Official Career Storm
Chapter 625

Chapter 625: Chapter 625

It was eleven at night.

Two helicopters finally managed to evacuate the last villager.

Director Gu looked at the knife wounds on these villagers, somewhat shocked.

The police in charge of the search felt the same shock.

What exactly had these people encountered in the mountains?

One of them even had both hands chopped off and hadn’t woken up due to excessive blood loss, only weak vital signs indicating that he was still alive.

Uncle Hong got out of the helicopter and walked upwards.

Director Gu initially wanted to ask a few questions but felt he wasn’t entitled to do so, especially since Liang Jianfeng hadn’t spoken yet.

After Uncle Hong went up, he drove away immediately.

Liang Jianfeng, holding the retrieved safe, said, "Director Gu, these people are now your responsibility to interrogate."

"Okay."

Director Gu was inwardly thrilled. This case, if handled well, would be a significant addition to his career.

...

The next morning.

After waking up, Song Guanchao felt much better.

After having breakfast, he took a taxi to the bar, got the car keys from Lu Feng, and drove straight to the city government.

Since his transfer to the City Committee, he had hardly ever visited the city government.

Months had passed, and it felt like an eternity.

The staff at the city government, seeing Song Guanchao, greeted him politely.

Song Guanchao made his way to Zheng Bihui’s office.

Li Jun was surprised to see him.

"Secretary Li, hasn’t Mayor Zheng arrived yet?"

"Mayor Zheng has gone to the province."

Song Guanchao paused, "When?"

"He left this morning."

"Okay, thank you, Secretary Li."

Song Guanchao turned and walked away. It was just past eight, and he had gone to the province.

Such hurriedness; was he going to tattle?

He quickly called Wu Qiangwei to report.

"I understand."

Wu Qiangwei hung up the cell phone, picked up the landline, and dialed Director Qin, "Director Qin, compile all the internal actions of the police department from the past two days into a report and give it to me."

Then she called Zhang Meilin, asking him to write a report on the recent cooperative arrest of Xu Wenchang by the City Disciplinary Inspection Committee and Dujiang City Public Security, and to send it to Lingjiang under the name of the City Committee.

Zheng Bihui’s early morning trip to the province clearly had a motive.

Under the guise of giving a routine report, recounting the events of the past two days.

Wu Qiangwei could guess how he might exaggerate the details.

...

Song Guanchao got into his car and made a call to He Songming.

"Mr. He, how are things?"

"Set for a meeting at ten in the morning."

"Do you need me to come over?"

"Do you have other matters?"

"I have some matters to handle."

"Go ahead with your tasks. We’ll talk to these residents first and call you if we can’t sort it out."

After hanging up, Song Guanchao called Liang Jianfeng.

"Mr. Liang, are you back?"

"Came back last night."

"Where are those villagers now?"

"Xuning County Public Security Bureau."

"Please let the Director Gu know not to rush the interrogation."

"Okay." Liang Jianfeng didn’t bother asking why he wanted this.

After the call, Song Guanchao drove straight for An County.

He had initially planned to confront Zheng Bihui.

He didn’t really care whether it would work.

But that old fox had run off to the province to tattle.

Song Guanchao couldn’t tolerate it anymore.

Originally, Zheng Bihui covertly obstructed the police’s search and rescue operations, and Song had swallowed that loss.

After all, Zheng Bihui had followed all the procedures, so Song couldn’t fault him.

But damn it, now that the matter had concluded, he even wanted to pin a hat on Wu Qiangwei for "privately deploying the police."

If Song didn’t show him some colors, he truly thought himself invulnerable.

In a rush, Song Guanchao sped all the way and arrived at the An County Public Security Bureau by 9:40 AM.

"Why has Secretary Song come?" Director Liu was extremely surprised.

"I have something to discuss with Li Zhuang."

In the interrogation room, Li Zhuang looked even worse than the day before.

Upon seeing Song Guanchao, there wasn’t much reaction.

"Defrauding state subsidies, possessing firearms privately, abusing power to employ someone..."

Song Guanchao listed all his illegal activities.

Li Zhuang perked up slightly, thinking Song Guanchao was here to break him, to get him to confess voluntarily.

But after hearing all these, Li Zhuang sharply noticed that among all these illegal activities Song listed, he had deliberately omitted the premeditated murder he perpetrated.

Did he intentionally leave that out?

Why would he do that?

Was he trying to get my help for something?

But what could I do?

A lightbulb went off in Li Zhuang’s mind.

He suddenly grasped the real reason Song Guanchao was here—it wasn’t about the subsidy fraud.

He was using Li Zhuang to strike at Zheng Bihui!

So, him deliberately not mentioning the murder was to use it as a bargaining chip to get Li to informed against Zheng Bihui?

Seeing the look in Li Zhuang’s eyes, Song Guanchao knew he had guessed his intention.

Dealing with smart people is effortless; even with surveillance present, he didn’t need to voice anything sensitive.

Song Guanchao continued, "The villagers of Huangni Village at Xuning County Public Security Bureau, Lingjiang City Public Security Bureau has communicated with them to halt the inquiry. The next step is planning to transfer these villagers to An County or Lingjiang for investigation."

He tossed a cigarette over and lit one for himself: "Secretary Li, sometimes, the line between premeditated murder and mutual assault is quite blurred."

"Of course, even if they insist that they were merely hunting in the mountains and unintentionally started a dispute with me, considering I have both witnesses and evidence, such an explanation would be very weak and won’t be accepted by the prosecutor’s office."

"But, if I accept their version, then there isn’t any premeditated murder."

Li Zhuang silently smoked.

He understood what Song Guanchao meant.

If he cooperated, Song Guanchao would give him a way out.

Being prosecuted for subsidy fraud could carry a maximum sentence of three years.

Even if he had other charges, at worst it wouldn’t exceed ten years.

To him, ten years was nothing.

But if a charge of premeditated murder was added, given both their positions as public officials and Song Guanchao having established several significant merits recently, he was highly likely to be sentenced to death swiftly.

The choice was obvious to any fool.

"How can I trust you?"

Li Zhuang was tempted, but he feared Song Guanchao might renege.

Song Guanchao scoffed, saying, "I thought Secretary Li was a smart man. How could you even ask such a question?"

Li Zhuang fell silent.

Indeed, he had no choice.

Trusting Song Guanchao, he had a chance at getting a way out.

Not trusting him, he’d have no chance at all.

Song Guanchao stubbed out his cigarette, stood up, and left.

In the monitoring room, listening to the conversation between the two, Director Liu was baffled and couldn’t understand a thing.

Just as Song Guanchao had just left, Li Zhuang suddenly looked up at the monitor: "Director Liu, I want to make amends for my crimes."

Huh?

Director Liu was confused.

Though he didn’t understand their conversation, he was certain that the two must have negotiated and come to an agreement.

Director Liu approached just as he bumped into Song Guanchao, "Secretary Song, he wants to make amends for his crimes."

"That’s great."

Song Guanchao smiled, "I have other matters, I’ll head back first. Next time you come to the city, let me know, I’ll treat you to dinner."

After he left, Director Liu entered the interrogation room: "What do you want to say?"

Li Zhuang said, "I want to report the Mayor of Lingjiang City, Zheng Bihui!"

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