Guo Mingxin said, "They really killed someone!"
According to the trajectory of the previous life, in March of this year, Guo Xunmin's cousin, Guo Xunjie, will lead the killing of two people, and Guo Xunmin will organize more than 2,000 villagers to march and resist the investigation by the county police.
This incident also became the fuse that led to Guo Xunmin's downfall.
Back during the Chinese New Year earlier this year, Li Xiangdong, while paying New Year's visits to Guo Mingxin, almost explicitly reminded him of this.
"Mingxin, be careful lately. Also, make sure to protect the younger sisters at home, lest they fall prey to thugs. And if anything happens, hand it over to the police. Don't take matters into your own hands. Especially, don't kill anyone!"
Guo Mingxin was puzzled.
What kind of unlucky things are you saying during the Lunar New Year!
Guo Mingxin didn't like listening to this, but Li Xiangdong ignored his expression and kept giving him instructions.
"Alright, alright, I got it! We finally get to see each other, let's chat about something pleasant!"
Guo Mingxin poured wine for Li Xiangdong, saying, "When are you getting married? My kid's old enough to run errands!"
The two are about the same age. Guo Mingxin already has three children. The eldest is five years old this year and can indeed take money to the convenience store to buy soy sauce.
Li Xiangdong knew there was no point in saying anything more, so he went along with Guo Mingxin's suggestion and backed down.
Three months later, when Li Xiangdong saw that the caller ID showed Guo Mingxin's number, his heart immediately skipped a beat.
Sure enough, the unpleasant things Li Xiangdong said actually happened.
This matter isn't entirely Guo Xunmin's fault.
At a banquet, the son of Shen Yutian, the factory manager of Hamaowo Furniture Factory, raped the daughter of Guo Xunmin's cousin, Guo Xunjie.
Guo Xunjie could not tolerate this, so he led his men to arrest Shen Yutian and his son.
In Guo Xunmin and Guo Xunjie's view, this incident was a blatant provocation by the Shen family father and son against their Guo family's influence in Hamawo.
This is an attempt to seize power!
And so, in a fit of rage, Guo Xunjie, with Guo Xunmin's encouragement, accidentally killed 64-year-old Shen Yutian!
How could the Shen family be willing to accept the death of someone in their family?
Despite being under the close watch of the Guo family, one of their youngest daughters managed to sneak away.
The youngest daughter of the Shen family went directly to the county public security bureau to report the case.
However, when the police came to the village to handle the murder case, Guo Xunmin was unhappy.
In his view, this was a private matter for the entire Toad Nest, and it should be decided by him, the patriarch.
Since it's a private family matter, why should the police get involved?
Moreover, after the police intervene, that beast from the Shen family will certainly go to jail for rape, but at most he will only be sentenced to three to five years!
Guo Xunjie killed someone, which could potentially lead to a life sentence!
He could not accept this result.
As for why he couldn't accept it, Li Xiangdong understood perfectly well.
This is similar to the story of Duke Zhuang of Zheng shooting an arrow at the Zhou emperor.
Back in the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Zhuang of Zheng was dissatisfied with the rule of the Zhou emperor, so he picked up a bow and arrow and fired a burst of arrows at the Zhou emperor!
Although this arrow did not hit the Zhou emperor, it made him lose face completely.
From then on, the sacred and inviolable authority of the Zhou emperor was shattered, and any small country dared to provoke him.
Similarly, if Guo Xunmin lets Guo Xunjie be arrested by the Shen family today and doesn't dare to say a word, who will take him seriously in the future?
Anyone who dares to show their health bar is destined to be a god-slayer!
Guo Xunmin understood this perfectly, and immediately organized villagers and company employees to march and demonstrate, obstructing the work of the public security police, and even went so far as to imprison a policeman who tried to enter the village to investigate!
Police made several attempts to enter the village to rescue the imprisoned police officer and arrest the murderer Guo Xunjie, but all attempts failed.
Guo Xunmin actually imprisoned this policeman for a full seven days!
For seven days, the police were helpless. Finally, the Honghai District government sent people to mediate, and Guo Xunmin reluctantly released the police.
With things taking this turn, the Public Security Bureau has lost face, and Guo Xunmin's authority in Hamawo has reached a new level.
From then on, Guo Xunmin became a true "local tyrant" in Hamawo, wielding the power of life and death and having absolute authority.
Guo Xunmin himself felt that the police were incompetent and posed no threat to him.
Hamaowo Village still has its own rules, not the government's.
Li Xiangdong heard Guo Mingxin say with a sigh of relief on the phone, "This matter is finally over."
There was an undisguised smugness in his tone.
Li Xiangdong sighed heavily and advised, "Mingxin, persuade Uncle Guo to hand the murderer over to the police station, and you should also turn yourselves in."
Guo Mingxin's tone was somewhat displeased, "We haven't done anything wrong, why should we confess?!"
Li Xiangdong raised his voice and retorted, "Aren't you right? You illegally imprisoned police officers and openly defied the government. Aren't you right?"
Guo Mingxin didn't take it seriously. "Those things are all in the past! Besides, it was the district head who personally came to mediate."
Before Li Xiangdong could say anything more, Guo Mingxin had already hung up the phone.
"Beep beep beep~ Beep beep beep~"
The phone went dead.
Li Xiangdong put down the microphone, his heart heavy. The Guo family father and son had been blinded by power and wealth. If this continued, the tragic consequences of their past lives would be right before their eyes.
After thinking it over, he finally made up his mind to go to Toad's Nest.
They called Zhou Hongsong, and the two drove straight to the Red Sea District.
The two places were not far apart, and Li Xiangdong drove fast, arriving at Hamaowo at seven o'clock that evening.
However, Li Xiangdong did not meet Guo Xunmin or Guo Mingxin.
To be more precise, Li Xiangdong didn't even enter Hamaowo Village!
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