Chapter 63 - 2#

You are really something!

The first interrogation didn’t take much of Gu Chenzhou’s time, and the two policemen quickly finished their questions. Then they took Gu Chenzhou to the temporary detention room in the police station to be detained temporarily.

Sitting alone in the separate detention room, Gu Chenzhou leaned against the wall with his eyes closed, recalling the scene last night while considering He Hailou’s next steps.

Bathtub, passage, police…

The first policeman who came down must be He Hailou’s man. Only under his deliberate guidance would several people see it at the same time and none of them go up to check.

How was that passage formed? Because of the light and line of sight, plus the other party had arranged it long ago… For example, putting a small step behind the bathtub and then shining the flashlight from the edge of the bathtub, creating a depth difference?

That timely scream must also have He Hailou’s hand in it.

Not to mention the driver who had hit Wei Xiangjin before.

Ironically, they met each other again—I’m afraid they will have to watch the other party disappear again. Compared to Peng Youchun, this driver whose name is still unknown is really extremely lucky.

And before, the person he met at the bus station, the cold gaze he saw at the dinner party, one link after another, I’m afraid it was all to make him take the initiative to propose to Wei Xiangjin: change the search time.

Only in this way can the charge of ineffective search and failure to catch the criminal be related to Wei Xiangjin.

By the way, there was also the very beginning.

Gu Chenzhou smiled.

He checked He Hailou’s information and found this place, then incidentally learned about the big case here, thought it was suitable, and finally took the initiative to recommend it to Wei Xiangjin, letting Wei Xiangjin walk into this trap—

Gu Chenzhou’s right hand grasped his left wrist. When he came out this time, he put on that string of white jade beads, and he hadn’t taken it off for the past two or three days.

Alright.

Gu Chenzhou thought quietly. He turned the beads of mutton-fat white jade that felt warm to the touch on the bracelet one by one.

It was indeed a carefully planned trap. The other party planned every step, and he himself was led by the nose from beginning to end…

And this matter is not over at all until now.

His gaze penetrated the iron bars in front of him and cast on the gray wall and beyond the wall.

The footsteps in the corridor outside, the quarrels and curses next door, came into his ears one by one, and disappeared from his mind one by one.

I’m afraid, Gu Chenzhou thought.

This matter has just begun…

Compared to the situation Gu Chenzhou was facing at this time, generally speaking, Wei Xiangjin, who was taken away by the military department, was in bigger trouble.

This drug lord case was indeed registered with the higher-ups, so Wei Xiangjin and Gu Chenzhou were taken away immediately after coming out and interrogated immediately.

Compared to the gentleness of the police, the interrogation Wei Xiangjin received was much stricter. One question was asked repeatedly, over and over again, and most of them focused on his ‘serious dereliction of duty’ and ‘malfeasance’.

Wei Xiangjin squinted his eyes under the direct light, answering while thinking in his heart, “Damn it, I didn’t return to my own sphere of influence, but entered the armed camp of the class enemy!"—Of course, this was just a thought. If the military really wanted to get serious, he would be lying on the ground now, how could he still have the breath to speak?

Finally, the interrogation came to an end. Wei Xiangjin just squinted on the chair to rest for a while, when the door of the interrogation room was pushed open again.

He lifted his eyelids in the direction of the opening door. After seeing that it was a familiar person, he sat up slightly: “Adjutant Zhang.”

Adjutant Zhang was someone who followed Wei Chengbo. After receiving the news this morning, he accepted Wei Chengbo’s instructions, collected information, and rushed here without stopping. He walked into the interrogation room and closed the door, his expression somewhat serious and heavy: “Young Master Wei, you are in some trouble this time!”

Wei Xiangjin smiled: “If there was no trouble, would we meet here?” He paused and asked again, “Does my dad know everything?”

“Commander Wei knew the general idea of the matter in the morning.” Adjutant Zhang said to Wei Xiangjin, walked to the seat originally occupied by the interrogator and sat down, asking Wei Xiangjin, “This time Young Master Wei temporarily said he wanted to take this case. Commander Wei slammed the table with others at the meeting that day to grab this matter, but now the drug lord informant who should have been caught is gone. The higher-ups are very angry, and Commander Wei looks very bad…”

Wei Xiangjin thought to himself that the other party was speaking in official jargon about difficulties at this time, there was really something in his words!

“Adjutant Zhang, just say whatever you have to say.” He spoke bluntly.

Adjutant Zhang pondered for a moment and said: “Young Master Wei, then I’ll be straight. Before I came here, I learned about the process of the matter. From the beginning, this matter was recommended to you by Young Master Gu, and then halfway through, it was Young Master Gu who gave you various suggestions. Finally, it was Young Master Gu who made that wrong judgment, causing the responsibility of serious dereliction of duty to fall on your head…”

Wei Xiangjin’s face looked very bad: “Who asked you to say these things?”

Adjutant Zhang sighed: “Young Master Wei, I know you and Young Master Gu have a deep relationship, but listen to me first—this is not the Commander’s meaning, it is my personal idea. If I said something wrong, Young Master Wei, don’t be angry. We are just simply exchanging solutions.”

He said he was simply exchanging solutions, but from the beginning when he came in, he first talked about the seriousness of the matter, and then about the responsibilities Gu Chenzhou should bear. This posture was completely intended to persuade Wei Xiangjin.

“Okay, I’m listening. What do you want to say?” Wei Xiangjin said.

Adjutant Zhang cleared his throat: “Young Master Wei, you should have also heard that in a while, there will be promotions within the military, and your rank should also move up.”

Wei Xiangjin certainly knew about this. It is not easy for military personnel to be promoted in peacetime. Soldiers from ordinary families have to go a long way from major to lieutenant colonel and may not necessarily get there; but in families like theirs, going from major to lieutenant colonel is really nothing. Basically, as long as the resume is sufficient and there are no major mistakes in the position, they can steadily go up.

But now that this kind of thing has happened…

Adjutant Zhang continued as expected: “But now that this kind of thing has happened, once it is confirmed, let alone promotion is impossible, even Young Master Wei’s future career will be greatly affected by this undeniable stain on the resume. Young Master Wei, frankly speaking…” He said slowly, “I don’t think it’s worth it. Young Master Wei, you didn’t lack ability and command blindly to let the person run away, nor did you collude with bandits to create an escape opportunity for the drug lord’s informant. This matter,” he shook his head, “Young Master Gu and you both fell into a trap! And you are also in so deep because of Young Master Gu.”

“Is there more?” Wei Xiangjin asked.

Hearing this sentence, Adjutant Zhang knew that what he said before was useless. He thought to himself that the relationship between Wei Xiangjin and Gu Chenzhou was deeper than he thought, but he didn’t give up, but continued to speak, and changed the angle: “Young Master Wei, this matter actually won’t have a very big impact on Young Master Gu.”

Wei Xiangjin raised an eyebrow.

It was hard for someone not from the staff system to use his glib tongue like this. Adjutant Zhang said: “First of all, Young Master Gu has not really joined the administrative system. All his actions now only represent him as a person,” or his family, but this is not the issue to consider now. Adjutant Zhang skipped it directly and continued, “In this incident, Young Master Gu also fell into a trap, and with the Gu family standing there, they will inevitably exert force from all sides to pull Young Master Gu out. Even if we consider it from the worst angle, this matter on Young Master Gu’s head is not enough to involve perjury or deliberately letting the drug lord informant go. As long as he doesn’t go to court or have it written into the file, the impact of this matter will inevitably be reduced to the lowest point. Given the status of Young Master Gu’s family, who would dare to gossip? After two or three months, it will naturally fade. At that time, both Young Master Gu and Young Master Wei can get away and settle the score,” he almost added ‘why not do it’, “What do you think, Young Master Wei?”

Without waiting for Wei Xiangjin to speak, Adjutant Zhang thought for a while and said: “I estimate that Young Master Gu should also have such an idea. After all, Young Master Gu has such a good relationship with you, Young Master Wei, he definitely can’t watch you make mistakes at this critical juncture.”

From beginning to end, Wei Xiangjin didn’t make any expression.

It wasn’t until the other party finished speaking that he smiled: “Adjutant Zhang, you are really a talent. No wonder my dad values you so much.”

Adjutant Zhang’s heart skipped a beat when he heard this, thinking it was over, he provoked this little ancestor!

Sure enough, Wei Xiangjin’s next sentence was: “I really didn’t know when you had such a good relationship with my brother, that you have such a tacit understanding that you can replace his ‘ideas’!”

“Young Master Wei, listen to me…” Adjutant Zhang even changed to the honorific.

Wei Xiangjin said lightly: “Listen to you say what my brother thinks?”

Adjutant Zhang said: “In fact, this matter…”

“Are you going to say that this matter was actually hinted by my dad for you to do this?” Wei Xiangjin asked.

Adjutant Zhang thought to himself that this was indeed hinted by your father, Commander Wei. If he hadn’t hinted it, why would I worry about you, a third generation? And be full enough to be the bad guy to provoke the relationship between you and Gu Chenzhou? —This is simply Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, not a person inside or outside!

“No, no, Young Master Wei, this matter is indeed just a little idea of my own.” Adjutant Zhang said. His future has nothing to do with Wei Xiangjin, but has a lot to do with Wei Chengbo. Even if he becomes Zhu Bajie again, he dare not reveal Wei Chengbo’s bottom here.

“Since it’s just a little idea of Adjutant Zhang,” Wei Xiangjin said coldly, “I think this idea is really not very good. If Adjutant Zhang has nothing else, please leave first.”

Adjutant Zhang was helpless and could only stand up and say: “Young Master Wei, then I’ll go out first and think of other ways!”

Wei Xiangjin closed his eyes, too lazy to speak.

Adjutant Zhang walked out of the interrogation room, thinking that maybe he should go to Gu Chenzhou’s side. If he couldn’t persuade Wei Xiangjin, persuading Gu Chenzhou to take this matter up would be the same—as for whether Gu Chenzhou would take it?

Adjutant Zhang felt in his heart that the other party would still take it down. After all, the timing was wrong and the responsibility was great when this matter was placed on Wei Xiangjin, but if it fell on Gu Chenzhou, relatively speaking, the price would be much smaller.

At this time, Gu Chenzhou, who was far away in the Dechang County Police Station, actually encountered something too.

But it wasn’t about this drug lord case, it was about his own family.

—Something went wrong with the Gu family!