Chapter 809 The Bai family splits up!

"Your subordinate Sun Taihai greets Director Ji!"

"Your subordinate Zhang Chengzhe greets Director Ji!"

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Hearing the greetings from the two, Ji Xian, who was carefully reading the files, slowly raised his head and looked at the two subordinates in front of him. His eyes swept over the two of them and stopped at Sun Taihai, who was a centurion. Ji Xian said directly without beating around the bush:
"Are you investigating Deng Gao?"

Sun Taihai seemed a little surprised when he heard the name Deng Gao from Ji Xian. After learning that Ji Xian was looking for him and Zhang Chengzhe, he thought of many reasons why Ji Xian was looking for them, but he never thought it was related to Deng Gao!

Although the Deng Gao incident is not a small matter, it doesn't seem to be enough for Ji Xian, the deputy director, to personally intervene, right?

Although he had doubts in his heart, facing Ji Xian's question, Sun Taihai nodded honestly and said:
"I am indeed looking for Deng Gao! He is suspected of running a black gambling house and privately casting illegal armor and firearms!"

Ji Xian nodded slightly and asked calmly:

"What did you find out about him?"

Sun Taihai said without hesitation:
"I have found out that Deng Gao and the former captain of the City Patrol, Ma Wei, both served in the Sixth Division. Ten days after Ma Wei was transferred, his illegal gambling house was reported and the City Defense Department raided it. They also discovered that he had secretly forged weapons in the illegal gambling house!"

“In addition, we also captured Deng Gao’s two mistresses in Yijing. However, these two mistresses didn’t know much about Deng Gao. We also found out that Deng Gao has a wife and children in Jizhou. I have sent people to Jizhou to investigate and find Deng Gao’s wife and children. There should be results in the next few days…”

After hearing this answer, Ji Xian was silent for a while and said:
"Are you trying to say that Ma Wei is Deng Gao's protector?"

Although Ji Xian broke the window paper, Sun Taihai still decided to be cautious and said:
"There is no evidence yet, but this possibility cannot be ruled out!"

Seeing Sun Taihai's serious words, Ji Xian looked at him again and asked:
"Did you find any connection between Deng Gao and a man named Deng Li during your investigation of Deng Gao?"

Hearing Ji Xian's question, Sun Taihai fell into deep thought. Although they captured Deng Gao, they also arrested seven or eight of Deng Gao's accomplices. From these accomplices, they roughly understood Deng Gao's interpersonal network. If he remembered correctly, there should be no such person as Deng Li.

However, both Deng Gao and Deng Li have the surname Deng, and Deng is not a common surname among the people like Zhao, Wang, Zhang, and Li. Are there any relatives between the two?
Thinking of this, Sun Taihai seemed to have thought of something, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he reported to Ji Xian:

“Director Ji, so far we have not obtained any information about Deng Li from our investigation of Deng Gao. However, during the interrogation of several of Deng Gao’s men, we learned that Deng Gao has a second brother. This person’s whereabouts are very mysterious, and we don’t know his name yet…”

After hearing this, Ji Xian also became interested and asked Sun Taihai:
"Do you know more information about this second brother?"

Sun Taihai shook his head with some regret and said:

"Deng Gao's second brother's whereabouts are very mysterious. According to Deng Gao's subordinates, they have only seen him come to Deng Gao three times, and all of them were late at night. Not only do they not know his name, they have not even seen what he looks like. They have only sized him up from a distance!"

"This person is a little shorter and thinner than Deng Gao, and speaks with a slight Yuyang accent!"

Hearing this description, Ji Xian narrowed his eyes subconsciously, pondered for a moment, and said:
"Sun Taihai, your current investigation direction should immediately change to investigating the second brother Deng Gao!"

Hearing Ji Xian's order, Sun Taihai was very surprised and puzzled. He organized his words and said:

"Is there something wrong with Director Ji? Our current investigation is into the manufacture of these firearms, and we have already invested a lot of manpower and resources!"

Although Sun Taihai's words were very tactful, Ji Xian naturally heard his hidden meaning and said coldly:
“Captain Sun, I can tell you right now that this Deng Gao’s second brother you mentioned is most likely his half-brother Deng Li. The reason why Deng Gao opened a black gambling house and manufactured these weapons and armor in the gambling house was all at the instruction of Deng Li…”

Sun Taihai's expression immediately became serious when he heard this. He understood that Ji Xian had no reason to lie to him on this issue, so he nodded and said seriously:
"Director Ji, I understand! From now on, our investigation will focus on this Deng Li!"

After explaining everything to Sun Taihai, Ji Xian waved his hand and asked Sun Taihai to leave. Sun Taihai bowed and left. Zhang Chengzhe, who had been silent since entering the room, also planned to follow his boss Sun Taihai and leave. However, what he never expected was that Ji Xian stopped him.

"The guy named Zhang Chengzhe stay here!"

After these words were spoken, Sun Taihai and Zhang Chengzhe were both stunned. Although they didn't know what Ji Xian wanted to talk to them about, Zhang Chengzhe was still a little nervous. At this moment, Sun Taihai gave him a look, then left the room, leaving Zhang Chengzhe alone to face Ji Xian.

Zhang Chengzhe's heart was pounding as he felt Ji Xian's eagle-like sharp eyes. He originally had a plan to join Ji Xian to make a fortune, but he had no channel to get to know Ji Xian.

However, now that he had the opportunity to meet with Ji Xian alone, Zhang Chengzhe was in a dilemma. He didn't know whether he should just bow down or listen to why Ji Xian, the director, left him alone.

After taking a look at Zhang Chengzhe, Ji Xian said:
"You were the one hiding in Chen Shangye's house before?" Although he didn't know why Ji Xian asked this, Zhang Chengzhe still spoke honestly:
“It’s my humble servant…”

After saying this, Zhang Chengzhe recalled the days of hiding in Chen Shangye's house and said with some regret:
"I have been lurking in Chen Shangye's home for nearly half a month. I thought he was a big fish, but I didn't expect that he would end up with a tiger with a whimper in the end!"

Hearing what Zhang Chengzhe said, Ji Xian narrowed his eyes, then took out a piece of paper from the desk and asked in a deep voice:
"Do you know this person on the paper?"

Looking at the portrait of a middle-aged man on the paper, with the familiar flat nose, triangular eyes, and scar on the left cheek, Zhang Chengzhe immediately nodded and said:
"Director Ji, I saw this man when I was hiding in Chen Shangye's house. His surname seemed to be Wu, and Chen Shangye treated him with great respect!"

After hearing this answer, Ji Xian put down the portrait in his hand and asked in a deep voice:
"Who else knew about your going to Chen Shangye's house to hide, besides your boss Sun Taihai?"

Zhang Chengzhe was even more confused about this question, but after thinking about it, he said:
"Sir, I got this mission from Captain Sun. I don't know who else knows that I went to Chen Shangye's house to hide. My superior is Captain Sun. Sir Sun should know more about this issue!"

After hearing Zhang Chengzhe's answer, Ji Xian looked at him again and said calmly:

“When you go back, Sun Taihai will ask you what I asked you. You have to think carefully about how to answer…”

After saying this, Ji Xian waved his hand and asked Zhang Chengzhe to leave without waiting for him to speak. After walking out of Ji Xian's office, Zhang Chengzhe was still wondering what Ji Xian's last words meant. When he returned, he saw Sun Taihai waiting for him there.

Although Sun Taihai said nothing, feeling his scrutinizing gaze, Zhang Chengzhe understood what he wanted to ask, and immediately took the initiative to tell Sun Taihai everything Ji Xian asked. However, perhaps for some unknown reason, Zhang Chengzhe concealed Ji Xian's last words.

After listening to Zhang Chengzhe's story, Sun Taihai patted Zhang Chengzhe on the shoulder and said:

"Ji Xian is a very shady person and he is also related to the Internal Security Bureau. It is best for you and me to stay away from him and not get involved with him too much!"

At this point, Sun Taihai said in a low voice:
"Chengzhe, although you didn't succeed in being promoted to deputy centurion this time because of your mediocre results, your courage in lurking in Chen Shangye's house still made the higher-ups admire you very much. You are still young and you will probably be able to make it in two or three years! You must hold on and don't let the higher-ups down!"

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Yijing, evening

The Bai family gathered together for dinner. Old man Bai Wanhao sat at the main seat, his two sons Bai Changrong and Bai Changjiu sat on his left and right, and their wives and children sat on both sides.

Looking at his two sons, Bai Wanhao raised his glass and said in a deep voice:
"I'm going to make it clear in front of everyone today. Before I close my eyes, neither of you two are allowed to talk about splitting up the family!"

"When I close my eyes and kick my legs, you two bastards can divide this property up however you like!"

Hearing their father say this about the brothers Bai Changrong and Bai Changjiu, as well as their wives, Hu and Cui, all lowered their heads in shame.

During this period, the sisters-in-law, Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Cui, quarreled several times over trivial matters. According to etiquette, the father's property was mainly left to the eldest son. Therefore, when they quarreled, Mrs. Hu, Bai Changrong's wife, always acted like the future mistress of the house.

Cui was naturally very angry about this, but she was helpless in the face of etiquette and law. In order to be able to be the head of the family and not be bullied, she had the idea of ​​dividing the family, so she also moved her husband Bai Changjiu. At first, Bai Changjiu did not have this idea, but after his wife's repeated persuasion, he also felt that dividing the family made sense!

After all, although my father is still in good health, he is not young anymore. If he passes away one day, the family property will be given to my eldest brother according to the rules. It would be embarrassing for my family to live here, even if we don’t say it is dependent on others. So it is better to make plans early and prepare for a rainy day...
After having this idea, Bai Changjiu also wanted to talk to his elder brother Bai Changrong. After all, the housing prices in Yijing are quite high now. He didn't dare to be too greedy over the years because he wanted to move up. So even though he had some spare money, he didn't have the courage to buy a big house in Yijing.

Bai Changjiu had experience as a governor, so although his mansion was not that great, it should be decent enough. Therefore, he needed help from his family to buy the house. However, his father was old and had less energy, so most of the financial matters in the family were handed over to his eldest brother.

So Bai Changjiu felt that for the sake of brotherly relationship, he should talk to his elder brother Bai Changrong before talking to his father, and the two of them should come up with a solution.

Because the brothers had always had a very good relationship since childhood, Bai Changrong never thought that his younger brother would come to him to discuss separation. However, his wife, Mrs. Hu, was somewhat dissatisfied with his brother's wife, Mrs. Cui, so she agreed very much with the separation and had been persuading Bai Changrong to agree to it.

Under the persuasion of his wife Mrs. Hu, Bai Changrong finally agreed to divide the family, and the two brothers also negotiated that the family would fund Bai Changjiu to buy a two-entry house in Yijing, plus two shops, three hundred acres of fertile land outside the city, and finally one thousand and two taels of silver...
After dividing up these properties, the Bai family’s property would have nothing to do with Bai Changjiu anymore. After reaching an agreement, the two brothers of the Bai family went to find their father Bai Wanhao to make the final decision!

Bai Wanhao has been concentrating on revitalizing his family in recent years. Now, his eldest son Bai Changrong is a general in the Fengwu Army, and his second son Bai Changjiu is an officer in the Provincial Government. They both have a bright future in their official careers. Although his daughter Bai Yuanyuan is only a concubine, a concubine will be indispensable when Ye Mingsheng unifies the world in the future.

Therefore, Bai Wanhao is very satisfied with everything the Bai family has now. As he gets older, he just wants to enjoy the happiness of having his family together and having his children and grandchildren around him!
However, what he never expected was that his two sons had divided the family property without telling him. This was undoubtedly a wake-up call for Bai Wanhao, who was enjoying family happiness. After hearing this idea, the old man almost fainted. After he recovered his breath, he picked up the stick and prepared to teach these two unfilial sons a lesson!

After teaching his son a lesson, Bai Wanhao held this family banquet today to express his attitude in front of his children and grandchildren.

After their father made his statement, the brothers Bai Changrong and Bai Changjiu also stood up and said that they would never mention the matter of splitting up the family. After receiving this promise, Bai Changrong felt relieved. He then looked at his second son, Bai Changjiu, and asked:
“Changjiu, how is your transfer to the Personnel Bureau going?”

(End of this chapter)