Chapter 459: The Great Judge (The Case is Coming)
Xiaguan Village, Zhou Yi’s grandmother’s home.
There are three low bungalows, a fence, trees and a well in the yard, a yellow-haired dog, and a chicken coop.
There is a winding river next to it, and not far away is the lush and green Yunxia Mountain.
Smoke rises from the chimney and laughter can be heard in the house.
In addition to Zhou Yi's grandparents, his eldest uncle's family and second aunt's family are all here. His younger uncle from the city will bring his wife and children back for dinner tomorrow.
Zhou Yi's uncle has two daughters. The elder one is the same age as Lu Xiaoshuang, and the younger one is fifteen years old.
Zhou Yi's generation has already implemented the family planning policy, and usually there is only one child in a family.
If you have more children, you will be fined. For example, Zhou Yi's parents are employees of a steel plant and will lose their jobs.
So when my uncle's family gave birth to their second daughter, they kept the child hidden. After the child was born, they placed her with their grandparents to be raised. They only dared to bring her home when she was three years old.
But in those days, people who had a second child did so in order to have a son.
But unfortunately, things went against his wishes and the second child was also a daughter, so the uncle had no choice but to accept his fate.
My second aunt also has a daughter, who is sixteen years old this year.
However, my aunt and uncle both gave birth to sons.
Zhou Yi introduced them one by one, and Lu Xiaoshuang called them one by one.
Zhang Qiuxia, the loudmouth, had already boasted to her family about how well Zhou Yi was doing now, how he had found a girlfriend who was beautiful, sensible, and a university student at a prestigious university.
So my second aunt and eldest uncle always say the same thing to their daughters who are in middle school: "Go quickly. If you don't understand anything, go ask your sister. She is a college student."
Zhou Yi’s older cousin is called Zhang Xuan. After graduating from junior high school, she failed to get into high school. After playing at home for two years, she turned 18 last year and was arranged by her parents to work in a factory.
In the countryside, if a girl cannot change her fate through studying, there are basically only two paths waiting for her: either go out to work, or get married early at home, have children, and repeat the life of her parents.
Zhang Xuan is the latter. She is a cowardly person, not good at speaking, and submissive.
So in her previous life, she was introduced by a matchmaker and got married early at the age of 20, and gave birth to a daughter the following year.
It’s a pity that Zhou Yi’s cousin-in-law was not a good person. When his child was only five years old, he was detained for soliciting prostitution. His uncle even called Zhou Yi and asked him to use his connections to get the child out.
Not to mention that Zhou Yi didn't have the connections at that time, even if he did, he wouldn't be able to help.
After he was released, he kept quiet for two years and stopped visiting prostitutes. However, he ended up hooking up with a woman who used to work as a hair salon girl in the south, causing chaos at home.
Zhou Yi chatted with his grandparents in the kitchen for a while. When he came out, he saw Lu Xiaoshuang teaching his two cousins to do their homework and smiled.
But he didn't see Zhang Xuan, so he walked outside and found Zhang Xuan standing in front of the chicken coop in a daze.
"Xuanxuan." Zhou Yi walked over and shouted.
"Brother." Zhang Xuan responded and looked down at the chickens again.
"How's work going lately?"
"That's it, boring."
"The small factories in town are really boring. Why don't you go to the city and sign up for a training course or something, learn some skills, and then find a job in the city?"
Zhang Xuan shook her head and said, "My dad doesn't want me to go to the city. He says it's unsafe for a girl to leave. He says I should find a good family to marry into in two years and have a baby soon."
Zhou Yi was helpless, but this wasn't actually his uncle's fault. He was just a rural laborer with limited knowledge. From his perspective, he felt that this was the right thing to do, and it wasn't against the law.
"Don't worry about what your dad thinks, what do you think?"
Zhang Xuan was silent for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I don't know. I'm actually quite envious of my sister."
The sister she was talking about was naturally Lu Xiaoshuang, but she only called her that because of Zhou Yi. In fact, they were the same age, and Zhang Xuan was even three months older than Lu Xiaoshuang.
"My sister is studying at a prestigious university. She's definitely going to be a great person in the future. People are really different, but I just can't concentrate on studying. I get sleepy the moment I start."
Zhang Xuan said somewhat sadly, "I don't know what I want to do. I just know that I don't want to get married so early."
Zhou Yi felt helpless after hearing this, because that was the fact, not everyone knew what they wanted.
Many people are ordinary people who go with the flow and move forward in line with the development of the times and history.
But their ordinariness does not mean they are incompetent.
Zhou Yi has always believed that as long as a person does not commit crimes or violate laws and regulations, can support himself and his family, and pay taxes to the country, he is worthy of respect.
Being ordinary is great.
After thinking about it, Zhou Yi couldn't think of how to help his cousin, so he decided to become a charlatan.
"Xuanxuan, I met a fortune teller last time and asked him to tell your birthday. The fortune teller said that you must never marry someone who is a dragon, nor can you marry someone with the surname Liu, because people with the dragon and the surname Liu are incompatible with your destiny and will kill your parents!" Zhou Yi said seriously.
"Ah?" Zhang Xuan was stunned.
"Just tell your parents this, and tell them that I specially consulted a master from Mount Wutai to do the calculation."
"Oh, then I'll go find my dad." Zhang Xuan walked away a little confused.
Zhou Yi thought, I can only help her so far, at least I can get rid of that scumbag brother-in-law from her previous life. As for who she will meet in this life, that depends on fate.
As I was thinking about it, I suddenly felt something rubbing against my feet.
When I looked down, it was the local dog from my grandma's house.
"Hey, Dahuang, did you miss me?" Zhou Yi squatted down and stroked the dog's fur.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed someone behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Lu Xiaoshuang.
"Have you finished tutoring? Teacher Lu?" Zhou Yi asked with a smile.
"Well, your two cousins are very smart and they understand things very quickly." Lu Xiaoshuang squatted down.
"Dahuang, call me sister." Zhou Yi teased the dog.
"If he really calls me sister, you'll be scared to death. He's a demon."
"Don't worry, after the founding of the country, no spirits are allowed. Even if the Dragon King comes, he will be a loach." Zhou Yi joked, "But Dahuang is quite smart. You see, the first time you came, it knew you were one of them and didn't bite you."
Lu Xiaoshuang reached out and touched Dahuang's head, and it immediately lay on the ground in enjoyment.
"Hey, you're a guy who values women over friends." Zhou Yi scolded and laughed while stroking Dahuang's head.
"Officer Zhou can also tell fortunes. He even predicted whether someone will be born in the year of the dragon and have the surname Liu. This is too accurate." Lu Xiaoshuang suddenly said.
Zhou Yi was startled. He must have heard what he had just said. He quickly lied and said, "How could I do that? It's the master who calculated it, Master."
This time he finally understood what it meant to tell one lie and then have to tell ten more lies to cover it up.
No wonder those criminal suspects always have so many loopholes when they lie. The more you ask them, the easier it is to be exposed.
It seems that I should try to say less such things in the future, especially in front of Lu Xiaoshuang.
Zhou Yi always felt that he might have accidentally exposed something before.
"Then... has the master ever calculated for you? What kind of person will you find?" Lu Xiaoshuang asked with a smile.
"Master said..." Zhou Yi was about to speak when Da Huang on the ground suddenly barked twice.
Then grandma's voice called out from inside the house: "It's time to eat!"
"Coming." Zhou Yi replied.
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Another major feature of rural areas is that people like to visit each other after dinner, especially in summer.
This kind of village at the foot of the mountain is particularly cool at night. Many people will enjoy the cool air in the yard, fanning themselves with a palm-leaf fan. Some people will sit on small benches and chat for a while, cutting some watermelon, which is extremely comfortable.
Zhou Yi's mother, Zhang Qiuxia, grew up in the countryside and was used to visiting neighbors since she was a child. In addition, she lived in a steel factory dormitory and her neighbors were all co-workers, so she especially liked to visit and chat.
This is also the reason why many elderly people become depressed after being taken to the city by their children to retire, because the sense of boundaries between neighbors in the city is very strong, and many people don’t even see their next-door neighbors a few times a year.
This is how the relationship between people gradually becomes distant.
Today, the grandson of Mr. Zhang came and brought his girlfriend back with him, so naturally all the neighbors came to visit in the evening.
Everyone praised Zhou Yi for his promising future and Lu Xiaoshuang for her beauty and simplicity. This is the highest compliment for men and women in rural areas.
The smile on Zhou Yi's grandfather's face never stopped. The next day, grandma told Zhou Yi that your grandfather was laughing foolishly in the middle of the night, which scared her.
There was a family in the village whose surname was Lu. Their youngest son was named Lu Tiezhu, a grassroots police officer at the Yunlai Town Police Station. He was four or five years older than Zhou Yi and they played together when they were young.
They met again during the Chinese New Year this year. At that time, Zhou Yi had just started working at the police station, and Zhang Qiuxia asked him to ask Lu Tiezhu for advice.
In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed since we last met. One is still a police officer in the police station, and the other has become a celebrity in the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau.
Lu Tiezhu looked at Zhou Yi's ID in his hand, his eyes full of envy. They were both police IDs, but they were from different units, which made a world of difference.
"Oh, that's great, that's great." Lv Tiezhu couldn't help wiping Zhou Yi's ID and said to the person next to him, "Look at the words 'Criminal Investigation Detachment' written on them. They're so well written and so impressive."
Zhou Yi smiled.
"Zhou Yi, how did you do this? You jumped three levels in a row. I've never heard of such a thing." Lu Tiezhu reluctantly returned the certificate to Zhou Yi and asked.
From the police station to the branch bureau and then to the municipal bureau, that's a jump of three levels. And Lu Tiezhu knew that neither the Zhang nor the Zhou family had any relatives in official positions, so this seemed unbelievable to him.
"Brother Tiezhu, it was just a coincidence. I came across a case and helped a little. Then the leaders of the Municipal Bureau took a fancy to me, and they transferred me there as an exception." Zhou Yi said vaguely.
"Really? Then this leader is truly your benefactor."
At this time, the person next to him asked him: "What is the difference in level between you and Zhou Yi now?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Tiezhu said exaggeratedly, "Then there's a world of difference between us now. Zhou Yi is just one of the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals who fought against Monkey King, and I'm just the fish hiding in the corner when Monkey King was causing trouble in the Dragon Palace."
Hearing his description, everyone burst into laughter. Zhou Yi couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's not that exaggerated. I don't have any rank. I'm just like Brother Tiezhu, a people's policeman."
While talking and laughing, Zhou Yi saw another figure coming from outside, walking hurriedly along the fence, without even noticing it passing by.
Everyone couldn't help but quiet down and turned their eyes to this person.
It was Zhou Yi's grandmother who was more perceptive and shouted, "Aunt Ding, you've gone too far."
Everyone burst into laughter, and Aunt Ding outside finally came to her senses. She hurried back and walked in through the door.
Because the light was too dim, Zhou Yi couldn't see Aunt Ding clearly in front of him. He could only see her clearly after he got closer with the help of the dim light from the eaves.
She was an old lady in her sixties. I seemed to have seen her before, but I didn’t have a very deep impression of her.
When Zhou Yi saw the old lady, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
It’s not because of anything else, it’s just because Aunt Ding’s face looks very ugly.
This is something.
Zhou Yi's grandmother was a shrewd person, and she obviously knew something. She brought a small stool and advised, "Aunt Ding, some things are in the past, so don't dwell on them anymore. Look at it more positively. Have another child while they are still young."
Grandma's words made Zhou Yi's bad premonition even stronger. Does this mean that something happened to her child?
Aunt Ding was very thin, like a shriveled old lady. Some of her teeth had fallen out and were sparse. Her clothes were patched, and it was obvious that she was living in difficult conditions.
She didn't sit down, but pointed at Zhou Yi and asked his grandmother: "Sister-in-law, is this your grandson who is an official in the city?"
Grandma Zhou Yi quickly explained: "Being a police officer is about catching bad guys, not being an official."
Aunt Ding nodded with a dazed look in her eyes, muttering, "It's good to catch bad guys, it's good to catch bad guys."
Suddenly, the next second she did something that shocked everyone.
She knelt down in front of Zhou Yi and began to kowtow, shouting as she did so: "Grand Master, you must make the decision for my grandson."
This sudden scene startled everyone.
Zhou Yi hurried to help the other person, but Aunt Ding lay on the ground and refused to get up, just crying.
"Come and give me a hand." Grandma shouted to the aunts next to her.
Everyone was in a panic and finally pulled Aunt Ding up from the ground.
There is no doubt that there is something going on here!
After a while, Aunt Ding's emotions finally stabilized.
Zhou Yi then spoke up, "Aunt Ding, I'm not some high-ranking official. I'm just an ordinary police officer. But if you really have any problems, you can tell me. The police won't ignore it."
"Oh..." Aunt Ding sighed and started crying again. "My grandson, my grandson was killed by that evil woman, and you police officers didn't even shoot her. There's no justice!"
Zhou Yi turned his head to look at Lu Tiezhu and asked him what was going on.
Lu Tiezhu looked a little embarrassed.
"Aunt Ding, who is this bad woman you are talking about?" Zhou Yi asked.
Aunt Ding gnashed her teeth and said, "It was my daughter-in-law, that bitch! She killed my grandson, she killed her own son!"
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