Zhou Yihong interjected: "Xiao Wei, I have the impression that the case you just said about the villagers violently kidnapping the staff of the county unified collection office, it seems that someone died, and a group of cadres were punished at that time, is Wu Zhongqi one of the cadres who were punished?"

In order to crack down on these small coal kilns, the county set up checkpoints near some villages where the problem of private mining was prominent, and the Coal Tax Collection Office arranged for staff to set up trucks to stop cars, and all coal transported from the small coal kilns was confiscated.

"One night that summer, the staff of the county's unified collection office stopped a coal truck from a certain village, and was about to confiscate it, when dozens of villagers armed with hoes and flat burdens suddenly came, surrounded the checkpoint, snatched the coal trucks, and brought three staff members to the village, and put them in toilets. The local police station arranged for police officers to rescue them, but they were stopped outside the village by the villagers and could not enter.

Wu Zhongqi was the leader of the county's special action group for rectifying private mining of small coal kilns, and his temper was quite hot, and he was young and vigorous; after receiving the report that three staff members of the unified collection office had been locked in toilets by villagers and that the local public security organs could not rescue them, he could not help but be furious, and immediately ordered the county public security chief to mobilize a large number of police forces to go to that village, but was stopped at the entrance of the village by hundreds of villagers armed with hoes, flat poles, and even birds, and could not enter the village to carry out rescue operations.

After the stalemate between the two sides for more than an hour, Wu Zhongqi couldn't bear it anymore, so he ordered the policemen with guns to shoot into the sky to warn them. As a result, a policeman may have panicked in the process of firing a warning gun, or the gun went off fire, and he actually hit a woman opposite, and a shot was shot in the forehead, killing him on the spot, causing a very influential incident.

Later, the leaders of the provincial party committee gave instructions on the incident and demanded that the relevant responsible persons be dealt with seriously. Because Wu Zhongqi is the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and he ordered the firing of a warning shot, he has been placed on file for investigation, and it is said that he may also be transferred to the judicial organs to investigate the crime of abuse of power. ”

Speaking of this, he picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and when he saw the confused expression on Zhou Yihong's face, he said: "Old chief, you are probably thinking about how Wu Zhongqi's case could be related to Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter, and how Deputy Secretary Chen's daughter saved his life, right?"

Zhou Yihong nodded and said, "Yes, I have this question in my heart. ”

"You will understand if you listen to me. ”

Next, Wei Gangqiang told Zhou Yihong in detail about Chen Pei's rescue of Wu Zhongqi.

It turned out that after Wu Zhongqi was placed on file for investigation, because he usually had a good reputation among the people and had a very good official reputation, except for this liability accident caused by impulsiveness, there were no other violations of discipline and law, so he came out a few days after being shuanggui, waiting for his superiors to deal with his problems. During this period, he learned from some sources that he might be transferred to the judicial authorities for criminal responsibility, and all of a sudden he was disillusioned, and he had the idea of suicide.

So, at six o'clock in the morning, he took a taxi back to his rural hometown, knelt and bowed a few times outside his parents' room where he was still sleeping, and then walked to the top of a cliff by the Yuanshui River, ready to jump from here for a hundred years.

However, just as he was about to jump off the cliff, a girl's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Uncle, can you help me solve a language question?" Turning his head, he saw an eleven or twelve-year-old girl standing not far behind him, holding a language book in her hand, looking at him with a pair of clear and bright eyes, with a smile on her face, as if she didn't know that he was going to commit suicide.

This eleven or twelve-year-old girl is Chen Pei. Deputy Secretary Chen's lover is from the village of Wu Zhongqi's hometown, and their two families are not far apart. At that time, it was during the summer vacation, and it coincided with the weekend, and Deputy Secretary Chen's lover took his daughter back to her parents' home. Chen Pei has been diligent and studious since she was a child, even if she plays at her grandmother's house, she does not forget to read, and she goes to the Yuanshui River early in the morning to read in the morning, and that day she happened to meet Wu Zhongqi, who wanted to commit suicide......

According to Wu Zhongqi's later analysis: Chen Pei actually saw that he was going to commit suicide, but she was very smart, neither shouting nor breaking him, but said that she would ask him to answer a question. Wu Zhongzhong was infected by the smile on her face and the expectant gaze, and he didn't want to commit suicide in front of such a small, pure and innocent girl, so as not to frighten her, so he withdrew his half-stepped right foot, came to Chen Pei's side, and asked her what question she wanted to answer?

Chen Pei said: "Before I came to my grandmother's house with my mother yesterday, my father asked me to recite an ancient text, which contains a few sentences: 'Man is born dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather'. My dad told me to think about it at my grandmother's house for a few days, and when I got back, I told him the meaning of those words. Because I haven't learned this ancient text in class, it is difficult to understand the meaning, so I would like to ask my uncle to help me answer it.

When Wu Zhongqi heard the words 'people are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather', he only felt a "boom" in his mind, and suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment: yes, if I jump off the cliff behind me, it will really be "as light as a feather", not only does it have no meaning, but it will end up with a reputation of "suicide in fear of sin", and his wife and son will not be able to raise their heads in front of others in the future. I am still so young and my ability is not bad, even if I am sentenced to prison this time, I may have other brilliant life paths to go after I come out in the future, why do I have to take a dead end?

So, he didn't answer Chen Pei's question for the time being, but asked with a smile: "Little girl, what does your father do? You are so young, why does he teach you to memorize this ancient text?"

Seeing the smile on his face, Chen Pei asked rhetorically, "Uncle, what are you doing? Are you encountering any difficulties? If you really have any difficulties, I can take you to see my mother." My mom is a university teacher, so maybe it would be better if you went talk to her. ”

Wu Zhongqi guessed that she was worried that she would commit suicide again, and she was too young to stop it, so she said that she was going to take him to see her mother, and she couldn't help but be very moved, touched her head with her hand and said, "You are such a good boy." By the way, you haven't answered my question yet! What does your dad do?"

Chen Pei hesitated for a moment and replied, "I can tell you what my father does, but you have to promise to keep it a secret for me." ”

After receiving Wu Zhongqi's assurance, Chen Pei said: "My father's name is Chen Dengfeng, and he is the secretary of the municipal party committee of Dehua City. ”