Nominal: Who isn't a son-in-law?

As he spoke, Huo Tancheng stood up, picked up the evidence photos on the table, and gestured to a staff member to project them onto an electronic whiteboard.

In the video, bundles of cash, neatly stacked gold bars, large gold nuggets, and valuable jewelry and calligraphy and paintings were instantly presented to the audience, causing many attendees to shrink in shock.

"First of all, there are nine anonymous bank cards under Zhu Yang's name. They are nominally registered to his cousin Zhu Kun, but in reality they belong to him. There are a total of 180 million yuan in the cards."

"In addition, his cousin owns seven high-end villas both domestically and internationally. Tonight, in a secluded riverside villa registered under his cousin's name, we seized a huge amount of illicit assets."

"A total of 86 million yuan in cash, gold bars and bricks worth over 32 million yuan, and valuable items such as jewelry, paintings, and watches, with a preliminary estimated value of over 50 million yuan, all hidden in a safe in a secret compartment on the first floor of the villa." (This is a calculation by Doubao; the author is poor and has never seen so much money, so he doesn't know the prices of valuable items.)

"Upon investigation, it was found that all of these were bribes received by Zhu Yang from Yuanzhong Group, Nanyun Group, and related businessmen by abusing his power as mayor of Zhencheng City. Each payment can be traced back to a specific act of transferring benefits, and all relevant transaction records have been secured."

As soon as he finished speaking, the screen switched to a basement scene. Under the dim light, the piles of hard drives and videotapes were particularly glaring.

Huo Tancheng's tone suddenly became serious, with a hint of barely perceptible anger: "What's even more serious is that in the sealed basement on the first basement floor of the villa, we seized a large number of hard drives, USB drives, and videotapes. On our way back just now, we divided the work and sorted through them, and discovered two types of core illegal evidence, which is the key reason for Secretary Chu's anger."

"The first category is video and audio evidence of collusion between government and business interests and coercion of relevant personnel."

Huo Tancheng emphasized,

"The hard drive contains dozens of private, indecent videos and recordings of transactions involving officials and businessmen, spanning multiple cities and departments within the province. These include some serving cadres and heads of financial institutions in Zhencheng. These were the bargaining chips that Zhu Yang used to manipulate and coerce relevant personnel, paving the way for Yuanzhong and Nanyun Groups and other stakeholders to illegally obtain credit funds. They were also a key means for him to maintain his network of interests."

The scene was deathly silent. Some people were trembling, some were bowing their heads and not daring to breathe, and some were filled with anger.

Li Dakang's gaze slowly swept over a few individuals inside, a cold smile playing on his lips.

Huo Tancheng's sharp gaze swept over everyone present, his tone even colder: "The second type is key clues to old missing persons cases."

"Deep inside the hard drive, we found video recordings of several students who went missing in the oil city several years ago. The images were clear, and preliminary verification showed that the disappearance of these students was directly related to Zhu Yang, Gu Wangbei, and related criminal gangs."

"It is suspected that the case involves serious criminal offenses such as illegal detention, intentional injury, or even intentional homicide. We are still investigating the specific details, but it is clear that this is by no means a simple missing person case. The crimes involved are far beyond our expectations."

"All the above evidence has been submitted to Secretary Chu Shijun of the Provincial Party Committee. Secretary Chu attached great importance to it and was furious. He clearly instructed that this case must be investigated thoroughly and strictly, without any leniency towards any person involved or any clue to the crime."

Huo Tancheng looked at Li Dakang.

"I attended this emergency meeting for two reasons: first, to inform everyone of the details of the evidence and clarify the direction of the case; and second, to convey the supervision requirements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Procuratorate, and to fully cooperate with the Zhencheng Municipal Party Committee and the Public Security Department to carry out arrest and verification work. All those involved in the case, regardless of their position or background, will be dealt with according to law, and this criminal chain of collusion between government and business and disregard for human life will be resolutely cut off."

"Secretary Chu, Secretary Dakang, my report is complete."

After Huo Tancheng finished speaking, he slowly sat down.

"Raise your heads, everyone."

On the large screen, Chu Shijun slowly spoke, his voice carrying to everyone's ears through the speakers throughout the conference room.

"Everyone heard what Comrade Tancheng from the Procuratorate just said, right? I won't say anything else. Right now, anyone here who is involved, please stand up."

After he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent.

Li Dakang's murderous gaze swept over one person after another, pausing briefly on a few individuals.

"Bang"

A minute passed, and seeing no one stand up, he slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and angrily shouted, "Everyone heard Chief Prosecutor Huo's report clearly! I'll reiterate Secretary Chu's instructions: Act immediately tonight, conduct a full-scale arrest! No one involved in the case is allowed to escape!"

"I think you all know why I called you here for this meeting, and some of you know it even better. Do we really have to bring the list over and read it out one by one?"

Upon hearing this, someone finally couldn't hold back any longer and stood up tremblingly.

One, two, three, and soon more than a dozen people stood up.

"Go to the wall and hand over your phone."

Huo Tancheng said in a deep voice, got up and went to the door, opened it, waved, and a group of people from the procuratorate and the anti-corruption bureau came in. "Explain your situation voluntarily."

"Besides these people, are there any others?"

This time, Li Dakang's gaze was not on the back row, but on the main table.

Everyone was stunned.

What, there are still people here?

Bi Yunyao was extremely flustered. Could they be using this as an excuse to arrest him? He hadn't done anything wrong!

After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said boldly, "Secretary Dakang, just tell me directly, who else is there? Arrest them as soon as possible, it's so late, so that Secretary Chu can rest in peace."

Yes, yes, yes!

Li Dakang turned to look at Chu Shijun, then immediately stood up, turned back, and said in a deep voice, "Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, Comrade Zhou Li, do you want us to ask you to get up?"

Zhou Li shuddered, but forced a smile and said, "Secretary Li, what are you talking about? It's so late at night, it's really scary. I'm the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, how could I possibly break the law..."

"joke?"

Li Dakang first smiled, then his expression turned cold, and he said in a deafening voice, "Who's joking with you? You think you can escape?"

"You still know you're the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission? That's an even bigger offense!"

"take away!"

Seeing two staff members approaching him, Zhou Li finally panicked, his face contorted with unconcealed terror. He shouted at the large screen, "Secretary Chu, I'm innocent! I really didn't do anything!"

"Li Dakang, where's the evidence? You need evidence! I'm a department-level official; I need an arrest warrant from the provincial party committee. You have no right to arrest me!"

However, no matter how much he shouted, no one paid any attention to him, and he was forcibly dragged off his seat.

"I'm innocent! I didn't dare spend a single penny of the money I took..."

The piercing screams sent chills down the spines of those still seated, their minds in turmoil.