Chapter 225: Personally Admitted
Zhou Lanhua found the notebook the day after Zhu Feng left. Inside, she found some money and bills. Perhaps it was a last vestige of conscience, a desire to make amends, or perhaps out of pity. She felt spineless. If she had any backbone, she wouldn't have accepted the small amount Zhu Feng left behind. But she not only kept it, she also felt he didn't give her enough.
As for the notebook, she only looked at it later. She only graduated from elementary school and was considered an educated person, so she could still recognize the words.
This sight completely overturned her understanding of the world, the place where she was born and the people who gave birth to her.
She was actually a bastard? Was it her father who had caused her to end up like this? No, that wasn't her father. The father he had been calling her for almost twenty years wasn't her father! Zhou Lanhua was a joke. Her father wasn't her father. The men were just using her. She was a fool, being toyed with by two such shameful men.
She finally understood why her mother always cried secretly alone, and also understood why the two of them always fought. They had been married for decades, but when they fought, there was no friendship at all, and they were so cruel every time.
She thought about the fact that Zhou Mingqing killed Zhou Shazi for several days.
It was said that her father was not Zhou Mingqing, but that idiot. She should call that idiot "Dad".
But what does this have to do with her?
She thought for a long time before finally making up her mind to tell the truth. No matter how the older generation argued, it had nothing to do with her. She couldn't do anything to Zhu Feng, but she had Zhou Mingqing's evidence in her hand. Murder was illegal and punishable by death. As long as Zhou Mingqing didn't starve, her mother would be relieved, and so would she.
In Lu Dongping's eyes, Zhou Mingqing wasn't exactly a good guy, but he wasn't a bad guy either. He was a bit shrewd and cunning, with a lot of tricks up his sleeve, but he was also always willing to help others. He had a butcher knife, and every pig in the team had to pass through his hands, yet no one had ever thought he would kill anyone, and that person was none other than Zhou the fool.
You have to know that he has been raising Zhou Shazi for all these years and keeping him alive. Countless people in the team said that he was kind and righteous and that it was not easy for him.
He thought of what Deng Hongjuan said when she was taken away, and felt heavy in his heart.
Zhou Mingqing not only killed one person, but also ruined Deng Hongjuan's life.
He had no fondness for the female educated youth, but he didn't harbor any hatred either. You know, labor camps are places where, once you go in, no matter how long you stay, your life is over. You'll be pointed at and criticized for the rest of your life.
"Where did you get this notebook?"
Zhou Lanhua said, "This was left behind when Zhu Feng left."
"We need to investigate this matter. We must seek truth from facts. Zhu Feng has already returned to the city. It's not certain that we can arrest Zhou Mingqing and sentence him in a short time based on this notebook."
Zhou Lanhua was stunned for a moment: "Isn't this evidence? I came to report it and brought evidence with me, so why can't they arrest him?"
Lu Dongping sighed, looking at her with a slightly complicated expression. "Zhou Lanhua, you've called him dad for so many years. He raised you. He's never treated you unfairly. He even paid for your education and found you the easiest jobs on the team. Are you sure you really want to report him?"
Zhou Lanhua was completely dejected, as if she was about to fall apart. She looked at him with red eyes, "What do you mean? Are you going to protect him? Yes, I used to think he was good to me, very good, but now I know that he simply wants to raise me into a useless person who can't do anything. He lifts me up high and then throws me down hard, so that he can get revenge and vent his hatred."
Lu Dongping said, "I won't cover it up. We in the Armed Forces want to be honest and seek truth from facts. Please don't spread this matter any further. We will investigate as soon as possible."
Don't spread it outside, I'm just saying this. Although everyone in the yard is my family, there's no guarantee that someone might accidentally let the cat out of the bag.
So, Lu Dongping immediately went to the commune to find Lin Chenghai.
This is really the case, there is no peace even after get off work.
Over a year later, a closed case had been brought to light again. A diary alone wasn't enough to solve the case. But going to find Zhu Feng wasn't practical either. He was already thousands of miles away. How could he be found?
Lin Chenghai convened an emergency meeting of the commune’s armed forces department overnight.
They then split up, he went to report, and the other people assisted Lu Dongping to pry Zhou Mingqing open his mouth and collect evidence as soon as possible.
Only in this way can the person be arrested and brought to justice.
The days in August are still long and the nights are short. After a day of sunshine, the wind is cool at night.
Zhou Lanhua appeared at the door of the main hall, holding Zhou Dongshuang in her arms, and called out to Zhou Mingqing, "Dad, come with me. I want to tell you something."
Zhou Mingqing found a crumpled piece of straw paper and rolled up some dried tobacco leaves inside. Before he could light it, Zhou Lanhua called out to him. He couldn't suppress his anger any more and asked her coldly, "What's the matter? If you have something to say, just say it. If you have something to say, just fart!"
Zhou Lanhua grinned, looking like she was laughing, but her expression was full of sarcasm. Look, that's how it was. She had to be blind and mentally handicapped to think he was so good before.
"Yes, these are some of the things Zhu Feng told me when he left. Can I tell them here?"
Zhou Mingqing looked into the back room. His son and daughter-in-law had already gone inside, but it wasn't safe to talk here. He put the cigarette in his pocket, stood up, and followed Zhou Lanhua out into the yard. When they reached the entrance to the yard, he became impatient: "Where are you going? If you have something to say, just say it!"
Zhou Lanhua turned and looked at him: "When Zhu Feng left, he told me that you were the one who killed the idiot in our family. Dad, is that true?"
Zhou Mingqing's breathing suddenly became rapid, his eyes widened like bells, his fists clenched until they crackled, and after a long while he managed to squeeze out a few words: "Lanhua, are you crazy?"
As soon as he finished speaking the word "ba", he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. He staggered and wanted to turn around to see who had attacked him, but Lu Dongping did not give him a chance and hit him again.
Beating someone up is a skill that requires constant practice. If you don't practice for a long time, you will become rusty. It actually took him two hits to knock Zhou Mingqing down.
Zhou Lanhua didn't know where they were going to take Zhou Mingqing, but since it had come to this, she had no way out.
Zhou Mingqing had killed people before, and if he killed one, he would kill another. If they knew that she had reported him, she would be in great danger. Now all she could do was cooperate with Lu Dongping and the others as much as possible, hoping that they could quickly obtain some evidence and get rid of the person, and then everything would be peaceful.
Lu Dongping and several other people from the armed forces carried Zhou Mingqing to the back mountain like a dead pig.
Several people followed Lu Dongping and laughed: "I didn't realize you were so powerful. You can knock people unconscious with just a wave of your hand. Have you learned this before? Teach me!"
As soon as one person spoke, the others followed suit, completely losing their sense of seriousness in carrying out their mission.
Lu Dongping sneered, "Okay! I'll teach you. After the mission is completed, how about you and Zhou Mingqing sleep together in a row on the mountain for a night?"
"Hey, don't beg for nonsense so late at night."
They were heading to the back of Laoyaliang Mountain. Zhou Shazi's death was rather gruesome, without a coffin, so the Zhou Mingqing brothers got a door panel and carried it to Laoyaliang, where they dug a hole and buried him.
Anyway, he had no home or descendants, and no one would worship him, so he didn't even have a grave. It was just compacted. Now the inside has rotted into fertilizer, and weeds are growing outside.
"Okay, here it is!"
After hearing this, a few people threw Zhou Mingqing down.
Zhou Mingqing fell down, probably hitting a rock. He groaned and looked like he was about to wake up.
Lu Dongping waved to the person dressed as a ghost, and the others withdrew immediately.
Soon, Zhou Mingqing woke up. He moved his hand and touched a wet leaf. The back of his neck hurt so much that it took him a long time to realize that he was not at home or in bed.
He remembered that it was Lanhua who called him to talk about something, saying that Zhu Feng had told her something when he left.
When we got to the edge of the yard, what did Lanhua say? She said—
Zhou Mingqing thought for a long time before she remembered. Zhou Lanhua had said that Zhu Feng had told her before he left that he had killed a fool. How did Zhu Feng know that? If Zhu Feng knew that, why didn't he report her? Why did he tell her only when he was leaving?
That’s not right. Zhu Feng has been gone for almost half a month. If Zhou Lanhua knew it earlier, why did she only say it now?
He didn't have time to figure all this out. He first realized where he was. Like a forest? How did he end up in the woods?
He took a deep breath and planned to sit up first. After all, it was so dark that he couldn't see anything.
As a result, I couldn’t even sit up!
Something grabbed his legs and he couldn't get free.
"Brother, it hurts! You hit me so hard—"
It’s that idiot’s voice!!!
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Zhou Mingqing's arrest seemed to be silent, but the news spread quickly in the team. Zhou Mingqing killed his stupid brother, and he admitted it himself.
Wen Wan asked Lu Dongping curiously, "Did he really admit it himself? Isn't he very brave? You threw someone over to where Zhou Shazi was buried, and he was so scared that he admitted everything?"
Lu Dongping chuckled: "There is a guy in our militia camp who can imitate people's voices. Although he has never seen Zhou Shazi, he has seen other idiots! He can imitate the idiot's words ten times ten. I first let Zhou Lanhua tell him that he killed Zhou Shazi, and then knocked him unconscious and took him to the mountains. Then I let the guy grab his legs and call him brother. No matter how brave he is, it is a fact that he killed people. He is guilty as a thief. It would be strange if he didn't pee his pants in fear. At that time, Zhou Mingqing, Liu Zhaoxing and others were squatting nearby. Everyone heard the cruel words he said clearly. What if I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time. I can kill you when you are a human, and I am afraid of you when you are a ghost——"
Wen Wan sighed after hearing this: "He should be sentenced, right?"
Lu Dongping shook his head: "Who knows!"
Wen Wan said, "It would be better to execute him! He killed his own brother. Not to mention the grudges, he also made Deng Hongjuan take the blame. Even if this is reported and the man is released, his life will be very difficult in the future."
Lu Dongping sighed. This was indeed the case, but what could he do? Every person had their own life, and he himself was just an ordinary person. Without supernatural powers, he couldn't save everyone.
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