Although the young boy in white was greatly wronged, when he heard what the stranger said, he still held back his tears, stared at the stranger, and summoned up the courage to ask, "Who are you?"
The stranger smiled slightly and tactfully avoided his question: "It doesn't matter who I am. Why did you fight with them just now? Do you know that your mother will be very worried if you come home covered with scars like this? "
As if he had been hit home, the child in white's eyes filled with tears again, and he said stubbornly: "They provoked me first. They said my father was a wimp, the weakest one in the night watch team, and the disappearance case was solved. , has nothing to do with him at all.
He also said that my father died the most miserable death and was not worthy of receiving a pension from the court. "
The stranger didn't speak for a long time. He looked at a house not far behind the young child.
The house is dilapidated, the thatched cottage and the thatch on the roof look like they haven't been replaced for a long time, as if they will be blown away by a gust of wind.
"Is that your home?" the stranger asked.
The toddler followed the stranger's gaze, turned around, and admitted with some embarrassment: "Yes, we didn't live here when my father was alive."
The stranger suddenly understood. The backbone of the family was gone, and there was no source of income. Moving here was also for a longer-term future plan. For a woman, coming up with such a solution was also a helpless move.
"Is your mother at home?" the stranger asked again.
This time the toddler became alert. He took two steps back and looked the stranger up and down: "Who are you? Why do you ask so many questions?"
The stranger laughed heartily: "I was your father's friend before he was alive. I came here specially to see how you are doing."
The child's eyes immediately lit up. He went up to grab the stranger's leg and kept asking: "Tell me, is my dad a great hero? Is he more powerful than that man named Zhou Ming?"
The stranger knelt down, grabbed the young child's shoulders with both hands, looked directly into his eyes, and said with a serious face: "Child, I tell you, no matter what others say about your father, don't believe it.
Your father is a great hero. He sacrificed his life to solve the case. This is a supreme honor. Compared with him, that Zhou Yiming is nothing.
You should always remember this and be proud of your dad, you know? "
The young child's face was full of tears, half out of emotion and half out of grievance.
Since his father's death, his neighbors and playmates have commented on his father as a coward, saying that the reason why his father died was because he was too weak and his death would be of no use in solving the disappearance case. , but almost hindered the great hero who solved the case, Zhou Ming.
Losing his father suddenly was a huge blow to a young child. In his heart, his father died for justice. Hearing these rumors, he was naturally very sad, so he often played with those neighbors. conflict.
But he was helpless and weak, so the result of the conflict was that he was often beaten badly, dragged his injured body back home, and had to be scolded by his mother. He had no place to express these grievances, and kept them in his heart until the stranger just now The person's words completely caused the emotions in his heart to explode.
His father is really a great hero. With such recognition, no matter what his neighbor's playmates say in the future, he will never take it seriously.
The stranger did not stop the child from crying. He just squatted quietly in front of the child and allowed him to cry out all the grievances in his heart.
The urchins who had been chased away by the stranger just now saw this scene in the distance and all murmured in their hearts, could this stranger be a bad person? Why did he make that poor boy cry?
These boys are muttering whether they should tell the mother of the young boy in white about this.
The child in white clothes cried for a long time, finally stopped crying, wiped away his tears, and showed a bitter smile.
"Is your mother at home now?" The stranger continued to ask the same question.
At this time, the child had completely trusted the stranger, nodded and said: "My mother happens to be at home now, and she will go to help others with laundry soon. Do you have anything to do with her?"
The stranger stood up and nodded: "There is something very important. Can you take me to see your mother?"
The toddler thought for a moment, and finally nodded, pulling the stranger towards home.
When he reached the dilapidated firewood gate, the child suddenly stopped, turned around and said to the stranger: "You wait here first, and I'll call my mother."
Then he opened the firewood door and ran in. As he ran, he said loudly: "Mom, I'm back. A friend of dad's is here and wants to see us. Come out quickly."
The stranger walked into the yard and saw a dilapidated scene, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
He took out a large banknote, put it on a bench, pressed it with a stone, and finally turned around and walked out of the door without waiting for the child and his mother to come out.
Not far away, the stranger heard the conversation between mother and son.
"Where is the person you are talking about?"
"I clearly asked him to wait here just now."
"You kid, your father is gone and you lie all day long. Let's see how I deal with you again."
"I didn't. Mom, what do you think this is?"
"Is this...a banknote?"
"How much silver is this?"
"Several thousand taels. Our family has a way of survival. Son, who is that person? Where is he now?"
Zhou Ming walked to the entrance of the alley, a sad smile appeared on his face, and disappeared in a flash.
After returning to the Yamen, Zhou Yiming sent all the remaining money to the bank one by one, exchanged it for banknotes, and distributed it to the families of the dead brothers one by one. He personally handled every piece of money and never let others interfere. opportunity to ensure that all the money reaches the hands of the families of the brothers who died.
Although Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang were scratching their hearts and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to leave some benefits, they had no chance at all. The two of them looked at the silver rewards and were given away bit by bit by Zhou Ming. They felt even worse than death.
After Zhou Yiming finished delivering the money, it was already dark and it was time for the Yamen to leave for work.
Since Zhou Yiming solved the case of the missing woman, the public security in Beijing has improved. Not only have similar cases not happened again, but even the usual petty thefts have been curbed a lot.
Especially in Chengnan District, no matter they were thieves or robbers, they seemed to be afraid of Yi Ming, and they no longer dared to commit crimes in a short period of time. Those daring ones also left Chengnan District to cause harm to other urban areas.
The public security is good, and the court gives preferential treatment to the missing cases solved in the south of the city. Therefore, in the past two months, the government in the south of the city has been inspecting the yamen and exempted from night patrol work. As long as it is time to go off duty, there are only a few people on duty in the yamen. Everyone else went home to rest.
This is undoubtedly a huge benefit for the yamen officials.
After handling the silver reward from the court, Zhou Yiming packed up his things and prepared to go home on business.
Seeing the listless looks of Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang, Zhou Yiming found it very funny: "Brothers, please smile! Your expressions make me very sad.
It's just tens of thousands of taels of silver. You don't need to be so stingy, right?
We will have plenty of time to make meritorious deeds in the future, why should we get so angry over such a small amount of money? "
The two of them knew that Yi Ming was angry with them, but there was nothing they could do. Who made him so strong? Even if they were tied together, they wouldn't be enough to kill Yi Ming with one blow.
The two of them swallowed their anger and told the yamen on duty to inform them of something, and then angrily wanted to leave the yamen.
Zhou Yiming followed them, and the three of them walked together.
Before the three people could walk out of the yamen gate, they were suddenly stopped by people from the yamen. Among these people were old people who inspected the yamen in the south of the city, and there were also new ones, including Director Cao.
Everyone surrounded Zhou Ming and the three of them, asking them to treat them to celebrate.
"Third heads, you have received so much silver reward today. Wouldn't it be too interesting if you just left like this without inviting your brothers to go out and have a nice meal?"
"Yes, I heard that Zuixianlou has the freshest carp and beef today."
"Stop talking, I'm already drooling."
"You all know how to eat, don't you understand what high-level enjoyment is?"
After being reminded like this, everyone understood it all at once, and everyone laughed obscenely.
"The girls in Huamanlou are more beautiful than the others. Inspection Deng and Capt. Zhou, you have already eaten meat, so you should take us to drink some soup."
Seeing that their subordinates were all acting like hungry wolves, either wanting to eat or thinking about other things, Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang turned green, knowing that in this situation, they would never get away easily without some blood.
And logically speaking, after receiving the reward, they should invite their subordinates to have a feast, because after all, everyone is working in the same yamen. Although they are in charge, if they do not handle the relationship with their subordinates well, , If you try to win people's hearts, it will be difficult to lead the team.
I really want to offend everyone. I don’t know which one of these people has a backstage. When the time comes, I will put a pair of shoes on you for no reason, and you will die without knowing how you died.
Even if their background is not strong, as long as they deliberately mess up things when handling cases, the blame will fall on them.
Due to emotions and reasons, they couldn't avoid asking for this meal.
But the two of them felt really aggrieved. In the eyes of outsiders, the two of them had received several thousand taels of silver, and it was right for them to treat everyone to a meal and drink. However, only the two of them knew in their hearts that they both deserved the money. None of them got it, and they were all defeated by Zhou Ming.
Even if they want to treat everyone to a meal and drink, their current strength doesn't allow it.
The two of them turned around at the same time and looked at Zhou Ming pitifully. The meaning was very simple. It was to tell Zhou Ming that you had squandered all your money and given away favors. Now that the situation is in front of you, should you step out? Some blood?
Zhou Yiming immediately raised his head, his eyes wandering on the roof, not looking at Deng Tong and Xia Dezhang.
The hatred in the two people's hearts is that this boy Zhou Yiming is really inhumane. He stole all our money, but in this situation, he can't even think of a single profit. This is to get things done. Absolutely.
