"Get in the car and go!"
At Cheng Shuang's command, everyone opened the car door and got in in unison.
The car engines roared with a hum, and three cars started one after another, speeding towards the Municipal Party Committee.
Peng Yutao sat in the office, smoking one cigarette after another out of boredom.
The ashtray was filled with half-smoked cigarette butts, and smoke filled the room like a thick haze, choking people's eyes.
At this moment, he was like a trapped beast in a cage, full of irritability and anxiety.
The smell of burning cigarettes became pungent and unpleasant at this moment, but it became his only comfort.
He took long puffs of the cigarette, as if he could exhale all the sorrow in his heart along with the smoke.
He crushed the half-smoked cigarette butt in his hand into the ashtray, stood up and walked to the window, looking at the municipal party committee compound.
His brows were tightly furrowed, an inexplicable feeling of desolation surged into his heart, and his mood was extremely depressed.
He was looking forward to Yang Heping's arrival, thinking that he would finally have someone to talk to and listen to his views on Qian Lingyun's return. Perhaps this would help alleviate some of the depression in his heart.
Little did he know that Yang Heping did not come here to have a heart-to-heart talk with him.
He returned to his seat, leaned back in the high-end boss chair, and casually flipped through the documents in his hand.
But the words on the document were like a group of ants crawling around, and I couldn't read them at all. The more I read, the more annoyed I felt, and I felt extremely tormented.
Just then, there was a knock on the office door without warning.
"Come in!" Peng Yutao frowned and looked up and shouted.
The door creaked open slowly, and the secretary walked in panicked. As soon as he called out "Secretary Peng...", a group of uniformed Discipline Inspection Commission investigators rushed in from behind him.
Yang Heping followed at the end and walked in slowly.
When Peng Yutao saw this, his heart skipped a beat and he felt as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss.
But his years of political career had trained him to remain calm in the face of adversity. He pretended to be calm, frowned even more, stared at Cheng Shuang and others at the door, and asked preemptively, "Director Cheng? Why didn't you say hello in advance?"
Although he was extremely panicked, he knew that Cheng Shuang must have come with bad intentions. Looking at Yang Heping's timid look, he knew that these people were definitely coming for him.
But he still tried hard to keep his composure and maintain his final dignity.
Cheng Shuang took two quick steps forward with his men, took out his ID and investigation warrant calmly, and said coldly, "Peng Yutao, you are suspected of violating laws and disciplines. Please come with us and accept investigation!"
Peng Yutao swallowed nervously, but still pretended to be confused, "Director Cheng, are you kidding? If you want to investigate me, at least the deputy secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has to come forward, right?... Stop teasing me, come on, sit down and have a cup of tea first..."
He stood up in a hurry, not caring how ugly Cheng Shuang's face was, and walked to the tea cabinet, muttering, "This tea of mine is this year's new tea, and it will leave a lingering fragrance on your lips and teeth... Hehehe... Director Cheng, you came here with great difficulty, I'll have someone bring some back for you when you leave... Director Cheng, I, Old Peng, have worked diligently all my life... How could I end up like this?"
As he spoke, his voice actually began to sound like tears.
Seeing that he was about to lose control of his emotions, Cheng Shuang signaled with his eyes, and two investigators stepped forward quickly and stood on both sides of Peng Yutao, one on the left and one on the right.
When I got closer, I found that Peng Yutao's face was frighteningly pale and his whole body was shaking. Because he was too frightened, most of the tea leaves in his hand spilled out.
Cheng Shuang just wanted to complete the task quickly and didn't want to waste time talking to Peng Yutao. He said in a cold voice, "Peng Yutao, if you have anything to say, come back with me."
At this time, two investigators had already lifted Peng Yutao's arms and controlled him.
The tea box in Peng Yutao's hand fell to the ground with a clang. He twisted his stiff neck, looked at Cheng Shuang palely, and begged, "Director Cheng... for the sake of our acquaintance, can you... let me meet Secretary Wang? If not, let me call him... Director Cheng... please..."
Cheng Shuang turned his back, waved his hand impatiently, and ordered ruthlessly, "Take him away!"
Peng Yutao's legs were shaking like sieves and he couldn't take a step. He could only allow the investigators to hold his arms and drag him out.
When he passed by Yang Heping, Peng Yutao grabbed Yang Heping's sleeve with all his strength, crying hysterically, "Old Yang...you have to help me! Old Yang...you can't just stand by and watch me die!...Old Yang...Yang Heping!..."
Yang Heping turned his back, not daring to look at him, and struggled to break free from Peng Yutao's hand.
Peng Yutao's desperate voice echoed in the corridor for a long time.
Countless heads poked out curiously from the crack in the door. When they saw that it was Peng Yutao who was taken away, they all showed shock on their faces. The entire Municipal Party Committee seemed to be struck by thunder and fell into uproar in an instant.
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