Chapter 39: Drunk Driving and Card Banquet

  The first to arrive at the scene of the accident were Tan Jiaxing and Wu Lianghai from the Yunshan Brigade. They first sent the injured into the ambulance, covered the bodies of the dead with raincoats, and the vehicle that caused the accident was blocked by the crowd and did not escape. However, the perpetrator refused to get out of the car for inspection. After checking the card, there were no brake marks on the road behind the car, Tan Jiaxing suspected that the driver had been drinking.

  Because the deceased lived in a nearby village, some villagers rushed to the scene after hearing the news. Tan Jiaxing was afraid that they would do something irrational, so he quickly used the intercom to notify the command center and called two police cars for support. The one who came was also an acquaintance, Ma Guoqing from Huahuo.

  Ma Guoqing was shot in the stomach, originally he could have rested for a while longer, but he couldn't stay idle, as soon as he left the hospital he insisted on going to work, his unit took care of him and let him work one day and rest three days, today just happened to be his night shift, after receiving the command from the command center he brought people over.

  Last month, Ma Guoqing handled a dispute caused by drunk driving. The drunk driver found a scapegoat to shirk responsibility and even spoke rudely to the police, making Ma Guoqing so angry that he almost hit someone. Unexpectedly, this time the enemy met on a narrow road, and the person sitting in the Cayenne was actually the same one.

  Ma Guoqing was suddenly overwhelmed with self-blame. If he had taken care of that kid back then, even if he couldn't have brought him to justice, at least he could have taught him a lesson and made him less arrogant. Then tonight wouldn't have ended with two innocent people dead on the street, including a three-year-old child. This avoidable car accident destroyed an entire family.

  After learning that he didn't have cancer, Ma Guoqing's personality underwent some subtle changes. He used to be a nice guy who never wanted to offend anyone, but now he has let go of that. What is the point of living if you can't clear your conscience? Today, if I don't bring the perpetrator to justice, heaven will not forgive me.

  He found Wu Lianghai to discuss the matter and said that the perpetrator had a drink-driving accident last month, this time it must be drunk driving again, we have to think of a way to deal with him.

  Wu Lianghai is a veteran traffic police officer with rich experience. He said, "Those who throw card parties are definitely not ordinary people, we must hurry to collect evidence, otherwise it will be too late once they have smoothed out their relationships."

  It's said that the perpetrator is hiding in the car and doesn't want to come out, can't they just pry open the door and pull him out? Tan Jiaxing stood in front of the Cayenne window, constantly persuading the people inside to come out, but the people inside ignored him, continuing to smoke and chat with a carefree attitude, the open sunroof emitting the smell of smoke and alcohol, it seems that they must be driving under the influence.

  On the other side, Ma Guoqiang glanced at the excited crowd and said to Wu Lianghai, "Old Wu, we can't take action in these clothes, but if the masses want to take action, we can't stop them either."

  Wu Lianghai nodded, thinking about how to mobilize the enthusiasm of the masses, when suddenly someone shouted: "Isn't that Captain Wu? You'd better answer the phone call from Commander Wang's brigade."

  Sun Zhonghai arrived, he finally got through to the traffic police brigade leader's phone, holding his mobile phone and rushing over, Wu Lianghai had no choice but to go answer it.

  Ma Guoqing saw the situation developing in a bad direction, and hurriedly walked towards the crowd. At this time, Liu Handong came face to face with him, without greeting Ma Guoqing, and rushed straight to the car. He arrived at the front passenger window, raised the cement block with a sharp corner in his hand, and smashed it against the glass. This was tempered glass, and there was also a layer of explosion-proof film stuck on it, which made it even more difficult to break. The small stones on the side of the road couldn't damage it at all, but Liu Handong's strength was too great. The cement block still had a protruding steel bar head, and after two or three hits, the glass presented dense cracks, and the whole thing fell into the car.

  Liu Handong opened the car door and pulled out the guy sitting in the passenger seat. This kid was quite tall, at least 1.8 meters, but he was as thin as a monkey, wearing a fitted white shirt and pink pants, with an Hermès gold H-shaped belt buckle shining brightly. He was still wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses at night, with a nose ring on his nose, and this face just looked like it was begging to be punched.

  The young man was quite powerful and quickly came to his senses, raising his hand to hit Liu Handong. The drunk person's strength was great, and he was punched by Liu Handong with a straight fist, causing his nose to bleed profusely, but he still rushed forward, cursing loudly. Tan Jiaxing stepped forward and sprayed pepper spray on his face, and after two heavy punches from Liu Handong, the young man finally calmed down. The two girls sitting in the back row screamed, and the surrounding crowd saw that someone had taken the lead, and suddenly surged forward like a tidal wave.

  Ma Guoqiang signaled the auxiliary police not to block, but shouted: "Everyone, don't be impulsive, don't smash cars, and don't beat people."

  The words reminded the crowd, and they rushed forward to smash the car. The Cayenne was like a boat in a stormy sea, rocking back and forth, tossing up and down, left and right. The two girls screamed non-stop, but the crowd became even more excited, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

  The drunk driver was dragged by Liu Handong in front of the police car: "Officer Tan, let him blow!"

  Tan Jiaxing took out the breathalyzer, Liu Handong pulled out his mobile phone to take a video, and the clever people in the crowd also took out their phones to record. The young man refused to cooperate, but was grabbed by Liu Handong's nose ring and let out a painful cry, then submitted to the test. The result shocked everyone - 318 milligrams of alcohol, three times the drunk driving standard!

  "Kill him!" The angry crowd roared.

  Some people jumped onto the bonnet of the Cayenne, hitting the front windshield with wooden sticks. Some people stabbed the tires with knives. More people punched and kicked the body of the car. The traffic police, civil police and auxiliary police tried to persuade them, but the crowd's emotions were very unstable and their efforts were ineffective.

  Sun Zhonghai died suddenly, and Xia Dong's affairs were messed up, not to mention that Xia Shao's life was also threatened. Moreover, the guy who crashed the car and pulled out Xia Shao was actually the new driver he brought from the company!

  Xia Shao blew the breathalyzer and was immediately handcuffed by Ma Guoqing and taken away in a police car. Drunk driving is a criminal offense, and he had also hit and killed someone, so the evidence was solid and this time he would have to face the consequences.

  The crowd was still smashing the car, Ma Guoqing and Wu Lianghai shouted a greeting, first took the troublemaker away from the scene, when the police car drove away, Ma Guoqing shouted: "Little Liu!"

  Liu Handong turned his head and Ma Guoqiang, who was sitting in the car, gave him a salute.

  Liu Handong's conditioned reflex was to return the salute, but then he suddenly thought that he no longer wore a military uniform, and his heart felt a pang of melancholy.

  Two girls hiding in the back row of the Cayenne were pulled out by the crowd, but they didn't make it difficult for them. Instead, they continued to smash the car. Someone took out a lighter and prepared to burn the car. At this time, the police finally intervened, with the assistance of a large number of reinforcements, drove the crowd away from the scene. However, at this time, the Cayenne had already been devastated, all the glass was broken, the body was scarred, and the leather seats were also scratched by knives.

  Two girls wearing cheongsam dresses, with big thighs and long legs, looking like they're soliciting in a nightclub. They were about to leave, crying and wailing, when Tan Jiaxing stopped them. This is an eyewitness, how can we let them go?

  The police found K powder, wine bottles and condoms in the car. These bastards got high in the car and drove fast to kill people, they deserve to be killed!

  Liu Handong quietly left the scene and disappeared into the night. At a remote intersection, he got on Ma Ling's motorcycle.

  "What's going on?" Ma Ling asked.

  "It's a big deal, some kid was drunk driving and killed someone, then resisted arrest. I caught him and helped your dad out, he even gave me a salute." Liu Handong said with some pride.

  "Why didn't you go with him to the police station to make a statement?" Ma Ling asked.

  "Whoa, I smashed Kayan's window, can't afford to pay for it, I'll just keep a low profile and slip away." Liu Handong chuckled to himself.

  "You're really shameless, by the way, how's the new job?"

  "It's okay, 6,000 yuan a month, with all five insurances and one fund, but I beat up the boss's son, so I'm afraid my job is gone." Liu Handong said casually, but he was actually very depressed. He had finally found a satisfactory job, only to lose it in an instant.

  "You, can't you change your temper? But this thing is done right, if I were in your place, I would have done the same. This afternoon, I even scolded Bian Xiangqiang, and Li Jie told me it was him who intentionally provoked you." Ma Ling said.

  Liu Handong smiled: "If I hadn't had a bad temper and beaten the instructor, I wouldn't have retired early, nor would I have met you."

  "Smooth talker, shameless." Ma Ling lightly hit him and started the motorcycle, sending Liu Handong back to Tiehua Street. As they passed by Mei Jie's 10-yuan leisure shop, the loafer sitting at the entrance saw them and exchanged a glance with Ma Ling, tacitly not greeting Liu Handong.

  Arriving at Building 108, Liu Handong got off his motorcycle and was about to chat with Ma Ling when a car's headlights suddenly shone brightly, and another motorcycle arrived. It was Huo Lei and his sister Huo Ying, who warmly greeted them: "Brother Dong, Sister Ling."

  "See you later." Ma Ling and Chong nodded, got on their motorcycles and sped away.

  "Haven't delayed your business, have you, Dong Ge?" Huo Ying sneered with malice.

  ……

  Fireworks police station, Xia Shao with a swollen nose and face was thrown into the detention room. Wearing handcuffs, he still shouted loudly that he wanted to make Ma Guoqing take off his police uniform and shout for people to come and demolish the police station.

  Ten minutes later, Director Meng Xiangguo rushed over, and Xia Shao saw him as if he had seen a relative: "Director Meng, please let me go quickly."

  Meng Xian Guo didn't care about him at all and instructed the police: "If this kid gets any more arrogant, take him to the water pump to sober him up."

  Xia Shao's brain was still burning with alcohol, he crashed into the railing and shouted: "Surnamed Meng, I fucked your mother, we drank together, you forgot?"

  Meng Xian Guo said with a stern face: "Handle it according to the law, no one is allowed to plead for leniency." He walked away with his hands behind his back. Deputy Director Hu Tie Jun approached and said: "Director Meng, a reporter from the Morning News has arrived, wanting to interview about the drunk driving case."

  "No interviews." Meng Xian Guo said.

  "Xia's family called." Hu Tiejun took out his mobile phone.

  "Don't get off, let's talk about it tomorrow." Meng Xiangguo walked away.

  Hu Tiejun understood the situation, this matter has been blown up and the traffic police have already collected evidence. No one can cover it up. The Xia family is capable of letting them go through the back door, but their superiors cannot bear the responsibility for this wrongdoing.

  ……

  Sun Zhonghai rushed to the Shangfeng Shangshui villa, knocked open a courtyard door, and was led into the house by a servant. Xia Baishi was sitting on the sofa wearing pajamas, his wife crying beside him. As soon as he saw Sun Zhonghai enter, he shouted: "Xiao Sun, you must rescue Zhouzhou at all costs!"

  Xia Bai Shi said: "Zhong Hai, what's going on?"

  "Let's not mention it, the situation was still under control at first, but unexpectedly a group of thugs on the scene smashed the car. If I hadn't coordinated with the police to protect Xia Shao, the consequences would have been unthinkable."

  Xia Bai Shi furrowed his brow: "You immediately contact your acquaintances at the Municipal Propaganda Department, and have them suppress the reports in the newspapers and on TV. No matter what, we can't let this get to the forefront of public opinion. This time, things are a bit big, and it's not easy to handle. Zhong Hai, you're working hard again."

  Sun Zhonghai straightened his back: "Xia Dong, I will definitely do my best!"

  "Go ahead, you're busy." Xia Bai Shi waved his hand.

  Sun Zhonghai, like a great amnesty, left the villa. He didn't tell Xia Baishi that it was his own driver who had prepared to take Xia Shao out of the car and beat him up. In that case, he would be the first to suffer bad luck. Now he can only try his best to rescue Xia Shao and make amends for his mistake.

  As for that new driver Xiao Liu who is eating inside and peeling outside, whoever introduced him, fire him immediately, show no mercy!