Lord of Puro

Chapter 511: Blender

The driver parked the car and opened the door for Shen Jingye.

The access control administrator opened the door for Shen Jingye.

The two section chiefs, who were originally walking behind Shen Jingye, jogged ahead, pressed the elevator button, and held the elevator door for Shen Jingye.

After entering the office, Shen Jingye looked at the scenery outside the window and took a sip of tea.

As of now, there is no news about Li Qi, so we cannot be sure that this person is gone, but we must make corresponding preparations.

The previous balancer, Chen Weixin, disappeared for a long time, which put a lot of work into a passive position. We must avoid a similar situation this time.

"Li Qi's whereabouts are unknown, and he is unable to perform his duties as a balancer. The relevant search work must continue, but we must also prepare for the search for the next balancer..."

Shen Jingye is preparing his speech. He certainly doesn't have to write the manuscript, but he has to give his secretary a certain degree of guidance to prevent the content from going astray.

"I am deeply saddened by the consequences of Li Qi's unauthorized actions. While reflecting deeply, we must also be aware that a lack of discipline and awareness of the overall situation is a common problem for almost all balancers. We can understand the impact of the harsh environment in Pro Province on balancers, and we must also increase the intensity of restraint..."

Dila, dila, dila~
The sound of the landline phone interrupted Shen Jingye's thoughts. After looking at the caller ID, Shen Jingye's cheeks trembled.

He picked up the phone and heard the voice he least wanted to hear:
"Xiao Shen, come to my office."

In the Dark Star Bureau, there is only one person who calls him Xiao Shen...

After putting down the phone, Shen Jingye called the front desk: "When did Director Li come? Why didn't you report it in time?"

The receptionist was confused and couldn't answer for a long time. Shen Jingye hung up the phone and asked several deputy directors and section chiefs, but none of them had received the news that Li Qi had come to work.

Shen Jingye rubbed his forehead and felt upset when Li Qi called again: "Xiao Shen, why haven't you come yet? How long do you want me to wait for you? You need to correct your work attitude!"

Ten minutes later, Shen Jingye arrived at Li Banfeng's office.

No matter how dissatisfied and disappointed he was, Shen Jingye had to show his concern for his colleague: "Xiao Li, you've made me so anxious! What happened?"

Li Banfeng smiled and said, "I was just about to tell you about the incident. Don't worry, let's sit down and talk slowly. Who led the security team to the textile factory yesterday?"

Shen Jingye said: "It's Deputy Director Wang. This is his job."

Li Banfeng asked again: "Is this Deputy Director Wang's spontaneous action, or is it under your order?"

Shen Jingye was a little angry and was about to start an argument with Li Banfeng, but he took a detour and said it in a different way: "Director Wang's behavior is to perform his duties and complete the mission given to him by the bureau."

This is experience, this is ability.

Say this from a different angle so as not to give Li Qi the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Even if Li Qi still wanted to argue, he certainly could not argue about Director Wang's duties, let alone question the bureau's decision.

Li Banfeng frowned and said, "Xiao Shen, can't you explain this matter clearly?"

Shen Jingye didn't know how to answer, as Li Banfeng didn't follow his line of thought at all.

Li Banfeng continued, "You can't explain clearly. I'll call Director Wang to come with you."

Shen Jingye still couldn't answer.

Li Banfeng picked up the landline and dialed Director Wang's number: "Xiao Wang, come to my office."

……

An hour later, four directors were sitting in Li Banfeng's office.

Director Liu, who is in charge of the restricted area management, was the first to receive the news that a drone patrolling in the restricted area of ​​Ruirong Textile Factory discovered unidentified smoke. After verification, it was found that the smoke came from a cigarette butt.

The textile factory was off-limits at the time, so where did this cigarette butt come from?
Director Liu reported the news to Director Zhang, who was in charge of the investigation. Director Zhang sent a drone to search and found several suspicious elements at the scene. These people were active near workshops three and five.

Director Zhang immediately reported the situation to Director Shen, who attached great importance to this incident and called Director Wang, who was in charge of the public security team, and asked him to work with Directors Liu and Zhang to develop an action plan and organize and carry out this operation.

The staff sent the drone footage to Li Banfeng's office. Li Banfeng first watched the first set of videos. He saw the cigarette butt, but this cigarette butt was not left by Li Banfeng and his team.

Dengbao and Mingxing did not enter the factory area, and Li Banfeng and Tangyuan did not smoke in the factory area. The cigarette butt was found on the surveillance video at 9:30 in the evening, and Li Banfeng arrived at the textile factory at 10 o'clock, so the time did not match.

Let’s watch the second set of videos.

This set of videos was taken by a drone. At 9:45, the drone captured five people appearing in the factory compound.

The five men were all wearing black gowns and hats, covering themselves completely from head to toe, and they also had gas masks on their faces.

They flashed through the compound and then entered Workshop 6, but the cameras in Workshop 6 did not capture their figures.

Director Zhang said: "Based on my many years of experience in investigation work, this group of people should have the ability to be invisible, or they should be carrying a dark energy carrier that can be invisible. Of course, it is not ruled out that they interfered with the monitoring equipment."

While speaking, Director Zhang looked at Li Banfeng from time to time, as if demonstrating his professional ability.

Li Banfeng did not make any comments on his professional ability because what Director Zhang just said was nonsense.

After watching the surveillance video, Li Banfeng asked a question: "Were the cigarette butts that appeared on the surveillance video left by this group of people?"

Director Zhang spoke very seriously: "There is some saliva on the cigarette butt. It is still being tested. Before the test report comes out, we cannot completely determine the source of the cigarette butt, but judging from the current clues, this cigarette butt is most likely left by them."

Li Banfeng looked at Director Zhang and said, "How can you smoke while wearing a gas mask?"

Director Zhang also knew that this detail was not very reasonable: "The current inference is that they put on gas masks after entering the factory."

"You mean, before putting on the masks, they smoked a cigarette to relax and left the cigarette butts on the ground?" Li Qi continued to stare at Director Zhang.

Director Zhang did not respond. The cigarette butt issue was indeed difficult to explain, but the deduction of the entire process was basically impeccable.

Not only was there nothing wrong with him, but no one else could find fault with it either.

An unidentified person has trespassed into a restricted area where a large number of highly harmful unidentified creatures have appeared. In this case, it is reasonable and in compliance with regulations to take emergency measures.

Shen Jingye looked at Li Banfeng and said, "Director Li, we have explained this matter clearly. Now I need you to give me a reasonable explanation. Why did you…"

He wanted to ask Li Banfeng why he brought the security team members to trespass into the restricted area, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng said: "You have serious problems in your work, and this has not been explained clearly."

Shen Jingye was very patient: "Please explain in detail what problem we have?"

Li Banfeng said: "Xiao Liu found the cigarette butt and notified Xiao Zhang, Xiao Zhang found a suspicious person and notified you, and you directly notified the security team. Do you think there is no problem here?"

Shen Jingye replied calmly: "This is in accordance with the division of responsibilities and the normal work process. I don't understand where the problem lies."

Li Banfeng said: "The problem is, why didn't anyone notify me?"

Shen Jingye's face darkened and he said, "Director Li, this is not within your division of labor."

Li Banfeng asked: "What is my scope of division of labor?"

Shen Jingye couldn't give a direct answer because he didn't set a division of labor for Li Banfeng.

"This matter still needs to be decided through conference research."

Li Banfeng said: "You didn't set up a division of labor for me, which proves that there is something wrong with you."

Shen Jingye was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, this is my problem. How do you plan to deal with it?"

"Considering that this is your first offense, please write a self-criticism." Li Banfeng prepared paper and pen.

"I'm not in the mood to fool around with you!" After saying that, Shen Jingye stood up and left Li Banfeng's office.

When he reached the corridor, Shen Jingye saw centipedes crawling all over the floor.

Li Banfeng sat on his desk and explained, "This is a sample I brought back from the textile factory. Before it could be sent to the laboratory, one of our security guards was bitten by this thing and is now in the hospital. Xiao Shen, be careful with your feet."

Shen Jingye sneered.

Is this the centipede brought back from the textile factory?

Would I believe such an absurd lie?

Shen Jingye returned to Li Banfeng's office and sat back on the sofa.

There were bursts of crawling sounds coming from the interlayer of the leather sofa. Li Banfeng reminded Shen Jingye: "I am not very familiar with the methods and procedures for preserving samples. These samples are too lively and are crawling everywhere."

Looking at the unknown creatures moving back and forth on the leather sofa, Shen Jingye fell into deep thought.

Does Li Qi really dare to bring this kind of thing into the office?

Even if he is not afraid of violating the rules, doesn't he care about his own safety?

Don't be fooled by him and don't be threatened by him. He must have used a dark energy carrier that can produce hallucinations, just like the situation in the conference room where you couldn't get out of.

With a firm idea in mind, Shen Jingye stayed on the sofa for a minute.

Then he pulled a chair, went to the table and started writing his self-criticism.

You can't be angry with Li Qi. He is mentally ill. If he really brings the centipede in, once it bites you, the consequences will be great.

Shen Jingye started writing, and Li Banfeng looked at the other three directors: "Don't you guys just sit there, don't you have any responsibility at all?"

As they were talking, a dozen centipedes crawled out from the sofa and crawled to their feet.

Director Liu, Director Wang, and Director Zhang looked at Li Qi with a disdainful smile, then picked up a pen and paper and lay on the coffee table to write a self-criticism.

After the self-criticism was written, it was given to Li Qi for review.

The quality of the self-criticisms written by Director Shen, Director Zhang and Director Liu was acceptable, so Li Banfeng let them go.

Director Wang's self-criticism was not profound enough, so Li Qi punished him to rewrite it.

Every failure makes you wiser. There was an important meeting in the afternoon, and the conference affairs department was worried that it might offend Li Qi, so they sent the agenda over for review in advance.

Li Banfeng had little interest in the meeting, but one topic caught his attention.

This topic is about the treatment of two members of the security team.

One is Chen Changrui. Li Banfeng is already aware of his situation, and the outcome he faces is job adjustment.

Another one is Qin Minghui. His problem was that he took blending agents in violation of the regulations, and the result he faced was dismissal.

Putting aside the topic, Li Banfeng called Qin Minghui's landline.

No one answered the phone and Qin Minghui was not at his workstation.

He is in Director Wang's office.

Director Wang was sitting and he was standing.

"Xiao Qin, you don't need to say more about this matter, and don't have any illusions. You are lucky to have the result today."

Qin Minghui didn't say anything. He didn't ask Director Wang for mercy. It was Director Wang who took the initiative to call him over.

Director Wang called Qin Minghui over not to give him a chance to mend his ways, but because he had just written two copies of a self-criticism to Li Banfeng.

Director Wang is a man who knows how to preserve his health. When he is angry, he must vent it out.

He taught Qin Minghui earnestly: "Law enforcement officers, knowingly breaking the law is an unforgivable crime in my opinion. Letting you go is a great relief to you.

Your behavior, at best, has affected the reputation of the entire security team, and at worst, you have brought shame to the entire Dark Star business!"

……

After being lectured for more than half an hour, Qin Minghui left the office and met Dengbao in the corridor. Dengbao stepped forward and comforted him: "Zhonger, don't take it to heart. Let's go to another place and start over."

Qin Minghui smiled and nodded.

The light bulb asked again: "What are your plans for the next step?"

Qin Minghui shook his head. He hadn't thought it through yet. As a dark energy user, he would be subject to many restrictions in employment, and he could not leave Yuezhou unless under special circumstances.

The two chatted for a while, and then Old Sun, who was in charge of logistics for the security team, came over and said, "Xiao Qin, go and tidy up the lockers in the locker room. The newcomers are coming soon, so make room."

Old Sun is about to retire, and the department assigned him a sinecure. He is quite conscientious and manages the lockers in the locker room very strictly.

When Qin Minghui first came, he asked him for a locker, and the application process took two months. Now the document has not been issued yet. When Lao Sun learned that Qin Minghui was going to be fired, he immediately asked Qin Minghui to hand over the locker.

Qin Minghui was about to go to the locker room, and Deng Deng said, "Zhong Er, I'll go with you."

Old Sun said, "He is no longer a member of the bureau. You can no longer call him by his code name. Light Bulb, you have been here for two years. I don't need to remind you of the bureau's rules, right?"

Bulb turned to look at Lao Sun: "Does this have anything to do with you?"

Old Sun frowned and said, "What's wrong with saying something to you? You may be young, but you have a bad temper!"

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"What do you mean by temper? You are the one who is meddling too much!"

Dengbao seldom argued with others, but today he just couldn't hold back his anger. The two were about to quarrel when Tangyuan came over and said to Qin Minghui, "Zhonger, Director Li wants you to come over."

Qin Minghui laughed dryly: "Are you going to get scolded again?"

Tang Yuan did not explain: "I just conveyed Director Li's order."

Old Sun sneered at the side and said, "What a shame! It's really embarrassing to go around in circles."

Tang Yuan looked at Old Sun and said, "Director Li said the locker room is not hygienic enough, so he asked you to clean it."

Old Sun was stunned: "Director Li went to the locker room?"

Tang Yuan nodded: "He just went to check it out."

Old Sun didn't believe it: "Xiao You, you can't talk nonsense about this!"

Tang Yuan said expressionlessly: "During working hours, please call me by my code name. If you don't want to go, then wait for Director Li to come to you in person."

Old Sun expressed his doubts. He thought that Director Li, with his status, would not care about such a small matter.

But Director Li’s temperament was hard to guess. Old Sun muttered all the way and went to the locker room anyway.

Dengbao asked Tangyuan in a low voice: "Did Director Li really go to the locker room?"

Tangyuan raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Qin Minghui arrived at Li Qi's office and stood in front of the desk in an orderly manner. He was used to being scolded every day these days.

Li Banfeng first asked a question: "Where did you get the blending agent?"

Qin Minghui answered truthfully: "I confiscated it from the black market."

"What are you going to do with it?"

"Eat." Qin Minghui was very frank.

“Why do you want to eat this?”

"To become stronger."

"Why do you want to become stronger?"

"To protect this world and everything important in it." This was the answer Chuuji gave when he first came to the Dark Star Bureau, and to this day, the answer has not changed.

Li Banfeng asked: "What is the important thing in this world?"

Zhong Er thought for a moment and shook his head: "I can't give a definition. In the textile factory, the two children who are about to be eaten by silkworms are very important to me. In the garden community, the residents of the residential building are also very important. And..."

Li Banfeng pointed to the chair and said, "Sit down and talk slowly. Tell us the whole story clearly."

……

In the afternoon, we arrived at the meeting room.

Li Qi glanced at each director. The directors were concentrating on reading the meeting materials and didn't want to look at Li Qi any more.

Shen Jingye presided over the meeting, and Li Qi took the lead in making a suggestion: "I suggest starting with the issue of personnel handling."

Shen Jingye did not emphasize the meeting process. He immediately agreed to Li Qi's suggestion. Through this period of time, he summed up a rule that it is best not to provoke Li Qi on unimportant matters.

The handling opinions have already been written, and it stands to reason that this kind of issue should just be a formality.

But after the agenda was read out, Li Qi was the first to raise objections.

He first raised objections to Chen Changrui's job transfer: "There is an invisible space in Ruirong Textile Factory, and Chen Changrui did not know the specific situation in advance. The main responsibility for this incident does not lie with him."

Director Wang expressed a different opinion: "As the head of the security team, a full investigation of the scene is the basis for carrying out work. Without sufficient understanding of the scene, rashly launching an action is itself a dereliction of duty."

Li Qi had thought of this argument a long time ago. Finding fault is the easiest thing in the world, nothing else. As long as these people want to find fault, no matter how you defend yourself, it will be in vain.

Is there a way to solve this problem?

Have.

Li Banfeng asked Director Wang: "Who sent Chen Changrui to carry out this mission?"

Director Wang was startled, then replied: "I am following the division of responsibilities..."

Before he could finish, Li Banfeng asked, "Have you done a thorough investigation of the site? Have you assessed the potential risks? Have you formulated preventive measures for the hidden dangers at the site?"

Director Wang looked at Shen Jingye, then turned to Li Qi and said, "I arranged for the security team to carry out relevant work in accordance with Director Shen's instructions."

Li Banfeng also looked at Shen Jingye: "Have you investigated the situation at the scene?"

Shen Jingye lowered his head and looked at the meeting materials: "For this issue, please ask the relevant departments to redraft the handling opinions and discuss it at the next meeting. Let's discuss the handling opinions on Qin Minghui first."

The blending agent incident was entirely Qin Minghui's personal behavior, which is difficult to handle.

According to the confession of black market businessman Huang, Qin Minghui confiscated 700 grams of blending agent from him, but he only handed over 500 grams. Qin Minghui could not explain where the remaining 200 grams went.

During this period, Qin Minghui took sick leave twice, which was obviously because he took blending agents and felt unwell, so he rested for two days.

Director Chen, who is in charge of this incident, said: "The matter is very clear. Qin Minghui also admitted that the amount of confiscated blending agent was inconsistent with the amount handed in. The nature of this incident is serious and the impact is bad. According to relevant regulations, this person should be expelled."

Qin Minghui himself admitted it, the matter has been settled, and it seems that no one can find an angle to defend Qin Minghui.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Qi.

They believe that Li Qi will question the rationality of the system. This issue can be discussed, but the results of the discussion have no substantive significance.

Anyone who violates the current system will be punished. Whether the system should be revised will not affect the outcome of the handling of Qin Minghui.

Li Qi read the meeting materials carefully. He did not question the system, but raised objections to the incident itself.

"Qin Minghui's responsibility cannot be determined based on the unilateral confession of black market businessman Huang."

Director Chen naturally could not accept such an explanation: "This is not only Huang's confession, Qin Minghui himself also admitted the facts."

Li Banfeng said: "From what I understand, Qin Minghui was forced to admit the problem of the inconsistency in numbers because he was threatened."

Director Chen was a little excited: "Director Li, what do you mean by this? Who threatened Qin Minghui? Was it me?"

Li Banfeng shook his head and said, "I didn't say it was you. I suspect Qin Minghui was threatened by the black market and had no choice but to take on the responsibility that didn't belong to him."

Director Chen sneered and said, "This is incomprehensible. He is a member of the Dark Star Bureau, why would he be threatened by the black market?"

Li Qi also laughed: "This matter is also confusing. Why would a black market businessman dare to threaten the security guards? Who gave him the confidence?"

As he spoke, Li Qi glanced at everyone and said, "I think this black market should be strictly investigated. This matter can be left to me to handle."

The meeting room fell silent. Director Chen stopped talking, and neither did anyone else.

Shen Jingye broke the silence, his tone surprisingly calm: "Xiao Li, I can understand your desire to protect Qin Minghui, but the handling opinions we formulated today are also out of protection for him.
This matter stayed in the bureau, Qin Minghui was just fired. If the incident continues to expand, Qin Minghui will be subject to a more rigorous investigation. At that time, it will not be us who will investigate him, but high-end equipment and instruments.

If the superiors used the dark ability tester, they would be able to find out all the changes in Qin Minghui's dark abilities over the past year. Is this really the result you want to see?
Every time he took the blending agent, his dark ability would grow abnormally. If Qin Minghui had taken the blending agent more than once, there would be more than one irrefutable piece of evidence left on the curve.

At that time, it won’t be as simple as expelling him. At that time, none of us can help him.”

Li Banfeng looked at Shen Jingye without any hesitation and said, "Xiao Shen, I suggest you ask your superiors immediately to use high-end equipment and instruments to conduct a more rigorous inspection of Qin Minghui. This matter really cannot tolerate any ambiguity."

Shen Jingye emphasized his tone: "Xiao Li, think twice. Any impulsive choice may ruin Qin Minghui's life."

Li Banfeng still did not hesitate: "Xiao Shen, I have thought it over. I believe Qin Minghui did not violate the rules by taking the blending agent. I believe he can stand the test in this matter."

……

The meeting had just ended when the news came out.

The document expelling Qin Minghui has not been issued, and Qin Minghui is still a member of the Dark Star Bureau.

Dengbao was happy for Qin Minghui and took Qin Minghui to the locker room to disgust Lao Sun.

After work, Tangyuan and Dengbao want to treat Qin Minghui to a meal to celebrate for him.

Qin Minghui was in no mood to celebrate. He secretly went to Li Qi's office and said, "Director Li, I can't accept the examination. I have taken the blending agent more than once. If I am found out, I will be completely finished."

……

"Don't worry, they can't find out," He Jiaqing was talking to Datou remotely in the Ling Family Film Building. "Li Qi's move is correct. Cultivation is invisible. The so-called dark ability tester in other states is a scare decoration.

But I don’t understand, what is his relationship with Qin Minghui? Why did he go to such great lengths to protect him? "

Datou also didn't understand: "I don't know what Li Qi's intention is, but he does work very seriously in the Dark Star Bureau."

"He is so serious about his work in other states that he has no time to take care of things in Provincia. This should be a good opportunity. I can make up for some of the previous losses, but in my current situation..." He Jiaqing scratched his cheek, and a row of green blisters appeared on his face.

Datou said: "I have checked many confidential documents, but I still haven't found any information related to Bingxiu."

He Jiaqing sighed: "This Taoist sect is still too rare. Is there any news from the medical practitioners and medicine practitioners?"

"I found the contact information of some people. The identities of these people are very hidden. I will tell you after verification."

"Brother, time is running out. I'll wait for your news."

After the communication was cut off, He Jiaqing sat silently in the office for a long time.

The office door was opened. At this time, anyone who dared to enter this room was not an ordinary person.

The visitor was a middle-aged man, holding two walnuts in his hand, and sat opposite He Jiaqing: "Mr. He, are you looking for me?"

He Jiaqing said, "Brother Zhang, you should be able to see that I have been tricked by Lu Huazi. My life may be in danger in the next few days, so I want to borrow something from you."

Zhang Gunli rubbed the walnuts and asked, "Can you explain it more clearly? Do you want to prolong your life?"

He Jiaqing nodded: "I wonder if you can lend me your life?"

Zhang Gunli took the walnuts and took out an IOU: "I can lend it to you, but the interest rate is a bit high."

PS: He Jiaqing wants to borrow his life, but what can he give in return?
(End of this chapter)