Five days later, at noon, Li Dongfang and Chen Zhongcheng held a banquet at the Xichuan Hotel to see off a leader of the Ministry of Public Security who had come to inspect the anti-abduction work.

Li Dongfang kept walking forward, saying as he walked: "What to report, political and legal matters, what should you do!" ”

Chen Zhongcheng followed closely behind Li Dongfang: "Secretary Li, there are some things I can't do now!" ”

Li Dongfang still looked careless, the secretary of the municipal party committee deliberately held a shelf, ignored Chen Zhongcheng at all, asked the secretary to open a room, said that he wanted to take a rest, and locked Chen Zhongcheng out of the door.

The secretary thought that Li Dongfang really wanted to rest, so he followed Li Dongfang into the room, saw that the tea was available, and there was nothing to do, so he was about to quit. Li Dongfang said that he did not have the habit of taking a nap, and asked the secretary to immediately go to the office to get the report materials of the party group of the Municipal Intermediate People's Court. also explained that if Chen Zhongcheng was still in the hotel and had not left the hotel, he would be invited in.

Chen Zhongguo didn't leave, this person is effectively loyal to the kung fu of the first hand, and Zhao Qigong has also been dealt with like this.

Calling Chen Zhongcheng into the door, Li Dongfang still looked very unhappy on his face, he sat on the sofa and looked at the materials, but he didn't let Chen Zhongcheng sit, and his eyes didn't look at Chen Zhongcheng: "Say, say, old Chen, why can't you do it?" You can't do it anymore, and I, the secretary of the municipal party committee, probably won't be able to do it anymore, so shouldn't I give way? ”

Chen Zhongcheng stood straight and said, "Secretary Li, I really don't understand, why do you and Mayor Qian want Comrade He Jiaguo to assist me in my work?" I am a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, and I am in charge of political and legal work on behalf of the Municipal Party Committee; Comrade He Jiaguo is only an assistant to the mayor, and he himself is not very strong, and he was caught red-handed a few days ago engaged in hooligan activities at the Xiajiang Hotel. ”

Li Dongfang put down the materials and looked at Chen Zhongcheng coldly: "What kind of hooliganism?" Lao Chen, do you know? Comrade Xu Xiaoke has been divorced a long time ago, and He Jiaguo's divorce procedures have also been completed. ”

Chen Zhongcheng was unmoved, and stubbornly insisted: "Even if they are divorced, it is called illegal cohabitation." ”

Li Dongfang waved his hand: "Lao Chen, come on, don't educate me on the law, take a step back and say: Even if they live together illegally, this kind of private life can only be left unpunished, which law stipulates that sex is not allowed before marriage?" Right? I don't think I'm wrong, right? ”

Chen Zhongcheng stood more straight: "Secretary Li, ordinary citizens can be treated like this, but Comrade He Jiaguo is a leading cadre at the deputy municipal level, and his illegal cohabitation has caused an extremely bad impact in public, and now almost no one in Xiajiang City does not know that there is a rogue mayor's assistant in our city who is being reused." ”

Li Dongfang couldn't hold it back, snapped, and threw the materials of the party group of the Intermediate Court on the coffee table: "Comrade Chen Zhongcheng, please come and show me this material!" Your eyes are wide open! I think the real hooligan is you Chen Zhongcheng, you can be said to be a shameless political hooligan! The vice president of law enforcement of the Chengxi District Court slept with the female defendant, bent the law for bribes, and created a bullshit verdict that broke the hearts of the people, isn't you, the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, unaware, what are your instructions? No accountability! Can the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee like you reassure the Xiajiang Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China? Do you dare to say that you represent the Xiajiang Municipal Party Committee? If you want to represent the Xiajiang Municipal Party Committee, the Xiajiang Municipal Party Committee will be disgraced, and you will be scolded by the people for eight generations of ancestors! ”

Chen Zhongcheng stood tenaciously: "Secretary Li, according to what you say, should I resign?" ”

Li Dongfang was very polite: "Comrade Chen Zhongcheng, if you can resign, I bow to you in my personal name and thank you!" I'm afraid that if you don't resign, you will continue to make trouble for the municipal party committee and the city! Therefore, Mayor Qian and I just sent a mayor's assistant over, and you can completely understand that this is a distrust of you! You can also understand that if it weren't for the kindness of me and Mayor Qian, there would be no need to even give you this step! After Li Dongfang finished speaking, his eyes fell on Chen Zhongcheng and asked further, "Comrade Chen Zhongcheng, are you going to write a resignation report to the provincial party committee now?" ”

Chen Zhongcheng was silent for a while before he said expressionlessly: "Secretary Li, I think, let's wait for you to remove me!" ”

Li Dongfang's mood gradually calmed down: "Lao Chen, you don't want to take my army, you are a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, a provincial cadre, remove you, I don't have this right, but I can still adjust the scope of your division of labor, and moreover, more than one Standing Committee member has already put forward this kind of suggestion to me before this." It's easy to adjust the first leader? Right? So, you comrade, be sober, don't be too bold, and don't push me any further! ”

Chen Zhongcheng stopped talking about resignation, and followed Li Dongfang to change the topic, but his arrogance did not converge: "Secretary Li, it's not me who forced you today, it's you who forced me." I know that you are dissatisfied with me, and you have not knocked me with words, isn't it because of Comrade Zhao Qigong! I don't have to hide my feelings for Comrade Zhao Qigong from you. As far as I know, Comrade Zhao Qigong is not thin on you, and if it weren't for Comrade Zhao Qigong's repeated insistence, perhaps you would not be able to be the secretary of the Xiajiang Municipal Party Committee today. Up to now, Comrade Zhong Mingren does not value you, it is Mayor Qian Fanxing, and only Comrade Zhao Qigong really values you! ”

Li Dongfang smiled faintly: "Lao Chen, what do you mean by this?" ”

Chen Zhongcheng said: "I don't mean anything else, but to point out a fact. ”

Li Dongfang thought for a while: "Do you mean that everything you do is supported by Comrade Qigong?" Including running to the Xiajiang Hotel to catch He Jiaguo's traitor? Comrade Qigong also asked you to do it? ”

Chen Zhongcheng was very sober: "I didn't say that this was what Comrade Qigong meant, and I am fully responsible for my actions. ”

Li Dongfang waved his hand and said sternly: "I don't think it will be Comrade Qigong's meaning!" Let me tell you, based on my understanding of Comrade Qi Gong, he knows that you will not spare you if you play such a hooligan trick! How Comrade Qigong taught you back then, Comrade Fanxing doesn't know, but I know! Therefore, I would like to advise you on two points: First, do not flaunt around under the banner of Comrade Qigong and ruin Comrade Qigong's reputation; Second, coordinate well with the comrades of the family and the country, do a good job in the case of Hongfeng Mall and Tian Zhuangda, and rectify the judicial corruption. Important situations should be reported to the municipal party committee in a timely manner. If you still find it difficult to work and coordinate with your comrades in your home and country, please bring it up, and the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee can adjust your division of work at any time. ”

Chen Zhongcheng said: "Secretary Li, I obey your instructions, of course, it really comes to the point where I can't work, I will bring it up to you again, I hope you don't get annoyed!" I still reserve my views on Comrade He Jiaguo. ”

Li Dongfang said: "You can reserve your views, and you can even reflect them to the provincial party committee, but I also remind you: it seems that some legal measures can be taken against Zhao Juanjuan and the vice president of the district court!" Zhao Juanjuan is suspected of offering bribes to the case-handling personnel, there is evidence in this material, and the vice president is suspected of dereliction of duty and corrupt style, and there is also evidence! Moreover, the people of the whole city know what a bad consequence this kind of bribery and dereliction of duty has caused! ”

Chen Zhong stood up competently: "Yes, Secretary Li, let's study this issue as soon as possible!" After that, he explained again, "Secretary Li, you kept criticizing me just now, and I can't interject." Now, I want to state that I don't know much about the situation of the vice president and Zhao Juanjuan, and I have some self-centered ideas and a rash statement. ”

Li Dongfang smiled: "Lao Chen, don't have three hundred taels of silver here, the comrades of the family and the country have a normal love relationship, you have to reserve your opinion, you are rash about the suspected crime?" Is it convincing? I said that you are playing hooligan tricks to treat you as a comrade in the team and excuse you, and your real problem is that you are perverting the law! It's dereliction of duty! Finally, there is another greeting to be in front: I will hand over the life safety of Comrade He Jiaguo to you, the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, as long as this comrade has any problems within the Xiajiang River, even if he slips on the watermelon peel or is hit by leaves, I will ask you to be responsible! ”

Chen Zhongcheng asked: "Secretary Li, then please instruct: Do you want to implement 24-hour defense of the He family?" ”

Li Dongfang said bitterly: "Lao Chen, you look at it, you are the head of the police!" ”

After Chen Zhongcheng left, Li Dongfang knew in his heart: This Chen Zhongcheng's problem may be quite serious, he was so polite today, he treated him almost like a dog, he said everything, Chen Zhongcheng could stay and insisted on not resigning. This shows that whether it is Hongfeng Mall or Tian Zhuangda's case, they all have a major interest in Chen Zhongcheng.

The next judgment is: this Zhao Juanjuan will definitely not dare to touch it.

Sure enough, three days later, Chen Zhongcheng came to report again, saying that the evidence for detaining Zhao Juanjuan for bribery was still insufficient, and further supplementary investigation was needed, and the Hongfeng Mall lawsuit was going to be retried, and at this time, arresting Zhao Juanjuan was also unfavorable to retry the case. Li Dongfang once again confirmed his judgment, and did not say much about Chen Zhongcheng's explanation.

Since then, Zhao Juanjuan has not appeared much in public, and she can't be seen in Hongfeng Mall.

During this period, because He Jiaguo has been chasing after him relentlessly, constantly doing work for Tian Zhuangda, knowing the benefits and disadvantages, and applying both soft and hard, Tian Zhuangda's case has made major progress, and the whereabouts of the 300 million yuan abroad have finally been explained, and a deputy director of the Construction Committee and a deputy director of the Shayang County Land Bureau in charge of land approval in the new area have also been reported and exposed by Tian Zhuangda. When Deputy Director Qin of the Construction Committee approved the New District Gymnasium project to Tian Zhuangda's Municipal Investment Company, he was suspected of accepting bribes of 120,000 yuan; Deputy Director Zhao of the Land and Resources Bureau of the New District resold the state-owned land use rights for Tian Zhuangda's customers and received kickbacks of 330,000 yuan from both parties.

After getting Tian Zhuangda's exposé materials, He Jiaguo reported to Li Dongfang on the same day, and said that Tian Zhuangda's lid was only a corner of the cover, and this exposé was for some big people to see, if the big guys couldn't save his life, he might continue to expose until some big guys were handed over.

Li Dongfang asked: "Jiaguo, why did you make such a judgment?" What is the basis? ”

He Jiaguo said: "According to some insiders, Tian Zhuangda had a lot of contacts with Chen Zhongcheng in the past, and some things were unclear. I noticed a situation that in the two trials that Chen Zhongcheng and I participated in, Tian Zhuangda's performance was obviously abnormal, and he repeatedly said that he wanted to make meritorious service to atone for his crimes, and when no one paid attention to him, the corner of his eye secretly swept Chen Zhongcheng's face. ”

Li Dongfang pondered: "Do you suspect that Chen Zhongcheng is Tian Zhuangda's backstage? Is it the so-called big shot? ”

He Jiaguo didn't know how to answer, and Zhao Qigong suddenly popped up in his mind.

Li Dongfang also asked meaningfully: "Is there a backer behind Chen Zhongcheng?" I think there are still some, right? ”

He Jiaguo said clearly: "If there is a backer behind Chen Zhongcheng, then this backer is Zhao Qigong." ”

Li Dongfang nodded, sighed and said: "Yes, yes, the relationship between Chen Zhongcheng and Comrade Qigong is well known, without Comrade Qigong's protection and support, Chen Zhongcheng would not be so tough." The question now is, what role did Comrade Qi Gong play in it? Is it also involved in the economy? How deep is it involved? You used to be his son-in-law, and I am his old partner and old friend, if Comrade Qigong is deeply involved and corrupted, what will we do? I have to think about it! Family and country, this kind of words hidden deep in my heart, I can't say it to Comrade Fanxing and others, I can only say it to you, I wanted to say it a long time ago, hesitated a few times, it's hard to speak, I'm afraid that you will misunderstand, and I am afraid that Comrade Qigong will misunderstand. ”

He Jiaguo's heart was hot: "Secretary Li, there are some things I have wanted to say a long time ago: for a man, there is no greater kindness than the grace of knowing the encounter, because I met a leader like you, I have this political stage to serve the country and the people." Zhong Mingren didn't give it to me, Zhao Qigong didn't give it to me, you gave it to me, so I thought about it from the day I took office, as long as everything you do is for the country and the people, I will bet on you in this life and this life! Today I make a statement: Don't say that I am divorced from Zhao Huizhu now, even if I don't divorce, as long as Zhao Qigong is corrupted, I will fight with him to the end! ”

Li Dongfang asked: "So, Jiaguo, do you think Zhao Qigong will have a big problem economically?" You are the son-in-law of Comrade Qigong, you know some things better than me, can you give me an explanation: How did you and Zhao Huizhu study abroad in the first place? Where does the money come from? In my impression, you and Zhao Huizhu don't seem to be public factions, right? ”

He Jiaguo said: "Of course it's not a public faction, I know this matter. At that time, not long after Zhao Huizhu graduated from university, she was assigned to work in the provincial ** agency, because she was majoring in English, she was always borrowed by some units to be a translator, and she accidentally met Mrs. Brown in California, USA. Mrs. Brown is keen on friendly exchanges between China and the United States and has visited China many times. It was Mrs. Brown who guaranteed her to go out first, and I later went out in the name of accompanying the student, which had nothing to do with Zhao Qigong. ”

Li Dongfang said: "There are a lot of rumors in the organs and society, especially in the past few years, there are all kinds of rumors. ”

He Jiaguo thought for a while, and made a clear judgment: "Secretary Li, your suspicions can't be said to be unreasonable, but I don't think Zhao Qigong will have any major problems economically." Based on what I know about him, he is by no means the kind of person who is greedy for material gain. He was an ambitious man, who wanted near-infinite political interests, a city, a territory, and a political sky. If you have the opportunity to go into his study and see what he reads all day long, you will understand. ”

Li Dongfang pondered for a moment and agreed with He Jiaguo's analysis: "Although I don't know what books this old leader usually reads, I know his work ideas. Jiaguo, you are right, Comrade Qigong really attaches too much importance to his own political interests, and even regards his own political interests above everything else, which is also something that I am deeply worried about. ”

He Jiaguo said: "In fact, this is also a kind of corruption, the corruption of political power, and it is far more harmful than personal economic corruption. ”

Li Dongfang smiled bitterly: "If it is really this kind of corruption of political power, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with!" ”

He Jiaguo disagreed: "What's so difficult to deal with? Your chief and the Xiajiang Municipal Party Committee are acting in accordance with principles! ”

Li Dongfang didn't say any more, and asked He Jiaguo to stop here, and not talk about this topic with anyone after going out, and at the same time, asked He Jiaguo to keep an eye on Chen Zhongcheng and Tian Zhuangda, continue to observe in depth, and report problems at any time.

He Jiaguo knew Li Dongfang's difficulties, and offered to meet the big boss Zhong Mingren immediately and feel the attitude of the big boss. Li Dongfang did not clearly express his support or opposition, but only reminded He Jiaguo that you should listen to what the big boss wants to say, and don't take the initiative to ask about anything.