Chapter 139 - 139 138 Just Right

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139: Chapter 138 Just Right 139: Chapter 138 Just Right “Yu Weihong, that old dog, had run off without a trace earlier, and only then did someone go to the cave and say... say that everyone inside was dead! Only then did we know that you... you were right! We should have smashed those deadly things long ago! I... I regret it! My mother she...” Geng Erzhu sobbed and wept, turning into a teary mess. Geng Erzhu had just finished speaking when the villagers at the front of the village, as if they had found a real god, knelt on the ground, begging and imploring in a tumultuous chorus, everyone knowing Liu Hun had previously cured many villagers at the health clinic. Worried about when they themselves would fall ill, they instantly turned from enemies to benefactors and began to plead. “Everybody quiet down!” Liu Hun raised his Qi at his throat and shouted at the villagers, immediately steadying the situation. Looking around, seeing that everyone had quieted down, he continued, “Those who want to live, listen up! Geng Erzhu, gather all the able-bodied men from the front village, we’re going to the cave to retrieve bodies. The rest of you, go home right now and grab your valuables, after that, wait here with me.” Upon Liu Hun’s command, the villagers from the front village really were more obedient than those from Wanbao Village, each of them afraid of death, and immediately did as Liu Hun had instructed. Soon, Liu Hun and Geng Erzhu, among others, carried out seventy people from the cave; eighteen of whom were already dead, and several bodies had already started to stink. Moreover, at a glance, each looked as though they came out of a dye shop, not one with a normal color. As Liu Hun and Geng Erzhu had just carried the bodies to the entrance of the village, villagers from the front village, those who had relatives among the deceased, were either wailing or cursing at the sky and the ground. Those standing by, their hearts pounding with fear, also sent their regards worriedly to the families of Yu Weihong and Lin Fugui, afraid that they might be the next ones lying on the ground. The entrance of the front village was filled with cries, curses, and laments, anyone seeing this would shake their head in sorrow. At that moment, Zhao Mingjie, Chen Qiuya, and Qin Rou, among others, arrived with stretchers and medical supplies. With these supplies as a cover, Liu Hun immediately started treating and saving lives at the entrance of the village. While Liu Hun was busy at the entrance of the front village, Xie Heguo had already returned to the Township Government courtyard and assembled all the team members in the conference room to start a motivational speech. Xie Heguo glanced at the team members present, then asked Fu Li, who was beside him, “Where’s Director Ren? Why don’t I see her?” “Eh! She did come to work today, she was here in the morning. Maybe she had to go back for something.” Fu Li didn’t know where Ren Peiling had gone, so she told Xie Heguo the truth. Hearing this, Xie Heguo immediately felt something was off, but couldn’t pinpoint what it was, so he whispered to Lin Fugui beside him, “Go get the files about the front village incident.” Lin Fugui nodded and left right away, while Xie Heguo began spouting platitudes, but hadn’t finished his tirade when Lin Fugui hurried back in a panic, almost crashing into Xie Heguo. “What are you panicking about? Where is the stuff?” Xie Heguo glared at Lin Fugui, seeing that he didn’t have anything in his hands. “All... all gone!” Lin Fugui, like he had an old phlegm stuck in his throat, took a long time to spit it out. “How could that be? Gone? Could it have flown away?!” Xie Heguo pushed Lin Fugui aside and ran to his office, with Lin Fugui and Fu Li following close behind. In the office, Xie Heguo skillfully opened the wall safe where important files were kept, which only he and his lackey Lin Fugui knew about. But now—there was nothing! Xie Heguo stood dumbfounded in front of the empty safe for a full minute, unable to comprehend that a simple scan by Liu Hun’s “X-ray vision,” even if it were hidden underground, would have dug it out. “Whew... whew...” Xie Heguo huffed and puffed, looking like a feifei that had failed to mate, slowly turning around and asking, “What exactly is going on?! What exactly is going on?!” “That... ” Fu Li suddenly started hesitantly, “Today I saw Liu Hun came over...” “What?! Liu Hun?!” Xie Heguo suddenly widened his eyes, and the name “Liu Hun” spun around in his mind, suddenly getting stuck as if it had clogged a nerve, causing him to tremble and point at Lin Fugui, uttering, “The... Liu Hun... Ren... Ren Peiling... Quick...” “What?! Mayor, what’s wrong with you?! Why are you twitching?! Speak clearly!” Lin Fugui quickly came up to support Xie Heguo. When Lin Fugui grabbed him, Xie Heguo actually twisted around and berated Lin Fugui, “Useless... useless! Quickly arrest Liu Hun, it’s going to be a big problem if we’re late!” “Right away! Right away!” Lin Fugui hastily responded, scrambling out the door only to be pushed back in by someone. The person who pushed Lin Fugui didn’t have time to care about who he had bumped into and quickly shouted at Xie Heguo, “Mayor Xie! The county leadership has arrived, they are about to enter the gate!” “Indeed! Indeed... it had to be Ren Peiling who messed things up! Those two dogs, getting mixed up together! Must not panic... must not panic... First, receive the county leadership! Everyone to the conference room now. And no one speak out of turn!” Xie Heguo commanded as he pushed down the panic inside, his presence like a miscut tape measure, utterly disordered. As Xie Heguo and others returned to the conference room, just as they were putting on their smiles, the county leadership walked in. “Mayor Chen, Minister Liu, welcome, welcome! Thank you both for coming to guide us in Taiping Town. Please, have a seat!” Xie Heguo said, casually glancing around, but to his frustration, he couldn’t spot Ren Peiling, and he couldn’t help but mutter to himself that perhaps this issue wasn’t related to Ren Peiling. The middle-aged man, who appeared slightly older but was all smiles and quite slender, took the main seat in the meeting room; he was none other than Chen Ren, the Executive Vice Mayor of Anchang County. Following close behind him, a man nearly twice his size, was Liu Wei, the Organization Department Minister of Anchang County. After sitting down, with the smile still plastered on his face, Chen Ren said to Xie Heguo, “Mayor Xie, I heard there’s been some trouble in the villages under Taiping Town. Minister Liu and I have come specifically to find out more about the situation.” Chen Ren was famously known as a “smiling tiger,” and Xie Heguo was fully aware of it. He replied cautiously, “Mayor Chen, I’m not completely aware of the specifics down in the villages. But I can guarantee that there have been no serious violations of law or discipline.” “Hehe, so...” Chen Ren laughed once more and then got Liu Wei to present the documents and materials Ren Peiling had submitted, placing them on the table before Xie Heguo, and asked, “Mayor Xie, what’s all this about then?” Trying to keep his composure, Xie Heguo picked them up for a look, inwardly cursing Liu Hun, that damned bastard had really gone and reported it upwards. No way! This had to be covered up tight! “Mayor Chen, this is part of Taiping Town’s efforts in attracting investment, responding to the county’s call to lift poor villages out of poverty,” Xie Heguo said, quickly thinking on his feet while giving Lin Fugui a meaningful look. Lin Fugui, having been Xie Heguo’s lackey for many years, knew exactly what that look meant, and he stealthily slipped out of the meeting room. “Really? Nothing serious, hmm? Then why did the whistleblower to the county mention that this chemical workshop could pose a major risk?” Chen Ren’s face slightly changed, his voice lowering as he questioned Xie Heguo. “Who’s been spreading such malicious rumors?” Xie Heguo tried to ask back to Chen Ren, genuinely wanting to catch the person who was trying to trip him up. Chen Ren waved his hand dismissively and said, “Never mind who. Just tell me, is there any truth to it?” “None at all! Absolutely not! Mayor Chen, I assure you, our Taiping Town is absolutely peaceful, you can rest easy!” Xie Heguo pounded his chest as he assured Chen Ren, his expression even more earnest than when taking an oath under the party flag. “Bang!” Just then, a huge crashing noise erupted. Everyone sitting in the meeting room was clueless about what had happened, staring at each other with wide eyes. “Clang!” Lin Fugui stumbled back into the meeting room. Now, the people in the meeting room were even more confused. Xie Heguo quietly pulled Lin Fugui aside and whispered, “I told you to catch someone, why did you run back here?” “Liu Hun! Liu Hun has shown up!” Lin Fugui couldn’t care about appearances anymore and shouted out loud. “My dear mother! What a terrible death! Lin Fugui and Xie Heguo, worse than beasts, have doomed our village!” “Injustice! Injustice! Who will return my son’s life? This damned official Xie Heguo, recklessly greedy!” “I implore the county’s upright officials, please give our village justice, please come and see how miserable we are!” “...” Following a series of tragic cries that entered the meeting room, Chen Ren’s smile instantly disappeared; he abruptly stood up and said, “Let’s go out and see!” With that, he headed out of the meeting room first. As Chen Ren and others left the meeting room, they were shocked; the scene before them was something none had expected. In the large courtyard of the Township Government, every villager who could kneel was kneeling, all wailing in grief; the mournful atmosphere was heart-wrenching. But what stunned Chen Ren and others even more was that right outside the meeting room, there were over a dozen stretchers laid out, each carrying the corpse of a villager. The tragic state of the dead, combined with the emanating smell, was horrifying. Killing with a heart-wrenching method, this cunning bastard was pushing me to my death! He had indeed planned everything perfectly, bringing the troublemakers from the village here just now. Wrong! Wrong! Thinking it through, Xie Heguo suddenly realized everything was a setup. With Mayor Chen present and the bodies of the villagers brought precisely at this moment, along with those documents and chemicals, everything needed was meticulously prepared! How could such a trivial peasant accomplish this?! Xie Heguo’s head was filled with questions.

Chapter 139 - 139 138 Just Right

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