The man was Tian Zhen, and sitting next to him was Zhou Shujun, who was explaining the situation from this morning to Tian Zhen.

“Brother Zhen, it’s not that I didn’t want to cause trouble this morning, it’s just that I saw Chief Duan from the town’s police station. Chief Duan was with a few people from the village, maintaining order. Although they were all in plainclothes, I recognized several of them. I was afraid that if we went to the leaders to cause trouble, we’d all get arrested again,” Zhou Shujun explained, shrinking his neck.

Yesterday, they heard that the county magistrate was coming today, so they got together and wanted to cause trouble. Tian Zhen handed the matter over to Zhou Shujun, asking him to lead a group to cause trouble, as he happened to be in the county today.

When they returned in the afternoon, they discovered that Zhou Shujun hadn't dared to lead anyone to cause trouble.

"Shujun," Tian Zhen said, raising his hand and slapping Zhou Shujun on the back of the neck with a loud thud. Zhou Shujun was startled, but dared not get angry and continued to smile.

"Look at your cowardice. You're scared by a mere town police station chief? What great things can you possibly do? He's just a town police station chief, not the captain of the criminal investigation team," Tian Zhen said disdainfully.

Zhou Shujun's smile was somewhat stiff.

"Alright, if we miss this opportunity, we'll miss it. There will be other opportunities. If it doesn't work out, we can go to the town or the county to make a scene. Anyway, it's impossible for them to demolish our houses without giving us a single penny. If all else fails, we can find two people to talk to that young punk surnamed Li. I heard he lives in the dormitory in the village committee compound. Let's send some people over tonight to make a scene."

As Tian Zhen spoke, the others chimed in with suggestions, such as throwing dead rats into the village committee compound at night, smashing the windows of Li Xiuyuan's dormitory, or knocking on his door in the middle of the night to scare him.

It's basically the same stuff that street thugs do.

Tian Zhen waved his hand and looked at everyone, saying, "Alright, everyone, drink and eat. After you've had your fill of drinking, those who want to play cards can play cards. Later, those who want to teach that kid Li Xiuyuan a lesson can do so."

Everyone responded in agreement.

At six o'clock in the evening, Li Xiuyuan's meeting ended, and everyone went to do their own thing. Li Xiuyuan did not eat dinner in Meilin Village, but went to the town to invite Duan Jun and the people from the town police station to dinner.

Today, Duan Jun led his men to maintain order. Although everything was calm and no one was causing trouble, their presence was considered a form of assistance.

That evening, everyone drank and chatted. After dinner, Li Xiuyuan and Duan Jun went to Li Xiuyuan's office in the town government.

Li Xiuyuan also handed a prepared list to Duan Jun.

"Director Duan, take a look at this list." Li Xiuyuan handed Duan Jun a list of fifteen people, including Tian Zhen and Zhou Shujun. Li Xiuyuan had already spoken to Duan Jun beforehand, asking him to prepare in advance for the local thugs in Meilin Village.

Duan Jun understood what it meant to prepare in advance: it meant to collect materials on these people's crimes in advance so that they could be arrested directly when needed.

Because of Pang Zhifeng's connections, Duan Jun didn't hold back and collected a lot of evidence during this period.