Chapter 261 Using lives to make an example of someone is the most effective way to deter others.

Captain Li of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Municipal Public Security Bureau led Bai Nuo and three others into a conference room. The conference room in this era was not as high-end and classy as it is in later years. It was just a large room of more than 50 square meters, with a long solid wood table in the middle and chairs around it. On the front wall, there was a large blackboard that was common in schools.

There were more than a dozen wooden stools stacked in two corners of the meeting room, presumably for use when holding large meetings.

There was nothing else besides that. In Bai Nuo's opinion, it was indeed a bit shabby, but for the people from the county public security bureau, using such a conference room to entertain them was already considered a courtesy, and they did not look down on them who came from the county.

"Please have a seat, everyone. I'll go arrange some things at the team's office and then bring over the case file." Captain Li led his men into the conference room.

"Okay, thank you!"

Liu Yanan nodded politely. This wasn't their first time working together. The last time Fang Meng brought her and An Yun to the city to handle a case, they had worked with this Captain Li, so the conversation wasn't too awkward.

"Captain Liu, you're too kind. Last time, thanks to the portrait you all brought, we were able to find the suspect as quickly as possible, avoiding a lot of trouble and losses. Ever since then, we've admired and been curious about the portrait artist at the county public security bureau. He can draw the suspect so realistically with just a simple description. He's really amazing. It's a pity we've never had the chance to meet him."

"With your technical support, our city's criminal investigation team feels a bit more confident. Everyone has been working tirelessly on this case for days, and our initial leads have stalled. Now we're hoping you can help us find some useful clues, at least to identify the person."

Captain Li wiped his face with a look of melancholy, the dark circles under his eyes proving the truthfulness of his words.

Actually, before this morning he was a disheveled, dejected beggar in the team. The reason he was able to stand here upright now was because he was worried that his appearance would make the other teams in the county laugh at him, and he also wanted to make a good impression on the portrait artist. That's why he hurriedly ran back to the dormitory building to tidy up.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Captain Li quickly went out to retrieve the case files. As long as this case remained unsolved, their entire criminal investigation team would not have a single good day. Now that the portrait artist they had been waiting for for several days had finally arrived, they had to make the most of it as soon as possible.

“This captain is quite the smooth talker!” Bai Nuo pulled out a chair, sat down, propped her chin on her elbow on the table, and turned to Fang Meng, saying, “He’s wasted on being the captain of the criminal investigation team; he should be a political commissar in the army.”

Fang Meng smiled as she poured hot water for her little girl and handed it to her, nodding and saying, "Good eye. This lady was discharged from the army two years ago and transferred here. Her position in the army was political commissar."

After confirming that the captain had left, An Yun quickly gave Liu Yanan a look. When they arrived, Bai Nuo was looking rather dejected because of the road conditions, and many things hadn't been finalized yet. They needed to discuss and finalize things quickly now.

Liu Yanan nodded, but instead of walking towards the conference table, she leaned against the door and listened to the sounds outside.

An Yun quickly walked over and sat down, saying softly, "Fang Meng and I will make an excuse to leave in a while. You and Ya Nan will stay here and cooperate with their work."

Fang Meng's mission was to investigate the list of spies lurking in Kaiyuan City, while An Yun and Bai Nuo's task was to use this mission to find out the network of influence and connections held by the people behind the people who framed them.

Find these networks of relationships and break them down one by one.

Those powerful individuals have their elders in charge to deal with them, so it's perfectly suitable for the younger generation to handle the troublesome small fry.

An Yun had already conveyed this decision to several other members of the An family in the An family’s unique way two days ago. At the same time, Bai Nuo also told Yu Xuling about it when she came. The Yu family’s grandchildren should receive the news one after another in the next few days.

Meanwhile, Bai Nuo has recently started contacting the Wei family's undercover agents.

The Bai family has always been a technical family, a pure technical family with zero combat power. Even if they are classified as a family, they can only be categorized as a scholarly family with weak combat skills.

Bai Nuo felt that if she were to look through the Bai family genealogy, among all the people with the surname Bai, the only two who could fight would be her and her older brother, the two outliers in the Bai family.

Before the War of Resistance against Japan, the Bai family lived as ordinary farmers for two generations, hiding their identities. They had a lot of family-inherited skills, but there were really no people who could use them on the battlefield where they were fighting for power and profit.

In her grandmother's words, the Bai family members only knew how to study and acquire technical skills. The reason why the Bai family patriarch was able to escape from the officialdom was entirely due to his marriage to a shrewd, resourceful, and capable wife.

However, it doesn't matter that there's no one in her Bai family to rely on; she has another name, Wei.

While her maternal grandmother's father was still alive, the Wei family began planning to break up the family into smaller units, gradually dispersing all members of the family. In the early 1960s, her grandmother noticed some signs of this, and after that, the Wei family began to make arrangements. Her grandmother hid all the Wei family members who were still in the public eye, which is why no one in the Wei family was harmed at the beginning of the storm.

Just because outsiders can't find him doesn't mean that Bai Nuo, the next generation heir of the Wei family, can't be found.

Having decided to fight those people, she was prepared to go all out.

However, she didn't have the patience to gradually bring someone down.

"Cousin, find the person, and leave the rest to me."

"What are you going to do?" An Yun turned to look at her cute and delicate little cousin and couldn't help but shudder.

"The prerequisite for you to bring someone down is that you have evidence of their wrongdoing, and this evidence must be the most powerful and irrefutable evidence that can deliver a fatal blow to the other party."

During this period, there are various plans and wiring to be laid. Aren't you worried about the trouble? Aren't you afraid of provoking them and causing them to act desperately?

Even if we two aren't afraid, what about the other descendants of the An family? Not everyone in your family is particularly good at fighting; for example, your few frail cousins.

An Yun couldn't help but take a deep breath, her ominous premonition growing stronger: "So what do you mean?"

“Give me the list, and I’ll kill a few of them. Using my life to make an example of them is the most effective way to deter others. Only when they are afraid will they learn to be more measured in their actions and stop going around persecuting other people’s families.”

An Yun couldn't help but gasp, staring in shock at her cousin who spoke the most ruthless words with the most understated language.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, An Yun abruptly turned to look at Liu Yanan, her heart trembling violently, and her hands on her lap unconsciously clenched into fists. It was as if she was both defensive and struggling.