The short-term training course at the Provincial Party School has finally concluded, but what awaits Yi Haitao is a fatal blow.

After the graduation ceremony, Lin Guodong, the Organization Minister of the Provincial Party Committee who attended the ceremony and delivered a speech, interviewed Yi Haitao. Also attending the interview was He Tianying, Secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

It is extremely rare for two members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee to personally talk to a deputy mayor of a prefecture-level city.

Yi Haitao was both excited and nervous. He straightened up and sat on the sofa opposite the two leaders.

The first person to speak was He Tianying.

He said, Comrade Haitao, while you were studying, the Qingyuan City Discipline Inspection Commission received reports from the masses that there were quality problems in the Nanling County highway project undertaken by Century Sunshine. Its legal representative Wei Shijie and shareholder Li Xiaolan were investigated.

He took the initiative to confess the circumstances of bribing state officials. To this end, the Qingyuan Municipal Party Committee, after consulting the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, quickly set up a task force. Preliminary findings revealed that your former secretary Wang Shaolei, current secretary Chu Tianshu and his wife Peng Huiying were all suspected of being involved.

When Yi Haitao heard this, he was like thunder, and he was so angry that he could not believe his ears.

In ten days, only ten days, such earth-shaking changes have occurred, which is unbelievable.

Yi Haitao tried his best to calm down.

Lin Guodong said seriously, Comrade Haitao, Secretary He and I were entrusted by the Provincial Party Committee to talk to you. We hope that you can correctly understand and treat the problems you are facing correctly, and not to affect the normal work and team unity because of this.

Do not interfere or hinder the investigation of the task force. The organization believes in you, and you must also believe in the organization. We will never let any corrupt element go, and we will never wrongly accuse an outstanding cadre.

Yi Haitao couldn't remember clearly how he expressed his final attitude, or how he shook hands with Lin Guodong and He Tianying to say goodbye. There were only two words running through his mind: Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy!!!

Back in Qingyuan, Yi Haitao went directly to find Zhu Minwen.

Facing Yi Haitao's anger, Zhu Minwen showed rare tolerance and helplessness.

He said in a very sympathetic and regretful tone that this was originally just a simple project quality issue, but he didn't expect that Wei Shijie and Li Xiaolan would get into trouble when they were under investigation and involve Wang Shaolei, Chu Tianshu and Peng Huiying.

.Haitao, I don’t believe they have any problems, so I asked the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to set up a task force, just hoping to restore their innocence.

At this point, Zhu Minwen sighed heavily and said, "Unfortunately, they did not stand the test and actually admitted the fact of accepting money and things. This made me very passive. I thought they could at least persist until the end of the day."

You come back, but, alas...

Yi Haitao stood up and said, "Secretary, I hope to see them right away. I want to ask them face to face, who gave you the courage and why did you do this?"

Zhu Minwen had already been mentally prepared. He said indifferently: "Comrade Haitao, I understand your mood very well. However, the matter is still in the process of investigation. If you go to see them now, it will only interfere and hinder the smooth progress of the investigation. Besides, the matter is still in the process of investigation. If you go to see them now, it will only interfere with and hinder the smooth progress of the investigation.

Now, the task force has the final investigation results and must report to the Municipal Standing Committee. At that time, the truth will naturally come to light."

Yi Haitao said forcefully: "What if I insist on seeing you?"

Zhu Minwen smiled and said: "Then please call Secretary He personally for instructions!"

Yi Haitao was stunned. He remembered what Lin Guodong said: do not interfere or hinder the task force's investigation, but trust the organization.

Zhu Minwen took Yi Haitao to sit down and said: "Haitao, as a big brother I still want to advise you. The more difficult the situation, the more you must keep a clear mind. When the municipal party committee reported the situation to the provincial party committee,

Show that you are convinced that you are innocent, and don’t let the small things cost you the big things.”

Now the municipal party committee is Zhu Minwen, and Zhu Minwen is the municipal party committee.

These words are like the comfort of an elder and the threat of a powerful person.

From the perspective of consolation, I hope you, Yi Haitao, will stay calm, don't be impulsive, and wait for the results of the investigation. Maybe this matter has nothing to do with you, and you can still run for mayor.

Interpreted from the perspective of threats, at this critical and sensitive time, you, Yi Haitao, insist on meeting them. Do you have a guilty conscience and want to support them and encourage them to retract or collude with their confessions?

Yi Haitao stood up again and said: "Secretary, as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, I convene the executive deputy mayor for government work. I need both stable working conditions and a stable family life. I ask the comrades of the task force to investigate as soon as possible.

, if there is any problem, submit it to the procuratorate for judicial proceedings, and if there is no problem, release him as soon as possible.”

Yi Haitao's words seemed to be righteous, but his few words alone were not enough to prevent the situation from reversing.

News spread like wildfire that Wei Shijie, Chu Tianshu, Peng Huiying and others were taken away by the task force for investigation.

Naturally, what everyone is paying attention to is not Wei Shijie, the owner of the private enterprise, but Chu Tianshu and Yi Haitao, who are related to him. Especially Yi Haitao, who has been rumored to be the provincial candidate for mayor, just before the Two Sessions.

The moment before, the secretary and his wife were suddenly taken away by the task force. Thinking about this is exciting enough.

Look at the leading figures in the officialdom today. They are seen on TV, heard on the radio, and famous in newspapers and periodicals every day. Behind them, there are countless unexplained practical benefits. They have all the glory and benefits. Who would have thought that there would be unlucky times. At the grassroots level,

Who among ordinary cadres and ordinary people would not applaud and tell each other?

In Qingyuan, the government's credibility is inherently poor. In people's eyes, officials are no longer good. Wang Shaolei and Chu Tianshu are not visitors from outside the world. Can they withstand all kinds of temptations? They stay here every day.

Why didn't Yi Haitao notice or control him around Yi Haitao? Let alone whether he could behave himself, at least the employer didn't notice.

Yi Haitao cheered up and continued to go to work normally.

However, when he got to the office, he would think of Chu Tianshu, and when he returned home, he would think of Peng Huiying. On the way from home to the office, he had to endure all kinds of glares on his back, and the anger and humiliation in his heart made it impossible for him to calm down and plan his work.

, even routine meetings and condolences are made with various excuses and pushed away whenever possible, and avoided whenever possible.

All kinds of discussions are rampant, and the Spring Festival has arrived unexpectedly.

While waiting for Chu Tianshu, the task force made a major breakthrough.

Wang Shaolei's wife received Wang Shaolei's inexplicable text message at the station. She returned to Wang Shaolei's home in Qingyuan, and immediately called her in-laws and parents in Kyoto. This woman, who was born into an official family, quickly continued to speak on her cell phone.

During the shutdown, I realized that Wang Shaolei was not on a business trip, but was under investigation.

Wang Shaolei's father and father-in-law had their own power in Kyoto. After several days of mediation, they finally found He Tianying through Wang Zhiyuan's matchmaking.

Under Liang Yuxuan's suggestion, Wang Shaolei acted as a tainted witness against Peng Huiying's acceptance of money and property. On the first night of New Year's Eve, he was picked up by his wife from the Lotus Guest House and directly boarded the train heading north to Beijing.

Liang Yuxuan came to see Peng Huiying with Wang Shaolei's testimony and told her that Yi Haitao had returned to Qingyuan.

Peng Huiying, who was already on the verge of despair, completely collapsed. She was just a weak woman, a professor who had grown up in the classroom and laboratory. After several days of interrogation and torture, she was like a

As a drowning person struggling in the water, Yi Haitao, the last life-saving straw, disappeared. She chose to give up on herself, broke the jar and smashed the jar. Following Liang Yuxuan's prompts, she made a confession that she had received money and goods and then returned them.

After obtaining these confessions, Liang Yuxuan made reports to Zhu Minwen and Tang Yifu respectively in the office of the Lotus Guest House, and then discussed with Hu Guobin behind closed doors. He took the confessions out of context and only accepted the confessions of receiving money and materials, hiding them.

The fact of refunding money.

However, they never dreamed that the watch that Chu Tianshu had confiscated was still on their desk, and that their reports and discussions were all recorded one by one by the camera built into the watch.

After making these major breakthroughs, Liang Yuxuan was free to concentrate on dealing with Chu Tianshu and Wei Shijie. They needed a complete chain of evidence.

Liang Yuxuan had dealt with Chu Tianshu during the restructuring of the instrument factory, and was frustrated by Chu Tianshu. This time he chose to go head-on.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Liang Yuxuan entered the room, sat down face to face with Chu Tianshu at the table, and asked Fatty Fan to pour a glass of water for Chu Tianshu, and then said bluntly: "Xiao Chu, it's the New Year, everyone is here

Come on, don't waste time."

Chu Tianshu held the hot cup in both hands and said, "Director Liang, I don't want to stay in such a shabby place, and I don't want to delay everyone's return home for the New Year."

Liang Yuxuan said patiently: "Xiao Chu, I'm telling you, you are smart but confused for a while. If you had made things clear earlier, you would have gone home for the New Year earlier."

Chu Tianshu said with a smile: "I have heard of such a saying. If you confess, you will be lenient. If you go to jail, you will be punished. If you resist, you will go home for the New Year. You insist that I admit that I took Wei Shijie's money. Isn't this even more embarrassing?

Can’t I go home for the New Year?”

One sentence almost made Liang Yuxuan's nose become angry.

There is a popular joke in the official circles, which was summarized by the officials under investigation, saying: If you confess, you will be lenient, if you go to jail, if you resist, you will be strict, and if you go home to celebrate the New Year.

This joke is quite darkly humorous, but it also exposes a strange phenomenon in the current anti-corruption work.

The more corrupt officials who are investigated and punished take the initiative to confess and confess, the cumulative amount of corruption and bribery will be higher. In the future, the court will judge sentences based on the amount involved, and the longer the sentence will be; if they do not confess, they will adopt uncooperative resistance.
Chapter completed!