Chapter 442 Scapegoat
After He Xu came back, he told Chen Tang about Zhang He looking for him.
He didn't see Zhang He, so the latter would definitely send someone to keep an eye on him.
"Just keep an eye on him, we can investigate Zhang Cai's case secretly."
He Xu was confused: "Who will help us?"
Chen Tang smiled and said, “In addition to Qin Fang, in fact, Hejia Village also has our manpower. The people of Hejia Village are united, and many of them work in the county. County Magistrate Zhang is keeping an eye on us, but he can’t guard against the people of Hejia Village.
Didn’t the village chief say that there is someone in the village who works at the police station? I guess he must know a lot about what Zhang Cai did.”
"We just need to make sure that the story is true. We don't need to find physical evidence. We just need to provide a way for them to go to the capital. Someone will investigate the officials in Lincheng."
He Xu was impressed by Chen Tang's intelligence, she was worthy of being a girl who could be admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University.
"I know what to do. Don't leave the village these few days. I will arrange the rest."
Chen Tang simply became a hands-off boss.
The next day, He Xu took Chen Tang to dig out all the treasures buried in the east.
There were calligraphy and paintings as well as precious books inside. They dug out three boxes and it took them a long time to sort them out.
The books certainly cannot be taken out carelessly, as some of them are banned, but they can be used as treasures, and these books are extremely valuable.
Chen Tang: “Give these books to me. Don’t touch the damaged books for now. I want to make a copy of these two medical books for the memorial book, and donate the unique copies to the Chinese medicine community. If the banned books are not burned, find a place to bury them again.
Grandpa will definitely like the remaining paintings. Let’s take them back tonight and give them to him when we return to the capital.”
He Xu thought this arrangement was fine.
After the treasure in the east was dug up, a few days later, the workers who were contracted to repair the house came to the village with materials.
When the villagers knew that the ancestral home needed to be renovated, everyone was curious about how it would be done.
Such a large piece of land must be renovated slowly. He Xu and Grandpa He have discussed building a residential area on the east side so that the whole family can live there when they come back for the New Year this year.
When I have enough money in the future, I will renovate other aspects of the house. Then I will hire a designer to design it. It would be best if it combines Chinese and Western styles and sets it up as a Chinese-style villa.
When the workers were carrying out repairs, the village chief would stand with his hands behind his back and take a look from time to time. He was more concerned than He Xu, fearing that the workers would damage the house while repairing.
Chen Tang played in the countryside for a few days, and finally there was news from Qin Fang.
The place where Cen's parents were sent down was quite far from their village. It took two hours to drive there. It could be said that it was right in a valley.
Qin Fang and her stepmother not only found the person, but also chatted with him for a while.
Since the death of their youngest son, they have been living like puppets all day long, aging a dozen years in an instant. If it were not for the hatred supporting them, they would have followed their son and daughter long ago.
Qin Fang said she wanted to help them get revenge, and Cen's parents agreed without considering her purpose.
As long as I can get revenge, I would be willing to let them die.
Qin Fang told Chen Tang the news, but Chen Tang did not go to pick him up immediately.
The project has just gotten on track and He Xu has not yet planned to return to the capital. If they rashly contact the Cen family's parents and Zhang He finds out, he will probably wipe out the whole thing.
Under the instruction of the village chief, the young policeman working at the police station in Hejia Village retrieved the records of Zhang Cai's imprisonment several times.
Among them, Zhang Cai was arrested three times for raping women, but because of his powerful background, he was released within two days.
Afterwards, the three families were forced to sever ties with their daughters because their daughters became pregnant out of wedlock.
The three girls had their babies aborted and all suffered the same fate as the Cen family. They were locked up in the cowshed and cursed. Eventually, two of them committed suicide because they could not stand the rumors.
The one left was crazy and was picked up by an old bachelor in the village. She gave birth to two children and has survived to this day thanks to the old bachelor's care.
In addition, Zhang Cai was taken to the police station three times for beating people. The first time was when he molested a female employee while working in the factory. The female employee was the factory director’s secret mistress and had many suitors. After her suitors found out about it, they had a big fight with him. Both of them were locked up in the police station, and in the end only Zhang Cai got out.
The second time was because Zhang Cai was bullying the county and molested a policeman's sister, and was beaten by the policeman until he could hardly get up.
The result was the same: the young policeman was dismissed from his post and his entire family moved out of the county.
The third time he was imprisoned for more than half a year was because Village Chief He had mentioned that Zhang Cai had molested the daughter of a cadre of the Revolutionary Committee.
County Magistrate Zhang is only the third in command in the county, with the county party secretary and the director of the county revolutionary committee above him. But he has a brother-in-law who is an official in the city, and no one wants to offend him.
The county revolutionary committee member protected his confidant but was unwilling to completely offend County Magistrate Zhang.
Imprisonment for half a year was just a lesson for County Magistrate Zhang. County Magistrate Zhang treated people to a meal and spent money to buy peace, and only then was the matter suppressed.
Seeing how lawless Zhang Cai was, with so many bad deeds to do, innocent victims dying tragically and the perpetrators acting with impunity, Chen Tang couldn't help but clench his fists like He Xu!
How could so many lives be compensated by just Zhang Cai's life?
The culprit is still the municipal party secretary!
Unfortunately, they had no evidence that the municipal party secretary had committed corruption and bribery, otherwise the charge of shielding a criminal would be too light and the worst he would have done would have been a demotion.
"In Lincheng, are there no members of your He family serving as officials?"
Shen Tang didn't believe that the municipal party secretary could cover the sky with one hand, and there was no hostile party.
He Xu thought for a long time and finally remembered a person: "There is one, but that person is not from our He family. He is a comrade-in-arms of my father. We haven't contacted each other for many years. I don't know if he will help us."
"What position do you hold currently?"
"He should be the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee."
Chen Tang: "It's easy. Secretary Chen can raise such a nephew, so he must not be a good person. I don't believe he is clean. Similarly, the director of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee has great power. If he and Secretary Chen are hostile, it is impossible for him not to seize this opportunity to strike back at the other party.
There is only one possibility, that the Municipal Revolutionary Committee and Secretary Chen of the Municipal Party Committee are in cahoots with each other.
Your uncle is currently the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee. Anyone who can be friends with your father cannot be someone who is content with being ordinary. If he wants to take a step forward, this incident will be an opportunity.
You contact him and reveal some evidence about Zhang Cai's crimes. If he is interested, he should know how to cooperate with you."
He Xu narrowed his eyes, revealing a hint of danger: "But if he doesn't cooperate, then he can only be a scapegoat."
In his eyes, Zhang Cai is already a dead man.
Chen Nong, who sheltered Zhang Cai, was also his target.
Now only the Cen family's parents can be taken to the capital as witnesses. If his uncle does not want to offend the municipal party secretary, he will offend them.
He always has to stand at one of the two ends.
He didn't think the director of the Municipal Revolutionary Committee would protect him.
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