Chapter 32 Someone in my department leaked the secret
Early in the morning, Shi Hongxiao and Shi Hengjun were waiting at the door. Shi Hongxiao was particularly grateful: "Cousin, thank you for raising money to save my uncle. Don't worry, job-hopping or working on your own will not happen."
Shi Hengjun snorted coldly: "Cousin, don't believe a word he says."
Jiang Zhen didn't see Gu Hui. The little guy must have hidden himself in the car. She got on the car and said, "Gu Hui, you can't go. Get off the car quickly."
Gu Hui obeyed, appeared, and hugged Jiang Zhen: "Aunt, I am worried about you."
Jiang Zhen smiled and said, "You're only a burden to me if you follow me. Auntie has a space where she can hide when she encounters danger."
Gu Liancheng repeatedly reminded: "As long as you find a place to call, keep in touch at any time and let me know where you are?"
Jiang Zhen has a pretty good attitude. He doesn't need to be afraid of touching a corpse or a living person, but whoever he touches will die.
Gu Liancheng did not go this time. If the other party was coming for Jiang Zhen, his movement would be too conspicuous.
The handover location was set at the provincial capital. Jiang Zhen and Gu Liancheng didn't understand why such a prosperous city was chosen. Perhaps it was a trick, or the other party might have taken action halfway.
It takes five or six hours to get from Fancheng to the provincial capital. If you set out at seven in the morning, you can arrive at one or two in the afternoon. At around noon, Gu Liancheng was in the office when he received a call from Jiang Zhen.
"We are in Sangyu Village in Songling County. It is raining heavily and our car is stuck in the mud. We are going to go into the village to find someone to help. I walked for more than half an hour to get to the county town to call you. I may be delayed in the village for several hours."
Gu Liancheng felt vaguely uneasy. He checked the map. It was only an hour's drive from Songling County to the provincial capital. Sangyu Village was a shortcut, but the village was very isolated, with only a dozen registered households. The national highway leading to the provincial capital was separated from the village by a deep ditch, and one had to rely on a river rope to enter and exit the village.
The road was indeed bad, but the wheels got stuck in this place, especially on the way to pay the ransom, which was very suspicious.
Gu Liancheng said: "Did Xiao Qingfeng and the others not catch up?"
Jiang Zhen: "No, I'm also very surprised."
"Then you dare to go to the village?"
Jiang Zhen dared: "If it's really a trap, how can I not go? I'd better go and take a look. I have life-saving skills, so I'm not afraid."
Gu Liancheng knew she dared, and hurriedly said: "Then at least wait for me to arrive, and we can go together."
Jiang Zhen couldn't help laughing and said, "Just wait at home. If there's a danger, I can't handle it. It's better to lose one person than two."
…
How could Gu Liancheng possibly wait at home? He immediately called Xiao Jianzhou.
Xiao Jianzhou said in a relaxed tone: "Liancheng, why did you think of calling me? Your sister is missing you."
Gu Liancheng immediately realized that something was wrong. Every time he talked to his brother-in-law on the phone, his brother-in-law was extremely nervous and the first thing he said was: "Liancheng, what happened again?"
My brother-in-law was held hostage? Gu Liancheng didn't dare to act rashly, and pretended to be calm and said, "The textile factory has produced a batch of wool blankets, and Jiang Zhen said he would send you a few. Do you have anyone to give away? Confirm the quantity so that I can send them to you."
Xiao Jianzhou smiled and said, "Jiang Zhen is really amazing. He has actually set up a rabbit farm. You don't need to send such an expensive blanket to us. Send one to your grandpa. He gave you the money to set up the rabbit farm. You should always think of your grandpa."
"Grandpa wants to send it." Gu Liancheng said, "Then I'll send you two pieces and send them to you together."
"Okay, they are just small things. Anything else?"
"No more." Gu Liancheng probed: "Brother-in-law, do you still remember the suppression of bandits in Fancheng?"
"How could I forget this? You followed the Qi family boss and found the bandit's lair. The garrison sent troops to wipe out more than a hundred bandits unexpectedly. The captured prisoners have not been sentenced yet. Why are you asking about this?"
Gu Liancheng sighed: "My career change..."
Xiao Jianzhou comforted him: "The hidden dangers revealed by those bandits require you to transfer to the Political Security Section to continue investigating and eliminating them. Your elder sister doesn't know the inside story, so it's inevitable that she will be angry. I will always be there to enlighten her."
Gu Liancheng continued: "I don't know what happened to Jiang Zhen. He suddenly wanted to go abroad."
Xiao Jianzhou disagreed: "Although she has experience living abroad, what about the children? What about you? You two should discuss this matter carefully. In short, you and Gu Pan are not allowed to go back. This is the bottom line. Do you hear me?"
"Well, I know we're not leaving our country."
"That's good. Do you have anything else to do? I'm busy."
"Brother-in-law, you are busy."
…
Gu Liancheng's heart sank to the bottom. All the major events he had experienced in the past six months were correct. The suppression of bandits, the family agreement between him and Jiang Zhen, his transfer to the Political Security Section, his brother-in-law's transfer back to Beijing, the exchanged children, the real and fake cousins, and the rabbit farm opened by Jiang Zhen. None of these major events had changed.
But all the secrets of the details are gone. There is no special department, and my brother-in-law is not the head of the department. And there is Qingfeng. How could he lose contact with Jiang Zhen? Does he still remember his secret identity?
Xiao Qingfeng couldn't be contacted immediately, but the children could be found. Gu Liancheng immediately went to the rabbit farm, where the three little ones were.
"Gu Pan and Gu Hui, do you still remember that you have superpowers?"
Gu Pan and Gu Hui didn't understand: "I remember."
Gu Liancheng asked Jiang Tang: "Do you still remember the biggest secret between you and your mother?"
Jiang Tang quickly covered her mouth. Her mother had said that no one should tell anyone about the space.
It seemed that the children were not affected. Gu Liancheng put aside his worries and went to the school to find Jiang Zhao. This child was attentive, so Gu Liancheng asked him, "Have you encountered any unusual people or things in the past few days?"
Jiang Zhao was worried: "Dad Gu, everything is fine here, is there something wrong?"
The children didn't know about the tacit understanding between Jiang Zhen and Gu Liancheng. Gu Liancheng shook his head: "As long as you guys are okay, then it's okay."
…
After comforting the children, Gu Liancheng immediately headed towards Sangyu Village along the same road as Jiang Zhen. He set out at 1:30 p.m. and was stopped by Xiao Qingfeng at the intersection of Songling County at 5:30 p.m. Xiao Qingfeng was eating at a small roadside restaurant and ran out when he saw the familiar license plate.
"Brother, why are you here?"
It was raining in Songling County, so Gu Liancheng didn't bother to find a place. He pulled Xiao Qingfeng into the car and asked him bluntly, "I asked you to follow your sister-in-law, and you still have the mood to eat. Let me ask you, where is your sister-in-law now?"
Xiao Qingfeng was confused: "Brother, what are you talking about? Aren't we going to the provincial capital to investigate the spies? It's raining so hard, I plan to stay in the county town for one night and set off tomorrow morning. Otherwise, it will be dangerous to drive in the dark in such heavy rain."
Gu Liancheng was panicking: "Do you remember why we changed our jobs?"
Xiao Qingfeng was a little depressed. "We changed our jobs because we needed to investigate the spy intelligence network left behind by the bandit suppression. Don't feel guilty about the divorce. It was my own decision. I know that a marriage that compromises blindly will not be happy in the end. What happened to you today? Although my sister-in-law and I are going the same way, she was afraid of delaying my business, so she asked me to leave first. Did something happen to her? I'll go with you to find her."
This is not right. Jiang Zhen said that he did not see Xiao Qingfeng, but Xiao Qingfeng said that Jiang Zhen asked him to leave first, so it was Xiao Qingfeng who was changed.
Gu Liancheng began to suspect that perhaps it was the people from the end of the world who had come here before who had changed the memories of the people involved.
Gu Liancheng said: "She's fine, I was just worried, you follow your plan, I'll go look for her myself."
…
On the national highway leading to Sangyu Village, Gu Liancheng saw a big hole that could have trapped a vehicle. It was filled with mud and sand, and it seemed that the car had gotten stuck.
It is now six o'clock, and six hours have passed since Jiang Zhen called him. Did Jiang Zhen go to the provincial capital by car, or did he stay in Sangyu Village?
Looking at the national highway leading to the provincial capital and the walking path to Sangyu Village, Gu Liancheng chose to walk to Sangyu Village based on his intuition. After crossing the river crossing and walking along a mountain road, he soon saw a small village located at the foot of the hill. In the green mountains and dusk, the village was dotted with lights.
The small village with only a dozen households exudes a sense of prosperity and stability. The house in the middle, which is located at the highest point and has stacked bluestone steps leading up to it, has the brightest lights. The voice of Jiang Zhen, which is so familiar that he can't forget it, suddenly pierced his eardrums.
Gu Liancheng stepped onto the slippery steps without hesitation and knocked on the heavy door. After the quarrel in the room stopped for a moment, the door opened. Then Jiang Zhen turned his head from in front of a corpse and said in surprise, "I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming. Originally, I could have been the only one who came here. Now you can't leave."
The man lying on the ground was only in his twenties. His head was smashed, and judging by the degree of blood coagulation, he had just died.
The head is smashed...Can Jiang Zhen still touch the corpse?
A woman in her thirties glared at them during the standoff*: "We have the best intentions towards you, but you come here to kill people. You have backup, right? Tell me, how many police officers did you bring with you?"
Gu Liancheng didn't know what was going on and chose not to speak.
Jiang Zhen emphasized again: "I didn't kill him. My husband is a police officer, so it's a good opportunity for him to find clues and solve the case."
"He will naturally protect you. I don't believe him. A life for a life. Jiang Zhen, don't even think about leaving today."
Gu Liancheng stood in front of Jiang Zhen and said, "Whether you leave or not is another matter. At least let me know the situation, okay?"
Jiang Zhen pointed at the dead man and the emotional woman and said, "These two came here from the end of the world fifty-one years ago."
Gu Liancheng was shocked. The man looked less than 20 years old and the woman looked to be in her 30s. Doesn't that mean they are immortal?
Wu Hui'e saw through Gu Liancheng's thoughts and said coldly, "You think too much. There is no immortality. Our appearance remains unchanged, but our body functions decline. When time starts to go backwards and our faces return to those of young men and women in their teens, it will be the time for us to die. The graves in the village on the back mountain are all filled with our companions. When each of us senses that the end is near, we will choose to return to the village and return to our roots."
"The victim lying on the ground is my brother. He has the best heart. Jiang Zhen has been reckless. People here know her identity and have set up a special research and observation department. How dangerous it is. When Jiang Zhen's appearance does not change, she will definitely be arrested for research. My brother changed the memories of relevant people so that you can live a good life. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to have a good talk. If you can't reach an agreement, then there is no need to negotiate. Why did you kill my brother? Seeing how he has degenerated, he will not live for many years. Why did you kill him?"
This was clearly a frame-up. The scene afterwards was very chaotic. Jiang Zhen forcibly touched the man's body, but was strongly stopped. Gu Liancheng fired a gun. Jiang Zhen touched the incomplete memory and pointed at Wu Hui'e: "You killed the man, and you were afraid that I would touch the body, so you smashed his head. Gu Liancheng, someone in your department leaked the secret."
Before Gu Liancheng had time to think, Wu Hui'e detonated the explosives buried under the house. Amidst an unspeakable shattering pain, Gu Liancheng heard Jiang Zhen's voice in the receiver.
"We were in Sangyu Village in Songling County. It was raining heavily and our car got stuck in the mud..."
Is this rebirth again, back to noon?
Thinking of the mutual destruction in Sangyu Village that night, Gu Liancheng reacted very quickly: "I know you are going to go into the village to find someone to help. Jiang Zhen, I have been reborn. Qingfeng, my brother-in-law, and the people related to us, except for our family, have all had their memories changed. Go to the county town to find Xiao Qingfeng. He is in the Limin Guesthouse. Call me when you find him."
Jiang Zhen: ...It turns out that Gu Liancheng's special ability is rebirth after death. This is a very self-destructive special ability. After being reborn a certain number of times, his life span will be greatly shortened.
Jiang Zhen said: "No need to confirm, I believe you, let's hurry up and check the information."
Without having time to sigh at Jiang Zhen's acceptance, Gu Liancheng focused on the key points and said, "There are some things I can't tell you, in case you can't show a surprised expression when you experience it yourself. I can only tell you that the village chief can modify people's memories. The person who killed him was his sister Wu Hui'e. The motive is unknown. The village chief's time of death should be between 4:30 and 5:30 in the afternoon. Before that, find a chance to talk to him alone."
"There is another very important point. Someone in our department leaked information. My brother-in-law and his friends' memories have been modified. But did the person who leaked the information have his memory modified? This is crucial."
"I understand." Jiang Zhen said, "Don't rely on your rebirth to go back randomly. You will die. Don't let yourself die unless it is absolutely necessary."
Jiang Zhen hung up the phone, rubbed his hands together, and something interesting happened.
…
When she walked back to where the car got stuck in the pothole, the car had already been driven out, and several young strangers were standing next to it. Shi Hongxiao thanked them in the rain. Shi Hengjun came over with an umbrella and explained to Jiang Zhen: "Cousin, this is from a nearby village. They came out to find a doctor. They just happened to help us dig sand to fill the pothole and push the car out. I remember you used to be a nurse. Can you go to their village to take a look? There are still more than ten hours before the agreed time in the provincial capital. Shi Hongxiao and I will go there first."
With Gu Liancheng's call, Jiang Zhen didn't ask any questions this time and agreed directly: "Saving people is the most important thing. When you get to the provincial capital, stay in the largest guesthouse. I'll come to find you when I'm done with my work."
Several young people expressed their gratitude along the way: "It is inconvenient to travel in our village. We have some common medicines in the village, but the grandson of the village chief has an external injury. We don't know how to suture him, and it is not convenient to move him to the hospital."
Jiang Zhen walked to the river crossing and said speechlessly, "Your village is so remote, have you ever thought about moving to another place to settle down?"
Several young people were helpless: "Our parents don't believe that the outside world is safe anymore, so they like to live in the village with inconvenient transportation. Most of us young people have left, and we are only returning to the village one after another as the New Year is approaching."
Jiang Zhen crossed the ropeway more skillfully than the young men in the villages. He was flattered along the way. Jiang Zhen said, "If I didn't have some kung fu skills, would I dare to follow you to a strange village?"
Several young people laughed: "Sister, you are too worried. We are good people. We have a respectable job in the provincial capital. We are the pride of our parents."
"Yes, I'm dating someone in the provincial capital, but my parents are open-minded. They can't let a girl give up her job and come to this remote mountain village."
"But there are also young people in our village who are unwilling to leave. When the old village chief passed away, his youngest son who had been away from home came back to take over the position of village chief. We all tried to persuade him, but he said that if all the young people left, who would take care of their parents? He was willing to stay in the village and take good care of everyone's parents and relatives. To be honest, we admire him very much."
Jiang Zhen asked: "What is the name of your village chief?
"Wu Shouye, his parents passed away, and he only has one sister who is married in the provincial capital."
Wu Shouye, who Gu Liancheng said came from fifty-one years ago and could modify people's memories, will be killed by his sister between 4:30 and 5:30 in the afternoon. His head will be smashed and she will not be allowed to touch the body.
…
When Jiang Zhen saw Wu Shouye, he was surprised: "He chose to come back to be the village chief at such a young age. His ideas are very advanced."
No wonder Gu Liancheng didn't say anything. Jiang Zhen thought she must be in her twenties or thirties, but she looked less than 20 years old.
There was a long but not deep cut on his leg. It was disinfected and sutured without anesthesia. He screamed in pain. Jiang Zhen pouted. He was a man from the end of the world, and he couldn't even bear this little pain. It seemed that he had lived too comfortably for decades.
After the stitching was completed, Wu Hui'e, who was standing by, thanked him profusely: "Comrade Jiang, please stay for dinner and leave early tomorrow morning."
Jiang Zhen said, "No, my wife is in the provincial capital for work. We agreed to meet in the county town at six o'clock. I have to return at five o'clock at the latest."
Wu Hui'e seemed surprised: "Your wife and you left at the same time, why didn't you leave together?"
Jiang Zhen smiled and said, "It's impossible for him to arrange the time for his work according to his temper."
Wu Shouye, whose lips were bitten by the pain of stitching, said, "Aunt Hui, go and cook a few dishes. Let's have an early dinner, and then send Sister Jiang across the river."
"That's fine." Wu Hui'e called a few young people and said, "You guys go check my house. If you have any vegetables or eggs, bring some to my house."
…
When the room was empty, Jiang Zhen deliberately said, "You villagers are really interesting. Why did you leave me, an outsider, to take care of a young man like you? Isn't it strange for a man and a woman to live in the same room?"
Wu Shouye smiled. He looked young and he looked quite good when he smiled.
"The time-space rift occurs every twenty-five years. I came here fifty-one years ago with my sister. When we came, I was forty-two and my sister was thirty-five. Our ages have been frozen. My appearance started to become younger more than ten years ago, and that's when I started preparing for my new identity."
Jiang Zhen frowned. This news was too unexpected. If Gu Liancheng had told her in advance, she really wouldn't be as surprised as she was now.
What was even more surprising was yet to come. A hole suddenly appeared beside him, and then Wu Hui'e walked over from the hole and said with a smile: "My ability is to open the door for a short time. I can chat with you for ten minutes."
No wonder, Gu Liancheng said that Wu Shouye could change people's memories. Jiang Zhen couldn't understand how he could travel all over the country. It turned out that he had the supernatural power to open doors.
It seems that this brother and sister are not bad people, otherwise, with their combined abilities, they would be able to do anything.
Jiang Zhen said: "If you want to harm me with your abilities, you don't have to trick me into going through all this trouble. Let's talk openly."
Wu Shouye said, "You, the people you met when you came here were all good people with principles. You let your guard down and let them know your identity. After more than ten years, if your appearance hasn't changed at all, people will misunderstand you as immortal. Even if they find out that you can't be immortal, but you can be young, many people will pursue you by any means necessary. This is too dangerous."
Wu Hui'e said, "My eldest brother has helped you change the memories of all the relevant people. Do you think you need to change the memories of your four children and Gu Liancheng?"
Jiang Zhen quickly said, "That's not necessary. My wife had a secret identity in the special department before, but now it's gone. It's all the concern of the whole family. He won't interfere. The four children are more timid than me. With me watching over them, they won't cause any trouble."
Wu Hui'e had no more questions and smiled, "It's time. I'll go home and cook. You guys continue chatting. Big Brother will tell you what to do."
…
Wu Shouye and Jiang Zhen discussed the way to survive: "As long as you comply, we will help each other. If you cause trouble to us time travelers due to your willfulness, you will also be in trouble. You have seen that after we came here, a small village has been built. We cannot take risks. Our descendants do not know about it, but we old people are not extinct yet, so the threat will always exist."
Jiang Zhen was alert and assured, "I won't, Village Chief Wu. Now there are only two of us. I want to tell you something. Gu Liancheng gained the ability to be reborn in the space-time rift last year. This is actually the second time we meet. In the last round, you were killed by Wu Hui'e and your head was smashed. Do you know the motive?"
Wu Shouye was stunned. After thinking for a while, he said, "Xiao Jiang, I can modify memories, so I can naturally see memories. In fact, I planned this early on. I want to ask for your consent to enter your memory and see the memory of you passing through the space-time rift when you were a baby 26 years ago. Maybe my cause of death is related to this."
Jiang Zhen: "Then don't wait, just watch it now."
…
Wu Shouye entered Jiang Zhen's memory. Jiang Zhen did not resist at all. His subconscious even guided him to search, so he quickly found the memory he was looking for.
Although the baby cannot remember, what she sees and hears is still stored in her memory.
Fifty-one years ago, Wu Shouye, his wife, sister, and best friend came to this world unexpectedly, but his wife was worried about her child in the last days, so twenty-six years ago, she was determined to go back at all costs.
He decided to go back with his wife, but just before the countdown of the time-space rift, they were hunted by the warlords of this world. His wife's best friend died, and he and his sister lost the opportunity to go back.
The younger sister said that it was their good friend who betrayed them, and that after using their supernatural powers to exchange for wealth and glory, they did not want to go back. The warlord certainly did not want to let these talented people leave, and they hit it off. The wife was eager to return to the end of the world, and was killed during the fierce resistance.
But through the baby's eyes, he saw his sister kill the warlord to silence him.
…
Jiang Zhen felt sympathy for Wu Shouye: "Look, you've got a chance to do it again. You won't confront your sister again, will you? You won't live long. Forget it. She is your sister. You couldn't do it last time, and you still can't do it this time."
Wu Shouye smiled bitterly: "But I still have to ask, please help me call her over."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
