Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

There was no news of Ma Tao's disappearance.The collapse of the commercial building seems to have come to an end. The person responsible is dead. All the construction machinery of Hongda Company has been sealed up. Only after the government department holds a press conference will the public auction of those machinery be held, and the proceeds will be used to make up for all losses. . The appraisers evaluated the existing assets of Hongda Company, and initially estimated that the value would not exceed 20 million, which was 50 million away from the loss of the government department.Very different.Even if Baixue's several properties in the city and the Red Mansion Restaurant were transferred, it would not be enough.

The ruined business building became the most ironic "image project" in Changyuan City. After being reported by many media inside and outside the province, public opinion put a lot of pressure on the Changyuan City Government, and Ma Guoqiang was the first to bear the brunt.The leaders of the province called him many times, asking him to adjust his work attitude and direction, because the superiors did not want to see any more negative news about Changyuan City. Ma Guoqiang was under so much mental pressure that he almost collapsed. That day, after breakfast, Tong Yanzhen said, "I want to go to the countryside to see my parents."

Ma Guoqiang didn't say a word, and went out to work with a black leather bag in his pocket.During this period of time, many problems occurred. He left early and returned late every day, and the husband and wife rarely spoke. Tong Yanzhen sat alone in the room blankly. Yesterday Liu Shian came and told her not to worry about Taotao, and assured her that Taotao was fine, "Don't worry, Aunt Tong, you don't have to worry about this matter. If you are not in the mood Well, you can go to the countryside to relax." She decided to go back to the country for a trip.Before deciding to go back to the countryside, she warned Liu Shi'an: "If anything happens to Lao Ma, I will never end with you."

Since she came back from dealing with Tong Gang's funeral last time, she has always been worried about her elderly parents at home.When the car passed by the town, Tong Yanzhen felt so cordial, as if she had found the root of her life, and couldn't help but have reddened eye circles. The car drove forward for a while, and she saw an old man standing by the side of the road, who looked a lot like her father. She asked the driver to stop, got out of the car and walked over to see that it was indeed her father, she stepped forward and called out, "Dad." My father is over 60 years old, and he guards a tobacco stall by the side of the road.

"Dad." Tong Yanzhen called again. "Are you calling me? Who are you?" Father's eyes were covered with a white film, so he couldn't see clearly. "I'm Zhen, your daughter." Tong Yanzhen said, stepping forward to hold her father's hand: "Dad, let's go home!" "I have no daughter, only one son, who is dead!" The father shook off her hand. After hearing this, Tong Yanzhen had tears in her eyes again.Tong Yanzhen knew that her father was still angry with her.Tong Gang is a strong worker in the family, and his father has always loved him the most, and he is his lifeblood.

"Dad, why am I not your daughter? Am I not coming back to see you now? Didn't I leave money at home?" The old lady at the booth next to her was from the same village. She recognized Tong Yanzhen and said to Tong Yanzhen, "Don't listen to your father, he is old and foolish!" The old woman turned around and said, "Old man Tong, is this your daughter? Old man Tong, you are really lowly born. Why do you open a cigarette stand when a son-in-law is the mayor?" "Money belongs to others, and I don't care about it. Easy money is useless, and hard money lasts forever."

Tong Yanzhen said, "Dad, don't be so tired in the future. If you have no money, just call me." Regardless of her father's obstruction, she put away the tobacco leaves, stuffed them into two woven bags, and carried them on a bamboo pole: "Let's go, Dad." After entering the house, Tong Yanzhen walked into the room and called out, "Mom." She saw Tong Gang's portrait hanging in the nave, with a small censer underneath, and a lot of incense ash had accumulated on the side of the censer.The door of the mother's room was open, and the mother lying on the bed could be seen.

Hearing the voice, the old man hurriedly got up, and seeing Tong Yanzhen, he was stunned for a long time before he said, "Is this Zhen? It's really Zhen, Zhen, you're really back?" "Mom, I'm really back. I'll come to see you and Dad." Tong Yanzhen said. Since Tong Gang's death, her mother's health has deteriorated day by day, and finally she was paralyzed on the bed and couldn't move her eyes well. "Sister, are you back?" Chuntao appeared at the door of the room. Tong Yanzhen stepped forward, hugged Chuntao, her voice choked up, "Sister, you are tired!"

Chuntao forced a smile, "Sister, are you hungry? I'll make you noodles!" Chuntao turned and left, and went down to the kitchen.Tong Yanzhen sat in front of her mother's bed and saw that her mother's hair was completely white. Mother asked: "Where's Taotao? Why didn't you bring him here?" Tong Yanzhen was taken aback, and said, "Taotao is preparing to take the university entrance exam, so I don't have time to come back." She was heartbroken when she said this. My mother said, "I want to see Taotao. With my body, I don't know if I can survive until the end of the year."

Tong Yanzhen hurriedly said: "Next time, I will definitely bring Taotao here. Don't worry, mom. You are in good health. When you are free, I want Chuntao to carry you out to bask in the sun!" "Tong Gang's child is gone. Poor Chuntao." The mother cried again: "Chuntao is also suffering. She was going to marry at the end of the year. Who knew something like this would happen. I begged Aunt Huang next door to marry her." We made a kiss, but she just didn't agree." Tong Yanzhen said, "I'll go and persuade her!" "Sister, it's time to eat noodles." Chuntao came to the door of the room with a bowl of noodles.

Tong Yanzhen came out of her mother's room and saw her father chopping firewood in the yard, chopping it, as if venting something.After eating the noodles, she took out a bank card, handed it to Chuntao, and said, "You keep this card. I don't know how much money is in it. From now on, my parents will depend entirely on you!" Chuntao didn't pick up the card, and said, "Sister, the tens of thousands you gave last time are still there. Dad said it's stored in the bank, and will be used for Taotao to marry a wife in the future!" Tong Yanzhen said: "Listen to my sister's words, find a good man and recruit him, and you can work harder!" Chuntao lowered her head, "I think I'll think about it a year later, sister, don't try to persuade me, I know how to do it! You should keep the card for yourself, since you are in the city, it will cost you a lot!" Tong Yanzhen forced the card into Chuntao's hand, and said the password of the card, and then said: "Go to the bank sometime, and transfer all the money in the card to your personal account!" "Why?" Chuntao asked. "Listen to my sister, there is nothing wrong! From now on, the family will depend entirely on you." Chuntao nodded and put the card away. Tong Yanzhen spent the night at home and was going back to Changyuan the next day. Tong Yanzhen took out a wad of money and put it on the table: "Dad, you are so old, don't sell cigarettes. Spend the money first, and then ask me for it when it's gone." Father glanced at the money on the table: "You take it, we can't spend so much money." Tong Yanzhen stood still, and Chuntao didn't speak at the side.Father pushed the money to Tong Yanzhen's side: "Take it." Tong Yanzhen hoarsely said, "Dad, my daughter is not filial. She didn't take care of you and Mom, and she didn't take care of Tong Gang. Please forgive me." She knelt down and kowtowed to her father. Chuntao hurriedly stepped forward, helped her up, and said, "Sister, don't worry, I'm at home!" The mother on the bed in the room said: "Jane, do you want to go? Mom can't get up to see you off, so you can go. Come back and see mom when you have time!" Tong Yanzhen wiped away tears, "Understood, Mom." She turned around and walked out the door with her bag in hand. When she heard the sound of her father sweeping the money under the table, she hesitated for a moment at the gate of the yard before leaving the house.Chuntao chased her out and said, "Sister, I'll see you off!" The two walked to the entrance of the village, Tong Yanzhen said that she didn't want Chuntao to go any further.Taking advantage of her not paying attention, Chuntao stuffed the card into her bag. She walked a long way along the mountain road. There was no one on the mountain road, and she suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness, and she couldn't bear it anymore, so she let go of her throat and began to cry... After Shi Fucai sneaked back to Changyuan City, he knew that the wind was getting tighter, and wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, the matter had reached such a point that he couldn't hide even if he wanted to, and what was supposed to come would eventually come.He called Liu Shi'an, and Liu Shi'an told him not to show up in the near future, and to find a solution after the news passed. On the phone, Liu Shi'an asked him where he was and said he wanted to meet him.He is not that stupid, and replied that it is better not to meet, but to keep in touch.Liu Shi'an hung up the phone without saying anything. The kidnapping of Ma Tao and the attack on Ma Guoqiang were all done by Boss Hu at the behest of Wang Jiancheng. Anyway, everyone has become a grasshopper on a rope, and no one can escape.Even if he was caught, Wang Jiancheng would not refuse to save him.Shi Fucai estimated that Boss Hu would not be so stupid to be caught by the police. He called Li Fen again, saying that he had returned to the city, and he would call every three hours from now on. In fact, he lied to Wang Ningsheng.It is true that he and Li Fen talked on the phone every two hours, but his evidence was not with Li Fen. Every time he called, Li Fen tried to persuade him to surrender, but he just refused to listen. Of course, he He would not easily tell Li Fen where he was hiding. "Hey, let me tell you, old man, it's not an option for you to hide like this, why don't you turn yourself in?" Li Fen said, "I'll go to see you in prison because of our relationship for many years, you..." "Shut your stinky mouth," Shi Fucai scolded, "I am very chic now, you should continue to draw your pictures!" Shi Fucai turned off the phone. He didn't dare to go home. After living in a temporarily rented private house for a few days, he couldn't hold back anymore.Finally, one night, Shi Fucai put on a disguise and went out. He took a taxi to a hair salon, called a lady, and found a cheap hotel. Kicking away, Yuan Qing rushed in with someone. "General Manager Shi, we meet again." Yuan Qing said. The arrest of Shi Fucai should be attributed to Li Fen.When he learned that Shi Fucai had returned to Changyuan, he couldn't bear to see his old friend continue to sink in the situation when he failed to persuade him to surrender, so he called Ma Guoqiang.Ma Guoqiang immediately told Yuan Qing the news, and finally confirmed Shi Fucai's hiding place, and Yuan Qing personally led people to guard it.Sure enough, that night he saw an old man calling a taxi.Although Shi Fucai put on makeup, he couldn't escape Yuan Qing's professional eyes. "Director Yuan." Shi Fucai was already mentally prepared, and said unhurriedly, "If you want to arrest me, you have to wait until I finish this job. After running away for so long, I'm already exhausted!" Yuan Qing looked at Shi Fucai with contempt, and said to Captain Wu behind him: "Take him away!" After Ma Guoqiang received Yuan Qing's call, he said happily: "The key lies in him. Whether you can pry his mouth open depends entirely on you!" "Don't worry, Mayor Ma, I will definitely not let you down." Yuan Qing had already guessed that this bone was difficult to chew, but he never expected it to be so difficult. Shi Fucai was interrogated many times by Captain Wu, and after many questions, he only got three words "I don't know".Yuan Qing decided to go out in person.He asked Captain Wu to interrogate Shi Fucai first, in order to wear down Shi Fucai's patience. The next day, Yuan Qing walked into the interrogation room and saw that Shi Fucai was no longer proud, his lips were chapped, and he was lying on the chair like a puddle of mud. Yuan Qing asked: "Shi Fucai, have you figured it out? You are a smart person. The collapse of the commercial building directly killed more than 20 people. Although Bai Xue is the main person responsible, you are the real boss. This alone is enough to sentence you to death. Do you think that if you don't speak, I can't do anything about you?" On the desk in front of Yuan Qing was a copy of the secret agreement. Shi Fucai knew that scaring people was a common trick used by criminal police.He ignored Yuan Qing and pretended to sleep. Yuan Qing left the interrogation room, called Captain Wu out, and told Captain Wu softly. At night, a figure opened Shi Fucai's cell with a key. In the darkness, the man raised the syringe in his hand and walked step by step towards Shi Fucai who was lying on the bed. Due to successive interrogations, Shi Fucai's brain nerves were already in a state of tension. Although he was tired, he was very vigilant, because he knew that there were people from Wang Jiancheng in the police station, and he was worried that he would be silenced like Xiao Jiang.There was a sound in the darkness, and it was the empty plate he had placed in front of the bed just in case it fell over. He woke up suddenly, opened his eyes, and saw a pair of fierce eyes. "Someone is here! Help!" Shi Fucai yelled hysterically without waiting for the man to stick the syringe at him. Immediately, the lights inside and outside the cell were brightly lit, and several people rushed in, holding down the man who was about to commit murder. Yuan Qing then followed up, and after ordering the "murderer" to be taken out, he said in a low voice, "It's dangerous, if you die, we will lose all clues." "Damn it." Shi Fucai stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes: "I want to kill someone!" Yuan Qing said: "The last time Xiao Jiang died, I found it strange. Later, it was found out that Deputy Director Feng was responsible. Deputy Director Feng committed suicide in fear of crime in order to keep those people behind him. I know there are still people in our bureau. A lot of people belong to them. Fortunately, I got there early tonight, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to keep you. Mr. Shi, as long as you live for a day, those people won't be able to sleep well. They will try their best to kill you , even if you escape this time, there is no guarantee that you will be able to escape the next time!" Shi Fucai said fiercely: "Damn it, they are too dark! They are not kind, don't blame me for being unrighteous, even if I die, I will find someone to back me up. Director Yuan, I will tell you everything!" Yuan Qing smiled and said, "Say it!" Shi Fucai said, "Give me a cigarette." Yuan Qing gave Shi Fucai a cigarette, lit it, Shi Fucai took a few puffs, thought for a long time, and said, "I'm going all out. I wanted to keep them, but they forced me to say it." Yuan Qing was excited, and Shi Fucai finally spoke.