Minister Zhang always remained calm and composed in the face of difficulties, but this time Zhang Yulan clearly felt that something was wrong with her brother.
Fearing that it was true as Aunt Miao said, Han Xiaojun confessed at the Public Security Bureau that it was she who ordered the harm of Lu Baiwei, Zhang Yulan now hoped that her sister-in-law could help.
For this reason, she personally sent Minister Zhang out and asked him to go back to her parents' home to pick someone up.
However, when the brother and sister reached the door, they met the public security comrades who came to their house.
After greeting Minister Lu, the leading public security comrade spoke politely.
"Excuse me, is this Section Chief Zhang Yulan?"
"I am."
Zhang Yulan was as if facing a formidable enemy: "What do you mean?"
"Zhang Ke's family, Han Xiaojun, who robbed military supplies last time, has confessed that you were the one who ordered him to do it."
"Please come with us and cooperate with the Public Security Bureau's investigation."
The most feared thing has finally come!
Zhang Yulan subconsciously took a few steps back, her face pale: "Why do you take me to investigate?"
"How dare you come to the Zhang family and investigate me in front of my brother? You lackeys, don't you know who my brother is?"
The public security comrades were obviously well prepared. The leading comrade took out a recorder from his pocket.
"Chief Zhang, in order to standardize law enforcement, we have recorded every word we say to you from the moment we showed up at the Zhang family's door. I remind you again that cooperating with the public security department to investigate the truth of the case is the responsibility of every citizen."
Minister Zhang wanted to use his power to pressure others, but the police who came to his house brought a recorder with them.
This happened because the higher-ups obviously attached great importance to this case.
Based on Minister Zhang's experience, the recorder placed in plain sight is just one of the reasons. If his sister Zhang Yulan does not cooperate with the investigation, he has no doubt that the public security comrades in front of him can still produce an arrest warrant.
The other party was so well prepared, and if his sister continued to resist arrest, it would obviously give people a chance to criticize her.
Minister Zhang's face was gloomy: "Yu Lan, you should cooperate with the public security comrades in the investigation first."
"Wait for me to go to Feng's house to pick up your sister-in-law, and then I'll go to the Public Security Bureau with her to take you home."
Thinking of her sister-in-law Feng Yingying, Zhang Yulan finally felt a little more at ease.
Although she was reluctant, Zhang Yulan cooperated with the police and got on the jeep that was sent to arrest her, under the promise of Minister Zhang.
All we can say is that Zhang Yulan was naive, and Minister Zhang had no idea what she had done. When Zhang Yulan left, she didn't see her brother and sister-in-law until dark.
She was locked in a confined space and had no water or access to the toilet.
As delicate as Zhang Yulan was, she had a smooth life and had never suffered, but she soon collapsed.
I don’t know when it got dark. Having done so many bad things, Zhang Yulan is now afraid of being alone after dark.
She had the dream countless times, in which the people she had harmed turned into ghosts and came to find her.
Although her relationship with Lu Yuanze was lukewarm before, they treated each other with respect, so she was not that scared inside.
Recently, because Lu Yuanze didn't want to see her, she couldn't even enter the Lu family's old house. Zhang Yulan had nightmares every night and slept very uneasily.
She didn’t sleep well and felt restless. She gradually began to fear things that she had not been afraid of before, and she was now more and more afraid of the dark.
"Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"
"Someone come quickly, I can't stand it anymore, I need to go to the bathroom."
Zhang Yulan screamed out of control, and the claustrophobic iron door finally opened from the outside, and a beam of flashlight shone in.
Then, with a click, all the light switches in the room turned on. The light from the bulbs filled the entire room, making Zhang Yulan's eyes hurt.
She covered her eyes for a while to adjust, then removed her hands.
She almost fainted and was gasping for breath.
"Have my brother and sister-in-law come to pick me up?"
"No one is coming to pick you up."
The person who came was the comrade who had previously asked her to go to the Public Security Bureau to cooperate with the investigation. Now he shook his head at her with a serious face.
Zhang Yulan was afraid that the person would leave, so she grabbed the sleeve of the public security comrade tightly.
"Can you help me move to another place? I don't want to stay here. It's too scary here."
"Can!"
The public security comrade nodded seriously.
Zhang Yulan was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when the public security comrades took out a piece of paper with symbols written on it.
"Have you ever seen this thing?"
Recognizing that the paper contained code symbols for communication, Zhang Yulan shook her head cautiously.
She asked the police comrade: "Can we change places now?"
"cannot!"
The public security officer told her sternly: "If you can tell me where you have seen this kind of symbol on paper, I can find you another place."
"Otherwise, according to relevant regulations, I can only keep you here for forty-eight hours."
Having said that, the public security comrade stood up and left.
Zhang Yulan became anxious. She wanted to grab the comrade who was leaving, but the comrade shook her hand away with a fierce look on his face.
At first, Zhang Yulan gritted her teeth and endured it, but soon the lights in the room went out again and the door closed again.
Completely trapped in deep darkness, Zhang Yulan smelled a faint scent of medicine in the air. She felt a bunch of faces emerging from the darkness, rushing towards her from all corners.
"No, don't come over here, don't touch me."
Zhang Yulan shouted sharply: "I'm telling you, comrade, where are you? I'll tell you everything you want to know."
But no one responded to her.
When Zhang Yulan fell to the ground in despair, rolled into the corner of the room and hugged her trembling body tightly, the lights in the room came on again, and the comrade from before had returned.
Hearing the sound, Zhang Yulan gradually loosened her trembling arms and looked at the comrade who was walking towards her with a trembling face.
She was soaked with sweat.
Until the comrade squatted down and handed her a glass of water.
Zhang Yulan, who had survived the disaster, spoke in a hoarse voice: "Is this a symbol used for communication? I think I've seen it in my old house."
"Where is the old house?"
When the comrades asked her further, Zhang Yulan suddenly shook her head and indicated that she didn't know.
The comrade who handed her the water moved the cup away, stopped giving her the water, and stood up to leave.
Zhang Yulan was almost dying of thirst and she was very panicked.
She said in a trembling voice: "There is a well in my old house. One time, I lost my balance on the edge of the well and fell into it..."
In fact, even if Zhang Yuzhi knew that someone had obtained clues about the Zhang family’s communications with enemy spies, he would not be afraid.
Because it happened many years ago.
Then, the well that was originally used for communications was later flooded.
As for Zhang Yulan's arrest due to Han Xiaojun's confession, Minister Zhang was not that panicked, because he learned from Zhang Yulan that Lu Baiwei had not suffered any substantial harm.
As long as his wife Feng Yingying can soften Secretary Feng's heart, everything can be done.
So when he was turned away at the Feng family, Minister Zhang did not choose to force his way in in order to maintain his gentle and doting image in front of his brother-in-law. Instead, he waited patiently at the gate of the house.
Even if he had to wait until dark, he would not hesitate.