Yang Xinwu's face suddenly turned pale, just like the moment when he was caught helping others cheat in school and went to the Academic Affairs Office. Zhang Zhixiang saw his complexion changed drastically and thought to himself that he had really done something embarrassing in private, such as pushing down a female student. The general office
Want to talk to him for advice? But this matter doesn't seem to be under the general office's control.
However, Zhang Zhixiang had already made up his mind in an instant. If this really happened, he would have to clean this "scum" out of the school immediately - how much effort did he spend to get rid of the group of elders who had evil intentions and wanted to take advantage of their positions to pick up girls?
After being cleared out, the atmosphere of the school must not be damaged!
Yang Xinwu saw the principal's face suddenly darken and secretly screamed that something was wrong, so he had no choice but to laugh a few times to cover it up.
The next day, Yang Xinwu arrived at the location on the notice: the farm tea house as scheduled.
There were almost no customers in the teahouse during the day. As soon as he showed his membership card, the waiter took him to a salon box on the third floor. Xiao Zishan was already waiting for him there.
The salon box is most often used as a conference room, with a conference table surrounded by armchairs and some rattan couches along the walls.
In addition to Xiao Zishan, there were several elders sitting around the conference room, all with expressionless faces. There was only one woman he knew - his wife Ming Lang.
"Come, come, sit down!" Xiao Zishan asked him to take a seat on the other side of the conference table with his usual enthusiastic attitude - facing these people.
Notebooks, pencils and a few glasses filled with water were neatly placed on the table. These glasses were so clean and smooth that it was dazzling.
"Let me introduce some first." Xiao Zishan coughed, "This is National Police Representative Mu Min... This is Arbitration Tribunal Representative An Xi..." Finally he mentioned himself, "I am attending the meeting on behalf of the General Office."
Yang Xinwu forced himself to stay calm and greeted everyone one by one. But he was secretly worried: Is this posture trying to double-check him?
Seeing that the greetings had been given, Xiao Zishan picked up a document bag from the table, opened it, and took out a document from it.
"Comrade Yang Xinwu, I have been entrusted by the Senate to announce to you that due to the application of the National Police Headquarters and the approval of the Standing Committee and Executive Committee of the Senate, I have several questions to ask you. I hope you can answer them truthfully.
"He continued, "From now on, the entire process will be recorded. This is the authorization letter jointly signed by the Standing Committee and the Executive Committee. You can take a look." As he said that, he pushed the document over.
"No need." Yang Xinwu did not touch the piece of paper covered with several large seals, "Is this an interrogation?"
"No. This is a question." An Xi, the representative of the arbitral tribunal, explained, "We just want to know some information. You don't have to answer the question."
"Does this mean you have the right to remain silent?"
"Yes, of course it is the right to silence in a broad sense, not in a narrow sense. You are neither a suspect nor a defendant. We are here just hoping that you can provide some useful clues." An Xi explained.
"Is it because of Lin Xiaoya's case?" he said. He noticed that An Xi and Mu Min exchanged glances.
"Yes." Mu Min confirmed, "Do you know Lin Xiaoya?"
For a moment, Yang Xinwu planned not to say anything - he wanted to protect Yang Jihong. But he immediately realized that Mu Min had sent out such a large array to come specifically to find him. He must have grasped enough clues. Whether he remained silent or not made no difference.
Nothing can be changed.
"Yes, I know him." He nodded.
Over the next hour or so, Mu Min asked him many questions, including the relationship between Yang Jihong and Lin Xiaoya, and how she got his recommendation. Yang Xinwu answered them one by one without reservation. However, he repeatedly emphasized that he
"See nothing", "hear nothing".
Finally, Mu Min asked: "I hope I can extract the water cup you used as physical evidence in this case, is that okay?"
"Of course." Yang Xinwu saw that his fingerprints were clearly visible on the cup, and he suddenly realized. No wonder the cup is so new and clean! This is probably to save some face for himself, after all, it is not a glorious thing to have fingerprints taken. "Please.
Just do it."
"Thank you." Mu Min put on white gloves, carefully picked up his cup and put it into a yellow kraft paper bag.
"If there's nothing else, can I say goodbye?" Yang Yuanlao, who was deeply ashamed, was eager to get rid of this embarrassing situation.
"We will interrogate Yang Jihong early tomorrow morning," Mu Min said. "She is the main suspect in this case - I hope you can understand. The interrogation is conducted in secret. If she is ultimately proven innocent, nothing will be left.
Influence."
Yang Xinwu knew from her tone that she was not discussing with him, but just informing him.
"What if I don't agree?"
Mu Min glanced at An Xi and said: "In this case, the case will be submitted to the Standing Committee of the Senate for discussion. If the final result of the discussion is to suspend the investigation, we can not subpoena, otherwise the Standing Committee will order enforcement.
"
"It seems I have no choice."
"Yang Yuanlao, human life is at stake."
"Okay, I understand. You can do whatever you want." Yang Xinwu said seriously, lowering his head as if he was overwhelmed. After a moment, he raised his head: "Don't torture her..."
"Definitely not. You can rest assured," An Xi said quickly, "the legal philosophy of our arbitral tribunal is to emphasize evidence and ignore confessions."
Yang Yuanlao waved his hand, not sure whether to express his disbelief or that it didn't matter. He stood up weakly: "I'm going back."
"Hurry! Prepare a car for Mr. Yang!" Seeing that he looked bad, Xiao Zishan quickly opened the door and greeted the waiter outside.
"Should Yang Jihong be arrested immediately?"
"Give them some time." Xiao Zishan said, "One day for a husband and a hundred days of kindness..."
"Since when did a maid become a couple in your eyes?" Mu Min sneered, "The wife that the matchmaker is marrying is also dumping her at will."
Xiao Zishan smiled slightly and didn't care. He raised his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I won't interfere in your affairs."
The fingerprints extracted from Yang Yuanlao's glass confirmed Mu Min's inference: the fingerprints on the railing were not his - in fact, Salina had roughly guessed from the distance between the fingerprints that they were a woman's fingerprints. So Yang Jihong was suspected.
It became very high. Then, Yang Jihong's fingerprints were compared and it was confirmed that the fingerprints were hers.
Mu Min continued his efforts and interrogated Yang Jihong, who had already been arrested. Since this was the first time he was questioning the elder's maid, it might involve the sensitive topic of "the elder's interests and secrets". In order to prevent others from finding the topic, he
The entire inquiry was recorded, and a staff member from the general office was dispatched to supervise the interview.
Even so, the experienced Mu Min still didn't spend much effort to make Yang Jihong admit that she was the one who beat Lin Xiaoya with the railing on the roof that night, and finally forced her to the edge of the building and fell to her death.
"It's my fault. I just wanted to teach her a lesson so that she wouldn't force me anymore..." Yang Jihong covered her face and cried loudly, "I didn't expect that she would fall..."
"Aren't you best friends and good sisters? Why would you do such a cruel thing?" Mu Min asked about the motive.
"Good sister?!" Yang Jihong stopped crying and gritted his teeth, "I am so unlucky to have such a good sister for eight lifetimes!"
"What did she do?"
Yang Jihong started crying again, and from her intermittent narration, Mu Min roughly pieced together the whole story.
It was completely different from what she imagined. There was no jealousy among the maids in the case, and Lin Xiaoya had no intention of "taking her place".
Yang Jihong and Lin Xiaoya were roommates at the maid school, and they had a good relationship when they were in school. After Yang Jihong separated, the two have maintained a relationship of correspondence. Just a few months ago, Lin Xiaoya asked for leave and asked Yang Jihong to meet. After the two met,
Lin Xiaoya proposed that Yang Jihong ask Yang Xinwu to recommend her to high school.
"She and I had a very good relationship at the time. I thought it wouldn't be a bad thing if she wanted to study and make progress, so I asked the chief. The chief was magnanimous and agreed immediately. I was also very happy, so I wrote her a letter telling her that the chief had agreed."
Unexpectedly, Lin Xiaoya asked her out again. This time she was much more demanding, asking Yang Jihong to lobby Elder Yang to sponsor her tuition and living expenses. Yang Jihong seemed reluctant, so Lin Xiaoya took out something.
"what?"
"Xin." Yang Jihong suddenly started crying, "I'm so stupid!"
The letter was written by Yang Jihong before she entered the maid school. The recipient of the letter was a fellow villager of hers who was also a refugee. The two of them had similar family backgrounds on the mainland. They were both small landowners in the countryside. They knew a few words and had always had a good relationship in the past.
Yang Jihong's family was ruined and he was settling down a little after being displaced. He accidentally saw that his fellow villagers had also come to Lingao and were living in the quarantine camp.
After going through a tribulation, living alone in the world, and suddenly seeing an old acquaintance from the past, who still has a good impression of each other, the admiration in his heart naturally flourishes.
The two took advantage of the opportunity of dispatching workers to meet several times. Because they usually did not allow long conversations when dispatching workers, they communicated through letters.
Later, Yang Jihong entered a maid school, and the door was strictly guarded, so the matter gradually faded away. But as they knew that they would all become the "chief" women in the future, Yang Jihong became afraid again, because once the letters between herself and her fellow villagers were exposed,
If she comes out, it will destroy her entire future. Of course, what her fellow villagers wrote to her can be burned in a fire. But what she wrote to the other party cannot be guaranteed to remain in the world. In addition to fear, she consulted with Lin Xiaoya.
"I didn't expect she was so bad and deceived me!"
Lin Xiaoya gave her an idea and asked her to give her a certificate. She sneaked out to find the fellow villager and asked him to destroy all the letters. This would be safe.