The provincial investigation team stayed in a hotel that was spread by ordinary cadres and the masses with a clear eye, one said this, the other said that, people's gossip is always endless, and some people said that they saw the people of the investigation team go out to handle cases, and all kinds of statements are dazzling.

On this day, Mayor Zhao Yiping found the heads of relevant departments of the political and legal system to talk, and the main leaders of the Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Municipal Procuratorate were invited by Zhao Yiping.

In the quaintly decorated mayor's office, Zhao Yiping smiled and asked Chen Chong, executive deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, to sit down.

"Comrade Chen Chong, the provincial investigation team has already informed the principal leaders of the municipal party committee and government that if the investigation team needs anything, your city public security bureau should vigorously assist and do its utmost to create favorable conditions for the investigation team to handle the case, and strive to let the investigation team solve the case as soon as possible." Zhao Yiping's voice was loud, and the whole person seemed to be full of sharpness.

Huang Ping, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee and director of the Public Security Bureau, had just left for Beijing yesterday to attend the national meeting of secretaries of the municipal legal committees at the prefecture level, and he would not be able to come back until a few days later. At this moment, Zhao Yiping paid attention to the investigation team's investigation of Xing Tiande's case, and clearly instructed the Public Security Bureau to vigorously assist, how could Chen Chong not see that Zhao Yiping was Xiang Zhuang Wujian.

"Now Xing Tiande is involved in the ** case, it is very likely that the dispute between the first and second leaders in the city is behind this matter, Zhao Yiping is now a sharpening knife, if a little person like me is accidentally involved, I am afraid that I will not be able to get out of the whole body, even a character like Secretary Huang is so cautious, I should also be responsible for the black yarn hat on my head." Chen Chong smiled on the surface and responded to Zhao Yiping's words, but in his heart he was secretly planning for himself, although he, the executive deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, has also been clearly defined as a department-level cadre, and he is also a middle-level cadre with considerable weight in Haicheng City, but in the eyes of people at the level of Zhou Mingfang, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Chen Chong knows that he is nothing at all, and after nearly 20 years of official career, Chen Chong has not been carried away by power, and the most important thing in his heart is self-knowledge.

"Comrade Chen Chong, your Public Security Bureau assists the investigation team in handling the case, and you must report to me immediately if there is any situation."

"Mayor Zhao, don't worry, this matter is very important, and I don't dare to be sloppy at all." Chen Zhong smiled and nodded in response to Zhao Yiping's words.

Sending Chen Zhong out of the office, Zhao Yiping's conversation did not end here, followed by people from the city procuratorate.

Chen Chongyi left the municipal government building, glanced back at the direction of the mayor's office on the third floor, hesitated slightly, and as soon as he got into the car, he called Huang Ping, secretary of the political and legal committee in the capital.

Xing Tiande's case has touched the nerves of the entire Haicheng City high-level, and it is not only the mayor Zhao Yiping who is ready to move in his heart, but also the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee Zhao Fang's mood in the past few days is also very uncalm.

On the surface, Zhao Fang's ambition in the heart of Zhao Fang, who is still decent, has also been ignited, the only difference from Zhao Yiping is that Zhao Fang's every move is still the same as usual, and he is trying to play the same role as usual.

"Zhao Yiping is a cadre from the provincial capital, she is arrogant, this time she is in a hurry to jump out, but she can let her come out first to test the water." Zhao Fang sat in his office, wondering in his heart whether Xing Tiande's investigation by the provincial investigation team would have an impact on Zhou Mingfang, Zhao Fang wished that the bigger the case, the better, and it was best if Zhou Mingfang was also directly related to the case, so that it would be difficult for Zhou Mingfang not to hurt his muscles and bones.

"Zhao Yiping is a foreign cadre who has just arrived, it is inevitable that he will not know how powerful Zhou Mingfang is, even if he has heard it before he came, but he has no personal experience, how can he deeply understand Zhou Mingfang's methods." Zhao Fang secretly thought in his heart, "I must be patient, be patient enough, this stage is not suitable for rash action." ”

Zhao Fang kept admonishing himself in his heart, he had been Zhou Mingfang's deputy for several years, and he was dissatisfied with Zhou Mingfang's domineering and authority from the beginning to gradually adapt, and then actively cooperated with Zhou Mingfang's work, and was his deputy secretary in a decent manner, Zhao Fang has experienced many changes in his mentality, his ambition is not gone, but hidden deeper, in front of Zhou Mingfang, he already knows how to correct his position, but this time, it was Zhou Mingfang's closest person who had an accident, Zhao Fang's heart is inevitably restless, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a cadre who doesn't want to be an official is not a good cadre.

On this night, Chen Xing did not return home as usual, and at about six o'clock, Chen Xing and Zhou Mingfang took a car out of the municipal party committee.

The car drove along the main road in the city, Chen Xing silently watched the slowly disappearing landscape on both sides of the road, but the whole person's thoughts seemed to be floating in the air, and his vision was a little erratic.

In the past few days when he was Zhou Mingfang's secretary, Chen Xing had never come out with Zhou Mingfang at night, except for overtime on official business, Chen Xing left the municipal party committee after work in a decent manner, and today was close to evening, but Zhou Mingfang unexpectedly asked him to stay, and then, there was the current scene.

As Zhou Mingfang's secretary, Chen Xing couldn't know much about Zhou Mingfang's schedule, and there was no entertainment arrangement at night, Chen Xing was guessing where Zhou Mingfang was going now.

The car stopped at the Ningdong Hotel, and Chen Xing knew that this was a hotel under the name of the General Office of the Municipal Party Committee.

Chen Xing followed Zhou Mingfang to the third floor, only to see Zhou Mingfang standing still in room 8, knocking on the door a few times, Chen Xing stood outside and could already hear the faint sound of a few people chatting inside.

The door opened from the inside, someone poked his head out inside, Chen Xing's eyelids jumped, and it was He Ming, director of the Municipal Finance Bureau, who opened the door, "Secretary Zhou, you are here." As soon as He Ming saw that it was Zhou Mingfang, a smiling face suddenly bloomed, let him stand by the door and invite Zhou Mingfang in, and glanced at Chen Xing behind him, He Ming had a faint look of surprise on his face, and then returned to normal.

Chen Xing followed behind Zhou Mingfang, He Ming also nodded at him with a slight smile, Chen Xing did not rush in front of He Ming, but smiled and waited for He Ming to walk in, before deliberately falling behind by half a footstep to enter. Chen Xing's move caused He Ming to tilt his head slightly and look at him more.

The people in the room had already stood up, and followed Zhou Mingfang with a little respect, Chen Xing only then did he see clearly who were in the room, in addition to He Ming, there was also Yuan Jiang, the head of the Municipal Party Committee Organization, and the last one was Li Baojin, Secretary General of the Municipal Party Committee.

Chen Xing only felt a few lines of sight sweeping over him, Yuan Jiang and Li Baojin looked at him with a look somewhat similar to He Ming just now, Chen Xing faintly felt that he was brought here by Zhou Mingfang today, and he had already stepped into this circle with half a foot.

"Secretary Zhou, is it still the same old rule today?" Li Baojin, secretary general of the municipal party committee, said with a smile.

"Yes, it's the same old rules." Zhou Mingfang nodded, with a faint smile on his face, "Yuanjiang, you do my hand, He Ming's card skills are not good, the last time he was my hand, he played cards indiscriminately, and played nonsense." ”

"Secretary Zhou, your card skills are first-class, and I'm not even a third-rate." He Ming interjected with a smile.

Chen Xing had been standing on the side, and he didn't understand what a few people were saying at first, but when he saw that there was already a messy deck of cards on the table in the middle of the sofa, he realized that the four of them were going to play cards together.

"Chen Xing, can you play bridge, my position is for you to play." Li Baojin turned his head abruptly and looked at Chen Xing with a smile.

"Secretary-General Li, I still watch you play, learn more, this bridge is the first time I have come into contact with it, I don't even understand the rules, if I go down later, not a game, Secretary Zhou will get me up." Chen Xing smiled and waved his hand, a little flattered by Li Baojin's kindness.

"Okay, Chen Xing won't fight, then it's still the four of us." Zhou Mingfang seemed to be quite interested in this, waved his hand at a few people, and sat down first.

Zhou Mingfang partnered with Secretary-General Li Baojin, Organization Minister Yuan Jiang and Finance Bureau Director He Ming, and the four of them formed a deck of cards.

Standing next to silently watching a few people play cards, Chen Xing from time to time to play to a few people to serve tea and pour water, for bridge, Chen Xing is ignorant, today is the first time to see someone play this kind of cards that are not popular among the general public.

"Chen Xing can't play bridge, he has to learn more." The first one is Zhou Mingfang sitting in the village, and during the interval, Li Baojin raised his head and smiled at Chen Xing.

Chen Xing smiled and nodded yes, and he was very interested in Zhou Mingfang in this bridge, and he also had to put some effort into thinking about how to play this bridge.

"Bridge is a very competitive game, it's easy to learn the rules, but it's not so easy to know how to play well." Zhou Mingfang interjected lightly, "The fun of playing bridge lies in less luck and more wisdom to win cards." ”

"Yes, what Secretary Zhou said is very true, it can't stand by luck." Li Baojin smiled and catered to Zhou Mingfang, and said with a casual smile, "Some of our leading cadres nowadays, but they lack this, and they want to rely more on luck than more brains, those people, they should really let them learn bridge, in my opinion, bridge is known in the world as an elegant, civilized, and competitive game, which should be promoted and promoted." ”

Chen Xing heard it, Zhou Mingfang's seemingly unintentional sentence just now actually meant something, Li Baojin's response was also insinuating, thinking of the various rumors that have been circulating in the city recently and even the high-profile actions of Mayor Zhao Yiping, Chen Xing knew a little in his heart, and it was obvious who some leading cadres who wanted to rely on luck in Li Baojin's mouth were referring to.

Xing Tiande was investigated, but also because he had previously served as Zhou Mingfang's secretary and attracted the attention of the provincial leaders, I believe that not only in the province, but also too many people in Haicheng City are paying attention to this case, and those who were originally dissatisfied with Zhou Mingfang are even more likely to have the idea of hoping that Zhou Mingfang can be affected by this case with a fluke mentality, Zhao Yiping, even if she just came to Haicheng to take office, I am afraid she has the ambition to squeeze out Zhou Mingfang.

From Zhao Yiping's appearance that has been so active in the past few days, when he first arrived, he already had the idea of challenging Zhou Mingfang's authority.

"If Zhou Mingfang was really transferred away because of the influence of Xing Tiande's case, but Zhao Yiping had just become the mayor of Shanghai, I am afraid that the position of the secretary of the municipal party committee will not be his turn, Zhao Yiping should want to take this opportunity to take advantage of the situation, Zhou Mingfang's authority in Haicheng is too heavy, Zhao Yiping will not be willing to be a foil, Xing Tiande's case is bound to be considered by Zhao Yiping as an opportunity to weaken Zhou Mingfang, with Zhao Yiping's ambition, he will definitely not let go of such an opportunity." Chen Xing thought silently in his heart, Li Baojin had something to say just now, insinuating that Zhao Yiping was trying to rely on luck, and now Xing Tiande's case has not yet been resolved, but he doesn't know whether Zhou Mingfang will really be affected, whether Zhao Yiping will take this opportunity to establish his authority, or Zhou Mingfang still maintains his transcendent position in Haicheng, but it is difficult to say now.

"I don't know if Xing Tiande has ever stood aside to watch such a game like he did tonight in the past?" Chen Xing suddenly thought of Xing Tiande, who now has a predictable future, the former first secretary, but he was still like that a few days ago.

"Today is proud, tomorrow may be frustrated, you must not be too high-profile, Xing Tiande is a mirror for me." Chen Xing secretly admonished himself.