Siheyuan: After becoming a traitor, first let the Huai Ru River overflow its banks.

It sounded like a good deal, a win-win situation for both fame and fortune, so Zhou Weiguo agreed without much thought.

……

The next day, Li Jianjun went to work.

Around 11:30 a.m., when it was almost time to leave work, an uninvited guest arrived. This person was Zhou Weiguo, who had been here before.

However, this time was different from the last. Zhou Weiguo was carrying a bag in his hand, with something gurgling inside.

"Comrade Zhou, what brings you here again?"

Zhou Weiguo pretended to be extremely angry.

"Comrade Li, you really don't keep your word. I waited for you until midnight yesterday, but you didn't come to my house..."

Li Jianjun then suddenly realized what was happening and pretended to have forgotten.

"I'm so sorry. I tend to forget things when I'm busy."

Zhou Weiguo patted the radio he was holding, which was wrapped in old newspapers.

"It's alright, you're a very busy person, while I'm quite free. Look, I even brought you the radio."

"You just need to pay the money. According to the previous agreement, you only need to pay 80."

There's no way such a good thing could happen in this world; something fishy must be going on.

Li Jianjun suddenly wanted to see who was behind all this.

Zhou Weiguo was not related to him and had no deep-seated hatred towards him, so there was no need for him to harm himself.

The most likely culprits are people in the courtyard houses or steel mills who are envious of them.

Li Jianjun readily agreed.

"That's okay."

Li Jianjun took out the money and gave it to Zhou Weiguo, then took the 10 radios and looked at them.

Just then, Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong rushed into the house, shouting loudly.

"Li Jianjun, let's see how you try to deny it now?"

"Speak up, what you're doing constitutes reselling radios, which is a crime of speculation and profiteering."

The moment Li Jianjun saw the two of them, he already knew what was going on.

We just dealt with Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu, and now Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao have appeared one after another. They really keep coming one after another.

Li Jianjun was not surprised. He had a very strained relationship with these two people, and his position was now being threatened by Liu Haizhong.

They used to make Xu Damao clean the toilets.

Li Jianjun remained calm and composed.

"Heh, so it was you two who were behind this."

Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao were smug, having finally found something on Li Jianjun and caught him red-handed.

In their efforts to gather witnesses, they even recruited a section chief from another administrative position.

This section chief is named Xu Xinmin, and by some reckoning, he is a distant relative of Xu Damao.

No wonder he would be a witness.

"Section Chief Xu, as you saw, Li Jianjun resold radios from other people. This is absolutely true."

Xu Damao turned around and said to Li Jianjun.

“As the newly appointed director of the security department, you are breaking the law knowingly, Li Jianjun. You can expect to go to jail.”

Li Jianjun took a leisurely sip of tea and said with a smile.

"Really? It's not certain who'll be unlucky."

Chapter 273 Another village has a bright future

Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao were both stunned, feeling that Li Jianjun was just being stubborn.

They were caught red-handed, yet they still try to deny it.

"Zhou Weiguo, tell me, did Li Jianjun buy a used radio from you?"

As agreed beforehand, Zhou Weiguo naturally admitted it.

"Yes, this is the 80 yuan he gave me..."

Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong both expressed their views.

“Let’s go, Li Jianjun, let’s go to Director Zhang and see how he plans to handle this.”

Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao were overjoyed; this time they had finally caught Li Jianjun red-handed.

What merit or ability did Li Jianjun possess to climb directly to the position of deputy factory director? Wasn't he just climbing up by stepping on the shoulders of Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu?

This time, Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao vowed to drag Li Jianjun down with them.

With such irrefutable evidence, he can't deny it.

Li Jianjun was actually hoping this matter would escalate.

"Sure, I'll definitely have to go to Director Zhang and get him to settle this for me..."

"How can you convict me based on just your side of the story? Maybe this is a trap you set for me, a conspiracy between inside and outside."

Xu Xinmin, who was brought in as a witness, was at a loss for how to respond.

He came to be a witness only because he and Xu Damao were from the same clan, but it wasn't clear in the Xu Damao case who he was witnessing to commit the crime.

The person in front of me was none other than Li Jianjun, the newly appointed deputy director of the security department. He was a favorite of Director Zhang.

Xu Xinmin suddenly realized that Xu Damao's purpose in bringing him here as a witness was probably a trap set by him and Liu Haizhong.

"Da Mao, this is a difficult situation. Why don't you guys handle it? I have a lot of things to do in my office, I need to go take care of them first."

However, this time, not only did Xu Damao not let him leave, but Li Jianjun also held Xu Xinmin back.

"Section Chief Xu, don't go. If you leave, I'll have even less room to explain myself."

Li Jianjun was truly impressed; Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong had actually resorted to such despicable means to find fault with him.

That's fine.

Let him see.

"I can go with you to see Director Zhang, it's a small matter."

"Liu Haizhong, Xu Damao, are you two sure you want to go see Director Zhang?"

"Let me make this clear first: you'll end up shooting yourself in the foot, so don't blame me."

Li Jianjun was now confident. He had a bottle of forgetfulness potion in his hand. With that in mind, he quietly poured the forgetfulness potion directly into the thermos.

Then, he took a few cups and poured one for each of them.

"It's tough on you two, always finding fault with me."

"We're all from the same factory, so today I'm bringing out my precious Longjing tea so you can also taste the fragrance of pre-rain Longjing."

Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong were both shrewd people. Seeing that Li Jianjun had suddenly caused trouble, they naturally kept a close eye on the glass of water in Li Jianjun's hand.

"What? Are you afraid I'll poison the water?"

"Then I'll try it first."

Without hesitation, Li Jianjun drank the cup in his hand. There was no forgetting potion in that cup.

Seeing that Li Jianjun drank it without hesitation, Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong also picked up their teacups and drank as well.

Seeing that Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong could drink it, Li Jianjun finally showed a satisfied smile.

"Li Jianjun, you've had your tea. Let's go, come with us to Director Zhang's place."

Li Jianjun wasn't in a hurry, though. Even if he drank the forgetfulness potion, it would take more than ten minutes for it to take effect.

"Let's go."

Li Jianjun wasn't afraid at all. He timed it perfectly, and by the time he arrived at Director Zhang's place, the medicine had already taken effect.

Then they'll both be in trouble.

Li Jianjun walked ahead, and the others followed behind, heading straight for Director Zhang's office.

It was a coincidence that Director Zhang was in his office handling official business today. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, exceeding safety production standards was of utmost urgency.

Upon hearing the knocking and the footsteps of several people, Director Zhang instinctively called out, "Come in!"

Li Jianjun and the others rushed over in a flash.

Xu Damao preemptively exposed Li Jianjun's speculative and profiteering behavior to Factory Director Zhang.

"Director Zhang, Li Jianjun, as the deputy director of the security department, actually broke the law by reselling radios. We've caught him red-handed."

"Look, the witnesses and physical evidence are all here now."

Factory Director Zhang glanced at Xu Damao with a complicated expression. Based on his years of experience in dealing with people, he judged that Xu Damao's eyes were gleaming with a shrewdness, and he was obviously a restless person.

He also recognized the portly man with slightly graying hair standing next to him.

One was the workshop director of the third workshop, and the other was a film projectionist. These two dragged Li Jianjun here, claiming that they had caught him red-handed.

Factory Director Zhang's first reaction was disbelief; Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhugang, who framed Li Jianjun, had already been handed over to the criminal investigation department.

Then Li Jianjun was convicted of speculation and profiteering. If you asked me if it wasn't retaliation, Director Zhang would find it hard to believe.

"Reselling radios?"

Where are the witnesses?

When he stood before Director Yang, Zhou Weiguo suddenly felt a little timid. If he confessed, would Director Zhang forgive him?

Xu Damao pushed Zhou Weiguo forward.

"It was Zhou Weiguo. He was caught red-handed trading old radios with Li Jianjun."

Zhou Weiguo was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.