Chapter 11: Broken Life
Fengyang County Tobacco Control Office.

Every time Zhao Siping comes here, he feels very at home, as if he is visiting his own courtyard.

In fact, this is really similar to his family. After all, Zhao Qiren, the current director of the Fengyang County Tobacco Control Office and deputy captain of the Public Security Bureau's Security Brigade, is his brother.

Early this morning, his brother called and said that he had arrested Zhang Yunfeng, but the second son of the Zhang family escaped. Although Zhao Siping felt a little regretful, he was still very happy and rushed over with dozens of kilograms of tea oil and homemade bayberry wine.

Zhao Qiren had just started working and was reading a newspaper in the office. When he saw Zhao Siping coming in with a bunch of things, he frowned and asked, "What are you doing?
Zhao Siping smiled and said, "Nothing, just some worthless stuff. My brothers worked hard last night, I'll share it with them later. By the way, I've already booked a meal at Jinhua Hotel, I'll invite everyone to have a simple meal together at noon."

Zhao Qiren was a little disgusted by Zhao Siping's fearless attitude: "Do you know that it's working hours now? Be careful of the impact."

Zhao Siping took out a soft Zhonghua cigarette and handed it over, saying with a smile: "What's there to be afraid of, big brother? You have the final say over the entire tobacco management office. By the way, how did that bastard from the Zhang family escape last night?"

Zhao Qiren put down the newspaper and said, "The law is long and wide, and nothing can escape it. If you break the law, you will be punished. Where can you escape to?"

"That makes sense! Brother, if our country could have more officials like you, there wouldn't be room for these bad elements to run rampant."

Zhao Qiren felt so flattered that he said, "Siping, what exactly is the conflict between you and the Zhang brothers?"

Zhao Siping knew his eldest brother's character too well. He absolutely could not talk about the conflict with Zhang Yunqi in front of him: "Brother, you also know that the Zhang brothers stole my business. It's nothing for them to call people to beat me up. I earn less, so I earn less. In business, harmony is the most important thing. What's too much is that they secretly resell flue-cured tobacco to Jiangchuan City, and bully those tobacco farmers in remote areas who don't understand the market, lower the grade of flue-cured tobacco, and squeeze the hard-earned money of tobacco farmers. Brother, you have to stand up for those poor tobacco farmers in Longwan Town!"

Zhao Qiren knew his brother very well and didn't quite believe him, but that didn't matter. What mattered was that he needed this reason to proceed to the next step. He said, "The Zhang brothers are so lawless. They're in the Tobacco Control Office now. They won't get out without a skin peeled off. I've asked Liu Rong to investigate Zhang Yunfeng, and I'll send someone to Yunxi Village to arrest Zhang Yunqi later."

Zhao Siping slapped his thigh and was overjoyed!

At this moment, the telephone on the desk suddenly rang. Zhao Qiren reached out and picked up the phone and said, "Hello."

The person on the other end of the phone asked, "Is this Zhao Qiren?"

Zhao Qiren's heart skipped a beat; the voice seemed to be from his immediate boss's boss, Luo Zijian, the director of the Fengyang County Public Security Bureau.

He immediately said: "Director Luo, I am Zhao Qiren, what do you have..."

Luo Zijian interrupted Zhao Qiren directly: "Did you arrest a man named Zhang Yunfeng?"

Zhao Qiren felt something was wrong, but he didn't have time to think about it. He quickly said, "Yes, he was arrested. Director Luo, what happened?"

"You're still asking me what's wrong? I also want to ask you what's going on with Zhao Qiren!" Luo Zijian's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly rose by two degrees: "Now all parts of the country are vigorously advocating and developing the private economy. Zhang Yunfeng selling cigarettes is a completely normal market economic activity. Release him immediately and be nicer!"

With a click, the phone was hung up.

Zhao Qiren was stunned.

Zhao Siping, who was standing next to him, leaned over and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

"Who are you dealing with? Chief Luo called me personally and asked me to release him!" Zhao Qiren, who had been calm and composed before, was a little upset by this phone call. He pushed Zhao Siping away and walked out of the office quickly. It was a little unusual that an ordinary cigarette dealer could make the county public security chief call in person to inquire about it.

Zhao Qiren did not dare to delay and came to the room where Zhang Yunfeng was imprisoned. His face was already full of smiles. His men had not yet carried out lynching. Zhang Yunfeng was intact, but his face was a little pale.

Zhao Qiren breathed a sigh of relief and personally sent Zhang Yunfeng, who had not yet figured out the situation, to the gate of the Tobacco Management Office. He also had someone drive the seized tractor out and explained to Zhang Yunfeng with a smile: "Brother Zhang, my men made a mistake. The Tobacco Management Office will definitely deal with them seriously. Please bear with it and talk to Director Luo. This is just a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

"Director Zhao, this is a big misunderstanding."

A cold voice came from the front. Zhao Qiren looked up and saw a young man standing at the gate of the Tobacco Management Office. He was covered in mud and there was blood on his trouser legs.

He didn't recognize her, frowned and said: "You are..."

"Your brother is here with us, ask him."

Zhao Siping, who was following behind, had a dark face: "Zhang Yunqi, don't be so arrogant."

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "I am rampant, what do you want to do to me?"

Zhao Siping was furious and grabbed a fire extinguisher from the door and rushed towards Zhang Yunqi. Zhao Qiren quickly asked someone to stop him and said to Zhang Yunqi: "I think there must be some misunderstanding between you two brothers and Siping, but if you have something to say, just talk it out. We are from the same town and there is nothing we can't talk about." Zhang Yunqi laughed. What the hell is going on? Talk to him in a serious manner!
At this point, he and Zhao Siping are in a life-and-death relationship!
Without wasting time talking, Zhang Yunqi jumped onto the tractor and called out to Zhang Yunfeng, who had not yet figured out the situation, to get on board.

The tractor drove out of the tobacco pipe office. Zhao Qiren looked at the Zhang Yunqi brothers going away, his face darkened frighteningly. This matter was too unusual.

Zhao Siping didn't think it was a big deal, but he also knew that the police chief had called to release the man, so his brother couldn't do anything about it. He was just upset: "The duck that was in my mouth flew away. How the hell did he get connected with Luo Zijian? It will be difficult to deal with him next time."

Zhao Qiren was furious: "You still want to mess with me? Go home and figure out how to deal with this!"

After saying that, Zhao Qiren walked away with his hands behind his back.

Zhao Siping was so angry, what the hell was this, he didn't get to eat a duck but got a mouthful of hair! As for the aftermath, he didn't care at all, what could the two grandsons of the Zhang family do?
After returning to the village, Zhao Siping, who was in a bad mood, went directly to the house of Widow Wang. Widow Wang was his mistress, who was only in her early thirties, with a plump and juicy body and full of charm. He had sex with her from three in the afternoon until late at night before he returned home. When he left the house, his legs were weak, his fingers were bent, and his anger had subsided.

As soon as Zhao Siping entered the house, his wife said unkindly: "Where have you been? My brother is looking for you. He said there is something urgent!"

Zhao Siping felt something was wrong and immediately called Zhao Qiren back. Before he could even open his mouth, Zhao Qiren's angry voice rang out from the other end of the line: "How many low-quality cigarettes did you sell to the tobacco station? I'm telling you, Xiaolin was taken away by the county public security bureau!"

"Twenty thousand, more than twenty thousand kilograms."

Zhao Siping had a dull political sense, but when he heard that Xiaolin was taken away, he felt something was wrong.

Xiao Lin is a technician at Fengyang County Tobacco Station, responsible for grading flue-cured tobacco. Over the past month, Zhao Siping, relying on his relationship with Zhao Qiren, bribed Xiao Lin and other staff members, and then bought up low-quality flue-cured tobacco at 5 cents per pound, and sold it to Fengyang County Tobacco Station at the price of 3 yuan per pound of second-grade flue-cured tobacco. A rough estimate is that no less than pounds, after deducting the cost and the benefits given to Xiao Lin, the net profit is no less than yuan.

What a huge sum of money 1992 yuan was in 300? The average worker in that era earned no more than yuan a month. yuan was equivalent to the salary of an average worker who worked for more than ten years without eating or drinking!

Zhao Qiren was so angry that his voice was shaking: "You are trying to kill me! I just wanted you to make a little profit, but I didn't expect you to dare to hide it from me. This is the crime of bribing government officials and embezzling state property! This time you are dead!"

Zhao Siping was shocked by his brother's words.

He grabbed the receiver and said, "Brother, no, it's not that serious. At worst, we can just return all the money..."

"It's not about money now! Xiao Lin was taken away, it must be someone from above who did it. Do you remember the call I received from Director Luo this morning? I investigated and found that it was the deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Ji Zhong, who is the son-in-law of Yunxi Village. I guess it's because you offended the two brothers of the Zhang family in Yunxi Village. The brothers wanted to kill you, so they exposed all the good things you did."

Zhao Siping's chest felt like it was hit by a huge rock and he couldn't breathe for a long time.

He hates it!
He gnashed his teeth in hatred, but then a sense of fear surged in his heart. He was afraid of going to jail, so he quickly said: "Well, what should I do now? Brother, I am your brother, you have to show me a way out."

"Go and ask Brother Zhang for help." Zhao Qiren's voice was a little powerless: "If he wants to let you go, you still have a chance."

"Okay, okay, I'll go find him now!"

After hanging up the phone in a hurry, Zhao Siping walked to the bedroom and said to his wife, "Give me five thousand yuan. I'm going out for a while."

His wife jumped up from the bed and said, "What do you want so much money for at this hour? Are you going to look for Widow Wang again?"

Zhao Siping was very anxious and shouted that he wanted to buy his life.

But at this moment, sirens suddenly sounded outside the house, and Zhao Siping looked out the window reflexively.

It was past ten in the evening, the night was like a dark prison, the stars were silent, and the cold moonlight from the sky was like a mist mixed with poisonous flatulence. In the mist, more than a dozen people in police uniforms broke into the courtyard.

Zhao Siping felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, feeling cold from head to toe!

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