Siheyuan: I am the seventh uncle of Banggen - Page 178
At dawn, the police officer on duty woke up from the cold and kept sneezing. It seemed that a cold was inevitable.
"Brother Liu, what should we do? Has Director Mei given any instructions? It's so cold, we can't keep him locked up all the time," asked a police officer.
"Wait a moment, I'll ask the director when I get to work, and ask him to ask Director Mei," Brother Liu replied.
"I have a severe headache, maybe I have a cold. I'm going to lie down on the bed for a while. Xiao Wang, please bring some food to the person next door," Brother Liu said to another policeman, Xiao Wang.
"I'll go to the canteen and get him two steamed buns," Xiao Wang said as he walked out of the duty room.
"Aren't you the mediators? Is this how you should treat the mediators?" Zhang Dabao got angry at Xiao Wang who was delivering the meal.
"Just wait," Xiao Wang said angrily.
"Fuck you, I'm here to mediate, not to be a criminal suspect. What right do you have to lock someone up, you bastard?" Zhang Dabao cursed.
"Don't be stubborn, just wait." Xiao Wang returned to the duty room.
It was half past eight and Mei Liangzhi had not come to work yet. Song Zhong from the police station became a little impatient, so he went to the family compound of the commune next door and found that the door of the Mei family was still closed from the inside. He shouted a few times from outside and felt something was wrong, so he called a few people from the police station to come over, climbed over the wall into the Mei family, opened the door, and found that all six members of the Mei family were dead.
Six people died at once, this was a major case. Song Zhong quickly called the county and asked them to send someone.
When the county bureau heard that six people had died, they thought it was a major case and came to the commune and brought a forensic doctor. After examination, they found that the six people had died of food poisoning. After further examination, it seemed that they had eaten unknown mushrooms.
It was originally a major case, but it turned out to be an accident. Just as the police from the county bureau were about to leave, people from Meijia Village came. There were two of them, and when they saw the police, they kept saying, "They are all dead, they are all dead."
"Who died?" asked Captain Niu from the county bureau.
"Dozens of people died in Meijia Village," said the person who came to report the case.
"Let's go." Captain Niu led the police to Meijia Village again.
"Captain, 95 people died, a total of families. All the families died. There were no obvious external injuries and no poisoning. It looked like they died of illness," a public security officer said to Captain Niu.
"Who the hell agreed to get sick and die together? It's the same for old people and children? Who can believe that they are sick?" Captain Niu asked loudly.
"We can't see it either?" said the young man just now.
"Go and call your superiors for support. Song Zhong, investigate the social relations of these people and see if there is anything unusual in the village? Have any outsiders come here?" Captain Niu asked again.
"Captain Niu, these people are relatives and friends of the village chief Mei Liangxin. Something happened in the village yesterday. Xin Zhongyuan's comrades came and beat Mei Liangxin's son," said Song Zhong.
"There is a conflict. It seems that he is the suspect. Where is he?" Captain Niu said excitedly. "I sent someone to arrest him yesterday afternoon," Song Zhong said.
"Damn it, someone died last night and you arrested him yesterday afternoon. What do these cases have to do with him? What's the point of you saying all this?" Captain Niu was furious.
No matter who it happens to, everyone will be angry, after all, the case is too big.
"But in the letter, Fang ran away with his mother. Could he have done it?" Song Zhong said.
"What does Zhong Zhong do in the letter?" Captain Niu asked Song Zhong.
"He is eighteen years old and has been farming in the village. He has conflicts with Mei Liangzhi's family. They all say that Mei Liangzhi embezzled his brother's pension and has a motive to kill," said Song Zhong.
"How could he have the ability to kill twenty-one people? How did he get into the house? What weapon did he use? Song Zhong, you are the director of the police station, can you use your brain? Do you have the ability to kill twenty-one people? How did he run away?" Captain Niu didn't want to talk to Song Zhong at all.
"Yesterday afternoon, someone saw him and his mother going into the mountains," Song Zhong said.
"That's great, that's a great point. He went up the mountain yesterday afternoon, and he came back from the mountain and started fighting again? Get out!" Captain Niu was furious.
The investigation that day yielded no results. The provincial government sent people to investigate, but there was no result either. The case had no results, and many rumors arose. In order to quell the rumors, the county said that these people died of gas poisoning. Then it publicized the dangers of gas poisoning in each village.
Zhang Dabao was locked up for another day. He started banging on the door frantically. The leader of the organization organized by the commune's top leader discovered him and asked the person on duty what was going on. The person on duty told the leader.
"Isn't this nonsense? Are we bandits? We locked up someone who came to mediate, just because he beat Mei Liangzhi's nephew. Is Mei Liangzhi's official power so great? Even if it was, he is dead now. Why does he still control others?" The head of the commune got angry and scolded the staff on duty.
Zhang Dabao was released. "Where is my bag? Where are my car keys?" he asked the staff on duty.
"We didn't see the bag, but the car keys are here." The staff on duty gave the car keys to Zhang Dabao.
"Are you the leader of the commune? You are such a good leader. The white areas before liberation were just like this. After I return to the capital, I will report truthfully to the leaders." Zhang Dabao said a few words to the commune leader, took the car keys and wanted to leave.
"Comrade, wait a minute, let me ask, I was away on a business trip these two days," the commune leader began to ask the duty personnel, "Do you have a bag? Where did the bag go?"
Chapter 403 Yellow Sheep Peak
"There was a bag. Mei Wenhua took it away and brought it to Mei Liangzhi's home," said the staff on duty.
"Go to his house. Comrade, what's in the bag?" asked the commune leader.
"There are some gifts I bought, a work permit, and 500 yuan for business trip expenses. My bag was issued by the Ministry of Machinery Industry and is very commemorative," said Zhang Dabao.
"Let's wait a while and see if we can find him," the commune leader said calmly, and pulled Zhang Dabao into his office.
"Brother, have you ever been a soldier?" The commune leader saw that Zhang Dabao was dressed elegantly and was driving a foreign car. It was the first time he had seen such a car, so he wanted to test his background.
"What's your name, leader?" Zhang Dabao calmed down when he arrived at the office. It was okay to be a little exaggerated when performing, but when it came to solving the problem, he certainly couldn't be petty.
"My last name is Ma. I'm forty this year, so I should be a few years older than you. You can just call me Brother Ma," Leader Ma said with a smile, pouring tea for Zhang Dabao.
"Brother Ma, things here are really a bit outrageous. I'm here to see the family of my comrade-in-arms. He died a few years ago, but his pension was misappropriated by someone else and he's being bullied in the village. After all, the old man's son shed blood and sacrificed his life for the country. We may not take care of him, but we can't bully him either, right?" said Zhang Dabao.
"Is there such a thing? I have not been here for long, and I really don't know about the things you mentioned," said Leader Ma.
"And Mei Liangzhi's son and nephew are bullying people in the village. I just went to take a look, and they beat up their comrade's younger brother on the grounds that he didn't report to the village. As a result, they may have suffered a little loss, and then arranged for the police to trick them into going to the commune and detain them on the pretext of mediation. They were not given food and there were no heating facilities. This place is even more terrifying than the Kuomintang-controlled area. I now doubt whether *** has never been here?" Zhang Dabao continued.
"This is a bit serious. There are bad people in that place. However, Mei Liangzhi's family died of food poisoning. It can be said that evil will be punished," said Leader Ma.
"Leader, we found a bag, some snacks, canned food, and a work ID card in Mei Liangzhi's home." The police handed the things to Leader Ma first.
"Zhang Dabao, vice chairman of the labor union of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, is at the county level. You are not an ordinary person, brother. I am sorry for being disrespectful. I should call you leader." Leader Ma stood up.
"Brother Ma, we are a company and you are a government agency. We are different. It's best for us to call each other brothers." Zhang Dabao quickly stood up.
"Where is Vice Chairman Zhang's money?" Leader Ma asked the police.
"There is more than 3,000 yuan in cash in his family. We brought it all and handed it over to the finance department. I dare not take it," said the police officer.
"Brother Ma, the young man is following work disciplines. Don't criticize him. He is not a bad person." Zhang Dabao stopped Leader Ma who was about to get angry.
"Brother, once the money arrives at the finance department, we will have to hold a team meeting to withdraw it, so it's not easy to take it out," Leader Ma said to Zhang Dabao after letting the police go.
"Brother Ma, I'm going to say something you may not like to hear. I don't care about the 500 yuan, but I planned to give it to my comrade's younger brother. My comrade took a bullet for me on the battlefield, and I must show my appreciation. Can we count the 500 yuan as what we pay to the commune? You must investigate these corrupt elements, such as the bad police officers in the police station and the bad postmen in the post office. After dealing with these people, let my comrade's younger brother take over the position. Do you think this will work?" Zhang Dabao proposed a solution to the problem.
"That's no problem. I'll call the county now and ask them to send someone. Mei Liangzhi has been running his business here for many years, and they've been hiding some things from me. The breakthrough you gave me is just right, so just investigate the pension issue," said Leader Ma, and then called the county.
"Brother Ma, I have to go to Meijia Village and stay there for a day. I will come to the commune to see you tomorrow afternoon. If there is nothing else, I will go to the county town tomorrow night and then go directly back to Beijing from there. The New Year is almost here, and it is not appropriate to run around outside every day." Zhang Dabao said goodbye to Leader Ma and left.
They drove to Meijia Village, but they couldn't go into the village because a major case had been discovered in the village and outsiders were not allowed to enter. Zhang Dabao had to ask someone to send a message to Xin Zhongfang. Xin Zhongfang was found in the same cave that afternoon. When he heard that Mei Liangxin and 95 others were dead, he burst into tears and shouted that God had eyes.
After some investigation, it was found that the mother and son in Xinzhong had been staying in the mountain and had not come down, so there was no suspicion, so they returned to their home.
When "Captain Zhang" heard in the letter that someone was looking for him outside the village, he ran out.
"Zhongfang, I can't enter the village now. I will take you to the commune around 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The commune leaders have begun investigating the pension issue," Zhang Dabao said to him.
"Okay, God has opened his eyes," the letter said loudly.
"Don't forget, wait for me here at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon." Zhang Dabao instructed the Chinese side in the letter, then drove directly into the mountains and arrived at Liuleng Mountain. It would be inappropriate not to go up and take a look. Besides, next to Liuleng Mountain is Hengshan Mountain, which is the Northern Mountain and a famous mountain in history.
Cultivators all love famous mountains and rivers, not because of the rich resources there, but because these places have some indescribable feeling. When practicing there, it must be particularly easy to calm down, and progress is also fast. Zhang Dabao suspects that this should be due to the spiritual energy.
Since he started practicing, he has not met any other cultivators, but he had heard of them once. It was Director Liu from the capital who told him. He had seen them with his own eyes that year, so he also wanted to look for cultivators. The chances of finding them in famous mountains and rivers would naturally be greater.
Liuling Mountain, with its main peak Huangyangjian, is 2420 meters above sea level. The south of the main peak is called the Great Hall Peak. The top of the mountain is wide and flat, covering hundreds of acres, with green grass and wild flowers dotted around, weaving a splendid carpet. Behind the main peak, there is a sea of birch trees, winding endlessly and uniquely. The white marble forest about five miles northeast of Huangyangjian is shaped like a sword, a gourd, a phoenix spreading its wings, an elephant carrying a pile, a scholar rushing to take an exam, and a mother and child holding food. It is magnificent with its various shapes, rugged and strange.
After reaching Huangyangjian, Zhang Dabiao looked at the empty space on the top of the mountain and fell into deep thought. Was this where the monks used to practice? Was there a cave for the monks on the top of the mountain? Was this the place where they used to grow medicinal herbs and food?
Huangyangjian was naturally undeveloped at that time. As it was a difficult period, very few people could come here. Zhang Dabao walked around Huangyangjian but found nothing.
Zhang Dabiao sat down and thought, if it were him, where would he place the cave? The first is that it must be hidden, difficult for mortals to reach; the second is that it must be visible to the sun, because the best effect of cultivation is when the sun rises in the east; the third is that the field of vision must be wide, standing at the entrance of the cave, you can look around; the fourth is that the entrance of the cave must be relatively flat, a place necessary for cultivation.
Chapter 404: Cultivation Cave
Zhang Dabao listed his conditions and looked at Huangyangjian. The east or southeast directions were not at the bottom, but should be above the middle. The entrance was relatively flat. Zhang Dabao looked at the bottom and found two possible places, so he jumped up.
To the east, there is a large yellow broom tree with a dense trunk as thick as a bowl. Next to the tree is a protruding stone. The stone is very flat, with a space of about two square meters. Zhang Dabao let out a long breath, cleaned the stone, and saw traces of human cutting on the edge of the stone.
This was where they used to be active. Zhang Dabao walked down from the rock and searched carefully at the edge of the mountain. He found the problem five meters away from the top of the mountain. There was a place where the wind was particularly strong, and it was sucking air inwards, indicating that there was space inside.
The wind blew towards a small gap around a huge rock that was more than two meters high and one and a half meters wide, and the entrance to the cave was found. Zhang Dabao put the huge rock into the space and finally saw the true appearance of the cave for cultivation.
The layout inside the cave is very simple, with stone tables and stone benches, all covered with thick dust. Did he take everything inside with him when he left?
Zhang Dabao began to search in the cave. It was a cave within a cave, with a stone door in the southeast corner. Zhang Dabao pushed it open with force. There was a stone bed and five stone boxes inside. All the contents related to cultivation were good, and he wanted to take everything away. Zhang Dabao put them all into the space, feeling very safe. He searched the cave twice more, but found nothing.
At this time, it was dark, and it was even darker in the cave. Zhang Dabao took out a huge rock to block the door, and took out the emergency light from inside. The whole cave was lit up. He opened the first box first. It was full of books. He flipped through them casually and found that they were some cultivation notes. He put them away and would take a closer look later. The second box contained some weapons, all of which were swords, both long and short. They were very good and would be useful in the future. The third box also contained books, which were some messy things, such as some legends, information about other practitioners, and so on. The fourth box was full of gourds, and the gourds were full of elixirs. They were good things, but he didn't know how to eat them, so he put them away first. There was only one thing in the fifth box, and he couldn't tell what it was. It looked like a small tower with a hard texture. Something that could be put alone must be a good thing, but he didn't know what it was, so he put it away first.
After looking at the boxes, Zhang Dabao followed the example of his predecessors and slept on the stone bed. He slept very well until four o'clock. Zhang Dabao walked out of the stone cave, came to the platform in front of the cave, and began to practice his "Tianyi Heart Method". The first ray of sunlight shone on the platform. The aura in Zhang Dabao's body suddenly ran wild, circling in his body again and again, and slowly stopped at noon. At this time, his cultivation had reached the ninth level of foundation building.
Is it too fast? Can I ascend if I stay here for a few more days? Zhang Dabiao thought, probably not, I can try again tomorrow. Zhang Dabiao thought, seal the cave entrance, go down the mountain, drive to the bottom of Meijia Village, it is exactly 2:30 in the afternoon, Xin Zhongzheng has arrived, got in Zhang Dabiao's car, and the two came to the commune.
"Brother Ma, are you busy?" Zhang Dabao came to Leader Ma's office with the letter. There were two other people in his office, and the three of them were talking about something.
"Vice Chairman Zhang, please wait for me for a moment. Go sit over there first. We will finish our talk soon," Leader Ma stood up and said to Zhang Dabao.
Zhang Dabao nodded and sat on a chair beside him with Xin Zhongzhong.
"Let's settle it. The new commune director will be here tomorrow, and all the police station staff will be replaced this time. What kind of people are these? They have ruined the reputation of our organization. And the guy named Mei from the post office will be handed over to the county directly for handling. Our commune can't handle it. What kind of people are these in the Mei family?" Leader Ma said to the two men.
The two nodded in agreement and stood up to leave.
"Vice Chairman Zhang, is this your comrade's younger brother?" Leader Ma stood up again.
"Yes, Brother Ma, his name is Xin Zhongfang and his brother's name is Xin Zhongyuan." Zhang Dabao stood up and walked to the desk of Leader Ma.
"Wang Qianjin, I'm giving you this letter. He is the new policeman in your station. His brother was a combat hero and a cadre. He died a few years ago. He handed over a sum of money to the commune yesterday, allowing us to express our condolences to the needy people in the commune. This will also help us restore our reputation," Leader Ma said to someone.
"Okay, Leader Ma, the young man looks good," said Wang Qianjin.
"China, why don't you thank the leaders?" Zhang Dabao pushed the Chinese side who was still in a daze.
"Thank you, leaders," the Chinese side bowed in the letter to express their gratitude.
"Xiaoxin, we have investigated the pension issue. It was Mei Liangxin and Mei Liangzhi who embezzled the money. We have also seized their properties. We will give it to you in a few days. You can come to the commune police station to work in the next two days. This is your recruitment form. Ask Director Wang to fill it out for you. When you return to the village, find the person sent to your village by the commune. He has the seal of your village. Ask him to stamp it for you. Just bring it here," said Leader Ma.
"Brother Ma, Xiaoxin has an old mother at home. Now that Xiaoxin has come to the commune, it is not convenient for him to go home every day. I am also worried about leaving his old mother at home. Does the commune have any dormitories or something like that? Please give him one," said Zhang Dabao.
"No problem, Xiaoxin, it will be done tomorrow. Bring your mother with you and I will find a house for you," said Leader Ma.
"Brother Ma, thank you so much. Let me treat you to dinner in Xiaoxin Branch's dormitory tomorrow night. I have some good wine in my car. I originally wanted to leave today, but it would be inappropriate not to treat you. Director Wang and this leader will come together," said Zhang Dabao.