Official excuse: I've put you on patrol in Handong, and the whole province is in a panic.

Qi Tongwei was stunned.

"Dafeng Factory?"

Gao Yuliang stated, "Someone is impersonating a police officer to forcibly demolish the property. Workers have gathered, and there is gasoline on site. Secretary Sha has already issued instructions to ensure the safety of the people at the scene!"

Qi Tongwei hesitated for a moment.

"Teacher, has the Jingzhou Public Security Bureau already dispatched officers? Would it be inappropriate for me, the provincial director, to go?"

talking.

Qi Tongwei explained, "Teacher... to be honest, if any risks occur, all the departments present will be held responsible. I would normally avoid this at all costs, but you're asking me to go... is that...?"

Gao Yuliang frowned.

"Tongwei! Things are different now. Secretary Sha is here, and the inspection team is here too. This is a major security risk in the provincial capital. Is it appropriate for you, the Director of the Public Security Bureau, to be absent? Listen to me, go now!"

Qi Tongwei stood up helplessly.

"Teacher, I understand."

Gao Yuliang continued, "Your going isn't about seizing command of the city, but about demonstrating the provincial department's stance. At this critical moment, the political and legal system can't just stand by and watch."

Qi Tongwei said, "Okay, Teacher Gao, I'll take some people over right away."

After hanging up the phone, Qi Tongwei looked at his phone but did not get up immediately.

Lu Jian stood at the door and asked, "Director, who should we notify?"

Qi Tongwei looked up, his face already back to its working state.

"Notify the Public Security Bureau, the Special Police Bureau, and contact the fire department as well. Also, tell the duty room to make a written record of all the events that happened tonight."

Lu Jian nodded.

"Yes."

Qi Tongwei picked up his coat, walked to the door, and then stopped.

I felt a little strange.

Didn't Su Zhe borrow all the top experts from the provincial department?

Haven't we had time to deal with the Dafeng Factory issue yet?

That's strange...

He wanted to call Changshan, who had been temporarily transferred there.

But the thought of Su Zhe's menacing appearance immediately made her cower...

never mind...

I know nothing...

Knowing too much is not good for you...

He instructed Lu Jian: "Once we arrive at the scene, say little and observe much. Without my permission, no one from the provincial department is to act without authorization."

Lu Jian said, "Understood."

......

Meanwhile, at the Sunshine Nursing Home, Chen Yanshi had just lain down when the phone by his bedside rang.

Zheng Xipo's voice came through the phone, filled with anger and panic.

"Old Chen, something's happened. Someone impersonating a policeman is forcibly demolishing the factory at Dafeng. Wang Wenge is guarding the oil depot with a torch."

Chen Yanshi sat up directly from the bed.

Who forcibly demolished the property?

Zheng Xipo said, "I don't know. They were driving police cars and wearing police uniforms, but I suspect they were from a demolition company in disguise!"

As Chen Yanshi put on his shoes, he called out, "Wife, bring me my coat."

Wang Fuzhen came out of the house.

"Where are you going so late?"

Chen Yanshi took the coat.

"Someone's going to die at Dafeng Factory, I have to go."

Wang Fuzhen said anxiously, "How old are you? Let the police handle this kind of thing."

Chen Yanshi buttoned a button incorrectly, then unbuttoned it and buttoned it again.

"If the police were truly in control, they wouldn't allow officers to drive in police cars to forcibly demolish buildings."

Zheng Xipo was still shouting on the phone.

"Old Chen, please come quickly. The workers all respect you. If you come, you can try to persuade them."

Chen Yanshi picked up his crutch.

"I'll be there right away. Tell Wang Wenge not to let the torches get near the oil drums. If anyone dares to light them, I, Chen Yanshi, will be the first to object."

On the other end of the phone, Zheng Xipo turned and shouted towards the oil depot, "Wenge, Old Chen is here. He told you not to do anything reckless."

Wang Wenge held up a torch, his eyes fixed on the excavator not far away.

"It's fine if Old Chen comes, but we can't let them demolish the factory!"

Outside the factory gate, the first batch of police cars had already arrived.

After getting out of the car, Zhao Donglai saw the fake police car and excavator blocking the factory, and his face turned ashen.

"Take those people in uniform under control, verify their identities, and move the fire truck to the northwest corner, but don't turn on the sirens."

The police officer next to him said, "Mayor, the workers aren't allowed in."

Zhao Dong looked toward the cluster of flames in the direction of the oil depot.

"Then shout it out to them, tell them that the Municipal Bureau is here, the real police are here, and no one will let them suffer."

He picked up a megaphone and shouted into the factory: "I am Zhao Donglai, the vice mayor of Jingzhou City and director of the city's public security bureau! All workers, listen carefully: no one is allowed to approach the oil depot or light any fires. If you have any demands, you can talk about them. Put down the torches first."

Wang Wenge shouted back from afar.

"Don't give me that crap. Aren't you police officers in cahoots with them?"

Zhao Donglai put down the megaphone and whispered to the person next to him, "Bring Chang Chenghu here."

The police officers immediately rushed towards the fake police car.

Chang Chenghu was backing away when he was grabbed by the arms by two policemen as soon as he reached the car door.

"What are you doing? I'm just helping with a mission."

Zhao Donglai walked up to him and stared at the fake uniform he was wearing.

"Whose mission?"

Chang Chenghu remained silent.

Zhao Donglai pointed at his chest.

"Where's the police badge number?"

Chang Chenghu forced himself to say, "Special mission."

Zhao Donglai sneered.

"So special that even I, the director of the municipal public security bureau, didn't know?"

Chang Chenghu's face twitched, but he couldn't catch it.

Zhao Donglai turned and gave the instructions.

"Take them away. All the fake police officers are under control. Check the origins of the police cars. Also, take control of the excavator driver."

Chang Chenghu was getting anxious.

"Director Zhao, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."

The policeman next to him shouted, "Shout for the mayor!"

"Mayor...it's all a misunderstanding..."

Zhao Donglai stared at him.

"You'd better pray that nothing goes wrong at the oil depot, otherwise, the word 'misunderstanding' won't save you."

As Chang Chenghu was being taken away, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of the oil depot.

The torches were still burning, and the workers' shouts drowned out the sirens.

Li Dakang's car drove into the temporary lockdown area outside Dafeng Factory at that moment.

The secretary opened the car door, and Li Dakang got out. After glancing around the factory area, he asked directly, "Where is Zhao Donglai?"

Zhao Donglai quickly stepped forward to greet him.

"Secretary Li."

Li Dakang looked in the direction of the oil depot.

"What's going on inside?"

Zhao Donglai pointed inside the factory gate.

"Demolition company personnel impersonated police officers and entered the factory. Excavators have already entered the factory area. Workers were provoked and surrounded the factory. Wang Wenge led a group of people to guard the oil depot with torches. So far, there has been no large-scale conflict between the two sides."

Li Dakang asked, "Has the quantity of gasoline been verified?"

Zhao Donglai replied, "The workers said there were twenty tons, but we can't verify the exact amount yet."

Li Dakang's face was grim.

"Twenty tons of gasoline were stored at the factory; you didn't know that before?"

Zhao Donglai did not defend himself, only saying, "The Municipal Bureau had not received any formal report before, nor had the Guangming District reported it."

Li Dakang stared at the few fake police cars in the factory area.

"What's with all these police cars?"

Zhao Donglai escorted Chang Chenghu to the front.

"This man is Chang Chenghu, the head of Antai Demolition Service Co., Ltd. He led a group of people to impersonate police officers and forcibly demolish houses. Preliminary investigation shows that the police car belonged to the Guangming District Public Security Bureau."

Li Dakang looked at Chang Chenghu.

"Who gave you the guts?"