Chapter 2222 Self-immolation at the Gate of the City Hall

"Are you saying that a living person poured fuel on himself, set himself on fire and burned himself to death?" Qin Feng asked again.

"Yes, there were a lot of people around watching, and everyone was stunned." Li Jianjun nodded.

Qin Feng took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it after a while. After taking a few puffs, he calmed down and asked, "How old are you?"

"I was standing far away and couldn't see clearly, but they said it was a man in his thirties."

"Why did you choose to self-immolate here?" Qin Feng asked again.

"I'm not sure about this, but I heard some people in the group say that it seems to be related to the last Golden Orchid Court incident, because some people said that every time the Golden Orchid Court owners came to cause trouble, they saw this man."

Hearing this, Qin Feng realized the seriousness and complexity of the problem and asked Li Jianjun: "Are you saying that this person just stood at the gate of the city government and set himself on fire and burned himself to death, and there were many people watching at the time?"

"Yes, there were people coming and going in front of the city hall, and suddenly someone set himself on fire. Many people were watching, and because it burned for a long time, many people inside the city hall also ran over to watch."

"No one went to put out the fire?"

"No, everyone was stunned. No one dared to go up to rescue him."

Qin Feng sighed deeply, and said while smoking a cigarette: "It seems that I can't get married. Something big is going to happen in Xiquan City."

As soon as Qin Feng finished speaking, the phone on the table rang. Qin Feng didn't answer it. Li Jianjun hurried over to answer the phone, hummed a few words, and then hung up.

"Secretary Cao called and the mayor called for an emergency meeting to be held in the conference room in half an hour." Li Jianjun reported.

"I understand. Go and ask how this matter is being handled now." Qin Feng said.

After Li Jianjun left, Qin Feng thought about this matter carefully. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was serious and that something big might happen. Thinking of this, Qin Feng directly called Xie Zhiguo.

"Secretary Xie, something happened at the municipal government. It hasn't gotten out of hand yet, but I think it's inevitable that it will get out of hand. It's very likely that something big will happen." Qin Feng made his story short and went on to tell him about someone who had set himself on fire at the door.

After Qin Feng finished speaking, Xie Zhiguo also fell silent, and then said: "I understand. For the time being, we should remain unchanged and see how things develop and how Liu Xiaoping handles this matter."

Qin Feng knew that this matter had a lot to do with Liu Xiaoping, and Xie Zhiguo certainly guessed this, so both Qin Feng and Xie Zhiguo were very cautious in dealing with this matter.

Li Jianjun rushed back to Qin Feng's office before Qin Feng left for the meeting. He held Qin Feng's teacup in one hand and Qin Feng's workbook and pen in the other, and followed Qin Feng to the meeting room.

"The Public Security Bureau has already dispatched personnel to block and obstruct the area in front of the city government gate. At the same time, they have ordered people to speed up the handling of the scene. The city government office has just issued an emergency order, forbidding anyone to discuss or forward anything related to what happened at the gate today. Any video recordings must be deleted. If anyone is found continuing to discuss this matter, they will be dealt with severely..."

Qin Feng walked while listening to Li Jianjun's report to him.

Walking to the door of the conference room, Qin Feng took the teacup and workbook from Li Jianjun and walked in.

Unlike the past, today Liu Xiaoping actually sat there waiting early. Looking at his appearance, one could tell that he was not very calm today.

Sitting in the conference room were the city government's secretary general Cao Guanlin, deputy mayor for urban construction Hu Xinlin, and Yiqing District Mayor Jiang Kebao.

Qin Feng walked in, and several people greeted him. Although Liu Xiaoping had a dark face, he still took the initiative to say to Qin Feng: "Qin Feng is here, hurry up and sit down."

Qin Feng walked to the second seat next to Liu Xiaoping and sat down. As soon as he sat down, he saw Zhang Jun, the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, running in hurriedly.

When Zhang Jun came in and saw that the leaders had already arrived, he quickly apologized and then found his seat and sat down.

"We are holding this emergency meeting today because an incredible thing just happened in front of our city government gate. A person set himself on fire in front of our city government gate." Liu Xiaoping said, almost biting his lips when he said this.

After Liu Xiaoping finished talking about this, no one present was very surprised. Those who were able to sit here for the meeting naturally learned about this matter first.

"I will not elaborate on how bad this matter is and how bad the impact is. You all know the consequences, so the purpose of our meeting today is only one, to do everything we can to suppress this matter and never allow anyone to expand this matter. This matter is limited to a small range of people who know about it." Liu Xiaoping gave the order directly as soon as he opened his mouth. This was the same as what Qin Feng thought. From Liu Xiaoping's standpoint, he had to suppress this matter both publicly and privately. If he failed to suppress it, it might really be a catastrophe for Liu Xiaoping.

Qin Feng listened to Liu Xiaoping's speech, sitting there smoking without saying a word.

"First, Yiqing District, how do you do your job? How many times have I personally given you instructions on this matter? Why can't you keep a close eye on people? How many times has this happened? And this time, you even had people run to the gate of the city government to do such a thing. What do you people in Yiqing District do for a living? Do you take my words as bullshit?"

Liu Xiaoping's first target was Yiqing District Mayor Jiang Kebao.

What Liu Xiaoping said was equivalent to directly saying that he already knew the identity of the person who set himself on fire was the owner of the Golden Orchid Court property.

"Now that it has happened, I will not pursue your dereliction of duty, but you in Yiqing District must promise to handle the matter of the deceased and his family. I don't care what method you use. I will not allow any family members or friends of the deceased to cause trouble. You must handle this matter quietly. At the same time, you must do everything you can to suppress the owners of Golden Orchid Court and never allow them to cause trouble again."

"Tell me now, can you do it?" Liu Xiaoping stared at Jiang Kebao and asked word by word.

This is Liu Xiaoping's usual attitude towards work and people. The exception is that he is always friendly to Qin Feng.

"Mayor, I...this matter...our district has really tried its best...but the problem is...this person is not from our district..." Jiang Kebao looked embarrassed.

"Don't tell me so much. I just want to ask you one question: can you do it? If you can, do it immediately. If you can't, I will find someone else to do it." Liu Xiaoping slammed the table and pointed at Jiang Kebao's nose and questioned.