"I heard there's a character 'Su' on the gold bar. Can I take a look?" Shen Changchuan asked.

The gold bars didn't look bad sitting there, and none of the people in charge of the task stopped them.

"I came here because I heard that there was a Su character written in seal script on the gold bar."

"It's actually true! Do you know whose gold bars these are?" Shen Changchuan asked.

Everyone found it quite strange. The gold bars were on Su Rui, so of course they belonged to his family. His family used to be poor farmers! Now they had secretly hoarded so many gold bars.

Su Zhaohai's house, including Su Zhaohai himself, is already under surveillance. They're just waiting for the approval documents to be issued before they begin the search.

"This gold bar doesn't belong to Su Zhaohai's family."

Zeng Dakang's wife, Su Lin, was from the same clan as Su Zhaohai. When she got married, her family prepared these gold bars as her dowry.

Many people who know about this are still alive. You can go to the former servants of the Zeng family and ask them if what I said is true.

When Comrade Zeng Dakang was investigated, his home was searched, but they didn't say they found any gold bars.

"I never expected that these gold bars would be in the hands of Su Zhaohai's son, Su Rui."

Everyone thought Su Zhaohai was hiding gold bars at home pretending to be a poor farmer, but that's probably not the case. It's very likely that he embezzled them.

Once this news spread, everyone was reminded of what happened back then. Did Su Zhaohai participate in the search of Zeng's old home?

I don't dare call him Old Zeng anymore.

The issue of Elder Zeng has been largely clarified; he was simply too happy to leave.

…

Wei Aiguo was unaware of what was happening there. He wanted to go back to that courtyard to take a look, but it was on fire.

Su Zhaohai acted so quickly! He didn't believe there was only a few gold bars inside. He probably took what he could and burned what he couldn't.

Su Zhaohai is a ruthless man.

Wei Aiguo thought of Wen Shujuan.

What if Su Rui implicates Wen Shujuan? That woman is cowardly and stupid; don't expect her to admit it just because you scare her. She definitely won't be able to find her own way out. But it wouldn't be good if Wen Shujuan got involved too!

Considering how well Shen Ruomei takes care of her daughter-in-law, we can't let her have a mother who's in prison.

When Wei Aiguo returned, he ran into Wen Shujuan, who was getting off work.

This woman was observant enough to notice Wei Aiguo leaving, so she quietly followed him until they reached a deserted alley.

Wei Aiguo: "Su Rui was caught red-handed with the gold bars."

"Oh? What should we do?" Wen Shujuan panicked as expected.

“What does this have to do with you? He begged you to intercede for him, but didn’t you say that Shen Changchuan never wants to see you? You can’t help him at all?” Wei Aiguo said.

“Oh! That’s right!” Wen Shujuan said blankly.

"You haven't taken a single penny from him, what are you afraid of? You've never seen your daughter, nor have you met Shen Changchuan, have you?" Wei Aiguo continued...

…

After Shen Changchuan's explanation, the nature of the matter changed. The search warrant was issued quickly, and the interrogation of Su Rui began immediately.

Su Rui couldn't withstand the interrogation at all.

He couldn't explain the origin of the gold bars.

He persisted in his belief of keeping quiet.

Su Rui was going to say that the gold bar was given to him by his grandfather. So what if his family was poor? His ancestors were once rich too.

However, the interrogators stated directly that the gold bars were the dowry of Zeng Lao's wife, Su Lin.

The lie that Su Rui had just thought of could no longer be told.

Su Rui glanced at the interrogator; he had mentioned the origin of the gold bars beforehand to avoid making a mistake.

Su Rui refused to speak. The person in charge of the interrogation said, "Let the boy eat first, then let him think about it. What does 'leniency for confession, severity for resistance' mean?"

Everyone was hungry, so let's eat first, no one objected.

Suri's meals were personally delivered by the person in charge of the interrogation...

After Su Rui finished eating, the interrogation resumed.

The interrogation of him will definitely involve both soft and hard tactics. During the interrogation, Su Rui went to the toilet three times, saying that he had an upset stomach.

"You're about to confess, aren't you? Look at you, you have an upset stomach and you're feeling so uncomfortable. I'll get you some medicine in a bit," the interrogator said.

Suri: "Actually, I stole the gold bars. I wasn't very old then, and when they were searching people's homes, I was just watching. Nobody noticed me. I just put the gold bars in my pocket and took them out."

I've played at Wen Shujuan's house since I was little, and I think she's a really nice person. I'd like to ask her to help me find General Shen to put in a good word for my brother.

She's divorced, but she said she could help, but she asked me for gold bars.

I'd almost forgotten about the gold bar after hiding it. She asked me for it, and that's when I remembered. I just found it today…”

Regardless of whether it's true or false, the investigation will definitely continue.

"My stomach hurts, get me some medicine," Su Rui said.

This request is within a reasonable range.

While searching for medicine for Su Rui, they also investigated the search records from back then. They needed to find out exactly who searched Zeng's old house and whether Su Rui had any opportunity to steal the gold bars.

Wen Shujuan was also brought in for questioning.

"...Oh my god, who said that? He asked me for a favor, but I can't do anything about it. He delivered things to me on behalf of his mother, but I didn't dare accept any of them."

"Gold bars? His family has gold bars too." Based on Wei Aiguo's instructions, Wen Shujuan knew nothing when asked, so no one could do anything about it.

Wen Shujuan threw a tantrum and cried, and what she said made no sense at all.

Wen Shujuan was then released.

…

...Secretary Fang rushed into Shen Changchuan's office.

Shen Changchuan: What's wrong with you?

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