Arnold said: "But I have a question about you, boy, how did you learn the truth?"

Luo Lie said: "That batch of opium was actually intercepted by our Kingsoft Anliangtang. Superintendent Carl just picked up a ready-made cheap. Later, Superintendent Carl told us that the batch of opium was transferred and stolen, and the transferee was Director Eston of the Kingsoft Police Department."

Arnold asked again: "You mentioned the two accomplices of Eston, Stander and Cooper, are they from the military?"

Luo Lie replied: "Yes, Stander served in the Navy and was a brigade general, while Cooper was the colonel commander of the Army."

Arnold took a deep breath and sighed: "This is a huge case!"

Luo Lie said: "Yes, this case involves a total of 2,000 tons of opium, and the remaining 1,800 tons were burned by our citizens of Kingsoft."

Arnold did not respond, but stared at Adam Breson's letter.

After a while, Arnold said, "Tonight is Christmas Eve. I don't want a wonderful Christmas to be ruined by this case. Let's do this. I'll help you find a place to live first. After Christmas, I'll go to discuss this case with you."

Luo Lie's heart, which had just become hot, cooled down again.

At that moment, he understood Arnold as a timid and fearful person. He was frightened by Stander and Cooper's military background and rank, so he adopted the strategy of procrastination.

But the assistant sent by Adam Breson didn't think so. He said, "Impossible, Nori, you have to believe Mr. Breson."

Luo Lie replied disappointedly: "Of course I believe Mr. Breson, but I don't believe in Director Arnold."

The assistant said, "Since you believe in Mr. Breson, you should trust Director Arnold, because Mr. Breson would not recommend it to you if he was not a trustworthy person."

This logic seems to make sense.

After hearing this, Luo Lie's heart, which was already cold, finally felt a little warmer again.

On Christmas Eve, New York City was very lively, but Luo Lie seemed to have lost interest in anything and locked himself in the room and slept all night. He said he was sleeping, but in fact he was lying on the bed with his eyes open and looking at the dark ceiling.

Although the assistant's words were logical, Luo Lie still did not dare to have much hope for him. He lay on the bed, looking at the dark ceiling with a dull look, but he was thinking about his action plan after returning to Kingsoft over and over again. It was better to rely on himself than rely on others. If Director Arnold could not count on him, he would still take the risk and get the account record of the financial transactions.

After staying up all night and having another Christmas day, Luo Lie finally waited for Director Arnold's visit.

"I'm sorry, two, I should have rushed to Kingsoft with you the day before yesterday, but I promised my wife and my daughter that I would spend a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas with them. Well, now I have my promise in advance. Next, it should be time for us to join forces to find the truth of the big case." Director Arnold said, and raised the three train tickets in his hand: "We have enough time to have lunch at 3 o'clock this afternoon."

The assistant couldn't help but give Luo Lie a meaningful glance, and Luo Lie naturally understood the meaning of the look.

In most cases, it is obviously not good to be slapped in the face, but in this special situation, Luo Lie accepted it happily and was quite excited. "Director Arnold, are you the only ones with us?"

Arnold smiled and said, "This is a big case, an answer that is big enough to shock the whole country. Of course I can't do it alone, but fortunately, some of my colleagues are preparing to embark on a journey to Kingsoft."

Luo Lie said happily: "You mean that this case has been investigated by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration as a formal case, right?"

Arnold shook his head and said, "How can you meet the filing standards based on your statement alone? Everything I do now is based on my trust in Mr. Breson. I will do my best to complete what he asked me to do. Let us wait patiently, and after we get the financial accounts, we can determine whether the case can be filed."

Luo Lie suspected: "If you get that account information, can you convict them?"

Arnold smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that simple! Suppose we have now obtained that account and there is indeed a sum of more than 800,000 US dollars transferred to one of their accounts, but how can we prove that they were paid for selling opium?"

Luo Lie suddenly became nervous and said, "What do you mean is that the huge sum of money from unknown sources can't be convicted?"

Arnold nodded and said, "They can only be listed as suspects, restrict their actions and investigated, but if they cannot further obtain evidence and they will not admit their crimes, they will still not be convicted."

Luo Lie wanted to ask again, but the assistant patted Luo Lie on the shoulder and reminded: "Nuoli, I have said it many times. You must believe Mr. Breson. Since he promised to accept your suggestions, Mr. Breson will be sure to clear your Anliangtang from the charge."

Arnold then explained: "Yes, Mr. Breson and I have been on the phone, and he told me the details. My inability to convict refers to the determination of their drug trafficking. If this charge is not established, then in court, if they cannot tell the legal source of the funds, the court will also convict them of unknown origin and fraud in personal gain."

Luo Lie then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Director Arnold, thank you for your tireless explanation. To express my gratitude, I think I should pay for this lunch."

Arnold smiled and said, "This is New York, so let me do it. When you arrive in Kingsoft, there are opportunities to pay for you."

From Kingsoft to Los Angeles and then to New York, we finally returned to Kingsoft. After a long journey, we took 15 days to go to Luoli.

Adam Breson and his campaign team arrived at Kingsoft one day earlier than Rohe and others. The candidate of the Elephant Party almost fell off his chin when he was shocked. After being shocked, he was secretly happy and thought it was a foolish move made by Adam Breson when he was at a disadvantage. However, the candidate of the Elephant Party did not take it lightly. After the organization team carefully analyzed it, he moved to Kingsoft and launched the final battle against Adam Breson, striving to wipe Adam Breson on the land of Kingsoft.

After arriving in Kingsoft, Director Arnold immediately contacted the Kingsoft Branch of the City Bank of America and asked them to fully cooperate with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration's investigation. Luo Lie is definitely not qualified to participate in this kind of thing. So, Arnold asked Luo Lie to meet him at the hotel where he stayed every night, and then move freely during the rest of the time.

Therefore, after Naroha got off the train, he called a taxi and returned to the hall.

Before leaving, Luo Lie told Xiao Gu Ting that his trip to Los Angeles was as fast as a week and as slow as ten days, but when he came back, he was five days longer than his promise.

They were all worried, Helen's behavior was fine, but when Xiao Gu Ting saw Luo Lie returning, she cried with pear blossoms and rain. It was obviously inappropriate to describe the appearance of a stinky brat crying. However, Luo Lie looked at Xiao Gu Ting's crying look, but he only thought of such an idiom.

After finally comforting Xiao Gu Ting, Luo Lie said: "I'm sorry, I can't inform you, but the matter is urgent, so I have to go to New York again, otherwise I would have been back."

Helen said: "You went to New York? Why did you go to New York?"

Little Gu Ting just thought about Luo Lie, but nothing else. Therefore, when Luo Lie returned, she cried and vented her emotions and passed. But Helen was not only thinking about Luo Lie, but also thinking about whether Luo Lie was going to do well and whether Cao B could be rescued. Therefore, she was more concerned about the result. Luo Lie could of course understand Helen's mood, and was also patient in his unreasonable questioning.

Luo Lie patiently explained: "If you want to rescue Tom, you can only expose the crimes of Eston Cooperstander and the others. The only way to expose the crimes of the three of them is to track down their financial transactions with Ballmer. We ordinary people do not have the right to make such requests from the bank. So Mr. Breson introduced me to Director Arnold of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. The headquarters of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration is in New York, so I can only go to New York."

Helen said anxiously: "Has Director Arnold helped you?"

Luo Lie said: "It's not as simple as I thought. Director Arnold said that they had long focused on Ballmer, but they couldn't get his evidence. All the accounts he opened in the bank were made of fake names, so in New York, the accounts between Ballmer and Eston Cooper were not found."

Helen was anxious, and finally cried on her face, and said sadly: "How can we get that account?"

Luo Lie comforted: "Helen, relax. Director Arnold has come to Kingsoft with me. I think he should be able to find the funds received records of the accounts of Eston, Cooper or Stander in Kingsoft."

Luo Lie thought it was ok, but Director Arnold also thought it was ok, but in the Kingsoft Branch of the American City Bank, Director Arnold couldn't help but frown into a lump.

After checking the names of Eston, Cooper and Stander, the manager of the Kingsoft Branch of the City Bank of America organized the staff and thoroughly investigated it for an afternoon, but said that the three of them had never opened an account in the City Bank of America.

"Things are a bit troublesome, at least not as simple as we imagined. The three of them obviously have strong anti-reconnaissance awareness and ability." That night, facing Luo Lie who came as promised, Arnold said worriedly: "There are three possibilities. First, the transaction settlement between them and Ballmer is not through banks. Second, they opened accounts with fake identities, and third, they are not through city banks, but other banks."

When talking about this matter to Helen, Luo Lie used a should rather than a sure thing, which means that Luo Lie had already made many twists and turns mentally prepared for the matter. Therefore, when he heard the bad news about Arnold, he did not show any panic or depressed mood, but said calmly: "In terms of settlement methods, in addition to relying on bank remittances, it is cash settlement. If it is cash settlement, the three of them should have rushed to New York together, but in fact, the three of them have never left Kingsoft, so the first possibility does not exist."

Arnold nodded and replied, "I agree with your analysis, what about the second and third possibilities?"

Luo Lie then analyzed: "I will talk about the third possibility first. After Conley and his father discussed the transaction plan, they boarded the train from New York to Kingsoft. That night, Kingsoft ushered in the first snowstorm of this winter. Even though Eston and Cooper were prepared, they could only wait until the snowstorm was taken out. In fact, our Anliangtang had already monitored that Cooper used his own convoy to transport the cargo from the military port where Stander was located in the name of military supplies and loaded the freight train. That day,

It was on the third day after the snowstorm. Cooper sent a killer to hide in Jack's home, and that day was the tenth day after the snowstorm. Among them, there were only more than seven days and less than eight days, and the freight train was not faster than the passenger train, and it also took five days on the way. Ballmer needed to pick up and inspect the goods, while Eston Cooper needed to withdraw and pay. Remove these, leaving only one or a half days for the funds to be in place. In the United States of America, there is no other channel except the city bank."

Arnold listened quietly, took a deep breath and said, "Then there is only the most difficult second possibility left!"

Luo Lie nodded and said, "Yes, Director Arnold, I think Eston, as the chief of the police, should have a strong anti-reconnaissance ability and anti-reconnaissance awareness, but as long as it is something he has done, it will definitely leave traces."

Arnold smiled and said, "Yes, they can cover up the account information, but they can't cover up the huge $840,000. I have instructed the city bank to track down the trends of this fund as quickly as possible. Maybe we will get satisfactory news tomorrow morning."

As the top leader of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Director Arnold's case handling experience is naturally rich and experienced. In fact, when he was in New York, he thought that three people in Kingsoft might have used fake identities to handle accounts, and at the same time, he also thought of a strategy to deal with it. However, New York is a big city, and there are many transfers of hundreds of thousands of dollars a day in city banks. It is estimated that one day would not be enough to track it down in this way. Therefore, Arnold simply gave up the investigation in New York and came to Kingsoft with Luo Lie. The villain in Kingsoft City is poor. Not to mention one day, I am afraid that a single remittance of 800,000 yuan will not be common in one month.

However, when the bank confirmed that Eston Cooper and Stander had not had an account opening record in their bank, it was already time to get off work in the evening.

"Yes, isn't this a trace that they can't erase!" Luo Lie was very surprised and praised Director Arnold repeatedly, saying: "Director Arnold, you are so amazing. I believe that with you at the helm of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, those drug dealers will be arrested sooner or later."

Facing Luo Lie's compliment, Arnold seemed very calm. He said earnestly: "When you, Anliangtang, faced with such attractive interests, can still remain sober, say no to the opium transaction, and mobilize the citizens to jointly destroy another 1,800 tons of opium. I express high respect for your deeds. However, when facing opium crime, you did not choose to trust the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, but instead fought against it alone. For this, I can only express deep regret, Nuoli, if you can trust the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration and contact me earlier, will you fall into this passive situation today?"

Luo Lie lowered his head, sighed and replied, "Director Arnold, you are very criticizing it, but we have a reason. At that time, Bill Lane brought people to Kingsoft to investigate the whereabouts of this batch of opium, and forced the Kingsoft Taxation Bureau to arrest Tom of Anliangtang on the charge of tax evasion. We cannot tell the authenticity of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency agents, and thought they were in the same nest as Bill Lane, snakes and rats, so he gave your Federal Drug Enforcement Agency a big question mark."

Arnold sighed: "Your explanation is reasonable. The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration has been established for only ten years, and there are various problems in many aspects. For example, agents and drug dealers collude with each other. We have seized more than ten cases in the past three years. However, Noli, you should believe that the tumor-rich branches of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration are still a minority after all, and their roots and trunks are still very healthy."

Luo Lie nodded and replied: "I believe, Director Arnold, I believe that the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration will become healthier under your leadership."

Arnold sighed again, saying, "I sincerely hope that Mr. Breson can be elected as governor of California as he wishes, and hope that the donkey party can get the presidential election the next year. In this way, our Federal Drug Enforcement Administration will get more budgets and be more powerful to combat opium merchants that endanger society."

The next morning, as soon as Arnold stepped into the gate of Kingsoft City Bank, he was frightened by bad news. The bank said that since the snowstorm and until yesterday, there were 14 remittances received between 800,000 and 900,000 yuan, of which five were from the New York Bank of the City Bank, and the remaining nine were from other branches with the City Bank, or from other banks. However, they carefully checked that the fourteen remittances received were legal financial transactions from old customers with names and surnames.

"Mr. Director, will your investigation be borrowed by the legal accounts?" The bank leader was afraid that he would be responsible for providing money laundering channels for crimes, so he was extremely humble to Director Arnold.

Arnold smiled and said, "They are not that stupid, let others take their hands on them."

"But, we have thoroughly investigated all the accounts over the past period of time, but we have not found a transaction that suits your doubts. Mr. Director, look..." the bank head responded timidly.

Arnold smiled faintly and said, "The payer has another payment method. Mr. Manager, you should think of it. He split the huge sum of $840,000 into several medium-sized remittances worth less than $100,000."

The bank's head suddenly realized and quickly expressed his opinion: "Thank you, Mr. Director, for reminding me, I will arrange for someone to follow the instructions of Mr. Director, to investigate."

It seems that the investigation is indeed difficult to break down a huge sum of money into several medium or even small sums of remittances, but it is not as difficult as imagined in actual operation, because the remittances of several small and medium sums of money must be concentrated in a certain period of time, and the funds are transferred to the same account.

In less than an hour, the bank head brought the results and reported: "Mr. Director, we have traced back three accounts, following your instructions, to receive multiple small and medium-sized remittances in the same time period. Among them, this foreigner account named Elilian Card received a total of seven remittances from seven accounts from New York, with a total of 840,320 US dollars, which is most in line with the doubts of the Commissioner."

"Foreigner's account? Which country does that Elilian Card belong to?" The agreement in the total number made Arnold confirm that there must be clues in this account.

The bank's head looked through the information and replied: "It's a British man, Mr. Director."

"When did this account be opened?" Arnold continued.

The bank head looked at the information and replied: "December 4th."

Arnold quickly thought about it. In terms of time, the account was opened the day after the end of the snowstorm. It should have been temporarily opened after Eston Cooper and Ballmer reached the terms of the transaction.

"What procedures do you need to open an account for foreigners? Also, if you need to withdraw money, do you need to be present?" Arnold continued to ask.

The bank's head replied: "In order to attract external funds, we have simplified the account opening procedure. For foreigners, they only need to deposit 500 US dollars of their own currency and provide relevant documents to open an account. They do not need to be present in the account withdrawal. They can handle all business by holding the account information and secret keys issued by the bank."

Arnold nodded. In fact, he had already noticed that this bank's operation method would leave an opportunity for criminals to take advantage of, but with the power he possessed, it was not enough to make the banking industry modify its operating procedures.

"The last question, Mr. Manager, please tell me if there are any other transaction records in this account besides the seven remittances?" Arnold had already determined that the account must have something to do with Eston Cooper and others.

The bank head replied: "On the day the remittance was received, that is, at 13:15 pm on December 8, someone withdraws 90,000 US dollars in cash."

Arnold's face showed a gratified smile.

This is exactly what it is.

On December 8, Eston Cooper and his gang withdrew 90,000 US dollars in cash and paid the killer. The killer lurked to a close friend of Jack on the same night, intending to raid Jack while Jack was coming, but he never thought that Jack had been on guard and surrounded the killer in the courtyard that night. And Eston Cooper and his gang received a tip from Anliang Tang's traitor, and organized police and military forces to wait near Chinatown overnight. When Jack took action, Eston Cooper immediately led the military and police forces to encircle Jack and others, and determined that it was to create a riot.

It was not until this moment that Arnold completely believed the details of the case that Luo Lie told him.

"Mr. Manager, this account involves a horrifying opium smuggling case, so I need all the information about the account. Do you understand what to do?" Arnold smiled, but his tone revealed the majesty that was rude to blame.

The bank head responded: "Of course I know what to do. Mr. Director, I am very honored to be able to serve you. The City Bank of America firmly supports the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration's crackdown on various drug operations. If there are still something that makes you unsatisfied in the cooperation process, please point it out clearly that we will work hard to correct it."
To be continued...