Chapter 77: Another Hidden Situation

  Hei Zi and Lu He came out of the house after a brief conversation, just as Li Peng Fei hurriedly walked over. Seeing Hei Zi, Li Peng Fei smiled complacently and said: "Cheng Hei Zi, time to confess?"

  Heizi saw that it was Li Pengfei and said angrily: "Inspector, what have I done to offend you? Why are you always targeting me?"

  "Cheng Heizi, you're wrong to say that. I'm just upholding the law and haven't targeted anyone." Li Pengfei was delighted to see Heizi get angry and didn't mind Heizi's impertinence in speaking to him as if he were his father.

  Hei Zi suppressed his anger and was about to leave, but Peng Fei continued, "Hei Zi, if you want to survive in this territory, you have to be a good boy. You're still too young to be a father."

  Heizi said while walking: "I'm going to be the boss, if you have the ability, catch me, I want to see how capable the detective is."

  "Hei Zi left, Li Peng Fei coldly gazed at Hei Zi's back and muttered to himself: 'Little rabbit, sooner or later you'll know who's the master and who's the grandson.'"

  Li Pengfei was a hoodlum in the small town, and whenever he saw someone, they would run away. He had taken down dozens of hoodlums with his own hands, and all of them said that Li Pengfei's laughter was more terrifying than a wolf's howl. They feared him even more than they feared ferocious wolves. In the small town, Heizi was the first person to dare openly challenge him, and Li Pengfei hated him for it. He thought to himself that no matter what, he had to take care of Heizi.

  Hei Zi knew that his conflict with Li Pengfei had already been made clear, and the five people who were mining with him were just tools used by Li Pengfei to deal with himself. They were innocent, and he couldn't save them even if he stepped forward. Letting Zhao Guangqing step forward was also a good solution.

  Zhao Guangqing and Heizi's relationship is no longer ordinary, Heizi has been living in the village for several years, Zhao Guangqing likes to drink a little, Heizi often goes to Zhao Guangqing's house with Zhuo Xiaofei at night to drink wine and eat meat, during festivals and holidays, Heizi never forgets to send gifts to Zhao Guangqing, now Zhao Guangqing has regarded Heizi as his own younger brother.

  Heizi and Zhu Xiaofei entered the house, throwing the things in their hands onto the cabinet, saying: "Sister-in-law, prepare two dishes for us to drink with Zhao Ge."

  Zhao Guangqing's wife was watching TV and hadn't cooked dinner yet. Seeing Heizi and the others come in, she hastily got up to make them tea.

  Zhao Guangqing was not at home, Heizi called Zhao Guangqing's phone, and in less than ten minutes, Zhao Guangqing returned.

  Zhao Guangqing said: "Heizi, have you found those people of yours?"

  "Hei Zi poured wine for Zhao Guangqing while saying: 'I went there, but the police chief wouldn't let him go.'"

  "What was taken in?" Zhao Guangqing asked again.

  Hei Zi mentioned his privately stored explosives, and Zhao Guang Qing laughed: "Isn't this looking for trouble on purpose? All the mines use explosives like that, it's easy. Tomorrow I'll go to town and look around, shouldn't be a problem."

  Xiao Fei tore off a chicken leg and put it in Zhao Guangqing's bowl, saying: "Brother Zhao, this matter is not a big deal. Heizi has offended the detective several times, he is deliberately retaliating."

  Hei Zi told Zhao Guangqing about the two times Li Pengfei was caught gambling but got away, and Zhao Guangqing shook his head saying: "I think things are not that simple. If it were just twice that he wasn't caught for gambling, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to cause you trouble. It seems like there's more to this matter."

  Three people drinking and analyzing, but still can't figure out anything. In the end, they must have missed something that they don't know about. This matter needs to be investigated clearly, or else they will always be in a passive position.

  The next day, Zhao Guangqing went to the town and told the mayor about the situation. The mayor also knew about the situation at the mine entrance and promised to help Zhao Guangqing resolve the matter.

  With the participation of Town Head Yue Jin, the five men symbolically paid a small fine and were released. Hei Zi treated them to a meal to calm their nerves, and they knew that Hei Zi had made great efforts for their release. They expressed their gratitude to Hei Zi and promised to return to work at the mine as soon as possible.

  After settling this matter, Hei Zi began to ask around why Li Pengfei always targeted himself. This matter must be investigated clearly, otherwise there will be more trouble in the future.

  If you want to get wind of the situation, you have to start with someone from inside the criminal police team. The one who has the best relationship with Hei Zi in the criminal police team is Lu He, so Hei Zi decides to let Lu He do the reconnaissance for him.

  Heizi's gamble hadn't started yet, and he rarely saw Luhe during this time. Moreover, having too much contact with Luhe in the small town would bring him trouble, Li Pengfei was a bit cautious.

  One Sunday, Heizi called Luhe and said he wanted to invite him for a drink. Luhe knew that Heizi was trying to pry into Li Pengfei's affairs, so he felt a bit guilty and hesitated, not daring to agree.

  Lu He looked unhappy, so Hei Zi chuckled and said: "Brother Lu, I know you're afraid of the police chief finding out. Let's do it this way - I'll drive to the county town first, and you can follow later. This small town doesn't even have a decent restaurant, so it's better for us to drink in the county town."

  Lu He agreed to meet Hei Zi in the county town for a drink, feeling carefree and readily accepted. He knew that Hei Zi was generous with his spending, so once they arrived at the county town, it wouldn't just be a single round of drinks.

  As expected, when he arrived at the county town, he saw Hei Zi bringing Zhu Xiao Fei and Wu Mei already waiting for him at the station. Lu He got off the bus and Hei Zi just waved his hand from afar and headed towards the pedestrian street. Lu He hurriedly followed behind him.

  Four people strolled through the pedestrian street for a whole morning, Lu He's Shanghai watch was thrown away by Hei Zi and replaced with a plum blossom, his shoes were also changed to Nike, and he was carrying a leather jacket in his hand, Lu He felt grateful.

  While eating, Lu He asked about Hei Zi's recent situation. Hei Zi told him that he didn't dare to open the gambling den again, and there was nothing wrong with the mine mouth. He worried that Tan Chang would find trouble for his public transportation company.

  Lu He nodded and said: "According to Tan Chang's personality, he will definitely make trouble for the bus company. It's better to prepare early."

  Heizi and Zhu Xiaofei drank wine while expressing their opinions, they thought Li Pengfei was definitely looking for trouble with ulterior motives, but didn't know the reason, and it wasn't a good thing to be fooled by him all the time.

  When you take someone's hand, your mouth becomes soft. Lu Hei immediately ate and took it, and before Hei Zi and the others could say anything, he said: "Let me go back and ask around to see what's going on."

  In the team, Lu He and Li Pengfei have a good relationship, they often drink together, it shouldn't be difficult to investigate this matter.

  A week later, Hei Zi received a call from Lu He, who told him that there was indeed another hidden situation. The detective wasn't after Hei Zi, but rather wanted to repay a debt.

  Lu He told Hei Zi about the time when Li Pengfei was promoted to team leader and Ouyang Shou helped him, Hei Zi understood that it was actually Ouyang Shou who was behind the scenes. This made Hei Zi's hatred for Pengfei lessen a lot, he felt that Team Leader Tan was still a man of conscience, knowing how to repay kindness.

  In the past, Ouyang Shou had a good impression on Heizi. Heizi thought he was an upright official. In the past when he beat up Ouyang Qiang, it was because Ouyang Qiang was in the wrong first. After that incident, Ouyang Shou didn't bother him too much. Now Heizi finally understood that Ouyang Shou had never planned to let him off, but only didn't want to affect his own career.