Official Career Storm
Chapter 610

Chapter 610: Chapter 610

Director Liu’s expression was very strange.

Although the question was asked out of concern,

it sounded incredibly odd.

And why was Mayor Zheng’s tone so excited, so anticipatory?

"Mayor Zheng, all I know is that Secretary Song has been in a car accident; I am not clear on the specifics."

"Who informed you?"

"Director Liang."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mayor Zheng had already hung up the phone.

Liang Jianfeng had arrived in An County, and without stopping, he headed straight for Panlong Town.

His phone rang; it was a call from Zheng Bihui.

"Hello, Mayor Zheng."

"Director Liang, tell me about the car accident."

Although Liang Jianfeng didn’t want to waste words with him, Zheng Bihui was after all directly in charge of the police.

He reported the details he had learned to him.

After listening, Zheng Bihui did not say anything and just hung up the phone, leaving Liang Jianfeng somewhat baffled.

In the city government office,

Zheng Bihui paced back and forth in his office with a cigarette between his fingers.

This Li Zhuang kid, he’s got some nerve.

He felt fortunate he hadn’t protected him.

But he hadn’t expected the kid to act so ruthlessly, and so swiftly.

The only regret was that Song Guanchao was tough as nails; even the car explosion hadn’t killed him.

But whether he could survive long enough to be rescued was another matter.

Li Zhuang hadn’t fled; he knew that this kid must have sent someone after Song Guanchao.

As long as Song Guanchao was killed, Li Zhuang could remain unscathed.

He didn’t care about Li Zhuang; what he cared about was whether Li Zhuang’s men could find Song Guanchao before the police.

"Inhale~"

He stubbed out the cigarette butt, a somewhat bold idea sprouting in his mind, causing his heart to race.

He immediately contacted Secretary Lu and briefed him on the situation.

When Secretary Lu heard about it, he too was startled.

Then he listened as Zheng Bihui said in a low voice, "Secretary Lu, Governor Qu wants to remove Song Guanchao, which will take at least half a year."

"Why bring this up now?"

"I was thinking, if Li Zhuang’s men find Song Guanchao before the police..."

"Zheng Bihui!" Secretary Lu immediately cut him off, blocking what he was about to say.

He knew what Zheng Bihui wanted to say.

But, the risk was too great!

Yet he quickly realized, this seemed to be a rare opportunity.

If they could use this chance to kill Song Guanchao, the subsequent cooperation between him and Zheng Bihui would face fewer obstacles.

Zheng Bihui kept silent, quietly waiting for him to think.

After a while, Secretary Lu said, "Do it covertly, don’t let anyone catch a handle."

"Rest assured."

Zheng Bihui’s mouth curled into a smile as he immediately called Director Qin, instructing him to take all the personnel he could to Dujiang City to handle Xu Wenchang’s case.

He ordered him to arrest all Xu Wenchang’s relatives and friends.

Then he called Director Liu, "Director Liu, take control of Li Zhuang’s wife, children, relatives, and friends."

"By the way, didn’t Li Zhuang also embezzle the education bureau’s subsidies?"

"It seems so."

"Send someone to the town’s elementary school and gather the principal and teachers. Record their statements one by one."

"Mayor Zheng, Director Liang asked me to go over there..."

"There’s a time and place for everything; aren’t the comrades from Xuning County already investigating? Just take care of your own jurisdiction; don’t lose the watermelon while picking up sesame seeds."

"Oh..." Mayor Zheng’s request sounded reasonable, but Director Liu couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.

After hanging up, Zheng Bihui did not contact Wu Qiangwei and acted as if he was completely unaware of Song Guanchao’s car accident.

What he needed to do now was just one thing, to mobilize all the police officers.

Make it so that when Liang Jianfeng needed people, he would find no one available.

How many people could the Police Department in Xuning County send over?

Old Mountain was so vast, searching for Song Guanchao there was no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.

And the excuse he had for mobilizing the police was perfectly reasonable; even Wu Qiangwei couldn’t find a reason to explode in anger.

Director Liu called Liang Jianfeng and said, "Mr. Liang, I’m afraid I can’t make it over."

"What’s going on?"

"Mayor Zheng just called and ordered me to arrest all the individuals involved with Li Zhuang immediately."

"Mayor Zheng?"

Liang Jianfeng also vaguely felt something was off but didn’t know about the private relationship between Zheng Bihui and Li Zhuang, so he couldn’t analyze the situation.

Moreover, Zheng Bihui’s request was indeed faultless.

And the fact that Li Zhuang had been captured was an order from Zheng Bihui a couple of days ago; he took this case very seriously, which was also perfectly reasonable.

Liang Jianfeng asked, "Does Li Zhuang have any subordinates?"

Director Liu said, "I don’t know much about this Li Zhuang."

"Who does?"

"The head of the Panlong Town Police Substation, Director Wang, has a good relationship with him, and Mayor Zhang of Panlong Town should also know something."

"Send me their phone numbers."

After receiving the numbers, Liang Jianfeng immediately tried to contact Director Wang, but the phone was turned off and unreachable.

He then called Mayor Zhang, but no one answered.

By this time, the car had already entered Panlong Town.

Lifting his eyes, Liang Jianfeng saw the town government building not far ahead.

"Head to the government building."

The car drove into the parking lot, and Liang Jianfeng got out and headed straight for the building.

There wasn’t even a security guard at the entrance of the building, not to mention anyone to stop him.

Finally finding someone, Liang Jianfeng immediately stopped them and asked, "Where is Mayor Zhang?"

The person he stopped was a woman in her forties who looked him up and down: "Who are you? Who let you in? Did you register?"

Suppressing his anger, Liang Jianfeng redialed Director Liu’s number: "Director Liu, I can’t get through to Mayor Zhang, and I am now at the Panlong Town government building. The staff here are very uncooperative. Please contact Mr. Zhu for me and ask for his help in reaching Mayor Zhang."

Seeing the middle-aged man’s composure and imposing presence, the woman realized that the words "Director Liu" and "Mr. Zhu" mentioned in the phone call suggested a high-ranking official.

She quickly realized that this middle-aged man’s identity was probably not ordinary and hastily ran off.

In less than two minutes, the sound of footsteps "clomped clomp" from upstairs.

A woman approaching forty, with big wavy hair, wearing a form-fitting skirt and dressed flamboyantly, came downstairs.

"Hello, are you Mr. Liang?" the woman extended her hand from afar, and Liang Jianfeng shook it.

"Hello, Mr. Liang, I’m Zhang Wei."

"Please come with me, Mayor Zhang."

Liang Jianfeng had no time for idle talk, and his gaze showed no change; her charm and maturity did not entice the seasoned police officer in the least.

Zhang Wei, still unaware of what was happening, felt a bit anxious and quickly followed along.

As they left the building, Liang Jianfeng opened the car door: "Get in."

It wasn’t until the car left the government building that Zhang Wei couldn’t help but ask, "Mr. Liang, what do you need from me?"

Liang Jianfeng said, "Li Zhuang is suspected of hiring someone to commit murder. Now, I will ask, and you will answer. Do not ask irrelevant questions."

Hiring someone for murder?

Zhang Wei was baffled until Liang Jianfeng’s questioning brought her back to the present.

"Does Li Zhuang have any subordinates?"

"Subordinates? Seems like he has..."

Seems like?

Liang Jianfeng suppressed his dissatisfaction: "Do you know who his subordinates are? Where they live? How many?"

Zhang Wei said, "He is very influential in the village, all the people with the surname Li from Huangni Village are under his care. With a single phone call, he can summon them for anything."

Liang Jianfeng asked these questions because Wu Qiangwei told him that Li Zhuang might have sent people to chase after Song Guanchao.

Therefore, identifying who had gone into the mountains to look for Song Guanchao was crucial.

With the confirmed information, Liang Jianfeng grabbed the intercom: "Old Wu, you take a team directly to the accident site; I’m going with another team to Huangni Village."

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