Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Along the way, the two did not say much. After arriving in Tangche County, Xia Xiang told the driver that his old friend's name was Ying Weiqun. Looking at the time, it was already noon, so he asked the driver to try to find Ying Weiqun's home and drive directly there.

Xia thought it was simple. He only needed to take He Qiang to meet Ying Weiquan privately, and then someone would take care of the rest. But he didn't expect that after asking passers-by and driving to Ying Weiquan's home in the county government's family building, he saw a big seal from the Public Security Bureau on the door of the house.

"What's going on?" Xia Xiang said unhappily as he looked at this sudden situation.

"Ah, Minister Xia, wait a moment, let me ask." Upon seeing this situation, He Qiang was a little confused. Could it be that this was a bad idea? Could it be that the person Minister Xia was looking for had committed a crime?

He Qiang took out his cell phone and called Li Pinjiang's personal cell phone directly.

At this time, Li Pinjiang was with Zhang Ying in a room in the county party committee hotel. He had just met Zhang Ying's needs and searched Ying Weiqun's house. What's more, he actually found a savings book with 200,000 yuan. Looking at the savings book, Zhang Ying smiled. This was real evidence. With the salaries of Ying Weiqun and Sun Li, it would not be easy to save that much money. Now, with this evidence, let's see what Ying Weiqun has to say.

So Zhang Ying asked the police to seal the house, and then came to Li Pinjiang to report the good news. Li Pinjiang would not care about so many things. In his eyes, Ying Weiquan was just a small role. He thought more about how to get Zhang Ying to serve him and make him feel comfortable.

Just when he was about to have some fun, his cell phone rang. He muttered angrily that the caller was too ignorant. But when he saw the caller ID, he became respectful and said, "Hello, Secretary He. I'm Xiao Li."

"Well, Comrade Li Pinjiang, what are you doing? What happened to Comrade Ying Weiquan, the deputy director of your county government office? Why did you seal off his home?" As soon as the call was connected, He Qiang questioned Li Pinjiang.

Li Pinjiang didn't expect that Secretary He also knew such a small matter. Could it be that this Ying Weiquan had such a relationship? That's not right, I haven't heard him say that before. Puzzled, Li Pinjiang explained, "Secretary He, the thing is this, our county discipline inspection commission received a report that Ying Weiquan was corrupt and accepted bribes, so we conducted an investigation and found a savings book of 200,000 yuan in his home, so our county discipline inspection commission and the county public security bureau made this decision."

"A savings book with 200,000 yuan, what's going on with that?" Although this amount of money is not a lot, it depends on who you compare it with. For example, Tangche County is originally a large agricultural county, and people here are not rich. Anyone who has 100,000 or 80,000 yuan is considered to be well-off. Suddenly finding a savings book with 200,000 yuan at home is indeed a considerable fortune.

"How about this, Secretary He, I will go to the city this afternoon to report this matter to you, what do you think?" Li Pinjiang thought that he might not be able to explain the matter clearly in a few words, so it would be better to report it in person. At the same time, he could take this opportunity to get closer to the leader and improve the relationship with the leader. Isn't this a good thing?

"No need. I'm at the staff quarters of your county government now. Please come over." If it were any other time, He Qiang would certainly be satisfied with Li Pinjiang's way of handling the matter. He would come to explain to him in person every little thing, which showed his respect for him. But it is not possible now. Minister Xia Xiang is still by his side. He came from far away just to see Ying Weiquan. Now he must give him an explanation.

Hearing that Secretary He Qiang had arrived in Tangche County, Li Pinjiang was stunned. "What? Secretary He has come to our county government staff quarters. Well, I will rush over right away."

Li Pinjiang hung up the phone in a hurry, and then said to Zhang Ying, who was still smugly quoting, "Things are not good. Ying Weiquan's matter has attracted the attention of Secretary He, and now he has rushed over. You go to the county public security bureau right now and get the evidence. Do you understand?"

Seeing Li Pinjiang looking a little flustered, Zhang Ying nodded quickly. She also realized that things had gotten out of hand.

Li Pinjiang hurriedly drove to the county government staff quarters, and sure enough, he saw He Qiang there. Not only did he see Secretary He, he also saw Xia Xiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization. This made him even more confused. What day was today? What happened? Why did this god come here?

If he had seen Xia Xiang at any other time, Li Pinjiang would have been very happy. He would have taken the opportunity to flatter her. If he could get in touch with her, wouldn't his career be very successful? But in this environment, he didn't dare to say much, because he hadn't figured out whether she was just passing by or looking for trouble.

"Hello, Minister Xia, hello, Secretary He." Li Pinjiang trotted over and said respectfully.

"You've come at the right time. Go and have a good talk with Secretary He about what's going on. Let me tell you, Ying Weiqun is an old friend of Minister Xia." As soon as they met, He Qiang made clear the interests involved.

When Li Pinjiang heard that Ying Weiquan was actually an old friend of Minister Xia, he was even more confused. Why had he never heard of this before? If he knew Ying Weiquan had such a relationship, he would never bother her. But now that the matter has happened, if he can't give her a good explanation, then it is obvious that he has failed in his job. If the provincial organization minister remembers him, will he have a good ending?

His mind was racing, thinking that no matter what, he had to do it anyway. If he let Ying Weiqun go now, he would be held responsible. Besides, he had been ruthless this time. It was conceivable that if Ying Weiqun came out like this, would he say anything good about himself in front of Xia Xiang?

Some things are just like that. When you are pushed to the limit, you have no choice but to go all out. "It's like this, Minister Xia. Comrade Ying Weiquan is the deputy director of our county government office. He usually has a good expression, but this time the county discipline inspection commission suddenly received a letter of complaint, saying that he privately gave others 200,000 yuan and wanted to use his power to do things for them. When this matter was reported to me, I followed the organizational procedures and gave instructions to agree to investigate the case. However, considering that Comrade Ying Weiquan has worked for the county for decades, we still have to consider the impact. But I didn't expect that the county discipline inspection commission easily found a savings book of 200,000 yuan in his home during the investigation. In this case, I am afraid that I can't handle it low-key."

Listening to Li Pinjiang saying that Ying Weiquan was a corrupt official, Xia Xiang was also stunned. Could it be that Feng Sizhe was not aware of this matter? Was he just deceived by others?

The higher the level of a cadre, the more they need to think before making a decision. Otherwise, if they make a decision rashly, they may get into big trouble. "Oh, there is such a thing. Wait for me to make a phone call and ask."

After saying this, Xia Xiang returned to the car, found Feng Sizhe's phone number and dialed it.

Coincidentally, Feng Sizhe is resting at Yingtao's place. He seldom comes here at noon, but Yingtao wants to know about her father's situation, so she made a few phone calls to get Feng Sizhe to his place.

Feng Sizhe had just finished his meal when he saw Xia Xiang's phone call. He smiled and said to Yingtao, "The call you've been waiting for has come."

"Really? Then answer it quickly." Cherry said happily.

Feng Sizhe answered the phone with a smile, "Old leader, this is Sizhe."

"Oh, Sizhe, something is wrong." This was the first sentence Xia Xiang said.

"Something is wrong, what do you mean?" Upon hearing this, Feng Sizhe was stunned for a moment. What does it mean that something is wrong?

"Sizhe, tell me the truth, do you know a lot about Ying Weiqun?" Xia thought about it and decided that he should make things clear to Feng Sizhe. He didn't want Feng Sizhe to be the victim and be deceived. That would be a big joke.

Feng Sizhe didn't really know much about Ying Weiquan, at least all he knew was what he heard from Yingtao. "Well, just tell me what's going on, old leader."

Hearing Feng Sizhe avoid the question, Xia Xiang seemed to understand, and he said, "Hey, I won't hide it from you. I am right at the doorstep of Ying Weiquan's home in Tangche County. However, his home has been sealed. I just asked the relevant comrades, and they said that Ying Weiquan was involved in corruption and has been controlled by the county discipline inspection commission."

"Huh?" Feng Sizhe was stunned when he heard what happened. What was going on?

"This is impossible." Upon hearing that her father was arrested for corruption, Cherry excitedly shouted that it was impossible. She had lived with her father for so many years and she knew this man very well. Her father was not that kind of person at all. If such a thing really happened, he must have been framed by others.

"Don't worry." Feng Sizhe said to Yingtao beside him, and then asked on the phone, "Old leader, what is going on? Please tell me in detail."

"It's like this. The Tangche County Discipline Inspection Commission received a report that Ying Weiqun had accepted bribes, so they started investigating and found a savings book with 200,000 yuan in his home, which confirmed the matter." Xia Xiang reported to Feng Sizhe what he had just learned.

Feng Sizhe hadn't reacted yet. Cherry, who was standing beside him, heard that it was the 200,000 yuan she gave to her mother that caused the trouble. She immediately shouted, "No, you must be mistaken. The 200,000 yuan was not obtained by my father through bribery. I gave it to my mother when she came to visit me in Kyoto a while ago."