Zhang Qiang took a long puff of cigarette, and his tone of voice sounded a little strange, with a hint of threat: "What, you want to drive me away?"

Zheng Yuxian was frightened, and finally plucked up the courage to say: "That... no... it's not expulsion. Xiao Zhang, something happened at home, and I have to take the house back. You can't live here anyway."

For one month, I will calculate half of your rent and refund the money to you."

Hu Pingtao helped from the side: "Don't be dissatisfied, this is already very good. You can do the math for yourself. It has been more than twenty days since you moved in. Aunt Zheng only confiscated one because of your poor health.

Full month’s rent.”

Zhang Qiang was very afraid of Hu Pingtao, who was wearing a police uniform. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, raised his foot and stamped it out, crushed it several times, and said unhappily: "This matter has nothing to do with you police, I am

Renting a house is not a crime, and no matter where I go, I am right."

"Besides, it's our business if I ask her to borrow money. Why do you, a policeman, get involved?"

Faced with the verbal provocation, Hu Pingtao did not get angry. He said pleasantly: "Aunt Zheng is my aunt. I am helping my relatives. Is there a problem with this?"

Help people to the end, fictitious relatives can play a certain role at critical moments.

Zhang Qiang's eyes twitched slightly for a few times, then he raised his hand, shook his head as if resigned, and sighed: "Okay! I admit it, who made me have no money and poor health, and no one took it seriously.

As for the relative of the policeman...Old lady, just do as you say: you cancel the rent and I will check out, that’s all right!”

The matter was settled satisfactorily. Zheng Yuxian looked happy and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, that's good. Well...I'll transfer the money to you right now."

"Wait a minute, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Zhang Qiang touched his newly shaved head, with a hint of cunning in his eyebrows: "In addition to the three months' rent and one month's deposit I gave you, I also paid an extra month's rent to the agency. Since you asked me

Check out, you have to pay me the money, right?"

When Zheng Yuxian heard this, he immediately became anxious: "This is the agency fee you paid them. What does it have to do with me?"

Zhang Qiang raised his hand and made a movement to stop him: "Old lady, you can't say that. You should understand that when we signed the contract to rent the house, it was between you and me. I didn't default on the rent. I signed the contract immediately.

Transfer the money to you. Now it's the other way around. You don't want me to live here. I don't care whether your relatives are policemen or not. I must make it clear: you want me to leave now. That's fine, I have no problem with it. But

You have to compensate me for the loss, right?"

Zheng Yuxian was too anxious to say a word.

This is indeed true, but the agency fee for one month's rent really has nothing to do with her.

Seeing this, Hu Pingtao stepped forward and said seriously: "Aunt Zheng confiscated your money. This is a problem between you and the agency. In addition, please show your ID card and proof of release from prison."

Zhang Qiang did not argue, turned around and walked to the bed, took out the ID from a bag and handed it to Hu Pingtao.

There was nothing wrong with the ID card. The release certificate contained the stub from the detention center and the seal stamped by the local police station. While checking carefully, Hu Pingtao frowned and asked, "Do you have a history of drug abuse?"

Zhang Qiang stared at him with an unkind look, and spoke in a provocative tone: "I used to do this well, but then I stopped using medicine instead. You are a police officer, how come you don't even understand this?"

Hu Pingtao ignored him. The top priority now was to help Zheng Yuxian get the house back. He collected the documents and returned them to Zhang Qiang: "I'll say it again, the agency fee has nothing to do with the landlord. She has not confiscated the money. Now we are only talking about the house.

I’ll give you two days to pack up and move out as soon as possible.”

There was a mocking look on Zhang Qiang's face, and he sneered: "Since you said so, I can't help but give you face...Okay, I will move it if you ask me to. We don't need to delay it until tomorrow. I will do it later."

Call someone to come and move things away."

Hu Pingtao was surprised by Zhang Qiang's words and nodded slowly: "Thank you for your cooperation."

Zhang Qiang smiled maliciously: "Don't thank me in a hurry, I haven't finished speaking yet. I know what's wrong with me. I take drugs, have been to prison, am poor, and have no job... Officer, I'm with you

Tell the truth, this man is going to be poor, he doesn't have a penny on him, what's the matter?

I can do it all. I can use the money to rent a house, but I just want to find a job and settle down. Since you don't want to rent the house to me, it doesn't matter, I will just leave. But I have to say it first.

——No one can take advantage of me, and anyone who eats from me must spit it out."

There was a threat in his words. Hu Pingtao looked at him coldly: "You mean, let us go to the agency with you and get the agency fee back?"

"That's right!" Zhang Qiang smiled, his smile was strange and confusing: "Isn't this too much to ask for?"

Hu Pingtao thought for a while and turned to Zheng Yuxian: "Aunt Zheng, what do you think?"

Zheng Yuxian wished Zhang Qiang could move away quickly and nodded repeatedly.

To be honest, no one wants to have such a tenant. Let alone borrowing money, whether it is drug abuse or being released from prison, any one of them will cause a headache for the landlord, and no one wants to provoke it.

…

The agency is not far from the rental house, on the side street more than 300 meters away.

The account manager’s name is Jiang Guihua, a middle-aged woman in her forties. According to Zheng Yuxian, the previous manager was a man, and she was replaced in the second half of last year.

The matter is not complicated and can be explained clearly in a few sentences.

"Do you want to cancel the lease?" Jiang Guihua's face was heavily made up, her cheeks were fair, but the skin on her neck was very dark. She put away her smile and frowned.

Zheng Yuxian quickly explained: "I have to take the house back and refund the rent to him. I won't rent this house anymore, so you have to refund the agency fee to him."

When Jiang Guihua heard this, her eyebrows suddenly stood up and she spoke in a loud voice: "Why? This is a matter between both of you. How can you drag our agency into it? This has nothing to do with us!"

Zheng Yuxian said: "Didn't you charge him an agency fee for one month's rent? Now that I don't rent, you have to refund the money."

Jiang Guihua frowned tightly: "Zheng Yuxian, you have to clearly distinguish your responsibilities. I am an intermediary, and I am only responsible for helping sell your house. As for who you rent the house to, that is your business. You and me.

There is a relationship between entrustment and being entrusted. As long as someone mentions me to rent your house, and you agree and sign the contract, even if the entrustment is established, I can smoothly collect the agency fee."

"Now it's your unwillingness to rent the house to him. In other words, it's a conflict between you and Zhang Qiang. You can't use this as an excuse to ask me to refund his agency fee! Because there is no trust between me and him.

The trust relationship between you and me is also over. I charge money because I have completed this phase of the work. If you think about it carefully, is this true?"

Zheng Yuxian jumped up and down anxiously, but was so crowded by Jiang Guihua that she was speechless and could only turn to Hu Pingtao for help.

Hu Pingtao sighed secretly and persuaded in a low voice: "Aunt Zheng, what I said is right. This is the truth."

He wanted to help Zheng Yuxian, but Jiang Guihua said it clearly and Hu Pingtao had nothing to do about it.

Jiang Guihua was very familiar with the lease terms. She might have been angered by Zheng Yuxian's request. In front of Zhang Qiang, she deliberately said: "Zheng Yuxian, I suggest you take a good look at the relevant regulations. The national law clearly stipulates: no discrimination.

Released prisoners and drug addicts. People pay to rent a house normally, which is their legal civil rights. And there is no evidence to prove that Zhang Qiang committed any illegal behavior when renting your house. In other words, you have no right to terminate the lease contract.

.”

"What did you say?" Zheng Yuxian was dumbfounded on the spot.

Zhang Qiang also had a look of understanding on his face at this time. He took out the folded rental contract from his pocket and unfolded it in front of Zheng Yuxian: "Old lady, I remembered, I'm afraid I have to continue to live in this house. You don't have to

The law drives me away."

"Why?" Zheng Yuxian asked angrily, confused.

"Look here, about violating the terms of the contract." Zhang Qiang said with a proud smile: "I didn't do anything illegal in your house, why do you let me go? Of course, if you insist on doing this, I will

There is nothing to say. Who made the house yours?"

"I can move out, but only if you compensate me for all losses, including half a year's rent as liquidated damages."

Zheng Yuxian's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief: "What did you say? Half a year's liquidated damages? You mean...I...I have to pay you in reverse?"

Before Zhang Qiang could speak, Jiang Guihua spoke up and said, "That's the truth. Calculated at 1,800 yuan per month, that's 10,800 yuan for half a year."

Zhang Qiang smiled happily at the side: "Old lady, please think about it, I will take care of this matter. Even if your relatives are policemen, they can't help you."

Zheng Yuxian was almost angered to death.

She was helped by Hu Pingtao to leave the housing agency and return to the police box. After resting for a long time, she slowly stood up and left slowly.

…

Hu Pingtao called the economic investigation team leader Shi Hongwei.

"This is weird." He did not hide his thoughts: "The tenant named Zhang Qiang first asked the landlord to borrow money, and then told the landlord that he was a drug addict and a prisoner released from prison. This is unreasonable."

Shi Hongwei said on the other end of the phone: "It's a little strange. Under normal circumstances, no one would publicize their history of drug abuse, and being released from prison is not a glorious thing. If you are really in financial difficulty,

Generally, we will negotiate with the landlord instead of threatening.”

Hu Pingtao asked: "But what is the reason why he did this? Blackmail? Blackmail?"

Shi Hongwei thought for a moment: "If I guessed correctly, his purpose should be compensation for breach of contract."

Hu Pingtao immediately reacted: "He deliberately let the landlord know his details, which in turn created fear and refused to rent the house to him, resulting in a clear breach of lease."

Shi Hongwei laughed on the phone: "The lease contract has been signed for half a year, and the liquidated damages for half a year are as high as tens of thousands of yuan, which is a lot of money."

Hu Pingtao thought thoughtfully: "So it's just an excuse to go to the hospital for medical treatment because of poor health... Judging from this, I guess the agency and Zhang Qiang must be in the same group. Otherwise, Mrs. Zheng's house

, no matter what, the rent is less than one thousand and eighty months."

Shi Hongwei suddenly became interested: "This matter is quite new. I have seen a lot of economic fraud cases, but this is the first time of this type. Xiaohu, please help me keep an eye on it. If you need anything, just let me know.

I will send someone to follow you tomorrow to investigate together. If it is determined to be a new fraud method, you have made another meritorious deed."

…

Before he could wait until the next day, Hu Pingtao received a call from Zheng Yuxian at around 11 o'clock that night.

She cried on the phone: "Xiaohu, please help me! I know you are busy with work, but I don't know anyone else, so I can only ask you."

They were on duty in the police booth. Hu Pingtao had just laid down on the temporary bed and quickly sat up with his mobile phone: "Don't be impatient. Speak slowly."

Zheng Yuxian sobbed on the phone and said in a tearful voice: "The guy named Zhang who rented my house has made everyone upstairs and downstairs angry, and now they want to kick him out."
To be continued...