Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 226 The truth of the matter
Yan Jiekuang did not go home. He rode his bicycle to the courtyard. When he entered the courtyard, he saw his father watering the flowers. Yan Jiekuang greeted him, "Why didn't you go on patrol?"

Yan Bugui looked up and saw that it was his third son, and said, "They were still on patrol. They all went to the streets. I didn't go to avoid suspicion."

Yan Jiekuang said: "I just came back from the street. Wow, it's so crowded."

Yan Bugui said: "Yes, there are too many people for criticism and education, and I guess they will all be released later."

Yan Jiekuang looked around vigilantly, then whispered, "I checked every room, and Xu Damao and Zhang Erzhu are missing. Oh, and that Hong Kong businessman is also missing."

Yan Bugui was not surprised at all and said, "What do you know? This is a fraud case, not speculation. It has been determined. Wang from the police station said so."

Yan Jiekuang suddenly realized what was going on and pulled his father back to the house. In his opinion, his father knew more.

Yan Bugui and Yan Jiekuang returned to the house. Yang Ruiping saw the father and son coming back, went to get some water, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Yan Jiekuang told Yang Ruiping everything he saw on the street, but Yang Ruiping didn't know about it and Yan Bugui didn't talk to her at all.

Yan Jiekuang pulled his father to sit down, and Yang Ruiping also sat down with interest. Yan Bugui even picked up his cup and drank his tea without saying a word.

Yan Jiekuang said, "Dad, tell me, I just want to know who reported it."

Yan Bugui was stunned, put down his teacup, and said, "I really don't know. I just know the ins and outs of this matter. As for who reported it to the higher-ups, no one said."

Yang Ruiping tugged at Yan Bugui's sleeve and said, "Old man, tell me, what's going on?"

Yan Bugui was silent for a moment and said, "This matter is really thanks to Lao San. Lao San really guessed it almost right. If it weren't for Lao San, I would have been educated in the street office."

Yang Ruiping looked at Yan Jiekuang, smiled with satisfaction, and said, "That's right, our third child has been smart since he was young."

Yan Bugui then told the whole story, and Yan Jiekuang actually guessed it right. The Hong Kong businessman was fake. He was found by local thugs in Hong Kong Island and pretended to be a Hong Kong businessman in order to defraud money.

The story began when Xu Damao organized a trip to Hong Kong Island to purchase goods. That time, Xu Damao ran back, but Xu Delin and Zhang Erzhu were both caught. After catching them, the local thugs confiscated their money and locked them up.

Xu Delin was a coward. After being arrested, he said nothing and just burst into tears. After all, Zhang Erzhu had been in the Northeast, so he was very arrogant. The gangsters thought, it's your turn, so they took Zhang Erzhu out alone and beat him up. The gangster leader looked at Zhang Erzhu and thought that since he had the money, he planned to kill Zhang Erzhu. At this time, Zhang Erzhu was scared. He was really scared.

He cried bitterly in front of the gang leader, saying that he could work and cook, etc., but the gang leader was dismissive and said that his younger brothers had everything and didn't need him. Zhang Erzhu rolled his eyes and said that he could make more money.

Then he said that there were many people who wanted to make money on the mainland, and we could set up a scheme to make more money. The gang leader became very interested when he heard it. After listening to him, Zhang Erzhu roughly explained how he would cheat money. There was also a military advisor among the gang, and he thought it was feasible, so he sent Zhang Erzhu to heal his wounds, and then sent someone to secretly release Xu Delin and return the money to him, saying that he also came from that side and felt very sympathetic towards him, and that Zhang Erzhu had already run away.

Xu Delin believed it, took the money, and with the help of the gangster, hurried back to the old city, and returned the money to his neighbors, including Xu Damao.

Zhang Erzhu had almost recovered from his injuries, so the gang leader found a third-rate actor to come back with Zhang Erzhu and started the scam.

Zhang Erzhu wrote the scam plan in Hong Kong Island and signed it. He was in a dilemma. When he was wavering, the third-rate actor in Hong Kong Island persuaded him and told him that they would hand over half of the money they had defrauded, and the rest would be good for doing some small business in Hong Kong Island. The emperor was far away and no one could find them. Zhang Erzhu agreed when he heard it. If he could get tens of thousands of dollars, he would be rich. Zhang Erzhu made up his mind and followed the Hong Kong actor back to Siheyuan. In fact, they originally planned to give the first bait to Jia Dongxu. Unexpectedly, after that dinner, the neighbors of Siheyuan backed out. Just when they thought they were going to smash it, Xu Damao showed up.

The two men thought, they were just baits anyway, so it didn't matter who they gave them to, so they might as well let Xu Damao take advantage. This was the first deal, but Xu Damao later asked for confidentiality. The two men thought that was not going to work, so before leaving, they told the neighbors in the next yard about it.

The bad thing about the slums in the old city is that any little thing can spread throughout the entire street in less than a day. The people in No. 95 Courtyard were furious when they heard about it. Xu Damao was also wondering how the news leaked out. He didn't suspect Zhang Erzhu at all because Zhang Erzhu had left two days ago.

When Zhang Erzhu came back for the second time, things had reached their climax and there was this matter of raising funds for business. If the police had not shown up in time, Zhang Erzhu and the actor would have already run away with more than 200,000 yuan.

This was in 1980, more than 200,000 yuan, that's a huge amount of money. Now Yan Bugui's pension is still more than 40 yuan, which is a huge amount nowadays. If Zhang Erzhu succeeds, these families in the courtyard will all go bankrupt.

After listening to this, Yang Ruiping patted his chest and said, "This is so close. This matter is fatal. Damn Zhang Erzhu. He is putting his neighbor to death."

Yan Bugui also said: "Yes, I heard from the comrades in the institute that Zhang Erzhu will never be able to get out of prison. Not only was he convicted of fraud, but his first offense was also smuggling, and he was also convicted of speculation and profiteering. In short, he has committed several crimes."

Yan Jiekuang was also shocked after hearing this. He guessed a little, but he didn't expect it to be such a big game. He said, "I said I didn't see Xu Damao at the street office. I guess he was also at fault for the first incident, but he was wronged enough."

Yan Bugui said disdainfully: "What injustice is this? Why didn't you tell me when you were making money?"

Yan Jiekuang thought about it and said, that’s right, when you were making money, you didn’t think about whether the source of these things was legal or not.

Yang Ruiping asked: "What about Yi Zhonghai? He didn't invest any money in it."

Yan Bugui shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Although he didn't participate, he played the role of an accomplice. It depends on whether he realized it was a scam before or he has been kept in the dark all along. People in the institute have always suspected him and said he didn't participate, but he was everywhere. They suspect he is Zhang Erzhu's accomplice."

Yan Jiekuang burst out laughing and said, "This Mr. Yi is shooting himself in the foot."

Yan Bugui and his wife were also amused when they heard this. They also believed that Yi Zhonghai had seen through the scam before and lured Jia Dongxu into the trap. Now he got himself into trouble and couldn't explain himself.

The drama has come to an end, but there is still a mystery: who reported it. Yan Jiekuang guessed it was He Yuzhu. After hearing what Yan Jiekuang said, Yan Bugui and his wife also had some doubts, as He Yuzhu had not been in the courtyard for the past few days. However, this was a good deed and he really saved the neighbors in the courtyard, so Yan Bugui forbade Yan Jiekuang to talk about this matter again.

Yan Jiekuang was not in a hurry to go home. He wanted to wait for his neighbors to come back, but things did not go as he wished. It was past eight o'clock and they still hadn't come back. Yan Jiekuang quickly said goodbye to his parents and went back to Yuer Hutong.

Just arrived at Yuer Hutong, before entering the house, I saw Aunt Wang closing the door. Yan Jiekuang walked up to her and called out. Aunt Wang saw Yan Jiekuang coming back and said, "I came here at noon. I was really thinking about these two little guys. They are quite obedient when Wei Xiaobao is with them."

"Thank you, Aunt Wang. You still care about our two boys so much. How is my eldest brother?" Yan Jiekuang asked.

"It's fine, but I have to leave after a few days. I'll go back first. By the way, the food is on the stove. Go and eat if you're hungry." Aunt Wang said with a smile.

Yan Jiekuang did not delay any further. He said goodbye to Aunt Wang and told her to be careful. Then Aunt Wang went home.

(End of this chapter)