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After making bold assumptions, Qi Ling and Old Wu continued to discuss the next steps of their strategy.

At this time, the city and county sent a few more police officers to assist with the investigation.

Having had two people die in succession, the city and county authorities were taking the matter very seriously and demanded that the case be solved within seven days.

The urgency was partly to alleviate public opinion pressure and reduce the fear among the citizens; on the other hand, the province was currently conducting inspections, and if this case remained unsolved, it would undoubtedly affect the leaders' official positions.

Several police officers interrogated a few village officials over the course of three days and finally made a breakthrough.

An officer skilled in accounting noticed a discrepancy in Hujia Village's finances, involving a shortfall of over a hundred yuan. Following the trail, they found Accountant Hu to learn about the situation.