When Wu Sicheng arrived at An Moxue's house, she had just seen off another group of women from the village. These women were so enthusiastic and gossipy that she almost couldn't handle them.
Actually, he had been there for a while, but he only vaguely heard the voices of several women talking by the outer wall of her backyard, so he didn't go in. After everyone left, he knocked on An Moxue's door.
When An Moxue came out, she saw that it was Wu Sicheng. She opened the door, smiled slightly, and said to Wu Sicheng, "Please come in."
"Mo Xue, are you alright?" Wu Sicheng looked at An Mo Xue calmly. Seeing that her complexion was normal and she did not look haggard or anxious, he felt relieved.
An Moxue walked inside, but Wu Sicheng didn't move. He just stood by the wall, out of sight from the outside. "Moxue, just say a few words here. I'm afraid you'll have more people coming later. I'll leave after I've said that."
An Moxue didn't answer his question, but stood not far from him and asked instead, "Why are you here?"
"I heard about the Red Guards searching you yesterday, so I thought I'd come and see you. Were you alright yesterday?"
"It's alright, I've already taken them to the county public security bureau."
"Where are these people from? From the town or the county?"
"From the town."
"Do you need any help?"
"No need. I've investigated the matter and am pretty much sure of it. The only thing I don't know is who wrote the whistleblower letter, and I don't know if the police have any results yet."
"Were you very fierce last night? You even replaced the front door!"
"Not bad! A bunch of barking dogs. How's your studying going these past few days?"
“Master Li said I have potential, but I need to work hard. I feel that I have made great progress and learned a lot, which has broken my previous understanding. I need to study hard.”
"This old man has high standards! It seems you are indeed quite good."
"How could someone have reported this? What was reported?"
"Jealous, huh? They reported me for keeping two wolves and living a life of luxury." An Moxue smiled faintly, seemingly unconcerned.
Wu Sicheng thought to himself, with such good conditions, it's impossible not to be envied. There's never a shortage of people who are jealous.
Wu Sicheng didn't see the two little ones and asked, "Where are the two little ones? Were they discovered?"
"No, they sent me to the mountains."
"How about I take him away, keep him for a while, and then send him back to you when things calm down?"
"Need not."
"Next time, let me know if anything happens. If I hadn't heard about it, were you not going to tell me?"
"No, it's nothing, I can handle it. There's no need to trouble you. If you really need something, I won't hesitate to ask."
"Okay, how about I come keep you company tonight? I'm afraid they might come back for a surprise attack."
"No need, it won't happen again. Don't worry, I can handle it."
"Alright! I'm leaving now. Call me if you need anything." With that, he turned and left the courtyard, disappearing into the woods behind the mountain.
After Wu Sicheng left, An Moxue packed up her things, rode her bicycle to the village chief to get a letter of introduction, and then rode to the county.
When An Moxue arrived at the county company bureau, Wu Sicheng was also at the county public security bureau, and the two unexpectedly met in the bureau chief's office.
An Moxue looked at Wu Sicheng sitting in the director's office, and Wu Sicheng also saw her.
Director Li, seeing An Moxue standing at the door and not coming in, only looking at Wu Sicheng, spoke first: "Moxue, so you and Sicheng know each other? It seems we're all old acquaintances. Come in quickly. I was just talking to Sicheng about your case!"
As An Moxue walked inside, she asked, "Uncle Li, is there any progress on your end?"
Then he found a chair and sat down by himself.
After sitting down, she glanced in Wu Sicheng's direction and raised an eyebrow. It was quick, but Wu Sicheng, who was always watching her, noticed it. He gave her a faint smile.
Director Li waited until she was seated before continuing, "Currently, the county public security bureau has received three letters reporting Mo Xue. All of them were anonymously sent, without going through the post office, and were placed directly in the cabinet committee's complaint box. However, two of these three letters have crooked handwriting, which is obviously copied by someone who writes with their left hand or cannot write. But there is one suspicious point: the letter paper is the same, and the tear marks are the same, indicating that they came from the same notebook."
The letter mentioned that she kept two wolves and lived a life of extravagance, detached from the masses. It was clearly written by someone jealous of her good life. But the strange thing is that these Red Guards didn't arrest people randomly; they were adept at bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If they had investigated even slightly, they would have known that Mo Xue was not someone to be trifled with. So why did they take action against her?
An Moxue spoke up: "Uncle Li, I went to the town's cabinet committee last night and happened to find some things. Jiang Shi, who died in the last case, was killed by that Fan Zijian, the one who followed us here from Beijing, the one who's over 1.8 meters tall. He orchestrated both of these cases. He and the town's cabinet committee director don't seem to know each other, but they're actually in cahoots. These Red Guards were all instigated by them. He even told us to investigate as much as we wanted, that he'd already found scapegoats. This means he's driving the whole case behind the scenes. What are they investigating? And he's just a subordinate; who's his superior?"
After listening to An Moxue's words, Director Li and Wu Sicheng knew that this was not a simple report case, but a premeditated arrest case, and that they still wanted to arrest An Moxue.
At this moment, An Moxue was puzzled. Was it not just that the family's property was being coveted?
Is it related to other things that you are unaware of?
Everyone fell into deep thought. Director Li felt as if there was a giant net in front of him, but he couldn't see the people in the net.
Wu Sicheng only learned about An Moxue's experiences during her short six months in the countryside after meeting Director Li.
He couldn't imagine the pressure a sixteen-year-old girl was under, and he despised his hasty confession.
It's really ignorant of me to like someone without knowing their past or present.
Standing in front of her now, I felt ashamed and embarrassed.
An Moxue overheard two people talking last night and only confirmed that her father and mother were murdered. What did they experience during their mission?
It seems that they were tortured to death because they refused to confess. What did they want them to confess?
If it's family property, they shouldn't have tortured him to death. How can you find the treasure after someone's death? It doesn't make sense!
What if it's something more important than treasure?
What is more important than treasure, something that one's father and mother would rather give up their lives for than reveal, must be something very important.
An Moxue racked her brains but couldn't come up with a single clue. She couldn't find any trace of her parents' work, and the possibility that they might have been discovered during a mission seemed unlikely.
Is it possible that they accidentally witnessed an important scene without realizing it, while the enemy happened to lose something important or information and assumed that the two of them knew about it? By chance, this situation arose, and they assumed that they might also know about it.
Judging from Fan Zijian's tone last night, his superiors would rather kill the innocent than let him go.
An Moxue became increasingly confused and couldn't make sense of it.
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