On the first day of April, office workers entered the Siyuan County Party and Government Compound as usual, either by car, by bicycle, or on foot.

Guo Danian, a security guard at the compound, stood outside the conveyance room, watching the crowd pouring in, occasionally nodding or waving in greeting, or staring at a few people.

In addition to familiar faces, that is, well-dressed people, security personnel are not so much doing "security checks" as going through the motions. But the whole thing is really like that, with his head held high, his eyes are like torches, and his hands are pinching his waist, which is also very imposing.

Of course, the security personnel are not all fake tigers, but according to the daily rules, they have their judgment. In normal times, all the people who come to petition have the following characteristics: first, they are in groups, or brigades or squads; Second, the people who enter the hospital are either noisy or ghostly; 3. When people from the countryside visit, most of them drive tricycles and other tools, and they can also be seen wearing them; Fourth, those who rarely come to petition during work hours in the morning may be in a hurry, and they are not so coincidental.

It is precisely with such laws and experience in his grasp that Guo Danian is "scrutinizing" the old god, looking at the time, looking forward to his colleague Lao Yang coming to take over the shift, and this night shift will be alive again.

At this time, the time is about the same, especially when the leader of the car is supposed to come, Guo Danian wants to close the door and leave only the small door.

Putting down the arm and wrist of the watch, Guo Danian walked to the door. I inadvertently turned my head to look, but I didn't see Lao Yang enter the courtyard, but found that there was something unusual under the steps of the government building, and there were more than a dozen people piled up there.

Eh, what are you doing? When did you come in? With doubts, Guo Danian changed the direction of travel and turned north.

There were still about ten meters away, and Guo Danian found that those people had just come in, but they didn't rush in together, and they didn't talk to each other, and they didn't look like they were petitioners.

couldn't figure out what these people were doing, so Guo Danian politely asked: "What are you doing, which unit are you looking for?" ”

The dozen or so people glanced at each other, and one of them, a thin man with a black beard, said, "Let's look for the government." ”

Listening to the accent is not like the locals, Guo Danian approached, glanced at everyone, and stared at Xiao Heihu: "There are many government departments, which unit are you looking for?" Where did you come from? ”

"We'll go to the county government." The little black-bearded man emphasized this sentence again.

"You, I ask you which bureau or office of the government do you go to? What's the matter with you? Guo Danian's tone was a little impatient.

"Just go to the county government, and the government will call the shots for us." Xiao Hei said the meaning.

Listening to this tone, it is a petitioner. Guo Danian looked at everyone again and said in an official tone: "There are so many people who come to the government every day, how can the government have so much time to receive them?" The government is divided into many departments, each with its own share. If the farmland is occupied, go to the Agricultural Bureau; If the homestead is occupied, go to the Urban Renewal Bureau; If the family asks for it, go to the public security bureau. Each of these departments has its own office space, and it's not far from here, so you can go there directly. What the hell is going on? If you can't find a unit, I can show you the way. ”

"Our family is dead, where do you say? We don't go anywhere, we go to the government. Little Black Hu raised his voice and roared.

"Just go to the government, and the government will call the shots for us." The others followed suit

Just let Xiao Heihu shout, Guo Danian was stunned, but now that he came back to his senses, he said seriously: "If the dead people in the family are looking for the government?" I can't find it. You get out of here immediately, the government leaders are so busy, don't disturb their work. ”

"If we don't leave, we will find a leader." People shouted together.

Seeing people shouting together, Guo Danian said patiently: "Then you have to say why, should you look for it?" ”

"I, we can't talk to you, just meet the government leaders." Xiao Heihu replied on behalf of everyone.

"If you don't say anything, you still won't leave? I warn you, get out of here at once, and if anything happens, follow the procedure. Otherwise, I would have called the police, but the police don't have the good temper I have, so I might as well arrest you and live there for a few days. Guo Danian slapped everyone with big words

"Don't fucking scare people, our family is dead, and you're still afraid of a policeman? The police can't just arrest people, right? Xiao Heihu shouted and sat directly on the steps, "If the leader doesn't come out, we won't leave." ”

"Yes, we want to meet the leader, see the leader." The others chimed in and sat down.

"You ......" Seeing everyone like this, Guo Danian pointed around, "If you do this again, don't blame me......"

"Lao Guo, what's the trouble? What are those people doing? I don't even know how to close the door. A voice came.

Turning his head to look at the tall and thin old man outside the security room, Guo Danian said: "It seems that it is a petitioner, and it is not clear, a group of ...... Lao Yang, hurry, hurry, go close the door, don't break your car.

"What, what's wrong?" Lao Yang took the pocket in the basket and looked in the direction of the door.

At the door, a group of people ran into the courtyard quickly, waving in the direction of the front: "We're coming, we're coming." ”

"Close, close." Guo Danian shouted anxiously.

"They're all in, shut up the fart?" Although he said so, Lao Yang still ran towards the gate.

"No more, it's coming in again." Guo Danian waved his arm anxiously.

"Guan, Guan, you want to close early, can you get so many people?" Lao Yang scolded and scolded, "squeaking" and closing the two big iron doors.

At this time, more than 20 people who had entered the courtyard later had already run to the steps of the main building. They didn't stop, but continued to run upwards.

"What are you going to do, stop, stop." Guo Danian waved his arms and shouted.

It's okay not to shout, as soon as I shouted, those people ran faster, and the person who was sitting just now immediately got up and ran along.

Security personnel in the government building had apparently been aware of the situation outside, and the door was quickly closed from the inside, and someone stood at the door.

The people who came did not mean to rush into the building, but stopped when there were still three steps from the platform outside the building. Then the young men opened the cloth bags they were carrying and took out some folded white cloths.

The crowd immediately stepped forward and soon unfurled several strips of white cloth, all of which were written in large red or black letters.

"What are you doing? Do? Guo Danian looked at the words on the white cloth and asked loudly.

Those people ignored the half-thanked man at all, but shouted: "The leader is the master, the government is the master for us, and we want justice." ”

"You, this ......" After snorting twice, Guo Danian turned around and walked down the steps briskly, running towards the guard's room.

……

Looking at the people holding banners and shouting on the steps again, Li Xiaohe left the southeast corner of the courtyard and walked straight to the backyard.

Turning around from the front yard, I walked quickly through the backyard and entered the county party committee building. Li Xiaohe came upstairs and ran to the office of the secretary of the county party committee.

Fang Yaxin came out of the house, saw that it was Li Xiaohe, and said busily: "There is no one else in the secretary's room." ”

Smiling at the other party, Li Xiaohe raised his hand and knocked on the door.

After the sound of "tuk tuk", a cold voice came out: "Please come in." ”

Pushing open the door of the house, Li Xiaohe came straight to the table: "Secretary, someone in the government building is petitioning." ”

Leng Ruoxue asked, "What person?" What's going on? ”

Li Xiaohe reported the scene: "It looks like a bitter master, there are about thirty or forty people, most of them are young people, but there are about ten elderly men and women. When I saw them, they were all standing on the steps of the government building, holding up three white cloth banners. One of them reads in black ink 'Black Mine eats people without retribution, and the poor die in vain', and the other is also written in ink 'Scolding the mine owner for his black heart and causing death, and asking the government to be the master of justice for the people'. There is also a white cloth with red characters on it, and it is impossible to see whether it is written in red ink or blood, anyway, it is maroon, and it is all "wrong" characters.

Those people stood on the steps, and they didn't mean to enter the government building, they just held banners and shouted slogans, which were similar to the meaning on the banners, anyway, they were all 'the government is in charge', 'the blue sky is in charge' and so on. Listening to the accent is not local, it should be from the western region. It was as if one group of people went to the courtyard, and another group came later, and the people who came later took out those banners. ”

"Oh, it might be ......," Leng Ruoxue paused for a moment, and Leng Ruoxue asked again, "They seem to be here to petition, why do they still write the content of the banner so right?" ”

Li Xiaohe replied: "I heard others talk about it, saying that the later group of people arrived first, but they went shopping, but it was late. They bought white cloth and ink, and asked someone to write it, and the person who wrote it was for help. I also heard arguments that the petitioner had cut his fingers and dripped blood into a bowl and dipped it in cloth. As for whether people's statements are true or false, whether they are heard from those people or speculated, I don't know. I was there for less than ten minutes, and I probably didn't hear it all. ”

Leng Ruoxue asked again: "What is the reaction of the government?" Does anyone care? ”

Li Xiaohe shook his head: "I didn't see anyone come out." When I got there, I was far away, and I didn't see much clearly, and I felt that the door of the government office building was closed from the inside. Anyway, I didn't see where the government people were, and I didn't see anyone from the Letters and Visits Bureau, just the janitors Lao Guo and Lao Yang were going in and out of the security room, pointing and scratching. I don't know if they are discussing countermeasures or what they are doing, I guess they should have reported by phone. ”

After a little groaning, Leng Ruoxue ordered: "In this case, you go to the front yard to have a look, be careful not to come forward, especially not to let the petitioners know your identity." You just look at what people are doing and what the government is doing, especially if there is anything out of the ordinary. If you find any special circumstances, or if the situation is critical, report it to me immediately. ”

"Yes, I'll go." Li Xiaohe agreed, turned around and left.

"Wait." Leng Ruoxue shouted to the other party, "In addition to avoiding petitioners, try not to let government leaders see it, and if you see someone video, stay away." If it's really inconvenient, you can also find someone who can be relied on to look out for you. If you meet with other leaders, if they ask, you will say that you haven't reported to me yet. ”

"Understood." After answering, he paused slightly, and seeing that the secretary did not give any more instructions, Li Xiaohe hurried out of the room.