But this generous Section Chief Cui, whom he had just met, insisted on using public funds to treat him to a free meal, which touched the simple and kind-hearted Wang Deyin deeply, especially when Section Chief Cui promised to send a carload of goods to Wennan County next time he purchased goods, which was really a timely help.
I still met a good person.
Wang Deyin then made another plea while drinking, saying, "Chief Cui, since you promised to send me a carload of boards next time, then you must squeeze out a thousand boards for me this time. I am anxious to get the rice cooked.
Your brother-in-law is the regiment commander. It would be just a matter of a word for him to allocate me a thousand tickets. You can talk to the leader of the Mining Bureau's material station and tell him that the army has allocated a thousand tickets to the people with connections. Wouldn't it be the same if you send the tickets to the Mining Bureau next time?
The Mining Bureau has to listen to you, right? I will give you a lot of money. The wholesale price of each photo in Jinzhou is 21 yuan per photo. How about that?
All payments are in cash. 15,000 yuan will be paid to the Shishan unit, and 6,000 yuan will be paid to you. I can see that you are a big money-maker, so you can use the 6,000 yuan first, and we will cooperate next time.
I, Wang Deyin, keep my word. I will make sure you take the lion's share and earn a lot of money. I'll just rely on you as a big tree to provide me with some shade. Chief Cui, you must take care of me this time."
Song Zhijun was busy smoking and didn't express his opinion for a long time, which made Wang Deyin very anxious.
I was in a state of panic and had no idea where to go.
Wang Deyin could only feel anxious.
It was not until he went to bed at night that Song Zhijun let out a long sigh and whispered mysteriously.
"I gave you a thousand boards without the knowledge of the Mining Bureau, and I kept 6,000 yuan for myself. If this gets out, I'll be in big trouble. I'm a coward and have never done such a thing before. I'm worried that you won't be able to keep it a secret and will let it out."
"Don't worry." Wang Deyin was overjoyed. He slapped his chest and said heroically.
"How could I, Wang Deyin, a five-foot-tall man, do such a foolish thing? Only heaven and earth know, you and I know. If you say one wrong word, heaven will punish you with five thunderbolts!"
"Okay, it's a deal." Cui Baochun said happily.
"Wang Deyin, go home and withdraw the money tomorrow. I will wait for you at the Zhan'nan Hotel, and then we will go to the Shishan Army to pick up the goods. As for the 6,000 yuan, don't give it to me. Give it to my brother-in-law so that he can send a car to Wennan County for us next time..."
Wang Deyin was as happy as a weasel riding a rabbit. He went home early the next morning to withdraw the money. In the evening of the same day, Wang Deyin and his uncle Zhang Zhaolong arrived in Jinzhou and stayed at the Yan'an Hotel.
At 4 p.m. on the third day, Wang Deyin met with Song Zhijun at the Zhannan Hotel and said, "Chief Cui, I didn't bring enough money. I only brought 15,000 yuan, and I still need 6,000 yuan."
Song Zhijun pretended to ponder for a moment, then spoke calmly.
"How about this, you divide the 15,000 yuan into two payments to the Shishan Army: first, you pay 6,000 yuan to my brother-in-law, and second, you pay the remaining 9,000 yuan to the Shishan Army.
Then you write them an IOU and pay them back in a few days. You can pick up the 1,000 sheets of plywood and take them away. The army vehicle will deliver them directly to Zuogezhuang. Go call your uncle, and we will go to the Shishan Army to pick up the goods immediately..."
Song Zhijun went to Jinzhou Station and called a red taxi, and took Wang Deyin and Zhang Zhaolong to Shishan. After settling Zhang Zhaolong at the "Zuixianju" restaurant at Shishan Station, he took Wang Deyin and a bag of cash to the Shishan troops to pay the money and pick up the goods.
Wang Deyin never dreamed that Section Chief Cui of the Tiefa Mining Bureau's Material Station was the culprit who directed the robbery of his 15,000 yuan.
When Wang Deyin was knocked unconscious by two thugs with sticks, the farmer's abundant energy and strong vitality enabled him to struggle back from the brink of death.
As he recalled tumbling and tumbling across the snowy, cold, and deserted landscape before the Martyrs' Cemetery, his deceived heart still clung to the missing Section Chief Cui. Was he beaten to death or robbed by the criminals? He didn't know that Song Zhijun had directed the criminals to knock Wang Deyin unconscious, then fled with the bag of money. The Jin County Public Security Bureau, under the direction of Captain Chen of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, conducted an overnight investigation of the scene. They discovered blood dripping onto the road 25 meters south of the Martyrs' Cemetery, the central scene. Two meters south of the blood drip, they found a jeweled watch with blood stains on it. Three meters northeast of the blood drip, they found a 49-cm-long, half-broken pickaxe handle with blood stains on it.
There is a pit one meter to the north, with a 1X8CM bloodstain on the north side of the pit bottom, dripping onto the grass. There is a half-broken pickaxe handle inside the wall of the geological survey team on the south side of the Martyrs' Cemetery.
There were traces of footsteps in the snow in the ice ditch on the east side of the central site. Three types of footprints were visible in the apple orchard on the east side of the ditch one hundred meters to the north. Captain Chen led the scouts to track these three footprints in the snow. They crossed the land south of Liangtun and Xindianzi villages and tracked the footprints for more than ten miles, all the way to one thousand meters west of Yangquanzi Railway Station, where the three footprints suddenly disappeared.
Signs indicate that the three gangsters had climbed onto the train from the Yangquanzi Railway on a snowy night, and their direction, east or west, was unclear.
Meng Fanwu, Yan Haiquan, Liu Wei, as well as Director Shen of Shishan Police Station and a police officer inside the station hesitated and gathered around the last footprint, standing helplessly beside Captain Chen.
Captain Chen squatted in front of the footprints, staring at the familiar footprints, and suddenly the scene of the Mid-Autumn Festival robbery in Kangtun in 1980 flashed in his mind: There were two farmers in Xiawuqi Township, Dawuqi Township, Jin County, who were driving a donkey cart to sell rice from door to door. At around 1:00 in the evening, they were suddenly robbed by five gangsters. Captain Chen rushed to the scene after hearing the news. He tracked the footprints and footsteps all the way to the head of Kangtun Village and solved the robbery overnight.
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