Chapter 5 Chapter 2: The wicked rule the village——1 Everything happens in five minutes

With the rush of commodities, people generally have a feeling of love for the number "8", which has a homonym for "fa". February 18, 1998, is naturally considered a day of great auspiciousness and joy.However, on this day, it will always be the death day of Xiaozhang Village, Tangnan Township, Guzhen County, Anhui Province. Xiaozhangzhuang is located in a low-lying area on the bank of the Huaihe River. In recent years, there have been constant floods, and the life of the villagers has been difficult. Coupled with the endless extortion by the village cadres, every household has almost become like a year.Not all the villagers in Xiaozhangzhuang accepted the misconduct of the village cadres. Zhang Jiaquan, Zhang Jiayu, Zhang Hongchuan, and Zhang Guimao, a few bloody men, often reported their opinions on asking for a check of the village accounts to the township party committee and village party secretary.Last spring, villager Zhang Jiachang also sent a report letter to the Guzhen County People's Procuratorate.

Zhang Guiquan gritted his teeth with hatred for the villagers' continuous petitions and reports.Although he is only a "deputy village head" in the village, no one is not afraid of him. The villagers know that "this master" is a villain who dares to do everything.He himself knew that the villagers' grievances were mainly aimed at him, but relying on the support of people in the village, he never took these villagers seriously.One day, he invited two security guards from the village to his home, and hypocritically asked Zhang Hongchuan, who had sued him everywhere, to settle accounts with him.As soon as Zhang Hongchuan entered the door, Zhang Guiquan cursed and ordered his two sons and the joint defense team to fight Zhang Hongchuan, and instantly beat Zhang Hongchuan into a bloody man.If Zhang Hongchuan's nephew Zhang Guiying hadn't heard the news and rushed to rescue him, Zhang Hongchuan would have been beaten up.

Zhang Guiquan's threat of violence not only failed to overwhelm the villagers, but had the opposite effect. All the party members, veteran village cadres, and more than 80 peasant households in Xiaozhangzhuang united unprecedentedly. Zhang Guiquan thoroughly checked the financial accounts of the village. The repeated appeals and requests of the villagers finally attracted the attention of the Tangnan Township Party Committee.At this time, the Guzhen county government was arranging a comprehensive check of the economic accounts of the villages and towns. The secretary of the township party committee, Zuo Peiyu, said to the petitioning villagers in Xiaozhangzhuang: "Just in time, with the help of our county's clearing of accounts, We have already studied and decided that Wang Jiawen, the secretary of the township discipline inspection, will lead the three accountants of the township finance department to clean up your village first."

This news made the villagers of Xiaozhangzhuang rejoice. On February 6th of this year, Wang Jiawen, secretary of the township discipline inspection, led three accountants, and Xue Zhaocheng, who was in charge of Xiaozhangzhuang from the township government, entered Xiaozhangzhuang. On February 9, under the chairmanship of Wang Jiawen, after full deliberation and democratic consultation among the villagers, 87 households in the village finally elected 12 representatives of the masses to form a joint settlement team.Zhang Jiayu, Zhang Guiyu, Zhang Hongchuan, Zhang Guimao and others who are deeply trusted by everyone are all among the candidates.Because everyone knows Zhang Guiquan's character and has a premonition that the work of clearing accounts will not be smooth sailing. In addition to formulating strict auditing systems and disciplines, the twelve representatives also privately agreed that if Zhang Guiquan went to someone's house to cause trouble, the rest of the representatives must rush to the scene , in case of accidents.

From the very beginning, Zhang Guiquan tried his best to obstruct such a clearing work. First, he spread rumors that someone poisoned his child to kill him, in an attempt to muddy the water and divert people's attention; then, he repeatedly threatened at village meetings. : "Twelve birds represent to settle my account, deliberately messing with me, it's not so cheap! Even if I get rid of me, they can't do anything; if I can't get rid of me, I will make their life even worse. If I don't kill them, it's also called Their legs were broken and their arms were broken!" Within two days, Zhang Guiquan's daughter-in-law, Zhang Xiufang, said that her father-in-law was going to kill someone.

Faced with Zhang Guiquan's threats, leading cadres at the village and township levels did not pay due attention to them, and the liquidation representatives only thought that Zhang Guiquan was trying to scare people and ignored them. No one would have thought that Zhang Guiquan would really wield a murderous butcher's knife in the early morning of February 18th, only the ninth day after the official audit! On this day, moderate raindrops hit the ridge of the farmhouse in Xiaozhangzhuang, like an endless lullaby. It was already dawn, and almost all the farmers in the village were still curled up in bed.Fifty-eight-year-old Wei Surong still got out of bed early this day, busy going to the kitchen as usual.She knew that her husband, Zhang Guiyu, was elected by the group as a village representative. Like the other eleven villagers, he went to check the village's financial accounts regardless of the weather. Wei Surong made breakfast very early for fear of missing important village affairs.

Unexpectedly, her husband Zhang Guiyu and his son Zhang Xiaosong had just sat down around the table, and the old alarm clock at home pointed to 7:10. Zhang Guiquan led his fifth son Zhang Yuliang and his seventh son Zhang Leyi to appear in the doorway. .Then came the village accountant Zhang Jiahui and his son Zhang Jie. Because his father is the accountant of the village, Zhang Jie, who was also resistant to the villagers' accounting audit, first said something sarcastic to Zhang Guiyu: "How is the account calculation, we may divide into two?" Zhang Guiyu is a shrewd person, so he naturally heard the implication. He left the dining table and said calmly: "Everyone asked me to come out to settle accounts, can I not go?"

Zhang Guiquan immediately responded: "I don't scold you much!" Then he shouted to his two sons: "Hit me!" Because it happened so abruptly, Zhang Guiyu was stunned when he heard Zhang Guiquan yelling to beat him. At this time, Zhang Leyi had grabbed a wooden stick by the door from Zhang Guiyu's house, and Zhang Yuliang had also picked up a sickle from Zhang Guiyu's house. Zhang Leyi waved a wooden stick and danced towards Zhang Guiyu. Zhang Jiahui, an accountant standing beside him, not only did not stop him, but hugged Zhang Guiyu tightly around his waist.Zhang Guiyu, who was beaten in a hurry, struggled to break free, and saw that the opponent started to attack, so he quickly picked a red brick from the ground.When Wei Surong found out that the son of the village cadre beat his man to death, he panicked and hurriedly lifted the kitchen knife from the stove.

The two sides were armed and glared at each other, as if an arrow was about to explode. This sound alarmed the neighbors.Seeing many villagers rushing to the scene, Zhang Leyi and Zhang Yuliang didn't dare to make any more moves and retreated outside the house. Zhang Guiquan was obviously not reconciled, so he walked towards the back of Zhang Guiyu's house, cursing and yelling: "Xiaoqiao (Zhang Guiyu's nickname) you bastard, come with me if you have the guts!" Zhang Guiyu is a red-faced man who eats soft but not tough. Seeing that the village cadres were so arrogant and did not show any weakness, he followed to the back of the house and asked scoldingly: "This time, the township wants to check your account. The masses elected me as a representative. Is there anything I can do?" What's wrong! Zhang Guiquan, keep your mouth clean, I checked your account, what can you do to me?"

During the quarrel, Zhang Guiquan secretly instructed Zhang Leyi to go home and call for help.After a while, Zhang Guiquan's eldest son Zhang Jiazhi and sixth son Zhang Chaowei came to the scene with hidden weapons.Zhang Chaowei beat Zhang Guiyu as soon as he came up, and Zhang Yuliang took the opportunity to snatch the wooden stick from Zhang Guiyu's hand. Zhang Chaowei saw that Zhang Guiyu was still resisting tenaciously, so he quickly pulled out a sharp knife from his rubber boots, and at the same time took out a kitchen knife from his arms, and slashed fiercely at Zhang Guiyu's head and chest. Stab again.

Zhang Guiyu was caught off guard, and before he could even yell out, he fell heavily to the ground. Villager representatives Zhang Hongchuan and Zhang Guimao rushed to the scene upon hearing the sound.Seeing Zhang Guiyu lying upright in a pool of blood, Zhang Hongchuan scolded Zhang Guiquan angrily, "How can you be so vicious? Why don't you hurry up and send him to the hospital!" At this time, Zhang Guiquan had completely lost his mind. Seeing Zhang Hongchuan and Zhang Guimao rushing over, he smiled sinisterly and said, "Damn it, it's just in time. I'm waiting for you!" Kill me! Kill all twelve representatives who want to settle my account!" Zhang Yuliang, who was closest to Zhang Hongchuan, immediately rushed forward and frantically stabbed several times in Zhang Hongchuan's chest, abdomen and buttocks. Before Zhang Hongchuan could resist, he fell to the ground and died on the spot. Just when Zhang Yuliang rushed towards Zhang Hongchuan, Zhang Guiquan also threw down his umbrella, hugged Zhang Guimao from behind who was running to save others, and cursed: "Damn it, didn't you sue me everywhere? Are you going to settle my account? Come on." !" Although Zhang Guimao was hugged, he was tall and strong, fighting Zhang Guiquan without fear.Zhang Guiquan knew that he was no match for Zhang Guimao, so he shouted loudly: "Le Yi, come and bring him down!" Zhang Leyi raised the big kitchen knife in his hand, jumped up and chopped off Zhang Guimao's head, knocking him to the ground.At this time, Zhang Jiazhi, who was red-eyed, also rushed over, still not letting Zhang Guimao go, riding on Zhang Guimao, and stabbing Zhang Guimao three times in the back with the butcher's knife.According to the post-mortem forensic identification: Zhang Guimao was cut on the head in five places, the wound was deep to the skull, the outer plate of the skull was fractured, and the left lung was also ruptured, which shows the brutality of the murderer. Zhang Guiyu, who was lying on the ground and was dying, groaned because of the severe pain. The frenzied Zhang Jiazhi found that Zhang Guiyu was not dead, so he rushed over and slashed five more times in his chest and abdomen. In an instant, three village representatives lay down behind Zhang Guiyu's house.The rain mixed with the blood, turning red all over the ground, and the air was immediately filled with the choking smell of blood. Zhang Guiyu's elder brother, Zhang Guiyue, heard that his younger brother had been plotted against, filled with grief and indignation, and rushed over with a thin wooden stick that was usually used to mix fodder for cattle.Because of his poor eyesight, he ran all the way to Zhang Jiazhi, and only then did he see his brother lying on the ground clearly. "Isn't this Qiaozi?" Without saying a word, the butcher's knife in Zhang Jiazhi's hand pierced his chest. Sixteen-year-old Zhang Xiaosong came to his father Zhang Guiyu in the confusion and wanted to help him up and send him to the hospital for emergency treatment. Zhang Chaowei held a kitchen knife already stained with blood and refused to allow Zhang Xiaosong to rescue Zhang Guiyu. He waved his hand to Zhang Xiaosong's head cut off.Someone at the scene screamed, awakening Zhang Xiaosong, Zhang Xiaosong realized something, turned his head, and the kitchen knife that Zhang Chaowei dropped hit Zhang Xiaosong's shoulder.Zhang Xiaosong ran away in a hurry and finally escaped death. Only five minutes before and after, in the bloody storm in Xiaozhangzhuang, four people were killed and one injured! When Zhang Guiquan's fourth son, Zhang Simao, also rushed to the scene panting with a machete, the loudspeaker at the head of the village was ringing with the village party secretary Zhang Dianfeng urging the village representatives to continue to clear the accounts...