Siheyuan: Kill Han Qingkui, Tian Zao is entangled with me

Chapter 152 Hostage Location Locked in Yuer Hutong
"I passed by here and thought that their mother and I were good friends in the past. Now that she is gone, I thought about taking good care of the two children. Aren't they here?"

"Zhu Zi was sent to a correctional facility for rehabilitation, and Yu Shui is in Yi Zhonghai's room."

"Where is he from the Qing Dynasty? Is he dead?"

The woman looked at the old lady in surprise.

What kind of fate is this?
The biological mother just died, and the biological father is gone too?

"He Daqing ran off with a widow."

"This He Daqing is such a hopeless case! I told you not to just randomly invite a live-in son-in-law, but you just wouldn't listen!"

"What? Are you trying to bring up the past again and blame me, an old woman, for having no vision? Go away! Don't come here again!"

The woman opened the door helplessly and walked out.

"go!"

Xu Fugui came out with a bowl in his hand when he heard the sound and saw this scene.

When have you ever seen the old lady so angry?

Could this good-looking woman really be a relative of the old lady?
"If you want to eat, just sit at the table and enjoy your meal. Why are you standing at the door looking at me?"

Xu's mother, who was a jealous person, obviously also caught a glimpse of that woman and became jealous for no reason.

The woman walked away being scolded, and many people saw and heard it.

Everyone was curious about the relationship between this woman and the old lady, but Yi Zhonghai walked towards the backyard.

"What are you doing here? Are you here to laugh at me too?"

"What is Magnolia doing here?"

"What else can she do? She said she wanted to see the pillars and the rain. If your family doesn't want to raise that girl, you can give her to Bai Yulan to raise."

"I think we should stop bothering with it and just keep it at my house! A little girl can't eat much food."

"Have you figured out a solution for the pillar issue?"

"There's no way. I've asked around. If you enter that place, you can't get out unless you behave yourself."

The old lady sighed and said, "Even if I get out, it will be difficult to get into the steel mill again."

"You don't have to work in the steel mill. I heard that Suo Qian from the No. 97 yard next door got a job in Fengze Garden. Don't you know him?"

Yi Zhonghai was given a cold look by the old lady, but he achieved his goal and left back to the central courtyard.

When Bai Yulan was leaving No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, she was spotted by Suo Qian who was returning from the toilet.

"Hey, who is this? Why are you here? I'm here to pay my respects to the concubine!"

"Uncle Suo, it's boring like this! Everyone knows that you are rich now."

"It's all over. I just want to make a living. Why are you here? Are you here to see that old woman?"

"Well, I got a setback! I'll go back first!"

He stopped a rickshaw, waved to Suo Qian, and left.

He made a click of the tongue, glanced at Yard 95, shook his head, and walked towards his own yard.

"Third brother, I miss Sister Zao. Why hasn't she come back yet? The New Year is coming soon. Can she make it back in time?"

"Comrade Kong Jianguo, I don't know either! How about I ask someone later? I say, Mr. Tong, you train all day long, can't you give our Comrade Jianguo a rest?"

"I went through the same thing when I was practicing singing. It's too late for him to learn."

"Meihe'er, tell me yourself, how did Mr. Tong deceive you in the first place? Third brother will support you!"

"Forget it, Third Brother! At first, I was determined to save my sister. Now my sister is back, and Third Brother has turned over a new leaf. I actually like singing opera a little bit, so please let me be willful for once!"

"Hey, kid, who can turn over a new leaf? I am just a fool!"

When he returned to the house, he saw Chun Xier sewing the soles of his shoes.

"Don't you want to take a rest? You have to go to the East Suburb Correctional Center tomorrow?"

"Since I have promised the director, I cannot give up halfway."

"Okay, then take a break after you finish this, and you can eat soon!"

There was a quarrel outside, and Suo Qian and Tong Xiaoting both ran out.

"Xiu Lan, Xiu Lan, listen to me!"

"Comrade Ye Dapeng, I hope you won't appear in front of me again in the future."

"Xiu Lan, how did I offend you? You have to give me a chance to explain!"

"What explanation do you need? You are the only one who still has the nerve to pursue our Xiulan? You are the one who wrongly accuses a good person of being a criminal without knowing right from wrong, right?"

Seeing Suo Qian coming up to speak for her, Li Xiulan, feeling confident, quickly hid behind Suo Qian.

"Suo Qian, ask yourself, are you not clear about whether you have sold fake medicine or not? If Zheng Chaoyang hadn't been making trouble and finding some medical expert to help you overturn the case, would you have been able to walk out of the police station with such a swagger?"

"Okay, go away! Don't come to our yard again!"

"I'm not here to see you, why would I cause trouble?"

"I'm Li Xiulan's mother, so I'm qualified, right? I don't agree with you dating Xiulan now, you can leave now! Don't come to harass my daughter in the future, or I'll go to your branch office and ask your leaders to reason with you! What kind of people are you?"

"mom!"

Li Xiulan hid behind Aunt Li and did not dare to look up.

Ye Dapeng had no choice but to turn around and leave.

"Xiu Lan, what's going on? Didn't you and him like each other before?"

"Mom, Sister Zao said last time..."

Li Xiulan told Tian Zao everything he had said to her.

"This Zao'er is really good at judging people. He is definitely not a good person!"

"Xiu Lan, Third Brother has to give you some advice. Finding a partner is a lifelong thing and there is no regret medicine. If this person is really not good enough and you force yourself to be together, you will be the only one who suffers."

"Thank you, Third Brother, for your help just now. I was afraid that he would cause trouble for you in the future."

"He's rebelling against me, how dare he?"

On the way out of Nanluoguxiang, Ye Dapeng naturally recalled many things and details, and soon he locked his focus on Tian Zao.

Perhaps the only one who can influence Li Xiulan is Tian Zao.

He wanted to go to the Municipal Bureau to ask Tian Zao what his intention was.

When Zheng Chaoyang and Duomen returned to Da Gong Newspaper Office to look for Xian Yi, the people inside said that she had already gone home after get off work.

Zheng Chaoyang explained his purpose and asked about the kidnapping case that shocked Beijing ten years ago. Many people in the newspaper office were unaware of it.

"Two officers, our president wants you to come in and discuss this in detail!"

The editor-in-chief of Da Gong Newspaper was looking for something among a pile of old newspapers when Zheng Chaoyang and Duomen walked in.

Soon, a string of golden, green, and white dialog boxes filled the entire office.

"You two take a seat first. I'll have to look for a while."

“Is it this pile here?”

It will be dawn by the time you finish searching.

"No way? I remember it was right below! Let me see? Oh, it's really these, you have a very good eye!"

Could it be bad?

After just flipping through a few dozen pages, I found the newspaper where the kidnapping letter was.

"Well, look, Chaoyang, it's exactly the same as what Mr. Lou said."

"This kidnapping case caused a sensation throughout the city. I'm not bragging, but news that the big newspapers couldn't get is no problem for a small newspaper like us!"

"Thank you very much for your help, Editor Lan. If the case is solved in the future, I will definitely send you a banner to express my gratitude!"

"Forget about the banner or not. You and I are both mortals. We still need to satisfy our appetite."

"Okay, I'll have our director thank you in person later. Bye bye!"

Seeing Zheng Chaoyang and the other man really leave, Editor-in-Chief Lan complained, "I'm tired of you guys pretending to be ignorant when you know the truth!"

Duomen got on his bike, his attention still fixed on the photo in the newspaper.

"Master Duo, I promise you, I will catch the murderer!"

"Maybe this girl is still alive?"

Zheng Chaoyang: Then I won’t tell you that Langgege is dead. You will know when the body is dug out.

The reason why Zheng Chaoyang was so eager to straighten out these people and these things was because he was worried that his brother might stab him in the back at any time.

Even though he changed all his previous signatures, there is no guarantee that there will not be any mistakes.

Even if he finally accepts the organization's investigation and stops all work, Bai Ling and Duo Men can easily solve the case.

I rode to a public telephone and called the inn in Tianjin.

"Brother Zheng? Are you looking for Zong Xun? I'll go get him right away! By the way, Sister Zao asked me to ask you, when can we go back to Sijiu City? Isn't the New Year coming up soon?"

"If everything goes well, you can come back tomorrow."

Zong Xiangfang came very quickly, and his voice was very excited. "Guess what I found out?"

"If you have found everything I asked you to find, come back with your team tomorrow! Chinese New Year is coming soon. Oh, and bring me some Tianjin Goubuli steamed buns and donkey rolls."

"No, you called me just to ask me to buy something?"

"Are you stupid? Let's talk about the case back at the police station!"

After being retorted by Zheng Chaoyang, Zong Xiangfang also felt that he was too complacent just now.

If there are people from the other side infiltrating these telephone operators, all their plans will be in vain, and if the higher-ups come to investigate, both of them will be in trouble.

"Just buy it! I'll reimburse you later!"

"Okay, I'll buy it."

Zong Xiangfang showed a long-lost smile on his face, hung up the phone, and said to Dayong and Tian Zao beside him, "Did you hear that? We can go back to Sijiu City tomorrow! Now let's go buy some buns and donkey rolls. This kid is addicted to ordering me around."

"I won't go, you guys go!"

Tian Zao went upstairs with little interest.

"Zongxun, let's go! Sister Zao must be homesick!"

"Okay, you are a smart kid. Come back and learn from me. You are a promising talent."

Dayong was very excited.

Zheng Chaoyang rode his bike to the overpass and saw a long queue outside the Red Lotus Society.

If he went in like this, he would definitely alert the enemy, so he turned into an alley on the side. When he came out, he had a fan in his hand and his bicycle was put away.

"Master, please come inside!"

He pushed his way through the crowd and walked towards the first row. With his current attire, how could he highlight his extraordinary and noble status by sitting at the back?
Even the few people sitting next to him moved aside out of shame.

The first thing to come on stage was the Sichuan Opera face-changing, which was quite direct.

[Dangerous target has been recorded, Meng Qinggui codenamed Black Ghost (1/1)]

[Main quest branch 4 has been updated, and an extra 6000 points will be awarded] Just Meng Qinggui gave an extra points?
But these people in Taoyuan are really omnipresent.

The trick of face changing is quite novel to most people, but to Zheng Chaoyang, it is nothing new.

He watched the whole show with a gloomy face. Because he was sitting in the first row, it caused a lot of psychological pressure on Meng Qinggui who was performing on the stage.

[A small amount of flammable substances such as strong alcohol, rosin, gasoline, etc. were detected in the air]

Although there was no performance accident, it can be inferred from the increasing amplitude of Meng Qinggui's performance movements that he was a little confused.

Zheng Chaoyang could roughly guess that Lou Zhenxing must have had an accident after he came to the Red Lotus Society with others to watch the performance.

But he was a little puzzled. Although Lou Zhenxing was a playboy, he was not vulgar. Besides, Bai Yulan had been with several women. He was not poor. What kind of women had he not seen?

[Received a plaintext telegram, searching for the signal source]

【Dot dot dot horizontal horizontal horizontal dot dot dot】

Is this a distress signal?

This is Lou Zhenxing sending the message. Zheng Chaoyang remembered the pair of modified handmade leather shoes. Lou Zhenxing is somewhere in this area.

Although he was tied up, it was obvious that the other party didn't know the secret in his shoes.

The distress signal was still being sent, and finally the signal locked onto Yuer Hutong and no longer changed.

Yuer Hutong
How come it's there?

It is very close to Nanluoguxiang and not far away is No. 95 Courtyard.

Just as he was stunned, he realized that Meng Qinggui was moving on stilts. No wonder his walking posture seemed a little strange.

After the Sichuan Opera face-changing performance left the stage, someone carried up a large box with a hollow middle and a small box placed on top.

A golden dialog box suddenly popped up.

It turned out to be a mechanism with people hiding inside.

As Duomen guessed, it was all a trick.

When Meng Qinggui came forward, Zheng Chaoyang found someone sitting next to him.

Still an acquaintance.

Isn't this algebra?
I saw that he had a big smile on his face and looked very obsessed.

As Meng Qinggui pulled open the curtain in his hand, a woman's head appeared in the small box that was originally empty.

The key point is that this woman is one of the two twins who escaped from the Da Gong newspaper office.

When the people around, including him who studied mathematics, saw this scene, they exclaimed and applauded spontaneously.

This was not over yet. Meng Qinggui lowered the curtain, made a few fake gestures, and then opened the curtain again. Suddenly, the heads of the two sisters appeared in the small box.

"We sisters have been cultivating in the Nine Heavens for thousands of years. Today, we came to the human world to show the way to the holy land of the Nine Heavens for thousands of lives!"

As soon as the two sisters finished speaking, the eager audience took out their money spontaneously and placed one thousand or ten thousand on the reward table below.

Zheng Chaoyang forced a playful smile on his face, stood up and walked towards the two heads, looking them up and down.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's up? Have you finished reading it?"

"That's right. If you disrespect the immortal, beware of disasters that may befall you!"

"Girls, do you want to come back with me and have a good time? Can this money be used to redeem them?"

Meng Qinggui, who was standing by, looked at the several large-denomination bills of 50,000 yuan that Zheng Chaoyang took out and felt a little at a loss.

The audience around also chose to shut up.

Why should they challenge such a tycoon?
How much does it cost?

It’s equivalent to several months’ salary of an ordinary family!

"Not enough? Can I add some more?"

As he said that, Zheng Chaoyang was about to reach out to touch the faces of the little girls.

Meng Qinggui rushed forward and forced Zheng Chaoyang back a few steps.

"What do you mean? Isn't the purpose of performing arts to earn some money? Can't I just buy it out for you?"

"That's enough! If you cause trouble again, I'll take you back to the police station!"

Algebraic physics is indeed a person who hates evil and comes out to intervene.

It just happened to give Zheng Chaoyang a way out.

"Oh, there are people in the government? Okay, you are awesome! I will let you go today, and we can talk about it later!"

He didn't just reach out casually. He secretly placed a bug in there. However, because the mechanism was very dark, the two twins inside didn't pay much attention.

Meng Qinggui was even harder to notice.

This happened in the middle of the performance and the show had to be interrupted.

Zheng Chaoyang did not leave, but just stood nearby. He waited until everyone inside had left. Then he was about to enter the Red Lotus Society again, when a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"I knew you were restless. Come with me to the Huashi Street Police Station!"

This algebra is not over yet!

"Sir, you are being unreasonable. I want to go home. If you want to arrest me, you must have evidence!"

"Come back with me and you'll have evidence. Let's go!"

[Red Lotus Society Line 4 has been debugged]

"That person just now was so annoying!"

"Er Ya, you're not scared, are you?"

"How about you, sis?"

"Stop talking, here he comes!"

Then Zheng Chaoyang could hear the sound of stilts hitting the ground.

A hoarse and creepy voice rang out, "What happened to that guy just now? I advise you not to have any bad thoughts. You know my methods."

"No, I don't dare. We really don't know him!"

"It's best if I don't know him, but it's a waste of so much money."

Then there was the sound of the wooden box lid closing. Was it going back to Yuer Hutong?

Now that the fish has taken the bait, I can't play with you anymore.

Zheng Chaoyang grabbed the hand on his shoulder, broke free without much effort, turned around and ran away.

Algebra and physics could not fulfill his wish and kept chasing him from behind.

But Algebra and Physicist is an outsider after all, and he is not as familiar with the city as Zheng Chaoyang!
It didn't take long for me to lose my way.

I arrived at Yuer Hutong first, and saw Meng Qinggui coming back with a cart, with the makeup on his face still on.

It seems that not only are his legs disabled, but there may also be injuries on his face, or maybe it's the kind of tattooing on the face that was done in ancient times.

Meng Qinggui struggled to move the large box on the cart to the gate of the house and slowly dragged it inside.

I guess the box contains Da Ya and Er Ya.

In order to prevent the two girls from showing off in front of others and to be able to cheat some more money, they kept it so mysterious.

The signal is right here.

But it was interrupted just now, probably because it knew someone had returned.

[Signal source recorded]

Now that we know where Lou Zhenxing is, the time to go back and organize people to rescue him is now.

When he arrived at Nanluoguxiang, Zheng Chaoyang had already ridden his bicycle and changed back into his original clothes.

"Brother Zheng?"

When I heard the voice and looked, the person I saw was Li Xiulan.

"Xiu Lan? Why are you standing here alone at this time of night?"

"You too, why are you still here so late at night?"

"I just rode over there. What happened to you?"

"Sister Zao is not here, I have no one to talk to. When will she come back?"

"Tian Zao and the others will be back tomorrow. If you have any troubles, you can talk to me if it's convenient. Let's go over there!"

Zheng Chaoyang, pushing a bicycle, took Li Xiulan to the small bridge.

"Brother Zheng, you are also in the public security system. Tell me, what kind of person is Ye Dapeng? Is he really as bad as Sister Zao said?"

"What? Logically speaking, we are all comrades, and I shouldn't gossip about him behind his back. This guy has participated in many battles and is considered pretty good. But he is impulsive and stubborn. Last time, when it came to the issue of grain tigers, he didn't know the priorities and spoke rudely in front of so many people. I heard that the higher-ups are quite dissatisfied with their Outer District 5 branch."

"So what Sister Zao said is true?"

"In fact, you can only take Tian Zao's words as a reference. She is also very impulsive and sometimes unreasonable. Don't say it was me who said it, so that she won't cause trouble for me."

Li Xiulan lowered her head and responded, "Brother Zheng, I haven't thanked you for letting my father go to work at Fengze Garden!"

"You really can't thank me for this. How can I have the right to do so? It's only because Uncle Gui can cook ordinary ingredients deliciously that he has such a good reputation."

"After talking to you for a while, I feel much better! Didn't you see a weird guy when you came from Yu'er Hutong just now?"

"Weird? What does he look like?"

"I was really scared just now. There was a weird person wearing a face painting in the middle of the night."

I guess he met Meng Qinggui who had returned.

"No, you should go back soon! Your parents will be worried about you later!"

Zheng Chaoyang sent Li Xiulan to the gate of No. 97 courtyard before riding away on his bicycle.

"Why does it take so long to go to the toilet? Are public toilets crowded?"

"Mom, I just met a weird guy. I was so scared that my legs went limp. Luckily, I met Sister Zao's colleague, Brother Zheng, and he escorted me back."

"Then you should invite Comrade Zheng back for a glass of water! You, kid, don't understand the ways of the world at all."

"Xiu Lan, what kind of weirdo is this? Is he wearing a mask on his face?"

"Sister Chunxi, have you seen it too?"

"Wearing a mask in the middle of the night? Do you remember what it looked like?"

Tong Xiaoting became interested. It turned out that there were people of the same profession whom he didn't know living in this area?

Li Xiulan's photographic memory since childhood was fully demonstrated as she took the brush and drew the creepy facial mask.

"This is the mask used in face-changing performances in Sichuan and Chongqing. I thought I had run into someone in the same field!"

"That's not right! Shouldn't you take off your makeup at night? Isn't this just to scare people? Where did he go? I'll go ask him what his intentions are."

"Third brother, don't go, I guess they've all left!"

Zheng Chaoyang first went to No. 205 Yandaixie Street, and did not forget to take a look at No. 206 diagonally opposite.

(End of this chapter)