At the same time, the train arrived at Kingsoft Railway Station. Two agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration woke up from their sleep. As soon as they opened their eyes, a cold sweat broke out on their spine.

The door of the carriage was closed with tight joints, and the handcuffs on the iron frame of the bed were still there, but Ballmer and his son disappeared.

The two agents hurriedly woke up the eight police officers in the next car.

Who rescued Ballmer and his son? How did they save them?

Ten people could only look at each other, and they had no idea what had happened in the last four hours of the last night of the journey.

Could it be that among these ten people, there is an insider who was bribed by Ballmer and his son?

Everyone thought so, especially the two agents, who listed the other party as the object of doubt.

However, traitors are not within their authority. All they can do is contact Director Arnold as soon as possible, report the case, and wait for the Director to set up a task force to investigate them.

Strangely, when Director Arnold received the report, he seemed very calm, as if he had already calculated that this strange case would be released. "Gentlemen, don't be depressed. It is normal to encounter such setbacks. Ballmer and his son will definitely not surrender. His subordinates should have asked the Jianghu gangs in Kingsoft to help. Although you strictly enforce the suspect's escort regulations, we have limited experience after all, and there are still loopholes in the regulations, so people have exploited loopholes."

Arnold said it was like that. In fact, his heart was almost the same as those of the ten people involved, and he was shocked. However, he had a question mark less than his ten subordinates. He knew it was Luo Lie who did it, but in the second question mark, his shock was no less than those of the ten subordinates.

How did Luo Lie do it?

Because of this, Arnold subconsciously covered up the shock in his heart, but it was too much, giving his subordinates a sense of realization. From his subordinates' reactions, Arnold realized his mistake and hurriedly covered it up further. Fortunately, the ten subordinates were loyal to him and did not expect that there would be any tricks in it.

"With our strength, it is obvious that the whereabouts of Ballmer and his son cannot be traced, but we cannot let Ballmer and his son escape. Therefore, we must turn to the local police. Remember, the suspect's true identity cannot be revealed, and only the suspect's appearance characteristics can be provided to the Kingsoft police." Arnold comforted his subordinates' emotions and began to implement the plan he discussed with Luo Lie and Adam Breson in advance: "In addition, the case must not be disclosed, and the news that I have arrived in Kingsoft cannot be disclosed. Do you understand?"

One of the agents asked: "Mr. Director, we have turned to the local police for help in accordance with the provisions of the joint anti-drug transaction memorandum signed with the police three years ago. So, the local police have the right to understand the case. If they insist on asking about the case, how should we respond?"

Director Arnold pondered for a moment and said, "In fact, you don't know much. If the local police ask you to disclose the case, then tell them that we have tracked down an opium merchant in New York and had just purchased a batch of opium. The source of this batch of opium was Kingsoft, so we chose to escort the opium merchant to Kingsoft to investigate the case."

This does not seem to comply with the federal drug enforcement agency’s case handling procedures and case handling rules!

But I thought that the Director was deliberately hiding it from Kingsoft Police, so the two agents naturally understood and accepted this statement.

The two agents received the order and rushed to the Kingsoft Police Station. The only person who received them was an ordinary police officer. However, when the two agents showed their identity certificates, the ordinary police officer immediately felt the importance of the matter and quickly knocked on the door of Director Eston's office.

When Eston heard the agents from the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration coming to the police station, Eston was suddenly shocked and almost fell from the chair. Fortunately, the reception officer then told the purpose of the two Drug Enforcement Administration agents, and Eston calmed down. However, after a short while of calmness, Eston immediately realized the crisis.

Sure enough, when facing the two agents, Eston asked clues in a few words.

The New York opium merchant bought opium from Kingsoft, and it was just now. Who could Ballmer be if he wasn't talking about this?

Eston was so calm that he received the report from the two agents and expressed his determination to support the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration to spare no effort to track down the whereabouts of the opium. After seeing off the two agents, Eston did not make any arrangements and instructions, but immediately returned to the office and called Cooper.

Cooper was in a pretty good mood.

The huge sum of 840,000 yuan was spent only 100,000 yuan, and the remaining 740,000 US dollars was lying safely there. The body of the capable general Larson, who had been dealt with properly and was included in the list of sacrifices in the Chinatown battle. So many soldiers saw with their own eyes that An Liangtang's charge for creating riots would definitely not be cleared, and Tom Cao would naturally be sentenced to hang, the most generous, and that would have to be a life imprisonment. Although Jack Dong escaped by chance, he could not get rid of his wanted fate in the second half of his life. This result, Mr. Ballmer of New York should be satisfied, and the promised 420,000 US dollars would definitely be transferred to his designated account in a lot.

In other words, they made a total of 1.16 million US dollars in this business, and those miscellaneous expenses including freight costs can be no more than 10,000 US dollars. In this way, each of the three of them can get 383,000 US dollars.

How can that mood not be beautiful?

Cooper heard the phone ringing and put away his beautiful mood. After picking up the microphone, he greeted in a plain tone: "Hey, I am Cooper, who are you?"

Eston coughed lightly and said, "I am Eston of Kingsoft Police Department, I..." Eston was about to tell the truth to Cooper on the phone, but suddenly thought of his warning to his two accomplices and should not say anything related to this business on the phone. So he swallowed back his words and changed his mouth, "Do you have time now? I want to talk to you about the case of the Chinatown riot."

Cooper was so smart that he immediately heard something in Eston's words, so he said, "I'm in the military camp and I can't walk away, but you can come and find me."

After putting down the phone, Eston calmed down a lot. In any case, tracing the whereabouts of Ballmer and his son was the top priority at the moment. If they could be found by themselves, they would just shoot them to finish the matter. Even if the remaining money was thrown into the water, it would be much better than being targeted by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. So Eston immediately summoned several police superintendents from the bureau, informed the Drug Enforcement Administration of the case of help, and made arrangements to investigate the opium merchants. He also asked those police supervisors to not act rashly if they found the whereabouts of the opium merchants, and must notify him, and he would coordinate the assistance of the federal army and strive to be foolproof.

After the deployment was completed, Eston quickly drove to Cooper's military camp.

Cooper heard something strange from the phone. Although Eston didn't say anything, his tone revealed that he must have encountered a difficult problem. Out of the idea of ​​being blessed and having difficulty with sharing, Cooper immediately called Stander and handed him over to his military camp.

It was still in the private room of the club that the three of them met again.

"Two agents from the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration came to report the case, saying that they had tracked down two opiums in New York to buy a batch of opium from Kingsoft. They arrested the two opium merchants and escorted them to Kingsoft to continue tracing clues. However, when the train was about to arrive in Kingsoft, they were kidnapped by a group of unknown people." When Eston arrived at the private room, Stand Cooper had been waiting for a while. After entering the room, Eston didn't bother to drink water first, so he quickly told the unexpected situation: "I conclude that the two opium merchants they mentioned must be Ballmer and his son."

Stander said in a panic: "How can Ballmer and his son be caught by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration? Their prevention measures are so strict. The Drug Enforcement Administration has been established for almost ten years. There is no way for these first-level opium merchants. The tobacco and drug dealers that can be caught are nothing more than those minions selling on the streets!"

Eston was a little angry and said, "You should ask Ballmer and his son your question. You firmly believe that Ballmer and his son are our most suitable buyers!"

When Stander heard this, he was furious and fought back: "Yes, I firmly believe that Ballmer and his son are our most suitable buyers, but you, Eston, have you, never raised any objections, but now you, are all responsible on me?"

Eston was about to argue, but was stopped by Cooper.

Cooper said: "It has happened. Is it meaningful for you two to argue about whose responsibilities? What we need to do most now is to discuss strategies for dealing with them, rather than endless arguments here!"

In terms of military rank, Stander is the highest among the three. In terms of age, Eston is the largest among the three. But if it is about ability and wisdom, Stander and Eston admire Cooper very much. Therefore, among the three, Cooper is the core.

The core character spoke, and the words he said were very reasonable. Eston and Stand had to shut up their mouths and stop the quarrel.

Cooper continued: "Eston's analysis is correct. The two New York opium dealers mentioned by the two gangs of drug enforcement agencies should be Ballmer and his son. But the question is, why did they escort Ballmer and his son to Kingsoft?"

Cooper asked, and the other two were stunned.

Although they did not understand the case-handling regulations of the Drug Enforcement Administration, from a common sense, if the Drug Enforcement Administration caught evidence of opium trafficking between Ballmer and his son, he should also detain Ballmer and his son in New York.

The East Coast has a dense and rich population, which is the main market for opium drug dealers, while the West Coast has a barren land and sparse population. There are very few opium drug dealers active here. At most, some third-level or even the lowest-level retailers make some money here. For example, Kingsoft, the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration has not even set up a contact point here, so why did it escort Ballmer and his son here?

"There are two possibilities." Cooperlega thought and gave his own answer: "The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration once asked Eston about the situation in Carl Stockton. We suspected that Carl Stockton had some evidence of us and mailed a letter of exposure to the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, so we killed Carl. So now it seems that our initial suspicion is still correct. The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration deceiving us based on Mr. Carl Stockton's letter of exposure and in the name of Ballmer and his son, in order to expose us."

Eston shook his head and interjected, "No, Cooper, we only got in touch with Ballmer after we killed Carl Stockton."

Cooper took a deep breath, sighed heavily, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Eston, from your statement just now, we can know that the two agents did not mention Ballmer and his son. They just mentioned the two opium dealers in New York. I used the title of Ballmer and his son to facilitate your understanding."

Eston shrugged his shoulders and apologized: "I'm sorry, Cooper, I misunderstood. Please continue to analyze."

Cooper took a sip of water and continued: "The second situation is quite troublesome. Conley went to Tom, so it is not a secret for Tom and Jack. In order to make a comeback, they may have gone to New York and coerced Ballmer and his son to find the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration and sued us fiercely."

Stander looked sad and said, "If so, it means that Ballmer and his son have confessed, right?"

Cooper nodded and said, "They are naturally more than enough to deal with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, but they are a bit weak in dealing with gangs like An Liangtang."

Eston suddenly smiled relaxedly and said, "Even so, it's no big deal. A simple confession cannot prove us. We have taken sufficient precautions for dealing with Ballmer and his son. The Drug Enforcement Administration cannot find out whether it is from the source of goods or from the funds."

But Cooper suddenly said nervously: "No! I took out a sum of money on the day the payment was received and paid it to Larson. If the Drug Enforcement Administration tracked down our account, the fact that I withdraw money would be exposed."

Eston suddenly became nervous and asked, "Did you leave your handwriting when you withdraw money?"

Cooper shook his head and said, "Then you don't have to worry. I'm still very confident in the fake signature handwriting I practice. What I'm worried about is that the City Bank account manager will identify me."

Eston then made a neck wiping action and said, "Don't do it, Cooper, you must kill him!"

Cooper sighed: "It's a pity that Larson is gone, otherwise, this is not a matter at all."

"Eston, can't you help Cooper fill this loophole?"

Eston gave Stander a blank look and replied, "Of course I can, but I'm wondering, what other meaningful things can you Stander do?"

Seeing the two of them quarrel again, Cooper quickly persuaded him, "I don't need anyone to help kill a bank manager. Eston and Stand, please let you both calm down and don't stare at each other anymore. You must understand that the three of us are prospering and losing both at this time. There is no internal conflict. We must unite in order to achieve the final victory."

"I certainly know the importance of unity, well, Cooper, I accept your criticism. Eston, I don't want to argue with you anymore, let's calm down and think about what better plan, for example, we'll withdraw the money immediately and be prepared to disappear at any time."

Eston said: "Cooper just analyzed that there are two possibilities. If it is the former, then I dare to conclude that our account is still safe. Taking out the money is a good choice. But if it is the latter, I'm afraid it's not so optimistic. People from the Drug Enforcement Administration are likely to be waiting for us in the city bank."

"If we don't withdraw from the City Bank of Kingsoft and go to the City Bank of Los Angeles, can we withdraw the money?"

Cooper said: "Of course, in theory, but as long as one of the three of us left Kingsoft and the money in that account was withdrawn, it would be equivalent to handing over the remaining two to the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, Stander, who do you think should go to Los Angeles?"

Stander shrugged his shoulders and said, "It would be better for the three of us to set out together. When we get the money, we will never go to Kingsoft again."

Cooper said: "If it is the second case, I think the three of us should have been monitored by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. If we set out together, it would be equivalent to confessing to them. Then the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration can ask the American City Bank to freeze Elilian Card account. Their procedures only take one day, while we will need a day and one night to arrive in Los Angeles. Moreover, withdrawing funds from other places requires prior application. We are not as fast as the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration."

Stander said with a sad face: "Does we have nothing else to do?"

Cooper sighed and said, "I can't think of any other way except to endure it. Stander, you don't need to be so pessimistic. Even if the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration intervenes in this case, they can't grasp the real evidence, and there is no way to deal with us." Cooper said, pointing to the military rank on his shoulders, and sneered: "No one dares to falsely accuse the sacred federal army soldiers!"

Eston said: "Yes, as long as we can persist in court and sentence Tom Anliangtang to crimes, any complaints involving Anliangtang will be left behind. No one will be willing to be involved in the crime of creating riots, including the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration."

Cooper said: "Well said! Eston. I was thinking that the reason why Anliangtang's remnants could be invited to the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration is probably related to the current campaign. I have investigated that Anliangtang's chief master is a very good lawyer who has provided legal services to many political leaders, and he is more inclined to the Donkey Party figures. And we all know that Adam Breson, the candidate of the Donkey Party, has made a clear statement on the Anliangtang case, so I infer that it is precisely because of Adam Breson's relationship that Anliangtang's people can use the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration to deal with us."

Eston immediately smiled relaxedly and said, "Then I understand everything! No wonder the two candidates came back to Kingsoft to compete. It turned out that they were eyeing this case. Even if they had the Ballmer and his son in their hands, they would never be able to turn over the case for Tom of Anliangtang in court. I am sure."

But Stander cried and said, "No, Eston, if Ballmer had brought out the telegram I contacted him, the result would be different."

Eston's smile suddenly froze, and Cooper was stunned.

During their transactions with Ballmer, the goods were transferred by a third party, so it was difficult to track them down. Although theoretically, this is definitely a clue, if you want to get real evidence, it will be difficult to complete within a month and twenty days. At that time, the case of Anliangtang's riot had been tried. As Eston said, as long as Anliangtang was charged, no one or any authority would be willing to have any involvement with Kingsoft Anliangtang. It is even more difficult to grasp their handles in terms of payment for the goods. Both parties used accounts opened by pseudonyms. The only flaw was that Cooper once withdrew 90,000 US dollars, but killed the bank manager who handled the business, and this flaw was considered to be made up.

However, when Eston contacted Ballmer again, every telegram sent was a piece of ironclad evidence. If you get one, you can turn the whole situation around in a minute.

Cooper's face was solemn, and he turned around and left the private room. After a while, he took a map and spread it on the table.

"Eston, where did the two opium dealers who were lost to the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration?" Cooper bent down, stared at the map, and slowly slid along the railway line.

Eston leaned over and pointed between the third and fourth train stations east of Kingsoft, saying, "It should be here."

Stander also came to the map, holding his chin in his hand, and pondered: "There will be five days left to the court. Where will they hide Ballmer? Should they enter Kingsoft to the west or stay away from Kingsoft to the east?"

Hearing Stander's voice, Eston really wanted to punch him hard.

But Cooper suddenly straightened his waist and lifted the map aside, and smiled and said, "No need to be nervous. Gentlemen, if they really got the telegram sent by Stander to Ballmer, how could they make such a bad move to deceive us? They will definitely hide Ballmer and those telegrams deeply, and will not reveal any of the wind. They will only wait for the day of court to take it out and give us a fatal blow!"

Cooper's judgment is completely reasonable and extremely correct.

If he could get the telegrams between Stander and Ballmer, why would Arnold and Rolei do this too much? In fact, it was not that Arnold did not expect to search for these evidence, but that he had long had experience in the process of competing with those opium dealers and knew that it was impossible to find evidence in Ballmer's residence.

Arnold believed that Luo Lie could force Ballmer and his son to confess their guilt, but Arnold did not believe that Luo Lie could obtain evidence. The reason why he agreed to Luo Lie's plan was that he only placed his hope on this trick that the three people might do something wrong because of panic. As long as Luo Lie could force them to admit their guilt, there would be no sequelae.

In other words, Arnold has helped Adam Breson as much as possible within an acceptable range. As for the result, he can only say that he has tried his best.

In front of those three thatched cottages, the confrontation between Luo Lie and Ballmer obviously gained the upper hand. Under the control of the strong desire to survive, Ballmer almost kept begging Luo Lie.

"I can confess my guilt. I am willing to confess all the crimes. I just want you not to kill me!" Ballmer begged Luo Lie in fear.
To be continued...