The night, like thick ink, deeply enveloped the city of Pingyang.
Qian Lingyun sat at his desk. The dim light illuminated his tired yet resolute face.
There were piles of documents on the table, but at the moment, his mind was not on these daily affairs at all.
Not long ago, Qian Lingyun received a call for help from Ren Li. On the other end of the line, Ren Li's voice was trembling with anxiety and helplessness as she spoke something.
Before he could recover from the aftershock of the phone call, Yang Wanquan called him urgently. Yang Wanquan's voice was nervous in the receiver, and he reported to him in detail the current situation in the factory.
"Mayor Qian, something happened! At the factory... thirteen people were electrocuted, two of them died on the spot..." Yang Wanquan's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Qian Lingyun's heart again and again. His heart was instantly tightened, as if it was being grasped by an invisible big hand.
From the time he took office as Pingyang's permanent governor until now, Pingyang City has never experienced such a major public accident in all these years. The sudden bad news made him feel the pressure on his shoulders as heavy as a mountain.
Qian Lingyun's hands unconsciously clenched the telephone receiver, his knuckles turned white. He took a deep breath, tried his best to calm himself, and said to Yang Wanquan in a heavy tone, "No matter what the cost, we must do our best to treat the injured, and no more people can die. In addition, notify the Emergency Management Bureau, the Quality Supervision Bureau, the Public Security Bureau... to form a joint investigation team to thoroughly investigate the cause of the accident. No matter who is responsible, the government will never tolerate it, and must give an explanation to the dead and injured!" His voice was low but powerful, and every word seemed to contain a tremendous force, and there was no doubt about it.
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Yang Wanquan agreed immediately and rushed to the scene of the accident with his men. He knew that this matter was of great importance and he had to personally dispatch and handle it with full authority, without any room for carelessness.
Qian Lingyun slowly put down the phone, leaned back in his chair, and rubbed his temples. This night was destined to be sleepless. He wanted to go to the scene to command in person, but at this moment, he knew clearly that there was something more important waiting for him to do, which was to find the whereabouts of Ren Jianghai.
He knew clearly in his mind that Ren Jianghai and Li Lin had sent Lu Yuanfeng in jail together. The old governor Lu was a powerful figure in the province who could shake the earth with just a stomp of his feet. After encountering such a change, he would never give up.
Although it is still uncertain whether this is a criminal act or whether it was instigated by Lu Chengze, Ren Jianghai must not get into trouble no matter what!
If something happened to him, the factory that the municipal government had worked so hard to support would face turmoil again. After all, in the development of the factory, Ren Jianghai was the backbone who controlled the overall situation and the key figure who gathered the centripetal force of the workers. During this period, the workers finally returned to their jobs and settled down. The factory had just started, just like a toddler, how could it withstand such a toss?
Thinking of this, Qian Lingyun clenched his fists and frowned, as if he had made up his mind. He immediately picked up the phone and dialed Wan Zhenting's number. When the call was connected, he directly ordered, "Director Wan, Mr. Ren, an important merchant in our city, suddenly disappeared. You must immediately organize a team of capable people, even if you have to check every household, to find Mr. Ren. Do you understand?"
At this time, Wan Zhenting was in Dongsheng, the provincial capital, and was immersed in sleep. Awakened by the sudden ring of the phone, he nervously sat up from the bed, sleepy but quickly perked up, and listened carefully to Qian Lingyun's instructions. When he heard that Ren Jianghai was in trouble, he was secretly surprised. He didn't know the inside story, and his first reaction was that this might be a kidnapping and extortion case.
However, he knew how important Ren Jianghai was to Pingyang City, so he didn't dare to be careless. He immediately replied to Qian Lingyun in a serious tone, "Mayor Qian, don't worry. Our Public Security Bureau will do its best to find Mr. Ren as soon as possible."
"You must ensure his personal safety!" Qian Lingyun reminded again, his tone full of concern and worry.
"Yes, I will ensure Mr. Ren's safety." Although Wan Zhenting answered this, he was actually unsure. After all, those who can do such things as kidnapping and extortion are basically desperate criminals. Who can guarantee that they will not kill the hostages in a moment of impulse? This thought flashed through his mind, making him feel more and more that this mission was difficult.
After hanging up the phone, Wan Zhenting was no longer sleepy. He quickly put on his clothes and called Long Gang again, saying, "Xiao Gang, there's an accident in the city. Call the driver and let's rush back overnight."
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Usually, Pingyang's streets are mostly deserted late at night, like a sleeping deserted city. But tonight, it is bustling with activity.
On the main road, every few minutes a police car or patrol car would whiz by, its lights flashing, piercing the night sky, at a very fast speed. Inside the car, the police officers' eyes were sharp and focused, and every time they passed a street, they would carefully search with their eyes, not missing any corner, and make sure there were no suspicious people or vehicles before driving away.
Long Gang rushed back from the provincial capital without stopping, and when he arrived in Pingyang, it was already the early morning of the next day. All the colleagues in the bureau were awake, with red eyes, doing their own job, and doing their best to find the whereabouts of Ren Jianghai.
The colleagues who were responsible for investigating the surveillance along the way raced against time, staring at the screen closely, not daring to relax for a moment. Hard work pays off, and soon they found the key clue. They found that after Ren Jianghai came out of the community, a black SUV followed him closely like a ghost.
But what was frustrating was that the license plate of the SUV was fake, and no information about the owner could be found in the system. Moreover, under the high-definition camera, the two suspects in the driver's seat and the co-pilot's seat were fully disguised, with only their eyes showing, like ghosts hiding in the dark, and their faces could not be recognized at all!
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