Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

Yi Zhonghai quickly reviewed his memories, “At that time, I had just started working at the steel rolling mill, and the house the factory rented for me was Courtyard No. 95.

When I moved in, the deaf old lady… no, Long Xiaoni was already living in the backyard. It was said that the house we rented was also hers.

Later, after liberation, comrades from the Officers' Association came to count the elderly and widowed people. Long Xiaoni just met the criteria and donated a lot of real estate.

The officers' council wanted to take her to a nursing home, but she refused, so the council registered her as a "five-guarantee household."

Later, I took on the responsibility of taking care of her. Two years ago during the Chinese New Year, Long Xiaoni really became deaf, and we signed an agreement: I would take care of her in her old age, and after she died, she would leave the house to me. That's all."

Yi Zhonghai confessed everything honestly.

"Did Long Xiaoni ask you to go anywhere or meet anyone over the years? Or did anyone come to see her? Do you have any impression?"

Yi Zhonghai thought about it and shook his head. "No, she didn't ask me to do anything or meet anyone. I don't know whether she met anyone or not."

The aunt’s answer was similar to Yi Zhonghai’s.

Silly place.

"He Yuzhu, tell me what is your relationship with Long Xiaoni, the deaf old lady? Why does she call you grandson and you call her grandma?"

Sha Zhu was shocked. "Comrade Public Security, you don't mean to say that the old lady is a bad person, do you?"

"Comrade He Yuzhu, please answer our questions!"

What Sha Zhu said before was similar to what Yi Zhonghai said, except that their family came earlier and it was a private house, but at that time, Long Xiaoni was already living in the yard.

"After my father and the widow passed away, only the uncle's family and the old lady in the yard treated us well."

Sha Zhu originally wanted to talk about the Jiang family, but then he remembered what Yi Zhonghai told him, so he didn't say it.

"From then on, I called the old lady Grandma and she called me Da Lasun.

Public Security Comrade, I believe the old lady is definitely not a bad person! You must have made a mistake! "

"Comrade He Yuzhu, we will judge right and wrong. You just need to answer our questions."

……

Street Office.

Director Wang led his team to investigate the archives from that time, but due to the long time since the incident, the archives were quite chaotic and there was no useful information.

The information obtained from the investigation of the street office was very normal. The deaf old lady was quite wealthy at that time, and most of her houses were rented out.

After liberation, she donated her house again, but she was unwilling to go to a nursing home. The military officer, considering her contributions and specific conditions, made her a five-guarantee household.

Everything was normal, and the procedures were in compliance. The only thing wrong was that the deaf old woman concealed her past identity and the fact that her son was a skinhead.

Director Wang sat in a chair, frowning and drumming her fingers on the table. She had also checked the person who had handled Long Xiaoni's paperwork, and found that he had died in a capture operation a few years ago.

It can be said that nothing can be found from the street office.

Director Wang didn't think much about it, took the investigation materials and went to the police station.

Inside the police station, He Yushui looked at the police officer in front of him with fear.

"Don't be afraid, little sister. We just want to ask you a few simple questions."

The two female comrades who questioned He Yushui only started asking questions after comforting He Yushui.

The problems are similar, but in He Yushui's words, neither the deaf old lady nor Yi Zhonghai were good to her, they were only good to Sha Zhu.

Inside the police station office.

Director Zheng, Captain Yue and Director Wang analyzed the situation together.

"The subdistrict office hasn't found any problems. The comrade who was responsible for the relevant procedures has died. The clues here are cut off."

Director Wang first said that their street office could not provide any information this time.

"Long Xiaoni still hasn't confessed, and we don't have any better way to interrogate her."

Captain Yue also shook his head helplessly. What could they do with a man in his seventies?

"Based on the inquiries made to Yi Zhonghai and the others, we can preliminarily determine that they knew nothing about Long Xiaoni's identity. They only knew that she was quite wealthy before liberation.

The relationship between Yi Zhonghai and his wife and Long Xiaoni is like an agreement they signed. Yi Zhonghai will take care of her in her old age and see her to the end of her life, and he can get the two houses left by Long Xiaoni.

The similar problems of Yi Zhonghai and Long Xiaoni's sons should just be a coincidence.

As for the relationship between He Yuzhu and Long Xiaoni, according to our analysis, it should be that Long Xiaoni just wants He Yuzhu to be her cook.

As for He Yushui, she knew even less, and her relationship with Long Xiaoni wasn't very good either."

The case seems to have reached a stalemate at this point.

"What about the investigation of the other residents of the courtyard? Did they provide any useful information?"

Director Zheng asked.

Yue Xishan shook his head and said, "No, they are basically the same."

The residents of the Siheyuan cannot be said to be good people, but they are not related to spies or anything like that. At most, their background is a little questionable.

"report!"

"Come in."

"Director, according to the comrades who searched Long Xiaoni's room, they found three more secret compartments, but there's nothing in them."

Director Zheng asked, "Nothing at all?"

The visitor shook his head, "No."

Director Zheng waved his hand and let him go out.

"Captain Yue, retrieve all the bald code books seized before liberation and decipher the letters left by Ye Qiuwen to see if you can find anything."

"Yes!"

"Director Wang, if it's convenient, please come with me to Long Xiaoni's home. Also, we need to check the real estate that Long Xiaoni donated back then."

"Okay, I'll follow."

Director Wang naturally agreed, as this was what she should do.

Chapter 103: Return to the Siheyuan

Although the police had taken control of Courtyard No. 95, they had not isolated the people inside. They were acting at night out of fear of accidents.

After all, the deaf old lady really had a gun in her hand, and no one could guarantee that something would go wrong.

Only the old deaf man's house in the backyard was sealed off, with police inside searching for clues. Others were free to move about freely in the yard.

Today is Saturday, I don’t have to go to work, and tomorrow I have another day off.

Jiang Fan said that nothing good had happened to him in his previous life.

Uncle Jiang's family was all in the front yard, feeling at ease as the family was together. Today was another day for Jiang Yang, Jiang Yue, and Jiang Yu to rest.

After Xu Damao sobered up, Xu Wude told him what had happened.

Xu Damao was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time, thinking that he might jump like this in front of a spy.

Xu Damao felt a little scared.

"Dad, you said that the old deaf man can't be released after he was captured, right?"

"How would I know? Besides, that old deaf man at his age might not be a spy. He could be doing something else. But don't be afraid. After this incident, I don't think that old deaf man will live long."

Xu Wude lived closest to the deaf old lady, and he knew her condition best. To be frank, he would not be surprised if the old deaf lady died one day in the morning.

"That's fine." Xu Damao breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't afraid of the deaf old lady, but he was afraid of the spies. Who knew if the deaf old lady had any accomplices?

When thinking of his accomplices, Xu Damao thought of Sha Zhu who was taken away, and he smiled happily.

This big fool lost his mother when he was young, and his father ran away when he grew up. His "godfather" plotted against him and he adopted a grandmother who turned out to be a spy.

Why does he seem a bit pitiful when I think about it?

Xu Damao shook his head vigorously, shaking off the thought, "Dad, I'm going out to talk to Jiang Fan."

As Xu Damao left, he glanced at the police officer guarding the door of the deaf old lady's room and immediately looked away. Don't notice him again and take him away.

"Jiang Fan, are you saying that the old deaf man, Yi Zhonghai, and Sha Zhu are really all spies?"

"Do you think someone like Sha Zhu can be a spy? Then isn't the threshold for being a spy a bit low?"

Xu Damao and Jiang Fan squatted at the door of the dry toilet, smoking and talking about what happened last night.

After finishing a cigarette quickly, the two men stood up, brushed off the ashes on their butts, and prepared to go back.

"Let's go. Don't worry about whether they are right or wrong. We don't have to go to work today or tomorrow. It would be nice to take a break."

"You have some truth in what you said."

Xu Damao nodded in agreement. Although he was very satisfied with his job as a projectionist, it didn't mean he was willing to go to work, especially since he couldn't go to the widow for water now.

Life in the countryside is really boring.

"Fortunately, our two families don't have a good relationship with that old deaf man, otherwise we might be among those being investigated today, and it would be hard to say who we are."

Xu Damao listened to Jiang Fan's words and nodded thoughtfully. He had already figured out how to spread the rumor that Sha Zhu was in jail.

……

Director Zheng and Director Wang came to the courtyard by car.

In the backyard, Liu Haizhong, who was still worried about whether the deaf old lady's matter would affect his progress, jumped out of bed immediately when he heard his son say that Director Wang was coming.

"Director Wang, Director Wang!"

Liu Haizhong approached Director Wang in a very fawning manner and said, "Director Wang, I, Liu Haizhong, was totally wrong for not being able to see through this old deaf man as a spy hidden among the people!

But I have nothing to do with this old deaf man. Everyone in the courtyard knows that I, Liu Haizhong, have an mortal enemy with criminals!"

"Comrade Liu Haizhong, you can rest assured that we will never wrongly accuse a good person, nor will we let a bad person go.

As long as you are not a bad element in the crowd, nothing that happens will affect you."

Director Wang now knows what kind of person Liu Haizhong is, a power-hungry person with little ability. Such a person must not gain power, otherwise he will be a disaster.

"Yes, yes, I, Liu Haizhong, will definitely behave myself and be a good person."

Liu Haizhong nodded and bowed, watching Director Wang and Director Zheng enter the deaf old lady's house.

"Director Wang, I didn't expect this small courtyard to hide so many talented people."

Director Zheng grinned. Their investigation wouldn't just be limited to Yi Zhonghai and the others; they also wanted to investigate the other people in the compound.

The most famous of these are the Yan and Jiang families in the front yard, the Jia family in the middle yard, and the Liu family in the back yard. (See Chapter 1)

"Director Zheng, let's search the house thoroughly."

Director Wang walked over to the secret compartments with an expressionless face. She, too, had come from the battlefield. It could be said that 99% of the leadership, from top to bottom, had come from the battlefield.

The two of them checked carefully again and found that there were only five secret compartments inside and outside. Two of them contained Ye Qiuwen's things, and one contained a gun and letters.

"These three places should contain Long Xiaoni's hidden treasures. I wonder if they were spent? Moved? Or stolen?"

Director Wang took off his gloves and said.

"It must have been stolen. Remember that letter of accusation? I originally thought it was from someone in the hospital or a spy who wanted to turn over a new leaf.

Now it seems that it is possible that a thief discovered Long Xiaoni's true identity while stealing and reported her."

Director Zheng thought of the newspaper letter and lamented the whistleblower's caution. It could be said that not a trace was left.

The wrinkled newspapers, the different sizes of fonts, and the asymmetrical layout were all good things he didn't dwell on.

"Master Buddha? But there are no signs of theft at the scene?"

“Maybe it’s not something we can do in the next two days. Not everyone wants to get involved when they see this. What’s more, if we are discovered, should we arrest him or not?

"Let's go back and ask Long Xiaoni. I wonder if she has explained anything. By the way, do you have any idea on how to deal with Long Xiaoni?"

An old man in his seventies, who is not a real spy, it is really a problem how to deal with him.

It is impossible to release her, but she cannot be imprisoned or sent to a labor camp either. With her health condition, I am afraid she will die if she takes a few steps.

"Let's see if she confesses. If she does, find her a nursing home with many martyrs' families and have someone look after her. If she doesn't, then we can march in the streets. That'll be a good opportunity for those people to see her!"

Director Wang was never one to hesitate, and she didn't show sympathy to her enemies. Leniency to those who confessed, severity to those who resisted, were instructions from her superiors, and she always followed the rules.