Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Director Li, save me."

The moment she saw Li Huaide, a glimmer of hope appeared in Nie Yuanying's eyes.

When Li Huaide and others squeezed into the crowd, everyone was stunned. This scene was unprecedented. Even when he dealt with his former opponents, he had never been so brutal.

Screams.

Begging for mercy.

Cries.

There was no shouting or cursing.

Those people, including Nie Yuanying, were all terrified.

At the beginning, some people tried to escape, while others were unwilling to accept the result and started to curse. It was not until Jiang Ping broke the legs of the curser in front of everyone that there was no more cursing.

"Liu Guozheng, you are so brave! You dare to touch Director Nie?"

Before Li Huaide could say anything, Liu Haizhong couldn't wait to express himself.

Liu Guangqi followed closely and said, "Captain Liu is right. Liu Guozheng, you are a farmer but you are so bold. Director Nie is the head of the entire Dongcheng District Joint Action Committee. Shooting you is a light punishment."

"Liu Guozheng, you are committing a crime against your superiors. You should be killed."

This is Yu Haitang. As a restless person, he will naturally not be inferior to others when it is time to show his ability.

"Humph!"

Li Huaide was very dissatisfied. These three people were good at playing tricks on others, but they were brainless and dared to make a fuss without understanding the situation. Liu Guozheng was not sure that he dared to do this? He didn't even avoid people?

"Hahaha, Brother Liu, what did these people do wrong?"

Li Huaide turned around and immediately put on a smiling face.

"Brother Li, come here, come this way."

Liu Guozheng also smiled and waved to Li Huaide.

"Brother, this is a bit of a big deal."

Li Huaide arrived at the door of the office and sat next to Liu Guozheng naturally.

"Brother Li, this is just a big punishment for a small warning. We must not be lenient with these speculators. We must resolutely, thoroughly, and cleanly eliminate the speculators hiding among the people, especially those who use the slogans of the movement to deceive others, wantonly frame others, and retaliate against the people."

Liu Guozheng knows it very well. He is not afraid of repeating himself, but he is afraid that you dare not speak.

Li Huaide said calmly, "Brother, that's what you said, but have you forgotten that you just want an office in the new village, not a police station, and you don't have the power to enforce the law."

"Brother Li, Xiaguo belongs to the people. As a member of the people, I have the responsibility, and everyone has the responsibility, to find out those hidden bad elements, protect the home we have worked so hard to build, and restore peace to our lives."

"Brother, is there any misunderstanding here?"

Li Huaide's main purpose of coming here was to save people. He decided to come here on the spur of the moment after receiving a call from Jiang Zhengyi. For safety reasons, he brought a lot of people with him.

"Misunderstanding? Not at all. Don't worry about my work, brother. If you can't pass the test today, don't even think about escaping."

"Brother, what kind of assessment is this?"

"Brother Li, your question is not very relevant. Who initiated this movement? What is its guiding ideology?"

"Of course it was initiated by the old man, and everyone tacitly accepts the old man's quotations as the guiding ideology."

"Is it this one?"

Liu Guozheng took out the Little Red Book again and waved it in front of Li Huaide.

"Brother, you are a thoughtful person. You always carry the Little Red Book with you. To be frank, I have one in my pocket, too."

"Really? So Brother Li has completely understood the old man's words?"

Li Huaide thought he was being very modest and said, "I understand a little bit, a little bit."

"A little bit? Brother Li, then I'm going to test you."

Liu Guozheng looked at Li Huaide with ill intention.

Li Huaide was still confused at this moment. Why was he testing himself in the middle of a conversation? Where did Liu Guozheng get such courage? Did he have some hidden identity?

"Director Li, don't be fooled by Liu Guozheng."

Nie Yuanying was anxious. Who could pass Liu Guozheng's assessment method? To put it bluntly, even those who compiled the quotations into a book could not pass.

"Brother Li, do you know each other?"

"I saw you at the meeting, bro. Can I ask why Director Nie said that?"

"Brother Li, this is Nie Yuanying, who keeps saying that everything she does is guided by the Quotations, but in the end, she can't even remember what the Quotations said. Do you think she is an opportunist, dark-minded, and double-dealing?"

"No, brother, what you said is serious. Who can remember all the quotations in the Little Red Book?"

"I."

"what?"

Li Huaide's computer crashed immediately. If he couldn't remember the quotations, he was an opportunist? He was a double-dealer? Then wasn't I also one of them?

"Director Li, Liu Guozheng is being unreasonable. You have to make the decision for us."

"Director Li, help us, please save us."

"Director Li, please, I kowtow to you."

"Director Li, I'm still young and I don't want my legs broken."

"..."

There were only a few people who dared to ask for help. Jiang Ping did what he said and broke their legs in front of Li Huaide.

Looking at the somewhat crazy Jiang Ping, Li Huaide shuddered. He knew that Liu Guozheng was brave, but he didn't expect him to be so bold. Those who had their legs broken were the backbones of various schools and some units in Dongcheng District. Since the storm started on a large scale, these people have been bullying others. They didn't expect to meet the even more ruthless Liu Guozheng.

"Brother, aren't you going too far? Don't let this get you into trouble."

"Haha, I appreciate Brother Li's kindness. Since Brother Li has brought people here, let your people also participate in the assessment. It will be a test for them."

"Brother, brother, don't worry about my men. They are all good comrades who have been tested and loyal soldiers of the old man."

"Brother Li, who can't say nice things and big words? Loyalty or disloyalty cannot be expressed with words."

"Brother, how can we prove it?"

"Of course it's the old man's quotes."

"What kind of assessment method should be used?"

"Brother Li, how about you try it first and set an example for them?"

Seeing Liu Guozheng's half-smile, Li Huaide had a bad feeling. Thinking of what Nie Yuanying had just said, telling her not to be fooled by Liu Guozheng, could it be that Liu Guozheng wanted to take the opportunity to kill him?

Besides, I still don’t know how to use the Little Red Book to identify the assessment. What if I fail? Will I end up like Nie Yuanying’s subordinates?

Li Huaide decided to wait and see and give this opportunity to his right-hand man, Liu Haizhong.

When Liu Haizhong heard Li Huaide calling him, his face turned pale. He also had the Little Red Book with him, but he couldn't recognize many of the words on it, let alone memorize them.

However, he dared not disobey Li Huaide's orders.

However, he did not dare to accept the test. He saw the miserable conditions of those people and thought that they must have failed the so-called test.

"Director Li, this opportunity should be left to the young people. I think Yu Haitang is a good candidate. She is young and knowledgeable, and will definitely pass the assessment."

Who said Liu Haizhong was stupid? He was very good at diverting trouble to others.

"Captain Liu, you are the captain, you should take the lead."

Yu Haitang was not stupid either. She understood the current situation. She learned it from Nie Yuanying. When other people's attention was focused elsewhere, she asked Nie Yuanying.

"Haitang, don't refuse. The opportunity should be left to you young people."

"Captain Liu, you should go first. I'm young and inexperienced."

"..."

The two of them pushed each other back and forth, and Li Huaide became impatient and said directly: "Okay, the three of you will take the test together. Liu Haizhong will be the first, Liu Guangqi will be the second, and Yu Haitang will be the third."

"Ok?"

Seeing that the three people wanted to say something, Li Huaide's face darkened and he looked at them unhappily.

"Jiang Ping, stop over there for a moment and let Brother Li's men get in."

Liu Haizhong and the other two cursed in their hearts, "Liu Guozheng, please act like a human being. Who would be willing to cut in line and make trouble for themselves?"

They have now realized that this is Liu Guozheng taking the opportunity to retaliate against them, and they only hate themselves for having let themselves go off the rails just now.

Now that Liu Guozheng was watching him, he had no choice but to accept the assessment.

Jiang Ping weighed the iron rod in his hand, walked up to Liu Haizhong, and asked three questions directly. Everyone has three chances. As long as you can guess right once, you can avoid the fate of a broken leg.

"Jiang Ping, stop it."

Liu Haizhong didn't answer correctly once. When he raised the iron rod to hit Liu Haizhong's legs, Liu Guozheng called a halt and threw the question to Li Huaide:

"Brother Li, see? This is a typical opportunist. You deal with your people."

"hiss..."

Li Huaide took a deep breath and thought to himself, Liu Guozheng, Liu Guozheng, you are really good. If you can't recite it, you are a speculator, a bad element, and a double-dealer. According to this logic, those who are involved in the movement in the entire Xia country will be labeled as speculators.

"Brother Li, what's wrong? Is your tooth hurting?"

"No, no, no, brother, isn't that too arbitrary?"

"No, don't worry about what we do. We are definitely more reliable than Nie Yuanying and Liu Haizhong. When they bully people, they just rely on their mouths, but I have a complete ideological basis and strictly follow the instructions of the Quotations."

Li Huaide has regretted it now. He used to have a good relationship with Liu Guozheng, but just one step away he ended up in the current situation. When someone uses the Quotations from the Past to make a point, who dares to refute him?

If you want to refute Liu Guozheng's approach, you must first memorize the entire book of quotations.

It is not enough to just memorize it. You have to remember exactly which page, which line, what it says, which word, and even every punctuation mark.

Who dares to play like this?

Given the current situation in the Xia Kingdom, this collection of quotations is similar to the imperial sword in ancient times.

"Brother Li, being soft on these opportunists is irresponsible to the people and is in conflict with the movement."

If killing is not against the law, Li Huaide would now want to shoot Liu Guozheng with the Equality of All Beings Device. He dares to say anything, and you can't find a reason to refute him.

"Brother, I understand how you feel. After all, we are not a law enforcement agency. It is illegal to do this."

"Oh? Since they are not from the law enforcement department, like Nie Yuanying, Liu Haizhong and the like, who gave them the right to come to my office to cause trouble? Brother Li, it's not you, is it? If that's the case, I'm really sad."

"I..this.."

"Brother Li, people like Nie Yuanying, who are not law enforcement officials, are not even cadres. They came to my office and accused me of being a capital-roader and enjoying life. Do you think this is a wanton framing of good people and destroying our hard-earned achievements in construction?

Now I have reason to suspect that they were instructed by hostile forces from abroad to come here specifically to cause sabotage.

What is even more infuriating is that they use the old man's name, claiming to use the quotations as their guiding ideology, to wantonly frame others and attack dissidents. What is this? This is to destroy the unity of our country and smear the old man's image in the hearts of the people. Their intentions are despicable.

I recommend execution on the spot."