Chapter 188: Yin Mountain Sect Demon Person: Battling Gods Is Endless Fun!
Chen Han hung up the telephone, took out a bit of premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and went directly to Huang Xin’s place.
The other party came to accuse the Chen Clan, yet did not trigger the Minor Punishment as a Warning, which meant he really had bought premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea but had been deceived.
If not for that reason, it was likely for a similar one.
Before long, he arrived at Huang Xin’s place and found that County Magistrate Chu and Director Chen from culture and tourism were also there.
Both of them had slightly furrowed brows.
“Chen Family Head.” Chu Ping greeted him when he came in, then explained, “We were planning to head back, but saw this mister’s accusation, so we stayed to check the situation. Things online are a bit bad right now.”
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded, understanding the situation.
He walked over to Huang Xin. The other man was watching someone write an application filing document. Seeing him approach, he said, “Chen Family Head, this mister is the one who bought fake Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.”
As he spoke, he picked up a tube of fake Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and handed it over.
Chen Han looked at the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea packaging and saw at a glance that it was fake. He said, “This packaging bamboo tube is not made by our Chen Clan. It lacks the dedicated oil-curing process. Our Chen Clan’s Fifth Uncle is an old bamboo crafts master, and the craft for making the packaging bamboo tubes is inherited. It is not this rough.”
“Also, the carvings on this bamboo tube’s surface are done by laser machines. Our Chen Clan’s premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea packaging bamboo tubes are all hand-carved.”
“The person who made this thing clearly has no channel to buy premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, or cannot afford Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, so they do not know these details.”
Huang Xin, hearing this, also said to the man, “Mr. Mi, the Chen Family Head has already confirmed that the so-called premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea you bought is fake. Even this packaging bamboo tube is wrong.”
“How is that possible? When I bought it, the Chen Clan people said it was real.” Mi Shou grew anxious at once.
“Mr. Mi, don’t worry yet. Have a cup of genuine premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea first.” Chen Han did not say more. He handed the little bit of premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea he had brought to Huang Xin. “Captain Huang, please brew this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and let Mr. Mi have a taste.”
Huang Xin nodded, took the premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, brewed a cup of tea, and handed it to Mi Shou. “Mr. Mi, taste this genuine premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.”
Instinctively, Mi Shou took the cup, drank two sips, and was clearly stunned, an expression of disbelief appearing on his face.
Because he felt the effect of the premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. It was truly incredible.
So this was the real premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea?
“Mr. Mi, tell us in detail how you bought this premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.” As Chen Han spoke, he silently used the Joyous Union True Word Technique.
In that instant, a trace of confusion appeared in Mi Shou’s eyes, then he returned to normal and began to recount, “Previously, I saw news online about the Chen Clan’s premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and heard from friends that a very powerful Big Boss also bought this tea. I run a small business myself, so I planned to buy some to host guests and gain some face.”
“After that, I searched for the Chen Clan and Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and found an account claiming to be Chen Clan customer service. It had a link to premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. Before clicking to purchase, I asked that customer service about it.”
“The other party replied that they could sell it to me at a 50,000 discount and said they had performance requirements, so I needed to note that I was buying through them when I placed the order.”
“At the time, they even specifically sent over an ID card, supposedly from a Chen Clan person, with the address detailed down to the Chen Clan’s specific house number in Shangyuan Village.”
“Seeing there was a discount, plus an ID card, and after I clicked the link and paid, the other party kept a very good attitude, continually sending me pictures of premium Thunder Bamboo to confirm. Who knew that what I received was completely different from the description.”
“That kind of lousy tea is not worth that much money at all. So, when I saw people from the Chen Clan here collecting Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, I planned to come sell it, so I could not only get my money back but even earn that 50,000 difference and make a profit.”
“Who knew the tea would be fake.”
After he finished, he awkwardly picked up that cup of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and drank, trying to cover up the fact that he had thought himself shrewd yet was fooled so easily.
Huang Xin immediately understood.
This person had indeed been scammed when buying tea.
Thinking of this, he also said to him, “Mr. Mi, you have fallen for a scam, and this has nothing to do with the Chen Clan. Your rash disturbance here has a big impact on the Chen Clan. I’m afraid you will later receive administrative punishment for a public security case.”
“How can it have nothing to do with them? The ID card they showed was a Chen Clan person’s, plus the shipping address, and the electronic invoice also had the Chen Clan’s address.” Now flustered, Mi Shou stood up subconsciously.
Frowning, Huang Xin said, “Mr. Mi, based on the information we just checked, that shipping address was filled in by the sender. They can write whatever location they want. The express delivery station and couriers sometimes do not care about that.”
“And another thing, that ID card is also fake. If it were truly a Chen Clan person’s ID card, the address would only be a specific house number in Shangyuan Village, and would not separately list a Chen Clan number. The Chen Clan is part of Shangyuan Village. The other party clearly does not understand this.”
“So, your best option now is to cooperate with our investigation so we can find the people behind this. Only then is there a chance to recover your loss.”
There was one more thing he did not say: for someone who is at least a businessman, this Mr. Mi did not seem very shrewd.
In his chat records, there was a part where the other party had sent a photo of premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea for him to confirm.
And this Mr. Mi actually replied to confirm it.
Heh.
He was really speechless at this guy. Once it came to the critical moment, it all became debatable.
Chen Han’s brows also furrowed.
It was obvious that criminals had set their sights on the Chen Clan’s premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and were counterfeiting it.
Just like the scalper who previously came to the Chen Clan: as long as there are loopholes and profit, someone will act.
Only, once scalpers came to the scene, they would run into bad luck, which was easier to handle.
But with this sort of situation now, it was unknown how many fake batches of premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea had already been sold. This Mi Shou was a small boss and still fell for it, so naturally more people would have.
And these people, like Mi Shou, would chalk it up to the Chen Clan.
Almost as he was thinking this, a game system prompt appeared:
【The remnant expert from Ci Yun Temple did not pose any threat to the Chen Clan’s Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering. Instead, he allowed the Chen Clan’s Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering to be successfully held and greatly boosted the Chen Clan’s reputation, fiercely striking at the arrogance of the Demonic Path.
This also displeased the Yin Mountain Sect experts near the Chen Clan and turned their sights on the Chen Clan. The Yin Mountain Sect is one of the Demonic Forces, best at disguise and most viciously hostile toward the righteous.
Previously, a Yin Mountain Sect disciple targeted the Chen Clan and failed. This time, the other party is clearly better prepared and is using disguise techniques to impersonate Chen Clan members, then tampering with the Chen Clan’s cultivation resource, Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, to use it as a tool to slander the Chen Clan’s reputation!
This will cause the reputation that the Chen Clan has just gained through the Demon Suppressing Grand Gathering to instantly fall to rock bottom. It is truly a vicious plan, and the key is that the plan seems to have succeeded…】
Chen Han was speechless.
They had just attracted the attention of Yin Feng Cave, and now the Yin Mountain Sect was going after the Chen Clan too?
Previously, a demon person from the Yin Mountain Sect had gifted him a Cloud Barrier Cauldron by blowing it up. Now they were making a comeback again?
As a righteous path family, being too dazzling really does invite the hatred of Demonic Forces.
The Yin Mountain Sect was also a ruthless player among the Demonic Forces. The most famous villains, Lie Huo and the Heavenly Lord of Yin Mountain, were both notorious.
However, when it came to being good at disguise, these online scammers were indeed skilled.
This case already constituted serious fraud and was beyond what Huang Xin’s side could handle. It needed to be handed over to the criminal investigation team, so Huang Xin directly notified Captain Li Rui.
Li Rui was an old acquaintance of the Chen Clan, and he knew County Magistrate Chu and the others. Calling him over was most appropriate. At the same time, they sent the relevant information to Li Rui so he could review it on the way.
So, Li Rui already knew what this Case was about while he was on the way. As soon as he arrived at the Chen Clan, he began questioning Mi Shou to collect evidence.
At the same time, he used his mobile phone to call people at the county office to arrange tasks, especially to investigate the express delivery situation.
This premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea had been mailed through express delivery, so the courier side would have registration information. But even if they found something, it probably would not be the buyer’s real information.
If the other party dared use this Method, they definitely had countermeasures. Of course, it could not be ruled out that some of them were stupid and would be quickly traced.
If they were shrewd, by the time they were tracked down, they might no longer be in the area, which would be troublesome. Everyone in the field understood this.
The key factor was the mailing time of the premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, plus the time spent investigating, which was already enough for the other party to erase traces and leave. This was also why they chose to ship premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
To buy time to clean up.
The other party was very shrewd.
With things like this, after a few days’ delay, finding clues was very difficult. Even the Chen Clan customer service account that Mi Shou mentioned had already been canceled.
To get the information of that account, they had to go to Douyin.
Leaving aside whether Douyin would respond, even if they did, there would be all kinds of procedures. No one knew how long it would take.
This was similar to asking Penguin for data verification. Typically, they would not respond. Even with requests from very high levels, Penguin would only reply that they had no way to restore Weixin data and would give a legitimate explanation about terminal issues.
This was one of the reasons why online fraud Cases were difficult to solve, which was why anti-fraud promotion was needed every year.
It was very possible that the final data would show fake ID cards, virtual numbers, virtual links, and various accounts all belonging to elderly people.
Some of these elderly might have rented out their ID cards for a few dozen yuan, or might not even know their ID had been lost.
Therefore, in publicity about online fraud identity information, they mainly targeted this group.
Not long after, Li Rui received continuous reports, especially from the express delivery investigation: “Captain Li, we did not find leads. Not only were the identity details tied to some elderly people, there were also two from other regions.”
“And the couriers who received the packages could not describe what the sender looked like. The person likely used disguise, or the couriers simply did not carefully check. That is also common in the express delivery industry.”
“By the time we clear all these, if we are not dealing with idiots, the people will already be gone.”
“Did we find any other victim shipments?” Li Rui immediately asked.
The response came at once, “We had the courier side check. There are 5 such orders, but the key is that all the shipping addresses are the Chen Clan in Shangyuan Village. The senders all chose the couriers’ busiest hours and seem to know some psychology. But for nearly a week now, they have gone quiet…”
Li Rui fell silent at this.
Many couriers are careless, and many do not inspect the goods. That is the norm.
That is also why many prohibited items can be transported via express delivery.
The key issue was that week.
As everyone knows, in such online fraud Cases using fake identities, fake information, and fake addresses, if victims call the police immediately, the chances of finding the suspects are not low.
But after a week, it enters the difficult stage of tracking. The longer it drags on, the lower the chance of finding them. No one knows where they have gone.
And when they finally check the ID information, those elderly people are either unaware or cannot clearly describe the perpetrators.
Especially for those from other regions. Filing requests there and back would take an unknown amount of time.
Currently, the case solving rate for online fraud Cases is just over 3%. Besides the majority being overseas, many domestic cases have similar problems. Many victims only realize they have been deceived long after the fact.
Especially some older gold-digger women. They are both materialistic and desperate to marry. One fake rich and handsome man can toy with them.
Some people, even when the police come to their door, still refuse to believe they have been scammed, or refuse to accept that their dream of marrying into wealth has been shattered.
In the end, such Cases are basically unsolvable.
Now, people like Mi Shou have already been scammed for a week, with 5 orders totaling more than one million. The perpetrators can live very comfortably for a while.
They have had plenty of time to transfer the money, convert it into virtual currency, and move it overseas.
One unit of USDT is a bit over seven yuan. As long as you have channels, it can be exchanged in countries around the world, and some places abroad even accept virtual currency payments.
This is another reason why online fraud Cases are hard to crack. Even though virtual currency is banned domestically, for various reasons there are many loopholes and weak enforcement.
As for those reasons, many cannot be discussed; at least at their level, they cannot and should not talk about them.
So he could only instruct another group of subordinates, “Go back and write the application. We need to check this identity information as soon as possible.”
Elsewhere, outside an express delivery station, two police officers hung up the telephone and could only head back helplessly.
They did not realize that, in a Place not far away, a man had been watching them for a while. He took out his mobile phone and made a call, saying, “Boss Guo, they really came to inspect the express delivery station. Are you absolutely sure you have no problems on your side?”
The other party laughed. “I have never shown my face. They cannot trace me. You should also leave there and lie low. Once things quiet down, I will let you come back.”
“Right now they have no idea where I am. Leaving fake information will make them rule me out directly. They would never guess that I am currently playing with an Internet Celebrity.”
“Does the Chen Clan not claim to have all kinds of miracles and the protection of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation? Fighting against a god is quite entertaining. Let those Chen guys shoulder this debt. I think that Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation is nothing special.”
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At the Chen Clan, after Li Rui hung up, he sighed. “They are all using elderly people’s ID cards. We can only see whether we can dig something out of that data. If the couriers did not spot anything abnormal, that means either elderly people are involved, or someone is very good at disguise.”
“After a week, we also need to inform the cyber unit. If our luck is bad and they have already gone abroad, then…”
Hearing this, Mi Shou’s expression grew ugly. He understood. This would drag on for a long time, and if the perpetrators fled abroad, they might never be found.
At this moment, Chen Kai frowned and said, “More people are posting online that they bought fake premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, not just one. Public opinion about the Chen Clan is starting to turn.”
Chen Han took out his mobile phone and checked. He also saw people claiming they had bought fake premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
《The Chen Clan is such a scam. Spent 250,000 and got fake goods!》
《I bought this premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea before and already thought it was strange. Two hundred fifty thousand for this? Turns out it is fake!》
《Didn’t the Chen Clan say they have the protection of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation? Selling me such fake tea, will the Heavenly Lord be angry?》
The posts showed not only the tea leaves, but also transaction records, chat logs, and electronic receipts, all pointing at the Chen Clan.
Some were venting their anger at buying fake tea, and some really believed they had purchased from the Chen Clan. Most importantly, many people who already disliked the Chen Clan became excited, even when others reminded them to let the bullets fly a bit longer.
Chen Han’s brows slowly knit together. Although the police could clarify that this was not related to the Chen Clan, it was still quite disgusting.
He thought of You Cai and wondered if he could have it steady the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea situation and track the people down, since it was a dog demon.
But thinking about how much time had passed, even as a dog demon it would be difficult, especially with the distance. How could it track them?
Then he thought of something else.
If there was still a trace of the culprit’s scent on the bamboo tube, that thing might be more effective.
After all, this was something that needed supernatural methods to fix.
At this point, Li Rui did not forget to say to Chen Han, “Chen Family Head, our team will help to clear things up online. That is a small matter. If anyone is maliciously chasing traffic by targeting the Chen Clan, we can have them come in and cooperate with the investigation.”
As he was speaking, he suddenly saw the Chen Family Head walking toward the outside. Chen Han also called to him, “Captain Li, come with me.”
It was clear that there was a hint of joy on his face.
Li Rui and Chu Ping were both stunned for a moment.
(The chapter ends.)
