The reason why Niu Jianbin dared to intercede for Zhao Chengyi was not entirely because of how much benefit Zhao Chengyi gave him. It was because a leader in the provincial capital personally called him and repeatedly told him not to embarrass Zhao Chengyi and his two friends from Beijing.
Having worked in the officialdom for half his life, he knew as soon as the provincial leader spoke that Zhao Chengyi's two friends must be very important and must not be offended. If these two people were arrested in Shan'an County, Niu Jianbin would not be able to explain to the provincial leader, and he would be considered to have offended the person so much that he would never be able to seek help from the provincial leader again.
Therefore, he only weighed the pros and cons briefly, and then took the risk to personally give instructions to the grassroots case handlers, asking them to make a big deal out of a small matter!
After learning that Zhao Chengqiang's younger brother Zhao Chengyi and his men had injured someone with a gun, Wu Xiongfei rushed back to the bureau and called the person in charge of Kaoshan Town Police Station to find out about the case.
The head of Kaoshan Town Police Station was a middle-aged man in his forties. He sat in Wu Xiongfei's office with a police officer in charge of the case and reported in a serious tone, "Director Wu, we have investigated the matter thoroughly. The victim refused to have his injuries examined and overturned his previous statements, saying that he was too nervous at the time and did not see clearly whether the suspect had a gun in his hand. He also cancelled the call to the police... I think this matter can be closed as an accident."
Cancel the alarm, change the confession...
Based on his past experience in handling cases, Wu Xiongfei knew what happened as soon as he heard it. It was likely that Zhao Chengyi used a huge sum of money to silence the victim, or forced the victim to change his statement through coercion and intimidation.
This situation has occurred in previous cases. Generally speaking, the victim no longer pursues the matter, and the public security bureau cannot investigate further without concrete evidence.
Wu Xiongfei said to the police station chief with a serious expression, "Old Li, this is a gun case! How can we let it go just because the victim has dropped the case? These guns have posed a great threat to the social stability of our Shan'an County. We must investigate thoroughly and hold the gun owners accountable according to the law! I think we should talk to the victim and ask him to cooperate with the injury examination. In addition, I suggest summoning the suspect and locking him up for trial first to prevent him from running away."
The head of the police station, Lao Li, said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Director Wu, I thought so at first, but Secretary Niu called personally and said that the county is now building a civilized city and doesn't want this incident to affect it and make a big thing small... Besides, we don't have any evidence, and the only witness has changed his story. How can I arrest the suspect without any basis? Besides, if there is no evidence, we can only detain him for one day at most. The Zhao family is not like ordinary people. It's easier to catch them than to let them go. They will definitely bite back and say that we violated the law. Who will take the responsibility then?"
It can be heard that this old policeman is wary of the power of the Zhao family and is afraid of retaliation. Another possibility is that the Zhao family has bribed Lao Li, so he will follow Niu Jianbin's orders and not investigate Zhao Chengyi's criminal behavior.
After talking for a long time, Lao Li finally agreed to do ideological work on the victim and asked him to cooperate with the injury examination to prove that he was shot. With this evidence, Zhao Chengyi and others could be arrested.
After Lao Li left, Wu Xiongfei was worried, so he called his former subordinate and told him, "Xiao Hao, put aside the work at hand for now and go to Kaoshan Town to help the police station investigate a shooting case. Remember, don't miss any useful clues!"
Weng Hao nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll go to Kaoshan Town now."
Wu Xiongfei thought that Lao Li and his gang were definitely unreliable. They would definitely help Zhao Chengyi conceal or even destroy evidence. Then he would see if Weng Hao could find out something secretly. As long as he found even a little bit of evidence, Zhao Chengyi and his gang would never be able to escape legal sanctions.
Humph, Zhao Chengqiang overestimated his own capabilities and openly opposed County Magistrate Li, and was arrested. This Zhao Chengyi came back from Yanjing specifically to help his brother and oppose County Magistrate Li. A criminal, and an enemy of Brother Lin, no matter how great the resistance is, he must not be let go!
As Wu Xiongfei thought about this, his eyes gradually became firm.
Xu Yilong and his entourage set out from the provincial capital in three luxury cars and headed straight for Pingyang City.
On the way, he called Wang Jin and said, "Uncle Wang, I will be in Pingyang soon. I would like you to give the city a heads-up so that we can meet and discuss the details of undertaking the Shannan County Ancient City Renovation Project."
Wang Jin did not refuse and directly asked his secretary Mu Zhiheng to call Qian Lingyun.
At that time, Qian Lingyun was in his office listening to work reports from municipal departments.
Seeing Mu Zhiheng's call, he seemed to take it very seriously, thinking that Secretary Wang must have some instructions for Secretary Mu to convey, so he waved away the staff of the municipal units who were reporting on their work and answered the phone.
"Director Mu, do you have any instructions?"
Mu Zhiheng said, "Secretary Qian, Secretary Wang asked me to inform you that General Manager Xu from Yanjing is on his way to Pingyang City to discuss the details of the Shannan County Ancient City Renovation Project with you. Please prepare a good reception for him."
Hearing this, Qian Lingyun's mind sank, and he immediately understood what Secretary Wang meant. Doesn't this mean that Secretary Wang has appointed General Manager Xu to undertake the Shannan County Ancient City Renovation Project? What the city and the county have to do now is to cooperate with General Manager Xu to successfully complete the bidding process...
This kind of thing is not uncommon. Usually, there are always provincial leaders calling to ask for projects of all sizes in the city. Based on the principle that whoever does the work will do it as long as the quality and quantity are guaranteed, the comrades of the municipal party committee basically respond to the requests of provincial leaders. If they cannot give them all the projects, they will at least give them a symbolic part of the work.
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