Chapter 130 Chapter 130 Ancestral Hall

Inside the interrogation room, Yang Zhaoyun sat on a chair with a calm expression, not looking like someone who had been arrested for interrogation.

"Where did you hide Lu Yannan?" the interrogator asked again in a sharp voice.

"Thrown it into the sea." Still the same answer.

Xia Junshan walked in holding his daughter. The interrogator immediately stood up and saluted. Xia Junshan nodded slightly and pointed at Yang Zhaoyun and said to his daughter:

"Is this the person who took Yan Nan away?"

Xia Qinqin looked at the woman in front of her, shook her head, and said affirmatively: "It's not her."

Xia Junshan turned to look at Yang Zhaoyun and suddenly said, "Director Yang, I heard that your father used to be an employee of the largest capitalist in Qiongzhou City, and Huanxian Textile Factory was also the property of that capitalist. When the country was first liberated, the capitalist fled abroad, and it was your father who led the workers in the factory to hand over the factory's production data to the country. Because of this, your father was appointed as the deputy director of Huanxian Textile Factory."

Yang Zhaoyun sneered, "You guys are very quick. You found out everything."

Xia Junshan said: "We can get this information by sending someone to Huanxian Textile Factory. We also found out something else. Someone once reported your father for accepting bribes."

After saying this, Xia Junshan paused and looked at Yang Zhaoyun who was sitting on the chair, and her eyes also fluctuated for a moment.

Xia Junshan continued, "Three years ago, during the housing allocation work at the textile factory, your father gave priority to several employees who had received benefits. This matter was reported to the factory secretary's office. After the factory investigated, it was dropped because there was no evidence. However, the reporter was found dead at home a year later. The cause of death was excessive drinking."

After hearing this, Yang Zhaoyun said in a disdainful tone: "He deserved it. It was just a bottle of wine, and he drank himself to death." As she said that, she raised her head and looked directly at Xia Junshan, and said sarcastically: "Why, do you think it was my family that did it? It's a pity that our family happened to be having dinner that day, and the whole family was at our own house, so we didn't go to his house."

Xia Junshan said: "The deceased's family also called the police at the time, and we also checked the police files. Your family really did not go to his house. Not only did you not go there, but no one went to the deceased's house that day. He was really drinking alone at home."

Yang Zhaoyun leaned back in his chair, his shoulders slightly relaxed, and smiled, "What exactly do you want to ask? Do you want to use this incident to re-convict my family? My father was one of the first workers' representatives who opposed capitalism. You should think twice before touching him."

It seems that they have no other means and actually want to use this incident to threaten me. It's really funny... That ignorant person has been buried in the ground a long time ago. Even if they dig him up and perform an autopsy, no evidence will be found.

After all, most people don't know that the combination of drugs and alcohol can kill people silently...

After hearing what Yang Zhaoyun said, Xia Qinqin slightly tightened her grip on Xia Junshan's hand and looked up into his eyes.

Dad, this is a bad guy!

Xia Junshan looked down at his daughter and patted her shoulder to comfort her.

He turned to look at Yang Zhaoyun again and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely investigate the case with evidence. There are thousands of employees in the textile factory, and some things can't be kept secret just because we want to."

Yang Zhaoyun said disdainfully: "Then you guys take your time to investigate. I'll wait."

Humph, even if you can find out something, by then, your goal will have been achieved.

Xia Junshan continued to ask: "Why did you come to the island?"

"I came to apologize."

"When did you get in touch with Tong Caifeng?"

“I don’t remember.”

"Who introduced you to Tong Caifeng?"

"A friend."

"Did she instruct you to carry Lu Yannan away?"

"...No, Tong Caifeng paid me to take the baby away."

"Why did you hide Lu Yannan?"

"I didn't hide him. I threw him into the sea."

Xia Junshan looked at her with sharp eyes and said slowly: "The crew of that ship has been recruited. You didn't bring the child on board at all. You only brought a sack."

Yang Zhaoyun said calmly, "I put the child in a sack, they didn't know."

"No, one of the crew members touched the sack, and it did not contain any children."

Yang Zhaoyun paused and fell silent.

She wondered in her mind, had anyone touched her on the boat?

"Tell me! Where did you hide him?"

Humph, it’s a place you can’t find anyway. The only people in this world who can find that place are the Feng family—the real owners of this island—who know about it. You robbers, don’t even think about finding it…

In response to Xia Junshan's question, Yang Zhaoyun still said the same thing: pushing people into the sea.

Xia Qinqin tugged at the corner of Xia Junshan's clothes and looked at him anxiously: Dad, I heard what she said!

She understood the meaning of her daughter's eyes, stopped questioning her, and carried her daughter out.

Meng Yufei had been standing at the door. When she saw them coming out, she hurried over to ask, "How's it going?"

Xia Junshan shook his head: "Qinqin said it wasn't her who took Lu Yannan away."

Meng Yufei said, "How about this, I'll take Qinqin to the bathroom first, and then I'll go identify Tong Caifeng later."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

After the couple finished talking, they took their daughter out of the interrogation room corridor. Outside was a row of offices. Xia Junshan pointed to the front and said, "The toilet is over there. I'll wait for you here."

Meng Yufei nodded and took her daughter into the women's restroom. She looked carefully and found that there was no one there.

"Qinqin, did you hear what that woman said just now?" Meng Yufei squatted down and asked in a low voice.

Xia Qinqin nodded: "I heard it, she said..." She leaned close to Meng Yufei's ear and began to repeat in a low voice what she had just heard.

After a while, Meng Yufei came out holding her daughter and nodded to Xia Junshan who was not far away.

Xia Junshan felt relieved and held Xia Qinqin to identify Tong Caifeng.

The moment she saw Tong Caifeng's back, Xia Qinqin said with certainty, "It was her! Dad, she was the one who took Brother Yannan away."

Tong Caifeng was now paralyzed in a chair, in a listless state. She held her belly and kept muttering, "It's impossible. I'm clearly pregnant... How could I be gone? My son is already in my belly... It's impossible that I'm gone..."

Last night, a doctor was called to examine Tong Caifeng and confirmed that she was not pregnant at all. She just took the medicine from that woman and delayed her menstruation.

Upon hearing the news, Tong Caifeng was shocked and refused to believe it, but the doctor patiently explained her physical condition to her, proving that she had been deceived.

Although Tong Caifeng vehemently denied it, her heart had already begun to waver. Her confused emotions gave the interrogator an opportunity to quickly break down her mental defenses and ask her more questions.

After pointing out the people, Xia Junshan said, "I'll take you out."

After walking out of the interrogation room, Meng Yufei saw that there was no one around, so she quickly whispered the information that Qinqin had just heard into Xia Junshan's ear.

From a distance, the two people seemed very intimate, as if they were whispering.

But they are husband and wife, and at most people think they have a good relationship, so no one finds it strange.

After saying that, Meng Yufei took her daughter back, while Xia Junshan turned around and strode towards the interrogation room.

"Is Zhao Zhengliu still investigating at the textile factory?"

"Yes."

"Immediately call the textile factory and ask them to ask Zhao Zhengliu to answer the phone. I have something to ask him."

After a while, Zhao Zhengliu's voice came from the phone, "Captain, what's the matter?"

Xia Junshan asked directly: "Did the textile factory originally belong to a capitalist family named Feng?"

Zhao Zhengliu said: "Yes, his last name is Feng."

"Go check now to see what the connection is between Nanya Island and the Feng family."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Time passed by little by little. Xia Junshan raised his hand and looked at his watch three times. Then the phone rang. He immediately picked it up: "Hello?"

Zhao Zhengliu's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Captain, it turns out that our island used to be the territory of the Feng family! His family made a fortune in Haishi more than fifty years ago, and after returning to Qiongzhou, they opened several factories and bought Nanya Island, saying that the feng shui there was good, and built an ancestral hall on it."

Xia Junshan frowned: "Ancestral hall? Is it the building behind the middle school?"

"Yes, that's where it is. After liberation, the town requisitioned the land there, and all the meetings were held there."

"Now see if you can find a few people from the Feng family who used to be here. See if anyone knows about this ancestral hall. If so, bring them here."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Junshan immediately ordered: "Bring a few more people with me to look for the person. Oh, and bring a few military dogs."

He guessed that Lu Yannan was most likely hiding in that ancestral hall.

Last night, the troops had already searched one side of the island with military dogs, including the ancestral hall, but did not find anyone.

According to what Yang Zhaoyun just thought in his heart: only the Feng family knows.

From this perspective, there might be a secret room in the ancestral hall.

Xia Junshan brought his men and military dogs and searched the ancestral hall inside and out, but still couldn't find the person.

He even had people start touching every brick, but still couldn't find any secret room.

Xia Junshan stood in the yard, looking down at the blue bricks under his feet. Could it be underground?

A whole morning passed, and there was still no harvest.

"Captain Xia, we have checked every brick here and found nothing. Could it be here?"

Xia Junshan had no choice but to take his men back first, but before leaving he still left two people here to guard.

The place where tablets were originally enshrined in the ancestral hall no longer has any tablets. Instead, there are several slogans hanging there. The wall behind the slogans is engraved with densely packed inscriptions. It is said that these are the sutras for the salvation of souls written by a master at the request of the Feng family.

Suddenly, a brick engraved with an inscription moved slightly, revealing a crack, which was not very conspicuous among the densely packed inscriptions.

There was a pair of eyes in the gap, watching Xia Junshan and the others as they left.

…

Not long after Xia Junshan returned to the army, Zhao Zhengliu also returned.

"Captain, I'm back!"

"Have you found the Feng family?" Xia Junshan asked him.

"No," Zhao Zhengliu shook his head, "But I know there is someone on the island who is related to the Feng family. She might know about the ancestral hall."

"Oh?" Xia Junshan was a little surprised, "Who is it?"

Zhao Zhengliu said, "Auntie Liu is the mother-in-law of Captain Song of the Fourth Regiment and the mother of Teacher Tang in the kindergarten."

"She?" Xia Junshan really didn't expect that this Aunt Liu was actually related to the Feng family.

"Yes, more than 40 years ago, Aunt Liu was brought back from Hai City by the eldest son of the Feng family to be his concubine. It is said that she was very favored. The eldest son of the Feng family even wanted to marry her, but unfortunately she was suppressed by her family."

"After the Liberation War, the Feng family moved abroad, and Aunt Liu was left behind. As a victim of oppression in the old society, the organization arranged a job for Aunt Liu, and she later adopted a daughter, Teacher Tang Jiayi."

Zhao Zhengliu told him the information he had found out, "So, I think Aunt Liu might know about the ancestral hall."