Siheyuan: Revenge of the Stupid Pillar

Wang Qiang was furious and said, "Yi Zhonghai, do you really think that our police are just here to eat and do nothing?"

"We have investigated and found that after Jia Dongxu's death, the steel mill not only arranged a job for Qin Huairu, but also paid her a lump sum of 500 yuan in compensation."

"Qin Huairu's monthly salary is 27.5 yuan. There are only five people in her family, and they are not even considered a poor household. How can she not make ends meet?"

"Yi Zhonghai, tell me the truth. Was the more than 1,000 yuan you obtained from nine frauds divided among the four of you?"

Yi Zhonghai was sweating profusely when he heard this. If he was convicted of fraud for more than a thousand yuan, he would be severely punished. He quickly defended himself:

"Comrade Public Security, I am innocent!"

"I organized everyone to donate to the Jia family out of kindness. I really did not commit fraud, and I did not share a single cent of the donations, so all the donations went to the Jia family."

"Although the Jia family received 500 yuan in compensation, Qin Huairu said that the yuan was all taken by her mother-in-law, Jia Zhang, who was unwilling to spend a penny on the family. I couldn't bear to see this, so I organized everyone to donate to the Jia family."

Wang Qiang sneered: "Do you believe what you said?"

"You can't bear it, why don't you try to make Jia Zhang return the 500 yuan, but instead try to trick the neighbors into donating to the Jia family? You are committing fraud!"

"How can this be a scam? They clearly donated the money of their own accord."

"Haha, if you hadn't repeatedly emphasized that the Jia family was poor and deliberately concealed the fact that the Jia family received 500 yuan in compensation, would everyone be willing to donate?"

"Moreover, according to everyone's response, when you were organizing donations, you threatened and intimidated everyone. If someone didn't donate, you scolded them for having no love and no sense of collective honor, and threatened to kick them out of the courtyard..."

"Nonsense, I never said anything like that."

"Snapped!"

Wang Qiang slammed the table and stood up, scolding: "Yi Zhonghai, I didn't expect you to be so stubborn and stubborn. You haven't told the truth from beginning to end. You should reflect on yourself!"

After saying this, Wang Qiang left without looking back.

Yi Zhonghai immediately became anxious and shouted, "Comrade Gong'an, everything I said is true, I am not lying!"

Second interrogation room.

"Liu Haizhong, in less than two years, you three managers have organized everyone to donate money to the Jia family nine times. Were these nine donations initiated by you all?"

"No, it was all initiated by Yi Zhonghai. He said that the Jia family is poor and we must take responsibility to help our neighbors."

"Then why don't you report every donation to the street office?"

"What? Didn't they report it to the Street Office? Didn't Yi Zhonghai say he had reported it?"

"After Jia Dongxu died, the steel mill compensated the Jia family 500 yuan in one lump sum. Did you know about this?"

"What? The Jia family received a lump sum of 500 yuan in compensation? How come I didn't hear anything about it?"

"Liu Haizhong, there are many people in your compound who are poorer than the Jia family. Why do you only organize everyone to donate to the Jia family and not to others?"

"I told Yi Zhonghai about this, but he disagreed after his death, saying that they didn't ask us to donate, and if we took the initiative to donate, it would hurt their self-esteem."

"As the second uncle in the hospital, don't you have any opinions of your own? Whatever Yi Zhonghai says is the truth."

"Comrade, you don't know that Yi Zhonghai is a very domineering bastard. He has the final say in the entire courtyard. I, the second uncle, am just a decoration."

"From nine donations, we received a total of more than 1,200 yuan. How much of the 1,200 yuan did you get?"

"What? The Jia family actually received so much donations? Wait, what do you mean I got a share of the money? I didn't get a single cent. All the donations went to the Jia family."

In the third interrogation room, the interrogation results of Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong were similar. They both pushed the responsibility to Yi Zhonghai and firmly denied sharing the money.

The fourth interrogation room.

When Qin Huairu saw her hands were locked on the interrogation chair and met the sharp gazes of the two police officers, she burst into tears.

I don’t know if she was scared or just pretending to be pitiful.

"Qin Huairu, put away your tears. If the matter is not investigated thoroughly, you will not be able to leave the police station!"

"Wow... Public Security Comrade, I am innocent. I really didn't cheat my neighbors out of their money!"

"Since you want to prove your innocence, then answer our questions properly."

"Comrade Public Security, please ask me, and I will answer you truthfully."

"Were you the one who begged for the nine donations, or did Yi Zhonghai and his team take the initiative to organize it?"

"I didn't ask for it. The three gentlemen took the initiative to organize it."

"Your words are unconvincing. Since you didn't beg, why would the three uncles organize everyone to donate money for you? Moreover, in less than two years, they donated nine times?"

"Uncle Yi Zhonghai is my master. He may have seen that my family was in difficulty, so he took the initiative to ask everyone to donate money for me."

"There are many people in your compound who are poorer than your family. Why did Yi Zhonghai only organize people to donate to your family and not to other poor families?"

"This...this, this I don't know!"

"As far as we know, after your husband Jia Dongxu died, the steel mill not only arranged a job for you, but also compensated your family 500 yuan in one lump sum. Why are you still pretending to be poor and pitiful? And asking everyone to donate to your family?"

"Comrade Public Security, although the factory compensated my family 500 yuan, my mother-in-law took all the money, saying it was her pension money and she was unwilling to spend a single cent."

"Your family received 500 yuan in compensation. Did your neighbors know about it?"

"They probably don't know, otherwise why would they be willing to donate to my family?"

"Do the three stewards know?"

"The first uncle Yi Zhonghai knows, but I don't know whether the second and third uncles know."

"Why didn't you tell everyone about the compensation? This is clearly a donation fraud."

"I didn't defraud donations. It was the factory leader who asked me not to tell anyone."

"Do you know how much donations were received in total for the nine donations?"

"I haven't calculated it, so I'm not sure."

"Then let me tell you, the total amount of the nine donations is as high as 1,232.60 yuan. Did your family take all of this money, or did you four families share it?"

"what!"

"Ah what? Answer the question truthfully."

"This...this is divided equally among the four of us!"

"Are you sure it's divided equally among the four of you?"

"I…I'm sure!"

The fifth interrogation room.

Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu's answers were similar, especially when it came to where the donations went, they insisted that it was divided equally among the four families.

After reading the five transcripts, Ma Hongjun asked with a half-smile, "Wang Qiang, who among the five do you think is lying?"

Wang Qiang said without hesitation: "All five of them lied to some extent. The most important thing now is to determine where the donations went. If the four parties really divided the money, it would be a collective fraud."