Sha Zhu suddenly asked Yi Zhonghai, "Was Wu Wei murdered by you and Granny Long in cooperation with enemy agents?"
Grandma Long was over sixty years old, and Sha Zhu didn't dare to forcefully interrogate her about her collusion with Yi Zhonghai to murder Wu Wei.
They were worried that Old Lady Long would simply pretend to be deaf and mute, or feign illness to make Sha Zhu unable to explain himself.
However, Sha Zhu's attack on Yi Zhonghai, based solely on the fact that Yi Zhonghai had secretly withheld the money that his father He Daqing had left for him and his siblings, was enough to give Yi Zhonghai a hard time.
Yi Zhonghai was terrified by Sha Zhu's sudden threat and stammered, "Sha Zhu, I understand that you're still angry with me for your father Da Qing's strict discipline of you, but you can't slander me!"
"Colluding with enemy agents to kill someone is such a heinous crime, how could I dare to do it..."
"Yi Zhonghai, you dare to do it but not admit it. Do you really think we have no witnesses to testify about how you and Granny Long conspired to murder Wu Wei..." Sha Zhu got desperate and lied, claiming that he had witnesses in his possession.
There were actually three witnesses, but they must have gone home long ago, right?
After all, Sha Zhu wasn't a military or police officer. He not only had no authority to detain people as witnesses, but he also lacked experience in handling cases. After finding out that the three people had seen Granny Long and Yi Zhonghai murder Wu Wei, he turned around and ran away.
In their haste to confront Yi Zhonghai and his wife, they forgot to leave someone to testify against the two men's crimes.
They didn't even inform the military and police personnel.
Sha Zhu rushed back to the courtyard, acting out of a sense of heroism to save Wu Wei, but he messed it up and became numb.
Yi Zhonghai vehemently denied the allegations, and Sha Zhu was unable to produce any witnesses or evidence. His attempts to bluff Yi Zhonghai with mere words failed.
Actually, it was all because Sha Zhu underestimated Yi Zhonghai's cunning and misjudged the nature of Yi Zhonghai's assistance to enemy agents in murdering Wu Wei, which was a fatal mistake.
Until the very last moment, Yi Zhonghai stubbornly refused to admit anything, saying he didn't care who it was.
Just as the two were arguing and the people in the courtyard were watching the spectacle, Liu Haizhong returned to the courtyard after work. After asking his wife what had happened, he pushed through the crowd and said, "Oh my, Yi Zhonghai ran into the hospital during work hours to cooperate with enemy agents in murdering Wu Wei. This is a big deal!"
"Dear residents, something terrible has happened in our compound. Someone please go and call the police..."
"No, you can't call the police. Sha Zhu is talking nonsense. Calling the police will ruin the reputation of our advanced courtyard house..." Yi Zhonghai was startled, broke free from Sha Zhu's grip on his collar, and raised his hand to stop him.
Unfortunately, his prestige as an old man had been completely tarnished, and Zheng Ya had already dealt with him thoroughly.
The people in the courtyard scoffed: "Yi Zhonghai, cooperating with enemy agents to murder Wu Wei is a serious crime. Calling the police is the best solution."
Do you expect the people in the compound to cover up your crimes?
“Yi Juehu, you have ulterior motives! You want the whole hospital to protect a criminal like you? It’s not even dark yet and you’re already dreaming!” Old Shen was the first to stand up and confront Yi Zhonghai.
Everyone in the compound knew perfectly well that Old Shen and his family of three had all been sent to the boiler room to work as boiler operators by Yi Zhonghai. The enmity had grown so deep that it would be unreasonable not to retaliate.
If outsiders don't know who Yi Zhonghai is, everyone in the compound over thirty years old knows that Yi Zhonghai is no human being.
Not to mention that Yi Zhonghai secretly beat up Zhang Dongmei, an older woman, and prevented her from being seen by others, in order to maintain his image as a good person, he is not a man.
Just considering that Yi Zhonghai has more than 30 disciples, none of them have ever given him gifts, greetings, or New Year's visits during holidays, it's clear that Yi Zhonghai has character issues.
These days, the bond between master and disciple is as strong as that between father and son. What disciple wouldn't embezzle from their master's home?
Then look at Uncle Yan Fugui in the courtyard, a stingy teacher who still gets visited by students during holidays.
Although the amount was small, the fact that people came to wish Yan Fugui a Happy New Year and give him gifts shows that Yan Fugui's character is much better than Yi Zhonghai's.
You have to understand that people starving to death is a common occurrence these days, and those who stingily take away people's money and food to survive are the most hated.
Even in this situation, Yan Fugui still had students and teachers visiting him, unlike Yi Zhonghai who was ignored by everyone.
So why is this the case?
At first, the people in the courtyard were unaware of the situation and were quite puzzled.
Some people started to dig deeper.
After all, there aren't many entertainment options these days. Besides playing chess, cards, and ping-pong, there aren't many other forms of entertainment!
As a result, Yi Zhonghai's character became the focus of attention in the compound. Through visits to the factory, a major scandal involving Yi Zhonghai was exposed.
Unfortunately for Yi Zhonghai, just as he became a level-five fitter, Zhang Dongmei fell ill and he had no money for medical treatment.
Since a fifth-level worker at a steel rolling mill can take on apprentices, some people gave money to Yi Zhonghai, asking him to take their sons on as apprentices.
Yi Zhonghai was short of money to treat Zhang Dongmei's illness, so he pretended to refuse but accepted the money and became her first apprentice.
This is not unusual.
When a master accepts a disciple, it's normal for the disciple to give the master gifts, annual gifts, and receive money.
If you want to learn your master's skills, don't expect him to teach you anything without putting in the effort.
The old saying goes, "Teach your apprentice and he'll starve to death."
Who can say that this statement is wrong?
It can only be said that the era created the interpersonal dynamics of the master-disciple relationship, and as the era changes, the master-disciple relationship also changes.
Unfortunately, Yi Zhonghai was conservative; he taught his followers six parts of the teachings but kept the other four parts secret and refused to teach them.
This caused his first apprentice to study as an apprentice for three years, but he still couldn't pass the exam to become a first-level fitter.
During those three years, Yi Zhonghai took on four apprentices, but none of them learned any skills from him.
So, the apprentices got together and exposed Yi Zhonghai's practice of taking on apprentices and charging them money.
Originally, the five apprentices just wanted to embarrass their master, Yi Zhonghai, and teach him their real skills.
Who would have thought that Yi Zhonghai would point out the shortcomings of his five apprentices in public, declaring that it wasn't that he didn't want to teach them real skills, but rather that their basic skills were not solid. He worried that if he taught them too much, they wouldn't be able to handle it, which would damage his reputation, but it would be a big deal if the factory's parts were destroyed!
Well, he used moral blackmail to manipulate his five apprentices.
In fact, the five apprentices knew perfectly well that their own shortcomings were the result of Yi Zhonghai's deliberate misguidance. He had long ago laid the groundwork to counterattack his five apprentices.
There's no other way, let's send it to Master again.
After all, every worker has a specific job, and countless people are watching their workstations. If they can't find a way to switch jobs, they can only submit to their mentors, give gifts to learn skills, and earn money to support their families!
Therefore, Yi Zhonghai accepted a generous gift from his apprentice, not caring about the apprentice's New Year's gifts, as long as he could get the benefits.
Apprentices like Jia Dongxu, who didn't give gifts, remained level one fitter even after five or six years.
This shows that Yi Zhonghai was more money-loving and more likely to save for old age than Yan Fugui.
At present, the people in the courtyard have exposed all the shameful things that Yi Zhonghai has done, and they are clamoring to call the police and bring Yi Zhonghai, the criminal who colluded with enemy agents to murder Wu Wei, to justice.
Liu Haizhong, acting as the second uncle, led the people in the courtyard to capture Yi Zhonghai, saying, "Yi Zhonghai might be an enemy agent. Take him to the police station to prevent him from harming the people in the courtyard. Should we kidnap him?"
"Liu Haizhong, you despicable person, kicking someone when they're down..." Yi Zhonghai was furious, his mind filled with the thought, "Wu Wei must die!"
It's good that the dead can't prove anything...
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