Section Chief Zhao!

He was talking quietly with several men who looked like judges when he saw Su Jianguo enter, and a mocking smile appeared on his face.

"Hey, isn't this Boss Su?"

Section Chief Zhao said in a sarcastic tone.

"What, are you here to file for bankruptcy protection?"

Su Jianguo gave him a cold look but didn't say anything.

Section Chief Zhao, however, refused to back down.

"Don't waste your energy. Director Zhang has already given the go-ahead; your application is impossible..."

Before the words were finished, the courthouse doors were suddenly pushed open, and several disciplinary committee staff members strode in.

"Comrade Zhao Ming..."

The leading discipline inspection official showed his credentials.

"You are suspected of committing a job-related crime. Please come with us to cooperate with the investigation."

Section Chief Zhao's face turned deathly pale instantly.

"This...this must be a misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstand?"

The discipline inspection official sneered and took out a document.

"This is Zhang Erhe's confession regarding your involvement in land fraud, and bank statements proving you accepted bribes. Take him away!"

Watching Section Chief Zhao being led away, Su Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems the Discipline Inspection Commission acted faster than he had imagined!

As expected, the hearing in the morning went exceptionally smoothly.

After reviewing the supporting documents provided by the disciplinary committee, the judge ruled in court to lift the suspension order on the Sujiatun vegetable base.

As Su Jianguo walked out of the courthouse, he met someone.

It's an old cat.

"Boss Su! Big news! Zhang Erhe was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission last night! His brother-in-law has also been arrested!"

Su Jianguo clenched his fist.

"Very good!"

"There's even better news."

The old cat said excitedly.

"The South City Prison has also taken action; all the prison guards who abused Mingqiang have been arrested!"

...

The disciplinary committee's investigation is progressing faster than expected.

Under Commander Xia's personal supervision, the task force assembled its most elite investigators to conduct a comprehensive investigation into Zhang Erhe.

Su Jianguo sat in the conference room of the military region's guesthouse, with the newly delivered investigation report spread out in front of him.

His fingers trembled slightly; he could hardly believe what he was seeing.

Zhang Erhe, whose real name is Kenji Yamamoto, was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1940...

The old cat's voice rang in my ears.

"After Japan's defeat in 1945, Japanese orphans abandoned in China were adopted by the Zhang family."

"Japanese?"

Su Jianguo looked up abruptly, his eyes filled with shock.

Old Cat nodded and took out a yellowed old photograph from the file folder.

The photo shows a young woman in a kimono holding a boy who is about four or five years old.

"This is what we found in a hidden compartment in Zhang Erhe's old house. It contained a photo of his biological mother, with his birth information written in Japanese on the back."

Su Jianguo examined the photo carefully and found that the little boy's features did indeed resemble Zhang Erhe's.

Even more alarming is the faintly visible Japanese military flag in the corner of the photo.

"That's not all."

Old Cat continued.

"We discovered that he had been regularly remitting money to a Japanese account since the 1960s. In the last decade, the amount reached two million US dollars."

Secretary Wang from the Discipline Inspection Commission pushed open the door and entered, his face grave.

"Comrade Su, the situation is more complicated than we imagined. Zhang Erhe is not only involved in embezzlement and bribery, but also suspected of espionage."

It turns out that Zhang Erhe, using his position as director of the education bureau, had been sending a large amount of internal education system information overseas for many years, especially information about the schooling of children of key scientific research institutions.

"This is a vast network of relationships."

Secretary Wang said in a deep voice.

"He has people everywhere, from the city level down to the grassroots. We suspect he's recruiting and developing 'targets' for certain foreign forces."

The investigation deepened, alarming everyone on the task force.

Zhang Erhe not only embezzled a huge amount of money, but what was even more frightening was that his carefully constructed network of relationships over the years had infiltrated almost every key department in Beijing.

"The most difficult thing is..."

Secretary Wang sighed.

"Every time we find a crucial lead, it inexplicably goes cold. We just found an important witness yesterday, and today he committed suicide."

Su Jianguo felt a chill run down his spine.

This means that there is an even more powerful force protecting Zhang Erhe.

In the interrogation room of the Chengnan Detention Center, Zhang Erhe sat alone on an iron chair.

Despite being handcuffed, the former "Director Zhang of the Education Bureau" maintained an eerie composure.

When Secretary Wang walked in with the latest evidence, Zhang Erhe even smiled.

"Secretary Wang, you've come to interrogate me personally so late? You've really gone to a lot of trouble."

Secretary Wang looked at him coldly.

"Kenji Yamamoto, do you think we can't find out because you don't talk?"

Upon hearing his real name, which he hadn't used for many years, Zhang Erhe's eyelids twitched, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Secretary Wang is joking. I am a native-born Chinese. Both my parents are teachers. Where would I get a Japanese name?"

"Then how do you explain this photo?"