Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Li Shuang, this is Comrade Yuan Sheng, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Zhongzhou Provincial Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee and Director of the Public Security Bureau. He is here to spot check the public security situation in various districts and counties. This time he happened to come to Dahu County. He heard that you were getting married today, so he came here specially to drink a glass of your wedding wine."

As the middleman, Feng Sizhe made a brief introduction of both parties. Of course, the introduction of Li Shuang and his wife was exaggerated, but he was the groom, the most important official here today, who would refuse his face?

"Hello, Secretary Yuan. Welcome, welcome." Li Shuang listened to Feng Sizhe introduce that the person in front of him was the leader of the Zhongzhou Provincial Party Committee, and hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hands to the front.

"Haha, hello, hello, congratulations." Yuan Sheng laughed and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Li Shuang. No matter whether he was angry with Feng Sizhe in his heart, he was now at someone else's wedding and there were so many people watching. At this time, he had to act friendly.

Next, Li Shuang, as the bride's official, shook hands one by one with the municipal party committee secretary Cai Xingmin, mayor Chang Ning and others who were following Yuan Sheng.

If he had been a county magistrate's driver before, he would not have been qualified for this. But today, he was able to shake hands with so many leaders because of his status as the groom. This feeling was indeed very good. But he also knew his true identity. After sending these leaders away to the guesthouse one by one, he turned around and respectfully asked Feng Sizhe, "Boss, what should we do next?"

"Let's just wait and see. If they don't move, we won't move either. If they want to move, you don't need to do anything. Just be the groom today." Feng Sizhe smiled and patted Li Shuang's shoulder. Today was definitely a big day for Li Shuang that would be remembered for the rest of his life. Under such circumstances, how could he let him worry about his own affairs?

"It's okay, boss. Just tell me if you need me to do anything." Li Shuang didn't think so. He had such a happy life now, especially when the military people came to change his name, all thanks to Feng Sizhe's care for him. It can be said that it was because of Feng Sizhe that he is where he is today. Otherwise, he might still be just a simple driver, being pointed at behind his back.

"Well, you go and greet the guests first. If necessary, you just need to prove that we were both attacked that night." Feng Sizhe saw that Li Shuang was worried about him, so in order not to disappoint him or feel guilty, he said this.

"Okay, I'll do whatever the boss tells me to do." Li Shuang answered happily. As long as the boss gave him something to do, he would be happy, because this proved that he had not been forgotten.

In the hall of the Dahu County Guesthouse, tables were lined up next to each other, and every table was filled with people. It would not be an exaggeration to describe the place as overcrowded.

Li Shuang originally wanted to arrange for Secretary Yuan and other leaders to sit in the private room, but Yuan insisted on having fun with the people, so he was arranged to sit in the hall. Even Secretary Yuan had to sit in the hall, so it was difficult for other people to make special arrangements. As a result, some people and township leaders who were not close to them went to the private room, while many county, city, and provincial leaders sat in the hall.

Everyone was seated, and Li Yige, as Li Shuang's uncle, raised his glass first, congratulating the newlyweds on their marriage and toasting everyone with a glass of wine. Then he raised his glass again, thanking Secretary Yuan and other leaders for coming, and toasted everyone with a second glass of wine. Just as he raised his glass again, wishing everyone a smooth and successful work in the new year, there was suddenly a commotion outside the door of the guesthouse, and then several men appeared in the wedding hall, protecting a girl with blood on her face.

The girl with blood on her face rushed into the hall under the protection of several sturdy men, breaking through the heavy police outside the door. Her arrival immediately caused a panic among the people in the hall. On such a festive day as a wedding, it was undoubtedly very unlucky for someone to suddenly rush in with a bloody face.

"What's going on? What are these people doing?" Seeing someone breaking in, Dahu County Party Secretary Fang Xianzhi was the first to stand up. The leaders of the provincial party committee came to inspect the work, which was originally a festive occasion, but suddenly letting such people rush in was really a loss of face. As the person in charge of Dahu County, he had to stand up to maintain order.

"Secretary Luo, take your men and ask these people to leave immediately. What are you doing?" Fang Xianzhi shouted to Luo Jinlong who was maintaining public order on the side.

Luo Jinlong was about to answer something when Secretary Yuan, who had been sitting there and not saying much, suddenly stood up and said, "Who wants to move? This girl is my daughter. Meimei, come here and let daddy take a look. What's wrong with you? Why are you like this?"

Secretary Yuan suddenly said this, and everyone in the hall immediately became agitated. A group of people suddenly rushed into the festive wedding, and some of them were covered in blood. This was enough to surprise everyone, but who would have thought that the only person with blood on her face was Secretary Yuan's daughter?

"Dad!" After Secretary Yuan said this, the girl with blood on her face screamed and threw herself into Yuan Sheng's arms. She looked as if she had suffered a lot of grievances and had nowhere to seek justice, but suddenly saw a relative who could make the decision for her.

"Ah, this... what's going on?" Seeing how things had turned out, Yongyang Municipal Party Committee Secretary Cai Xingmin, Mayor Chang Ning, and Deputy Secretary Qiu Fugui all stood up. They really didn't expect that the girl with blood on her face would actually be Secretary Yuan's daughter. What was going on? It was too puzzling.

"I also want to ask what's going on. How could my daughter be here without any problems and why is her face covered in blood? I think we should ask the local officials." Secretary Yuan stood up with a dark face after hearing the questions raised by others. He asked loudly to everyone present, especially Fang Xianzhi, the county party secretary, and Feng Sizhe, the county magistrate, of Dahu County.

"This, this I don't know either." Fang Xianzhi stood up in shock, his face full of fear and confusion.

He knew about the girl who made a scene in Feng Sizhe's office, but he had never seen the girl in person, so he didn't realize that the girl with blood on her face was the one who made a scene in Feng Sizhe's office that day. He also knew nothing about the attack on Feng Sizhe later, but he only knew that someone wanted to deal with County Magistrate Feng, and he didn't really care who did it. Sometimes being an official requires ignorance, and he was too lazy to ask too much about things that had nothing to do with him.

Compared to Fang Xianzhi's nervous expression, Feng Sizhe stood up slowly and calmly from his chair. He looked up at Yuan Meimei, whose face was covered in blood but still visible, and said, "Hey, why are you here? How did you appear here?"

"Why wouldn't I appear here? What's the matter? Do you think that if you send someone to hurt me, I will be scared away by your method? Let me tell you, I, Yuan Meimei, am not a timid girl. I am not afraid of you. I dare to fight against evil forces like you." Yuan Meimei looked at Feng Sizhe who recognized her. She was not nervous at all. Anyway, she came here today to find fault with him. It would be the same whether he recognized her earlier or later.

The conversation between Yuan Meimei and Feng Sizhe immediately made the chaotic hall even more chaotic. Listening to the sound of this conversation, everyone had doubts in their hearts. It seemed that County Magistrate Feng knew Secretary Yuan's daughter, and from what Yuan Meimei said, there seemed to be hatred between them. Even the wound on Yuan Meimei's face seemed to be caused by Feng Sizhe. What was going on? Could a county magistrate really dare to use force against the child of a provincial party committee leader? It was no wonder that Feng Sizhe dared to beat Minister Lu's son, so it was not surprising that he injured Secretary Yuan's daughter. It was just that a man and a woman had such a low opinion of each other, and it was really unreasonable to use such means.

Yuan Meimei's scream made Feng Sizhe the target of everyone's criticism in an instant, as if everyone thought that he was doing something wrong. Everyone looked at him with questioning, puzzled and even contemptuous eyes.

Looking at everyone's eyes, Yuan Sheng was laughing in his heart. What he said at the intersection of Dahu County before worked. Everyone finally believed why Feng Sizhe, who dared to fight even the Lu family, would not dare to hit his own daughter. Humph, this time, let's see how Feng Sizhe will explain and how he can clear himself of the guilt.

"What's going on? Comrade Feng Sizhe, you have to give an explanation." Seeing that there seemed to be something mysterious about the matter, Qiu Fugui, the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, seized the opportunity to speak out and directed the spearhead at Feng Sizhe first. As long as Feng Sizhe could not explain why, he could immediately order people to arrest him. This would greatly undermine Feng Sizhe's personal prestige. As a result, Chang Ning, Geng Xiao, Feng Xijun and others in the municipal party committee would have nothing to say, and they might even be implicated.

"Why are you so anxious? Of course I have something to say." Seeing Qiu Fugui jumping out again, Feng Sizhe immediately responded. After a powerful shout, Qiu Fugui, who was about to say something, didn't know what to do. He didn't expect Feng Sizhe, as a county magistrate, to dare to speak to him, the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, like this. He didn't care about whether he was big or small, and where did he put his face.