Chapter 2: Urgent Escape

Luofu Province, located in the south, is a traditional agricultural province with a long history of producing many officials. Many of the central elders have their ancestral roots in Luofu. However, in the ten years since the country explicitly proposed the reform and opening-up policy, Luofu Province has clearly lagged behind the neighboring major provinces in economic development. While the surrounding coastal provinces were making rapid strides, Luofu Province remained stagnant!

Standing in front of the dilapidated platform of Hongshui County, Yang Zixuan felt as if he were in a different world!

"County Chief Yang, please wait here. I'll go to the nearby convenience store to call the county government office and have them send a car to pick you up," Su Ming whispered to Yang Zixuan. "I forgot to call the office before we left the provincial capital."

"Sure, no problem, I'm not in a hurry!"

The telephone at the convenience store was an old-fashioned rotary dial phone. Yang Zixuan had a very deep impression of this type of phone.

Because, in his previous life, the first time he saw this "luxury item" was at the orphanage. It was when the beautiful director first led him into the orphanage.

He would never forget the image of the graceful and composed beautiful director, who always wore a warm smile on her face, even during the most difficult times for the orphanage.

Su Ming picked up the phone and dialed the office number.

"Hello, this is Su Ming. I'm back at Hongshui Railway Station with County Chief Yang. Please send a driver to pick us up."

"Sure, right away!" Xiao Lu hurriedly responded and quickly hung up the phone.

Su Ming hung up the phone with a puzzled look, muttering to himself that Xiao Lu usually spoke more formally and would often flatter him with phrases like "Secretary Su" or "Director Su." Today, however, he was unusually abrupt.

When something is out of the ordinary, there must be a reason!

Yang Zixuan also noticed that Su Ming looked a bit off after making the call and asked, "Su Ming, what's going on?"

Su Ming hesitated for a moment but then recounted Xiao Lu's unusual behavior.

As soon as he finished, Yang Zixuan's eyes widened, and he suddenly remembered the girl's words on the train, feeling a jolt of fear.

"Run with me quickly, it's too late if we wait any longer!" Yang Zixuan shouted and started running.

Although Su Ming didn't understand what was happening, he knew something big was about to happen and followed closely behind Yang Zixuan.

As they ran out of the railway station and turned around, they saw three men in plain clothes, looking suspicious, rush into the station, looking around as if searching for something.

Not daring to stop, they hurriedly ran down a small path behind the train, sprinting all the way.

Only when they saw that the three suspicious men in plain clothes were not following them did they stop.

"County Chief Yang, who were those three men?" Su Ming panted.

Yang Zixuan's face was serious as he paced back and forth, deep in thought. After a while, he looked up at Su Ming and said, "The situation is now very clear. Li Sicheng, who returned from the provincial party school, has likely reached an agreement with Xu Fuguo. Those men were probably sent by the county discipline inspection commission."

"Discipline inspection commission officers, they came to...?"

"Arrest me and isolate me for review! They want to blame the continuous losses of the Hongshui Textile Factory on me, the deputy county chief in charge."

I didn't expect Xu Fuguo and Li Sicheng to be so bold, daring to violate regulations and order the county discipline inspection commission to arrest a deputy county-level official.

"What should I do now?" Su Ming, after all, was just a small clerk and had never encountered such a situation before, panicking and not realizing that the usually "foolish" county chief had become so astute.

"You need to do three things. First, immediately go to your office and find the notebook with the confidential phone numbers of the leaders of Linpei City and other places. The county discipline inspection commission people probably haven't gotten to you yet. But don't go back to my office; it's likely already guarded by the commission. Understand?"

"Yes, County Chief." Su Ming felt a bit excited.

He thought to himself, so the county chief's usual foolishness was just an act. This must be his true self. No wonder he was already a deputy department-level official at such a young age. Indeed, people at this level are not simple. Fortunately, he hadn't done anything too out of line as a secretary, or he would be in serious trouble.

"The second thing is, once you find the notebook, bring it to Hongshui Railway Station. We'll meet there. Don't delay."

"Hongshui Railway Station? But wasn't it just searched by the commission people? Isn't that dangerous?"

"Wrong! Because it has already been searched, it will be the safest place after they leave!"

"Understood, County Chief. What's the third thing?" Although he didn't understand Yang Zixuan's intentions, Su Ming felt a surge of excitement.

"The third thing is crucial and cannot go wrong. I heard that the Hongshui Textile Factory hasn't paid wages for three months, and the workers are planning to protest at the county government. Your sister is also a worker there. Go with her to find the leaders of the protest and convince them to move the protest to today or tomorrow, the sooner the better, and the bigger the better. Once you set the time, meet me at your house. I'll take care of the other matters. Understand?"

This protest is crucial for me to escape the纠缠 of the county discipline inspection commission, so I must ensure it goes as planned.

At this moment, Su Ming was thoroughly convinced that the "foolish" county chief was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. A fool couldn't have made such a plan.

After instructing Su Ming, Yang Zixuan took out his briefcase from his luggage, which contained several thousand yuan in cash. Fortunately, he had brought enough cash for the trip to the provincial capital, or it would have been very troublesome.

He stuffed a pen and some necessary items into his pocket and didn't dare to return to the original route to Hongshui Railway Station. Instead, he hailed a small motorcycle and took a few detours through the outskirts.

He then had the driver stop at a clothing store on the side of the road, where he bought a set of homespun clothes and a large hat, completely changing his appearance. After confirming that the discipline inspection commission officers had left, he returned to the convenience store with the public phone outside Hongshui Railway Station.

Better safe than sorry!

In such a critical situation, Yang Zixuan couldn't afford to be careless!

He took out a cigarette and lit it, planning his next move based on the fragments of memory in his mind.

Clearly, the situation was now very urgent. If he were isolated for review by the discipline inspection commission, he would be completely finished. From his previous life, he knew that the commission had many ways to make you submit.

Once isolated for review, his family might be able to save his life, but his political career would be over.

Because his family wouldn't waste resources on someone who couldn't even stand firm in a small county.

Moreover, according to the fragments of memory in his mind, his family had already cultivated a new generation of successors, who were now the outstanding young leaders. Yang Zixuan, as a direct grandson, seemed to have been completely forgotten by his prominent red family...

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End of Chapter 2

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