Mayor Li Zixun arrived with his men.
His face was gloomy. With such a big incident, he was naturally in a bad mood. After all, the purification grass was too important.
Who knew where the purifying grass had gone?
"Quick, check all the purifying grass."
Mayor Li hurriedly ordered.
Suddenly, everyone started to check.
After checking, a total of thirteen celestial herbs were missing. Because the celestial herbs' roots were too deep, some of the roots were still inside, and some of the celestial herbs had a part of their leaves removed.
"Damn it, who is it? Investigate immediately. We must find the person who stole the purifying grass, and who is in charge of the patrol today?"
Li Zixun was furious.
Ye Xiaochen frowned. Losing a few celestial herbs was not a big deal, but the fact that this happened meant that someone had their eyes on the celestial herbs.
Soon, four people in charge of the patrol were called over.
Because there were too many celestial herbs, there were four people in charge of each patrol.
There were two shifts.
Moreover, at night, the number of people would increase to eight.
Unfortunately, the construction site was located in the wilderness, and there were no major roads around it. Naturally, there were no cameras.
After some questioning, they did not get any information.
"You'd better tell me the truth, or you'll be in jail for the rest of your life."
Li Zixun looked at them with a cold face.
The possibility of stealing the purifying grass during the day was very low. After all, there were many people coming and going at the construction site.
At night, it was different.
Although these four people were patrolling during the day, they would definitely look for the purifying grass. Once the purifying grass was stolen, they would definitely know during the patrol.
Now that these people said that they did not notice that the purifying grass was missing, it would be strange.
It could not just disappear all of a sudden.
That meant that someone was lying, or maybe everyone was lying.
"Mayor Li, let me ask."
Ye Xiaochen said.
Li Zixun suppressed his anger and nodded.
"Who is in charge of patrolling this area?"
Ye Xiaochen looked at the security guards and asked.
They looked at each other.
One of the older ones said, "We don't have a specific assignment."
"Then you should remember if you have patrolled this area?"
Ye Xiaochen asked again.
"I've never patrolled before. After work today, I patrolled twice. The first time I patrolled District 1, and the second time I patrolled District 3."
"What about you?"
Ye Xiaochen looked at the other person.
"I didn't patrol either. It was my first time in Area 4, and my second time in Area 1."
The person who was asked hurriedly replied.
"What about you?"
Ye Xiaochen looked at the third person.
"I, I didn't either. I was patrolling areas 3 and 4."
That person hurriedly said.
"That's impossible, Li Wei. I was patrolling the third and fourth areas. It's impossible for you to be there."
The fourth person suddenly shouted.
"How am I not? I remember this clearly."
The third person, Li Wei, hurriedly said.
Ye Xiaochen came to a realization after seeing this, before glancing at Li Zixun.
Li Zixun was astonished. He did not expect that Ye Xiaochen would be able to find a flaw with just a casual question.
One of the three people and the fourth person was obviously lying.
Choose one of the two.
"You two, don't you remember which area they patrolled?"
Li Zixun asked seriously.
"I, I didn't pay attention to that."
The two shook their heads at the same time.
Who would pay attention to that?
However, they were relieved to be able to rule out the suspicion.
Only the other two people were sure that the other person was lying and started to argue.
Suddenly, the fourth person thought of something. He hurriedly pointed to the third person, Li Wei, and said, "By the way, I remember now. Last night, Li Wei was also patrolling. He said that he had something to do tonight and had to switch with Wang Dao. Li Wei, you must have done it on purpose to hide the truth that the Purification Herb was stolen."
The third person, Li Wei, changed his expression, but he still insisted that he really wanted to ask for leave. He did not want to hide anything at all.
Everyone present looked at Li Wei in a strange way.
Because the first and second person both said that Li Wei had replaced Wang Dao.
"Call all the people who were on duty last night."
Li Zixun said.
In fact, someone had already called them.
In less than 20 minutes, the seven people who were on duty last night all arrived.
They told him a strange thing. After the last patrol, everyone became very tired. When they woke up, it was Li Wei who woke them up.
The matter was very obvious.
Li Wei's face turned pale in front of the irrefutable facts.
"Li Wei, you should understand the principle of being lenient if you confess and be strict if you resist. Who ordered you to steal the Purification Herb?"
Li Zixun said sternly.
Li Wei had already collapsed because there were two heavily armed special police officers beside him.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you. Professor Wen asked me to do it."
Li Wei was already crying. "And it was Professor Wen who stole the Purification Herb alone. I was just on guard."
"What, Wen Xiaoning?"
Mr. Yin's expression changed greatly. "He, how could he do this, damn it …"
"Mr. Yin, where is Wen Xiaoning?"
Li Zixun asked quickly.
"He said that there was an emergency at home, so he left early in the morning."
Mr. Yin's face was full of frustration. "So he stole the Purification Herb, what is he trying to do?"
At this time, Wang Shuisheng rushed over in his car.
He was more anxious than anyone else when the Purification Herb was stolen.
The Purification Herb was related to whether this land could be restored to its original state.
Fortunately, only a dozen herbs were lost, otherwise, he would have vomited blood.
"Hunt down Wen Xiaoning, even if you have to run to the ends of the earth, you must catch him."
Li Zixun's expression was cold as he gave the order.
In this regard, the Public Security Bureau would handle it.
The Purification Herb was the focus of Yang City's work this time. It could be said that it was an opportunity for the future development of Yang City.
Soon, Ceng Hongye and other city leaders arrived.
Many calls were made.
The Public Security Bureau of Yang City was not the only one mobilized.
They used their own connections to coordinate with the surrounding counties and cities to catch Wen Xiaoning.
Although they did not know why Wen Xiaoning stole the Purification Herb, everyone knew that it was not that simple.
Perhaps there was a powerful force behind Wen Xiaoning's actions.
Ye Xiaochen did not need to interfere with these matters. Everything would be handled by the country.
He then checked the other celestial herbs one by one.
There were so many of them that it would take half a day to go through them all.
When he was done, he found that the outside of the construction site had become very lively.
Many construction vehicles were coming in and out of the site.
It turned out that there was a need to install surveillance equipment.
Since the Purification Herb had been stolen once, it was natural to take precautions.
Just like that, in less than a day, hundreds of cameras were set up in the huge construction site, and pillars were erected one after another.
Not only that, there were more patrols during the day and at night.
In addition, there were police and armed police stationed.
In short, the construction site was now heavily guarded. Entry and exit required documents.
Of course, this did not affect Ye Xiaochen.
A few days passed.
Ye Xiaochen was surprised that the operation to catch Wen Xiaoning had not made any progress.
Wen Xiaoning seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
From what Wang Shuisheng had learned, Wen Xiaoning had been working for a foreign intelligence organization for a long time.
In other words, Wen Xiaoning's theft of the Purification Herb must have been ordered by that intelligence organization.
Oh well, now that it involved a foreign organization.
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