Yan Lian, deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and head of the "5.16" special investigation team, talked to him separately before leading the special case team to Xinleng County, his immediate boss, Zhou Jiqing, secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee, Xie Hongda, director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and Wang Hai, secretary general of the Provincial Party Committee. When these leaders talked, the central meaning was the same: Governor Qin attached great importance to the "5.16" murder case that occurred in Xinleng County, and made important instructions, requiring a thorough investigation of the background and deep-seated reasons of the case. Government officials and civil servants at all levels and departments involved in this case, no matter who is involved, must be investigated to the end, and there must be absolutely no concealment or protection.

Yan Lian didn't expect that the murder case in Xinleng County had attracted the attention of so many leaders, not only Governor Qin Ge and Secretary Zhou Jiqing personally made important instructions on the situation report, but also before he rushed to Xinleng, three members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee talked to him, and Dun Dun warned himself to adhere to principles and handle the case strictly, and repeatedly emphasized: No matter what level of leadership is involved in this case, no matter how deep the background of the criminal suspect is, and how hard the background is, it must be investigated to the end, and it must not be concealed and protected. Timid.

When talking to him, Xie Hongda, director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, also vaguely pointed out: Xinleng's case is not a simple case of a criminal syndicate gang. Behind this case, there are many officials, many departments, and maybe even a few big people who will surprise you. Therefore, in the process of handling the case, you must resist the pressure from all sides, and do not be afraid of the power of some people, but stick to the principles, stick to the bottom line, and investigate to the end. If you feel the pressure when handling the case, you can report directly to Secretary Zhou, or even to Governor Qin. The few of us, including Governor Qin, will definitely support you and be your strong backing......

After Yan Lian finished talking to these leaders, he immediately felt unprecedented pressure in his heart - he knew very well that the case that happened in Xinleng, although six people died, was a shooting case, and it was related to the underworld organization, and it caused a sensation and attention throughout the country. But, no matter how you put it, it's just a criminal case. According to the usual practice, even if the provincial party committee pays close attention to such a case, it should order the public security organs to solve the case within a time limit, arrest the criminals and punish them, and give the public an explanation.

However, in such a case, Governor Qin Ge and Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee Zhou Jiqing respectively made stern instructions, clearly instructing them to find out the hidden circumstances behind this case and find out the backers and umbrellas behind the criminals. This is very unusual.

What is even more bizarre is that for such a criminal case, Wang Hai, secretary general of the provincial party committee, and Xie Hongda, director of the organization department of the provincial party committee, who have nothing to do with the handling of the case by the political and legal organs, actually talked to themselves in person before they rushed to Xinleng County, encouraging themselves to act according to the law and investigating all the people involved in the case to the end.

Yan Lian has been appointed as deputy secretary of the provincial political and legal committee for many years, and he also vaguely knows that the provincial governor Qin Ge, the provincial party committee organization minister Xie Hongda, the secretary general of the provincial party committee Wang Hai, including the provincial political and legal committee secretary Zhou Jiqing, are now all "local factions" in the provincial party committee, and the alliance formed with the newly arrived secretary Lu Zhiyao, the newly promoted secretary Li Runji, the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee Long Fei, and the executive vice governor Zou Hancheng has been fighting openly and secretly, competing with each other, and now it is basically a situation of equal strength.

And now, the leaders who talk to themselves are the backbone of Governor Qin Ge's line. Moreover, the central meaning of their conversation was that the "5.16" case involved a certain high-ranking official in the province.

From this, Yan Lian judged that he was now caught in a whirlpool of high-level power struggles. This case in Xinleng County is by no means a simple case of triad fighting, and may involve a power struggle at the top level of the provincial party committee. It's just that I can't find out which leader of the provincial party committee is involved in this case for the time being. However, in the process of handling the case, this implication relationship will definitely be exposed......

Therefore, when Tao Yong and Bi Huafeng were shuanggui by the special case team, and confessed that Chen Guitian of the Provincial Public Security Department and Liang Tanghua of the K City Public Security Bureau were guilty of harboring Gong Zhichao, Yan Lian immediately sensitively realized that this Chen Guitian and Liang Tanghua were probably entrusted by a certain big leader in the province, so they came forward to exonerate Gong Zhichao. And the figures who can make these two department-level cadres who hold real power do this kind of thing willingly are definitely not simple roles, either their immediate boss, Guo Guangwei, director of the provincial public security department, or which member of the Standing Committee leader.

So, after Chen Guitian and Liang Tanghua were arrested, he reported the matter to Secretary Zhou Jiqing as soon as possible.

When Zhou Jiqing heard that Chen Guitian and Liang Tanghua had been brought to justice, he happily praised Yan Lian and their special case team on the phone, and instructed him: The next step is to intensify the interrogation of Liang Tanghua and Chen Guitian, and make sure that they confess who they were instructed to do and which officials are involved in the case.

After Yan Lian received this instruction, he organized capable forces and intensified the interrogation of Liang Tanghua and Chen Guitian. However, these two people insisted that their original characterization of Gong Zhichao's case was based on a basis, a correct judgment based on the circumstances at the time, and a collective decision, without being instructed by anyone, and there was no problem of dereliction of duty or shielding criminals.

Yan Lian knew that these two people were both veteran policemen who had worked on the public security front for most of their lives, and their mental quality was very strong, and he also knew that the interrogators did not dare to do anything to them, so their attitude was very tough and they did not admit any problems at all.

Moreover, some members of the task force are still members of the Provincial Public Security Department. Although during the interrogation of these two men, these members recused themselves. However, they were always paying attention to the interrogation of these two people, and openly told the interrogators: Captain Chen and Director Liang are both well-known veteran criminal policemen who have made many great contributions in the past. Be polite and civilized when you interrogate them. If anyone dares to do anything to them, don't blame us for being unkind to you......

Therefore, after a day or two of interrogation, neither Chen Guitian nor Liang Tanghua confessed anything of value, which made Yan Lian both irritable and helpless.

At this moment, Manager Zhao of Qingquan Hotel suddenly found the task force by himself, saying that he had important information about Gong Zhichao's case and wanted to report it to the task force.

After listening to Manager Zhao's report and watching the video evidence about Ye Ming, Yan Lian sensitively realized: A big fish has emerged!

Therefore, he immediately ordered the task force to summon Ye Ming and immediately interrogate him.