Chapter 14: Absurd Truth and Injustice

Chapter 14

While investigating the livestock poisoning case in the brigade, Qin Ye considered many possibilities. The only thing I didn't expect was that this incident might have been an accident from the very beginning.

She and Li Quan looked at each other, and both saw disbelief and astonishment in each other's eyes.

"Wang Meihua, Zhou Shuanzi, the two of you should demonstrate what happened that day again in front of everyone."

Qin Ye led a few people to the haystack, bent down to pick up a piece of gravel from the ground, and stuffed it into Wang Meihua's hand, "Assume that what you are holding in your hand is paraquat, start acting."

Zhou Shuanzi wanted to tease her, but after catching a glimpse of her stern expression, he was so scared that he couldn't even utter a joke.

He gritted his teeth and stumbled as he demonstrated the scene of the day: "Hey, Widow Wang, which wild man gave you something good again? Is this soda in a colorful bottle? Give me a sip!"

As he said this, he pretended to step forward and snatch the stone from Wang Meihua's hand.

Wang Meihua quickly took back the "Paraquat" that Zhou Shuanzi had taken away, just like she did that day, and even pretended to look down at the "bottle": "Oh, you damn second-rate bastard! This is pesticide! The secretary said it's precious! Look at you, you spilled it all!"

She quickly bent down and began to carry out the fodder, cursing as she carried it: "Zhou Shuanzi! Come and help me! I see you have sprinkled pesticides on the fodder. Our team's livestock still need to eat this fodder. Don't poison the livestock to death..."

Wang Meihua finally realized something the moment she said this according to the scene of the day. Her face turned pale as paper: "Ye, Ye Ye, could it be that the animals died because they ate grass that was sprayed with pesticides?"

Zhou Shuanzi's expression also changed.

He moved his lips for a long time before he finally uttered, "This, this is impossible. Widow Wang and I were afraid that the hay might be stained with pesticides, so we picked up all the hay on the right and threw it away!"

The village party secretary saw the two's reactions and knew what they were saying. Without waiting for Qin Ye to speak, he rushed over with a hoe and swung it hard at the two of them: "Assholes! You two bastards! You are going to bring disaster to our village!"

…

The villagers who were working in the fields not far away were keeping an eye on the movements of these people.

Now hearing the village party secretary's cries, they also realized that the death of the team's livestock was related to Wang Meihua and Zhou Shuanzi, and they rushed up and cursed.

"You are such a good widow, if you like to flirt with men, go ahead and do it. No one from us will bother you! But why are you trying to harm our animals!!!"

"Zhou Shuanzi, how can you be so cheap as to snatch anything?!"

"Beat them! Beat to death these two bastards who are always making trouble!"

Ever since her husband Qin Liangping got involved with Wang Meihua and embarrassed her, Shen Dahong has been hating Wang Meihua. Now that she had finally seized the opportunity, she took advantage of the situation, picked up a clod of earth from the ground, and threw it hard in the direction of Wang Meihua.

"Stop it!!!"

Qin Ye reacted quickly, stretched out his arm and grabbed the dirt that was flying towards Wang Meihua with his bare hands, "Everyone, step back! Don't let it affect the police's investigation!!!"

She shouted loudly, and the fields suddenly fell silent. Even the village party secretary put down the hoe he was holding high.

Out of Qin Ye's kindness, Waping Village sent oxen to the village for emergency use, and all the villagers remembered her contribution. Now listening to her orders, even though he hated Wang Meihua and Zhou Shuanzi to the core, he still chose to keep quiet.

Seeing this, Li Quan quickly snatched the hoe from the village party secretary's hand and echoed Qin Ye, "We are still investigating the poisoning case. Before the official results come out, no one can be sure who the suspect is, and we must not abuse lynching people. This is illegal!"

…

After maintaining order, Qin Ye looked at Wang Meihua and Zhou Shuanzi again.

The two men knew they had made a big mistake and now shrank back in fear, not even daring to look up and meet the angry villagers' gazes.

"Wang Meihua, Zhou Shuanzi, you said you took away all the fodder that was contaminated with pesticides and threw it away. How much did you take away, and where did you throw it?"

Qin Ye asked.

She goes to work in the county town every day, and she has to pass by the ridges where the fodder is piled. But for many days, she has not found any signs of a significant decrease in the amount of fodder.

Wang Meihua looked around and found that all the villagers who were working in the fields had gathered in front of her. She was too embarrassed to speak.

But she thought that if she didn't explain clearly, the pesticide stains on the hay would be blamed on her, so she said quickly: "The hay that was stained with pesticides was handled by Zhou Shuanzi, I knew nothing! Qin Liangping called me away at that time!"

As soon as Wang Meihua said this, a villager immediately mocked her, "Hey, Widow Wang, your hair that was ripped out by Shen Dahong last time has grown back? You're fooling around with Qin Liangping again. You two are really shameless!"

Shen Dahong's face turned red and white, and he wanted to rush up to hit Wang Meihua, but was scared away by Qin Ye's eyes.

Qin Ye had no choice but to look at Zhou Shuanzi again: "Then you say."

"At that time, Wang and his widow ran off with Qin Liangping, leaving me alone to work so hard collecting fodder. I was not happy about it, so..."

Zhou Shuanzi swallowed guiltily, "I just threw all the fodder I picked out onto the road. You can't blame me for this. The fodder was too heavy, and I couldn't walk far carrying it..."

When a villager heard what he said, he was so angry that he jumped up and down on the spot, pointing at Zhou Shuanzi's nose and cursing: "Zhou Shuanzi! You black-hearted bastard! I called you, why didn't you say that the fodder was poisonous? Oh my God! You are asking your ancestors to poke my spine!"

The man knelt on the ground and broke down crying: "Qin Ye, it's me, it's me who killed the animals in our village."

He saw Zhou Shuanzi throwing fodder all over the ground and thought that Zhou Shuanzi was deliberately causing trouble. Together with a few enthusiastic villagers, he picked up the fodder on the ground and put it back to the fodder pile.

"I saw that the right side of the haystack was in a mess. After the haystack was completed, it was tidied up a bit."

The man shed tears of regret, his five fingers deeply embedded in the ground, but he could not feel any pain. "The next day, Lao Zhang came to the hay pile to carry hay for the livestock. I even took credit for it, saying that I helped him save all the hay from Zhou Shuanzi, and tricked him into buying me a drink... It was me, I was the one who harmed the livestock in our team!!!"

He knelt down in front of the villagers and kowtowed to them: "It's me, it's all my fault. I have no objection to how you deal with me."

…

Qin Ye felt mixed emotions, and the villagers looked even more dejected.

Together with the villagers, she pulled the man up from his knees and kowtowed: "Uncle Zhao Liang, how can you be blamed for this? You picked up fodder for the team out of kindness."

Who would have thought that the hay that Zhou Shuanzi threw onto the road was sprayed with pesticides.

Ever since the livestock poisoning case occurred, the villagers have been looking forward to catching the real culprit every day, drinking his blood and cutting out his flesh. Now that the truth of the case has finally come to light, everyone feels even heavier than before.

Is there a murderer in this case? Yes, there is.

Zhou Shuanzi and Wang Meihua are undoubtedly the biggest "murderers" in the whole case. They were the ones who sprinkled paraquat in the hay pile. But they didn't do it on purpose, and they even took away the poisonous hay and threw it away as soon as possible.

Zhao Liang and other enthusiastic villagers are even more innocent. They brought back poisonous hay without knowing it, which eventually led to the death of the team's livestock from accidentally eating it.

And Zhang Zhongjian...

He is the biggest suspect and the biggest victim in this case. In his previous life, he lost his life because of this; in this life, he was tortured and forced to confess by the police officer Niu who was eager to get a regular job, and he almost lost his life again.

…

Qin Ye and Li Quan handcuffed Wang Meihua respectively, while the other handcuffed Zhou Shuanzi, and they wanted to take the two back to the county public security bureau to take statements.

As for what kind of responsibilities these two people should bear, this is not within Qin Ye’s concern for the time being.

She looked at the village party secretary and said, "Secretary, we'd like to trouble you to go with us to the county public security bureau to testify for Teacher Zhang and clear his name."

When the branch secretary heard her words, his gloomy eyes finally turned around, he raised his sleeves and wiped his dry eyes: "Okay, okay, Ye Ye, wait for me to go back to the brigade headquarters and get the invoice that Old Zhang handed in after buying paraquat."

"Qin Ye, can I go to the county with you?"

Zhao Liang signaled the villagers who were supporting him to let him go, wiped his nose, and walked in front of Qin Ye. His voice was still a little hoarse, "I also want to testify for Old Zhang. He is a good man. We can't let a good man suffer in vain."

As soon as he said this, many villagers followed suit.

"Yes, yes! I want to go with you! Old Zhang has always been a great contributor to our village. He was taken away by the police as a suspect. He was wronged!"

"I used to not understand Old Zhang's flowery words, and I always thought he had evil intentions. Later, Qin Ye explained to me what Old Zhang meant, and I realized that he wanted to help our village prevent chicken plague. He is a good man!"

"Public Security Qin, Public Security Li, please let us go with you! We will all go and testify for Old Zhang!"

Qin Ye glanced at the simple faces of the villagers and couldn't bear to refuse.

…

When the village party secretary took the invoice and arrived at the village entrance to meet up, they saw Qin Ye surrounded by dozens of people.

He waved his hands to drive them away: "Go away, go away, why are you all joining in the fun? If you have the time, why don't you cultivate two more acres of land, or go and clean up the yard for Old Zhang!"

"Ye Ye, please persuade the Party Secretary for us!"

Someone wants Qin Ye to come forward.

Qin Ye promised the villagers that they would go with him, thinking that there would not be many people. But now, looking at the dozens of villagers gathered at the entrance of the village, he felt that the scene was a bit too big.

Those who knew said they were testifying for Zhang Zhongjian, while those who didn't thought they were going to rob a prison!

"Fellow villagers, I know that everyone cares about Mr. Zhang and wants to go to the Public Security Bureau to testify on his behalf."

She clapped her hands, signaling everyone to be quiet, and continued, "But what the Party Secretary said makes sense. There are too many of us going. So, Uncle Zhao Liang, and the villagers who picked up fodder with us that day, you go to the county with us. The rest of you, stay in the village and wait for our good news, okay?"

Qin Ye's words now carry a lot of weight in the village.

Everyone agreed and stood at the entrance of the village, watching her and other villagers who were selected to go to the county disappear at the end of the road.

…

Shen Dahong mixed in the crowd and watched Qin Ye disappear. She spat on the ground and said, "Bah, do you really think you are such a big shot? We went to the county to respect Old Zhang. How could it be her turn to be picky?"

She thought that the villagers probably had similar ideas to hers.

If he instigated them with a few words, the villagers would definitely start cursing Qin Ye like they did before. Unexpectedly——

"Shen Dahong, are you sick? What right do you have to say bad things about Qin Gongan?"

"That's right. You are Ye Ye's aunt, but you don't understand what I'm saying, right? Ye Ye said it's not good for us to go with too many people. She was thinking about us. You really don't know what's good for you!"

"Ye Ye used to treat you like her own mother, but now she is hurt by your Liang Ping's slander and says she jumped into the river. She doesn't want to have anything to do with your family, but you hold a grudge against her."

"Waping Village lent us cattle for farming because of Ye Ye. You praise your son-in-law as the production team leader every day, but why don't you see your good son-in-law send a few animals to help our village in an emergency?"

Everyone made sarcastic remarks one after another.

Shen Dahong was furious and annoyed. She stamped her feet and said harshly, "Bah! You are bribed by two cows! You are so useless! Lending cows means that Waping Village is grateful and repays the favor. You don't praise Gu Yun, but only flatter Qin Ye! Isn't it just a beast? I can lend it to the village!"

After saying that, she turned around and went home to pick up twenty eggs, packed a bottle of malted milk that her son had bought from the county, and prepared to go to Miaoping Village where her daughter and son-in-law lived angrily.

As soon as he went out, he met Qin Ye's father Qin Guman.

Ever since Qin Guman's legs became paralyzed, the village party secretary has taken care of him and has not allowed him to go to the fields again. Naturally, he was not aware of what had just happened in the fields.

After all, the two families were closely connected. Seeing Shen Dahong carrying a basket of things, he stopped turning the wheelchair to enter the house and said hello to her, "Sister-in-law, are you going to Miaoping Village to see your daughter?"

Shen Dahong paused, rolled his eyes, and said sarcastically: "Yes, I'm going to borrow some animals from my daughter. Don't think that only your Qin Ye can borrow two broken cows! My daughter's husband is the production team leader. I can borrow as much as I want. I'll make you angry to death!"

Qin Guman frowned helplessly: "Sister-in-law, look at what you said, why do you sound like I can't stand seeing the village doing well? It's a good thing that you can lend livestock to our village."

Why should he be angry? Instead, he should thank Shen Dahong on behalf of the villagers.

Shen Dahong originally wanted to irritate Qin Guman by saying this, but instead of irritating him, he became so angry that he turned around and left.

All the way to Miaoping Village, she walked very quickly, and it was unclear who she was angry with.

"Auntie! Auntie! The lady in gray clothes with the basket in front, please wait a moment."

It was not until the breathless person behind her caught up and patted Shen Dahong on the shoulder that she realized that the other person was calling her. She didn't even look at him, but turned around and started to curse: "Shout, shout, shout, why are you shouting so loudly...Ah!"

Shen Dahong saw the military uniform on the man, clasped his hands together, and apologized repeatedly: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, comrade, I didn't see that you were a soldier."

"Oh, it's all right, ma'am."

The man was dark-skinned, with a big mouthful of white teeth when he smiled. "Auntie, I want to ask you, do you know how to get to Miaoping Village? I'm looking for Xie Pingqiu in the village."

Shen Dahong didn't often go to Miaoping Village and was not familiar with the people there. She didn't know the Xie Pingqiu mentioned by the other party, but she still said enthusiastically: "Isn't this a coincidence? Comrade, I am also going to Miaoping Village, you come with me. When we enter the village, you can ask my son-in-law. He is the leader of the production team in Miaoping Village. He must know the person you are talking about!"

The man was overjoyed and happily reached out to help Shen Dahong carry her things: "Okay, Auntie, give me your things, I'll help you carry them."

Shen Dahong thought it was free labor and it would be a waste if he didn't use it, so he didn't refuse.

But when the man took the basket, she looked closely and found that the man had only one arm, and the right sleeve of his military uniform was hanging empty.

Shen Dahong was startled and quickly snatched the basket back: "Oh, forget it, comrade, I won't bother you anymore, I'll carry it myself!"

She just takes advantage of ordinary people. She felt guilty about asking a disabled soldier to help her carry things!

The man naturally saw the reason for Shen Dahong's sudden change of attitude. He raised his only remaining arm and scratched his ear embarrassedly: "Ah, Auntie, it's okay. Your basket is not heavy. I can carry it."

"No, no, we can just walk together."

Shen Dahong changed the subject, "Comrade, are you going home to visit your relatives?"

The man smiled and shook his empty right sleeve. "No, I was injured on the front line and now I'm discharged. I plan to go to Miaoping Village to visit my sister and ask her to see when is a suitable time so that I can go to my fiancée's house to discuss the marriage as my elder."

Shen Dahong's curiosity was aroused, so she leaned over and asked, "What about your parents? Don't they care about your marriage?"

"My parents are gone, and my sister Xie Pingqiu is my only blood relative now."

The man's smile dimmed a little, but soon he became happy again, "But it doesn't matter, when I marry my fiancée, I will have more relatives!"

…

County Public Security Bureau.

In order to avoid suspicion, Qin Ye took the initiative to apply to no longer participate in the interrogation of the villagers, and handed over all the work to Li Quan and the police from the Criminal Investigation Department.

She was outside and briefly told He Gongan and Hu Xuan about the results of the investigation.

After they learned that the so-called livestock poisoning case was just a tragedy caused unintentionally by the scoundrel and the widow while joking and playing, they fell silent, just like Qin Ye who learned the truth at the beginning.

He Gongan took out a cigarette from his pocket.

He wanted to smoke a cigarette to relieve his sorrow, but then he remembered that Qin Ye and Hu Xuan beside him didn't smoke and might not like the smell of cigarettes, so he put the cigarette back into the cigarette box: "Oh, it's really a joke, Zhang Zhongjian was almost killed by Lao Niu!"

Hu Xuan nodded in agreement: "It's also thanks to Qin Ye who brought a lot of grass for me to test."

What if she didn't take the fodder; or if she was perfunctory like Niu Gongan and just took some fodder at random, and the part she took happened to be the part that was not sprayed with pesticides. I'm afraid that Zhang Zhongjian's crime of poisoning livestock is almost certain to be proven.

He Gongan and Hu Xuan didn't know, but Qin Ye knew that in another world, Zhang Zhongjian actually died because of this.

She clenched her hands into fists and said seriously: "The sentence for Wang Meihua and Zhou Shuanzi is governed by the law. I can't decide. But I must make sure Niu Ziwang leaves the public security team!"

If people like Public Security Niu stay in the public security force, when he is eager to make achievements and show his performance, he will definitely cause more false and wrongful cases.

"Xiao Qin, you shouldn't be the one reporting Lao Niu. Let me do it."

He Gongan patted her on the shoulder and advised her earnestly as a senior, "Lao Niu has been in the bureau for most of his life. He has made great contributions, but he has also worked hard. You are inexperienced, and if you rashly take the lead, it may make people who are close to Lao Niu dissatisfied, which will be detrimental to your future work. It's different for me. I will retire next year. If I take the lead, I can also show off my prestige before I leave!"

If Qin Ye was really a young man who had just graduated, he might have been fooled by Public Security He.

Fortunately, she is not.

It is natural to see that Public Security He wanted to take the consequences of reporting Public Security Niu for her, so that she could continue to work in the police station safely.

Qin Ye shook his head and rejected He Gongan's proposal: "Uncle He, I know you are doing this for my own good, but it doesn't matter. As I said before, I am not afraid of those who wear shoes when I am barefoot. At worst, I can just let them fire me as a temporary worker."

When she is admitted to the Public Security University and graduates, she will return to the public security force with dignity.

…

"Hahahaha, Old He, ah Old He, you finally have this day! Finally there's a young tough guy to take on you!"

Outside the door, someone walked in laughing, followed by several men in smart clothes.

Qin Ye glanced at the attire of several people and had an idea in his mind. He knew that the people coming should be the inspection team sent by the province.

When He Gongan saw the person coming, his face showed much more surprise than hers: "Oh, you are so good, Old Xiao. I heard from the neighboring county that the leader of the inspection team from the province is named Xiao. I didn't expect it to be you!"

Team leader Xiao strode forward with a smile, firmly grasped the hand that He Gongan extended, and shook it again and again with care: "Yes, I thought that we haven't seen each other for many years. When the provincial government said that they would send an inspection team to Wuning County, I took the initiative without thinking. And--"

He changed the subject and cast his gaze towards Qin Ye who was standing behind He Gongan: "I heard from your Chief Wu that you have set your sights on a newcomer and you are determined to bring her into your police station. After seeing her today, I finally know why!"

Team leader Xiao let go of He Gongan's hand and handed his hand to Qin Ye: "Hello, Comrade Qin Ye, I am Xiao Fuchang, the person in charge of this provincial inspection team. I heard that you have something to report to the inspection team?"

Qin Ye stretched out his hand and shook hands lightly with Xiao Fuchang.

"Yes, I want to report that the police officer Niu Ziwang did not follow the interrogation rules. In order to increase the handling rate of the case, he privately detained the criminal suspect and tortured him to extract a confession."

Her voice was so crisp and powerful that it attracted everyone's attention.

Xu Libai, who was at the end of the team, also raised his head and saw the girl with bright eyes and a charming look in the olive green uniform, which made his heart move.

"You want to report Niu Ziwang to the police?"

Xiao Fuchang narrowed his eyes, his expression showing no emotion, "But I heard that you and the suspect Zhang Zhongjian were teachers and students, and you are shielding a criminal?"

Hearing Xiao Fuchang's question, He Gongan opened his mouth and wanted to explain for Qin Ye.

Qin Ye smiled at him and said, "It is true that Mr. Zhang and I are teacher and student, but I handled the case in compliance with the law and regulations, and other colleagues assisted me throughout the process. The case handling process is fully recorded. If you suspect that I am harboring someone, you can check it out. I can guarantee that I will only follow the law when handling the case, not human feelings."

"Hahahaha, what a good person who only cares about the law and not human feelings."

Xiao Fuchang clapped his hands in praise, and he admired Qin Ye even more. "You are indeed the comrade chosen by Lao He. You are a good material for public security! Don't worry, Comrade Qin Ye. Before coming here, our inspection team went to the hospital to visit Comrade Zhang Zhongjian."

…

Some time ago, the capital issued a document to rehabilitate Professor Zhang Zhongjian of the Capital Agricultural University.

This document should have been issued together with the document regarding the provincial inspection team’s inspections of the public security bureaus in various counties. However, Professor Zhang Zhongjian's son Zhang You said that he wanted to tell Zhang Zhongjian the good news in person, which is why the rehabilitation document was not issued immediately.

When Xiao Fuchang recalled it, cold sweat broke out on his back.

Fortunately, Qin Ye discovered it in time and broke into the police station in Niu Public Security District to rescue Zhang Zhongjian. He was not seriously injured.

According to Public Security Officer Niu, he tortured Zhang Zhongjian to extract a confession because, on the one hand, he wanted to solve the case as quickly as possible and gain meritorious service; on the other hand, he truly believed that Zhang Zhongjian was the murderer of the livestock poisoning case.

In his opinion, Zhang Zhongjian was a bad element, a member of the five black categories. He had suffered injustice during the movement, so it was natural for him to have a desire for revenge. What does it matter if such a person really dies? ? ? He is eliminating pests for society!

Zhang You heard Niu Gongan's sophistry, and he was so angry that he threw the rehabilitation document in his face.

After reading the document, the first thing Niu Angong did was to question Zhang You: "This document has been sent a long time ago, why did you intercept it and not show it to us? If I knew your father was rehabilitated, how could I doubt him? Your father and I have been hurt so badly by you!!!"

It said above that Zhang Zhongjian was a good person, so how could he possibly doubt Zhang Zhongjian? ! ! There are still a few ruffians in Juexing Village! Qin Ze and Zhou Shuanzi are both suspects of poisoning livestock!

If he had seen the document earlier, he would not have gone to arrest Zhang Zhongjian. If he had arrested someone else, how could he be in the situation he is in now, unable to even keep his status as a temporary worker in the Public Security Bureau!

When Xiao Fuchang heard what Niu Gongan said, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

Despite causing such a big mess, Public Security Officer Niu has not yet realized that his biggest mistake was torturing the suspect and extracting a confession.

Such people must not continue to stay in the public security force!

Xiao Fuchang fired Public Security Officer Niu on the spot.

He also ordered the inspection team to conduct a thorough investigation of whether torture and forced confessions were being used by the police in all parts of the province from now on. Once discovered, such police officers will be expelled from the team and will never be hired again!

…

"Comrade Qin Ye, are you satisfied with my handling of Niu Ziwang?"

Xiao Fuchang asked Qin Ye with a smile, "Zhang You also said that he plans to take legal action to make Niu Ziwang pay the price for beating Professor Zhang Zhongjian and forcing him to confess."

When Qin Ye heard the result of Niu Ziwang's handling, the corners of his lips, which had been tense all the time, finally relaxed and curved into a beautiful arc: "The leader is wise."

In the 1980s when criminal investigation technology was backward, if we could really find the police who used torture to solve cases, we would expel such people from the team. The number of innocent people who die due to false and wrongful convictions will definitely be greatly reduced.

Xiao Fuchang pointed at Qin Ye with his finger in the air, and smiled helplessly: "You, you - Comrade Qin Ye, study hard, at least get into a technical secondary school police academy, your future is still to come! You can't be uneducated, it's hard to become a regular employee!"

He took out a transfer order from his file bag and handed it to Qin Ye, motioning her to read it: "Your county public security bureau will soon have a new comrade, who is not well educated, but he is a formal public security officer. Do you know why?"

Without waiting for Qin Ye to answer, he patted his right arm and revealed the answer: "He was on the battlefield, lost an arm, and paid with his life to get this official status."

Qin Ye picked up the document and read it from beginning to end.

The public security officer who is coming soon is called Xie Le. He is a veteran who just came back from the front line. He will work in the archives department of the bureau in the future.

It was obvious that a special post was set up for him to take care of the wounded.

Qin Ye was not envious. This was an honor that others had fought for with their lives.

But he felt a little regretful in his heart, as Xie Le was only 22 years old, which in modern times would be the most that he would have just graduated from university. In this era, in order to defend his country, he went to the battlefield at a young age and lost an arm.

“It’s not easy.”

She folded the transfer order again and handed it back to Xiao Fuchang with both hands, "Don't worry, Team Leader Xiao, I'll remember what you said. I will study hard and get a diploma as soon as possible."

But it’s not a technical secondary school, it’s a university.

…

Xiao Fuchang led the inspection team and waited until the villagers from Juexing Village who came to record their statements left, and read the closing statement of the brigade's livestock poisoning case before they prepared to set off.

Qin Ye followed behind Director Wu and Public Security He, and watched the inspection team get into the jeep, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

She has never been good at dealing with people sent by higher-ups to inspect. When she encountered similar situations in her previous life, she would avoid them if possible. This time, if she hadn't been so angry and wanted to report Public Security Niu to the inspection team, she would have found an excuse to slip away long ago.

He Gongan noticed her little action and was very happy: "Why? Do you also think it's not easy to deal with people from above and talk in an official tone with a smile on your face?"

He didn't like this back then, so he refused the promotion and stayed in Wuning County, working as a public security officer for his entire life.

"It's not easy, and it delays my getting off work."

When facing He Gongan, Qin Ye was much more casual and said whatever he thought.

She stretched lazily and glanced at the clock on the wall of the Public Security Bureau. Seeing that the hands were almost pointing to six o'clock in the afternoon, she immediately panicked: "Oh no, I have to go first, Uncle He! The hospital will be closed soon, and I have to go get medicine for my father!"

…

Qin Ye jogged all the way to the county hospital, but was still a step too late. The window for picking up medicine was closed and there was no one in the pharmacy.

She was secretly annoyed and was so busy that she forgot to pay attention to the time.

Qin Guman suffers from leg pain almost every night and cannot bear it without medicine. The medicine at home is only enough to last him until tomorrow.

Qin Ye stood at the door of the pharmacy for a while, and after making sure that there was indeed no one inside, he completely gave up hope. I planned to go to the ward upstairs first to see if Zhang Zhongjian had been discharged from the hospital.

As she stepped onto the stairs, an unfamiliar young male voice sounded behind her.

"Comrade Qin Ye."

Qin Ye stopped and found that the person calling her was a member of the provincial inspection team whom she had just met.

The man looked to be in his early twenties. He wore the most popular gold-rimmed glasses of later generations and a half-length sweater over a white shirt. This outfit is a bit too fashionable for a small place like Wuning County.

Qin Ye didn't expect that the provincial inspection team had not yet left, and he didn't know whether there would be another surprise inspection tomorrow.

She really didn't want to be tortured by the senior leaders anymore.

Perhaps it was because of the rejection in her eyes that the man couldn't help but laugh: "Don't worry, Comrade Qin Ye, I'm not a member of the provincial inspection team."

He took out a name tag from his trouser pocket, casually pinned it on his chest, and pointed: "My name is Xu Libai, and I'm a doctor at the county hospital. I followed Team Leader Xiao and the others because they wanted to know about the patient Zhang Zhongjian's condition."

Of course, I also want to know more about his situation. He felt there was no need to say this.

Xu Libai pointed in the direction of the pharmacy and asked, "When I came in just now, I saw you standing in front of the pharmacy. Do you want to buy medicine?"

Qin Ye's face lit up: "Is there anyone working in the pharmacy now?"

"The people in the pharmacy are not working, but I have to go to work."

Xu Libai smiled bitterly, took out the key to the pharmacy from his pocket, and opened the door. "After 6pm every day, the key to the pharmacy will be given to the doctor on duty. This is to prevent the doctor from needing medicine urgently that night and the office does not have regular medicine on hand."

He put on a white coat and disposable gloves before walking to the counter: "Comrade Qin Ye, what medicine do you want? I'll get it for you."

Qin Ye reported the name of the medicine and thanked him.

Xu Libai was stunned for a moment, then said, "The painkillers you want are cheap, but if you take too much, there will be serious side effects."

Qin Ye raised his eyebrows in surprise.

She didn't know much about medicine, and had always thought that this was the medicine Qin Guman used to treat his leg injury: "Then is there any kind of painkiller that can be used to relieve pain for chronic leg injuries, with little or no side effects? It doesn't matter if it's a little expensive."

"Yes, there is."

Xu Libai glanced at Qin Ye's legs and didn't see any injuries, but he still kindly advised, "However, painkillers only treat the symptoms and not the root cause. Taking too much will eventually be bad for your body."

Qin Ye realized that Xu Libai seemed to treat her as a patient, and patted her legs gently to show that she was fine: "It's not for me, it's for my father. He injured his leg while working away from home many years ago, and his leg has been hurting ever since, and he can't live without medicine."

She gave a brief description of Qin Guman's situation.

Xu Libai was a little slow in taking the medicine: "Comrade Qin Ye, based on your description, I suggest you take your father to a large hospital in the provincial capital. Generally speaking, people with lower limb paralysis who have completely lost their ability to move will no longer have any sensation in their legs."

He handed the painkiller to Qin Ye: "This medicine is two dollars."

Qin Ye took out the money and gave it to Xu Libai, who continued, "There are two situations regarding your father's leg injury - the good situation is that his leg may recover after treatment; the bad situation is that his leg injury may affect other organs and cause lesions."

After listening to Xu Libai's words, she had a rough idea in her mind and thanked him again: "Thank you, Doctor Xu, for reminding me. I will take my father to the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible."

"You're welcome. Doctors are kind-hearted."

Xu Libai chuckled, lowered his head, and pinched the tip of the middle finger of the disposable glove, then the little finger, thumb, ring finger, and index finger. After taking off one hand, the same sequence was followed for the other hand.

It seems to be disorganized, but it is also very regular.

Qin Ye couldn't help but look at him twice more, and before Xu Libai turned his attention to her, she quickly looked away: "Doctor Xu, you go ahead, I'm leaving first."

She waved the painkillers in her hand and said, "Thank you for helping me find the medicine."

After thanking her, she turned around and went upstairs to Zhang Zhongjian's ward.

…

In the ward.

Zhang Zhongjian was holding his six-year-old grandson Zhang Qingfeng and telling him a story.

His son Zhang You was making the bed for him. As he was making the bed, he couldn't help complaining, "Dad, your injury is still very serious. Staying in the hospital is the safest choice. I don't know why you insist on going back to Juexing Village now. The village is shabby and it's not as comfortable as the county town..."

Realizing that someone seemed to be coming to the door, Zhang You immediately shut his mouth and stopped complaining, for fear that his words would be heard by someone with ulterior motives and bring disaster to their family.

Zhang Zhongjian also heard the noise, and looked at the door. He saw Qin Ye was about to knock on the door, so he waved and called her, "Qin Public Security, come in quickly."

"Teacher Zhang."

Qin Ye lowered his hand that was knocking on the door, pushed it open and walked in, smiling helplessly, "Didn't I tell you? Privately, I am your student. You don't have to call me Qin Public Security. You can call me Qin Ye or Ye Ye."

Zhang You heard the conversation between the two and realized that the girl in front of him was none other than Qin Ye, the police officer who had brought his father back from the brink of death.

He quickly straightened up, straightened his collar, and rolled up his sleeves neatly before he dared to extend his hand and introduce himself: "Hello, hello, Qin Ye Public Security, I am Zhang You, the son of Professor Zhang Zhongjian. This time, thanks to you, you rescued my father from the hands of that unscrupulous public security officer and cleared his name."

"Mr. Zhang, you don't have to be polite. This is what I should do. What's more, Mr. Zhang is my mentor. If he hadn't taught me, I would still be illiterate now."

Qin Ye was familiar with the process and directly attributed the credit of his literacy to Zhang Zhongjian.

Ever since she started studying with Zhang Zhongjian, whenever someone asked her why she knew how to read, she would say it was because Teacher Zhang taught her well.

In Zhang Zhongjian's eyes, she was a genius who was almost hindered by her family circumstances.

So, Zhang Zhongjian began to suggest that she should prepare well for half a year and take part in the college entrance examination next year as a self-taught candidate.

Zhang You laughed when he heard Qin Ye's humble words: "I know you are learning from my father. I have heard my father praise you so many times today that my ears are almost callused!"

They say Qin Ye is gifted, smart, kind-hearted, and always considers his fellow villagers in everything he does. She will definitely be a pillar of the country in the future.

For this reason, Zhang You had imagined many images of Qin Ye in his mind, but he never expected that Qin Ye was also extremely beautiful.

When her father praised Qin Ye, he did not compliment her appearance, which only shows that beauty is the least noteworthy of all her advantages.

While Zhang You secretly admired Qin Ye, he couldn't help but think of the misfortune his father had suffered. His eyes were red on the spot: "I still have to thank you, Public Security Qin Ye. If my father had an accident in the past two days, I'm afraid I would not be able to stay in this world."

He originally wanted to keep his father's rehabilitation a secret first, and then give his father a surprise in person after they met. Unexpectedly, the identity of "five black categories" became a death warrant for my father, and he almost died in the small dark room of the police station.

Niu Ziwang said that one of the main reasons why he chose to torture Zhang Zhongjian was that he was a member of the "Five Black Categories".

Qin Ye knew that Zhang You felt guilty about this, so he shook his head and said seriously: "Mr. Zhang You, the only person at fault in this matter is Niu Ziwang. Many things are beyond your expectation."

For example, the accidental death of livestock in the production team, and Zhang Zhongjian being arrested as a suspect.

Fortunately, everything is over now. Zhang Zhongjian's life will return to normal, and Niu Ziwang will get the punishment he deserves.

"Okay, okay, let's go back and talk if we have anything to say."

Zhang Zhongjian stood up from the hospital bed, and Zhang Qingfeng immediately reached out to help him up, not forgetting to look up at Zhang You, waiting for his father's praise.

Zhang You rubbed his son's head, and then thought of what his father had told him. He turned to Qin Ye and said, "Qin Ye, Public Security, my father said that the educated youth you were dating pushed you into the river, and you were almost drowned by him."

Qin Ye nodded, indicating that it was true.

The case was reported to the provincial level at that time, and the Provincial Public Security Bureau immediately sent people to An Chuqiang's home to arrest him, but the house was already empty.

Later, I went to the medical university that An Chuqiang was admitted to, and found out that An Chuqiang had not reported to the school at all.

He seemed to know that he had caused a big disaster, so he changed his name and escaped completely.

Zhang You continued, "I have a friend who happens to be a professor at a fine arts university. He is very good at drawing human portraits. If you are willing, I can bring him to Wuning County in a while. Based on your description, I can draw a portrait of An Chuqiang for you and hand it over to the police for arrest."

In this day and age, photography technology is not yet well developed, and the original owner does not have a photo of An Chuqiang, so it is indeed difficult to ask the provincial police to arrest him directly.

Qin Ye pondered for a moment and did not continue to be polite with Zhang You: "If your friend is free, I have no problem at all. I can always cooperate with his description and draw a portrait of An Chuqiang."

If she didn't catch An Chuqiang, she would always feel guilty towards the original owner.

…

Qin Ye's family and Zhang Zhongjian's residence are in two different directions.

She and Zhang Zhongjian and his two grandchildren separated at the village entrance. Along the way, the villagers she met greeted her cheerfully, and she responded with a smile.

When I was almost at the door of my house, I heard Shen Dahong's fierce cursing coming from the yard next door.

"Damn it, why didn't I see before that Lu Quan was a rotten-hearted bastard! And I even married my daughter to him! The livestock in our village were in trouble, so I asked him to borrow two mules, but he was stingy and refused to lend them to me. All the eggs and malted milk I gave him were wasted!"

"Son-in-law? Pah! He's not as good as the soldier I met on the road! Xie Le was so polite. He helped me carry things and gave me snacks."

When Qin Ye heard the name of the veteran Xie Le from Shen Dahong, he did not move for a moment and stayed in front of her door for two more seconds.

Mother Qin saw this when she was leaving the house. She immediately hugged her arm and pulled her back to her own yard: "Hey, Ye Ye, what are you doing standing at your uncle's door eavesdropping? If your aunt sees you, she'll make a scene."

"When you hear Shen Dahong praising Xie Le, just listen to him. He is a soldier who has retired from the front line and will work at the county public security bureau in the future. Anyone who is praised by even the difficult Shen Dahong must be a rare and good person."

When Xie Le really joins the archives department, maybe she can discuss with them and retrieve the county's old files to take a look.

Qin Ye closed the door, took out the painkillers he bought, and handed them to Qin's mother: "I bought these for Dad."

Mother Qin took the medicine and brought it into the house, only to find that this medicine was different from the ones she bought before. She quickly said, "Ye Ye, you bought the wrong medicine. This is not the medicine your father takes."

"I know. The doctor said that the medicine has serious side effects."

After saying that, Qin Ye was afraid that his mother didn't understand, so he explained, "That is to say, eating too much is harmful to my father's health. This medicine is better now, buy this for my father in the future."

"Ye Ye, then this medicine must be more expensive."

When Qin's mother took the painkiller, she always felt that the medicine was like a needle, which pricked her heart.

My daughter had only been working for about a month and had just received her first month's salary. She used the money to give food coupons to her younger brother and to buy medicine for her father. If my daughter saved her own money, I wonder how decent her life would be!

Mother Qin quickly walked to the back bed, opened the bed cabinet, and tried to get some more money for Qin Ye: "Ye Ye, how much does this medicine cost? Mother will give it to you. One dollar, is it enough?"

She took out all the small change and counted it.

"mother!"

Qin Ye sighed, walked forward, picked up all the money on the kang, folded it and threw it back into the kang cabinet, "Why do I work? Isn't it for our family to live a good life? If you keep thinking about paying me back, then we should just break off our relationship and stop being mother and daughter."

If all the members of the Qin family were not good people, with Qin Ye's personality, it would be impossible for him to control them.

But this family was always willing to give her the best within their ability, so how could she sit idly by and watch the Qin family?

Seeing that she seemed angry, Qin's mother lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong and whispered, "Mom just doesn't want you to be a burden to the family. People in the village now say that you are very capable, but it's a pity that you were not born into a good family."

Qin Ye understood Qin's mother's sensitive temperament. If the problem was not solved once and for all, Qin's mother would still feel that she owed her something from time to time in the future.

"Whoever said that? I'll go find him!"

She stood up and pretended to go out, but before she took two steps, she was pulled back by Qin's mother.

Mother Qin said quickly: "Don't go, Ye Ye, I won't say it anymore, okay?"

Qin Ye stood there for two seconds, took her mother's hand, and said earnestly: "Mom, I feel really good to be your and Dad's daughter and Xiaoze's sister."

In her previous life, she was an orphan and had never experienced the warmth of home. In many cases, I have seen all kinds of unfortunate families, and favoring boys over girls is the norm.

Now in the 1980s, she unexpectedly got a very good family. Except that their life was a little poor, she had no other problems.

Qin Ye continued: "And I've thought about it. My father is a tailor. Why not give him a shop in the county town in the future? He can make fashionable clothes and sell them from time to time. Then, maybe my father can make some money for me to spend."

Qin Gu is very skillful and makes clothes for his family by himself when he has nothing to do. Although the fabric is cheap, there are always some clever ideas when making the clothes. When the Qin family went out wearing the clothes he made, they often aroused the envy of the villagers.

She had just completed Zhang Qingfeng's commission, and the reward for the shop should be credited to her account soon.

By then, I can sell out the shop and open a tailor shop for Qin Guman. Now the policy has been relaxed to allow self-employed individuals to do business. In another two years, when the trend of opening up comes, there may be even greater opportunities.

She couldn't stay in Juexing Village all her life, nor could she leave the Qin family in the village and ignore them. She had to find a way to force Qin's father and mother to take the first step.

Mother Qin was silent for a while, and finally said: "Wait a little longer, wait for your father and Xiaoze to come back, and then I will discuss it with them. It's too early to talk about this now!"

Since my family is broke now, it’s just a daydream to open a shop.

…

Qin Ye returned to his room, pulled up the curtains, and opened the live broadcast room.

A prompt popped up immediately: [Clear the injustice of Zhang Qingfeng’s grandfather and find the real culprit in the livestock poisoning case. The commission has been completed. Reward: 1 shop of 20 square meters facing the street in Wuning County]

At the same time, a key appeared out of thin air on the table next to her.

The system's voice sounded in her ears again: [Host, do you choose to watch Zhang Qingfeng's family's new life? 】

Qin Ye nodded slightly: "I choose to watch."

An antique courtyard soon appeared in front of him. In the study, Zhang Zhongjian was watering the flowers with a watering can.

His hair was snow-white, but he looked energetic, and there was no sign at all that he had suffered hardships when he was young in the countryside.

Only the newspaper cutouts hanging on the wall behind him revealed everything he had experienced when he was young - "The savior of chicken plague - the agricultural expert in the barn", "Livestock in Juexing Village died of poisoning, all villagers collectively petitioned to clear the suspect Zhang Zhongjian's name", "Zhang Zhongjian's injustice was redressed, and the evil police who tortured him into confessing were punished"...

In the eyes of many people, Zhang Zhongjian's life can be described as legendary.

Countless TV stations invited him to be interviewed, asking why he was respected by the whole village and even the whole county after he was demoted. And why was he able to clear his name despite being tortured and forced to confess by the evil police?

In response, Zhang Zhongjian just laughed it off.

He had no way of telling anyone that in his previous life, he had not been vindicated.

In the village, he is a weirdo that everyone avoids. After he discovered that there was chicken plague in the village, he killed the infected chickens immediately. However, the villagers could not understand the professional terms he read out from the books and thought he was crazy and that was why he suddenly attacked other people's chickens.

Later, livestock in the village died of poisoning. As a livestock breeder with a criminal record of killing chickens, he became the prime suspect.

In order to solve the case more efficiently, Public Security Niu insulted him terribly. He couldn't bear it any more and chose to hang himself to prove his innocence. But after his death, rumors that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment always followed him.

After his rebirth, a voice told him that in his ordinary world, he had received help from Officer Qin Ye.

When he was killing the chickens, Police Officer Qin Ye "translated" the professional terms for him. Not only did the villagers not misunderstand him, they were also very grateful to him for saving the chickens of the entire village.

After the livestock in the team were poisoned, Officer Qin Ye found out the truth for him and reported Niu Gongan, making him never join the public security team again.

After Zhang Zhongjian learned about all this, he followed Officer Qin Ye's example and tried to use the most common language to explain to the villagers why he killed the chickens and taught the whole village and even the whole county how to prevent chicken plague.

Since then, he has gained the gratitude of the whole village.

Later, when the police officer Niu forcibly arrested him and tried to force him to confess. All the villagers of Juexing Village wrote a letter collectively and sent representatives to submit it to the inspection team from the province to appeal. The inspection team specially set up a special task force to investigate the livestock poisoning case, and finally, he was cleared of all charges.

After watering the last pot of flowers on the table, Zhang Zhongjian put the watering can back on the windowsill and looked out at the lush courtyard outside the window.

What a beautiful sight! I should really thank Officer Qin Ye for his help, which gave him another chance to appreciate the beauty of this world with his heart.

…

The screen ends here.

Qin Ye had just gathered her thoughts when a new commission popped up in the live broadcast room. The client's name was "The Ghost of My Deceased Husband Can't Rest".

Perhaps the name was too unique, and it immediately attracted many lurking viewers, who started posting comments to discuss the topic.

[Woc, looks like another wrongful case? 】

[No way, I've seen this client in the forum, he's a lunatic. She has gone mad since her fiancé died. 】

[Ahhh, I remember now, it’s that “crazy woman Ayu” from the forum! 】

Qin Ye saw the word "forum" repeatedly appearing in the comments, and couldn't help but ask, "What forum are you talking about?"

The next second, the system kicked out all the viewers who mentioned "forum" from the live broadcast room and permanently banned their accounts.

At the same time, the live broadcast room was automatically connected to the commission of "The Soul of the Dead Husband Cannot Sleep", and a woman in a mental hospital gown popped up on the screen: "Officer Qin, help me, save my fiancé Xie Le! He couldn't have accidentally drowned in the water tank, absolutely impossible!"

Qin Ye was stunned for a moment, and repeated the name he had seen more than once today: "Xie Le? Are you talking about the soldier who was discharged due to injury?"