Chapter 725 - 668: Beckoning the Willows
Restaurant.
Mu Zhiyang stood by the dining table, stirring the congee in the clay pot with a ladle. Once he felt it was well-mixed, he ladled out a bowl.
The first bowl was for Huang Qiangmin, followed by Jiang Yuan and Wei Zhenguo, among others.
Huang Qiangmin slurped a mouthful and nodded, saying, "The Cantonese cuisine in Beijing is really good, much tastier than what we have in Shan Nan—authentic."
"When you’re out and about and don’t know what to eat, you either go for beef noodles or Cantonese food," Wei Zhenguo summarized his experience, his dark, wrinkled face seemed to spell out deep-seated bitterness.
"That’s quite a price gap you’ve got there," quipped Huang Qiangmin with a smile. He brought the conversation back on track, saying, "So, does that mean the parallel special task force set up by Tao Lu has fallen through without any illness?"
"It seems so," Wei Zhenguo, who had been observing the operations within Zhengguang Bureau these past two days, nodded with a hint of emotion and said, "The task force set up by Tao Lu, led by Cui Qishan—calling him a troublemaker would be an understatement. With no breakthroughs in the case, the situation became muddled under his watch, even more so than this pot of congee."
Huang Qiangmin, who was eating the congee, looked at Mu Zhiyang stirring the pot and involuntarily both paused in their actions.
"The previous two cases were already solved, avenging the four corpses. And with this case, there are another four corpses. So as of now, Zhengguang Bureau has reached a critical point," Huang Qiangmin pushed aside the stirred congee, put down his chopsticks, and said earnestly, "To my mind, I’m afraid this case involves more than just these four corpses."
"Quite likely. The four corpses were well buried, with high concealment and depth of about half a meter. If it weren’t for Cui Qishan finding the spot and sending cadaver dogs to search, they wouldn’t have been discovered for years," Jiang Yuan paused, then added, "Judging by the burial technique, this doesn’t seem like the first time."