As soon as I got off Lujialing, I saw a large circle of people in front of the toll station from a distance. Yuan Jinpeng's heart sank, and he estimated that something had happened and asked Xiao Liu to stop. Before he could get out of the car, he saw Lan Zhonghua, the director of the township finance department, pull the car door and come in: "Secretary Yuan, something is wrong!" ”

Yuan Jinpeng turned his head: "Lao Lan, what's the big deal?!" ”

"It's a bell! I don't know if I'm dead. The black boy opened the ......, and the vehicle tax ......" Lan Zhonghua did not match the preface.

Yuan Jinpeng's head exploded with a "buzz"!

Lan Zhonghua beckoned a black-faced strong man nicknamed "Bogu" to squeeze into the car: "Secretary Yuan, let Xiao Liu send us to the front to inquire about the situation." ”

Yuan Jinpeng said without thinking: "The car said, let's go together!" "At this time, how can a township party secretary retreat? This sensitivity, no matter how nervous Yuan Jinpeng is, he also has.

After getting into the car, Lan Zhonghua began to talk about the thrilling experience of the afternoon in a low tone.

In the afternoon, when the sun was high in the sky, two uninvited guests on motorcycles came to the Lujialing toll gate. They had obviously drunk a lot of wine, their faces were flushed, their heads were held high, and they looked like they were on their toes.

Seeing that these two people were tall and short, but they had big bellies, they guessed where they were village cadres. But people didn't take the initiative to come up to say hello, which made "Bogu" wonder. In Fengling Township, "Bogu" is also a celebrity. The township government and police station are helpless about how many things they do, as long as they "Bogu" takes a group of brothers out to ensure that "the medicine is cured". Not to mention the village cadres, they are the heads of the seven and eight stations, and when they see him, they have to take the initiative to hand over a cigarette with a smiling face. In the past two or three years, "Bogu" and a group of brothers assisted the finance office, the local taxation office, and the national tax station to collect taxes, and the results were brilliant, becoming an indispensable force in Fengling Township.

It seems that he is not from Fengling, so he must not have paid the vehicle and vessel use tax, "Bo Gu" made a look, and "Black Boy" took a few brothers to come forward and surround the two people.

"Black Boy" said, "Have you paid the tax on the use of motorcycles and vessels?" ”

Those two people, you look at me, I look at you, after a while, the tall man said: "What taxes are not taxes, we are not from Fengling!" ”

"Black Boy" said sharply: "Dude, do you understand?!" It doesn't matter where you are from, as long as you don't pay taxes on motorcycles, you can pay them wherever you are caught. ”

"Bandits, is there any royal law? Bright robbery? The short man said as he propped up the pole across the road at the toll booth and went to push the motorcycle.

"Black Boy" raised his hand and slapped the short man twice.

The tall man stepped forward and grabbed the "black boy": "If you collect taxes, you will collect taxes, don't beat people!" ”

Then, the two of them happily paid their taxes and rode away on their motorcycles.

"Bo Gu" looked at the distant backs of the two people, and felt a little strange, but he couldn't see what the problem was.

Bogoo's instinct was quickly confirmed. Twenty minutes later, a villager from Lujialing Village called and said that two people had just come to his house to make a phone call, and the phone call was made to Yunkeng Village, Hushan Town, Dongba County, next door, saying that 70 or 80 people had been sent to "extinguish" the Lujialing toll station.

"Bogu" was shocked, how did you provoke the people of Yunkeng Village, this is not trivial! For more than ten years, the tiger's butt in Yunkeng Village has not been touched. Whoever in the neighboring village had a dispute with the people of Yunkeng Village, they would load a few truckloads of people to come over, smash and rob them, and even pour dung and urine on the roof. When the people of ten miles and eight towns talked about Yunkeng Village, they were all terrified.

Lan Zhonghua is worried that something big will happen. Yunkeng Village is a big village that gives the governments of Dongba and Ping'an a headache, with more than 8,000 people in the village, except for the women who married in, all of them are surnamed Huang, and their ancestors are said to be famous generals of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In recent years, because of the struggle for mountains and rivers, marrying relatives and daughters, because of women's quarrels and children's fights, Yunkeng Village and more than 20 surrounding villages have fought wars, and even fought across counties, and five or six villages in Ping'an County have been beaten by it. Their usual method is not to reason with you, and use trucks loaded with three or five strong men to knock on the door. You can't be reasonable, and you don't dare to be reasonable. Then they led the oxen and drove the pigs, and drove away. Over the years, the surrounding villages have bowed down to their vassals, and many ordinary people have changed their ways to marry the villagers of Yunkeng in order to seek refuge. There is a joke about two young people who had a quarrel while shopping, and when they saw that they were going to fight, the burly man asked, which village are you from? Although the other person was short, he waved his hand and said confidently, My brother-in-law is from Yunkeng Village! As a result, the two sides died down. According to the research of good deeds, this matter is true, the time, place, and people are complete, but it is only widely circulated, but it makes people think that it is a joke made up. In fact, not only the common people, but also the town government has to "look up to Yunkeng Village and love it". For more than 10 years, in addition to the implementation of the national policy of family planning, such as the collection of agricultural taxes, township co-ordination, and village retention, there has never been any rough action in Yunkeng Village. The "commandos" of the town government only dared to pull pigs and chop grain in other villages, and they insisted on bypassing Yunkeng Village every year. The police station did not dare to act prestigiously, as long as there was no major case of murder and arson, it would be rare for the public security officers to come to Yunkeng Village. If you come to Yunkeng Village to arrest someone because of a fight and stealing, you can't take the criminal out of the village.

Lan Zhonghua was a special soldier before he was discharged from the army, and he had been working in the township for more than ten years, although he was not panicked about this kind of thing, he knew that the situation was strict. While arranging for a few people to control the two motorcyclists just now, he called the Jilongling toll station twenty miles away to see if he found a big truck loaded with people coming to fight.

"Bogu" and a few people soon found the two people in Lujialing Village, who were sitting leisurely in a villager's house chatting, with cigarettes in their mouths and spitting out strings of smoke rings from time to time. "Black Boy" guessed that these two people were ruffians from Yunkeng Village, and stepped forward to salute: "I'm sorry." I don't know which mountain the two of you belong to? ”

There is a gang of hooligans and ruffians in Yunkeng Village, among which the most powerful and famous one is called "Yellow-faced Monkey", who sympathizes with "Bogu" and is a good friend. "Black Boy" thought that as long as the "yellow-faced monkey" brand was displayed, most of them could calm the other party.

The tall man replied contemptuously with his nose: "Humph! - The money is paid, what else is the matter? ”

"Black Boy" still played his cards according to his own ideas: "You are from the yellow-faced monkey, right?" ”

"What kind of thing is the yellow-faced monkey, in front of our Secretary Huang, he doesn't dare to fart!" The short man sitting on the bamboo chair stood up and said.

"Bo Gu" reacted, and it seemed that the tall man was the "Huang Yanzi" who had been the village party secretary in Yunkeng Village for more than ten years, and the short man was the village chief nicknamed "Snake Fish".

Seeing that the short man didn't appreciate it at all, the "black boy" stood up angrily, and couldn't help but feel blood gushing on his head, and the fire rushed to his heart, grabbed the short man's collar and slapped the short man: "I want to see what kind of thing you are?!" ”

"Bo Gu" stepped forward and grabbed "Black Boy", and said sarcastically: "People are village chiefs and secretaries, don't slap your face." ”

"Huang Yazi" sat motionless on the bamboo chair and said coldly: "Let's fight, I'm afraid it will cost 5,000 yuan to slap and slap three times." ”

"Yellow Yak" is not alarmist. As early as the end of the 80s, the hens of the Yunkeng people flew to the vegetable fields of the neighboring villages to peck at the vegetables and were poisoned, forcing the people to pay 200 yuan and advance all the eggs that the hens would lay in the next few years.

"Bo Gu" took a step forward, poked the center of the eyebrows of "Huang Yanzi" with the index finger of his right hand, and said viciously: "Take this money, you will lose the dog's life!" I really think of myself as the boss, let me kneel down in the threshing field first! After that, a group of people kicked and beat them, and escorted the "yellow yak" and "snake fish" to the threshing field and knelt down.

The call from the Jilongling toll station made Lan Zhonghua and "Bogu" taste the taste of the enemy's oppression. A few minutes ago, three agricultural vehicles full of strong men had just passed through the Jilongling toll station and went straight to the direction of Fengling. In other words, fifty or sixty strong men armed with wooden sticks will be bloody at the Lujialing toll booth in 20 minutes at the earliest. It's a battle that can be predicted before it even begins. Yunkeng people have thousands of years of martial arts tradition, and almost every adult man will have three fists and two legs, and practice "Huangjia stick" all year round. Lan Zhonghua can imagine that the Yunkeng people who set out with beech sticks will beat them to the point that they have no power to fight back, and they are looking for teeth all over the ground. Asking the people of Lujialing Village for help will not work, not to mention that Lujialing Village is just a small village with more than 300 households, even if it is a large village with 300 or 400 households, they do not dare to come out of this way. Asking for help from the police station could not solve the problem, and the police station only had four police officers in total, and the guns were taken away by the county public security bureau not long ago for unified management. The people of Yunkeng never took the government and public security seriously, and went to nothing. A few years ago, a deputy mayor of Hushan Town took people from the soil management office and police station to Yunkeng Village to clear the land. As a result, all of them were tied up and hung on a big tree by the Yunkeng people, hanging in the air, making jokes.

"Unless there is a way to win, you can only dodge and avoid the front." Lan Zhonghua thought for a long time and muttered.

"Bo Gu" said: "I can hide from the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from fifteen." Besides, when the people are gone, they won't smash our toll booth to pieces! I'm going to fetch a long hammer and fill it with iron and gunpowder, and I'll scare them half to death. ”

"Black Boy" gritted his teeth: "If you want to get it, be ruthless, I'll go to Lujialing Village to borrow two long guns, otherwise, they will see that you only have one long gun, and if you sound the guns, you will pounce on them and fight hard." ”

Lan Zhonghua shook his head: "At most, you can borrow another firecracker, put it out and scare it, why do you want so much?" Their secretary and village chief are in our hands, and it is impossible for them to have no scruples and just call them around. ”

"Bo Gu" said: "The Yunkeng people have always fought first and then talked, and he knows that we don't dare to do anything about those two straw bales. The key is that there are too few of us, only a dozen people in total, and we don't have firearms in our hands, so we are afraid that we will suffer a big loss. ”

Lan Zhonghua thought for a moment and said, "I'll go find those two straw bales to talk to see if it's useful." Huang Yazi is willing to give in one step, and he can turn big things into small ones. ”

Before I arrived at the harvest field, I saw two people kneeling in the middle of the harvest field from a distance, and they were particularly eye-catching under the slanting sun. Lan Zhonghua thought as he walked, how much price would it cost to let these two majestic people in Yunkeng Village kneel here?

Lan Zhonghua stretched out his hand and pulled the tall man up: "Secretary Huang, let's talk." ”

Huang Yanzi didn't appreciate it, and struggled to get up: "No need, my mother has never knelt since she died, just kneel enough!" ”

Lan Zhonghua let go of his hand: "It's a big deal, and it's not good for anyone." A party branch secretary called so many people to fight! ”

Huang Yazi was stunned: "People live for a breath, and the Buddha fights for a pillar of incense." It doesn't matter if you don't have a secretary. Besides, it's not up to me. ”

Lan Zhonghua heard the sound of Huang Yanzi's voice, and the Yunkeng people were dispatched, and they would withdraw their troops only if they had made some gains. One of the conventions is that everyone should be paid at least fifty dollars when they come out. In other words, spending money may solve the problem, maybe Huang Yanzi has sobered up, or maybe Huang Yanzi has concerns about his identity and details being recognized.

Lan Zhonghua reached out again to pull Huang Yazi, and Huang Yazi stood up after half pushing and half pushing. Then, Lan Zhonghua pulled the "snake fish" up again. They were politely invited to the home of a nearby farmer.

Although the situation seems to be moving in the direction of reconciliation, the atmosphere suddenly becomes tense when it comes to financial compensation. Huang Yazi proposed that the strong men in Yunkeng he invited should be paid at least 50 yuan in "wages" each, and that each of the agricultural vehicles he invited should be paid at least 300 yuan in "oil money"; "Snake Fish" was slapped three times and paid at least 3,000 yuan in compensation, and that he also had to hang two firecrackers with 5,000 rings at the toll booth and Lujialing Village to express his apology. Lan Zhonghua is very entangled, not to mention that it is impossible to spend seven or eight thousand yuan to make unprincipled concessions, even if these firecrackers are impossible to fight, will taxes be charged in the future? ! However, when it comes to the step of dancing guns and sticks, the devil knows if something will break the sky......

In fact, the situation was far more terrible than Lan Zhonghua imagined, so much so that before he could react, things developed to the point of hopelessness in an instant. Huang Baoxiang is the new "stick king" produced in the martial arts competition ring in Yunkeng Village during the Spring Festival this year, and he can speak well and deal with things publicly. In the afternoon, he was about to go out to cut a few bamboos on the mountain behind the village, but received a distress call from his cousin Huang Yanzi. So, with a shout, more than 50 people hurried over with beech sticks. In his opinion, this is a trivial matter, and when he went out, his wife asked him if he would come back for dinner in the evening, and he promised very surely. He has participated in more than ten activities like this, and he has beaten the other party with the momentum of the wind and clouds. Today, I went to Fengling, which is high and sparsely populated, and I am determined to fight quickly.

Before the farm vehicle had completely stopped, Huang Baoxiang jumped out of the cab, waved the beech stick in his hand, and motioned for everyone to follow suit. As a result, more than 20 people on the first agricultural vehicle all followed Huang Baoxiang. Someone asked, do you want to wait for the two cars to get on together? Huang Baoxiang said disapprerovingly, don't wait, they are in the back, we will smash the toll booth first.

The group of "Bo Gu" was waiting at the gate of the toll station, and saw more than 20 strong men rushing over with yellow and clear beech sticks one by one, and they were a little timid. However, no matter how much face they have, they have to support it, not to mention, the two firecrackers at hand give them enough confidence. With a wave of his hand, everyone picked up iron rods and wooden sticks to meet them.

It stands to reason that the group of "Bogu" has experienced a hundred battles, and their ability to attack and resist attacks is good. However, as soon as he fought with the Yunkeng people, seven or eight fell. "Bo Gu" was in a hurry, and the fire was fired. Fortunately, he was more sober and deliberately raised the mouth of the gun a little.

As soon as the fire bolt sounded, the people of Yunkeng were shocked, turned around and ran. Huang Baoxiang originally rushed to the front, but when he turned to run away, he became the rear. "Black Boy" was able to kill at this time, and left Lan Zhonghua's confession behind. He chased after him and pulled the trigger of the firearm. The sound was short, solemn, and the smell of blood wafted out, four or five people staggered a few steps and fell to the ground, Huang Baoxiang was punched out of several large holes in his back, and blood gushed out.

Lan Zhonghua's words were a little confused, but Yuan Jinpeng roughly understood, and his brain turned fast in shock, and he asked with a sullen face: "You didn't organize a rescue?" ”

Lan Zhonghua shook his head: "Huang Yanzi, Snake Fish, and a few Yunkeng people carried those four or five people away. We were afraid that they would fight back, so we didn't dare to go up. ”

"You don't know if they're dead or alive, whether they're rescuing or not?" Yuan Jinpeng asked eagerly.

Lan Zhonghua sighed: "Alas! It was getting dark, there were no cars, where did we dare to go up, we were afraid of being ambushed. ”

Yuan Jinpeng said helplessly: "Let's not talk about it yet, let's find a way to go over and have a look." ”

As night wore on, the jeep drove lonely along the winding mountain road. Suddenly, under the beam of the headlights, three or four figures appeared, and another person was lying on the ground. One of them saw the car, rushed to the middle of the road without a single move, and waved desperately. Xiao Liu subconsciously stepped on the clutch to slow down, and asked Yuan Jinpeng, stop? Yuan Jinpeng said decisively, stop!

Before the jeep had fully stopped, the man pounced on him and stammered, "Please...... You, save my brother, hurry up...... Get to the hospital! ”。

Lan Zhonghua said: "It's Huang Yanzi!" ”

Yuan Jinpeng asked Zhang Mujin to squeeze into the passenger seat, and Huang Yanzi hugged the dying Huang Baoxiang into the car and squeezed into the back seat with "Bogu" and Lan Zhonghua. The car was pitch black, and the frightened Huang Yakzi was next to "Bogu", but he didn't seem to recognize who it was, and asked, where are you? Yuan Jinpeng said: We are from the county family planning commission and have gone to Fengling to engage in family planning. Huang Yanzi didn't ask anymore, but kept begging Xiao Liu to drive quickly. Xiao Liu stepped on the accelerator to the end, and the jeep sped forward, tearing a path in the dark night. After about ten minutes, the jeep came to a halt with a bang on a small bridge. Due to the high speed and the bumpy mountain road, the steel plate of the jeep shattered, pinching the tires so that it could not move.

Yuan Jinpeng got out of the car, and Lan Zhonghua and "Bogu" followed and pulled him aside.

"Bo Gu" whispered: "Secretary Yuan, that guy is dead!" ”

"How do you know?!" Yuan Jinpeng was taken aback.

"Bo Gu" said: "I touched his wrist, and there was no pulse for a long time. ”

Lan Zhonghua said: "Secretary Yuan, let's go first." ”

After saying that, Lan Zhonghua and "Bogu" hurried away and disappeared into the boundless night.

Yuan Jinpeng stood in place blankly, motionless, and his brain was blank at this time.