Comrade Tian Guofu, are you going to take responsibility for your words?

Office of Gao Yuliang, Handong Province.

Zhong Xiaoai lingered for another half hour and found that Gao Yuliang did not do anything unusual except for that phone call, so she took Hou Liangping's leave.

However, as soon as she left the room, Zhong Xiaoai hurriedly took out her phone and wrote down a series of numbers: "xxxxxxxx..."

Zhong Xiaoai wrote down the eight-digit phone number, but she genuinely couldn't remember the last three digits. She looked up at Hou Liangping: "Liangping, do you remember the phone number Gao Yuliang just called?"

"I haven't been following it."

Hou Liangping smiled at Zhong Xiaoai's nervous expression and said disdainfully, "Wife, you don't really think Gao Yuliang has a powerful backer, do you? If it were anyone else, I might be a little worried, but Gao Yuliang, hehe..."

"Let me tell you this, honey. Gao Yuliang stayed at Handong University from graduation until he stayed on as a faculty member. In the end, it was only through Secretary Liang Qunfeng's recommendation that he was able to embark on his political career."

"Having embarked on a political career, Gao Yuliang graduated from Handong University, but he never left Handong and always served in Handong. It's safe to say that Gao Yuliang's backer, besides Zhao Lichun, couldn't possibly be anyone else, because he simply had no opportunity to know him!"

Hou Liangping was very smug, winking at Zhong Xiaoai and saying, "Besides, even if Gao Yuliang really has powerful backers, can he be as powerful as us? Hehe..."

"Be serious, we're in the provincial party committee compound right now." Zhong Xiaoai rolled her eyes and expressed her concerns: "I'm not worried about Gao Yuliang having a strong backer, but Gao Yuliang has been operating in Handong Province for so many years, what if he really has a backup plan or accomplices left behind?"

"After all, you will still be serving in Handong Province, and I'm afraid that this might hinder your work there."

Upon hearing this, Hou Liangping frowned. He was about to take over the Handong Provincial Procuratorate, and now that Qi Tongwei was unable to act for the time being, if Gao Yuliang really had some backup plan, it would indeed be very troublesome.

Hou Liangping frowned and looked at Zhong Xiaoai: "Wife, what are you going to do?"

Zhong Xiaoai waved her phone and smiled meaningfully: "We discovered that Gao Yuliang has accomplices who may be directly related to corruption in Handong. Of course, we'll report it to our superiors..."

As she spoke, Zhong Xiaoai made a phone call directly to the highest leader of this inspection team... Lin Qicheng, director of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Commission for Discipline Inspection!

"Director, this is Zhong Xiaoai. I've made a new discovery!"

"I was just in Gao Yuliang's office, and during the questioning, I discovered that a mobile phone number had been repeatedly contacting Gao Yuliang. Furthermore, Gao Yuliang answered the phone in front of us, repeatedly addressing us as 'leader'!"

"I now suspect that Gao Yuliang has accomplices, or rather, accomplices, in the corruption case in Handong Province!"

"I've also written down the first eight digits of that phone number. I'll send it to the director now, okay..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhong Xiaoai smugly told Hou Liangping, "Alright, it's resolved. I said I'd investigate Gao Yuliang thoroughly. No matter who called Gao Yuliang just now, the inspection team will find out and sentence them severely according to the law!"

……

Meanwhile, in front of the conference room in Handong Province, Lin Qicheng hung up the phone and frowned as he looked at the phone number Zhong Xiaoai had sent him.

To be honest, he came to Handong Province with a special mission, the importance of which surpasses the province's anti-corruption work.

That was the order personally conveyed by the old leader Zhou Qingguo over the phone: to secretly bring Gao Yuliang back from Handong, with relevant departments providing assistance during the process.

The relevant departments did send people over, and it was Zhou Lifeng, the second-in-command of the organization department. Moreover, Zhou Lifeng had another identity: he was the old leader's nephew!

This clearly demonstrates the importance that the leadership attaches to this matter!

Whether the leader wanted to arrest Gao Yuliang or promote him, Lin Qicheng didn't care. He just wanted to take Gao Yuliang back as soon as possible to complete the mission and didn't want any complications.

When he arrived in Handong, Sha Ruijin, the provincial party secretary of Handong Province, and Tian Guofu, the secretary of the provincial discipline inspection commission, immediately reported Gao Yuliang's problems to him. The organizational procedures had to be followed, which led to the investigation of the relevant personnel involved in the case.

Now, Zhong Xiaoai has found new evidence and implicated accomplices. The more complicated the case becomes, the longer it will take.

Lin Qicheng returned to the conference room dejectedly, holding his phone. Inside, Sha Ruijin, the Party Secretary of Handong Province, looked at Zhou Lifeng and proposed, "Minister Zhou, the Handong Provincial Party Committee intends to have the inspection team take Gao Yuliang away for interrogation in Beijing."

"If Gao Yuliang has indeed been found to have problems, then we should immediately open a case for investigation, arrest those who should be arrested and convicted, and we in Handong Province will absolutely not show any favoritism!"

Lin Qicheng first glanced at Zhou Lifeng, then nodded: "Our Discipline Inspection Commission's intention is also to take Comrade Gao Yuliang away. As for whether to file a case for investigation, whether he should be arrested, and whether he should be sentenced, these will all be discussed after the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Organization Department have investigated."

Zhou Lifeng glanced at Sha Ruijin, then at Tian Guofu, and finally his gaze fell on Lin Qicheng, the director of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office. "Our Organization Department also agrees. We will definitely take Secretary Yuliang away, but whether there are any problems needs to be investigated before we can say anything."

On the other side, after Lin Qicheng, representing the inspection team, expressed his opinion, he opened his phone, copied and pasted the eight-digit phone number that Zhong Xiaoai had sent him, and uploaded it to the internal investigation network for verification.

Looking at the location displayed on the phone number, Lin Qicheng frowned. Wasn't Gao Yuliang's backer, Zhao Lichun, just placed under investigation? Who was Gao Yuliang contacting? And why was the location displayed as…

At this moment, Lin Qicheng's curiosity was piqued. He opened his phone's contact list, preparing to have the technical department verify the information and find out who Gao Yuliang's accomplices were!

The three phone numbers pinned to the top of the contact list are: the first is my former boss, the second is Shen Feng, and the third is my wife.

As a result, Lin Qicheng glanced at it unintentionally, and saw xxxxxxxx...

Lin Qicheng was taken aback. Why did this phone number look so familiar?

Suddenly, something occurred to him. His body stiffened, and his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly opened his chat history with Zhong Xiaoai and carefully checked the phone number Zhong Xiaoai had sent: xxxxxxxx…

It only had eight digits, but it turned out to be exactly the same as my old boss's mobile phone number!

Is this a coincidence?

Coincidence my ass!

Lin Qicheng isn't stupid. Gao Yuliang, as the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, is a perfect provincial-level official, a vice-ministerial level official. The person who can command such respect from him must be an ordinary person.

It turns out that Gao Yuliang has contact with his former boss, and according to Zhong Xiaoai, it was the former boss who took the initiative to contact Gao Yuliang!

Recalling Zhong Xiaoai's confident assurance on the phone that the phone number owner was Gao Yuliang's accomplice and an accomplice, Lin Qicheng felt like cursing at this moment!

Anti-corruption in Handong Province? Anti-corruption my foot!

They've investigated to the highest levels, so what's the point of fighting corruption?

The chair was a little too hot for my bottom. This could be a big deal or a small one. If I didn't handle it well, my political career would be over!

For a veteran leader, there's no need for any other reason; simply not being able to understand what the leader means is enough!

Looking up, Lin Qicheng's gaze towards Zhou Lifeng was somewhat resentful. No wonder the Organization Department would send a minister, and Zhou Lifeng no less! It turned out that Gao Yuliang had boarded the Zhou family's ship, and the Zhou family would definitely support Gao Yuliang, so it was understandable that they sent a direct descendant of the Zhou family.

But damn it, at least remind yourself that you came to Handong to investigate, collect evidence, and interrogate those involved, just like a clown.

No, I have to make amends. I can't let my old boss have a problem with me, or I'm finished!

Tian Guofu, secretary of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, continued to speak eloquently, "We received reports about Comrade Gao Yuliang's problems long ago, but we didn't dare to trouble the organization before we investigated. It wasn't until we confirmed that Gao Yuliang had set up a trust fund of HK$200 million for his son after his marriage that we reported to the organization and the Commission for Discipline Inspection with conclusive evidence."

"Regarding Gao Yuliang's case, I can say with certainty that we have not exaggerated anything. He is involved in forming cliques, suspected of job-related crimes, and embezzling state assets."

"Comrade Tian Guofu, please watch your words!"

Knowing that Gao Yuliang was a man of his former leader, Lin Qicheng couldn't let Tian Guofu continue to slander him. He immediately retorted, "What do you mean by 'speak responsibly'? If Secretary Yuliang has no problems, would you take responsibility for your words?"