Siheyuan, my new life

Yu Changan stood up, waved to his subordinates who were crowded at the door of the bedroom, and said, "Help me, carry the bed to the living room."

Four young men immediately came forward and lifted the heavy carved bed, carefully carrying it out of the bedroom. Yu Changan called Wei Xiangnan and the two of them stepped down the wooden ladder to the secret room.

With the help of a flashlight, Yu Chang'an carefully looked at the secret room in front of him. The whole secret room was made of bluestone, and there were six boxes of different sizes placed on the ground. He reached out and opened the small vermilion wooden box closest to him. Under the reflection of the flashlight, he suddenly saw a golden light flashing in front of his eyes. They were all gold bars.

Yu Chang'an heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the gold in front of him. Before starting the search, he was still a little worried. In case no evidence was found, it would be difficult to convict Tang Yongqiang completely based on Liu Haizhong's testimony alone. But now, with just this box of gold, Tang Yongqiang was finished.

So Yu Changan stopped checking the other boxes, closed the lid and ordered loudly: "Comrades above, go back to the police station immediately to report to Director Hu, and ask him to send a car to transport all these things back to the police station." After that, he lifted the small box with difficulty. Wei Xiangnan at the side also hurried forward to help. Together, the two of them moved the box to the entrance of the secret room. The people above had already let down two ropes, tied them tightly and slowly pulled them up.

After receiving the report, Hu Dahai immediately drove over with his men. At this time, all six boxes had been moved to the yard. When Tang Yongqiang's wife and son saw it, they collapsed to the ground completely. Only the two little boys were still staring with curiosity, watching everything that was happening in front of them.

The Wei Xiangdong brothers did not stop searching. After a careful search, they found a large pile of cash and tickets from the secret compartment of the closet, and more than a dozen tightly wrapped paintings and calligraphy from the beams. They also found three pistols, hundreds of bullets, and a lot of cash, tickets, gold bars, and gold and silver jewelry from the rooms of Tang Yongqiang's two sons.

A more significant discovery was made in Tang Yongqiang's study. Not only a large amount of foreign currency, cash, bills and house deeds and land deeds of three courtyard houses with two entrances were found in the secret compartment, but also a thick notebook. Hu Dahai looked through it and found that it not only recorded the bribes received by Tang Yongqiang, but also the gifts he gave to several leaders in the district.

After the Wei Xiangdong brothers finished their search, Director Hu Dahai ordered that all the seized property be loaded onto trucks and transported back to the branch to be carefully counted. Tang Yongqiang's family members were also taken back to the branch to be detained separately. There was no other way as the detention room of the Jiaodaokou Police Station was already overcrowded, so they could only be detained in the branch until the comrades in the interrogation department finished their work at hand before conducting the trial.

Back in Yu Chang'an's office at Jiaodaokou Police Station, Hu Dahai sat at his desk and carefully flipped through Tang Yongqiang's thick notebook in his hand.

Yu Changan did not say a word, but quickly made a cup of strong tea and gently placed it in front of Hu Dahai. Then he made himself a cup of tea and sat quietly in the chair in front of the desk, smoking and waiting for the director's instructions.

When Hu Dahai had read more than half of the notes in his hand, the door of the office was suddenly pushed open. Liu Yong, deputy director of the Dongcheng District Branch, hurried in and asked, "Director, I just heard Xiao Wei report that a large amount of property was found. It seems that Tang Yongqiang's problem is very serious. This guy has been resisting stubbornly and has not explained anything. He just keeps shouting that he is innocent. Do you think we should do something to this guy?"

Yu Changan had already stood up and quickly made tea for Liu Yong.

Hu Dahai put down the notebook in his hand, pointed to the chair where Yu Changan had just sat, and said with a smile: "Sit down and have a cup of tea first. Tang Yongqiang's problem is too serious. There are hundreds of yellow croakers of various sizes found in his home alone, 20,000 to 30,000 foreign currencies, a large number of silver dollars, antique calligraphy and paintings, house deeds, and land deeds. I have had these things taken back to the branch office, and the specific number is still being counted."

Hu Dahai picked up the cigarette box, took out a cigarette, pointed at the notebook on the desk and continued: "Tang Yongqiang made clear records of every property he received. Not only the name and identity of the senders, but also the time, place, details of the items sent and the things they asked him to do." Hu Dahai took a puff of cigarette and saw Liu Yong's incredible expression opposite him. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. He didn't understand why Tang Yongqiang left such a detailed record.

If Lin Yu was at the scene, he would definitely be filled with emotion. It turns out that not only the corrupt officials in the previous life liked to write down the records of their bribery and bribery in their own handwriting, but Director Tang Yongqiang also had this habit.

Liu Yong swallowed his saliva and said with emotion: "No wonder Tang Yongqiang has been resisting so stubbornly. It turns out that he has so many problems. Well, with his handwritten records, I wonder how long he can keep his stubbornness."

Hu Dahai waved his hand, sighed and said: "Okay, you don't have to waste time on Tang Yongqiang. Keep him in solitary confinement. Tomorrow morning, you and I will go to the Municipal Bureau to report to Director Wan and transfer Tang Yongqiang to the Municipal Bureau for processing."

Liu Yong asked in confusion: "Director, since the evidence is already solid, why should we give the credit to the Municipal Bureau?"

Hu Dahai took a long puff of his cigarette before speaking: "Do you think I am willing to give up the credit? Just the half of the records I just read involved more than a dozen capitalists and several district leaders. With the authority of our branch, we can't handle it at all. Let Director Wan of the Municipal Bureau handle it. Anyway, no one can take away the credit of our branch. I'll trouble you to go back to the branch later and personally supervise the inventory of all the stolen goods. There must be no problems. Tomorrow morning, you will escort those things to pick me and Yu Changan up to go to the Municipal Bureau to report to Director Wan."

Liu Yong did not hesitate, agreed, stood up and walked out of the office.

Yu Changan looked at the freshly brewed tea and shook his head helplessly.

Hu Dahai happened to look up and saw the other party shaking his head. He mistakenly thought that he was upset about submitting Tang Yongqiang's case to the Municipal Bureau, so he smiled and said: "Ping An, don't be upset. Tonight, you and the duty personnel of Jiaodaokou Police Station were able to quickly capture the saboteurs headed by Liu Haizhong, and arrested the corrupt element Tang Yongqiang hidden in our team. You also personally led people to search a large amount of property from Tang Yongqiang's home. This is already an excellent performance. I will ask the Municipal Bureau for a credit for you and Jiaodaokou Police Station. I guess it's a bit difficult for an individual to get a second-class credit, but a third-class credit is definitely no problem."

Yu Changan was overjoyed and said quickly, "Director, the success of tonight's operation was entirely due to your personal command. The credit should go to you. We were just following your orders, so there is no credit to speak of."

Hu Dahai smiled and waved his hands: "Okay, this is your contribution and no one can take it away from you. Go out and take a look at the interrogation, then take some time to rest for a while. You still have to go to the Municipal Bureau tomorrow morning to report to Director Wan."

Yu Changan couldn't hide his excitement. He agreed and left the office, closing the door gently.

Hu Dahai picked up the teacup and took a sip of strong tea, then pinched his sore temples, then picked up the notebook that recorded Tang Yongqiang's bribery and corruption records, and forced himself to continue reading it carefully. He had to finish reading the notebook carefully tonight. In addition to having a preliminary understanding of Tang Yongqiang's illegal and criminal behavior, he also wanted to avoid being clueless when reporting to Director Wan of the Municipal Bureau tomorrow. Wouldn't that make him seem like he was not serious and responsible about his work?

In fact, Director Hu Dahai had a little selfish motive. He wanted to see if the names of his comrades and colleagues appeared in Tang Yongqiang's records. At this moment, Hu Dahai was extremely nervous. He was really worried that he would see the name of one of his comrades. After all, everyone had experienced the test of life and death in the flames of war together. He didn't want his brothers to fall under the enemy's guns but be knocked down by sugar-coated bullets.

As time passed, the notebook in his hand finally turned to the last page. Hu Dahai leaned back in his chair with a sense of relief. Although he was physically and mentally exhausted, he felt relieved. Although there were five or six names of leading cadres in government departments in the notebook, Hu Dahai was glad that none of them were his brothers in life and death.

Hu Dahai struggled to stand up, walked to the window with his numb legs, looked at the pale sky rising in the east, let out a long breath, and it was almost dawn.