Official Career Storm
Chapter 611

Chapter 611: Chapter 611

Liang Jianfeng arrived at Huangni Village, and upon seeing him, the old village woman reflexively grabbed a dead chicken, about to rush out.

Recalling the events of the past two days, she quickly suppressed the urge.

Then she saw the car stopping outside her house.

Liang Jianfeng, along with two police officers and Zhang Wei, got out of the vehicle.

Seeing Zhang Wei, the old woman breathed a sigh of relief and silently rejoiced.

It was good she hadn’t thrown the chicken, otherwise Mayor Zhang would surely have scolded someone.

She didn’t have to wait long before Village Chief Li Dashan ran over from a distance.

"Mayor Zhang, what brings you here?"

"Village Chief Li, this is the Deputy Director of the Police Department, Mr. Liang. He has some questions for you; please cooperate."

Zhang Wei didn’t know what was going on, and she didn’t dare to ask. Moreover, judging by Liang Jianfeng’s expression, she wouldn’t get an answer even if she did ask.

But having the Deputy Director come down to the village himself meant something significant had occurred.

And it involved Li Zhuang.

Upon hearing the identity of the newcomer, Li Dashan’s stooped back straightened instantly: "Mr. Liang, hello. What would you like to ask?"

Liang Jianfeng inquired, "Li Yougui, Li Zhu, Li Xiaodao..."

He listed over a dozen names sequentially, then asked, "Are they in the village?"

Li Dashan, aware of the situation, but good at acting, inquired, "Mr. Liang, what happened to them?"

Liang Jianfeng repeated, "I’m asking you if they are in the village!"

Li Dashan shook his head repeatedly, "I don’t know, but I can take you to their homes."

"Do you have their phone numbers?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Li Dashan took out his cellphone, and Liang Jianfeng said, "Call them one by one and ask where they are."

"Alright, just a moment, Mr. Liang."

Li Dashan dialed Li Yougui’s number in front of them. The phone rang a few times until it connected.

He put it on speakerphone: "Yougui, where are you?"

"I’m busy, what’s up? Huff, huff~"

"Nothing much, just asking, are you in the village?"

"Not here! Huff, huff~"

Hearing the rather heavy breathing, Li Dashan coughed slightly, ended the call, and said somewhat awkwardly, "Seems like he’s busy with something."

"Keep calling."

"Alright, okay."

He then called Li Zhu.

"Zhuzi, are you at home? I need to speak with you."

"Uncle, I’m out, will be back later. What’s up? I’ll make sure it’s taken care of perfectly."

"It’s nothing urgent; we’ll talk when you get back."

He continued with the third call, then the fourth...

After the last call, Li Dashan scratched his head and said, "Mr. Liang, none of them are in the village."

Liang Jianfeng nodded, turned around, and got back into the car.

As he turned, Li Dashan breathed out softly.

However, before he could relax, he heard Liang Jianfeng say, "Village Chief Li, get in the car."

"Mr. Liang, I still have some things to handle at home..."

"Get in the car!"

Liang Jianfeng’s voice deepened, his authority as the Deputy Director fully asserted. Li Dashan trembled at the stern command, no longer dared to make excuses, and obediently got into the car.

Li Dashan had received a call from Zhang Wei in advance, and he and Li Zhu had clearly coordinated their responses to handle Mr. Liang.

But such small tricks could only fool ordinary folks.

In front of an experienced veteran officer like Liang Jianfeng, their pretense was completely transparent.

One person not being in the village was understandable; two was still explainable; even seven or eight could be justified.

But over a dozen people, all not present?

That was the biggest issue.

Once in the vehicle, Liang Jianfeng didn’t ask further questions and directly headed to the town’s police station.

Director Liu had previously contacted the station, and when the junior officers came out, Liang Jianfeng showed his badge and said, "Take them to the interrogation room."

Zhang Wei and her companion were immediately panicked, "Director Liang, why are you arresting us?"

Liang Jianfeng didn’t waste words with them, and the minor police officers didn’t dare to ask more questions, handcuffed them, and took them away directly.

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Wang, you stay at the station, temporarily take over command here, and interrogate them."

"Yes, Mr. Liang!"

Liang Jianfeng got into the car and set off alone for the accident site.

Because he left in a hurry, he didn’t bring many people with him.

On Wu Xinan’s end, there were also just two police officers.

He had basically figured out the situation by now.

Before Li Zhuang was arrested, he had already arranged for the villagers to go to the mountains to capture Song Guanchao.

He had to reach Song Guanchao before the others captured him!

He didn’t waste time contacting the likes of Li Zhu and his group.

He was well aware that the interest groups formed among the villages could not be made to compromise with a few threatening words.

Li Zhuang probably made it very clear to them that if Song Guanchao was alive, they would be in trouble.

As long as they killed Song Guanchao, they would all be safe.

In such a situation, reasoning was useless, as were threats.

What he was most worried about right now was not the villagers from Huangni Village going to capture Song Guanchao, but the city!

Mayor Zheng’s timing in sending Director Liu to handle Li Zhuang’s case was logically flawless.

But Liang Jianfeng always felt that Mayor Zheng did it on purpose.

And to confirm whether Mayor Zheng did it purposefully was easy.

He freed one hand, took out his cellphone, and called Wu Qiangwei.

"Secretary Wu, could you please contact Director Qin and ask him to bring people to Old Mountain?"

"Okay."

Wu Qiangwei immediately contacted Director Qin.

"Go to Old Mountain?" Director Qin was still unaware that Song Guanchao had met with an accident. "Secretary Wu, I can’t go right now."

"Something came up?"

"I’m on my way to Dujiang City, Mayor Zheng has ordered me to arrest Xu Wenchang immediately."

Wu Qiangwei frowned, "When did he call you?"

"Just over half an hour ago."

"Then have each police station in the city allocate some manpower to go to Old Mountain immediately."

"Secretary Wu, give me a clear number, how many people should I allocate?"

"As many as you can spare."

"Secretary Wu, you’re putting me in a difficult position. Each police station needs to keep at least three to five people on a daily basis, and each station has on average about ten officers. Leaving three to five behind and another three to five to patrol the nearby communities, if we really have to allocate, we’d barely get one or two per station."

"Our city has over seventy police stations in total, which adds up to over a hundred people we could use."

"But out of these hundred people, we still have to subtract those who are off-duty."

"The most I can allocate wouldn’t exceed thirty people."

He was unclear why Wu Qiangwei wanted to send people to Old Mountain, and he didn’t want to know.

He wasn’t uncooperative, but that was the reality of the situation.

Wu Qiangwei said, "Then let these people go to Old Mountain."

"Okay."

After all was said and done, he couldn’t find an excuse.

He hung up the phone and started making contacts.

Wu Qiangwei returned a call to Liang Jianfeng.

Liang Jianfeng frowned, "The city police can allocate more than just thirty people."

Wu Qiangwei said, "The city police are with Director Qin in Dujiang City arresting Xu Wenchang."

Liang Jianfeng asked, "Was it arranged by Mayor Zheng?"

"You knew?"

"I guessed." Liang Jianfeng scoffed coldly, "Mayor Zheng purposely deployed the police force elsewhere. He wants Song Guanchao dead!"

Wu Qiangwei was a smart person, and with Liang Jianfeng’s hint, she instantly grasped the key issue.

After a few seconds of silence, Wu Qiangwei said, "I’ll contact the SWAT and Armed Police Brigade."

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