Chapter 59 "Flower Secretary" Has Fallen

  Ma Cuihua was the first to collapse.

  Xu Shaojie's prediction was accurate, the farmers of Huaguan Village had never faced police before, let alone those from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Huaiyang Public Security Bureau. Before they even started asking questions, they spilled everything. Even some secret love affairs were confessed.

  Ma Cuihua's confession was extremely crucial. She confessed three things: Firstly, Yu Fugui raped her. Originally, Ma Cuihua's husband had been working outside for a long time, and Yu Fugui used the excuse of caring about her life to frequently visit her home. One night, he raped her, and afterwards, Yu Fugui promised to promote her to be a village cadre, and the two began an illicit relationship. Now, Ma Cuihua is Yu Fugui's mistress.

  Secondly, Yu Fugui used his control over grain and oil subsidies and poverty alleviation funds to coerce some women who lived alone in the village into having sexual relations with him. Afterwards, he would use these funds to appease them.

  Thirdly, Yu Fugui had been using his power to engage in tobacco trade without restraint, forcing farmers to sell their tobacco at low prices, and most of the income went into his own pocket.

  As time went by, more and more peasants came to Liu's house, and Yu Fukui's crimes gradually surfaced. At this point, Xu Shaojie knew that Yu Fukui was finished.

  At dawn, Liu Mu brought the police officers and sealed off the financial accounts of Huaguan Village. After consulting with the municipal bureau leaders over the phone, they began to search Yu Fugui's home. The police found an old notebook that recorded the allocation of grain and oil subsidies, poverty-stricken household subsidies, as well as some income and expenditure situations. Xu Shaojie wasn't very clear about the specific content, but from Sun Zhi's relieved smile, it was evident that the evidence had been confirmed.

  Xu Shaojie felt a bit tired, the taste of staying up all night was unbearable. Xu Shaojie had nothing specific to do and couldn't find a place to sleep, so he could only stick it out like this. Sometimes he would chat with Sun Zhiqiang, Zhao Deli, Dong Guihua, and Liu Mu were busy coming and going, doing their things. Xu Shaojie even envied them a bit, walking around like that was always refreshing.

  The sky was slightly bright, Xu Shaojie walked out of the house, breathed in the fresh air, and the weather had already started to cool down. In the morning, he needed to wear two pieces of clothing. Xu Shaojie didn't bring any clothes and felt a bit chilly. There were many villagers around, so Xu Shaojie could only pace back and forth in front of the house.

  "Secretary Xu, this is the clothing I originally bought for my husband at home. It has never been worn once and is still new. I couldn't bear to burn it, so you wear it to avoid catching a chill. When you leave, just throw it away."

  Xu Shaojie felt very strange, Zhang Xiaoyu's words made him somewhat unclear. Xu Shaojie grew up in a small county town and knew the local customs. Whenever someone's relative died, all their clothes and personal belongings were either burned or buried, never kept. Moreover, after death, everyone was very taboo about using the deceased person's things, no matter how good they were.

  Xu Shaojie turned his head to see Zhang Xiaoyu holding a dark gray jacket in her hand. He hesitated for a moment, took the jacket and put it on, Zhang Xiaoyu saw Xu Shaojie put on the jacket and lowered her head, turning back into the house.

  Xu Shaojie soon discovered that something was amiss. The clothes were brand new, a dark grey color that was very popular in the city. This style and color of jacket had only recently come out, and previously did not exist. Zhang Xiaoyu's husband had passed away a long time ago, so it was impossible for this to be his. Moreover, the fit of the clothes on him was perfect.

  Xu Shaojie smiled, this Zhang Xiaoyu is really meticulous. At this moment, Xu Shaojie thought of things that were not about romantic relationships, but the village secretary and village head of Huaguan Village had problems. Ma Cuihua was obviously no longer suitable to serve as village head, and the village's leadership team was basically paralyzed. The next thing to do was to improve the village branch two committees' team. This matter could not be delayed. What to do, Xu Shaojie had ideas long ago, but this idea or method had never appeared before, and he didn't know if it was suitable or not.

  Yu Fugui resisted for a while, insisting that Liu Zhihua would definitely come to rescue him. Yu Fugui's mental state was not particularly strong, but he had a glimmer of fantasy, like a drowning person grasping at a straw. As time passed, Yu Fugui slowly wavered, and when the police took him home for a search, his psychological defenses collapsed. By this point, there might be no hope left.

  Before the search was over, Yu Fu Gui knelt down in front of the police handling the case and cried bitterly. The police were not surprised at all by Yu's behavior, they had seen it many times before. If it weren't for Captain Sun's request to emphasize repeatedly, they would have taken action long ago, and Yu might have confessed already.

  Yu Fugui began to confess and reportedly confessed very thoroughly. Xu Shaojie did not go in to see him, knowing his own identity, that handling the case was a matter for the police, and at this time he should be self-aware, without any curiosity, if there were any developments, Sun Zhi would tell them, they had already discussed it beforehand.

  "Secretary Xu, I've handled many cases, this one is interesting and complicated. This Yu Fugui will probably be put away for many years to come. Just the rape charge alone is enough, we'll take him away. You can handle the follow-up work, it's been a pleasure cooperating with you, your self-discipline has exceeded my expectations. If there's anything in the future, contact me directly, this is my knock-on number."

  "Director Sun, I'm troubling you, I only have one request, that cigarette tax, Director Sun think of a way, this is the money of many good households in the village, it should originally belong to the peasants, I must account for them."

  "Secretary Xu, I've agreed to this matter. The cigarette case is now yours, and all the materials are ready. The resale of tobacco leaves is just a small matter, whether or not it's prosecuted doesn't amount to much. Yu Fugui's several rape cases are enough. Besides, if I decide to hand it over to the procuratorate, who knows when we'll get the cigarette case?"

  Sun Zhi's team quickly went into the house and soon brought out that cigarette. In fact, Xu Shaojie knew that the criminal investigation team had not thoroughly investigated the matter of reselling tobacco leaves. When Ma Cuihua exposed Yu Fugui's rape, the attention of the police had already shifted. Otherwise, they would have gone to find Old Huang at the tobacco purchasing point in the evening.

  "Sun Zhi, thank you, if there's anything in the future that I can help with, just let me know."

  "Come on, come on, Secretary Xu, you're the leader, when are you going to develop the communication facilities?"

  Liu Mu was in a state of high excitement.

  Yu Zhihong's spirit has improved a lot, and her heart disease still needs psychological treatment. After Xu Shaojie came to visit, Yu Zhihong's spirit improved a lot. Later, Zhao Deli and Dong Guihua visited several times, and seeing Liu Mu's spirit recover day by day, Yu Zhihong was delighted from the bottom of her heart, and her recovery naturally accelerated. She had been worried that Liu Zhihua would retaliate, but unexpectedly, when Liu Zhihua criticized Liu Mu at a district meeting, Xu Shaojie countered him bluntly, and it's said that Liu Zhihua didn't even dare to fart. Yu Zhihong was relieved, and last night, when there were guests at home, she was scared, but seeing Xu Shaojie come in, she felt at ease. Then she saw Yu Fugui and his two nephews being escorted, and Yu Zhihong felt a bit dizzy. Xu Shaojie explained that these people were leaders of the Huaiyang Municipal Public Security Bureau, and she hurriedly poured tea. Zhang Xiaoyu came over, and while cooking in the kitchen, Yu Zhihong also helped out, busy until late at night. Zhang Xiaoyu was worried that her body couldn't take it, so she went to sleep for a while, but soon got up again. With many people at home, it's naturally hard to get a good sleep. Now, Yu Zhihong doesn't feel tired.

  Yu Zhihong's physical condition has changed, Liu Mu is deeply aware of it. Now, Yu Zhihong can cook by himself, mainly because his mental state has started to improve. Throughout the night, Liu Mu's eyes didn't blink once as he was busy notifying people and going out to find someone. Yu Fugui didn't speak at first, but Ma Cuihua spoke up about the situation, which involved many people. He and Zhao Deli went together with the police to find people, and some families were so shocked by the sight of the police that they couldn't even stand still. Liu Mu and Zhao Deli had to explain for a long time before they could bring the person back home for questioning. After the interrogation was over, they still had to send the person back, and sometimes, before they could even rest, they would start going out again to find someone else. It was impossible to get any rest. In the early morning, after being busy for a while, it turned out that Yu Fugui had opened up a bit, and when things were really getting too much to handle, Yu Zhihong and Dong Guihua also went with the police to find people. They didn't relax until around 10 o'clock.

  The village of Huaguan was thoroughly stirred up, and the villagers rarely saw police officers from the police station. Some curious villagers inquired around and learned that the arriving police could be controlled by the municipal police, such a big police presence had never been seen before. Before dawn, Liu Mu's house was surrounded by villagers. When the police searched Yu FuGui's home, the villagers were in an uproar, with many people even saying that Yu FuGui would be beheaded. Now they were searching the house, and next would be the beheading. Zhao DeLi and Liu Mu explained patiently that this was a necessary part of the police investigation, and everyone should not spread rumors casually, but the villagers did not believe it.

  Around 10 o'clock, Liu Mu's house was already surrounded by a dense crowd, and the news had spread. Xu Shaojie knew that the district would also know, but he didn't know how Liu Zhihua would react after learning about it, nor did he want to guess what the outcome would be.

  When the sound of the jeep's brakes came over, Xu Shaojie was exchanging opinions with Sun Zhi, Sun Zhi would take Yu Fugui away directly, as for Yu Fugui's two nephews, nothing happened, they were released, and the rest of the people, it turned out that they were all victims, made a statement, temporarily no need to go to the municipal bureau.

  Liu Zhihua came in with the director of the police station and several policemen. The surrounding villagers made way for them, Liu Zhihua's face was ashen pale. If it weren't for the many peasants watching, he would probably have burst into loud curses already. This can't be blamed on Liu Zhihua, without asking him, they dared to arrest someone in Yudu District, and that person is the village branch secretary. Doing things this way, where has the district party committee secretary's face gone?

  Liu Zhihua entered the Liu's house and saw Yu Zhihong. Xu Shaojie noticed that Liu Zhihua's eyelids twitched slightly, and Yu Zhihong quickly went into the bedroom. When Liu Zhihua saw Xu Shaojie, he barely suppressed his anger.

  "Secretary Xu, something big has happened, where did these people come from and why was Secretary Yu arrested?"

  "Director Liu, let me introduce you. This is Sun, the head of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Huaiyang Municipal Public Security Bureau. Director Sun, this is Director Liu of Yudu District Committee."

  Liu Zhihua's police station chief's face changed, and he hurried forward to salute. The rank of the branch team leader is similar to that of the municipal bureau director. When the police station chief saluted, he reported his identity and took out his police officer certificate. The several policemen who came with him also paid their respects. All policemen are one family, and it was the first time they met, so Sun Branch Team Leader returned the salute, taking out his ID card. The other branch team police officers also came over.

  "Comrade Liu, Yu Fugui is suspected of a serious crime. We've finished the preliminary investigation and will be taking him back to the municipal bureau soon."

  Liu Zhihua didn't dare to fart at this time, the color on his face changed immediately. The leaders of Huaiyang Municipal Public Security Bureau, not to mention him, even the leaders of Huaian Municipal Party Committee cannot intervene casually.

  "Haha, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Secretary Xu, you should have informed me earlier."

  The director of the police station had a humble smile on his face, and he repeatedly asked Sun Zhiqiang's party to stay in the district for lunch before leaving. Xu Shaojie also chimed in, saying that no matter what, since it was Sun Zhiqiang's first time coming to Yudu District, they should have lunch there, so Liu Zhihua would save face. After a moment of hesitation, Sun Zhiqiang nodded his head and agreed. The director immediately ordered the police under him to make arrangements, repeatedly emphasizing that they should do a good job.

  "Director Sun, something unexpected happened, I won't join you for dinner, there are many things to deal with here, your arrival has left us with no small number of problems, as the leader on duty, I have to solve the leftover issues."

  "Secretary Xu, I'm giving you trouble again, haha, forgive me."

  Xu Shaojie turned to speak to Liu Zhihua.

  "Secretary Liu, the villagers are currently unstable, I may not be able to leave, what arrangement do you think is best?"

  "Haha, Secretary Xu is right, so I'll go with Squadron Sun and the leaders, Yang Chen and the Jeep will stay here, and the township government leaders are also here, we must maintain stability in Huaguan Village. Oh, and notify Song Tao to come over from the district, Secretary Xu is busy here, this kid can't be idle."

  Sun Zhi's team was originally preparing to leave, with a few more people. Xu Shaojie ordered Yang Chen to send the crowd to the district and then pick up Song Tao. There were still many things to do in the village.

  Yu Fugui came out, and Xu Shaojie was shocked. However, after a night's time, Yu Fugui's face turned pale and lifeless, and he could barely walk steadily. Two police officers were supporting him. What triggered the crowd's emotions was that Yu Fugui had handcuffs on his hands. The villagers knew what it meant to be in handcuffs. At this moment, Xu Shaojie noticed that Liu Zhihua only took a glance at Yu Fugui before shifting his gaze away.

  Xu Shaojie understood that Yu Fugui was not an administrative official, had not undergone any tests, and had limited vision. Under intimidation, he would easily collapse. However, some administrative officials were different, they couldn't be caught off guard, and wouldn't easily surrender. Moreover, many leaders had backers, if things went wrong, it could lead to a situation where "the chicken wasn't stolen, but the rice was lost".