Chapter 1222

A moment later, Su Xinghui said, "How about this, Zhang Bin, you write a note for Jiang Chaoyang's father so that he will believe my identity when he sees it. Tell him not to close the window at night and to turn off the lights. I'll go give him the note later."

Zhang Bin nodded. He took out paper and pen and wrote a note. He was a colleague of Jiang Chaoyang and also knew Jiang's father, so it wouldn't be difficult to gain his trust. After writing the note, he handed it to Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui looked at the note, nodded, put it in his pocket, and then took a jacket out of his bag and put it on.

He had never worn this jacket since coming to Qingyang. Wearing it out tonight could also serve as a distraction.

Su Xinghui asked about the location of the small guesthouse and climbed down from the water pipe on the wall outside his room. In this kind of old-fashioned house, there was a thick water pipe on the outside of the wall. For someone agile like Su Xinghui, climbing up and down this pipe was very easy.

Behind the guesthouse was an empty lot with no buildings at all. It was pitch black, so it was impossible for anyone to see him. After he climbed out of the window, Zhang Bin helped him leave the window slightly ajar so he could come back through it when he returned.

After Su Xinghui landed on the ground, he used his internal energy to shrink his bones, reducing his height by about an inch. Then he hunched his back slightly and lowered his head a little. This way, his temperament looked completely different from usual. It was night, so even if someone who knew him saw him from behind, they wouldn't recognize him as Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui bypassed the guesthouse building and walked towards the small guesthouse Zhang Bin mentioned. That small guesthouse wasn't far from here. In less than three minutes, Su Xinghui arrived. He looked at the terrain of the small guesthouse and specifically walked from the shadowed corner, circling to the back of the building in no time.

Fortunately, it was the nineties, and public lighting equipment wasn't very developed, so there were many dark corners. Su Xinghui deliberately lightened his footsteps; his movements were no louder than a cat's. Even if someone was monitoring the entrance of the guesthouse, they couldn't possibly discover Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui came to the back of the building and carefully looked at the structure. Upon seeing it, he felt relieved. The structure of this building was also the old-fashioned kind, with thick water pipes leading all the way to the top floor, completely climbable.

He circled back to the entrance of the guesthouse and went straight in. Many people lived in this kind of guesthouse, and it was mixed. There were too many people like Su Xinghui, who looked ordinarily dressed, coming in and out, so no one would care.

Su Xinghui went to the second floor without a word and observed in the corridor. Soon, he found the room number where Jiang's father was staying, as Zhang Bin had said. He went over and knocked gently on the door. The door opened quickly. Su Xinghui said softly, "Uncle Jiang, I am a friend of Jiang Chaoyang. Please don't speak."

Although Jiang's father was stunned, he followed his advice and didn't speak. Su Xinghui stuffed the note into his hand and then said in a normal volume, "Sorry, I found the wrong room."

He said this sentence in the Xinhe dialect. After saying it, he left the door of the room, pretended to wander around the second floor, and went downstairs.

After leaving the guesthouse, he walked in the opposite direction of the Weimin Guesthouse where he was staying. He walked very fast, paying attention to whether anyone was following him. At his walking speed, if others wanted to keep up, they would at least have to run. He walked a long distance and confirmed that no one was following him. He took off his jacket, threw it into a trash can, took another small path, and returned to the guesthouse where Jiang's father was staying.

The Qingxi County town wasn't big. Su Xinghui had been wandering the streets for the past two days and had long since figured out the terrain of the Qingxi County town. His sense of direction was excellent, so finding the way was easy.

He touched the back of the guesthouse again and looked at the room where Jiang's father was staying. He saw the window was open, but the light was off. This was the signal he had agreed upon with Jiang's father.

However, he didn't rashly climb up but waited in the bushes for more than two hours. It wasn't until nearly eleven o'clock, when the lights in all the rooms of the guesthouse were extinguished, that he climbed up along a water pipe like a nimble cat, knocked gently on the window of Jiang's father's room, and then slipped into the window.

Ever since Jiang's father received the note, he had followed what it said, opened the window, turned off the light, and kept waiting for Su Xinghui to come. When Su Xinghui knocked on the window, he stood up. After Su Xinghui entered the window, he asked in a very low voice, "Are you a friend of Chaoyang?"

Su Xinghui said softly, "Yes, Uncle Jiang, I am a junior of Jiang Chaoyang. I also graduated from Jiangcheng University. My name is Su Xinghui, and I am also a very good friend of his."

Jiang's father said, "Then what about Zhang Bin? Why didn't he come?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "He doesn't have the ability to climb water pipes. We are full of crises in this Qingxi County, so we must be careful. Maybe someone is monitoring you at the entrance of the guesthouse, so I can only use this method to see you."

Jiang's father said indignantly, "Is this still the world of the Communist Party?"

Su Xinghui asked, "Uncle Jiang, did you come today to see Senior Brother Jiang?"

Jiang's father nodded and said, "Yes, my daughter-in-law went back to her maiden home, and my old wife was so angry that she couldn't move in bed, so I could only let my daughter and son-in-law take care of her and come to see Chaoyang myself. I don't believe he would do that kind of thing. But today I went to the police station, and the police wouldn't let me see Chaoyang."

Su Xinghui's brows furrowed. The police station wouldn't let the family of a detainee visit? This was unusual. He asked, "Uncle Jiang, do they have any reason?"

Jiang's father said, "They said Chaoyang is also suspected of other crimes, so they don't allow anyone to visit."

Su Xinghui asked, "Haven't you been to Senior Brother Jiang's unit?"

Jiang's father said, "I have, but the people in his unit refused to come forward. They said since he solicited a prostitute, he should be detained and fined. They are still studying the punishment for Chaoyang, saying it might lead to his dismissal. But I don't believe Chaoyang would solicit a prostitute no matter what."

Su Xinghui said decisively, "Uncle Jiang, Senior Brother Jiang did not solicit a prostitute."

Jiang's father was both surprised and happy: "Really? How do you know? If he didn't solicit a prostitute, why would the police arrest him?"

Su Xinghui said, "Zhang Bin and I are staying in the same guesthouse where Senior Brother Jiang stayed. I learned it from the mouth of that fat woman, the one you asked questions to today. She said Senior Brother Jiang interviewed something he shouldn't have and offended someone he shouldn't have, so he was framed by the police."

Jiang's father said indignantly again, "There's actually such a thing? Is this still the world of the Communist Party?"

Su Xinghui said, "How about this, Uncle Jiang, tonight you write down your encounter today, especially the process of the police station refusing your visit, and the fact that Senior Brother Jiang was framed by the police as I said, into a report. You rush back to Jiangcheng early tomorrow morning and go to the Provincial Public Security Department to cry out for justice."

Jiang's father said hesitantly, "Is crying out for justice useful?"

Su Xinghui nodded affirmatively: "If you go to cry out for justice, it will definitely be useful. Listen to me, hurry back and do this. Leave the Qingxi County matter to us."

Jiang's father then nodded and said, "Alright, I will do as you say." ===== CHAPTER 1224 =====