“Bureau Chief Lu, just save it. Playing crazy and acting pitiful won't work. This is an era of evidence, not who can talk more or who can put the hat on someone else,”
Xu Zhao said.
“Xu Zhao, you dare say you haven't taken bribes and abused your power? Say it in front of Secretary Sha!”
Lu Zheng Pin roared.
Sha Rui Jin turned to look at Xu Zhao.
Xu Zhao didn't hesitate, spreading his hands and said: “What's there to be afraid of? I'm as clean as a whistle, upright and virtuous.”
Sha Rui Jin's lips twitched slightly, thinking: This kid is really shameless.
Ji Chang Ming thought the same.
They couldn't find any evidence of Xu Zhao's crime, not because they truly believed Xu Zhao was innocent.
If they found evidence.
It wouldn't be Lu Zheng Pin kneeling on the ground today, it could be Xu Zhao.
“You're shameless!”
Lu Zheng Pin was furious, pointing at him with trembling fingers: “Who in Jinghai City doesn't know your relationship with Gao Qiqiang? I only regret that I didn't gather evidence sooner, otherwise, how could this happen today!”
“You're just too hasty. I haven't found your evidence yet, you could have continued to be your Bureau Chief, why bother?”
Xu Zhao sighed.
Lu Zheng Pin's face changed, clearly regretful.
He also began to doubt if it was right or wrong to rush here to make a complaint.
If he had honestly accepted the investigation at the time, maybe nothing would have been found.
“Let me tell you, Dong Wei Gang is very loyal. Even if he's sentenced to death, he hasn't said anything about you,”
Xu Zhao lied to him.
“Really, really?!”
Lu Zheng Pin's eyes instantly reddened, thinking: Old Dong, didn't expect you to be so loyal.
He was truly touched.
At the same time, he regretted even more. Knowing Dong Wei Gang was so tough, why did he come here?
“If Dong Wei Gang had confessed honestly, I would have sent someone to arrest you long ago, why wait until now? You still have a chance now, return to Jinghai City and continue being your Bureau Chief.”
Xu Zhao said calmly.
“Really? I can still be the Bureau Chief!”
Lu Zheng Pin's eyes widened, brimming with hope.
“Of course, you've been absent from your post for so long, you can't just not give everyone an explanation. Write a letter of self-criticism and publicly criticize yourself at the next city committee meeting.”
Xu Zhao said.
“No problem, I will definitely criticize myself seriously.”
Lu Zheng Pin became excited.
Sha Rui Jin and the others, seeing him like this, all shook their heads secretly.
Could someone like him really continue to be the Bureau Chief?
Because he was an official in Jinghai City, Xu Zhao was the one who should deal with him, so they didn't intervene.
“Why don't you hurry up and take a shower and change clothes, don't embarrass yourself here.”
Xu Zhao said impatiently.
“I'll go right away.”
Lu Zheng Pin quickly got up, bowed to Xu Zhao and said: “Thank you, Secretary Xu.”
Xu Zhao waved his hand in disgust.
Lu Zheng Pin quickly left.
Looking at Lu Zheng Pin's excited back, Xu Zhao sneered: Wait for you to finish your self-criticism before I arrest you.
Then he turned to Sha Rui Jin and said: “Secretary Sha, sorry, it's all because I didn't manage the people below me well.”
Sha Rui Jin said: “Knowing your mistakes is good, don't cause me trouble in the future.”
Xu Zhao said: “Don't worry, there won't be a next time.”
Sha Rui Jin nodded, then turned to Ji Chang Ming: “Since you're here, I might as well inspect the work of the Procuratorate.”
Ji Chang Ming said: “Secretary Sha, please.”
Then he took Sha Rui Jin to inspect the work.
Xu Zhao checked the time and said: “Bureau Chief Hou, it's almost time to get off work, shall we go eat directly?”
Hou Liang Ping thought: It's only ten minutes, no need to be so strict with getting off work on time.
So he nodded: “Okay, let's go.”
...
Hou Liang Ping started the car, reversed out of the parking lot, and was about to leave.
Xu Zhao suddenly ran over and knocked on the car window.
Hou Liang Ping rolled down the window.
He saw Xu Zhao holding his stomach with one hand, his face pale, and said: “Sorry, I suddenly have a stomachache, I want to go to the bathroom, can you wait for me for a while?”
Hou Liang Ping didn't think much, and said: “Okay, I'll wait for you here.”
Xu Zhao said: “At most twenty minutes, I'll be right back.”
Hou Liang Ping felt that twenty minutes was a bit long, but he didn't want to say anything.
As they spoke, their eyes met for more than three seconds.
Under the influence of the hypnosis glasses, a wave of drowsiness suddenly surged through Hou Liang Ping's brain, his eyes closed, and he leaned back in the seat and fell asleep.
Seeing him fall asleep, Xu Zhao didn't do anything extra, and continued to pretend to have a stomachache and go to the bathroom.
He had only been gone for a while.
Another car drove out of the parking lot and slowly stopped beside him.
A middle-aged man in a leather jacket got out of the car.
The man walked to Hou Liang Ping's window, pretending to talk to him: “Bureau Chief Hou, could you do me a favor?”
Hou Liang Ping didn't respond.
“If you don't talk, I'll assume you agree.”
The man confirmed that he was asleep, then returned to his own car.
He took out five packs of Zhonghua cigarettes from the car, then walked back to Hou Liang Ping's window, pretending to talk to him: “Bureau Chief Hou, these cigarettes are as payment, you keep them well.”
Then he reached directly through the window, throwing them into the back seat of Hou Liang Ping's car.
After throwing the cigarettes, the man patted Hou Liang Ping's face, waking him up and saying: “Handsome guy, could you ask for directions?”
After waking up, Hou Liang Ping was stunned for a moment, realizing that he was still in the car, his consciousness quickly connected to his state before he fell asleep.
He saw a man beside the window continuously knocking on the window, loudly asking for directions: “Excuse me, which way to the World Trade Center?”
The sounds of knocking on the window and talking loudly attracted Hou Liang Ping's attention.
Hou Liang Ping subconsciously pointed in a direction, replying: “Go straight ahead, about 700 meters.”
The man said: “Thank you.”
Hou Liang Ping said: “You're welcome.”
He was a little strange at this time, thinking: What happened to me just now?
Because he fell asleep so suddenly and for such a short time, he felt like he had a memory lapse.
He didn't even realize he had fallen asleep just now.
Without thinking much, Hou Liang Ping continued to wait for Xu Zhao to return.
Unexpectedly, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind the car: “Stop, don't move!”
Hou Liang Ping looked in the rearview mirror and saw Xiao Gang Yu.
Xiao Gang Yu grabbed the man who had asked for directions, and said: “What were you doing just now?”
The man looked puzzled and said: “I was asking for directions, what's the problem?”
Hou Liang Ping felt strange, so he walked over and said: “Dean Xiao, what did he do wrong?”
Xiao Gang Yu, however, looked at Hou Liang Ping with a fierce expression, and said: “You still dare to ask? Didn't he just trade with you?”
Hou Liang Ping was completely dumbfounded and said: “Trade with me? Trade what?”
Xiao Gang Yu said: “I saw it all from behind just now, he was talking to you, and then he gave you some cigarettes. Open the car door, those cigarettes must still be in your car.”
Hou Liang Ping's expression twitched, thinking: He was just asking for directions, when did he give me cigarettes?
He turned to open the car door.
As soon as he opened it, he saw five packs of cigarettes in the back seat, and they were Zhonghua.
Hou Liang Ping was dumbfounded: “What's going on?”