The leader of the police HQ ran into Team 2's leader, Li Chao.
His face didn't look good, and he immediately scolded, "Don't you understand human language? What are you doing? Let me ask you, it's been 24 hours, why aren't you releasing him? What do you mean by officially arresting him? Whose idea was this? "
Li Chao bitterly smiled. "Leader, don't get too worked up. We won't let a good guy go, nor will we let a bad guy go. We are arresting Liu Xianming because we have more evidence."
"Don't give me that. What evidence did you find? Did anyone beat him up? Is this a confession made under torture? "
"No, absolutely not!" Li Chao said, "I won't tarnish the police HQ's reputation no matter what I do. You can come with me to see him."
The leader nodded. As long as he didn't beat anyone up, he could easily explain to the higher-ups.
He followed Li Chao to where Liu Xianming was locked up. Seeing that Liu Xianming was fine, the leader finally let out a sigh of relief.
Liu Xianming saw this leader. He had seen him at business dinners before, so he immediately ran over, grabbed onto the iron bars, and shouted, "Huang Ting, you came just in time! These people are messing with me, they set me up! I didn't say anything, I'm not guilty, why are you arresting me? I want to see my lawyer! "
"Liu Xianming, don't get too worked up. I believe our police HQ is not an irresponsible organization. I came here to investigate this matter, and if there are no problems with the procedure, I can let you go."
Li Chao laughed on the side. "I'm afraid he wouldn't even dare to go out now even if you let him go."
Huang Ting frowned. "What happened?"
"It's a long story. I remember reporting to the higher-ups that Mr. Fang from Yanjing wanted to interrogate him, and something went wrong in the first trial. The case has already been taken over by the Yanjing HQ, and I'm only responsible for locking him up. The contents of his confession are still shocking to me."
Huang Ting: "How serious is it?"
Li Chao bitterly smiled. "It's so serious that I shouldn't know. But unfortunately, I heard everything, and now I'm afraid that the higher-ups will come to talk to me alone about my life and dreams."
Liu Xianming's hospitality wasn't something someone at Li Chao's level could listen in on, but he heard everything. It was all thanks to Xu Cheng, or else the Dragon Division would've come over to talk to him about these confidential matters. However, Li Chao didn't know about these things, so he was afraid that the higher-ups would come and talk to him.
Huang Ting was puzzled. "You can't even tell me? How am I going to explain this to the provincial leaders? "
Li Chao bitterly smiled and shook his head: "It's better if you don't know. I don't think our provincial police department can handle this case."
Huang Ting instantly understood. It was time for him to retire, so he didn't want to stir up trouble at this critical juncture. But now it seemed that it would be difficult for him to retreat unscathed. This was simply a hot potato.
"Hey, you little rascal, can't you give me some information?"
Li Chao whispered in his ear: "When you go back, just say that the state intervened, this case has been sealed by the red-headed document."
Huang Ting's pupils contracted!
The words' red-headed document 'were enough.
He patted Li Chao's shoulder and thoughtfully scolded: "No wonder you're so tough this time, there's someone behind you, humph."
He couldn't help but look up at Li Chao.
"Of course not, I'm just following orders. Plus, this case really shouldn't be mixed up with the big projects in the city, it would be too passive for us."
The leader glared at him. "Don't let anyone else hear this, it's none of your business. Just keep an eye on your prisoner. "
Then, he turned around and left.
After a few steps, he turned back and gave Li Chao a cigarette.
"Little rascal, don't be so reckless next time, a lot of things are very subtle, you know?"
Li Chao took the cigarette with fear and trepidation. "Yes, I know, I just couldn't stand seeing these people being too arrogant this time. I'm influenced by my boss, so I'm a bit straightforward, but I only deal with things, not people."
The leader nodded and left.
The president and vice president of the Chamber of Commerce sat in a limousine and went to the provincial government department to talk to the highest leader about the future development project at the East Gate of Shangcheng.
Of course, this was also an indirect way of forcing them to abdicate.
But before the two of them arrived, Huang Ting came to the leader's office to talk.
"Regarding Liu Xianming, the Shangcheng Police HQ's opinion is: the evidence is conclusive, he should be convicted and arrested."
The leader who was reading documents raised his head, rubbed his eyes, and looked at his subordinate.
"What do you think?"
Huang Ting: "I respect that side, I also took a look, and there's no problem with the procedures."
The leader directly took off his glasses and didn't continue reading. While he was tidying up the documents, he said, "Do you know who's in charge of the Riverside River Reconstruction and Water Entertainment City project? It's the business association behind Liu Xianming, the largest business association in the local region and one of the top business associations in the country. In terms of financial influence, it's no less than a small financial group, it's just that the nature is different. I asked you to go there to ease the conflict between the two sides, but why did you go there and aggravate the conflict instead? You even sent someone to jail? "
Huang Ting: "Leader, I heard that Mr. Liu's case has been transferred to Yanjing."
"Oh?" The leader frowned. He was very cautious when it came to Yanjing. "Which department did it get transferred to?"
Huang Ting came over and said in a low voice, "It's already been sealed by the red-headed document. Which means, other than Yanjing, no other police station is allowed to get involved in this case, including us."
The leader's eyes narrowed, and he immediately became alert.
"This is serious." He frowned.
"Although we might lose a big project, this is indeed not something we can interfere with," Huang Ting advised.
"Mhm." The leader was very alert. "Your reminder was very timely. Luckily, I didn't try to take sides on this matter, or else I really would have fallen into it. Looks like this case and this project will have to be stopped."
If he still went along with Liu Xianming on this matter for the sake of the project, then he would be waiting to be fired.
"I think so too," Huang Ting agreed.
At this moment, the secretary walked in and said, "Leader, the president and vice president of Shangcheng's business association are outside and want to see you."
The leader and Huang Ting looked at each other, and the leader said, "Just say that I'm not in the office and went out."
Secretary: "Yes."
Wang Tian and the vice president, who just arrived at the office, were told by the secretary that the leader wasn't there.
The two were confused. "Secretary Li, didn't you make an appointment?"
"I went out at the last minute."
The two presidents immediately saw the abnormality in each other's eyes. This sudden change of heart was a bit meaningful.
Plus, Liu Xianming was arrested as a scapegoat, and it felt like that guy might have exposed something!
– Ran Jing's home –
She invited Xu Cheng over and got straight to the point. "Who are you? What did you do to make my leader shut up and the provincial government shut up? "
(End of Chapter 1)
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