The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

At this point, whoever takes over the public security management brigade will be the scapegoat, and no one wants to be the sucker.

Seeing that Lei Heng and Song Youming remained silent, Zhang Xiangdong continued, "Team Leader Chen, as Political Commissar Song said, you have half a month to bring Fu Biao back. If you fail, you will have to make a self-criticism at the general meeting."

Lei Heng looked dissatisfied. His self-criticism at the meeting was nothing serious; it was just a matter of drinking three cups of wine as punishment, with no real penalty.

Song Youming was the deputy director in charge of the public security management brigade. He never thought he could actually use this incident to dismiss Chen Shi. If things were investigated, he would also be responsible. He just wanted to confuse the public and muddy the waters so that everyone's attention would be on Chen Shi, and he would be safe for the time being.

Zhang Xiangdong glanced at everyone and said, "Meeting adjourned."

After the meeting, the bureau dismissed Li Zhi, deputy captain of the public security management brigade, for violating laws and regulations, and transferred the case to the procuratorate for prosecution.

Song Youming arrived at Fu Cheng's villa in the suburbs, and Fu Cheng respectfully poured tea for Tian Guolong.

Song Youming walked in, his face grave: "County Magistrate, General Manager Fu."

Fu Cheng called out, "Old Song, you're here. Come and sit down."

Song Youming looked preoccupied: "Tian County, the bureau held a leadership meeting earlier. Zhang Xiangdong had Chen Shi attend as well. The meeting decided to dismiss Li Zhi as deputy captain of the public security management brigade. Chen Shi is to arrest Brother Biao within fifteen days."

Tian Guolong asked, "If we can't catch them, what will the punishment be?"

"Without any substantial punishment, he made a self-criticism at the conference. Zhang Xiangdong is trying to protect Chen Shi."

My concern is that if Li Zhi is transferred to the procuratorate and prosecuted, he might become desperate and implicate me.

Tian Guolong said with a relaxed expression, "Director Song, at this time, you should appease Li Zhi. As long as he keeps quiet, this matter ends with him. If Li Zhi is desperate and goes to jail, he still has a family. Let him think more about his family."

Song Youming understood Tian Guolong's meaning: to make Li Zhi take the blame, and if he dared to say anything wrong, he would threaten his family.

"County Chief, I understand. This matter ends here and will not involve anyone else."

Tian Guolong nodded: "Director Song, do a good job. When I take over as county magistrate, I will promote you to director of the Public Security Bureau and deputy county magistrate. Don't think I'm just making empty promises. The connections in the city have already been made. We just need the right opportunity."

The opportunity is right in front of us. We must wait until Liu Youguang and Hu Hai start fighting, and then avoid creating unnecessary complications.

Song Youming said respectfully, "County Magistrate Tian, ​​I understand."

Tian Guolong watched Song Youming leave, his tone becoming more serious: "Send someone to keep a close eye on him. If anything seems amiss, force him to jump off a building. We can't let Chen Shi trace it back to me."

"Okay," Fu Cheng said, and went out to arrange bodyguards to monitor Song Youming.

When Fu Cheng returned, he continued to make tea for Tian Guolong.

"Ah Cheng, keep a close eye on Biaozi and don't let him cause any more trouble. If you can't keep an eye on him, hand him over to my men and they'll shut him up for good."

Fu Cheng broke out in a cold sweat, realizing what Tian Guolong meant. Fu Biao had ruined everything. He could tolerate him this time, but if he did it again, he would be silenced.

"Cousin, I'll keep an eye on Biaozi and won't let him cause any more trouble."

After seeing Tian Guolong off, Fu Cheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The Public Security Management Brigade conducted a thorough search of the county town. After Fu Biao left the hospital, he seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.

Zhao Fanglin was overjoyed. With Li Zhi taken down, and Chen Shi dismissed as well, the position of head of the public security management brigade would be his for the taking.

He was just going through the motions by sending people to investigate; he didn't want Chen Shi to catch Fu Biao.

Even if he were to run into Fu Biao, he would pretend not to see him. If Fu Biao were caught, Chen Shi's position as the head of the public security management team would be secure, which was not what he wanted to see.

Liu Feng and Wang Tao entered Chen Shi's office. Liu Feng's face was grave. If Chen Shi fell from power, he would be in big trouble. He had placed all his bets on Chen Shi, sharing both glory and disgrace.

"Team Leader Chen, the people we sent out to investigate searched the county town several times, but they couldn't find any trace of Fu Biao."

Is it possible that Fu Biao has already escaped from the county town?

Wang Tao continued, "I checked several roads leading out of the city, but I didn't find any clues. Fu Biao probably didn't leave the city."

Chen Shi knew that Fu Biao had escaped and was like a fish out of water; he wouldn't be easy to catch. He had to wait; searching like this wouldn't find Fu Biao.

Given Fu Biao's personality, he can't stand being alone. It's better to let him lower his guard and take the initiative to come out.

"Starting tomorrow, there will be no more searches. Just continue as usual. We will no longer search Fu Biao."

Liu Feng asked, puzzled, "Aren't you going to arrest Fu Biao?"

"If we search him like this, Fu Biao will hide even better and we won't be able to catch him at all. Once he lowers his guard and slips up, it will be easier to find him."

Liu Feng and Wang Tao exchanged a glance, understanding each other perfectly.

Chen Shi's phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Jiang Yiqiu calling. He waved his hand, signaling Liu Feng and the other man to leave.

He answered the phone: "Jiang Yiqiu, what's up?"

"Captain Chen, are you free tonight? I'd like to invite you to dinner to thank you for saving me and my brother."

"No need to trouble yourself, we're all old classmates. Besides, I'm a police officer, saving you is my duty."

"I want to thank you in person. Could you give me this opportunity? Otherwise, I'll be restless and unable to eat or sleep."

Jiang Yiqiu's tone carried a hint of coquetry.

"Okay, I'll pick you up after get off work."

"No need, I'll pick you up. I have a car."

It seems that high school teachers are different; they get tutoring fees and earn a good amount each month, much more than Wang Yanhong, who is an elementary school teacher.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Shi focused on how to plan and capture the fugitive Fu Biao.

Before I knew it, it was time to leave work, and my phone rang again. It was Jiang Yiqiu calling.

She was already waiting at the entrance of the police station. Chen Shi was in a state of confusion and decided to leave work early to make plans for tomorrow.

As Chen Shi walked out of the police station, he saw a Corolla. Jiang Yiqiu got out of the car and waved to Chen Shi.

Chen Shi walked over, and Jiang Yiqiu opened the passenger door: "Captain Chen, please get in the car."

Chen Shi got into the car, and Jiang Yiqiu asked, "Captain Chen, what would you like to eat?"

"What good food do you recommend? You're familiar with this county town. You studied here for three years of high school and now you're working here again."

"Captain Chen, you're too modest. During my three years of junior high, my classmates nicknamed me 'the eternal runner-up' because I never once outperformed you in a test."

You scored 70 or 80 points higher than me on the high school entrance exam; it's just that you didn't want to come to the county town.

When Chen Shi thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "There's nothing I can do. My family is poor. Coming to study in the county town, not to mention anything else, just the travel expenses to go back home each month cost tens of yuan. Poverty makes people lose their will. Even a hero can be brought down by a penny."

"Excellent people are excellent wherever they go. You were in No. 3 High School, and you still scored 20 or 30 points higher than me in the college entrance exam. If you had gone to No. 1 High School, scoring over 600 points would have been no problem."

Gold will always shine.

"Even gold won't shine if covered by a tattered rag."

Jiang Yiqiu hasn't changed much since junior high. What impressed Chen Shi the most was his two shallow dimples when he smiled.

"I'll take you to eat pickled bamboo shoot chicken. The chicken is freshly killed and tastes great."