Rebirth of the Uncrowned King

The next day, another busy working day, Cui Musheng and I went to Qianwei Village again, went to the village committee, and asked the old man about the cause of death and what happened next.

The village committee kicked the ball, saying that everything was handed over to the police station, and they didn't know anything about it.Cui Musheng and I had no choice but to go to the police station again, and the people there were very perfunctory, and only vaguely said that it was an accident. After questioning for a long time, they reluctantly said that the cause of death was that the old man slipped and fell on the ground when he was going to the toilet. It hit the back of the head, but no one came to rescue him.

"How is this possible!" Cui Musheng argued on the spot: "Although the corpse has rotted, it can still be seen that he was lying on the ground. How could he hit the back of the head!"

The policeman shrugged his shoulders, as if he could do anything to me: "You don't believe it's your fault, but I believe it anyway. It just happened. If you have any objections, you can show evidence!"

"You!" Cui Musheng wanted to argue, but I grabbed my arm and dragged him out of the police station.

"I really hate it!" As soon as Cui Musheng went out, he kicked hard at the stone lion at the entrance of the police station: "I was so frightened at the time. I had a camera in my hand, but I still forgot to take a photo."

I didn't say anything, I knew that even if Cui Musheng took photos of the scene at that time, it would not change anything. Autopsy, evidence collection, investigation... These are all in their hands, and the evidence is just an auxiliary tool. They have to justify themselves , you can find a hundred reasons.

However, in my heart, it is not so easy to compromise.I have a vague premonition that the old man's death probably has something to do with the demolition here and the project of Ren Min's company.

When I think of this, I feel very powerless.In this society, life does not get the peace and respect it deserves, and is manipulated by power and money. Even death may be involved in lies.It's not the first time something like this has happened to me, and while I hope it won't be the last.

Every time, due to various reasons, or being strongly obstructed by the investigating party, even the police force can be driven by them; or a paper notice received by the newspaper, and sometimes even name-named to withdraw the reporter... Before the investigation was completed, I had to draw a pause. My heart would be tormented by anger and guilt for a while, and then it would slowly cool down.

Today you are interviewing and investigating here, maybe you are still a bystander, but you don’t know if the person who became a victim of certain interests, disappeared silently in the world, and may not even stir up a little ripple, will be yourself.

Just like what I have experienced.With Ren Min's means, it is definitely not difficult for a small reporter like me to disappear quietly, and then continue to run his business as if nothing had happened.

But it is precisely because of this that I will do my best to do well in the field that I can do. If there is a ban, I will do more before the ban comes. Digging a little more outside the realms... I don't know what I do will change anything, but if I don't do anything, there is no hope of any change.

Sitting down with Cui Musheng in the small restaurant in Qianwei Village, I ordered four dishes and one soup, all of which he likes, but he was still depressed, with a gloomy face.

I understand his frustration. I also had this feeling when I just started an internship in college. It was even more serious than him at that time. If Ren Min was not there to enlighten me, I might have taken some revenge on the society. , at least have to be invited to drink coffee by the police.

Speaking of Ren Min, he was really a different person than he is now.I don't know what he has experienced in the past few years after he left me, which made him become what he is now, and he did many things that I couldn't believe were done by him.

But this is also good, I can completely walk out of it by smashing all the beautiful thoughts in my heart.Instead of trying to meet a lot of people like I did for a while before, but secretly comparing everyone with Ren Min in my heart, pointing out that this person is not as good as Ren Min here and there, and then continue to live alone. days of memories.

"Don't be depressed." I took out a big chicken leg from the chicken soup with golden chicken oil floating in it, and put it in Cui Musheng's bowl: "It's useless for you to be angry. Arguing, swearing, and cursing are all useless. Then The old man's final result is still the same, you are just making yourself uncomfortable."

Cui Musheng raised his head, looked straight at me with a pair of clean eyes, and asked, "Then what should I do? Should I just leave it like this? Then my conscience will be even more uncomfortable."

I replied: "If you can always remember the current mood, think about this mood before doing things, until you are 40 or 50 years old, and you can maintain this kind of justice and enthusiasm from your work to your retirement, you can do it well. Do a good job in what can be improved, take the lead in what can be improved, and influence the people around you to be good. This is already very good, and it is much more useful than your current [-] slander."

These words were said by Ren Min to me when I was lost. At that time, I felt a sense of enlightenment.

Now, I give it to Cui Musheng intact, hoping that he can understand more than I did back then. Of course, I also hope that I will not become like Ren Min now.

Cui Musheng thought for a moment, put away the hostility on his face, his expression became calm, and nodded slightly at me: "I seem to understand a little bit."

I smiled and picked some food for him: "Let's eat, I have to continue working after eating."

"Hmm!" Cui Musheng responded forcefully, picked up the bowl and began to eat with great mouthfuls. After all, he was a young man, he was lifeless a second ago, but now he seemed full of energy again.

I laughed and ate it with a big mouthful.The exclamation just now is like an old man... I have to adjust my mood quickly, this body is still young, I encountered setbacks in the morning, and I have to investigate something in the afternoon, otherwise, my teacher The teacher also loses face in front of the interns!