Yuan Jun drove and finally arrived at a low-key and simple residential area on the outskirts of the city, which was filled with two- or three-story buildings with all gray and white walls.

The residential area is not very big. There are sentries standing guard at the gate on patrol. Most of the people living there are retired people from important positions.

Yuan Jun was accompanied by guards.

The captain of the Dragon Tiger Team received a phone call from Yuan Jun and brought his men over.

Yuan Jun was betting that if this person was really a suspect, then by the time the captain of the Dragon Tiger Team and his team members arrived, this person should have received the news and been prepared.

After the car stopped, Yuan Jun opened the trunk and took out a box of wine.

Explaining the situation to the sentry, he went inside.

After walking for about three to five minutes, we arrived at a two-story building.

The small building has a yard, and there are still sentries guarding the gate.

Yuan Jun asked his men to wait outside.

He spoke a few words to the sentry, and the sentry let him go.

Yuan Jun walked in, crossed the plain courtyard, and came to the front of the house.

The door was half open and it was quiet inside. One could faintly smell the scent of Chinese medicine and stale old food.

Yuan Jun stood outside the door, waited for a moment, raised his voice and said, "Grandpa Mei, I'm Ah Jun. I happened to pass by here and came in to visit you."

There was no movement in the room.

Living inside is Mei Yinchen, another deputy general who served as my grandfather's commander-in-chief. He is now in his eighties or nineties.

Normally, someone of Mei Yinchen's level would have personal guards and caregivers around him.

Yuan Jun said it again, and then an old voice came from inside, "Ah Jun, is it? Come in quickly, come in quickly!"

Yuan Jun walked in with the wine in hand, on high alert.

When I entered the house, there was no one in the living room.

The furniture in the room is extremely simple, with only an old three-seater wooden sofa, an ordinary glass coffee table, a simple bookcase, an old-fashioned TV on the TV cabinet, and a few pots of ordinary spider plants hanging in the corners.

The bookcase and sofa were made of ordinary boxwood. The armrests of the sofa were rubbed with patina, the sofa cover was washed white, and the fabric was so thin in some places that it was about to tear.

The tea on the coffee table is the cheapest leaf tea, the kind that costs a dozen yuan per pound.

The tea set is also made of the most common white porcelain. The spout of the teapot has a crack on it, but it is still in use.

Mei Yinchen was the deputy general of the elder statesman. Later, he was entrusted with important tasks along with the elder statesman. He had a high pension and his children also held high positions.

No matter what, he shouldn't be so frugal.

A hoarse cough came from the master bedroom opposite the living room.

Then Mei Yinchen panted and said, "Ajun, I am not feeling well and cannot get up to greet you. Please forgive Grandpa Mei for being rude."

Yuan Jun looked around the room and said, "Grandpa Mei, you're welcome. I want to go in and see you. Is that convenient?"

Mei Yinchen laughed, "Convenient! Convenient! I'm an old widower, what's the inconvenience? It's just that the window of this bedroom has not been opened for a long time, and the smell is strong. I hope you won't be choked."

"Grandpa Mei, you're welcome."

Yuan Jun put down the wine in his hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, then a smile appeared on his face, but he was very alert in his heart.

He walked a little slower than usual and walked into Mei Yinchen's bedroom.

Mei Yinchen was lying on an ordinary wooden bed of one and a half meters in length. He looked haggard, with a dark and thin face, high cheekbones, and cheeks so thin that there was no flesh. Age spots could be seen on his dark skin, and his snow-white hair was dry and rough.

The twilight years are personified at this moment.

He is about the same age as Grandpa Yuan, but he looks older than his devastated grandfather.

The bedroom windows were closed, and the smell of herbs and stale old age was much stronger than in the living room.

Yuan Jun endured it and asked, "Grandpa Mei, where is the nurse who is taking care of you?"

Mei Yinchen supported himself on the bed with his hands and tried to sit up tremblingly.

Yuan Jun stepped forward cautiously and helped him sit up.

While supporting him, he kept paying attention to his hands. He knew that he was not that brave, but he was still on guard against him making a move.

After helping Mei Yinchen sit down, Yuan Jun took a step back and stood in front of the bed.

Mei Yinchen leaned back against the bed, his eyelids drooping, and said in a hoarse voice: "Nursing worker Xiao Li had something urgent to do at home, so I asked her to go back. Guard Xiao Zhang is about to get married, so I gave him a few days off to let him go back and prepare."

Yuan Jun asked, "Since you are not feeling well, why don't you go to a sanatorium for treatment?"

Mei Yinchen smiled with the corners of his wrinkled mouth, "At this age, the dirt is buried under his eyelids. He might die one day. These are all old injuries. No matter how you treat them, they can't be cured. I won't trouble you all."

Look at him, just judging from his appearance and words and deeds, he is so honest, frugal and selfless.

Yuan Jun thought of his children and grandchildren who were also with his father and were highly valued by his father.

But his son’s surname was not Mei, but Yin, the same as his wife’s.

His daughter and son-in-law also hold important positions, and his grandchildren all enjoy his blessing.

Yuan Jun stared at Mei Yinchen's wrinkled eyelids and said, "Grandpa Mei, my fourth uncle died a few days ago."

Mei Yinchen's sparse eyelashes moved slightly, and a sad expression appeared on his face.

After a minute or two, he slowly raised his head, and his dry yellow eyes turned red.

His voice was choked with sobs, his face was filled with grief and disbelief, "Ah Jun, you said, you said Xiao Si is dead?"

Yuan Jun said in a sad tone, "Yes, my fourth uncle, Yuan Jixia, was assassinated with a sniper rifle before dawn just after he got off the plane after returning to China a few days ago. His nine-year-old son was so scared that he went to the hospital for diagnosis. He was diagnosed with depression, autism and aphasia, and it will be difficult to cure him in this lifetime."

The sadness on Mei Yinchen's face turned into anger.

He opened his eyes wide and shouted angrily, "Who is so bold? They even dare to kill the elder's own son!"

Yuan Jun stared into his angry eyes and asked, "Who do you think it is?"

Mei Yinchen raised his brows and thought seriously for a long time, then shook his head very slowly, "I don't know."

Yuan Jun suddenly reached for his waist and quickly pulled out a gun.

The next second, the gun was against his temple.

Mei Yinchen was stunned, staring at the gun against his temple with his eyelids slanted, and asked in confusion: "Ajun, what do you mean? Do you suspect it's me?"

Yuan Jun pressed the gun against his temple and said, "Before my fourth uncle died, he mentioned your name."

His words were half true and half false.

This is a common method used in interrogating suspects.

Mei Yinchen's eyes froze, and his hands hanging by his side tried to move, but then returned to their original position.

He showed an expression of injustice on his face and shouted, "It's unfair! Xiao Si and I have no grudges against each other, why did he frame me? I have followed the elders in battles for many years and have many old injuries. Now I am old and frail, and I am about to be buried. What good will it do me if I send someone to assassinate Xiao Si?"

Yes.

He was frugal and honest, loyal to the elders, and followed them in battles for decades. His children, grandchildren, sons-in-law and grandchildren were all loyal to the Yuan family.

Yuan Jun, Yuan Bojun and Yuan Lao suspected this and that, but they never suspected Mei Yinchen.

If Fourth Uncle hadn’t told me that man’s surname was Méi before he died.

If Qi Lian hadn't said that he encountered the earthquake that year and luckily survived, such big news would have been suppressed.

Yuan Jun couldn't suspect Mei Yinchen at all.

Look how deeply he hides!

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