Chapter 67: Defeat in the first battle

At this time, Wu Ping had a lot of thoughts: find Tong Xianzhang and investigate the causes and consequences of blaming Lei Yingtian, so from this moment on, even if he officially handed over to Lu Weiyuan, the highest authority in the province's politics and law. Although Wu Ping is not afraid of the powerful, not greedy for Vanity Fair, and has been upright since he joined the company, he is only a small deputy captain of the county criminal police brigade after all, compared with the secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee, the distance between them is like a thousand layers of mountains in front of him - the words "mantis arm as a car" appear in Wu Ping's mind.

Wu Ping is not afraid of death. If Lu Weiyuan wants to do bad things, once he finds out that Wu Ping is behind the investigation of the Zhiqing case, he will definitely do something to Wu Ping, and treat Wu Ping like Lei Yingtian and Zheng Gan. What Wu Ping was afraid of was that he would be killed if he didn't go to the end and didn't make the truth public. Therefore, since the investigation has been initiated, it is necessary to end it as soon as possible, so that Lu Wei will not have time to fight back, or even if he fights back, he will not have time to control the situation before he can be brought to justice.

What a difficult thing to do.

Wu Ping thought again, can he really ask the truth if he finds Tong Xianzhang? If it were so simple, Lu Wei would have been arrested a long time ago.

Now, the entire criminal police brigade knows about this matter - there are only four people behind the investigation of the Zhiqing case: Gao Ge, Wu Ping, Lu Qingqing and Liu Debao. Gao Ge and Wu Ping have been in love for more than ten years, and they cherish each other; Liu Debao is Wu Ping's apprentice, and he cultivated it single-handedly. These two will be absolutely tight-lipped and will stay the course. The key is Lu Qingqing.

Lu Qingqing has just joined the company, and I don't know if she has this determination. However, Wu Ping chose to believe her, and he could only believe in her, and bring her into the inner circle of this matter, so that she would put herself in the shoes of the case.

Dear readers, it's a pity that Wu Ping still doesn't know the relationship between Lu Qingqing and Lu Weiyuan, if he knows that Lu Qingqing is Lu Weiyuan's niece, then he won't dare to believe Lu Qingqing anymore.

Wu Ping glanced at Lu Qingqing, "Qingqing, this road is very difficult to walk, can you persevere?" ”

Wu Ping made a pun.

Liu Debao didn't understand the deep meaning of Wu Ping's words, and laughed, "Wu team, I'm here, of course I'll stick to it, it's a big deal that I will help her." ”

"Fuck off." Wu Ping gave Liu Debao these two words.

Lu Qingqing also laughed, but it could be seen that she smiled reluctantly, "Don't worry, martial arts team, since I have chosen this path, I will definitely stick to it." Lu Qingqing's heart tightened, and he secretly thought: Why did Wu Ping ask this, did he know that Lu Weiyuan was my uncle? It can't be, it's very secretive, and very few people know about it.

"No matter how difficult it is, even if it is life-threatening?" Wu Ping asked again.

"Yes. Even if life and death are at stake, we must persevere to the end. Lu Qingqing's answer was very firm. In order to save Xu You, because of her obsession with the truth of the case, and at the same time, she also wanted to see if her uncle Lu Weiyuan really acted as the umbrella of the wicked, these three reasons prompted Lu Qingqing to risk her life.

Lu Qingqing's personality is gentle like water, but in the face of truth and fairness and justice, she has the determination to be steadfast.

"Very well, let's go." Wu Ping stepped on the cigarette butt on the ground and walked down the mountain col first.

At the foot of the col is a small village, sparsely sparsely nestled with a dozen wooden and adobe houses. Poverty and decay were the initial impressions of this place on the people of Wuping.

The population is not large, so it is easy to find people. Ask the first villager, and you will know the direction of Tong Xianzhang's house.

Timber-framed houses are warm in winter and cool in summer, and are popular with a large number of people in southern China, especially in the Yangtze River basin. It was not until the 80s of the 20th century that brick houses gradually appeared here; By the 90s, brick houses began to completely replace wooden houses. Changling Village in Qiandi Township is located in a remote area with inconvenient transportation, and bricks, cement, and sand and gravel cannot be transported in, so even now, residents in this area still generally live in wooden houses. The conditions are a little worse, and they still live in an earthen embryo house.

Tong Xianzhang lives in an earthen embryo house. After being exposed to the wind and rain, decades of erosion, the soil embryo melted and fell, and the house was full of holes. This can't help but remind people of Liu Baochang's home, at that time, thousands of ordinary people had not really raised their living standards.

Thinking of Liu Baochang, Wu Ping couldn't help but hey in his heart, he was still pretending to be crazy and stupid. If it weren't for the protection of Xu You and the pursuit of the mastermind behind the Zhiqing case, he would have been arrested a long time ago. Then let you continue to pretend to be a fool for a while, Wu Ping thought to himself.

The wooden door on the earthen room was open, and there was a small field in front of the house, and there was no one. As soon as Wu Ping stepped into the field with his front foot, a big yellow dog pounced out, barking wildly.

Lu Qingqing was scared to death, and quickly hid behind Liu Debao, she was afraid of dogs. Liu Debao was also afraid, but he had to prop up a safe place for Lu Qingqing.

Wu Ping bent down and grabbed a stone on the ground.

The big yellow dog's butt turned and ran into the room, but it didn't go far, and then turned its head again, this time barking more wildly.

At this time, a fragile voice came from the room, "Who?" ”

"Hello, we're police, can we come in and sit down?" Wu Ping replied.

"Rhubarb, don't scream, come back." The voice rang out again.

The yellow dog listened to his master and ran into the house without making a sound.

The three of them walked into the house. The windows are too small and a bit dark inside. A wooden bed on which lay an old woman, gray-haired and skinny.

Wu Ping showed his police ID card, put it in again, and went through the motions.

The old woman's eyes swept around the three of them, "Zhaozhao has gone to the ground, he is not there, you can wait." "The old man's Mandarin is extremely non-standard, but he can barely understand it.

What she said should be her son? Or a wife? Lu Qingqing guessed.

Wu Ping didn't want to disturb the old man, and he couldn't communicate with her, so they walked out and went to the venue. About twenty minutes passed, and a figure over 50 years old walked from the ridge outside, carrying a hoe on his shoulder.

When he saw Wu Ping and others, he was stunned at first, stopped, and then walked in again. He put the hoe down and went to wash his hands, the whole thing without saying a word.

He is not tall, with a figure of 1.6 meters, which is consistent with Lei Yingtian's description of Tong Xianzhang, but he is not fat at all, but very thin.

"We are police officers from the Simao County Public Security Bureau, are you Tong Xianzhang?" Liu Debao asked.

According to the regulations, Wu Ping should be led by the police of the Linxian Public Security Bureau to investigate the case on the Linxian territory, and it must be sponsored by the Linxian Public Security Bureau. But the matter of Lu Weiyuan is not trivial, Wu Ping doesn't want to make a noise, and he can't let anyone other than the four of them know about this matter until there is enough evidence to bring down Lu Weiyuan.

Tong Xianzhang took out a cigarette, handed it to Wu Ping, took out one himself, lit it, and his hands trembled a little.

The two men pumped up, silent.

Liu Debao and Lu Qingqing glanced at each other and felt inexplicable. Did the two of them know each other before?

"I knew you guys would come sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to be so late." He finally spoke.

"You are indeed Tong Xianzhang." Wu Ping said.

"I'm not Tong Xianzhang, I'm Tong Xianzhao, Xianzhang is my younger brother, he's dead."

No wonder, it turned out that he was Tong Xianzhang's older brother.

"How did you know we were coming?" Lu Qingqing asked, "Tong Xianzhang told you?" She immediately added that this was the only possibility.

"Yes." Tong Xianzhao spat out a large puff of smoke.

"So you know what we're here for." Wu Ping said.

"Yes. Xian Chang asked me to bring you a message for him: Be self-aware, and know what you can and why you can't do anything. It is true that he has done something wrong, but if you don't do your best to get to the bottom of it, then you don't know it. After Tong Xianzhao finished speaking, he went to the house, leaving Wu Ping and others stunned on the field.

"What are these words?" Liu Debao was a little angry.

"He's telling us not to use our arms as a car, to do things we know we can't do." Lu Qingqing said.

"Bao, go and ask if Tong Xianzhang left anything for us." Wu Ping instructed Liu Debao.

Liu Debao walked into the house very carefully, he was afraid that the big yellow dog would make a surprise attack.

Soon, he walked out and shook his head, indicating that there was nothing.

"Impossible." Wu Ping muttered in a low voice, "From the words that Tong Xianzhang left us, we can know that it should be what he said before he died, he has seen through a lot of things, and he should have left something for us." ”

"Qingqing, if you ask again, there must be something left." Wu Ping ordered Lu Qingqing again. Lu Qingqing is much smarter than Liu Debao, maybe she has a way to ask.

Lu Qingqing went in for a long time, but after coming out, he was empty-handed.

Did I guess wrong? Wu Ping thought secretly, there was no way, "Go back." Wu Ping walked out of the field.

Just go back? If you want to find out the case of educated youth and find the mastermind behind the scenes, there are only two breakthroughs: one is the half-signed indictment in Zheng Nansi's hand, and Wu Ping begged God to bless it with Lu Weiyuan's signature on it. The second is the police who coerced and lured Lei Yingtian to handle the case back then. Both of the policemen who handled the case had died, and Tong Xianzhao, the only one who had a little hope, refused to say anything.

Abandon?

Abandonment is not Wu Ping's style of doing things.

As soon as I got up the mountain pass, it suddenly rained heavily. Luckily, I walked fast, but I still got wet.

In the car, the trio wiped their faces clean with paper. "Wu team, what do you think Tong Xianzhang will leave us?" Lu Qingqing asked, she heard Wu Ping's muttering.

"Evidence. The evidence he has about the truth of Lei Yingtian's case. Wu Pingding said that he trusted his instincts.

"Wu team, how do you know that Tong Xianzhang has evidence in his hand?" Liu Debao asked, could it be that Wu Ping would pinch his fingers.

"You two, there's still a lot to learn. In the archives of the Linxian Public Security Bureau, have you read the materials of **Guan? You don't see any information from what is shown on the material? Wu Ping's straight temper came up again, but he was in no mood to criticize them now.

Lu Qingqing and Liu Debao waited for him to continue.

"Yang Shizhi's sacrifice is completely unnecessary, I won't say the specific details, what I want to tell you is that Yang Shizhi committed suicide in another way."

Lu Qingqing nodded, "I remembered." So, Wu Team, you mean that Yang Shiyi is atoning for the mistakes he committed, and his conscience has found out. ”

Wu Ping was silent, and the corners of his mouth smiled.

"Planting blame for Lei Yingtian, stealing beams and changing pillars to rescue Wu Changan and others, Yang Shizhi and Tong Xianzhang played a very important role, and not everyone can take on this heavy responsibility. Lu Weiyuan's choice of the two of them shows his trust in him. We also know from the mouth of the old police officer that Yang Shiyi and Tong Xianzhang are a pair of brothers in life and death, and they have similar temperaments. Then, since Yang Shizhi chose to commit suicide to atone for his crimes, Tong Xianzhang would also wake up, and sure enough, he later resigned and returned to his hometown. Judging from here, Tong Xianzhang will definitely leave us with evidence. ”

Wu Ping said the guess in his heart, as if he had personally participated in everything at that time or listened to Yang Shizhi and Tong Xianzhang tell him everything.

For Wu Ping's speculation, Lu Qingqing and Liu Debao were impressed.