Liu Tianlai looked at Guo Changsheng lying on the ground, and a thunder exploded in his mind. If it weren't for the calmness he had developed after years of ups and downs, his steps would have been unsteady.
He had been in the public security system for many years, and he had seen people die, and he had also seen people die in the special case team. If it was a normal case, let alone the death of Guo Changsheng, even if there were several more, he would have a way to make the matter smaller or smaller, and find someone to take the blame.
But this time, it was not like usual. Whenever Liu Tianlai thought about Xu Fuyan's subsequent thundering rage, he felt a sense of despair.
All the hard work and fear I have put in over the past six months, is it all going to go to waste
"Director Liu..."
Standing next to him was his trusted confidant Xiao Yan. Seeing Liu Tianlai standing there, his face turned pale and blue. He knew that Liu Tianlai had lost his composure, so he hurriedly whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Everyone is looking at you..."
Liu Tianlai woke up with a start. Yes, now was not the time to think about anything. He suddenly raised his head and glanced around, and said sternly, "What chaos! Xiao Li, Xiao Meng, Jinsong, Bao Hai, you stay to investigate the scene, Heping, you contact the hospital, and the rest of you gather in the conference room. I'll go ask the director for instructions!" He turned around and was about to leave, but a ferocious look suddenly appeared on his face. He turned back and said, "The two people on duty tonight temporarily stop working and go to room 301 to wait for investigation."
Wang Zun and Duan Tao, who were standing in the crowd, looked pale. They were on duty tonight. If they said that they had nothing to do with Guo Changsheng's death, even the mice who often visited the investigation team would not believe it. This kind of talk may be enough to deceive outsiders, but who are the people present? The elites selected by the Qingzhou Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate and Court all have IQs above 250. Dozens of suspicious, disdainful or sad eyes were cast at them like awls, almost digging out the two people's lungs.
Wang Zun couldn't stand the pressure. On such a cold night, he could see large beads of sweat on his forehead. He shouted, "Director Liu, it's none of my business, it's none of my business..."
Liu Tianlai walked to the second floor without even turning his head: "It has nothing to do with you, that's the best."
Duan Tao stood there and saw nothing unusual, but when his eyes swept over Guo Changsheng who was covered in blood, he slowly let out a breath.
Liu Tianlai did not see anyone in Zhao Xinchuan's room on the second floor. After asking, he found out that Zhao Xinchuan had driven away earlier and was not in the hotel at night. No wonder he did not show up despite the commotion. Liu Tianlai did not go to see Zhao Xinchuan after returning from Qingzhou. Firstly, he was tired of meeting Zhao Xinchuan. Secondly, he skipped the level and reported directly to Xu Fuyan, which attracted the great god Niu Guiqing. It was inevitable that Zhao Xinchuan would be unhappy. It was better not to go and get into trouble. He wanted to wait for Niu Guiqing to come tomorrow and meet Zhao Xinchuan again, but he did not expect to stir up such a big mess at night.
Liu Tianlai sat dejectedly on the sofa. He didn't know whether Zhao Xinchuan did it intentionally or unintentionally tonight, but he was the team leader, the highest leader of the investigation team. He could find any excuse to get away with it, and no one could say that he was absent from his post. Another advantage of being a leader is that you are the first to receive credit. If something goes wrong, you only have to take the responsibility of the leader, and the specific responsibilities are borne by the subordinates. During the investigation, the personnel safety issues happened to be under Liu Tianlai's jurisdiction. Zhao Xinchuan was not at the scene on the night of the incident, so maybe he wouldn't even need to be warned, and he could just enjoy his embarrassing performance.
Liu Tianlai knew that he was in big trouble!
When Zhao Xinchuan got the news of Guo Changsheng's death, he was relaxing in a private club with his friends. Although he was not favored by Xu Fuyan, he had been doing business in Qingzhou for many years and had a few friends in the Municipal Party Committee. So he soon found out what Liu Tianlai did in the afternoon. He was not satisfied with Liu Tianlai's unauthorized actions, and was a little nervous about Niu Guiqing's arrival. Did Xu Fuyan doubt his ability to lead the team to win the case? All kinds of thoughts came up, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He didn't want to meet Liu Tianlai, so he gave a few instructions and returned to the city.
But something happened at this moment!
Zhao Xinchuan smiled coldly, made a few phone calls first, characterized tonight's itinerary as an investigation and visit, and removed himself from it. Then he waited for Liu Tianlai to drive over, and the two of them went to the Municipal Party Committee to meet Xu Fuyan.
Guo Changsheng’s death caused an uproar!
The Shunyi Grain Case involved a wide range of people, with many inside stories, and with people with ulterior motives secretly pushing it, the adverse impact it caused was likely to far exceed the maximum extent that a small department-level unit could cause. It was for this reason that Xu Fuyan withstood the pressure and went to Guanshan in person to control the incident within a controllable range, and then sent out a backbone force that was completely under his control to crack the case, in order to resolve the case in the shortest possible time and plug the ant hole that was causing the dam to collapse.
Unexpectedly, just a few days later, Guo Changsheng, the most important witness and whistleblower in the grain case, fell to his death at the investigation team’s residence.
What a loud slap in the face!
Although the preliminary investigation on the scene showed that the person committed suicide, with no signs of struggle or fighting, everyone knew that this possibility was extremely small. This result further illustrates a problem: there was a traitor in the investigation team. It was easy to make a person commit suicide by falling from a building, but it was impossible to accomplish this in Shunyi Hotel, the investigation team's residence, with two police officers guarding.
The focus was on Wang Zun and Duan Tao. On the night of the incident, the two people who were supposed to be guarding outside the suite left for 20 minutes and went to the opposite room to play 80 points. This proposal was made by Duan Tao. Duan Tao admitted this, but argued that Guo Changsheng was an informant rather than a suspect, and he had no subjective tendency to commit suicide, so he relaxed his vigilance and was not instructed by anyone. Duan Tao had a strong psychological quality and was mentally prepared. He insisted that it was just dereliction of duty. At most, he would be fired from his public office and stripped of his police skin. He refused to admit that there was anything else. For a while, there was nothing that could be done about him.
However, since the incident had happened, it was only a side issue to investigate who the accomplices were. The important thing was how to deal with the impact that followed from all sides. That night, the Provincial Public Security Department bypassed the Qingzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and sent a letter directly to the Qingzhou Public Security Bureau, demanding a thorough investigation of the incident and holding all the people responsible accountable, and once again expressed its willingness to take over the case. The incident caused unrest in Shunyi County, and people's resistance to the investigation team increased. The next morning, Guo Changsheng's wife Wang Zhen came to the door of Shunyi Hotel in mourning clothes, surrounded by a group of people, and openly set up a mourning hall to accuse the investigation team of taking human lives lightly and making an unjust case. Later, under the instigation of some people, the onlookers clashed with the police officers who came to dissuade them. Fortunately, there were no casualties, but it caused an extremely bad impact. There were also provincial newspapers, radio stations, television stations and other news media who heard the news and rushed to the scene. Even Yin, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee who supported Xu Fuyan at the beginning, called to inquire. The situation took a sharp turn for the worse in just one day, and there was a great impassioned desire to achieve success in one battle.
Wen Liang did not sleep all night after receiving Zuo Yuxi's call. He had no choice but to skip classes again after pretending to be a good student. However, this time he remembered to say hello to Ye Yuting and rushed to Diyuan Garden early in the morning. When he saw Zuo Yuxi, her eyes were a little swollen, and it was obvious that she had also stayed up all night.
"What did Liu Tianlai say?"
Zuo Yuxi briefly introduced the situation and frowned, "How did it suddenly get to this point?"
Wen Liang smiled bitterly and said, "I guess we have underestimated the appetite of those parasites in Shunyi! But don't worry, there is a clichéd saying that goes, if God wants someone to die, he will make him crazy first. Since they dare to do such a thing, the hell is not far away from them."
"That's not a problem," Zuo Yuxi pressed his forehead sleepily, "Even if Shunyi is rotten, it's none of our business, but Liu Tianlai is trapped in it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out..."
Wen Liang walked to the back of the sofa, leaned forward slightly, put his hands through her ears, pressed them on her cold temples, and rubbed them gently back and forth: "Xu Fuyan is angry, right?"
This time it was Zuo Yuxi's turn to smile bitterly: "Liu Tianlai just came out of the Municipal Party Committee and called me. His voice was still shaking. Xu Fuyan was not only angry, he wanted to skin Liu Tianlai alive. If it weren't for the fact that he had worked hard during this period, he might have taken off his hat on the spot."
"To be with the emperor is like to be with a tiger!" Wen Liang sighed.
"Your future father-in-law is already exhausted, and he still has the mind to bully me?"
Wen Liang chuckled and said, "The more difficult the time, the more we need to stay relaxed. This is the spirit of revolutionary optimism."
Zuo Yuxi rolled her eyes at him in anger and said, "Okay, let's talk about serious matters and stop making trouble!"
Wen Liang smiled, Zuo Yuxi was too lazy to pay attention, and changed the subject: "Almost everyone was restless this night, why do I think you are not anxious?"
Wen Liang sat down beside her and said softly, "A blessing in disguise. A little setback is a good thing for Liu Tianlai!"
"Good thing?"
"That's right!" A gleam of wisdom flashed in Wen Liang's eyes, and he said silently in his heart: This is indeed a good thing for what I am about to do!
Zuo Yuxi looked at him doubtfully and said, "If Xu Fuyan can't stand the pressure, he might really give up Liu Tianlai. This would be a big loss for us."
"Liu Tianlai must not give up!" Wen Liang turned his head, looked at Zuo Yuxi, and said quietly: "Zhao Xinchuan doesn't have to serve until the end of this term. You go talk to him and exchange a two-year term for the future of future generations. Does he have the courage to refuse this deal?"
(My heart longs to sing with you, but I can't make a sound. I want to speak, but words can't make a song. I call
Oh, you have made my heart a prisoner in the vast net of your music, my master!
Please allow me to slack off for a while and sit beside you. I will finish the work at hand later.
Without your presence, my heart knows no peace or repose, and my work becomes an endless sea of toil.
My heart longs to sing with you, but I can't make a sound. I want to speak, but words can't make a song, I call
Oh, you have made my heart a prisoner in the vast net of your music, my master!
Please allow me to slack off for a while and sit beside you. I will finish the work at hand later.
Without your presence, my heart knows no peace or repose, and my work becomes an endless sea of toil.
Endless toil in the world. (To be continued)