The officers were stunned for a moment, looked at the old chief, and stopped pulling in their hands, but still did not let go—they had been ordered to rein in the two women and send them to their homes. And this order was given by their top bosses, Gu Zhenmin and Qiu Guangrong. They also knew that the old chief was the central leader, but without the orders of Gu Zhenmin and Qiu Guangrong, they still did not dare to let go.

At this moment, several guards who had already got out of the other car and were standing beside the old chief, after hearing the old chief's shout, the policemen still did not let go, and two of the guards suddenly walked over without saying a word, and one of them grabbed the arm of one of the policemen, lifted them and threw them to the side. Then he did the same, like an eagle catching a chicken, and took the other policemen away from the mother and daughter one by one, and then led one by one, and brought the mother and daughter to the old chief.

When the old chief saw that the woman was still about to kneel, he hurriedly went up to help her up and said kindly: "If you have any grievances, just tell me! Although I can't solve it for you on the spot, I will try my best to solve it for you with the relevant departments." ”

The woman took out the piece of paper from her pocket, handed it to the old chief, and said in a sobbing voice: "Chief, you have to call the shots for us! My husband was forcibly imprisoned in a mental hospital by those corrupt officials because he was building the road under our feet. Look at the road beneath your feet – it's been less than two years since it was built, and it's rotting like this. My husband was plotted by the mayor's brother-in-law to build this road because he opposed it. He was imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital for three years, which was worse than imprisonment! There were still some normal people in the cell, but the place where he stayed was purely with the madmen! If this continues, he will definitely become crazy too. ”

The old chief could not listen to the common people talk about the things that had been sinned. At this moment, he heard the woman's miserable cry, and before he could read the paper, his eyes were moist, and he hurriedly comforted her and said, "Big sister, don't worry. Let me see what you write on this piece of paper. If there is really anything deceitful, I will definitely call the shots for you!"

So saying, he instructed his secretary to read out what was written on the pleadings in public.

At this time, He Yuelong, Gu Zhenmin, Qiu Guangrong and others all surrounded him. Lin Xue also took Sneer's hand and stood on the periphery to listen together.

Sneering Tian saw that Lin Xue grabbed his hand as soon as he got out of the car, for fear that Gu Zhenmin, Qiu Guangrong and others would see it, and wanted to shake off her hand several times, but she was tightly stuck like gummy, and after getting rid of it, she got it again, and secretly twisted a few handfuls on his arm, and finally had to let it go.

When the secretary read the contents of the paper, the old chief squinted his eyes and listened quietly, never saying a word, and his face was calm as usual.

Gu Zhenmin and Qiu Guangrong were more and more surprised the more they listened, and at the same time they looked at He Yuelong, whose face was blue and red for a while, and their expressions became more and more angry.

After the secretary finished reading, Gu Zhenmin immediately walked up to the old chief and said ashamedly: "Chief, I'm sorry! At first, we didn't know that this was Director Li Deyu's lover, nor did we know about Director Li's complaint. Political Commissar Qiu and I ordered our subordinates to invite them home without your permission, and I will review them from you!"

The old chief nodded and asked He Yuelong, who was standing there constantly wiping cold sweat: "Secretary He, what about you? How do you explain? Don't tell me why you didn't ask their mother and daughter why they sued? Since you know the content of their complaint, why did you deliberately hide it from me?"

He Yuelong knew that he couldn't hide this matter, so he had to say: "Chief, I tell you frankly: I really have selfish intentions and deceived you about this matter, but I also hope you can understand." First, this matter involves Mayor Zhang of Mingguang City, and as a subordinate, I can't do anything or say anything; second, you have come to Wushui to recuperate and relax, and I feel embarrassed to trouble you with such miscellaneous matters......"

"What? You say it's a chore?"

The old chief looked at him with round eyes, and angrily interrupted him and said: "Comrade Xiao He, as the secretary of the county party committee and a leading cadre who has been trained and educated by the party for many years, you actually say that such a major event that has a bearing on the relationship between the party and the masses and the relationship between the cadres and the masses is a miscellaneous matter, where is your position? Where is your consciousness? Also, you keep saying that Mayor Zhang is your leader, and you are not easy to say or do this matter, and where is your party spirit? Party members within our party, regardless of their positions or official positions, can carry out criticism and self-criticism, and can report and expose the illegal and criminal acts of party members who violate discipline. You think that Mayor Zhang is your leader, you want to deliberately hide it, and you want to hide it for His Holiness, which is a typical servility. To put it mildly, it is a servile knee! To tell the truth: I don't need to investigate, I don't need to ask for verification, and I can roughly judge that what is written on this piece of paper is absolutely the truth. If you don't believe me, if you look at the road under our feet, this road has been built for less than two years, and it has rotted like this, and what is this not a tofu scum project? According to my experience, there will definitely be problems such as official corruption and collusion between officials and businessmen behind any tofu scum project. This proves that the situation of illegal bidding reported by the deputy director of the Highway Bureau exists. With this premise, it is very likely that he was framed and forcibly imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital. Tell me: You, the secretary of the county party committee, think that such a big petition case in your county is a miscellaneous matter, so what is your main business? Is it just trying to curry favor with your superiors and find ways to deceive your superiors and subordinates? How can this be true?"

He Yuelong was so frightened by the old chief's thunder and anger that he didn't dare to come out, so he stood there resignedly, the beads of sweat on his face rolling down like raindrops.

After the old chief finished training He Yuelong, he pulled the little girl who was crying with red and swollen eyes into his arms, and said while stroking her skinny little hands: "Good boy, your father's business, grandpa will help you solve it, and your father will come back soon." You go home with your mother now, it's almost the New Year, eat more good food, eat more meat, gain weight, and Dad will be very happy to see it when he comes back. ”

The little girl sobbed and said, "Grandpa, I don't have meat to eat in my house, I haven't eaten meat for a long time." We now have a piece of meat in our house, which my grandfather's family brought to us when he killed a pig. Mom said that this piece of meat was kept for the New Year, and it can't be eaten now!"

The old chief's tears flowed down his eyes, and he raised his head and asked Li Deyu's lover tremblingly: "What's the matter? Why don't you even give your children a few more pieces of meat for the Chinese New Year?"

Li Deyu's lover's tears flowed again, and he choked up and said: "Chief, after my old Li was sent to a mental hospital, the Highway Bureau did not allow me to receive his salary, saying that it was afraid that I would use those wages to petition." I quit my job at kindergarten again. In the past few years, he has been running around trying to rescue Lao Li, but the little money he had saved, including the money from selling the house, has run away. Lao Li was an orphan with no relatives and no reason, so I had to move to my mother's house and find an abandoned warehouse to live in. My mother's family thinks that I always complain, and my family is also poor, so after helping us for a while, I can't take care of our mother and son. Don't be afraid of your jokes when you say it: Don't talk about meat, in two days my family will be running out of rice, and I may have to go to someone else's house to beg for rice on the first day of the 30th lunar month!

As he spoke, he hugged his daughter in his arms, and the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried!

The people watching the mother and daughter on the side, except for He Yuelong and the few expressionless guards, all shed tears.

Lin Xue suddenly walked over, wiped her tears and took out her wallet, and when she saw that there were only a few hundred yuan in it, she turned to Sneer Xiaotian and said, "How much money you brought, lend it to me, I'll go back and pay you back!"

Sneer Xiaotian took out his wallet, which contained five thousand yuan that his father had specially put in his bag for emergency use before going out in the morning, and took it out and handed it all to Lin Xue.

Lin Xue didn't count how much it was, along with the hundreds of yuan in her wallet, stuffed it into the woman's hand, and said with red eyes: "Auntie, you go buy some good things for this little sister to eat with this money, and I wish you a safe and happy Spring Festival!"

Li Deyu's lover was stunned and held the stack of banknotes, so moved that he didn't know what to say.

At this time, the old chief also asked the secretary to bring 10,000 yuan and hand it to Li Deyu's lover. Gu Zhenmin and Qiu Guangrong also took out all the money in their wallets and gave them to her.

He Yuelong stood there embarrassed, seeing that they were paying money one after another, although he also wanted to send some money to their mother and daughter to redeem his bad impression in the old chief's heart, but he couldn't do anything: he usually didn't have any money on him, and the secretary paid him for everything, but today because of the special situation, the secretary didn't follow, he didn't have a dime in his pocket, and he couldn't donate money if he wanted to!

After the old chief finished donating the money, he stood up, asked the secretary to bring his mobile phone, and dialed the phone number of Du Yuan, secretary of the Tiannan Provincial Party Committee.

"Xiao Du, I'm Lin Zhendong!"

"Ouch, old chief, hello, hello! Why did you remember to call me? This year is busy, and I haven't had time to give you a New Year's greeting in advance, don't be surprised!"

"You are now a feudal official, and you have not been in office for a long time, and there are a lot of things to do, so don't remember me, an old man. It's just that I'm looking for you today because I need your help!"

"What do you say, old chief, what do you mean by asking me for help? You are too polite. If you tell me something, no matter how busy I am, I will still put what you tell first!"

"That's good. I am now in Wushui County, Mingguang City, and I am going to go to Xiao Leng's house for the New Year. I wasn't going to tell you about it, but now I've got a heartwarming incident that I have to call you. ”

"Ah, old chief, have you really arrived in Wushui?

Secretary Du said happily on the other end of the phone.

"All you need to do is make a phone call to the secretary of the Mingguang Municipal Party Committee and ask him to send someone to investigate the fact that a deputy director of the Wushui Highway Bureau named Li Deyu was imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital three years ago. You tell him that this matter must be investigated secretly, especially not to let the mayor of Mingguang City named Zhang He know. Also, I hope you will do everything you can to send someone to take Li Deyu out of the mental hospital tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, at the latest, and let him go home for a year. Do you understand?"