Dai Yunfei was usually arrogant in front of the crowd and had never seen such a scene before. Seeing that he could not be intimidated, he ran away immediately.

Wang Lang didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he quickly stopped the villagers and shouted that they could discuss the matter.

The villagers had been holding back their anger for a long time, and they all turned their anger towards Wang Lang. An old man picked up a wooden stick and hit Wang Lang on the head, knocking him unconscious instantly.

Later, the construction team and handymen had to rush forward and drag Wang Lang out. Otherwise, even if Wang Lang was not beaten to death, he would have been trampled to death.

……

Because the situation was urgent, Qi Tongwei kept urging Huang Xiaojun to drive faster, so half an hour later, they finally arrived at the entrance of Zhaojiazhai Mountain.

After getting off the car, Qi Tongwei hurried over, looked at Wang Lang lying on a straw mat, walked over quickly and bent down.

"Lao Wang, Lao Wang, how are you? Are you okay?"

At this moment, Wang Lang had woken up, but he was still confused and spoke incoherently.

"Ugh"

Qi Tongwei sighed and could only wait for the police station's three-wheeled motorcycle to arrive before sending the patient to the county hospital.

"Where is Mayor Dai?" Qi Tongwei said with a serious expression, looking at the twenty or so workers standing beside him.

Liu Dafei, the leader of the construction team, responded, "Secretary Qi, Mayor Dai has fled to somewhere, and now the villagers are blocking us from digging. What should we do?"

Qi Tongwei looked not far away and saw more than a dozen men, holding wooden sticks, led by an old man, surrounding the cenotaph. Behind the cenotaph, there was a dense crowd, including young men, women, old people and children watching the fun.

Qi Tongwei was about to go over, but Huang Xiaojun stopped him and said, "Secretary Qi, you can't go. Those villagers are too violent and beat people up at every turn. Mayor Wang was knocked unconscious by them."

Liu Dafei, the construction team leader, also agreed, "Yes, Secretary Qi, please ask Chief Cheng from the police station to come over. He will definitely have a way to deal with them."

Qi Tongwei certainly understood, but unless it was absolutely necessary, it was better not to cause disputes between the police and the public. When it comes to mass work, peace and stability are the most important thing.

"Director Cheng will be here soon, but when he comes, you should stop him here and tell him that no one is allowed to come here without my order. Do you understand me?"

Huang Xiaojun wanted to give some more advice, but seeing Qi Tongwei's firm attitude, he could not say anything more. He nodded and said, "I understand, Secretary Qi, please be careful."

Qi Tongwei nodded and slowly walked towards the villagers.

The old man in the lead saw Qi Tongwei coming over, looked at him warily, tightened the stick in his hand, and growled at the man next to him.

"Come on, everyone!"

Seeing Qi Tongwei approaching, the old man shouted angrily, "Stop! If you dare to dig graves again, don't blame us for being rude."

"Yes, you're welcome!" More than a dozen big men also shouted angrily.

Qi Tongwei originally wanted to get closer to the villagers so that they could see his sincerity, but seeing that the old man was very emotional, he quickly stopped on the dirt road about ten meters away from the cenotaph.

The crowd was led by the old man. Qi Tongwei concluded that this man must be a clan leader or something like that, and was destined to be highly respected and have high authority in Zhaojiazhai.

So I thought, as long as I can deal with him, the rest of the work will be much easier.

"Hey, old man, I'm the deputy secretary of Xinyue Town. This pipeline construction is a livelihood project launched by our town. The money you donated before is used to repair this."

"This is something that will benefit future generations, and I hope everyone will understand..."

"Officials, stop talking nonsense!"

A man in his forties shouted, "If we had known that the money we donated was to dig up our ancestors' graves, we would not have donated it at the time. What's more, we are still working on the pipeline. We would rather die of thirst than dig up our ancestors' homes."

"Yes, Mangzi is right. Filial piety is the most important virtue. In our Zhaojiazhai, there is no such thing as digging graves."

Qi Tongwei waved his hand and said, "Fellow villagers, listen to me, we didn't dig up the grave. As far as I know, they didn't know this was a cenotaph and dug it up accidentally."

"I think it's not a long-term solution to keep this cenotaph here. Why don't we use the government to fund its relocation to a more suitable place? What do you think?"

The old man rejected it without even thinking about it, saying, "We have been in Zhaojiazhai for more than 300 years. We believe in resting in peace. There is no reason to relocate us. This is disrespectful. If we do this, our descendants will do the same to us. Don't you think so?"

"that is……"

"Yes, Uncle Zhao is right."

"That's right!"

Although after the reform and opening up, the Chinese people's clothing style, food, clothing, housing, transportation, customs, habits, and love concepts have undergone great changes, but in the area of ​​weddings and funerals, they have still largely retained the tradition.

Especially in a mountain village like Zhaojiazhai, which has been isolated from the world for a long time, it is extremely difficult to relocate graves.

Just as Qi Tongwei was thinking of a countermeasure, the sound of sirens suddenly rang out from the foot of the mountain.

Hearing the sound, the villagers of Zhaojiazhai became excited instantly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and some timid women hurriedly pulled their children and ran into the village.

Finally, only some young and strong men were left to watch over the scene, but their faces no longer had the calmness just now, and they were obviously more panicked.

The old man clenched his stick and roared, "Okay, okay, okay, you're calling the police, eh? If you dare, just shoot us to death."

Qi Tongwei secretly thought that this was not good. He had just thought of a solution, but now everything was disrupted.

"Uncle, uncle, don't get me wrong, the police are not here to force you, they are just here to maintain order, don't worry"

The old man didn't believe it at all. Instead, he looked at Qi Tongwei more vigilantly.

The big man named Mangzi came over and said to the old man, "Uncle Zhao, don't worry, I've asked Sanyazi and the others to go back and grab their weapons."

When the old man heard this, he suddenly yelled, "Ruffian! Who told you to do this? Hurry and ask them to come back and stop messing around!"

Mangzi pointed at the police team running up and responded dissatisfiedly, "Uncle Zhao, they have called the police, it is obvious that they are serious. Can we be their opponent with just these few sticks?"

"What should we do if they force us to dig up our ancestors' graves? Are we just going to watch them? Uncle Zhao... you are getting old and confused!"

The old man's eyes turned red, but he didn't blame Mangzi for his disrespect. He looked at the cenotaph that had been dug up beyond recognition, as if he had made some kind of decision...

"Okay! Then let's fight them!"

The more Qi Tongwei looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong. Why did it feel like the people opposite him were signing a life and death agreement? Their eyes were as determined as if they wanted to join the party.

"Nothing is going to happen..." Qi Tongwei suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

……

"Hey, Director Cheng, Secretary Qi said that no one is allowed to go in without his order."

Huang Xiaojun saw that Dudu wanted to rush forward, so he hurried forward to stop him.

Seeing that there were more than a dozen fierce-looking men holding sticks standing in front of Qi Tongwei, Dudu was very worried about Qi Tongwei's safety. He quickly pulled Huang Xiaojun away and shouted to the police behind him, "Hurry, hurry, protect Secretary Qi!"

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