Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 171
Jiang Ning signed in the register every time she came in and went out. The guard already knew that her name was Jiang Ning. He did not expect that this little girl was so upbeat that she actually beat Wuzhong for them. He said happily, “your brother just went to visit your grandpa just now. You can stay at your grandpa’s place for a little longer. You don’t have to rush. It doesn’t matter.”
He saw the guard uncle of Wuzhong across the road and said hello cheerfully, “Xiaowei, you are having lunch.”
The guard named Xiaowei had a straight face and ignored the guard. The guard didn’t care either and waved to Jiang Ning. “Jiang Ning, please stay with your grandpa for a while. Don’t worry. It’s okay.”
Seeing that the uncle of the guard opposite heard his shouting, he looked towards Jiang Ning. He also waved and smiled to say hello to the uncle of the guard opposite. The uncle of the guard opposite was so angry that he withdrew his gaze and slammed the door of the guard room, out of sight, out of mind.
Grandpa Jiang had already heard from Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang that Jiang Ning ranked first in the county.
When Grandpa Jiang saw Jiang Ning coming over, his face was full of smiles. He smiled and cried. He was not crying sadly, but happily. He kept wiping his tears with his palms and said, “Okay, that’s great. If your great-grandfather had heard this news, he would have been so happy.” He cried and laughed at the same time. “When I go back during the Chinese New Year this year, I will burn a few more pieces of joss paper (spirit money) for your great-grandfather and tell him the good news.”
Great-grandfather Jiang, before his death, was a sedan bearer, carrying sedans for landlords. He had been stepped on by others all his life. If he knew his descendants Jiang Ning’s achievements, he would be extremely happy.
Thinking of the final exams and the winter vacation in just ten days, Grandpa Jiang, who had never been away from the village for so long, felt like he should return home.
He was looking forward to meeting these old guys to brag about how awesome his granddaughter was.
Thinking of that, only pure joy remained on Grandpa Jiang’s face, and the wrinkles on his face stretched out with a smile.
Jiang Bai was also very happy, but he was not good at expressing things too openly. He just set up the folding table and chairs in a very good mood, washed the dishes, and brought the chopsticks and put them on the table, and the whole family sat at the table to eat together.
When he was very young, he, his sister, and his grandfather ate like that on the mountain. Later, it seemed like it had been a long, long time since the three of them had eaten together like that.
The three of them had just laid out the meal, when Tong Jingang had brought in a roast duck from somewhere. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted, “Sister, look what brother brought you, dang dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang.” He took out a freshly baked roast duck, golden and crispy on the outside and called Jiang Bai, “Bai Zi, come over with the big bowl. This roast duck is freshly baked and is still hot. The queue there was long. If the boss was not familiar with me, I couldn’t have brought it.”
He was a local student, so if he didn’t want to eat in the cafeteria, he could go home for lunch.
The roast duck in Wucheng was different from the sliced roast duck in Beijing. It did not come with noodles and various toppings. It was just a complete roast duck with a small bag of brine, vinegar, and chili.
Jiang Bai poured the brine, vinegar, and chili oil into a bowl. Tong Jingang went to the back to wash his hands. He first pulled out a duck leg and gave it to Grandpa Jiang. He pulled off the remaining duck leg and put it in Jiang Ning’s bowl, giving her a thumbs up, “Sister, you are awesome.”
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In a public security bureau in a provincial capital, Public Security Wu and the others looked at Wuxia magazines, and the more they read, the more frightened they became. That case was very similar to their case a year ago. They also used many artistic techniques to adapt it, but like the previous case, the core was not the same.
After reading it, they became more certain that it was written by someone inside their unit.
“No wonder Xiao Zhao said that the author of Catcher in the Song Dynasty was rumored to be an old police officer within our system. I bet this was written by someone from our bureau.” The old police officer who spoke said firmly, patting his thigh.
“Let’s not talk about it for now. I don’t know if what was written in this book is true. We have no clues about this case. We have not found the body.”
“No, if this was really what was written in the book, it would be a major case,” Gongan Wu said.
The case they were talking about was from their provincial capital.
During the construction of a commercial street project, there were several other units competing for the project. Among them, the few people who were most likely to receive the project all disappeared. No body was found. It had been over a year and there had been no news at all.
The case in the book was about a well-known merchant in Kaifeng who came to report that the owner and several family members were missing for several days. After the heroine and her father received the case, they went to investigate, but nothing happened. They were just like in reality, without any clues. After asking the family members of the deceased, the heroine found out that when they disappeared, they were competing with another merchant for the construction of a certain city. Because someone at the other merchant had a background, they were eventually killed by another merchant. The merchant had obtained the construction qualification of that city.
Then the heroine and the heroine’s father, together with the government’s catchers, investigated bit by bit, and finally, the truth came out.
It turned out that these missing merchants were buried and flower beds were built on them in Fangshi. No one would dig that deep, let alone replace the plants. As long as no one digs deep enough to dig up the flower bed, or digs out the flowers, if these trees were taken down, no one would find these bodies.
Who would dig up the trees in the flower bed when they have nothing to do?
This case in the previous life was left unsolved until many years later when the commercial street was renovated and the commercial street road was widened. These trees had to be removed. When these trees were dug up, these corpses were found, and the truth of this case came to light.
And why was this case really a big case as written in this novel?
The reason was that in this case, the merchant who ultimately undertook the project was not qualified to undertake it. The merchant who was killed was the best candidate to receive the project regardless of his experience and qualifications, just because the criminal who received this project was the brother-in-law of the second-in-command of the Urban Development Department.
In reality, during their investigation, the businessman who undertook the commercial street construction project really had a brother-in-law who was the second-in-command of the Urban Development Bureau.
If what was written was true, then the deputy director of the Urban Construction Bureau would also be dragged into the water.
Several people looked at each other, and it was Public Security Wu who said, “This may not be true. We have been investigating for so long and there are no clues at all. If this author is not from our bureau, how did he know so much? If he is, and has so many clues, why didn’t he tell us about this case? It’s probably a plot he imagined based on the existing cases and circumstances.”
Everyone was silent. They couldn’t help but think of the previous case.
It was really hard to investigate the matter. The commercial street had been built for more than a year. If it was true as stated in that book, which flower bed was the body hidden in?
Although the specific location was stated in the book, a novel was a novel after all, and reality was reality.
Another difficulty was that the commercial street in her previous life had been built long ago, but that time, the commercial street was still in the construction stage. Many of the commercial streets described in Jiang Ning’s works were based on her visit to the commercial street after learning about the case in the archives in her previous life.
Fortunately, in the novel, because the city was still under construction rather than completed, the heroine and the others solved the case quickly. They took the book and compared the directions described in it to explore the commercial street under construction.
At this time, the provincial capital was the same as Hudong in Shanghai. It did not look like the high-rise buildings it would have in a few decades. The commercial street under construction was still surrounded by a circle of iron sheets, and it was very messy inside.
Several people were very careful. If it was true as written in the book, the person who took over this project was really ruthless and vicious. In order to compete for a project, he killed his competitors and even harmed several people. He was capable of killing people and silencing them.
What was more, the deputy director of the Urban Construction Bureau was also involved.
When they visited the site during the day, they found that the management there was quite strict, and non-related personnel from outside were not allowed to enter.
After some discussion, Public Security Wu and others decided to disguise themselves as farmers who came to work in the city and went to the construction site to move bricks.
Several people had been working outside all year round to investigate various major and minor cases. They had been running outside basically every day. They were all tanned. From their appearance, they were really no different from migrant workers.
They had been working at the grassroots level all year round, and they were familiar with people who came out to find work. In addition, it had been a year since that case, and there had been no progress at all. It had been left alone, which also made the person who committed the crime relax his vigilance, and it was easy to let Public Security Wu and a few people sneak in.
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Kunoss
another cliffhanger! now, Im getting worried how public security Wu would view Jiang Ning. will the public security bureau investigate her? please update soon. thanks.