Chapter 47: Good intentions
"Rickshaw." Xu You beckoned a bicycle and helped Cao Guisheng up.
The night in Simao is far less lively than that of Zixian, and at this time there are few people walking around the streets, and those who have taken a walk have returned home, and they close the door. The rest of the miserable people are still sticking to their posts, and their lives have little to do with the time of day. Xu You felt that he was also a miserable person, between coming and going, between gains and losses, there was not much to care about.
Inaction may be the highest state of life.
However, in terms of the realm of life alone, Xu You is far inferior to those miserable people in his eyes. Take the master who pedals a bicycle as an example, he gets up early and works hard to earn money because of the yearning in his heart - the yearning for a better life, at least, can feed the whole family. What about Xu Yu? He is not for himself, not for Cao Guisheng, the goal of his struggle is for hatred. If you have to divide the realm of life into two levels, then Xu You can only reach the low level.
So far, we have not found that Xu You's desperate efforts are for fairness, justice, harmony and stability, and from our point of view, he is indeed sorry for the uniform on his body. But please forgive us for the time being, he has lived a difficult and miserable life, and we have every reason to believe that the truth, goodness and beauty in his heart will one day be stimulated by someone or something.
Cao Guisheng leaned on the carport and fell asleep, snoring heavily, as if he hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long, long time. He is also miserable, living under a mask for the sake of hatred all his life. The wind is blowing gently, and there is indeed some coolness, is autumn coming, and summer is not enough. Xu Yu is afraid of winter, afraid of that kind of cold silence. The street lamps, the trees, and the frightened figures all fell back quickly, and Xu You felt very tired, but he couldn't sleep yet.
got off at the entrance of the Education Bureau, and Xu You helped Cao Guisheng to walk to the dormitory building after paying the travel fee. The courtyard was quiet, and there was no one in the courtyard.
"Why be a police officer." The words spat out from Cao Guisheng's mouth, very suddenly.
Xu You thought that he had heard it wrong, or it was transmitted from somewhere else, he looked around for a while, and there was no one else, that is, what Cao Guisheng said was right, but he was already drunk.
"Help me walk, don't go upstairs first." Cao Guisheng said again, but he still looked very drunk, his steps were vain and his head drooped.
"Uncle Cao, are you awake?" Is there anything you can't say at home, Xu You still can't understand Cao Guisheng's intentions.
"Nonsense, answer my question."
In front of Cao Guisheng, Xu You could only confess truthfully, "In order to find out the cause of your death, and the identity of the police is easier to get closer to the truth of the case." ”
"Alas......" Cao Guisheng sighed faintly at the sullenness in his heart, "After all the hardships, just to prevent you from being involved in the whirlpool of right and wrong, where did you think...... You're a kid who can't grow up after all. Can't you see that I died to cover up the truth? Cao Guisheng's steps became heavier and heavier, and he seemed to be very disappointed in Xu You.
"Child......" Cao Guisheng raised his head, "I and your Uncle Baochang are sorry for you, the grievances of the previous generation should not have been passed on to you, helplessly, I and your Uncle Baochang have done our best, we have spent a lifetime of energy, and we can't give your parents justice after all." Our time is short, and we are forced to go to extremes. Cao Guisheng raised his sleeve to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "We hope that in this way, we can get relief as soon as possible, and leave the merits to the world." But you shouldn't get involved. ”
Xu You completely understood the meaning of Cao Guisheng's words, "So, what Liu Baochang told me that night was true, you joined forces to kill Wu Changan and Wei Chi Revolutionary?" ”
"Yes, no one can do those things alone, if you are smart enough, you will guess, we will also do it to Zheng Qian and Lu Anzhi next."
"I won't let you fall deeper and deeper, Zheng Qian and Lu Anzhi, the law will punish them. Naturally, there is a law to punish them for the sins they committed back then. ”
Cao Guisheng pushed away Xu You's hand and walked forward, "If the law is useful, can they survive to this day?" If the law is useful, you and Uncle Baochang need to live without being a ghost for the rest of our lives? ”
"Justice may be late, but it is never missing."
At this point, the conversation reached an impasse, and the two sides began to fall silent.
The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the surroundings were as silent as death, except for Xu You and Cao Guisheng, the world was completely asleep.
"May I ask you a question?" Xu Yu was the first to break this silence.
Cao Guisheng was noncommittal.
"I went to look for you that day and saw Li Chuang leave home, but you had already killed him before that, didn't you? The Li Chuang I saw walking downstairs was a disguise you used to hide people's eyes, right? ”
"To be precise, it's to cover your eyes. Li Chuang pretended to be smart, he told me that he found out about your killing of Wu Changan, and he wanted to expose your crime through my mouth, hey. Cao Guisheng sneered a few times, "He never expected that he dug a grave for himself." I strangled him right then, and I pretended to be him in order to give the illusion that he had left me. ”
"So, those recordings of your conversations are also fake."
"It's not fake. From the very beginning, the conversation between Li Chuang and me has been recorded by me. I played the part of him that he said, recorded it again, and finally recorded it with my words. So the recordings you find are vague and incoherent. Cao Guisheng is very proud of his masterpiece, and it is true that his tricks have not been discovered by the police.
"After you killed Li Chuang, you transported his body back to Guangong Town Middle School, and then faked it as a fire scene. The next morning, the quarrel heard by the canteen chef of Guangong Town Middle School was actually yours alone. ”
"Not exactly, Li Chuang is dead, how can he speak, the other person is your Uncle Baochang."
"So, who is the person who died by the river of the primary school in Huotan Village, Muqiao Township?"
"Tinkman."
"Is it necessary to kill these innocent people? Is it worth it? ”
"It doesn't matter if it's worth it or not, the important thing is that you can avenge your parents, so that they can know that there are people in this world who can do justice for them." Cao Guisheng suddenly jumped up and slapped Xu You.
Xu You touched his hot face, inexplicably, "Why did you hit me?" ”
"We're being followed." Cao Guisheng put his fingers in his throat, and a strong stimulus prompted him to vomit, which just disguised his and Xu You's previous behavior.
Trace? Xu You couldn't imagine who would follow them on such a night.
"You think Zheng Qian and Lu Anzhi too simply." Cao Guisheng said.
"Uncle Cao, what are you going to do next?" Xu You scanned the peripheral vision of his eyes for a week, and found no abnormality.
Cao Guisheng leaned on the electric pole, his body bent slightly, and he looked like he was not falling, "You don't need to know this, you'd better not know this." Child ......" Cao Guisheng looked up at Xu You, with a rare gentle light in his eyes, "You and I can see each other again, it's already a blessing, and you are not allowed to come to me again from now on." Except for the unavoidable contact at work, we are strangers...... Since you are a policeman, you can take this road well, and you don't need to interfere in the matter of revenge. If that day really comes, you don't need to show mercy to me and Liu Baochang. After saying this, Cao Guisheng's eyes flashed with tears.
"Get out." Cao Guisheng shouted loudly and pushed Xu Yu away, "I don't need you to send it, I can go back by myself." He shouted these words so that those who were hiding in the darkness could hear them.
Xu You was stunned.
Yes, Cao Guisheng is an old Jianghu, his alertness far exceeds Xu You, and from the moment he walked into the gate of the Education Bureau, he found the eyes of the stalker-Kong Shangwu. Zheng Qian bypassed Meng Moming and Zheng Nansi and directly asked him to closely observe Cao Guisheng's every move, including what dishes he ate and what he pooped every day.
It turned out that after dark, Kong Shangwu received a text message from Zheng Qian: It is expected to return at half past nine and be closely supervised. So Kong Shangwu has been hiding behind the transformer enclosure house in the compound of the Education Bureau since 9 o'clock, which is a good place to hide, and you can peep into everything from the outside, but it is difficult to find his whereabouts from the outside.
"Drunkard, you dare to do anything." Cao Guisheng and Xu You's every move was all watched by Kong Shangwu, and Cao Guisheng's slap on Xu You had a crisp and pleasant sound. Kong Shangwu was thinking, Zheng Qian was too worried, Cao Guisheng could not be the murderer. But thinking that he could serve such a big leader as Vice Mayor Zheng, once one or two things were done well, the future road would be spacious and bright, Kong Shangwu's heart was immediately filled with honey.