Volume 1: Director of Public Security Chapter 19: The Real Collection of Guns Has Begun

  Lu Zhong didn't expect that Gao Zhi Kai would really come to his doorstep to collect the gun, with a very unfriendly attitude. Although his words were still somewhat polite, his arrogance was evident. Gao Zhi Kai was still the same old Gao Zhi Kai!

  In Lu Zhong's office, Gao Zhi Kai spoke slowly and calmly, but every sentence was piercing, "Vice Minister Lu, everything is fine at Dongmi Garden, right?"

  The first sentence, Gao Zhikai asked Dong Mi Garden, apparently he was very well-informed and had already heard about yesterday's incident where Mrs. Cai led the daughter-in-law troops to make a big disturbance at Dong Mi Garden.

  Lu Zhong flipped through the file and hummed in agreement.

  Although the past is like clouds and smoke, the things of the past seem more like a dream to Lu Zhong. But with Gao Zhi Kai in the same room, the distance is so close that Lu Zhong doesn't know how, but a surge of evil fire rushes to his head.

  The scenes of himself being brutally tortured in prison suddenly flashed before his eyes, and Lu Zhong's eyelids twitched violently.

  The first time after being released from prison, at the iron gate of the prison, Gao Zhikai's black luxury Audi drove past him, perhaps he deliberately chose this day to inspect his work, otherwise, how could it be so coincidental.

  From outside, the black car window slowly fell down, and Gao Zhikai's contemptuous face appeared. Then, a mouthful of thick phlegm was spat on his own feet.

  Why does he hate himself so much that he would stoop to admire his most wretched appearance?

  Lu Zhong had always been unable to understand in his past life, and now, perhaps there was even less of an answer.

  "Deputy Director, hand over your gun." Gao Zhikai's low and charming male voice continued to speak, "Look, Sun Xing has also arrived. I've communicated with Ma Yuewu, the gun allocation system in our bureau is too chaotic. Shouldn't our leaders set an example? Sun Xing, tell me, what about the new gun allocation regulations your Public Security Department has been researching?" Gao Zhikai turned his head to look at Sun Xing.

  Sun Xing came with Gao Zhikai and was now sitting next to him, lowering his head and remaining silent.

  Gao Zhikai furrowed his brow: "Sun Xing, why aren't you speaking?"

  Lu Zhong finally lifted his head, smiled and said: "Don't make it difficult for him, I said, if you want to take the gun, let Ma Yuewu come himself! Otherwise, just show me the document signed by Zhang Ju!"

  Gao Zhi's eyebrows furrowed even tighter: "The new gun allocation regulations have already been set by the bureau, and Director Zhang asked me to come and do some work with you. Lu Zhong, things are different now than they were before. Although we're bureau leaders, since we don't go on the front lines, having guns is completely meaningless, and it's also a safety risk."

  Lu Zhong patted his waist and said, "No hidden dangers, right? Gao Ju, whether it's shooting targets or disassembling guns, or even a duel with drawn guns, shall we have a competition?"

  In one sentence, Gao Zhikai was scolded by Lu Zheng for half a day and couldn't speak. As a soldier from the battlefield who fought his way out of the gunfire, compared to Gao Zhikai, he is indeed the ancestor of playing with guns. Gao Zhikai has self-awareness in this regard and is not Lu Zheng's opponent.

  But in the past, Lu Zhong's temper was not good, but he would never speak with a hidden knife. Gao Zhi Kai was blocked for a while, feeling anxious and uneasy, before saying: "You'd better stop this, it won't do any good to continue like this."

  Lu Zhong said: "Really?"

  Gao Zhikai stood up, took two steps forward, and arrived at Lu Zhuang's office desk. He stretched out his hand to knock on the table, "Take it off! You are still a member of the bureau team, you must obey the orders of the bureau!"

  Seeing Gao Zhikai's condescending actions, Lu Zhong slightly furrowed his brow and said: "What if I refuse to obey? Are you going to bring people to tie me up and rob me by force?"

  Gao Zhikai said coldly: "I don't rule out this possibility!"

  The turmoil has just ended, and the brutal atmosphere of armed fighting has not passed. The "hooligans" were paraded in public as a regular practice. Law enforcement agencies used brutal means, and civilian thugs were also extremely cruel. For example, last year at a farm in northern China, six farm workers stole the farm instructor's gun and killed more than 20 educated youth, which was one of the direct reasons for the severe crackdown.

  So Gao Zhikai was just talking nonsense, but in this era, it's not uncommon for someone to be treated as a class enemy if they don't follow orders.

  Sun Xing hastily stood up and said, "Director Gao, Commissioner Lu, let's talk this through...", seeing the two of them at odds with each other, Sun Xing didn't want to get caught in the middle, this was different from instigating Commissioner Lu to cause trouble.

  Gao Zhikai suddenly turned around and scolded, "You, how is the Public Security Bureau being managed?! Guns are sent out but can't be retrieved! If something happens, you will bear major responsibility!"

  Lu Zhong looked at Sun Xing and suddenly thought of Hu Zi. In his past life, when he was in prison, the outside Hu Zi must have been bullied by him too? However, Hu Zi wouldn't be afraid of him, and no matter how much grievance he suffered, he wouldn't say a word to himself.

  Lu Zhong slowly narrowed his eyes, pointed at the door and said in a deep voice: "Gao Zhi Kai, stop causing trouble here! Get out!"

  Gao Zhikai didn't expect Lu Zhong to be so direct in wanting him to leave, his face dark and terrifying, saying: "What's going on? You think others are afraid of you, don't show off in front of me! Hand over the gun! Don't make trouble for yourself!"

  Looking at Gao Zhi Kai's gloomy eyes, Lu Zhong's mind flashed back to the painful past. He couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly walked around the office desk, took two steps forward, stretched out his hand and slapped Gao Zhi Kai with a "slap" sound, scolding: "Can't even have a decent conversation with you! Get out of here!"

  The slap was loud and clear, and both Gao Zhikai and Sun Xing were stunned. No one could have expected that Lu Zheng would resort to violence. Although he had a rough work style before and had beaten subordinates, this was the first time he had directly hit a level-one cadre.

  Gao Zhikai couldn't feel the pain on his face, he was completely stunned by Lu Zheng's sudden slap, this... where to start, for a moment, he didn't know how to react.

  It took Gao Zhikai a long time to come back to his senses, and he wanted to go forward and fight with Lu Zheng, but seeing Lu Zheng's fierce appearance, he also knew that fighting would not be his match against this big rough man.

  Sun Xing quickly pulled Gao Zhikai and said hastily: "Director Gao, Director Gao, let's go first, shall we?" He also shouted to Lu Zheng: "Commissioner, calm down, calm down."

  After the initial shock, Sun Xing is now laughing so hard his belly hurts, this slap was really satisfying.

  Gao Zhikai was always speaking in a pretentious and condescending tone, with an air of superiority on his face. Many people in the bureau disliked him and had thoughts of beating him up, but they just thought about it without taking action. However, Lu Zhengwei actually did it!

  This scene is too shocking and relieving, enough for me to brag about for three months.

  Gao Zhikai's face turned iron-green, and he let Sun Xing pull him away. As they were about to leave Lu Zheng's office, he pointed at Lu Zheng, his words spitting out from between his teeth: "Lu Zheng, you wait, as long as I, Gao Zhikai, am around, you won't have a good ending!"

  Lu Zhong took two steps forward and cursed: "You still owe a beating, you little scoundrel?"

  Sun Xing hurriedly pulled Gao Zhikai to leave quickly, feeling that he hadn't used much strength at all, and still wanted to watch the excitement, but Gao Zhikai had already swiftly exited Lu Zheng's office.

  Xun Xing felt a wave of disdain in his heart, thinking that his mother was actually a weak and timid person. But thinking about it, this was indeed a case of "a scholar meeting a soldier", just like when Director Zhang met Lu Gangtou, he could only retreat for the time being.

  As he watched Sun Xing walk into the office with a big thumbs up, Lu Zheng smiled slightly, and this slap was indeed refreshing.

  Although Lu Zhong's emotions were somewhat affected by the shadow of his past life, this slap was not just about venting his anger, but mainly to put down Gao Zhi Kai's arrogance.

  This rough image of himself has already been deeply ingrained in people's minds, and getting into a fight won't deduct many points from him, but it will have a great impact on Gao Zhikai. Sun Xing will soon spread the news throughout the bureau, becoming the topic of conversation among colleagues during tea breaks.

  Gao Zhikai, who always puts on a leader's airs and loves to save face, was slapped in the face, which completely destroyed his accumulated prestige. At least it made him feel ashamed for a while, and also saved himself from looking for trouble.

  ……

  In the afternoon, Lu Zhong was summoned by a phone call to Zhang Qingming's office.

  Lu Zhong naturally knew why Zhang Qingming suddenly called him, and after the secretary from the Secretary's Office poured hot water and left, Lu Zhong said sincerely: "Director Zhang, I was wrong in handling this matter, but you also know my temper, sometimes it's just uncontrollable. To be honest, Gao Zhi Kai is really infuriating! He had to humiliate me in front of Sun Xing, Director Zhang, don't you think I've been avoiding him far enough? What else does he want?"

  Saying that, Lu Zhong stood up and put the pistol and holster together on Zhang Qingming's office desk, saying: "Director Zhang, this is my service gun, I'm turning it in now."

  Zhang Qingming's small eyes blinked rapidly as he sized up Lu Zhong, but he didn't expect Lu Zhong to hand over his gun so readily, especially after he had just fought with Gao Zhi Kai for the sake of getting a gun. Yet now, he meekly handed it over to Zhang Qingming himself, which made Zhang feel a sense of being favored and surprised that this rough old man still showed him respect.

  Zhang Qingming slowly pushed the gun and holster in front of Lu Zhong, sighed and said: "You take it with you, a battle hero from Nanjiang, when you arrive at our public security line, can't even touch a gun? This is not right! Originally, the new gun allocation regulations are strict, but they are also trial, can't be done to provoke public outrage, still need to make corrections according to specific circumstances."

  As he spoke, Zhang Qingming's face turned serious and said: "However, Lu Zhong, it's not that I'm criticizing you. For such a big thing, you can find the organization, the bureau team, or me, the director of the bureau! How can you just hit someone? If this gets out, it will have a bad impact! You should apologize to Comrade Gao Zhi Kai and make a sincere apology."

  Lu Zhong shook his head and said resolutely: "I'm not going!"

  Zhang Qingming looked at him and knew that this stubborn cow had made up his mind. If he said no, then he definitely wouldn't go.

  Actually, sometimes looking at Lu Zhong is still quite cute, on the premise that the person being carried is not oneself.

  Zhang Qingming slowly leaned back in his chair, rubbing his head, and after a while said: "It's okay, now forcing you to apologize would be counterproductive. Wait until the knot in your heart is untied, then go! For now, I'll take care of Xiao Gao's work."

  The case of 516, Zhang Qingming still understood Lu Zheng's feelings very well, but the credit all went to him, so he naturally hoped that Lu Zheng would go out and avoid it for a while, out of sight, out of mind.

  In Zhang Qingming's eyes, Lu Zhong was a good horse if he was trained well. He did the most tiring work without complaining or holding grudges.

  Yes, after a while, I'll think of a way to get him back.

  Zhang Qingming would never have imagined how dangerous Lu Zhong is now, a danger that he cannot even imagine.