Official statement: Tongwei is dead! You chose Ruijin, didn't you?

Lu Chengzhou looked at Zhou Zhengming: "Inform Gao Yuliang that the conversation will continue tomorrow. Have him continue to provide clues regarding the political and legal protection chain of Luzhou Food City, Crescent Lake plot, and Shanshui Manor."

Zhou Zhengming nodded readily: "He's definitely willing; he's even more enthusiastic than we are right now."

Meng Huaichuan casually asked, "Has there been any new official statement regarding the final handling of Gao Yuliang?"

Qin Yuanzhou shook his head, his expression somewhat helpless: "They're still arguing. There are indeed people on the other side trying to influence the situation, believing that the clues he provided constitute a major meritorious service and should be treated differently, with leniency. But the disciplinary committee system firmly opposes this, believing that his attempt to commit suicide by jumping off a building has caused extremely negative political consequences, and they absolutely cannot set this precedent."

Xiao Lin silently translated the leader's words in his mind.

In other words, Gao Yuliang, that old fox, has now become a hot potato.

If the sentence is too heavy, it will seem like the organization is turning its back on you after helping you uncover your secrets; if the sentence is too light, then every time a corrupt official is investigated, they will all run to the rooftop to threaten suicide and negotiate terms, which would be terrible.

This question is definitely beyond the scope of the curriculum; no wonder the top leaders in Kyoto are having a headache.

Lu Chengzhou waved his hand: "No rush. Let him continue to cooperate. How to deal with him is not the focus now; the first priority is to solidify the evidence."

…………

The next day, in the hospital's intensive care unit.

Gao Yuliang leaned against the rocking hospital bed, listened to Zhou Zhengming's instructions for the conversation, and chuckled softly.

"Team Leader Zhou, so you're saying that on the Chung family's list, I, Gao Yuliang, am just a 'green environmental protection target' that can be 'exploited when appropriate'?"

Gao Yuliang picked up his water glass and took a sip, his tone laced with mockery, "Since they're using me as a breakthrough point, today I'll help you break through from the opposite direction."

Zhou Zhengming pulled up a chair and sat down, opening his notebook: "It's finally Shanshui Manor's turn. You've been waiting for this day for a long time, haven't you?"

"Shanshui Manor is one of Zhao Ruilong's dirty hands in Handong." Gao Yuliang's smile vanished, his eyes sharpening. "When you investigated it before, you focused on embezzlement, bribery, power-for-sex deals, and the transfer of benefits. That's too superficial. You need to investigate how it uses violence to solve problems, how it turns the police into private security, and how it turns court mediation into legal robbery."

Sitting next to him, Xiao Lin quickly opened his notebook: "Secretary Gao, please speak slowly, I'm afraid my pen won't keep up."

Gao Yuliang glanced at him and said half-jokingly, "Xiao Lin, if you ever switch to writing novels, the material I've provided you in Handong will be enough to make you a living off royalties for the rest of your life."

Xiao Lin sighed with a bitter face: "Secretary Gao, I'm afraid that if I write it down, readers will accuse me of making things up, and no one will believe me."

"Reality is often less illogical than fiction because reality doesn't need to consider the reader's feelings." Gao Yuliang smiled and turned to look at Zhou Zhengming. "Let's talk about Crescent Lake first."

Zhou Zhengming tapped the table: "I'm all ears."

"Back then, there was a stubborn holdout in that Crescent Lake area named Ma Chunsheng."

Gao Yuliang recounted in detail, "He wasn't an ordinary relocation household; he was a member of the original land appraisal team. He had a crucial comparison table in his hand, which clearly recorded how Zhao Ruilong underestimated the compensation and how he overestimated the mortgage to obtain cash from the bank."

Gao Yuliang paused, his tone turning cold: "Later, his son was beaten on the way home and had both legs broken with a steel pipe. He reported it to the police, but the local police station treated it as a regular public order dispute and didn't even file a criminal case. The station chief who handled the case was promoted to deputy director of the district public security bureau not long after because he 'handled it properly'."

Zhou Zhengming's eyes darkened, and the pen in his hand hovered in mid-air: "The director's name."

"Chang Hai".

"Is he still alive?"

"He's still alive, but he's now retired to a secondary role and practices Tai Chi in the park every day."

Kobayashi wrote furiously, circling his name and position heavily.

Gao Yuliang continued to drop bombshells: "Let's talk about the Luzhou Food City. That kitchenware supplier, Liu Qingzhu, appeared to have died of a sudden heart attack, but in reality, he had access to the early cash ledgers of the Shanshui Group. You've now discovered that Zhao Ruilong authorized the murder, but that's not enough. You've missed the most crucial link—the hospital."

Zhou Zhengming frowned: "The hospital was involved too?"

"Of course. If a living person suddenly dies, how can they be cremated without a hospital certificate?"

Gao Yuliang sneered, "That forged death certificate for myocardial infarction was illegally issued by a deputy director of the emergency department at Luzhou People's Hospital. In return, this person later became involved in a serious medical dispute, which Chen Qingquan helped him settle by using his connections in the court."

Xiaolin's pen made a scratching sound on the paper as he wrote faster and faster.

Gao Yuliang spoke slowly and deliberately, as if he were telling someone else's story.

But every word he uttered carried specific times, places, names, and events, as precise as a scalpel, directly cutting open the deepest abscess in the Handong political and legal system.

As Zhou Zhengming listened to these shocking details, he had only one clear judgment in his mind.

This old fox, in order to survive the upcoming political purge, has truly emptied Handong's coffers completely.