Chapter 161 The Arrest Operation
Huo Tingzhou nodded. "They have one last batch of goods to transport to Sheshan Commune tonight. Judging by the time, they should be loading things right now."
"Wait a minute, let me think about it."
Director Hu went through everything in his mind and spoke the truth.
"You should know that our Military Commission does not have the authority to conduct searches and enforce the law. Even if we bring people over now, if Director Qi stops us from entering, there's nothing we can do."
Most importantly, Director Qi is the head of the Red Committee.
Without concrete evidence, the higher authorities would not agree to convicting him.
Huo Tingzhou had already thought about this problem on the way here.
"We don't need to go to Director Qi's house. We can just set up a roadblock on the road in Sheshan and detain them along with their vehicle."
"Setting up checkpoints is not a problem."
However, Director Hu had been outwitting the other party for almost two years, and he knew this old fox's ways all too well.
"Let me tell you, unless he's caught red-handed, Director Qi will definitely find someone to take the blame..."
Before he could finish speaking, the telephone on the table suddenly rang.
Director Hu picked up the receiver and said, "Who is this?"
After a few seconds, he handed the receiver to Huo Tingzhou. "It's from the Public Security Bureau. They're looking for you."
Director Hu was puzzled as to why the phone call meant for him was coming to his office.
Huo Tingzhou said "I understand" and hung up the phone.
The two exchanged a glance, and Director Hu immediately understood the meaning in his eyes.
After everything was arranged, Director Hu looked over with a puzzled expression.
"Now that the people have been sent out and the checkpoints have been set up as you requested, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me what you're really up to."
Huo Tingzhou offered an explanation for this.
In fact, he didn't do anything special; he just went to the police station before he came.
He told Deputy Director Li the license plate number of the truck and other details.
After learning about the situation, Deputy Director Li immediately led his men to guard the only road leading from Sheshan back to Shanghai.
An hour ago, that truck returned to Shanghai.
After that, the group went to three places.
One of them was a former warehouse of the Red Committee, and the other two were detached houses.
Huo Tingzhou said, "Deputy Director Li has already found out that both of these courtyards are registered under the name of Director Qi's wife."
"In addition, during the process of moving things just now, Director Qi also came out and said a few words to those people."
"It's unclear what exactly they said, but Deputy Director Li took a picture of their conversation."
Upon hearing this, Director Hu slammed his fist on the table and exclaimed, "This guy is something else!"
After thinking about it, he still didn't quite understand. "Didn't Deputy Director Li already take his men there? They've caught them red-handed, so why haven't they made a move?"
Huo Tingzhou pursed his lips. "You said this guy is a cunning old fox. If Deputy Director Li jumps out now, do you think he'll make up an excuse and say he just wants to move these things to a new warehouse?"
Director Hu thought for a moment, "You know what, this guy is really capable of doing it."
According to regulations, items confiscated by the Red Committee must be registered on the same day and then stored in a unified warehouse.
Currently, the Red Committee owns a total of seven warehouses and three secondhand markets.
As long as the goods haven't left the city, Director Qi can indeed use this reason to exonerate himself.
Huo Tingzhou had taken this into consideration, which is why he specifically mentioned it to Deputy Director Li before leaving.
In this operation, they were only responsible for collecting evidence; the rest was left to the Military Commission to handle.
After glancing at the time, Huo Tingzhou said, "Once the car enters Sheshan Mirror, no matter how much Director Qi tries to argue, it will be useless."
Director Hu nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "Let's go and take a look together."
...
Qi Lei and his group were unaware that the Military Commission had laid a trap near Sheshan Commune.
"Brother Lei, thank you so much!"
The man named Dashan said gratefully, "If it weren't for you giving us this opportunity, we wouldn't have been able to earn so much money."
He didn't expect Director Qi to be so generous; the original agreement was three yuan per person per day.
After settling the bill, he actually gave everyone an extra ten yuan!
They were also given two packs of Grade A cigarettes each.
I heard that even the commune secretary wasn't qualified to smoke this cigarette.
That's a huge amount of face!
Thinking this, he quickly took out all the packs of cigarettes.
"Brother Lei, it's a waste for us to smoke these cigarettes. You can take them back as a token of our respect."
"If there's another job like this next time, remember to call us."
Qi Lei nodded lazily.
Chen Dashan didn't mind at all. He touched the twenty-odd yuan in his pocket and felt extremely at ease.
Just then, blinding headlights suddenly shone in front of us.
Qi Lei slammed on the brakes and barely managed to stop the car. "Damn it, who's shining a light on me in the middle of the night?"
Before he could even angrily get out of the car...
Several uniformed soldiers had already stepped forward and knocked on the car window.
"It's a temporary check. All of you, grab your badges and come down here."
If an ordinary person saw this scene, their legs would probably turn to jelly, but Qi Lei has been following Director Qi for almost two years and has seen all kinds of storms.
He had the privilege of meeting even the top leaders in Beijing.
Do a few uniformed soldiers think they're worthy of making him get out of the car?
As he rolled down the car window, Qi Lei said coldly, "We're from the Red Committee. We have some urgent business to attend to and need to return to Sheshan. If you need anything, go to the Red Committee and find our director first thing tomorrow morning."
"Now, please move aside so as not to delay us..."
Before he could finish speaking, the two soldiers had already opened the car door with lightning speed.
Before Qi Lei could even react, he was pinned to the ground by the soldiers.
"What are you trying to do? You dare to touch the Red Committee members? You're insane! Call your leaders over here!"
Qi Lei twisted his body and shouted, as if he wanted to say something more.
Unfortunately, the soldiers didn't give him a chance to speak and directly put him in the car behind.
Once Qi Lei was taken away, the others in the car didn't dare to say another word.
One by one, they all got off the bus.
The arrest operation was successfully completed in less than half an hour.
However, before they arrived, everyone knew that the focus was not on the arrest, but on the subsequent interrogation and confrontation.
Director Hu rubbed his aching back, looking determined not to stop until dawn.
As if he had thought of something, he turned to Huo Tingzhou and said, "Aren't you going back to Qiongzhou Island first thing tomorrow morning?"
"You don't need to worry about what happens next. I'll call you when the results are out."
Huo Tingzhou was silent for a moment, then said, "We're already here, so what's a little more time?"
Director Hu didn't say anything, but just glanced at him.
He didn't know about other things, but there was one thing he was sure of.
Huo Tingzhou is the kind of person who doesn't hold grudges.
But there's one thing: if anyone dares to touch his wife, that person loses all reason.
"Fine, whatever you say."
As soon as Director Hu finished speaking, Huo Tingzhou handed him something.
"What's this?"
"Shen Xiuwen's confession."
Director Hu is literate; of course he knows this is a confession.
"I'm asking you, what are you going to do with this?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Tingzhou looked up and said in a calm and unhurried voice.
“During the four months that Shen Xiuwen was detained, the Red Committee took more than a dozen boxes of things from him.”
"There is also more than 10,000 yuan in cash. This was the fixed interest that the state gave to the Jiang family back then, which is the Jiang family's legal income."
"Now that the Jiang family's class status has been determined to be that of red capitalists, shouldn't these things and the money be returned to the Jiang family?"
After listening, Director Hu showed a knowing look, and said, "I knew it."
The reason this kid is staying here is definitely because of his wife.
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