Official Career Storm
Chapter 592

Chapter 592: Chapter 592

Wang Changwei was startled, "Secretary Li, what should we do?"

"He has already traced it back to Liu Dongliang. I’ll go back and handle this matter soon. You go and secure the money and warn those junior police officers at the station not to talk recklessly!"

"Yes, yes, I understand."

Wang Changwei said, "Secretary Li, aren’t you going upstairs to meet Secretary Song?"

"No need."

He had nothing worthwhile to discuss with Li Zhuang.

He knew the conflict between Mayor Zheng and Song Guanchao. Such people wouldn’t let him off just because he said a few nice words.

Rather than begging humbly, it was better to focus his attention on other things.

He returned to the town government and immediately had someone distribute Liu Dongliang’s subsidy, then contacted the village to inform them to pass the message to Liu Dongliang that his subsidy had been issued.

He also warned him that if anyone came to inquire, he wasn’t to speak carelessly; otherwise, they would go and arrest his son who was working out of town.

After handling these matters, he then called Zheng Bihui.

"Mayor Zheng, are you busy? I have something to report to you."

"What is it? Speak."

"Mayor Zheng, that Secretary Song, has come to our village."

"Song Guanchao?"

"Yes."

"What is he doing down there?"

Li Zhuang hesitated, then said, "He came to investigate the farmer’s subsidies..."

Zheng Bihui looked puzzled—why should he be investigating such a thing?

He quickly sensed something off in Li Zhuang’s tone, and suddenly realized something, "Did you intercept the subsidies?"

"Cough." Li Zhuang coughed lightly, "Some of the farmer’s subsidies were not fully issued, but mainly because the town’s fiscal funds are tight..."

"Li Zhuang!"

Zheng Bihui nearly lost his breath, "Have you lost your mind? How dare you embezzle the subsidies from the government? Do you realize what kind of nature this act holds, or the crime if it were to be discovered?"

After finishing his tirade, Zheng Bihui suddenly came to a realization, his tone turning even more sinister, "Why are you telling me this? Are you trying to drag me down with you? Li Zhuang, I mentored you to do your job well, not to hoard wealth!"

That damned Li Zhuang!

He had embezzled the farmer’s subsidies and Zheng Bihui knew nothing about it.

Song Guanchao had come down to investigate and that’s when he was informed.

If Li Zhuang got investigated, he could likely be accused of failing to report what he knew.

"Mayor, I’m seeking your help. What should I do now?"

"Don’t fucking ask me; find a way out yourself!"

Zheng Bihui hung up the phone abruptly.

He sat in his chair and furiously smoked a cigarette.

Troubles seemed to follow one after another!

As he gradually calmed down, Zheng Bihui became puzzled.

Why would Song Guanchao go to Huangni Village to check on farmer’s subsidies?

Had someone reported him?

Even if there was a report, it should have been made to the Police or the Disciplinary Committee. It was a bit absurd for a secretary to handle this.

Or was it possible that his aim was not the wine, but the cup?

Was his target not Li Zhuang, but himself?

Thinking of this possibility, Zheng Bihui inevitably felt irritable.

But then he thought again, why would Song Guanchao want to cause trouble for him?

The incident with Liang Jiajia getting shot was already in the past.

He had already given the position of Vice County Magistrate of An County to Wu Qiangwei.

At least on the surface, their conflicts had been resolved.

Zheng Bihui grew more and more irritated as he thought about it, and he grabbed his phone to call Secretary Lu, "Secretary Lu, are you in the office? I need to talk to you."

He went to the City Committee, met Secretary Lu, and told him about the events in Huangni Village.

After listening, Secretary Lu immediately said, "Li Zhuang cannot stay."

Zheng Bihui frowned.

Secretary Lu said, "You don’t need to doubt, Song Guanchao’s target is you. The Li Zhuang you’ve groomed is also no good, concealing from you countless illegal activities he’s been involved in. Now that he’s revealed this to you, once he gets caught, if you don’t rescue him, you’ll be the first one he drags down with him."

Zheng Bihui pondered for a moment and asked, "Why would Song Guanchao want to do this?"

Secretary Lu said, "It looks like Governor Qu has made his move. He probably caught wind of something and has started to fight back."

"Your concerns are correct; this kid is indeed no simple character. If we don’t get rid of him, he will cause trouble sooner or later."

Zheng Bihui silently smoked, and Secretary Lu did not say more.

He had made his suggestion from the beginning: Li Zhuang cannot stay.

How to handle it was for Zheng Bihui to consider.

...

When Director Liu arrived at the police station, Song Guanchao was still in the interrogation room.

"Director Liu..."

"Take me to see Secretary Song."

Entering the interrogation room and seeing Song Guanchao handcuffed, Director Liu quickly scanned him up and down to make sure Wang Changwei hadn’t allowed anyone to lay a hand on him, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Capturing him was already very serious; had they beaten him, it would have affected his role as the director.

"Hello, Secretary Song, I am the Director of An County Public Security Bureau, my surname is Liu."

Director Liu approached and scolded, "Wang Changwei, who allowed you to handcuff him? Unlock them!"

"Yes, yes," replied Wang Changwei as he approached. This time, Song Guanchao did not refuse, allowing him to unlock the handcuffs.

Seeing that Song Guanchao was willing to save face, Director Liu also breathed a sigh of relief, "Secretary Song, I’ve already heard about the situation. If you have any requests, feel free to tell me."

Song Guanchao smiled and said, "It was just a minor accident, but the folks in Huangni Village really are fierce. Just as I entered the village, a dead chicken was thrown at me and they demanded eight hundred yuan right away."

"Just parking the car by the roadside for a while cost a hundred yuan for half an hour."

"Tsks, not paying meant calls for people to block me and to smash the car."

"Director Liu should know, with our official salary only three to four thousand a month, a thousand yuan is quite a substantial amount."

Director Liu nodded repeatedly, "I will handle this situation and I promise you, this won’t happen again."

"Wang Changwei, go to Huangni Village right now and bring back those who were blocking the road to collect money, as well as those who were involved in physical altercations!"

"Yes," Wang Changwei also sighed in relief, as Song Guanchao did not bring up the issue of the farm subsidies; it seemed not too serious.

After he left, Director Liu and Song Guanchao sat in the interrogation room, smoking and chatting.

"Why did you suddenly come here, Secretary Song? You didn’t even give a heads-up. Mr. Zhu has always wanted to meet you."

Wanting to meet was just an excuse; the main reason was to find out why he was here.

A Secretary of the Municipal Committee, visiting a village during working hours.

When Mr. Zhu found out, he was quite nervous.

He knew, with so many incidents happening in Lingjiang City recently, how seriously the city took law and order.

He worried, could it be that Song Guanchao was conducting undercover inspections on behalf of the leaders?

The last thing those at the lower levels wanted was this kind of unannounced inspection.

Song Guanchao delivered his well-prepared excuse, "Do you know Director Xu Xin from our City Committee Office, Director Liu?"

"Director Xu?" He shook his head, unaware of her.

Song Guanchao continued, "Director Xu’s hometown is Huangni Village. Her family has always been bullied in the village. Recently she even told me that someone in the village threatened to dig up her parents’ graves. I thought this couldn’t happen in the 21st century, so I came to see for myself."

"I didn’t expect that I hadn’t even entered the village before my car was smashed."

Hearing this, Director Liu had a sudden realization; so that was the situation.

He was also surprised that someone from Huangni Village had become the Secretary of the Municipal Committee Office, and he hadn’t even known!

Director Liu said, "There have always been many disputes in the village, but, Secretary Song, please convey to Director Xu that I will handle it well. I absolutely will not allow such grave-digging incidents, which defy public order and morals, to occur!"

He grabbed his phone, "Wang Changwei, bring the village chief of Huangni Village over too!"

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