red power

After dinner, Lu Zheng said to Xia Xing: "Chest tightness, want to go for a walk, Uncle Xia, let's go together?"

Xia Tian has been traveling for so many years, but he has never met anyone who is willing to chat with him, and he has a good impression of this young man, so he readily nodded in agreement.

Seeing Lu Zheng and Xia Xing get together, Lu Xiaoping whispered: "Two rebels!" Now that the residual poison of the turmoil is being cleared away, young people hate the rebels, Lu Xiaoping naturally feels that Xia Xing is a class enemy, and Lu Zheng is not much better go.Originally, I thought that Lu Zheng, who was fostered in her family, ate and drank her food, so he was naturally inferior to her.

Lu Zheng and Xia Xing had just left the gate of the family courtyard when footsteps were heard behind them, but it was Tong Susu who also followed, pointing to the street next to the guide, and said, "Uncle Xia, it's too dark, I'm going to buy some things from a consignment store, you Come with me?"

Xia Xing has a good impression of Tong Susu, the daughter of a high-ranking official in the city, but she is kind, has no airs, and has never looked down on country people.

Xia Xing was about to agree, but Lu Zheng pointed to the north and said: "Uncle Xia, let's go for a walk by the river." Then he said to Tong Susu: "Susu, call Brother Zhou to accompany you, we are not on the way."

While talking, he walked north regardless of Tong Susu's reaction, Xia Xing hesitated for a while, and followed.

There are not many street lights in the family compound, but every house is lit, and the alley is not dark, Xia Xing said: "That girl Susu is nice, Zhengzi, you seem to be resisting her?"

Lu Zheng laughed in his heart, but he didn't want to look at Xia Xing's taciturnity, but he was observant. It's no wonder that he has been working as a police officer for more than 20 years, and he is really quite capable. [

But Xia Xing naturally couldn't think that what he was resisting was not Tong Susu, but Tong Susu joining the two of them, so it would be inconvenient to talk.

Sighing, Lu Zheng said: "I was a rebel when I was a child, and I even led my children to criticize her. Now she is like a star, I think I should have less contact with her, Uncle Xia, don't you think so?"

Hearing the word "rebels", Xia Xing's eyelids twitched, and he nodded heavily in silence.

"Uncle Xia, I heard that you are Old An?" Lu Zheng asked tentatively.

Xia Xing shook his head, obviously not interested in this topic.

Lu Zheng tried a few more words, trying to bring up the topic, but Xia Xing remained silent.

The two gradually arrived at the north end of the family area. There was a moat across a lime road. Weeping willows were planted by the river, and a round of bright moon was reflected on the water, sparkling.

Lu Zheng took out the cigarette, handed it to Xia Xing, and took out the lighter to help him light the cigarette.

Both of them were smoking in silence.

Lu Zheng originally hoped to talk to the old Anan, but now it seems that he may have to change his strategy. Old Xia is surprisingly sensitive and vigilant, so it is not so easy to talk to him.Originally, the rebel in Lu Zheng's mind must be reckless, and the blow to his career would make him cautious and dare not mention the past, but he didn't want to think that this person was completely different from the image he had sketched.

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Zheng broke the silence, "Uncle Xia, apart from visiting relatives, I mainly want to visit you today."

Xia Tian did not expect this, he was stunned, and asked in surprise: "Visit me?"

Lu Zheng nodded slightly, "Uncle Xia knows about the June [-]th case? You must have heard about it. We have been blocking the news so as not to cause panic. In fact, since last summer, there have been three cases of dismemberment and dumping of corpses. Moreover, From the modus operandi, it is preliminarily judged to be a serial murder case committed by one person."

"As for me, I am the deputy head of the June [-] task force. My name is Lu Zheng. I am the deputy political commissar of the county bureau and chief of the security section. Uncle Xia should know me, right?"

The old policeman in front of him must be more or less attached to his post. If he had an old friend in the county bureau, he might talk to him about himself. caused a great shock. [

Shocked by a series of news, Xia Xing stared at Lu Zheng in a daze. After a while, he nodded slowly, "Ah, by the way, Lu Zheng, I have a little impression of this name. It turned out to be you. But, what do you want me to do?" ?” Speaking of which, he frowned slightly: “Don’t tell me, you think I’m a suspect?”

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "How could it be, Uncle Xia, you forgot that I was also a rebel back then, and I wouldn't demonize myself."

Xia Xing remained silent.

Lu Zheng said: "Uncle Xia is like this. Now our special case team has a breakthrough, which is Zhang Guoliang, the principal of No. [-] Middle School. I checked Zhang Guoliang's previous files and found that Uncle Xia also investigated him back then. I hope Uncle Xia can do me a favor. Tell me about the situation back then." To say that the task force has found a breakthrough is naturally a bluff, lest Xia Xing worry too much and be careful not to speak.

Xia Xing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I have nothing to say about the past, you can check the files for what needs to be recorded."

Lu Zheng knew that he still refused to say it, so he thought for a while and said, "Uncle Xia, you are the old man, I believe you will have a fire in your heart, catch the criminals and keep the party safe, who would be right in that frenzied age? We don’t need to mention who was wrong, it’s all a tragedy caused by the political climate, but we can’t keep secrets about the events of that era just because we’re all looking forward, especially when a murderer is likely to be exonerated.”

A trace of confusion flashed in Xia Xing's eyes, but he just shook his head, threw the cigarette butt into the river, and said, "Let's go back."

Lu Zheng was so anxious, he didn't expect that in summer, oil and salt would not enter, it would be as smelly and hard as stones in a latrine.

Reaching out his hand to stop Xia Xing who wanted to go back, Lu Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Uncle Xia, I won't hide it from you. Zhang Guoliang is the one I want to investigate. The suspect identified by the special case team is called Li Weijun. Now, he is ready to send him for inspection." , and he was probably wronged."

"Uncle Xia, you have been working as a police officer for so many years. You understand that although Li Weijun is only three words, behind these three words is a real person with flesh and blood and a family who is heartbroken for him. Can you look at him like this? Becoming an unjust dead ghost, and the real murderer is hiding in the dark and sneering?"

Xia Xing was really stunned this time, looked at Lu Zheng, and said incredulously, "You want to investigate Zhang Guoliang yourself?"

Lu Zheng smiled wryly and said, "To tell you the truth, I'm not in a good situation in the bureau now. Although I'm called the deputy head of the special case team, I'm just an outsider and can't affect the progress of the investigation of the case." But I think this case is too suspicious, so I'm investigating it secretly."

Xia Xing stared at Lu Zheng, and said lightly: "Don't you know that if you do this, even if the investigation results and offend the colleagues in the overall situation, there may not be any good results? Sometimes, the truth is not important."

Lu Zheng nodded slightly and said, "I know."

Xia Tian just laughed, how does the young man in front of him look like when he just joined the police force?Passionate, just want to find out the truth.

Xia Xing finally nodded, "Well, what do you want to know?"

……

Xia Xing went back first, and Lu Zheng smoked a few more cigarettes by the river before walking back slowly.

According to Xia Xing, there were many doubts about Principal Zhang’s wife hanging herself back then. During the autopsy, a large number of undigested sleeping pills were found in the stomach of Principal Zhang’s wife. It was hard to believe that a person would commit suicide in two different ways, and , Principal Zhang's wife had an affair with others, and Principal Zhang also had enough motives to kill.

In fact, during the interrogation of Principal Zhang, Principal Zhang sometimes laughed wildly, sometimes cried loudly, scolded his son for being inhuman, and began to confess crazily.Although the foreword of the narration does not match the afterword, but from the context of the vague language before and after, it is possible to further break through his psychological defense line, but at this time the society suddenly changed, and then various tasks appeared for a short period of paralysis, and the special case team naturally disappeared. , the case was finally settled.

Now, Principal Zhang's suspicion is getting bigger and bigger, but, all of this is a test, where is the evidence, and where is the evidence?Where should I start?

When Lu Zheng returned to the family courtyard, the people in the courtyard were watching TV.The three families now all have TV sets, but, as before, Lu Guobin moved his own TV set to the yard, and the three families sat on small benches to watch TV, just like watching outdoor movies in the countryside.

"Open your eyes and look carefully, who wants the subject to admit himself?"

Lu Zheng could hear the familiar theme song clearly outside the courtyard. CCTV is broadcasting the Hong Kong TV series "Fearless" three episodes every night. Looking at the hey-ha fighting movements on the screen, Lu Zheng's heart splashed a little. Lianyi, back then, how fascinated I was when I saw this TV series for the first time?

Lu Zheng didn't watch TV with everyone, but went to the wing room. There were two wing rooms in the whole courtyard. They were originally shared storage rooms. Now Ma Cuihong packed up the east room for Lu Zheng to live in.

It smelled slightly damp, but it was obvious that Ma Cuihong was very careful, cleaning it clean, the bed was thickly made, and the blue sheets embroidered with peonies and cranes were also brand new.

Ma Cuihong soon followed in, and said with a little apology: "Zhengzi, you have been wronged for a night first, and I will tidy up tomorrow. Now that the weather is warm, it is good to live here with ventilation. Waiting for winter, I will Think again."

Lu Zheng hummed, and said, "Let's see, I have a place to live now."

"Really? Then where do you live?" Tong Susu turned around from behind Ma Cuihong at some point, and looked at Lu Zheng with a half-smile.

Lu Zheng said, "The guest house."

Lu Zheng shares a room with Xiao Du in the bureau's dormitory building, but the whole dormitory building is poor in sanitation, especially their rooms share the bathroom on the next floor, and there is a strange smell in summer.Xiao Du naturally didn't dislike anything, but Lu Zheng's mother asked him to take good care of Lu Zheng, so he wanted to open a double room in the county party committee guest house, but Lu Zheng never agreed. Du moved to the county party committee guest house together.

Of course, Xiao Du didn't know the reason. He thought that Lu Zheng was ruined by the smoke last summer, and this summer was coming again, so he was in a hurry to move.

When Ma Cuihong heard that Lu Zheng lived in the guest house, her eyes turned red.In addition to the state-run hotels and guest houses in Guangning, there are also many privately run small hotels near the railway station, but they are so dirty that they are hardly a place for people to live. Naturally, Ma Cuihong thought that Lu Zheng lived in those small hotels.

"Zhengzi, listen to your aunt, is it okay to move back here? When your mother was leaving, she repeatedly took my hand and asked me to take care of you..., I, I am sorry for your mother, can't you give me a chance to make up for it? ? Don't go... okay?" Ma Cuihong was almost begging Lu Zheng, and began to wipe away tears. Thinking of the past, she was really sorry for her old sister who had passed away for many years. It was her fault that she failed to take good care of Zhengzi.

"Aunt Cuihong, in fact, I am doing well now. I live in the county party committee guest house, and the environment is quite good." Seeing Aunt Cuihong's appearance, Lu Zheng felt sore, thinking of his adoptive mother who died early because of his exhaustion. .

Lu Guobin's voice came from outside, as if he was calling Ma Cuihong.

Ma Cuihong wiped her tears and said, "I'll come back later." She hurried out.

Tong Susu didn't follow, instead she moved a three-legged chair and sat down, and asked, "Which room do you live in the county party committee guest house?"

Seeing this beautiful girl sitting on the dilapidated chair, Lu Zheng felt really weird. This stark contrast is too glaring. Why does it feel like a more abusive dark program in later generations?

The room was originally a storage room, but there were some furniture, but they were all old. Ma Cuihong picked out the usable ones and kept a few, such as this three-legged chair, which was wiped clean.

"Tell me, aren't you lying to your third aunt?" Tong Susu's white and delicate chin rested on the back of the chair, and she looked at Lu Zheng with big eyes.

The exquisite beauty in a black business dress in a conservative era style shows slender legs in stockings under the knee-length skirt, small black cloth shoes with laces, black laces wrapping around the ankles wrapped in slender white stockings, such a harmonious combination of luxury and simplicity, The fresh and sexy rushes to the face, which makes people feel refreshed. In the quiet appreciation, perhaps deep down in the heart, the sinful desire to torment and conquer this fresh beauty will surge.

"I'm not lying, I live in Room 309." Lu Zheng and Liu Xiaohui also left their real addresses.

Tong Susu hummed, then stared at Lu Zheng again, which made Lu Zheng's heart shudder.

"Hey, tell the truth, do you have a problem with me?"

Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said, "No, we haven't seen each other for many years, and I didn't talk to you when I was young, right?"

Tong Susu curled her lips and said, "You are boring, you don't tell the truth."

Lu Zheng found that Tong Susu used to have a very expressive expression, unlike when there were a lot of people just now, she was always very mature and reserved.

"You said you have no problem with me, so why avoid me like the plague, am I a virus? Or does Uncle Xia have gold?" Tong Susu said dissatisfied.

Lu Zheng is not good at dealing with girls. In his previous life, he was even a rough guy. He was a bachelor for half his life. Although there are confidante who have always supported him, except for the one-night stand, he has never had more than a relationship with a confidante who really has emotional entanglements. friendship relationship.

Therefore, in the face of Tong Susu's accusation, he could only keep silent.

Seeing that Lu Zheng remained silent, Tong Susu felt that it was wrong for her to bully honest people. Moreover, Lu Zheng was no longer the thorn in his side when he was a teenager. Perhaps, because of the heavy pressure of life, this former leader of "subordinates" made a big fuss in heaven. The young boy in the house no longer has the demeanor of the past, but has become a boring gourd that is trampled on by others.

Tong Susu felt an inexplicable loss in her heart, she said softly: "Also, what you said is wrong, you have talked to me before, once when I was bullied and cried, it was you who told me 'Life is for fighting Yes, tears are only a sign of weakness'."

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Really?" I really don't remember.

Tong Susu said again: "There was another time when a lot of vicious people wanted to arrest me, but you scolded them away."

Lu Zheng couldn't help laughing again: "It's all children's jokes, it's not that serious, what kind of evil spirit is it?"

Tong Susu's lips moved, but finally she didn't say it. She wanted to say it, but do you know how terrible they were in my eyes at that time?And you, like a hero who fell from the sky.

Tong Susu didn't say anything, left an envelope and left silently.

The next morning, Lu Zheng discovered that the envelope Tong Susu had secretly placed on the chair contained a stack of ten yuan Datuan. Lu Zheng wanted to return it to her, and asked Zhou Dawei, only to find out that she had left long ago and took the bus at [-] o'clock in the morning Car back to the city.

Lu Zheng was at a loss for a while, thinking about it, he knew that Tong Susu was repaying her kindness. After so many years, she still couldn't forget it. She was really a kind and righteous little girl.