Official Career Storm
Chapter 635

Chapter 635: Chapter 635

Comrades from the provincial department reached the scene immediately.

They brought Li Zhuang into the interrogation room, "Li Zhuang, who do you want to report?"

"Zheng Bihui!"

"Report what?"

"Zheng Bihui had me frame Song Guanchao by placing cash and gold in the trunk of Song Guanchao’s car."

"Additionally, Zheng Bihui has frequented brothels in An County on multiple occasions, all arranged by me."

"There’s also Xu Xin, the current head of the Lingjiang Municipal Committee Office, who has been threatened by Zheng Bihui."

"In order to possess Xu Xin, Zheng Bihui had me approach her for talks multiple times. And when Xu Xin’s mother passed away, he went to Huangni Village, and inside her mother’s memorial hall, he molested Xu Xin."

The complaint about framing Song Guanchao had already been made by Li Zhuang in An County, but these new complaints were fresh and hot.

The comrades from the provincial department exchanged glances, not expecting so many significant revelations.

"There’s more!"

Li Zhuang continued, "The recent plot to murder Song Guanchao was also instructed by Zheng Bihui."

"He promised that if I could get rid of Song Guanchao, he would make me the Vice County Magistrate of An County."

The two provincial policemen became serious.

They might have taken the earlier complaints as just tabloid news.

But this last accusation was extraordinarily serious.

"Do you have any evidence?"

"Yes!"

The two officers gasped.

Even without evidence, they would have had to conduct a certain investigation into Zheng Bihui.

With evidence, it wouldn’t be just a simple investigation.

Li Zhuang said, "I have recorded calls from Zheng Bihui."

"Where are they?"

"On a cloud drive."

Li Zhuang recited the account ID and password for an online cloud drive.

He had only thought to save these pieces of evidence in recent years.

If he had this awareness earlier, he might have obtained videos of Zheng Bihui’s escapades with women.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t had that awareness at the time.

However, these recorded calls were enough to trouble Zheng Bihui.

But the recordings were limited.

The most incriminating recordings were those where Zheng Bihui arranged for him to frame Song Guanchao.

And when he had been caught faking subsidies and called Zheng Bihui for help.

As for the last accusation he reported, it was nonexistent.

Deciding to murder Song Guanchao was his own idea, and it really had nothing to do with Zheng Bihui.

But he couldn’t worry about that.

If the police believed the earlier recordings, then even without a recording of the last one, Zheng Bihui would still be considered a prime suspect.

Right now, he had to tie Zheng Bihui closely to himself and convince the police that it was Zheng Bihui who had orchestrated the attack on Song Guanchao!

With his understanding of politics, regardless of whether the police eventually believed it, they would need to consider the political implications and try to downplay this incident.

Facing prison was inevitable, but he might just avoid the death penalty.

The policemen left the interrogation room and immediately logged into the cloud drive, indeed finding a plethora of recordings.

They contacted the provincial department immediately, and the captain of the provincial criminal police team, Xue He Ping, reported to Secretary Gao as soon as he received the news.

The case involved the Mayor, and with evidence presented, the nature of the case completely changed.

Secretary Gao said, "Form a special task force and cooperate with the city bureau in the investigation."

"Suspend all of Zheng Bihui’s duties before the investigation is concluded."

"I understand."

After receiving the explicit instruction, Xue He Ping personally headed to Lingjiang City.

On the way, he called Secretary Lu.

Receiving a sudden call from the head of the provincial criminal police squad, Secretary Lu guessed that Zheng Bihui was really in trouble.

When he heard Xue He Ping say "Suspend all Zheng Bihui’s duties," he couldn’t help but feel nervous for Zheng Bihui.

Whether he could survive this ordeal was uncertain.

"Additionally, please have Secretary Lu temporarily detain Mayor Zheng."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Secretary Lu sighed deeply.

If Zheng Bihui really got into trouble, it wouldn’t negatively impact him, but it wasn’t exactly beneficial either.

With his deputy gone, power would theoretically become more centralized for him.

Yet, he couldn’t find any joy in that.

Moreover, he was somewhat puzzled.

Why exactly had Li Zhuang decided to report the case?

At this stage, even if Zheng Bihui got implicated, he couldn’t avoid being sentenced.

Since he held evidence against Zheng Bihui, why hadn’t he negotiated with him?

This point left him baffled; he simply couldn’t understand it.

...

Director Qin was extremely shocked when he received the call.

Although Secretary Lu had used "please ask Mayor Zheng to cooperate with the investigation" rather than "arrest him,"

where is there cooperation that involves taking someone away in person?

Once they showed up at his door, it was clearly an arrest!

Beyond his shock, Director Qin felt a surge of excitement.

You finally got your comeuppance!

Ebullient, he took two police officers and headed straight for the municipal government.

Secretary Lu had requested he handle it discreetly and not alarm others, as they were still in the investigative phase.

Whether or not Mayor Zheng had actually committed these acts was yet to be determined.

So, Director Qin and his companions dressed in plain clothes when they arrived at the municipal government.

As they walked upstairs to the office, Li Jun had just stood up and hadn’t even spoken before Director Qin pushed the door open.

Mayor Zheng looked up and appeared slightly displeased.

"Director Qin, is there something you need?"

"Mayor Zheng, there’s a case that requires your cooperation in the investigation. Please come with me."

Upon hearing this, Li Jun standing outside was stunned.

Zheng Bihui also froze for two seconds.

"What did you say?"

"What case?"

Director Qin turned to look at Li Jun, smiled, and said, "Mayor Zheng, let’s discuss this back at the station, it’s not very appropriate here. If someone sees us, it won’t look good for you."

The Mayor’s face changed, he grabbed his cellphone and came over, "Let’s go."

Director Qin ignored him and said to the police officer beside him, "Search him."

Two junior officers entered the office and searched everywhere.

Watching their movements, Mayor Zheng felt a chill inside.

He guessed it must have been related to Li Zhuang.

Luckily, he had dealt with the other cellphone earlier on.

Let them search; they wouldn’t find anything.

After about fifteen minutes, the two officers came up empty.

"Let’s go."

Since they were in plain clothes and Zheng Bihui intentionally chatted and laughed with Director Qin, they didn’t draw the attention of others.

The scene was unlike the previous one in the cafeteria.

Upstairs.

Li Jun stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the office, watching Zheng Bihui and Director Qin leave the building and drive away.

He immediately dialed Minister Zhou’s number, "Minister Zhou, Mayor Zheng has just been taken by Director Qin for an investigation."

Minister Zhou was alarmed, "What happened?"

Li Jun recounted everything that had just occurred, without omitting a single detail.

After hanging up, Minister Zhou thought for a moment and then called Wu Qiangwei.

Learning that Mayor Zheng had been taken by Director Qin, Wu Qiangwei was equally shocked.

"Does Secretary Wu know why Director Qin took him?"

Thinking about Li Zhuang’s report to the provincial office against Zheng Bihui that morning, she responded, "It should be related to Li Zhuang’s case."

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