"Is there a black mole?" Zhao Xian was thoughtful, he touched the tip of his eyebrow, "You mean here?"
"No, it's here." Chen Yu pointed again.
Zhao Xian patted his thigh: "What a coincidence, the nameless person who was knocked unconscious also has a mole here, and the others match it. How about you go and take a look?"
When Chen Yu heard there was a clue, he immediately agreed.
"He is in the hospital of Huanghua Temple outside the city. I will accompany you there tomorrow morning!"
It was getting late at this time, and Huanghua Temple was located at the northern foot of Yuexiu Mountain outside the Great North Gate. It was a remote place with few people in the daytime, let alone the fact that the city gates were probably closed when I got there.
Early the next morning, Chen Yu and Zhao Xian went out of the Great North Gate and looked at Huanghua Temple all the way. After the plague was over, Mayor Liu made some improvements to the environment inside and outside the city, especially
A large number of free graves and coffins outside the Dabei Gate were cleaned up. All the unmaintained free graves and coffins were demolished. All the corpses and coffins cleared from the cemeteries and free homes were buried in the newly built cemetery.
.Although the outside of the Great North Gate is still deserted, it no longer has the gloomy feeling of the "land of the dead" in the past.
The cleared land is currently managed by a city-owned company affiliated with the Guangzhou Municipal Government and leased to farmers in the suburbs as vegetable gardens. Most of the wasteland that was originally covered with tombs has been fenced and planted with vegetables.
The two of them walked along the newly built road to Huanghua Temple - now called the "Guangdong Provincial Temporary Shelter". In addition to continuing to support the elderly and orphans, they are also responsible for accepting police officers during patrols and "catching floating waves" operations.
Personnel will be identified and registered here and then relocated.
There is a free health clinic attached here. The unlucky guy who was injured and unconscious in a fight a few days ago was sent here for treatment as usual because he did not know his identity.
Because it is located outside the city, the orphanage has always been guarded by the National Army. Recently, the security environment has improved, and the police have been responsible for guarding the orphanage.
Zhao Xian was a policeman who specially brought people to "identify people", so the welfare home would not stop them. Mao Xiuyu happened to have nothing to do, so he took them to the health center himself.
The health clinic in the shelter was renovated from an old temple building. Except for the clinic and pharmacy, which are separated by bamboo fences, the rest of the area is used to place hospital beds. There are thirty or forty beds. There are about more than half of them.
They are all occupied by patients and have nurses making rounds.
"How is the condition of patient No. 11?" Mao Xiuyu asked the nurse. He knew the situation of the inmates very well.
"I woke up this morning," the nurse said, "but I'm not very conscious. I'll fall asleep again now."
"What's the condition of the wound?"
"It's just a superficial wound on the head, it doesn't matter." The nurse said, "The doctor said this morning that he probably only had a concussion. There is no danger of life or disability."
"Can I visit?"
"Okay." The nurse said and took them to the single observation ward.
There was a man lying on a simple bamboo hospital bed, covered with a thin military blanket and with white gauze wrapped around his head. Chen Yu could tell at a glance that this was not Chen Ding!
"That's him!" Chen Yu nodded.
No wonder I found him like a cow in the sea, he was not in Guangzhou at all!
Zhao Xian didn't expect to find the person so quickly, and he was very happy in his heart, saying: "It took all the effort! Your luck is really good, your uncle's luck is even better!"
He turned to Mao Xiuyu and said, "This is Chen Yu, the patient's nephew."
Mao Xiuyu was very happy when he saw that this "Anonymous" had been found. He immediately asked Chen Ding for his name, age and place of origin. Chen Yu asked if he could be picked up, but Mao Xiuyu said that he had not fully recovered yet, so he had to
Wait until the doctor has seen it before making a decision. It is better to pick him up again in a few days.
Just as he was talking, Chen Ding woke up in the hospital bed. Chen Yu hurried over and called. This time, Chen Ding was not confused. Although he was not familiar with Chen Yu, his nephew, he knew him when he said a few words.
As soon as the words were spoken, the conversation naturally became warm. Only then did Chen Yu know that Chen Ding had arrived in Guangzhou a few days ago. Not long after he got off the ship, he suddenly fell unconscious before entering the city.
"...It's probably because the money was exposed on the road, and someone killed someone for the sake of wealth!" Chen Ding sighed, "It's a pity that the hundreds of taels of silver I brought..."
Zhao Xian listened but realized something was wrong, and interrupted the conversation between their uncle and nephew: "That's not right, you were injured because of the fight on January 11th, and the location of the injury was on Dashi Street - the file is still on my desk.
"Here we go"
Unexpectedly, Chen Ding denied it, saying that the last place he arrived before he fell into coma was near the old site of Wuyangyi outside the city. Due to internal emergency, he wanted to go to the public toilet for convenience, but he was beaten as soon as he reached the entrance of the alley.
"I'm not familiar with the local area, so why would I fight with others? My relatives and friends don't live over there on Main Street, so why should I go there?"
Although the nurse thought that Chen Ding's statement was "sequelae of concussion," Chen Ding insisted that he was rewarded outside the city and lost his luggage, which contained two hundred taels of silver.
"Half of these two hundred taels of silver are my savings, and half are the money my father-in-law gave me! I didn't expect that I was robbed as soon as I arrived in Guangzhou!" When Chen Ding said this, he stamped his feet and beat his chest, feeling regretful.
Now things get complicated. Originally this was just a fight, and both parties arrested on the day of the incident said they did not know Chen Ding, so he was just a passerby who was accidentally involved. But now the situation is that Chen Ding
He was robbed, and the amount was extremely huge.
Zhao Xian couldn't make up his mind, and he was doubtful about what Chen Ding said. You could say that he was talking nonsense because of the "sequelae" attack, but he had a nose and an eye when he said it, and he swore to it; if it were true, what blind robber had lost his mind?
, he knocked down someone with a sap, took away the money, and carried the victim to the city, leaving him at the scene of the fight? Besides, the robber didn’t know that the National Army soldiers near Dashi Street would meet with the people in the store that day.
Guys fighting?
In normal times, Zhao Xian would have ignored this matter. After all, Chen Ding's words were unfounded and there was no evidence from anyone. But since Mr. Wu valued him very much, this matter could not just go away. At least there had to be an explanation.
.
To be cautious, he asked Chen Ding about his journey from Sanliang to Guangzhou until he lost consciousness. Chen Ding's answers were clear and coherent, not like he was confused after being hit on the head. Moreover, with his observation of people,
Chen Ding is not a cunning person. He did not make up these words.
"I think I have to trouble Mr. Ding to go to the police station to report this matter. Firstly, Mr. Ding is still involved in the fight case and needs to make a record." Zhao Xian said, "Secondly, two hundred taels of silver is not a small amount.
, it’s a big case. It’s not an ordinary gangster who committed the crime, it’s probably some giant thief who came to the city, and he wanted to catch the criminal both publicly and privately.”
Chen Yu didn't care about this at first, but after hearing what Zhao Xian said, he felt it made sense, and hurriedly said: "I'm going to trouble Brother Zhao about this..."
Zhao Xian hurriedly said that he could only help with this matter, because he was from the Public Security Bureau, and if the case was reported, it would be considered a criminal case, and he could not get involved.
Chen Yu was about to go through the formalities to pick up Chen Ding from the hospital and return to Wu's house. However, Mao Xiuyu said that since he had been found, he was not in a hurry for this day. After all, the wound on his head had not healed, so it was not too late to observe him for a day or two before leaving. Zhao
Xian Ye said there was no rush. As for the matter of reporting the case, he could leave it to Chen Ding, and let Chen Ding write a letter of authorization and specific details first, and let him help to establish the case first.
"...So I gave Master Mao a dollar and asked him to look after Master Ding more and buy whatever he needed. Zhao Xian and I went to the police station and rushed back to report it."
Wu Yijun thought that this was too bizarre! But he couldn't think of a reason. He also heard that he had been robbed of two hundred taels of silver, and he couldn't help but secretly gasped. Chen Ding was really shocked when he walked a long distance with so much money alone.
bold!
However, he took the risk and brought a huge sum of money to Guangzhou. He must have some agenda, either to use the money to clear the way for things, or to do some business in Guangzhou. No matter what Chen Ding originally planned to do, he is now injured.
If you have been robbed, lost your money, and are desperate, helping yourself is the best way to make him see his love.
"Chen Yu, go and talk to the housekeeper and ask him to clean up Xikuoyuan and prepare some items. In addition, prepare some inner and outer clothing according to Master Ding's measurements."
Zhao Xian returned to the bureau and first took out the files on the street fight case and studied them.
The case is not complicated. At noon on January 11, five soldiers from the Wuzhou Brigade of the National Army who were resting in Guangzhou gathered for dinner in a restaurant on Dashi Street. After drinking too much, they had an argument with the restaurant waiter and smashed the tables and dishes in the shop.
Shopkeepers from nearby shops came over to "reason", and a fight broke out immediately. The two sides fought from the restaurant to the street. During this period, other National Army soldiers who were wandering in the market and nearby shopkeepers joined in, and eventually a fight of more than 20 people was formed.
There was a huge melee, which caused onlookers and blocked traffic. The patrol found that soldiers were involved, so they called in a nearby joint military and police patrol team, and then the situation was brought under control.
In the end, the joint patrol arrested 21 people at the scene, including nine National Army soldiers and 12 civilians. Eleven people were injured, three of whom were seriously injured and required hospitalization. An unidentified person who was unconscious with a head injury was found at the scene.
One person...
There were also confessions from the arrested persons in the file. Zhao Xian read through it briefly, but Chen Ding was not mentioned in any of them. Looking at the list of items found on their bodies, there was no large amount of money either.
Obviously, these people have nothing to do with Chen Ding. They did not rob Chen Ding. The money - if there was any - was also robbed by others.
This is really strange. Zhao Xian studied the case file for a long time, but still couldn't figure out the reason. In fact, to this day, he still has doubts about whether he has the two hundred taels of silver.
"Forget it, let's leave this matter to the criminal police." Zhao Xian thought to himself.