Chapter 263 It’s Time to Retire
In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is over.
He Shu also has to go back to school to continue his studies.
Uncle Zhou and my uncle haven't come back yet, but he managed to contact Uncle Zhou before school started.
Zhou Zhensheng had not returned to Dadu yet. After getting the address given by He Shu, he called Qi Zhijun to go to Mucheng Village together.
Ma Dao said he would come back after he died, but it was impossible for Zhou Zhensheng to wait until Ma Dao died.
On the surface, this operation seemed very successful, but Zhou Zhensheng was very angry.
We were driving to Mucheng Village, but the car stopped halfway.
Mucheng Village is also hidden deep in the mountains, and the people living there are almost isolated from the world.
There's not even running water or electricity here, let alone internet.
If Zhou Zhensheng's people had not lived here for many years and were no different from the locals, outsiders might not have been able to find this place.
The group crossed mountains and rivers and finally saw the primitive village.
After communication, they also found Ma Dao's home. Surprisingly, Ma Dao actually had family.
A Lisu grandmother who is nearly 70 years old. She is blind and speaks a language that even the translator cannot understand.
Qi Zhijun wanted to lead his soldiers to search the house, but was resisted by the entire village.
They were holding sticks, stone tools, bows and arrows, anything that could be used as a weapon, and were not afraid at all when facing the special forces' guns.
Qi Zhijun and his men are soldiers, not bandits, so it is impossible to force a conflict under such circumstances.
These people are just villagers, not criminals.
Even if Ma Dao was guilty, his family was not guilty. Moreover, the living environment of this mother-in-law was not at all benefited by Ma Dao.
Zhou Zhensheng asked someone to ask other villagers whether Ma Dao had ever come back.
They told Zhou Zhensheng that Ma Dao left home at the age of twelve and never came back, and that his mother-in-law's eyes were blind because she missed Ma Dao so much.
Since Sabre has never come back, it is impossible that he has hidden anything here.
Then why did he leave his address to He Shu so mysteriously? Couldn't he just tell He Shu his last wish?
Seeing that they could not find anything and could not get any information out of the inquiry, Zhou Zhensheng and his companions had no choice but to leave the Lisu village.
After leaving the mountains and regaining signal, Zhou Zhensheng told He Shu about the situation, but He Shu couldn't understand it either.
The answer to this question can only be asked by Zhou Zhensheng himself.
However, Ma Dao basically wouldn't know anything else. What he confessed revealed that Su Huacan was the highest-ranking person he could come into contact with.
As for Wanta, Ma Dao did not hide anything, but Zhou Zhensheng was unable to arrest him across borders at this time.
"Tomorrow I will meet with the prosecutors to hand over the work, and see Ma Dao again. After that, we will go back to Dadu."
Qi Zhijun nodded and had no objection.
Zhou Zhensheng can no longer help with the finishing work here.
His department is called the Special Intelligence Bureau, which is named after the National Security Bureau but not entirely under its jurisdiction. However, he can handle everything that the National Security Bureau can handle.
The only thing is that Zhou Zhensheng and his men only have the right to investigate, arrest, interrogate and collect intelligence.
No matter what evidence they have, it will eventually have to be examined and reviewed by other departments.
To put it simply, Zhou Zhensheng's department is equivalent to running errands and doing hard work, and the final decision is made by others.
"Lao Qi, you might be punished when you go back. You brought people here this time, but the approval hasn't been issued yet, right?"
On the way back to the city, Zhou Zhensheng said apologetically, "Now that you're here, I feel more at ease. I'm afraid I won't be able to use the troops here properly. The more time we waste, the more people will escape."
Qi Zhijun took off his military cap, leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes and rested: "It doesn't matter, at worst, I can just be fired and retire."
"Speaking of which, we should really retire. But I just don't want to..."
Zhou Zhensheng smiled bitterly and patted Qi Zhijun's leg: "Ever since I took over the Special Intelligence Bureau, I have been competing with Wan Ta. So many years have passed, and the line has become bigger and bigger."
"It has spread all the way from Vanta to the country, and it has become a mess."
"The more I investigated, the more frightened and angry I became. We could have gotten away with it, but so many people died."
Qi Zhijun's legs were trembling slightly, but he didn't say anything. The corners of his mouth were always pursed, forming two deep puppet lines, making him look even more old-fashioned.
Zhou Zhensheng was also silent for a while, and then he said, "Old Qi, actually, Qi Xue is in trouble this time, and I am more scared than you."
"I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again..."
Qi Zhijun exhaled slowly, seeming a little impatient: "Old Zhou, you really should retire, stop nagging."
Zhou Zhensheng laughed softly, patted Qi Zhijun again, and said nothing more.
In fact, they all knew that things had come to this point and they had done everything they could.
What the future will be like is no longer something they can control.
The next day, Zhou Zhensheng first asked Ma Dao about the address. When Ma Dao heard that his mother-in-law was blind, he also closed his eyes.
"Why did you leave that address for He Shu?"
Ma Dao shook his head: "Nothing, he looked honest and interesting, so I played a trick on him..."
Zhou Zhensheng did not ask any more questions and handed over all the intelligence, evidence, the secretly arrested senior officials, and the saber to people from another department.
He and Qi Zhijun did not stay long and flew back to Dadu.
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April 4th, the day before Qingming Festival.
He Shu flew back to Danhe with Xia Miao and his aunt who had almost recovered.
Along the way, my aunt and Xia Miao had a very pleasant conversation, and He Shu became a backpacker, specifically carrying their luggage.
At the airport, Xia Miao was picked up by her parents. This year, she would also go back to her grandparents' home with her father to worship their ancestors.
Zhao Qishui went to Xinghua, Minnan, and has been there for more than half a month.
When He Shu called him before he came back, he found out that he had gone far away to visit Zhao Yan again. He didn't tell the truth when they contacted before, and he only told him when he knew that He Shu was going back to Danhe.
I don’t know who provided him with the clues, but he actually ran to such a far place.
However, I learned from the phone call that my godfather had made another wasted trip this time. He was still unwilling to give up and wanted to find more places, so he couldn't come back for a while.
The car wash is now managed by Brother Dong and Aunt Liu.
After He Shu and his aunt got off the plane, they went to the car wash first. Brother Dong had dyed his hair red, which made him look very dark.
When Aunt Liu found out that Qi Xue was He Shu's aunt, she became very enthusiastic and pulled her to sit down and talk. She kept praising Qi Xue for being beautiful and looking like a girl in her twenties.
He Shu also chatted with Brother Xiao Dong for a while, and only then did he know that his godfather not only went to Xinghua, but also made a trip to northern Henan before that.
"Hey, if I were to find it, I would have found it long ago. I don't dare to say such things to my master. He Shu, you should persuade your godfather when you have a chance. He is not young anymore, and I am worried about him leaving home."
Brother Xiao Dong cares about Zhao Qishui, and He Shu understands his feelings, but how can he persuade him with such words?
Finding Zhao Yan is godfather’s obsession. He has been doing this all his life. How can he give up?
But even with the help of his grandfather's family connections, there has been no sign of success so far. With his godfather traveling all over the world to find him, the chances of finding him back are really slim.
