Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 860 Falling in front of the spring breeze

That night, a black Heping hybrid car carrying Zhang Heping, who had just finished a meeting, was slowly driving on the gray-white icy road towards Zhang's home on the north bank of Houhai.

It's not that the venue didn't prepare a dinner, but the driver and bodyguard brought by Zhang Heping were not in the system and could not go in to dine with other drivers and guards. Zhang Heping went home early for this reason. Anyway, he didn't like socializing.

Today's seminar on purchasing Soviet-made weapons and equipment was held. Zhang Heping felt that Mr. Hua and the others had brought him here just to refute those who were eager to buy Soviet-made weapons.

Because, Zhang Heping refuted and explained one by one on that day, starting from aircraft carriers, ships, airplanes, tanks and other equipment, and sometimes he had to explain repeatedly, in order to dispel the stubborn idea of some people that Soviet-made weapons are good.

If anyone is to blame, it is only because the weapon drawings submitted by Zhang Heping are still confidential, and few people know that the country already has more advanced weapons technology.

Tomorrow's meeting will be to discuss the various heavy industrial equipment left behind by the former North Soviet Union.

The mainland's heavy industrial equipment has actually developed quite well. Whenever Zhang Heping needs to produce something, or the mainland lacks a certain piece of equipment, Zhang Heping will provide the manufacturing drawings of the equipment to the relevant mainland factories for free and guide them in manufacturing.

However, just because Zhang Heping knew it, it didn't mean that the others above also knew it. After all, there were so many factories in the mainland, and not everyone had the leisure to find out what equipment those factories had and what they could produce.

Just like in the past, if there had not been a comprehensive industrial survey, how would we have known that there were so many private enterprises in the mainland that had broken the international monopoly on technology? This is the limitation of cognition.

Even though Zhang Heping has a very broad knowledge base due to the plug-in, he still has blind spots in his cognition, such as the guy shaking like a sieve at the Yinding Bridge.

Zhang Heping was sitting in the car passing Yinding Bridge. When he sensed the man, he could not accurately judge whether he was shivering from the cold, or his hands were shaking due to the sequelae of a stroke, or because of Alzheimer's disease.

This doubt was thrown out of the window when Zhang Heping rolled down the car window and saw the guy's appearance clearly.

That guy is a fool!

No matter how tightly he was wrapped, Zhang Heping could recognize him at a glance by his eyebrows and eyes.

When Zhang Heping just came through, he was always targeted by Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu!

Although it didn't cause any substantial harm to his family, it was still disgusting enough.

So, when Zhang Heping returned home and heard that Sha Zhu had followed him to the door and wanted to see him, Zhang Heping asked his bodyguards to chase him away without thinking.

Next to the patio, Ma Xiuzhen, who was making dumplings with Tang Xin, handed the soup spoon to a female bodyguard who had been trying to help, and then walked over to sit next to her son Zhang Heping.

"I heard Sha Zhu had a stroke in October and was hospitalized. Although he didn't have hemiplegia, he was left with shaking and weakness in his hands," Ma Xiuzhen gossiped nearby, "Sha Zhu's skills all come from his hands."

"Now that he can't cook anymore, no one will hire him as a chef."

"When Sha Zhu was in the hospital, the doctor said he could be saved. The Jia family initially had some conscience and took turns going to the hospital to look after him. They even helped pay for his medical expenses."

"When Sha Zhu wakes up, the Jia family will find out that Sha Zhu's hands are no longer suitable for cooking. Tsk tsk..."

Ma Xiuzhen shook her head, a look of sarcasm on her face. "When the Jia family found out that Sha Zhu couldn't make money as a cook, their disdain was practically written all over their faces."

"Sha Zhu was driven out by the Jia family?" Zhang Heping added casually, which was a disguised way of making a cameo appearance.

The main reason is that after Zhang Heping came back, he hadn’t said a few words to his mother.

"Of course not!" Ma Xiuzhen snorted coldly, "Shazhu wants to get back the house and the salary he gave to Qin Huairu, but the Jia family refuses to acknowledge it."

"The neighborhood committee and the police station both intervened to mediate this matter, but they were unable to do anything to the Jia family. In the end, Sha Zhu had no choice but to sue the court."

At this point, Ma Xiuzhen changed the subject and said, "Shazhu came to see you tonight, probably wanting you to help him with his hand!"

"He's overthinking it!" Zhang Heping said coldly, "I'm showing them the greatest kindness by not settling old scores with them."

"If he wants me to treat his hand, he might as well find a place to sleep. Maybe he can do it in his dreams!"

When Ma Xiuzhen heard Zhang Heping's unfriendly tone, she gave up the idea of speaking well of Sha Zhu.

Ma Xiuzhen is still kind-hearted, especially as she gets older and has a lot of spare money, she has become more open-minded about many things.

However, she cares a lot about her son Zhang Heping's feelings and will not upset Zhang Heping because of outsiders.

In Ma Xiuzhen's opinion, outsiders only see the Zhang family's glory, but fail to see that his son is so rich and is busy working all day.

Nowadays, no normal person would eat so late. It shows how hard her son works.

The next morning, when Zhang Heping went out for morning exercise, he found a dead body curled up under the Yinding Bridge. Judging from his clothes, he looked very similar to Sha Zhu from last night.

Zhang Heping didn't know why this idiot didn't go to the nearby police station to keep warm. Even if he stayed in the public toilet built by the Lou family next to Zhang's house, it would be better than the ice under the bridge.

Putting aside his messy thoughts, Zhang Heping stopped thinking about Sha Zhu and went straight back home.

As for Sha Zhu's body, whoever wants to care about it can do so. Zhang Heping will definitely not cause trouble for himself. It would be funny if someone suspected that he killed Sha Zhu.

After breakfast, Zhang Heping, his driver and bodyguard went to today's meeting place to discuss whether to import heavy industrial equipment left behind by the former North Soviet Union.

When Zhang Heping returned home late at night, Ma Xiuzhen sat next to her son with a gossipy look on her face and talked about how Sha Zhu was found dead under the Yinding Bridge in the morning.

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Capital City Public Security Bureau, Criminal Investigation Brigade Office.

"Nonsense!" Chang Sheng, who had been inexplicably invited to the meeting, suddenly stood up and shouted angrily, "You suspect my brother-in-law Zhang Heping of killing He Yuzhu. Where's the evidence? Where's the motive?"

"Do you know who invited my wife's brother back?"

"Do you know what his current identity is? And what is He Yuzhu's identity?"

"you……"

"Director Chang!" Seeing the Deputy Director's grim expression, the Criminal Investigation Team Leader interrupted, "Director Chang, please calm down and listen to what Old Geng has to say first!"

After Chang Sheng stated his position, he frowned and looked at the section chief named Geng who was sitting diagonally opposite him.

He has an impression of this Old Geng!

After Chang Sheng was transferred to the Household Registration Department of the Municipal Bureau, someone approached him and revealed many relationships among people in the bureau to him.

This old Geng left a very deep impression on Chang Sheng.

Because Lao Geng used to be the director of the police station in Houhai District. He has been transferred to the Municipal Bureau for more than ten years, but he is still just a section chief.

Chang Sheng was transferred to the Municipal Bureau to take over as the deputy director of the Household Registration Department. Lao Geng had to use a lot of connections to get this!

Chang Sheng naturally knew why he was able to take on the position of deputy director. Zhang Heping had made it very clear when he came back last time that he would repay this favor with a potion that would extend his lifespan by 120 minutes in the future.

Therefore, when Lao Geng suggested that Zhang Heping was a suspect in murder, Chang Sheng's reaction was so intense!

"I'm dealing with the matter, not the person!" Old Geng said with a dark face and a businesslike demeanor, "If we don't even dare to raise suspicions, how can we investigate the case?"

Old Geng didn't look at Chang Sheng who had parachuted in to take his position as director. He only stared at the deputy director who was also temporarily invited above him and said:

"On the evening of February 1963, 2, Zhang Lin and Lin Ercai, from Courtyard 13 on the north bank of Houhai Lake, died under the Yinding Bridge and under the ice of Houhai Lake, respectively..."

Chang Sheng had a gloomy face and stared coldly at Lao Geng as he talked about an old case!

Coincidentally, when Chang Sheng was young, he wanted to get promoted by solving major cases and heard of another major case that occurred in Houhai.

Later, he married Zhang Zhaodi, the eldest sister of the Zhang family, and after living in the Zhang family in Houhai, he made in-depth inquiries into the major case in which more than a dozen people died in one night.

His thoughts at the time were simple: first, to solve the case, and second, to prevent his family from suffering from this murderous attack.

Only after asking around did he find out that two other people who died that night were Zhang Lin and Lin Ercai, tenants of the neighboring Courtyard No. 6!

"My suspicion that Zhang Lin and Lin Ercai were murdered by Zhang Heping stems mainly from two things."

"First, Zhang Heping had a conflict with Zhang Lin and Lin Ercai. When Zhang Heping was 13 years old, he could easily dislocate the limbs of two adults, Zhang Lin and Lin Ercai, and knock them to the ground."

"Secondly, several of Hu Youde's thugs did not die from carbon monoxide poisoning that night due to other matters. According to them, they had drunk alcohol before, like on February 2, but had never suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning."

"Also, Hu Youde's men all mentioned a piece of information. Hu Youde had his eyes on the two rifles in Zhang Heping's hands and wanted to seize them!"

"Deputy Director Chang wants evidence, but I can't provide it. I can, however, give some motives."

"He Yuzhu, like Zhang Lin and Lin Ercai, had numerous conflicts with Zhang Heping's family..."

"You're bullshitting!" Chang Sheng raged again, "According to your bullshit logic, anyone who has clashed with Consultant Zhang and died was killed by him!"

"This is the case. I'm done!" Lao Geng ignored Chang Sheng, as if the other party was talking about someone else.

In fact, the most disgusting thing about Lao Geng was that he mentioned "Zhang Heping's family" at the end, secretly involving Chang Sheng as well.

However, Changsheng is not stupid. He had previously mentioned "wife's brother" to make his position clear, and just now he used the term "Consultant Zhang" to remind others.

Look, the deputy director frowned and looked at the captain of the criminal investigation team, staring at him with cold eyes, as if asking the captain to give an explanation.

With Zhang Heping's current status, not to mention his reputation at home and abroad, the 120-year life span potion he developed alone has given him a layer of invincibility. Anyone who dares to mess with him now has to ask those retired old men whether they agree or not.

"This is He Yuzhu's autopsy report!" The Criminal Investigation Captain took out a stack of papers, divided them into two piles and passed them around. He then continued, "The deceased had a sprained left ankle. Falling from a height cannot be ruled out."

"There are signs of brain hemorrhage, and falling from a height cannot be ruled out."

"After visiting this afternoon, someone claimed to have seen Zhang's bodyguards chasing people away from the door last night, with some pushing and shoving."

"Director, do you think we should continue investigating this matter?"

"Investigate! Go ahead and investigate!" Chang Sheng said angrily, "Since you've brought this up, anyone who dares to cover it up is an accomplice to the murderer!"

Changsheng was at home last night, so he naturally knew the whole story.

He Yuzhu came to Zhang Heping to ask for treatment for his hands, but Zhang Heping was too lazy to see him and simply asked his bodyguards to chase him away. It was that simple.

Even if we take a step back and assume that it was a bodyguard who pushed He Yuzhu onto the ice surface of Houhai, it has nothing to do with Zhang Heping. It was purely the bodyguard's personal behavior.

Of course, such words cannot be said, lest it be said that Zhang Heping instigated others to commit crimes.

As for the deaths of the two old hooligans that Lao Geng just mentioned, as well as the deaths of Hu Youde and his gang, the eighth master of Pigeon City, if there was evidence, the case would have been solved long ago, and there would be no need to bring it up today.

The key point is that after this matter becomes a big deal, it would be good if the troublemakers can produce evidence. If they cannot, there will be plenty of people to deal with these troublemakers later!

Therefore, Changsheng speaks with confidence!

Upon hearing this, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation frowned so hard that ink seemed to come out of his brows!

He is not afraid of the investigation, because because of the 120-year life span potion, many people now want to be associated with Zhang Heping's family.

If Zhang Heping finds someone to put pressure on the Municipal Bureau because of this case, no matter how the case is finally concluded, Zhang Heping will owe a lot of favors!

"Deputy Director Chang!" The deputy director frowned and said, "You should have been with Consultant Zhang last night!"

Chang Sheng had opinions about the criminal investigation captain and Lao Geng who were causing trouble, but he had no opinion about the deputy director who was three levels higher than him.

Then Chang Sheng replied in a deep voice, "He came home after the meeting. It was already 10 o'clock in the evening. After the gate was closed, I didn't hear anyone open the door to go out."

"What about 5 o'clock this morning?" Lao Geng suddenly interrupted, "Someone saw him jogging this morning, probably around 5 o'clock!"

"Hmph!" Chang Sheng snorted coldly, but did not explain.

When he answered the deputy director just now, he didn't explain why He Yuzhu asked Zhang Heping to heal his hands. How could he explain it to Lao Geng now!

Chang Sheng was hoping that they would continue investigating along this line of thought so as to attract the attention of the higher-ups and let these troublemakers be held accountable!

Unfortunately, this deputy director was very experienced. In front of Chang Sheng, he spoke well of Consultant Zhang and verbally suppressed Lao Geng's suspicion, saying that he could not make random guesses without evidence.

After seeing Chang Sheng off, the deputy director called the criminal investigation team leader and Lao Geng into his office and asked in a cold voice, "What do you mean?"

"If you have any doubts, go check it out!"

"If there is no evidence, go find it!"

"What does this meeting tonight mean?"

"Let me take the blame for you? Or tell Chang Sheng and have him go back and alert the enemy?"

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North bank of Houhai, Zhang family.

"Heping Auto's sales are low. Why do you think it's because of the high price? Why don't you consider the battery life issue?"

As soon as Chang Sheng walked into the yard, he saw Zhang Heping making a phone call at the railing on the second floor, with his concubine Chen Shuting standing next to him.

Because Changsheng was called to the Municipal Bureau for a meeting after dinner, no one asked him if he had eaten when he came back so late.

He went up to the second floor and waited until Zhang Heping finished his call before going up to him and telling him about the content of the meeting tonight at the Municipal Bureau.

After listening to Chang Sheng's story, Zhang Heping frowned slightly and asked, "Didn't your director attend?"

"No!" Chang Sheng shook his head. "Only one deputy director in charge of criminal investigation attended."

Zhang Heping raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "It seems that they want to tell me through you that they are going to investigate me!"

"If I find someone to put pressure on them tonight, it would mean I'm guilty, and psychologically increase my suspicion."

"So, don't worry about their little tricks. I guess that deputy director and your director are not on the same page. Just pay more attention to their relationship in the future."

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