Qinghong

Chen Wenming, Zhou Jiangyong and I stood in the empty room, looking around, what we saw made my heart palpitate.

In a pitch-black room, only a little dim light from the corridor barely illuminates a small concrete floor at the entrance.Chen Wenming turned on the flashlight, and I walked in. There was a narrow wooden bed against the wall on the right hand side. There was no bedding on the bed, only a dark green military blanket.On the left corner is a squatting toilet, covered with mottled yellow urine, dirty and smelly, two steps in front of the squatting toilet stands a washbasin and a faucet.

As I approached the plank bed, the beam of the flashlight shone on the wall next to the bed, where an iron chain was embedded, with a pair of handcuffs hanging at the end of the chain.

"This is..." Zhou Jiangyong said.

Chen Wenming said: "Some children have a strong temper, and if they are not tied up, they will be easily...injured."

I stared at the dark red irregular marks on the head of the bed, and couldn't help thinking, has Xiao Ke been locked up here?How did he survive this month?Or, is he still alive?

"It's almost done." Zhou Jiangyong said, "I believe in your ability to cure my son." He looked at me, "What does Xiaolan think?"

I nodded vaguely, then turned to look at the thin wooden bed again.

"Then you..." Chen Wenming rubbed his hands, "When will you bring your son to report?"

"Let's go back and prepare money and pack our luggage." Zhou Jiangyong said, "I'll call you when the time comes, is the number on the business card correct?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Chen Wenming took us out of the Siguo Garden, "We are a formal school, and those who have the qualifications to run a school, don't worry."

"Eligible to run a school... Is it a certificate issued by the government?" Zhou Jiangyong had subtle emotions in his eyes.

"Yes, we still deserve an award." Chen Wenming said proudly.

We walked all the way to the school gate, Zhou Jiangyong said: "Mr. Chen, don't see him off, we will take a taxi by ourselves."

"Okay, let's go slowly." Chen Wenming said, "Add me on WeChat and keep in touch in the future."

Zhou Jiangyong turned on his phone and added Chen Wenming's WeChat account. I raised my hand and hailed a taxi and sat in the co-pilot. Zhou Jiangyong opened the rear door and got in.

I reported the name of the hotel, and the driver started the car and left.

The first half of the road was quiet, but in the second half, the driver said cautiously, "Which school do you go to?"

"Ah, yes." Zhou Jiangyong said, "Check it out."

"Is it because of the child at home?" the driver said, "Think carefully, don't harm the child."

Hearing the meaning of this, Zhou Jiangyong became interested. He pretended to be distressed and scratched his hair: "My son likes men, and I don't know what to do."

"Let me tell you something." The driver stepped on the brakes and stopped in front of the traffic light at the intersection, "Two years ago, a child in that school died, it seemed that he was electrocuted, his forehead was blackened , foaming at the mouth, convulsing all over, on the spot..."

"We locals all know that the principal of that school is close to the Bureau of Industry and Commerce. It has a relationship. If something goes wrong, people will not be afraid, and they will pass with some money." The driver master said, "They beat children very hard. Children who go in Few of them came out normally. Sigh... I don’t know what the parents who send their children think, their own flesh and blood, spend 10,000+ to send them in and be tortured by others.”

"Did no one call the police?" Zhou Jiangyong asked.

"Someone reported it, is it useful?" the driver said, "He has a serious qualification to run a school, and he said that the child's injury was caused by his naughty bump. What can you do?"

"Besides, they all belong to the same family." The driver laughed sarcastically, "How could our own people punish our own people? Even if they were fined, it was just left handed and right handed. After closing the door for a few days, and then opening the door, the business is more prosperous than before. "

Zhou Jiangyong's face in the rearview mirror was solemn, and my heart sank. I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle.

My life has been confined to the one-acre three-point area of ​​the school, and I haven't had much contact with the intricacies of society. I know about power-money transactions and nepotism, but I don't want to be exposed to those dirty things at all.One can escape for a while, but how can one not be contaminated with filth for a lifetime. At this time, I can't hide and can't avoid it. I have to wade through the mud and bring my students out of the cult academy that is full of benevolence and morality but is insane.

"Okay, I will definitely think about it, thank you master." Zhou Jiangyong said.

The taxi stopped at the entrance of the hotel, I got off and asked Zhou Jiangyong: "What should I do next?"

"I'll call Tianjin first." Zhou Jiangyong said, "Ask them if there is any possibility of cross-provincial cooperation."

"Yeah." I nodded, "I'll wait for your news."

"Teacher Zou, don't worry." Zhou Jiangyong said, "We will definitely be able to rescue your students."

I exhaled and said, "I hope so."

Back at the hotel, I told Xia Xianxian and He Xue about the situation in the college in detail. He Xue frowned, and Xia Xianxian looked worried.Zhou Jiangyong stood on the balcony and made a phone call for an hour, with a serious expression and nodding from time to time.

My mood fluctuated with his movements, for fear that the matter would be left unsettled and we would return empty-handed.

Zhou Jiangyong put away his mobile phone, walked out of the balcony, and said to me: "They said that the matter is important and they need time to coordinate. Let us know in time if there is any news."

"So what do we do now?" I asked, "Do nothing?"

Zhou Jiangyong looked at me in surprise and said, "Of course not, we do what we should do."

"For example?" Xia Xianxian asked.

"For example, visit Linyi City Public Security Bureau." Zhou Jiangyong said.

Zhou Jiangyong acted carefully, boldly and carefully. He reported his actions, and then led us to knock on the door of Linyi City Public Security Bureau.

Zhou Jiangyong didn't reveal his identity at first, and a short and fat policeman accompanied us to drink tea for a while, and played Tai Chi leisurely, implying that Qingxin Cultivation College is a formal educational institution, and let us not be horny.As expected, Zhou Jiangyong became impatient, took out his police ID and slapped it on the table: "We are traveling together, open the skylight to speak honestly, can this matter be done?"

The fat policeman's expression tightened. He took the police card, opened the inside page, browsed through it carefully, and said, "You came from Tianjin just for this?"

"Yes." Zhou Jiangyong said.

The fat policeman whispered, "I can ask this kid for you. As for the academy...it's not easy."

"This..." Zhou Jiangyong said, "Tianjin University is a double-first-class university with a great reputation. If a reporter with a keen sense of smell breaks the story on the Internet, your local government will not look good."

Zhou Jiangyong's words were not unreasonable, the fat policeman thought for a while, and said, "Wait a while, our leaders will come out after the meeting to think about this together."

Zhou Jiangyong nodded.

The fat policeman looked at the three of us and asked, "Who are these..."

"Teacher from Tianjin University." Zhou Jiangyong said.

The fat policeman lowered his head and pressed his phone. After a while, the office door at the end of the corridor opened, and a tall, middle-aged male policeman walked out. He said, "Xiao Han."

"Captain Lu." The fat policeman hurriedly stood up.

"Come in and tell me something." The middle-aged male policeman's eyes were gloomy, making him extremely uncomfortable.

I took a step forward, but the fat policeman raised his arm to block me. He smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, Captain Lu only talks to Police Officer Zhou."

Zhou Jiangyong looked at me reassuringly, nodded, and walked into the office.

With no way to know the specific conversations in the office, I anxiously clenched the paper cup tightly, sipping tea in small sips.

I know that there are not so many easy things. Unlike mathematics, society has a clear answer. Even if there is no answer, there will be the possibility of approximation and splitting.There are countless hidden unspoken rules in society, sophistication of the world, and entanglement of interests.I sat in the waiting room of the police station, feeling uncomfortable all over. This was a completely new territory for me, full of rules and regulations that I didn't agree with.

About an hour and a half later, Zhou Jiangyong walked out of the office. He said, "Let's go." His voice was tired, and he sighed as he passed me.

We walked out of the gate of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and I couldn't wait to ask Zhou Jiangyong: "How is it?"

Zhou Jiangyong rubbed his cheeks and said, "They are willing to hand over your students."

"And then?" He Xue asked.

Zhou Jiangyong said: "The college has the formal qualifications to run a school and operates normally."

"So the other children..." He Xue said.

Zhou Jiangyong: "Yes, we have no way to take away the remaining children. It is impossible for the academy to close down."

I looked at Zhou Jiangyong, who sat down on a stone bench by the roadside: "I tried my best, Mr. Zou."

"I know." I said, "Thank you."