Hou Liangping arrested a hawkish general, and his father-in-law panicked

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Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Qi Tongwei's brows were twisted into a knot.

He put down the phone.

What kind of big thing happened that could make Sha Ruijin lose his composure like this?

Suddenly, Qi Tongwei thought of a possibility.

Is it because of the hawkish military commander Zhao Yuanchao?

The air in the interrogation room was stagnant.

Hou Liangping's patience was completely worn out by the continued silence and the damn pity in Zhao Yuanchao's eyes.

He felt like a clown performing hard on the stage, while the other party was the only audience member in the audience, with a look in his eyes that said "That's it?"

This feeling made him furious.

"Okay, you're tough, huh?"

Hou Liangping sneered. He walked around the table and stood in front of the two guards. He raised his chin and said, "You two, get out."

The guard was stunned and looked embarrassed: "Director Hou, this is against the rules..."

"I am the rule!"

Hou Liangping's voice suddenly rose, unyielding and forceful, "I'll interrogate him alone. If anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame! Get out!"

The two guards looked at each other, looking at Hou Liangping's bloodshot, almost paranoid eyes, and finally did not dare to say anything. They silently left the interrogation room and closed the heavy iron door.

With a "click", the door lock fell.

In the small space, only he and Zhao Yuanchao were left.

Hou Liangping tugged at his tie and unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt so that he could breathe more easily.

He moved a chair and sat directly opposite Zhao Yuanchao, with his legs apart and his body leaning forward, so that their knees were almost touching.

A strong sense of oppression came over me.

"Old man, there's no one else now."

Hou Liangping lowered his voice, squeezing out each word, "Let's have a heart-to-heart talk. I know it's impossible without some background. That guy named 'Ruijin', is he your superior? Sha Ruijin? Hey, you're really brave, using the name of the provincial party secretary as a code name."

He stared into Zhao Yuanchao's eyes, trying to catch even a hint of panic in them.

But he was disappointed.

Zhao Yuanchao's eyes were still fixed on the dead ice field, without even a ripple.

He even adjusted his sitting posture slightly to make himself more comfortable. He was not being interrogated, but entertaining an ignorant junior in his own living room.

This kind of disregard made Hou Liangping more crazy than any resistance.

"I tell you, if you confess, you will be treated leniently; if you resist, you will be treated severely!"

Hou Liangping's finger was almost poking Zhao Yuanchao's nose. "Ding Yizhen has already escaped. The situation in Jingzhou is very complicated! Do you think the people behind you can protect you? Dream on! As long as you speak up and explain everything, I promise to give you a major meritorious service!"

"Do you think I'm Ding Yizhen's superior?"

"You don't deserve it, at most you are Ding Yizhen's subordinate!"

Chapter 3 Hou Liangping caught a big fish!

Hou Liangping was arrogant.

Pressing harder and harder.

However, Zhao Yuanchao just looked at him quietly, watching a one-man show.

Finally, he spoke.

His voice was hoarse, but unusually steady.

"Young man, you are playing with fire."

"Playing with fire?"

Hou Liangping heard a huge joke, "I'm never afraid of the fire being too big, I'm just afraid it's not big enough to burn you to death!"

"You will soon find out that it is not me you are burning,"

Zhao Yuanchao slowly shook his head. "It's you, and the future of everyone behind you."

His voice was not loud, but it was like a heavy hammer, hitting Hou Liangping's heart hard.

Hou Liangping was stunned for a moment.

This old guy's aura is too strong, so strong that it's abnormal!

This is definitely not what an ordinary corrupt official should behave like.

This is a psychological tactic!

He wanted to scare me!

"Don't give me that shit!"

Hou Liangping stood up suddenly and looked down at Zhao Yuanchao condescendingly: "I'll give you one last chance! Tell me, or not? Where did Ding Yizhen go? How did you help him escape?"

Zhao Yuanchao raised his eyelids, looked at him, and then closed his eyes.

Complete and utter disregard.

Hou Liangping's blood rushed to his head.

He felt that all his dignity and authority were trampled under the other party's feet and crushed to pieces.

At the same time, the Provincial Party Committee Secretary’s Office.

Sha Ruijin had just finished a brief but tense conversation with Qi Tongwei.

He paced around the office anxiously, the uneasy feeling in his heart growing stronger and stronger.

At this moment, another darker red phone on the table rang without warning.

The ringtone was not harsh, but it carried a majesty that penetrated the soul, making the air in the entire office freeze in an instant.

Sha Ruijin's heart skipped a beat.

This phone is directly connected to the hub.

He rushed over, took a deep breath, and then picked up the receiver with the most steady force.

"I'm Sharijin."

A calm but majestic voice came from the other end of the phone. Sha Ruijin recognized this voice. It was a deputy director of the Central Office.

"Comrade Sha Ruijin, the Military Commission's Joint Command Center has been trying to reach Comrade Zhao Yuanchao, but they can't get through. Before he entered Handong, he designated you as his last emergency contact. Is he with you now?"

Comrade Zhao Yuanchao?

Military Commission?

Sha Ruijin's mind buzzed and went blank.

His hand holding the phone began to shake uncontrollably.

Is it...

Could it be that the number he couldn't get through, the number he thought belonged to a secret investigator, belonged to...

"You...you're talking about...Comrade Zhao Yuanchao?"

The voice on the other end of the line paused, somewhat surprised by Sha Ruijin's reaction, but still spoke clearly: "National Defense Sequence, 20th Group Army, Commander, Lieutenant General Zhao Yuanchao."

Boom!

Sha Ruijin felt a bolt of lightning exploding above his head, making him dizzy and almost unable to stand.

The 20th Army...

Commander?!

Really missing!

His worries became reality!

A Lieutenant General Commander of an active army group, on his own territory...

Lost contact?!

Cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

This is no longer a simple political event, it is a huge wave that is enough to shake the foundation of the country!

If an army group commander had an accident in a local province, the consequences...

He didn't dare to think about it, he didn't dare to think about it at all!

In the office, Gao Yuliang and the Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee, who happened to come in to deliver documents, were so shocked by Sha Ruijin's instantly pale face and distraught look that they dared not breathe.

They had never seen the provincial party secretary, who was known for his composure in the face of a catastrophe, look so terrified.

"Comrade Sha Ruijin? Are you listening?"

The voice on the phone came again, with an imperceptible urging.

"Here! I'm here!"

Sha Ruijin snapped back to his senses. He forced himself to calm down, but he couldn't hide the trembling in his voice. "He...he didn't contact me! I had no idea he was in Handong! Where was he last seen?!"

"An hour and a half ago, at the Jingzhou Expressway exit, we lost the signal for his vehicle. Comrade Sha Ruijin, I need you to understand the seriousness of this matter. Within 24 hours, I demand that you mobilize all your resources, at any cost, to find Comrade Zhao Yuanchao in the shortest possible time!"

"Twenty-four hours later, with no news of Commander Zhao's whereabouts, the 20th Army entered Handong and imposed martial law."

The phone was hung up with a click.

Sha Ruijin was still in the posture of answering the phone, his whole body seemed to have been pulled out of his bones, and he was frozen in place.

It’s over.