Han Jinli looked at Zheng Jinhui deeply, and he extended his hand to Zheng Jinhui, "Representative Zheng, you just said that you opposed Jin Chengguo's attendance at the hearing to testify for Song Yi. What is the reason for your opposition?"

Zheng Jinhui responded very quickly, "Chairman Han, the content of this recording also mentioned President Kim Sung-guk. Prosecutor General Le has evidence that Kim Sung-guk helped Shin-A Entertainment's loan application while serving as the chief of staff of the Blue House, and verbally greeted the executives of Korea National Bank, Hanhui Bank, and Shinhan Bank. In return, Song Yi helped Kim Sung-guk get elected as the director of the Intelligence Department."

"There is evidence that President Kim Sung-guk and Song Yi have formed a political alliance in some sense. As a party related to Minister Ha Mi-ae's abuse of power case, it is possible that President Kim gave false testimony for Song Yi. Therefore, President Kim is obviously not suitable to attend the hearing as a witness for Song Yi. He should be recused and dealt with separately."

Hearing what Zheng Jinhui said, Xia Meiai was unwilling to give in. "Only when the recording is proven to be authentic and valid, will Dean Jin need to recuse himself. Since Representative Zheng said that Dean Jin is a related party to the case, then it is even more necessary for Dean Jin to attend the hearing to prove his innocence."

The two Daegu natives, Xia Meiai and Zheng Jinhui, finally met in the National Assembly and started a war of words. The members of the parliament watched Xia Meiai and Zheng Jinhui, the two iron ladies, go back and forth in the chamber, the two of them spoke sharply and kept fighting with each other. It seemed that the people in the chamber saw the scene of the presidential election debate in 2007 in advance.

Han Jinli stepped forward to stop the debate between Zheng Jinhui and Xia Meiai. He turned to Song Yi and said, "Song Yi, I agree that Jin Chengguo will attend the hearing to testify for you. But I must first remind you that you must be responsible for the authenticity of Jin Chengguo's testimony."

"If subsequent investigations confirm that you colluded with Kim Sung-guk to give false testimony for you, then Congress will notify the Supreme Court of South Korea and ask the court to hold you and Kim Sung-guk criminally accountable. You will face a prison sentence of 3 to 5 years. Are you aware of the consequences?" Han Jinli warned in advance.

Song Yi looked very relaxed, "Thank you, Chairman Han, I understand now."

After receiving the notice, Kim Sung-guk walked slowly into the meeting hall. The head of South Korea's intelligence department is usually low-key. Apart from coming to the National Assembly to answer questions during the North Korean nuclear crisis, this is his second time to come to the National Assembly since he became the director of the National Intelligence Agency.

Kim Sung-guk was a man who kept his mouth shut, so he greeted Han Jin-ri, Zheng Jin-hui, Xia Mei-ai, Song Yi and others one by one. Le Xiyi noticed that Kim Sung-guk had greeted almost all the bigwigs of the Open National Conference and the Grand National Party, but skipped him. He suddenly realized that something was wrong, and he finally realized that today's hearing might be a trap set by Song Yi for him.

Le Xiyi approached Zheng Jinhui and told her his concerns. Zheng Jinhui's face was extremely ugly. She whispered to Le Xiyi, "Didn't you say that this recording was obtained by Park Jinhuan from the study room of Xia Meiai's residence to ensure the authenticity of the recording? Since there is no problem with the recording, how did Xia Meiai and Song Yi turn the cards? Was the recording you submitted today swapped?"

Le Xiyi was also thinking about this problem. His mind was spinning at high speed. Ever since Park Zhenhuan handed the recording to him, he had kept it locked in the safe at home. Later, for safety reasons, he placed the recording evidence in the Suwon Prosecutor's Office for safekeeping.

Could it be that a prosecutor in the Suwon Prosecutor's Office accepted Song Yi's instigation and secretly replaced the recordings stored in the Prosecutor's Office? The problem is that this is impossible. Le Xiyi checks the recorder every day, and the marks he made have never been moved. If someone else touched this recorder, he would definitely notice it.

"It shouldn't be possible. I want to see how Jin Chengguo confuses right and wrong." Le Xiyi shook his head and put his speculation behind him. Xin Minjing went to Song Yi to plead for his future. How could she betray him?

Zheng Jinhui saw that Le Xiyi was a little reserved, so she didn't investigate further. It would be best if Le Xiyi could bring down Song Yi today. Even if something went wrong, the Grand National Party could just sever its ties with Le Xiyi. Le Xiyi only announced his withdrawal from the Open National Conference and did not formally join the Grand National Party. Le Xiyi was just an insignificant chess piece to her.

Han Jinli nodded to Jin Chengguo, indicating that he could present relevant evidence of Le Xiyi's disguised recording.

Jin Chengguo first played the public conversation between Xia Meiai and Song Yi in the meeting room. In order to make it easier for the members to understand, Jin Chengguo also thoughtfully added subtitles to these conversations.

The congressmen sitting in the audience were somewhat impatient; they did not understand Kim Sung-guk's intention.

"Chairman Han, Representative Zheng, Minister Xia, and fellow councillors, let me now reveal how Le Xiyi forged the recording of the conversation between Minister Xia Meiai and Chairman Song Yi."

"Please pay attention to the content of Chairman Song Yi's conversation. When someone asked him whether he supported Lee Young Ae or Sim Eun-ha in "The Host," Chairman Song said he supported Lee Young Ae."

"Others asked him whose political views he supported more between Minister Xia Meiai and Prosecutor General Le Xiyi. Chairman Song Yi clearly replied that he was just an entrepreneur and did not understand politics, so don't ask him such questions."

"The scene switches again. Another reporter asks Chairman Song Yi in an interview whether he thinks Mayor Park Dong-ho is a suitable presidential candidate for the next government. After all, he did a good job as the mayor of Seoul. Chairman Song Yi replied that he would not pay attention to the presidential election in two years. No matter who becomes the next president, as long as he can boost the Korean economy and maintain peace on the peninsula, he will be a good president."

"I don't know if you have noticed that Chairman Song Yi has never said that he supports Minister Xia Meiai to be the next presidential candidate."

"But Prosecutor Yu Xiyi's method of disguising the recording was very clever. He extracted 'I support' from the first conversation, 'Minister Xia Meiai' from the second conversation, and 'become the next president' from the third conversation. These three sentences combined constitute the sentence in the recording, 'I support Minister Xia Meiai to become the next president'." Kim Sung-guk revealed the suspense.

Jin Chengguo's words caused an uproar in the meeting room. "Le Xiyi is too ridiculous. How can he slander Minister Xia Meiai's reputation through a synthetic recording?"

Zheng Jinhui glanced at Le Xiyi and saw that Le Xiyi's face was pale. When Le Xiyi heard the recording clip that Jin Chengguo had taken a screenshot of and compared it with the synthesized recording, he realized that something was wrong.

In the recording that Park Jin-hwan had given him, the conversation between Song Yi and Xia Meiai was very smooth, just like two good friends chatting. In the recording he submitted today, the conversation between Xia Meiai and Song Yi was still smooth, but it lacked some emotion and had a sense of unfamiliarity.

Jin Chengguo looked at Le Xiyi with pity. "Our National Intelligence Service and the Seoul police have authenticated the content of the recording of Prosecutor Le Xiyi and have confirmed that the content of the recording he submitted is all forged. Therefore, Prosecutor Le Xiyi's accusation against Minister Xia Meiai and Chairman Song Yi is not established."

Zheng Jinhui immediately caught the loophole in Jin Chengguo's words and said, "President Jin, this is the first time that Prosecutor General Le Xiyi has played the recording in the National Assembly. You have never received a sample of the recording before. How can you authenticate the content of the recording?"

Song Yi felt that Zheng Jinhui was indeed a tough opponent. He still did not give up and tried to pursue Jin Chengguo relentlessly.

Kim Sung-guk replied, “Representative Jung is right. I did get the recording sample submitted by Prosecutor Yuk Seok-ik before the congressmen.”

"First of all, this recording by Prosecutor Le Seok-ik was not forged by him personally. Instead, it was forged and synthesized by Park Jin-hwan, the former director of the National Intelligence Service."

"Park Jin-hwan has been detained by the Seoul police and handed over to the Public Prosecutor's Office for investigation on suspicion of eavesdropping on senior government officials and business figures and leaking important intelligence information of our country to foreign intelligence agencies. Chief Prosecutor Le Seok-ik, the reason I came to the meeting room today is to ask you to return to the National Intelligence Service and cooperate with our investigation. Please go ahead, Chief Prosecutor Le!" said Kim Sung-guk.

Le Xiyi glanced at Zheng Jinhui, who looked away and ignored Le Xiyi's request for help. Since the National Intelligence Service and the Seoul police had authenticated the recording submitted by Le Xiyi, Le Xiyi's accusation of framing the current government officials could not be overturned, and she did not need to sacrifice herself for Le Xiyi who was about to go to jail.

When Le Xiyi saw Zheng Jinhui's actions, he knew that he had become a discarded child of the Grand National Party, and he couldn't help laughing. Le Xiyi's parents are university professors, and his father Le Dianren is also an economic adviser to the Blue House and has a good personal relationship with Korean economic officials. He can only hope that Le Dianren can come forward to help him reduce his criminal responsibility.

He knew that he would definitely not be able to keep his position as the Chief Prosecutor of the Suwon Prosecutor's Office this time. The most optimistic scenario was that he would be sentenced to two years in prison with two years suspended, and would not have to go to jail. However, Le Xiyi had offended Song Yuxi, Xia Meiai, and Song Yi at the same time this time. It was still unknown whether these three people were willing to let him go so easily.

When Le Xiyi saw the suspension order issued by Song Yuxi, his hatred for Song Yi deepened. Although he didn't know how Song Yi had deceived the world and replaced the real recording with a synthetic one, through this suspension order, Le Xiyi knew clearly that Song Yi had set a trap long ago, waiting for him to fall into it.

Jin Chengguo saw that Le Xiyi was a little ignorant and felt a little impatient. "Prosecutor Le, you have been suspended and no longer enjoy the privileges of a prosecutor. There are still many reporters outside paying attention to the results of the hearing. You don't want to be handcuffed by me and leave the National Assembly Hall, do you? My colleagues are waiting outside the door, and I don't want to embarrass everyone, right?"

Le Xiyi straightened his clothes and left the meeting room with Jin Chengguo one after the other. He knew that resistance at this time was meaningless, and the initiative to decide whether he was guilty or not was in Song Yi's hands.

"Please ask President Jin to inform Chairman Song that I admit defeat this time. As long as Chairman Song is willing to forgive me, if he tells me to go east, I will never go west. Park Jin-hwan leaked secrets to foreign intelligence agencies and it has nothing to do with me." Le Xiyi immediately gave in.

The National Intelligence Service's car is a Chevrolet Suburban. Kim Sung-guk pretended not to hear what Le Xiyi said and opened the door. "Prosecutor Le, please."

At this time, the reporters outside the meeting room noticed the small interaction between Jin Chengguo and Le Xiyi. The reporters were a little puzzled. Le Xiyi was attending a congressional hearing. How come Le Xiyi seemed to be taken away by the National Intelligence Service? A young reporter looked indignant, "Le Xiyi had just filed a complaint against Song Yi, and Le Xiyi was arrested by the National Intelligence Service. Aren't the chaebols in South Korea too lawless?"

Lu Qiuyan of the Chosun Ilbo took one look at the reporter and wondered if he was out of his mind. He didn't even know the result of the hearing, but he simply attributed Le Xiyi's investigation to Song Yi's revenge. He was either stupid or evil.

"It looks like today's congressional hearing has ended early." Lu Qiuyan said happily. It looks like she can finally get off work early.

Song Yi was very low-key when leaving the National Assembly Hall. He once again declined all interviews from reporters and left the National Assembly Hall under the escort of Jiang Xiu Na.

On the evening news on the 25th, the four major TV stations, KBS, MBC, SBS and ABS, all broadcast news about the congressional hearing held in the morning.

"After appraisal by professional technicians from the National Intelligence Service and the Seoul Police, it was determined that the recording submitted by Suwon Prosecutors' Office Le Seok-ik to the National Assembly hearing was a forged synthetic recording, and the content of the recording was untrue."

"The National Assembly voted this morning to approve the president's reinstatement of Justice Minister Xia Meiai. Minister Xia Meiai left the National Assembly with a light step and a relaxed demeanor, seemingly untroubled by the recording scandal."

"Yeok Seok-ik has now been suspended and is under investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office. He is also the second senior South Korean official to be investigated since the establishment of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The first was Park Jin-hwan, director of the National Intelligence Service."

"Lee Kwang-heon, director of the Public Prosecutor's Office, said in an interview that the case of Le Seok-ik is very complicated and requires the cooperation and assistance of the National Intelligence Service and the Seoul police. The Public Prosecutor's Office has urgently searched Le Seok-ik's residence in Seocho District and the office of the chief prosecutor of the Suwon Prosecutor's Office. There are also several prosecutors in the Suwon Prosecutor's Office involved in Le Seok-ik's case. They have been temporarily suspended and are under investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office."

Song Yi turned off the TV, raised his glass and signaled to Xia Meiai, "Minister Xia, toast to Le Xiyi!"

Xia Meiai took a sip of red wine and said to Song Yi, "Chairman Song, the hearing just ended and you asked me to come to Chengbeidong to drink and celebrate. If the citizens knew about this, they would probably say that we were in cahoots with each other and framed an honest person."

Song Yi didn't take it seriously. "There are so many Koreans who scold me. How good can my reputation be if I run a business in Korea?"

"These days, the truth is not important. As long as the result does not meet their psychological expectations, they will blame the government, the media, and netizens, but they will never blame themselves," Song Yi said self-deprecatingly.

"Oh, if the truth is not important, then what is important?" Xia Meiai asked meaningfully.

"Whoever controls public opinion has the right to speak. If I say you are right, you are right, even if you are not. If I say you are wrong, you are wrong, even if you are right."

"If I switch places with Le Xiyi today, no matter whether the content of today's recording is true or false, I will send Le Xiyi in. Even if what I take out is a synthesized recording, this recording today must be true." Song Yi said.

After listening to Song Yi's words, Xia Meiai felt a little wary of him. Although Song Yi did not work in Song Yuxi's government, his influence was everywhere. No wonder some members of the Open National Assembly suggested that SA Group separate ABS TV and let the National Pension Service of Korea hold the controlling stake, turning it from a private TV station into a state-owned TV station like KBS or MBC.

"Chairman Song, now that the hearing is over, can you tell us how the recording in Le Xiyi's hand was swapped?" Xia Meiai asked.

Song Yi shook his head. "Minister Xia, since the matter has been successfully concluded, we should not care about these details. I can only assure you that the recording sample that Park Jin-hwan gave to Le Xiyi has been completely destroyed by me. This recording will never see the light of day again and will not threaten us. That's enough."

Although Song Yi and Xia Meiai are allies, he cannot tell Xia Meiai the truth about the swapped recordings. Song Yi was able to swap the recordings with the help of Xin Minjing, Lin Zhiling and Park Tae-sik. These three links are indispensable, and the identities of these three people cannot be exposed. The more cards Song Yi has, the safer he will be in Korea.

Seeing Song Yi was so tight-lipped, Xia Meiai felt helpless and said, "Okay, I'll go back first. Park Jin-hwan and Le Xiyi dared to install a bug in my study and monitor my every move. Leave the rest to me, and I will definitely not let them off easily."

Song Yi sent Xia Meiai to the door of the villa. At this time, Jin Taixi found Song Yi and said, "Professor Le Dianren of Yonsei University and Director Xin Minjing of SMJ Gallery have arrived at the door of the villa and hope to see you."

Song Yi smiled. Le Dianren was well-informed. Le Xiyi was asked to go to the National Intelligence Service for investigation in the morning, and Le Dianren came to plead for Le Xiyi in the evening. Le Dianren was afraid that he was not important enough, so he also asked his daughter-in-law Xin Minjing to accompany him. Xin Minjing had been the painting teacher of Song Yi's niece Song Miao before, so they had some friendship.

"Minister Xia, since Professor Le is blocking the front door, please go through the back door. I'll ask the driver to drive you there." Song Yi said apologetically.

Xia Meiai also didn't want to meet Le Dianren. If Le Dianren asked her to plead for his son Le Xiyi, it would make her more passive.

"It's okay, President Song, Director Jin, I'll go back first. I'll visit you again when I have time next time." Xia Meiai waved goodbye, and Song Yi stood at the door of the villa and watched Xia Meiai leave.

Jin Taixi asked Song Yi, "Then I will help you reject the visit from Professor Le and Director Xin?"

Song Yi thought for a moment, "Tell Le Dianren that I already know why he came. I will bring Xin Minjing to visit Le Xiyi later. If there is any situation, let him ask Xin Minjing. Now Le Xiyi's case has not been concluded, so it is not easy for me to deal with it."

Jin Taixi was a little stunned. Father-in-law Le Dianren and daughter-in-law Xin Minjing came to visit Song Yi together. How could he leave his daughter-in-law behind and let the father-in-law go back? If Le Dianren knew that he couldn't even enter the door of Song Yi's house, what would he do if he got angry? 　Thanks to everyone's monthly votes, Le Xiyi has fallen. Now only Zheng Jinhui is left 　　 　 (end of this chapter)