Siheyuan: Let Yourself Go He Yuzhu

Chapter 132: Suspect Still Not Eliminated

He Yuzhu smiled silently in his heart: "Xu Zhongyi finally got to the point."

"You are talking about an enemy spy causing trouble, right? What does that have to do with Jia Zhang? Even if I don't get along with Jia Zhang, even if I dislike her and even if I don't reason with her, I can't say she's an enemy spy and put the blame on Jia Zhang, right?"

"That old pious woman Jia Zhang is still working in the countryside. It's so strict there, how could she escape? We are in a new world, we have to do things with evidence and according to the law. We can't just do what they say in the opera, and make Jia Zhang go to Fengbo Pavilion on a false charge, right?"

"Brother, I think you've drunk too much." He Yuzhu said with a double meaning.

"Yes, yes, yes, he was drunk and deserves to be beaten. How could he talk nonsense?" Xu Zhongyi said hurriedly, looking drunk.

"My dear brother, what does this have to do with ordinary people like us? Just do your job well and obey the arrangements from above. Let's talk about Yan Bugui in our hospital. Although he may seem stingy, he is also a real manager."

"That night, everyone thought it was an earthquake at first. Yan Bugui from our courtyard immediately called everyone up, fearing that they would be hit. Regardless of his shortcomings, he still cared about matters related to everyone's life and property, so the street planned to let him be the mediator of the courtyard again."

"But I didn't expect that his older son would give him a big trick, hahahaha..." He Yuzhu pretended that he couldn't help laughing.

"What do you call this? This is called unkind parents and unfilial children. Yan Bugui is stingy just for the sake of being stingy. He counts every pickle at home and schemes for profit everywhere. It's not like he has no money. If he doesn't have money, everything is understandable. But he has money but is reluctant to spend it. If this happens to anyone, who wouldn't feel depressed?"

"Yan Jiecheng is still a coward. He is just threatening the principal and trying to take over his father's job. If it were me, I would go directly to the square to hold up a sign. If all else fails, I would go to the gate of Zhongnanhai and hit the stone lions for fun. The main goal is fairness." After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he burped and looked drunk.

"If Teacher Yan really has money and is so stingy, then it's not right. No one can stand this. However, it's difficult for an honest official to judge family affairs. We are not even honest officials. We can just sit aside and watch the fun." Xu Zhongyi said.

"Yes, yes, let's just sit aside and watch the fun." He Yuzhu said with a smile.

"Speaking of excitement, it was really lively that night. I saw it with my own eyes. I was on my way home after drinking and happened to pass by. I saw a huge hole suddenly appear on the ground. So many houses fell into it with a sound of bitter tea."

"Brother Zhuzi, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I was so scared that my legs went limp. At first I thought I was drunk and my eyes were blurry, but when I looked carefully, it was really not my eyes."

"I just can't figure it out. How can there be a huge hole on the ground? The hole is so big. If you want to dig it manually, it will take at least a year or two. Besides, if it is really dug manually, are those people blind? Are they deaf? How can they not see such a big noise?"

"You wanted to use explosives, but there was no sound at all. It was as if... as if someone suddenly used a magical secret method to take away the soil underground, which caused such a big hole to appear on the flat ground." Xu Zhongyi said.

He Yuzhu couldn't help but sneer in his heart: "It has come to this point, and people have started to make such assumptions."

"Hahaha, brother, I think you should stop being a buyer and go tell stories on the flyover. There is no such thing as a magical secret in this world. You should definitely not tell anyone about this or you'll get into trouble."

"But then again, there is no smoke without fire. Maybe there is truth to the myths and legends of thousands of years ago. Just like the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, why are there eleven of them but not the dragon? How can there be a Chinese zodiac animal without a dragon? Did dragons exist in the past, but they became extinct, so we can't see them anymore, but the ancients saw them, so the dragon is a Chinese zodiac animal?"

"My dear brother, have you ever heard this saying: The masters are among the people? If you want to listen to it, I will show you a way. Just go to the overpass. There are all kinds of people there."

"There are people from all walks of life. You can listen to the interesting folk stories told by the storytellers on Tianqiao. Listen to what they say. Maybe you can get some clues from them." He Yuzhu said.

"Brother Zhuzi, what you said makes sense. I don't have any other hobbies. I just like listening to these stories. So when I have a break, I will go to the overpass to listen to the storytellers tell stories." Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, Xu Zhongyi followed what He Yuzhu said.

"Okay, that's enough for today. If you drink any more, it will be too much. Next time, I'll make some delicious dishes and I'll treat you." He Yuzhu burped and said drunkenly.

"Okay, let's drink again next time, and then we can try Brother Zhuzi's cooking and listen to him talk about these things." Xu Zhongyi said.

He Yuzhu staggered to his feet, looking drunk, and then refused Xu Zhongyi's offer to take him home, shouting, "Yan Jie Di, Yan Jie Kuang."

As soon as He Yuzhu finished speaking, Yan Jiedi and Yan Jiekuang appeared.

"Brother, we promised Yan Jie Di at the beginning that we would give her chicken head and chicken soup. We must keep our word. Jie Kuang, help me go back and I will give you a steamed bun." He Yuzhu said while shaking his body, looking like he was drunk and unable to stand steadily.

"Okay!" Yan Jiekuang supported He Yuzhu and walked towards the central courtyard.

Xu Zhongyi had no choice but to give the chicken head and a bowl of chicken soup to Yan Jiedi.

After they left, Xu Zhongyi narrowed his eyes, his face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "How credible are his words?"

"I can't tell. Either this man is a very evil person, or he is just a cook with some skills." Gu Yufei shook her head and said.

"Wait a moment, until everyone is asleep, I'll go out and report." Xu Zhongyi said.

Gu Yufei nodded.

After waiting for an hour and finding that everyone was asleep, Xu Zhongyi quietly left the courtyard and went straight to the security department of the steel rolling mill.

When Xu Zhongyi passed by He Yuzhu's house, he took a special look. Although it was dark and he couldn't see anything, He Yuzhu's thunderous snoring proved that He Yuzhu was sleeping soundly. Then, Xu Zhongyi went to the steel rolling mill.

At this time, the steel rolling mill's security department had been completely taken over by the investigation team.

Before Xu Zhongyi could report in time, his direct superior Yang Kecheng said, "At 7:42 this evening, a big pit appeared at the location of the A-some-er-some-ba-some-ni-ya envoy. People and houses fell into the pit. There are no survivors."

"What? So serious? All those old guys are dead? That's troublesome." Xu Zhongyi said with a drastic change of expression.

"It's more serious than you imagined. This time the incident was still the same as before, it all happened silently. The only difference is that no one was involved before, but now there is. What do you think?" Yang Kecheng said.

"According to normal thinking, this kind of thing is not done by one person, it must be organized and premeditated. This rules out He Yuzhu, because whether it is the loss of weapons in the steel rolling mill security department today or the old Heiga incident tonight, He Yuzhu has always been in front of me." "Unless He Yuzhu is the Monkey King with great magical powers, otherwise, it is impossible for him to do this."

"However, tonight when I was drinking with He Yuzhu, He Yuzhu said something that touched me. He Yuzhu said: The masters are among the people. If you really want to listen to this kind of fun, go to Tianqiao and listen to the stories told by the storytellers."

"There is no smoke without fire. Maybe we can find a clue in those absurd stories." Xu Zhongyi said.

Yang Kecheng nodded and said, "According to normal thinking, He Yuzhu can indeed be ruled out. He had neither the time nor the means to commit the crime, nor the motive to commit the crime."

"What if we consider it from an abnormal perspective?" Yang Kecheng asked.

"Then there's no way to say it, and... can you just say this kind of thing casually?" Xu Zhongyi looked around and said in a low voice after finding that there was no one around.

"I know, but the fact is happening right in front of us. It can't be explained by normal thinking. Except for explanations like gods, demons and monsters, it can't be explained at all." Yang Kecheng said with a frown, feeling helpless.

"Can we extend this from the perspective of the motive for the crime? Why didn't anyone get shot before, but someone got shot this time, and it had to be Lao Hei. Is there something fishy about this?" Xu Zhongyi asked.

"Let's go out for a walk." Yang Kecheng said with a heavy face.

Yang Kecheng led Xu Zhongyi out of the security department and came to an open area. Seeing that there was no one around, Yang Kecheng whispered, "I just got the news that our Foreign Affairs Department received a batch of food and grass from Jianada. However, these food and grass were not used to help the people. Instead, they were repacked at the port and prepared to be sent to that A-some-er-some-ba-some-ni-ya."

"After learning that the envoy from A-some-ni-ya had died, the higher-ups thought it was related to food and fodder, so they stopped the food and fodder being sent out."

"The higher-ups think this is a deterrent. If we don't use the food and fodder to help our own people, those mysterious people or mysterious gangs will create bigger troubles and use more cruel means to intimidate us. After all, a big pit appeared there silently. What does this mean? Everyone understands." Yang Kecheng said cautiously and in a low voice.

"Isn't this what Chiang Kai-shek said? To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the internal situation. Our correct strategy is to unite all those who can be united. It's true that they are enemy spies. But how did they do it?"

"No! That's not right! They are not Chiang Kai-shek's people. If they were Chiang Kai-shek's people, they would have launched a counterattack long ago. They would not be sitting still like they are now."

"If it's someone else, the person's rank must be high enough, otherwise, they wouldn't know such confidential information. Are we going in the wrong direction? We should investigate the children of the big courtyards, as they are the ones who are most likely to have access to this kind of information."

"Perhaps their elders accidentally let the cat out of the bag, causing them to be dissatisfied. They don't agree with this and think that they should save their own people first, so they use intimidation to prevent the food from being sent out." Xu Zhongyi said, covering his head.

"That makes sense in theory, but how do they actually do it? Digging a tunnel is not something that can be done by one or two people, let alone in one or two months. How much does it cost?"

"What's more, we haven't found the tunnel yet." Xu Zhongyi said, spreading his hands.

Yang Kecheng also frowned. Having been engaged in the espionage industry for so many years, Yang Kecheng thought he was a veteran and had seen many things, but he had never seen such a thing.

"Did we miss any details?" Xu Zhongyi asked.

"There is no way anything is missing. Even if we missed something, we still have them. You may not believe in their morals, but you cannot doubt their professionalism," said Yang Kecheng.

After Yang Kecheng finished speaking, he fell silent.

After a long silence, Yang Kecheng suddenly asked, "Zhongyi, do you think it is possible to arrest He Yuzhu and interrogate him, and use some means if necessary?"

Xu Zhongyi thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Although He Yuzhu has ruled out suspicion, he is only considering it from a normal perspective. We first confirmed that there is a mysterious person. As soon as that mysterious person appears, a bat pattern will appear in the sky."

"If, I mean if, there really is such a strange person who caused this incident by some means, then everything can be explained. Then the question is, what if this person is He Yuzhu?"

"He Yuzhu has this ability. While drinking and chatting with you, he uses this method to cause houses to collapse and people to fall. If we really use this method, it will be like tearing our faces apart. Then it will not be as simple as the police from the police station catching thieves, it will be a war." Xu Zhongyi said slowly.

"Alas, you should be careful about what you do. Assuming He Yuzhu really has this ability, wouldn't you be in great danger in front of him? You and Yufei should retreat." Yang Kecheng said.

"I think the most dangerous place is actually the safest. What's more, He Yuzhu is not a big suspect. This matter is so serious that my husband and I decided to stay here for a while."

"According to my thinking, you can transfer Mingtai away. Mingtai is obviously born in a wealthy family and is not suitable for the courtyard house full of trivial matters. Mingtai can be transferred to the large courtyard. Mingtai is suitable for that kind of occasion. You can investigate according to my thinking." Xu Zhongyi said.

Yang Kecheng nodded.

"Have the higher-ups decided to distribute the food and fodder to the people below? To be honest, although I've only been in the Siheyuan for two days, the lives of the people below are really too hard. This is in the old city. In the countryside, it's even more miserable." Xu Zhongyi said.

"The higher-ups have also decided to transfer food and supplies to appease the masses. But they don't dare to take any risks. What if they anger that mysterious man? What if he launches a big wave?" Yang Kecheng said.

"Alas, this is the only way." Xu Zhongyi sighed.

He Yuzhu obviously didn't know that according to normal thinking, he had already been cleared of suspicion; but according to abnormal thinking, He Yuzhu had not been cleared of suspicion.

However, He Yuzhu didn't care. After making the underground survival tools, He Yuzhu began to build his own bat cave.

Although He Yuzhu has a cheat, building a bat cave is not a matter of a day or two. He Yuzhu is not in a hurry. He can just build it from time to time and show up from time to time to attract their attention.

(End of this chapter)