Chapter 17 The Nanlong Mansion was burned
Flowers bloom all over the garden, and another branch is watched. Let go of the misunderstanding between Liang Tianyi and Long Jing, and leave it alone for the time being; Let's describe the situation of Liang Shanzhou and Wang Danfeng's family.
Liang Tianyi's "uncle" Liu Fufeng is one month younger than Liang Tianyi; Although he is Liang Shanzhou's biological son, because Liang Shanzhou is going to marry Liu Linfeng, who is also pregnant (Liang Shanzhou doesn't know that Liu Linfeng is pregnant with Long Zhengyi's blood); Therefore, he can only say that the child he and Wang Danfeng are Liu Ruqing's widows and surnamed Liu, and the name of Liu Linfeng is Liu Fufeng.
Old love is not as good as new love. When there was no Liu Linfeng, Liang Shanzhou and Wang Danfeng were very close; Since hooking up with Liu Linfeng, Liang Shanzhou has given most of his love to Liu Linfeng; And the love given to Wang Danfeng is only a little bit.
Not only that, because of "love for the house and Wu", or to please Liu Linfeng, Liang Shanzhou also loved Liu Linfeng's daughter Liang Tianyi more; And the love for his biological son Liu Fufeng is relatively small.
For Liang Shanzhou's "strange gift", Wang Danfeng and Liu Linfeng both saw it in their eyes and wanted to think in their hearts-
What Wang Danfeng thought in his heart was: You, Liang Shanzhou, don't love your own flesh and blood, but you love Long Zhengyi's wild species. But for the sake of her daughter Liu Linfeng's reputation and happiness, Wang Danfeng is not easy to make this clear.
What Liu Linfeng thought in his heart was: You Liang Shanzhou is really stupid! I'm not used to letting go of my own son, but I'm used to the daughter born to me and Long Zhengyi. But in order to let Liang Shanzhou love himself and his daughter wholeheartedly, Liu Linfeng didn't make this clear, and let Liang Shanzhou love him in such a daze.
In the gate of the Liu family, it is invisibly divided into two worlds - Liang Shanzhou, Liu Linfeng, and Liang Tianyi are happy and affectionate. And Wang Danfeng and Liu Fufeng, who have fallen out of favor and are less in love, are like superfluous people at home, depressed and lacking warmth.
The mother and son, who are widowed and weak, are not happy at home, so Wang Danfeng often takes his son Liu Fufeng to go outside to have fun, go shopping on the streets and shopping malls.
On the evening of August 15, 1945, Wang Danfeng and Liu Fufeng, who were shopping in the shopping mall, passed by the gate of Longfu and saw that Longfu was dressed in red and green, so they stopped to watch the excitement.
After He Wenxuan injured someone with a pistol, he didn't get out of the car to greet or rescue, so he fled.
Wang Danfeng threw himself at his son Liu Fufeng in despair, and asked the rickshaw driver who had been watching the whole process of the accident on the side of the road to help, and helped Liu Fufeng into the rickshaw together; Wang Danfeng carefully hugged his dying baby son and asked the coachman to go straight to Jiangzhou Hospital.
Because Liu Fufeng was seriously injured and bleeding too much, on the afternoon of the third day, the young and tender Liu Fufeng completely lost the ability to breathe -- Liu Fufeng's 20-year-old life pointer was forever fixed at 3:48 p.m. on 17 August 1945.
Wang Danfeng and Liang Shanzhou saw that Liu Fufeng was dead, and cried to death. Under the repeated persuasion of people and others, Wang Danfeng stopped his grief and mourned the director.
In addition to handling the funeral, Wang Danfeng bore the brunt of seeking revenge from He Wenxuan.
Wang Danfeng found his brother Wang Xudong, who was a steward in the "Tiandao Hall", and Wang Xudong asked the hall master Snow Leopard to support him. The leopard in the snow immediately ordered all the "field personnel" of the "Tiandao Hall" to obey Wang Xudong's dispatch and teach the deputy chief of the police department He Wenxuan a good lesson, so as to demonstrate the prestige of the "Tiandao Hall" and show the energy of the "Tiandao Hall".
Police Commissioner Wang Meiguang personally mediated and asked Ho Wenxuan to pay 3,000 oceans as compensation for the sufferer; In addition, He Wenxuan was given a major demerit. Wang Xudong and Wang Danfeng did not agree, Director Wang Meiguang added another 2,000 oceans, but Wang Xudong and Wang Danfeng still did not agree; He Wenxuan must be killed, otherwise he will kill He Wenxuan's son.
Things got into trouble, and the son was kidnapped again; He Wenxuan had to ask Xu Biao, the director of the Investigation Division, to find the "Tiandao Hall" hall master Snow Leopard to come forward; Later, He Wenxuan spent 7,000 oceans and kowtowed to the deceased Liu Fufeng, and Wang Xudong and Wang Danfeng gave up.
Originally, in order to "take care of the influence", Long Fengyi repeatedly mobilized He Wenxuan, who resented Long Ye because of the "golden jade clothes", to attend his father's birthday banquet. I didn't expect He Wenxuan to be like that at the birthday banquet; When he arrived at the gate of the Dragon Mansion, he killed people, making the city full of wind and rain and sweeping the majesty.
Since the "Birthday Banquet Turmoil", "Killing Incident" and "Kidnapping Incident", Long Fengyi, who didn't have much of a good impression of He Wenxuan, has become even more indifferent to He Wenxuan - the two of them are like two strange tenants living in the same rental house; Everything is "to each his own".
When a thief is arrested, he does not blame himself for being bad, but for social injustice. He Wenxuan, who was in the cold war between husband and wife, did not do self-examination, but was angry with Long Ye, Wang Danfeng, and Liang Shanzhou - it wasn't for Long Zaitian who donated the "golden jade clothes" to the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment, how could these things happen? If it weren't for Wang Danfeng and Wang Xudong leading the bandits of the "Tiandao Hall" to make endless trouble, and kidnapping their second son He Yue, why would I He Wenxuan be so embarrassed? Since then, He Wenxuan's resentment towards Long Zaitian has become even bigger and heavier! And the hatred for Liang Shanzhou and Wang Danfeng is even more incompatible, and Liang Shanzhou and Wang Danfeng must be put to death as soon as possible.
God sometimes messes around - He Wenxuan wants to put Liang Shanzhou and Wang Danfeng to death and then hurry up; There was really a chance for He Wenxuan to get his wish!
To know how He Wenxuan got his wish, let's go back and focus on Liang Tianyi and Long Jing, who are having a misunderstanding.
People who are in the midst of weakness have the most low self-esteem, and those who are in times of depression are the most vulnerable. The ill-fated Liang Tianyi went to the department store to buy a handkerchief on the afternoon of August 12 (Sunday), and prepared to give it to Long Jing when he went on a date with Long Jing in the evening; But when he saw Shi Ximeng holding Long Jing's arm to go to the department store and enter the theater, he was completely confused in a fit of anger.
Liang Tianyi has low self-esteem, self-discouragement and a little conceit - she didn't go to Long Jing to ask what happened, and she never "took it right" to go to Long Jing to "argue with reason" - Liang Tianyi felt sorry for herself, gave up on herself, deprecated herself, and was self-deprecating, she cut herself off from love, and broke off with Long Jing in the depths of her heart.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Longjing, as always, arrived at the Peony Pavilion in Jiexin Park in advance, waiting, waiting! waited until more than nine o'clock, and "I didn't see you come again".
Long Jing went to the riverside embankment of the Jade River to look for it, but he didn't see Liang Tianyi's shadow.
Although Long Jing is open-minded, he does not emphasize dignity and humility; But after all, he is the grand young master of the Dragon Mansion. Asking someone like him to go to the door of the Liu family to find Liang Tianyi is a bit "inappropriate" and "shouldn't be".
No investigation, no inquiry, no theory, no struggle; With just one shot, Liang Tianyi, who got into the tip of the horns, didn't eat or sleep at home. This made her grandmother Wang Danfeng and her parents Liang Shanzhou and Liu Linfeng angry. The three of them surrounded Liang Tianyi and asked this and that, but Liang Tianyi was silent.
Liang Tianyi and Long Jing get along, Liang Shanzhou, Wang Danfeng, and Liu Linfeng also know a little bit, and the three of them don't agree that Liang Tianyi and Long Jing get along (fall in love) - Liang Shanzhou thinks that Long Jing is the descendant of the enemy family and can't fall in love. And Wang Danfeng and Liu Linfeng not only knew that Long Jing was the descendant of the enemy, but more importantly, Long Jing was the son of Long Tianci, and Liang Tianyi was the daughter of Long Tianci's elder brother Long Zhengyi - the two were uncles and siblings.
In fact, Long Zhengyi was born to Zhao Tong and Shan Wushuang, not raised by Zhao Shuxian, and has no blood relationship with the Long family at all - with Zhao Tong being shot, Shan Wushuang becoming deaf, and Zhao Shuxian dying, no one will know the mystery of Long Zhengyi's life experience - there are too many secrets and secrets that will never be known in the world!
For example, Zhong Shuihua was pregnant with Long Zhengyi's bloodline, because Zhong Shuihua hated the Long family and never said it, so Zhong Shuihua's son Zhong Ya was Long Zhengyi's own flesh and blood, and no one knew. Liu Linfeng was pregnant with Long Zhengyi's own flesh and blood, and because he wanted to marry Liang Shanzhou, he didn't say it to anyone. Therefore, Liang Tianyi is Long Zhengyi's bloodline, except for Wang Danfeng and Liu Linfeng, no third party knows.
Let's say that Liang Tianyi suddenly didn't eat or sleep, the family probably must have been for Long Jing's business - it is likely that the Long family kid bullied Liang Tianyi, and Liang Tianyi became like this. Liang Shanzhou and the other three asked Liang Tianyi if this was the case, Liang Tianyi did not deny it, and the three of them decided that it was Long Jing who bullied Liang Tianyi, and it was Long Jing who made Liang Tianyi angry like this.
Originally, the Liu family and the Long family (He family) had a great feud. For many years, Wang Danfeng, Liu Linfeng and Liang Shanzhou have to take revenge on Longfu (Long Zaitian and Long Zaitian's son-in-law He Wenxuan). A few days ago, He Wenxuan killed Liu Fufeng, the son born to Wang Danfeng (and Liang Shanzhou), Wang Xudong, Wang Danfeng and Liang Shanzhou asked the police station to shoot He Wenxuan to Liu Fufeng, otherwise they would kill He Wenxuan's second son He Yue. Later, the "Tiandao Hall" hall master Snow Leopard came forward to mediate and asked He Wenxuan to pay 10,000 oceans; But He Wenxuan only gave seven thousand. Now that Long Jing, the boy of the Long family, is bullying Liang Tianyi like this again, this is still worth it - the old hatred and the new hatred have ignited the raging fire of revenge - the Liu family is going to take revenge on the Long Mansion!
Wang Danfeng often said early on that she wanted to "burn down the Dragon Mansion", and after her affair with Liang Shanzhou was discovered by Liu Linfeng, she said that Liang Shanzhou came to discuss with her at night how to "burn down the Dragon Mansion" to avenge Liu Ruqing. Later, although Liu Linfeng married Liang Shanzhou and never put the "burning of the Dragon Mansion" into practice, the three of them still mentioned this topic from time to time.
Right now, Long Jing, the stinky boy of Longfu, actually "bullied Liang Tianyi like this", which can be described as hatred and hatred, adding fuel to the fire; When this "hatred, hatred, fire, and oil" accumulates and gathers together, its explosive power is immeasurable and irrepressible!
Wang Danfeng, Liu Linfeng and Liang Shanzhou discussed again and again, and finally decided that "burning the Dragon Mansion" was the best way to relieve their hatred.
If you want to "burn down the Dragon Mansion", you must not act rashly, you must carefully brew and plan carefully. The three of them repeatedly studied and believed that it was most appropriate to do it only during the Spring Festival, when the Longfu was sparse and the mind was paralyzed.
The time for action was set, and the three of them further studied the specific action plan. All three of them believe that it is absolutely impossible for Liang Shanzhou to "burn down the Dragon Mansion" single-handedly, and there must be several helpers to succeed in one fell swoop. The result of the discussion between the three was that Wang Danfeng found his brother Wang Xudong, who was in charge of the "Heavenly Dao Hall", to find two henchmen and cooperate with Liang Shanzhou's action at one o'clock on Chinese New Year's Eve.
As the saying goes, "If there is a good wife in the family, the husband will not be sued." If Liang Shanzhou's two "wives" Wang Danfeng and Liu Linfeng can calm things down, take a step back and speak, turn big things into small things and small things, and don't instigate Liang Shanzhou to burn the Dragon Mansion, wouldn't everyone be safe? But these two vicious women are trying to get Liang Shanzhou to do the act of setting fire, which leads to an irreparable catastrophe - this "irreparable catastrophe" is not only for the Long Mansion, but also for the Liu family.
The stars are moving, day and night alternate. The old man has quietly stepped into 1946.
February 1, 1946, Chinese New Year's Eve.
In the morning, all the employees of Longfu and Liangyi's "Guangji Pharmacy", "Yongxing Qianzhuang" and "Hengtai Commercial Bank" were fully cleaned. In the afternoon, stewards, pharmacists, sitting doctors, men, handymen, servants, maids, and nurses all happily received their wages and rewards, and happily went home for the New Year!
The two "Guangji Pharmacy", "Yongxing Qianzhuang" and "Hengtai Commercial Bank" all have staff on duty. In the Dragon Mansion, there are Liu Kefan, the captain of the nursing home, and his wife, and the housekeeper Ji Gaoyang and his wife (after marriage, Liu Kefan and his wife Lan Xinmei live in the front wing of Nanlong Mansion, and the housekeeper Ji Gaoyang and his wife Li Ying live in the back wing of Nanlong Mansion), as well as the chef Fang Zhi'an and others.
In the evening, the dragon mansion is full of lights, draped in red and green.
At seven o'clock, the small New Year's banquet in the Dragon Mansion kicked off - Long Ye Long Zaitian, Mrs. Jiang Cuilian, Qin Keqing and his son Long Zhengyi and his wife, Long Tianci and his wife, Long Tianwei, Long Tiangang, the eldest grandson Long Jing, the second grandson Long Guang, and the captain of the nursing home, Liu Kefan and his wife, the housekeeper Ji Gaoyang and his wife, and more than a dozen masters and servants sat at two tables.
Because it is the New Year, there is no distinction between the master and the servant, everyone pushes the cup, pours the gold bottle frequently, drinks happily, and talks and laughs; At the end of the day, the chef Fang Zhi'an also joined the feast
The New Year's wine was eaten until more than ten o'clock before the banquet was dismissed; Long Ye and Jiang Cuilian went back to the second floor of the East Building to wash and rest; Long Tianci and his sons Long Jing and Long Guang went to the first floor of the East Building to wash and rest; Qin Keqing, Long Tianwei, and Long Tiangang went to the front building to wash and rest; Mr. and Mrs. Long Zhengyi and their daughter went to the back west building to wash and rest; Lan Xinmei and Li Ying helped the chef Fang Zhi'an clean up the cups, plates, dishes and chopsticks together, cleaned the hall again, and went back to the side room.
Liu Kefan, the captain of the nursing home, and Ji Gaoyang, the housekeeper, went to all parts of the Dragon Mansion to carefully inspect them inside and out; Then he took the ash pouch and hit the "ingots dunzi" (put the ash pouch on the rope to the ground, the ash was sprinkled out of the pouch, and it formed a round white mark on the ground - this is a metaphor for the footprints of the unicorn - where the unicorn has come, it must be an auspicious house).
By the time everything stopped, it was already past twelve o'clock in the middle of the night - Liu Kefan and Ji Gaoyang also went back to the wing room to rest.
At about one o'clock in the morning, the people of Longfu seemed to hear the sound of something exploding in their sleep; The noise grew louder and louder, accompanied by a wave of heat that drilled into the room.
Everyone felt that the situation was abnormal, and there was a bad omen in their hearts—all the people who were awakened got up, opened the doors one by one, and rushed out—but when they saw the flames soaring into the sky, the flames were rising, and the smoke was billowing out—the Dragon Mansion was on fire! All three buildings in Longfu are on fire!
Fire is an order! Everyone hurriedly rushed into the kitchen, took out all the utensils that could hold water and scoop water, and went to the lotus pond to scoop water to put out the fire.
In the cold winter, the water is cold and the grass is withered; In addition, the fire is fierce, there are few people and there is a shortage of water, and the people of the Water Dragon Bureau are all going back for the New Year on vacation. I saw the wind fighting the fire, the fire fighting the wind, and the burning became more and more intense......
The fire started at the base of the walls of the three buildings—the foot of which had been burned and the top had collapsed like the building blocks of the base—and in an instant, the three buildings were in ruins.
In addition to the three buildings that were burned down, several other annexes and promenades were also damaged to varying degrees.
In the past, people built houses to prevent moisture, they used clay pots to buckle on the ground, and then used large square bricks to pave the bottom of the basin - such a "hollow" ground will not be damp. For a long time, rich people often hide gold bars and silver yuan in a tile basin under the large square bricks, and then glue the large square bricks with glutinous rice glue, so that it is "foolproof" - Long Zaitian and his son Long Tianci live in the east and west rooms of the east building and the west square bricks have hidden a lot of gold bars and silver yuan.
Three buildings were in ruins, and all the clothes were burned. But the gold bars and silver yuan under the square bricks of the two rooms will not be damaged - Long Ye hurriedly asked Liu Kefan, Ji Gaoyang, Fang Zhi'an and others to dig up the ruins of the East Building, and all the gold bars and silver yuan in the tile basins under the square bricks of the two rooms - it was the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year!
After the frightened Long Zaitian, Jiang Cuilian, Qin Keqing, and their children and grandchildren settled in the backyard room, they called Liu Kefan, Ji Gaoyang, and Fang Zhi'an to investigate and analyze the cause of the fire.
"Master Long! Today's fire was completely caused by negligence, and he asked Long Ye to punish him. Liu Kefan, the captain of the nursing home, first did a self-examination.
"This ...... Don't blame yourself too much, you can't blame all this, you have done your best, no one would have thought that such a thing would happen in the second half of the night, this is called unpreventable! "Long Ye is very reasonable, he knows that Liu Kefan has always fulfilled his duties, and this unexpected thing is not caused by dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty.
"Master Long said this, I couldn't help it!" Although Long Ye did not completely blame him, Liu Kefan felt even more guilty in his heart.
"Master Fang! When did you sleep last night? Master Long turned around again and asked the great chef Fang Zhi'an with a pleasant face.
"Back to Lord Long! It was nearly twelve o'clock when I slept yesterday. Fang Zhi'an said matter-of-factly.
"Did you check the door of the stove before going to bed?"
"Checked! It's something I have to do every day, and I don't dare to let up at all. ”
"Have you smoked since you got back to your room?" Long Ye knew that Fang Zhi'an was very addicted to smoking.
"I only smoked one cigarette when I got back to the room, but if I threw the cigarette butt in the ashtray with water, it wouldn't be good."
"When did the housekeeper sleep last night?" Master Long asked the housekeeper Ji Gaoyang again.
"I had a good meal with Captain Kefan last night, and it was past twelve o'clock; I went to sleep when I got back to my room and didn't smoke. Steward Ji replied truthfully.
"Sir! Several kitchens are intact, which indicates that it is not a kitchen fire; The side house they live in is also basically fine, which means that it is not a fire caused by smoking. In my opinion, the fact that three buildings were on fire at the same time is a good indication that someone deliberately set the fire. Jiang Cuilian calmly analyzed.
"Hmmm! Cuilian has a good analysis! I also think that someone deliberately set the fire. But who did this poison and set such a big fire on this Chinese New Year's Eve? We haven't made enemies all these years! In his heart, Long Ye estimated that it was not the people in the house who caused the trouble, the reason why he asked this was firstly, the method of elimination, and secondly, to use this incident to raise everyone's awareness of fire prevention.
"Master Long! I have an inaccurate clue that I don't know whether to say it or not. Butler Ji Gaoyang said cautiously.
"What clue? But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
"When I first rushed out of the room at night, I vaguely saw a familiar figure."
"Do you see a more familiar figure? Who is that like? ”
"It's very similar to Liang Shanzhou, who sells fruit in a fruit store, and I often go to his store to buy fruits, so I am very familiar with him."
"Liang Shanzhou? Doesn't this person live in Liu Ruqing's house now, is he Liu Linfeng's husband? If this person really set the fire, it was he who deliberately set the fire to avenge the Liu family. ”
"That's what I estimated." Ji Gaoyang basically said with certainty.
"Nope! It can't be Liang Shanzhou! It can't be Liang Shanzhou! Long Ye's eldest grandson, seventeen-year-old Long Jing, suddenly interjected with a shocked face.
"Children are not sensible, and you don't know who Liang Shanzhou is, don't interject. Steward Ji, I'll handle this matter. You can contact me now, and in five days, the construction will begin on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the three buildings will be rebuilt on the same site in the same format as before. Long Ye didn't take what Long Jing said seriously, he always thought it was a child talking nonsense, and it passed.
"Yes!" Ji Gaoyang agreed.
While instructing Steward Ji to contact the craftsman immediately, Long Ye went to the concierge to call (the telephones and telephone lines of the three buildings were all burned) to his son-in-law, He Wenxuan, the deputy chief of the police department.
"Hey! Wen Xuan! Happy New Year! "Asking for someone to be three points shorter, Lord Long first greeted his son-in-law for the New Year.
"Who? Say New Year's greetings to me so early? "I have already heard that it is the voice of the Long Ye, but He Wenxuan, who has prejudices against the Long Ye, deliberately made fun of the Long Ye.
"Wen Xuan! I'm in God! Long Ye knew that He Wenxuan asked knowingly, so he had to endure his temperament and report his identity.
"Oh! It's Lord Tarzan! I haven't said a New Year's greeting to you yet, but you've greeted me first! Don't dare to be! Don't dare to be! Although it was the Chinese New Year, He Wenxuan still mocked Master Long without ridicule.
"Wen Xuan! No kidding! Something happened to my family! ”
"What's wrong with your family? Is it the 'golden jade clothes' that have been stolen again? Didn't you already donate the 'golden jade clothes' to the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment? What's wrong again? He Wenxuan has always been worried about Long Zaitian's donation of "golden jade clothes".
"Wen Xuan! It's not about the 'golden jade clothes', it's that my house caught fire tonight, and all three buildings were burned down! Would you like to take the time to come and have a look? Master Long didn't want to listen to He Wenxuan's rambling anymore, so he went straight to the details.
"What? Three of your buildings were burned down? When did it happen? Although He Wenxuan has always held a grudge against Long Ye for donating the "golden jade clothes" to the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in vain, he did not give him this son-in-law; But there was such a big incident on the first day of the new year, and He Wenxuan couldn't say that he didn't care at all.
"It's just after one o'clock in the morning."
"Do you know who did it?"
"We have preliminary suspicions of a person, and we will talk about the details when you come."
"Good! Feng Yi and I will be there right away. ”
After a while, He Wenxuan drove a car and Long Fengyi to the Dragon Mansion together, and did not sincerely greet Long Ye, Jiang Cuilian, and Qin Keqing for the New Year, so he went to the fire scene to take a look; Then go back to the wing room where Long Ye is temporarily sheltering to understand the situation.
"When did you sleep yesterday? And when did the fire break out? ”
"We ......" Long Ye told He Wenxuan about the situation at night, and Ji Gaoyang vaguely saw Liang Shanzhou's figure when he first came out of the room, and it was likely that Liang Shanzhou set fire to avenge the Liu family; and implored He Wenxuan to investigate and deal with it and bring the murderer to justice.
"Liang Shanzhou? This guy is so hateful! To do such a thing that is unconscionable! Father-in-law, don't worry! I will definitely solve the case with my heart and bring Liang Shanzhou to justice! Seeing the destruction of the luxurious Dragon Mansion, thinking that the murderer was likely to be committed by the enemy Liang Shanzhou, He Wenxuan was furious and filled with righteous indignation. Besides, Long Zaitian is his father-in-law after all, and he is the deputy chief of the police after all, "it should be incumbent"; And Long Fengyi was next to him, so He Wenxuan said that he would "solve the case with his heart".
"Daddy! You're so crowded here, you and your aunt should move to live with me! After all, Long Fengyi was born to Master Long, and when she saw her father living in the wing, she persuaded her father, Jiang Cuilian, and Qin Keqing to move to her mansion.
"No need! It's convenient for me to live here, and I'm going to build a house! Master Long declined his daughter's kindness.
"In that case, then we will go back!" He Wenxuan got up to say goodbye.
"Let's eat here before we go!" Jiang Cuilian and Qin Keqing said.
"No! You're a mess here, it's not good. Besides, you have something to do! I'll just leave it with that, and I'll talk about it later. He Wenxuan and Long Fengyi spoke in unison. Long Ye, Jiang Cuilian, and Qin Keqing sent the little couple to the outside of the gate.
After He Wenxuan came out of the Dragon Mansion, he went to the police station and asked the police on duty to inform all the officers of the Investigation Department to have a meeting in the afternoon.
In the afternoon of the afternoon, the red-faced policemen in the conference room of the police station were talking about the New Year, what meeting did Director He let us have?
At three o'clock, Deputy Director He Wenxuan arrived on time, and after handing out cigarettes to all the officers of the Investigation Department, he announced the meeting.
"Everyone! I'm sorry! Originally, this New Year was for everyone to rest and have fun; But in the early hours of this morning, there was a major criminal case in our city - three buildings in Longfu were burned to the ground. ”
"Oops! Is there such a thing? Did you find any suspicious people? The policemen were shocked when they heard this, and they all knew that the Dragon Master of the Dragon Mansion was the father-in-law of the Great Chief.
"Yes! This criminal suspect is likely to be the Diao Min Liang Shanzhou who has always had no law! So I'm asking you to investigate this case! ”
"What else is there to investigate? If you catch Liang Shanzhou directly and torture him, you won't know! The police have a "special power" in their hands, and they can handle cases according to law "on the basis of facts," or they can arrest people on the basis of the slightest suspicion, subjective assumptions, and even their own grievances. After being arrested, he was tortured to extract a confession, tortured into a trick, and it was done; As a result, you will receive praise, bonuses, and even promotions.
"Alright! Then you go and arrest Liang Shanzhou! He Wenxuan had already put Liang Shanzhou to death, and since the police had said so, he agreed to arrest Liang Shanzhou immediately.
When the drunken policemen heard Director He's order, they rushed out of the building, drove out four police cars, honked their shrill sirens, and came to Liu's house at the south gate all the way.
People are flesh and blood, and if they are flesh and blood, they have a certain limit to endure; If you exceed the limit, you will collapse! People are down! Just recruit everything - it is precisely because ancient and modern judicial personnel understand this that extorting confessions by torture has become a "magic weapon for solving cases" that has been passed down to this day.
When it comes to the phenomenon of extorting confessions through torture, I can't help but think of the topic of "public power" and "private power".
The so-called public power refers to the power to delegate and delegate, which exists and has legitimacy for the purpose of protecting private rights.
The so-called private rights are "original rights", that is, natural rights, such as the right to freedom, the right to property, the right to reputation, the right to life, the right to health, etc., many of which are innate, or acquired through hard work, and they should be protected by public rights.
However, although public power is a power to be granted, it often becomes a powerful power because it is backed by a strong state apparatus, and it has the attribute of natural expansion.
However, private rights are weak rights, and the possibility of them being violated and weakened is always there.
Therefore, public power should be restricted and suppressed; Private rights, on the other hand, need to be protected and maintained.
Although public and private rights are interdependent, they are a pair of contradictions; But in a just society, there should be a balance between public and private rights.
However, when there is a fierce contradiction and conflict between public power and private power, or even in a state of confrontation, when the root cause of private power being restricted or trampled on is the unbounded, unlimited expansion and abuse of public power, we have to question the legitimacy of a certain public right.
In recent years, some well-known cases have occurred in some parts of our country, which quite show the current situation of public and private rights in our country. Here are two cases of "death row prisoners becoming innocent" because of the "return of the dead":
Case 1: "She Xianglin Case".
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Case 2: "Zhao Zuohai Case".
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The cases of She Xianglin and Zhao Zuohai were both wronged because of the "return of the deceased", which fully shows that there is still a dark phenomenon in China's judiciary.
"The return of the dead" can be redressed, what does this question torture to law enforcers? In the following view, there are at least the following points:
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(6) "Death row prisoners" become innocent (originally innocent) and receive "state compensation", who will pay for this compensation? What kind of punishment have law enforcers at all levels received for unjust, false and wrongly decided cases?
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Gossip is less, to get down to business, and it is said that Liang Shanzhou collapsed under the renovated and extremely cruel torture to extract confessions - Liang Shanzhou confessed to the crime of "setting fire to the Dragon Mansion on Chinese New Year's Eve"; and handed over the same party Chang Baisan and Ma Shankui. He Wenxuan also ordered the criminal police to arrest Chang Baisan and Ma Shankui; Chang Baisan and Ma Shankui also confessed - He Wenxuan only took more than three hours to crack the largest arson case in Jiangzhou's history in one fell swoop, and arrested all the murderers. This kind of merit is not small - He Wenxuan was awarded a first-class merit and received a bonus of 5,000 yuan; The Detective Department was awarded the collective second-class meritorious service and received a bonus of 10,000 yuan.
Deputy Director He Wenxuan, who was proud and must put Liang Shanzhou to death, immediately made an iron case file and handed it over to the Jiangzhou court. After several investigations and evidence collection, court hearings, and statements and defenses, the first offender, Liang Shanzhou, was finally sentenced to death and immediately executed. Accomplices Chang Baisan and Ma Shankui were sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.
When this matter spread to the society, some people said that the sentence was heavy, saying that He Wenxuan used his power to retaliate and colluded with the court to resentence Liang Shanzhou. Some people also said that the sentence was not severe, but Liang Shanzhou was ruthless and burned down the three buildings that were so luxurious in Longfu! This is a sin that is deserved, otherwise it cannot be a warning to others...... Accounts differ and opinions vary. Anyway, "the law of troubled times is unclear", it doesn't matter if the sentence is lighter or heavier.