Wang Gang usually seems very easy to talk to.
When he gets serious, he exudes authority and his word is law.
Wang Yueju, who usually joked around with Wang Gang, didn't dare to cause trouble when she saw how serious he was.
Clinging to the door, watching her husband being taken away, Wang Yueju shouted:
“Political Commissar Wang, my husband Li is a cautious man, he wouldn’t dare. I have something to say. I suspect that Yu Mengxian is trying to seduce my husband Li to steal military secrets, but my husband Li wouldn’t dare.”
"Yu Mengxian said she was a diplomat and that she knew a military officer surnamed Yang in Beicheng. She said that she asked Lao Li to go to Beicheng with her this time to meet this military officer surnamed Yang..."
Seeing Yu Mengxian being arrested, Director Li was also taken away, and the Li family members were imprisoned.
Wen Qiao and Shen Jichuan originally planned to turn around and go home.
Before they left, they heard what Wang Yueju said.
Wen Qiao said softly, "An officer surnamed Yang? Could it be Yang Xuelan's father?"
Wen Qiao suddenly realized something with a chilling thought: Yang Xuelan's father, what exactly did he do, and how could he have such a long reach?
Even someone as brainless as Wen Qiao could come up with that.
Yang Xuelan's father, Yang Hongyu, couldn't have gotten Yu Mengxian to take Director Li to Beicheng so easily; he probably wanted to help Director Li transfer to Beicheng.
Shen Jichuan's eyes darkened.
"It's him, no surprise."
Yang Hongyu was Shen Jichuan's political enemy. The two were at odds and both wished the other would step down and get out of office as soon as possible.
But Yang Hongyu has powerful backers.
Yang Hongyu has no connections in Beicheng.
He came from a poor background; his parents died, and he and his three brothers grew up struggling to make ends meet.
Seventeen-year-old Yang Hongyu got involved with the village chief's daughter and was recommended to join the army.
After joining the army, my fellow soldiers were assigned to the same company.
Only Yang Hongyu told his girlfriend in the countryside, who was also the village chief's daughter, that he wanted to become a secretary to a certain cadre.
But he had no money and needed connections to pull strings.
The village chief's daughter, after threatening suicide, went to her father and got money, which she then gave all to Yang Hongyu.
Yang Hongyu relied on his silver tongue and eloquence to climb the ranks step by step.
Later, by sheer coincidence, he married the daughter of a chief of staff.
The path he's walking on now was paved by the family of his chief of staff's daughter's wife.
Yang Hongyu's first girlfriend, upon learning that the man she had been supporting had married another woman after becoming wealthy, turned around and hanged herself.
She hanged herself under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, where she and her boyfriend had agreed that he would marry her after he succeeded.
Yang Hongyu didn't even go back.
But the incident caused a stir in the military for a while. It was the woman's brother who brought people to cause trouble, claiming that Yang Hongyu had driven his sister to her death.
Yang Hongyu didn't show up; instead, officers and leaders within the military intervened and got rid of the man.
Shen Jichuan knew little about what happened back then, but he understood a little.
However, Shen Jichuan and Yang Hongyu were political enemies, not because Shen knew about Yang Hongyu's affairs, but because there was some history between them.
Political Commissar Wang ordered someone to lock the door to the Li family's house.
He walked towards Shen Jichuan and handed him a cigarette.
Shen Jichuan refused, saying, "I've already quit smoking."
"Ji Chuan, do you know that officer surnamed Yang that Wang Yueju mentioned?"
Shen Jichuan hummed in agreement.
“I know him, but we don’t get along very well. This matter has nothing to do with the military. He asked Yu Mengxian to win over Director Li, most likely because he wanted to use Director Li to target me and make things difficult for me in the Northwest.”
Political Commissar Wang immediately realized something.
"You came to the Northwest, you wouldn't happen to be that guy who offended the big boss... is that him?"
Shen Jichuan smiled.
"I really couldn't hide it from you."
Political Commissar Wang spent some time with Shen Jichuan.
He knew Shen Jichuan's character all too well.
Upon further reflection, what kind of good leader is someone who can get close to people like Yu Mengxian and Director Li, and who can so easily manipulate those around them?
But there's nothing we can do about it; when selecting cadres and leaders, the authorities never look at character or conduct.
Political Commissar Wang dared not say much about the officer or cadre leader in Beicheng, but only sighed twice.
Political Commissar Wang asked Shen Jichuan if he wanted to attend the interrogation of Director Li.
Shen Jichuan declined, citing the need to recuperate.
Director Li was a leader in the division headquarters, and before interrogating him, the report had to be submitted to his superiors.
It's uncertain how long it will take before Shen Jichuan stops getting involved.
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