Chapter 18 This orderly world is good, she wants to protect it

When she really arrived at the execution ground, Du Qiuyi was completely terrified and burst into tears. Many times, she could have turned back to live a peaceful and wealthy life, but once sin had taken root, it grew into an addiction in her heart without any irrigation. Every time, she chose to use sinful means to achieve her goals.

For example, Qihui said that Jiang Zhen bringing the child to find his relatives would destroy her happiness, so she hired someone to make it impossible for Jiang Zhen to come.

For example, when Ji Fengmei threatened An Xiuqing, she ordered the drugging. Before liberation, she had never failed in similar matters. Even if she was reported to the police station, she had the connections to settle it.

But after liberation, the world was different. All the methods that had worked for her before were no longer effective. She really knew she was wrong.

Why can Xiuqing be reborn again, but she can't? No, she must fight for herself.

Du Qiuyi revealed his self-righteous life-saving secret: "I know a sabotage organization from abroad that has crossed the border. They even contacted me once. I can help you as an insider and catch them all in one fell swoop, and then I can make up for my crime with meritorious service!"

The execution was temporarily suspended.

Jiang Zhen, who was watching the execution, was very worried and asked Gu Liancheng, "She wouldn't really agree to it, would she? If she gets the chance, she will definitely escape across the border."

Gu Liancheng thought the same and said, "We have just been liberated. Which border city doesn't have similar spy organizations? Even our Fancheng has one. I don't think I will agree to her request."

I didn't agree, but I did agree to her dying request to see Jiang Zhen. For such death row inmates, generally speaking, as long as the request is not excessive, it will be basically met.

Gu Liancheng and Jiang Zhen said: "If you don't want to, you can refuse."

Jiang Zhen was willing: "Let's meet her. After her needs are met, let her go on her way."

…

"You came so quickly." Du Qiuyi was listless, and the fear of death made her tremble constantly.

"I'm here to watch the execution today." Jiang Zhen said.

Du Qiuyi showed a puzzled expression, and then laughed self-righteously: "I know, you must have turned yourself in after your rebirth. Xiuqing didn't have time to turn herself in, and died unjustly, so you got away with it. But who is the son of Gu Liancheng's uncle? Are there only five pairs of children I replaced? And who is the traitor who contacted me for the overseas organization and wanted to shoot me? You will never know the answers to these questions."

Jiang Zhen thought about it and felt that Du Qiuyi would be executed soon, so it should be okay to say half a word.

"Have you ever thought that it is precisely because we have the means that we decisively shoot you?"

Until the gunshots rang out, Du Qiuyi still hadn't figured out how Jiang Zhen could figure out the secret she had brought into the grave.

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You can only touch the body once. You won't see anything the second time. Jiang Zhen was accompanied by two recorders. She felt that there was no need to go into detail. She started from the most important to the least important: "The middleman who contacted her was called Gao Yunxiu. She was pretty. If I met her, I could recognize her."

Gu Liancheng beside him trembled a little, and Jiang Zhen turned his head: "Do you know him?"

Gu Liancheng quickly held her hand in place: "Comrade Jiang Zhen, don't be so relaxed. Hold on, and continue."

The next child was the one who was swapped. Jiang Zhenquan saw him and said, "Gu Liancheng, your fake uncle adopted your real uncle's son, Shi Hengjun, who works as a technician in the spinning mill. He is very grateful to your fake uncle. I think the truth should be revealed sooner rather than later."

Gu Liancheng was in a heavy mood: "Okay, I understand."

"Du Qiuyi confessed to you about the five pairs of children, but she deliberately misrepresented two of them. She also didn't mention the sixth pair. One of the mothers was named An Jinzhu, and her last name was An... My God, she moved the child of her other niece to the home of Secretary Cheng of the Fancheng Municipal Party Committee..."

Gu Liancheng was shocked, but he calmed himself down and supported Jiang Zhen: "Don't be shocked, take it easy, we are not in a hurry, take your time and look carefully."

"The rest is nothing, just some insignificant daily routine."

"Tell us everything and see if it's useful. We'll screen and identify it later."

Seeing that Gu Liancheng spoke in a serious tone, Jiang Zhen told him everything he had seen, no matter how big or small. Later, the number of recorders increased to four. After several hours of talking and repeated confirmation, the corpse-searching was finally over.

…

"You must be tired." Gu Liancheng took Jiang Zhen to the army canteen to eat.

Jiang Zhen shook his head: "I'm not tired physically, it's just that I've never spoken for hours in a row, so my throat hurts."

Gu Liancheng felt guilty and hurriedly handed her the kettle: "This is mine, do you mind?"

Jiang Zhen smiled: "It's not like I haven't drunk it before."

Yes, it was the first time they met, and they didn’t know each other at that time. Jiang Zhen took Gu Liancheng’s water bottle and drank it all in one gulp.

The atmosphere was relaxed, and both of them were in a relaxed state. Once they relaxed, they could start talking about something.

In Du Qiuyi's memory, Jiang Zhen saw An Xiuqing talk about her rebirth, and also said that she suspected Gu Liancheng was also reborn. However, she did not say this in front of the recorder.

She took a big gulp of hot water to moisten her throat, looked at Gu Liancheng and said, "An Xiuqing told Du Qiuyi that she suspected you were also reborn."

Gu Liancheng was instantly awakened and fully conscious. In fact, he had been waiting for Jiang Zhen to ask, but he didn't expect that she would ask it at this moment.

It was not lunch time in the cafeteria and it was very quiet. Gu Liancheng told Jiang Zhen about his rebirth.

"My situation is different from An Xiuqing's. I died during the suppression of bandits, but my perceptions remained for many years until Gu Pan and Gu Hui reached adulthood and were reborn. It was the same for Xiao Qingfeng. The situations of the three of us should all be related to the impact energy generated by the earthquake."

Jiang Zhen was not surprised by the fusion and collision of the two worlds and the occurrence of time reversal. Compared with the strange beasts and people with evolved superpowers in the apocalypse, it was no big deal.

Jiang Zhen thinks this orderly world is great and she wants to protect it.

With her abilities, she is willing to take a job if necessary.

"Will you assign me a job?"

Gu Liancheng's eyes sparkled: "Are you willing?"

Jiang Zhen nodded: "It's better if it's not too troublesome work. I'm willing to cooperate."

…

Gu Liancheng did have a plan to find a job for Jiang Zhen, but he actually wanted to talk to Jiang Zhen about the place she came from. However, he was afraid that Jiang Zhen's heart would close after he opened his mouth, so he decided to talk about work first.

"Jiang Zhen, with your abilities, you may need to work outside the city sometimes, so we'll arrange a special correspondent position for you at the newspaper. You don't need to work in the office, and you just need to submit an article every month. This way, no matter what you want to do, you have sufficient identity and reason."

Jiang Zhen thought this arrangement was a good one: "What if we go out of town and you're not there, what will happen to the children?"

Gu Liancheng was helpless: "A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. I have no choice but to trouble Professor Li to take care of him for a few days."

Jiang Zhen couldn't help laughing: "It seems that you have reached an agreement with him?"

"Well, he chose to come back to serve his country. There is no doubt about his patriotism."

Li Chongling convinced the superiors that he might be Jiang Tang's biological father and that he was confident that he could win the children's trust and find out the secrets between Jiang Zhen and the children from them. He also promised that he would make the children tell the truth willingly and that he would never lie.

But Gu Liancheng felt that if Jiang Zhen didn't want to, no one would be able to find out.

If she decided to speak out, she would confess to him and would not choose Li Chongling.

Should be like this, right? Gu Liancheng gave himself confidence in his heart.

…

After agreeing to the job, Jiang Zhen asked who would be responsible for negotiating with the parents of the babies who were swapped by Du Qiuyi.

"Only a few people know that I can touch corpses. You will soon go to the border to investigate foreign spies. Leave the matter of the babies who were swapped to me."

Gu Liancheng was relieved: "It would be best if you are willing. If you need cooperation, just tell Qingfeng directly."

Jiang Zhen nodded, a smile on his lips.

Gu Liancheng suddenly asked: "Jiang Zhen, are you doing this for He Shulan?"

Jiang Zhen is serious about this matter.

"In An Xiuqing's memory, I saw that He Shulan's sister He Shuli was going to marry Dr. Qi, but she died, and Dr. Qi also passed away. He Shuli hoped that her sister would have a better life than her. I should do something to help with the cause and effect I created."

Gu Liancheng couldn't help but hold Jiang Zhen's hand: "I understand how you feel, but He Shuli's matter was more caused by An Xiuqing's rebirth, so don't blame yourself."

Jiang Zhen stared at the palms that were in close contact with Gu Liancheng and said with a smile: "It's not even three months yet, Gu Liancheng, and you're already taking the initiative to hold hands."

Gu Liancheng quickly withdrew his hand and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

…

Professor Li moved next door. On the first day, he played with the children. He cooked at home and invited Jiang Zhen, Gu Liancheng and the children to his house for dinner: "You two busy people are finally back. Wash your hands and eat. The children are starving."