Rebirth of the Rising Sun

Before Lü Zhuo could even open his mouth, County Propaganda Minister Song Dawei suddenly stood up. "Well, I think Director Zhong is right. The Municipal Party Committee Investigation Team had already communicated with us yesterday about Fang Xianzhi's personal issues. I personally agree with the results of the Municipal Party Committee Investigation Team. So I think Secretary Lü should be more cautious in what he says. You should respect the opinions of the majority of comrades."

"That's right. Like Minister Song, I agree with the results of the Municipal Party Committee Investigation Team." Seeing Song Dawei standing up, County United Front Work Department Minister Wei Xiang also stood up quickly to express his support.

"Yes, I agree with Minister Song and Minister Wei. To be honest, I am also responsible for this matter. As a colleague of Comrade Fang Xianzhi for many years, I didn't realize that he was such a person. It was really a dereliction of duty." Lin Jianli, chairman of the county trade union, said with a look of great pain. He also got the news about the decision of the municipal party committee from Zhou Chunhai one step ahead. Zhou Chunhai told him that Fang Xianzhi was probably finished this time. At this time, what he had to do was to resolutely draw a clear line with Fang Xianzhi and clarify his position. This was very meaningful for the new division of power in Dahu County after Fang Xianzhi left. As long as he did a good job, he would most likely be transferred to a more important position next.

As a result, Lin Jianli, who had been keeping a low profile recently, suddenly stood up and supported Zhong Ping's decision.

This is the three standing committee members who have already determined Fang Xianzhi is guilty before Lu Zhuo even opened his mouth. This is beyond his imagination. Suddenly seeing these people stand up to support Zheng Jian, Lu Zhuo looked at Feng Sizhe for the second time. He didn't know whether to say the next words. If everyone thinks this way, then he is the only one who is different. Is this okay?

Feng Sizhe felt Lu Zhuo's gaze out of the corner of his eye and nodded again. He could still imagine that Song Dawei, Wei Xiang and Lin Jianli would stand up to support Zhong Ping. To put it bluntly, these three people were actually from the Qiu faction, so it was not surprising that they would agree with each other.

Feng Sizhe nodded to let Lu Zhuo know that he was not alone and that there were people who supported him. Especially since the most powerful Feng Sizhe supported him, that was enough. Once this person supported him, it was equivalent to the majority of people supporting him. He then lowered his throat and said, "I don't agree with the opinions of these three comrades. I want to ask Director Zhong, according to your meaning, do you mean that Ning Bentou is innocent and was framed by Comrade Fang Xianzhi who sent someone to knock him out in advance?"

"That's right." With the clear support of the three standing committee members, Zhong Ping became much bolder. When facing Lu Zhuo's questioning, he was no longer so panicked.

"Then, here comes my question. I'll tell you the truth. According to my investigation, Ning Bentou was not framed. At least it is true that he led people to kidnap Miss Bai Caixia." Seeing Zhong Ping's affirmation so readily, Lu Zhuo looked disdainful.

"Hmm? What did Comrade Lu Zhuo say?" Zhong Ping suddenly felt a little uneasy when he heard that Lu Zhuo did not mention Fang Xianzhi but Ning Bentou, and his words were so sure. Fearing that others were deceiving him, he asked this question in return.

"Why? Because I have investigated Miss Bai Caixia's driver, and he has told me that it was indeed Ning Bentou who suddenly appeared with four young men, and then took away his car and took Mr. Bai away." Lu Zhuo looked at Zhong Ping who seemed to want to hold on, so he sneered and threw out the card in his hand.

When he heard about Mr. Bai's driver, Zheng Jian was obviously stunned. Of course, he knew that Mr. Bai and her driver would play an important role in determining whether Ning Bentou would be guilty. However, when he repeatedly asked to see them, he could not see them. Later, when he heard that Mr. Bai had left Dahu and returned to Kyoto, and even the driver disappeared without a trace, he thought that they did not want to get involved in this matter. This was a fearful expression. Therefore, he did not take them seriously, thinking that they would not say anything nonsense, let alone participate in the local struggle. But he never expected that they would still participate, and they still helped Lu Zhuo. Therefore, when he heard about Mr. Bai's driver, an important witness, he knew that this was not good news, but in order to show that this driver was not a very important witness, he still said, "Oh, it's just a driver. His one-sided words cannot be used as real evidence. How about this, Comrade Lu Zhuo, please hand over this driver to me, and I will ask him carefully, is it okay?"

It was obvious that Lu Zhuo wanted to control all the unfavorable evidence and witnesses in his hands. How could Lu Zhuo not understand this?

"Haha, I think it's fine to keep the person here. There's no need to send him to the Municipal Party Committee Investigation Team. Besides, the provincial and municipal joint investigation team will be here soon. I will send him there and let him explain clearly." Lu Zhuo clearly refused Zhong Ping's request to take the person away. After saying this, Zhong Ping's eyes were obviously a little flustered. However, Lu Zhuo didn't finish, he continued, "Just now Director Zhong said that it was just one person's words that were not enough to prove. Well, I not only have the testimony of this driver, but also the testimony of four comrades from the Dahu County Public Security Bureau who went to rescue him on the night of the incident. If Director Zheng still thinks this is not enough, I also have Li Shuang, the driver of the Dahu County Party Committee's small car team, to testify. If Director Zhong still thinks this is not enough, then..." Lu Zhuo looked at Feng Sizhe for the third time.

This time, all the participants saw his actions clearly. When they heard Lu Zhuo mention Li Shuang's name, many people had a feeling that Feng Sizhe had finally decided to intervene in this matter. Now looking at Lu Zhuo, many people held their breath, because Feng Sizhe's attitude would determine how credible Lu Zhuo's words were. At this moment, as long as Feng Sizhe was willing to support Lu Zhuo, everything would become mysterious, and it was even possible that all the results of the previous municipal party committee investigation team would be invalid.

Zheng Jian, who also knew how important this statement was, was staring at Feng Sizhe. Of course, he didn't want this person to get involved. Seeing that as long as the opinions of the county committee members in Dahu County were unified, as long as the provincial and municipal investigation teams were met and the county committees' unified opinions were presented, Fang Xianzhi would have no excuses. So many of his former colleagues didn't believe him, which was another kind of ironclad evidence. He would have to bear the blame. However, Lu Zhuo's words today suddenly made things confusing. Now Feng Sizhe's decision would represent everything.

So many people have their eyes on Feng Sizhe, which once again demonstrates the importance of his position in Dahu County and his ability to decide everything with a single word.

Comrade Feng Sizhe raised his head slowly and calmly. He first glanced at Lü Zhuo who was looking at him eagerly, then glanced at Zhong Ping who was extremely nervous. Then he slowly said, "Well, if you need me to, I can testify about this matter. That night, the driver Li Shuang and I did see Mr. Bai's driver thrown on the side of the road. At that time, I called Secretary Luo and asked him to send someone to send the driver to the hospital for treatment."

"That's right. County Magistrate Feng did call me at that time, and I also sent a car and four comrades to complete the task." Luo Jinlong stood up at the right time. Feng Sizhe called his name, so he had to stand up and express his position.

The statements of Feng Sizhe and Luo Jinlong immediately changed the atmosphere. People who didn't know how Feng Sizhe made the decision before saw what to do next. Jia Bin, the full-time deputy secretary of the county party committee, was the first to express his attitude, "Well, I believe County Magistrate Feng and Secretary Luo. So, according to what Secretary Lu said, Director Zhong, the results of your municipal party committee investigation team are not careful. I can't believe it."

"Yes, since the matter involves Comrade Fang Xianzhi, I think it is better to be more rigorous. Now it seems that there are discrepancies. How can we accept the results of this municipal party committee investigation team?" Organization Minister Li Yi Ge also immediately put forward his opinion.

"That's right. I've always said that Secretary Fang was wronged. Now it seems that Director Zhong is really wrong. I think it's necessary to report this matter to the Municipal Party Committee and reposition Secretary Fang." Cui Yan, director of the County Party Committee Office, was the one who was most upset about Fang Xianzhi, not for anything else, but because of his duty. He just thought that Director Zheng and Feng Sizhe had reached some consensus. If that was the case, Fang Xianzhi would really be hopeless. But now it seems that this is not the case at all, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his attitude when speaking was naturally much more radical than others.

"Yes, yes, we think so too." At the same time, Standing Committee members Zhang Youlun and He Wenbao also added their comments.

The Dahu County Standing Committee had made a new decision before the meeting, which negated Zhong Ping's previous decision. This was something Zhong Ping had never expected.

He thought that since he had greeted Feng Sizhe, he should cooperate with him, because Fang Xianzhi knew that this young man was very likely to be qualified for the position of secretary. However, he did not expect that he had already seen through the plan he and Du Tianhe had discussed. Could it be that he had no confidence in becoming the county party secretary?

Zhong Ping was shocked, knowing that if the meeting continued, it would definitely go in a direction that was not favorable to him. He decided to take a step back and adjourn the meeting first, and wait until the majority of comrades had reached a consensus before seeing what would happen. "Well, there are actually many doubts about the matter, which I had not thought of beforehand. Let me investigate and announce that the meeting will be postponed. Postponed."