Chapter 1752 Seems Very Proud

Hong Zhide immediately said: "I will listen to Secretary Liu, but my family..."

Liu Fusheng said, "Don't worry, the Chaojiang City bailiffs will wait here until the Jiangtou City police arrive. After the police enter Hong Village, no one will dare to threaten your family. What you need to do now is to tell me everything you know and provide the police with as much clues as possible about Hong Chengli and others' crimes."

Hong Zhide seemed a little hesitant. Liu Fusheng said, "This is the only chance to change the fate of you and all the people in Hongcun. Smuggling is an infringement on the interests of the country and cannot last long. If I don't have the ability to curb it, the country will definitely send someone else to deal a heavy blow to this matter and investigate it thoroughly."

"If you stop now, you may still be able to escape unscathed. But when the country launches a severe crackdown, your entire Hong Village will definitely not be spared."

Hong Zhide hesitated and said, "Secretary Liu, I understand what you mean, but Hong Chengli, as the patriarch of the Hong family, has a very strong influence. Can you really take him away from Hong Village?"

Liu Fusheng smiled and said, "Of course."

Hong Zhide took a deep breath but said nothing.

Except for him, everyone including Li Wu had a look of disapproval on their faces.

Although Li Wu strictly followed Liu Fusheng's orders, he also felt that it would be difficult for Liu Fusheng to take Hong Chengli away from Hong Village, because Li Wu was from the Chaojiang clan and knew the specific situation of the clan.

The special task force of the Ministry of Public Security failed to capture Hong Haotian in the village. What’s more, the person to be taken away today is the patriarch of the Hong family?

As long as the news gets out, the members of the Hong family will fight for Hong Chengli.

Liu Fusheng's activities here will be difficult to carry out.

Sure enough, the situation that followed was just as Li Wu and others had expected.

Two or three minutes later, a police officer hurriedly ran in from outside the door, came up to Li Wu, and whispered something.

Li Wu nodded and then walked towards Liu Fusheng.

Liu Fusheng smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, we can't leave now, right?"

Li Wu sighed, "You guessed it right. The area near the ancestral hall is now full of Hongcun villagers. All our police cars have been surrounded by them."

"Secretary Liu, I think we can come up with a stopgap plan. We can compromise with the villagers temporarily and release Hong Chengli. Then we can find an opportunity, such as holding some activities or meetings somewhere, to invite Hong Chengli to leave Hong Village and arrest him later."

Li Wu’s method was certainly good. At least Liu Fusheng and the dozens of bailiffs he brought with him would not have to face the siege of hundreds of villagers.

But Liu Fusheng shook his head and said, "I have thought about the method you mentioned, but the situation does not allow it. Hong Chengli just ordered his men to kill Hong Zhide in front of me. Moreover, he wanted to kill more than just Hong Zhide himself."

"If I let him go, the lives of those who might be involved in the arson would all be in danger. This would be irresponsible to them. I can't do this."

"Only by keeping Hong Chengli under the control of the police can we protect those people to the greatest extent possible."

Li Wu said with difficulty: "Secretary, there are more than 40,000 people in Hong Village. If we want to arrest Hong Chengli, I am afraid that even if we gather all the police forces in Jiangtou City, it will not be enough, unless..."

Liu Fusheng knew what he meant by "unless".

Unless the police dared to open fire in Hong Village, however, after opening fire, even if they frightened the villagers and successfully took Hong Chengli away, the matter would have become a complete blast.

At that time, not only Li Wu will be criticized, but Liu Fusheng will also have to bear the responsibility.

In order to maintain the government's image and appease the angry masses, Li Wu and Liu Fusheng may even be dismissed from their posts.

Liu Fusheng patted Li Wu on the shoulder and said, "Chief Prosecutor Li, just continue to do your job well. Leave the other problems to me."

After saying that, Liu Fusheng turned and walked towards the gate of the ancestral hall.

The situation outside the door was even more exaggerated than Li Wu described.

The road in front of the Hong Clan Ancestral Hall is a very wide one, and now both sides of the road are crowded with villagers.

The villagers at the front were all young and middle-aged men, all holding hammers, iron rods, and even kitchen knives...

A solemn atmosphere spread throughout the entire street. Next to the police car, the police officers were on edge. Some of them even put their hands on the guns at their waists. At the same time, their eyes kept scanning the surroundings. It was obvious that they were very nervous.

Liu Fusheng sighed. This is another drawback of the clan.

They do not distinguish between right and wrong, and firmly implement the wrong concept of "helping relatives but not justice". They even do not believe in the laws of the country, and only know how to protect their relatives in ignorant ways.

Some clans even do not treat outsiders as human beings. Even if their own clansmen commit serious crimes such as murder and robbery, they will not help the police to arrest them. Instead, they choose to harbor and help criminals escape legal sanctions.

If this unhealthy trend is not completely suppressed, the Chaojiang area will not be able to develop at all.

Liu Fusheng walked slowly towards the police van where Hong Chengli was detained.

When the police officers saw the municipal party secretary, they all breathed a sigh of relief and immediately opened the locked car door and let Liu Fusheng get in first.

At this moment, Hong Chengli was leaning leisurely in his chair, pouting his lips and looking very smug.

When Liu Fusheng got in the car, he just glanced at the other person indifferently and didn't take the initiative to talk.

Liu Fusheng said to the two police officers in the car: "Please step out for a moment. I have something to say to Hong Chengli."

The two police officers nodded immediately, got out of the car, closed the door, and stayed nearby to keep watch.

Liu Fusheng said, "Village Chief Hong seems very proud?"

Hong Chengli scratched his ears and said, "I'm already a prisoner, what's there to be proud of? Maybe in two days, I won't even be able to be the village chief."

Liu Fusheng said: "Don't misunderstand, Village Chief Hong. I am taking you back just to investigate. I am not detaining or arresting you. In addition, if you want to remove the village chief from his position, you must go through the organizational procedures."

Hong Chengli laughed and said, "So, I am still the village chief now? Oh, I am such a failure as a village chief. I was put into a police car by the police in public. I have lost all my prestige and face. How can I face the elders and villagers in the future and carry out related work?"

Liu Fusheng didn't want to listen to his sarcastic remarks, so he asked directly: "Village Chief Hong, how do you think the current situation should be resolved?"

Hong Chengli said in surprise: "What's going on? If you mean the villagers on the street, then I have no way to solve it. After all, they are wandering on the street spontaneously. I didn't say a word from beginning to end."

"Besides, the government can't stop people from strolling on the streets for no reason, right? Is strolling on the streets a crime?"

"Secretary Liu, they use hoes to farm, hammers to do carpentry, and kitchen knives to peel pineapples. They shouldn't be breaking any laws, right?"