Chapter 832

Yuan Hongbiao cursed and vented the dissatisfaction in his heart: "Tell him I'm very busy and don't have time."

The blind man released his hand covering the receiver: "Mayor Yuan is very busy right now. He told you to go find the secretary and the mayor, as well as the other two deputy mayors."

"Danger has appeared in several villages below. The secretary, the mayor, and the two deputy mayors have all taken people down to eliminate the danger. There isn't a single cadre left in the town now."

The person who called didn't know who it was, but was so anxious they almost cursed.

The blind man covered the receiver again: "Brother Biao, he said danger has appeared in several villages below, and all the leading cadres have gone down to eliminate the danger. There isn't a single cadre left in the town."

"Gong Laohan's family is all dead, what does it have to do with me?" Yuan Hongbiao sneered: "In such heavy rain, I don't have time to care whether they live or die. Tell him, I'm not going!"

"Yuan Hongbiao!" Niu Hongjuan couldn't listen anymore and roared angrily: "Are you still a human being? Regardless of how you became this deputy mayor, since you are sitting in this position now, you must be responsible for the safety of the common people's lives."

Yuan Hongbiao sneered: "Responsible for what? If something happens to them, I'm responsible, but if something happens to me, who is responsible?"

Niu Hongjuan couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with Yuan Hongbiao anymore. She jumped off the kang and snatched the phone from the blind man's hand.

"I am Niu Hongjuan, who are you?"

The other party said: "I am Shang Anfu, Deputy Director of the Civil Affairs Office."

"Director Shang!" Niu Hongjuan said: "No matter how many people are left in the town, regardless of gender, gather everyone to save people. I will be there immediately too."

"Okay!"

Shang Anfu wanted to say something else, but thinking that saving people was urgent, he agreed and hung up the phone.

Niu Hongjuan found a raincoat, put it on, and then ran out the door with the keys to Yuan Hongbiao's Santana.

Liang Zhen watched Niu Hongjuan get in the car and leave, hesitating for a moment: "Mayor, let's stop playing. We should go over and take a look."

"Look at what!" Yuan Hongbiao cursed: "Keep playing."

In the torrential rain, a Fukang struggled into Zhenxing Village, but it hadn't gone far before the car couldn't move anymore.

Inside the car, a middle-aged man of about fifty, with stubble and wearing nearsighted glasses, gripped the steering wheel with both hands and slammed his foot on the accelerator. The engine emitted an overloaded roar, and the spinning tires threw up mud and water several meters high.

However, no matter how hard he tried, the car didn't move an inch. Finally, he released the accelerator and looked at the floor; water had already flowed in through the door cracks.

He turned off the car's engine, picked up the cigarette thrown on the passenger seat and lit one, then looked at the heavy rain outside the car, his eyes drifting, not knowing what he was thinking.

The middle-aged man smoked three cigarettes in a row, then took an umbrella, hugged a leather bag to his chest, pushed the door open, and got out of the car.

In just an instant, his lower body was soaked through by the rain, but he didn't care at all. He waded through the knee-deep water and walked forward cautiously.

After walking for about ten minutes, he stood outside the Yuan family's gate and looked up at the jujube tree at the entrance.

"This should be the place."

The middle-aged man said softly, pushed the door open, and walked in.

"Is this the old Yuan family?"

A whole family was chatting in the room. Hearing someone shouting outside, Yuan Hongzhan came out of the room and saw a person standing at the gate.

"Who are you looking for?"

The middle-aged man said: "I'm looking for Chairman Zhou!"

Yuan Hongzhan immediately became enthusiastic: "Why did you come in such heavy rain? Is there an emergency? Hurry up and come in."

The middle-aged man smiled and entered the room: "Today's rain is indeed heavy enough."

"You can say that again!" Yuan Hongzhan got a dry towel for the middle-aged man, "Hurry up and wipe yourself off!"

The middle-aged man took the towel and wiped his face: "Is Chairman Zhou here?"

"He's not here!" Yuan Hongzhan took the towel and hung it on the towel rope, "If there's an emergency, I'll go find him for you."

The middle-aged man said: "Where is he? I'll go myself."

Yuan Hongzhan waved his hand, found a piece of plastic sheeting to drape over himself: "He's at my niece's house, I'll take you there."

At this time, Zhou Andong and the others were playing enthusiastically. The door outside creaked, and then Yuan Hongzhan's voice came.

"Dongzi!"

Yuan Zhe said: "My dad is here."

"Over here!"

Zhou Andong shouted, and immediately after, Yuan Hongzhan entered, with the middle-aged man following behind him.

"Something up?" Zhou Andong was arranging the tiles and looked back.

Yuan Hongzhan pointed to the middle-aged man behind him: "This brother wants to find you, so I brought him over."

Zhou Andong looked at the middle-aged man suspiciously: "You are..."

The middle-aged man scanned the room and said somewhat hesitantly: "Chairman Zhou, can we step aside to talk?"

Zhou Andong sized up the middle-aged man and said to Chen Yuan, who was standing on the side watching the fun: "You come play."

Zhou Andong got up and left the room, took a small stool, and sat at the back door.

"You sit too!"

The middle-aged man sat opposite Zhou Andong and said straight to the point: "My name is Zhi Wanshan. The limestone mine in the town used to be mine, but later it was snatched away by Yuan Hongbiao."

Zhou Andong raised an eyebrow: "Go on."

"I have nothing else to say." Zhi Wanshan opened his leather bag, took out a stack of documents, "Take a look at this."

Zhou Andong already had a guess in his heart. He took the documents, read them for about ten minutes, and then raised his head.

"You should know my relationship with Yuan Hongbiao."

Zhi Wanshan nodded: "I know!"

Zhou Andong smiled and shook the documents in his hand: "You know, and you still dare to bring this stuff to me? Aren't you afraid I'll go tell Yuan Hongbiao?"

"No!" Zhi Wanshan said very firmly: "Yuan Hongbiao asked you to invest in the limestone mine just to pit you. Chairman Zhou, you are a smart person, you should be very clear about this in your heart."

Zhou Andong asked curiously: "You know a lot about the things between me and Yuan Hongbiao. Who told you?"

Zhi Wanshan shook his head: "Please forgive me, I can't say who this person is. You just need to know that we have a common enemy."

"No, no, no!" Zhou Andong said: "For the time being, Yuan Hongbiao is not my enemy. If you want to use me as a gun, you should know that this gun of mine is very expensive."

Zhi Wanshan was silent for a moment: "What do you want?"

Zhou Andong asked: "What do you think I'm lacking?"

Zhi Wanshan stopped talking, and Zhou Andong lowered his head to read the documents in his hand again.

"Why didn't you hand these things over to the relevant departments yourself?"

"Because my strength is not great enough," Zhi Wanshan said: "Many of the people who participated in this matter back then are still in office, and some have even been promoted to the city level. Once I hand these things over..."

"Not only will I not be able to topple Yuan Hongbiao and these people, but I will also fall into danger. But you are different. With your status and position, you can send them directly to the mayor."