Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Ah? That's not good..." When Ruan Guiben saw that Xia wanted to talk to Feng Sizhe alone, he acted embarrassed.

"What's wrong with that? Are you still afraid that I will let Comrade Feng Sizhe go? I tell you, I just talked to him. If Feng Sizhe runs away during this period, I will take responsibility. You can come to me if you have any problems." Xia Xiang couldn't help but get angry when he saw that Ruan Bengui and others didn't even believe him.

Seeing Xia Xiang so angry, Ruan Guiben had to sigh, turned around and said to the three people behind him, "Let's go, let's go, let's go out first." To be honest, he did not expect Xia Xiang to protect Feng Sizhe like this. He, who was always kind and cheerful, actually looked very angry. For this reason, he had to back down. After all, he was the secretary of the municipal party committee, the top leader of a city. Even if he was the mayor, he had to listen to him on many things.

Seeing Ruan Guiben and the others walk out like this, Xia Xiang quickly came to Feng Sizhe and said, "Comrade Sizhe, what is going on?"

"Secretary Xia, thank you for your trust in me. I was wronged. This is what happened..." Feng Sizhe told Xia Xiang in front of him all the events that happened after he received the call.

Listening to Feng Sizhe's description of what happened, Xia Xiang nodded, "Is the call you answered the same one we received when we were chatting?"

Feng Sizhe recalled it and realized it was that phone call. He nodded and said, "Yes, it was that phone call."

"Then call back quickly and see if you can still get through." Xia Xiang knew it was that number and urged him immediately.

Feng Sizhe took out his cell phone from his pocket as he was told and started dialing the unknown number that was calling him. However, when he called, the phone said that the other party's phone was turned off.

Hearing that the other party had turned off the phone, Xia Xiang nodded. At this time, he basically confirmed that Feng Sizhe was wronged, but who had such a big grudge against him that he had to set up such a plan to frame him? Who would benefit from doing this?

"Comrade Sizhe, do you have any suspects now?" Xia thought about it and decided to ask the person involved.

"Secretary Xia, I suspect that Comrade Bei Jinlong must have known about this matter, otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence that when I felt something was wrong and was about to go out, he blocked the door. And my driver has been staying outside the Lotus Hotel. If the police arrived in a mighty manner after me, there is no possibility that my driver did not inform me." Feng Sizhe did not treat Xia Xiang as an outsider and immediately expressed his doubts.

"Oh, are you so confident in your driver?" Xia Xiang asked after hearing Feng Sizhe say this.

"Yes, my driver and I have worked together for many years, so we have this tacit understanding. If you don't believe me, I'll call him right now and ask him what's going on." Feng Sizhe called Li Shuang in front of Xia Xiang, and Li Shuang's voice soon came from the other end, "Boss, are you okay?"

"Li Shuang, don't ask so many questions now. Let me ask you, when you were guarding outside the Lotus Hotel, did you see Director Bei and his group of police officers walk into the hotel?" Feng Sizhe knew that Li Shuang must have seen him being arrested, and the reason he didn't show up was not because he was afraid, but because he had more important things to do.

Hearing Feng Sizhe's question, Li Shuang answered without hesitation, "Boss, I didn't see the police go in, I only saw the police come out. And Chen Hu just called and said that the police took a videotape from Room 301 where you are. It was said that it was installed there in advance."

"Oh, the videotape was put there in advance." Feng Sizhe understood as soon as he heard this. This must be a carefully planned conspiracy. Because Xia Xiang was standing by, Feng Sizhe didn't want others to know about his personal situation, so he said to the phone, "Okay, I have something else to do, so let's leave it at that for now. Remember, don't tell your sister-in-law and my family about what's happening to me now. I don't want them to worry. Do you understand?"

Li Shuang also guessed that Feng Sizhe must have some inconveniences, so he cooperated and said, "Okay, please rest assured, leader."

Feng Sizhe hung up the phone with Li Shuang and looked at Secretary Xia Xiang who was standing next to him.

Just now, the phone was answered in a non-questionable way, so Xia Xiang heard everything that was said. Although an unfamiliar name, Chen Hu, appeared, Xia Xiang didn't mind. Everyone has his or her own private affairs, and he didn't want to ask about them. What he cared about was what Li Shuang said, that he didn't see the police go in, but only saw the police come out, and that there were cameras installed in the room where Feng Sizhe was staying.

Whether it is for personal privacy or the scale and foundation of the Lotus Hotel, it is impossible to install cameras in the rooms except for the cameras in the corridors. These things happened by coincidence, which can only prove one thing, that is, this matter was indeed arranged by someone, just to put the blame on Feng Sizhe for taking bribes.

Now that there are witnesses and evidence, the matter is really not easy to resolve. Xia Xiang pressed his temples with both hands, and then said to Feng Sizhe, "Comrade Sizhe, I'm afraid I will have to wrong you for the next period of time. Before the matter is fully investigated, you may really have to stay here for a while, but don't worry, I will do my best to investigate the matter as soon as possible and clear your name."

"Thank you Secretary Xia for your trust. It doesn't matter if I stay here for a while. You may as well hand over the work concerning the city's agricultural transformation to Vice Mayor Dong Yongzhao and Comrade Xiang Feng. They are both very experienced. With them keeping an eye on it, there shouldn't be any major problems in the short term." Feng Sizhe thought that these two people knew a lot about agricultural work and had always been serious and responsible in their work. He could rest assured that the two of them were in charge of the city's agricultural transformation work.

At this time, Feng Sizhe still wanted to talk about work, which touched Xia Xiang. "Okay, I will arrange these two people to take charge of this work first, but you don't have to be too stressed. What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true. Don't worry, I will definitely speak for you. If it doesn't work, I will report the situation to the provincial party committee, and if it doesn't work, I will go to the central government. In short, I will definitely clear your name."

It can be said that at this time Xia Xiang completely believed in Feng Sizhe, and because of this sudden incident, the relationship between the two quickly warmed up and they became true friends.

"Thank you, Secretary Xia." Feng Sizhe was also somewhat moved at this moment. A municipal party secretary could believe in him so unconditionally. He felt that his hard work in this period was not in vain.

After Xia Xiang came out of the room where Feng Sizhe was imprisoned, he went to the small conference room of the Municipal Bureau and began to listen to Bei Jinlong and others' report on the case.

Bei Jinlong held a document that he had just investigated in his hand, and read it word by word in a methodical manner. From what he investigated, it was obvious that Feng Sizhe wanted to ask for a bribe. Seeing that the agricultural work in Lianhua City had brought benefits to the Great Northeast Company, he became jealous, so he asked his secretary Chen Guangming to call Fu Di and ask for 300,000 yuan. Unfortunately, this call was discovered by Comrade Wang Zhi, who also worked in the Municipal Government Office. Then he reported the situation to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and then the Municipal Bureau arranged cameras in the room in advance to prepare for evidence collection. Then everyone knew everything. It really happened. The transaction between Feng Sizhe and Fu Di was stolen by someone, and now all the evidence is conclusive.

This time, there was one more person present during the case report process, that was Lianhua City's deputy secretary and the Discipline Inspection Commission secretary Chen Zhenghai.

Chen Zhenghai, who was in charge of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, came here after receiving a call from Ruan Guiben. He was also very surprised when he heard that Feng Sizhe was arrested for soliciting bribes. He saw everything Comrade Feng Sizhe did when he came to Lianhua City. He was really happy to have such a hard-working colleague. As a cadre here, he was also very happy to see the economic work of Lianhua City progressing day by day. But he could never have imagined that such a situation would suddenly occur.

Chen Zhenghai himself didn't quite believe this matter, but after listening to Bei Jinlong's introduction of the case in an orderly manner and being able to produce some hard evidence, he didn't know what to say.

Chen Zhenghai still didn't know much about Feng Sizhe's character. He only cared about the evidence. As Xia Xiang believed Feng Sizhe very much, he naturally had his own plans. He didn't believe these so-called ironclad evidences. These ironclad evidences were just things that some people had prepared long ago. For this reason, after listening to Bei Jinlong's introduction of the case, he spoke directly and said, "Well, I just talked to Comrade Feng Sizhe about this matter. He said that he was wronged. Someone called him and said that there was something important to report to him about the city's agricultural transformation, so he rushed to Room 301 of the Lotus Hotel. I wonder if there is any misunderstanding in this matter? In this way, I think it is better to retrieve Comrade Feng Sizhe's phone records from the Communications Bureau first and see the situation first."

"No need. We have obtained Comrade Feng Sizhe's phone records from the Communications Bureau, which shows that he did not receive any calls during that time period." Bei Jinlong seemed to have been prepared for this and immediately took out the communications department's authoritative call list.