Rebirth 77: From Beachcombing to Becoming a Tycoon and Spoiling My Wife

"Chen Dahai's case involves a miscarriage of justice!"

Yang Bai shouted and kicked, knocking the two tied-up men from Hetou Village to the ground.

Ren Haiping, who was inside the room, stood up from his chair.

When Chen Dahai was interrogated just now, he never confessed to anything after being brought in. He repeatedly claimed that he had been wronged, but refused to say a word about anything else.

He was constantly weighing the options in his mind. Yang Bai now held considerable influence throughout the county.

Chen Dahai was a deputy captain promoted by Yang Bai, and this case has risen to the point where it needs to be treated with caution at the county level.

With this in mind, Ren Haiping kept his subordinates in check during the interrogation and did not use interrogation techniques on Chen Dahai.

"Comrade Yang Bai, you said there are other hidden details in Chen Dahai's case. Do you have any solid evidence to show for it?" Ren Haiping asked.

Yang Bai threw the bulging sack onto his desk, the opening of the sack revealing the stacks of papers inside.

"Inside here are the real account books that I copied overnight, as well as a complete set of evidence of the village party secretary Chen Zhuan's embezzlement of collective assets over the years."

Chen Dahai had a lot of dirty secrets about him, and Chen Zhuan was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he took the initiative to retaliate.

They secretly buried 5,000 yuan of stolen money in Chen Dahai's house, framing him for illegally selling village collective property.

Ren Haiping was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

If what Yang Bai said is true, then the one who committed the serious crime is Chen Zhuan, the village party secretary of Hetou Village who holds grassroots power.

Cases of officials embezzling public funds, committing corruption, and then framing others in retaliation are rare in recent years.

He walked up to the two men slumped on the ground and asked, "Is what Yang Bai said true?"

The two men turned their faces away and kept silent.

Ren Haiping glanced at them: "You're not willing to talk, are you? There are plenty of ways to pry your mouths open."

He turned to the clerk outside the door and instructed, "Go and invite Comrade Zhang Dezhu to this office."

Meanwhile, in the commune's interrogation room.

Chen Dahai sat upright on the bench, his hands not in shackles.

"Special Commissioner Zhang, please believe me, I have been wronged."

Yang Bai knows the whole story; he will definitely come to prove my innocence.

Zhang Dezhu sat opposite, pinched the bridge of his nose, and looked at Chen Dahai.

"The 5,000 yuan in stolen money was indeed found in your home, and the missing amount in the ledger matches up perfectly."

The physical evidence is right in front of us; the proof is irrefutable.

Even if I were willing to believe you, since you can't produce any evidence to prove your innocence, I have no choice but to follow the established procedures.

When he first received the report, he couldn't believe that the honest and hardworking Chen Dahai would embezzle collective funds.

However, after Chen Dahai was arrested, he remained silent and refused to talk about many inside stories. There were no clues to help him clear his name, and the case was stuck.

At this moment, the clerk pushed open the door to the interrogation room and whispered something to Zhang Dezhu.

"Special Commissioner Zhang, Director Ren wants to see you. Yang Bai has arrived at the commune with crucial evidence."

"What?" Zhang Dezhu stood up. "Quick, take me there."

He walked into the director's office, saw Yang Bai inside, and patted Yang Bai on the shoulder.

"Xiao Yang, it's been a long time."

"Brother Zhang." Yang Bai stood up and pointed to the two men tied up on the ground. "These two are from Hetou Village. They sneaked onto the fishing boat late at night, trying to steal and destroy the copied account books and evidence of Chen Zhuan's embezzlement. We caught them on the spot."

"Evidence of Chen Zhuan's embezzlement?" Zhang Dezhu understood.

The village party secretary abused his power to embezzle collective property, and in order to cover up his crimes, he even framed and retaliated against those who knew about them. This is already a serious criminal case.

No wonder Chen Dahai had kept quiet earlier; he was afraid of Chen Zhuan's influence in the area and feared retaliation, so he dared not reveal the truth.

Zhang Dezhu stared at the two suspects. The two men shuddered.

Zhang Dezhu waved to the door, and two militiamen guarding the door stepped in, grabbed two people, and escorted them to the interrogation room, preparing to interrogate them separately.

"Brother Zhang," Yang Bai said, "please arrange for a professional accountant to come over as soon as possible and check this transcribed ledger in the sack against the official accounts archived in Hetou Village, item by item. Also, have someone verify each of these collected clues about embezzlement. We must investigate thoroughly and completely, leaving no stone unturned."

Zhang Dezhu took the sack and weighed it in his hands.

"I will personally oversee this matter. As long as it is confirmed that Chen Dahai has not violated the law, I will release him immediately and give him justice."

Yang Bai sat back down in his chair; the night outside the window was already quite deep.

"It's getting late, so I'll stay in the commune today and wait for the results of the interrogation and investigation."

Zhang Dezhu left the office with the evidence, leaving only Yang Bai, Liu Dade, and Yang Jun inside.

Yang Bai turned his head to look at the two people beside him: "You two, why don't you go back to the village first?"

Liu Dade took out a piece of paper, lit it, took a deep drag, and exhaled the smoke.

"Da Hai is a brother who has gone through thick and thin with us. How can we abandon him and turn back halfway when he has been wronged and trapped here?"

Yang Jun, who was standing to the side, nodded and said, "I'll stay too and wait for news."

Before long, news of the suspect's confession came through.

Zhang Dezhu took the recorded statement into the lounge and handed it to Yang Bai. Yang Bai rubbed his sore wrist and gently shook his head.

"These two aren't very brave; they confessed after a little interrogation."

"It has now been verified that the two were indeed acting under the instructions of Chen, but they were completely unaware of any further details."

Yang Bai quickly glanced at the transcript on the paper and said calmly, "In the end, they're just two small fry who were pushed out."

"But this one point alone is enough to summon Chen Zhuan for questioning," Zhang Dezhu said.

Yang Bai looked up: "The person has been summoned?"

Zhang Dezhu nodded: "I've already sent someone to deliver the message. It's a long journey, so it'll probably arrive around midnight. You should find a place to rest for a while."

A round trip to the village takes at least two hours.

Yang Bai, Liu Dade, and Yang Jun then left the office and went to the lounge next door to rest for a while.

He had only dozed off for a short while when he heard a commotion outside; Chen Zhuan had arrived.

This time, Chen Zhuan was not the only one who came; several key members of Hetou Village, including the village accountant and production team leader, also arrived with him.

After obtaining the ledgers and evidence, the higher-ups reviewed them and found that the case was complex and involved many issues. Therefore, they summoned these key figures to the commune.

The group was quickly taken into the interrogation room.

Through the cold iron bars, Chen Zhuan spotted Yang Bai at a glance. Their eyes met, and an uncontrollable ruthlessness surged in his eyes.

"Yang Bai, you're involved in everything, why do you have to meddle?"

He felt both hatred and regret. If Yang Bai hadn't interfered, those crucial pieces of evidence would have been dealt with long ago, and Chen Dahai would have been firmly implicated and would never have been able to leave prison for the rest of his life.

Now that I've been summoned here, it's easy to imagine that the crucial evidence has already fallen into the hands of the investigators.