Chapter 20: The Clever Person

  Qixi County People's Hospital

  The pretty little nurses were all busy and tense, with a more down-to-earth and kinder service attitude than before. The hospital leaders who used to be high above them in their eyes now looked like little chicks, hanging their heads low, not even having the qualification to go into the ward for a glance.

  It's not clear who the person is, but it's said to be a young man in his twenties. The fact that so many county committee members have come to visit him suggests that he must have some impressive connections. Apparently, he was beaten up by the police from the Chengguan Police Station. Everyone in Qixi County knows that the political and legal system in Qixi is controlled by Ma Tian.

  The Public Security Bureau is also Ma Tian's territory, and he has always followed the footsteps of County Magistrate Lu Weiqun and Deputy Secretary-General Guan Jian. In the county party committee, he dares to walk sideways, and even County Party Committee Secretary Jiang Weifeng has to give Ma Tian some face, let alone other leaders in the county party committee.

  It seems like Ma Tian is out of luck this time.

  "Mr. Xu, please rest assured that our county committee will definitely give you an explanation for this matter." Jiang Weifeng smiled obsequiously and held Mr. Xu's hand, shaking it gently, "If there is anything you need, please don't hesitate to let us know..."

  Jiang Weifeng's words were not finished, a hurried mobile phone ringtone interrupted his speech. Xu Yi grabbed the phone and took a look, immediately gesturing to Jiang Weifeng, "Secretary Jiang, sorry about this, I'll take this call."

  "Mr. Xu, you're busy, we won't disturb your rest."

  Jiang Weifeng smiled and slowly got up to leave, County Magistrate Lu Weiqun stepped forward, warmly extending both hands to Xu Yi, tightly grasping Xu's hand. "Mr. Xu, I'm really sorry about this matter, we will definitely conduct a thorough investigation, absolutely cannot tolerate the villain in the public security system."

  Lu's unspoken implication was that most people in the Qi Xi County Public Security Bureau were good, and the bad ones were just a few troublemakers. Xu smiled and nodded, but didn't say anything.

  The county party secretary and the doctor left first, followed by everyone else who trailed behind them out of the hospital room.

  "For all comrades, building comradeship, shall we several secretaries have a meeting?"

  Jiang Weifeng stood in the corridor, took a look at Lu Weiqun who was walking out of the room, "This matter will definitely not be hidden, our county party committee must take a stand, otherwise, let alone the provincial government, even the municipal party committee will not be easy to get through."

  Lu furrowed his brow, his face sank, and he glared fiercely at Ma Tian, "Ma Yanwang, it's all because of the good troops you brought with you. I've told you before to get your subordinates in line, those big shots are bound to cause trouble sooner or later. Look, trouble has arrived!"

  Ma Tian pulled his head down, originally he still had some disapproval, wasn't it just beating up a retired old man's grandson? How could he be so arrogant, after all, he was already retired, and Old Xu hadn't returned home in decades.

  However, seeing that almost all the standing committee members had arrived, and Lu Weiqun had also received calls from big shots in the city, he was somewhat stunned, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

  Ma Tian knew that Lu Weiqun was the most pragmatic person, and once he realized that he might be implicated by himself, he would definitely make a cut with himself at the first time. And once this happened, County Party Secretary Jiang Weifeng would not let him go, so he turned his pleading gaze to Deputy County Party Secretary Guan Jian.

  Guan Jianxin secretly sighed, Lu Weiqun's narrow-minded personality had destined him to only want to take advantage of the benefits without being willing to take responsibility. And Ma Tian was also a rough and thoughtless ruffian who would inevitably go their separate ways once he himself stepped down.

  And this is exactly Chiang Weifeng's best chance to deal with his own side, now, this opportunity has come ahead of time because of his precious son's recklessness.

  "Secretary, let's have a few of us discuss it first and come up with a plan before we talk about it."

  Guan Jianxian let out a sigh, he was about to retire soon. Lu Weiqun wanted to take this opportunity to thoroughly draw a line with Ma Tian. He didn't even think that for so many years, he could call the shots in the county committee because of whom, taking advantage of benefits and shirking responsibilities when things went wrong. Where on earth was such a good thing?

  The county committee has four deputy secretaries, County Mayor Lu Weiqun, full-time Deputy Secretary Guan Jian, Political and Legal Committee Deputy Secretary Ma Tian, and Zheng Qianqian in charge of disciplinary inspection work.

  "Let's go, then hurry up, Municipal Party Committee Secretary Huang just called me."

  Jiang Weifeng casually waved his hand and turned to leave. The grandson of General Xu, who had returned to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors, was taken away by the police station. This matter will definitely not be able to be covered up, but the Xu family will also not want to make a big deal out of it, after all, it involves the face of the Xu family. The question now is what kind of conditions Xu Yi wants.

  As long as this matter satisfies Xu Yi, there will naturally be benefits for him in the future.

  "They've already left."

  Mei Shufen stood in front of the window, watching as one by one, small cars drove out of the hospital courtyard. She turned her head to look at Xu Yi and said, "Hey, are you okay? How did it end up like this? With your skills, dealing with those few police officers shouldn't have ended up like this, right?"

  "I didn't want it to be like this either, who knew they would actually use electric batons?"

  Xu shook his head and sighed, casually tossing the phone onto the bedhead. The call just now was from Old Master, saying he had already called Jiangnan Provincial Committee and would get Qi Creek County Committee to cooperate with the work.

  "Alright, don't think I didn't see that, Scarface's teeth were all knocked out by you, this just proves that as long as you're willing, it's absolutely impossible for you to get hurt."

  Mei Shufen pouted, blinked her eyes, "Besides, if we had revealed our identities early on, even if Guan Fei was arrogant, he wouldn't have dared to be too excessive. Say it, what do you want to do?"

  "Can't I act well, and you see through it at a glance?" Xu Yiwu was stunned, his mouth wide open in surprise, apparently Mei Shufen was also a clever girl.

  "It shouldn't be, who would have thought that a prince like you would be so ruthless to put on such an act." Mei Shufen shook her head, "At least Jiang Weifeng and the others couldn't see through it, I can see through it because I know your capabilities."

  Her voice paused, "Don't you calculate your own fortune?"

  "No, I generally don't calculate for myself." Xu shook his head, "Fortune tellers can see others but not themselves, because it involves things related to oneself, the mentality won't be that calm and fair."

  "Oh, then let me take a look at your face?" Mei Shufen smiled slyly, "I know your fortune-telling skills are amazing, you predicted Li Huang's disaster accurately the other day, and even the timing was spot on."

  "By the way, speaking of Li Huan, I haven't asked him for the bet yet."

  Xu Yi smiled and fixed his gaze on Mei Shufen's face, carefully observing her facial features. Mei Shufen felt a bit tense seeing him so serious, "Xu Yi, what do you think of my facial features?"

  "Mei Shufen, you come from a family of officials, which can be seen from your demeanor. You have a younger brother, and your father's career hasn't been going too smoothly in recent years, but it should pick up soon... this opportunity depends on whether he can seize it or not..."

  Listen, listen, Mei Shufen's face was full of astonished expressions, Xu Yi said it too right, almost like her family members, especially her father's career in recent years has been very unfavorable, this time she helped Xu Yi's purpose is to let Xu Yi help her calculate her father's destiny.

  "Shufen, we can also be considered friends who have experienced hardships before. I won't hide it from you, at noon I deliberately staged a trick of suffering, but I really didn't expect these bastards to be so ruthless."

  Xu's face revealed a hint of bitter smile, "You know, our Xu family in the capital is considered a relatively well-known family, and I entered the Taoist sect at a young age due to my physical condition. This doesn't matter much for me personally, anyway, our sect doesn't prohibit marriage or funeral rites, we're not much different from ordinary people."

  "But for our old Hui family, this is not a good thing. In the capital city, which of the big families has not already planned a way out for their sons? Either to become officials, or to join the army, or to engage in commerce. But among all these big families' children, I am the only one who became a Taoist priest."

  Mei Shufen fell silent, she studied in a university in Beijing and had heard some stories about those so-called people in Beijing. Moreover, she had seen many officials' sons coming to school to pick up girls, drive luxury cars, and play with stars. Xu Yi's family background was not inferior to these people, but Xu Yi's experience was simply worlds apart from theirs.

  "This time, someone has come to our old home in Xifu, and they will definitely pay attention to the situation on this side of Jiangnan."

  Xu let out a deep sigh, "I had the cemetery demolished and ruined their feng shui layout. They will definitely counterattack in the capital."

  "You're worried that the people behind the scenes in the capital will loudly proclaim you to be a Taoist, who can read feng shui and fortune-tell, just as you've made up your mind to become a young master."

  Mei Shufen picked up where Xu Yi left off, "So, you might as well take this opportunity to make a big deal out of it and stir up some commotion in Jiangnan Province. Let others shift their attention to your spoiled brat behavior and let them think of you as a spoiled brat, while ignoring your identity as the successor of the Daoist sect."

  "How is it, Prince? I didn't guess wrong, did I?"

  Mei Shufen blinked her eyes, a smile appeared on her pretty face, Xu Yi nodded slowly and smiled, "Not bad, you're indeed a clever person, you've guessed all this."

  His voice paused, "However, there are not only you who are smart, Jiang Weifeng, Lu Weiqun, Guan Jianliang and so on. Any one of them is a smart person. If I'm not mistaken, Jiang Weifeng's messenger should have arrived by now. I wonder what kind of sincerity they will show this time?"

  "Xu Yi, I'm sorry, there's something I didn't tell you." Mei Shufen's pretty face turned red, "This time I accompanied you to Qi Xi, originally it was to see that your fortune-telling skills are very impressive, and ask you to guide my father out of his confusion. Who would have thought that you're actually the grandson of General Xu?"

  "My dad is the deputy secretary-general of Hengchuan Municipal Government, Mei Kaisan..."

  Mei Shufen was speaking when the door of the ward was lightly knocked on.