After the establishment of the investigation team, in the past week, the progress has been very slow, there are two main reasons for this situation, one is that the main suspect in the case, Luo Mingda, is locked up in the provincial capital, and the provincial public security department is responsible for the investigation, the threshold at the entrance of the yamen is too high, and Qingyang is basically unable to intervene, and the other reason is that Wei Heping does not cooperate, his influence in the public security is very great, several apprentices have a share, and the deputy director is also his person, without his permission, it is difficult for Liu Jinxiong and others to intervene in the case.

Moreover, although Zhao Fengxi, deputy secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, was very polite to Zhou Jing, he greeted him with a smile every day and sent him politely, but his vigilance was still very strong, and the direction of the case investigation and the specific operation were tightly covered, and he seemed to be unwilling to let Zhou Jing get involved too much, so it was difficult for Zhou Jing, the nominal deputy team leader, to play a role, however, after a few days, the situation suddenly changed.

On Wednesday afternoon, in the small conference room on the fifth floor of the Municipal Party Committee Office Building, Li Weiye, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, held a work meeting, in addition to the Standing Committee, several deputy mayors and the top leaders of various organs and units also attended the meeting, and when the meeting was halfway through, Li Weiye answered a phone call, put the manuscript on the table, and signaled to the mayor next to him, Luo Yunfeng, who wanted to go out for a while, let him continue to preside, and then walked out with a solemn face, Luo Yunfeng took over the topic, talked eloquently, and summarized the completion of the work in the last quarter.

The meeting lasted for more than ten minutes, but he didn't see Secretary Weiye come back, there was no way to continue, so he could only wait for him to come back, Luo Yunfeng was a little puzzled, so he wrote a note to Secretary General Cai Sicheng. Son, let him go out and have a look, Cai Sicheng just got up, the door of the conference room opened, everyone looked up, but saw Li Weiye walking in with four or five police officers in police uniforms, and then stretched out his hand to Wei Heping's seat and pointed, several police officers pounced like wolves, stood by Wei Heping's side, and quickly controlled him, but he was not handcuffed.

The incident happened suddenly, everyone hadn't come back to their senses, no one could figure out what was going on, for a while, they looked at each other, they were silent, Wei Heping's face became pale, he struggled a few times, and shouted loudly: "Secretary Li, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Weiye smiled faintly, walked back to the conference table and sat down, picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, and said in a calm tone: "Comrade Peace, I just received a call from the leader of the Provincial Public Security Department, Luo Mingda's case has made new progress, there are some detailed things over there, and you need to cooperate with the investigation, these are the comrades of the Provincial Public Security Department's task force, you go home to get some things, just go with them, you must have a correct attitude, explain the relevant issues clearly, as for the rest, we must wait for the investigation to be completed, and then discuss it in the organization!" ”

"Okay, Secretary Weiye, then I'll go with them!" Wei He's plane was like ashes, he glanced at Yu Manting at the conference table, his eyes were full of hesitation and helplessness, he knew very well that he left Qingyang this time, and he might never come back, the only sustenance at this time was that at this time, Li Weiye still called him comrade, this cautious attitude seemed to mean that things might take a turn for the better, and at this time, he was still lucky, hoping that he could turn around and have a miracle to escape!

Yu Manting lowered his head, frowned, clutched his pen, and drew the material.

Wei Heping sighed, and under the escort of several armed policemen, he left the conference room and walked out the door.

For a while, the room became quiet, the people attending the meeting were all solemn, and from time to time they turned their eyes to the deputy secretary Yu Manting, at this time, the only one who could keep a smile on his face was Executive Deputy Mayor Yang Qinglin, who had the greatest opinion on Wei Heping, and would inevitably show a gloating expression, while the others were mostly sympathetic, and even some things hurt them, and the rabbit died and the fox felt sad.

After coughing a few times, Li Weiye's eyes were blazing, he looked around, and said in a tone of frustration with his unique voice: "Comrades, just now I received a call from Director Wang of the Provincial Public Security Department, Comrade Wang Baoping introduced the case, comrades of the Provincial Department, it is very hard, after this period of continuous fighting, a major breakthrough has been made, and I will tell you a good news, Luo Mingda has explained everything!" ”

After the words, the conference room became quiet, as if a needle on the ground could be heard, whether it was Yu Manting, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, or several other members of the Standing Committee, their faces became a little ugly, especially Zheng Kunming, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, from the moment Wei Heping was taken away, he looked like he was unstoppable, and when he heard this, his face was even more pale, his forehead was sweating, and he kept raising his hand to wipe the sweat.

"Smack!" Li Weiye lit a cigarette, slowly put down the lighter, frowned and took a few puffs, and said in a low voice: "After talking to Director Wang on the phone, I asked the provincial leaders for instructions, and with the consent of the superior leaders, the following arrangements were made: Comrade Yu Manting, deputy secretary, will participate in the training course of the Provincial Party School that will start next month, and at the same time, approve the request of Comrade Zheng Kunming, Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, to recuperate from illness."

Zheng Kunming was taken aback, and subconsciously replied: "Secretary Weiye, I'm not sick!" ”

Li Weiye didn't look at him, but his face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "During Comrade Heping's absence, Comrade Yang Qinglin was asked to work hard and share more, and when the case is completely clear, we will discuss the successor, okay?" ”

Although the tone of discussion was used, it sounded undoubted to everyone's ears at this time, and it was obvious that, as in the past, Secretary Weiye had cleanly eliminated a political opponent, and from now on, I was afraid that no one would be able to challenge his authority.

Everyone nodded and said yes, looking at the senior squad leader with great reverence, Mayor Luo Yunfeng did not say anything, but squinted at Yu Manting, but saw him write in the notebook: "Success is also Xiao He defeat Xiao He, life is impermanent, in the dark, it is already doomed." ”

Feeling Luo Yunfeng's attention, Yu Manting raised his head and smiled at Yu Manting, that smile contained a little sadness, Luo Yunfeng saw it, and he didn't feel very comfortable, but he didn't say anything, just straightened his waist and sat there, listening to Li Weiye's talk, and talked endlessly: "The work of the next quarter is still around the two centers, pay close attention to the implementation of five, and implement it to the letter, which unit is not good, and the task cannot be completed, don't blame me for being polite, take off the hat on your head!" ”

After Li Weiye finished speaking, it was Luo Yunfeng's turn to speak, he had no mood to speak, but it was difficult to refuse, so he had to read the materials briefly, then dropped the manuscript, and said in a flat voice: "Okay, I'll just say this, next, please ask Comrade Manting to speak!" ”

Yu Manting waved his hand, smiled dryly, and said in a hoarse voice: "The secretary and the mayor have spoken very thoroughly, and the tasks have been implemented to the people, I have nothing to add, I believe that everyone can complete the task with quality and quantity to ensure that the work of our city will reach a higher level!" ”

After speaking, he lowered his head and looked at the materials on the table, with an extremely sad expression on his face, Wei Heping's taking away was equivalent to a loud slap in the face of everyone, and going to the provincial party school to study undoubtedly means that everything is over.

Seeing this, Li Weiye took over the topic again, arranged a few tasks, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting, everyone packed up their things, turned around and left, and only Yu Manting was left alone in the room, sitting there alone, the sun shining through the window, leaving a lonely back.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Jing appeared outside the conference room, glanced over here, and said softly: "Secretary Manting, there is a phone in the office, and it was from Director Li of the Provincial Spiritual Civilization Office." ”

Yu Manting sighed, shook his head and said, "No, I want to be quiet." ”

Zhou Jing glanced at him and reminded: "Secretary Manting, he said that there is something important. ”

Yu Manting slammed the table, stood up, threw the document out, and roared loudly: "I said, if you don't take it, you don't take it!" ”

Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment, standing at the door in astonishment, a little at a loss, he didn't know, why Yu Manting was so angry, it seemed that after being in contact for so long, the other party was yelling at him for the first time, which made Zhou Jing also a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly walked over, picked up the scattered documents, and stood silently beside him.

After a while, Yu Manting's expression regained his calmness, put down his clenched fists, took the briefcase, followed Zhou Jing back to the office, and walked into the back room on one leg, before turning around, smiling apologetically, and said in a low tone: "I'm sorry, Xiao Zhou, I'm in a bad mood today." ”

Zhou Jing shrugged his shoulders and said softly, "It's okay. ”

Yu Manting smiled, raised his hand and patted Zhou Jing's shoulder, and after returning to the desk, he answered the phone, put down the microphone, frowned and pondered for a long time, then raised his head and shouted, "Xiao Zhou, please come in." ”

Zhou Jing hurriedly put down the materials in his hand, entered the office, picked up the teapot, refilled the tea for Yu Manting, and handed over a cigarette, before pulling a chair and sitting opposite him, sitting upright, waiting for the leader's instructions.

Yu Manting lit a cigarette, frowned and smoked, and after a while, he said in a solemn tone: "Old Wei was taken away, you know?" ”

Zhou Jing shook his head and said softly: "I don't know, it seems that I saw him before the meeting." ”

Yu Manting sighed and said with a sad brow: "It's just now, halfway through the meeting, the people were taken away!" ”

Zhou Jing said 'oh', no sound, in fact, Wei Heping was taken away, for him, it was not an accident, the only question now is at what level this turmoil will stop, or continue to ferment, bringing a big earthquake to Qingyang officialdom.

Yu Manting was in a state of interest, silent, looked down at the documents on the desk, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Secretary Weiye has also issued the latest instructions, I want to go to the Provincial Party School to study, and I will leave next month." ”

Zhou Jing's heart sank, and he said with some surprise: "How long will it take?" ”

"Half a year, maybe the water quality,. Target! Yu Manting didn't hold back after all, scolded and sweared, took a few puffs of cigarette, spewed out a puff of smoke from his mouth, extinguished the cigarette, threw it into the ashtray, stood up, walked to the edge of the windowsill, picked up the small watering can, and poured flowers into the pot.

Looking at his back, Zhou Jing also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, going to the party school to study, there are nothing more than two possibilities, one is the preparation before promotion, and the other is the preparation before the investigation, judging from the current form, the latter is obviously more likely.

In the past half a year, although there is no trust and tacit understanding between the two, after all, they get along every day and night, and they have some incense, Zhou Jing still hopes that Yu Manting will not do too much trouble, and if possible, he is willing to help and help him.

However, this depends on Yu Manting's past experience, if he really puts a time bomb under his buttocks, he is afraid that the gods will come, and it will be useless, after pondering for a long time, Zhou Jing frowned, and said tentatively: "Secretary Manting, I haven't seen you and Luo Mingda interact before!" ”

Yu Manting did not answer, but finished watering the flowers, put down the watering can, returned to the table and sat down, looked at Zhou Jing with a calm face, and said softly: "Over the years, I have had several interactions with Luo Mingda, but if the organization investigates, I can still explain it clearly." ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said worriedly: "Of course, there are two things that may need to be explained by Heping, and he was the only one present at the time, and he may be in some trouble if he doesn't speak." ”

Zhou Jing listened, hesitated, or swallowed back what he wanted to say, at this time, it is not good to pat his chest and pack the ticket, it depends on the further development of the matter before he can decide whether to help, otherwise, not only can he not fish people out, but it is very likely that he will also get into trouble.

Yu Manting frowned and smoked a cigarette, the smoke floated out of his mouth, and his gloomy face, under the smoke, was even more difficult to understand, and after a while, he said slowly: "Xiaojing, you are very smart, you can't be wrong in the future, there is something I want to ask you to help with." ”

Zhou Jingjing nodded and said in a low voice: "Secretary Manting, you can say it, if you can do it, I can't give up on it!" ”

Yu Manting sighed, and said a little sadly: "I have been in the officialdom for half my life, and I have looked down on many things, the only thing that I can't rest assured is Ye Lin, you and he have been my secretary, he has been working by my side for seven or eight years, he has been working hard, no merit, and hard work, relatively speaking, I like him more, and I want to arrange him well, but you have a relationship above, and you are also very smart, you will go far, he can't, he is too bookish, after I leave, someone must take him under the knife, That's not all! ”

When Zhou Jing heard this, he couldn't help but be a little moved, and on a whim, he nodded, and said loudly: "Secretary Manting, please rest assured, as long as Ye Lin doesn't make mistakes, he will definitely not be rectified, whoever dares to rectify him, I will fight with whoever to the end!" ”

Yu Manting stretched his brows, nodded and said: "Okay, if you can say this, I will rest assured, let him have a treat at night, you two brothers will get together more and deepen your understanding, in the officialdom, it is not good to fight alone, there must always be a few friends who stick in the ribs, he will be with you in the future, if you are not satisfied, you can repair it, but don't knock it down!" ”

Zhou Jing listened, and was busy saying that he didn't dare to do it, but Yu Manting waved his hand, said a few words of encouragement, looked at Zhou Jing with a smile and left, sighed, closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and said gloomily: "One step away from chess, lose the whole game!" ”