At 9 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Qin Yimin, director of the Mingguang City Public Security Bureau, once again presided over a meeting of the Wushui Shooting and Murder Case Special Case Group in the conference room on the third floor of the Wushui County Public Security Bureau to listen to the results of the interrogation and the collection of evidence by the special case team's case-handling personnel.

Qin Yimin had just made his opening remarks, and before the reports of each group had started, seven or eight men in police uniforms suddenly appeared at the door of the conference room. Judging from the police ranks they wear, there are second-class superintendents, third-class superintendents, first-class superintendents, second-class superintendents, third-class superintendents, and the lowest is also a first-class superintendent.

Anyone who knows the rank of the police knows that there are department-level cadres, department-level and deputy department-level cadres among these people, and the lowest level is also the department level.

At the forefront of these people is Wu Guanghui, executive deputy director of the Provincial Public Security Department.

Qin Yimin couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw Wu Guanghui at a glance. After seeing Yao Wenjun, the captain of the Public Security Corps, Lu Daan, the deputy director of the Criminal Investigation Department, and others who followed him, an ominous thought immediately rose in his heart: he may be in big trouble!

However, looking at the faces of Wu Guanghui and the others, it was not very ugly. On the contrary, Wu Guanghui seemed to have a smile on his face, and after Qin Yimin and the others stood up and gave up their seats, he sat down in the position of the host of the meeting, and after the people who came with him also took their seats, he cleared his throat and said the opening remarks in a calm tone:

"Comrades, we have been entrusted by the party group of the provincial department and the director of the department Li Yunshan to form this 'Wu Shui Shooting Murder Case and Detention Center Brawl Killing Task Force' to handle this case that has had a great impact on the whole country. Before we came, we heard that the Guangshi Bureau had also set up a task force for this series of cases. Here, I solemnly announce: From now on, the special case group of the provincial department will take full charge of all the investigation and interrogation work of this case, and the special case group of the Mingguang City Bureau will be formally abolished, and Comrade Yimin will be responsible for supervising and urging the special case group of the city bureau to hand over all files, evidence, and other relevant materials related to the case to the special case group of the provincial department. ”

He did not announce the decision of the provincial department to remove Qin Yimin from his post as director of the bureau and to recommend that the Mingguang City Party Committee remove him from his post as secretary of the party committee of the Mingguang City Public Security Bureau. Because, as Lei Yiming said, the public security bureau is a dual-management unit, and the dismissal of a director of the public security bureau must be approved by the meeting of the standing committee of the local party committee, so he must first discuss with Lei Yiming, inform him of the decision of the provincial department, and ask him to preside over a meeting of the standing committee of the municipal party committee to study and approve it.

Qin Yimin was even more surprised when he heard that these provincial and departmental leaders with the rank of police superintendent and police inspector were actually members of the special case team for the Sneer Xiaotian case: The provincial department set up such a high-standard and high-level task force, but it was only for an ordinary murder case, what is the mystery in this? Who is this Sneer Tian?

Could it be that he chose to support and implement Secretary Lei Yiming's decision this time, and he was on the wrong team?

Thinking of this, his heart became even more uneasy, and cold sweat broke out from his face one by one......

At the same time, in the third conference room of the provincial party committee, Secretary Bai Jieming, who had already arrived in Tiannan, was earnestly listening to the joint report of the secretary of the Tiannan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the chief procurator of the provincial procuratorate, and the director of the provincial supervision department on the building of a clean and honest government and the anti-corruption work in Tiannan Province.

After listening to their reports, Secretary Bai began to speak, first fully affirming the new achievements and new measures taken by the discipline inspection and supervision department of Tiannan Province under the leadership of the new provincial party committee headed by Secretary Du Yuan in the anti-corruption work, and then the conversation changed and suddenly talked about the murder case of Wu Shui's shooting:

"Comrades, while we see the achievements made in Tiannan Province's anti-corruption work, we should also pay attention to analyzing our existing problems and shortcomings, especially some deep-seated corruption problems hidden in grassroots party committees and governments at all levels, as well as in various departments and units. Yesterday, I stumbled across several reports in the newspapers and on the Internet about a murder case that occurred in your thien nam province, Wushui County, and many of you must have seen these reports as well. After reading it, I was very puzzled in my heart: How can such a case that is in the investigation stage be published in the news media with such fanfare, as well as the facts of the case, human and physical evidence, as well as the photos of the suspects? I have been in charge of political and legal work at the central authorities for many years, and I still have an understanding of the procedures for handling cases and the principle of confidentiality in the public security system. A situation like that in Wushui County is absolutely abnormal. I guess there must be someone behind this case, and this person has a lot of energy. He was able to get the first-level public security organs to go so far as to violate the procedures and principles for handling cases and to provide the news media with the details of a case that had not yet been concluded, but where was this person's concept of organization and discipline and the principles of party spirit? Why did he do this? What is the purpose and motive behind it? In my opinion, you comrades in charge of discipline inspection and supervision should attach great importance to these problems and be good at finding and discovering clues to corruption from such abnormal incidents. ”

Speaking of this, Secretary Bai took a sip of tea from his cup, paused, and continued: "Since I talked about this case today, I will say a few more words. To tell you the truth: The suspect in the Wu Shui shooting murder case is Sneer, who knows me very well and has played many times in my house. ”

As soon as these words came out, except for Secretary Du, those who were burying their heads in memory of the main points of Secretary Bai's speech raised their heads in surprise, with incredible expressions on their faces.

Secretary Bai expected them to have such expressions, so he smiled slightly and said: "The comrades are all surprised, aren't they? Comrade Du Yuan understands me: I have always been a person who speaks and acts in a fair and upright manner. Although Seng Xiaotian is a criminal suspect now, he is indeed my friend, and I will not have any scruples when I say it here today, nor will I hide it. As soon as his case came out, I kept an eye on it. Friends, attention is the right thing to do, and I'm sure all of you here can understand it. I've noticed that in the news media, there are two very different views on his murder suspicion, and I'm sure you're all aware of it. Here, I just want to talk about my personal impressions and opinions of Sneer Xiaotian: from the process of my association with him, I think this young man is warm and sincere, kind-hearted, very willing to help others, and gentle and polite, not like a murderer who will kill two people in a row. Of course, this is just my personal opinion and impression. Who he is, whether he committed a crime or killed or not, the public security organs have to determine with evidence. I don't mean to excuse the sneer. I'm just reminding you that there may be judicial corruption and other problems in this case, and you can intervene appropriately. The general principle is that we should take the facts as the basis and the law as the criterion, be objective and fair, and strive to take this case as an opportunity and an entry point to fight a new battle in the anti-corruption and clean government work in Tien Nam Province. ”

After the meeting, before Secretary Du could figure out how to arrange for someone to go down to investigate and deal with the problem in Mingguang City, the secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, the chief procurator of the procuratorate, and the director of the supervision department took the initiative to come to his office.

The secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection said: "Secretary Du, just now a few of us met and discussed Secretary Bai's speech at the symposium just now. We unanimously believe that Secretary Bai's instructions on the Wu Shui shooting murder case are very important and very targeted, and they have pointed out the direction and clear goals for our Tiannan Province to further improve the party's work style, build a clean and honest government, and fight corruption. Therefore, our three departments decided to set up a joint investigation team and immediately rushed to Mingguang City and Wushui County to use the Sneer Xiaotian case as a clue to thoroughly uncover the problems existing in Mingguang City. We would also like to express our determination here: No matter who is involved in this case, no matter how much resistance and pressure there is, we will definitely investigate it thoroughly to the end, and we will never give up halfway!"

Secretary Du nodded with satisfaction and said, "You draw up a plan for this issue and strive to discuss and approve it at the Standing Committee meeting in the afternoon." ”

On the evening of the same day, a joint investigation team composed of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Provincial Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Provincial Department of Supervision, under the leadership of Gao Jun, deputy secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and head of the investigation team, drove to Mingguang City overnight and secretly stayed in an inconspicuous small hotel.

On the morning of the next day, Wu Guanghui, deputy director of the Public Security Department, came to Lei Yiming's office and reported to him the decision of the Provincial Public Security Department on removing Qin Yimin from his posts as director of the Public Security Bureau and secretary of the party committee, and asked him to cooperate in convening a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee to formally adopt the decision.

After listening to Director Wu's words, Lei Yiming said with a gloomy face: "I'm sorry, but we, the Mingguang Municipal Party Committee, believe that Comrade Qin Yimin's work has been outstanding in the past few years, and he has made outstanding contributions to maintaining social order and stability in Mingguang. Therefore, I will not convene this meeting, and I also ask your provincial departments to carefully consider this issue again and fully respect the opinions of our local party and government!"

Director Wu smiled and said, "Secretary Lei, I can tell you clearly: our provincial department made this decision because the provincial party committee agreed, and it was not that we set aside the party committee and government to make the decision on our own. We ask that you fully respect the decision of our ministry and department and cooperate with it. If Secretary Lei doesn't believe me, you can call the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee or the Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection to see if our decision has been approved by the Provincial Party Committee!"

As soon as Lei Yiming heard this, he knew that Qin Yimin couldn't be saved, and a feeling of panic and despair involuntarily rose in his heart!