Rebirth of the Rising Sun

When Feng Sizhe said it was okay, Yuan Weimin nodded and said, "In fact, the public security situation in Ducheng Province is indeed unsatisfactory."

"Comrade Weimin, if you were in charge of the Public Security Department, how would you manage the public security of the capital province?" Feng Sizhe suddenly asked this question.

This sentence made Yuan Weimin stunned, but no matter what, he was also the vice governor and had experience in governing as a municipal party secretary, so he reacted quickly, "Governor, if I were the leader in charge of the Public Security Department, I would definitely play a strong role in promoting public security in the province. Only in a stable environment can the economy grow, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and society can progress. These are complementary to each other."

Hearing Yuan Weimin's impromptu answer, Feng Sizhe nodded in satisfaction, "Very good, it's like this, Comrade Weimin, I plan to let you take over the work of Comrade He Maolin in charge of the Provincial Public Security Department. Do you have the confidence to do it well?"

This was Feng Sizhe's real intention in looking for Yuan Weimin. He had learned from Zhang Yang that He Maolin, the deputy provincial governor in charge of the Public Security Department, security, and judicial departments, was actually not very effective in his work. In private, he had a close relationship with Chao Long, the executive deputy director of the Public Security Department, and also maintained a good relationship with Tang Jian, the provincial party committee member and secretary of the provincial political and legal committee. How could such a person be able to do a good job in supervising public security work?

"What?" At this moment, Yuan Weimin really couldn't figure out what Feng Sizhe was trying to do. The series of events that happened this afternoon really made him feel overwhelmed. First, he gave up the work of poverty alleviation and archive management, then took over the tasks of social stability, national defense mobilization, and air defense, and now he had to add the important task of being in charge of the Public Security Department. If all these were added together, his status among the deputy governors of the provincial government would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced, and his ranking would rise sharply.

"Okay, just be prepared for this matter. Of course, I hope you don't tell other people before things are finalized." Feng Sizhe has not yet thought of a specific way to take down He Maolin. He only relies on the incident of him being attacked at the night market, which obviously lacks confidence.

Having lived two lives, Feng Sizhe believed that he had a way of judging people, especially after he read Yuan Weimin's resume. He knew that this person had experience as the secretary of the county Political and Legal Committee. Although he was later changed to be in charge of the economy, he had such work experience after all. Now that he was asked to work in the Public Security Department, he should be able to do it with ease.

Yuan Weimin was still digesting Feng Sizhe's words, and Feng Sizhe was also waiting for Yuan Weimin's statement. At this time, the phone on the table rang. Young Master Feng took a look and saw that it was Duan Yuntao calling. He immediately answered the phone and asked, "What's going on?"

"Governor, Li Sanmao is dead." Duan Yuntao's voice was full of helplessness.

"What? Dead?" Feng Sizhe was a little surprised when he heard the result. He couldn't understand what was going on, so he immediately asked, "How did he die?" He firmly believed that since Huo Zhun called him to tell him where Li Sanmao was hiding, they should have the obligation to keep an eye on this person before their people arrived. How could he die like this?

"It's like this. After I received your call, I immediately filed a report with the Provincial Public Security Bureau. After hearing the report, Deputy Director An Guang immediately agreed to my arrest plan. So I brought my men to the Yuanda warehouse in the northwest of the city, where we happened to meet Li Sanmao who was trying to escape. So we started a gun fight. He first injured one of our police officers, and then several other policemen got impulsive and fired at him, killing him." Speaking of beating Li Sanmao to death, Duan Yuntao was obviously not in a good mood. He thought he had captured some key evidence, but now the person is dead and all clues are cut off.

Hearing about what happened, Feng Sizhe thought he should go to the scene to learn more about the situation, so he told Duan Yuntao on the phone that he would be there soon, and hung up the phone after listening to the on-site report. Looking at Yuan Weimin sitting opposite him, Feng Sizhe thought for a moment and said, "Weimin, come with me."

A cordon had been set up outside the Yuanda warehouse in the northwest of the city. Fortunately, the warehouse had been abandoned for a long time, so there were usually few people coming here, and this case did not attract much attention from local residents.

While waiting for Feng Sizhe to arrive in the Red Flag car, Duan Yuntao and others had already been waiting here. Seeing the car coming, they hurried over.

Feng Sizhe and Yuan Weimin walked out of the car together. As soon as they got out of the car, Duan Yuntao and another middle-aged man dressed as a police officer saluted them, "Hello, Governor Feng, hello, Vice Governor Yuan."

"Well, what's going on?" Feng Sizhe asked seriously after getting off the car. He told Yuan Weimin what happened in the car, and the two came to a common conclusion, that is, this case was probably caused by someone tipping off Li Sanmao, because Huo Zhun called later and said that the people he sent saw Li Sanmao preparing to flee after answering a phone call, and the state staff also tracked the call, but it was a pity that the public telephone booth was in the middle of a riot, and it was almost impossible to find out who called Li Sanmao to tip him off.

Feng Sizhe felt a little angry when he thought that Duan Yuntao's deeds had leaked out.

Seeing Feng Sizhe's unfriendly face, Duan Yuntao hurried over and whispered to Feng Sizhe, "Governor, I suspect someone may have leaked the news in advance."

Hearing Duan Yuntao say this, Feng Sizhe's face looked a little better. At least this guy knew how to summarize his experience. "Well, you also know that someone leaked the news. Then let me ask you, why didn't you think of this in advance? And what does that person do?"

Obviously, Feng Sizhe was referring to the police officer who had just walked over with Duan Yuntao and saluted.

Duan Yuntao said bitterly, "Governor, you know that I have just arrived in Ducheng Province for a few days, and I don't have many people I trust. Besides, the northwest of the city is not strictly within the scope of our Chuandu Public Security Bureau's duty. It belongs to the suburban area. I am arresting people across regions, so of course I have to report it to the Provincial Public Security Bureau for filing. The person who saluted you with me is An Guang, the deputy director of the Provincial Public Security Bureau."

Feng Sizhe nodded silently when he heard that the matter was so complicated. That's right, Duan Yuntao came to the capital a few days earlier than him. It was obviously unrealistic to cultivate a group of confidants in such a short time. It was also normal for him to ask the Provincial Public Security Bureau for assistance. It was also normal. But in this way, the matter would inevitably leak out.

"Then let me ask you, did the police officer who shot and killed Li Sanmao do it intentionally or unintentionally?" Feng Sizhe thought of another key question.

"It was definitely self-defense. You don't know that Li Sanmao just fought back like crazy, and a policeman was injured without any defense. If we hadn't taken decisive measures at that time, who knows how many more people would have been injured." Duan Yuntao had obviously thought of this a long time ago, so he explained to Feng Sizhe that the policeman who shot and killed Li Sanmao definitely did not intend to kill anyone, but was forced by the situation.

Listening to Duan Yuntao's words, Feng Sizhe could only sigh that he was bad luck. If he had caught Li Sanmao, he might have been able to dig out some things along this line, but now that he was dead, things became difficult to handle.

While Feng Sizhe was listening to Duan Yuntao's work report, several police cars came not far away, including an Audi A8. After a while, someone shouted, "Where is Duan Yuntao? Duan Yuntao, come out."

When Duan Yuntao heard someone shouting like that, his face changed. Then he quickly responded and ran towards the place where the sound came from.

The person who called his name was none other than Wang Hailiang, director of the Provincial Public Security Department. He heard from his subordinates that they had found the suspect who had hit Vice Governor Xia Yu with his car, so he hurried over. However, he did not expect that Li Sanmao was dead. This made him very angry, so he shouted Duan Yuntao loudly.

As soon as Duan Yuntao stood in front of Wang Hailiang and shouted "Hello, Director Wang", he heard a loud roar, "Duan Yuntao, how did you solve the case? How could such an important suspect die? Do you know that all the clues we have for our investigation have been cut off? Also, this is not the territory of your Chuandu Public Security Bureau. Who gave you the authority to arrest people here? Why didn't you ask the Public Security Bureau for instructions?"

Listening to Wang Hailiang's scolding, Duan Yuntao felt a little unconvinced. He thought that someone must have told Wang Hailiang about this matter, and the person who leaked the news might be this person. Now that he saw someone dead, he began to ask about his responsibility.

"Director Wang, it was me who agreed to let Comrade Duan Yuntao come here to arrest people. If you want to blame someone, blame me." Just as Duan Yuntao was being scolded, the deputy director of the provincial department, An Guang, who came with him, came over and took the initiative to assume the responsibility.

Duan Yuntao didn't expect An Guang to take the initiative to stand up at this time, and he couldn't help but cast a grateful look. Ordinarily, this was what he meant when he looked for An Guang at that time. Now that something really happened, he thought this person should have hidden himself, but he didn't expect that he would take the initiative to stand up.

"Comrade An Guang is here too." Behind Wang Hailiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission Tang Jian walked out. When he saw that An Guang took the blame on his own initiative, he knew that it would be unlikely to use this incident to hold Duan Yuntao accountable, because if the provincial department had known about this matter before, then Duan Yuntao would not be suspected of violating discipline at work.