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

The sky is about to fall.

He slowly put down the phone, inch by inch. The "clang" sound made by the collision of the receiver and the base echoed like a death knell in the silent office.

He turned around suddenly, his red eyes fixed on the direction where Li Dakang had just left, as if he was about to spit fire.

"Zhao Donglai!"

He roared into the air, his voice completely distorted, "Tell the City Public Security Bureau Chief Zhao Donglai to come here immediately!"

Then he remembered something, rushed to the table like crazy, grabbed another phone, and because his fingers were shaking, he dialed the wrong number several times.

He wants to call the Provincial Procuratorate and call Ji Changming!

panic!

Unprecedented panic!

An idea so absurd that even he himself found it unbelievable entered his mind like a poisonous snake, making his whole body cold.

An active-duty lieutenant general of the Republic, attacked in Handong?!

Provincial Procuratorate.

Ji Changming held the telephone receiver, and the sweat in his palms almost made it slip.

On the other end of the phone, Secretary Sha Ruijin's voice was not a roar, but a distorted hissing voice suppressed by extreme fear and anger. Every word was like a red-hot iron, burning his eardrums.

"...Comrade Zhao Yuanchao has lost contact in Handong!"

"…Active Lieutenant General, Army Group Commander!"

"...If we can't find him in 24 hours, Handong is finished!"

Ji Changming felt his blood freeze.

He has been engaged in political and legal work for decades and has experienced countless major cases, but none of them can be compared with the one before him.

This is no longer a case, it is a political disaster, a huge pit that can bury the entire Handong Provincial Party Committee, along with him, the Prosecutor General, into an abyss.

In his office, Chen Hai, director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, was standing opposite him, looking at his pale face and trembling lips, looking at a loss.

Chen Hai only knew that after Ji Jian received a phone call, his soul was sucked away.

"Ji Jian, what happened?"

Chen Hai asked cautiously.

Ji Changming opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

What could he say?

Tell Chen Hai that a group army commander disappeared on our territory?

He was afraid that the moment he said it, the building would shake.

Just then, the office door was pushed open with a bang, and Hou Liangping rushed in hurriedly.

Hou Liangping's face was flushed, and he held a thin folder in his hand, holding a ticket to the Hall of Merit.

He didn't notice the solemn and eerie atmosphere in the office at all, nor did he see Ji Changming's face, which was uglier than a dead person.

"Quarterly Inspection! Chen Hai! Great victory!"

Hou Liangping's voice was loud and excited. He casually slammed the folder on Ji Changming's desk and said, "I have good news for you. We've found a treasure on the Jinghai line!"

He pulled out a chair and sat down, leaning forward. He lowered his voice and spoke in a tone as if sharing a shocking secret: "Guess what? The 'big fish' I caught is a tough nut to crack! He's full of style and even more arrogant than the governor! I guess he's at a high level and must be involved in a shocking case! He just said he's not Ding Yizhen's subordinate, he's Ding Yizhen's superior!"

"I'm telling you, Chen Hai, this time our Anti-Corruption Bureau is going to be a huge hit! I interrogated him, and he was spotless. He's obviously a seasoned veteran. But it doesn't matter. Once he's in my hands, even a dragon would be coiled around me!"

He patted his chest triumphantly, "I've arranged for someone to keep a 24-hour watch on him. I promise to tear down the network of connections behind him!"

Chen Hai was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously wanted to cheer for the contribution of his old classmate.

But when he turned around and saw Ji Changming's expression, his excitement was instantly extinguished.

Ji Changming sat there, a petrified sculpture.

Hou Liangping's incessant voice had turned into a sharp noise in his ears.

Every word hit his nerves like a hammer.

Jinghai...

Big Fish...

Very stylish...

An extremely terrifying guess, like a cold poisonous snake, slowly crawled up his spine.

20th Army Commander Zhao Yuanchao?

Impossible, there is no way they could possibly meet such a big shot.

Will not……

impossible……

How could such a coincidence happen in the world?

However, Ji Changming thought of Hou Liangping's backers and could only smile.

He forced himself to force a smile that was uglier than crying. The smile pulled at his stiff facial muscles, making him look particularly hideous.

"Liang Ping... you did... well."

Ji Changming fooled Hou Liangping and continued to think about what Sha Ruijin said.

Chapter 4 Sha Ruijin panicked

Ji Changming: "However...when handling a case, you must pay attention to the methods and procedures, and be...prudent."

"Don't worry, quarterly inspection!"

Hou Liangping didn't notice anything wrong in Ji Changming's tone at all, and just thought it was a routine warning from his old leader.

"Evidence! What we care about is evidence! I'm just about to ask you to take compulsory measures against him! As long as we can control him, there's no need to worry about him not talking!"

Compulsory measures?

At this time, Ji Changming was overwhelmed and had no time to care about Hou Liangping.

Now that Zhao Yuanchao is missing in Handong, this is like igniting a powder keg that is enough to blow up the entire Handong political arena!

He himself and the entire provincial procuratorate are sitting on a powder keg!

He doesn't have time to chat with Hou Liangping.

"Let's put this case aside for now."

"You...you shouldn't act rashly. Wait for me...wait for me to understand the situation first."

"Let it go?"

"Inspector Ji, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! The longer the night, the more dreams there are. What if the people behind him realize it and take him away?"

"I'll let you go!"

Ji Changming's voice suddenly rose, with a hysteria that he himself was not aware of.

Hou Liangping and Chen Hai looked at Ji Changming in astonishment.

They had never seen this old prosecutor, who was always calm and composed and remained calm even in the face of a crisis, lose his composure like this.

Ji Changming also realized that his reaction was overreacting.

He took a few deep breaths, trying to calm down.

He picked up the teacup on the table and wanted to drink some water, but his hands were shaking so badly that the tea spilled out and burned him, making him shiver.

"I mean……"

"Secretary Sha just…just gave instructions. For the time being, we must…maintain stability. Yes, maintaining stability is our top priority."

Hou Liangping frowned. He felt that Ji Changming was very strange today.

But he has always been confident in himself, and he just thought that his old leader was too worried and had been smoothed over by the officialdom.

"Okay, Secretary Ji, I'll take charge of this matter. Just wait for good news..."

Hou Liangping stood up and turned to look at Ji Changming, his tone filled with undisguised disappointment and disapproval.

"But I must remind you that if there is any great achievement this time, it will be because I caught the fish, not you."

He picked up the folder on the table and winked at Chen Hai, meaning, "You see, the old man is always cautious."

Hou Liangping just left.

The red confidential phone on Ji Changming's desk made a shrill ringing sound.

That voice, in the dead silent office, was like a death spell.

Ji Changming trembled all over as if he had been electrocuted.

He looked at the phone with fear in his eyes.

The phone rang stubbornly, one after another.

Chen Hai stepped forward and wanted to take it.

"do not move!"

Ji Changming shouted hoarsely.

He reached out his hand tremblingly and tried several times before he finally picked up the receiver.

"Hey……"

"Old Ji, it's me, Qi Tongwei."

On the other end of the line, the voice of Qi Tongwei, director of the Provincial Public Security Department, was unusually heavy, even trembling with suppressed emotion. "Have you... received the news?"

Ji Changming did not answer, he just held the receiver tightly.

Qi Tongwei didn't need his answer and continued talking to himself, his voice as low as a dream: "The sky... is about to fall, Old Ji..."

"The commander of the 20th Army was attacked... The sky is falling in Handong!"