Chapter 851: The Face of Qi Guohui Fails to Appear, Yet His Pants Leak

Bureau Chief Mo had long known what was happening on the County Party Committee and County Government side.

At this time, in his office were also Sun Chengjun, Lao Ding and Song Zhong.

After hanging up the phone, he said with an unhappy expression, "Our Secretary Qi really has no work experience at all. The crowd is filing collective petitions; instead of trying to move them with emotion and reason to disperse, they actually called the Public Security Bureau to lead the Special Police Team and Criminal Police Team fully armed to go disperse, and even want to arrest the ringleaders."

"If it really is necessary to arrest people, it's not impossible, but you can't make a phone call in front of them, can you? Moreover, such arrests should have undercover officers go first to watch, and when the crowd finally disperses, seize the chance to take them down one by one. This really shows a total lack of basic experience; I don't understand why they sent such a person down to be the Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary."

Sun Chengjun grinned beside him, "Bureau Chief Mo, what do we do now? Do we really have to go over there fully armed? Then we'd be on the opposite side of the Common People. If this gets out, the reputation of Lieshan County's police will be ruined."

Mo looked at Song Zhong and asked, "Bureau Chief Song, what's your opinion?"

Song Zhong said, "If this call had come from County Magistrate Su, I would have rushed in without hesitation; if the Common People have complaints they could be directed at me. Oh, sorry, what I meant to say is, Bureau Chief Mo, give me a word to arrest people and I'll arrest them, give me a word to disperse and I'll disperse; I consider obedience my duty."

Those words provoked the others into loud laughter, and Lao Ding added, "We're all comrades here; there's no need to guard our words. Those of us present follow County Magistrate Su's orders, and as for that Secretary Qi, he can stay wherever it's cool."

After speaking, the group burst into another round of loud laughter.

But Bureau Chief Mo still said, "They've already issued us an order; we can't remain idle. Anyway, the order came from him, and if we truly do nothing, he might use that as an excuse to come back and deal with us."

"Although this newly arrived Secretary, who has no real authority in his hands, can't force us, we still have to handle the outward work and must not cause trouble for County Magistrate Su."

"Therefore we must not only go, but also order the County Public Security Bureau and nearby Paichusuo to deploy everyone fully armed. I'll lead the team, and all of you follow me; we must make Secretary Qi know that we absolutely obey orders."

Song Zhong suddenly became anxious, "Why should we obey? Are we really supposed to oppose the Common People? County Magistrate Su has always taught …"

Lao Ding could no longer bear to listen, "You are really thick‑headed! Honestly, among us you could pick someone to lead a team out to fight bandits, even to battle those extremely vicious criminal gangs wielding weapons and even firearms; not to mention our County Public Security Bureau, let alone the whole city—you would be the obvious choice to lead. But in this regard, can you maybe do a little further study later?"

When Lao Ding finished speaking, the group burst into laughter again.

Before the laughter died down, Bureau Chief Mo had already stepped out of the office, followed immediately by Lao Ding and Sun Chengjun.

At this moment Song Zhong awkwardly scratched his head, jogged after them, muttering, "Am I wrong? Isn't it just like this? Where exactly did it go wrong?"

He couldn't figure it out, and didn't think further. He didn't know or trust the others, but he was aware of the relationship between Sun Chengjun and Su Yang.

After arriving at the Public Security Bureau, he resolved that he must first obey Su Yang; whatever Su Yang orders, he would do, then follow Sun Chengjun's steps—do whatever Sun Chengjun does, strike wherever Sun Chengjun points.

Five minutes later, the County Public Security Bureau, the nearby Chengguan Paichusuo, and the Shuanggou Town Paichusuo, with all police cars and motorcycles flashing lights, roared toward the County Party Committee and County Government.

At that moment the scene was already in chaos; as soon as Qi Guohui finished speaking, someone hurled a rotten egg at him.

Qi Guohui couldn't dodge and was hit directly in the face; instantly a wail rang out along with a foul stench.

The Common People in the crowd shouted unabashedly, "That corrupt official is nothing good, beat him!"

In an instant, old canvas shoes and smelly insoles were all flung.

The situation briefly spiraled out of control.

Seeing the scene, Jiao Qiang darted forward to shield Su Yang, then whispered, "County Magistrate Su, quickly move to the back, be careful they hit you, that would be bad."

Su Yang said, "You, you, have you just stabbed a girl now? Send the two female comrades in our class to safety first. I'm a grown man; taking a hit is fine, besides, Secretary Qi and County Magistrate Zhao have both taken several hits; if I don't take these two, I can't explain it."

"Is there any law left? They just turned against us! Which towns did these people come from? I think we should summon all the Town Party Committee Secretaries and village heads from those towns; we really can't manage the Common People of those towns, they should all be dismissed!" shouted Jiang Tao, who had just been hit by a rotten vegetable.

Hou Junlai suddenly blurted, "Quick, quick, let's return to the office building; they definitely won't chase us to the office."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Bo, Zhou Yanru, and Bao Shuang, who was being protected by Jiao Qiang, had already entered the building.

Zhao Nanxing reacted fairly quickly and hurriedly followed into the office building.

At the back were the two who had just been stunned, Qi Guohui and Jiang Tao.

Especially Qi Guohui, when he hurried back up the steps he slipped and fell, blood filling his eyes. Yet he couldn't care less at that moment, rolling and crawling into the building, as messy as could be.

"What a pitiful place producing troublesome people; what are the Public Security Bureau folks doing, why aren't they here yet?" Qi Guohui cursed while wiping the blood from his face.

"Secretary Qi, your megaphone is still on, and besides, the Common People aren't troublesome; they are our providers of food and clothing."

"Moreover, we should face problems directly and solve them; brute‑force oppression won't work, the Common People aren't our enemies." Chen Bo seemed to joke, but in fact delivered a blunt rebuke.

Qi Guohui's complexion turned instantly ashen; he couldn't even find a reason to argue with the seemingly young and beautiful Organization Department Head.

Outside, the enraged Common People didn't care about any of that; they knew some unscrupulous officials were calling them 'muddy legs' behind their backs, but shouting it at them directly was bullying honest people, wasn't it?

They shouted and surged toward the County Party Committee's office building.

Seeing the black mass of people, Zhao Nanxing, Qi Guohui and others flashed a hint of panic in their eyes, muttering curses internally: "We heard grassroots work is hard, but no one said it would be this tricky."

As the situation seemed about to spiral out of control, Su Yang stepped forward, grabbed the megaphone, and prepared to head outward.

The alternating wail of sirens and the roar of police cars suddenly erupted.