Chapter Thirty-Seven: Lou A's Four Branches
"The law of the land? Che Rengui has done so many sins, I don't think the national law has done anything to him, isn't he still living a very nourishing life? Director Gu, you have been working in this realm for decades, what kind of person is Che Rengui, your heart is like a mirror. β
"Uncle Lou, we understand your feelings, but aren't Captain Zhao handling the case? It's not easy for them, Cha Rengui has done that evil, you should always say something! β
"Director Gu, Che Rengui has done that evil, don't you also know it?"
"Yes, I know something, but what I know is what everyone knows."
"We came to you just to find out something unknown. You have been in the Che family compound for the longest time, and you must know a lot about what Che Rengui has done. So, don't worry. β
"I know something, but I don't know if it's something you want to know," Lou Asi's mind was very clear, and he said a tongue twister.
"Uncle Lou, please tell us, okay?" Zhao Zimeng's words were earnest.
Xiang Daimo handed over a cigarette: "Uncle, you smoke." β
"Okay, then I'll talk about it." Lou Asi pushed away the cigarette in Xiang Daimo's hand, "Smoking, I have quit a long time ago, I have asthma, and as soon as I smoke, I can't breathe." The most immoral thing Che Rengui did was to spoil the Huo family's baby daughter, and he also harmed a well-behaved family. β
Zhao Zimeng and Director Gu looked at each other.
Everyone already knows Huo Siyan's situation, but in order to lead to more content, he can only let Lou Asi continue to talk about it according to his own ideas.
Regarding Huo Siyan's situation, Lou Asi's narration did not go beyond the scope of Director Gu. But everyone still listened patiently to Lou Asi's words.
After that, Lou Asi mentioned Pan Guangmei and Lin Fengyan again.
Everyone has already seen that the information provided by Lou Asi is all well-known, and there is nothing new about it. Lou Ah Si is obviously dealing with everyone.
"Uncle Lou, you go on."
"That's it, I've said everything I need to say."
Now, Zhao Zimeng can only be inspired and induced: "What relatives does the Che family have?" I'm talking about relatives of Cha Renju's family. β
"The master is the second generation of single transmission, even if he has relatives, he has long been disconnected - he is no longer in the world, his wife's maiden family is in Citicamp, and the Hua family only gave birth to his wife's daughter, and his wife's maiden family has long been empty."
Cha Rengui's wife once mentioned Camp Citigroup.
"We heard that Cha Renju was arrested, and he may have been denounced."
"Thisβwho knows?" Lou Ah Si glanced at Director Gu and blinked a few times. This should be a relatively sensitive issue, Lou Asi retracted his head in time. Everyone knows that it was Mrs. Jin who led the comrades to find Lou Asi. Lou Asi retreated on this issue, there must be another reason.
"Che Rengui was originally in charge of Che's shop, why did he suddenly go to the district ** to do things?"
"He is a very fine person, he has already smelled the smell, and exchanged all the goods in several shops for money, and finally for gold, and soon after the liberation, he handed over several shops to the state, and in the blink of an eye, Che Rengui became a positive model. Later, he entered the district ** to manage the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce. When the meeting was first liberated, it was quite chaotic, and most of the people who presided over the work in the district were demobilized cadres of the army, and they did not know much about the local situation. β
"How did the above know about Che Renju's service in the Kuomintang?"
"I don't know."
"Could it be that Che Rengui used Che Renju's blood to stain the top of his hat?"
"Can you make this clearer, comrade?"
"We heard that Che Renju secretly denounced Che Renju in order to monopolize the Che family's property."
"This-I don't dare to say, back then, there were a lot of photos of the young master hanging in the lobby of the Che family, and this family, friends and neighbors, everyone knew about it, no one knew about it. Not vegetarian either, they know for sure. Lou Asi seems to be trying his best to downplay Che Rengui's accusation of Che Renju, "The young master must have had a bad premonition before returning to Jingxi City." Besides, there are several people who were ** at the same time, these people are all people who have done things in the Kuomintang, and they are all people who have committed heinous crimes and have unforgivable crimes, which is what the proclamation says. β
"We heard that after Che Renju was arrested, the Che family's compound was raided once, and what was taken away?"
"I don't know - Che's house was copied once, but I don't know what was copied."
"Did Che Rengui bribe some leader, so he got an errand in the district?" Director Gu said.
"I don't know, I only know that Che Rengui is good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder, and is even better at speculating and drilling camps, and in the second half of 1966, he became the deputy director of the district revolutionary committee in the blink of an eye. Cha Rengui was the craziest in those years. The world has been chaotic, and the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods have all run out. β
Zhao Zimeng remembered what Che Huamei once said, her mother usually does good deeds and accumulates virtues, eats fasting and recites Buddha all day long, just to atone for her father Che Rengui, and the facts also show that in addition to harming Che Rengui, the murderer did not move a single hair of Che Rengui's family, so the sins atonement of Mrs. Che must not be limited to the well-known sins committed by Che Rengui.
The murderer is unlikely to be Che Rengui's family, so it is very likely that the murderer is the relatives of Mr. Che and Mrs. Che.
In addition to Che Renju's grandfather mentioned by Mrs. Che, are there any other relatives in the Che family - or loyal servants like Lou Asi? Jin Cuiping and Lou Asi should be regarded as loyal servants who have not forgotten their old master, they have been away from the Che family compound for so many years, and they still think about the master's kindness to them.
Although this issue has been discussed before, Zhao Zimeng had to repeat the same old tune - the key is that Lou Asi's attitude is much better than before: "Uncle Lou, please recall carefully, a famous family like the Che family should always have a few close relatives!" β
"Comrade Captain, didn't I just say that? Except for me, a distant relative, the Che family does have no other relatives, you can understand if you think about it, if it weren't for the scarcity of the Che family, the lord and wife would not have passed Che Rengui, the turtle grandson, to the Che family compound. β
"The lord and the wife are benevolent to raise a single seedling, and since he was a child, he has been the top of his life, he is afraid of melting in his mouth, he is afraid of falling in his hands, he loves him in every way, he wants the wind to the wind, he wants the rain to the rain, and he has his temperament in everything he does, otherwise, they will not let the young master cross the ocean and go to Japan to study."
"I remember." Director Gu suddenly said, "Che Renju went to Japan to study, it seems that he was with the help of a relative. Uncle Lou, do you know who this relative is? β
Zhao Zimeng also remembered that on the evening of the first day when the comrades took over the case, when they were having dinner in the canteen of the police station, Director Gu had said about this matter.
"That's a cousin of my old aunt, I heard that he is doing business in the provincial capital, specializing in foreigners' business, mainly tea, porcelain and silk, and he has a son who works in Nanjing."
"It was with his help that Young Master Renju went to Japan to study. However, after the young master returned to China, the Che family cut off contact with them, and I heard the master say that the family went to Taiwan. The young master returned to China and worked in the Kuomintang, which was also a favor from this person. β
"Uncle Lou, among the people who work in the Chejia compound, are there any people who have a particularly close relationship with the old lady?"
"The old lady is very good to all the subordinates, and the house where my sister-in-law and I live is the one that the master bought for us."
"In the Chejia compound back then, apart from you and Aunt Jin, was there anyone else?"
"No, we're just two old people left."
Lou Asi spoke without leaking, and the comrades talked with Lou Asi for an hour and a half, but failed to find any valuable clues from the old man's mouth.
Director Gu thought of District Chief Mao - this was the second time he thought of District Chief Mao: "Captain Zhao, I always feel that Che Renju's death is related to Che Rengui, should we ask District Mayor Mao to understand the situation at that time?" β
"Director Gu, the two of us thought of coming together, if Che Rengui did betray Che Renju, then this case must be related to this matter, harming people's lives and taking away people's property, such a deep hatred and hatred are difficult for ordinary people to let go. Getting to the bottom of this matter is crucial to the next step of the investigation. β
So, Director Gu led Zhao Zimeng and his entourage to find the daughter of the mayor of Mao.
The daughter of the mayor of Mao District is called Mao Yiping, who works as a manager at the Qixingmen Hotel.
Everyone sat in the rest area of the hotel lobby for less than two minutes, and Mao Yiping arrived.
Mao Yiping is about forty-five years old.
When Director Gu explained his intentions, Mao Yiping agreed to accompany the comrades to their hometown.
At about twelve o'clock, after Mao Yiping arranged the work of the hotel, the group set off.
Those who went to Zhejiang with Mao Yiping were Zhao Zimeng, Ling Hu Yunfei, Lin Di and Director Gu.
Mao Yiping's hometown is in a place called Shixi Town in the mountains of western Zhejiang.
At more than two o'clock in the afternoon, the car drove into the ancient town of Shixi.
The mayor of Mao District was not at home, and Mao Yiping's nephew said that the old man took care of the mountains and forests and only went home once a week.
So, the young man led everyone on foot into the mountain.
When I arrived at the residence of the mayor of Mao District, it was already dark. The chai door is closed, the thatched hut is empty, the head of the thatched district has not come back from patrolling the mountain, Mao Yiping said, since his father came down from the leadership position, he returned to his hometown to plant trees, the barren mountains and bald mountains in the past, now green trees.
Father is an idle person, and if he doesn't do things, his heart will be empty. Since he returned to his hometown to plant trees, his body has become more and more hardened.
When he was in the leadership position, his father had several problems, especially stomach and liver diseases, which have long been bothering him, and now, these diseases are long gone.