Chapter 40 Chapter Forty

That night, Hou Liangping and Lu Yike worked overtime again and rushed to the interrogation command center to interrogate Liu Xinjian.Hou Liangping knew very well that a large black net was covering his head, and it might fall down at any time.He had to race against this black net. This was a 100-meter race that related to the overall situation. Liu Xinjian complained as soon as he sat down on the interrogation bench: Your procuratorate likes to interrogate at night! No way, the top is pressing!Hou Liangping used this to imply that this case has received high-level attention.As soon as the subject changed, his tone became relaxed again: Mr. Liu, let's start!You see, is this a follow-up to the question Director Lu raised last time?Or continue our conversation last time?

Liu Xinjian was a little stunned for a while: Chief Hou, what was our topic last time? Hou Liangping laughs: A specter, the specter of communism is haunting Europe... Liu Xinjian got a little excited: Oh, you want to hear me recite the "Communist Manifesto" again? No, I want to help you find your lost soul!Think about it, Mr. Liu, where did you lose your soul?Hou Liangping paced in front of Liu Xinjian.You were born in the compound of the military region and grew up amidst the sound of bugles and the singing of queues.Later, he went to military school and served in the army. He almost never left the barracks before the age of thirty, and he received far more care than his peers.Having said that, Hou Liangping showed envy on his face.My family used to be next to a military unit, and the bugles and queue songs you heard were often heard when I was a child, and those familiar melodies still echo in my ears.The difference is that you are inside the compound and I am outside the compound.Liu Xinjian had a bright face: At that time, the children outside the compound were most envious of the children in our compound.Especially boys, which boy has never dreamed of being a soldier!After finishing speaking, he sighed: However, the dream of being a soldier will no longer work, especially after the market economy is launched...

Hou Liangping said: But you have a good chance. As soon as you start a market economy here, you will be attracted by Zhao Lichun, the secretary of the provincial party committee and the first political commissar of the provincial military region.Secretary Zhao called you by name and transferred you to the provincial party committee, which has made many demobilized soldiers envious to this day!Liu Xinjian was deeply touched: Secretary Zhao has changed my life, and he has shown me the grace of knowing him!After only five years with Secretary Zhao, I was transferred from a deputy battalion position to a soldier, and was continuously promoted to deputy director of the Provincial Party Committee General Office and Director of the First Secretary at the deputy department level.I was only thirty-six years old when I joined the deputy department, and I was one of the youngest departments and bureaus in the whole province.

Hou Liangping became serious: Secretary Zhao has shown you kindness, so you always want to repay Secretary Zhao, don't you?Especially if you are from a military background, the repayment complex is even more serious, isn't that right?Liu Xinjian nodded: That's right, isn't Chinese tradition all about repaying kindness with pictures?I'm not Li Dakang, I can't deny my relatives.Li Dakang cherishes feathers too much. Among the previous secretaries, Secretary Zhao hates him the most... Oh, forget it, let's not talk about him!Hou Liangping pointed at Liu Xinjian's vital point: Let's talk about you!Mr. Liu, you don’t cherish your feathers. In order to repay your kindness, you are not even afraid of falling into a sinkhole—what have you done since you became the chairman and president of the Provincial Oil and Gas Group?

Liu Xinjian was obviously touched, he stared at Hou Liangping in a daze, unable to reply for a moment. Hou Liangping was heartbroken: Mr. Liu, Liu Xinjian, you were born in a red family. Some of your predecessors shed blood and sacrificed for national independence and national liberation;It is because of them that this new China exists!But you are lucky. In order to repay someone's so-called kindness, you dig up the country's wall and turn a state-owned enterprise such as the Provincial Oil and Gas Group into a cash machine for the Zhao family!Do you mind? At this time, Chief Prosecutor Ji Changming's voice sounded in the headset: Liangping, stop the interrogation!Please come out.Hou Liangping knew that Ji Changming and another deputy chief prosecutor were monitoring this important interrogation at the command center of the procuratorate, and the sudden stop at this juncture must have caused something serious!Hou Liangping couldn't help but feel a sinking heart, maybe the black net fell?

But at this time, the situation changed. Liu Xinjian's psychological defense was loosened, and he sighed and said: Director Hou, what you said today touched my heart, but it's a pity that you said it too late!If you had told me earlier, how could I have today? I told you a few years ago, can you listen to it?With today, we have to treat it correctly.You are from a military background and have been educated by the party for many years. I believe that you still have at least some awareness!You should no longer regard the cultivation of you by organizations at all levels as the kindness of a certain person, let alone regard the H Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China as the Loyalty Hall in Liangshan, and the former Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Zhao Lichun as the leader of the Hall of Loyalty...

Ji Changming's voice came from the headset again: Comrade Liangping, please come out! Command center orders must be carried out.Hou Liangping signaled that Lu could continue the interrogation, and he left the interrogation room calmly, and called Ji Changming: What's going on, Ji Jian?As you can all see, things are going great, and maybe a breakthrough will happen soon!why make me stop Ji Changming told Hou Liangping about an unusual situation—Sha Ruijin, secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, personally called to ask him to suspend his work and investigate a real-name report.But who reported him and what the facts were, Ji Changming didn't say, and it's impossible to say, this old Ji is very strict.

Hou Liangping seemed to have fallen into the ice cellar all of a sudden, and was stunned.He didn't expect Sha Ruijin, secretary of the provincial party committee, to personally suspend him at this time!Does the secretary of the provincial party committee who claims that there is no cap on the top and no bottom on the bottom of the anti-corruption also have a hole card that cannot be touched?Or is it that Mr. Gao's political methods are too powerful, and he uses his strength to fight?How could Mr. Gao invite Sha Ruijin, a great god?This really blew the students away!what to do?Hou Liang was stunned and couldn't think of a countermeasure for a while.

At the critical moment, Ji Changming still knew, and his voice was calm and firm: The instructions of the Provincial Party Committee must be implemented. You have received the instructions now, and the interrogation of Liu Xinjian has been stopped, right? Hou Liangping suddenly understood: Ji Jian, I should receive instructions in an hour! Ji Changming said: Thirty minutes. I will go to Secretary Gao to report and study according to Secretary Sha Ruijin's request. I will rush from the procuratorate to the provincial party committee in no more than 30 minutes, so you only have 30 minutes!Ji Changming's voice was serious and even severe, which made him feel heavy.

Hou Liangping didn't say any more: OK, then thirty minutes!After all, he returned to the interrogation room. Gao Yuliang stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the office, holding a teacup in his hand without taking a sip for a long time, like a statue.This is the moment of decisive battle, and there is no room for slack. He must exert all his energy and take down this student and subordinate who does not listen to greetings and behaves in one fell swoop.The light coming from the side reflected his tense face, and his eyes were firm and stern. The co-conspirator Xiao Gangyu stood behind him, and asked cautiously, "Secretary Gao, Hou Liangping won't mess around, will he?"What if he insisted on interrogating Liu Xinjian instead of following the instructions of Sha Ruijin and Ji Changming?

Gao Yuliang looked at the darkening night outside the window, and said thoughtfully: Yes, this is the way to think about the problem!I know this Thunderbolt student, he doesn't follow the rules, he doesn't play cards according to the rules... Xiao Gangyu reminded: If he persists in the interrogation, I'm afraid Liu Xinjian won't be able to stand it tonight! Gao Yuliang made up his mind, turned around and said to his accomplices: Lao Xiao, don't wait here, rush to the Provincial Procuratorate immediately, and implement the important instructions of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary Sha Ruijin! Xiao Gangyu hesitated for a moment: Secretary Gao, didn't he want to report to Ji Changming and study the case? Gao Yuliang put the teacup in his hand on the table: Let me deal with it alone!You hurry up, the key is to ensure that Hou Liangping stops interrogating Liu Xinjian!Xiao Gangyu agreed and left in a hurry. Xiao Gangyu walked for about ten minutes, and Ji Changming arrived.Gao Yuliang changed his face, and said to Ji Changming: It's so late, and I have to invite your chief prosecutor to come over. It's an emergency. It's an emergency!Ji Changming said: I heard from Secretary Sha Ruijin that Hou Liangping was reported under his real name? Gao Yuliang's tone was low, with a sad face on his face: It was so unexpected, I was caught off guard!Comrade Changming, Hou Liangping is your subordinate, my student, and the student I am most proud of so far!He has only been your subordinate for four months, but he has been my student for four years! Ji Changming said earnestly: Secretary Gao, since Hou Liangping has been your student for four years, and since you are also proud of this student, can't you give this student a little bit of trust?Do you really believe that your student, the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau under my leadership, will accept bribes? Old Ji, the report against Hou Liangping is not groundless, it is based on facts, and it was personally verified by Xiao Gangyu from the Municipal Procuratorate!Gao Yuliang looked sad, and continued: What do you think we should do?ah?Can you be soft?No, we will kill Ma Su even with tears! At this moment, the phone on the desk rang.Gao Yuliang picked it up and heard that it was Xiao Gangyu calling.Xiao Gangyu said that he was unable to enter the interrogation command center when he arrived at the procuratorate. It is estimated that Hou Liangping is still torturing Liu Xinjian.Gao Yuliang's heart tightened, he put down the phone, and immediately asked Ji Changming: What is Hou Liangping doing now?Ji Changming said: What else can I do?Withdrew, where did you lose your temper? !Gao Yuliang was blunt: Why did Xiao Jian say on the phone that your old Lin is still directing an interrogation?Ji Changming said: Oh, that's another case, and the procuratorate for dereliction of duty and infringement of rights is under the supervision of Lin Procuratorate... After a while, Xiao Gangyu's call came again.It was said that Ji Changming and the people from the Provincial Procuratorate were lying, and the people under Deputy Prosecutor Lin blocked him from the door of the command center and refused to let him in.He suspected that Hou Liangping's interrogation of Liu Xinjian was not over yet.Also, the comrades from the Municipal Procuratorate had been waiting outside for almost an hour, but Hou Liangping hadn't come out from the interrogation. Gao Yuliang put down the microphone fiercely, and was very angry for a while, Ji Changming was too courageous!But he didn't show it, but said to Ji Changming around the corner: "Old Ji, you are an old comrade on the political and legal front. You are sharp in thinking and strong in principle. Especially at critical moments, you are very party spirit..." Ji Changming waved his hands and smiled wryly: Secretary Gao, are you giving me a eulogy?What's wrong again? Only then did Gao Yuliang say it bluntly: Why haven't you removed Hou Liangping yet?ah?You clearly know that Hou Liangping has a serious problem, but you still dare to let him stay on duty while sick?Who is responsible?Did Secretary Sha not greet you?I was afraid that I would not be able to command you, so I made an urgent report to Secretary Sha! Ji Changming hurriedly explained: Oh, Hou Liangping's question appeared suddenly, I was caught off guard!However, after receiving Secretary Sha's call instructions, I immediately stopped Hou Liangping's work! Gao Yuliang stared at Ji Changming: But Hou Liangping hasn't come out of it yet! Ji Changming said: He didn't sleep well for two nights, maybe he took a nap in the lounge inside? Gao Yuliang asked Ji Changming to make a face-to-face call and ask what's going on!Ji Changming agreed and dialed the phone.After a while, he shook his head with a look of helplessness: there was no answer, the phone was turned off, Hou Liangping must have fallen asleep somewhere!Gao Yuliang said earnestly: Lao Ji, don't be confused in front of big right and wrong!Ji Changming spread his hands: Secretary Gao, you are pressing every step of the way. With your serious and responsible supervision, I can't be confused even if I want to! Only then did Gao Yuliang pick up the phone on his desk and dialed Xiao Gangyu's cell phone: Comrade Gangyu, right?Don't think about it, let me tell you responsibly, Hou Liangping has been removed by Chief Prosecutor Ji Changming, and now he may be resting inside, your people are waiting outside the door, don't worry! When Ji Changming heard this, he suddenly became angry: what?Xiao Gangyu chased him to the procuratorate?I said Secretary Gao, why don't you simply order Hou Liangping to be imprisoned in prison? Gao Yuliang looked at Ji Changming in surprise, as if he didn't know him.This usually docile and honest chief prosecutor suddenly erupted and blatantly contradicted him, it was really unexpected!But Gao Yuliang is Gao Yuliang, and he still insists on playing the cards according to his own principles.With a sad face, he said to Ji Changming almost heartbroken: "Old Ji, don't act emotionally!"Getting angry doesn't solve the problem!Hou Liangping has been a lone minister, I'm afraid we will do it again, no matter how painful our hearts are, we have to do business.To tell you the truth, my heart is throbbing right now... Ji Changming's anger still persists: But you can still do it!In my impression, you are not this kind of person!How affectionate and righteous you are to Qi Tongwei!The same students cannot be treated differently!Secretary Gao, I know a little about the whistleblower Cai Chenggong. This person's report is very suspicious... Gao Yuliang stopped Ji Changming from talking: "Old Ji, let's not argue now, let Xiao Gangyu and the Municipal Procuratorate file the case for investigation, and return Hou Liangping's innocence, okay?"Ji Changming immediately objected: No good!I do not agree to open a case easily against a new Anti-Corruption Bureau chief, especially now!Secretary Gao, I suggest that we report our differences of opinion to the Provincial Party Committee and ask Secretary Sha Ruijin for instructions! Ji Changming's toughness was beyond the norm, and Gao Yuliang secretly groaned in his heart.Really report differences of opinion to Sha Ruijin?What a joke!Now that the start is going well, Sha Ruijin has directly approached Ji Changming to order Hou Liangping to stop working. He can't make any incidents before the evidence is confirmed.So he let out a long sigh, pointed at Ji Changming and smiled wryly: You old Ji, you are an old hen protecting the nest!Why don't I want to protect this monkey cub?He paced and thought for a long time: Okay, I'll listen to you, don't file a case for now, let Hou Liangping suspend his job first, and deal with it after the organization checks it out! Ji Changming was visibly relieved: Alright, Secretary Gao, I will take care of the investigation of Hou Liangping!Gao Yuliang was angry in his heart, but he said: Of course you have to take care of it, but I don't feel at ease if you don't do it!Ji Changming added: Then please tell Xiao Gangyu, ask him to set his position, and report to me about Hou Liangping's situation in time. I haven't retired yet!Gao Yuliang shook his head and smiled, "I said, Lao Ji, where did you become so popular?"You are Xiao Gangyu's old leader, don't you know him?Honest man!Ji Changming said coldly: Is he upright?That depends on whom.Okay, let's not talk... In the interrogation room, Hou Liangping's tough battle was not easy.When it came to specific issues, Liu Xinjian became silent again.Hou Liangping looked at the electronic clock opposite, feeling very anxious.You must know that every minute and every second is fought for by Ji Changming at the risk of politics, so he can't afford to delay it!But he didn't show any emotion, his expression was calm, and even Lu Yike couldn't see the storm he was going through in his heart. Hou Liangping said to Liu Xinjian with a pleasant face: Mr. Liu, you just said that if I had told you something earlier, you would not be where you are today.Then let me tell you, if you don't listen to what I'm telling you now, I'm afraid you'll regret it someday!We had a good chat today, and I'll explain it to you.Our investigation of you and the oil and gas group has been fully launched, and there will be progress every moment. If you don't say a word, we will eventually convict you with a zero confession!However, Mr. Liu, if you let us be convicted with zero confession, you will lose a chance of a lighter sentence in sentencing! Liu Xinjian wiped off his sweat, and finally spoke: Chief Hou, let me say, let me say... According to Liu Xinjian's confession: In order to provide benefits for employees, he has approved the finance company to lend the temporarily unused working capital in the accounts to some private and joint-stock enterprises in the province for bridge loans since 2009.Over the past five years, with his approval, more than 60 million yuan in bridge interest has been privately distributed, and he and his team members each divided hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.There is also an explanation for the gambling problem in Macau on the list of problems, saying that it was accidentally pulled away by the boss of a private company. Although he lost more than 8 million overnight, it was all paid by that private company.Hou Liangping pointed out the bright spot in time: Zhao Ruilong is the boss of that private company, right?Liu Xinjian hesitated for a moment and admitted. This is the core issue, and it is also the opponent's hole card!He and Ji Changming took the risk to fight desperately tonight, hoping to make a breakthrough on this point.Mr. Liu, please tell us about Zhao Ruilong's company! Liu Xinjian obviously had precautions: You have to ask Zhao Ruilong about this, and I will talk about myself! Hou Liangping stared at Liu Xinjian closely, his eyes were burning like a torch: Mr. Liu, are you still talking about brotherhood?Dude, loyalty kills people!Before you were arrested, they still wanted you to go abroad to Ghana, Africa, to mine gold mines with Ding Yizhen, right?Mr. Liu, didn't you think this was a trap? Liu Xinjian said: What kind of trap?They let me go out so that you can't find me! But Mr. Liu, Zhao Ruilong and your buddies don't care whether you live or die after you go out!Hou Liangping said: Now I will ask you to see the real situation of Ding Yizhen in Africa! As soon as the words fell, Lu Yike immediately put a few photos in front of Liu Xinjian—they were all photos published in local newspapers in Ghana: Ding Yizhen was held to the head with a gun by several black people; in front of the window of a container house, Ding Yizhen held an AK submachine gun and looked out. The Chinese and English signs in front of the container door were "Yizhen Gold Company"; Ding Yizhen was covering a dead body with a white sheet... Liu Xinjian was stunned looking at each of these photos, and asked Hou Liangping dully: Director Hou, so Ding Yizhen had a hard time in Africa?This... This room and board are all in the container? Hou Liangping told Liu Xinjian that according to the information obtained by the escape team, Ding Yizhen was robbed three times within a month of entering Ghana.I bought the iron container and the guns and ammunition in the photo, but I was robbed by armed forces!The deceased in the photo was Ding Yizhen's partner, a boss of a state-owned enterprise who escaped three years earlier than Ding Yizhen.Hou Liangping finally said: So Mr. Liu and Ding Yizhen are lucky if they don't die in the harsh security environment in Africa.The best result for him in the future is to be able to reform through labor in domestic prisons with you, to be a new man... Liu Xinjian raised his head and asked pitifully: Director Hou, do you think I still have a chance to reform?Hou Liangping said: There must be. If there is meritorious service, the chance will be even greater!Think about it carefully, is it more important to save yourself, or to work for your so-called benefactor? Liu Xinjian broke down: Director Hou, I... I listen to you, it's time to think about it... At this moment, Deputy Prosecutor Lin's voice sounded in the earphones: Stop the interrogation!Hou Liangping looked up, and the time on the electronic screen just jumped to 23:00:00, half an hour as agreed with Ji Changming had passed.Hou Liangping had no choice but to end... The feeling of falling short of success is very heartbreaking, and Hou Liangping feels deeply at this moment.After ordering Liu Xinjian to be taken away, he and Lu Yike packed up the documents on the table and left the interrogation room silently. In the yard outside the command center, Hou Liangping stood still and looked up at the endless night sky.The fine snowflakes fell down, staining his face with a chill.This is the first snow of this winter, it came late, but it finally came.Hou Liangping's mood was like this snowflake, bursting with sadness.The evolution of the matter is so absurd that the judge turned into a criminal suspect, and his resentment and grievance are beyond words.He warned himself, must hold on!This is a duel of life and death, no matter what kind of blow you suffer, you must deal with it calmly.But his vision was still blurred, and tears welled up in his eyes.He is a man of temperament, and the humiliating trap set by the teacher is really unbearable for him.Hot tears and cold snow melt together, trickling down the resolute face of a middle-aged man... Lu Yike was waiting not far away. When the police car drove over, Hou Liangping calmed down and turned around, beckoning Lu Yike to get in the car.In a blink of an eye, he became relaxed and confident again, and even whistled a little.A dead tiger cannot be turned down, especially in front of Lu Yike. It's not bad now, Liu Xinjian can face up to his own problems. If he continues to attack today, he may break through Zhao Ruilong's matter!Hou Liangping can say the same to Lu.It's rare for Lu to scold someone: that's right!Damn, it's just one breath away!Hou Liangping said: The opponent doesn't want us to see the hole cards!Lu Yeke knew it well: what cards?The Zhao family?Hou Liangping said: It should be.The situation is not optimistic, Zhao Ruilong and Gao Xiaoqin went abroad again, the next step is even more difficult... Police cars drive on empty streets.Lu Yike turned his head to look, and unexpectedly found a police car following behind, so he asked the driver: What happened to the car behind?The driver didn't care. He said it was from the city procuratorate. He had been driving here for more than an hour, and he didn't know what he was doing.Hou Liangping knew it well, looked back, and laughed at himself: You are here to arrest me, right?The driver didn't know the inside story, and said with a smile: Hou Ju, you really know how to joke!Lu Yike looked at the following police car in the rearview mirror, and suddenly ordered: Stop!The driver froze for a moment and stopped the car.The following police car also stopped not far away. Lu Yike walked up to the following police car and knocked on the window.The car window was rolled down, and the people in the car asked: What's the matter, Director Lu?Lu Yike put on a stern face: It's the middle of the night, why are you following me?The person in the car explained: Not with you, but with Director Hou, our Xiao Jian's instructions!Lu Yike dialed his cell phone immediately, and his anger finally erupted: Ji Jian, why did Xiao Gangyu send a police car to follow us?What happened to Hou Liangping?Have you and the provincial court approved the municipal court to take measures against Hou Liangping?say something?If you don't agree or approve, let them go!Still let people live? Through the car window, Hou Liangping looked at Lu Yike who was baring his teeth and claws, and shook his head with a wry smile.