Siheyuan: Starting from the Old Society

"Comrade Liu, what do you want to talk to me about?" Lin Sian asked calmly.

"It's like this, Comrade Lin, we received a report that you..." Xiao Liu paused deliberately and lowered his voice, "that you might be involved in a smuggling case, and we need your cooperation in the investigation."

Lin Sian sneered in his heart, it turned out to be directed at him.

"Smuggling? How is that possible?" Lin Siyan put on an innocent expression, "Comrade Liu, are you mistaken? I'm just an ordinary worker in a steel mill, how could I possibly be involved in smuggling?"

"Comrade Lin, please don't get excited. We are just doing this as a matter of routine. I hope you can understand." Xiao Liu still had a smile on his face, but his tone was unquestionable. "Please come with us."

Lin Sian knew that he was bound to wade into this muddy water today.

He took a deep breath and said calmly, "Okay, I'll go with you. But I have to ask for leave from the factory first."

"Of course there is no problem with that." Xiao Liu said, made a "please" gesture, and invited Lin Sian to get into the car.

The black sedan slowly drove away from the courtyard and disappeared into the early morning streets.

Inside the car, Lin Sian appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was already surging. He knew that a bigger storm was coming towards him...

Lin Sian lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Those bastards in the Intelligence Department were clearly trying to pin the blame on him, but he was not afraid of their investigation. However, there was something sinister behind this matter, which made him feel uneasy.

"What's wrong? Can't sleep?" Qiu Haitang turned over in a daze and asked softly.

"It's okay, just go to sleep." Lin Sian patted his wife's back gently, trying to reassure her.

Qiu Haitang slept soundly, breathing evenly and slowly. In the dim moonlight, Lin Sian carefully looked at his wife's sleeping face, and a warm feeling surged in his heart.

Qiu Haitang was a beauty in the factory, with countless suitors. No one knew why she fell in love with a poor boy like him. They had been married for three years and their relationship was always good, but they didn't have a child, which became a worry in Lin Sian's heart.

"Once this is over, I'll go see a doctor and have him treat you." Lin Sian made up his mind secretly.

The next morning, as Lin Sian walked out of the courtyard, he saw Song Qingyang's flashy jeep parked at the door.

"My dear, you finally come out! I've been waiting for you all night!" As soon as Song Qingyang saw Lin Sian, he came up to him with a bitter face.

"What's going on? Who owes you money again?" Lin Sian joked.

"Don't mention it, brother. I'm really in trouble this time!" Song Qingyang had a sad face. He pulled Lin Sian into the car, stepped on the accelerator, and the jeep rushed out.

Along the way, Song Qingyang explained the whole story to Lin Sian.

It turned out that the people from the Intelligence Department went to search the Second Place last night, saying that they suspected that Lin Sian was hiding arms, but they found nothing. Instead, they found a pistol in Song Qingyang's desk!

This really made the whole place explode. Although Song Qingyang was usually careless, he was always very careful about gun management. He couldn't figure out how this pistol got into his drawer.

"I suspect someone is deliberately framing me!" Song Qingyang was sweating profusely, "Brother, you have to help me. If the charges are proven, I will lose my life!"

Lin Sian frowned. This move by the Intelligence Department was really insidious. They first investigated him and found nothing, then turned to investigate Song Qingyang, and happened to let Song Qingyang run into the trap.

"Don't panic, go and check out the situation first." Lin Sian said in a deep voice.

When they arrived at the second office, they saw that the atmosphere was tense and everyone was in danger. Song Qingyang's office had been sealed, and there were two guards standing guard at the door, looking as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Old Song, you'd better take care of yourself. I'm leaving first." A colleague passed by, patted Song Qingyang on the shoulder, and said in a low voice.

"Lao Wang, what do you mean? We have been brothers for many years, you can't just stand by and watch someone die!" Song Qingyang grabbed his colleague and said anxiously.

"Old Song, it's not that I don't want to help you, but this matter is too big now, no one can help you!" Old Wang sighed, broke free from Song Qingyang's hand, and hurried away.

Lin Sian watched coldly. The Intelligence Department played the trick of "killing the chicken to scare the monkey" very well. Now the whole Second Department was in a panic. Who would dare to get close to Lin Sian?

"It seems like they are determined to torture me to death!" A cold light flashed in Lin Sian's eyes, and he already had a plan in mind.

"Let's go and meet Director Gong first." Lin Sian patted Song Qingyang on the shoulder with a sneer on his lips.

In the interrogation room of the Intelligence Department, Director Gong sat behind his desk, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, sipping it slowly with a playful smile on his face.

"Director Gong, what do you want to talk to me about?" Lin Sian sat opposite Director Gong and asked straight to the point.

Director Gong put down his teacup, stared at Lin Sian sharply, and said slowly: "Lin Sian, you are so brave that you even dare to sell arms?"

"Director Gong, you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want! When did I sell arms? Where is the evidence?" Lin Sian asked back without showing any weakness.

"Evidence? Humph, you'll see it soon!" Director Gong sneered, took out a document from the drawer and threw it in front of Lin Sian, "Take a good look at it yourself!"

Lin Sian picked up the document and took a closer look, his face suddenly turned pale. This document was a confession, in which a person detailed how Lin Sian bought arms from him, how the transaction was conducted, and even remembered the time, place, and people of the transaction clearly.

"How about it? Lin Sian, what do you have to say now?" Director Gong looked at Lin Sian triumphantly, as if he had already seen the scene of him being thrown into prison.

Lin Sian took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He knew that someone was deliberately framing him, and that this person knew his situation very well, otherwise he would not have been able to fabricate such a detailed confession.

"Director Gong, this confession is false. Someone deliberately framed me!" Lin Sian said in a deep voice, "I want to confront the person who provided this confession face to face!"

"Face to face? Humph, who do you think you are? Just confront me if you want me to?" Director Gong sneered disdainfully, "Let me tell you, the provider of this confession is now a key protected target of our intelligence department. In order to ensure his safety, we can't let you meet him!"

"You..." Lin Sian was so angry that he was shaking all over. He knew that Director Gong was deliberately making things difficult for him and had no intention of giving him any chance to explain himself.

"Lin Sian, I advise you to confess your guilt honestly, so that you can suffer less." Director Gong stood up, walked in front of Lin Sian, and said condescendingly, "You should know that if we in the Intelligence Department want to deal with someone, we have plenty of ways!"

Lin Sian raised his head abruptly, his eyes burning with anger, and said word by word: "Director Gong, you are forcing me!"

"Force you? Haha..." Director Gong laughed as if he had heard something funny. "Lin Sian, why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? Who do you think you are? Do you think you deserve to be forced by me?"

Before Director Gong finished laughing, the door of the interrogation room was suddenly kicked open...

Lin Sian smiled coldly. The intelligence department really thought highly of him. Selling arms? He would not be able to explain himself even if he had a hundred mouths. It seemed that someone wanted to drive him to death!

"Si'an, don't worry, I'll go find an old man. He knows a lot of people and maybe he can help." Qiu Haitang's eyes were red, and she was obviously scared.

"Yes, the uncle is an eighth-level fitter. Everyone in the factory respects him. It's right to find him!" Zhou Qiang and Wu Ergou also echoed.

Lin Sian knew that it was useless to find the old man for this matter, and it would implicate him instead. What is the Intelligence Department? It is a place dedicated to intelligence. Since they dared to do something to him, it means that they have obtained some "evidence". Whoever stepped forward at this time would be in trouble!

"Okay, don't worry about it. I will take care of it." Lin Sian pretended to be relaxed and patted Qiu Haitang's hand, signaling her to rest assured.

"But......"

"It's nothing to worry about. Let's go to bed. It's getting late." Lin Sian interrupted Qiu Haitang and drove the three out of the room.

After the three left, the smile on Lin Sian's face disappeared instantly, replaced by a cold expression. He walked to the window, lit a cigarette in the moonlight, took a deep breath, and let the choking smoke fill his lungs.

Jiang Zhongwen, Intelligence Department, what secrets are hidden behind this?

......

The next morning, Lin Sian was awakened by a series of urgent knocks on the door.

"Who?"

"Si'an, it's me, Shazhu!" He Yuzhu's familiar loud voice came from outside the door.

Lin Sian opened the door and saw He Yuzhu standing at the door with an anxious look on his face, holding a lunch box in his hand.

"Shazhu, why are you here? And you brought breakfast?" Lin Sian was a little surprised. He Yuzhu was not usually so attentive.

"Hey, Sian, something big has happened!" He Yuzhu didn't bother to explain, and pulled Lin Sian out, "You should go to the factory quickly, the factory is going crazy, saying that you..."

When He Yuzhu got to this point, he suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "They said you... were an enemy spy! They also said you stole the factory's blueprints and were going to hand them over to the enemy country!"

Lin Sian was stunned when he heard this.

Enemy spies? Stealing blueprints? Who the hell made up this rumor? It's too outrageous!

Lin Sian immediately understood that someone wanted to completely destroy him!

"Let's go to the factory!" A fierce look flashed in Lin Sian's eyes. Since someone wants to play, he will accompany them to the end!

......

As soon as he reached the factory gate, Lin Sian was surrounded by a group of people.