At this time, Yi Zhonghai in the gatehouse was also pacing back and forth, but he didn't dare to approach because he was still a criminal.

He had just heard the conversation between Public Security Captain Wang and Yan Fugui at the door, and learned that the old lady had been arrested on charges of speculation.

After watching the police leave, Yi Zhonghai sat in his little house and sighed. Nothing he did was going well. He had just gotten close to the old lady in the past two days, but he didn't expect that she would be arrested.

The depth of the relationship between Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady is just that in his current situation there is someone who is willing to listen to him vent his distress, comfort his soul and give him some solace.

Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to go to the police station. After all, he was still a criminal and could only take things one step at a time.

The police station was brightly lit and a meeting was in progress.

The deaf old lady was arrested by the street office and handed over to the police station for detention. Not long after, Captain Wang returned from the search and handed over two boxes of valuables.

Soon the police discovered the situation. "Captain, please take a look," an elderly police officer said to Chief Lu, holding the gold seized from the deaf old lady's home.

"Gold just looks better, what's the difference?" Director Lu took it and looked at it with some confusion.

"Chief, this is not ordinary gold. There are some dark marks on this gold. It may have come from the palace or deep mansions of the Qing Dynasty. How come it ended up in a city of 1949 and in the hands of an old lady?" the public security officer continued to explain to Chief Lu.

"Bring their information here and take a closer look," Director Lu also became nervous after listening to the police's investigation.

"Director, this is their information," someone found the information and handed it over.

"Zhu Qiaoyun is 38 years old and of Manchu ethnicity. She has been arrested twice for speculation. The first time, the amount involved was too small, only cents. The second time, the amount involved was yuan. She was arrested. Her activities were mostly around Nanluoguxiang all year round."

"Long Xiaoni, who lives in the Siheyuan in Nanluoguxiang, is 71 years old and rarely goes out. She is called the ancestor of the Siheyuan and rarely interacts with people outside the Siheyuan."

"It was Director Yang of the steel mill who came forward to certify that I was a five-guarantee household rated by the street office. After that, there was no other detailed information and my life experience was quite simple."

Director Lu took the information and started to read it page by page. The information was quite simple, but it was not simple at all.

Why would a man who has been arrested twice for speculation still move around the courtyard without fear of being caught? And how could an old lady who has lived in seclusion for many years have so many gold ingots in her hands? Is she really an ordinary old lady?

Director Lu felt that he had caught a big fish, and his hands couldn't help but tremble and he became excited.

After all, the information about the deaf old lady was too clear. There was only her specific age, and nothing else. She had no parents, husband, or children. It seemed as if she was just an old widower.

And why was it Director Yang who rated her as a five-guarantee household?

So Director Lu issued an order to his police officers, "Everyone is on standby now. Captain Wang, you lead the people to continue to monitor Long Xiaoni's courtyard room to see if anyone has entered or left Long Xiaoni's room during this period.

"Captain Zhao led people to search Zhu Qiaoyun's residence. She has been involved in speculation and profiteering many times, so she must have accomplices. This time we must catch them all in one fell swoop. We must also investigate Long Xiaoni's son thoroughly and interrogate him strictly."

"Every one of you will be rewarded for reporting the current amount of money involved in the case to your superiors, but if something goes wrong, no one can escape. Do you understand? Let's start the action."

"Yes," the two captains immediately took action after hearing the order.

At this time, all the families in the courtyard went back to their own homes. After all, the deaf old lady's house was sealed and no one could see anything. No one dared to covet the things in the room.

"How come the deaf old lady has so many good things at home? If we take out some of those gold and jewelry and exchange them for money, it will be enough for us to eat and drink delicious food," said Jia Zhang shamelessly while lying on the kang.

"The deaf old lady is very secretive. No wonder she always says that our food is bad. It turns out she is really rich and likes to eat good food." Qin Huairu was also a little envious of the things in the deaf old lady's house.

"Qin Huairu, you often go to bring her food, so you didn't notice that there was something wrong with the old deaf woman."

"You thought you were smart but you always paid attention to those trivial things. How could you be so useless and miss such a great benefit?" The more Jia Zhang thought about it, the angrier she became. She felt that she had suffered a loss, so she started to scold Qin Huairu.

Such situations also occurred in the homes of other courtyard residents. Of course, others were envious but none were as shameless as Jia Zhang.

The people in the courtyard didn't care about the fate of the deaf old lady at all, which shows that the deaf old lady's popularity in the courtyard was not very good.

In the past, she had Yi Zhonghai to help her, and Sha Zhu was young and ignorant, so he beat up those who were disrespectful to the old lady.

But with He Yuzhu's awakening and Yi Zhonghai's arrest, everything changed. If it wasn't late at night, some people would probably buy two firecrackers and set them off to celebrate. After all, the deaf old lady has been suffering in this courtyard for a long time.

The days passed quietly like this. Yi Zhonghai went out early and came back late every day. He inquired about the old lady's news but got no results.

The people in the yard also turned their attention to the deaf old lady's house to see if they could get it.

After work that day, someone from the street office came to inform everyone that the results of the investigation into the deaf old lady had come out. This time, the police station and the higher authorities conducted a very thorough investigation and left no clues unturned.

Unexpectedly, the deaf old lady's real name was Long Xiaoni, and her family was also a family of officials in the Qing Dynasty. She was a concubine of an official of the Qing government.

The officials fled to the United States with their son, but for some reason they did not take her with them and they were stranded in Beijing.

Long Xiaoni was sentenced to death for speculation and reselling gold, and the relevant personnel were also punished. The most unlucky ones were Director Yang and his leaders.

He didn't expect that the person his old leader asked him to take care of would be a family member of a Qing Dynasty official. Now that the storm is about to come, such matters should be taken particularly seriously. Director Yang was sent down to the countryside for reform.

The so-called big leader also stepped down early because of his opponent's actions and went to retire in a rural area in Northeast China, and he never had the chance to come back to power.

Three days later was the day when the deaf old lady was executed. He and Zhu Qiaoyun were paraded through the streets to warn the audience.

He Yuzhu took Li Xiuzhi and her sister-in-law with him to watch the deaf old lady being paraded through the streets.

Old Mrs. Long was seen being loaded into the prison van with a haggard face. She no longer had the domineering look she used to have in the courtyard.

Looking at the people on both sides pointing at me, and occasionally a child throwing a few stones and spitting at me, I looked desperate.

He was pointed at and pointed at all the way to the execution ground. As soon as he got off the car and saw the armed police officers, his legs suddenly went weak and he knelt on the ground, crying loudly and dared not get up.

There was no other way, so two police officers had to carry her to the designated place, kneel on the ground and put a hood over her head.

After a while, two gunshots were heard, and the trace of the deaf old lady in the courtyard slowly disappeared.

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