Original Sin (VI)
Gu Fang suddenly interrogated Zheng Junliang overnight. Zheng Junliang sat on the interrogation chair. After all, he was young and had never been to a police station, so he was very nervous.
Gu Fang: "Zheng Junliang, you hired thugs to attack the police. If it weren't for me and Forensic Doctor Shen's kung fu skills, you would have been beheaded by now. Tell me, besides these four thugs, where are the other thugs?"
Zheng Junliang swallowed his saliva, "No, there are no other thugs. I was just joking with you. I didn't really want to kill you."
Gu Fang said coldly, "Do you believe what you said?" Zheng Junliang lowered his head. Gu Fang slammed the table and said, "Tell me! Are you the boss behind the black market?!"
Zheng Junliang's body trembled. "I, I'm just collecting some protection money."
"Did you know that hallucinogens and woodcutter branches are sold on the black market?"
"No, I don't know."
"Zheng Junliang, you'd better answer truthfully. If you make a false confession, you will still be held legally responsible."
Zheng Junliang paused, "I really don't know."
"You said your father killed your mother. Is that true?"
"I have no idea."
"Zheng Junliang, tell the truth!" Gu Fang slammed the table again.
"I'm telling the truth. I really don't know." Zheng Junliang took a deep breath and slowly calmed down. "Captain Gu, you are trying to trick me into confessing. I admit that I assaulted the police. Other than that, I know nothing else!"
Anyway, assaulting a police officer will only result in a few years in jail. If he is charged with other crimes, he may never be able to get out of the cell for the rest of his life.
Gu Fang knew that people like Zheng Junliang would not admit it unless the evidence was in front of them. He stood up and said, "Since you admit to assaulting the police, then wait for the case to be transferred to the procuratorate."
The interrogation of the four thugs was also not smooth. They were all orphans who were adopted by Zheng Baochang since childhood and grew up after being trained. They refused to recognize anyone except Zheng Baochang. They are like stones in a toilet. No matter how we ask them, they won't say a word. We can only detain them temporarily.
After the interrogation, Jiang Shengyu was upset. "Damn it, these people's mouths were sewn shut with needles. No matter how much I threatened or bribed them, they wouldn't speak. I'm really curious about how Zheng Baochang trained them.
He has trained a group of thugs who follow his orders. When it comes to things like demolition, he only needs to send a few thugs to handle the problem. ”
Gu Fang patted his shoulder to show his understanding. He also didn't get what he wanted.
Jiang Shengyu: "It will be dawn soon. Zheng Baochang will definitely take action when he knows his son has been arrested."
"Zheng Junliang has been caught in the act. No matter how powerful he is, he can't get him out. As long as Zheng Junliang is in our hands, it's only a matter of time before we uncover their shady dealings."
Jiang Shengyu nodded, "I'm going to buy breakfast, what do you want?"
"Baozi and soy milk. I'm going to take a nap."
Just as Gu Fang fell asleep, there was a knock on the office door. The sound was loud and urgent, as if someone was chasing him.
Gu Fang opened the door cursing, "What's the matter?" in a bad tone.
Zheng Yingrong's eyes were bloodshot and her face was pale. It was obvious that she had been playing all night. "You arrested my brother?!"
The news spread quite quickly.
Gu Fang: "Zheng Junliang attacked the police and wanted to kill me and Forensic Doctor Shen."
Zheng Yingrong's eyes widened. "Impossible! My brother told Forensic Doctor Shen..." She suddenly stopped talking. "Where is my brother? I want to see him."
“No visitation is allowed while the suspect is in custody.”
Zheng Yingrong burst into tears. "You came to my house a few days ago and wanted to have dinner with me, but in the blink of an eye, you turned hostile and heartless."
Gu Fang frowned. If others heard this, it would easily cause misunderstanding. "This is the rule." Gu Fang said patiently, "You should go back to your father." As long as Zheng Baochang made any move, he would be able to find something to hold against him.
"I was raised by my brother. My father doesn't care whether I live or die."
"He doesn't even care about his own son?"
"My dad and my brother had a very fierce argument last night. He is the kind of person who can be cruel and ignore anyone who disobeys him, no matter who it is."
"Why are they quarreling?"
"I don't know. I just heard my brother talk about why my mother died. I was young at that time and didn't have much impression of my mother. I just remember that she often dressed up very beautifully and went out. I would disappear for a whole day, and only my brother would accompany me."
"How is the relationship between your father and your mother?"
"Not very good, we often quarreled. At that time, my father's career had just started, and he was away from home for three days. When he came back, he quarreled with my mother. They almost smashed all the things in the house.
Later, my father made money and bought a big house, but my mother still quarreled with him. I don't like my dad anyway, so as long as he gives me money, I don't care about anything else. ”
"You weren't home the day your mother died?"
Zheng Yingrong shook her head. "My brother said that I was sick for three days after my mother passed away. After waking up, I couldn't remember some things. Captain Gu, can't I really see my brother?"
Gu Fang shook his head. "You should go back first. Zheng Junliang's matter is set in stone and cannot be changed."
…
Zheng Baochang received the news that Zheng Junliang was arrested for assaulting a police officer, and he lost his temper, "This idiot! How dare he kill a police officer so brazenly? Is he really that bold!"
Xiao Zhang silently picked up the documents that fell to the ground, "Maybe Junliang didn't expect the police to be so difficult to deal with. If it were someone else, they would have succeeded long ago."
Zheng Baochang calmed down a little, "Is it Gu Fang and that female medical examiner?"
Xiao Zhang nodded. "Gu's strength in the Municipal Bureau is recognized. This forensic doctor Shen is interesting. During her time at school, she passed all the theoretical exams, but her practical classes were terrible. She was timid and fainted when she saw a corpse, so she didn't attend many experimental classes.
After graduation, she was assigned to work as a police officer in a police station. But suddenly one day, she became brave enough to not faint when seeing a corpse and even dared to perform an autopsy. She has never taken an anatomy class, but she knows a lot about autopsy. I wonder if she was just pretending in school or if she encountered some kind of misfortune. ”
Zheng Baochang rubbed his brows. "No matter what it is, her strength is not inferior to Gu Fang. I have always wanted to recruit them for my own use. Now it seems that it is impossible. Go and try to sentence Junliang to a shorter sentence, and then get him a suspended sentence."
The office door was pushed open, and Zheng Yingrong walked in quickly. Her face was paler, her makeup was smudged, and one of her eyelashes had fallen off, with the other barely hanging on her eye. "Dad, please find a way to save my brother!"
Xiao Zhang glanced at Zheng Baochang and retreated silently.
Zheng Baochang glanced at her with an unpleasant expression, "Look at what you look like. Go home and don't come to the company unless necessary!"
"If it wasn't for my brother, I wouldn't have come. He was captured by Gu Fang!"
Zheng Baochang sneered, "Don't you like Gu Fang? Why don't you go and ask him for help?"
"He won't let me see my brother." Zheng Yingrong's face was gloomy, and she pulled Zheng Baochang's sleeve, "Dad, my brother can't go to jail."
"He attacked a police officer, what else can he do except go to jail?"
"You must have a way."
Zheng Baochang shook his head.
Zheng Yingrong got angry all of a sudden, "You killed someone and nothing happened, but I only attacked a police officer, why must I go to jail!"
Zheng Baochang was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Zheng Yingrong. "I don't care how crazy you are, but you can't talk nonsense in my office!"
Zheng Yingrong covered her beaten face, tears falling like beads from a broken string. She knew that her father never liked her and would never love her, so she turned and left. Since no one helped her, she had to find a way out on her own.
Zheng Baochang clenched his fists tightly and watched his daughter leave without saying a single soft word. Suddenly, he staggered and sat on his office chair. He sighed heavily and looked outside through the large floor-to-ceiling windows. Tall buildings were rising up and vehicles were constantly shuttling on the road.
He was the only one in the huge office. He originally thought of giving his property to his son, but now his son is in prison and his daughter is not doing well. Who will inherit his property a hundred years from now?
He suddenly felt powerless. What was he busying himself for all these years?
…
Zheng Yingrong returned home crying and lay on the bed until she was tired of crying, then she got up. It was already dark, and the street lamps came on, shining a faint light into the room.
She suddenly saw her mother, who always went out early and came back late with exquisite makeup. She is a beauty who loves herself more than anyone else. In this respect, she and her father are the same. In their hearts, they always think about themselves.
Zheng Yingrong was in a daze, as if she saw her little self playing in the room. Suddenly, she heard the door open, and she knew it was her mother who came back. She wanted to run away, but suddenly she became afraid. In the morning, she broke the cosmetics her mother had just bought because of her mischief. If her mother knew about it, she would definitely beat her.
She turned and hid in the closet, thinking that as long as her mother couldn't find her, she wouldn't beat her.
She waited for a while, but her mother didn't come in. She thought maybe her father or brother came back, so she had to go out and ask her brother for help. Just as I was about to push open the cabinet door, I heard footsteps and someone came in.
She looked through the gap in the closet and saw that it was her father. Her father had bought new cosmetics. She was very happy and knew that her mother would not beat her anymore. She called out "Dad" and came out of the closet.
Zheng Baochang was surprised, "Why are you in there?"
"I was afraid my mother would be angry if she knew I broke my makeup."
Zheng Baochang picked her up and said, "Dad bought a new one, then Mom won't be angry anymore."
When her mother came back and found out, she was not angry. She just told her to be careful and not touch the things on the dressing table. Little Zheng Yingrong nodded. She would never do that again, but she would watch her mother put on makeup from a distance. My mother seems to like the cosmetics my father bought and uses them every day.
But one day, my mother suddenly fell ill. Her whole body was twitching, and she was wailing in her throat, with her body constantly hunched over. Dad called a doctor, but the doctor and Dad tied up Mom together.
She was very scared and looked timidly at the door, holding her beloved stuffed toy. She saw her brother coming back and asked her father what happened.
Dad seemed to say something and my brother suddenly started crying. When her brother started crying, she couldn't help crying too.
The mother on the bed gradually became motionless. Her body turned into a bow and her eyes were wide open, which was extremely scary. She didn't dare to look or move. Then her brother picked her up and covered her eyes.
Then, many people came to the house, some were crying, and some were making noises. She stayed in the closet in her mother's room, holding the doll. Through the gap in the closet, she saw her mother's dressing table.
The cosmetics her father bought were missing. She remembered that they were just bought. Could it be that someone came to the house and stole them? She didn't dare ask anyone else and told her brother. My brother said that since mother was dead, no one would use the cosmetics anymore, so just throw them away.
Yes, just let it be lost, the little girl thought so.
Suddenly there was a loud thunder and Zheng Yingrong woke up from her bed with sweat all over her back. It turned out that she was just dreaming, but the scene in the dream seemed so real. She stood up, turned on the light, pulled out a box from under the bed, opened it, and saw a pile of cosmetics inside. She looked for the bottle she saw in her dream, but it was not there.
The bottle of cosmetics my dad bought is long gone.
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