Chapter 945 Wind and Snow, Storm

The snow on the ground was already half a foot thick, and it seemed that the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and it showed no signs of stopping.

The accident occurred in a ravine that was not too deep, and there were many trees on both sides of the road, and the impact of the car was so great that it swept through a dozen arm-thick trees and fell to the bottom of the ditch. Seven or eight people stood on the side of the road and watched, but no one went down to save them.

The bus that has fallen into shape rolls at the bottom of the ditch, and all kinds of things and human bodies are scattered all over the place, and the heavy snow has covered a thick layer, if it is completely covered by the snow after a few hours, you will not even find out that it is the scene of the car accident if you don't pay attention to it.

Xia Xiang was in a very bad mood, the location of the car accident happened to be not in front of the village and not in the back of the store, it was as far away from Tianze City as it was from Jinshan County, and it was 5 kilometers away from the nearest village. And depending on the situation, I'm afraid that there are fewer people in the car, even if they are injured and don't die, they are almost frozen after freezing in the heavy snow for an hour.

Xia Xiang glanced at Pei Yifeng angrily: "Old Pei, it's a good annual routine for this year's clean-up work, why didn't I know anything in advance?" "Although now is not the time to hold accountable, the thought of 50 lives being buried in the ravine because of a problem of face, a reason that may bring unrest, is in vain, and they are all living people, no matter how blind they are, no matter how idle they are

He couldn't help but be angry.

Politics is not all a tool for promotion and wealth, it is not a trick to deal with superiors without humanity, and sometimes, it is also the most direct torture of human nature, and the most ruthless whipping for the sake of one's own political future, regardless of the life and death of the people

Before clearing the field, he really didn't report to Xia Xiang. It is also Chen Jiewen's idea, what he is afraid of is that Xia Xiangjie has extraneous branches, in case he does not agree to clear the field, if he has to force it down, it will be troublesome, anyway, the annual practice is the same, and it is a trivial matter, Xu Fanhua will come forward, and then Pei Yifeng can coordinate in the middle.

I didn't expect that there was a car accident, and a small thing turned into a big thing.

Pei Yifeng was speechless at Mayor Xia's anger, he couldn't say what Secretary Chen said, nor could he shift the responsibility to Xu Fanhua, so he had to say vaguely: "This, this issue is inconvenient to talk about now, and I will definitely explain it to you afterwards." Now it's important to save people......"

Xia Xiang also suppressed his anger and ordered Dai Junlun to urgently transfer forces from Jinshan County to support, but he didn't care about making a mobilization speech, but just waved his hand: "Hurry up and follow me down to save people"

"Mayor Xia, you can't go to ......" Yang Jian, Pei Yifeng and Peng Yunfeng exclaimed almost in unison, Peng Yunfeng was the closest, and he stretched out his hand to grab Xia Xiang, but he missed, Xia Xiang had already taken the lead and jumped into the ravine.

The power of example is endless, especially Xia Xiang is the mayor who is high up, and the mountain people who have been watching were worried about the danger of the slippery road, so they refused to go down to save people, and when they heard that even the mayor had jumped into the ravine himself, they immediately mobilized and praised it.

"It's the first time I've seen such a young mayor, and it's the first to jump in to save people, it's really rare."

"No, good man, it's the first time I've seen the mayor save people in my life."

"The mayor is not afraid of death, and we old farmers have to behave even more, and we can't let people underestimate us."

"That's it, that's it, An Lao Wu, go back to the village and call someone, your seven aunts and eight aunts have many relatives, and shouting will definitely work."

"Come on, I'll shout, and I'll rush to the mayor's energy, and I have to work hard."

Skipping the mountain people to go home and not mentioning, Xia wanted to go down the rugged ravine, holding on to the small tree on the side of the road, the slope was very steep, and the feet were slippery, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and he almost slipped several times. The snow obscured his original appearance, and if he was not careful, he would step on a stone, and even then, he did not stop for a moment, almost stumbling to the bottom of the ditch.

The crooked passenger car, throwing out the human body outside the car, was shocking, making his heart tremble, and the anger in his heart became more and more intense. Somehow, I remembered Ji Fengsheng who committed suicide for a moment.

At the bottom of the ditch, Xia Xiang was the first to rush to the car.

The glass of the car had been shattered, and about a dozen people had been left behind. Xia wanted to check the nearest person first, an old man in his 50s, dressed in rags, with hair like grass, who looked like a homeless homeless person. Even if he has no parents, no children, or even a relative, he is also an old man who longs for warmth and survival, and he does not want to leave his body in the wilderness - reaching out and touching it, he has been dead for a long time, and his body is already cold

The second person was a child who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, blood kept gushing out of his mouth, and life was leaving him, when Xia wanted to reach out to touch it, he suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed Xia Xiang's hand, and said with difficulty: "Uncle, uncle, my parents don't want me anymore, and Tianze City doesn't want me anymore?" I don't want to die, please save me"

As soon as he finished speaking, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and he saw that it was no longer possible.

Xia Xiang's tears burst out of his eyes, and he roared at the wind and snow: "Doctor, doctor"

Where does the doctor have him running fast? If it weren't for Mayor Xia taking the lead, they wouldn't even want to come down, it would be too dangerous. But the mayor put life and death aside, they didn't dare not rush forward, and they didn't know how many heels along the way before they barely came to the bottom of the ditch.

Unfortunately, by the time they came, the child was hopeless.

More than a dozen people were thrown out of the car, all of whom died, 60 percent of them were elderly, others were women and children, the oldest was in his 60s and the youngest was 15 years old.

Human tragedy

Pei Yifeng commanded the people to break the car, and the medical staff kept busy, at this time Xia Xiang did not have a moment to rest, together with everyone, he forgot his identity as the mayor, and with the advantage of being young and strong, he carried out one injured person after another from the car.

It's a pity that it's too miserable, more than half of the more than 30 people in the car were killed or injured, and only one survivor could be found in three. What makes Xia Xiang feel the most sad is that most of the dead and injured are lonely old people, they are all yellow and thin, wrapped in dirty and torn cotton jackets, the winter in Tianze City is too long and cold, and it is a blessing that they can survive the cold of winter at their age, but they did not expect that they could escape the cold and freeze, but they couldn't hide from **, and they were buried in the ravine.

In addition to the heartache, Xia Xiang has a deeper understanding of the poverty in Tianze City. If Tianze City had been a little richer, more funds would have been invested in nursing homes and welfare homes, and there would not have been such a so-called blind stream being "expelled" These helpless old people, who should have enjoyed their old age in welfare homes and should have enjoyed the care of the party and the state, were artificially cared for and sent out of the city, and a car accident buried them in the mountains

This is not only a man-made accident, but also the source of the shame of Tianze City, and it is also caused by the poverty of Tianze City.

If it weren't for poverty, if Tianze City didn't do a good job in containment, the huge Tianze City would not be able to accommodate the survival and happiness of dozens of wanderers, and they wouldn't have abandoned their corpses in the wilderness

Wind and snow, and in the middle of the mountains, the cold wind is biting. Xia Xiang was angry in his chest, his blood was boiling, he didn't feel cold at all, he just wanted to use all his strength to save one more person. He made up his mind that this incident would never be tolerated, and the relevant personnel must be held accountable, seriously investigated and punished, and never be soft, even if Chen Jiewen was involved, he would not hesitate to fall out with her.

Some things can be the same as the light, but some things can't be backed down, Xia Xiang is Xia Xiang, stick to the bottom line of being a person.

If Ji Fengsheng's death made Xia want to reflect on his mistakes in employing people, then an unexpected car accident in front of him made him reflect on the harmony with light and dust after coming to Tianze, is it too subtle and gentle? Is it just to hide his true political intentions from the family forces that he has to compromise repeatedly?

Does being mayor have to be matured into a complete bureaucrat, and he has to disguise himself and be in the same boat?

No, Xia Xiang was trying his best to help a person who was pressed under the deformed seat to get out of trouble, and it took a long time to save him, and one of his legs was crushed, and he was still moaning, obviously unable to support it.

Xia Xiang didn't know whether he was anxious about things, or anxious because he couldn't save people, so he suddenly roared and smashed his fist on the seat, and his skin suddenly opened, and blood flowed from his right hand.

Peng Yunfeng was startled, and hurriedly called a doctor to bandage Mayor Xia, Xia Xiang waved his hand: "Don't worry about me, help him, he's dying." ”

Xia Xiang didn't know this person, but Peng Yunfeng did, and exclaimed: "Director Tian" is Tian Xingyun, deputy director of the Municipal Bureau.

Pei Yifeng originally wanted to save Tian Xingyun first, but seeing that everyone was scattered to save people, whoever was easy to save would be saved first, and he was not embarrassed to go to Tian Xingyun alone. But he is not as good as before, he has a round belly and a hard waist, and he doesn't want to take action personally, but Mayor Xia does it himself, and his pretending command on the side is not the same thing, so he has to bend down to save people, and he still thinks in his heart, it is not good to have a young leader, young people, strong body, can afford any work, and he is a leader, you have to follow what he does.

It's better to be an old-fashioned superior, he can't do anything anyway, even if he is blindly commanding, he can only talk and not move his hands when he follows on the side.

But after only doing it for a while, he really admired Mayor Xia. I thought Mayor Xia was putting on a show, but when I thought about it, it was not right, there was no superior leader present, and there were no reporters, who was the show for? The show is always for the superiors and the news media, not for the subordinates. And looking at Mayor Xia's desperate appearance of saving people by all means, Pei Yifeng said that it was false if he was not moved, he was born as a policeman, and he was also enthusiastic back then, although he had been in the officialdom for a long time, he was numb and bureaucratic, but in essence, he still admired the leader who really did practical things.

Everyone has dreamed of benefiting the people, and no one wants to be a good-for-nothing cadre

Pei Yifeng was sweating all over, and when he carried out a young woman covered in blood, the young woman woke up and grabbed his arm: "Thank you, benefactor, you saved my life, and I will thank you for the rest of my life." ”

After becoming the director, he listened to a lot of words of thanks and sycophants, and never a sentence brought him the same real touch as today's words, and for a moment, he no longer thought of himself as the director of the public security bureau, but only as an ordinary person, nodded and responded: "No thanks, it's what I should do." ”

A rescue operation at the highest level that has never been seen in the history of Tianze City, under the leadership of Mayor Xia, the director of the public security bureau, the executive deputy mayor and the secretary general of the municipal government, all forgot their identities and joined the rescue as an ordinary person.

Xia Xiang's clothes were torn in a few places, and blood flowed from his right hand. Yang Jian's left arm was hung with color, and the blood condensed outside, frozen into ice. Pei Yifeng broke his foot, walked with a limp, and was slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire. Peng Yunfeng touched a bag on his head, and his eyes were swollen. Several heavyweights in the city government team, no matter what conflicts they had in the past, no matter whether their political positions were the same or not, are now working together, and they feel that the relationship between them is closer.

Subsequently, after the nearby mountain people and the rescuers from Jinshan County arrived, the rescue work came to an end. In this car accident, 35 people died on the spot, 10 people were seriously injured, and another 5 people were slightly injured, causing heavy losses. Among the deaths, the oldest was 65 years old and the youngest was 15 years old.

65 years old should be the age to enjoy your old age. 15 years old is the season of flowers. As a result, they all went to Huangquan, and they died tragically in the ice and snow, which is embarrassing.

After the rescue work was over, when Pei Yifeng and others commanded the cleanup of the scene, Xia Xiang came to the body of the youngest deceased alone, speechless for a long time, sad and desolate in his heart

Everyone didn't dare to step forward to disturb Xia Xiang's contemplation, they all knew the heaviness on Mayor Xia's face and the pain in his heart. Pei Yifeng was even shaken for a moment, do you want to tell Mayor Xia the truth? But then reason triumphed over emotion, although he and Mayor Xia fought side by side, he knew that he and Mayor Xia were not all the way after all, and the contradictions and conflicts between each other were far greater than the cooperation of interests.

However, not long after, Pei Yifeng regretted it, and hated that he should have made a decision to express his closeness to Mayor Xia at that time, and told the truth earlier, and he would not have ended up today

As soon as the rescue work ended, Xia Xiang, Pei Yifeng, Yang Jian and others braved the heavy snow and returned to Tianze City, leaving Dai Junlun and others to continue to deal with the aftermath. Along the way, Xia Xiang looked serious and didn't say a word, Pei Yifeng knew that things would not end well, and the key thing was that the National People's Congress had not yet announced the victory and closed.

The secretary of the municipal party committee was hospitalized, the mayor and the executive vice mayor went out to save people, and Shi Dahai, director of the National People's Congress, was in a mess. Fortunately, the municipal party committee is okay, Wu Mingyi can take the lead, and on the government side, Xu Fanhua is uneasy and can't count on it at all.

Many people are very worried, hearing that the rescue work has ended, Mayor Xia is returning, God knows what kind of storm will be set off after Mayor Xia returns