Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Comrade Public Security, I want to call the police. I want to call the police."

Thinking about his money, Yi Zhonghai was in a panic and just jogged all the way. Fortunately, the Hongxing Police Station was not far from Yard 95, otherwise Yi Zhonghai would have been exhausted. After all, he was already or years old.

"Comrade, please don't be anxious. Take a break first and talk slowly."

The police officer on duty was really worried that Yi Zhonghai wouldn't be able to get up in one breath and would go straight over, which would then be bad luck for him.

"Why are you taking a break? If you take a break again, I won't be able to get my money back."

How could Yi Zhonghai have the mood to rest here? He was jogging all the way just to give the public security comrades more time to arrest Jia Dongxu. The sooner Jia Dongxu was arrested, the safer his money would be.

"Well, go ahead and I'll record it."

"Comrade Public Security, my name is Yi Zhonghai, and I am a seventh-level fitter at the steel mill. This is what happened..."

Yi Zhonghai told him that Jia Dongxu came to him early in the morning to borrow money, saying that he was raising medical expenses for a friend. Out of kindness, he agreed to lend him two hundred yuan. But Jia Dongxu had evil intentions and used some means to make him faint. When he woke up again, he found that the iron box containing the money was missing.

"Master Yi, do you remember how much money was in that iron box?"

"Two thousand four hundred and fifty-five."

"hiss.."

The police officer on duty took a deep breath. In this age when five yuan can provide food for a month, a case worth more than twenty-four hundred yuan could be considered a major case, and it was not something they could handle on their own.

"what?"

Jiang Zhengyi, director of the Hongxing Police Station, was shocked when he received the report. He did not expect such a big case to happen in his jurisdiction. If this was not handled properly, he would not only be punished, but he would also have to forget about his bonus this year.

"Old Wu, Xiao Fang, follow me."

Jiang Zhengyi did not dare to delay for a moment and led his men straight to the courtyard.

"Director Jiang, what are we going to do in the courtyard? Shouldn't the whole city be trying to capture Jia Dongxu?"

Yi Zhonghai was anxious and didn't understand why he had to go back to the courtyard at this time.

"Master Yi, that was just your one-sided statement. We must go to the crime scene to investigate and collect evidence. We can't just assume who you say it is."

Jiang Zhengyi patiently explained to Yi Zhonghai as they walked.

"Can I still lie?"

Yi Zhonghai's voice rose unconsciously. He felt insulted. As a former moral role model, he would never lie or talk nonsense.

"Master Yi, you think too much. This is the process we must follow when investigating a case. Not to mention you, even if the district chief comes to report the case, it will be the same."

"I.."

Yi Zhonghai was just worried, worried about his own money. That was the little savings he had left, so he couldn't help but be anxious.

At the same time Jiang Zhengyi and others went to the courtyard, Liu Guozheng also arrived at the office. He had not been there for two days. He received a call from Xu Damao early in the morning, saying that there was a thief in the office, so he decided to come to the office on the spur of the moment.

"Da Mao, are you all right?"

In Liu Guozheng's mind, things don't matter. If they are lost, they are lost. As long as the person is safe, it's enough.

"Brother Zheng, when Xiaohao and I came out, Han Zhang had already beaten the people away. I heard from Han Zhang that two people had their legs broken, and we didn't see anyone."

"Is that so? With Han Zhang here, nothing must have been lost, right?"

"Of course, they haven't even come into the yard."

"That's good. Where's Xiaohao?"

"go to work."

"Okay, Damao, you stay home. I'll take Han Zhang to call the police."

"It's not Brother Zheng. We didn't suffer any loss. Why should we call the police? Besides, less trouble is worse than more."

"Do you think I'm willing to call the police? There must have been a lot of noise last night, and there must be people nearby who could have heard it. Besides, even if the two with broken legs were sent to the hospital, the hospital staff would call the police. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, let's call the police first. Besides, we're not in the wrong. Even if we broke their legs, they can only admit their bad luck, and we don't have to pay for the medical expenses."

Liu Guozheng is still confident about this. It is only the 1960s now, and there will be no situation where the victim is asked to compensate the thief. In this era, there is a clear boundary between right and wrong. Some things in life that are conventional and conform to the basic moral standards of the public are right.

Xu Damao stayed in the office, and Liu Guozheng took Han Zhang to the Hongxing Police Station to report the case. As soon as they reached the entrance of the alley, they met Jiang Zhengyi and others.

"Director Jiang, what a coincidence! I was just about to report a case."

Liu Guozheng naturally knew Jiang Zhengyi. They had met each other before during the children's welfare home incident, but they were not very familiar with each other.

"Liu Guozheng, what are you doing? There should be a first come first served rule when reporting a case. Director Jiang is now investigating my case again."

Before Jiang Zhengyi could say anything, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help it. He said that he must not waste any more time. The longer the time was, the smaller the possibility of recovering the money.

"Hey, Yi Zhonghai, I really didn't expect you to call the police? Didn't you always say that it's a big compound, and no one in No. 95 Compound can call the police?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this really opened my eyes. You don't feel the pain unless the knife cuts yourself."

"Yi Zhonghai, you are a hypocrite."

Yi Zhonghai did not expect that his hasty words would lead to a direct response from Liu Guozheng.

"Master Yi, Comrade Liu Guozheng, let's focus on business. Old Wu, Xiao Fang, go to Master Yi's house to collect evidence and interview the neighbors to see if there are any witnesses. I will handle Comrade Liu Guozheng's case."

"Yes, director."

Old Wu and the angry Yi Zhonghai went to Yard 95 together.

"Comrade Liu Guozheng, let's talk while we walk."

On the way, Han Zhang recounted what happened last night.

"Good fellow, Comrade Han Zhang, you are really ruthless."

"Director Jiang, I will never tolerate evil."

"Forehead..."

As they were talking, the three of them arrived at the office.

"Here, Chief Jiang, look at the marks on the wall. They jumped into the yard from here. And there are these marks. They were left when they crawled."

Fortunately, there were not many people in the morning and the scene was relatively complete.

However, the means of handling cases in this era were limited. Fortunately, Han Zhang acted ruthlessly and broke the legs of two people. As long as the two people were found in the hospital, Jiang Zhengyi would have a way to find out who the other two were. This case was relatively simple.

"Captain, last night, the patrol rescued two people with broken legs. They are in the Red Star Hospital, and Zhang Qiang is guarding there."

When Xiao Fang came to work in the morning, he heard Li Zheng talking about what happened last night. Li Zheng was the police officer who went out on patrol with Zhang Qiang that night.

"Xiao Fang, go find Lao Wu to assist you. We'll go to the hospital to identify him."

Now that he had a clue, Jiang Zhengyi didn't waste time and directly split his forces into two groups to achieve the goal of not delaying either side.