Chapter 277 – Alarmed! (2/2)

Deputy Director Huo asked. “Where are the officers?”

“These are the two Police Officers.” Sun Hai looks at Brother Yu and Xiao Wang.

Xiao Wang greeted Deputy Director Huo nervously and kept quiet. Brother Yu, on the other hand, was calm.

Sun Hai explained. “During the gunfight with the criminals, Xiao Yu was injured.”

Deputy Director Huo nodded. “Good job! I heard there are more than a dozen criminals, and all of them were armed. Haha… are you scared at that time?”

Brother Yu straightened his back and replied. “No. The only thoughts in my mind are to recover the stolen relics, and not let them smuggle the relics out to overseas. If I let them escape, I will be committing a sinner to the country and people.”

“Well said!” Deputy Director Huo looks at Brother Yu with admiration. “Rest well. I will make sure you all will get the merit!”

Xiao Wang knew what had happened. At that time, he and Brother Yu tried to hide in the basement. If Hou Qing had not persuaded them, they might still be hiding in the basement. Now, Brother Yu is saying a different story, and he felt terrible in his heart. Chief Sun had ordered them not to say unnecessary things, and Xiao Wang dare not to say anything.

Deputy Director Huo continued with his praises for the officers from Zhang Ze City Public Security before he left with his men.

Sun Hai and the rest of the Bureau leaders exchanged looks and laughed. This credit is in their pockets!

At the same time, newspapers were delivered to newspaper stands all over China. Most of the articles are decided in the morning, and new articles will be pushed to the next day. But the whole nation is following on the Museum break-in case closely. That’s why this article will not be pushed to the next day. Many newspaper agencies had to add the article last minute to include Zhang Ze City Public Security solving of this case.

Jianghai Newspaper Agency. This is a newspaper agency within the province. Although it is not influential in the province, it is not a small agency. They report to the local Publicity Department and seldom report negative or sensitive news.

But today, Jianghai Newspaper published a shocking headline.

This headline will attract readers to read the article!

This article took up one whole page. The start of the article did not mention anything about the ‘dangerous convict.’ Still, it highlighted Yan Tai County Deputy Bureau Chief Dong’s past contributions and achievements. It mentioned about Dong Xuebing arresting the gambling syndicate, how he caught someone jumping off a building with his bare hands, how he risked his life to save people from a landslide, and how he volunteered to be a hostage to save the teachers and students, etc. Every incident is reported in detail!

Some people might have heard of these incidents, and for some, this is the first time they heard about it.

Nevertheless, everyone who read the article was impressed by what Dong Xuebing did!

Many people had read articles praising someone in the papers. Most of these articles were saying how devoted someone is to their job, how someone had sacrificed their sleep and time for their work, etc. Most of these articles will not highlight the actual achievements in detail. But this article about Dong Xuebing only states the facts, along with pictures of the scene.

At the end of the article, the Museum break-in case was mentioned.

Everyone was shocked to know that Dong Xuebing was the one who solved this case. This is different from what they read in other papers. The readers continued reading and saw a picture of Dong Xuebing, handcuffed, and locked up in a small darkroom. Dong Xuebing also had an angry and sorrowful expression on his face. Anyone who saw this picture will frown. Isn’t this the treatment for dangerous convicts?

What happened? Didn’t this article state that Dong Xuebing is the one who solved this case? Why was he arrested?

The article did not give any explanation for it.

At the end of the article, there are a few questions.

Why is the hero who solved this case being treated like a dangerous criminal?

Why did the one who solved this case become Zhang Ze City Police Department?

There is one more line in small fonts. ‘Base on our reporter’s investigation, Dong Xuebing is currently locked up in Zhang Ze City Public Security secretly and is being guarded closely.

Dong Xuebing is still locked up?!

He is locked up secretly?!

Although the article did not say anything, all the readers got the hint!

After this article is published, there was an uproar. Other counties might still be indifferent, but in Yan Tai County, people were furious. Everyone in the County knows who Dong Xuebing is. He has the best reputation in the County, and now, the person they respected is being locked up by Zhang Ze City Public Security?!

Zhang Ze City’s phones started ringing nonstop.

Some residents from Yan Tai County called Zhang Ze City Government and started scolding them the moment their calls were answered.

Some called up Zhang Ze City Public Security Bureau, branches, Police Stations, demanding the release of Dong Xuebing!

Many people, like the teachers from Nan Liu Junior School, the students’ parents, rescued passengers from the landslide, started contacting each other to organize a trip to Zhang Ze City Public Security together. They demanded the release of Dong Xuebing!

On the internet, many voices demanding justice for Dong Xuebing appeared.

What can civilians use to attack the government? They can only scold!

Someone started to rally people to leave messages on Zhang Ze City Government websites. All their related websites were flooded with messages scolding them!

“F**K! Hurry up and release him!”

“You bastards! Who gave you the authority to arrest him?!”

“Let Chief Dong go! Yan Tai County is the one who solves this case!

“You all dare to snatch our credits?!”

Someone asked. “Maybe that man had done something wrong. If not, why is he arrested?”

The message below immediately cursed at the previous message. “F**k you!”

The next message added. “Ignore that idiot. He must be someone from Zhang Ze City Public Security!”

Voices demanding for justice for Dong Xuebing did not only come from Yan Tai County residences. Many websites started to post articles similar to the article, . These articles quickly become popular, and the traffic increase at an alarming rate every minute. More and more people started directing their anger at Zhang Ze City Public Security.

No one, including Jianghai Newspaper Agency, had expected this incident to become this big.

The person in charge of Jianghai Newspaper Agency received many calls from his higher-ups. He can only blame Mayor Xie for bringing this to him in his heart. The leaders from the Publicity Department were furious and sounded like they can’t wait to remove him from his position.

……

Ring… ring… ring… a phone rang in a car.

Deputy Director Huo was sitting in the rear passenger seat, admiring the scenery outside of the windows, when his phone rang. He looked at the caller and answered. “Director.”

“Old Huo, are you still in Zhang Ze City?”

“I am about to leave the city area.”

“Don’t come back first. Go to Zhang Ze City Public Security Bureau immediately!”

Deputy Director Huo could tell the Director is not in a good mood. “Err… what happened?”

The Director replied. “You still don’t know about the article in Jianghai Evening papers? Get a copy of it and investigate what is going on! What is going on?! I thought it was a misunderstanding when the leaders from Yan Tai County and Feng Zhou City told me about this. I thought, how can they arrest another person from the same department? Even if they don’t know that person’s identity at that time, they should have verified it by now. It’s been a few hours, and he is still being locked up?! They even put handcuffs on him?! What are these people trying to do?! Ask Sun Hai what is going on?! The case is solved, and the relics are recovered. We should be celebrating, why is he giving me problems at this time?! Find out what happened! I want you to investigate thoroughly!”

Deputy Director Huo knew this is serious. After hanging up the phone, he ordered his men to stop the car and buy a copy of Jianghai Evening papers.

When Deputy Director Huo saw the picture of Dong Xuebing handcuffed inside a small darkroom, his face changed!

“Go!” Deputy Director Huo shouted. “Go back to Zhang Ze City Public Security Bureau!”

This matter had blown out of proportion!