Siheyuan: Let Yourself Go He Yuzhu

Chapter 128 The Security Department’s weapons are lost again

After He Yuzhu was ready to build the bat cave, he also planned to make an underground escape tool. Once he reached a point where he could no longer do anything, he could use the "earth escape" technique to escape underground, hiding dozens or even hundreds of meters underground for a few days.

This kind of escape tool does not need to be as advanced or sophisticated as a tunnel boring machine. It only needs to be able to withstand pressure and have the ability to move forward with the cooperation of its own consciousness space. Of course, He Yuzhu also needs to prepare many oxygen tanks, ventilators and other items.

This kind of thing is not difficult for He Yuzhu. Thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence: It’s great to have a cheat.

He Yuzhu did not go out tonight. He Yuzhu had keenly sensed that not only had the patrols outside Courtyard No. 95 been greatly strengthened, but also a lot of people were hidden near the courtyard.

Since he couldn't go out, He Yuzhu just stayed at home and slept obediently.

Nothing happened that night and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Early the next morning, He Yuzhu had packed up and was about to go to work when he saw Xu Zhongyi and Mingtai strolling with everyone else in the courtyard to work together.

Mingtai is rather aloof. Although he has tried his best to get along with everyone, Mingtai has the demeanor and noble temperament of a child from an aristocratic family, which makes him out of tune with others.

Compared to Mingtai, Xu Zhongyi can easily get along with everyone, without distinction, and blend perfectly into the crowd.

"Hey~ Director He, come on to work, let's walk together." Xu Zhongyi greeted enthusiastically.

"You also work in the steel mill?" He Yuzhu asked in a pretentious manner.

"Yes, I work in the third purchasing department." Xu Zhongyi said.

"Purchasing Department, this is not an easy job." He Yuzhu said casually.

"It's not just difficult to do, it's simply difficult to do. Director He is in charge of the kitchen, you should know where to purchase goods these days..." Xu Zhongyi was very outgoing and started chatting away, and they kept talking about the steel mill before everyone dispersed.

He Yuzhu came to the cafeteria kitchen and when he saw Liu Lan, he pulled Liu Lan into the office.

"Zhu Zi, don't. The factory is very strict now. It would be bad if we were caught." Liu Lan said nervously.

"It's okay." He Yuzhu said nonchalantly, and then he practiced the Yao character technique and Kun character technique with Liu Lan. From beginning to end, He Yuzhu walked barefoot on the ground, which was equivalent to a radar, anticipating the enemy's moves.

After Liu Lan returned with a full load, He Yuzhu sat in the office chair, smoking a cigarette while putting one foot on the ground, sensing the location of the Security Department's armory.

Fortunately, the Security Department's armory was located not far from He Yuzhu's office, and in terms of three-dimensional space, it did not exceed the coverage of 10,000 cubic meters.

Just as He Yuzhu was about to use the "earth escape" technique to take away the weapons in the Security Department's armory, He Yuzhu felt someone walking quickly towards his office.

This is the disadvantage of indirect perception through the ground. You can only sense the person walking on the ground, but you cannot sense what this person looks like or who he is.

He Yuzhu immediately stopped his plan. After a while, there was a knock on the door. He Yuzhu opened the door and saw that the person coming was Xu Zhongyi.

"Xu Zhongyi, why are you here?" He Yuzhu asked curiously.

"Director He, I have something personal to discuss with you." After saying this, Xu Zhongyi walked into the office in a familiar manner.

He Yuzhu had an idea and welcomed Xu Zhongyi into the office, then poured him a glass of water.

"Just tell me anything personal." He Yuzhu said.

"It's a small matter, absolutely a small matter for you, Director He. I just arrived at the courtyard, and I happened to have some connections, so I got two pounds of pig offal. I heard that your cooking skills are the best in our steel rolling mill, so I thought of troubling you to help me cook all the pig offal into soup in the evening so that everyone in the courtyard can have a taste of it." Xu Zhongyi said with a smile.

"Okay, no problem! Just hold it." He Yuzhu said, patting his chest.

He Yuzhu knew in his heart that what Xu Zhongyi did was not to please the birds in the courtyard, but to take the opportunity to get close to him.

"In that case, I'll just use you as a witness." He Yuzhu thought to himself, and the shoe on his right foot disappeared without a trace. At the same time, the weapons in the armory of the security department also disappeared without a trace, and were stored in the space of consciousness by He Yuzhu using the "earth escape" method.

"Thank you very much, Director He." Xu Zhongyi said with a smile.

"Well, what's there to thank me for? I'm the deputy director. Although I'm called the deputy director, I'm actually just a cook. I'm too lazy to take care of all those messy things in the canteen. I'm only responsible for cooking the big pot dishes and the small stoves. By the way, brother Xu, excuse me, but you don't look like a newbie. You must be an experienced purchaser, right?" He Yuzhu asked.

He Yuzhu can't let Xu Zhongyi go. God knows when the security department will discover that the weapon is missing. If Xu Zhongyi leaves at this time, who will testify for He Yuzhu?
He Yuzhu took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Xu Zhongyi.

Xu Zhongyi was still thinking about getting close to He Yuzhu, so naturally he didn't want to leave.

"Well, to be honest with you, Director He, I have always been in logistics. I used to work in the No. 2 Cotton Mill. By some strange coincidence, I was transferred to the steel rolling mill and filled the vacancy of deputy section chief." Xu Zhongyi said with a smile.

"Oh, I understand, I understand. It's not shameful to want to improve." He Yuzhu said as if he understood.

"Oh my God, my confidant, Director He, you are so right. I came to the steel rolling mill because I wanted to make progress so much. I will work hard with my own abilities and strive to make further progress in two to three years." Xu Zhongyi said excitedly, as if he had met a confidant.

"Brother Xu, you and I hit it off right away. It would be awkward to address me by my title. So, you call me Brother Zhuzi and I call you Brother. How about that?" He Yuzhu said with a smile.

"That's great. I didn't expect to meet my relatives right after I was transferred to the factory. Oh, my goodness, that's great. So, Brother Zhuzi, I'll prepare two hard dishes and some wine tonight, and we can have a good drink together."

"Brother, I don't have any other skills, but I do have the ability to find food and drinks everywhere." Xu Zhongyi said.

"That's great, brother. You just need to cook the dishes and I'll drink the wine. Brother, let me tell you, they say that a cook will not starve to death in a famine, but that's just the point of not starving to death. It's too difficult to make some oil and water."

"There are workshop directors watching from above, and so many eyes watching from below. There is no profit to be made. The only time you can make profit is when the leaders treat you to a meal. That's when the profit is plentiful. However, no matter how much you make, you can only eat what others have left."

"Let me tell you, our leaders are very cunning. There is no way to cut back on these dishes. Let's take a chicken as an example. A chicken has two legs and two wings. We have to withhold a leg or a wing in advance. The leaders won't say anything on the surface, but secretly, they will definitely make things difficult for you, so you can only eat the leftovers."

"Apart from this, what I can do is to add more water and boil more soup. This is what is called, the leader eats meat and we drink the soup. He really drinks the soup, just to taste the meat." He Yuzhu began to chat with Xu Zhongyi.

Both of them were interested and became more and more excited as they talked, and eventually they talked about Mingtai.

"I think our new neighbor is no ordinary person. He has a noble air. Do you know his background?" He Yuzhu asked.

"I asked around, but didn't get any specific useful information. I guess Mingtai might be from the compound, and he's probably here to gild himself and then leave." Xu Zhongyi said.

Xu Zhongyi actually didn't know Mingtai, but he smelled the same kind of scent on Mingtai and vaguely felt that Mingtai was one of his own. "Oh, that's how it is, it's progress, it's not shameful." He Yuzhu said.

"Everyone wants to make progress, but progress is different from progress itself. Other people's way of progress is different from ours. Others will only stay down for a year or half a year and then be transferred away. They don't have to do anything, but we just have to work very hard." Xu Zhongyi shook his head.

"Brother, you are the one who wants to improve, but I don't. I can't improve either. I'm just a cook, how much can I improve? Why don't I manage the warehouse? I get a headache when I see those numbers. Besides, I don't know how to read the accounts. What if someone sets a trap for me?"

"Well, just forget about it and focus on doing a good job. My brother, haven't you heard this saying? If you don't want to be a section chief, then you can be a department head. There are benefits to wanting to make progress, and there are also pleasures in not wanting to make progress."

"Look at me, I'm in charge of this small piece of land in the kitchen, and after a while I'll teach an apprentice. In the future I won't do anything else but just check the dishes when they are served. How comfortable it is." He Yuzhu expressed his lack of ambition to the fullest.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhongyi couldn't help but give a thumbs up. Just as he was about to speak, there were hurried footsteps outside the door, followed by a knock on the door.

"Brother Zhuzi, looking for you?" Xu Zhongyi asked in surprise.

"Damn! Could it be that Ma Hua and his team burnt the food?" He Yuzhu asked knowingly.

He Yuzhu guessed that it must be the people from the security department who discovered that the weapons in the armory were missing, so they immediately cordoned off the scene and then looked for He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu opened the door and saw that it was true. Outside the door were Li Huaide and his secretary, Secretary Wang.

"Director Li, are you so anxious that you want me to do some special work?" He Yuzhu asked straightforwardly, and then welcomed Li Huaide and Secretary Wang into the office.

"Oh, Section Chief Xu is here too. Have you been together all the time?" Li Huaide asked after seeing Xu Zhongyi.

"Yes, I'm here to ask Director He for help, and we've been chatting until now. Wow, I didn't know it until I realized that we've been chatting for more than an hour." Xu Zhongyi said while looking at the watch in his hand, and looked at Li Huaide in confusion.

"Director He, I'm in such a hurry to bring Chief Li here to tell you that your problem yesterday has been reported to the higher-ups by Deputy Director Nie, Chief Li, and I. After discussion, the higher-ups have made a decision that in the future, when the Security Department arrests and interrogates workers, the worker's direct supervisor, the union leader, and the factory committee and neighbors must be present."

"As for your suggestion to set up a supervisory team, it has not been approved by the higher-ups." Li Huaide said to He Yuzhu.

"That's fine. I'm just too scared. But I heard that they have a few cool types called the I-shaped crossbow, where they handcuff people on their backs to the crossbow. They can't stand up straight, and they can't squat."

"As long as it lasts more than two or three hours, the spine will be deformed and the person will gradually become hunchbacked. The key is that he will not be able to exert strength in the future, which will cause hidden injuries. This kind of punishment is like killing without bloodshed. You don't have any evidence yet."

"I'm not making this up. Hu Delu from the third workshop offended the security department, so they found a random excuse to arrest Hu Delu and make him carry an I-beam frame. That's why this kind of injury happened."

"Director Li, although I am a leader, I may be arrested and taken to the security department someday and suffer this kind of punishment. That's why I strongly recommend you do this." He Yuzhu said sincerely.

Li Huaide couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and his face turned gloomy.

Li Huaide asked himself if he would be arrested and taken to the security department, but he was prepared for the worst. What if he got caught and met some fool who arrested him and made him suffer? Since his father-in-law had to save him, it would take time. If it took more than two or three hours and he was injured, it would be troublesome.

"Director Li, I have another suggestion. If the security department wants to arrest a female worker, in addition to the leaders required to be present, the leaders of the factory women's federation must also be present," said He Yuzhu.

"Okay, I understand. I will report to my superiors right away. Chief Xu, please come here for a moment. I just need to talk to you about something." After saying this, Li Huaide left He Yuzhu's office.

"Xu Zhongyi, are you sure you have been with He Yuzhu until now?" After entering his office, Li Huaide asked Secretary Wang to guard the door and asked Xu Zhongyi in a deep voice.

Li Huaide naturally knew Xu Zhongyi's identity.

"We've been together the whole time. I arrived outside Director He's office at 9:30. I arrived there on purpose. Everyone in the kitchen saw it. What happened?" Xu Zhongyi asked in a deep voice.

"Are you sure it's half past nine?" Li Huaide asked again and checked the watch with Xu Zhongyi.

"It's definitely half past nine. I even looked at the watch before knocking on the door." Xu Zhongyi said.

"The weapons in the Security Department's armory are missing. After the last explosion at the steel mill, an investigation revealed that the explosion was likely intended to cover up the loss of weapons. From then on, there must be four guards outside the Security Department's armory, guarding the door 24 hours a day and checking every half an hour."

"At half past nine, the weapons were still there, without any loss at all. When we checked again at ten o'clock, all the weapons in the armory had disappeared, even the boxes were gone," Li Huaide said in a deep voice.

"Could it be that the security department is colluding with insiders and outsiders?" Xu Zhongyi asked after thinking for a moment.

"According to common sense, the people in the security department are indeed the most suspicious." Li Huaide sighed and said, then he took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer and handed one to Xu Zhongyi, and the two of them started smoking.

Xu Zhongyi immediately understood what Li Huaide meant. According to common sense, what about not according to common sense?

"The investigation team did not leave. While they were investigating the security department, they were also monitoring He Yuzhu from a distance. He Yuzhu did not leave his office, and there was no large hole in the security department's weapons depot. Everyone was inclined to believe that either the security department had stolen the weapons, or that the security department and the transportation team had teamed up to transport the weapons away."

"After all, not a lot of things were lost, but there were at least sixty spears and twenty thousand bullets," said Li Huaide.

"Why are there so few weapons?" Xu Zhongyi asked in surprise.

"It's because of what happened last time that the security department doesn't dare to keep too many weapons." Li Huaide said.

Li Huaide knew that not only the steel rolling mill lost weapons, but also the security departments of other factories lost a lot. It was said that even more were lost in the troops.

"I will report the details of this incident to my superiors," said Xu Zhongyi.

Xu Zhongyi understood that he had no power to make decisions and could only report what he saw and heard.

Li Huaide nodded, and asked Secretary Wang to come in, take Xu Zhongyi to an office, and asked Xu Zhongyi to report to his superiors.

In fact, Li Huaide thought in his heart that the above people were making a fuss out of nothing. How could someone like He Yuzhu be a mysterious person? If He Yuzhu had that ability, he would not have to stay in the small kitchen.

If He Yuzhu was an enemy spy, all the leaders of the steel rolling mill would have been poisoned to death eight hundred times, including the senior leaders. Whenever someone from above came, it was He Yuzhu who was in charge of cooking.

However, Li Huaide is no longer at that age, so he just cooperates with whatever arrangements are made by his superiors.

Immediately, Li Huaide began to write the report, reporting everything he saw and heard word for word, and also wrote down He Yuzhu's proposal.

He Yuzhu was not idle either. He went to the third workshop and found Hu Delu.

(End of this chapter)