bookcurios Chapter 1795 The Human Heart is Also a Scale
Chapter 1795 The Human Heart is Also a Scale
Zhang Biao, Ma Tai, Chen Xiaoyan, and Sun Lianfang are all dead, and their families don't know why these people suddenly came here!
Although someone prompted the question in the transcript, no one knew exactly why!
Li Xiangnan and the others searched again, but still couldn't find any answers.
Filled with immense doubt, everyone had no choice but to put the matter aside and process the profound shock brought about by the case file.
Director Qi immediately took the case file and went to the provincial capital to report to Zhang Zhidong.
Li Xiangnan did not return to his office, but instead went directly with Wang Defa to Chen Hanguo's temporary treatment room at the Municipal Bureau.
In the ward, Chen Hanguo sat quietly in his wheelchair by the window, watching the falling leaves outside.
Hearing footsteps, he turned around, his eyes still filled with the confusion typical of a young man.
Li Xiangnan walked up to him without beating around the bush and gently placed the case closure report issued by the Municipal Bureau on his lap.
"Han Guo," he said calmly, like an older brother next door, "the case is solved!"
He opened the simple case report, pointed to the four names listed, and explained, "These four people are the same four people you met on Changjiang South Road... They are the real culprits who murdered Hu Jianjun's family twenty years ago! All those who helped them cover up their crimes have also been punished by law!"
Seeing him staring blankly at the case report, Li Xiangnan didn't mention the possible baby. At this moment, letting the dead rest in peace and the living find release were the most important things.
Chen Hanguo stared blankly at the report on his knees, and it took him a long, long time before his shoulders trembled slightly.
Wang Defa couldn't bear to watch the ending, so he walked to the window, opened it, lit a cigarette, and watched a group of middle school students playing football on the school playground across the street.
But the silent sobbing behind them reminded him and Li Xiangnan that Chen Hanguo's emotions were beginning to surge.
At first, it was just silent sobbing, but soon, the emotions that had been suppressed for so long burst forth like a flood, causing him to clutch the case report tightly in the midst of his surging emotions and let out a heart-wrenching cry of pain.
The cries seemed to carry with them Hu Jianjun's 20 years of injustice and resentment.
Perhaps, it was also a release and relief for Chen Hanguo after being troubled by this foreign "soul" power.
Li Xiangnan and Wang Defa exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke.
At this moment, they couldn't tell whether it was Chen Hanguo or Hu Jianjun who was crying!
Or perhaps both, or perhaps only Chen Hanguo!
The two of them just watched and quietly stayed by Chen Hanguo's side, letting him vent his emotions.
After a long while, the crying gradually subsided.
Chen Hanguo nestled in his arms, not speaking to Li Xiangnan or the other man, and drifted off to sleep with the exhilarating feeling of his injustice being redressed.
"Is he asleep?" Wang Defa asked, turning around to look at him after smoking five cigarettes, somewhat surprised.
Li Xiangnan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
"Xiao Li, is he now Xiao Chen or Hu Jianjun from back then?"
Li Xiangnan shook his head again, but this time he said, "I don't know either!"
"Advisor Li!"
Just then, a voice called from the doorway. Fan Deting hurriedly stood at the door, glanced at Chen Hanguo sleeping, and hesitated before speaking.
Li Xiangnan and the other man exchanged a glance, then stepped forward to cover Chen Hanguo with a blanket, hurriedly went out, and closed the door behind them. "Director Fan, what's wrong?"
Fan Deting's face was somewhat solemn. He didn't even bother with pleasantries and said urgently in a low voice, "The Changjiang Road Police Station called and said that the family members of Chen Xiaoyan and Ma Taihe, who were summoned earlier, are being blocked by the crowd on Changjiang South Road and are not allowed to leave. The situation is getting a bit out of control!"
"What?" Li Xiangnan's pupils shrank.
Wang Defa screamed, "What were they doing there? How did they get blocked?"
Fan Deting frowned and said, "I heard from the comrades at the Changjiang Road Police Station that the two families went together to burn paper money for the deceased's family members, but they were discovered by the crowd and blocked their way!"
hiss!
The two gasped, suddenly feeling a headache coming on.
Now that Hu Jianjun's case has just made some progress and has just been closed, I've heard that many people are rushing to the old coal yard alley to check on the old Hu family house, and there seems to be a desire to move back to the old coal yard alley.
At this point, the case had just been solved, and the public was bound to have lingering emotions about what happened back then. For these people to go and pay respects to their relatives at this critical juncture was practically asking for trouble!
The public outrage couldn't be any greater than this, could it?
It definitely needs to be addressed, otherwise Fan Deting wouldn't be having such a headache.
If this incident escalates into a mass incident and isn't handled properly, he, the police chief, might have to step down!
"Go check it out right away!" Li Xiangnan quickly gave a few instructions to Lu Hang and the other experts, asking them to take good care of Chen Hanguo. He then left the Municipal Bureau with Defa and Director Fan, hurrying towards Changjiang South Road.
When we arrived at the destination, before the car even got close, we could see a huge crowd of people completely surrounding the entire Changjiang South Road.
The noise, scolding, and cursing were incessant and could be heard even from a distance through the glass.
Police officers were maintaining order nearby, but their numbers were small, while the surrounding crowd was extremely agitated.
The car couldn't get in at all, so Li Xiangnan and Fan Deting quickly got out and squeezed into the crowd.
The scene before them shocked the many police officers who had rushed to the scene.
Chen Xiaoyan and Ma Taihe's relatives, including their adult children, were surrounded by a large crowd, their faces pale and their bodies trembling.
They were covered in egg yolk and rotten vegetable leaves, and you could even see phlegm that someone had spat out; they were in a sorry state.
The surrounding crowd hurled insults at them, their angry shouts growing louder and louder.
"What a fitting end! You bastards who aided and abetted evil! The despicable things Zhang Biao and his gang did back then are too numerous to count, and you managed to cover it up for twenty years! If the Luzhou Public Security Bureau hadn't uncovered the truth, I doubt you would have ever repented!"
"A family of five! They didn't even spare their unborn child! Are you even human?! They were tortured to death and then thrown into a mine and burned. How dare you family members come out to pay your respects? If I were you, I'd rather be dead!"
"Yes, the Hu family members all died tragically! I really don't know how Zhang Biao and your four families could have lived this long without any trouble! It's truly a miracle that God is blind!"
"Well said! The net of justice is vast and its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it! That kid Chen Hanguo is acting on behalf of Heaven, and his wronged soul has come to claim his life. If you dare to make him pay with his life, we will be the first to object!"
"Yes, Chen Hanguo shouldn't be convicted. He's a good kid, the pride of Luzhou! Hu Jianjun found him because he trusted the people of Luzhou! What right do you, the families of murderers, have to hold him accountable!"
"An eye for an eye! Your family members deserved to die; they should have been executed! Don't let them harm another child!"
"Hmph, we were scared when your old coal mine was haunted, but now think about what happened to the Hu family, what a terrible injustice they suffered! I really feel sorry for them. It's good that the ghost came out; now the police have finally come out and found out the truth! It's like a miracle!"
The crowd around them was buzzing with discussion, and amidst the noise, a clear message was being conveyed.
The public was extremely shocked and angry about the tragedy that happened 20 years ago, and they felt deep sympathy and support for the Hu Jianjun family's plight and for Chen Hanguo, the "tool of revenge".
This is a powerful and surging tide of public opinion driven by the most basic sense of justice.
Li Xiangnan pursed his lips tightly and watched all of this in silence.
As an advisor, he naturally couldn't make any inflammatory remarks, but deep down, he was undoubtedly touched by the strong public sentiment!
The law is the standard, but the human heart is another scale!
At this moment, someone also noticed that Director Fan and his entourage from the Municipal Bureau had arrived and called out from afar:
"Director Fan, your government must uphold justice for us ordinary people. We are grateful that your police have investigated and clarified the wrongful conviction from back then, but today, we, the neighbors, and people from all over the country who care about this case have gathered here to ask you for a word!"
Fan Deting nodded, calmly asking, "Old man, what kind of justice do you want?"