After reading the confessions of the criminals, the rest were confessions from related persons, including Lu Yin's parents, her three brothers, two sisters, and two sisters-in-law.
Qin Zheng turned to one of the pages and was suddenly attracted by a name on it.
His brows furrowed as he pointed at the name and asked Xu Yingjie, "Xu Qizhi, Lu Yin's second sister-in-law is named Wu Caiwei. They both have the surname Wu. Do you think there's any connection between her and Wu Yongchang Qizhi? Are they related?"
"Wu Caiwei? That name doesn't sound familiar." Xu Yingjie thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's mainly because I'm not familiar with Wu Yongchang, so I really don't know if he has any relatives."
"How about you wait a moment? I'll go ask Sister Ma, the clerk in the bureau. She's our bureau's gossip-monger. There's no gossip she doesn't know."
Qin Zheng nodded: "Tuo."
Xu Yingjie grabbed a handful of candies from the drawer, stood up and went out to find the office clerk, Sister Ma. Qin Zheng stayed in the office waiting for him and read the rest of the contents in the file.
Afraid of missing any information, he sorted it out again from the beginning. At this time, Xu Yingjie, who had gone out to inquire about the news, also came back.
He sat down opposite Qin Zheng and said with a serious expression, "Qin Qizhi, you really guessed it right. Wu Yongchang's eldest sister is indeed called Wu Caiwei."
"Sister Ma lives on the same street as the Wu family. She told me that the Wu family is very famous in their street."
"How do you become famous?" Qin Zheng asked, "A good reputation or a bad reputation?"
"He gained fame by selling his daughter. Do you think it's a good reputation or a bad reputation?" Xu Yingjie said.
Qin Zheng tutted, "This kind of reputation is really not good enough."
"Sister Ma is so excited about talking about the gossip about the Wu family. She keeps talking non-stop. If I didn't have something important to say, I would have stayed and listened to her for the whole morning."
Xu Yingjie said: "Wu Caiwei was not called this name at first. She was called Wu Daya at first. Before liberation, her parents sold her to the Lu family as a maid. Later, she became the concubine of Lu Yin's second brother Lu Kai, and then changed her name to Wu Caiwei. After liberation, the country abolished polygamy. As a concubine, Wu Caiwei should have been dismissed, but she was lucky. She was pregnant at the time, and Lu Kai's wife took the opportunity to divorce her. Wu Caiwei turned her life around and went from being a concubine to Lu Kai's legal wife."
"Lu Yin and Lu Kai are siblings born to the same father and mother. They are the closest siblings in the entire Lu family, so Lu Yin is also Wu Caiwei's legitimate sister-in-law."
"Wu Yongchang's job as a household registration officer was also arranged through Lu Kai. Don't underestimate Lu Kai, who is only a small clerk in the Housing Authority. More than a decade ago, the Lu family was quite influential in Shanghai. Lu Kai's father, Lu Xue'an, was the mayor of the Shizhong District, which was quite a high position."
Qin Zheng nodded: "It's not small."
Xu Yingjie sighed, "It's because Lu Xue'an had already retired when Lu Yin committed the crime. Otherwise, with her father being the district chief, we might not have been able to apprehend her back then."
"In this case, my sister does have some luck." Qin Zheng said with a smile.
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