Chapter 245 If you don't partner, you just have to do it alone!
"Master Lin, Engineer Lin, I believe what you said, Comrade Xu Damao, I won't drag you into trouble, can you please stop investigating?"
Lin Zhen's eyelids were slightly lowered and he paid no attention.
Xu Damao said coldly: "Humph! Since you have become a traitor, you should have thought of this day and advise you to say less. Talking too much will be wrong!"
Director Zhang knew what kind of person Lin Zhen was. In his impression, Lin Zhen didn't care about money and would never speculate.
Therefore, even if he was forced by Lin Zhen and Xu Damao to search the house, he would not really dig deep and rummage through the boxes.
Moreover, Lin Zhen is an engineer at the steel rolling mill, and is higher than him in terms of rank.
Therefore, Director Zhang will not behave in an unreasonable manner.
In fact, it would be fine even if he took someone to rummage around. Although there were many antiques in Lin Zhen's house, they were all well hidden.
Unless you dismantle the bed and pry open the floor tiles, you can't find anything even if you dismantle the cabinets.
This is why Lin Zhen had the confidence to ask Director Zhang to lead people to search.
This is an opportunity to prove one's innocence.
As long as the institute conducts proper checks and finds nothing, people will be spared their guesses, and they will also be spared the need for lengthy explanations later on.
Xu Damao's family didn't have to worry. Almost all the antiques he brought back were given to Lin Zhen that night.
Unless it was too late to get home and I didn’t want to disturb Lin Zhen’s rest, I sent him there the next morning.
I don’t even have anything saved at home.
Lin Zhen and Xu Damao led Director Zhang to the courtyard, and the police behind them detained Zhang Yuanzheng.
Yan Jiecheng and Liu Jianguo, who were chatting at the door, were stunned for a moment.
"Lin Zhen, what's going on? Director Zhang is here?"
Lin Zhen shook his head helplessly and said: "When Xu Damao was teasing Shen Cuizhen some time ago, he bought a beautiful plate for a dime and gave it to me when he came back. Unexpectedly, this plate was already targeted by this Panjiayuan villain and came to his door.
It is said that it was used by Emperor Jiaqing. He asked Xu Damao to go to the countryside to collect antiques for him in the future, and asked me to cover it, otherwise he would report us for speculating. Hey! This dirty water was spilled, so I reported it and asked Director Zhang to come to the house.
Search inside and prove your innocence."
"Ah?! This guy is so brave! Isn't this just trying to force you to get on the pirate ship?"
"Who says it's not the case? The main reason is to ruin our reputation! If I don't invite Director Zhang to come into the room to check carefully, I'm just selfishly afraid!"
Lou Xiao'e hurriedly led the child out and said, "Director Zhang, please go into the house and check as you like."
Director Zhang smiled reluctantly and said: "Well, then, Xiao Zhao, you can come in too, and some of the neighbors can come too, and we can look for them together."
Since Director Zhang knew that Lin Zhen was trying to prove his innocence and was confident, he didn't look timid at all.
Then be a favor and help him get rid of the suspicion of speculation.
He waved his hand and called Yan Jiecheng over. The three of them walked around the room, symbolically rummaging through the cabinets and pulling out the drawers.
Except for finding some drawings drawn by Lin Zhen working overtime, there were no suspicious old objects at all.
Director Zhang brought the drawings to Zhang Yuanzheng.
He said coldly: "This is a design drawing that the forest engineer stayed up late after get off work. Look, this is a second-generation rotatable solar cooker and a new washing machine. It just doesn't have the antiques you mentioned. Are you satisfied this time?"
"Tai, solar cooker?"
Police officer Xiao Zhao said coldly: "Don't you know that the solar cooker was invented by Lin Gong?"
"Ah?! I...I didn't ask about this. If I had known that Lin Gong was the one who invented the solar cooker, I wouldn't have come to see him."
Xu Damao sneered and said: "Okay, okay, it's time to go to my house. After you go to my house, go to your house!"
I went to Xu Damao's house and looked through it, but found nothing.
Zhang Yuanzheng has been scolded by his neighbors so much that he can no longer hold his head up.
Liu Gen'er said: "Are those tomb robbers from Panjiayuan still alive? Were they not shot?"
Liang Zidao: "Those people are really the big swindlers of the old society. They don't do their jobs properly and don't use their energy to build the country. They only cheat money by buying low and selling high!"
Yan Bugui said: "It's not just cheating, they are all calculating black accounts!"
Liu Haizhong said: "They all have to be arrested! No one can be left alive!"
After Director Zhang's search, some people who suspected Lin Zhen and Xu Damao were no longer suspicious.
Such as Liu Haizhong, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi.
Not only did he believe that Lin Zhen did not do this, he also laughed at Zhang Yuanzheng for overestimating his capabilities.
I dared to provoke him because I felt that I was living too comfortably and deliberately made myself uncomfortable.
Finally, Director Zhang left with Zhang Yuanzheng. Lin Zhen handed the plate to Director Zhang and asked him to hand it over to the relevant departments.
Director Zhang said: "Thank you Lin Gong for your donation. I will hand it over when I get back. Zhang Yuanzheng's family will also take people to investigate."
Lin Zhen said: "This is your job. If Xu Damao and I need to cooperate, just send someone to summon us."
"Okay, then I won't disturb everyone's rest time on Sunday. Let's go back."
Zhang Yuanzheng's bicycle was also pushed into the office.
After Director Zhang left, everyone watching the fun in the courtyard also dispersed.
Xu Damao whispered: "It's a pity that I lost a plate."
Lin Zhen said with a smile: "It is necessary to hand it over to the country. How can you say it is a pity? You are not allowed to think like this in the future."
"Hehe, that's what I said. By the way, will you still accept it in the future?"
"Of course. With Director Zhang clearing our name, we will be safer in the future, but you still have to keep a low profile, you know?"
"Don't worry, I only care about quality, not quantity."
In the evening, Zhang Yuanzheng's father came to Lin Zhen's house.
He was holding a gift box in his hand, with a humble attitude and an apologetic smile on his face.
"Excuse me, is this Lin Gong's home?"
Lin Zhen was making dinner. One look at the old man's appearance and he knew he was Zhang Yuanzheng's father, but his demeanor was much more polite than Zhang Yuanzheng's.
I was a little curious. Director Zhang should have searched Zhang Yuanzheng’s home, but why didn’t he arrest Zhang Yuanzheng’s family?
Lin Zhen immediately put down the kitchen knife, wiped his hands, went out and asked with a smile: "I am Lin Zhen, who are you?"
"Oops, little old man Zhang Guozhi, I have taken the liberty of disturbing you. Please forgive me, forest worker."
Lin Zhen looked around and saw that there was no one around. The people in the front yard were all cooking at home, and there was no one standing at the door blowing the northwest wind and getting cold.
Then he smiled and said, "You are here because of Zhang Yuanzheng's affairs, right?"
Zhang Guozhi sighed and said: "It is a sin to give birth to such a prodigal son and still don't understand anything in his forties, Lin Gong, and you have to bear with me for a long time!"
"Don't say that, it's cold outside, come inside, Xiao'e, pour some tea!"
For people who behave well and speak politely, Lin Zhen is happy to invite them to his home.
Zhang Guozhi felt ashamed and said, "Thank you very much. I'm so rude for coming to the door so rashly."
After entering the house, Lou Xiao'e poured two cups of tea, held a little dragon and phoenix in one hand, and led her four sons to talk to Yu Li.
Lin Zhen and Zhang Guozhi were left talking in detail in the room.
When Zhang Guozhi saw that there was no one in the room, he immediately got up from his stool and bowed to Lin Zhen.
"Forest worker, it was my misdiscipline, little old man, that caused the dog to cause trouble for you, please forgive me!"
Lin Zhen hurriedly helped Zhang Guozhi up and said with a slight smile: "The matter is over. It may have been a misunderstanding. I am not a grudge-bearing person. Don't keep apologizing. It's not worth it."
Zhang Guozhi sighed and said: "Yuanzheng has been pampered since he was a child, and he did not do his job properly before Jie Fang. I am not willing to throw away the craftsmanship of several generations of my ancestors. I think it is time to transfer it to him when he is old, so I will let him learn some knowledge, even if he becomes a professional in the future.
He may be a cultural relics worker, but he has a high vision and a low hand, and he likes to play tricks. As a result, he did something embarrassing the first time he took action!"
Lin Zhen smiled slightly.
"I didn't plan to make a big fuss with him today, but at first he pretended that he had found out everything about me, but he didn't reveal anything about me. He also threatened me and the projectionist, insisting that we go to the countryside to collect money for him.
Things, isn’t this a rush to put things on the shelves?”
Zhang Guozhi shook his head and sighed.
"It's my fault that I didn't teach him well. Now we are more mature than raw. He pretends to be an acquaintance by forcefully pretending to be an acquaintance. He doesn't know how to teach him. It makes you laughable and generous. It makes you worried!"
"Hey, you misunderstood, I'm not from your circle."
"Oh, it was a slip of the tongue, don't mind it, just think it's me."
Lin Zhen nodded slightly, thinking that this was an old man who knew how to do business, and Zhang Yuanzheng was like a boy of the Eight Banners who had been spoiled since childhood.
Zhang Guozhi continued: "Before Jiefang, there was a clerk in my shop who was from Shenlou, Dongxiang. Not long ago, I taught him some tricks, and he went to see the old clerk. When he came back, he boasted that he had met a plate used by Emperor Jiaqing.
, I asked him not to mess around, but he couldn't let it go and wanted to buy it proudly, so we even had a quarrel."
Lin Zhen frowned and said: "Then that plate came to my house by accident, and he found me, and what happened today?"
"Well, it's all my fault that I didn't educate myself well. When the police came to my house today, I realized what happened. Fortunately, I have been washing my hands for more than ten years, otherwise I would have to go in today."
Lin Zhen smiled slightly, thinking that you were prepared in advance, Dongxz is elsewhere. If you wash your hands for ten years, your son will not come to recruit me and Xu Damao to join the gang.
"Old sir, whether you have quit or not has nothing to do with me. Zhang Yuanzheng's misunderstanding about me has been investigated by Director Zhang. I don't care so much."
Zhang Guozhi said with a smile on his face: "He is now sentenced to a charge of speculation. He will be detained for three months and fined 20. As long as you don't continue to pursue the case, he will be out soon. I am here to plead guilty to you this time!"
As he spoke, he opened the gift box, revealing a pair of exquisite tureens inside.
"Don't worry, this pair of Sancai Cups are inherited from my family. They are not obtained by opportunism. They are just to make up for your plate. Please accept them and don't behave like a dog."
Lin Zhen's heart moved. This tureen looks like blue and white, and it's expensive.
Lao Zhangtou specializes in this, so of course he knows the true value.
It seems like he is being generous and asking for forgiveness, but he actually has ulterior motives.
Accepting his pair of bright blue and white teacups is equivalent to reconciling with him, and you will become his acquaintance from now on.
Today's antique business is conducted secretly, and only recognizes acquaintances, not strangers.
Once you become a mature person with him, you will inevitably have to deal with him in the future.
This is something Lin Zhen doesn't want to see.
He doesn't want to deal with anyone, he just wants to hoard it and make a fortune quietly.