Chapter 88: Hard Against Hard Below

  It turned out that the call was made by Lin Wansen, the deputy director of the county bureau and the captain of the county traffic police team. Liu Li politely greeted Lin Wansen on the phone, but unexpectedly, Lin Wansen on the other end of the line coldly scolded: "Liu Li, what are you doing?

  "I heard you personally led people to investigate Linjiazhuang? Do you know that's my hometown? Do you know the contributions Linjiazhuang Village Committee made to Daxing Town Police Station? Why did you inspect Linjiazhuang? Is it because Linjiazhuang Village Committee owes you something, or is it because I, Lin Wansen, owe you something?"

  Liu Li did not expect Lin Wansen to scold him without asking for the reason. After hearing Lin Wansen's rebuke, Liu Li's tone also turned cold: "Comrade Wansen, please mind your tone. We are now advocating for civilized communication. If you speak to me in that tone again, don't blame me for being impolite."

  When Liu Li finished speaking, Lin Wansen on the other end of the phone became even more furious: "You scoundrel, Liu Li, do you know who you're talking to? Let me remind you, pay attention to your identity and communicate in a civilized manner. When you become the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, I will naturally speak politely, but for now, you are not qualified."

  I heard you investigated a household in our village for selling private goods? After the investigation, do you still want to confiscate those private goods? My two younger brothers went to plead with you, but you didn't even bother to reason with them. Liu Director, how arrogant you are!

  "Liu Li, I'm ordering you as the Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau of Gǔhóng County to immediately stop seizing those private goods. Unload the ones that have already been loaded onto the police car and apologize to that merchant household. If you listen, I'll consider this matter as if it never happened. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite. Did you hear?"

  "I heard it, I not only heard it but also recorded it. Comrade Wan Sen, after hanging up the phone, I will leave Linjiazhuang and go directly to the Municipal Supervision Brigade to file a complaint against you for interfering with law enforcement by grassroots police officers and threatening me."

  Lin Wansen, who was originally domineering on the phone, suddenly wilted when he heard that Liu Li had recorded their previous conversation and was going to report it to the municipal bureau. He hastily softened his tone on the phone: "No, no, no, Comrade Liu Li, I wasn't trying to intimidate you, you..."

  At this time, Liu Li had already hung up the phone. After hearing the busy tone "dududu" from the receiver, Lin Wansen slammed his fist on the office desk in the county bureau's office.

  He calmed down for a moment, and then dialed Liu Li's phone number twice again. However, Liu Li didn't answer his calls at all. Seeing this, Lin Wansen furrowed his brow, took out his mobile phone, and dialed the phone number of his second younger brother, Lin Wanlin:

  "Hey... Lao Er, just now when I called Liu Li, I originally wanted to use my tone to intimidate him and make him not dare to come to our Linjia Village again. But unexpectedly, he actually recorded what I said."

  "This way, you and Lao San find an excuse to leave the scene, then instigate those vendors selling fireworks to surround Liu Li. You can then send someone to seize Liu Li's mobile phone on the sly. Don't worry that Liu Li will open fire; with so many people around, he'll only dare to fire a warning shot and won't actually shoot."

  After hanging up the phone, Lin Wansen anxiously sat in his office waiting for the result. About half an hour later, Lin Wanlin called him back. As soon as he answered, Lin Wansen asked eagerly: "How was it? Did you manage to grab the mobile phone?"

  "We did snatch, but we didn't snatch Liu Li's mobile phone, instead, he snatched our mobile phones. Can't you see that I'm using the landline at home to call you?"

  Big brother, who did your county bureau send this time? That Liu Li's kung fu is incredibly good, more than a dozen security guards couldn't get close to him. In desperation, I had no choice but to deploy the two wolf dogs we raised in the village, but unexpectedly, the two war dogs were knocked down by that guy as soon as they approached.

  Just as I was thinking of sending someone to retrieve the wolf dog's body for burial, Liu Li took a step ahead and threw the wolf dog into the police car, saying that they would be stewed tonight... Those two wolf dogs were raised by our village committee for several years, but in the end, they benefited Liu Li.

  Now Liu Li is not only inspecting private goods in our village, but he is also planning to take these subdued security guards to the municipal bureau to file a complaint. Because the law enforcement recorder on Liu Li's body recorded the process of those security guards obstructing the execution of official duties, he wants to send someone to conduct a sudden audit of those security guards and ask them why they obstructed the execution of official duties.

  "Bastard, always running to the municipal bureau at every turn. If he's capable, let him come to the county bureau!" After scolding in indignation, Lin Wansen sighed and said: "Forget it, you take care of this now, go find Liu Li, go quickly."

  After finding him, just say it's my intention, and let the village committee cadres cooperate with the police station to inspect all the shops selling private goods in the village. If Liu Li's police car can't take them away, then you send someone to hire a car to help him take away those confiscated private goods.

  Then you apologize on my behalf, and ask him to delete the recording. Although I've never dealt with him before, I think he's a reasonable person. As long as we show our sincerity, he'll know what to do."

  "Big brother, if it's like this, then our brothers' faces will all be lost." Lin Wanlin hesitated.

  "That's still better than me, the deputy director, losing my job. What kind of world is this? The leader is busy catching tigers and swatting flies. If Liu really takes the recording and video to the municipal bureau to complain, I, the deputy director of the public security bureau and head of the traffic police detachment, will be finished. Do you understand?"

  After explaining this sentence, Lin Wansen also felt a bit helpless: "Usually, other police station directors see me and they all look like rats seeing a cat, but Liu Li, that fool, is not afraid of me at all."

  Don't worry, let him have his way this time. Later I'll find a chance to get back at him. Next, I'll tell the finance department to suspend their police station's funding. Also, the county bureau is about to collect newspaper fees from local police stations.

  This time, don't bother, let him think of a way himself. Besides, the year-end file statistics audit is about to begin. This time, I will take the initiative to apply for being in charge of this matter. At that time, other police stations will just go through the motions, but only Daxing Police Station, I will investigate their ancestors' graves. By then, I'll see what Liu Li should do?

  Around 4 pm, all the staff in the Daxing Town Government came to the front of the police station, because at this time, more than a dozen agricultural three-wheeled motorcycles were parked in front of the Daxing Police Station.

  The cars were all loaded with various types of fireworks, and the police station staff were all busy. Some were responsible for counting the quantities, some were responsible for registering the information, and others were responsible for transporting these confiscated fireworks to the garage.

  All two garages were dispatched, and after being filled up, there were still many three-wheeled motorcycles loaded with fireworks parked outside. After the situation was settled, Liu Li went to the back to report to Gao Qiang, then borrowed all five garages of the town government to store the seized unlicensed fireworks.

  When everyone was busy, no one noticed that Lin Wanmu, who was in charge of registering the numbers next to him, flashed a cold look in his eyes. Because this time Liu Li checked private goods, even his family didn't let go, and Liu Li seized four carts of fireworks in Lin Wanmu's store.

  Son of Tianhe