Chapter 1377 - 1426: Superintendent vs. Secretary
People on both sides began to raise their guns, aiming at each other. Fortunately, this place was relatively remote, and occasionally when vehicles passed by, they only thought it was a movie shoot, without considering that it was actually a standoff between two groups of police.
"Stop!" A car drove over, the window rolled down, and Song Zhentao stuck his head out and shouted.
Song Zhentao initially planned to take a nap, but then thought it better to quickly present a token of allegiance to the Li family for future promotion and wealth, so he asked his secretary to drive him. The secretary noticed Li Yifei being surrounded by police and quickly alerted Song Zhentao. When Song Zhentao saw this, his heart skipped a beat. Having just fully pledged allegiance to the Li family, he encountered such a situation. He hurriedly got out of the car and ran over, shouting as he saw the police taking action.
Closing in, Song Zhentao discovered that the leader was actually a police inspector, a rank not found in Mile City. Furthermore, he recognized Song Ranmin and saw him in a standoff with the second-level police inspector. Song Zhentao was instantly confused but still quickly ran over to intervene, shouting, "I’m Song Zhentao, Secretary of the Mile City Municipal Committee. Who are you?"
The second-level police inspector frowned upon hearing this. He came to Mile City very discreetly, not intending to contact Mile City’s officials, much less the police. But unexpectedly, he immediately encountered the Municipal Party Secretary, Mile City’s highest official.
Crucially, he knew Song Zhentao, and Song Zhentao knew him. They had never interacted, having only occasionally seen each other at meetings.
Song Zhentao, panting, stopped and automatically stood between the police and Li Yifei, furrowing his brow as he looked at the second-level police inspector and curiously asked, "Are you Wang Xiaobo? What are you doing here? Mile City hasn’t had any major cases recently. Also, how did you end up confronting Little Song? Put down your guns. There’s no explanation needed to resort to pointing guns at each other!"
The Municipal Party Secretary only oversees the overall situation, generally not needing to know about regular cases, but he would know about major cases since mishandling them would be his responsibility. Moreover, generally when a special investigation team is sent from the provincial capital, it signals a sensational major case. That’s why he asked.
Wang Xiaobo, the second-level police inspector, was annoyed that the other party directly called out his name. Although they were half a rank apart, he was a provincial cadre, and Song Zhentao couldn’t do anything to him, so he didn’t need to be too polite. He was annoyed because the other party calling his name provided arrogant Li Yifei with information.
Song Ranmin obediently put down his gun, and Mile City’s police followed suit. People from the provincial department hesitated a bit but also put down their guns, leaving only Wang Xiaobo, who frowned but finally put down his gun.
Wang Xiaobo’s facial muscles twitched, and he said with a forced smile, "Secretary Song, your Mile City police are truly organized and disciplined, openly shielding criminals and even drawing guns against us."