Chapter 494

Bai Yutang is the kind of person you can say lacks political savvy, you can say he's utterly useless at work, but you absolutely cannot say he has no brain.

Because he puts all his brains to crooked and wicked ways.

If you placed him in Huatian Town, he would definitely be someone who could go arm-wrestling with Qin Chuan.

Bai Yutang is absolutely adept at political maneuvering, but placing him at the township level is truly a waste of talent.

He was bullying Su Yang for being young, bullying Su Yang for lacking such deep scheming, but this time he misjudged the person.

Although Su Yang is in his early twenties, his growth in this regard has already become vastly different from before; even when he was under Qin Chuan he didn't suffer much loss, let alone now.

He immediately guessed Bai Yutang's purpose, but he didn't expose it, only asking: 'What if someone secretly brings this up? After all, the county's ambulances are already out; this will surely alarm the county hospital leadership, and it might even be known by other leaders.'

Bai Yutang offered an idea: 'Then just don't let them know; tell the hospital director. I'll hold things down in the township, you can rest assured.'

'During this period when you're in charge, absolutely nothing must happen. After all, you're the first leader who thought of developing Xiushui Township, genuinely wanting to do practical things and seek welfare for our township's people; we can't let you get a demerit, or else I'll be stabbed in the back by others and feel uneasy.'

Su Yang smirked inwardly, saying one thing to your face and another behind your back—he had truly mastered this art.

'Fine, since you said that, I should thank you. If you hadn't instructed me like this, the matter might have been exposed, and my position as the one in charge would likely be stripped away quickly. Besides, I hadn't thought of all this earlier. Otherwise, shall we go to the county together?'

Bai Yutang shook his head repeatedly, saying: 'No need, no need, I'm not going; I still need to keep an eye on things in the township, especially the forest ranger team—since quite a few people know about this, if they leak it, it won't be worth it.'

He said that with his mouth, but in his heart he had already decided to deliberately tell Li Meng about it, and at an opportune moment have Li Meng go to the county to speak of it.

In short, he just wants to hide behind the scenes and manipulate everything that happens.

At this moment, he seems to have forgotten that this incident could have been avoided; originally Gao Haisheng didn't need to go up the mountain, but it happened because of the movements behind his back.

Su Yang gave an 'oh' and hung up.

But having such an incident, he couldn't possibly conceal and not report it, because someone behind is watching; if others let it out, the matter could be big or small.

So he still decided to speak up about it himself first, at least so the county leaders won't be put on the defensive.

After returning to the township, they switched cars, with Xiang Donglai responsible for driving and him responsible for the wounded.

Along the way, he called Zhou Ruohan, explained the whole incident, and briefly gave his speculation and analysis.

Zhou Ruohan was really a bit angry: 'You say, how could you not be a little careful? Besides, the city has been looking for trouble for you, wanting to give you small shoes, and you still stirred up this matter. Eh, but as long as Gao Haisheng is unharmed, that's fine; the rest is easier to talk about, but if someone really gets hurt, your punishment as the main responsible person is inevitable.'

After saying that, she then asked: 'Now that the incident has happened, what do you think should be done? It's impossible to let the county pretend it didn't happen and let others seize the initiative, right?'

Su Yang's mind raced, and after a moment he said: 'I recall that last year or the year before, the state had already issued relevant documents calling for a gun ban. But some remote mountain villages and areas haven't thoroughly implemented this, so some firearms are scattered among the populace.'

'The county can take this opportunity to immediately have the Public Security Bureau lead the collection of civilian firearms, and also explicitly prohibit hunting in Xiushui Mountain and its vicinity.'

'This incident that caused injury was originally due to a forest ranger team member's mishap, but he's already a sixty- or seventy-year-old elder, so I think we shouldn't overly pursue blame on him. Still, we should investigate starting from Gao Haisheng—why he was up there, why he rolled stones, and then he slipped and fell, fortuitously striking the gun barrel.'

Zhou Ruohan understood immediately: 'So you mean we should start with Gao Haisheng, ferret out the person hiding behind him, and then all this is actually Bai Yutang secretly pulling the strings behind the scenes, right?'

'At the same time, it also pushes forward the work that hadn't been implemented before, which actually sounds like a win-win. But you also need to be mentally prepared: you and the police station chief going up the mountain together, still carrying guns—this will eventually be exposed, and then you'll be waiting for punishment.'

'That being the case, your position as Township Party Committee Secretary… no, I'll have to call Uncle Huang again to get him to quickly implement this; if you receive a demerit at this critical juncture, that will be a naming by the province, and given Secretary Gao's conduct, he will surely try to obstruct this appointment.'

'To be disciplined twice in a short time, the organization will certainly not allow such a person to hold an important post.'

'Furthermore, wherever you go there's no peace; when you were in Huatian Town, people felt the town couldn't be tranquil, with incidents every few days and various troublemaking group events emerging one after another.'

'Just having arrived at Xiushui Township, there have already been two ambulance trips to the county; this is only thanks to Secretary Zhou's side giving me face and not holding it against me. Other leaders now also pretend not to know; otherwise, your behavior would surely get you punished to the utmost, and nobody likes a cadre who constantly stirs up trouble.'

Su Yang said: 'Alright, don't use this occasion to lecture me; I need to tell the Public Security Bureau to intervene immediately in the investigation. I need Gao Haisheng to clarify this matter clearly—I don't want to become in the leaders' eyes a troublemaker who invites disaster.'

After saying that, he again called Bureau Chief Lan, fully recounting what had just happened and his speculation.

Because this matter also involves Xiang Donglai; if it were just him alone, it wouldn't matter.

Bureau Chief Lan's side will of course handle this entirely according to Su Yang's wishes; now we're just waiting for Gao Haisheng to finish surgery at the hospital before questioning him.

While Su Yang was on the phone preparing to handle this matter, Bai Yutang wasn't idle either; after returning to the township government at top speed, he drove the township government's broken jeep straight to the city.

Having ideas and plans for this matter is one thing; whether it can ultimately be implemented is another.

And after implementation, whether one can maximize one's own benefit is yet another matter.

So he wants to personally meet his behind-the-scenes 'noble patron'.