Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 503: A Trip to Lujia Village

While Wang Ye was following Feng Zhenghao's advice.

Zhang Chulan, Feng Baobao, and Xu Si, who took over the task, also took a transfer to the county town where Lujia Village is located.

However, when he saw the people waiting for them in the county town, Xu Si, who was always frivolous, became a little subtle in his attitude.

"Tsk, I knew that the old man's decision to let us go on this long journey was not that simple. Chu Lan, this time it may not be as simple as going to the two old seniors, Lu Ren and Lu Ci, to ask about Lu Liang's misconduct. Xiao Feifei, do you miss me~"

The first half of the sentence reminded Zhang Chulan to be careful, and in the second half, Xu Si ran towards a beautiful woman who was waiting for them outside the station with a crazy look on his face.

Before he got close, he was pushed away by the beautiful woman.

"Xu Si, you are quite proactive."

"Isn't it possible to come over and work with you? Clarinet, even you are here to help."

This beauty is Ren Fei, the person in charge of the Central China region among the seven major regions of Nadutong Company in China.

His family background is so deep that it is said that he is a descendant of the founding fathers of the country.

It's easy to get a job anywhere, but being the head of the Central China region is indeed a bit of a waste of talent.

The clarinet that Xu Si mentioned was the tall and strong man standing behind Ren Fei, the head of the Central China Region. He had messy hair and a beard. He looked sloppy and depressed, but he was tall and strong.

This person is the temporary worker in charge of the alien world in the Central China region of Nadutong. He comes from a military background and has extraordinary skills.

His real name is unknown, but he is called Clarinet because he is good at using the two clarinet tubes hidden in his arms as long-range weapons.

"Xu Laosi, you should be less talkative this time, your people?"

Obviously, the temporary worker, Hei Guan'er, is also familiar with Xu Si, the person in charge of the North China region.

After replying, Hei Guaner looked at Feng Baobao and Zhang Chulan behind Xu Si.

"Everyone is here, get in the car, and we'll talk on the way. We'll make it in time."

Ren Fei pointed to the car parked on the side of the road and got in first, while Hei Guaner also consciously acted as the driver.

Zhang Chulan and the other two entered the car one after another, started it, and drove towards Lujia Village. Inside the car, Ren Fei handed a document to Xu Si and Zhang Chulan.

The information was not very thick, but each piece of information was marked with a year. The earliest could be traced back to the 1990s, and the most recent occurred not long ago, when Zhang Chulan and others came to Beijing to meet Xu Xiang.

"The old man is so capable of embezzling state-owned assets and transferring funds. This company has been eyeing Lujia Village since its establishment."

"After 00, it was Mr. Xu and Mr. Zhao who investigated. The ones before that were secretly investigated by Mr. Lu Ren from Lujia Village. They have always been recorded."

Listening to Xu Si and Ren Fei's words, Zhang Chulan's heart skipped a beat. No? How come he was doing anti-corruption work on a business trip?

"Since Mr. Lu Ren knows everything, why doesn't he do anything?"

"You know better than me what the situation was like when the company was first established. It took a lot of effort to stabilize it, so we can't continue to have disputes. Grandpa Lu Ren left us a record so that we can have a bottom line. He is very old now, and he is the only one left of his generation of brothers. His seventh brother Lu Ci and the third brother Lu Zhi are still alive. If we can turn things around, we will do so. If we can't, we will consider taking drastic measures."

"It seems that the recent transfer of funds overseas has touched the old man's bottom line, so he specifically asked us to come here to cooperate with you. From this point of view, the investigation of Lu Liang is fake, and the rectification of Lujia Village is real."

"Half and half, check both."

"why?"

"Take a look at this. This is the interrogation record we went to find one of the parties involved after the Luotian Grand Ceremony."

Ren Fei took out her cell phone and played a video in front of Zhang Chulan and Xu Si.

Zhang Chulan had an impression of the man in the video. His name was Lu Gong, and he was the great-grandson of Lu Ci. He had greeted him on Mount Longhu, learned Ruyi Jin from him, and had also appeared at the Luotian Grand Ceremony.

"Mr. Lu, could you please recall how your brother Lu Liang killed his sister?"

"How many times do I have to say this! I did scold him, but he started it first. I was forced to fight back. I just wanted to stop him and report to Grandpa, but who would have thought that this beast would actually knock his own sister off the cliff and kill her! Didn't we all call the police back then? Why haven't you caught that beast Lu Liang yet?"

"Mr. Lu, I want to ask about the details."

"I already said..."

It was a three-minute long video, but it was the same conversation over and over again. Zhang Chulan and Xu Si, who had already figured out the trick, looked at each other in bewilderment.

"You can see that, right?"

"He was repeating himself without realizing it. Didn't you notice this when you went there?"

"It involved Lujia Village, so it was impossible for the police to handle the whole thing. Plus, there were many people watching and the evidence chain was complete, so naturally no one paid much attention to it. It was not until not long ago that Mr. Lu Ren specifically informed me that he was going to hold a family dinner in Lujia Village. Only then did I look through the files again and asked Lu Gong about it."

"So, Mr. Lu Ren, we all believe that Lu Liang's murder of his sister is related to someone in Lujia Village embezzling state assets and transferring funds, and it involves that group of people back then."

"Yes, be prepared, this trip to Lujia Village is not so peaceful."

Hei Guaner drove all the way to Lujia Village, which was about 40 kilometers away from the county seat, and Zhang Chulan also learned from Xu Si and Ren Fei about the embezzlement of state-owned assets in Lujia Village.

Compared with Lu Ci, Lu Ren, the eldest brother who was admired by all the Lu family members at that time, has been cooperating with the policies after becoming the head of the Lu family. He took the lead in setting an example during the enterprise reform stage and turned all the industries under the control of the Lu family at that time into public-private partnerships.

The Lu family members who originally ran these industries have real abilities and will naturally not treat you unfairly. They will reserve a position for you, and it is up to you whether you are at the management or executive level.

If you don't have the ability, then choose a leisurely job. The salary or dividend you get won't be more than what you had before, but it will definitely be enough to cover your daily expenses.

At that time, Lu Ren went against the majority's opinion and made this decision, which also caused dissatisfaction and opposition among family elders and brothers. However, with the development of the economy, the Lu family did gain a lot of benefits from it.

Later, a new batch of Lu family descendants with business acumen chose to do business. Because of this relationship, some Lu family descendants who had built up their own businesses naturally became the priority partners. Even now, in the 21st century, Lujia Village is still under semi-closed management, and there are still many people from outside the family who choose to marry into the Lu family.

Because relying on the Lu family is a big tree, no matter how many rules and regulations are restricting you, you can really make a fortune.

But as time went by, people's minds changed, especially the elderly people back then. Seeing that the industry that once belonged to them was now profitable, they began to have other ideas.

For example, if this industry still belongs to the Lu family, can Lujia Village be renamed Lujia County?
But I never thought that if the country had not intervened and Lu Ren had not been courageous enough to lead, given the poverty and wasteland back then, coupled with three years of natural disasters, it is hard to say how many people in your Lujia Village would be alive now.

Once the mind is active, they always want to take advantage of loopholes. Anyway, the country is strong now, and our Lu family doesn't need this little money. This is what our Lu family deserved in the past, and we just took it back little by little. These small actions may be hidden from the company, but they can't be hidden from Lu Ren, the head of the family.

It’s just that people tend to miss the past when they get old, and Lu Ren is no exception.

As the head of a clan, it is inevitable that he is not deaf or dumb and is not a good man.

He could only give some clan members a subtle reminder to stop, and at the same time, he handed over what he had found to the company for record. If anything went beyond the line one day, the company would handle it.

Considering that the brothers Lu Ren and Lu Ci are still alive and can suppress the little thoughts of those people in the Lu family and prevent them from doing too much, and the amount is not too large, the company also chooses to turn a blind eye.

Even if we want to take action, we will wait until the brothers Lu Ren and Lu Ci pass away. We don't want the old men to suffer in their last days.

"From what I heard, this old man Lu Ren is a wise senior. And this old man Lu Ci, why doesn't he seem like what I heard when I was in Longhu Mountain..."

"Mad dog? Chu Lan, my grandfather told me about the relationship between the old brothers Lu Ren and Lu Ci. The relationship between them is equivalent to that between our temporary workers and the people in charge of temporary workers. Speaking of which, we have to thank our senior Wang Yi and your master in Longhu Mountain. If they hadn't taken action back then, now only Grandpa Lu Ci is left among the two pillars of the Lu family.

A mad dog that no one is taking care of will do anything to keep the family going. That is not a good thing."

"Does the matter of these two old men have anything to do with Master?"

"For details, wait until you get to Lujia Village and see Mr. Lu Ren and ask him. He is an elder who is very easy to talk to."

As they were talking, Lujia Village was right in front of them.

Looking through the car window at Lujia Village, one of the four famous families that have stood in the alien world for a thousand years, Zhang Chulan didn't quite believe his eyes.

Because this is a well-off village in its true sense, and even better than that.

Looking around, every household has a small Western-style building of three stories or more, which is really beautiful.

The road is clean and tidy, the parked vehicles are not cheap ones, the place is decorated with lights and people are coming and going, it is very lively.

It is like a microcosm of the modern rural area in the new era.

If Zhang Chulan had not just read the file of Lujia Village in the car, he really would not be able to connect what he saw with the records in the file.

At the village gate, Lu Ci and two old men who looked somewhat similar were waiting for them.

"Mr. Lu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"Not long, not long. The banquet will start in the evening. It's a good opportunity for you to come and visit Lujia Village. You must be Zhang Chulan, right?"

Just as Xu Si said, Lu Ren was indeed different from Lu Ci. Lu Ci had too much of a gangster vibe and at first glance he looked like the type of person who was difficult to get along with.

As the elder brother, Lu Ren possesses both the dignity of a traditional patriarch and the kindness of a brother. Just meeting him makes people feel warm and at ease.

As soon as they met and greeted Ren Fei, Lu Ren also looked at Zhang Chulan behind her.

"I am Zhang Chulan, nice to meet Senior Lu Ren."

"Don't call me old senior, just call me Master Lu like you call me Ah Ci. I performed well in the Luotian Grand Ceremony, better than your grandfather Zhang Huaiyi. Your grandfather never beat me when he was your age."

"Haha, Master Lu, you're joking. I still have a lot to learn."

Zhang Chulan laughed, but his eyes were also attracted by the scar on Lu Ren's neck that seemed to have cut off his entire head.

Thinking of what Xu Si said in the car just now, Zhang Chulan was secretly shocked. Could it be that his master and senior Wang Yi really had achieved the level of severed heads being reconnected? No, why are these two old guys not in the same style as us!

"Did you notice it? Originally, this scar could be removed. I told Zhang Zhiwei and Wang Yi not to remove it. I wanted to teach them a lesson. Why didn't Zhang Zhiwei tell you the story of my scar on Mount Longhu?"

"Master Lu, you are wise. Master, I only told you about the battle of Fucheng when Quan Xing came to make trouble."

"The Battle of Fucheng? That's really slow, but I didn't expect that eighty years would pass in the blink of an eye. There aren't many old friends left now. I won't say more. When the banquet starts tonight, I will tell you the story of my scar. Now, I will take you to visit Lujia Village. Ah Ci, Ah Zhi, you guys will take care of the family banquet."

"Got it, brother. Third brother, let's not bother the eldest brother."

Lu Ci agreed and looked at his third brother Lu Zhi, who was the third oldest in the clan.

Lu Zhi just nodded, and the three brothers separated after entering Lujia Village.

The clan leader Lu Ren, along with Zhang Chulan, Xu Si, Ren Fei and other unfamiliar faces, passed by the doors of every household in Lujia Village, naturally attracting the attention of the villagers.

Even if there were people from other families at this family dinner, they were all men who married into the Lujia Village. There were no unfamiliar faces. Even the cooking and setting up the table were done by the Lujia Villagers themselves. They had never seen Lu Ren, the village chief and clan leader, entertain a group of strangers like this.

And from time to time he would signal with his eyes, asking them not to come and join in the fun.

On the other hand, the seventh brother Lu Ci and the third brother Lu Zhi said that they were going to arrange a family banquet, but their seniority was there, and they were the oldest after Lu Ren, so there was nothing that required them to do personally.

The two of them sat at the family banquet table in the village square, watching people coming and going and the busy clansmen, and Lu Zhi spoke first.

"Seventh Brother, what does it mean that Big Brother invited people from the company? Isn't this a family dinner for our Lu family?"

"Third brother, if you don't want others to know, then you better not do it. There are some things we can talk about privately now, and then I will go talk to eldest brother. There is still room for redemption."

"What did you say? What did I not do according to what my brother told me?"

"Well, then let's not talk about business matters. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. What they did, what consequences they have to bear, it's their own business. Let's talk about private matters between brothers."

"Is there anything else you want to ask me?"

"During that chaos, how did my second brother die?"

When Lu Zhi heard Lu Ci mention the past, his face changed.

"Hasn't the matter of the second brother been settled? Why are you bringing up the past now?"

"Bring up the past? Okay, I won't bring up the past. Let me ask you again, how did my great-granddaughter Lu Huan die two years ago?"

(End of this chapter)