Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 326 New News
In the end, Su Xiaotong was given an acupuncture injection in the clinic in the front yard, and he was allowed to sleep in his own office. There was a high possibility that he would be woken up by the phone, and the acupuncture would be ineffective.

After checking the time, Li Yancheng walked out of the health room and closed the door. He said hello to the duty room and asked them not to disturb Su Xiaotong. If there was anything, he could find him in the backyard. After giving the instructions, he went to the backyard.

After coming over, he met Cao Wanquan first.

Because of their cooperation, several people involved in the theft case of the instrument factory project team were not locked up in the underground detention room. The environment up there is much better than that down there.

However, they can't stay here for a few more days. With the completion of the report on Saturday, the case has entered the closing stage.

They will soon be transferred to the detention center and the case files will be handed over to the court. After the court completes the trial and pronounces the verdict, everything will be settled.

Cao Wanquan and Xue Baolai will definitely be taken out for shooting, while Yin Anda and Shi Huaian may be able to survive, but they will have to serve at least ten to eight years in prison.

"Kang Dang"

There was a noise from the door of the detention room, waking up Cao Wanquan who was curled up in a daze in the corner.

He turned his head slightly slowly to look at the gate, and soon seemed to have thought of something. A nervous look appeared on his face, and he stood up with his hands on the ground.

He already knew that he would be sent to the detention center soon, and he was also very clear that the last part of his life would be spent in the detention center.

At this untimely time, there was the sound of a door opening. He thought he would be sent there today. Leaving here meant that his life had truly entered the countdown stage. Even though he had already let it go, he couldn't help feeling nervous.

When he saw that the only people who came in were the devil-like chief of the pre-trial department and the guard, he couldn't help but open his mouth and take several deep breaths in succession, as if he had just finished a 100-meter sprint.

Seeing him like this, Li Yancheng smiled faintly.

"Why, Cao Wanquan, are you afraid too?"

There is an iron railing inside the detention room that divides the room into two parts, so there is no need to worry about whether criminals can escape after the door is opened.

Li Yancheng walked to the fence, took out a cigarette from his pocket and gestured inside.

Cao Wanquan came over with a bitter look on his face, took the cigarette, leaned forward to light it with a match and said, "Chief Li, don't joke. If death is really imminent, how many people would not be afraid?"

"Do you regret it?"

“I don’t know.” Cao Wanquan, who was behind the iron fence, had regained his composure. He shook his head and said, “I have a clear conscience towards them and towards my former beliefs over the years. It is they who let me down.”

"You are not wrong." Li Yancheng nodded.

"I want to ask you something."

"Chief Li, please go ahead, but I have really explained everything I need to explain. You should be very clear about this."

Cao Wanquan had no other thoughts except fear towards the pre-trial section chief who could control people's minds. In front of this person, he couldn't even muster the slightest desire to resist.

"I'm not asking you about your business. Do you know lotus?"

"Lotus? Are you referring to the lotus with lotus root? The one that grows out of the mud without being stained?" Cao Wanquan was stunned for a moment and asked stupidly.

"No, just like you, I was ordered to lie low after the liberation."

"Lotus?" After repeating the word in a low voice, Cao Wanquan fell into thought.

Seeing this, Li Yancheng did not disturb him. He took out two cigarettes from the cigarette box in his hand, gave one to the guard who came in with him, and then lit one for himself. He refused the guard's suggestion to move a chair and just stood there quietly waiting.

Cao Wanquan, who was standing inside the fence, raised his head and asked uncertainly until he had almost finished his cigarette: "Chief Li, I think I know a little about the lotus you mentioned."

Li Yancheng's eyes widened instantly. This guy really knew it. He, a blind cat, might actually catch a dead mouse.

"Tell me what information you know about this sleeper cell."

"Group?" Cao Wanquan was stunned again, then said as if he suddenly realized something.

"I understand. The Lotus you mentioned refers to the Lotus Group that you destroyed eleven or twelve years ago, right? But wasn't this group destroyed? I remember it was reported in the newspapers and on the radio."

"No... Cao Wanquan, what do you mean?" Li Yancheng was also stunned. He heard the implication of the guy in the fence.

"Why do I hear you say there are two lotuses?"

"Chief Li, can you give me another cigarette?" This guy is still keeping the secret.

Li Yancheng didn't care. He took out a cigarette and gave him another one, then lit it for him.

After exhaling the cigarette he had inhaled, Cao Wanquan first sat cross-legged on the ground, and then said leisurely: "Chief Li, to be honest, I don't know whether there are two Lotuses, but the Lotus I know is definitely not the same as the Lotus Group that was eliminated more than ten years ago."

I wipe!
Li Yancheng almost swore. He pulled up his trouser legs, squatted down and looked at Cao Wanquan who was sitting on the ground.

"Tell me what you know."

The guard standing by was also confused at this time. The guard's surname was Xiong, and his name was Xiong Xian. He belonged to the second action team and was the deputy captain of the second team. His job was to guard the backyard.

Like Li Zhiguang, the deputy director of the office, he also felt that he was still capable and was unwilling to return home to retire after being injured, so he took the initiative to ask to take on the caretaker work.

He is also a veteran and meritorious official of the First Division. He was also one of the investigators when the Lotus Case was solved more than ten years ago.

Now hearing Cao Wanquan say that there was another flower, the lotus, which they had not even mastered back then, how could he not be extremely surprised.

What Cao Wanquan said next was beyond the understanding of Li Yancheng and Xiong Xian.

"Chief Li, the lotus I know about was also something I saw accidentally somewhere else. Once I tell you, you will hear it. It's up to you to judge whether it's true or not."

"You can say whatever you want, as long as you're not making up a lie to deceive me."

"I lied to you. Haha, I won't live for many days. There's no need to make myself uncomfortable during the last days."

Cao Wanquan smiled and shook his head. He quickly adjusted his expression, took a puff of cigarette, squinted his eyes and lost himself in memories.

"I remember that it should have happened in the autumn and winter of the 37th year of the Republic of China."

1948? Li Yancheng calculated in his mind and realized it was 1948. "At that time, your troops won successive victories in North China, East China, and Northeast China, and had formed a siege on Beijing and Tianjin. The superiors knew that it was impossible to defend here, so they issued an order to hide on the spot.

Because I had always been a spy, there was no change at that time. It was just that my previous supervisor told me that he was leaving Beijing to go to other places to carry out the undercover order, so he replaced me with a new supervisor. "

"Cao Wanquan, you explained all this before. The old leader you mentioned was called Ma Yuemin. He was shot dead by our people before he even left Jing City."

Hearing him talk about the things he had explained, Li Yancheng frowned slightly and reminded him.

"I know, Chief Li, don't worry, we will get to the point soon." Cao Wanquan continued with a smile.

"Ma Yuemin was shot dead by you in early February of the 38th year of the Republic of China, when your troops had just taken over the defense of Beijing for a few days.

I remember it very clearly. It was one night and I was getting ready to go to bed when suddenly there was a thud outside the house, as if something had been thrown into the yard where I lived.

I got up and saw a small bundle in the yard. When I opened it, I found Ma Yuemin's keepsake, a few letters and a pistol inside.

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of noisy sound outside. I hurried to the gate and leaned over the crack to look out. It was your people outside, and it seemed that they were chasing someone.

Because of the sudden appearance of the package, I knew that the person being arrested outside should be Ma Yuemin. I was extremely scared at the time. If he was caught, I would most likely be exposed.

But I had no other choice at that time, so I could only wait passively. I didn't dare keep the package he threw in, so I went to the back of the house, disassembled the pistol into parts and buried them in a pit that had been there for a long time, including his token, an emerald ring, and then set fire to the letters."

Up to this point, Cao Wanquan had explained before that the emerald ring and the pistol were now in the evidence room.

"Chief Li, what I just said about seeing something about lotus in other places is in one of these letters."

"Ok?"

Li Yancheng was stunned for a moment. What Cao Wanquan confessed was what he confessed when he was subjected to special interrogation methods. But at that time he confessed that he had not read the contents of the letters and burned them directly. How come now he confessed that he had read the contents of the letters?
Is it possible that special interrogation methods sometimes fail?
"Didn't you say you hadn't read those letters?"

“I really didn’t see it. I saw it accidentally by the light of the fire when it was burning. Because it was already on fire, the content I saw was also intermittent.

The reason why I can't guarantee the authenticity of the content is because of this. I have always suspected that Ma Yuemin attracted your people to my side in order to use me to escape, including the fact that he threw the package into my yard to divert your attention.

Didn't I say before that the gun in the bag had no bullets? Why would you give me a gun without bullets? So I have always doubted the authenticity of those letters.

The content I read at that time mentioned Lotus, which roughly meant that this person had already lurked in your team before the 39th year of the Republic of China."

The 29th year of the Republic of China was the 40th year. This lotus had been lurking before the 40th year? Li Yancheng was stunned, and Xiong Xian was also dumbfounded.

Cao Wanquan continued speaking.

"Ma Yuemin's mission was to use something to meet He Hua at a certain place, and then obey He Hua's orders.

By the way, the letter mentioned the lotus, and then there was a sentence using the third person pronoun "she" but because it was not a sentence and the context did not match, I don't know if this "she" was referring to the lotus, and I didn't understand the rest of the content either."

Li Yancheng didn't know what to say at this moment. After thinking about it, he felt that the only thing he could say was "Fuck!"
I really didn't expect that I would get such news when I suddenly had the idea to ask Cao Wanquan.

……

About ten minutes later, Li Yancheng and Xiong Xian walked out of the detention room one after another.

After locking the door of the detention room, Xiong Xian turned to look at Li Yancheng, who was still a little absent-minded, and asked, "Chief Li, do you believe what he said?"

"Whether you believe it or not, we have to check it out. The facts show that there is indeed a lotus still active now."

"Uh……"

Xiong Xian was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and patted his forehead.

"I was stupid, asking such a naive question."

“Haha, the main reason is that what Cao Wanquan said just now was a little too surprising.

Let’s go, Captain Bear, take me to see Xue Baolai again and see if he can say anything that will surprise us.

These people are used to hiding things, one by one. Even if they explain everything thoroughly, they will always miss something. "

"People like them are like this. Some things are not intentional and they don't confess, but they have too many secrets and may have forgotten them."

Xiong Xian raised his hand and gestured, indicating Li Yancheng to follow him.

"You're right. I feel like Cao Wanquan might still have some secrets that he can't even remember. Maybe one day when we run into a problem and ask him, we'll get an unexpected answer."

"Chief Li, are you trying to say that it's a pity to kill this kind of person?"

"Don't tell me, I have had this thought before, but the crimes they committed are too serious. Keeping them alive would be the greatest disrespect to those they killed."

"I thought Section Chief Li would find a way to keep Cao Wanquan."

"No." Li Yancheng shook his head and said, "The crimes he committed are enough to get him executed three times. How could I advise him to stay just because he might be helpful to us? If I did that, what would I be? An accomplice?"

“Hahaha…Even if I had that idea, it was just to solve the case. The idea of ​​an accomplice is a bit exaggerated. When it comes to Section Chief Li, it’s this room.”

……

Twenty minutes later, Li Yancheng returned to the front yard and walked to the door of the clinic. There were still a few minutes before the needle was removed, so he did not rush in. Instead, he squatted on the steps at the door and lit another cigarette for himself.

Xue Baolai also knew a little about lotus, but like Cao Wanquan, his knowledge was not very deep.

He had heard some fragments of this from his former instructor.

Xue Bao said that based on his instructor's expression when he was describing the incident, He Hua should indeed be a female. And based on his instructor's age, if this female is still alive, she should be at least sixty years old.

As to whether this person had been lurking here for a long time, he was not sure. He also didn't know much about the lotus case that was cracked more than ten years ago. At that time, he was really following his mentor Professor Zhang Zongyu to work on a closed research project and had no contact with the outside world for about half a year.

(End of this chapter)