Sun Yuying was so engrossed in watching the fun that she just stuffed the child into Yu Sui's hands.
Yu Sui didn't answer: "No, Mom, you take Lanlan back, I want to go to the brigade headquarters."
Upon hearing this, Sun Yuying finally put her mind back on her daughter: "What are you doing at the brigade headquarters?"
Yu Sui: "Don't worry about it, Mom. Take Lanlan back quickly. Big sister is worried. Oh, by the way, Yu Qi and I brought half a chicken for you to eat. Go back and eat it. If you don't go back, aren't you going to work?"
"Well, everyone's just watching the fun. Even Captain Yu Fugui is joining in the fun. What do I count as? But if there's chicken... then Lanlan, let's go back and eat some chicken."
Only then did Sun Yuying take the child back home.
Yu Sui had already walked ten meters away.
As soon as she walked out of the village lane, she ran all the way to the brigade headquarters and stood in front of Secretary Zou's desk, panting.
Secretary Zou was listening to a local opera on the radio. He was so frightened by Yu Sui's urgent presence that he forgot to clap his hands. "Yu Sui, what are you doing? Is there a fire?"
Yu Sui was barely breathing. "Almost! Secretary Zou, someone from our production team died on the riverbank!"
Secretary Zou was a conscientious and responsible cadre. He stood up and immediately turned off the radio: "Someone died? Who?"
Yu Sui: "Old octopus!"
"Him?... Really!" Secretary Zou pursed his lips and sat down again. "I thought it was someone else, Yu Sui. You just got back, so you definitely don't know. Old Octopus had severe dementia. He couldn't even explain what he ate or drank, and he loved running around everywhere. It's not surprising that he died on the riverbank."
Yu Sui: "Why isn't this surprising? This isn't a normal death. I heard there was blood in his mouth, and his son wanted to bury him right away. We can't let them do that. We have to call the police!"
Secretary Zou glanced at Yu Sui, his eyes full of dissatisfaction:
"You little girl, what do you know? You always call the police. Do you think our team is not glorious enough? The Public Security Bureau can't just focus on our team. How many times have they come so far? I think they are scared when they hear about our team! I am scared too! Yu Sui, please go back quickly. I finally have such a break in the day. Let me rest for a while and don't bother me."
Secretary Zou leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes as he spoke.
Only then did Yu Sui catch her breath.
She took a few deep breaths and tried to calm down. "Secretary Zou, so, when you said you wanted to rescue Zhang Caifeng, it was always a lie, right?"
"Huh?" Secretary Zou immediately opened his eyes. "What are you talking about? Old Octopus is dead now, so why are you dragging Zhang Caifeng into this? Yu Sui, stop making trouble and go back home."
"I'm not making a fuss. I can tell you, there must be something fishy about Old Octopus's death. It's also related to the rat poison that appeared in the food factory at the time!"
Secretary Zou looked at Yu Sui angrily with a stern face: "What's the matter? The Public Security Bureau couldn't find out anything, but you can?"
Yu Sui leaned on the table with her hands, her face serious.
"You said the Public Security Bureau can't just focus on our team, but I definitely have to look after the factory I've dedicated so much time to! I figured out a way to investigate what happened that day. Someone told me that the elderly men in charge of packaging stole half-packed candies and stuffed them into Old Octopus's pocket. Unbeknownst to them, Old Octopus's pocket had already been stuffed with rat poison, so the candies were contaminated when they were taken out again. The police can't uncover this kind of thing just by asking once, that's one thing.
Secondly, Old Octopus died on the riverbank, and the members of the cooperative couldn’t find his youngest son and his wife. They asked Old Octopus’ grandson, and he said that he had gone to visit relatives. But it was such a coincidence that when I went out early this morning, I met Old Octopus’s daughter-in-law, acting sneaky. It’s a busy time for the production team now, so who would go out to visit relatives for no reason?
Besides, if she really was out visiting relatives, she wouldn't have seen my brother and I riding our bikes and pretended not to know us, and she wouldn't have lied to my son and said she wasn't home last night!"
Secretary Zou's eyes were fixed.
Yu Sui also shut up at the right time and let Secretary Zou digest the news.
Sure enough, smart people can naturally find the problem from these two pieces of information.
Secretary Zou: "Then how did you know that Old Octopus had rat poison in his pocket on the day the food factory went wrong? You weren't there!"
"This matter has to start with Yu Laojiu. Yu Laojiu, do you know him?"
"How could I not know him? Who in this brigade don't I know?"
"So how much do you know about him?"
Secretary Zou naturally understood the hints. After hearing this, he squinted his eyes and asked Yu Sui, "What do you mean?"
"He told me that when Yu Zhu took the unfinished candy out of Old Octopus's pocket, some powder fell on his face, and he smelled rat poison. He suspected it was rat poison because he'd bought it before; he'd bought it before because his children treated him badly, and he bought it to commit suicide; his children were bad because his wife was having an affair and looked down on him. But who was the one having the affair? Old Octopus! How did his wife die? They say she vomited blood! Secretary Zou, do you know what else could cause vomiting blood besides illness?"
Yu Sui said all these words in one breath without stopping. When she suddenly stopped to ask, she found that Secretary Zou was completely confused.
Secretary Zou waved his hands: "Stop, stop, stop, Yu Sui, you... you, let me think about it first... This Yu Laojiu, he probably didn't tell the Public Security Bureau about these things... Wait, Yu Sui, what did you just ask me?"
"Let me ask you, besides being sick, what other conditions would cause vomiting blood?"
"What... do you want to say?" Secretary Zou's eyes were full of alertness.
Yu Sui sneered: "You know. You ate poison! Since ancient times, if it is not a disease, then only if you eat poison and damage the gastric mucosa will you vomit blood. I just heard my mother telling stories and learned that Yu Laojiu's wife died of vomiting blood. This made me realize that there must be something wrong with Yu Laojiu.
And you, Secretary Zou, you were certainly not the brigade secretary at that time, so you would not know about such things. That's fine, but now let's look back at the rat poison incident in the collective-run factory. This may not be an isolated incident. Who put the rat poison in Old Octopus's pocket?
As long as the person who put the poison there is found, at least Zhang Caifeng will be able to escape. So how can you sit back and watch Old Octopus die? What if someone else used rat poison to kill people? Could it be the same person who caused the rat poison incident at the collective factory last time? As the brigade secretary, is it justifiable for you not to report it to the Public Security Bureau?
Secretary Zou squinted at Yu Sui for a moment, then silently picked up the phone on the table. "Hello, this is the Dongfeng Brigade. Please connect me to the County Public Security Bureau. Yes, the County Public Security Bureau, Criminal Investigation Division."
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