Old Qiu nodded without hesitation. "Ten years ago, I've been busy on this matter. Three years, or maybe even three years, I forgot how many years it was. Every department told me that people were indeed dead. Commander Zhan Chengji also died at the time, and there were countless other injured people..."
The body was not brought back, only the ashes were brought back."
Old Qiu spoke slowly, recalling the past while saying that she tried hard to remember everything that happened ten years ago. She had waited for ten years, but it was not easy to wait until someone asked about the death of her junior brother.
By the time Ruan Tang finished reading all the letters, it was already past lunchtime.
"Is there any useful information?"
Ruan Tang nodded and found a few of the letters.
One letter was from Elder Zong, telling Old Qiu that his hypnosis attempt on a person had failed, and that person hadn't forgotten their past. This coincided with the time when Minister Ji was on a mission.
In a later letter, Elder Zong wrote that, while hypnosis had failed on the first person, it surprisingly worked after the person was injured. He suspected that hypnosis required a trigger, such as injury. He promised to research this further. This coincided with Minister Ji's injury.
In the next few letters, he also wrote about Minister Ji's behavior. He seemed to have forgotten his previous memories. He only remembered the fake identity assigned to him by his superiors after the hypnosis failed.
This made Elder Zong feel a little tricky. He said that he would always observe Minister Ji's performance and try to help Minister Ji regain his memory after the mission was over.
"If you have these letters, take them with you. If you can find out how my junior brother died, remember to let me know."
Ruan Tang agreed.
Seeing Lao Qiu carefully putting away the letters one by one, Ruan Tang looked at them silently for a few seconds before leaving.
After a while, the old people came into the study, holding noodles and homemade pickled vegetables.
"You must be hungry. Why not eat some noodles while they're hot? This is the most famous seafood rice noodle dish in Ningbo."
Lao Qiu collected the letter and put the iron box back on the shelf. "How did you know I hadn't eaten yet?"
"It's Xiao Ruan. When he came to our house, he left ten yuan and meat coupons for each family, asking us to take good care of you in the next few days."
Old Qiu was stunned. He didn't expect Ruan Tang to be so meticulous.
After recalling the past, she felt exhausted and just wanted to lie down and rest.
With the old friends looking after him, Old Qiu ate his noodles and took a stroll before chatting with them about Ruan Tang's background.
The old people didn't expect that Ruan Tang was the legendary Dean Ruan, and they were all surprised.
"Oh, I didn't recognize him. It's all the newspaper's fault. They made him look ugly. Xiao Ruan is so pretty. He's humble and respectful to the elderly. He deserves his ability..."
Lao Qiu:... Old friends, have you forgotten what she said to me when we first met?
That night, Ji Nanfeng returned home for two consecutive nights.
On the third day, he returned exhausted and checked on Zhan Tingbai's opponents.
Not surprisingly, Ji Gaoyang was one of them.
Ruan Tang left the letter from the clan elder for Ji Nanfeng to read. After reading it, Ji Nanfeng immediately said, "We can take advantage of the New Year to interrogate Zhan Tingbai and Ji Gaoyang, as well as the Zhan family."
With the letter provided by Ruan Tang, the general situation was clear. The rest just needed to be supplemented by tricking the Zhan family.
Ji Nanfeng closed his eyes for two nights, hugged Ruan Tang and said a few words, then he started snoring.
When he opened his eyes again, he heard his grandmother's voice in the yard.
He must be still asleep and dreaming, otherwise how could he hear his grandmother's voice? His grandmother should be in the staff quarters of Provincial No. 1 Hospital right now.
Ji Nanfeng closed his eyes again, and Grandma Ji's voice became clearer.
Mixed in with this was the voice of Ruan's father, Ruan Qi, trying to mediate.
Ji Nanfeng jumped up, put on his military coat and went out.
Then he looked at the gate of the courtyard.
Grandma Ji was hitting Minister Ji with her cane.
"Old man, why do you hit me as soon as we meet? You are so rude!"
Grandma Ji was so angry that she gasped, "Old man?! You are so mean! You are a traitor to your teachers and ancestors!"
"Old man, if you hit me again, I will fight back!"
"Hey, fight back if you're brave enough! I'll just stand here and wait for you to fight back. Let's see if God will strike you dead, you unfilial son!"
When Ji Nanfeng came out, he saw Ji Xiaodi standing by the door watching the fun.
Ji Nanfeng gave Ji Xiaodi a slap on the wrist. "It's New Year's Day, and you've upset your grandma. Can you afford it?"
Little brother Ji grimaced in pain, "I just want to see grandma beat him up, it's so cool and so satisfying."
"Isn't it easy to vent your anger? One day, just grab a sack and put it on the guy, drag him to an alley and beat him up."
Minister Ji: ...So, his two sons were discussing putting him in a sack right in front of him? Did they think he was dead?!
After comforting little brother Ji, Ji Nanfeng went to comfort grandma Ji.
"He's not very smart anymore and doesn't recognize people. Don't bother with him."
Ji Nanfeng coaxed Grandma Ji into the house, "I haven't seen Xiao Baibai for so long, don't you want to hug him?"
Grandma Ji was successfully persuaded by Ji Nanfeng. She had plenty of time to beat her son in the future, so why would she bother to see little Baibai?
"Grandma's little Baibai, look what grandma brought you..."
Grandma Ji disappeared at the gate of the courtyard, and Minister Ji also stood up. This old lady was really strong. She really wanted to fight. She chased after him and beat him as soon as they met without even saying hello.
"Xiao Ji, is the old lady my mother?"
Minister Ji only dared to ask Ji Nanfeng when he saw that the old lady was gone.
Ji Nanfeng glared at Minister Ji rudely, "You don't even recognize your own mother, and you still have to ask me? That's unfortunate, I don't even recognize my own father."
Ji Nanfeng closed the door in front of Minister Ji.
After entering the room, I confirmed that Grandma Ji was in good spirits and was entertaining Xiao Baibai with the new toys she bought at the train station.
Little Baibai hadn't seen Grandma Ji for a long time. The old and the young were huddled together, whispering to each other. Most of the time, it was Grandma Ji who was talking, and all she could hear was Little Baibai's strange words.
Xiao Baibai was very affectionate with Grandma Ji, and also did not forget to interact with Aunt Xie.
Ruan Qi watched from the side and felt very jealous, "You guys raised me. When I first came here, you wouldn't even let us touch me..."
Ji Nanfeng quietly retreated from the doorway and asked in a deep voice, "Did my grandma and the others come here on their own?"
"I invited him."
Ji Nanfeng was about to curse, but before he could open his mouth he was met with Ruan's father's stern face.
He swallowed the curse words hard: this person is not someone he can afford to offend.
Ji Nanfeng smiled: "Why didn't you tell me? I would have gone to the train station to pick you up."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you."
Ji Nanfeng was about to burst out with the curse words he had just suppressed, and he looked at Ruan Tang.
He swallowed the curse words again: This person is not someone he can afford to offend.
Ji Nanfeng's smile deepened: "It's okay, I just have to trouble you to arrange these. I've been so busy lately that I haven't thought about the New Year."
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