Bucheon Public Prosecutor's Office.

Xu Haoyu finished the day's work, glanced at his watch, at 5:24 in the afternoon, he stood up and stretched his body, and then simply organized the documents and other items on the desk and went home from work.

"Your Excellency, please slow down."

The three assistant officers of the procuratorate stood up to see them off.

Although they behaved very respectfully, it just showed that they were not close to Xu Haoyu.

"Well, let's all go home early, and we'll do the work tomorrow." Xu Haoyu nodded and walked out of the prosecutor's office.

He's used to it.

After all, he himself is not greedy, and he does not allow the people below to be greedy, and the work requirements are strict, which is incompatible with the general environment, resulting in his assistant officers being excluded by other people in the branch hall, so he is very clear about the grievances in the heart of the assistant officer, and he also understands it very well.

But he still doesn't plan to change that.

The work here did not go well, but he never complained to Xu Jingxian, and asked Jiang Xiaocheng not to tell Xu Jingxian about his affairs here.

It is precisely because he is away from Xu Jingxian that he has the time and space to reflect, and realizes that he may have been led astray by the crooked reasoning and heresy of his best friend Xu Jingxian in the past, shaking his bottom line.

Although he was here to help Xu Jingxian at the time, and swore that there was only that time, but now that he thinks about it, is the bottom line that can be shaken and shaken still called the bottom line?

Therefore, although he still has a good relationship with Xu Jingxian, he would rather keep his working environment away from him, so as not to be affected by it and lose himself.

With his understanding of Xu Jingxian, he feels that most of the other party thinks the same way, not only cherishing the friendship with him, but also not wanting to be old-fashioned, and he doesn't know how to be flexible when he goes back to hinder his eyes and cause trouble for his progress.

That's why after he was promoted, he just called himself to share the good news, but he didn't ask him if he wanted to return to the Seoul District Inspection Department and the Third Criminal Department.

At the end of the day, he met many colleagues along the way, and everyone would greet him politely, but in fact they were a little distant.

Xu Haoyu knew that the reason why these people greeted him was because of his identity, but out of fear of him and felt that he was a trouble, so he didn't want to offend him, but he definitely didn't want to get close to him.

Except for the occasional feeling of loneliness, he enjoys it most of the time, and the absence of social interaction means that there is no mess of human affairs, and it also means that he can do things when he finds these people making mistakes.

"Jingle Bell ~ Jingle Bell ~"

As soon as I walked to the side of the car, the mobile phone in my pocket rang.

He took out what he saw as an unfamiliar number, and withdrew his hand from the door handle, "Hey." ”

"Minister Xu, go out and get in the car."

A calm male voice came into his ears.

Xu Haoyu subconsciously looked up and saw an ordinary modern sedan parked outside the gate.

Apparently the call was made by someone in the car.

"Who are you?" He asked faintly.

"Someone you won't regret if you don't see him."

"Toot ~ Toot ~ Toot ~"

Listening to the busy sound coming from the mobile phone, Xu Haoyu hesitated in place for a moment, and finally walked towards the two black modern cars parked outside the gate of the branch hall.

In broad daylight, Lang Lang Lang is still at the door of the procuratorate, why is he a minister and prosecutor afraid?

When he came to the car, he opened the back door and saw an old man who looked familiar but couldn't name him.

"Hello, my name is Wen Young-jae, the chief secretary of the Blue House." The old man stretched out a hand and said.

Xu Haoyu's face changed slightly, and he finally remembered where he had seen this person's face, on the TV news.

Seeing that he stood there and didn't react, Wen Young-jae smiled kindly, "Do you want to talk here?" ”

"I'm sorry." Xu Haoyu, who was stunned, came back to his senses, shook his hand, and then got into the car.

Immediately, the Hyundai sedan turned around in Bucheon.

On the way to the road, Wen Young-jae looked at the street scene outside the window and slowly spoke, "Many prosecutors want to go back to Seoul, and Minister Xu, as a close friend of Prosecutor General Heo, wants to go back is just a matter of words, but it seems that he is happy to be trapped in Bucheon?" Can you explain why? ”

Before coming to Bucheon, he also read a lot of Xu Haoyu's information before deciding to make a trip in person.

"Because I never felt like I was trapped in Bucheon, where I was doing things, and away from Seoul, where the situation was complicated and a brick could hit the powerful, it was more of a place for me to be myself." Xu Haoyu replied honestly.

He didn't know what the other party was looking for him.

He didn't bother to think about it.

Anyway, he will answer whatever the other party asks.

He felt that he had nothing to say to others.

Wen Young-jae nodded and asked again, "Don't you want to go back to Seoul to do things?" Only in Seoul can you have the opportunity to benefit more people and influence more people with your right influence. ”

He looked into Xu Haoyu's eyes, as if he wanted to analyze the truth and falsity of his language through this window.

"Senior, I'm just a little minister prosecutor, I don't want to change anyone now, I can't change anyone, I just want to be myself." Xu Haoyu is still old-fashioned, but he has become much more sensible.

He only cares about himself and those he can control.

What others do, he can't force.

Wen Young-jae chuckled, "Then how much do you think you can do alone?" Haven't you ever wanted to change the status quo of the procuratorate? At a young age, why be so twilight? It's still a bit of pride. ”

"Senior, I'm just a small minister prosecutor." Xu Haoyu repeated again helplessly.

Then he laughed at himself, "What the president can't do, expect my little minister to do it?" ”

In the past few days, Lu Wuxuan's desire to reduce the power of the procuratorate has made a lot of noise, and he naturally knows about it.

Judging from the current situation, Lu Wuxuan has no next move, which can be seen as him retreating.

"Yes, the presidents can't do it, they're just so strong, they're so arrogant." Wen Yingzai nodded thoughtfully, then turned his head to look at him with burning eyes, "So, are you willing to stand with His Excellency the President and try again?" Prosecutor Xu Haoyu, please give me a clear answer. ”

Xu Haoyu was stunned for a moment, he turned his head and looked at Wen Youngjae in disbelief.

I wonder if I heard him wrong.

"Your Excellency the President wants you to go to Seoul to take up the post of Minister of Supervision, and gives you the power to personally select any prosecutor to replace the current members of the Ministry of Supervision, and he has only one request, so that the Ministry of Supervision should assume the responsibilities that the Ministry of Supervision should have, are you willing to fight with him?" Wen Young-jae said again.

Xu Haoyu opened his mouth slightly, and at this moment he seemed to be able to hear the thumping sound of his heart beating violently.

I couldn't help but breathe and gradually became short.

Wen Young-jae's words were not finished: "It was the president who recommended you to me, and I also understood you, you and him are the same kind of people, both jealous and hateful, both disgusted with corruption, both abide by justice, and have a good heart." ”

"He told me that if I want to find a clean lotus flower in the stinky mud of the procuratorate, it must be you, so I am here today."

"If you take on this important task, you will become a traitor in the eyes of other prosecutors, you will be an enemy of your former colleagues, and you will be retaliated against."

But it may also be to sweep away pests, obtain supreme honor, become a sword of supervision power, ensure that power is pure, and serve the people! So Prosecutor Xu Haoyu, now tell me your decision? ”

"Gollum~" Xu Haoyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a surge in his throat, took a deep breath in the middle of the sound, looked at Wen Yingzai and said, "I am willing to take this responsibility." ”

"I knew you wouldn't say no, otherwise you'd be in Seoul by now." Wen Young-jae smiled.

Xu Haoyu also smiled, and was full of pride.

He's going back to Seoul again.

Then Wen Yingzai retracted the smile on his face and asked seriously, "Do you think Prosecutor Xu is clean?" ”

"He is very capable, more than 99 percent of prosecutors." Xu Haoyu replied sideways.

That's not clean.

Wen Young-jae asked again, "What if one day you were asked to check on him?" Can you enforce the law impartially? ”

"I am friends with him, and I should avoid the investigation of him." Xu Haoyu said without hesitation.

That is, no.

Out of friendship, he couldn't investigate Xu Jingxian.

That's why he's happy to be isolated.

Wen Yingzai didn't get angry after hearing this, but showed a smile, "Justice, fairness, but a certain amount of selfishness, this is the best, I am more worried that you can't even tolerate people like Procurator General Xu." ”

A person who is absolutely upright and does not have the slightest sand in his eyes is certainly noble and worthy of admiration, but he cannot do anything in such an environment.

Xu Haoyu used to be this kind of person.

It was only after being influenced by Xu Jingxian that he changed.

It was from his information in the past few years that Wen Yingjae saw his transformation and felt that he was suitable.

"Prosecutor Xu Haoyu, then please take over the work here as soon as possible, I will wait for you in Seoul."

………………………

On March 15, 2003, the weather was cloudy.

Inside the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office.

"It's really interesting that history has corrected itself back to its original track."

Xu Jingxian couldn't help laughing out loud after receiving the news that Lu Wuxuan invited the prosecutor to send a representative and debate with him on the TV station, he thought that this incident would not happen, but he didn't expect it to happen again.

However, he will not take the stage, and it is more accurate to say that the prosecution representatives selected by Kwon Seung-ryong are all ordinary prosecutors, and none of them have a ministerial position or above.

The beautiful name is to let the grassroots procurators convey their truest thoughts to the people and let the people know more about the grassroots procurators, but in fact, it is to humiliate Lu Wuxuan, and he did not take this debate seriously at all.

He made one request to those deputies, it is not important to win or lose in the debate, it is most important to show the strength of the prosecution and the disdain for Lu Wuxuan, and just act in his true colors.

After all, which prosecutor is not arrogant?

Although Lu Wuxuan seems to have regressed.

However, the prosecutor's investigation of his cronies has not ended, but has only turned from the open to the underground.

After all, it is necessary to prevent Lao Lu from going crazy again.

For example, Xu Jingxian did not stop Zhou Xuanwen's investigation of Cui Shudao, Lu Wuxuan's general affairs secretary.

They didn't know that Lu Wuxuan didn't want to retreat at all, but just changed his offensive strategy.

When the news spread that Lu Wuxuan was going to have an online fight with the prosecution representatives, the people were in an uproar, and many officials felt even more inexplicable.

Because there has never been such a sassy operation.

Is this a new era of political warfare?

In short, things began to ferment, which made the TV station happy, because it was expected that their ratings would definitely skyrocket on the night of the live broadcast.

Two days later, the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office Criminal Department III.

In Jiang Caihe's office.

She scratched her head with her pen a little irritably, sighed weakly and fell back, starting with the bomb raw materials for many days without progress.

There is still no trace of Cui Zhenlie.

This made her inevitably impatient, after all, it was better for this case to be strangled in the cradle, otherwise there were so many bombs involved, and I don't know how many people would be killed and injured.

"Knock knock!" Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Jiang Caihe, who had no ladylike image, hurriedly put a small black silk foot on the edge of the chair into his high heels, and sat down and said, "Come in." ”

"Jiang Jian." The person who came was Han Yunzai, who was investigating the Choi Zhenyeol bomb case with her, and he closed the door and said: "The Chengdong District Police Station received a report from a firecracker factory that a large amount of gunpowder had been lost from the warehouse. ”

Although the place where the crime occurred was not in his jurisdiction, he merged the case on the grounds that it might involve the Cui Zhenlie case, and as long as the Chengdong Police Station cooperated, there would be no problem.

"So you've been there? Is there a problem? Jiang Caihe immediately asked.

Han Yunzai replied: "The policeman is the owner of the firecracker factory, and the warehouse keeper was on vacation because of something at home, so there is no warehouse manager for half a month, and he claims that there is a single business to start, and when the employee goes to the warehouse to pick up raw materials, he finds that the gunpowder is missing." ”

"What about surveillance? What about security? You can't just take it all off. Jiang Caihe frowned.

Han Yun handed over the transcript in his hand at this time, while explaining: "According to the investigation, it was determined that the time of the loss of gunpowder was March 7, because on this day, several cameras in the factory were blocked by a mysterious man wearing a mask and hat with balloons, and the security guard on duty felt that no one would come to steal firecrackers, so he was always negligent at work and drank and got drunk in the duty room." ”

"Assi, it's these irresponsible guys who are the bad thing!" Jiang Caihe couldn't help but curse after hearing this, took a deep breath to calm down and asked, "Is there any clue in the surrounding surveillance?" ”

Han Yunzai shook his head, "Because the firecracker factory is dangerous, the place where it was built is far away from the residential area, and there is basically no monitoring around it. ”

Jiang Caihe rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.

"So there are no clues now other than when the gunpowder was lost?"

She had a hunch that this group of gunpowder thieves was likely to be Cui Zhenlie's gang, because they might have predicted the police's prediction and knew that a large amount of gunpowder would definitely be targeted if they were purchased normally from the market.

That's why I thought of stealing, and after a lot of investigation, I chose the current firecracker factory.

"Although it is a bit shocking, I have to admit that it is so." Han Yunzai sighed.

The face of the man who was shielded with a balloon was so tightly covered that it was impossible to find out his identity.

"That's not right." Jiang Caihe shook his head, rubbed his temples with both hands, and said to himself, "It's all too coincidental." ”

"What?" Han Yun didn't hear clearly.

"Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?" Jiang Caihe raised his head and looked at Han Yunzai, refining his speculation in his mind, "The warehouse keeper just happened to be on vacation, the security guard happened to be drunk, and the thief was able to accurately find all the monitored locations and block them, it's too much of a coincidence." ”

After speaking, she slapped the table and said in an irrefutable tone: "Section Chief Han, please immediately check the recent business of the firecracker factory, as well as the personal financial situation of the boss, I suspect that the boss has a problem." ”

"Good!" Han Yunzai's face was solemn, he really didn't think about the boss and the group of gunpowder thieves who were going to cooperate with each other, and he directed and acted in the direction of selling gunpowder.

That night, Heo Kyung-hyun, like many nationals, came home from work early, turned on the TV to tune in to a live show, brought popcorn, and waited to watch the first online appointment in South Korean politics.

Not only him, but Zhou Yuji, Lin Miaoxi, and Han Xiuya hadn't seen this fun either, they all squeezed around him with all kinds of melons and fruit snacks and prepared to eat melons.

The program started on time, and the host stood on the stage holding the microphone and said: "Welcome everyone to watch our program tonight on time, I believe that the people in front of the TV know that tonight's program will welcome special guests from both sides, let us applaud the current president of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Roh Moo-hyun." ”

His voice trembled slightly, after all, he has hosted the show for so many years and invited many stars to be guests, but it is the first time that he has such a luxurious lineup.

"Papa

In the applause of the audience, Lu Wuxuan, who was dressed in a black suit with a red tie and a meticulous hairstyle, walked out with a kind smile on his face.

He walked to the middle of the stage and bowed slightly, saying:

"Hello to the audience and the people in front of the TV, I am President Lu Wuxuan."

"Your Excellency the President, please take a seat." The host was respectful, and then said: "Next, I would like to invite the other guest of today's program, representatives from the procuratorate, they are xxx prosecutors ......"

With the appearance of the prosecutors who are not worthy of their names, let alone the viewers watching TV, even Lu Wuxuan's face on the scene changed slightly.

It's all little-known grassroots prosecutors.

Just looking at these representatives who came tonight, Lu Wuxuan knew that the prosecution didn't take him seriously at all, otherwise it would have been Quan Shenglong who personally led Xu Jingxian and other high-level officials to sit opposite him and argue with him.

But the matter has come to this point, and the audience across the country is watching, and he can't just walk away.

Moreover, the main purpose of organizing this televised debate was to take this opportunity to convey to the people the reasons and necessity of his opposition to the procuratorate, and to make the people realize the arrogance of the procuratorate and their harmfulness, and to support him even more.

After the representative of the procuratorate came to the stage, he only bowed to the audience, and did not look at Lu Wuxuan next to him without any more glances, and sat down in their seats.

There seemed to be a smell of gunpowder in the air.

Lu Wuxuan was sitting precariously with a kind face.

The representative of the prosecution either had an expressionless face or a relaxed expression and crossed Erlang's legs, showing his arrogant nature.

There is no doubt that from this image alone, everyone can feel that no one is in the eyes of the prosecutor, but not many people are angry about it, because it has been the case for many years, isn't it justified?

It would be surprising if one day all the prosecutors became gentle and kind, humble and well-behaved.

"The theme of today's debate is that Your Excellency the President believes that the power of the Public Prosecutor's Office is too great, which is not good for the public service, and the Public Prosecutor's Office believes that this has always been the case, and that centralization of power can ensure efficiency, so please speak first."

After the moderator finished speaking, he sat down for the time being.

"Dear citizens, as well as the representatives of the prosecutors on the other side, it has always been like this, but it does not mean that it has always been right." Lu Wuxuan's face was calm, and he said clearly: "When the procuratorial system was first established, it gave the procuratorate absolute power in the judicial system due to the consideration of the social environment at that time, but the society is developing, the times are advancing, and no system is immutable, there is no doubt that the procuratorial system of our country is deformed at present......

Lu Wuxuan talked eloquently, loudly, and even made comparisons when he talked about the excitement, while on the other hand, some of the prosecutor representatives opposite him were already yawning.

"I now give the floor to the representative of the prosecution."

"Your Excellency the President said it well, but how can you guarantee that the reform will be better than the original, not worse? Forgive us for not being able to take risks with you for the sake of the political achievements you need. A prosecutor got up and sat down after saying a short sentence.

Another prosecutor got up, looked at Lu Wuxuan and chuckled, looked around and said, "Your Excellency the President can do such a naïve and hasty thing as asking us to debate on live TV, how can we believe that your decision is wise and correct?" Attorney General, the Prosecutor General leaders did not come because they are serving the people at the moment, not because they have time to do such a ridiculous thing as the core of the country like you! ”

"We are here today out of respect for your identity, but it does not mean that we think that you are doing the right thing, and I make a suggestion as an ordinary citizen, hoping that His Excellency the President will be more stable."

After saying that, he bowed to the audience before sitting down.

"It is precisely because of the existence of our prosecutors that some corrupt officials have nowhere to hide, is His Excellency the President worried that he will be investigated by us? It is important to know that the greater our power, the greater the deterrence. A third prosecutor stood up to speak.

Lu Wuxuan's speech was a statement of interests.

And the statements made by the representative of the prosecution were personal attacks.

The two sides went back and forth, but after all, two fists were invincible and four hands, Lu Wuxuan soon fell into the verbal group beating of the prosecution representative, and was "beaten" to the point of sweating profusely.

Obviously, what he wrote in his book about using words to influence others is of little avail.

The emotions of both sides became more and more excited, and seeing that the scene might be uncontrollable, the host urgently called a stop.

The farce soon came to an end.

It seems that neither side is saying who will win.

Farce, yes, farce! Most people think it's a farce, absurd and funny, adding to the fun of their boring lives.

Of course, there are also some people who are even more disgusted with the procuratorate because of this, feeling that the prosecution is too arrogant, and the president does not pay attention to it, and their power must be limited.

There are also some people who believe that prosecutors are the patron saints of South Korea's justice, and it is precisely because of their existence that corrupt officials can be deterred.

After all, the sons of the previous president were arrested by the prosecution, maybe Lu Wuxuan wants to prevent a recurrence?

Some people feel that this president has no majesty at all, and even a few prosecutors can't hold it down, which is different from what they imagined, which makes them very disappointed.

In short, there are all kinds of opinions, but anyway, they failed to achieve the effect that Lu Wuxuan wanted.

Lu Wuxuan felt that he had not lost the debate.

But the prosecution felt it had won the argument.

No, that night, Kwon Seung-ryong celebrated the achievements of those prosecution representatives in a luxurious villa.

The prosecutor's top brass in Seoul were almost all present.

Pools, good food, good wine, beautiful women......

In order to ensure confidentiality, the police were specially dispatched to guard the perimeter, and no matter what name, the commander-in-chief's orders prevailed over all legal regulations.

Outside the villa is a policeman with a loaded gun, and inside the villa is a fat-headed and big-eared bureaucrat who spends his days drinking and indulging in pleasures.

"Hahahaha, well done, yesterday our President's face was as black as the bottom of the pot."

Quan Shenglong took the wine glass, grabbed the shoulders of a representative who took the stage yesterday, and after speaking, he let go of him to hug Xu Jingxian, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Minister Xu's speech, he put forward a few sharp points, which pierced the heart of His Excellency the President and made him confused. ”

"The chief has won the award, and as a member of the prosecution, it is appropriate to contribute to the collective." Xu Jingxian touched the wine glass with Quan Shenglong and said modestly.

Quan Shenglong raised his head and drank it all, then let go of him and hugged a naked beauty, raised his wine glass and shouted: "We have won, we have defended the dignity and power of the procuratorate!" All of you here are heroes, have a good time tonight, don't get drunk and don't go home! ”

"Wuhu! Long live the total grown-up! ”

"Respect to Mr. Chief!"

Everyone in the audience cheered in unison.

Xu Jingxian only thinks that they are noisy, he doesn't like this kind of scene, it is too arrogant, and every future president will probably want to restrict the prosecution.

But he didn't bother to care about it.

After all, we must trust the wisdom of future generations.

"Jingle Bell ~ Jingle Bell ~"

Just then, his cell phone rang.

took it out and saw that it was Xu Haoyu calling, he walked to the side and stayed away from the crowd to connect, "Haoyu." ”

"Kyunghyun, I'm back in Seoul, do you want to come out for a drink? It was the same food stall we frequented before. Xu Haoyu's gentle voice sounded.

"You're in Seoul?" Xu Jingxian's face suddenly showed joy, glanced at the carnival crowd in the distance and said, "You wait for me, I'll come over immediately." ”

Of course, he would rather have a few drinks with his good friends than with these people.

"Chief, I have something urgent at home, so I need to go first." He walked over to Kwon Seung-ryong and said.

Quan Shenglong asked with a concerned face: "Is the matter serious?" Need my help? If you need help, don't be polite to me. ”

"No need, it's just urgent, but it's not a big deal." Xu Jingxian replied respectfully.

Kwon Seung-ryong patted him on the shoulder, "Although it's a pity that I can't have a good drink with Jingxian, it's important to get down to business, let's play together next time we have the chance." ”

"Next time, I'll ask Your Excellency." Xu Jingxian smiled slightly, picked up a glass of champagne and signaled to him, raised his head to drink, and then put down the wine glass and bowed slightly, "My subordinates will say goodbye first." ”

The words fell, and he turned to leave.

Go to an appointment with an old friend I haven't seen in months.

Ask for a commuter pass! Ask for a commuter pass! Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)