Xue Xiang asked, and there was a commotion among the surrounding crowd. Then, a young man who looked like a thin monkey was pushed into the middle. It was the one who pointed out that he saw someone holding a vise and gesticulating in front of the boiler valve before the boiler exploded.
Lean young man.
Xue Xiang stared at him and said in a deep voice: "Comrade Xiaoma, don't be nervous. Next, I have a few questions for you. Just answer them truthfully!"
Xiao Ma hurriedly waved his hands and said anxiously: "Xue, County Magistrate Xue, I only saw someone in front of the boiler, holding a vise and gesturing. As for whether they did it, I don't know, so don't ask me.
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"Ma Xiaotian, what are you talking nonsense about? If you hadn't come forward to identify it, things would have turned out like this? Now, you said you are not sure, what did you do earlier? It's easy for you to talk nonsense, and it delayed us all.
The livelihood of thousands of people in the factory is beyond your control!"
As soon as Xiao Ma finished speaking, the old worker jumped to his feet and began to yell and curse, which made Xiao Ma flinch and retreat repeatedly.
Xue Xiang waved his hand to signal everyone to calm down, and said to Xiao Ma: "You just said 'them', wasn't there just one person? Comrade Xiao Ma, this is a matter of life and death, so I hope you won't talk nonsense."
Xue Xiang's tone became serious, and Xiao Ma flinched more and more, but he was still squeaking and speechless.
Seeing this situation, Xue Xiang thought to himself and said calmly: "Comrade Xiaoma, don't worry, even if you played a disgraceful role in it, as long as you tell it truthfully, our policy is to be frank and lenient, and to resist.
Be strict, you know this. In such a major incident, as long as you perform meritorious service, your guilt will be greatly reduced."
After Xue Xiang finished speaking, the pony looked like a madman, waving his arms repeatedly and shouting: "County Magistrate Xue, you are wronged, I did not pry the boiler valve with them. I just wanted to steal some waste..." The words ended here.
, Xiao Ma suddenly covered his mouth, but it was too late after all.
Everyone knows by now that the word "scrap" must be followed by the word "iron". What's more, Xiao Ma must know more hidden secrets. It's just because he is afraid of revealing that he stole scrap iron.
, so I tried to shirk it in every possible way. After all, at this time, stealing from the public
Taking possession of property is still a very serious crime. Of course, there are also workers who secretly move some knickknacks to their homes now, but these cannot be made public. If it is really made known to everyone, the punishment will be extremely serious as well.
If it's serious, if it doesn't work well, you'll have to be fired from your job.
Xiaoma saw everyone's expressions and knew that the matter was finally revealed. Thinking of the terrible consequences, he fell to the ground, hugged his head, and started to cry.
Xue Xiang said: "Comrade Xiaoma, although petty theft is not a good habit, it is not a heinous crime. As long as you reveal what you saw that day, you will have made a great contribution. Here, let me express my opinion.
If so, your situation will be treated leniently."
When the pony heard that something had changed, he stood up, rushed to Xue Xiang's side, grabbed his sleeve, and begged: "County Xue, I dare not ask for anything else, fines, hard labor, I accept them.
I have brought it upon myself, and I just ask you to agree not to expel me, otherwise, I will not be able to live, and my father will have to beat me to death..."
Xue Xiang patted him on the shoulder and reassured him again. Only then did Xiao Ma stop sobbing and talk about what happened that day.
"I got up at around six o'clock this morning because three days ago, when I was transporting coking coal to the steel-making furnace, I found a lot of waste coking iron and scraps not far from the boiler.
I just wanted to steal it and change it for some money when no one was paying attention. Everyone knows about my family's situation. My father is sick and there are two girls below.
I could barely survive with my dead wages and my father's meager pension when I went to school, but the factory didn't pay for expenses for more than two months, and my family couldn't cope with it, so I got into a weird idea.
, Otherwise, I wouldn’t be doing this job. Let’s all pat our chests and think about it. Last year, I guarded the warehouse for the factory, and not even a single nail was lost in the warehouse..."
Xiao Ma first defended his theft, which was human nature. Xue Xiang did not urge him. On the contrary, the workers on the side couldn't bear their temper and shouted at him to stop doing useless things and to be serious.
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Xiaoma's face was hardened, and he did not dare to refute after all, so he finally turned to the topic: "At the beginning of the morning, I arrived near the boiler and started filling the snakeskin bag with iron. I had just filled half the bag when I heard the sound coming from the southwest.
, there was a loud noise, which almost scared me out of my mind. I quickly picked up half a bag of iron and got into the stone pipe piled to the west of the boiler, for fear of being discovered.
After a while, the noise got closer and closer. I thought something bad was wrong. Maybe they were also trying to get rid of the scrap metal. I bumped into them later. There were so many of them that I was definitely not going to get any good results. Who knew, the footsteps suddenly came from behind?
The person in front stopped, and then I heard someone talking over there. The content of the conversation was about who was cheating after drinking last night, who was a big shot, and so on. Anyway, there were four or five people who heard it, and there were two people.
The voice sounds familiar."
"At that time, I was scared and anxious. I just wanted to sneak home as soon as possible. I didn't dare to ask for scrap metal. Who would have thought that as soon as I poked my head out, I saw a boy about the same age as me raising a vise.
He was gesticulating by the boiler, shouting about "fireworks", "lively" and so on.
That person was exactly what I saw today, the boy in police uniform standing next to Fatty You. I didn’t see the few people behind because the boiler was blocking them. Besides, at that time, I didn’t dare to think about anything else. I just wanted to avoid being caught by others.
I found it, so when no one noticed me, I slipped away quietly."
"Unexpectedly, at around ten o'clock today, I was moving rebar in the warehouse when I heard an explosion. Then, someone shouted that the boiler had exploded. At that time, I didn't think about those boys. After all, who would lose their lives again?
I have no conscience and dare not do something that would lead to death. But who would have thought, today at noon, I happened to see the waver again.
The boy who danced with a vise came here wearing a police uniform! At that time, my mind got hot and I shouted out! At this point, I was no longer afraid of everyone laughing. At that time, I regretted shouting out,
Because I don’t have any evidence whether they did it or not. Secondly, if I point it out to them, I will definitely not be able to get away with stealing scrap metal!”
After explaining the ins and outs of the matter, Xiao Ma pulled Xue Xiang to plead with him: "County Magistrate Xue, Uncle Zhang, Director Li, and Duan Chang Sun, everything I said is true. If there is any lie,
, the sky is thundering. Also, County Magistrate Xue, I think this is a meritorious service. What you promised me just now must be counted. Don’t..."
"Okay, your little thing is nothing, so don't pester County Magistrate Xue. As long as you are telling the truth, I hope you are fine!"
A man with a round face and the appearance of a cadre seemed to be disdainful of Xiao Ma's wretched character. He pulled him away from Xue Xiang and said again: "County Magistrate Xue, although we cannot completely determine the cause of the boiler explosion right now,
There are obviously clues. I think as long as we find the young policeman Xiao Ma mentioned and confront the two sides, we will be able to find out the truth. However, the key right now is not to investigate the boiler explosion.
It’s about us being accused of resisting the county committee and county government for no reason. County Magistrate Xue, I have just said so much. I believe you also know the specific situation. Those present are all from more than ten years, decades, or even years.
Generations of people have worked in hardware factories. This is our home. How can we fight against the government in our own homes? What we want is just an explanation and a guarantee. Isn't this too much?"
Xue Xiang patted him on the shoulder and said loudly: "I already understand the situation. As for the hijacking of the county party committee leader, although there is some helplessness, it is an objective fact after all. I'm afraid you have to take responsibility for this."
Xue Shang pointed out the key point of the problem when he came up. It was also an unavoidable fact about this incident, because it was impossible for him to get away with it. After all, any regime or government would never tolerate this kind of thing.
The situation of kidnapping government officials occurred. In ancient times, killing officials was considered rebellion. Although it is not that serious nowadays, it is still an extremely serious political incident. The only thing to be thankful for is that the special situation at that time gave this person more or less freedom.
This kind of hijacking mitigates the nature.
After Xue Xiang finished speaking, the workers at the front looked at each other, nodded to each other, and then all looked at the old worker. Then they heard the old worker say: "What County Magistrate Xue said makes sense.
, we have considered this matter before. After all, everything has been done.
It is impossible to pretend that nothing happened. Well, since we leaders are trusted by the workers, we naturally have to work for the benefit of the workers. In this incident, even if we are the masterminds, we will do it.
How about a few of us, County Magistrate Xue, what do you think?"
Xue Xiang did not expect that this group of people would agree so readily to something that everyone should avoid like a snake and a scorpion, and he suddenly felt strong admiration in his heart. He secretly sighed, sacrificing one's life for righteousness, and dying generously, this is what it means!
Just when Xue Xiang was about to talk, there was another loudspeaker sound from downstairs: "People upstairs, listen, if anyone dares to hurt County Magistrate Xue, we will immediately close the negotiation window and storm in. Below, to show our sincerity,
Please send three negotiators to negotiate with County Magistrate Xue at the window on the second floor. We must monitor your movements at all times and protect Magistrate Xue’s safety. If you do not agree, we will attack by force in one minute!
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At this moment, Xue Xiang is really annoyed with this guy named You. I really don’t know if his actions are to increase his presence or if he is really worried about his safety, Xue. But now, because he wants to push out the culprit, the worker
Their emotions were already extremely tense. Xue Xiang said to himself
Not wanting them to have other worries, they had no choice but to greet the old worker as You Yong said, the round-faced man who pulled the pony earlier, and the pony in question walked to the light green floor-to-ceiling windows, and finally,
He waved his hand out the window to indicate that it was okay.
But how did Xue Xiang know that in just a few steps, he stepped into the territory of the God of Death. (To be continued...)