Rebirth of the Rising Sun

"Come on, stop flattering me. To be honest, I know my own limitations. My position doesn't need you to do that. You should still be like we were in the same Provincial Party Committee Inspectorate Office. You call me Lao Chen and I call you Lao Lu. Just speak your mind. In fact, before I came to Dahu County this time, Secretary-General Lu talked to me. He asked me to discuss things with you and to adapt to circumstances. In short, he wanted me to cooperate with your work, so just tell me whatever is on your mind."

Chen Jun's words were very clear. If Lu Zhuo still didn't understand, he would be very stupid. He knew that the time was ripe and it was time to speak out his thoughts. "Well, since you said so, Old Chen, if I keep my thoughts to myself, I would be petty. Well, I will tell you everything I know."

Next, Lu Zhuo spent more than half an hour explaining what he knew and his personal views on the incident between Ning Bentou and Fang Xianzhi.

Chen Jun had been listening. As the deputy director of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Office, he had seen many scenes of struggle, many calculations and intrigues among colleagues. He should be immune to these things, but when he heard Lv Zhuo talking about the situation in Dahu County, he was still shocked. He really didn't expect that such a muddy thing would happen in a county that was listed as one of the top 100 poorest counties in the country. What he couldn't imagine was that Du Tianhe, a member of the Municipal Party Committee, could say that white was black. It was obvious that he wanted Fang Xianzhi to help save his brother-in-law, but he framed him when he couldn't help. If such a thing was settled like this, where would the party discipline and national law be?

"Old Lu, are these things true? They are not just your guesses, right?" After hearing the whole story, Chen Jun was somewhat skeptical whether Lu Zhuo had such a conclusion based on some personal ideas?

"How could that be? Old Chen, if you say that others don't understand me, don't you understand me? Think about it, when we worked together in the Provincial Party Committee's Inspectorate, did I make any wrong decisions because of my own subjective consciousness? I tell you, this is not caused by my emotions. It's really that some people really turned white into black, and then turned black into white. I really can't stand it."

Chen Jun had to believe Lu Zhuo's affirmation. But he still had some concerns, "But Old Chen, I want to remind you that Du Tianhe is backed by Vice Governor Zhu. I'm afraid you know about Vice Governor Zhu. He is the oldest person in our Zhongzhou Provincial Party Committee. Sometimes even Secretary Qiao has to ask him to do something. This time he obviously wants to protect Du Tianhe. If you do this, you will offend him. Although you are united, you are just a group of county-level cadres. Facing the suppression of the deputy ministerial-level leader, can you win?"

"This is not a question of rank, but a question of truth. As long as the truth is in our hands, why can't we win in the end?" Lu Zhuo said in a firm tone. Indeed, he could not compare with Vice Governor Zhu in terms of rank, but he believed that in the face of truth and facts, it was not the higher the official, the more correct his opinion would be. Besides, it was possible that Vice Governor Zhu had only listened to one side of the story, or maybe he had been deceived by someone.

Seeing Lu Zhuo's firm attitude, Chen Jun nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you, but you also know that I am only one of the leaders of the provincial and municipal joint investigation team. There are three others. As the saying goes, a dead tree cannot support itself. I can't stand alone..."

Lu Zhuo reached out his hand in time to interrupt Chen Jun's next words, "Please rest assured, Old Chen, I will not let you come up with this opinion alone. There will be people in the investigation team who will support you. Don't worry, just rest assured."

"Oh, who is it? It can't be the leaders of the Yongyang Municipal Party Committee, but didn't they just hold a meeting and approve the decision of your Yongyang Municipal Party Committee Investigation Team?" Chen Jun was obviously still a little worried about the fact that someone would support him, because as far as he knew, the Yongyang Municipal Party Committee had already reached a consensus. Who would question this case that had already been decided at this time?

"Yes. Old Chen, just remember one thing, that is, different times have different circumstances. Haha, come on, let's have some tea. Don't worry, I won't make things too difficult for you." Lu Zhuo raised his cup with a smile. Before, he and Feng Sizhe had already divided the work in the car, that is, Feng Sizhe would persuade Geng Xiao, and he would persuade Chen Jun. If his task was completed, it would depend on the situation on County Magistrate Feng's side.

At the same time, Liu Yunlong, executive vice director of the Public Security Department of Zhongzhou Province and leader of the provincial and municipal joint investigation team, who was resting at a reception in Dahu County, was also receiving a call from Beijing.

"Haha, Xiaozhi, you are so awesome. I just arrived in Dahu County and you called here. I was wondering if you have been sending people to monitor me?" After answering the call and hearing the other party's name, Liu Yunlong laughed and said.

"Uncle Liu, you are wrongly accusing me. How dare I send someone to keep an eye on you? You are a nationally renowned criminal investigation expert. If there were suspicious people around you, would you not notice it? I guess he would have been caught by your men long ago." A young man's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Haha, Xiaozhi, it's good that you know what your uncle Liu came from. Why, what did he call to ask this time? I can tell you that your father called me to explain the situation in Dahu County when I was in the provincial capital, and I have been paying close attention to it. Indeed, I felt something was wrong as soon as I arrived in Dahu. Those people actually left me alone in the county guesthouse. They all went downstairs to understand the situation. It seems that I am not popular. Everyone was asked to leave, and I was the only one left sitting here, haha." Liu Yunlong seemed to be telling about how he was not welcomed. In fact, he was also saying that he had already felt that something was wrong here, because according to common sense, he should have listened to the report first and then talked to someone when he arrived in Dahu County, but this time it was different. Instead of listening to the report first, he talked first. This is enough to show that there are still many problems about the incident to be investigated this time. There must be some problems that have not been uniformly understood at the city and county levels, otherwise this kind of thing would not have happened.

The person who talked to Liu Yunlong on the phone was Guo Zhi, the reinforcement that Feng Sizhe asked Bai Caixia to go to Kyoto to find. As the son of Guo Yunlong, the current deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security, this matter was certainly within the scope of his ability to help. And because Liu Yunlong's name was only one character different from his father's, he had always had a deep impression of Liu Yunlong. During the Chinese New Year, Liu Yunlong came to Guozi to pay New Year's greetings, and he also talked to him. Now that Bai Caixia had come to him for help, Guo Zhi certainly had no reason to just leave it alone, so he told his father about the matter. After his father called Liu Yunlong, he felt a little worried, so he called again.

"Haha, Uncle Liu is amazing. He didn't even see anyone, but he felt something was wrong. Yes, according to my understanding, there is indeed another hidden story behind the incident in Dahu County. At least one thing I know is that Bai Caixia was indeed kidnapped by Ning Bentou, Du Tianhe's brother-in-law. I am very clear about this."

"Hmm? How come you know everything so clearly? Could it be that you know that Bai Caixia?"

"Haha, I said Uncle Liu is very powerful, it seems to be true. That's right, not only do I know Bai Caixia, but we are also colleagues, and she is right next to me now. She has already come to Kyoto and explained to me everything that happened in Dahu County. That Ning Bentou relied on his brother-in-law being a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. He first went to our Pengfei branch in Dahu County to force the sale of peanuts, and then he went even further to tease Bai Caixia. When all else failed, he carried out a kidnapping plan. This guy is really daring." Guo Zhi told everything he heard from Bai Caixia.

Several shareholders of Pengfei Corporation all regarded Bai Caixia as their little sister. Because Bai Caixia's brother Bai Zhifei was Feng Sizhe's best friend and old classmate, they usually got along well. Now that their little sister was bullied by others, how could they just sit there and do nothing? For this reason, with everyone's unanimous agreement, this task was given to Guo Zhi, who was responsible for settling this matter. In short, there was only one principle, that is, the person who bullied their little sister must be brought to justice. However, the owner was just the brother-in-law of a deputy department-level official, which was really not in the eyes of these young masters and sons of Pengfei Corporation.

Guo Zhi accepted the task and did his best. Not only did he explain the matter to his father and asked his father to call Liu Yunlong about the matter, he also called him as he was afraid that Liu Yunlong would take the feelings of some leaders into consideration and try to be a peacemaker.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Now I finally know why you called me and why Minister Guo also called me to ask me to pay special attention to this matter. Hey, Xiaozhi, let me ask you, is Bai Caixia very beautiful?"

"Ah, of course she is beautiful, what's the matter?" Guo Zhi didn't think too much about it, he just replied casually. After all, Bai Caixia was indeed very beautiful.