While Gu Baishun and Wei Xiangzuo were busy canvassing for votes, Gou Liuzi was not idle either. He needed to coordinate the overall situation and provide escort for the referendum that was about to be held.
It was a little after eight in the evening.
Li Mingsheng came to Tufang Street in Zhanan District on a "secret visit". Compared with three years ago, there has not been much change here. Shantytowns are connected to shantytowns, and everywhere is dilapidated and dirty.
There are pigeon-cage-like buildings with illegal construction on almost every floor, privately-laid wires, fire escapes occupied by private individuals, middle-aged women doing business with half-closed doors, and homeless people sleeping in the alleys...
These pictures form a picture of life at the lower class.
Gou Liuzi followed Li Mingsheng and asked: "Do you have any ideas about Tufang Street?"
"Just shouting slogans is not enough, we have to do something. Longcheng has a place like Tufang Street. Which mayor would have the nerve to say that he is speaking for the people? How shameless that would be." Li Mingsheng walked in front with his hands behind his back and said with a wry smile: "If I haven't been to prison or fallen in a few years, this place will no longer exist."
Gou Liuzi nodded slowly: "You are the leader of the people and the hope of the future...!"
"Come on, stop talking nonsense." Li Mingsheng waved his hand: "When will the referendum meeting be held?"
"Soon, expected to be next weekend." Su Tianyu replied: "The votes from the Presbyterian Church and the district chapters have almost been collected. Once more than half of the votes are cast, we will start."
"Do you have any specific plans?" Li Mingsheng walked to a small shop and pointed at Li Yuan and said, "Buy me a bowl of rice noodle rolls."
"Hey!" Li Yuan stepped forward to negotiate with the boss.
On the street, Su Tianyu replied softly: "I'm not afraid of anything else, but I'm afraid that Tan Hengqiang will get angry and do something that we can't afford to play. To be honest, once he loses his shame, it will be really difficult for us to deal with him."
Li Mingsheng frowned: "Do you have any ideas?"
"We need to have defense inside Dragon City, but we also need someone to back us up from the outside." Su Tianyu frowned and said, "We need to make a big move and be resolute. Only in this way can we prevent Tan Hengqiang."
Li Mingsheng understood what Su Tianyu meant immediately, and replied with a sigh: "Alas, I don't want to ask the higher-ups for help anymore. The more times you ask them for help, the more demands and restrictions they will impose on you. Although Ouyang Zhen and I have been friends for many years, some of our ideas still conflict."
Upon hearing this, Su Tianyu immediately advised, "This is the truth, leader! In fact, no matter whether you beg the higher-ups or not, as long as you are more stable in Dragon City, they will definitely restrict you more strictly. So for us, it would be a waste if we don't use it! We just need to be obedient."
"Haha." Li Mingsheng smiled, pointed at Su Tianyu and said teasingly: "Okay, go and ask Ouyang Zhen to show him how you can be a servile slave."
"Okay." Su Tianyu grinned and nodded readily.
Li Mingsheng took the rice noodle rolls handed over by the boss and asked while eating, "Have you been in contact with the little girl from the An family recently?"
Su Tianyu was stunned for a moment: "It's still the same as before, no change."
"It's difficult for you two!" Li Mingsheng sighed vaguely.
"I understand. We still have to rely on ourselves for everything." Su Tianyu understood what the other party meant: "I believe we can get out of this predicament."
Li Mingsheng said nothing more. Holding the bowl of rice noodle rolls, he turned around and shouted, "Tomorrow, ask the leaders of the Planning Department and the Relief Department to move out and live in Tufang Street for a month. They can work on the spot and let them feel the living conditions here."
After saying that, everyone left.
…
It was around nine o'clock in the evening, in a boat house on the Long River in Longkou District.
Wei Xiangzuo stretched out his hand to a middle-aged man and said, "It's settled then. When the referendum is held, you ask your people to write the number 23 on the upper left corner of the ballot so that we can count it later."
"I see. Then I wish Brother Wei in advance that he will win the position of chairman." The other party smiled and shook hands with Wei Xiangzuo.
"It's still early, still early!"
"Okay, I won't stay here, let's talk later." The middle-aged man said hello to Yu Zheng, Gu Baishun and others: "Thank you, Mr. Yu, I'm leaving, Baishun!"
Yu Zheng stood up and said, "Why thank you? Let's find a way out together!"
"I'll take you there." Gu Baishun said.
"No need, let's go by ourselves, otherwise it will be embarrassing if outsiders see us." After exchanging a few words with everyone, the middle-aged man left with his brothers.
After the outsiders left, Gu Baishun clasped his fists and said to Yu Zheng, "Thank you for your hard work today, Mr. Yu!"
"Oh, don't be polite." Yu Zheng said with a smile: "Now everyone knows that I am helping you to canvass for votes. Tan Hengqiang must hate me to death. We are brothers in the same camp now, so let's not talk behind each other's backs!"
Wei Xiangzuo took a sip of tea and turned to look at his watch: "Wait five more minutes, you go first, and then we will go."
"good!"
…
About five minutes later.
Yu Zheng, along with his three followers, left the boathouse first and headed straight for the parking lot.
On the way, the driver whispered, "Mr. Yu, our work is going quite smoothly, much better than expected. In the past few days, we have brought people from five or six districts to Wei Xiangzuo. So, do you think... the price we asked for before was too low?"
"I know what's going on!" Yu Zheng replied calmly, "It's just a minor character today. I'll talk to them about the price increase tomorrow."
The group walked and talked, and soon entered the parking lot and turned left.
At this moment, behind the public toilet on the north side of the parking lot, a motorcycle with its headlights off slowly moved forward.
The driver of the motorcycle looked out and said, "Here they come! Here they come!"
"Wear a helmet." The Japanese soldier in the back seat replied.
The two of them moved quickly, put on helmets and covered their cheeks while sitting in the car.
"Walk!"
Guiziwu urged.
"Ong!"
The motorcycle's motor roared, and the land motorcycle, known as the supercar killer, appeared from the blind spot of Yu Zheng and others. In two or three breaths, it rushed in front of everyone.
"Fuck, car!" The driver instinctively pulled Yu Zheng.
“Bang!”
The motorcycle arrived in the blink of an eye, and the front of the car instantly knocked a follower away, then stopped beside Yu Zheng with a squeak.
Before Yu Zheng could react, the man driving the motorcycle pulled off the large bag made of raincoat fabric on his chest, grabbed the bag with both hands, and put it directly on Yu Zheng's head.
Yu Zheng was completely panicked at this moment. He struggled to move backwards, but his head was tightly caught in the bag and he could not avoid it at all.
While the motorcycle driver was putting the bag on, the Japanese soldier in the back seat had already taken a fire axe hanging from the side of the rear of the vehicle.
The axe is about one meter long, and the axe head is painted red, flashing a cold light.
The motorcycle driver buckled the bag and pulled Yu Zheng backwards, pulling him closer to the car body. Guiziwu sat in the back seat and swung the fire axe with both arms, using all his strength to swing it horizontally.
“Puff!”
Blood gushed out, and the head and body were completely separated in an instant.
"Damn it, I'll chop you to death!" The devil took the fire axe and swung it around again.
The driver sleekly hung Yu Zheng's head on the handlebars and suddenly stepped on the accelerator. The exhaust pipe roared and the car rushed out of the parking lot like an arrow from a bow.
At the entrance of the parking lot, Yu Zheng's headless body was still standing, blood gushing from his neck, and all the followers around him were terrified.
The entire contact process between the two parties did not even take three seconds!