Chapter 46: A Big Deal
Hu Jiao stared at Bai Yongshu closely, "Three minutes! Tell me everything, and I'll make sure you retire with the salary of a deputy director."
The corners of Bai Yongshu's mouth were obviously twitching. He took a deep puff of his cigarette and looked at Hu Jiao fiercely, saying, "Too late!"
The sound was so loud that Hu Jiao was startled and looked at the other person in surprise.
Bai Yongshu's trembling quickly spread, and his hand holding the cigarette was obviously out of control. He roared at Hu Jiao, "Why didn't you talk to me when you mentioned Chen Fulai? Why didn't you look for me when you mentioned Chen Shoulai?"
Hu Jiao clearly had a premonition that something big was going to happen!
But he still tried his best to suppress his inner excitement, and on the surface he was calm and indifferent, "Aren't you the top leader? Didn't you mention it?"
Bai Yongshu threw away the cigarette butt, stomped his foot hard, and moved vigorously, "But I don't want to stay in Tieshu, where I live day by day like a year! I once thought about quitting that crappy official position and leaving that damn place! But I won't give up!"
Hu Jiao didn't want to talk nonsense with him. "You said it was too late. Is this what you mean? If you had such emotions, why didn't you talk to me in the first place?"
Bai Yongshu tilted his neck and looked at the ceiling with empty eyes. "Hu Jiao, you shouldn't go back to Tong County. If I were you, I would never come back even if I were beaten to death."
Without waiting for Hu Jiao to speak, he shook his head and said, "What's the point of talking about this now? Just go."
Hu Jiao's heart was filled with huge waves of shock. He had realized from Bai Yongshu's performance that something was wrong.
But everyone has a lucky mentality.
"tell me!"
Bai Yongshu smiled, a little sadly, "Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. We are colleagues now... No! Consider it my way of repaying you for the kindness you showed me in that cigarette."
Hu Jiao looked at Bai Yongshu and never found the person in front of him so strange. Was this Bai Yongshu? Was it the slightly honest party secretary of Tieshu?
Everyone has an unknown side, but the contrast was so great that Hu Jiao couldn't believe it. He did not doubt the abnormality expressed by Bai Yongshu, and this abnormality foreshadowed a storm.
The room fell silent. Bai Yongshu sat there in a daze, no longer looking at Hu Jiao, as if this person no longer existed in front of him.
When he opened the door, before he reached the stairs, there was a muffled sound of leather falling to the ground, and then the whole world was quiet for a few seconds.
Then, a scream rang out...
"Someone jumped off the building!"
I don't know who was shouting, but there was fear and panic in the voice.
Hu Jiao turned and rushed to Bai Yongshu's room. He didn't even have time to turn the door lock and directly broke the door open.
The room was empty, the night wind blew the curtains, gently swaying, and slowly falling back...
Hu Jiao leaned against the door frame and said weakly to the person rushing over, "Hurry, hospital..."
His original intention was to have Bai Yongshu sent for emergency treatment, but at this time, Old Man Chen and four others were shot dead in the temporary detention room of the Public Security Bureau before they could be transferred to the detention center.
Not murdered, shot.
In the office of the secretary of the Tong County Party Committee, it was already two o'clock in the morning after the briefing of the team members. After finishing the report with Tian Fumin and hanging up the phone, Tie Xiangqian's face was livid, while Hu Jiao's face was dejected.
Until now, there is no clue.
It has been exactly four hours since Bai Yongshu jumped off the building and was shot by the Public Security Bureau.
Tie Xiangqian wanted to tear Lu Dawei to pieces alive. What a shitty police chief, he couldn't even be seen in the shadow of him now.
Tian Fumin was extremely furious. What was originally a minor incident of cutting down a tree and injuring someone had now turned into a shooting case?
Tie Xiangqian smiled bitterly, he didn't want to do that either!
Who could have expected that what was originally a minor conflict case would take a sharp turn for the worse, and a series of criminal cases would suddenly occur, leaving the two people in a panic and at a loss.
Hu Jiao believed every word Bai Yongshu said before his death, but he couldn't guess the hidden story.
Is it necessary to jump off the building?
Is it necessary to kill someone to speak?
And you're still using a gun!
Hu Jiao smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that the situation, which was so relaxed yesterday, has now turned into a life-and-death situation.
Who is so deliberate and ruthless?
Tie Xiangqian seemed to have aged a lot overnight, muttering to himself, "Brutal! Vicious! Crazy!"
At this time, the Public Security Bureau was in chaos. Executive Deputy Director Chen Wei was already overwhelmed. In the absence of the director, it was the first shooting case in Tong County since liberation.
Secretary Tie of the county party committee has made no less than ten phone calls, and the city criminal investigation team has completed the preliminary on-site investigation. The four victims were all killed by homemade hunting rifles.
There are two murderers, still at large.
Fortunately, Chen Wei responded quickly after the incident and blocked several major traffic arteries in the county, while also requesting coordinated arrests from neighboring cities and counties.
Therefore, it was preliminarily determined that the perpetrator was still in Tong County.
Ma Zhengpin, entrusted by Tie Xiangqian and Hu Jiao, rushed to Tieshu Township overnight to prevent the occurrence of mass incidents.
I dare not imagine how the people in Tieshu will react if the news reaches them tomorrow. Especially the veteran Red Army soldiers, if they don't come up with a reasonable explanation as soon as possible, I'm afraid something big will happen.
Hu Jiao did not tell Tie Xiangqian what Bai Yongshu said before he committed suicide.
Is it useful to say it?
Anyway, the people present at the time would only think that he was the one who forced Bai Yongshu to death. Bai Yongshu jumped off the building just after they finished talking and before they even went downstairs.
Therefore, he did not report to Tian Fumin in person. He could only wait for the matter to be clarified as soon as possible. Otherwise, if a full investigation was launched tomorrow, Hu Jiao would not be able to explain himself even if he had a lot of mouths.
But I couldn't find Lu Dawei.
Bai Yongshu died on the way to the hospital.
Hu Jiao's voice was a little hoarse, "Will Lu Dawei be in trouble?"
Tie Xiangqian frowned, "Anything can happen now, Jiaojiao, we are too optimistic... No! Victory, victory!"
Tie Shengli hurriedly pushed the door open and Tie Xiangqian asked anxiously, "Did you inform Deputy Secretary Li about the briefing just now?"
"I notified him! But no one answered the phone at his home."
Hu Jiao also reacted and shouted, "Go find someone! It's bad!" How could no one be at Li Changsheng's house? His son had been at home for the past two days.
Tie Xiangqian held Hu Jiao down and asked Tie Shengli again, "Where is Minister Gui?"
“I called home, but no one answered.”
Tie Xiangqian looked at Hu Jiao, and both of them had fear in their eyes! Guilan's husband happened to be visiting relatives during this period.
After the city's criminal investigation team leader Zhang Jihua took over the command of the Tong County shooting case, he has issued a series of orders to deploy control, mainly relying on the people he brought with him, and cooperating with the Tong County Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team to launch a comprehensive search.
After receiving Tie Xiangqian's call, Zhang Jihua assigned personnel and divided them into three groups to quickly go to the homes of the three county leaders.
When they broke down Li Changsheng's door, the scene before them shocked everyone!
Dismemberment and mutilation.
Li Changsheng and his wife, along with their son who was doing business in the provincial capital, a family of three, all became part of the human flesh slaughterhouse.
Lu Dawei has not returned home yet, and his secretary and driver are circling anxiously downstairs of his house. Guilan's house is also empty.
Tie Xiangqian smiled bitterly and pushed the phone to Hu Jiao, "It's your turn..."
After Hu Jiao dialed the number, his expression was calm and his voice was steady, but his tone was extremely sad and angry. "Secretary Tian, this is Hu Jiao. I have just verified that Lu Dawei, member of the county party committee, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and director of the Public Security Bureau, is missing, and the whereabouts of the Organization Department Minister Gui Lan is also unknown. Secretary Li Changsheng was murdered."
Tian Fumin might have been influenced by Hu Jiao's calmness, "How many more died?"
"Secretary Li Changsheng's wife and son, a family of three, were dismembered."
There was silence on the phone for a full half minute. "Any clues?"
"Captain Zhang of the Municipal Bureau has verified that Lu Dawei and Guilan's husband Li Changxue were comrades-in-arms. Lu Dawei retired first, and Li Changxue was promoted after passing the military academy. Captain Zhang contacted Li Changxue's unit, and the unit reported that Li Changxue had applied for a two-month family leave and left the unit on March 10. He has not returned yet."
Tian Fumin sighed, "Contact the armed police and find Lu Dawei and others as soon as possible. The Municipal Bureau has set up a special task force. You and Tie Xiangqian must do your best to prevent the incident from escalating and control the impact to the minimum extent... No more lives can be lost!"
It was not until after six in the morning that a cadre reported that he saw Lu Dawei driving away from Tong County after eleven last night, apparently heading towards Tieshu.
The task force leader is Liu Xingtong, director of the municipal bureau. He is analyzing the case with the task force members in the temporary office of the Tong County Public Security Bureau.
Upon hearing the news that Lu Dawei drove towards the iron tree, Zhang Jihua slammed the table hard, "Director Liu, the illegal logger who was beaten to death at the iron tree was Li Changxue's nephew!"
Liu Xingtong was anxious, "Let's go immediately! Notify the Tieshu Police Station and protect the remaining ten people involved in the fight."
Two hours later, in the Generals' Cemetery, the public security and armed police found Guilan and two bodies, Lu Dawei and Li Changxue.
At the same time, at Bai Yongshu's home in Tieshu, Li Changsheng's grandson, Bai Yongshu's son, and his wife were found by the police.
Guilan was extremely frightened and did not respond no matter what was asked. After returning to the county town, the task force decided to scare her again.
He threw the dismembered photo of Li Changsheng's family of three in front of her, "Li Changsheng's family of three were dismembered. Take a look..."
Guilan didn't wait for Zhang Jihua to speak and finally burst into tears.
The story begins after Li Changxue came back. Just a few days ago, Guilan was not feeling well, so Li Changxue accompanied her to the hospital for a check-up. Because her period had not come for a long time, Guilan had been busy with work and did not take it seriously, thinking it was caused by irregular work and rest.
I went straight to the obstetrics and gynecology department at the hospital.
The doctor who was treating the couple happened to be Li Changxue's high school classmate. After examining Guilan, she congratulated him repeatedly and said that Guilan was pregnant.
After returning home, Li Changxue directly pointed a knife at Guilan and asked her whose child it was.
You have to know that the two have been married for five years and have not been pregnant. Li Changxue had a check-up in the military hospital and it was his problem, and a big problem. Even if artificial insemination was used, he had no seeds to use and could only choose from the stock in the seed bank.
So Li Changxue has always felt guilty. How could he feel at ease that Guilan, such a beautiful and capable woman, could not enjoy the feeling of being a mother?
Coupled with staying in the army for many years, the boring training and simple military camp life, Li Changxue couldn't help but have some ideas after a long time.
That is a psychological problem.
If he didn't know that he was infertile, there would probably be no problem. But as a grown man, a battalion-level officer with a bright future, and his wife was the most beautiful girl in the county, how could there not be problems?
So from then on, he was especially close to Guilan and his eldest brother's son, hoping that when he got old, after his nephew got married, he would adopt a grandson to take care of him in his old age.
Li Changxue never dared to confess to Guilan that his seed was not good, and Guilan did not take it to heart. Firstly, she did not like children very much, and secondly, they had been separated for a long time, and having children depended on conditions and fate.
It's not that you can get it just because you want it.
Guilan did cheat on her husband, whose child is it?
Lu Dawei's!
But she thought Li Changxue had no fertility problems, so she refused to admit it. The two had a big fight that night.
No matter how painful Li Changxue was, he never thought of hurting Guilan, but he had to vent the anger in his heart.
Investigate and find the adulterer!
As a result of the investigation, it was found that Li Changsheng's cousin had surfaced and would always call Guilan to discuss work whenever there was something going on.
Considering the speed at which Guilan was promoted, Li Changxue was furious.
I thought, OK, you introduced me to Guilan to fall in love and get married, but it turned out that you were planning to find a way to get rid of my family? I thought you were my real brother!
At this time, Li Changsheng had realized that he would lose his voice in the county party committee standing committee. Hu Jiao was successfully elected as the county magistrate, which put him under considerable pressure.
For some unknown reason, he wanted to give Guilan one more push before he left, so as to get rid of Zheng Shunli and clear the way for Guilan.
Therefore, he instructed Li Changwu to find someone to steal trees and incite the Iron Tree People to cause trouble and sabotage at the completion ceremony and the launch ceremony.
Then they instigated some people who were laid off after the enterprise reorganization to petition, and both sides moved together, targeting Zheng Shunli.
He couldn't move Tie Xiangqian and Hu Jiao.
Only Zheng Shunli, the little follower who used to follow him closely, has now clearly betrayed him.
In this way, Guilan took over, and Li Changsheng took the initiative to step down, allowing Guilan to become the third most important person in Tong County.
God proposes, man disposes.
Unfortunately, the illegal loggers tasted the sweetness of profit and were reluctant to leave behind a few large trees hidden in the forest, so they were discovered.
The person who was beaten to death was Li Changxue's nephew. The day before, Li Changxue's nephew had dinner at Guilan's house and talked about this incident.
So Li Changxue knew that the mastermind behind the so-called illegal logging was Li Changsheng.
Li Changxue had no descendants, and his brother had only this one son.
When Guilan was pregnant, her nephew was beaten to death, which meant that the Li Changxue family had no descendants.
Then there was a scene of people blocking the road and crying out for justice.
Li Changxue was so angry that he asked, "Bai Yongshu, you clearly have controlled the person, why did you let him go? If you didn't let him go, your nephew wouldn't have been beaten to death."
Anger comes from the heart, evil comes from the courage, if you don't do it, you must do it thoroughly.
It just so happened that Li Changsheng's son brought his children home to visit his parents.
Li Changxue directly kidnapped Li Changsheng's grandson, ran to Tieshu, and captured Bai Yongshu's wife and children.
He originally planned to avenge his nephew at Tieshu and realize Guilan's wish. Strangely, he never hated Guilan and thought it was his fault that Guilan cheated.
But he didn't expect that the four main people involved in the beating had already been transferred to the county public security bureau.
If I want revenge, I can only go back to the county town and find a way.
Before leaving, he confronted Bai Yongshu and said, either you die, or your wife and children die.
To join the County Public Security Bureau, Lu Dawei, his best comrade-in-arms, became the best candidate. Moreover, Li Changxue had been feeling very depressed these days and it was a good opportunity for him to find someone to talk to.
As a result, when Lu Dawei heard that Guilan was pregnant and that Li Changxue admitted that he was infertile, he was almost scared to death on the spot.
Upon learning that Li Changxue had already taken action, he immediately thought of an idea: to kill with a borrowed knife!
He pretended to be held hostage by Li Changxue and provided him with a hunting rifle, covering Li Changxue's killing of the four farmers in Tieshu, then killed Li Changsheng, and finally waited for an opportunity to kill Li Changxue.
Not only will he be fine, but he will also be able to make a contribution and continue to maintain his relationship with Guilan.
As a result, no matter how much he planned, he didn't expect that Li Changxue had gone mad. Not only did he kill Li Changsheng, he also did not spare his wife and son. Before escaping, he took Guilan to Tieshu to kill Li Changsheng's grandson.
He also didn't expect Guilan's courage.
After Guilan was taken into the car by Li Changxue, she remained silent all the way. She thought that Li Changxue already knew about her relationship with Lu Dawei.
So, she never noticed the look Lu Dawei gave her while driving.
When the car arrived at the general's tomb, Guilan asked to stop.
The three got off the car, and Guilan began to confront Li Changxue. Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Dawei took action in advance. As a result, he had been an official for two years, so how could his skills catch up with Li Changxue who was in the army every day?
After Li Changxue beat Lu Dawei to death, he finally realized that he had wronged Li Changsheng, but the big mistake had already been made.
And he has killed so many people that he is on his way out.
Li Changxue committed suicide by shooting himself in front of Guilan.
