Hou Liang Ping said: "According to what I know, Gao Lao Shi is an only child. Where did he get a niece? Don't make up these rumors. Even if I go to Gao Lao Shi, it won't help."
Cai Cheng Gong suddenly realized: "You're right, let's not rush to find Gao Shu Ji, I need to investigate the background of this Gao Xiao Qin first."
Then, Cai Cheng Gong changed the subject: "Monkey, can you help me find Vice Mayor Ding? That Ding Yi Zhen... what's wrong?"
Speaking of Ding Yi Zhen, Cai Cheng Gong noticed Hou Liang Ping's face turning strange, immediately alerted, he stopped talking.
Having spent half his life in the cutthroat world of the mall, Cai Cheng Gong didn't trust anyone, not even his childhood friend Hou Liang Ping. Cai Cheng Gong was full of lies.
Hou Liang Ping calmly probed: "Nothing. Bao Zi, haven't you heard anything lately?"
Cai Cheng Gong shook his head in confusion: "No, I've been in Yan Cheng, appealing to the Supreme Court."
Hou Liang Ping continued to probe: "Then you haven't gone to see Ding Yi Zhen? You can go to him directly."
Cai Cheng Gong said dejectedly: "I went, but he didn't pay any attention to me."
Hou Liang Ping joked: "If you had brought the same things you brought to my house today, with a whole box of cigarettes and liquor, anything would be negotiable."
Cai Cheng Gong was even more dejected: "Negotiate what? You think those gifts are easy to give? With our relationship, I couldn't even give him anything, even a worn-out suit, you wouldn't accept it."
Hou Liang Ping immediately looked unconvinced: "What, Ding Yi Zhen is even more cowardly than me?"
Cai Cheng Gong said disdainfully: "Cut it out, he's much bolder than you. If people didn't know, he'd dare to move the Provincial Committee Building back home! He's sneaky, he plays favorites, he only takes gifts from Gao Xiao Qin, he wouldn't even take a pipe from me."
Hou Liang Ping joked: "That's called professional ethics, he doesn't take your money if he doesn't do business for you."
Cai Cheng Gong complained: "That's why, he doesn't give me face, he definitely gives you face. I specifically mentioned our relationship when I chatted with him, someone from the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme Procuratorate!"
Hou Liang Ping immediately said in a disappointed tone: "You're asking for trouble! You specifically mentioned me?"
Cai Cheng Gong was stunned and subconsciously nodded: "Yeah."
Seeing Hou Liang Ping get annoyed and not speak, Cai Cheng Gong realized something was wrong and quickly changed the subject: "Monkey, let's go out for a drink?"
Hou Liang Ping said grumpily: "No, I'll tell you the truth. I was drinking at the home of your Han Dong Anti-Corruption Bureau Director yesterday."
Cai Cheng Gong's eyes lit up: "Chen Hai?"
Hou Liang Ping asked in surprise: "You know him? Did Director Chen have a heart-to-heart talk with you?"
Cai Cheng Gong said with a dry laugh: "How would I be able to get Director Chen to talk to me? Monkey, you know him, that makes this easy, I can go back and find him. If my appeal doesn't work this time, I'll go back and find Director Chen to report the corrupt officials."
Hou Liang Ping nodded: "Yes, report corrupt officials, find Chen Hai, that's right. Just say I told you to go."
"Got it, with your words, I feel much better." Cai Cheng Gong was delighted and took the opportunity to say, "Monkey, just help me out, give Vice Mayor Ding a call, okay?"
Hou Liang Ping, uncharacteristically, readily agreed: "Okay, okay, okay, I'll help you this once."
Cai Cheng Gong was overjoyed: "I knew it, Monkey wouldn't let his brother down! But Monkey, you have to tell Vice Mayor Ding on the phone, you're calling him from the office of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme Procuratorate, and I'm sitting across from you."
Hou Liang Ping extended his hand: "I know, what's the number?"
Cai Cheng Gong quickly took out his phone, found Ding Yi Zhen's number, and handed the phone to Hou Liang Ping: "This is his home number, this is his mobile phone number."
Hou Liang Ping glanced at it, waved his hand: "Those are useless, I need his phone number in the United States."
Cai Cheng Gong stared in amazement: "The United States? When did he leave the country?"
He couldn't understand, he just arrived in Yan Cheng a few days ago, how could Ding Yi Zhen suddenly leave the country?
When he was in Han Dong, Cai Cheng Gong had never heard of Ding Yi Zhen wanting to leave the country.
Hou Liang Ping bluffed: "Last Wednesday, didn't you help him escape to the United States?"
"Ah?" Cai Cheng Gong realized, completely dumbfounded, "He's really in trouble?"
Hou Liang Ping slammed his fist on the table: "What do you think? Cai Cheng Gong, I'm telling you, the Han Dong Procuratorate might really go after you. I'm asking you, did you bribe Ding Yi Zhen? Yes or no?"
Cai Cheng Gong quickly denied: "No."
Hou Liang Ping didn't believe him: "No? Then why did you use me and the Anti-Corruption Bureau to scare him? Is there, or is there not?"
Cai Cheng Gong knew he couldn't hide it, so he had to confess: "How could there not be? There is!"
Hou Liang Ping pressed: "What are they, tell me!"
Cai Cheng Gong said sheepishly: "I didn't give him anything, just some cheap things, like cigarettes and liquor, and a card."
Hou Liang Ping focused on the key point: "A bank card, right? How much money is there?"
"There..." Cai Cheng Gong almost blurted it out, but he reacted in time, he was unwilling, "Monkey, you're interrogating me? This is your house! That look in your eyes, you're scaring me to death."
Seeing Hou Liang Ping's face looking very bad, Cai Cheng Gong decided to stop there: "Okay, okay, I won't tell you, how much money is there, why would I tell you, don't get me in trouble."
Hou Liang Ping said with a flat face: "Okay, you won't tell me, will you? Good, go back and tell Chen Hai, report what you should report, confess what you should confess! I'm telling you, if you confess your bribery, it's considered a contribution!"
"Contribution?" Cai Cheng Gong's eyes lit up, but after a moment, his face turned cloudy again, as if he was considering whether to make this contribution.
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The next morning, Zhang Shu Li, the Secretary of the Jing Zhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, went to Li Da Kang's office to report on his work.
Zhang Shu Li reported: "Secretary Li, we didn't find anything in Ding Yi Zhen's office or home, except for a drawer full of worthless commemorative plates from various engineering projects, we didn't find any valuable stolen money or goods."
Li Da Kang asked leisurely: "Then why did he run? Who is behind him?"
Li Da Kang knew the answers to these questions, but he didn't need to say them, he had to pretend not to know.
"There are some suspicious things." Zhang Shu Li said hesitantly, "Secretary Li, I have a feeling that this is a case of 'a different motive hidden behind the stated one'."
What Zhang Shu Li meant by "a different motive hidden behind the stated one" was that someone wanted to achieve the goal of taking down Li Da Kang by targeting Ding Yi Zhen.
"Alright, don't talk nonsense like that." Li Da Kang changed the subject, "What's the attitude of the investors? Did you tell them about our new policy?"
Zhang Shu Li nodded: "We did. We told them that they would be treated leniently if they confessed and pleaded guilty. Anyone who was bribed by Ding Yi Zhen, as long as they came forward and explained it, they would not be prosecuted! But it's strange, so far, none of the investors have admitted to bribing Ding Yi Zhen. According to their accounts, this Ding Yi Zhen is practically a model of integrity."
Li Da Kang said casually: "This guy did run away after all, he ran to the United States."
Zhang Shu Li was puzzled: "But according to what we know so far, Ding Yi Zhen's problem doesn't seem that big, none of the developers have run away."
"Keep investigating, the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Supreme Procuratorate won't take action without concrete evidence. That's it, go back and get busy, I have a meeting at the Provincial Committee."
Li Da Kang dismissed him. Ding Yi Zhen's problem wasn't small, it was big. Zhang Shu Li was loyal, but he lacked competence.
He would find a suitable replacement for Zhang Shu Li later. For now, Li Da Kang had to go to the Provincial Committee meeting, the topic of discussion was, of course, Ding Yi Zhen's escape.
The new Provincial Committee Secretary, Sha Rui Jin, had just arrived in Han Dong and was still conducting research in the cities and counties below, so they gave him such a big gift. They had to give an explanation.
As for who would give the explanation, Li Da Kang had already decided. Let Chen Hai give the explanation. Take this opportunity to transfer Chen Hai to a different post, and protect this honest and kind man in this way.
He had to hurry up and make Chen Hai step down. According to the plot, if Chen Hai continued to be the Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, it wouldn't be long before he would be hit by a drunk driver arranged by Qi Tong Wei and become a vegetable.
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