Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Yes, yes, I've been guarding the gate and didn't see anyone coming out." Lin Jicheng answered affirmatively.

"Very good, let's go in then." Zhong Ping patted Lin Jianli's shoulder happily, and then led the group straight to the guesthouse. After arriving inside the guesthouse, he left three people to guard the lobby, and told them to hold down any suspicious people they saw first, and then he and Lin Jianli led four policemen straight to the second floor.

On the second floor, Wang Hong had just moved the driver from Room 205 to the room where Feng Sizhe lived according to her husband's request. But just after she had done this, Lin Jianli came to the second floor with five people in a menacing manner and arrived at the door of Room 205.

Here, Lin Jianli saw Xiaofeng, the waitress of the guesthouse, who was locking the door of room 205. "Comrade Xiaofeng, this is Director Zhong of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. He is also the head of our Dahu investigation team under the Municipal Party Committee. Please open the door now. We are going in to search."

Xiao Feng was already a little nervous after being scolded by Wang Hong. Now she was even more frightened when she saw so many people in police uniforms coming. She stood there without moving or saying a word.

"Comrade Xiaofeng, right? Don't be afraid. We know you are a good comrade. As long as you cooperate with our work, we promise that we will not make things difficult for you. How about opening the door? The person we need most is indeed here, okay?" Seeing Xiaofeng's look, Zhong Ping guessed that she must have been frightened by the actions of him and his companions, so he pretended to be very kind and spoke to her with a friendly look.

It was quite effective. At least Xiao Feng was not as scared as before. She looked up at Zhong Ping and then at Lin Jianli. After Lin Jianli made eye contact with her, he quickly interrupted, "Yes, you are a good comrade. If you open the door obediently, it will not have anything to do with you."

Lin Jianli's words calmed Xiaofeng down, "But there's no one in this room anymore."

"Okay, Xiaofeng, you'd better open the door first, otherwise the police will break it down. Then, you will be held responsible for not cooperating with the comrades in the Public Security Bureau, and you won't be able to return home." Seeing that Xiaofeng still didn't open the door after all, Zhong Ping became anxious. He knew that this was Dahu County after all, and his actions were not approved by formal documents. It would be bad if more people saw it. For this reason, he had to hurry up. He thought that if soft methods didn't work, he would have to use hard methods.

Zhong Ping's threat really worked. Hearing that if she didn't obey, Xiao Feng would be arrested by the Public Security Bureau, she finally took out a bunch of keys from her pocket, then took out a single key with the number 205 written on it and poked it into the door of the room.

The key was inserted into the door, and the room was opened immediately. Then the four policemen behind Zhong Ping rushed into the house without saying a word. However, when they entered the house, they found that there was no one inside, just as Xiaofeng said.

"What's going on?" Seeing that there was no one in the room, Zhong Ping asked Lin Jicheng.

Lin Jianli was also stunned, then he turned around and asked Xiaofeng who was standing by the door, "Comrade Xiaofeng, didn't you tell me that the driver lived in 205? But why didn't he live there? I'm telling you, you will be held accountable for lying like this."

"Woo..." Xiao Feng cried out of fear when she heard that she was going to be held accountable. She was originally a rural girl. Because she had a decent level of knowledge and was lucky enough to come to the county guesthouse after graduating from a technical secondary school, she had only been here for a short time. She was thinking about whether she could eat royal food in the future, but she didn't expect that because she took the initiative to talk to Lin Jianli today, she would get into such a situation. She just wanted to get to know a few more leaders and hoped to lay a foundation for her to become a regular employee in the future, but she never expected that she would get into trouble. This was really something she had never expected. Now that she was frightened and worried about losing her job, she would of course cry out.

When Xiaofeng started crying, Zhong Ping became impatient. "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"Okay, okay, Comrade Xiaofeng, don't cry. I believe you. Come on, tell me what happened. Did you lie or was the person transferred to another room? I'm telling you, as long as you tell the truth, you can make up for your crime and your previous mistakes will not be investigated." Lin Jianli said as if he was thinking about Xiaofeng. As expected of a trade union chairman, he did a good job in basic ideological work.

After Lin Jianli said this, Xiaofeng really stopped crying. She opened her eyes wide and asked in disbelief, "Can I really make up for my crime and gain merit?"

"Really? I'm a member of the county party committee and a leader of the county party committee. Don't you believe what I say?"

"I believe it, I believe it." Xiao Feng wiped away the tears from her eyes after listening to Lin Jianli's assurance. "The person was just transferred away. It was Director Wang who heard that you were here just now, so he immediately asked me to open the door and transfer the driver to Room 208."

"Oh, you have the key to room 208, please open it quickly. As long as you catch this person, you will be credited." When Lin Jicheng heard that she was indeed transferred, he snorted in his heart, thinking that he had just seen Wang Hong in the corridor, and thought that this woman was really troublesome.

"I...I didn't. Because that's a special room, the bedroom of County Magistrate Feng." Xiao Feng was obviously afraid when she mentioned Room 208. That was Feng Sizhe's resting room, and Susie was the only one who cleaned it. Normally, ordinary service staff like them could not enter that room.

"What?" Zhong Ping was about to lead people to room 208, but when he heard Xiao Feng say that it was Feng Sizhe's room, he had to pause. If it was someone else, it would be fine, but in Dahu County, Zhong Ping only had one person in mind, and that was Feng Sizhe. He always felt that this young man was very successful and was probably the most difficult to deal with. In addition, he had a background and a very important position and authority in Dahu County. How could he just break into his room?

"What should we do, Director Zhong?" Upon hearing that people were transferred to Feng Sizhe's room, Lin Jianli was also very troubled. He only dared to show off in front of a young girl like Xiaofeng. If he really had to go against Feng Sizhe, he really didn't have the courage.

"Time is victory." Seeing that Zhong Ping did not make any movement after he asked the question, Lin Jianli could not help but add another sentence. Yes, he did not dare to confront Feng Sizhe, but Zhong Ping dared to do so. Not to mention that he was the leader of the Municipal Party Committee Investigation Team, even if things got awkward, he would go back to the city, and Feng Sizhe would be powerless to deal with him.

The phrase "time means victory" reminded Zhong Ping. Thinking that Du Tianhe was still waiting for his good news in the city, he gritted his teeth and said, "Break in. No matter whose room it is, rush in first. In short, we must control the person in our hands. Only in this way can we take the initiative."

Zhong Ping made up his mind, and brought Lin Jianli and four police officers to the outside of Feng Sizhe's room. Then he gritted his teeth and prepared to make a strong charge. However, just as he was about to give the order, a woman's voice came over. "Hey, who are you? What do you want to do?"

Following the voice, Wang Hong appeared in front of them. As soon as he saw the woman, Lin Jianli stepped forward and said, "Director Wang, you are here just in time. This is the leader of the Municipal Party Committee Investigation Team and also the Municipal Public Security Bureau Director Zhong. He now suspects that there is an extremely important witness in County Magistrate Feng's room. For this reason, we are going to take this witness away. Please open the door now."

"Yes, I am Zhong Ping. Now, please cooperate with our work, Director Wang." After hearing Lin Jianli's address, Zhong Ping knew the origin of the woman in front of him. He thought that it would not be a good idea to break in, and it would be best if someone opened the door. In this way, he placed his hope on Wang Hong.

Who is Wang Hong? She is an intellectual woman who lives with He Wenbao every day. She has been the director of the county guesthouse for so many years, so she has had some experience. How could she not know what kind of relationship Lin Jianli and Feng Sizhe have now? Seeing that they were about to break into Feng Sizhe's office without even saying hello, how could she possibly agree? "Oh, you guys actually know that this is County Magistrate Feng's room. If you still force your way in even though you know it, you must have a search warrant. Come on, show me your search warrant. As long as you have it, I will naturally let you in. I also know that I cannot stop you from doing your business."

"This..." Zhong Ping was stunned when he heard it. How could he have a search warrant? If he had one, he would not have spoken to Wang Hong in this tone. Now that he saw that the other party was actually making things difficult for him, he said very unhappily, "Because the matter was urgent, there was no time to apply for a search warrant. I hope Director Wang will make an exception and help..."

"I dare not make an exception. Although I am not an expert in the law, I am a party member after all, and I know the policies. As the director of the guesthouse, I know that I must protect the rights of every legal citizen. Let alone County Magistrate Feng's room, I cannot let you in even if you don't have a search warrant for an ordinary guest. So if you don't have a search warrant, please go back first. Don't embarrass a woman like me, okay?" When Wang Hong heard that Zhong Ping and his men didn't have a search warrant, she didn't care so much. Make an exception? Help? What a joke! Even if they had a search warrant, she would have tried to stop them, not to mention that they had nothing. It would be strange for her to help them.