Chapter Seventy-Five: Hei Zi Reports the Crime

  On the way to the reservoir, Heizi felt uneasy in his heart. He kept thinking about Luhe's task. What kind of task would they be doing on such a cold day? The town's criminal police team only handled cases within the town, and he hadn't heard of any major incidents happening recently that would require the team to take action.

  They arrived at the house by the reservoir, and Er Cheng had already lit the stove. The room was warm and cozy. After everyone entered, Hei Zi parked the car and followed them in.

  The card game was arranged by Wu Mei, so Hei Zi didn't need to worry about it. As he watched everyone take out their gambling tools and start playing, he still felt uneasy in his heart.

  "Da Gui, Er Cheng, you two come out with me." Hei Zi said as he walked out of the yard alone.

  Hei Zi, standing by the reservoir, looked at the snow-covered reservoir and said: "Er Cheng, Da Kui, you two go get the ice axe and crowbar, we'll chisel a hole in the ice."

  "What's the point of digging a hole?" Da Kui asked.

  "Just in case, I feel uneasy." Hei Zi told Lu He about being taken away by the criminal police team while they both rushed back to the house to fetch their tools.

  It's been winter for a short time, and the ice isn't too thick. In half an hour they opened up a hole.

  The three of them packed all the useless gambling equipment into several plastic bags and sealed them. In order to hide the gambling equipment, they prepared many plastic bags, packed the equipment, and then took out some plastic bags and put them in the opening house.

  "After everything was arranged, Heizi told Ercheng and Dakui: 'You two drive back to town separately, park the car on the road opposite the police station, monitor when they come out of the police station, one person waits on the road, if there is a situation, call immediately.'"

  The two nodded and drove away, Heizi called Hu Changfu and Wang Pengcheng to the kitchen to prepare a midnight snack, if something happens, the midnight snack will be served immediately.

  More than an hour had passed, and Hei Zi was busy when his mobile phone rang once and then stopped. He took out his mobile phone to take a look and found it was Lu He's call. Just as he was about to return the call, it rang two or three times again before stopping. Hei Zi tried calling Lu He back, but the voice on the other end of the line said that the other party had turned off their phone.

  Hei Zi felt something was wrong, so he immediately called Er Cheng. Er Cheng said he was squatting on a mound by the small bridge, and Hei Zi then called Da Kui.

  Daguai said on the phone: "Seven or eight people came out of the sub-bureau, led by Tan Chang, and Lu He was also there."

  Hei Zi immediately determined that Peng Fei and his men were charging towards him.

  "Hei Zi put down the phone and said: 'Chang Fu, Peng Cheng, prepare the dishes. I'll go tell them to pack up their things.'"

  Heizi rushed into the house where everyone was having a great time and said, "I've got something to tell you all, we've been sold out, the criminal police are coming right away."

  The people playing were suddenly panicked, and Hei Zi hastily said: "Everyone don't panic, I've been prepared for a long time."

  Heizi and Zhu Xiaofei, Wu Mei gave everyone plastic bags and paper pens, asking everyone to put their money in the plastic bag, write down their name, and these money must be hidden immediately.

  Others put their money into plastic bags, and Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei also packed the gaming equipment on the table into plastic bags.

  After packing, everyone carried the money to the edge of the water tank outside the house, tied the plastic bag with a rope and put it into the fishing net, pulling the rope to sink the money and gambling tools into the water tank.

  Xī hǎo yú wǎng, hēi zǐ yòng yí kuài mù bǎn bǎ bīng kū lóng gài zhù shuō: "Dàjiā xīn kǔ yī xià, zánmen xiàn zài sǎo yuàn zǐ, sǎo wán dàjiā jiù hē jiǔ."

  Translation:

  "Good fishing net, Heizi used a wooden board to cover the ice cave and said: "Everyone work hard for a while, we are now sweeping the yard, after finishing everyone will drink wine.""

  Everyone worked together, sweeping all the snow in front of the house onto the ice surface. The wooden boards covering the ice cave were covered with a thick layer of snow.

  Everyone was tense when they returned home. Hei Zi worried about being discovered and hastily called for dinner to be served, knowing that wine could help people relax.

  Before long, Hei Zi received a call from Er Cheng, and police cars appeared, asking Hei Zi to think of a way to hide quickly.

  Hei Zi felt more at ease after receiving Er Cheng's phone call. He called Da Kui and asked him to drive over to pick up Er Cheng and take him back to the village first, and then come to the reservoir later.

  Peng Fei was a criminal police captain who was promoted by Ouyang Shou when he was still alive. He had taken over as the head of the criminal police team after Ouyang Shou, and Ouyang Shou had spoken up for him before. Peng Fei was deeply grateful to Ouyang Shou in his heart. This time, when Ouyang Shou asked him to investigate the case of Heizi's gang gathering to gamble, he worked very hard. As soon as he received news that Heizi would be holding a gambling session at night, he immediately assembled his team. He was confident that he could catch Heizi off guard, regardless of whether they were actually gambling or not - as long as they found the gambling equipment and money, they wouldn't be able to escape.

  The police car stopped, and Peng Fei was the first to jump out of the car. He quickly walked towards the only house with a light on. He had already heard the noisy voices coming from inside the house, and he was sure that these people were gathering for an illegal gambling session.

  Hei Zi heard the sound of brakes and came out to open the door, running into Peng Fei head-on. Hei Zi was taken aback at first when he saw Peng Fei, then smiled and walked up to him saying: "Captain Li is here, something's up?"

  Peng Fei was blocked, he stared at Heizi with both eyes and said: "Heizi, I told you, don't let me find out that you're doing something illegal. If there is, I will definitely catch you."

  "Hei Zi pretended to be flustered and said, 'Captain Li, can we talk about this? Why don't you guys head back? I'll bring some gifts to visit you and your brothers tomorrow. From now on, if anyone wants to eat fish, just come to me.'"

  Peng Fei saw Hei Zi dare to block his way, stretched out his hand and pushed Hei Zi away, saying: "Get out of my way."

  Hei Zi wanted to go forward and stop Peng Fei, but two police officers came over and pressed Hei Zi to the ground, one holding each arm.

  Hei Zi looked up and saw Lu He's anxious face, he smiled at Lu He, Lu He was stunned, he didn't expect Hei Zi to still be able to smile in this situation.

  The people in the house were drinking and making merry, when they saw Peng Fei come in, they all paused for a moment. Those who knew Peng Fei hastily stood up and said: "Captain Li is here, come on, sit down and have a drink with everyone."

  The situation in the room was a great disappointment to Peng Fei, he stared blankly at some people holding wine cups and didn't know what to do.

  Xiao Fei wasn't so polite to him. He sneered and said, "Inspector, do you have business here? Are you chasing an escaped prisoner or cracking down on prostitution?"

  Xiao Fei realized he had misspoken after finishing his words, and he secretly glanced at Wu Mei, the only female sitting across from him. Wu Mei was staring at him with fiery eyes.

  "You're drinking?" Peng Fei said disappointedly.

  "How dare you, do you think we're cannibals or something?" Fifth Sister retorted, still unhappy.

  Peng Fei remembered that the last time Dongzi reported that Heizi was gathering to gamble, when he arrived, Heizi and others were drinking. This time is also the case. Peng Fei knows all these people who are drinking now, they are all big gamblers in this small town. If you say they're not gambling here, who would believe it? It's just that there's no evidence now, so he can't do anything to them.

  Seven or eight detectives entered the house and were all stunned. They did not expect that these people who usually loved to gamble were now drinking.

  Peng Fei thought that maybe they were hungry and eating, as long as he could find the money and gambling tools, they wouldn't be able to run away.

  "Search for me." Peng Fei shouted with a wave of his hand.

  Hei Zi, who had just been released, was anxious. He stood facing Peng Fei and said straightforwardly: "What's the big deal about being a police officer? Do you have a search warrant? If not, it's illegal."

  The detectives listened to Hei Zi's words and looked at Peng Fei, not daring to move. Peng Fei roared: "What are you all looking at? Search me! I want to see if you can find anything!"

  The detectives saw the captain was anxious and had to take action, Hei Zi quietly made a "thank you" gesture towards Lu He, who finally felt at ease and hurriedly followed everyone to search.

  The three rooms were searched inside and out, but no gambling equipment was found, nor was a large amount of cash. Peng Fei was thoroughly disappointed and was about to call his brothers to leave when Heizi stood up and said: "Inspector, are you going to leave after causing so much trouble here?"

  "Hei Zi, you, you..." Peng Fei called out twice but didn't finish what he was going to say.

  "Hei Zi sneered and said: 'Is this place where you can come and go as you please?'"

  Peng Fei pressed his hand on the gun handle in his waist and said: "What's wrong with you, are you thinking of attacking the police?"

  "Hei Zi took out his phone and said: 'I have to call the police, who knows what you're doing here, where are your ID cards?'"

  Hei Zi made an emergency call in front of Peng Fei, telling the other party that he was Cheng Hei Zi, inviting friends to dinner, but unexpectedly a group of people claiming to be police surrounded his residence, apparently intending to rob him.

  Peng Fei was afraid that Heizi would continue to talk nonsense, so he quickly took out his ID and handed it over. Unexpectedly, Heizi took the ID and said that there was a guy named Li Pengfei in this group, didn't know what he did, and hoped the police would come and rescue himself and his friends as soon as possible.