A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1006 Jia Zhang is held hostage! (Please subscribe!)

Back at the courtyard, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e staged a drama. After sending their wives back to their parents' home, they took turns with Liu Guangtian to monitor Yi Zhonghai's movements.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai left the courtyard, Xu Damao and Liu Guangtian followed him on bicycles.

They had also been working with Hua Twelve for a while and had more or less mastered some tracking and stalking skills, so although Yi Zhonghai looked back many times along the way, he did not notice them following him.

  The two followed him until they reached Andingmen. When they saw Yi Zhonghai enter an alley, Xu Damao stood still and winked at Liu Guangtian, who rode his bike around and came back to tell him:

"Brother Damao, Yi Zhonghai is missing. He must have gone into a yard in that alley!"

Xu Damao nodded, pulled Liu Guangtian to a secluded place, and watched him secretly.

It was already dark at this time, and the two men were hiding in the shadows on the opposite side of the alley. If you didn't use a flashlight to shine it, it would be impossible to notice that there were two people squatting here.

About twenty minutes later, Yi Zhonghai came out of the alley, looked around, and then hurried towards Nanluoguxiang.

Liu Guangtian stood up and was about to follow, but was held back by Xu Damao. After waiting for a while, a bald man walked out of the alley, looked around, and then turned around and walked back into the alley.

  After a while, Xu Damao and Liu Guangtian got up and rode back together. On the way, he asked the latter:

"Did you see clearly which household Yi Zhonghai came from?"

Liu Guangtian shook his head: "It was too dark to see clearly, but it seemed to be either the third or the fourth one!"

Xu Damao nodded: "Let's take a shortcut and ride faster. Let's get back to the courtyard before Yi Zhonghai goes back, so as not to arouse his suspicion!"

The two rode very fast and returned to the courtyard in ten minutes or so. They waited at the gate without going in. Seeing Yi Zhonghai coming in from the entrance of the alley, Xu Damao pulled Liu Guangtian's cart to meet him.

"Hey, Uncle Yi, where are you going?"

Yi Zhonghai was startled at first, but when he saw that it was Xu Damao and Liu Guangtian, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I'm going out for a walk. Why are you two going out so late?"

  Xu Damao sighed:

"I was thinking of going out to ask someone about Twelve. You said this matter is so fussy. Come on, take a rest. Let's go out and have a look!"

After talking, the two of them rode away on their bikes.

If Yi Zhonghai came back and found that the two were gone, he would definitely become suspicious, but when he came back and saw that the two were about to go out, he didn't think much about it. He thought they had just come out of the courtyard and went back to his home in the courtyard without paying any attention.

  After returning home, Auntie looked worried and asked:

"Old Yi, where have you been so late?"

She felt that something was wrong with Yi Zhonghai these past two days, and was afraid that Hua Twelve's affairs were related to her husband.

Yi Zhonghai sat down and drank a sip of water, then said: "Don't worry about it. By the way, how has Zhuzi been these two days?"

  Seeing him like this, the aunt couldn't help but sigh, and then talked about He Yuzhu:

"Zhu Zi has been much better in the past two days. When he first came back, he couldn't move at all. Today, he moved his fingers a few times. He Daqing went to the hospital to ask the doctor, and the doctor said that this is a sign of awakening and that Zhu Zi is likely to wake up soon!"

Speaking of this, Auntie was also somewhat happy for He Yuzhu. The two families have been neighbors for so many years, and their relationship was very good before. It was also Auntie's wish to see Sha Zhu wake up.

  But Auntie didn't expect that Yi Zhonghai was unhappy after hearing the news. He pondered for a while before saying:

"Really? I thought Zhuzi would never wake up again!"

The aunt was very surprised and asked: "Lao Yi, why do I feel like you have something on your mind?"

  Yi Zhonghai also knew that his strange behavior had aroused his wife's suspicion, so he forced a smile:

"Nothing, I just feel like there are always accidents in our hospital this year. Look at Shazhu, and look at today, something happened on the twelfth day. I don't know if it's because of bad feng shui."

The lady said quickly: "Watch your words. It's not worth talking about now. If someone hears it, it will be terrible."

"Yes, don't talk about that!"

  Yi Zhonghai smiled and waved his hand, then pondered for a moment:

"My dear, I have something to tell you. I saw that Twelve's house was well-renovated, so I was tempted to buy one. I thought our house hasn't been renovated for more than ten years. The last time it was renovated was when we just moved in. Now it's leaking a little."

The aunt nodded: "That's true."

Yi Zhonghai continued, "I've also found a repairman to come and help us check the house tomorrow morning. I won't be at home by then, so you can bring the repairman to our house to see what needs repairing and estimate the cost. Just tell me after I get off work!"

  The aunt nodded at first. Although Yi Zhonghai only offered a first-class worker's salary, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Their family really didn't lack the money to repair the house. But after thinking about it, she became embarrassed again:

"I'm in Shazhu's room during the day. If I bring someone to look at the house, there will be no one in Shazhu's room. He needs to pee, what should I do?"

Yi Zhonghai said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if we wait a little longer. In order to take care of Sha Zhu, shouldn't we repair the house?"

The aunt thought so and nodded in agreement.

Xu Damao took Liu Guangtian straight to Zhang Xuejun's home in Yaer Hutong. After arriving, he called Men Saner and Dengzhao over and explained the situation to them.

"I think this matter has something to do with Yi Zhonghai. A few days before the incident, Twelve felt that there was something wrong with this old man and had asked me to keep an eye on him!"

"But my home is in the backyard, so I can't always keep an eye on him. Before the incident today, I heard that Yi Zhonghai brought one of his apprentices to the courtyard. I guess the parts found in the 12th room were probably made by these two people. Later, he went to Andingmen Hutong. I also felt that something was wrong, but there is no actual evidence yet!"

Before Zhang Xuejun could say anything, Men Saner started to curse:

"Damn it, this old guy is looking for death. What are we waiting for? The alley near Andingmen, right? Let's raid that house tonight and beat him up. Then we'll know everything!"

Xu Damao waved his hands quickly: "Brother Men Saner, this matter is not that simple. In the past, when we arrested Buddha and other people at night, we had planned it well in advance and only took action after we had accurate information. Now we are just suspecting and have no actual evidence. If the situation is not what I think, wouldn't it be a big deal?"

Men San'er was scratching his head, but Zhang Xuejun asked, "What are you going to do about the deputy section chief?"

Xu Damao thought for a moment and said, "As usual, let's find out the situation first and assign tasks. We'll go and stake out the spot tonight, and tomorrow we'll have Dengzhao and her wife go to that alley in the name of collecting waste and find out about the families in that alley."

Hua Shier was taken back to the police station. Because he had taken out the photos before, he was not treated with any attitude. Instead, his request was met and the police station called Cai Xuemin.

When Cai Xuemin on the other side heard this, he immediately supported Hua Twelve on the phone and even vouched for him, saying that he was a talent that even the "teacher" had chosen, and that his family was full of loyal heroes and that he could definitely not be a bad element.

It was not enough to just give a promise over the phone. Cai Xuemin brought his men directly to the police station and asked to join in the investigation of this case. Their spy company had the right to take over enemy spy cases, and the police station could not refuse, so the two sides immediately formed a joint investigation task force.

The first thing the task force did after its establishment was to talk to Hua Twelve. "How did it become like this!"

When Cai Xuemin saw Hua Twelve, his face was full of amusement, and his gloating expression was obvious to his words.

Hua Twelve glared at him angrily: "Do you even need to ask? I was framed. If you really wanted to do it for me, who could find out, let alone let someone find the stolen goods at home!"

Cai Xuemin nodded in agreement: "I agree with this, so what do you think about this matter?"

Hua Twelve hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you tell me about that part?"

Cai Xuemin glanced at a captain from the police station who was part of the special task force. The captain responded in an official tone, "This is related to the Guo family's secrets."

Cai Xuemin interrupted directly with a wave of his hand: "Just tell me directly, I will take responsibility for any problems."

Seeing his attitude, the captain said helplessly:

"Okay, that part is related to the Guofang Project. It's a special nut on the Dongfeng Express. Although it's not a core part, it's also very important and involves important data. Half a month ago, Party J commissioned the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to optimize its technology. Yesterday, someone from the steel rolling mill called the police and said that two optimized finished products were missing. We immediately launched a secret investigation and someone reported that Hua Twelve had appeared near the special workshop and his behavior was very suspicious."

"And most importantly, the steel mill now conducts inspections on workers every day when they leave the factory to prevent them from stealing steel materials and taking nuts out without anyone noticing. Hua Twelve is also a big suspect!"

Hua Twelve was amused. "That's not right. Our current routine inspections are just superficial. That trick worked at first. The steel mill is so big. If anyone steals something, they just need to throw it out from a certain section of the wall. There will be people outside to pick it up and they can move the item smoothly. You suspect me based on this. Your suspicion is a bit too casual!"

A police officer asked in confusion: "If it's useless, why do you still check it every day?"

"It's just a deterrent. In fact, in order to prevent the loss of steel materials, we have already started from the nearby scrap yards. As long as someone resells the steel materials from the steel rolling mill, we will get the news immediately!"

After listening to Hua Twelve, everyone felt that what Hua Twelve said made sense.

Hua Twelve continued, "Being able to steal this important part from the factory means that the person who stole it knew the importance of this thing, and was able to get access to it. Being able to frame me and put the thing in my house means that he has a certain understanding of my living environment."

"Based on the above two points, there are not many people who meet the requirements. I think the person with the greatest suspicion is Yi Zhonghai from our hospital!"

A JC frowned and said, "After we launched a secret investigation, we also investigated Yi Zhonghai, but he was in the first workshop. Although he was an eighth-level worker, he had made mistakes before, so he did not get involved in the special workshop's tasks this time, and he did not know the existence of this important part!"

Hua Twelve laughed, and the JC frowned:

"You need to behave properly. Although Comrade Cai has vouched for you, your suspicion has not been completely cleared."

Hua Twelve glanced at the other party and said lightly:

"I am laughing at the fact that you only look at the surface when handling cases and never think deeply about it. You also said that Yi Zhonghai is an eighth-level worker. He has many apprentices in the steel rolling mill. Have you investigated his apprentices? Are there any in the special workshop?"

"I was wondering, if his apprentice accidentally revealed the information about the special parts to Yi Zhonghai while drinking? Or if he encountered any unsolvable problems during the optimization of the parts, would his apprentice ask his master for advice or help to solve the problem?"

"Have you investigated all of what I said?"

The JC choked when he heard that, and faced the leader's inquiring gaze, he shook his head awkwardly:

"What you said is indeed not true. Our focus of the investigation is still on you and tracking down the whereabouts of the other part!"

Hua Twelve leaned back in his chair calmly, tapping the table with his hand:

"Then you can shift your focus to start investigating Yi Zhonghai and his interpersonal relationships!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and dispersed the momentum: "Dismiss!"

The members of the task force immediately stood up and were ready to go out to investigate overnight, leaving the task force leader confused. The members of the task force also realized that they seemed to have been intimidated by the aura exuded by Hua Twelve. They subconsciously forgot the other party's identity and put him in the role of their own leader.

  Cai Xuemin laughed out loud, breaking the awkward atmosphere:

"Okay, Hua Twelve is right, let's start investigating Yi Zhonghai's interpersonal relationships!"

The next day, after Yi Zhonghai went to work, two masters dressed as craftsmen came to the courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang and found an old lady, saying that they were asked by Yi Zhonghai to look at the house.

After the aunt fed Sha Zhu liquid food, she took the two of them to the middle courtyard. At this time, there was no one in the back courtyard. Another figure went straight into the gate of the courtyard and turned a corner to Sha Zhu's room.

Looking at Sha Zhu lying on the bed, the other party did not hesitate. He took out a piece of water-soaked kraft paper and stuck it directly on Sha Zhu's mouth and nose. After a while, Sha Zhu's expression began to become painful.

At this moment, a head suddenly popped out of the window. It was Xu Damao. The man who attacked Sha Zhu kept his eyes on the window and the door, fearing that someone would suddenly appear. This time, he met Xu Damao's eyes.

  When Xu Damao saw this man's behavior, he immediately realized that this man wanted to kill Sha Zhu, and he immediately shouted:

"Someone come, someone wants to kill Sha Zhu!"

When the man saw that he was exposed, he didn't use the plan of suffocating Sha Zhu. He directly pulled out the dagger and stabbed it into Sha Zhu's chest.

But at this moment of life and death, Sha Zhu suddenly opened his eyes and was awakened by the suffocation. Seeing the dagger stabbing down, he was so scared that he grabbed with both hands and just caught the man's wrist. However, he had been lying in bed for many days, relying on liquid food to survive. His hands were weak and he was about to be stabbed to death.

Fortunately, Xu Damao had already taken out his pistol and shot at the killer in the room through the glass. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the killer let Sha Zhu go, rolled on the ground, and turned around and ran away.

As soon as he ran out, he saw two companions running over from the middle courtyard. They had obviously heard the gunshots and came to check the situation. He yelled, "We're exposed! Run!"

But it was too late. Zhang Xuejun, Men Saner, and Liu Guangtian had already rushed in from outside. Seeing that they could not get out, the three bad guys had to turn around and rush inside.

I saw an old lady hiding behind the second door pillar and looking around furtively. It was Jia Zhang.

One of the killers grabbed Jia Zhang and said, "Stop chasing her. If you continue, I will kill her."

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