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Late at night, the streets of the old county town were deserted.

Several black cars drove away silently, taking the chaos with them, as if nothing had happened.

Chen Ping stood at the entrance of his supermarket, watching Lao Jiu's men quickly and cleanly leave. He glanced down at Liu Laosan's phone; the screen still showed a recorded call. His eyes were cold.

Wang Jianzhong, you've gone too far this time.

There are rules in officialdom, and not implicating family members is a basic principle. Since Wang Jianzhong is not following the rules, there's no need for me to be polite anymore.

If we continue to tolerate this, our parents' safety cannot be guaranteed.

Chen Ping didn't stay at home for long. After comforting his parents, he drove back to Yunzhou overnight.

On the highway, the city lights in the distance stretched out in a continuous expanse. The wind howled outside the car window, but his hands on the steering wheel remained steady.

My phone vibrated; it was a call from Guo Xiaojun.

"Flatten it, we found it." Guo Xiaojun's voice was low. "Three days ago, a securities account under Sun Zhigang's wife's name suddenly received an extra 500,000 yuan. I followed the trail and found that the money was transferred to a consulting company called Hongtu Weiye. The legal representative of this company is Wang Jianzhong's wife's nephew."

The source of the money used to frame her father has been found.

"I understand." Chen Pingfang's voice was calm as he hung up the phone.

He pressed the accelerator harder, increasing the car's speed.

At 8:30 a.m. the next morning, Chen Pingfang appeared on time at the General Affairs Section of the City Government Office.

He changed into a clean white shirt, his expression calm, as if nothing had happened last night.

The atmosphere in the office was a bit strange.

Sun Zhigang sat in his seat, his face pale and with heavy dark circles under his eyes, clearly having had a sleepless night. He was very uneasy about not being able to contact Liu Laosan.

He saw Chen Pingfang open his computer and organize files as if nothing had happened, and he became even more panicked.

After hesitating for a long time, Sun Zhigang finally picked up his teacup and walked over, forcing an awkward smile. He tentatively asked, "Secretary Chen, I heard something happened to your family? How's the matter in the county going? We're colleagues, should the department help put in a good word with the lower levels?"

Chen Ping stopped organizing the documents.

He slowly raised his head, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth, his sharp gaze fixed on Sun Zhigang's eyes.

"Section Chief Sun, I appreciate your concern." Chen Pingfang's voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear. "The family matter has been resolved; the comrades from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection were very responsible. I'm about to go to Mayor Xiao's office later to give him a detailed report on the whole affair. Would you like to... come along and listen?"

Sun Zhigang felt a buzzing in his head.

Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection!

He felt a cold sweat run down his back from Chen Pingfang's gaze, and his hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, not even noticing the scalding tea spilling onto the back of his hand.

"No...no need, I was just asking..." He chuckled dryly, practically fleeing back to his seat, no longer daring to look at Chen Pingfang.

At 10 a.m., Chen Ping asked Xiao Yuhan for leave, saying he was going out to run errands, and drove directly to the old town of Yunzhou.

This is an old industrial area that is about to be demolished, with abandoned factories and old buildings everywhere.

Relying on his memories from his previous life, he searched back and forth in a narrow alley full of broken bricks and tiles, finally fixing his gaze on a post office newsstand that had been abandoned for many years.

The green metal sheet of the newsstand was rusted, and most of the glass was broken.

Chen Ping looked around to make sure no one was there, then quickly walked over and squatted down, groping through the loose brick seams at the bottom of the newsstand.

After a while, his fingertips touched something hard.

He pried hard and pulled a small package wrapped in oilcloth out of the crack in the brick.

Open the tarpaulin, and inside is a black USB flash drive.

Chen Ping's breathing quickened slightly. This was it—the Lin Weiguo USB drive that had caused a sensation throughout the province in his past life. Lin Weiguo was a powerful official in Yunzhou. Before his downfall, he hid the incriminating information he had collected over many years here, hoping to save his life, but he never got to use it before he died.

The most important content inside is Wang Jianzhong's corruption ledger in the Yunzhou real estate industry, which spanned ten years.

Chen Ping found an empty internet cafe nearby and booked a private room.

He plugged the USB drive into the computer, and a series of encrypted folders appeared on the screen. Chen Ping entered the passwords from memory, and the contents popped up instantly.

Accounts, contracts, transfer records, secretly taken photos, and several audio recordings with unclear audio.

The contents were even more serious than he remembered.

It not only details the entire process of how Wang Jianzhong colluded with the developer to embezzle state-owned assets from land acquisition to approval of the Jinshuiwan project, but what's even more frightening is that the whereabouts of several large sums of money seem to be related to relatives of Sun Chuanhong, the top official in the city.

Chen Ping closed the file, leaned back in his chair, and let out a long sigh.

He understood that the stalled Jinshuiwan project alone, even if it made Wang Jianzhong uncomfortable, wouldn't bring him down. His network of connections was complex and could allow him to turn the tables at any time.

We must come up with something more powerful to kill him in one fell swoop.

Just then, the internal phone rang; it was Xiao Yuhan calling.

"Put it flat, something's not right." Xiao Yuhan's voice was a little anxious. "The attitude of Team Leader Li from the provincial inspection team is a bit ambiguous. I heard that Wang Jianzhong's backer is talking to the province, trying to portray the Jinshuiwan project as a procedural error between departments, and downplay the seriousness of the matter."

This is exactly what Chen Ping had in mind.

He calmly replied, "Mayor Xiao, don't worry. I have something that can decide the outcome. I'll come to your house tonight at nine o'clock to talk."

Late at night, at Xiao Yuhan's home.

Only one floor lamp was on in the living room, creating a very serious atmosphere.

Chen Ping didn't waste any words and directly plugged the USB drive into Xiao Yuhan's laptop.

As folder after folder was opened, revealing pages of accounts, photos of power-money transactions, and private recordings to Xiao Yuhan, the vice mayor, who was used to seeing big scenes, turned pale instantly.

She suddenly stood up from the sofa, staring intently at the screen, her body trembling slightly from shock, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

This is no longer just corruption; it's a black web that could overturn the entire officialdom of Yunzhou.

"We must get rid of Wang Jianzhong as soon as possible." Chen Pingfang's voice rang out in the quiet living room, very calm. "The provincial inspection team will finish its investigation and return to the provincial capital tomorrow. This is our last chance."

He proposed his own plan: "The provincial inspection team will hold its final meeting tomorrow morning. At that time, you should personally go and, bypassing Secretary Sun of the Municipal Party Committee, hand this material directly to Team Leader Li Xiangyang."

Looking at the young secretary who was almost ten years younger than him, Xiao Yuhan felt a sense of pressure for the first time from his unfathomable eyes.

She knew that accepting the USB drive meant a fight with no way out.

But she knew even more clearly that this was her only chance to remove Wang Jianzhong, this thorn in her side.

After a full minute of silence, Xiao Yuhan nodded heavily.

"it is good."

After the conversation ended, Chen Ping walked out of the residential compound.