"Hello, Lu Cheng, Captain Lu, I was just about to call you. I have already found out what you asked me to find out about the Zhang family." A lazy voice came from the other end of the phone.
Lu Cheng said: "Well, you can help me do one more thing. Help me get the handwriting of the Zhang family and some of their relatives and friends."
"Okay, no problem. Do you want to check the handwriting of the report letter?" The other party also remembered the report that the private report was not accepted, so he guessed that Lu Cheng had received the report letter.
Lu Cheng: "Yeah."
"By the way, I followed your instructions and arranged for a few people to be relocated to the Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade. I would like to trouble you to ask my sister-in-law's family to take care of them."
Lu Cheng: "What trouble are we talking about?" He had lived in Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade for several days, which was enough for him to understand the prestige of Grandpa Lin in Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade. In addition to Grandpa Lin's character, he was very confident in Grandpa Lin. Before leaving Gaoshan'ao Production Brigade, he talked to Grandpa Lin privately and asked him to help take care of some people who were sent down. Grandpa Lin naturally did not refuse.
"Hahaha..." The person on the other end of the phone laughed. "Brother, we haven't seen each other for several years. But given the current situation, I'm afraid we won't have the chance to see each other in the next few years. Let's have a good meal and drink some wine together when we have the chance in the future."
Lu Cheng: "It's a deal."
Then, the other party told Lu Cheng some more about the Zhang family's situation that he had investigated before ending the call.
After the call ended, Lu Cheng thought about what the other party had said. The current situation of the Zhang family was not very good. Starting from Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang, they were all sent down to the countryside. Several branches of the Zhang family were divorced, the men were sent down to the countryside, and the women moved to another place with their children. All the Zhang family's apparent properties were confiscated.
Lu Cheng was very surprised by this result. The Zhang family had once been prosperous. He thought that with the status of the Zhang family, it would not fall to this point. So, was there a traitor in the Zhang family? Or, did the Zhang family's opponents unite and divide up all the profits of the Zhang family
However, Lu Cheng didn't care about these. He didn't feel happy, nor would he add insult to injury. But it was undeniable that he was indifferent to the result of the Zhang family.
"What are you thinking about?" When Political Commissar Qu came with the letter of complaint, he saw Lu Cheng in deep thought.
"Nothing." Lu Cheng naturally knew that Political Commissar Qu had come, and because he knew who it was, he continued to think about things. "Did you bring the report letter?"
Political Commissar Qu handed him the letter of complaint: "This is it. I can't tell anything from the handwriting. Take a look at this handwriting. Do you recognize it?"
Lu Cheng took the letter of complaint and said, "This letter should be written by a female lesbian."
"Oh?" Political Commissar Qu raised his eyebrows. "You also smelled the fragrance coming from this letter?"
"Yeah." Lu Cheng said, "I smell a fragrance. Generally speaking, only lesbians have a fragrance."
"But this fragrance has been around for a while, hasn't it?" Political Commissar Qu said, "It's a little different from the fragrance of facial oil."
"It's perfume." Lu Cheng said. He picked up the envelope and smelled it. "The letter has a scent, and the envelope has a scent." Normally, the smell of perfume wouldn't last that long, but the other party put the letter with perfume into the envelope, which was equivalent to sealing the letter, so the scent stayed longer. In addition, even if the scent dissipated later, there was still some aftertaste.
If it were someone else, a grown man like Political Commissar Qu, who had never come into contact with perfume, it would be understandable that he didn't know about it. But Lu Cheng was not like that. The Zhang family he was born into was a powerful one. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, perfume was something that only the aristocratic and wealthy families played with, and it was perhaps also a symbol of status. His maternal grandfather's family, the Lu family, was a family of scholars, and his maternal grandfather was engaged in diplomacy. Naturally, the Lu family knew about perfume. Even Lu Cheng's aunt now has perfume left over from that time. Even if the expiration date has passed, for people of this era, some things can be said to have no expiration date.
After Lu Cheng said this, Political Commissar Qu remembered the existence of perfume. However, "Come to think of it, I, a rough man, have never smelled perfume. But now that you mention it, I think it's possible. It seems that I have to go to the department store to smell perfume someday, otherwise I don't know there is such a thing as perfume."
Lu Cheng: "Department stores may not have perfume." The current situation is so strict, it is still unknown whether department stores have perfume. "But my wife has a bottle of perfume, I can take it and smell it. Although the smell of perfume is different, the smell of perfume and facial oil is different. The smell of this letter paper can be attributed to the smell of perfume."
When Political Commissar Qu heard this, he hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, you go now?"
Lu Cheng said, "Okay." So, Lu Cheng went back home and took out Lin Qingqing's bottle of perfume.
Political Commissar Qu was waiting for him at the entrance of the army, wanting to experience the scent of the perfume as soon as possible. Seeing Lu Cheng coming back, he hurried forward and said, "Let me smell it."
Lu Cheng took out the perfume: "Stretch out your hand, I'll spray some for you."
Political Commissar Qu stretched out his hand: "Is this so particular?"
Lu Cheng didn't say anything and just sprayed some on his hands.
Political Commissar Qu took a sniff with great curiosity: "I, a rough guy, also sprayed perfume today. It's quite respectable to say it out loud. But the smell is indeed different from the scent of facial oil. The scent of this one is more... stronger and clearer."
How to describe it? After smelling facial oil and perfume, it is easy to distinguish them. The lingering fragrance of facial oil will not spread, but the fragrance of perfume will.
"How is it? Does this stationery smell like perfume?" Lu Cheng asked as he hid the perfume in his pocket. This was his wife's favorite perfume and he couldn't spill it.
"It does look a bit like it." But it's not absolute, after all, the two scents are different, and Political Commissar Qu is not sure. "However, regardless of whether it is the smell of perfume or not, it can be basically confirmed from this scent that this should be a letter of denunciation written by a woman." But whether it is a spy or not, that is uncertain.
The two talked for a while, and then Political Commissar Qu went back.
Lu Cheng returned to the office and took another look at the report. He couldn't tell anything from the handwriting in the report, and Lu Cheng wouldn't arbitrarily decide whether it was written by a man or a woman, but the fragrance betrayed the person behind the letter. It must be a lesbian.
At least, the person who wrote the letter finally gave it to a woman. After reading the letter, the woman was probably in a good mood, so she sprayed perfume on it without putting it away, and the perfume got on the letter.
Who could it be? Lu Cheng decided to wait for his brother to send the handwriting and then check it.
At noon, Lu Cheng went to pick up Lin Qingqing as usual. When Lin Qingqing came out, she noticed that Lu Cheng was in a particularly good mood today, at least he had a smile on his face. Lin Qingqing asked curiously, "Is there any happy event today?"
Lu Cheng said: "Three things, do you want to guess?"
Lin Qingqing said: "No, I don't have any clues this time, I definitely can't guess, just tell me directly."
Lu Cheng chuckled: "The first thing is that the higher-ups no longer accept anonymous reports, so the anonymous report letter against me was invalidated, so Political Commissar Qu gave me the report letter."
Hearing this, Lin Qingqing understood: "Did you find clues from the report letter?"
Lu Cheng shook his head: "It's not a clue, because I can't tell anything from the handwriting, but there is a smell of perfume on the letter, so I suspect a woman is behind it."
Lin Qingqing listened and said, "It's most likely the one who came in later from the Zhang family."
She didn't mention any names, but Lu Cheng knew who she was talking about: "I have asked Yu Xin to help me investigate the handwriting of the person over there. Yu Xin is my college classmate. When I called Yu Xin today, he told me about the current situation of the Zhang family... This is the second thing."
Lin Qingqing listened and became more certain that the report letter was written by Zhang Shilin's second wife. However, she was still happy to hear about the current ending of the Zhang family. Her personality was not as calm as Lu Cheng's, and her happy expression was reflected on her face: "Comrade Xu said before that God still has eyes, and I think so too."
Seeing her happy face, Lu Cheng felt warm in his heart, because he knew that she cared about him.
Lin Qingqing: "What about the third thing?"
"You used this letter of complaint to report the espionage to Political Commissar Qu. After Political Commissar Qu reported it to his superiors, it attracted the attention of the leaders. As a result, after the anonymous letter of complaint was not accepted, many people who were secretly interrogated were released." Lu Chengdao.
Lin Qing breathed a sigh of relief: "This is indeed a good thing, and it also avoided some casualties."
"By the way, Yu Xin told me something today. Some of our acquaintances have been arranged to be sent down to Gaoshanao." Lin Qingqing knew about what Lu Cheng said before because Lu Cheng had told her about it.
Lin Qingqing herself also felt that it was a good idea to send some important people to Gaoshanao. She felt relieved that Grandpa Lin was secretly taking care of them. Grandpa Lin's courage and wisdom were the best among the people she knew. More importantly, he was very low-key.
Yu Xin's handwriting investigation was still very fast. Lu Cheng received the handwriting a month later. But because the handwriting was too much, Lu Cheng couldn't give it to others for comparison, so after dinner, the couple didn't even go for a walk to digest the food, but went straight into the house to compare the handwriting. This made Lu Haici confused, but Lu Haici just thought that his parents were preparing to give birth to a little brother or sister.
"Oh my God, there are so many handwritings. It's all thanks to Comrade Yu Xin who collected them." Lin Qingqing was shocked when she saw the handwriting pouring out of the envelope.
Lu Cheng said: "Actually, this is already considered a small number, because if the Zhang family would give this report letter to someone else to write, then the person who wrote the report letter must be someone he trusts, so this is the only point that can be eliminated."
Lin Qingqing: "Indeed."
So, the two began to check the handwriting.
Lin Qingqing: "Look, the word 'Shen' on the report letter is the same as the word 'Shen' on this handwriting. This handwriting is Xu Mei's handwriting." Xu Mei was the woman Zhang Shilin later married.
Lu Cheng: "Look at this word Cheng, it's the same as the Cheng in Zhang Shilin's handwriting."
Lin Qingqing: "And this word Lu, its handwriting is the same as Zhang Weide's word Lu." Zhang Weide is the son of Zhang Shilin and Xu Mei, and Lu Cheng's half-brother.
Lu Cheng: "And this word..."
After comparing them, the two of them understood something. Lu Cheng said, "It seems that the handwriting of this report letter was copied from the handwriting of many people, so it is similar to the handwriting of so many people. But from this point, we can confirm the identity of the other party."
Lin Qingqing agreed, "Indeed, the handwriting on the report letter is similar to that of the Zhang family. The person who wrote the report letter can easily get the Zhang family's handwriting, so she must be very familiar with the Zhang family, or she is a member of the Zhang family. And among the Zhang family, the only one who has a grudge against you and wants to report you is probably Xu Mei." If it was someone else in the Zhang family, it would be impossible. After all, Lu Cheng is also the pride of the Zhang family. As long as Lu Cheng is not in trouble, maybe one day Lu Cheng is willing to help them. However, Lu Cheng is willing to help them, but he will not help Xu Mei.
So, if anyone in the Zhang family would report Lu Cheng, it would definitely be Xu Mei.
Lin Qingqing collected the handwriting and said, "What do you think?"
Lu Cheng lay on the bed, then turned sideways and looked at her: "If I say that I will not let go of the person who reported me, will you think I am ruthless?"
"No." Lin Qingqing said, "I like people who are clear about gratitude and resentment, and I don't like soft buns." If you don't have the ability to deal with the other person, then you can be soft buns. But if you have the ability to deal with the other person, but still don't deal with him, then Lin Qingqing doesn't like this kind of person.
She is a person with a somewhat stubborn personality. For example, when her parents settled down in a big city, they wanted to take her over, but that family already had a younger sister, so she would rather not be close to her parents than go over.
Lu Cheng smiled gently, then grabbed Lin Qingqing's waist and hugged her: "Let me tell you what I'm going to do."
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When the Zhang family got into trouble, Xu Mei not only divorced Zhang Shilin, but also published an advertisement with her son and daughter to sever ties with Zhang Shilin. It seems cold and heartless, but in fact, this was planned by Xu Mei and Zhang Shilin. If Xu Mei did not divorce Zhang Shilin and her children did not sever ties with Zhang Shilin in the newspaper, then they would be demoted, so Xu Mei and Zhang Shilin came up with this plan. And after the divorce, Zhang Shilin gave Xu Mei enough money so that she could live a worry-free life with her children.
After Xu Mei moved out of the Zhang family, she found a place to live. After Zhang Shilin was demoted, she secretly went to see him off. Looking at Zhang Shilin, she couldn't stop hating Lu Cheng.
Back then, she came to Zhang's house to live with her sister, and later with the help of Lu Cheng's mother, she was settled down. She had books to read and a job to do. However, she fell in love with Zhang Shilin at first sight. She couldn't restrain her inner feelings, and began to have unexpected encounters with Zhang Shilin. Gradually, Zhang Shilin also had feelings for her. So, Zhang Shilin and Lu Cheng's mother divorced.
At the beginning, she had complicated feelings towards Lu Cheng's mother. She felt apologetic, but also proud that a country girl like her had snatched a man from her, a grown lady.
But she didn't know that her sister actually drugged her. Although she was rescued, the baby in her belly was gone. For this reason, she took care of her body for several years before she got pregnant again.
At that time, she wanted to call the police to arrest that sister, but that sister hanged herself. The Zhang family didn't want to make a big deal out of it, and felt sorry for Lu Cheng's mother, so they let her let it go.
In order to show her magnanimity, she had to let go of this matter. Later, when Lu Cheng's mother passed away, she also let go of the anger in her heart. But who would have known that in the blink of an eye, Lu Cheng became successful, while the Zhang family fell into poverty...
She knew that Zhang Shimin went to Lu Cheng for help, but Lu Cheng was such a heartless person that he would rather watch the Zhang family and his father get into trouble than help. In this case, Xu Mei would fulfill his wish and send them down together.
It has been two months since the letter was sent, and Xu Mei doesn't know how Lu Cheng is doing, whether he has been interrogated or arrested. But Xu Mei is relieved, and she plans to wait for a while and go to Lu Cheng's unit to inquire about it.
It’s not that Xu Mei doesn’t want to find out about Lu Cheng now, but the distance is really far. Otherwise, how could she not want to know about Lu Cheng as soon as possible
Xu Mei was carrying a basket, just coming back from the market. Ever since the incident at Zhang's house, she had to do all the chores by herself. Now was a sensitive period, and no one dared to hire servants, including Xu Mei. Before she married Zhang Shilin, she was used to doing housework at home, but she had been married to Zhang Shilin for 25 years, and had lived a good life for 25 years. She was used to doing it before, and it was still no problem now. Because in the 25 years she was married to Zhang Shilin, she cooked for him almost every day. She wanted Zhang Shilin to get used to her and know her goodness every day.
Xu Mei had just come back from the market, with fresh vegetables and a small piece of meat in her pocket. As soon as she walked into the alley, people next to her began to point fingers at her.
"Look, look, this cruel woman is back."
"That's her. I heard her husband was sent down to the countryside and she divorced him."
"Not only that, I heard that they even published an announcement in the newspaper to sever their ties."
"How could there be such a vicious woman?"
"It's really dangerous to live in the same alley with a woman like this. What if she does something to us one day?"
Xu Mei had heard a lot of this kind of talk recently. Although the capital was very big, she and her son and daughter suddenly moved into this alley, so it was inevitable that people would come to ask about them. It was not difficult to find out their previous identities.
Xu Mei sneered in her heart. These people only know how to talk nonsense and gossip behind her back. She really wanted to move away from this place, but there was no way. Her current identity was sensitive, so she could only live in a place like this. She couldn't live in a place like the family compound where there was less gossip and the people were of higher quality. She had the money given by Zhang Shilin, but she couldn't live in a better place. She felt wronged.
Fortunately, the relationships left by Zhang Shilin and the Zhang family are still there. Even though the Zhang family members were demoted, they did not implicate other people when they were interrogated. Those people were still grateful to the Zhang family, and Xu Mei naturally accepted this gratitude.
However, when Xu Mei walked into the yard with the basket, she was startled to see the open door of the house. She thought someone had come, so she ran into the house. When she saw her son sleeping in the bed, she couldn't help but frowned: "Weide, why are you here? Didn't you go to work this morning?"
Zhang Wei De is 19 years old and has not yet married, but he already has a girlfriend. Hearing Xu Mei's voice, he got up from the bed: "The factory suspended my job, saying that someone reported me."
"Report? Aren't anonymous reports not accepted now?" Xu Mei's face darkened. Who reported her son
Zhang Wei De said, "That's what I said, but the factory leader said it was a real-name report, reporting me for accepting bribes and embezzlement. Mom, this may be a big deal, what should I do? I have accepted benefits from others."
When Xu Mei heard her son say this, she thought the best solution was for the person who reported it to regret it, so they had to do the reporter's job: "Do you know who reported it?"
Zhang Wei De said: "I don't know. The factory leaders didn't tell me."
When Xu Mei heard this, she was immediately furious: "Aren't they afraid that the other party will report them blindly?"
Zhang Wei De said, "The factory leaders said that the other party reported it with his real name, and they want to protect him, so they can't reveal his name. As for the truth of the other party's report, they will investigate. If the investigation shows that I am innocent, they will expose the other party and hand him over to the police. But if the investigation shows that my bribery and corruption are true... I will... Mom, what should I do?"
"How come someone reported you for bribery out of the blue?" Xu Mei couldn't understand. "Don't worry about it for now. I'll find some connections."
As Xu Mei spoke, she threw the basket of vegetables on the ground. She didn't even care about the vegetables and hurried outside.
The reason why Zhang Weide was able to enter the factory in the first place was, of course, because of the Zhang family's connections. The deputy director of the factory had a quota for a worker, and he gave it to Zhang Weide. Now that Zhang Weide was in trouble, Xu Mei went to find the deputy director.
The deputy factory director didn't want to see Xu Mei. He knew that Xu Mei came to see him because of Zhang Wei De's matter, but he was also afraid that Xu Mei would make a scene in front of the factory, so he had to ask someone to bring Xu Mei to his office.
In fact, he couldn't figure it out. Before the incident, the Zhang family was the most powerful family in the capital. Would the Zhang family be short of money? In this case, how could Zhang Weide accept bribes
But if someone wrongly accused Zhang Weide, the deputy factory director also thought it was impossible, considering the person who reported it. Given Zhang Weide's current situation, how could the person who reported it ruin his future because of his reckless report
Therefore, it could only be that Zhang Wei De really did such a thing.
"Hello, Deputy Director. Sorry to bother you." Xu Mei had adjusted her mood before entering the office. She came in with a polite and appropriate smile.
The deputy factory director did not laugh, but said politely: "Comrade Xu, we are acquaintances now, so I won't say polite words. I also know why you are here. I can't help you with Zhang Wei De's matter."
Xu Mei's character is actually very decisive, otherwise she would not have seduced Zhang Shilin back then. After hearing what the deputy director said, she didn't bother to be polite and asked directly: "Deputy Director, can you tell me who reported Wei De?"