Unlike the plum rain season in the south, Huangyuan County does experience continuous rain in the summer. When there is little rain, it's not so bad, but in years with a lot of rain, it's not unusual to have ten or fifteen days of rainy days.

The project was already under tight deadlines, and now they're trying to further shorten them.

Li Xiuyuan got out of the car, opened his umbrella, and slowly walked towards the town government building.

Stepping into the office, it felt much warmer. The temperature dropped as soon as it rained, but Li Xiuyuan still opened the window to let the pattering rain into the office.

At 8:55, Zhang Xingguo and his men arrived downstairs. At 9:00, a Santana drove into the town government building. Zhang Xingguo and his men went to greet them with umbrellas. The people who got out of the car were the investigation team from the Discipline Inspection Commission, led by Zeng Ming, the deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

"Secretary Zeng." Zhang Xingguo greeted him and shook hands with Zeng Ming politely. Zeng Ming was the executive deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, a proper section-level cadre. The level of the Discipline Inspection Commission in the county was already very high, and the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission was a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee.

The three deputy secretaries below him are two section chiefs and one deputy section chief.

If it were another department, such as the publicity department, the deputy minister might only be a deputy section chief, but the discipline inspection commission is always at a higher level, with three deputy secretaries and two section chiefs.

Since they were of the same rank, and Zeng Ming was also from the Discipline Inspection Commission, Zhang Xingguo was even more polite.

"Secretary Zhang, hello." Zeng Ming shook hands with Zhang Xingguo briefly, but his expression was not very cheerful, carrying the seriousness of a rigid discipline inspection officer.

“Let’s go in. Secretary Zhang, we talked on the phone yesterday. Is Comrade Wang Zhixing here today? We need to talk to him later.” Zeng Ming said as he walked into the building with Zhang Xingguo.

This scene attracted considerable attention from the town government, with many people watching from behind their windows upstairs. After all, it involved people from the Discipline Inspection Commission and also implicated one of their deputy mayors.

Li Xiuyuan was also watching from upstairs; the curtain had already risen on this drama.

Deputy Secretary Zeng Ming of the Discipline Inspection Commission led a group of people to sit down in a conference room. The first thing they did was talk to Zhang Xingguo to get his opinion. Zhang Xingguo's opinion was simple: the whole thing was completely fabricated. He had also asked Wang Zhixing about the situation, and Wang Zhixing said there was no such thing.

Immediately afterwards, Zeng Ming summoned Hou Peng to inquire about Hou Peng's opinion as the town mayor, which was also considered Wang Zhixing's superior's opinion.

Hou Peng was not as confident as Zhang Xingguo in front of the deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and his words were not as absolute. He simply said, "Based on what I know, this whistleblower letter should be untrue. I know Comrade Wang Zhixing well; he is not that kind of comrade. This should be a misunderstanding."

Hou Peng's words left him a lot of room for maneuver. Zeng Ming glanced at Hou Peng, said nothing, and directly sent someone to call Wang Zhixing.

"Secretary Zeng, let me go call someone." Zhang Xingguo stood up to call Wang Zhixing, but Zeng Ming stopped him.

"No need, just have our people call Wang Zhixing over, and Secretary Zhang can just send someone to lead the way."