The most terrifying thing in this world is not death, but the lack of hope.
Usually, we use the word "despair" to describe the mentality of human beings when they face a desperate situation and have no hope; yes, when human beings are desperate, they will first think of using death to relieve themselves from the pain and helplessness that they cannot solve.
.But if a desperate person knows that death cannot completely relieve the pain, and the pain will be close to infinite, the human spirit will completely collapse and even the courage to face death will be gone.
In particular, those who are so vicious that they no longer take death seriously will be extremely frightened by this.
Therefore, Hao Peng will collapse, feel lost, and will tightly seize any opportunity that may bring him a glimmer of hope.
To achieve such an effect, no one else in the world can do it except Xu Zhengyang.
Of course, in the few hours before dawn that day, Zhu Fenjin and Ma Liang both endured the same brutal mental treatment as Hao Peng. However, they were luckier than Hao Peng in that they did not receive too many slaps.
This was a humiliating punishment, because Xu Zhengyang's hands were already a little swollen and painful at that time, and he would not do something stupid like injuring the enemy ten thousand and damaging himself eight thousand when he was able to completely control the situation.
Hmm. It is necessary to do some actions such as kicking a few feet and making close contact with the opponent's face with your knees.
Although the ghosts of Cheng Jinchang and Cui Yao appeared in front of each of these three people, Xu Zhengyang firmly stopped them from communicating with each other;
There is no other reason. It is bizarre enough to frighten a criminal suspect to that extent in the interrogation room. It would be too shocking to have the criminal suspect apologize and kowtow and confess in an open air conversation. After all, these things are done every time in the interrogation room.
At that time, there were police officers in the interrogation room.
Xu Zhengyang doesn't need to worry about the next thing.
At dawn, he said goodbye to Zhong Shan, drove a Liao Tuo car away from the County Public Security Bureau, and rushed home.
At this point, you may have questions and wonder why Xu Zhengyang didn't do some "intimate" ideological work with Tian Qing and Xie Yufen? Well, Xu Zhengyang had other plans, and he wanted to study them carefully after he went back.
Research, think carefully, look through books, look for relevant knowledge, communicate and discuss with the county records, and then make a plan.
Anyway, there is no rush now. Tian Qing and Xie Yufen will definitely not be released for a while. Besides, they may not be able to withstand the torture and will do it themselves. Or the police may have other methods and find other people who are sufficient.
With strong evidence, they were immediately prosecuted, so Xu Zhengyang no longer had to waste time on them. If in the end, as Zhong Shan feared, Tian Qing and Xie Yufen would be innocent.
If he were released, Xu Zhengyang might really feel that it was a blessing in disguise.
Of course, if after Xu Zhengyang's research in the past few days, he finds that his idea cannot be realized, in fact, Tian Qing and Xie Yufen cannot be used as horses, and the police cannot force them to confess, then Xu Zhengyang will definitely kill someone.
It was a return shot that forced the two of them to commit suicide.
All in all, not to mention how hateful the members of the drug gang are, Xu Zhengyang is not that great; just for the lives of Cheng Jinchang and his wife, and for the responsibility of his clerical status, the five people who participated in the murder of Cheng Jinchang and his wife must be punished
Due punishment.
When I rushed home from the county town, it was already dark and my parents had already gotten up.
Mother Yuan Suqin was cooking in the west room, while father Xu Neng was beating his curled square iridium with a hammer under the grape trellis.
The motorcycle roared and drove directly into the yard. It stopped slightly near the wall of the West House. Xu Zhengyang got out of the car. Carrying a bag of xiaolongbao he had just bought when passing through Chengtou Town, he greeted: "Dad, busy again."
What's going on? Mom, don't be too slow, I bought Xiao Long Bao."
"Hey, the pot is not hot yet." Yuan Suqin agreed, wiping her hands with her apron and coming out of the room, "What is Zhong Shan busy with these days? He has been transferred to the county seat as a senior official, and you are still allowed to come over.
Help
"It's nothing. There was a case at the county bureau last night and someone was arrested." Xu Zhengyang responded casually and took off his sunglasses.
Xu Neng put down the hammer, stood up, picked up the square shovel, and looked left and right. He slapped it a few more times, then looked at Xu Zhengyang and said, "Don't just wear sunglasses when you go out all day long, and let the villagers see you talking behind your back, as if
Our family loves to show off and go out to foreign countries. We drive a car in such a big way, and we quickly take off our sunglasses before getting out of the car."
"I don't mean to show off," Xu Zhengyang explained with a smile, walked over and placed the steamed bun on the stone table.
"You are the only one who has a lot of things to do! You are more troublesome than an old woman all day long." Yuan Suqin glared at her husband, then walked to the bucket next to the pressurized water well, filled an aluminum basin with some cold water, and said, "Zhengyang, wash your face quickly.
, didn’t sleep all night? The circles under your eyes are dark.”
"Hey." Xu Zhengyang agreed, rolled up his sleeves and went forward to wash his face hastily, took off the towel hanging on the clothesline, wiped his face and said: "Dad, don't go to work in the Han Dashan factory again.
It’s tiring and dirty, and the cement in that place is covered in gray and white dust. It’s not good for your health.”
Xu Neng leaned the spade against the wall, walked to the well platform, washed his hands and said angrily: "What are you doing if you don't go to work? Sitting at home all day long will make you sick. This person, the more he enjoys himself, the more likely he is to get sick.
It's better to move around and do some work every day. I haven't reached the age where I can't move yet."
"Look at your future, you won't enjoy it even if you are rich, you will suffer all your life!" Yuan Suqin took a broom to sweep away the dust beside the stone table, got up and walked to the west room, saying at the same time: "Zhengyang, come here and get it
Rice, just in time you bought Xiao Long Bao, so there is no need to heat the steamed buns."
"Hey." Xu Zhengyang followed his mother into the house to serve rice and dishes.
It's still cornmeal porridge and home-made pickles, light and light. The family of three sat around the small stone table under the grape trellis and ate the meal leisurely.
"Dad, has Zhou Qingguo taken care of the matter of our homestead?" Xu Zhengyang chatted while drinking porridge.
"Well, I gave him the money yesterday afternoon, and he said it would take half a month to finish it.
Yuan Suqin said with some dissatisfaction: "I'll urge him later. I already gave him the money, 30,000 yuan. We are still in a hurry to build a house."
"Why are you always urging people to do something? It's not like I won't do it for you." Xu Neng said in a low voice.
"Don't urge me, don't urge me. It's been delayed until the Year of the Monkey! Our son won't marry a wife?" Yuan Suqin glared and babbled for a few words, then looked at Xu Zhengyang with a smile and said: "Zhengyang, mother has told you several times, but in my heart
Do you have a girl you like? Talk to your mother, and we’ll ask someone to help you find a matchmaker.”
Xu Zhengyang sneered and said, "No, not yet. There's no rush."
"Hey, it's already twenty-one! It's time to get a wife." Yuan Suqin complained with a smile and said: "Zhengyang, I think the daughter of Liu Erhe's family is really good. She has an incredible appearance. In our case,
There are many of them in the whole township. The girl is sensible and well-spoken, and has seen the world. She has been working in the city for more than a year."
Xu Zhengyang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, then picked up the bowl and drank the porridge.
"Haven't you two been together for more than three years? Everyone in our village knows it." Yuan Suqin thought her son was embarrassed, so she said cheerfully: "When the age is reached, in less than two days, mother will find someone to go to Liu Er
Talk to your family?"
"Mom, I don't want to get married yet." Xu Zhengyang said with a bitter smile.
"Silly boy, what if you don't get married? Wait two years until there are no more good girls to choose from. Then you will marry the remaining crooks!" Yuan Suqin deliberately made a serious face, and soon returned to her happy face.
Smiling, he said: "These days, when my mother goes to pick vegetables in the vegetable garden of her own plot every day at noon, she meets that girl. Hey, she has a sweet little mouth. She talks to her whenever she comes up. She is also coaxing and knows how hot and cold she is.
"
Xu Zhengyang frowned in confusion, thinking, doesn't Liu Xiuyan work in Chenghe City? Why is she free at home now?
"Zhengyang, I think this girl is not bad." Yuan Suqin said with great satisfaction, indicating that she would make the decision immediately.
"No." Xu Zhengyang shook his head.
"Why?" Yuan Suqin asked;
Xu Zhengyang finished the porridge in the bowl and stuffed another xiaolongbao into his mouth. While filling the bowl with porridge, he said vaguely: "I don't like her anyway."
"Then you've been with someone for so long?"
"It's long since we left. It's all the villagers talking nonsense."
Yuan Suqin wanted to say something else, but Xu Neng said from the side: "If you have someone you like in your heart, tell your mother. Don't always hide it and be embarrassed to say it, and don't drag the girl with you.
Forget it, if you don’t want to get married, decide on the marriage first.”
Xu Zhengyang couldn't laugh or cry.
"Zhengyang, do you really have a sweetheart?" Yuan Suqin said excitedly.
"No, not yet." Xu Zhengyang replied awkwardly.
Yuan Suqin suddenly thought of something, her face straightened, and she said seriously: "Zhengyang, mother, I have made an agreement with you. The girl who came last time, no matter whether her family is an official or a rich family, will not marry into our family."
Home door!”
"Mom, where are these? That's my classmate."
"Last time? All the girls came to our house?" Xu Neng put down the bowls and chopsticks and said seriously: "Zhengyang, have you been to her house? Have you met the adults?"
Xu Zhengyang put down the bowl and chopsticks and said with a wry smile: "Mom, dad, why don't we mention this matter? Are we going to eat? If it doesn't happen, that's my classmate, not the target. There's something wrong with her, no.
He loves to talk, and he does that with everyone.”
"Oh, it's better not to talk. Misfortune comes from the mouth. Don't imitate those talkative women in the village. This is not a problem." Xu Neng muttered.
"If you don't like to talk anymore and ignore your parents-in-law, how can you do that?" Yuan Suqin retorted.
"As long as you know how to be filial, marry a daughter-in-law who can speak better than you. If a daughter-in-law comes in, you mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will have a huge quarrel?"
"What do you mean by this? Am I such an unreasonable person?"
"I didn't say you were unreasonable, you just like to be noisy."
"Who likes to quarrel? Oh, it's like you. Just be a dull gourd every day, okay?"
Xu Neng retreated in defeat and kept silent, lowering his head to drink porridge and eat steamed buns.
Xu Zhengyang was completely convinced, and simply stopped talking. Just like his father, he kept his mouth shut while drinking porridge and eating steamed buns. But he didn't resent his parents' bickering in his heart. The family had long been accustomed to his mother's nagging temperament. Xu Zhengyang felt that
Not only myself, but also my father would feel uncomfortable if he didn't listen to her for a day.
All in all, it feels good and not annoying at all.
After breakfast, my mother cleaned up the dishes, wiped the stone table, and then went to the well to wash the dishes and pots; my father ignored Xu Zhengyang's repeated persuasion and went out to work with his spade.
Xu Zhengyang took out the bamboo chair, placed it under the Portuguese shelf, took out "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and read through it.
"Zhengyang, did you really arrest someone last night?" Yuan Suqin asked curiously while washing the dishes.
"Um."
"Zhengyang, you have to remember what I'm telling you. We won't go catching criminals with them as policemen in the future. That's a very dangerous thing. If we encounter a desperado carrying a knife or a gun,
What should I do if I fight you all? After all, the police are responsible for their duties, and you are not a serious policeman. We can't do it." Yuan Suqin said with worry: "Our family is not short of salary now. Besides,
Yes, your store in the city has just opened, and I don’t see you going to the store every day. Why do you trust Yao Chushun so much? Are you afraid of him secretly doing mischief? After making money, he said he would lose it, and you didn’t look back.
Stop being a joint defense team member and open a store to make money. Ah!"
Xu Zhengyang reluctantly put down "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". He turned around and said, "I understand."
"Well, stop reading. Go back to the house and take a nap. Look at the circles under your eyes, which are all black. Oh." Yuan Suqin muttered distressedly, "Why does this child need to practice again?"
"Go to sleep in a while;" Xu Zhengyang said with a smile and nod.
Yuan Suqin walked to the west room carrying the washed pots, bowls and chopsticks, while saying: "I'll go find Han Dashan later and ask him to change your father's job in the factory to a lighter one, and he's always doing the job of installing mixers.
Son, you are tired and dirty, and your father is really stupid and stubborn."
Xu Zhengyang said no more,
Although some of the strange and strange events recorded in the book have long been considered to be fabricated, for Xu Zhengyang, the things described in these books are probably true because there were gods at that time.
.
As for why it is so certain, it is not simple. When the last Earth God died, he said that he was tired of living, and he had accumulated 200 years of divine power to attract the thunder to kill himself. This shows that 200 years ago or more
Long ago, gods existed, so it is not surprising that many strange events occurred.
It's just that on these roads today, there is only one god, and ghosts are common. What's weird? I haven't seen it yet.
If you analyze it according to some of the weird events recorded above, then one of the methods you have thought of before is really possible. After all, you are a god, and with divine power you can grant certain permissions to ghosts, such as allowing them to
Appear in front of the people under your jurisdiction or even directly possess them; you can take ghosts who have not yet expired to leave the territory and possess people in the outside world.
He originally thought that the ghosts of Cheng Jinchang and Cui Yao would temporarily seize their homes and live in some kind of animal, so that they could remain in the world and live to the end of their lives. Although it was a bit aggrieved, they managed to save their lives.
Of course, this is just a previous plan and speculation. It has not yet entered the experimental stage. I don’t know whether it can be successful. However, Xu Zhengyang feels that it is very likely to be feasible, because the county records also said that this kind of behavior of seizing a body, although
It is against the law of heaven, but if those extremely vicious beasts take away his body, it will only reduce part of his divine power.
"Zhengyang, you should get some sleep early! Stop looking, I'm going to visit Beidashan's house."
Yuan Suqin's words brought Xu Zhengyang out of his thoughts, and Xu Zhengyang said casually: "Hey, I understand."
If you don't eat some grapes, you have to give them away, otherwise they will spoil, ugh." Yuan Suqin carried a small basket with some washed grapes in it, and put a few bunches on the stone table for Xu Zhengyang to eat.
Then he carried the other grapes and walked out. After exiting the door, he closed the courtyard door because his son was going to sleep soon.
This is home. Although it is plain, it always feels warm and happy everywhere.
Xu Zhengyang sighed, thinking of the old couple in Chengjia Village, Jiangwu Town, sitting at home with a six-year-old girl, their faces full of sorrow and tears running dry, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
An originally happy family was torn apart like this. The children who lost their parents at a young age, the old couple who gave birth to a black-haired person, not only their family, but also Hao Peng's family of three, the daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law wore
Jin Daiyin, who is glamorous all day long, dotes on and loves her son, and is so happy that she thinks her husband is making a lot of money in sports cars to support them, but she has no idea that her husband has done so many unscrupulous evil things; Zhu Fenjin's family
, the parents lost their eldest son, the second daughter lost her father, and the wife lost her husband. As for Ma Liang, his parents had long been disappointed with this idle second son. Not to mention how sad they were, what about the fiancée who was three months pregnant?
The most regrettable thing is that Tian Qing and Xing Yufen’s family was such an enviable and happy family. Both of them have formal jobs and have a lovely son who has just entered kindergarten. Tian Qing even took his parents into his home.
They live in the county town and take care of their children.
I really don’t know what they are thinking, and why are they dissatisfied with life? Why are they so greedy for money, stubborn and stupid, and go astray? They also think that they can do illegal activities that go against their conscience.
Don't they care about their own homes?
What will happen to these families in the future? It is all unknown. What is certain is that in a short period of time, these families will be immersed in pain and it is difficult to escape.
Xu Zhengyang suddenly smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was really feeling a little compassionate.
It's just a pity for people like Hao Peng who have committed heinous crimes and their relatives.
It's not that Xu Zhengyang has any regrets in his heart. In order to avenge Cheng Jinchang and his wife, and for the sake of his own responsibilities and conscience, he destroyed several other families. Because the fault was Hao Peng and the others, and they should be the ones who are extremely regretful; Xu Zhengyang just
I just feel sorry for their families.
How many people will suffer, suffer, and be harmed if it is one's own fault?
Xu Zhengyang lost the mood to read, got up and walked into the house, calling out the county records and summoning the souls of Cheng Jinchang and his wife to appear in the county records.
Lying on the bed, Xu Zhengyang said thoughtfully: "If you two are given a chance to live as human beings again, would you be willing to take on more responsibilities?"
The two ghosts were stunned. They didn't know what Master Gong Cao meant by what he said. They were also a little surprised in their hearts. Could it be that there was hope for survival?
"It's not certain yet, and I'm not sure of the end of the world." Xu Zhengyang sighed softly and said, "I want to say hello to you in advance. If you can continue to live in the world, you will have to shoulder more responsibilities.
Are you willing to take care of more people?"
"Yes." Ergui responded happily without any consideration.
"Okay, I will try my best. I just hope you won't regret it in the future." Xu Zhengyang took back the county records and closed his eyes. He was really sleepy.
In fact, everyone wants to live, not die; to be precise, everyone wants to live happily.
However, no one wants to be burdened with more pressure and responsibilities.
It's human nature, who doesn't want to live a relaxed life and be happy until old age? .