Chapter 59 (Director Zhu is finished) ...
Nobody's a fool. Yu Jiajia explained it so clearly, so how could anyone not know what was going on?
All eyes turned to Hu Jinshui's mother; any pity she had shown earlier had vanished, replaced by naked contempt. Previously, unaware of the truth, and though they hadn't believed Yu Jiajia would harm anyone, they had felt sorry for the Hu family, seeing their mother's wailing and lamenting. Now that the truth was out, who would sympathize with them?
They deserved to die!
An old woman spat and said, "Tell me, what exactly did your son do? What did he do wrong?"
Hu Jinshui's mother looked grim. She had actually guessed what was going on, but her son couldn't have died in vain. Someone had to take the blame, and Director Zhu had to get revenge.
Her eyes were bloodshot, filled with hatred: "You're slandering me! Director Zhu was clearly trying to save someone! My Jinshui was in trouble because of you! You shameless vixen, you deliberately seduced people and killed my son!"
Lu Yuan sneered from the crowd. This guy was as stupid as a pig. He didn't need any prompting; he confessed on his own.
The way everyone looked at Hu Jinshui's mother changed. Director Zhu? Who?
Liu Weidong did indeed recognize Zhu Jingsong from the County Revolutionary Committee. He looked at Director Li, who remained calm, clearly already aware of the situation. Then, glancing at Yu Jiajia, whose eyes were slightly red, he quickly weighed the pros and cons before suddenly raising his voice: "Which Director Zhu? Just because he has some power, he dares to so lawlessly oppress the working class? A bald old man leading a group of young men to ambush a young girl in the river—this isn't rescuing her, it's clearly coercion! It's blatant harassment!"
This is the new China! A new China under the leadership of Chairman Mao! A new China where workers and peasants are the masters of their own destiny! Stop trying to maintain that feudal system of oppression and bullying!
If Director Zhu thinks he can bully us workers and ordinary people at will just because he has power, then he's wrong.
We will absolutely not allow it! The working class will absolutely not allow it! The people will absolutely not allow it! The Chairman will absolutely not allow it!
His words were so powerful that they stirred the blood of everyone present: "We will never agree! The working class will never agree! The people will never agree! The Chairman will never agree!"
Liu Weidong shouted, "Long live Chairman Mao! Long live the new China!"
All the sounds were transformed into this sentence, echoing throughout the entire steel rolling mill.
The Hu family panicked, and Hu's mother cried out in despair, "No, don't listen to his nonsense! Yu Jiajia deliberately fell into the river and deliberately seduced others to save her."
Old Mrs. Hu really wanted to smash her head against the gate of the steel mill, but she couldn't move. Those who were holding her down had no more pity for her. This whole family was no good. They simply took a rope and tied Old Mrs. Hu up.
Others who attempted suicide were also tied up.
In reality, these people were unwilling to die; they were just using their deaths to threaten the steel mill. If blood was drawn, things would escalate.
How could the steel rolling mill possibly give them a chance?
The relatives of the Hu family who had originally wanted to speak up for them were frightened when they saw this situation. Some of them reacted quickly and tried to slip away, but the workers wouldn't let them go and they were all blocked in the crowd.
Nowadays, in everyone's eyes, the Hu family is a bunch of corrupt elements who need to be thoroughly reformed!
Someone kicked the door panel, making a muffled 'thud', and the others also kicked and punched Hu Jinshui under the white cloth.
Cheng Xiuying led the security personnel to block them, preventing a collision. There were too many people, and if someone died, things would be terrible.
Hu's mother was both shocked and frightened, and wanted to have Hu Jinshui carried away. "Forget it, let us leave, we won't make a fuss."
Unfortunately, it was too late!
The Hu family is being held at the steel rolling mill, but what about Director Zhu? This matter cannot be left like this.
Liu Weidong had already taken the first step and thoroughly offended Director Zhu, so the second step was to remove Zhu Jingsong from power. "Who exactly is Director Zhu?"
In the distance, a woman carrying a wooden box walked unsteadily. Her hair was white, and although her clothes were old, they were very clean. She was so thin that she looked as if she could be blown away by a gust of wind. She quickly walked to the outside of the crowd: "Can I go in? I want my husband and daughter to see that beast Hu Jinshui."
The people standing outside were stunned when they heard this.
She stroked the box in her arms, saying, "My daughter fell into the river last year."
The crowd looked at the wooden box in her arms and seemed to understand something. They quickly dispersed and let her carry the box inside.
She went inside and looked at the corpse on the door panel: "So you can die too." She turned to look at Hu Jinshui's mother, "Do you remember me? You're the one who broke my leg."
Mother Hu's pupils dilated, "You, you..."
The woman said, "You want to ask me how I'm still alive? I almost died, and even if I were alive now, I'd be nothing more than a walking corpse." She looked at Yu Jiajia, her desolate eyes devoid of tears, only filled with lifelessness. "It's good that you can swim and are so brave; you escaped. My daughter, she was unlucky; she couldn't escape. In the end... in the end, she still fell into that river. Everyone says it was my daughter who accidentally fell, but I don't believe it."
They didn't even return a single body to me.
Her voice was terribly hoarse, like shards of glass slowly grinding against one's heart.
Yu Jiajia looked at the wooden box she was clutching tightly in her arms. The box wasn't large, but it seemed to contain the weight of a person's entire life. A surge of intense sorrow and anger choked her throat. She opened her mouth, but tears fell before she could speak.
“I…” Her voice trembled, each word burning with emotion, “I’m sorry. I couldn’t, I couldn’t stop her.”
The woman stared blankly at Yu Jiajia: "Silly child, why did you stop her? If someone had pulled her back then, my daughter wouldn't have died."
Her daughter's name is Xia Wantang. She was in the second year of junior high school when she fell into the water. She was also pushed into the water and was rescued by Zhu Jingsong after he took advantage of her. She had very few clothes on her and was wrapped in Zhu Jingsong's clothes and carried out of the water.
Xia Wantang's parents only had this one daughter, and even if Xia Wantang lost her reputation, they were unwilling to marry their daughter to a beast like Zhu Jingsong.
But Zhu Jinsong had no intention of letting the Xia family off the hook. Xia Wantang's father was labeled a spy while working and was killed when an oil press machine fell on him as he fled.
Xia's mother was fired from the oil pressing factory.
As the wife and daughter of enemy agents, both mother and daughter were criticized and struggled against by the Revolutionary Committee, but Xia's mother never met Xia Wantang.
The next time I heard news of Xia Wantang, it was because she had committed suicide by jumping into the river.
Xia's mother was mentally unstable, and no one cared about her. She did not see her husband's body or her daughter's body. She didn't even have many of her husband's and daughter's belongings; she didn't even fill a single box.
She attempted suicide many times, but she was lucky and could never die.
She set fire to the Revolutionary Committee and threw excrement on Zhu Jinsong. After that, it became difficult for her to get close to Zhu Jinsong. She started looking for the Hu family and threw dead rats, excrement, and all sorts of filth at them. But that didn't satiate her anger. She almost stabbed Hu Jinshui to death, but unfortunately, Hu Jinshui didn't die. He only suffered minor injuries. Hu Jinshui's parents beat her half to death with sticks, and she was eventually dumped in a wasteland in the suburbs.
She was incredibly resilient; she survived all that and was taken in by an old doctor who gave her some traditional Chinese medicine, and she pulled through.
What's the point of her living? But she was unwilling to accept it. Her husband's and daughter's bodies hadn't been found. She knew that their bodies must have been dumped in some desolate wilderness, just like hers.
The old doctor advised her to live on, saying that one day everything would change! Bad people won't be in power forever; there is hope as long as you live.
Xia's mother did not see any change, but she did see a turning point. Someone asked her if she would be willing to point out Zhu Jingsong, and that regardless of whether she was willing or not, they would help find the bodies of his husband and daughter.
She was willing; she had dreamed of this day. She wanted to avenge her daughter, clear her husband's name, and bury the three of them together.
Xia's mother was about to put the wooden box on the ground when Yu Jiajia quickly took it.
Xia's mother thought she had run out of tears, but now tears were falling again. If her daughter were alive, she would be about the same age as the girl in front of her. Her daughter was just as kind and beautiful.
Without the wooden box in her hand, Xia's mother seemed to have been unleashed, her entire being filled with hostility. She rushed towards Hu's parents and slapped them across the face repeatedly.
Hu's parents were tied up and struggled desperately, but the workers held them down, leaving them nowhere to hide.
Xia's mother slapped both of their faces until they were swollen before looking at Hu Jinshui on the door panel. Even if he was dead, he was still covered with a white cloth. Even if he was dead, his body could still be found intact.
She shouldn't have a complete corpse. She picked up a brick and smashed it against Hu Jinshui's face.
The others pretended not to see it, letting them smash it as they pleased, since they were all dead anyway.
Cheng Xiuying stood in front of Sibao and the factory director to prevent Hu Jinshui's filthy flesh and blood from splattering on them.
Old Mrs. Hu and her mother wailed and knelt down, begging Xia's mother to spare Hu Jinshui, since he was already dead.
Finally, Xia's mother threw away the stone. Looking at the bloodstains on her hand, all she could see in her mind was Hu Jinshui's arrogant face.
The person who told Xia's mother that Wan Tang had committed suicide was Hu Jinshui. He said that Wan Tang was very fair-skinned and that the birthmark on her lower back was very attractive. He also said that Wan Tang was really interesting; even after being treated like this, she didn't want to die. Even when they held her down in the river, she desperately tried to climb back to shore.
But she got sick and couldn't take care of anyone, so it would be best if she died.
Xia's mother wiped the dirty blood on her hands onto the white cloth. The worker next to her quickly opened the cup and used water to help her wash her hands clean. With her clean hands, she picked up the wooden box again.
Standing among the throng, she calmly stated, "I want to file a formal complaint against Zhu Jinsong, the director of the county revolutionary committee."
First: He used the pretext of "confiscating property" to carry out extortion and plunder. He repeatedly led his subordinates to break into my home under the guise of searches, looting all my valuables and enriching himself.
Second: He framed innocent people. He falsely accused my husband of being an "enemy agent," abused his dictatorial methods, and caused people's lives.
Third: He was morally corrupt and depraved. He abused his power to coerce and rape women, completely losing all basic human decency.
The bustling crowd fell silent instantly, gasping in astonishment. This Director Zhu was actually the director of the Revolutionary Committee!
Having come this far, Director Li was willing to take the plunge: success would lead to further advancement, failure would mean being sent down to a farm.
He stepped forward, his expression solemn: "Comrades! The crimes of Zhu Jinsong and his gang must be thoroughly investigated and punished! They not only oppress the masses, but also extend their evil influence to our working class. This is something we absolutely cannot tolerate! We swear to defend Chairman Mao to the death! We will resolutely overthrow Zhu Jinsong! We will completely eradicate all evil forces!"
Seizing the opportunity, Liu Weidong raised his right fist and shouted: "We swear to defend the Chairman to the death! We will resolutely overthrow Zhu Jinsong! We will completely eradicate all evil forces!"
The workers at the steel rolling mill shouted in unison, their voices directed entirely at Zhu Jinsong of the Revolutionary Committee.
He Liang had already arrived with the police and was working with the security department to maintain order. He Liang said, "We have already urgently reported Zhu Jinsong's problem to the higher-level Military Control Commission. We firmly believe that under the leadership of the Military Control Commission, we will be able to find out the facts, uphold the Chairman's revolutionary line, and give an explanation to the broad masses of revolutionary people."
Issues involving the director of the county revolutionary committee can only be handled by the higher-level revolutionary committee or military control commission.
He Liang tried to evacuate the crowd, but the large gathering of people could easily lead to problems. However, everyone just wanted to get rid of Zhu Jinsong, this black sheep, and deal with him immediately!
Liu Weidong raised his arm and shouted, "Let's go to the Revolutionary Committee and arrest Zhu Jinsong!"
The crowd all followed to the Revolutionary Committee.
The Hu family members were all tied up and temporarily detained at a steel rolling mill to await liquidation. As for Hu Jinshui's body, it was too unlucky to leave it at the steel rolling mill, so a kind person carried it to an abandoned old slaughterhouse in the suburbs and buried it in a pit.
Anyway, the Hu family hasn't had a chance to deal with it recently, and they can't just let the body rot outside.
As for where he was buried, everyone was quite anxious and forgot where he was. So let Hu Jinshui stay in the slaughterhouse forever with the livestock.
Cheng Xiuying left one team to guard the steel rolling mill, while she led the second team to the Revolutionary Committee to protect the safety of the masses and prevent a larger conflict.
Actually, I just joined everyone in dealing with Zhu Jinsong.
In this day and age, rebellion is justified.
Before they even reached the Revolutionary Committee, they ran into the two Yu sisters, who were in a terrible state.
Yu Jiamin and Yu Songya looked utterly miserable. Their hair was disheveled, their faces were covered in dust and dirt, each had a bright red handprint on their cheek, and their mouths were cracked and bleeding. Their once neat clothes were now covered in dirty dust stains, and Yu Jiamin's collar was torn in several places.
Yu Jiamin's eyes were brimming with tears, but she stubbornly held them back. One hand covered her swollen cheek, her voice trembling with sobs: "Mom, Director Zhu and Uncle Wang brought men to our house. He wants to ransack it. Grandpa twisted his back while protecting his third-class merit medal, and Grandma broke her head protecting the Chairman Mao badge, bleeding profusely." She took a deep breath: "That beast… he even pressured me, saying that if I went with him, he would spare our whole family. Otherwise, he would arrest us all and execute us. I'd rather die than submit to that beast!"
After Yu Jiamin finished speaking, Yu Songya, who was crying her eyes out, could only shout a slogan with all her might: "Second Aunt! We, the Yu family, would rather die than submit! No one will dare to insult the Yu family!"
Cheng Xiuying was furious, her eyes bloodshot. "That beast! He's gone too far! How dare he! Does he think he's some kind of local tyrant from the old days? How dare he insult our revolutionary family like this! I'll skin him alive today!"
Everyone would curse this guy as a beast. How arrogant! Does he want to take in all the sisters in the family?
Yu Jiajia rushed over and hugged Yu Jiamin and Yu Songya, crying bitterly, "Third sister, cousin."
The three sisters are truly beautiful. Yu Jiamin is tall and elegant, with features as delicate as ink paintings, possessing a serene and timeless scholarly air—a true beauty with exceptional poise. Yu Songya is like a delicate flower, gentle and fragile, evoking pity. Yu Jiajia's features are exquisitely sculpted, breathtakingly beautiful.
The three sisters crying together was so pitiful; it broke my heart to see it.
The visual contrast is so striking; no wonder Zhu Jinsong was so determined to mess with the Yu family—the three sisters are just too beautiful. Everyone truly hates the bully who tries to take advantage of them.
Yu Songqing was filled with hatred. Looking at his sisters, he felt a pang of heartache that almost suffocated him. "That beast Zhu Jingsong is truly despicable! He is utterly shameless. My Yu family will never compromise!"
Cheng Xiuying's eyes reddened with anger: "We swear to defend the Chairman to the death, down with Zhu Jinsong, down with the local tyrant!"
The more hatred and excitement she showed on her face, the calmer she was inside. Today, she had to crush Zhu Jingsong and maximize her profits.
Songchuan Songyan is at home! And with his eldest son and his family, the Revolutionary Committee can forget about getting into the house. Zhu Jinsong can forget about getting anything out of the way.
The eldest son and his wife are cunning, lazy, greedy, and full of bad ideas; they are extremely powerful fighters.
No need to go to the Revolutionary Committee anymore, let's head straight to the Yu family's house!
Cheng Xiuying rushed to the front and became the leader, leaving Liu Weidong with nothing to do. Liu Weidong followed Cheng Xiuying around, busy with various tasks, mainly responsible for shouting slogans and creating emotional atmosphere.
The procession grew increasingly large, blocking the entire street. The entire county's public security bureau came to maintain order, but the crowd was too excited and too crowded, making it difficult to maintain order. Fortunately, the militia and the security departments of various factories joined in and managed to keep order barely maintained.
Two military trucks stopped at the intersection of Jiefang Road. He Yuanzheng, dressed in a crisp military uniform, got off the trucks, followed by hundreds of soldiers.
He Yuanzheng led the team into Jiefang Road.
The soldiers pushed through the crowds and quickly cleared a path through the street. The once chaotic street became orderly thanks to the arrival of the troops.
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Commander! You must do justice for us!" This was like igniting a powder keg; countless voices erupted in a cacophony of accusations: "Commander! You've finally arrived!" "Your Honor, Zhu Jingsong has bullied men and women, wreaking havoc in Qingshan County! You must seek justice for us!"
An elderly couple knelt before He Yuanzheng and his entourage, pleading, "Commander, please restore the innocence of my son and his family."
After saying that, he was about to kowtow.
"Don't worry, the Military Control Commission will investigate this thoroughly!" He Yuanzheng had just helped the elderly couple to their feet when another commotion came from beside him. A child of about ten years old knelt upright before him, his pale face upturned, and cried out in a voice far beyond his years, "Commander, my parents aren't feudal, capitalist, or revisionist! They're innocent! Please, please investigate again!"
He thought that kneeling down would save his parents.
He Yuanzheng lifted the child up, making sure he stood steadily beside him. He looked around at the crowd, raised his voice, and spoke in a steady and powerful tone, instantly silencing the noise: "Fellow villagers, comrades! Please be quiet and listen to me!"
On behalf of the Military Control Commission, I solemnly declare: From this moment forward, all affairs of Qingshan County shall be temporarily taken over by the Military Control Commission! We are here to resolve the issue!
I assure you all that the Military Control Commission will handle all your grievances and reports! The county committee will be your reception point, and we will set up a special registration office!
Our principle is: we will not let a single bad person who harms the masses go unpunished, nor will we ever wrong an innocent person! The Communist Party's rule cannot tolerate injustice! The people's gun is for the people to fight for!
The strength of the military is undeniable, and many people have already gone to the county committee.
Zhu Jinsong has been in power for three years, and he has done too many immoral things. Too many people have cried out for justice, and now they finally dare to speak out about their grievances.
Inside the courtyard, things were in complete chaos.
"Father, Mother, hold on! You can't be hurt!" Kang Wenjuan's loud cries were very penetrating and carried far. "My second brother's family are honorable members, they are recipients of the Third-Class Merit Citation. Your Revolutionary Committee bullied my niece and my daughter. You are not human. If you have the guts, then beat our whole family to death here."
Yu Song'an and Yu Songda, along with their wives, blocked the east room, while Yu Songchuan and Yu Songyan blocked the west room.
On the threshold of the main house, Old Mrs. Yu and Old Mr. Yu lay on either side. Old Mrs. Yu's head was covered in blood, and she was wailing miserably, as if she would die at any moment. Old Mr. Yu was panting heavily, clutching his lower back and wailing.
Yu Hongzhi cried, "Father, Mother, don't scare your son!"
Kang Wenjuan, who was mainly in charge of the output, slapped her thigh and the ground, saying, "My goodness, you are not cadres, you are clearly landlords! If you have the guts, kill us all! Kill us!"
Zhu Jinsong had lost his patience. He waved his hand and said, "You're obstructing the Revolutionary Committee's work like this. Are you hiding something in the building? We must find the evidence left by the enemy agents today. Don't worry about these enemy agents, go in and search!"
Yu Hongzhi and Kang Wenjuan stood in front of Old Man Yu and Old Woman Yu, preventing anyone from taking a step forward.
Yu Hongzhi: "You bandits, you're going to kill my parents! Please let them get medical treatment, spare them!"
Grandpa Wang: "Hurry up, carry these two old geezers to get medical treatment, no one will stop you."
Grandma Yu gasped for breath, "As long as you produce a search warrant, I'll let you in. Why are you accusing us of being enemy agents with baseless accusations? Our family has been workers for three generations, with no stain on our record. My second son even received a third-class merit award. What gives you the right to do this?!"
"You've taken a liking to my granddaughter. When threats didn't work, you tried to kill my whole family, leaving my three granddaughters destitute. You landlords want to seize my granddaughter; you're inhuman! You're just making up baseless accusations to slander my family."
Kang Wenjuan wailed, "You beast! You're so old, yet you still have the nerve to lust after young girls. How many young girls have you driven to their deaths in the past?" She pounced on Zhu Jingsong and scratched his old face until it was covered in bloody marks.
The more timid she felt, the more energetic she became. Having come this far, she could only trust her parents and place her hopes on that high-ranking official.
If the top leader isn't effective... she can't think like that; it has to work.
Zhu Jingsong couldn't believe that this crazy woman dared to hit him, just like that old man. He was forced to retreat as he was hit. "Go! Stop her!"
Kang Wenjuan punched and kicked Zhu Jingsong, yelling, "You old beast, you won't even spare me! Where are you touching me? Oh dear, how am I supposed to live like this?"
Grandpa Wang pulled out his belt and lashed it at Kang Wenjuan. Kang Wenjuan wasn't stupid; she couldn't just stand there and take the beating. She dodged while crying, "Who will save my family?"
Yu Songyan stood at the door, watching the crowd trying to rush into the house. Finally, he realized something was wrong and shouted at a crew-cut young man, "What's in your pocket?"
Yu Songchuan, who had been guarding the west gate, suddenly rushed forward and slammed the crew-cut youth to the ground. He reached out and touched the youth's body. The youth struggled desperately, but the boy holding him down was able to unleash such great strength that his internal organs were about to be injured. He endured the pain and tried to dodge, but he couldn't dodge even a little bit.
Zhu Jinsong was furious, "Stop! Everyone, help first!"
Grandpa Wang stopped hitting Kang Wenjuan and went to hit Yu Songchuan instead. Kang Wenjuan kicked Grandpa Wang in the butt, knocking him to the ground and making him fall flat on his face.
Yu Song'an and Yu Songda went to help Yu Songchuan, but Yu Songyan still didn't move; he was still standing in front of the east room door.
The scene instantly became tense, and the air was thick with the smell of gunpowder.
This makes it even more suspicious.
Yu Songchuan acted swiftly and ruthlessly, kicking over two young men who rushed at him, tearing the young man's shirt to shreds, revealing two letters hidden in a lining—one thin, the other suspiciously thick. Yu Songchuan snatched the letters with lightning speed, then stomped his foot hard on the young man's back.
Yu Songchuan waved the letter in his hand: "Well, well, it's a case of the blind under the lamp! There are enemy agents hiding in the Revolutionary Committee! Two secret letters were found on you. Tell me! Who is your superior? Is it Zhu Jinsong or Wang Liren?!"
The young man, struggling to breathe from being trampled, coughed up a mouthful of blood and desperately protested, "It's not mine! That's not mine!"
Yu Songchuan ignored it and tore open the thick letter in a few quick movements. Inside was a stack of papers covered with writing, meticulously recording everything that happened in Qingshan County, big or small.
He was instantly enraged and kicked him again: "Traitorous dog! You ungrateful wretch! Tie him up!"
Wang Liren was terrified and instinctively reached into his pocket.
It was this very action that Yu Songyan caught red-handed! "Seize Wang Liren! He's trying to destroy evidence! He's about to use a weapon!"
Before he could finish speaking, Kang Wenjuan pounced on him and grabbed Wang Liren's arm. Yu Hongzhi also rushed forward, reached into his pocket, and pulled out two folded pieces of paper.
Yu Hongzhi unfolded the paper and glanced at it. It was filled with vile, pro-American, and anti-Chinese remarks. But what was most glaring was the signature at the end—Yu Songqing?!
He was first stunned, then a surge of rage welled up inside him, and he spat fiercely at Wang Liren's face: "Pah! You rats in the gutter! Trying to frame my nephew with such despicable means? Dream on! This filthy thing is definitely something you wrote to frame an honest man!"
At this point, the onlookers in the courtyard could no longer stand idly by. Pan Hongying, leading her daughter Zhang Amei, rushed forward, shouting, "Good heavens! There are enemy agents hiding in the Revolutionary Committee! They're even trying to frame a family that received a third-class merit award! What are they trying to do? Do they think we working-class people are easy to bully?"
She didn't dare to act rashly just now, but now that she has the evidence, she has to lend a hand. Their family also has hidden gold. If the Yu family falls, their family might be next.
Su Man was the only member of the Su family, yet she dared to come out and help, and even tried to curry favor with Yu Songyan.
Yu Songqing is really difficult to deal with, like she has a problem. Although Yu Songyan is not as good as Yu Songqing and is just a temporary worker, she is still very good compared to others. At least she is good-looking enough. Taking advantage of the Yu family's troubles, she must make a good impression.
Yu Songyan pushed Su Man away without any mercy, almost knocking her over.
He remained standing there, watching the Revolutionary Committee members frantically scrambling for the two letters in Yu Songchuan's hands, trying to destroy the evidence. These people all understood; he was clearly a repeat offender.
Yu Songchuan was a man who could take on a whole group, and with his cousins working incredibly hard, they simply couldn't reach him.
The eldest uncle and aunt were being chased and beaten by Grandpa Wang and five or six young men. Grandpa Wang's two sons kept charging forward. Just when they were about to be at a disadvantage, the grandparents stopped lying on the ground and rushed up to fight the Wang family. In addition, Pan Hongying and Zhang Amei were very strong fighters. They charged forward without fear of being beaten and quickly gained the upper hand.
Su Man couldn't get close to Yu Songyan and almost fell over. Damn it, are these two Yu brothers crazy?! She rushed forward and started fighting.
They mainly beat up Grandpa Wang and his family.
That old man Wang and his family are disgusting. They've been stalking their house and her for so long.
Zhu Jinsong's vision blurred; how had things come to this? He reached for his pistol in its case, but Yu Songchuan pressed him to the ground, snatching the handgun from his holster. "You son of a bitch, enemy agent chief! You still want to sell stolen goods?"
He raised his hand and slapped Zhu Jinsong twice, knocking out his teeth. Zhu Jinsong felt like his brains were about to be splattered out, and his head was buzzing.
"You bastard, are you trying to ruin our family?" Yu Songchuan was still angry and punched him twice more, this time not in the face, afraid of killing him.
The punch landed squarely on his skin, and it truly hurt. At that moment, Zhu Jingsong finally regretted his actions. He hadn't expected the Yu family to be so difficult to deal with; all his methods had failed. The Yu family was too powerful, and too shrewd.
Zhu Jingsong spat out a mouthful of blood: "Let me go, and this matter will end here."
Yu Songchuan seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. He patted Zhu Jingsong's face and said, "You enemy agent chief, even now, you still dare to threaten me?"
Let him go? Impossible. Zhu Jinsong can only die.
The noise outside grew louder and louder. Yu Songchuan laughed, "Did you hear that?"
"We swear to defend the Chairman to the death, down with Zhu Jinsong, down with the local tyrant!"
Grandma Yu finally felt relieved. Oh dear, she covered her head and lay down again, as did Grandpa Yu.
Pan Hongying pursed her lips and collapsed as well, clutching her stomach and groaning.
As the crowd surged in, Yu Songchuan immediately leaped onto a high stool, raising the two letters in his hands high like a victory flag.
"Comrades! You've come at the perfect time!" His voice boomed, each word striking the hearts of everyone present. "The truth is out! We've exposed the venomous snake Zhu Jinsong, who was lurking deep within our Revolutionary Committee! This enemy agent was hiding there, using his position as cover to oppress loyal and righteous people, attempting to sabotage our revolutionary cause!"
He waved the thick letter vigorously, the pages rustling. "This is irrefutable evidence! This is a secret letter he didn't have time to send out! It's full of our internal information; he used this letter to fawn over his master!"
Yu Hongzhi, standing nearby, couldn't possibly let this opportunity to shine slip by. He stepped forward, also holding up the forged letter, his face a mixture of anger and heartache, his voice trembling with emotion: "Comrades, look at this! That scoundrel Zhu Jinsong, how vicious his methods are! He obtained my nephew Yu Songqing's handwriting and forged this completely fake letter! It's full of pro-American and anti-national filth! He's trying to smear us, those loyal to the revolution!"
The two worked in perfect harmony, one holding up the "secret letter" and the other angrily denouncing it as "forgery," instantly solidifying the charge that "enemy agent Zhu Jinsong framed a loyal official."
Cheng Xiuying waved her hand: "Take down the enemy agent Zhu Jinsong!"
Yes, we've already taken them down. All we need to do is tie up Zhu Jinsong and his gang.
Yu Songqing: ? ? ? His handwriting? ? ?
Seizing the opportunity, Yu Songchuan suddenly raised his arm and shouted, his voice trembling slightly with excitement: "Long live the Chairman!"
This shout was like a spark thrown into dry wood and ignited the pent-up emotions of the entire audience.
"Long live the Chairman!"
"Long live!"
Long live the Emperor!
In an instant, deafening cheers erupted from every corner of the courtyard, converging into a sea of loyalty and victory that nearly lifted the roof off and resounded through the sky.
Factory Director Li stood in the crowd, his palms sweating with excitement, his whole body trembling slightly. At this point, the matter was settled, a done deal!
Even without the military control commission in place, Zhu Jingsong and his gang were like grasshoppers in autumn, completely finished, with no chance of ever turning things around!
Zhu Jinsong's usual methods became the evidence that sealed his fate.
Director Li seemed to see the front page of a future newspaper: Qingshan County Steel Rolling Mill bravely fights against local bullies and defends revolutionary justice!
And Li Jianhua will no longer be the ordinary factory director, but a heroic factory director who leads the workers to overthrow the evil forces! The reputation of the steel rolling mill and his personal reputation will reach unprecedented heights.
The Yu family is truly his lucky star! He looked at the Yu family members with a very warm gaze. This family are true heroes, people who are truly capable of great things!
No matter how much this family makes a fuss behind closed doors, once they unite against a common enemy, they are truly united. The old, the weak, women, and children all go to the battlefield together, and their methods are truly ruthless and their steps are truly precise!
As everyone was enjoying the fruits of victory, Cheng Xiuying walked up to Zhu Jingsong and kicked him.
Zhu Jinsong let out a terrible scream and almost fainted.
Everyone who saw Zhu Jingsong bleeding from the broken egg couldn't help but clench their legs, hissing inexplicably in pain.
Yu Jiajia's eyes lit up; her mom was amazing!
Xia's mother rushed over, and Yu Jiajia quickly took the wooden box. Next, Xia's mother beat up Zhu Jingsong and his group. This time, she didn't use stones, but her fingernails and teeth. She scratched and bit Zhu Jingsong, tearing off a large piece of skin from his face. She then kicked Zhu Jingsong's already broken eggs, making sure they were broken even more.
Zhu Jinsong's left and right arms were not spared either, and were all beaten by Xia's mother. This thin and frail mother suddenly unleashed tremendous strength, biting off their flesh and crushing their tools of the crime.
When He Yuanzheng arrived, he witnessed this scene. He only brought his men in after Xia's mother collapsed to the ground, exhausted.
Yu Songchuan and Yu Hongzhi handed over the secret letter and the forged letter to He Yuanzheng, which would be the most powerful evidence in the trial of Zhu Jinsong.
What followed was a series of 'criticism and struggle sessions,' 'house raids,' and 'isolation and investigation.' He Yuanzheng took over Zhu Jinsong and his group, and he had to stop the bleeding a little, to prevent them from dying. Whether they were enemy agents or not, a thorough investigation was necessary. Regardless of whether they were or not, they had to be criticized and struggled against to vent the anger of the people of Qingshan County.
Grandpa Wang and his entire family were taken away, bound and gagged. Wang Liren couldn't understand how things had turned out this way. His son cried out, "I'm innocent! I don't know anything! Aunt Cheng, please let us go! Aunt Cheng, you know we're just ordinary people!"
Cheng Xiuying scoffed: "No, your family are Zhu Jingsong's trusted confidants, enemy agents. Go ahead."
Wang Liren suddenly rushed towards Cheng Xiuying, tears streaming down his face. He tried to kneel down, but a soldier was holding him up, so he couldn't. He pleaded, "Xiuying, please have mercy on me, you old dog! I promise I'll turn over a new leaf. I'm an old man, halfway to the grave, I have no intention of doing anything else."
Cheng Xiuying looked at Wang Liren with disgust and kicked him over. "Get out! Seeing your servile, groveling face makes me sick!"
Yu Jiajia immediately chimed in, "That's right, it's absolutely disgusting!"
At this moment, she felt completely satisfied.
Wang Liren pleaded with Cheng Xiuying in vain, so he could only beg the leader, He Yuanzheng: "Commander, that letter has nothing to do with me. It was given to me by Lu Xiaoqing. She said it was a letter she had secretly hidden from Yu Songqing! I don't know anything. I'm innocent. I only worked with that beast Zhu Jinsong for two days. I don't know anything."
He Yuanzheng: "Take him away."
Yu Songqing: ? ? ?
He was completely devastated. What had he done wrong to make Lu Xiaoqing go to such lengths to frame him?
It was Lu Xiaoqing who cheated on him, it was Lu Xiaoqing who broke up with him, but he never intended to ruin Lu Xiaoqing's reputation. Now, Lu Xiaoqing wants to destroy his whole family!
Wang Liren continued to cry: "That's right, that's right, it was Xiao Lixin who made me follow Zhu Jingsong! Yes, it was Xiao Lixin. He gave that beast Zhu Jingsong a photo of the Yu sisters, and that's why Zhu Jingsong used those despicable methods."
As the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, Xiao Lixin couldn't escape even without Wang Liren's identification; someone had already gone to arrest him.
In addition, Grandpa Hu and Fang Yong, who were both trying to curry favor with Xiao Lixin, were also brought along.
However, the two families are not bound together.
Grandpa Hu's hands and feet were trembling. He hadn't even performed any meritorious service yet, and he was already a prisoner.
Fang Yong's family was trembling with fear.
His eldest daughter-in-law, Guo Chunyan, cried out, “Commander, my father-in-law has recently been following Xiao Lixin in his endeavors. We don’t know exactly what he’s been doing, but he’s been following people in the compound multiple times, claiming it’s for the revolution. I couldn’t persuade him otherwise, and I really don’t want to associate with him. I’ve severed all ties with him and his mother, and I’ve reported it to the neighborhood committee. Our family has no further connection with Fang Yong’s family. I borrowed 300 yuan from my family to completely sever all ties with them. The letter of severance is in the house.”
She was so glad she made that decision. Ever since her father-in-law led the Revolutionary Committee to confiscate the abacus from their roof, she had been thinking about separating the family property. During this time, her in-laws had been acting like madmen, and she couldn't have a moment's peace. She was afraid that something would happen and she would have to sever ties with them or divorce Fang Wendong.
Cutting ties with parents is something that goes against one's conscience, but now it's become a good thing.
Director Zhao from the subdistrict office said in the crowd, "It was done yesterday afternoon."
This confirms the matter.
Then we don't need to worry about Fang Wendong and Guo Chunyan.
Cheng Xiuying led her people to 'search homes' and cooperated with the Military Control Commission to search for evidence and thoroughly investigate the crimes of enemy agents, starting with Zhu Jinsong's home.
Yu Jiajia followed in her mother's footsteps, learning from Cheng Xiuying's revolutionary spirit and witnessing the glory of victory firsthand. Actually, it was all for the sake of picking up the scraps.
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