individuals."
"But as it seems now, the workload may increase."
"At the very least, we need to clarify the family situation of the children trafficked by Li San and try to take out the people trading with Li San as well."
"But in that case... isn’t the risk too high?"
"Of course, the risk is higher, but now Li San’s identity is uncertain."
"To catch them, we need to look for more clues."
"Let’s divide the work among a few people..."
Lu Chuan, confident in his skills, took on the primary tasks himself.
"I’ll handle Wang Erhu’s house."
There are five people in Gourd Village.
Among them, three are adults, and two are children.
According to information provided by village informants, Wang Erhu’s house should be the toughest to deal with.
There are three strong men in that house, including Wang Erhu’s older brother and younger brother, who are all in their prime.
If discovered, it will also be the most dangerous.
"Well, I’ll leave this tough task to you. With your skills, it shouldn’t be a problem."
Zhang Hui knew Lu Chuan’s capabilities.
You could say he was the pinnacle presence among Haizhou City’s criminal investigators.
If he makes a move, it doesn’t matter if there are three or ten strong men; it’s not a problem.
"We’ll take action tonight."
"The helicopter will send us into the mountain first, and we’ll sneak in at night."
"The helicopter needs to wait for us outside the village."
This is unavoidable since a helicopter is very noisy, and if it gets too close to the village, it will definitely wake up the villagers.
If that happens, there’s no way to avoid alerting the villagers.
The terrain in Gourd Village was already familiar to the operatives.
This time, Lu Chuan, Zhang Hui, and Chen Yang are all participating.
The remaining two are one brought by Zhang Hui and one arranged by Chen Yang.
"The mission this time is to act quickly!"
Just before heading into the mountains, Lu Chuan once again emphasized the operational requirements.
"This is ether spray. Try to avoid conflict during the operation, and it would be best to extract people silently."
The most challenging part is still Lu Chuan’s assigned task at Wang Erhu’s house.
Not only are there three strong men at Wang Erhu’s house, but the geographical location of this house is also unique.
Gourd Village is built along the mountain; all the houses are staggered on slopes.
Wang Erhu’s house is on a relatively large flat ground, surrounded by more than a dozen other households.
So if something goes wrong, the opponent can quickly call many people for help.
That is what Lu Chuan emphasized as the most important task for everyone.
Rescuing people is a task, but ensuring personal safety is also a task.
"Let’s go!"
At 3:30 in the afternoon, they took the helicopter in the countryside.
Although the two helicopters were rented from the city, the pilots flying them were not regular commercial pilots.
Gourd Village’s terrain is complex, with all mountain paths, and the climatic conditions inside the mountains are very variable.
Therefore, the requirements for helicopter pilots are much higher.
Lu Chuan hired retired pilots for a high fee to fly the helicopters.
The straight-line distance from the township to the village is actually not very long, about ten kilometers.
But these 10 kilometers are all mountain roads, and you have to cross over two mountains with an altitude of more than 3000 meters.
For an average person, it would take a full day to make the journey.
You need someone familiar with the mountain paths to guide you.
Additionally, it demands a lot of physical endurance.
Some people wonder why, in movies about trafficking cases, the victims don’t run away.
After all, with time, after gaining a certain level of trust,
Those asking such questions truly haven’t entered remote mountain areas.
In such places, even if you were allowed to run, you couldn’t escape.
The Ten Thousand Mountains is no metaphor; there really are that many mountains.
When the helicopter hovered two kilometers away from the village, Lu Chuan and others got off, and it would still take more than three hours of walking to enter the village.
This was a pre-decided helicopter stop point by Lu Chuan and others.