Chapter 74 Climbing

This little girl is usually very naughty, but she is unexpectedly touching at the critical moment. Zhang Yunqi smiled and touched Zhang Xiaoxiao's head, saying, "Eat as much as you want, and buy more when you're done. You can also take some home."

"Second brother, you are the best." Zhang Xiaoxiao's head was pecking like a chick, but his hands were not idle at all. He immediately grabbed a hamburger and stuffed it into his mouth.

Zhang Yunqi laughed, stood up and left KFC, and called at a public telephone booth on the roadside to ask Zhang Ma and his eldest brother Zhang Yunfeng to come over. He had to go to the department store to buy New Year's goods and home appliances in the afternoon, so it would be better to have Zhang Ma and his eldest brother with him to buy these things.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yunfeng arrived in a van.

After Zhang Yunqi and Ji Ling took their two sisters into the car, they told each other what happened in KFC. Zhang's mother and Zhang Yunfeng couldn't stop laughing. Zhang Yunfeng touched Zhang Xiaoxiao's head and said, "Xiaoxiao is so good. I'll give you my share when we get back."

"That's not good. I want to go out with my brother and mom." Zhang Xiaoxiao, who was holding a big bag of KFC takeout, smiled with her eyes curved.

After the van arrived at the department store, the family went to buy home appliances first. His family didn't have any home appliances. Even if he wanted to watch TV, he had to go to his neighbor Zhang Xiaomei's house.

Zhang Yunqi first bought a 1500-inch Changhong color TV priced at 24 yuan. Xiaoxiao was so happy that he jumped for joy. Chunlan was also touching and bumping around the TV, looking very happy.

Later, Zhang Yunqi bought a Xinfei refrigerator for 2688 yuan. When he was about to buy a Haier washing machine for 3289 yuan, Zhang's mother, whose mood had been like a roller coaster since she entered the house, held his hand and refused to let him spend money no matter what.

Zhang Yunqi thought that he would buy a house in the city after the Chinese New Year, and would also need to buy home appliances after decorating it, so he agreed to what Zhang Ma said.

After buying the home appliances, Zhang Yunqi did not go to buy New Year's goods.

He didn't have time, so he gave his elder brother Zhang Yunfeng 3000 yuan, took a taxi to send Ji Ling back to her home, and then went straight to the Municipal Public Security Bureau to find Ji Zhong.

Zhang Yunqi had been to the Discipline Inspection Office many times. The staff in charge of reception all knew him and knew that this young man had a special relationship with the Discipline Inspection Commission, so Zhang Yunqi had no problems walking through.

When Zhang Yunqi came in, Ji Zhong was about to leave with his briefcase. Seeing Zhang Yunqi, he smiled and said, "Why are you here at this time instead of staying at home to celebrate the New Year?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Uncle Ji, do you have something to go out for?"

Ji Zhong put his briefcase on the coffee table and said, "There is an important meeting at the municipal government. I'll give you ten minutes. Go ahead and talk. If you have time another day, come to my house and we can have a good chat."

Zhang Yunqi said, "Uncle Ji, I came to you because of my dad's matter, but I just want to ask a question."

Ji Zhong looked at him and asked, "What?"

Zhang Yunqi asked: "How can a prisoner in prison be considered to have made a significant contribution?"

Ji Zhong said directly: "There are many, such as preventing others from committing major crimes; reporting major crimes inside and outside the prison; sacrificing oneself to save others; making inventions or major technological innovations; making other major contributions to the country and society, etc."

Zhang Yunqi thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle Ji, can you give me a list of the prisoners serving sentences in Guiping County Prison?" Ji Zhong looked at Zhang Yunqi, his eyes suddenly becoming meaningful, "The prison judicial authorities are in control of the prisoners' sentences, and it is an absolute secret."

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said yes.

This kind of thing cannot be forced, and the spread of the criminals' prison list may cause great harm. But no matter what, Ji Zhong is very good to him, and is willing to help him with anything that is not against the rules. With his status, it is very humane to be able to do this. Of course, there is also the factor that he helped him solve the major rape and murder case. The solution of this major case obviously provides an important weight for Ji Zhong's career advancement. Recently, Zhang Yunqi vaguely received some news that Ji Zhong may climb another step.

Although he couldn't get the list of criminals serving sentences in Guiping County, he still had to do what he had to do. Zhang Yunqi said goodbye to Ji Zhong, went back to his sister's house to meet up with Zhang Ma and his elder brother, and returned to Yunxi Village with a cart full of New Year's goods.

After returning home, the family happily unloaded New Year's goods, but Zhang Yunqi locked himself in the room, racking his brains to think hard. Judging from the current situation, the only way to reduce his father's sentence was to let his father perform a major meritorious service.

After repeated consideration, Zhang Yunqi thought that among the major meritorious services rendered by the prisoners mentioned by Ji Zhong, the most reliable one was reporting major criminal activities inside and outside the prison.

He had done this once before, reporting the hiding place of the suspect in the rape and murder of a senior high school girl in Jiangchuan City. Now thinking about it, it was such a pity and a waste. If he had revealed the case to his father and asked him to report it, wouldn't it have been a major meritorious service?

Zhang Yunqi really wanted to slap himself twice, thinking that his cleverness had backfired. But as things had come to this point, there was no point in thinking too much.

Originally, he asked Ji Zhong for the list of prisoners in the same prison as his father, just to see if there were any prisoners he had heard of in his previous life. Among these prisoners, there must be people who have hidden crimes. Although the chance of finding them is very small, the scope is small and there are many typical cases, so it is a reasonable and feasible method.

Now that Ji Zhong refused to give him the list, there was no choice but to expand the scope to find suitable cases. Zhang Yunqi sat in front of the table with a pen and paper, thinking hard. He searched his memory for various cases in Jiangchuan City during this period that he knew about in his previous life. He wrote down one case after another as he remembered it. He stayed up until most of the night, his eyes were dizzy, and he only wrote about ten cases.

At this time, everyone in the family had gone to bed and everything was quiet outside the window. Zhang Yunqi put down his pen and ran to the yard to get a bucket of cold water to wash his face. His mind immediately became clear.

He returned to the table, picked up a pen and began to select the cases recorded on the paper. He checked the ones he thought were suitable and crossed out the ones he thought were not suitable.

All he could think of at the moment were the big cases that had caused a sensation in Jiangchuan City during that era. After all, a case that had been remembered for decades must have had an impact that could not be small. However, some of the people involved were too powerful, and if they stomped their feet, Jiangchuan City would tremble.

There is no need to offend such a big shot, nor is there the strength to offend him. Don't say that you have no evidence. Even if you have evidence, you may not be able to bring him down. Just cross him out.

After removing cases of this type, there are not many cases left, and among the remaining cases, some of the time points do not match, some are not certain or are not remembered clearly.

Zhang Yunqi drew all the cases and finally found that there was no suitable case.

He rubbed his temples, crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it out of the window, but after a moment, he suddenly woke up as if he had been enlightened, and immediately got up and ran out of the door to take back the paper ball and unfold it again.

Looking at the key figures recorded in those major cases above, he finally understood what it meant to lose something in one place and gain something in another. He couldn't find any cases that could help his father gain merit, but the important figures in these cases in Jiangchuan City might become his helpers and stepping stones to climb up.

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