Li Da Kang left, followed by Ji Chang Ming and Chen Hai, who also left in a hurry. The last to leave the meeting room was Qi Tong Wei, who rushed to catch up with Gao Yu Liang ahead.
Qi Tong Wei said, "Teacher, if you hadn't asked me to report on my work today, I wouldn't have been able to catch this good show of Ding Yi Zhen's."
Having informed Ding Yi Zhen through Gao Xiao Qin and helping him escape, Qi Tong Wei must distance himself from the matter.
Therefore, Qi Tong Wei specially emphasized that he was at the scene by coincidence and had nothing to do with Ding Yi Zhen's case, minimizing the suspicion of him leaking information.
Gao Yu Liang sighed, "This good show isn't so good after all! I suspect there's more to it than meets the eye."
By "more to it than meets the eye", he meant that Ding Yi Zhen's crime was not small, and the anti-graft bureau of the Supreme Procuratorate, following the trail, would easily trigger a major earthquake in the Jingzhou officialdom!
While Li Da Kang was the one who lost the most face, losing it all the way to Yancheng, and he was also the one who bore the most responsibility, he would inevitably be held accountable for the Ding Yi Zhen case.
But Gao Yu Liang was the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Committee and concurrently the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee. With something like Ding Yi Zhen happening, it was not just Li Da Kang who lost face; it was the entire Han Dong province, making Gao Yu Liang's face look bad as well.
Gao Yu Liang never imagined that Ding Yi Zhen, having committed such a serious crime, would still have someone dare to inform him, and even less that the person who informed him was Qi Tong Wei.
Ji Chang Ming, Chen Hai and others, similarly could not have imagined that Qi Tong Wei would inform Ding Yi Zhen, and even less that Qi Tong Wei had arranged for Gao Xiao Qin to help Ding Yi Zhen escape abroad.
This is the reason why Qi Tong Wei dared to do so; on the surface, he had absolutely no reason to do it. Even if the authorities wanted to investigate the leak, they wouldn't be able to trace it back to him.
Qi Tong Wei said, "Right, and this time it was the Supreme Procuratorate that came to arrest him directly. The impact is extremely bad. I don't know if you noticed Da Kang Secretary's face, but it was extremely ugly!"
Gao Yu Liang sighed again, expressing sympathy, "After all, Ding Yi Zhen was someone Li Da Kang used. This is a mistake."
Although he didn't get along with Li Da Kang, seeing him about to fall from grace, Gao Yu Liang didn't mind shedding a few crocodile tears of compassion for his opponent.
"Well, Da Kang Secretary won't be free of responsibility. The main thing is that he's been domineering and loves to hold one-man shows. And Ding Yi Zhen was a bootlicker, everywhere claiming to be Da Kang Secretary's avatar."
"Now, his avatar is in trouble, can the true god not be anxious? Teacher, I have a suspicion. Don't you think Da Kang Secretary might..."
Qi Tong Wei deliberately didn't finish his sentence. He not only wanted to clear himself of suspicion but also wanted to direct the suspicion towards Li Da Kang. With Li Da Kang taking the blame, he would be safer.
Flattering Li Da Kang in person didn't prevent Qi Tong Wei from smearing him behind his back. Flattering him in person was for his own benefit, while smearing him behind his back was also for his own benefit. There was no conflict.
Gao Yu Liang waved his hand, "Don't think the worst of your comrades. I don't think Li Da Kang would be in cahoots with Ding Yi Zhen, and I don't think he fought for the right to investigate the case in order to protect Ding Yi Zhen."
Qi Tong Wei asked in surprise, "Teacher, then what do you think Da Kang Secretary was after? Could it be just for work?"
Gao Yu Liang said, "For both work and his future. Remember eight years ago, when Li Da Kang was the Secretary of the Lincheng City Committee, a Deputy Mayor and Director of the Development Zone was arrested, and overnight, dozens of investors fled, leaving many projects unfinished."
As he spoke, Gao Yu Liang walked into his office and took off his coat. Qi Tong Wei quickly took the coat from his teacher's hand and hung it on the floor stand.
Gao Yu Liang continued, "Lincheng's GDP went from first in the province to fifth overnight. It was quite a pity. If he had kept the first place, Li Da Kang would definitely have become a member of the Provincial Standing Committee before me."
Qi Tong Wei echoed, "Another thing that happened back then was that Luzhou's GDP rose to first in the province overnight. And you, Teacher, came from the position of Secretary of the Luzhou City Committee."
Gao Yu Liang nodded, "But now, Liu Provincial Governor has only four months left before he reaches retirement age. Even you know about the 'Sha Li pairing'. Flattering Li Da Kang at the meeting today, isn't Li Da Kang more eager to achieve political achievements, to increase his chances of succeeding Liu Provincial Governor?"
Qi Tong Wei couldn't help but feel a little awkward, but he was thick-skinned and could still say nonchalantly, "So, Da Kang Secretary desperately fought for the right to investigate the case, just to minimize the matter and sweep it under the rug?"
Gao Yu Liang gave a sarcastic smile, "Some of our cadres, for the sake of political achievements and their future, can go to any lengths. Even with solid evidence, they only address the matter and never implicate anyone else. To put it simply, it's a form of condoning corruption!"
Qi Tong Wei was even more embarrassed. He could hear that the phrase "for the sake of political achievements and their future, can go to any lengths" was not only about Li Da Kang, but might also include him, Qi Tong Wei.
Gao Yu Liang looked at Qi Tong Wei and said earnestly, "Let's not talk about Li Da Kang. Let's stick to the facts. Tong Wei, in the future, try not to stick your nose into such matters, so as to avoid trouble."
Qi Tong Wei defended himself, "It's precisely because I didn't want to cause trouble that I did this. Teacher, think about it. I shouldn't have been at this report meeting in the first place. Chen Hai and Hou Liang Ping are both your students, and Da Kang Secretary will inevitably feel like he's been targeted. Teacher, someone needs to cooperate with you to play this duet."
Gao Yu Liang shook his head, "You have a lot of ideas, but you're using them in the wrong place! Alright, it's getting late. Give Chen Hai a call and ask about the situation with Ding Yi Zhen's arrest."
Gao Yu Liang, of course, could see through Qi Tong Wei's little calculation. He just needed to hint at it and didn't need to dwell on it. Qi Tong Wei wanting Li Da Kang's vote was understandable and could be forgiven.
"Chen Hai too. After the report meeting, he didn't give me any news." Chen Hai complained, taking out his phone to call, but secretly he breathed a sigh of relief. He had passed this hurdle with his teacher.
The phone connected, and Qi Tong Wei got straight to the point, "Chen Hai, I'm at Teacher's place. How's the situation with Ding Yi Zhen?"
Chen Hai answered in a dejected tone, "Don't mention it, Senior. Ding Yi Zhen received a strange phone call and ran away."
"Ran away?" Qi Tong Wei suddenly raised his voice, looking astonished.
Those who didn't know him wouldn't be able to connect him with leaking information.
Gao Yu Liang's face changed dramatically, "Ding Yi Zhen ran away? What happened?"
Qi Tong Wei replied, "Chen Hai said Ding Yi Zhen received a strange phone call and disappeared."
Gao Yu Liang immediately smelled something fishy, "So, someone leaked the information?"
Qi Tong Wei pretended to be clueless, "Who would be so daring?"
Gao Yu Liang said sternly, "Alright, don't hang around here. Go to the Public Security Command Center and help Old Ji and Chen Hai catch him. Immigration is under your jurisdiction. You must catch him."
Finally, Gao Yu Liang solemnly instructed, "This is not only a political task, but also a matter of party discipline and national law, understand?"
Gao Yu Liang still wasn't entirely reassured about Qi Tong Wei. It wasn't that he didn't trust Qi Tong Wei's ability and intelligence, but he didn't trust Qi Tong Wei's bottom line and integrity.
If someone really leaked the information, and if the person who leaked it was one of the five people who participated in tonight's report meeting, then Gao Yu Liang would suspect Qi Tong Wei first.
"Yes! Yu Liang Secretary, I'll go right away!" Qi Tong Wei immediately agreed, turned around and left quickly.
Gao Yu Liang watched his protégé's retreating figure and fell into deep thought: Which link in the chain leaked the information?
Did Qi Tong Wei do it?
"Hopefully it wasn't leaked at the report meeting. Hopefully this has nothing to do with Qi Tong Wei."
Gao Yu Liang muttered to himself, letting out a long sigh.
If the information was leaked at the report meeting, then it would be very likely that Qi Tong Wei had leaked it.
If that were the case, then Qi Tong Wei's problem would be very serious, and it might be even bigger than Ding Yi Zhen's problem.
Otherwise, no one would risk ruining their future just to inform Ding Yi Zhen.
However, this was just Gao Yu Liang's speculation, and he had no evidence.
Without concrete evidence, he would never say it out loud.
If he did, it would ruin his most promising protégé.
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