Reborn in 1977

Chapter 429: Multi-Party Investigation

December 21st, Lunar November 11th, Changsha, Orange Isle.

A cadre from the Funan Province Education Commission, surnamed Zhang, was speaking to a group of middle-aged people around 50 years old, with a standard Funan Mandarin accent (fourth tone), passionately explaining, "In the autumn of '25, young Mr. Li went from Shaoshan to Guangzhou, revisiting Orange Isle. Although it was autumn, the scenery was even more beautiful than in spring."

The three words "Mr. Li" quickly attracted everyone's attention, and they even forgot to look at the surrounding snow scene.

Cadre Zhang nodded in satisfaction, pointing to the west and continuing, "At that time, the red leaves of Yuelu Mountain on the opposite side were like fire. Facing this great landscape, Mr. Li's passion burst forth, and he wrote the immortal masterpiece, 'Ode to Youthful Aspirations'."

Speaking of this, he raised his finger high and skillfully adjusted his emotions... He had to be skilled, because in this area of Jiangnan, from Fubei to Jiangxi, from Anhui to Jiangsu, these teachers from the college entrance examination paper-setting team would be organized for a small tour after completing their tasks, as a reward for their hard work.

Anyway, no matter where they went, there would definitely be a stop at Shaoshan, and going to Shaoshan would definitely pass through Changsha.

Since they were all from the education system, the Provincial Education Commission would definitely arrange someone to receive them, and he was designated as the guide for the Orange Isle to Yuelu Mountain tour route.

Today he was receiving the Jiangnan Province paper-setting team's tour group, which was already the fifth group he had received, so those tour guide lines were naturally very familiar.

"Independent in the cold autumn, the Xiang River flows north, Orange Isle. See the mountains all red, the forests dyed; the river so clear, hundreds of boats race. Eagles strike the sky, fish swim in the shallows, all creatures in the frosty sky compete for freedom. In the vastness, I ask the boundless earth, who will determine our destiny?..."

Just as Cadre Zhang was reciting with great emotion, a scenic area worker walked over quickly.

Seeing that he was reciting Mr. Li's poems, he did not speak immediately, but stood aside and waited.

It wasn't until the poem was finished and he started talking about other things that he approached and asked loudly, "Excuse me, which two are Teacher Guo Huaimin and Teacher He Tianpei?"

Guo Huaimin and He Tianpei were listening intently, and when they heard someone calling their names, they turned around and looked, raising their hands as they walked out of the crowd. "I am Guo Huaimin." "I am He Tianpei."

The man looked at them and said, "Your Provincial Education Commission called our Provincial Education Commission to notify you to go back immediately. They have important matters to discuss with you."

The two looked at each other, and without saying a word, they walked out, while the others looked at each other, not knowing why.

Guo Huaimin walked up to the man, took out a cigarette and offered it, and asked in a low voice, "Comrade, did they say anything on the phone?"

The man took the cigarette and shook his head with a smile. "I just received a call from our Provincial Education Commission to convey this message. I don't know anything else."

After a pause, he added, "Oh, right, your unit asked you to call back first, and then buy the nearest train ticket back."

After saying that, he waved goodbye and turned to leave.

Guo Huaimin and He Tianpei frowned, first explaining the situation to the team leader, and then hurried back together.

He Tianpei's face was full of confusion. "What's the matter with calling us back at this time?"

Guo Huaimin shook his head gently. "I've been with you all the time, how would I know what's going on?"

As he spoke, he frowned, suddenly thinking of something. "Do you think it's because the college entrance examination results are out, and the scores of the students in Lujiawan are abnormal?"

He Tianpei raised his eyebrows and chuckled twice. "Is that the matter? Didn't we already give Secretary Zhou and Section Chief Wang of the Provincial Education Commission a heads-up, saying that the students in Lujiawan have a solid foundation of knowledge? We even gave them the test papers from the mock exams we gave to Lujiawan at that time, so that the paper-setting team would pay attention to avoiding those types of questions.

Strictly speaking, this approach is actually not fair to the students in Lujiawan. We have already done things to this point, what else is there to investigate?"

Guo Huaimin took a deep breath, frowned tightly, and slowly shook his head. "Then I don't understand."

After pondering for two seconds, he simply waved his hand. "Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it. Let's go back to the guesthouse and make a phone call. We'll talk about the specifics when we get back to the provincial capital."

...

Nanhugongshe, Police Station.

The director put on his cotton coat and hat and walked out of the office, looking at the snow outside and muttering, "This damn weather, the snow has stopped but it won't melt."

The instructor walked over wrapped in a cotton coat and said with a smile, "It's not cold when it snows, it's cold when it melts. If it really melts, it will be much colder than it is now."

The director walked downstairs while laughing, "It's not as cold as it was at this time last year, right?"

The instructor nodded. "To be precise, it was January of this year. The lowest temperature was close to minus 19 degrees Celsius, and the Yangtze River was almost frozen. Although it's cold today, it's much warmer than it was then."

As they spoke, the two quickly reached the courtyard downstairs.

The instructor took out his whistle and blew it hard. In less than 5 seconds, all the police officers in the police station appeared in front of him, standing in a row to report the numbers.

There were no auxiliary police officers in those years. Everyone in the police station was a formally employed police officer, and the number of police officers in the country was only 700,000, which was really incomparable to the more than 2 million registered police officers 30 or 40 years later, not to mention the auxiliary police officers and security guards whose numbers far exceeded the number of formal police officers by several times.

One director, one deputy director, one instructor, plus 5 police officers, that was the entire strength of the Nanhugongshe Police Station.

After the instructor joined the ranks, the director looked at everyone. "At ease. Xiao Li and Lao Liu stay, and the others go to support the school district office. Are the requirements clear?"

Everyone immediately answered in unison, "Clear."

"Good."

The director waved his hand. "Let's go."

Just as he was about to go out, he saw a jeep driving into the yard.

Everyone immediately stopped, and the first thing they saw was the color of white on top and blue on the bottom.

(Similar to this, this is from the 90s, you can tell from the license plate, the one from '77 couldn't come out because there was a handsome guy -_-||.)

This kind of police car was actually a BJ212 military vehicle that had been phased out from the army, but even so, it was not something that grassroots units could be equipped with. At the very least, it had to be a regional public security department, or a district or county public security bureau with a relatively wealthy economy, to be qualified and have the conditions to use this kind of second-hand car.

Not to mention anything else, just the gasoline alone, how many grassroots police stations could afford it?

So what kind of car did the grassroots units use?

Of course, it was the sturdy and durable "Flying Pigeon" bicycle that could travel a hundred kilometers with just two steamed buns!

Between bicycles and jeeps, there was also a powerful motor vehicle, which was the legendary "side three-wheeler".

(That's him)

As people from the Nanhugongshe Police Station, of course they knew what the County Public Security Bureau's car looked like, and this one was obviously not it.

Was it from the Prefectural Committee? Or from somewhere else?

While guessing, the director walked towards the car.

At this time, the four car doors opened at the same time, and 4 people got out.

They saluted first, then verified their documents and looked at their letters of introduction.

After completing the process, the director immediately saluted again, "Please give instructions, leaders."

The leader returned a salute first, "At ease."

Then he looked at the people behind him. "Are you preparing for a field mission?"

The director smiled and said, "Today is the day for physical examinations and filling out college entrance examination applications. In order to facilitate students who live relatively far away, the commune health center has also set up the physical examination location in the school district office. There are more than 100 students who have come to take the physical examination, plus the accompanying family members, the number of people is still relatively large, so we plan to go over to maintain order and prevent anyone from causing trouble."

The leader raised his eyebrows slightly, and was about to ask how a commune could have more than 100 people entering the physical examination and application process?

As far as he knew, the number of physical examinations in most grassroots communes was less than 20 people, or even single digits, or even zero.

A mere Nanhugongshe has more than 100 people?

But when he thought of the purpose of coming here, a wry smile appeared on his face.

This Chen Fan is really a great talent!

He has cultivated so many talents for the country, I hope he doesn't have any problems. Otherwise, unless the evidence is conclusive, this matter will probably be difficult to handle, and it will also be a loss to the public.

Coming back to his senses, he gathered his thoughts, raised his head and said, "Who is Zhu Ming?"

The director immediately turned around, and the others also turned their eyes to a middle-aged man in the crowd.

Zhu Public Security was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, strode up to the leader, stood at attention and saluted, "Report, I am Zhu Ming."

The leader nodded slightly, and then said to the director, "You can continue your actions, I'll ask Comrade Zhu Ming to understand the situation."

A few minutes later, in the small conference room of the police station, Zhu Ming listened to the leader's words, and immediately said without hesitation, "Report, ..."

Before he could finish speaking, the leader waved his hand and said with a smile, "Although this matter is very important, you don't need to be too nervous, relax a little, just treat it as a normal conversation."

"Yes."

Zhu Ming swallowed, his mind full of what the leader had just said.

29 key high school lines, 27 undergraduate lines, 43 junior college lines... No wonder there are more than 100 people in Nanhugongshe participating in physical examinations and volunteer filling.

According to the ratio of 2 to 1, wouldn't there be so many people?

And the reason why these people's scores are so high is that they all have a direct or indirect relationship with Chen Fan.

Those who have a direct relationship are all those who passed the key high school line and the undergraduate line. They have all stayed in the Lujiawan study class and listened to Chen Fan's lectures.

Others who have an indirect relationship also rely on the materials Chen Fan brought back from the Prefectural Committee, as well as the photocopies of the lecture notes he gave to the students in Lujiawan, to study in the Nanhugongshe High School college entrance examination review class, to get such good results.

Then think about Chen Fan's background... Numb, numb, this is really numb.

No wonder even the leaders of the Provincial Department have to personally lead a team to come down to investigate. If this is not investigated clearly, who would dare to rest assured?!

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of water, Zhu Ming sorted out his thoughts, and began to talk about it from the first time he saw Chen Fan, including Chen Fan's activities and trajectory throughout the year, all the details were clearly explained.

This lecture lasted for more than two hours, and the scribe from the Provincial Department had filled most of a notebook.