0112 121 Road collapse
"Why did Ye Rouxin ask you to kill her?"
When Zhou Xiye faced Wei Luochen, he asked the same question.
After all, Ling Xingzhi's ex-girlfriend only knew about the Ling family's affairs, so why would Ye Rouxin have Wei Luochen kill her? After listening, Ye Lifeng remained silent for a long time before tentatively asking, "Does this little internet celebrity also know something about the Ye family?"
After he finished speaking, he himself felt it was somewhat absurd. If this little internet celebrity had something to do with the Ye family, Ye Rouxin would definitely be the first person to protect her.
Zhou Xiye looked down at Ye Lifeng's teacup, remained silent for a few seconds, then looked up at Ye Lifeng and said, "Premier, Ye Rouxin's death should have nothing to do with this little internet celebrity. I checked this internet celebrity's network of connections, and she doesn't have a powerful force behind her that would dare to target Ye Rouxin."
"So you think I should abandon the Wei family line? What was Ye Rouxin's intention in having Wei Luochen kill her?" Ye Lifeng scrutinized Zhou Xiye, then smiled. "You want to remove the Wei family from the picture?" He shook his head. "I won't let go of any clue about Ye Rouxin's death. If you want to help the Wei family, you should tell me what Wei Luochen and Ye Rouxin exchanged."
Zhou Xiye laughed as well. "Premier, if Wei Luochen told you what they said before they died, would you let them go?" Zhou Xiye leaned forward and shook his head. "No, I might settle both the old and new scores at the same time."
"She didn't tell you either?" Ye Lifeng asked patiently.
“Yes, she didn’t tell me, but she assured me that Ye Rouxin’s death had nothing to do with her or the Wei family,” Zhou Xiye shrugged. “Besides that, I think we should find out that Ye Rouxin investigated so many people and went to so many places before she died…”
Zhou Xiye was suddenly stunned. Ye Rouxin had sent her a lot of materials, containing a great deal of information, including some surprising details, but not enough to convince anyone. However, Ye Rouxin said he had opened an account for her at a bank in Panama.
Ye Lifeng noticed Zhou Xiye's odd behavior. "What are you thinking about?"
Zhou Xiye snapped out of his reverie and made no attempt to hide his emotions. "I've figured it out. Where did all the information he gathered go? When I went to pick him up, his cell phone, computer, and other personal belongings were all gone... Premier, didn't you find any useful information at the hotel he visited that day?"
Do you think it's possible?
Zhou Xiye sighed. Ye Rouxin had investigated so many people, but it was nothing more than arms smuggling, corruption, and the business chains of each family. These were things that even a child could figure out, and they weren't enough to trip anyone up. But if she just leaked the information to foreign media, the whole of China would know.
What good does knowing do? It's just a face-saving project. The recently retired vice premier didn't face any punishment or follow-up for his affairs with newly rich athletes. What's the point of embezzling and misappropriating state-owned assets?
Some leverage can only be used to their fullest potential when it is appropriate.
Zhou Xiye had a bad feeling that the answer might lie in the Panama Bank account, but she couldn't act rashly now.
“They acted swiftly and decisively, as if they were issuing a warning to someone,” Zhou Xiye said, looking at Ye Lifeng. “Premier, is this matter related to you?”
Ye Lifeng frowned as he looked at her.
Two flowers bloom, each representing one.
After Zhou Xiye went to Beijing to report on his work, Hu Rui was in charge in Kunming. Ling Xingzhi was not fully recovered and could only work from his hospital room, but Hu Rui did not hand over the documents that he should have handled, and some were even approved directly by higher-ups. It would be a lie to say that he was not angry.
At least he is a mayor, regardless of his conduct or position.
It's one thing to be overshadowed by Zhou Xiye normally, but for Hu Rui to try and ride roughshod over Ling Xingzhi really means he's being treated like a pushover.
On an ordinary afternoon, sunlight streamed into the room. Li Qingshan sat by the hospital bed, while Ling Xingzhi sat on the bed looking at documents. The cicadas were chirping loudly in Kunming after the start of summer. Ling Xingzhi turned his head slightly, hearing the voices of Wei's parents outside the door, then turned back to Li Qingshan.
"How are the investigations going on the people on that anti-corruption list we compiled before?"
Li Qingshan looked up at Ling Xingzhi, thought for a moment, and then answered, "Some of it was embezzled from the road construction budget, while the embezzlement accepted by the Land Administration Bureau and the Urban and Rural Land Planning Bureau came from private enterprises..."
Ling Xingzhi put down the documents in his hand. "I remember Secretary Hu's wife is the deputy director of the Urban and Rural Land Planning Bureau, right? What's her situation?"
Li Qingshan said somewhat awkwardly, "We've investigated Director Guo's background; she's very honest and upright..."
"Integrity?" Ling Xingzhi almost laughed out loud. Hu Rui's daughter was going abroad to study; it was impossible for the two of them to send her abroad on their fixed salaries alone. How could they not have some other source of income? But then again, if Hu Rui was entangled with Li Mingze and Luo Yiming, he wouldn't be short of money.
Then Hu Rui is the only one who can do it.
Have you checked Hu Rui's background?
Li Qingshan smiled, but looked like he was about to cry, "Isn't Secretary Hu on very good terms with Boss Luo...?"
Ling Xingzhi nodded. "Go find Hu Rui's lover. I have things to do... Do you know when Zhou Xiye will be back?"
"That didn't mean he had to ask," Li Qingshan shook his head. Ling Xingzhi sighed, "I'm lying in bed recovering from my injuries, not in seclusion. Do I have to explain these things to you?"
Li Qingshan quickly found out about Zhou Xiye's situation and reported it to Ling Xingzhi. Ling Xingzhi only said one sentence, "Before she leaves Beijing, give her a big gift."
After Ling Xingzhi contacted Hu Rui's lover, he used coercion and enticement to make Ling Xingzhi watch as Hu Rui's lover wrote a letter of denunciation and handed it to Li Qingshan. Ling Xingzhi demanded that the letter arrive in Beijing that same day, and that it appear on the desks of the Kunming Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection by the time it reached Zhou Xiye.
Ling Xingzhi didn't say much about this matter, nor did he discuss it with Zhou Xiye. He just wanted to know whether Zhou Xiye understood his meaning.
In officialdom, most people are quite superstitious. For example, those who pass the civil service exam or are transferred to Beijing to serve as officials will visit Prince Gong's Mansion to touch the "Fu" character written by Emperor Kangxi and walk through the corridor pavilion of Heshen. A person's official career is similar; it's all foreshadowed. A major change of fortune occurs every ten years, and it's clear that it's time for Hu Rui's fortune to change.
Ling Xingzhi originally intended to give Hu Rui a warning, but unexpectedly, fate intervened, and the warning turned into a deadly attack.
Coincidentally, Kunming experienced two consecutive days of torrential rain, resulting in deep flooding on the roads.
The road was already full of potholes from the road repairs. Coincidentally, the rain stopped and the water receded. A bus drove normally and drove into the road, creating a large pothole. Three-quarters of the bus was stuck in the pothole.
People were filled with anxiety.
The incident occurred at noon, and after layers of approval and reporting, Ling Xingzhi didn't learn about the accident until 4 PM. He called the bus company to ask the person in charge about the passengers, and was told that they were still on the bus.
Hearing this, Ling Xingzhi was furious. Ignoring his injuries, he dressed and rushed to the scene.
The road was completely blocked, police were maintaining order, and firefighters were trying their best to rescue the passengers.
Ling Xingzhi became even angrier upon seeing this, and immediately launched into a tirade against the oldest person at the scene, "The car's in this state, where's the crane?! And they're just leaving people inside?! What's in that dent? Is it dangerous?! Wasn't this road just repaired at the beginning of this year? What happened?!"
A group of portly men surrounded him, wiping sweat with tissues in their hands. "This is the responsibility of the Municipal Construction Commission, we're not too clear on it... The crane too, right..."
"Yes, this has nothing to do with our traffic management bureau... We send out traffic police to maintain order..."
"There's no way to stop them, they've already filmed it and posted it online..."
Ling Xingzhi's forehead was covered in sweat, whether from anger, the heat, or the lingering pain in his back, it was hard to tell.
"If this matter isn't resolved today, none of you are leaving," he said coldly, before turning to personally call the municipal construction commission's project construction and industry supervision departments, ordering key personnel to come to the site. Some people couldn't recognize Ling Xingzhi's voice and simply said they had designated personnel in charge and only needed to send a few subordinates.
Ling Xingzhi didn't say anything, hung up the phone, told Li Qingshan to write down the names of those people, and then said, "If they don't come now, they shouldn't come in the future."
After being contacted by the Municipal Construction Commission, he called Meng Qinggong and asked him to come to the site to personally supervise the inspection.
Everyone was present, and the rescue operation proceeded smoothly.
At 6:00, the people on the bus were rescued, and at 6:30, the bus was pulled out of the hole.
Ling Xingzhi personally comforted the passengers who had been injured. The passengers were very emotional. The incident happened at noon, and it took six hours to rescue the person. Whose fault was this? Ling Xingzhi smiled and accepted all their accusations, and promised to improve and eliminate redundant departments.
After finally calming people down, Ling Xingzhi asked them to go to a municipal meeting with him.
Once inside the meeting room, no one dared to speak.
Hu Rui was already waiting in the conference room, handing Ling Xingzhi a cup of hot tea. "Mayor Ling, you've worked hard. Secretary Zhou will be very pleased to know this."
One shouldn't hit a smiling face; Ling Xingzhi still has that much political awareness. "We need to summarize today's incident. Since Secretary Hu is here, why don't you chair this meeting?"
Hu Rui smiled. He hadn't been there, so how could he summarize? He looked at Ling Xingzhi, who picked up his teacup, blew on it, and acted as if it were none of his business.
"After the accident, Mayor Ling handled it very promptly..."
Ling Xingzhi put down his teacup. "Timely?" Ling Xingzhi himself found it ironic. He looked around and suddenly understood Zhou Xiye's intention in having him take charge of corruption. From top to bottom, they were all parasites.
"This road is under the responsibility of the Municipal Construction Commission, right? Who is in charge of it?" Hu Rui asked.
A representative from the Municipal Construction Commission stepped forward, saying, "We are in charge, but we outsourced this section of the road at the time..."
"What about the outsourcing company..."
As the group was shifting blame to each other, Hu Rui's phone rang. He saw that it was Zhou Xiye calling.
“Secretary Zhou… um, yes… he’s here, we’re in a meeting… okay…”
Hu Rui's expression was somewhat complicated. "Secretary Zhou wants to see you about something."
Ling Xingzhi took the phone and went outside to answer it. Zhou Xiye chuckled on the other end, and there was a rustling sound of paper being written. "Guess who I'm going to see now?"
"Ling Qingyun?"
Zhou Xiye laughed out loud, "Do you miss your dad? I can say hello for you."
Ling Xingzhi sighed and leaned against the window in the corridor. "Then I'll have to trouble Secretary Zhou."
"I saw the complaint letter. How's it going on your end? What happened with the dented road surface? It happened at noon and was only resolved in the evening?"
Ling Xingzhi gave a mocking smile, "I only found out at four o'clock."
Zhou Xiye hummed in response, and after a few seconds of silence, asked, "Write me a self-criticism report when you get back."
Ling Xingzhi frowned, but still said, "Okay."
“I will submit the whistleblower letter, but the Kunming Discipline Inspection Commission is not very useful. We need to introduce external supervision,” Zhou Xiye paused, “My flight is tomorrow night. You need to submit an analysis report on the road surface depressions by noon tomorrow, focusing on corruption. I need to request the higher-level organization to send a special central inspection team to Kunming to inspect the community.”
Ling Xingzhi grunted in agreement and raised his hand to rub his temples.
Zhou Xiye on the other end seemed to notice something was wrong with him. "What's wrong?"
"You have to write reports and submit analysis papers... Can I give you the self-criticism a couple of days later?" Ling Xingzhi's tone was very soft. "...I'm still a patient."
Zhou Xiye laughed, "Okay, help me guard Kunming, and we can talk about everything else."
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