Wen Liang raised his sleeve and sniffed, saying, "Is it that obvious? Sister Zuo, you are really amazing. Director Liu just met a friend on the road and gave her a ride. You know what, that auntie is pretty, but she sprayed too much perfume on her body..."
Liu Tianlai was really shot even when he was lying down. Seeing Zuo Yuxi's eyes sweeping over him, he smiled and said, "She is the wife of a friend of mine at the Post Office. She happened to be on her way."
Listening to the two people's serious answers, Zuo Yuxi smiled slightly, which disappeared in an instant. "I just asked casually, why are you so serious? Okay, let's get down to business."
Wen Liang sweated a little and asked casually, "What kind of face and expression is that? I'll deal with you after Liu Tianlai leaves!"
"Well, let's summarize what happened today. How is the Discipline Inspection Commission doing?"
Zuo Yuxi said: "Niu Guiqing received a call from Wei Chenfeng this morning, and he made it very clear that he wanted to plead for Wei Gang."
Wen Liang sneered, "Oh, this Qingzhou officialdom is really uncivilized. He is already a deputy director, but he doesn't wait for a few days to see the situation. He might as well ask the deputy secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection to go and talk things over. Why are you so anxious? Are you in a hurry to die together? What does Niu Guiqing say?"
Liu Tianlai continued, "Niu Guiqing naturally did as we had agreed beforehand. He said some polite words but didn't give any definite information. He only said that they were still in the stage of investigation and evidence collection and everything was done according to the law. I guess this really pissed Wei Chen off. You're right, Master Wen. If he had tried to get someone else to mediate, at least there would have been room for maneuver. It's not like now that he was rejected outright by Secretary Niu, and the whole line is broken."
Zuo Yuxi shook her head and leaned back on the sofa, her long legs crossed, making her look even more graceful and elegant. "It's not that Wei Chenfeng doesn't care about style, but the current situation in Qingzhou has reached this point. Those who should be arrogant and those who shouldn't be arrogant are all too arrogant. Wei Chenfeng dared to cut Xu Fuyan's speech to just a few seconds earlier, so what does Niu Guiqing count for?"
Liu Tianlai smiled bitterly and said, "Director Zuo is right. Wei Chenfeng went directly to Niu Guiqing's office. No one knows what he said. But then I was urgently summoned to the Commission for Discipline Inspection. To be honest, although I knew the script in advance, I was still a little scared when I entered the Commission for Discipline Inspection."
Wen Liang laughed, pointed at him and said, "Director Liu, you are guilty!"
Liu Tianlai turned a deaf ear and continued, "In the secretary's office, Niu Guiqing asked me directly if there was a rape case last night. I looked at Wei Chenfeng awkwardly at first, and then said no. Niu Guiqing grabbed those photos from the drawer and threw them in front of me. It's no wonder that he was trained by the Discipline Inspection Commission. His aura was terrifying."
Wen Liang had a splitting headache after listening to this. He found that Liu Tian liked to ramble when telling stories, adding some personal opinions from time to time, and he was verbose for a long time without getting to the point. Brother, if a person like you writes a book on Qidian in the future, it will be a failure. You will definitely be criticized as spamming, or pure water!
The subsequent developments were all within Wen Liang's expectations. Liu Tianlai pretended that he could not bear the pressure and admitted that he had received a call from Wei Chenfeng last night, which was why he turned rape into prostitution, and handed in the confession signed by Wei Gang. But he also quickly distanced himself from the case, saying that it was only a temporary measure and the case had not been closed, and that someone was following up the investigation.
Before the promulgation of the 1997 Criminal Law Amendment, according to Article 160 of the Chinese Criminal Law promulgated in 1979 (classified as Chapter VI "Crimes that Disrupt Social Management Order"), hooliganism seriously endangers public security, is highly corrosive and diffusive, and is within the scope of the Criminal Law's key crackdown. In 1983, during the first crackdown in New China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the "Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Severe Punishment of Criminals Who Seriously Endanger Public Security" at the legal level, which stipulated six crimes with increased sentencing ranges, with hooliganism listed first. It was also from this year that the maximum penalty for hooliganism surpassed many predecessors and rose to the pinnacle - death penalty. At that time, a woman named Wang was sentenced to death for hooliganism because she had had relationships with more than 10 men. This pioneer of China's sexual enlightenment movement said the following when she died:
Sexual freedom is a lifestyle I choose. My behavior may be ahead of the times now, but people won’t see it that way in 20 years.
A great prophet was killed like this. How could those who killed hundreds or thousands of people in later generations feel? Therefore, anyone who transcends the times is a tragedy. This sentence applies to all fields and all races.
That is why, in 1995, bringing such a thing to the surface was a death sentence for a young rising star in the officialdom. Niu and Liu acted in a double act. Wei Chenfeng knew that it was useless to deny it. Since Liu Tianlai dared to say it, he must have secretly kept the phone recording. He suppressed his panic, appeared calm on the surface, and immediately turned around and left. He didn't even have the courage to stay in the Commission for Discipline Inspection for one more minute. If we really take it seriously, he interfered with the judicial process, which would be a big responsibility if he was held accountable.
But Wen Liang's purpose in dragging Wei Chenfeng into this was not this. If he wanted to get rid of Wei Gang, he would have to use a lot of strength. If he was not careful, the relationship between Zuo Yuxi, Liu Tianlai, Niu Guiqing and others would be exposed. Once people linked it to Xu Fuyan, at this moment when the situation in the province was still unclear, the consequences would be unpredictable.
But Wei Gang was courting death and was so aggressive that Wen Liang could no longer tolerate him, so he decided to take a risk and walk on a tightrope, in order to both bring Wei Gang down and not alert Zhou Yuanting.
How to strike this fragile balance? It was an almost unsolvable problem, but Wen Liang managed to do it.
After Wei Chenfeng left the Commission for Discipline Inspection, he went directly to Zhou Yuanting. He felt that there was a strange atmosphere around the Wei Gang case. On the surface, there were no flaws, but if there was a slight difference in any link, Wei Gang would not have come to this point.
There is inevitability hidden in coincidence!
Wei Chenfeng racked his brains but couldn't figure out the root of the problem. It was probably because Wei Gang had offended Liu Tianlai somehow, which led to such revenge. Niu Guiqing and Liu Tianlai had both been under Zuo Jing's command before. Although there was a huge gap in their ranks, they at least had some friendship, so it was understandable that Niu Guiqing helped him to deal a heavy blow.
But there is no reason for this. Given the current situation in Qingzhou, many people are struggling to protect themselves. As long as Liu Tianlai was not suddenly hit on the head by a car, he would not have the courage to bully me.
So why is that
Wei Chenfeng knew Zhou Yuanting's suspicious character too well, so he just gently pulled the guess towards Xu Fuyan. Zhou Yuanting immediately frowned and called Niu Guiqing over. Niu Guiqing knew that it was time to test his acting skills. He put the prepared materials in front of Zhou Yuanting and said, "The Discipline Inspection Commission has received many reports in recent days, saying that Comrade Wei Gang's lifestyle is not rigorous, he has improper relationships with many female workers in the factory, and there are major economic problems. But I took into account that the current focus of the city's work is on the Qinghua Factory, and the Agricultural Machinery Factory should still focus on stability, so I suppressed the matter first. I wanted to wait and deal with it, and I also had to do some preliminary investigations. Unexpectedly, I received a phone report from a woman last night, saying that Wei Gang intended to rape her. After being arrested at the police station, Liu Tianlai treated it as a prostitution case and released him lightly." At this point, Niu Guiqing slammed the table in front of Zhou Yuanting and said angrily, "Mayor Zhou, do you think the Discipline Inspection Commission should intervene in such matters? Should it intervene?"
Wei Chenfeng said: "We can't just listen to her family's words..."
Niu Guiqing interrupted him rudely and said, "One side's story? Minister Wei, those photos I showed you this morning were also fake? Liu Tianlai's personal admission of the incident was also fake? Your phone call to Liu Tianlai to interfere with the judiciary was also fake?"
Zhou Yuanting also finished reading the materials and comforted Niu Guiqing, "Secretary Niu, calm down. The city has always strongly supported the work of the Commission for Discipline Inspection. I should thank you for taking care of the overall situation of Qingzhou. However, cadres of Wei Gang's level must also consider the specific situation and pay attention to the impact. How about this, your Commission for Discipline Inspection should come up with a handling opinion first, and I will take a look at it first."
Hearing Zhou Yuanting's hint, Niu Guiqing felt relieved, but he put on a gloomy expression and turned away.
After Niu Guiqing left, Wei Chenfeng waited anxiously for the result. This was the only male in their Wei family, and nothing could happen to him. Zhou Yuanting ignored him, made a few phone calls, and soon figured out the cause and effect. A few days ago, the office building of the agricultural machinery factory was robbed, and the list that Wei Gang had privately finalized was announced, which caused dissatisfaction among many people, so the Discipline Inspection Commission received the report, which showed that Niu Guiqing did not lie.
Then Wei Gang raped him. Zhou Yuanting didn't know that he had problems with relationships with women before. Just imagine how many deputy-division-level cadres there are in Qingzhou. As the mayor of a city, Zhou Yuanting could stop his gaze on him and remember his name, which was a great appreciation. How could he know his character in detail? Besides, everyone would only say good things for Wei Chenfeng's sake. If Wei Gang hadn't been involved now, Zhou Yuanting was not sure if he could hear anything real.
This is also the sadness of those in power! But Zhou Yuanting knew that the cadres below were sometimes unscrupulous and could do anything dirty. The evidence of attempted rape was irrefutable, so what else could be said
In this way, Niu Guiqing's anger can be understood, and it is reasonable to arrest Wei Gang. Rape in 1995 was a serious crime, and it is understandable that Liu Tianlai succumbed to pressure twice. So the matter is not as complicated as Wei Chenfeng said. Zhou Yuanting looked at Wei Chenfeng coldly, obviously very dissatisfied with him. But Wei Chenfeng's vote at the Standing Committee made him suppress his dissatisfaction, and he also spoke up to plead for Wei Gang.
This was both a favor to Wei Chenfeng and a final test. If Niu Guiqing really sided with Xu Fuyan, they would definitely use this as a good handle to implicate Wei Chenfeng, thus dealing a heavy blow to themselves.