Li Rui was surprised and happy. He looked at her with admiration and love. If it wasn't for Ma Yuming, he would have hugged her and kissed her. He praised, "Ruoxi, you're so cold! I'll go get his shoes now. You don't have to go. Just wait here. Of course, you can also go back to the village to rest. "
Ma Ruoxi waved her hand and said, "I'll stay here to protect the scene. Go ahead!"
Li Rui called Ma Yuming and went back to the village to call the village director. The three of them then rushed to Zhao Jinyou's house in the south of the village. They walked very fast and arrived at Zhao Jinyou's house in seven or eight minutes.
"Zhao Jinyou, Zhao Jinyou!"
After entering the yard, the village director called out as usual. Zhao Jinyou was quickly called out from the main house.
Zhao Jinyou stood on the steps and saw the three of them coming again. He looked a little nervous. He hesitated for a moment before walking down the steps. He stood in front of the three of them and asked with a smile, "You're here again? Is there anything else? "
Li Rui lowered his head to look at the shoes he was wearing. Seeing that it was a pair of dirty sandals, he guessed that he wouldn't wear these shoes to the abandoned courtyard. He smiled and said, "Can we talk inside?"
Zhao Jinyou was slightly surprised but quickly smiled and said, "Of course, of course. County Magistrate Li, please come in." He then turned around and waved his hand.
Li Rui was the first to walk up the stairs. When he was about to enter the north room, he suddenly found a pair of black leather shoes on the ground beside the door. The leather shoes were the kind of simple leather shoes with pointed toes and no straps. They were not of high quality and looked like they were from a street stall. They were already very old and worn. There was a pair of black insoles in the shoes that had not been washed for many years.
These characteristics didn't attract Li Rui's attention. What caught his attention was a small piece of yellow soil the size of a fingernail stuck to the upper edge of the left shoe. If he didn't pay attention to the yellow soil on this pair of shoes, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.
Seeing this characteristic, Li Ruixin was delighted. He stopped and asked Zhao Jinyou, "Where were you when the collapse happened in the early morning? What are you doing again? "
Zhao Jinyou had a smile on his face, but when he heard these two questions, his smile instantly froze on his face. With an unnatural expression, he said, "I'm … I'm sleeping at home. Can I still do that?"
Li Rui asked, "Really? Are you sure you're sleeping? You didn't sleepwalk outside? "
Zhao Jinyou smiled awkwardly and said, "County Magistrate Li, what … what do you mean? I don't sleepwalk. "
From the change in his expression, Li Rui felt that he had a guilty conscience, but he did not dare to fully trust his own judgment. After all, it was normal for people who lived in the countryside to have some dirt on their shoes. He instructed Ma Yuming, "Yuming, take this pair of shoes and find Reporter Ma. You two can compare the footprints together and see if they are the same." As he spoke, he pointed at the pair of leather shoes.
Ma Yuming immediately agreed. He walked over and picked up the pair of shoes. He didn't mind that they were dirty. He held them in his hands and turned to walk towards the courtyard door.
When Zhao Jinyou saw this scene, he was stunned at first, then he was shocked and angry. He shouted, "County Magistrate Li, what are you doing? Why are you taking my shoes? "He then shouted at Ma Yuming," Don't go, put down my shoes! "He wanted to chase after them.
Li Rui reached out and stopped him. He said, "Zhao Jinyou, I'll give you a chance to confess. Confess what you did in the early morning."
Zhao Jinyou was angry and sad. He said, "Confess what? I'm not a criminal! I've been sleeping at home since the early morning. County Magistrate Li, why don't you believe me? What do you mean by asking me this? "
Li Rui nodded and said, "Well, I can't do anything if you don't cherish this opportunity. You'll be sentenced to whatever crime you've committed in the future. Don't complain when the time comes."
Zhao Jinyou was confused by his words and Ma Yuming's actions. He said with a bitter face, "County Magistrate Li, did you hear something or discover something? Why do you think it has something to do with me? I'm an honest farmer. I haven't done anything bad. "
The village director curled his lips in disdain and interrupted, "Zhao Jinyou, don't pretend to be an honest man. If you were really honest, County Magistrate Li wouldn't have asked you to come here. Let me give you a piece of advice. If you did something bad, you should confess as soon as possible. Don't wait for the police to arrest you. Otherwise, your reputation will be ruined. "
Zhao Jinyou spread out his hands and said, "I didn't do anything bad. Aiya, why do you all say that? I'm really a good person. Who in the village doesn't say I'm good?"
Li Rui smiled and ignored him. He turned to look at the door and waited for Ma Yuming.
Zhao Jinyou had a guilty conscience and asked, "County Magistrate Li, what footprints did you ask him to check with my shoes?"
Li Rui acted as if he didn't hear and didn't move.
Zhao Jinyou was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He began to show signs of falling out. He said angrily, "My shoes. What right do you have to take them away? Isn't this robbing? Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you're a county leader? "
Li Rui smiled and still didn't say anything.
The village director scolded, "Zhao Jinyou, watch your words. This is County Magistrate Li. If you dare to talk nonsense again, you'll be arrested!"
Li Rui heard this and thought of something. He asked the village director, "Do you have the phone number of the village police station?"
The village director nodded and said, "Yes …" He said a string of seven digits. He was very familiar with it. It was obvious that he had dealt with the village police station many times.
Li Rui said, "Call them and tell them that I need police support. Send two policemen."
The village director readily agreed and took out his phone to make a call.
Zhao Jinyou saw this scene and his face turned pale. He couldn't stand still and didn't know what to do. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. He thought for a while and turned back to the north room.
Li Rui didn't care about him. As long as he stayed at home and didn't run away, he could do whatever he wanted.
After Zhao Jinyou entered the room, he went straight to the bedroom and picked up the phone on the bed. He dialed a number and waited for the other party to pick up. He said, "Oh, no. The county leader seems to have found something and came to my house to check on me. He just took my shoes and said that he was going to check some footprints. He also said that he wanted me to take the initiative to confess. In the end, he called the police. What should I do?"
A young man's voice came from the other end, "Check footprints? What do you mean? Where did you leave your footprints? "
Zhao Jinyou roughly thought about it and complained, "I didn't leave any footprints. The yard where I set off the firecrackers was full of grass. I couldn't leave any footprints."
The man casually said, "Then what are you worried about? They might be trying to trick you. You just have to insist that you didn't do anything. They don't have any evidence and can't do anything to you. "
Zhao Jinyou bitterly said, "That's true, but I don't feel like they're trying to trick me. They really have something …"
The man impatiently said, "Don't worry too much. Don't call me if you have nothing to do. This is a sensitive period. You're afraid that others don't know that you have something on you." He hung up after saying that.
Zhao Jinyou put down the phone and looked at the name on the screen. He angrily cursed, "Damn it. When they used me, they treated me like I was their ancestor. Now that they don't need me, they don't even care if I live or die. F * ck, this son of a bitch."
Ten minutes later, Ma Yuming and Ma Ruoxi excitedly walked into Zhao Jinyou's yard. Li Rui saw the two and hurriedly went to greet them, "How is it? Does it match? "
Ma Ruoxi proudly smiled. Her beautiful eyebrows curved and her eyes flowed with charm as she said, "How can anything I think of be bad?"
Li Rui laughed and turned to the north room and shouted, "Zhao Jinyou, come out!"
Just as he finished speaking, the sound of a car could be heard outside the yard. It was the police from the village police station. Two police officers quickly walked into the yard. The one leading them was the deputy director who was in charge of the evacuation. He was Li Rui's old acquaintance.
Li Rui was happy to see him. He exchanged a few words with him and briefly explained the situation to him. He also told him what to do next.
After the deputy director understood, he called his subordinates and went into the north room to call Zhao Jinyou out. Then, he began to interrogate him. Li Rui, Ma Ruoxi, and Ma Yuming listened from the side.
"Zhao Jinyou, there's an abandoned house in the southwest corner of the village. There are many footprints on the wall. How do you explain that?"
Zhao Jinyou's face turned ugly when he heard this. He forced himself to lie and said, "I … I sometimes go there to relieve myself."
The deputy director sneered and said, "Fine, it's fine if you lie. But for every lie you tell, you have to tell ten more lies to cover it up. Sooner or later, you'll be exposed. Now, I'll ask you where you went to relieve yourself. You said that we'll check it later. If there's no trace of feces, then you're lying and you'll be punished even more. "
Zhao Jinyou stiffened his neck and said, "I already peed in the well."
Ma Ruoxi sneered, "That's a good lie. You already filled the well with soil. The police can't check it even if they want to. But it doesn't matter. We can still ask you, why did you fill the well with soil?"
Zhao Jinyou said, "I didn't fill the well with soil."
Ma Ruoxi played the role of a temporary police officer and said, "If it wasn't you, then who did? There's soil on your shoes and you still dare to deny it? "
Zhao Jinyou snorted and said, "The soil on my shoes was stuck when I walked in the field. Can't I? Can you prove that the soil on my shoes and the soil in the well are the same? Tsk! "
Ma Ruoxi was so angry that her teeth itched, but she didn't have a better idea. She could only stare at him hatefully.
Li Rui racked his brains and said to the deputy director, "The soil must be filled by him. He definitely needs tools to dig and move the soil. Search his house and we'll definitely find it. Let's see how he's going to deny it then."
The deputy director agreed and split up with his subordinate to search.
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