Chapter Seventy-six: Hoarding Explosives

  Peng Fei felt uncomfortable after eating at Heizi's place, and unexpectedly, the branch bureau leader scolded him for taking unauthorized action and causing trouble, giving him a disciplinary punishment. Peng Fei was extremely resentful of Heizi and vowed to take revenge, determined to deal with Heizi personally.

  Hei Zi was overjoyed to have escaped this ordeal, knowing that he had thoroughly offended Tan Chang. The gambling den would have to be closed temporarily, and it seemed that for the time being, he could only focus on managing his bus company, mine, and election campaign.

  The bus company and Hongmeikou Heizi were handed over to Yin Le and his two brothers, so he no longer interfered. He just understood the business situation at the end of the month, and he didn't care about profits or losses.

  La Mei handed over the coal to Da Kui, and after selecting a site and two mine mouths for a few days, Zhuo Xiao Fei took Hu Changfu and Er Cheng to take a look, and also sold the mine.

  Hei Zi had nothing to do, so he simply stayed in the county town, taking Wang Pengcheng around every day. Sometimes Liu Pengfei's brother went to collect protection fees, and Hei Zi would take Wang Pengcheng along, but these people didn't need their help, they just looked on, treating it as a game.

  Liu Pengfei only goes to the unit when there is something going on, otherwise he drinks with Heizi and the others. The brothers don't bother them when they see the two of them together, they only call him when there's something that can't be handled.

  Hei Zi had been staying in the county town for a month when Liu Pengfei suddenly said to him, "Hei Zi, Wu Yu is getting out of prison tomorrow. Give Xiao a call and let's go pick him up tomorrow."

  Hei Zi was too busy for a while, and when he finally had some free time, he spent every day thinking about how to expand his business and find the right people he needed. He didn't expect that he would neglect the matter of Wu Yu's release from prison.

  Hei Zi made a phone call to inform Zhuo Xiao Fei, and as soon as Zhuo Xiao Fei heard that Wu Yu was going to be released from prison tomorrow, he excitedly informed his brothers. He wanted to gather everyone together immediately so they could go pick up Wu Yu.

  Hei Zi informed Xiao Fei in the morning, and after lunch, Xiao Fei brought his brothers to the county town. They discussed it and decided to let Wu Yu leave prison with dignity. So Xiao Fei came up with an idea, asking Liu Pengfei to borrow a few high-end cars to give Wu Yu a good show tomorrow.

  Liu Pengfei knew many officials and hoodlums in the county town, borrowing cars was not difficult, in one afternoon he borrowed two black Audi and a Benz X1 and a Red Flag.

  "Hei Zi looked at his own broken golden cup bread and sighed, saying: 'Xiao Fei, let's get rid of this car. When Wu Yu comes back, we'll change cars.'"

  Xiao Fei advised Hei Zi to change cars, but Hei Zi felt that changing cars was too showy. He wanted to be low-key and gradually increase his strength. It wasn't until he saw so many mid-to-high-end cars this time that he felt his own car was too shabby.

  When Liu Pengfei borrowed the car, Heizi took a few brothers to buy clothes on the street. They all coincidentally liked gray-blue windbreakers and black suits. So when they came back, they wore uniform gray-blue windbreakers and walked on the street like gangsters.

  The next day was a fine day, and everyone set off early in the morning. By nine o'clock, they arrived at the gate of the labor reform farm. Er Cheng went forward to ask, and the guard told them that the people who were going to be released today had not come out yet, so they should wait first.

  Several people parked their cars by the roadside and got out to wait, the security guard found it strange that they were all wearing uniforms. When Wu Yu and two others were brought out, one of the guards asked: "Whose brothers are you outside?"

  Three people looked at each other without saying a word, they all couldn't think of any friends outside who could drive an Audi or Mercedes.

  Xiao Fei's voice echoed far and wide as Wu Yu came out shouting: "Wu Yu is out, everyone line up and follow me."

  Xiao Fei led the way, Liu Pengfei and Heizi followed behind in a line.

  As they walked to the door, Wu Yu saw that it was Hei Zi and others who were about to speak. Zhu Xiao Fei raised his hand and everyone stopped. He took the lead in shouting: "Good boss, congratulations on regaining your freedom."

  Eight people lined up in a row and shouted together, their voices loud and powerful, stunning the guards and the other two who came out. They never thought that Wu Yu, who had been with them for three years, was actually the leader of these people.

  "Wu Yu laughed and said: 'Big brother, Old Three, Old Five, stop messing around, brothers, let's go.'"

  Everyone was chattering and bustling to get on the bus, Wu Yu was extremely happy in his heart. The brothers hadn't forgotten him yet, not only did they spend money to reduce his sentence, now they all came to pick him up.

  They returned to the county town and went straight to the pedestrian street, where they bought Wu Yu several sets of clothes at a shopping mall. Then they drove to the Tang Dynasty Hotel to entertain Wu Yu and wash away his travel fatigue.

  After dinner, Hei Zi and the others prepared to return to the small town. Liu Pengfei wanted to keep Wu Yu for two more days but was stopped by Zhu Xiao Fei. Wu Yu's parents had not seen their son yet, they had to send Wu Yu back home first and hand him over to his parents.

  Hei Zi and the others sent Wu Yu to the village entrance, but didn't dare go in. He was afraid that if Wu Yu's parents saw their clothes, they would be driven out. They could only part with Wu Yu here and told him to come visit again when he had time.

  Just a few people returned to the farmhouse, Hei Zi received a call from Yin Le: "Hei Ge, something's happened, five people at the mine entrance have been caught."

  "Hei Zi hastily asked: 'Who caught them and what for?'"

  "The head of the investigation personally led the team to arrest them, saying they privately stored explosives."

  This kind of thing is obviously looking for trouble, which family's mine doesn't use explosives? Now explosives are strictly controlled, and each village only has one blasting certificate held by the village committee. The mines in the village share a blasting certificate, and the explosives are distributed by the village committee after they are picked up. In other words, none of the mines have a blasting certificate but are all using explosives.

  But there's no place to reason with this kind of thing. The national regulations state that without a blasting certificate, it is not allowed to use explosives, and using them privately is against the law.

  Hei Zi listened and couldn't help it. If Liu Zhenzhang was still around, he could have let Liu Zhenzhang take care of it. Now that Liu Zhenzhang has become Liu Quzhang, he's not in charge of this area anymore, so looking for him is also pointless.

  Hei Zi was at a loss, and he said to Yin Le: "Le Er, don't worry, let me think of a way. I'll go to the police station right now to understand the situation."

  Hei Zi rushed to the police station and went straight to the criminal police team. As soon as he entered, he saw Lu He writing something and asked: "Lu Ge, where are those people I hired? What crime did they commit?"

  Lu He took a look at Hei Zi, glanced outside the door to make sure no one else was there, got up and closed the door, saying: "Hei Zi, this matter is a bit difficult to handle. Captain Li is determined to take you down this time. Just now he personally interrogated you, wanting the five miners to say that you were the one who got them the explosives. But unexpectedly, the five of them said they hadn't seen you in over a year, and Captain Li stormed off in anger."

  "Can I see them?" Kuroko asked.

  Lu He shook his head and said: "I don't dare to do this, if Li Dui finds out, I'll be in trouble."

  "Alright, I won't make it difficult for you."

  Hei Zi finished speaking and took out several hundred yuan, throwing it at Lu He and saying: "Give them some money to buy something to eat."

  "Hei Zi turned around and left, Lu He asked: 'Hei Zi, how are you planning to get them out?'"

  "I don't know either, they gave me work to do, in any case I have to get rid of them." Hei Zi said firmly.

  Lu He sighed and said, "Heizi, this matter is not that big of a deal. Captain Li came here for you, if you just step aside, they won't make a big fuss about it. You might as well let the village handle it."

  Hei Zi listened to Lu He's words and thought for a moment before nodding his head and saying, "This is also a way, I'll go find Zhao Guang Qing to discuss it."