Return To 1977 Chapter 50: Decision

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The door slammed against the door frame, and the glass made a trembling sound. Xing Zhengyi stared at Deputy Director Sun's leaving figure through the glass and gritted his teeth.

"What the hell, he is a real rogue."

"Nonsense. Director Sun is your leader."

Director Qin was fortunate to have called out to Xing Zhengyi, and the boy almost chased him out.

"I don't admit it. People who confuse black and white and flatter others are not worthy of being leaders at all!" Xing Zhengyi became stubborn again.

"Why are you so stupid again? You just glare at me when you disagree? If you don't admit it, take off your clothes and get out. Anyway, if you continue like this, you won't be able to do this for a few days."

Director Qin pointed at Xing Zhengyi’s nose and cursed. If not for anything else, he just wanted to teach this kid some knowledge of human affairs. Otherwise, he would have to destroy himself if he didn't know how high the sky is and how high he is.

Xing Zhengyi was a little flustered by the scolding, and even more confused. "Director Qin, I..."

Director Qin did not give Xing Zhengyi a chance to speak. "What am I? Tell you, kid. First, from now on, be polite to me no matter whether you are dealing with Company Commander Tian or Director Sun. No raising your tail, let alone contradicting me. Two, please control your mouth from now on. If you say anything that is politically sensitive, Don't say anything, don't say anything at all. Don't you understand?"

"I don't understand!" Xing Zhengyi became angry again, still unconvinced.

"How can I say hello to you? You are a bastard, you are over 20 years old and you haven't weaned yourself yet? Why don't you understand the world at all?"

Director Qin was so angry that he cursed a few times and suddenly choked and couldn't even speak. His excited and angry look made Xing Zhengyi speechless for a moment, and he could only lower his head and pretend to be mute.

After a while, Director Qin regained his composure. He originally wanted to teach Xing Zhengyi a lesson, but his heart softened when he saw the wound on his head.

"Hey, you are good at work, but you have a bad and tough temper. You have to understand that rushing and attacking will not only not help, but will also offend people out of thin air. To be a qualified people's policeman, You can’t just rely on brute force. And in this special period, danger may sometimes come from behind, so you must learn to protect yourself.”

Xing Zhengyi opened his eyes wide, "You mean..."

Director Qin looked directly into his eyes and nodded, "Yes, that's right."

Xing Zhengyi lowered his head to think again, now much calmer.

Director Qin took the trouble to ask again, "I'm not worried about anything else. With your temper, you don't care about it at first. It's too easy for others to catch you. What if someone deliberately leads you to say something you shouldn't say? What should I do? You must be careful not to let others catch you in your words in the future. You are still young and you don’t know how powerful some things are.”

If I didn’t really think about Xing Zhengyi, I would never have said this.

Xing Zhengyi's eyes softened after hearing this, and his expression suddenly turned to shame. Director Qin's love for him had melted his strength.

"I was wrong. You are right, I was too naive and too impulsive. Just like just now, I lost my temper, but what should be resolved was not resolved. Instead, the conflict became more intensified."

"Just understand, remember your words. If you weren't injured, I wouldn't have spared you."

Director Qin was laughing in anger, but fortunately Xing Zhengyi finally understood his painstaking efforts. This kid is stubborn as **** when he's looking for something, but once he realizes his mistake, he'll be terribly ashamed. When he's tough, he's like a man, but when he's blushing, he's like a child. It's both annoying and cute.

Seeing Director Qin smile, Xing Zhengyi also laughed. But soon he frowned and raised another troublesome question. "What about Hong Yanwu? What should we do with him?"

Director Qin immediately fell silent and sighed after a moment. "What else can I do? I definitely can't write a letter of commendation. As for whether to deduct people or not..."

Halfway through the conversation, Director Qin suddenly noticed that Xing Zhengyi looked extremely concerned. He really couldn't bear to tell the truth like this. So, it took another long while before he managed to speak out.

"Hong Yanwu's status is too high. It would be okay if he was just a two-job worker. It's just that he still...can't help it..."

"No way?" Xing Zhengyi interrupted with eyes wide open. “Didn’t we say long ago that ‘it’s not just about composition, it’s about performance’?”

"You are such a stupid boy. Why didn't you ask about Hong Yanwu's composition? You didn't think enough about it."

Director Qin couldn't help but shake his head after speaking. This Xing Zhengyi works hard enough, but he is too slow mentally, and accepting death and applying it in some places becomes childish.

Yes, although the slogan "focus on performance" does exist, it is just a slogan. Isn’t it up to people to say whether your performance is good or not? No matter how nice the words are, they are nothing more than the moon in the water and the flowers in the mirror that can be seen but cannot be touched.

Seeing that Xing Zhengyi was still thinking hesitantly, Director Qin reminded him worriedly. "I will try my best to help him talk about Hong Yanwu's matter when Captain Tian comes back. You must stay out of this matter, otherwise it will be easy for others to attack your ideological stance."

Xing Zhengyi still refuses to give up. "But, the director..."

Director Qin allowed no objection and quickly extended his hand. "Please calm down. Company Commander Tian is so proud. He made a wish in front of everyone this time. You and Zhao Zhenmin will not be able to escape with a third-class meritorious service. Why did Deputy Director Sun make such a fuss for so long just now? Isn't he just trying to find trouble?" Have you messed up your work? Don't be stupid."

Director Qin was thinking about Xing Zhengyi. Unexpectedly, Xing Zhengyi not only didn't nod when he heard this, but also became stubborn and started to push the cow with his lips pouted.

"Director Qin, what if I use my contribution in exchange? Can you let Hong Yanwu go? Give him another letter of praise?"

Director Qin was shocked and angry at this answer. He said a lot of things he shouldn't have said openly today, just hoping that Xing Zhengyi would stop causing trouble. He admired this upright young policeman so much that he didn't want him to be delayed because of his immature moral values. Although I feel a little ashamed of Hong Yanwu, the current social situation is basically like this. You can't risk the future of an excellent policeman for a person who is destined to be wronged, right? But he didn't expect that Xing Zhengyi was not considerate at all and would say such a thing.

"What did you say?"

"I said I would exchange my contribution for Hong Yanwu..."

"Fart! What are you thinking about? You just don't want a future, why don't you feel sorry for me and let me take a breather!"

"I'm serious, I don't care about the credit. If you don't agree, I'll go find Captain Tian..."

Director Qin was really angry and slammed his fist on the table. "Nonsense! What do you think this is? Are you negotiating the price? Just go ahead. If you don't get stripped of your police uniform, it will be in vain!"

"Director Qin, I am serious. Zhao Zhenmin and I both owe him, and it is against my conscience to ignore this matter."

I originally wanted to continue to "defeat" Xing Zhengyi, but Director Qin was confused when he heard this.

"Owe him? What do you...mean?"

"I have to be honest with you, this arrest is not actually our fault, it's all thanks to that Hong Yanwu..."

"It all depends on him? What did you say?"

Seeing Director Qin, he couldn't believe it at all. Xing Zhengyi blushed and began to recount the facts of today in detail. Director Qin was lost in thought as he listened.

"...I didn't like him at first, but later I found out that he knew a lot more stuff than we did. The thief couldn't hide anything he wanted to do, and he was right to do as he said. It was even more powerful when he did it. No thief can survive a single round under him, even if he doesn't want to be convinced. If he hadn't been here today, Zhenmin and I would have been seriously injured, let alone catching the thief. Can I just ignore this? ? Then who am I! It would be too unfair to arrest him..."

Director Qin was silent after listening, his heart was in turmoil. He could see that Xing Zhengyi was determined to protect Hong Yanwu.

To say that Hong Yanwu's nature is indeed not bad. You can say whatever you want. I am afraid that the reason why he took the wrong path is mostly due to society. Moreover, this child is only seventeen years old. Even if he made a mistake, he shouldn't have been sent to a labor camp for adults? It seems that this is once again the "light" of family background, and it is another unsettled debt.

What's more, according to Xing Zhengyi, this Hong Yanwu is independent-minded and quick-witted. He knows "Buddha" better than the police. He is even more mature than Xing Zhengyi in terms of judgment and adaptability. He also has extremely excellent fighting skills. ability. In this arrest, Hong Yanwu's comprehensive qualities even exceeded that of an experienced police officer. If you look at it this way, how does he look like a labor camp inmate? If it weren't for his family background, or if he hadn't taken the wrong path, he would have been a good candidate to be a police officer. It would be a pity.

At this time, Director Qin did sympathize with Hong Yanwu, but he was still undecided about letting him go. There were some things that Xing Zhengyi didn't know yet, but he knew how powerful the military representatives and the deputy director were. They are now a group of official hooligans with a protective umbrella and a backstage behind them. The scary thing about officials like them is that they can legitimately use their power to form gangs and do evil. If he really let Hong Yanwu go without permission, he would be playing into the hands of these people and giving them the best excuse to blame him...

Xing Zhengyi watched Director Qin's expression change, gritted his teeth and finally couldn't help but interrupt.

"Didn't you say that the duty of our police is to eliminate crime and support justice? Didn't you say that we should keep the entire society clean and orderly? But if we do what the deputy director and others said, it will be It’s true that good people have been wronged. If we can’t protect the people and see good people being wronged, then what kind of people’s police are we?”

Director Qin didn't say a word at first, but when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but feel shocked.

He couldn't help but repeat what Xing Zhengyi said - if you can't protect the people and see good people being wronged, what kind of people's police are they?

Yes, the public security in our country is called the people's police. Isn't that just to safeguard justice and justice and protect the people? Thinking back to the beginning, wasn't the reason why he was sent down just to protect good people? How could he forget such an important thing?

Director Qin couldn't help but think of September 1966, when he was interrogating the arsonist in the coal shed of a middle school in the district.

What kind of arsonist is that? He looked fair and thin, and he was just a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old.

He still remembered that when he heard the boy's confession of the case, his heart was throbbing uncontrollably. He had no choice but to feel deep sympathy for this underage "little criminal".

It turned out that the boy's parents were both teachers in this middle school, and both died in the "Red August", the fiercest fight. In order to avenge his parents, the boy sneaked into the school late at night and planned to pour diesel and set fire to the headquarters where his parents were imprisoned. But at the last moment of lighting the fire, the boy was discouraged but regretted it again. What was even more unfortunate was that when the boy packed his things and was about to leave quietly, he was discovered. The boy failed to escape and was caught on the spot, beaten half to death and imprisoned in the coal shed.

This case was later designated as a major case by the branch. After the preliminary trial, in order to find a reasonable way out for the boy, he proposed leniency after careful consideration on the grounds that the boy had never even struck a match. However, due to the special era of "preferring to the left rather than the right" at that time, his superiors not only rejected his opinions, but also severely criticized him because of his incorrect stance. He also told him that the interrogation was just a formality, and the final decision on how to deal with it was up to him. This means that no matter what the verdict is, someone will beat the boy to death without restraint.

What to do? If this child dies again, it will be a tragedy of annihilation.

This is really the first time that he has faced such a difficult problem. In this special period, there is actually a contradiction between justice and conscience and the instructions from his superiors. After much thought, he decided that he could not watch the boy lose his life.

Since he once directed the civil air defense project for this middle school, he still remembered that there was an entrance to the air raid shelter under the school's coal shed. So, during the second trial, he quietly revealed the secret to the poor boy while his colleague was going to the toilet. The boy who had gained life couldn't help but knelt down excitedly in the surprise. The face that bit his lips fiercely, tried his best to control the grin and was ready to accept tears, will always be remembered in his heart.

The next morning, a large air-raid shelter opened in the coal shed, and the boy escaped successfully. During the subsequent investigation, the colleague who went to the toilet suspected him and reported it to his superiors. As a result, he was among the first batch of public security cadres to be dealt with internally by the branch, and was sent to the "May 7th" Cadre School and decentralized for ten years.

But he never regretted this matter. He believed that it was out of his duties as a people's policeman that he did something that violated the principles of the organization for the first time in his life. Although he violated discipline in this matter, he is worthy of his conscience and worthy of the title of people's policeman. It's worth exchanging the life of an innocent child for ten years of devolution.

Xing Zhengyi is going to do the same thing now, and isn't this insistence on justice and the feeling of not seeing good people being wronged the same as he did back then? Can he blame Xing Zhengyi for being so stubborn? Can you still object? Can you help me?

Speaking of which, it was after he was transferred back from Xingkai Lake that he began to become cautious and trembling. Fortunately, he always thought that this was political maturity and a temporary concession in tactics. In fact, deep down in his heart, he had already vaguely felt that this was weakness, compromise, and surrender. But every time he thought about this before, he would always comfort himself with the words "If anything needs to be changed, there must be a process." But at this moment, he discovered that he had gradually forgotten the principles he had always adhered to and his responsibilities, and had become unlike himself.

I am ashamed. I have worked as a police officer all my life, and today I let a junior teach me.

Director Qin took a deep breath, looked at Xing Zhengyi, and solemnly made his promise.

"I promise you, let Hong Yanwu go immediately."

Xing Zhengyi looked happy after hearing this, "Director, that letter of commendation..."

When this was mentioned, Director Qin looked embarrassed again, "This is all I can do. You will go check the stolen goods in a moment, and give Hong Yanwu what he is looking for before you leave."

This is undoubtedly the final decision. Director Qin’s voice contained helplessness and fatigue.

Xing Zhengyi opened his mouth blankly, but the following words were not uttered in the end.