Chapter 227

Gong Jianjun said sternly: "Do you know what serious consequences your letting him go caused? He wanted to retaliate against Director Su. If it weren't for Director Su's good skills, what would have happened if Director Su had been injured?"

Little Li lowered his head and said nothing.

Gong Jianjun turned to Su Xinghui and said with a fawning smile: "Director Su, look, the person you were looking for has been found. Rest assured, we will definitely deal with him strictly. Now, let me help you open the handcuffs?"

Su Xinghui laughed: "They can't be opened now. Didn't you just say I was provoking trouble and causing injury to others? Until this matter is clarified, these handcuffs cannot be opened."

Gong Jianjun laughed: "It's already clarified. It was entirely Chang Hu and his gang who wanted to retaliate against you. You were acting in legitimate self-defense. Rest assured, this time Chang Hu and his gang will absolutely not be released again. They will definitely receive the punishment they deserve."

At this moment, Zhang Kaishan spoke up: "Deputy Captain Gong, you cannot disregard case-handling procedures and arbitrarily define the nature of the case just because I have arrived at the scene. No matter what law Su Xinghui broke today, you handle it as you should; there is no need to worry about me. I will just watch here."

Gong Jianjun almost groaned. With a dignified member of the County Party Committee Standing Committee watching here, could he not worry about him? He only now understood what Su Xinghui meant by "it's easy to put handcuffs on, but not so easy to take them off." This was truly not easy!

Zhang Kaishan found a chair and sat down. He added: "Also, I am quite interested in the matter of letting the thief go. I think your questioning just now was a bit hasty. I hope you can conduct an investigation according to normal procedures and find out the truth of the facts!"

Gong Jianjun was somewhat at a loss. He knew that Su Xinghui was deliberately trying to blow this matter up. He could only blame himself for why he had to offend this young master. If he could, he would rather kneel on the ground and call him "Grandpa" as long as Su Xinghui was willing to let this matter pass.

However, Su Xinghui was truly angry today. He usually appeared to have a very good temper; even towards a destitute farmer, he wouldn't be bossy. But he had a character that was soft on the outside but firm on the inside. Today, what Gong Jianjun and his men had done had truly touched his bottom line.

The public security in Shangjun County was truly too poor, and their Public Security Brigade was hard to absolve of blame. Today, he helped Wu Jun catch a thief, and yet two hours later, he saw this thief appear on the street again. What kind of incident was this?

After that thief was released, he was incredibly arrogant and wanted to retaliate against him. After being subdued by him, the police brought them to the Public Security Bureau, and they actually characterized this matter as a fight and wanted to mediate with him, asking him for medical expenses.

After he refused mediation, Gong Jianjun actually slandered him on the spot, saying he was provoking trouble and causing injury to others. Was this acceptable? Was this still the world of the Communist Party? If he, Su Xinghui, lightly let this matter pass today, that would be irresponsible to the hundreds of thousands of people in Shangjun County!

Therefore, he made up his mind that today he must pierce this abscess, let these parasites receive some punishment, and let that group of thieves get the end they deserve. At the very least, let there be a few less thieves in Shangjun County during the Spring Festival, so that the people of Shangjun can have a little peace.

Just as Gong Jianjun was racking his brains on how to get through this, a deputy director of the Public Security Bureau arrived at the scene. His name was Xu Shixie, a cold-shouldered deputy director in the Public Security Bureau who was in charge of the bureau headquarters, the labor union, and the Women's Federation. However, today Tao Yan and the others were not there, only Deputy Xu Ju was at home. Hearing that Zhang Kaishan had come, he naturally had to come to accompany him.

As soon as Xu Shixie arrived at the scene, he asked with a smile: "Magistrate Zhang, what wind blew you to our Public Security Bureau today? Are you here to give instructions on our work?"

Although Zhang Kaishan was not in charge of the Public Security Bureau, he was, after all, a member of the County Party Committee Standing Committee, and recently he had become increasingly powerful, so no one in the Public Security Bureau dared to slight him.

Zhang Kaishan said with a straight face: "Xu Ju, I wouldn't dare to instruct the work of your Public Security Bureau. Today, coming to your Public Security Bureau, I have truly had my eyes opened!"

Hearing this tone from Zhang Kaishan, and looking at Gong Jianjun's embarrassed face, Little Li's lowered head, the handcuffs on Su Xinghui's hands, and the indignant expressions of Xue Qin and Zhang Cheng, he already understood more than half of the matter.

Xu Shixie came from a criminal investigation background and was best at seeing the big picture from small details. What was there not to understand about this scene? It must be that Gong Jianjun and his men had acted recklessly and ended up kicking an iron plate.

Xu Shixie was a cold-shouldered director, and Gong Jianjun and his men were usually not very respectful to him. Xu Shixie naturally wouldn't say anything good for him. He asked Zhang Kaishan again: "Is there something the Public Security Brigade has done wrong?"

Zhang Kaishan said: "I am not an expert in public security work. As for the specific situation, let this Deputy Captain Gong report it to you!"

Xu Shixie straightened his face and said: "Gong Jianjun, tell us, what happened today?"

Gong Jianjun naturally didn't dare to be disrespectful to Xu Shixie at this time. He stammered and told the story of what happened today. Of course, he only said it was a misunderstanding.

Although Gong Jianjun cut off the beginning and end of the story and concealed a lot, how could he deceive Xu Shixie, this veteran of public security? He turned and asked Zhang Kaishan: "Magistrate Zhang, what is your intention?"

Zhang Kaishan said expressionlessly: "Investigate, investigate to the end!"

Xu Shixie immediately said to Gong Jianjun: "Gong Jianjun, call all the parties involved here for a face-to-face confrontation on the spot!"

Xu Shixie said to Zhang Kaishan: "Magistrate Zhang, let's go to the conference room. It's more spacious there."

Zhang Kaishan nodded in agreement. Xu Shixie said to Su Xinghui: "This is Comrade Su Xinghui, right? You have been wronged. Why don't you let them help you open the handcuffs? Otherwise, if it takes too long, it's easy for the blood circulation to be blocked."

Su Xinghui also knew a little about this Xu Ju. He did not collude with Tao Yan and the others; otherwise, he wouldn't be such a cold-shouldered deputy director. Su Xinghui still had to give him face, so he nodded and said: "Fine, I will listen to Xu Ju."

Gong Jianjun, as if granted amnesty, hurriedly opened the handcuffs on Su Xinghui's wrists. These handcuffs on Su Xinghui's wrists were like a noose around his neck. After opening the handcuffs, he gave Su Xinghui a fawning smile and ran out to find the parties involved.

Su Xinghui moved his wrists. Having worn the handcuffs for so long, he really needed to get his blood flowing.

Xu Shixie had someone open the large door of the conference room and let Zhang Kaishan and the others in. They sat down at the conference table. Not long after, Gong Jianjun brought in Chang Hu's gang, a total of five people, and made them stand by the conference table. Their wrists were all handcuffed.

Gong Jianjun said: "Xu Ju, all the parties involved are here."

Su Xinghui interjected: "No, the parties involved are not all here. There is also Wu Jun. He was the one who caught Rat this morning. And there is another person who helped me testify. You must find them too."

Gong Jianjun's face turned bitter. After they had taken Liu Changlin's statement and obtained his testimony, they had let him go. Where were they supposed to find him now?

But Xu Shixie said sternly: "Gong Jianjun, hurry up and find them for me! I give you ten minutes to find all the parties involved!"

Gong Jianjun, having no other choice, called Little Li and went out with him to find the people. He truly felt like dying right now.