Surprise Investigation

Interrogation room of Liu Xinjian, Handong Provincial Procuratorate!

Liu Xinjian said with a playful expression, "You said you transferred me from Jingzhou here, what was the point? It's all a detention center anyway, I don't care about the environment, right?"

"Besides, I think I already said last time that I won't talk to anyone unless Director Hou is around, so don't waste my time..."

Just as Liu Xinjian finished speaking, the interrogation room door was opened from the outside, and Hou Liangping, wearing a brown leather jacket, stepped in.

Now it was Liu Xinjian's turn to panic. Wasn't Hou Liangping supposed to be suspended? Why is it happening again?

The prosecutor who had interrogated Liu Xinjian earlier smirked slightly, "The person you wanted to see has arrived..."

Hou Liangping sat in the main interrogation seat, took out a notebook and pen, looked up at Liu Xinjian, and said calmly, "We meet again. Surprised?"

Liu Xinjian stammered, "No, no..."

Knowing that time was of the essence and the task was urgent, Hou Liangping cut to the chase without further ado: "Stop clinging to illusions. No one is coming to your rescue. Let me tell you, Zhao Ruilong and the Zhao family can't save you!"

"The nation attaches great importance to the anti-corruption campaign in Handong. The inspection team has already arrived, and the Zhao family is in dire straits, barely able to save themselves!"

"Let's talk. Just talk about these past few days. Has anyone told you that I've been dismissed and am no longer handling your case?"

"Mr. Liu is a smart man. Don't you think that even if I don't take charge of your case, other comrades will?"

Liu Xinjian, completely bewildered, said, "Yes, yes, I hope you'll take care of it. Our chat was quite pleasant. I'll confess, but I can only confess to my own problems; I don't know about the others."

Hou Liangping chuckled: "Still talking about brotherhood, huh?"

"President Liu values ​​brotherhood and is unwilling to talk, which means he has lost an opportunity to confess and receive leniency." Hou Liangping turned to the prosecutor beside him and said, "Prosecutor Chen, tell us how the investigation into the ten issues concerning Handong Oil and Gas Group and President Liu has been going these past few days."

"Yes, Director Hou. Our investigation has made great progress, and the facts we have now are as follows."

"First: Under Zhao Ruilong's instructions, Liu Jianxin, in collusion with Gao Xiaoqin of Shanshui Group, embezzled 700 million yuan of public funds from Handong Oil and Gas Group under the guise of the Dafeng Factory project. However, this project has never been implemented!"

Liu Xinjian immediately panicked and argued, "This is a loan, an investment, not embezzlement..."

Hou Liangping immediately interrupted, "Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, save your words for the courtroom."

At that moment, Hou Liangping received a phone call. While answering, he feigned surprise: "What? Zhao Ruilong has been arrested? Okay, you guys continue the interrogation. I'm almost done here. I'll come find you as soon as I'm done!"

Upon hearing that Zhao Ruilong had been arrested, Liu Xinjian, who was in the interrogation room, immediately panicked and kept swallowing.

Hou Liangping sat back down and said calmly, "President Liu, as I told you, I can take your confession and convict you. I mean what I say."

After saying that, Hou Liangping capped his pen. "No need for further questioning. Take him away."

Seeing the police come in and really about to take him away, Liu Xinjian was so scared he almost wet himself. He hurriedly said, "Director Hou, I'll confess, I'll confess everything..."

"Wait." Hou Liangping reached out to stop the policeman who wanted to take Liu Xinjian away, and sneered, "What, you're willing to talk now? Are you afraid that Zhao Ruilong will confess first, and you still don't believe these guys?"

Liu Xinjian completely revealed everything, including Zhao Lichun, Zhao Ruilong, and even the 700 million yuan involved in the Shanshui Group, without any reservations!

However, Liu Xinjian never mentioned Qi Tongwei in his speech. Ji Changming, the provincial procuratorate chief prosecutor who was listening in from outside, grew anxious and urged, "Liangping, there's no time! Get Liu Xinjian to confess about Qi Tongwei!"

Hou Liangping calmly reminded him, "President Liu, are you still hiding things? We have evidence that Qi Tongwei owns shares in Shanshui Manor and has joined your gang. Why don't you discuss that?"

"You...you all knew about this?"

Liu Xinjian was even more surprised. He thought that Qi Tongwei, as the director of the Public Security Bureau, was well hidden, but he didn't expect that he had been discovered so early.

"That's right, Qi Tongwei is an important figure in our group. He colluded with Gao Xiaoqin to make money and even opened a company in Hong Kong..."

Hou Liangping's eyes lit up instantly. Secretary Sha had temporarily set up an anti-corruption team and appointed him as its leader in order to obtain evidence of Qi Tongwei's crimes!

But to my surprise, it was so easy!

Hou Liangping hurriedly pressed, "President Liu, you said Qi Tongwei colluded with Gao Xiaoqin to embezzle money, what evidence do you have?"

Liu Xinjian shook his head. "I have no direct contact with Qi Tongwei, but Zhao Ruilong is very familiar with Qi Tongwei. He definitely has evidence of Qi Tongwei's corruption. I'm sure of it."

……

After finishing his interrogation of Liu Xinjian, Hou Liangping immediately went next door to conduct a surprise interrogation of Zhao Ruilong, who had been arrested!

Based on Liu Xinjian's confession, it's not hard to see that a lot of the evidence is on Zhao Ruilong. As long as we find a breakthrough with Zhao Ruilong, we'll have all the witnesses and physical evidence!

Seeing Hou Liangping walk into the interrogation room, Zhao Ruilong, unlike Liu Xinjian, was not flustered at all. He smiled and said, "Congratulations, Director Hou! Congratulations on your reinstatement."

"Zhao Ruilong, Liu Xinjian has already confessed..." With Liu Xinjian's breakthrough, Hou Liangping went straight to the point: "You should know that whether you confess or not, we can still convict you!"

Zhao Ruilong maintained his smiling face and said amiably, "I'll confess right away. I'm just waiting for you, Director Hou."

"I admit that Shanshui Manor, in conjunction with Handong Oil and Gas Group, misappropriated a large amount of public funds, which constitutes embezzlement of state assets, and I admit it!" Zhao Ruilong laughed. "However, before I was arrested, I had already returned all the embezzled state assets, amounting to 2.938 billion yuan, to Handong Oil and Gas Group!"

"Does this constitute cooperation and a good attitude in admitting guilt?"

Hou Liangping's pupils constricted, and he immediately reminded Zhao Ruilong, "It's not just about embezzling state assets, is it? Hiring a killer, you did that too, didn't you?"

Zhao Ruilong's smile vanished instantly, replaced by a serious expression. "Director Hou, I admit to the bad things I've done, but you can't pin everything on me. When did I ever hire someone to kill someone?"

"Just so you know, we have ample evidence to suggest that the car accident involving former Anti-Corruption Bureau Chief Chen Hai and the murder of the Shanshui Group's accountant are both related to the Shanshui Group!"

"Director Hou, let me remind you, this matter is related to the Shanshui Group, but it has nothing to do with me. I am a businessman through and through."

Zhao Ruilong immediately explained, "Our company has a vice president named Du Bozhong. I only care about making money at Shanshui Group; everything else is handled by Lao Du. As for what he does, I really don't know!"

"Du Bozhong?" Hou Liangping's pupils contracted. He had never heard of this person before, but immediately knew that he was Zhao Ruilong's front man. He sneered, "Zhao Ruilong, at this point, stop playing these roundabout games."

"Let's talk about Qi Tongwei. As a shareholder of Shanshui Group, you should be quite familiar with him, right?"

"Qi Tongwei, you know him, right? He's the Director of the Public Security Bureau of Handong Province," Zhao Ruilong clarified. "But Director Hou, I need to clarify something. This Qi Tongwei isn't a shareholder of our Shanshui Group. He's just grateful for my father's support back then and has been taking good care of me!"

At this point, Zhao Ruilong said somewhat awkwardly, "Ahem, actually, over the years, we've used the pretense that Qi Tongwei is a shareholder of Shanshui Group to avoid a lot of trouble!"