Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

It took Xu Damao more than an hour to get from Dongsi to Fangshan. He drove his off-road vehicle slowly and observed the changes along the way. The changes were really big. If Xu Damao was not familiar with the route, he would have easily gone astray.

Directly joined Haida Company.

"Brother-in-law, I'm here."

"Da Mao, from what Xiao Ru said, didn't you go to Hong Kong?"

"Yes, I went there to see my grandson and arrange some things. I returned to Kyoto a few days ago. Please arrange a hotel for me, a hotel close to the town government."

"Why, there are guest rooms in the factory? Why don't you live in the factory? Besides, there is a cafeteria in the factory, which is very convenient."

"Brother-in-law, I'm here to do business, not to enjoy the sights. Take me to recognize that damned Mayor Yan's face this afternoon, or tell me his address, and I can go over and take a look myself."

"Da Mao, there's no rush for that. Besides, according to what you said, it also requires opportunities. Just take your time."

"I don't want to stay in the factory any longer. I just want to cut off my relationship with the Fifth Factory. What if I get lucky and seize the opportunity? Right? I'll still live alone. If there's anything, I'll call you. I'll leave the car in the factory. The car is too conspicuous."

"Hotel, there is a hotel diagonally opposite the town government. The conditions are pretty good. It's just across the street from the town government. If you open the window on the second floor, you can see the town government directly. Let's stay at that hotel. It's called Yuebin Hotel."

"Okay, then that one. Isn't your eldest sister in the factory?"

"Ai Ru, I'm listening to you. We're in Fengtai. We're buying houses for the children. Xiao Ru said she would lend us some of it and buy one for each of the children."

"Brother-in-law, you won't lose money, buy it. Then I'll go to the hotel. Call me if you have anything."

Yun Hao wrote a note with Mayor Yan's office on the second floor of the government and his address in the countryside and gave it to Xu Damao. He escorted Xu Damao out of the factory before returning to the office area. According to Xu Damao, don't worry about him.

The hotel conditions were pretty good. We chose a room on the second floor facing the street. There was also a small restaurant at the entrance of the hotel, which was really convenient.

It is indeed much more convenient now than ten years ago. To find a place to stay, you just need to bring your ID card and register. It is not like before when you needed a letter of introduction from your employer.

Carrying a backpack and pretending to be a tourist, I went to the address given by Yun Hao and looked for the largest house in the village.

After walking and resting, sightseeing along the way, I found the location and took a look from a distance, and it was basically confirmed. It really feels like a manor, very grand.

Xu Damao walked closer, letting go of his spiritual sense as he walked, and looked around Yan's hometown. There were indeed people at home. There was a woman in her fifties in the main room, probably the mayor's wife, with a three-year-old child on the kang. In the afternoon, there was still a young couple lying in the east wing, probably the son and his wife. There was also a young man lying in the west wing, who was probably the son involved in gangs that Fang Airu mentioned. There was a double-barreled shotgun hanging in the room, as well as several long knives.

There was no one in the other room, but it was very clean. It might be the room of the second son of the Yan family that Yun Hao mentioned. He went to the army and was not at home, but the family kept the room for him.

After checking the terrain, Xu Damao slowly returned to the hotel before dark, ordered some food and drinks at a nearby restaurant, and ate his fill. At ten o'clock in the evening, taking advantage of the pitch darkness when there were no street lights on the road, he went to Yan's house again.

I didn't notice it during the day, but when I went to the Yan family at night and got closer, I actually heard a dog barking in the yard. Xu Damao used a magical stab to knock the dog unconscious, and then scanned the situation at home.

As expected, there was a man in his fifties in the main house. He should be the mayor himself. The couple in the east wing had not gone to bed yet. There was a child sleeping next to them and they were chatting.

"Your father is biased. I saw him come back today and give your brother a large stack of money before dinner. Your brother must have gone to the next village to gamble. You see, he is such a grown man, but he is always fighting and killing, and he is also dominating the young widow from the next village instead of marrying a decent wife. What kind of thing is this?"

"Lihua, keep your voice down. If my dad hears you, he'll beat you up. You don't need to worry about my brother's affairs. The money was earned by my brother. Dad is the mayor now, more powerful than the secretary. Who dares to have any opinions about our family? What's wrong with monopolizing a young widow? My dad has several wives of his own..."

This really came without any effort. I didn't expect to hear my son and daughter-in-law discussing me on the first day, and they revealed everything about me.

Xu Damao listened until midnight, then quietly returned to the second floor of the hotel without disturbing anyone.

I already know this person and have found the place, so I'm just waiting for the opportunity.

For the next day, Xu Damao was alone.

Another day, and still no opportunities of much value.

Xu Damao was not in a hurry. He observed for a while every day, went out for a stroll, went back to the hotel to practice for a while, and went out to investigate for a while at night. However, Xu Damao had a harvest. He already knew where the Yan family's property was hidden: what a good trick. No wonder the dry toilet in the southwest corner of the yard looked so thick. There were actually interlayers on both sides of the wall, which were filled with a lot of gold bars. Who could have thought of this? If Mayor Yan hadn't accidentally knocked on the bricks of the interlayer when he went to the dry toilet, Xu Damao would really not have noticed this place. Not only that, there were tens of thousands of cash in the kang cabinet in the main room, and there were gold bars in the kang hole. There were even tens of thousands of cash in several models of Zizhi Tongjian books in the fake bookcase in the town government office. Xu Damao was confirmed to have embezzled.

On the fifth day, something finally happened. The youngest son of the Yan family went to the earthwork quarry in the next village to demand a holiday fee. Maybe they didn’t give it before the New Year, and it’s not even the end of the first month yet. He brought a group of people to blockade the quarry again, and he demanded 10,000 yuan.

It is true that wherever there is oppression, there is resistance. The quarry only has that much net income per year, and your Yan family is so greedy. There was a fight, and shotguns were used, and people were injured. The town government and the police station were all involved. After finally suppressing the matter, Mayor Yan returned to the town government, still very angry. After making a series of phone calls, he really needed to vent his anger. Maybe the old woman at home is really useless. I guess I have been holding it in for a long time.

Mayor Yan actually called the women's director to his office.

Xu Damao had been following the situation in the hotel not far away, and heard all the phone calls from Mayor Yan. Now, the opportunity had come.

In the daytime, on the sofa in the government office building. When the two were fighting in the daytime, they suddenly felt a headache at the same time and fainted immediately. They were wearing clothes on their upper body and their pants were removed. They were naked in the middle and fell on the single sofa. It was a very strange and funny shape. This was the work of Xu Damao. The two people were stabbed unconscious with the magic needle. They will wake up in about two hours.

Xu Damao went downstairs to check out of the room, left quickly, went to the Haida factory, said hello to Yunze, drove out of Yancun Town and went to the next door Xinzhen.

Fifteen minutes later, the Fangshan County Party Committee received an anonymous report that the mayor of Yancun Town had a bad work style in the office, bullied his subordinates, and forced women into prostitution. The crime was ongoing. There were also big financial problems. There were a lot of money of unknown origin on the bookshelf in the office, in the kang cabinet and kang hole in the country house, and in the wall of the dry toilet in the southwest corner.

The county public security bureau also received a report at the same time: a fight broke out in the Yancun Town quarry, there were gunshots and people were injured. The town government wanted to deceive their superiors and hide the truth from their subordinates. The injured are now hospitalized in the town hospital. The mayor is also involved and is suspected of being part of a black photography gang.