At the Pinnacle of Power: The Female Leader and Her Chief Advisor

Lu Ming did not go directly to the funeral home.

He went to an internet cafe first, bought a card reader nearby, and then booked a private room.

Insert the memory card into your computer and then browse through it.

The earliest date on the document is a week ago.

Mayor Song told him to take the surveillance footage, but didn't say what was inside, so Lu had no choice but to go through the videos one by one.

But after watching for more than half an hour, there wasn't a single useful video; it was all just Mayor Song handling official business in his office.

Now, only yesterday's video remains unwatched.

Lu Ming was somewhat suspicious. Could it be that Mayor Song wanted him to see a video from a week ago?

However, this surveillance camera can only record video from the past week!

At this point, Lu Ming had given up hope, because he knew everything that had happened yesterday!

However, he clicked on it anyway, just to give it a try.

In the video, he arrives at his office as usual to clean and organize documents.

Around nine o'clock, Mayor Song arrived, and I reported my schedule to him.

Just as he was about to reveal Li Wen's situation, Xu Zhipeng arrived with people from the Discipline Inspection Commission!

He was present at the scene, so he didn't need to see anything.

No, there are some things I don't even know!

Lu Ming suddenly remembered the private conversation between Mayor Song and Li Wen.

There were only the two of them in the office at the time.

It was during this conversation that Mayor Song lost control and started yelling.

Lu Ming hurriedly dragged the progress bar and saw Li Wen enter the office and listen carefully to Mayor Song's conversation.

The voice was very clear; Mayor Song immediately asked whose child it was.

Mayor Song only broke down after Li Wen admitted it.

After that, Mayor Song kept him in his office and gave him instructions.

Only then did Lu Ming realize why Mayor Song had lost control of his emotions.

His beloved wife conspired with outsiders to frame him, and the child he raised for two years turned out to be someone else's illegitimate child.

The culprit behind all of this was his closest person!

Lu Ming lit a cigarette to calm himself down and continued reading.

He recalled that after that, Mayor Song spent some time alone with Xu Zhipeng, and while they were outside, he seemed to hear arguing.

In the video, both men have their backs to the camera. Mayor Song is standing by the window smoking, while Xu Zhipeng is standing slightly behind.

Suddenly, Mayor Song turned around and roared angrily at Xu Zhipeng.

"Xu Zhipeng, you have betrayed your promise!"

"We had an agreement: I would help you get rid of Secretary Qiao and promote you to a higher-ranking official, and you would keep an eye on Mayor Jiang's movements."

"I've already handed you the evidence of Secretary Qiao's illegal and disorderly conduct, but you actually turned around and cooperated with Mayor Jiang, stabbing me in the back!"

"Xu Zhipeng, you'll die a horrible death!"

"That bitch Jiang Ling conspired with you to frame me in order to seize my mayoral position. You won't succeed! Even if I die, I won't let you have your way!"

After shouting these words, Mayor Song jumped down.

Then they rushed in.

Lu Ming clenched his fists tightly.

He got it!

I finally understand!

He now understood why Mayor Song had asked him to take the memory card, and he also knew what the final gift Mayor Song wanted to give him was!

This is the passage!

Lu Ming was certain that Mayor Song had said those words on purpose!

That's all for the sake of recording this video!

Now, it doesn't matter who's behind Xu Zhipeng!

Once this video is exposed, Xu Zhipeng's good days will be over.

In Songxi's officialdom, no one will trust him anymore, and no one will dare to use him!

His present is Xu Zhipeng's future!

No one would doubt the content of the video.

Because Mayor Song jumped off the building right after he finished speaking.

He used his own life to completely block Xu Zhipeng's career path.

At the same time, it also put Secretary Qiao and Mayor Jiang on the opposite side.

Lu Ming silently smoked to calm himself down.

Mayor Song had told him never to make decisions when he was emotional.

Lu Ming began to think about how to use the video.

If the video were handed over to Secretary Qiao or Mayor Jiang, Xu Zhipeng would definitely be marginalized, and it would also sow discord between Secretary Qiao and Mayor Jiang.

Lu Ming admired Mayor Song immensely; in just a few minutes, he had dug a huge pit for Secretary Qiao and Mayor Jiang.

As for Xu Zhipeng, he's just cannon fodder.

Mayor Song's statement implies that he suspects one of these two people is the one who framed him.

After much deliberation, Lu Ming decided not to hand over the video yet.

If we hand it over now, we can only eliminate Xu Zhipeng, which is too wasteful.

We must make good use of this video; ideally, we could bring down both Secretary Qiao and Mayor Jiang.

Soon, Lu Ming had a plan in mind.

He imported the video to his phone, put away the memory card, and left the internet cafe.

Then I took a taxi to No. 236 Chaoyang Road.

This is the location of the above-ground parking garage that Mayor Song told him about.

Sure enough, a key was found in a metal bucket next to the garage.

Opening the roller shutter door, there was only a bookcase in the garage, with some miscellaneous items on it.

Lu walked over and saw a metal box on the bookshelf. He opened the box and found a notebook and a brown envelope inside.

Lu Ming picked up the notebook and flipped through it; it was filled with densely packed notes.

After flipping through just a few pages, Lu Ming was already certain that this was what Mayor Song had asked him to come and pick up.

The notebook contained records of some major events Mayor Song had experienced during his years in politics, as well as some factional relationships within the Songxi City system.

For example, Vice Mayor Zhu Chaoyang is Jiang Ling's man.

For example, Jiang Ling's political stance may have wavered, and she may have been involved in embezzlement and bribery.

Furthermore, it is recorded that Jiang Ling often deliberately contradicted him at the Standing Committee meetings and deliberately refused to cooperate during his tenure as head of the municipal government.

The contents of this notebook can be described as insider secrets within the Songxi system.

This gave Lu Ming a clearer understanding of the relationships between the leaders of Songxi's system.

Records are kept of who is whose person, which Standing Committee members are close to, who can be trusted, who can be used, and who can be cooperated with, etc.

In addition, it also contains information about the undercover agents arranged by the Songxi City Public Security Bureau.

Several powerful underground forces in Songxi City have divided up the city's underground industries.

Behind these underground forces, there seems to be the shadow of certain leaders in Songxi.

Therefore, in order to investigate thoroughly, the police arranged for an undercover agent to go undercover.

In Songxi, only two people knew the undercover agent's identity.

One is the captain of the criminal investigation team, and the other is Song Chuhe.

Now that Song Chuhe is dead, the only people who know the identities of these undercover agents are the captain of the criminal investigation team and... Lu Ming!

Lu Ming closed the notebook, opened the kraft paper envelope, inside was the undercover agent's information.

Lu Ming glanced at a few pictures, and suddenly a name caught his eye.

Song Yiren!

Female police officer?

Lu Ming turned to look at the photo beside him and was taken aback.

Her beauty ranks among the top three of all the women Lu Ming has ever seen.

It's just an ordinary ID photo, but it looks like an artistic portrait.

Such a beautiful policewoman, actually sent to go undercover?

Lu Ming really didn't know how these people earned it, so he put the file back and also put the memory card here.

Then lock the garage and put the key back in its place.

For Lu Ming, keeping these things here is far safer than keeping them with him!

He left the garage and arrived at the funeral home close to four o'clock.

Mayor Song's coffin was placed in the hall, with his portrait behind it and elegiac couplets on both sides.

Mayor Song's parents and relatives had already rushed over from their hometown. Li Wen, as a family member, knelt beside the coffin, her face filled with grief.

Seeing Li Wen's feigned innocence, a ruthless glint flashed in Lu Ming's eyes.

That bitch, she's such a damn good actress!

Lu Ming walked up to Mayor Song's parents, wanting to offer some words of comfort, but his mouth seemed frozen, and he didn't know what to say.

When Li Wen saw Lu Ming, she was somewhat surprised and said, "Little Lu, you're here."

Lu Ming nodded calmly; he didn't want to lose his temper at Mayor Song's funeral.

Just then, another group of people arrived.

The one leading them was Xu Zhipeng.

When Xu Zhipeng saw Lu Ming, he was also taken aback, obviously not expecting to run into him here again.

However, he did not greet us.

In his eyes, Lu Ming now doesn't even deserve a second glance.

He and a few subordinates went over to burn paper money for Mayor Song, then exchanged some polite words with Mayor Song's parents. Afterwards, the group walked and chatted as they left the mourning hall.

"Secretary Xu, wasn't Lu Ming detained by us? How come he's here?"

"Secretary Lin has spoken: this case is closed!"

"Heh, that kid's really lucky!"

"It's not that he was lucky; it's that with Mayor Song dead, the case can't be expanded any further!"

"Secretary Xu, what are the city's plans regarding Song Chuhe's suicide?"

"He committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

Xu Zhipeng sneered inwardly. Song Chuhe thought he could save his reputation by committing suicide? No way!

If we don't label him as having committed suicide out of fear of punishment, the city's leadership team will be affected!

"Secretary Xu, that kid has followed us."

Xu Zhipeng glanced at his head and indeed saw Lu Ming coming over.

Lu Ming strode up to Xu Zhipeng, forcing a smile: "Secretary Xu, would it be convenient for us to talk in private?"

Before Xu Zhipeng could speak, the junior staff member next to him started making sarcastic remarks.

"Oh, Secretary Lu, what are you saying? Why don't we all listen together?"

"Exactly, you think you're the mayor's secretary, trying to speak with Secretary Xu alone? Do you think you're worthy?"

Xu Zhipeng watched Lu Ming being scolded quietly, staring at the latter with a half-smile!

Lu Ming glanced at the junior staff member who was talking to him, and slapped him across the face.

Seeing Lu Ming take action, Xu Zhipeng and the other staff members were all stunned...