Chapter 20: Investigation and Evidence Collection

"Good, Yan Bugui, you go home first. We will first go to your home to investigate and collect evidence," Section Chief Ma said.

Liu Haizhong, who was on the side, couldn't help but widen his eyes and look at Yan Bugui in disbelief. They had agreed to unify their stories and hold out to the end, but before it even started, you betrayed the Siheyuan.

Just as Liu Haizhong was glaring at Yan Bugui, Yan Bugui gave Liu Haizhong a look before leaving.

As for whether Liu Haizhong could react, that was Liu Haizhong's business. Yan Bugui felt that he had already done his best.

Unfortunately, Liu Haizhong's big head couldn't figure it out at all. Liu Haizhong thought Yan Bugui was provoking him, so he glared at Yan Bugui hatefully and went home.

After Liu Haizhong left, Section Chief Ma walked around and found that everyone had returned home, so he began to investigate. Section Chief Ma did not use people from the Rolling Mill Security Section, the street, or the police station, but used his own two subordinates, Wei Feng and Cheng Qiang.

Even if the efficiency was very slow and it took a long time, Section Chief Ma would not use their people.

Factory Director Yang and the others also understood that Section Chief Ma was doing this to avoid suspicion, so they waited silently for Section Chief Ma to investigate and collect evidence.

Section Chief Ma's investigation and evidence collection went very smoothly. Except for Jia Zhangshi who refused to admit it at first, everyone else confessed honestly, and even the Deaf Old Lady was sold out.

After the investigation, Section Chief Ma had Director Wang gather the people of the Siheyuan in the courtyard again.

Then, Section Chief Ma handed the transcripts to Factory Director Yang and the others respectively. The truth of the matter was clear at a glance, and the matter was just as He Yuzhu had described when reporting the case.

Jia Zhangshi colluded with Yi Zhonghai to slander He Yuzhu for causing Jia Dongxu's death and pinned the name of unfilial piety on He Yuzhu, and also obstructed He Yuzhu from reporting the case. The Deaf Old Lady threatened people in the courtyard to give false testimony.

This was the same as the result of Cheng Qiang's secret investigation in the hospital.

Section Chief Ma also handed Cheng Qiang's investigation results to Factory Director Yang and the others to see.

Street Office Director Wang's face was extremely ashen. Director Wang really didn't expect that the civilized Siheyuan under her governance was actually a bandit's den.

She originally thought that the Siheyuan was managed well under the leadership of the three Grand Uncles headed by Yi Zhonghai, but she didn't expect that they would dare to set up a private court, engage in one-man rule, turn back the wheel of history, and exploit the masses.

Director Wang was so angry that her whole body was trembling, and she wished she could slap Yi Zhonghai twice.

"It's too outrageous! It's too outrageous! Section Chief Chu, arrest them! Arrest all these law-breaking and discipline-violating people and throw them into the Security Section!" Factory Director Yang was furious and slammed the table and said.

There were no fools present. Factory Director Yang was obviously also playing the game of covering up the lid. In the name of arresting people, he was actually protecting them. Once these people entered the Security Section, wouldn't it ultimately be handled by the factory?

Factory Director Yang doing this also conformed to the current situation and procedures. After all, except for the Deaf Old Lady, these people were all from the Rolling Mill, and Factory Director Yang had the right to do so.

"Factory Director Yang, don't be in a hurry. Let's listen to what the parties involved have to say first. We cannot listen to one side only. Old Wei, Little Cheng, you two go to the hospital, have the hospital's Security Section cooperate with you, and bring Yi Zhonghai, Wang Liugen, and the others back," Section Chief Ma said.

Section Chief Ma was clearly not trusting others. Of course, Section Chief Ma was also doing it for He Yuzhu to see. If He Yuzhu wasn't satisfied today, none of the leaders sitting here would be able to run away; at the lightest, they would be criticized, and at the heaviest, they would be demoted.

Factory Director Yang didn't speak again, anyway, he had expressed his attitude.

Wei Feng and Cheng Qiang immediately went to the hospital. With the cooperation of the hospital's Security Section, Yi Zhonghai, Wang Liugen, Li Dana, Zhang Sanshi, Zhao Shanhe, and their family members were brought back to the Siheyuan. After Yi Zhonghai returned to the Siheyuan and saw such a gloomy scene, he knew something had happened. Before Yi Zhonghai could speak, Director Wang rushed up.

"Yi Zhonghai, you did a good job. It was in vain that I trusted you so much and appointed you as the First Grand Uncle of the Siheyuan, letting you be fully responsible for the Siheyuan. Is this how you treat my trust?" Director Wang took two steps forward and gave Yi Zhonghai two hard slaps.

Yi Zhonghai was using a stick as a cane at this time and was directly slapped to the ground by Director Wang.

However, Yi Zhonghai didn't resent Director Wang; instead, he was a little grateful. Director Wang was using this method to remind Yi Zhonghai.

Director Wang's two slaps didn't stun Yi Zhonghai, but instead woke him up.

Director Wang doing this was both to show her attitude and to shift the blame. Director Wang said very clearly that she let Yi Zhonghai be fully responsible for the Siheyuan, which meant that Director Wang didn't know anything about what happened in the Siheyuan.

The more Director Wang spoke, the angrier she became, and she gave Yi Zhonghai two more slaps.

"Look at the good things you've done!" After Director Wang finished speaking, she threw the transcript notebook in her hand hard at Yi Zhonghai's head, and then Director Wang sat back in her chair angrily.

"Yi Zhonghai, you have disappointed me too much. You are really a confused person. Open your eyes wide and look carefully at the confused things you have done!" Factory Director Yang also roared with his beard blowing and eyes glaring.

Section Chief Ma wanted to stop them, but in the end, he didn't move. This was the tacit understanding belonging to their officialdom; it was a reminder to Yi Zhonghai and also an opportunity for Yi Zhonghai to refute.

The reason why Section Chief Ma didn't stop them was because one cannot listen to one side only during the interrogation process, and one must also listen to the defendant's statement to avoid creating unjust, false, and wrong cases.

He Yuzhu was grinding his teeth on the side. Everyone present was a human spirit, and they could all use various methods to maximize the protection of their own rights and interests. Their level was much higher than Yi Zhonghai's. Yi Zhonghai could only fool the people in the courtyard. Look at the others; the gap was too big.

Yi Zhonghai quickly picked up the transcript on the ground and read it, then shouted: "Leaders, I am wronged."

"Wronged? Where are you wronged?" Section Chief Ma asked.

"First, He Yuzhu reported that I colluded with Jia Zhangshi to slander He Yuzhu for causing Jia Dongxu's death. This is simply nonsense. Jia Dongxu was my apprentice and worked in the same workshop as me, and our workstations were very close."

"I was right next to Jia Dongxu when the accident happened, and at that time, Fool... He Yuzhu was working in the kitchen, and the two were nearly half a mile apart. How could He Yuzhu possibly cause Jia Dongxu's death?"

"After Jia Dongxu's accident, I went to the canteen to find He Yuzhu and asked him to go to the hospital with me to see Jia Dongxu for the last time. He Yuzhu refused on the grounds that work was important, so I left the canteen and went to the hospital alone to see Jia Dongxu. On the way back, someone smashed my head." Yi Zhonghai pointed to his head again, which was still wrapped in gauze.

"After dealing with Jia Dongxu's affairs at the hospital, I fell into a deep sleep when I returned home and was only woken up at night. When I went out to check, I saw He Yuzhu beating Jia Zhangshi, so I hurriedly stopped He Yuzhu from beating an old person. My words might have been a bit extreme, but this has nothing to do with framing He Yuzhu. I didn't know what conflict Jia Zhangshi and He Yuzhu had at the time; I only found out afterwards."

"You can ask everyone if it was only after He Yuzhu beat Jia Zhangshi to the ground that I came out. My head was dizzy at the time, and I was just stopping He Yuzhu out of the duty of a First Grand Uncle." Yi Zhonghai argued by avoiding the important and dwelling on the trivial.

Section Chief Ma immediately had Wei Feng and Cheng Qiang investigate. The matter was indeed as Yi Zhonghai said; it was only after He Yuzhu finished beating Jia Zhangshi that Yi Zhonghai came out of his house.

"If you have any other grievances, feel free to say them. We will not listen to one side only, nor will we engage in one-man rule," Section Chief Ma said in a deep voice.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 21 =====