The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 175 Meeting the Joyful Meeting (9)

This is what I realized after listening to the guard's words just now.Brother Fei was stunned when he heard this, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh and gritted his teeth: "So, it's not that Zhuo Yue and the others stole the gold from the warehouse, but we handed over the gold to them!"

In a sense, it is.I looked at his bereaved face and wanted to comfort him, but his face suddenly became gloomy, "Before you were cleared of suspicion because you didn't flee with gold. Now that the gold is fake, then Naturally, your suspicions cannot be cleared."

This time it was my turn to be dumbfounded. I tried my best to help him find out the truth about the gold theft, but he turned his face and turned his back on him in a blink of an eye, and immediately included me in the list of suspects.I was tongue-tied and wanted to argue a few words for myself, but he didn't give me a chance to speak at all, and immediately asked the accompanying young man to detain me and sent me directly to the county police prison.

I was downcast all the way, and I was thinking of finding out the truth of the gold theft so that Ji Mingmei could be rescued.Unexpectedly, the truth was found out, but he was sent to the county police prison.If Ji Mingmei and I both go in now, who else will save us?

When we arrived at the county police prison, Brother Fat threw me directly into the same cell as Zhou Xunshan, and then locked the door with a bang.Ji Mingmei saw me walking in from the opposite side, she didn't feel the joy of reuniting after a long absence, but said with a mournful face: "Why did you come in so soon?"

I also said with a sad face: "Because I have already found out how the gold disappeared."

"Ah?" Ji Mingmei was taken aback, "You really found out, so quickly?"

I nodded, told her the truth, and told her what Brother Fat had said.Ji Mingmei lamented repeatedly, but before she could make a sound, she heard Wang Honger say in surprise: "You actually found out the truth, it's amazing!"

Right now I am in the same cell as Zhou Xunshan, and Ji Mingmei is in the same cell as Wang Honger.The two cells are facing each other, which may be intentional by Brother Fat.I thought of his previous behavior of eavesdropping next door, and suspected that he was still next door at the moment.But Ji Mingmei and I have no secrets that cannot be heard, so I am too lazy to tell Ji Mingmei about it.

"Are you Zhuo Yue's accomplice?" I said to Wang Honger, who was opposite, "But I don't understand, since you stole the gold, even if you want to use this to coerce the security team to release you, all you need to do is send a letter. Why did you come in yourself?"

"Because I'm worried that if I don't come in, he won't be willing to go out. I think maybe he will change his mind so that I can get out." Wang Honger told us without any concealment.

Only then did Ji Mingmei and I understand, but after 20 years in this prison, it is surprising that Zhou Xunshan would still be unwilling to go out when he had the chance to go out.While she was talking, I looked back at Zhou Xunshan quickly, but the light in the prison was dim, there was only one lamp hanging in the corridor outside, so I didn't look very carefully, I could only see that he was a thin man.

In terms of age, he looks like he is in his early fifties, but years of prison life will inevitably make people look old, so it is unknown that he may not be 50 years old.Although he has been in prison for many years, he is not sloppy, and his hair and beard are well groomed.

When we were talking, Zhou Xunshan didn't look at us, but sat alone in the corner of the cell, as if all this had nothing to do with him, and he didn't care much about whether he could go out or not.Who else likes being in jail?I was full of doubts, but seeing his look of avoiding strangers, I naturally wouldn't make fun of it.

Zhou Xunshan doesn't like oil and salt, but Wang Honger is easy to talk.Ji Mingmei asked her in the opposite cell: "You said that Mr. Zhou has been imprisoned here for more than 20 years. Why? How did he get in?"

I also looked at Wang Honger, Wang Honger smiled slightly, and actually said: "More than 20 years ago, a batch of gold passed by here, and the security team was entrusted to take care of it. But one day, when the door of the warehouse was opened At that time, they found that the gold had disappeared. In the middle of the warehouse, there was a person standing."

It turned out that Zhou Xunshan was also imprisoned for the gold theft case, no wonder his mood fluctuated so much when he heard the gold was stolen from the security team.

"That person standing in the middle of the warehouse is Zhou Xunshan?" Ji Mingmei asked, holding her chin, "Why is the gold from the security team so easy to steal? But he stole the gold, why did he stay in the warehouse?"

"I don't know. Anyway, when the gold was stolen, he was standing in the warehouse, as if he appeared out of nowhere. As weird as the gold was stolen, his appearance was so weird. Everyone believed that he stole it Gold, but no one knows how he got it."

"Didn't he use the same technique as Zhuo Yue?" I said in the opposite cell.

Wang Honger glanced at me calmly, "No. It was impossible to use this method for the theft."

"Why? If this trick is not noticed, it should be easy to hide. This is the only way I can think of."

"Because the batch of gold that was stolen that year was huge."

"How big is it?" I asked.

"It's so big that you can't even imagine it." A smile appeared on Wang Honger's face, with an indescribable meaning, "10 taels of gold. A 'big yellow croaker' is ten taels, so 10 taels is [-] If you want to hide it in the basement of the warehouse, you need to search the entire warehouse, how can this be hidden from others?"

10 million taels of gold!
Ji Mingmei and I shivered at the same time, 1000 taels of gold is enough to cover the expenses of a security regiment for several years, can 10 taels be enough to support a regular army?But why does a mere security team have such a shockingly large amount of wealth?

Needless to say, there must be some secret hidden in it, but Ji Mingmei and I were involved without knowing it.My back felt a little cold, and I hurriedly said, "This matter has nothing to do with us, and we don't want to know."

"But, isn't that what you guys just asked?" Wang Honger looked at me calmly, and then at Ji Mingmei.

Ji Mingmei also shivered, and hurriedly said: "That was just now, now I... I don't want to know."

"The less you know, the safer you are, this sentence is not helpful to your current situation." Wang Honger saw through our thoughts, "So you should listen to it, maybe it will help you after listening to the whole thing. "

I don't believe her nonsense!
But right now she has nothing to do if she wants to say that we have no choice but to stare at her with wide eyes.Wang Honger didn't care, and continued speaking without haste. More than 20 years ago, a Mr. Zhou happened to pass by here when he wanted to transport a batch of gold to other places.

The head of the security team at that time was surnamed Hu. He accepted the entrustment of Mr. Zhou to take care of the delivery of this batch of gold.Head Hu locked the gold in the warehouse, and sent heavy soldiers to guard it day and night, just waiting to be escorted on the road soon.But one day, the strong man guarding the warehouse suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the warehouse, as if something was biting something.

Although the sound is not loud, it is very dense, and it makes people's gums a little sour.This strange sound suddenly came from the warehouse, and the strong men were all shocked, and hurriedly reported it to Head Hu.Head Hu and Mr. Zhou rushed to the warehouse immediately, and after opening the door, they found that the gold in the warehouse had disappeared.

But there was a person standing in the middle of the warehouse at that time, it was Zhou Xunshan.No one knows how he appeared in the warehouse, just as no one knows how the 10 taels of gold disappeared.

A total of 10 taels of gold, 250 gold bars, packed in 50 boxes, weighing 10 catties.Even if the people who move it are all strong men, at least four or fifty people are needed to remove it all at once.But the [-] taels of gold disappeared from the warehouse without a trace under the heavy guard of the security regiment, leaving only one hundred empty boxes and one person.

At that time, the entire security team was stunned, and after realizing it, they immediately took Zhou Xunshan under control.In the next few days, the security team tried their best to find out how he appeared in the warehouse and how he stole the gold without knowing it, but they never got any information.

From the moment he appeared in the warehouse, Zhou Xunshan didn't say a word, no one could get a word out of his mouth.And the 10 taels of gold also seemed to be swallowed up by the void, and there was no whereabouts since then.As for Zhou Xunshan, he stayed in the county police prison for more than [-] years.

"So, you and Zhuo Yue worked so hard to save him, and it was also for the 10 taels of gold?" This gold theft case is even more incredible than the gold theft case we just experienced.And what I don't understand is, since 10 taels of gold can be shipped out, why did Zhou Xunshan stay in the warehouse?
I heard everything, so I asked Wang Honger about it.She shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.At this time, Ji Mingmei tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "This calculation is not right. Zhou Xunshan has a relationship with 10 taels of gold, but you only stole 1000 taels of gold from the security team. Use this 1000 taels of gold to blackmail the security guards." Regiment, can they let you out?"

"It has been more than 20 years. If they could find out the whereabouts of the 10 taels of gold, they would have already asked. Since they can't find out, if they lose the 1000 taels because they don't let people go, the security team will have no funds for the next few years." Now, maybe it will be disbanded. How do you think they will choose?"

Ji Mingmei and I were speechless for a while, but after thinking about it, I still said: "How can the security team allow him to spend the past twenty years safely in prison with a huge sum of 10 taels of gold?"

Because of the huge amount, if he were to change to another prison, there would probably be plenty of ways to get him to speak.But I can see that although Zhou Xunshan is thin, there is no trace of suffering, and the expression on his face can even be called serene.It was astonishing that the security corps would treat a thief with such courtesy.

"Yes, from the point of view of the security team, they really treated him too politely." Wang Honger smiled slightly, "But if you know who he is, you won't be too surprised."

"Who is he?" Ji Mingmei and I were both surprised, "Isn't he a thief who stole gold?"

"Yes." Wang Honger replied, "He is the thief who stole the gold, and he is also the son of the owner of the gold."

Ji Mingmei and I were dumbfounded at the same time.Wang Honger said before that the owner of the gold is also surnamed Zhou, but we didn't pay attention.So this time the gold was stolen, in fact, the son stole the father's gold? !

In this way, Zhou Xunshan can be regarded as the young owner of this batch of gold, no wonder the security team didn't make things difficult for him.But since it was his own business, why was Zhou Xunshan imprisoned for 20 years?Could it be that this is Zhou's father's intention, otherwise how could the security team be this villain for no reason?
"The gold was stolen under the supervision of the security team. Head Hu at the time was extremely angry and said that no matter who he was, unless he returned the gold, he would never leave the county police prison." Wang Honger explained, " At that time, Zhou's father was also annoyed that he stole the gold privately, and left alone with hatred."

"Does this gold really belong to the Zhou family?" I hesitated for a while, but still asked.

Ordinary people can be considered rich if they can have a hundred taels of gold, and they can be considered extremely rich if they can have a thousand taels of gold.The value of this 10 taels of gold is beyond imagination. It is surprising that it disappeared without a trace, but its origin must also be extraordinary.

Wang Honger did not answer my question, but glanced at Zhou Xunshan in my cell, and said: "The night is long, since you have found out the truth about Zhuo Yue's theft of gold, you might as well think about it. The 10 taels of gold back then How did it disappear? If you really find out the whereabouts of the 10 taels of gold, it will be easy to get out from here."

Ji Mingmei also looked at me eagerly, and I couldn't laugh or cry, "I don't know. The reason why I guessed the truth about Zhuo Yue's stealing gold was because I was lucky enough to hear what the guard said. That's why I thought of it. It's been more than 20 years. I was not even born before, and I am not familiar with the situation at that time, how can I speculate what happened back then out of thin air?"

(End of this chapter)