Chapter 4: A Furious Roar

  In the undulating mountains, a county town of considerable size is surrounded. From high above, skyscrapers stand tall, with two rivers winding between them, shining brightly in the sunlight like two white chains, separating the east and west sides. The streets along the riverbanks are crowded with people, dark and dense.

  Suddenly, gongs and drums sounded from the sky, firecrackers burst into the air, and a fleet of luxury cars slowly drove into the crowd. Counting carefully, there were more than sixty vehicles. A drum team led the way, beating out a rhythm, "Boom boom boom, boom boom boom..." The crowd gathered to watch, growing larger by the minute, thinking it was someone's wedding procession, such a grand scale, unprecedented in the history of Yongsheng County.

  However, upon closer inspection, it didn't seem like a wedding convoy after all. Each car lacked wedding decorations, and occasionally, when a vehicle passed through the crowd, the window would roll down to reveal a car full of people with stern, twisted faces.

  "I thought it was a wedding? It turns out it's Huang Ba Tian being released from prison." Someone in the crowd muttered. In such a dense crowd, a whisper spread like a timed bomb, and the onlookers passed it on to each other, all knowing that it was a welcoming party for Huang Ba Tian's release from prison. They sighed and dispersed, as if they had just watched a big farce.

  A middle-aged woman in the crowd walked into the center of the road, knelt down on the ground, and let out a shocking wail: "Heavens! What kind of world is this? Are good people not allowed to live?! My poor dead son! In my previous life, I must have committed some great sin to have encountered such a beast. Huang Badao, your ancestors for eighteen generations will be guilty of harming heaven and reason, you will definitely not die well, and your descendants will be cut off. Oh, my poor son... You will not die well, Huang Badao..."

  The crowd gathered again at the sound of wailing, and onlookers perhaps forever have a habit of watching the excitement, this is China! The crowd surrounding them might normally have some commentary or take sides, but now they were silent as ghosts. Many women who knew the middle-aged woman just stood by silently, tears streaming down their faces. Men occasionally turned their heads away, lightly dabbing at the corners of their eyes with their sleeves. Perhaps they feared Huang Ba Tian's power and didn't dare speak out.

  The middle-aged woman cried more and more sorrowfully, suddenly fell to the ground unconscious. The onlookers were getting more and more, the car team following Huang Ba Tian was blocked by several cars behind, a group of thugs wearing suits jumped out from the car, directly opened up the crowd, people found that it was this gang of hooligans who retreated one after another, among them a tall and thin man with a knife-cut face, a pair of wolf-like eyes, glanced at the middle-aged woman lying on the ground, said casually: "It's this stinky woman again, causing trouble here, not enough to make our Huang brother miserable, today she comes here to cause trouble again, really can't bear to live. Brothers, let's move her to the side of the road."

  Several thugs quickly carried the middle-aged woman to the side of the road, and then punched and kicked her. Someone in the crowd couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly let out a loud roar: "This is absolutely lawless! Is there still justice in Yongsheng County?"

  A shout from the newcomer intimidated the gang of thugs, igniting the anger of the onlookers. The angry eyes of the crowd were like sharp arrows piercing through the thugs. A long-suppressed emotion suddenly erupted, and the crowd gradually closed in.

  He saw that things were not going well, so he called a few of his men and jumped into the car. He stepped on the gas pedal and instantly disappeared from people's sight.

  Who is the person with the voice like a bronze bell just now?

  He is not someone else, but Zhou Zheng, the deputy secretary of Changning Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. This time, Zhou Zheng returned to his hometown mainly to meet old comrades-in-arms, and of course, there are more profound things to do, that is, to conduct a private investigation in plain clothes. Today's incident caught him off guard, and also made his heart surge with emotions. What has happened to Yongsheng County? The underworld is openly shouting slogans, which can be seen as the chaos of public security in Yongsheng and the corruption and incompetence of the cadre team.

  This is a group of vampires, a group of terrorists, a gang of ruthless and brutal forces. The common people live in terror, even the most basic moral principles are on the verge of collapse. The 5,000-year-old Chinese tradition of helping those in need, standing up for justice, and shouting out against injustice is almost gone. Fortunately, I arrived just in time, otherwise there would have been another murder case by now. Faced with this situation, Zhou Zheng's determination to thoroughly eliminate these bastards has become even stronger.

  A middle-aged woman stood by the road, continuously **ing. Zhou Zheng suddenly woke up from his anger and blurted out: "Save her!" As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly ran to the middle-aged woman's side, bent down, and gently lifted her back with his hands. At this moment, Zhou Zheng's heart sank because his hands were wrapped in sticky **, which was blood by intuition. The middle-aged woman slightly opened her eyes and looked at Zhou Zheng weakly. At this time, Zhou Zheng looked at the disfigured middle-aged woman, his eyes wet with deep emotions, and said, "Sister, you've suffered!"

  An ambulance from the 120 County Hospital suddenly appeared, and two men and one woman quickly lifted a middle-aged woman onto a stretcher and into the vehicle. Zhou Zheng followed closely behind, as did another middle-aged man who was short in stature, with a dejected expression, silent and speechless, also entering the vehicle.

  On the bus, Zhou Zheng suddenly remembered that he had not fulfilled one of the most important procedures and should have called the police for her. Thinking of this, he casually dialed 110.

  Soon after Zhou Zheng arrived at the hospital, two police officers also rushed over. The two police officers were around 40 years old and slightly chubby, while the other looked elegant and refined, as if he had just graduated from college. The young police officer asked Zhou Zheng about the scene of the crime at the time, asking who was responsible. Zhou Zheng replied based on the crowd's reaction at the time, conditioned reflexively: Huang Ba Tian.

  Two policemen suddenly looked frightened, but in order to cover themselves up, they pretended to be calm and continued to ask: "Specific name, don't mention nickname."

  "What's there to ask? It's just the Golden Bell." At this time, a short middle-aged man who was with Zhou Zheng couldn't help but speak up and cast a disdainful glance at the police in front of him.

  "Huang Youren, we didn't ask you, don't interfere with the justice, or we'll lock you up again." The police officer intimidated. The short man's face instantly turned pale with fear.

  "How did you know each other?" Zhou Zheng felt sudden.

  "Of course, he's an old familiar face here, a frequent visitor to the county committee and government offices, as well as our detention center." The young policeman joked.

  "Xiao Liu, are you done asking questions? Don't waste our time with useless chatter." The middle-aged policeman urged.

  "That's all." The young policeman replied with a scowl.

  After the inquiry ended, the young policeman let Zhou Zheng see the record just now.