Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Seeing Hua Pengtao start to fight back, Sheng Shike also said hurriedly, "Yes, I think this possibility does exist. This matter still needs to be investigated carefully, but no matter what the result is, judging from this incident alone, these people's confessions are not very credible. The two confessions are inconsistent. Such people are not worthy of trust."

With Sheng Shike's support, Hua Pengtao was more confident. "Yes, what Deputy Secretary Sheng said is true. These pieces of evidence are not really evidence."

Chen Ping was completely discouraged by Hua Pengtao's denial. These were the things Feng Sizhe gave him. Now that he had used them all, they still didn't work. He didn't know what to do next. He had no choice but to look to Feng Sizhe for help. This young superior always gave people surprises and always used his trump card at the most critical moment. He hoped that he would not disappoint people this time.

Seeing Chen Ping looking at Feng Sizhe, Hua Pengtao took this opportunity to start speaking nonsense, "Deputy Secretary Ouyang, Deputy Secretary Sheng and all the comrades present, the facts are now clear. The Inspection Office brought Comrade Zhang Zhong and I here with some unreliable evidence. This was a mistake. Now the facts have proved that they have no solid evidence at all, which means that Comrade Zhang Zhong and I are innocent. And if the Inspection Office still wants to control our personal freedom, then I really doubt whether there is something else fishy in this matter. Is there someone abusing the power for personal gain, or is there someone making things up out of nothing."

"Well said, the truth of this matter has now been revealed. Facts have proved that the testimonies of these whistleblowers are inconsistent. Obviously, they all have problems. And letting people with problems report him is problematic in itself. Therefore, I think that the Inspectorate should reflect on itself and know what kind of testimonies can be trusted and what kind cannot be trusted in handling cases in the future. Don't repeat such mistakes." Sheng Shike cooperated with Hua Pengtao and immediately realized his personal opinion.

After saying this, Sheng Shike asked Ouyang Ling, "Deputy Secretary Ouyang, what do you think?"

This matter itself has nothing to do with Ouyang Ling, it's just because he and Sheng Shike are both from the Lu faction, so he stood up to speak for him. Now Sheng Shike has dragged him to express his views, and this Deputy Secretary Ouyang's eyes moved inadvertently. He was somewhat disgusted with Sheng Shike's aggressive attitude. Of course, he was more concerned about Feng Sizhe, because Feng Sizhe, who was sitting next to him, seemed to be indifferent to the changes in the scene, as if these things that were not good for him had no effect on him at all. Does that mean that this young man has no backup plan?

Before he had figured out the matter completely, he didn't want to make a casual statement and get involved in this muddy water. For this reason, even when Sheng Shike asked him this, he still said very cautiously, "Well, I think what Deputy Secretary Sheng said makes some sense, but the Inspection Office is also one of the law enforcement departments of our Central Commission for Discipline Inspection after all, and they have their own procedures and rules for how they do things. Just from this matter alone, the Inspection Office made a mistake, and it's a little too early."

Suddenly, Ouyang Ling started to smooth things over, which made Sheng Shike a little unhappy, but he didn't care about that at the moment. No matter whether Ouyang Ling didn't support him or not, he had to give an explanation today. Taking advantage of the current situation that was in his favor, he launched an attack.

"Well, Deputy Secretary Ouyang is still cautious. But no matter what, at present, it is not right for the Supervisory Office to casually call Comrade Hua Pengtao for a talk. I suggest that the Supervisory Office publicly apologize to Comrade Hua Pengtao and Comrade Zhang Zhong. In view of the fact that the Supervisory Office is a newly established unit, even the director Comrade Feng Sizhe is not very familiar with the rules and regulations of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, so we can still make a big deal out of a small matter and not hold them more responsible." Sheng Shike talked freely. In his opinion, he has given face to Feng Sizhe, and the other party should be grateful to him.

With Sheng Shike's words, the case seemed to have been decided, that is, the Inspection Office would publicly apologize, Hua Pengtao and Zhang Zhong would be acquitted, and in order to compensate Comrade Hua Pengtao for the grievances he had suffered in the past few days, he would be reinstated within the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and could be reappointed as deputy director of the General Office.

At the scene, Sheng Shike laughed, Hua Pengtao laughed, and even Zhang Zhong laughed. They all thought that the case should end here.

But Ouyang Ling, who was sitting there, was the only one who didn't smile. Because Feng Sizhe didn't say anything, he felt even less confident. He always felt that this young man was not easy to deal with. He didn't think that this matter could be solved so easily. Was Feng Sizhe such an easy person to deal with? If so, would so many officials from the Discipline Inspection Commission have been defeated by him?

Just when Ouyang Ling was still wondering whether Feng Sizhe had any backup plan, Feng Sizhe finally coughed, and this cough meant that he was about to speak.

"Deputy Secretary Ouyang, Deputy Secretary Sheng, and colleagues present, I am Feng Sizhe, the person in charge of this case, and the director of the Supervision Office. This case was launched with my consent. To be honest, I didn't believe that Comrade Hua Pengtao would make any mistakes at first, especially when he went to the local level to handle the case. He represented the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and he should have kept himself clean. It is impossible for him to accept a bribe of 800,000 yuan in cash."

Feng Sizhe spoke these words neither hurriedly nor slowly, as if he was stating a case.

When Feng Sizhe said this, Sheng Shike smiled a triumphant smile, because he thought that this was the word Feng Sizhe was preparing to use to apologize publicly. This young man should be put down. Does he think that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection is as simple as where it is and which city it is in charge of? This place is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and there are many experts. In terms of intelligence and ability, there are many strong people. Why should a young man like you come here to stir up trouble? And you insist on doing something, and you insist on being the first to touch my people? Well, I will teach you a lesson, so that you know what it means that there are always people better than you.

Hua Pengtao also had a look of pride and honor on his face. He had confronted Feng Sizhe more than once or twice, but he lost every time. But this time, he might win. This kind of victory was of great significance, and he could be said to be quite excited.

Feng Sizhe carefully observed everyone's expressions. Seeing Sheng Shike and Hua Pengtao laughing, and seeing Chen Ping and Yin Fenglei beside him lowering their heads, he felt amused. Why, hasn't the winner been decided yet? Why does it seem like everyone has seen the final result? Okay, then I will make a big change and let these people know that if you want to go against me, Feng Sizhe, or play tricks with me, you are still far away.

"I don't believe that Hua Pengtao would make a mistake, and I don't want to accept this fact. But unfortunately, not long ago, I suddenly got a tape, and after listening to this tape, I realized that all my ideas were wrong." After some preparation, Feng Sizhe finally said what he wanted to say in the end.

"What? What tape?" Hearing this, Sheng Shike already felt something was wrong. He couldn't help but say this, and only after he said it did he feel that there seemed to be something wrong with these words.

"Don't be anxious. What's true cannot be false and what's false cannot be true. Deputy Secretary Sheng, please listen to me slowly." Feng Sizhe felt a little ashamed when he saw Sheng Shike saying this without any political experience.

As soon as he said this, Sheng Shike quickly shut his mouth. He shouldn't have said that just now. Looking at his look just now, that panicked expression, it was really immature.

Sheng Shike is not young anymore and has been in politics for quite some time, but he is not like that. It was all because of Feng Sizhe. Things seemed to have been settled, but suddenly a tape appeared, which made him a little uneasy.

After saying this to Sheng Shike in a tone that seemed to be teaching him, Feng Sizhe calmly took out a tape and handed it to his secretary Yin Fenglei, "Play this tape for everyone to listen to."

Yin Fenglei took the tape, whose name no one knew except Feng Sizhe, to a recording machine, put it in, and gently pressed the play button. Then the voices of Hua Pengtao and Zhang Zhong were heard.

The voices of the two were very clear. Hua Pengtao was heard saying to Zhang Zhong, "Zhang Zhong, Zhang Zhong, this time all the trouble is caused by you. If I hadn't been greedy and accepted your 800,000 yuan and done things I shouldn't have done, this wouldn't have happened."

"Oh, Deputy Director Hua, I didn't expect this either. Really, this incident happened four years ago. I thought everyone had forgotten about it, but who would have thought it would be dug up again." Zhang Zhong's voice came out particularly clearly.

As soon as this voice came out, everyone in the audience was stunned. Especially Hua Pengtao and Zhang Zhong, who stared at each other with wide eyes, without even taking a breath. They both remembered at the same time that this was the conversation between the two that night when Huang Chicheng called them together and created a certain space for them.

At that time, they thought that this matter was done without anyone noticing. Hua Pengtao was a very cautious person. He did not completely trust Huang Chicheng. He even searched his room many times to find out if there was any eavesdropping device in it, but he found nothing. After seeing Zhang Zhong enter his room, he felt relieved to tell him so much. But who would have thought that when Huang Chicheng sent Zhang Zhong into the room, he patted Zhang Zhong on the shoulder and told him to hurry up, and then put it in his coat pocket. And then Huang Chicheng took out the small tape recorder when he sent Zhang Zhong back to his room without anyone noticing.

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