Chapter 68: Martyrdom (Part 4) In the chaos, a police officer fell...

The information Lu Henian sent was very scary.

Among them, there are three charges regarding the illegal sale of factory raw materials, namely flour from the non-staple food factory, rice bran and wheat bran from the feed station, and fabric from the garment factory.

These are several important industries that affect people's livelihood. If we don't take care of them, I can't imagine how hard life will be for the people.

In addition, Lu Henian also mentioned a large number of people who bribed and escaped from prison. Because the time span was long, the list was very long, up to three digits.

After reading it, Yao Zhizhi had to take it seriously.

They were dealing with a lawless public official, and there were countless other people involved with him.

Once this information is handed over to the Public Security Bureau, it will be like dropping a bomb with a huge equivalent in Yicheng.

The support of those with iron rice bowls will collapse, and the ocean of oil and water for the parasites will be set off into huge waves.

It's not unlikely that even her own mother-in-law will be in trouble - your colleague made such a mistake, are you responsible for failing to supervise it?

As for my brother-in-law Yang Shuming, he must be caught in the center of the vortex.

Cha, he didn't know how many people he would offend.

If we don't investigate, we will be unworthy of the police uniform he wears and the trust of millions of people.

Yao Zhizhi was so worried that she lost all sleepiness. She kept thinking over and over, wondering whether she should hand it in at dawn or find a more appropriate time to hand it in.

In the end, Qi Changxiao reassured her: "Brother-in-law's fortune is positive, he won't have bad luck. And..."

"And what? Just say what you want to say. Don't be so hesitant." Yao Zhizhi was almost dying of anxiety.

Qi Changxiao reminded: "Think about it, why did Zhou Ying come back now?"

"Is she here to investigate secretly?" Yao Zhizhi didn't think so. Zhou Ying had been chatting for most of the day.

But... it's better to just chat casually. If you mobilize a large number of people, it will easily alert the enemy.

Yao Zhizhi went to find some letter paper and listed all the people on the list who she knew were related to Director Hu.

Taking Zhou Ying's unexpected situation into consideration...

It's like a live chess game.

Zhou Juan’s blind date can be used as a cover.

As for this information... well, I'd better give it to my brother-in-law tomorrow morning. He's an experienced detective and shouldn't be reckless.

Everything requires a method. As long as you proceed step by step, there will always be an opportunity to break the deadlock.

Yao Zhizhi held up a pen and asked, "How many tokens do you have left?"

"More than two thousand, and each Cause and Effect Check costs five hundred. Which people do you want to investigate?" Qi Changxiao knew that she would not sit still and wait for death. After all, this matter was of no trivial importance and must be treated with caution.

Yao Zhizhi circled a name for him - Hu Jia, the person he was having an affair with.

This woman dares to be so arrogant, which shows that she has a good relationship with Director Hu. If we use this woman as a starting point and get hold of her handle first, we may get unexpected gains.

Qi Changxiao consumed tokens, clicked the query, and the result came out quickly: "I know him."

Yao Zhizhi was a little surprised. Qi Changxiao was a real stay-at-home. He was in poor health and had to take medicine all year round.

The only people he knew, apart from those in this alley and his mother-in-law's workplace, were his former classmates or colleagues from the music conservatory.

I couldn't help but wonder: "Who?"

Qi Changxiao added a name to her relationship chart: "Deputy Director of the Garment Factory, Zhang Hongliang."

Another surname of Zhang? Yao Zhizhi frowned: "A relative of Zhang Wang?"

"Zhang Wang's father." Qi Changxiao was also surprised. He didn't expect that his classmate actually had a cheating father.

I don’t know if Zhang Wang himself knows it.

Yao Zhizhi looked at the name and suddenly laughed: "I was wondering, Director Hu is so powerful, he can even secretly sell the fabrics from the garment factory. It turns out that he relied on Hu Jia's beauty trap, even though she is not beautiful at all."

"Then they must have relatives or connections at the feed factory. I don't know who they are." Qi Changxiao needs a specific name to find out who the cause and effect of a specific incident are. At present, the feed factory link can only be left blank.

In short, Hu Jia and Zhang Hongliang must be a breakthrough point.

There are still more than 1,800 tokens, and he can check three things. Should he use them all at once or wait? He asked Yao Zhizhi for her opinion.

Yao Zhizhi stared at the list in her hand. There was nothing she wanted to check for the moment, but she always felt like she had missed some important person.

At least all those floating on the water are here now. Maybe she was overthinking it.

That's it, I tried my best, go to sleep.

The next morning, Yao Zhizhi and Qi Changxiao went to find Yang Shuming together.

When Yang Shuming saw the information and list, he quickly closed the door.

He stopped talking, took out a pen and paper, and started writing to communicate.

Yang Shuming: Where did you get this thing from?

Yao Zhizhi: Lu Henian gave it to me.

Yang Shuming: Is that the cousin we worshipped at the village entrance that day?

Yao Zhizhi: Yes.

Yang Shuming: You two should go back quickly and don’t come out for the time being. I will handle this matter.

Yao Zhizhi: Will you be in danger?

Yang Shuming: Being a police officer is bound to be in danger at any time. It’s okay, don’t be afraid.

Yao Zhizhi: You must stay alive. If you make my sister a widow, I will never forgive you!

Yang Shuming: I will try my best.

Yao Zhizhi: I don’t want you to try your best, I want you to do it!

Yang Shuming: Sorry, I can’t guarantee it, anything is possible.

Yao Zhizhi dropped the pen, clenched her fists, and wanted to say something, but couldn't.

She knew what kind of difficulties he would face, she also knew that there would be danger, and she knew even more that it was objective for him not to make any guarantees.

But she was just sad, so sad.

She didn't want to see her sister sad or cry.

I don’t want to see the baby in my sister’s belly lose its father before it is born.

But she had no right to blame Yang Shuming. He was a policeman and he might be sacrificed.

Just like my mother-in-law and Qi Changxiao, it is impossible to blame my father-in-law for being buried in a foreign land and dying young.

In life, there will always be someone who needs to carry the burden for the peace of ordinary people.

The saying "shouldering the moral responsibility with an iron shoulder and treating death as returning home"—isn't that referring to soldiers and police officers?

She was really afraid that this would be the last time she would see her brother-in-law, so she had no choice but to plead, "Then before you act, give your sister a call."

"I understand." Yang Shuming smiled calmly.

Although he had been a policeman for more than ten years and had seen many ups and downs, to be honest, this was the first time he had encountered such a tough challenge.

The information and list in his hand will inevitably be stained with blood, and it is hard to say whether anyone will be sacrificed.

This depends on whether the other party has lethal weapons and whether they will resist stubbornly and stubbornly to the end.

In short, he should really tell Yao Miaomiao before taking any action.

The police wives and the military wives, the moment they chose them, chose to walk with anxiety.

After watching the worried couple leave, he closed the door and repeatedly studied the action plan.

Yao Zhizhi even made a note of Hu Jia's cheating partner. She is so thoughtful.

However, this list is missing t person.

Yang Shuming held his chin with both hands and found the materials from the filing cabinet behind him that Director Hu had applied for solitary confinement after Xing Hongxia was arrested.

He had no idea where this woman was now.

Because the person who took over at the time was from the security department, he didn't even have the authority to ask questions.

Now it seems that it might be Director Hu's trick.

In other words... maybe Director Hu is a hidden superior, or maybe it is the big shot that Xing Hongxia has chosen to cling to after she is desperate. In other words, Director Hu is her newly developed ally.

Of course, he knew that this guess was a bit bold.

But what if we add Xing Hongxia? Wouldn't this list be more convincing?

After all, whatever Director Hu did seemed to be an attempt to undermine the foundation of socialism.

And the digging was quite extensive, there were already several dog holes at the foot of the wall.

If this continues... I can’t imagine it.

Yang Shuming picked up the phone and called Tao Songnian: "Uncle, you are so kind, please help me find out the whereabouts of someone."

Tao Songnian has been in a bad mood recently because his daughter still hasn't found a partner. When he heard his nephew's call, he felt a little comforted.

At least this boy got together with the second daughter of the Yao family, which put his mind at ease.

He lit a cigarette and asked, "Who is it? It's so serious that I need to personally take care of it?"

"Xing Hongxia."

After lunch, Yang Shuming received a call back: "The security department didn't tell me where they were, but just told me to tell you to do whatever you want. They'll cover you."

That means Director Hu has been targeted.

Yang Shuming understood the code word, said thank you to his uncle, and hung up the phone.

He called the Nancheng Police Station and asked Lao Hu to come over.

The two chatted for the whole afternoon. When Lao Hu left, his eyes were red and swollen from crying.

After Old Hu left, he called Tang Fengyuan again: "Tell Xiao Qi and Xiao Mei that someone is responsible for catching Hu Jia cheating. They should stay out of it. Take good care of the pregnancy and raise the child well. Don't let their second sister worry."

Tang Fengyuan had already learned the general situation from his son and daughter-in-law, and was a little curious: "You don't want Lao Zhang to catch the adulterer, do you?"

"It would be most appropriate for him to go, and it wouldn't alert the enemy." Yang Shuming has never been a reckless person, and this arrangement is the best now.

After Hu Jia makes a breakthrough and confesses the people involved in the case at the feed factory, he can apply for a joint action with the police, and they can catch them all in one go.

*

It was Yao Weihua's first time acting as a matchmaker, and he was very successful.

Zhou Juan and Xu Wei fell in love with each other, and Zhou Ying was very pleased. She even set the wedding date and they will get married next month.

It’s pitiful how anxious parents are. They are so anxious just to let their daughter stay in the city, and they are not picky even if Yicheng is not as good as the provincial capital.

After arranging her daughter's marriage, Zhou Ying finally had time to visit and investigate Director Hu's affairs.

She asked her two nephews to tell her everything they knew, and also found some acquaintances to verify the situation at the prison.

When all the information was finally put together, it was really shocking.

This is horrible, how could this happen?

She had to hurry back to the provincial capital and think of a solution, whether to ask the province to send an investigation team directly or what else.

She went back that afternoon, and her daughter Zhou Juan stayed at her uncle's house so that she would have time to get along with Xu Wei. If it turned out not to be suitable, there would still be time to regret it.

When I returned to the provincial capital, it was already dark and my leaders had all gone off work. I could only wait until tomorrow during working hours to contact them for feedback.

Late at night, Hu Jia used the excuse of going to her younger sister's house to discuss the pattern of the sweater, and went out with the wool and knitting needles.

Her husband had been an infertile woman for many years and was infertile. In order to maintain his dignity, he had to allow her to go out and borrow sperm, and she gave birth to three children.

As for whether the three children have the same father, he doesn't know.

In short, the couple kept the secret from their family for so many years, and it was flawless. The children were also very well-behaved and thought he was their biological father.

At this moment, Hu Jia was about to go out again. Her mother-in-law was a little unhappy, so her husband tried to persuade her: "Jia Jia works very hard at the office every day. It would be nice to go out and chat with her sisters to relax."

My mother-in-law was still unhappy, but when she saw her three lovely grandchildren at home, she endured it.

Hu Jia left the house and pretended to walk towards her female colleague's house. She knew that her mother-in-law would sometimes follow her for a while.

The old woman would not leave until she entered her colleague's house.

After a while, she came out of her colleague's house again and walked towards Zhang Hongliang's house.

Zhang Hongliang's wife is a country girl and has no status in her husband's family. Her husband has long despised and suppressed her, so that even if she knows something, she doesn't have the courage to speak it out.

Looking at the time, it was time for that woman to come again, so he called Zhang Wang and asked his son to accompany her out.

Zhang Wang had a terrible headache. "Mom, your illness hasn't gotten better despite acupuncture every day. Shouldn't we go today?"

"It will only be effective if you persevere." The woman had two deep nasolabial folds on her face, and a worry-engraved wrinkle between her eyebrows, and her face looked very sad.

She had to leave. If she didn't leave now, she would run into Hu Jia. If they got into a fight, the man would not only beat her, but also implicate their son.

She quickly grabbed Zhang Wang's hand and said, "Let's go. Your Aunt Lin said that after two more years of acupuncture, I'll be fine."

I hope Hu Jia will get his comeuppance within two years. This is all a cowardly woman can hope for.

Zhang Wang had no choice but to pick up a flashlight and go out with his mother.

Less than five minutes after the mother and son left, Hu Jia arrived.

It was summer, I was wearing little, and after walking for a while, I was sweating all over.

Hu Jia casually put down the wool and knitting needles, picked up the teacup and drank it down swiftly.

After drinking the water, she went into the bedroom and fooled around with the man.

It has been like this in recent years, but in the beginning Qu Ping did make a fuss, and all she got was beatings, scolding and humiliation, but later she learned her lesson.

Now that Hu Jia saw how sensible she was, he looked down on her even more.

He also didn't forget to humiliate her: "She is so obedient, even a pug is not as well-behaved as her."

Zhang Hongliang didn't have the patience to chat with her, so he untied his belt and had fun first.

In the past, no one would be so careless as to disturb them at this time, after all, the neighbors nearby all knew about it.

Under pressure from Hu Jia's power, he dared not speak out.

Zhang Hongliang was stunned when he found someone knocking on the door today.

He held the woman down and asked, "Who is it? It's late at night, go to bed."

Old Zhang shouted in a booming voice, "Open the door! I'm your brother! I want to discuss with you the issue of your parents' retirement. You're the deputy director of a garment factory, and your family isn't bad, so why have you ignored them all these years? I'm the eldest brother, but didn't your parents raise you? Now that your niece-in-law has given birth, your sister-in-law has to take care of them and their child, and can't take care of your parents anymore. Shouldn't you bring your parents over to live with you for a while?"

Zhang Hongliang was furious. Was it necessary for him to come here and scream in the middle of the night for such a trivial matter?

Just wanting to quickly send his brother away, he replied, "It's not impossible, I'm just too tired today. Come over early tomorrow and we can discuss the specific rules."

Old Zhang glanced at Zhang Wang and his mother, who had been brought over behind him. He knew his brother was up to something and shouted, "What are you discussing? I've raised our parents for over a decade, and it's your turn now. Hurry up and clean up the room now. I'll bring our parents over tomorrow morning."

Zhang Hongliang was getting anxious. He didn't really want his parents to move in. How could he be happy with Hu Jia then?

This eldest brother of his is so annoying.

Just as he was about to find an excuse to fool his elder brother, he heard the door slam open.

Kicked open...

Zhang Hongliang's mind went blank in an instant, and he subconsciously grabbed the thin blanket on the bed and covered Hu Jia with it.

Lao Zhang has come in, and he is not the only one who comes, but his whole family, except the brothers' parents.

Now it became lively. A group of people stared at Zhang Hongliang and the woman covered with a thin blanket.

Zhang Hongliang said shamelessly, "Brother, you are too much. I am making out with Qu Ping. Can you come back tomorrow?"

Old Zhang pulled Qu Ping and Zhang Wang behind him and looked at Zhang Hongliang without saying a word.

Zhang Hongliang was dumbfounded: "You...you..."

Zhang Wang had no idea that his father would play such a trick. He was dumbfounded at the moment. He looked at his biological mother in front of him. She was alive and well. Her name was Qu Ping.

Look at the woman curled up on the bed with her body covered, her long hair is exposed, it is definitely a woman.

That definitely couldn't be his mother.

He was so angry that he immediately rushed over and lifted the thin blanket.

"Aunt Hu, why are you here?" Zhang Wang was dumbfounded. This woman had an unclear relationship with his father in the early years. Later, they had a quarrel and his father beat his mother. It was he who rushed over and wrestled with his father and saved his mother.

I didn’t expect... I didn’t expect that they are still in contact?

No wonder his mother tricked him into going out every night, no wonder he still had migraines after so much acupuncture, no wonder his mother sighed all day long, either crying or smiling bitterly.

He understood, he understood everything.

In a rage, he picked up the leg of a stool in the corner and hit his father.

Lao Zhang called the police in a second and quickly stopped them to prevent anyone from getting killed.

In the chaos, Hu Jia hurriedly put on his clothes and ran away.

However, he was caught by Yang Shuming and his men who were guarding the alley and taken away directly.

If a woman was caught cheating with her lover, even if she disappeared, no one would think much of it. Most of the time, she would feel ashamed and hide away.

No one would bother to call the police.

Hu Jia was taken to the interrogation room behind the Public Security Bureau and interrogated personally by Yang Shuming.

Hu Jia refused to cooperate and instead used his identity to intimidate others: "Captain Yang, perhaps you should know that I am Director Hu's sister, my biological sister."

Yang Shuming smiled and said, "Perhaps you should also know that I am Chief Yao's son-in-law, by blood."

"..." Hu Jia was silent. Her backer was indeed not as powerful as Captain Yang.

After careful consideration, she asked, "I'm just stealing someone so as not to alert the criminal police. What exactly do you want to know? What can you provide me with?"

"Help me complete this list, and I can help you get leniency." Yang Shuming pushed over a workbook and a ballpoint pen. "If there's any falsehood, your mother-in-law won't be as easy to deal with as I am."

This is a threat to her.

Hu Jia took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and asked with a smile, "Your father-in-law is in the Northeast, right? Distant water cannot quench a nearby fire."

"It's okay, your mother-in-law is at your house. You can light a fire nearby first. No water is needed." Yang Shuming said with a smile.

Hu Jia was furious and asked, "You will pay the price for your arrogance today!"

"It's okay. I just want to live up to my police uniform." Yang Shuming smiled and helped her put the pen down. "Go ahead."

Hu Jia wasn't sure how much information he had, so he deliberately wrote two names wrong, but he didn't expect that he would be discovered.

Yang Shuming is not a freeloader, and his subordinate Xiao Sun is striving to move up, hoping to have a good performance and make Old Sun happy.

What's more, the Zhou brothers took the initiative to provide many clues during the day and told him a particularly important piece of information.

Their aunt has come back and has returned to the provincial capital, preparing to ask her superiors to intervene.

When the time comes, as long as the investigation team comes, not to mention Director Hu, even Director Tian will have to surrender.

In short, the criminal police team gained a lot that day. The only thing they didn't get was the name of the man from the feed factory.

Hu Jia didn't want to write, but was eventually tricked out by Yang Shuming.

It turned out to be her nephew.

As expected, they are all Director Hu’s close relatives, and even those who are not close relatives are related by nepotism.

Yang Shuming leaned back in his chair and looked at his watch. It was almost dawn, so he hurried to report the situation to Director Sun and discuss the time for action.

After all, Director Hu has a high rank and the decision-making power is not in his hands.

After a meeting all morning, considering that the dirty deal at the feed factory will take place tonight, we decided to take action tonight.

As for the people from the non-staple food factory, Lao Sun has already contacted friendly bureaus in neighboring cities for joint arrests.

There is only one person left from the garment factory. It doesn’t matter if we can’t catch him in the act. Hu Jia’s confession is enough.

"The criminal police team is short of manpower, call the civilian police team for a joint operation!"

"The prison guard team is undergoing a comprehensive overhaul and cleanup. We'll discuss this after the provincial investigation team arrives."

When Yao Zhizhi got the news that her mother-in-law would also be involved in the arrest, she was so nervous that she couldn't sleep the whole night.

Qi Changxiao never thought that his wife and his biological mother would have such a good relationship.

While I was worried, I was also deeply moved by the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Director Hu was not at home. He was waiting for Xing Hongxia in the countryside, and a big fat boy came.

Before I could be happy, the police car arrived.

At the same time, an accident occurred during the arrest at the feed factory. Director Hu's son was equipped with a gun, and a police officer fell in the chaos.

"Quick, shoot him dead, shoot him dead!"