The reason why Lu Tao invited Zou Xianghong over for dinner wasn't because he wanted him to apologize to him, but because he suddenly thought of a possibility. Someone like Wu Liangmin, who was a loafer from the countryside who drank and played cards every day, would probably use all sorts of methods to deal with him. If he could catch him breaking the law and scare him, he might be able to force him to reveal that Li Weijun was keeping a mistress.
Therefore, when he heard Zou Xianghong ask if he could meet him, he had an idea and decided to invite him over for a drink.
Zou Xianghong saw that he took the initiative to invite him over for a drink, so he happily said, "Okay, I'll be right there. I live in the eastern suburbs, and it's very close to the 'Old Farmer's Restaurant'. It's only a ten-minute drive! "
There was a reason why Zou Xianghong was in such a hurry to meet Lu Tao and apologize to him.
Just this afternoon, one of Zou Xianghong's close buddies in the county bureau secretly called him and told him that according to reliable news from the Songshan City Public Security Bureau, the Municipal Bureau's Party Committee had officially recommended Zhou Youliang to the Songshan City Municipal Committee to take over Li Xuzhong's position after getting the approval of the Taolin County Committee. Because the Municipal Bureau's Party Committee's candidate, Ouyang Qi, had already been rejected by the Municipal Committee, and it was said that Zhou Youliang's replacement was personally appointed by the Municipal Committee's Secretary, Huang Hongyi, so his promotion to bureau chief was basically set in stone.
After hearing the news, Zou Xianghong was sincerely happy because he had been following Zhou Youliang ever since he started working. He could be considered as Zhou Youliang's most trusted aide. Every time he was promoted, he relied on Zhou Youliang. For example, last year when he wanted to be transferred from the Public Security Bureau to become a bureau chief, Bureau Chief Li Xuzhong didn't agree at first. However, Zhou Youliang argued for it at the Party Committee, and later personally helped him with the work of other Party Committee members.
Now, Zhou Youliang was about to be promoted to the head of the County Public Security Bureau. As the saying goes, "When a man achieves the Dao, his friends and family will also ascend to heaven." Zou Xianghong was his most trusted aide, so his future career would be much smoother. Therefore, when he received the information from that guy, he immediately called Zhou Youliang to express his heartfelt congratulations …
He didn't expect that when he returned home in the afternoon, he would suddenly receive a call from Zhou Youliang. Zhou Youliang scolded him, saying that he didn't have any opinions of his own and was stupid enough to allow Li Weijun to use him as a tool. He didn't know the truth of the matter and casually arrested a local tax official who was stationed in the village and sent him to the police station, causing the police station to be surrounded by the villagers and almost causing a huge mess …
Zou Xianghong's face turned ashen after being reprimanded by him. She hurriedly admitted her mistake and promised that she would not make the same mistake again.
Zhou Youliang's tone softened when he saw that Zhou Youliang had admitted his mistake. "Little Zou, I can tell you something. The officer from the local tax bureau that you arrested today is my best friend. He's also a relative of Songshan's Secretary Huang. Luckily, the villagers of Huaguang Village forced you to release Lu Tao. Otherwise, if you listened to Li Weijun's instigation and put Lu Tao in the detention center, do you think you can take the blame when Secretary Huang blames you? "
Zou Xianghong didn't even know Lu Tao before this. Now that she suddenly heard Zhou Youliang say that they were best friends and that Lu Tao was a relative of Secretary Huang, she couldn't help but turn pale with fright. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She was stunned for a while before she stuttered and apologized to Zhou Youliang again.
Zhou Youliang said, "It's no use apologizing to me. If you want to apologize, go find Lu Tao. As long as he's willing to forgive you, I'm fine here. But you have to be more sincere when you apologize. You can't just do it half-heartedly. I know Lu Tao better. He's a very magnanimous person. Also, he's amenable to coaxing but not coercion. As long as you apologize sincerely, I believe he won't hold it against you for your unintentional mistake! "
After hearing this, Zou Xianghong didn't dare to be negligent. After hanging up the call with Zhou Youliang, she immediately called Lu Tao's number in a hurry …
After Lu Tao hung up the call with Zou Xianghong, he said to Huang Zeke, "Mayor Huang, Chief Zou of the town's police station wants to come over for a drink. Is that okay?"
Huang Zeke laughed and said, "It's okay. I have a good relationship with Chief Zou. We usually drink together."
Lu Tao nodded and suddenly asked, "Do you have a way for me to get close to that Wu Liangmin? I think that in his situation, I can only slowly get close to him and gain his trust. Then I can find a chance to have a drink with him. It's best if I get him drunk so that I can ask about Li Weijun and Su Lihong. "
Huang Zeke tilted his head and thought for a while. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said, "There's a way. At the end of July, the town will organize a visit to the poor and this activity is part of the 'Resident Village Pairs to Help' work. According to the requirements of the Organization Department, this activity will be organized by the town and a portion of the villagers will be selected to form five comfort groups. The leaders of the town's government will be the leaders of the comfort groups and they will be divided into different areas.
"Coincidentally, the areas I'm responsible for are Huaguang Village, Plum Blossom Village, and Stone Keng Village. I can transfer you to the comfort group and you can follow me to Stone Keng Village to carry out the visit. Wu Liangmin is an old poor, so the comfort group will definitely go to his house. At that time, you can act according to the situation and think of a way to establish a relationship with Wu Liangmin. Then you can slowly get in touch with him. Who knows, there might be unexpected gains. "
Lu Tao said happily, "Okay, as long as I have a chance to get close to Wu Liangmin, I'm confident that I can get Li Weijun's dirty secrets out of his mouth."
A few minutes later, Zou Xianghong walked into the private room and sincerely apologized to Lu Tao in front of Huang Zeke. He also drank three glasses of wine to show his sincerity.
Lu Tao ordered the waiter to add two more dishes and a pot of bayberry wine. The three of them toasted each other while chatting.
After a few rounds of drinking, Lu Tao suddenly asked Zou Xianghong, "Chief Zou, there's a disabled person in Stone Keng Village who likes to drink and play cards. Do you know him?"
"I do. I've heard that he's Li Weijun's cousin. He's a lazy loafer who likes to eat and drink. He spends all his time drinking and playing cards. He's purely relying on the village's relief fund and funds to support himself. "
Lu Tao nodded and asked, "Has this person done anything illegal? Has he been punished by the police? "
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