Reborn 73 years later, he takes his mother-in-law hunting in the mountains.

Chapter 676 The Past of Jin Wanliang

Mei Ping sighed and shook her head: "I took over this case from an older comrade. The original investigators have passed away, so their knowledge is limited. The higher-ups are taking this case very seriously because Jin Wanliang was a notorious bandit before he joined Deng Shifu's gang. His hands are stained with the blood of ordinary people, so we can't let him get away with it!"

Lu Yao nodded: "Passion alone won't do. How many leads do you have right now?"

Mei Ping was taken aback.

This case was assigned by higher authorities, and the case file is classified as confidential and cannot be disclosed casually.

You can consult the public about Jin Wanliang, but specific evidence and clues cannot be disclosed to anyone outside the task force.

Although Lu Yao is special, it's still against the rules to say it out loud.

Seeing Lu Yao looking at her, Mei Ping hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.

After all, Mei Ping, influenced by Lu Yao, was no longer so pedantic and rigid.

"I'm telling you, but you can't tell anyone."

Reaching out, I opened the drawer and took out a small blue plastic notebook.

Lu Yao thought the face looked familiar.

Isn't this the notebook that Mei Ping hid when I came to rummage through things last time?

At the time, I thought it was her diary, and I regretted not reading it first to see if she had also recorded her feelings for me, just like Sister Ju Wen.

It seems I guessed wrong.

Director Mei wasn't as demure as Sister Ju Wen; this was a notebook for recording case details.

However, Ju Wen is not the demure, delicate type of woman; later on, she even held a higher official position than Mei Ping.

He was lost in thought and his mind wandered. Meiping called to him, and he finally snapped out of it.

"Hey, Lu Yao, what are you thinking about? What are you laughing at?"

"Did I...did I laugh?"

Lu Yao snapped out of his daze and quickly became serious.

If this scene were to be portrayed in an inappropriate manner, Mei Ping would probably have to hide the notebook.

Mei Ping didn't show Lu Yao her work diary; she just opened it and read it to him.

She shared her current understanding of Jin Wanliang.

According to Deng Shifu's confession, his troops were ordered to suppress bandits and surrounded Jin Wanliang's bandit gang in the Longpan Mountain area.

In order to save his life, Jin Wanliang sent someone to sue for peace and gave Deng Shifu a gold bar worth one hundred taels.

Deng Shifu knew that this guy was obsessed with collecting gold and silver, so he raised the price to one thousand taels.

Jin Wanliang sent people to negotiate peace several times, raising the price to three hundred taels, saying that his "ten thousand taels" was just a nickname and that he didn't actually have that much gold.

Later, Deng Shifu saw that Jin Wanliang was a fierce general and took him in.

Moreover, he was given the position of regimental commander.

Fearing he might rebel, they either dismissed his gang or incorporated some of his men into other groups, leaving him with very few of his original followers.

After Jin Wanliang surrendered, he proved to be loyal and helped Deng Shifu eliminate many bandit gangs.

However, Deng Shifu confessed that he suspected Jin Wanliang must have a lot of hidden assets, but he was too embarrassed to arrest and interrogate him.

Moreover, Jin Wanliang, though entrenched in Panlong Mountain, always wanted to go to Dahuan Mountain.

Deng Shifu became suspicious of him and constantly sent people to monitor him.

Later, Jin Wanliang secretly met with one of his subordinates, but Deng Shifu caught the subordinate.

Under severe torture, he revealed a secret about Jin Wanliang.

It is said that a general of the Northeast Army once intercepted several vehicles carrying Japanese supplies that were about to be transported abroad. It is said that there were a large number of treasures, which were hidden somewhere in Northeast China.

The general drew a map showing the location of the hidden treasure.

This picture was hidden inside a famous painting, and he took it home to his father in the countryside for safekeeping.

Jin Wanliang robbed a wealthy household and stole this map.

Just as Jin Wanliang was about to lead his team to find the treasure's location, Deng Shifu's bandit-suppression army arrived.

During the fierce battle between Jin Wanliang and Deng Shifu, his men stole this map.

Jin Wanliang, having joined Deng Shifu's forces, dared not openly search for his traitorous brother, so he sent several trusted confidants to search for him, but to no avail.

Deng Shifu was also sending people everywhere to capture this brother who had amassed a fortune.

Later, after annihilating a group of bandits, they unexpectedly found the painting.

Before his men could return the item to him, Deng Shifu was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army.

His men took the painting, and its whereabouts are unknown.

However, most of his subordinates were unaware of the secret hidden in the painting.

after many years,

Last year, it was also discovered that Deng Shifu's subordinate who took the painting had been found out. Under the alias Liang Dongxu, he had actually obtained a considerable official position in Liaochun.

Liang Dongxu has now been detained, but the painting he had was not found during the search of his home.

Later, during interrogation, Liang Dongxu confessed that his painting was at his younger brother's house in Jiangzhou.

However, his younger brother had already been beaten to death by two groups of thugs when Liang Dongxu was first arrested.

At that time, people from the Blackwater Road Command ransacked his house.

However, this was not recorded in the search materials provided by the command.

So they investigated everyone who searched Liang Dongxu's house, but still found no clues.

Not long after, Li Poxi, the director of the command headquarters, was also assassinated.

They found many privately collected antiques in his house, but not that painting.

Although Liang Dongxu was also Deng Shifu's subordinate, he had never met Jin Wanliang.

Later, news came that Jin Wanliang had appeared in Jiangzhou.

However, the person who confessed suddenly fell ill and died.

Almost everyone who knew Jin Wanliang is dead.

No one has actually seen Jin Wanliang now; there are only some ambiguous portraits of him.

Mei Ping's notebook only described Jin Wanliang as tall and strong.

Lu Yao listened quietly to Mei Ping's explanation.

He knew in his heart that the painting he had taken from Li Poxi by accident might be the painting they were looking for.

However, without showing any emotion, he asked Mei Ping:

"Since you arrived, has there been any progress regarding the gold taels?"

Mei Ping shook her head: "This old bandit is very cunning. Before we came, I was full of confidence, but after we arrived, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. We can't find any trace of him at all. I guess the information we received was false."

Lu Yao couldn't help but ask, "So, are you going to stay in Jiangzhou or not?"

Mei Ping laughed: "Are you afraid I'll leave? Don't worry, I won't give up halfway. I've given myself two years. Within two years, I must find this notorious bandit! Besides, I'm not just doing this to find him; I'm also contributing to maintaining public order!"

Lu Yao chatted with her for a while longer.

Although Mei Ping didn't treat Lu Yao as an outsider, she couldn't continue investigating Yuan Tianshu now that Lu Yao had asked her to.

They were afraid that if Mr. Yuan found out, they wouldn't be able to explain themselves.

There's no indication that they're going to make a mistake, but you keep investigating them. It'll be hard to explain to your superiors if they ask you about it.

Lu Yao got up to say goodbye, and Mei Ping also got up to see him off.

When Lu Yao reached the door, he turned around, startling Mei Ping so much that she quickly covered her chest and took a step back.

What are you doing?

"I'm saying goodbye to you, why are you doing this?"

Mei Ping laughed: "Nothing!"

"Why are you clutching your chest? Are you guarding against me? Do you think I'm a pervert? I'm married, sister!"

Mei Ping felt a little embarrassed; she was indeed wary of him.

Quickly put your hand down:

"Who's guarding against you?"

Lu Yao laughed and said, "Then I've stolen your blue notebook!"

Mei Ping was so frightened that she quickly turned around to look at the table, not believing that he would steal something right under her nose.

Sure enough, the blue notebook was still on the table.