In name only: The land of Handong, I shall rule its fate.

as predicted.

The demonic whispers began again.

Whether Lu Yike was involved or not is not up to you to decide, but up to her to decide. All facts are based on Lu Yike's actual handling of the case.

A憨厚 smile spread across Huang Hao's chubby face. "Or did Lu Yike tell you about these things in detail?"

of course not!

Yao Xinyi's lips trembled.

Can she admit it?

Once admitted, Lu Yike would be in serious trouble. Either she would be violating the confidentiality agreement of the procuratorate's case handling, acting without organization or principles, or even if the investigation ultimately found that Lu Yike was not involved, she would still be finished.

The best outcome would be to be transferred to a sinecure department within a sinecure unit and live out the rest of one's life there.

Correct!

She wasn't even allowed to go to the prosecutor's office's archives.

Another possibility is that she intentionally tried to extract case-handling information from Lu Yike.

That's really true...

She went straight to jail, and her husband Lu Wufeng's future was also ruined.

"Then let's go back to the first point and let the facts speak for themselves."

Huang Hao was like a skilled chess player, using each piece to entangle the seemingly calm Yao Xinyi in a web of spider webs, rendering her unable to move and leaving her only able to drift with the tide.

"During Chen Hai's tenure, Chen Yanshi reported 323 leads, of which 74 cases were filed. These cases involved a range of areas, including provincial government agencies, state-owned enterprises, commercial bribery, illegal fundraising, and listed companies. Most of these cases fell under the jurisdiction of the First Investigation Division, but in practice, all 74 cases were handled by the First Investigation Division, including subsequent investigations and prosecutions."

"I questioned some comrades from the Second and Third Investigation Divisions."

"They all expressed Lu Yike's proactive attitude in taking on jobs, and due to internal considerations, the case was subsequently handled by the First Investigation Division."

"From the perspective of organizational laws and regulations, I would like to consult you, Grand Justice, whether Lu Yike can be considered to have overstepped his authority? Can you objectively prove that he had a strong subjective intention to help Chen Hai handle the tip-off from Chen Yanshi, thereby gaining Chen Hai's personal favor?"

Huang Hao's questions were gentle, but every word was like a knife, stabbing into Yao Xinyi's heart.

"I worked in the Second Civil Division before I retired, so I don't know much about this."

Yao Xinyi tried her best to calm her flustered emotions, but she had already begun to speak recklessly, "But Yi Ke is definitely not the kind of child who can't distinguish between public and private matters. She may have done this just to help her colleagues in the Provincial Anti-Corruption Bureau with their work."

"Oh!"

Li Guohua slammed his hand on the table. "Lu Yike is thirty-six years old, and she's still talking about having a child!"

"The responsibilities of the investigation department are clearly stipulated in the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Procuratorate. They are not allowed to interfere without authorization and must submit a written report. After the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau signs and approves it, it is then reported to the deputy procurator general in charge, and may even be reported to the procurator general and the party group for filing and approval."

"We couldn't find a single word of approval process in Lu Yike's work procedures."

"Including Chen Hai, the former head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau."

"So, without knowing the details of the case or whether the procedures even existed, how dare you, a retired judge of the Second Civil Division of the Provincial High Court with deputy director-level benefits, use your personal influence to interfere with the quarterly inspection decision!"

"explain!"

"How dare you, a judge at the level of a division chief with retirement benefits equivalent to a deputy provincial-level official, influence or confirm that you can influence the quarterly inspection?"

Li Guohua's eyes narrowed slightly, his words carrying a strong, albeit barely perceptible, undercurrent of bloodlust. "Did you take advantage of your husband, Comrade Lu Wufeng's, influence?"

The color drained from Yao Xinyi's face.

It really happened!

These wolves and tigers looked down on her, a retired deputy director-level cadre; their real target had always been her husband.

Whether it's herself or Lu Yike, they're just a tool. But her husband isn't part of their system, so there's no conflict of interest between them. Why should they keep clinging to this?

unless…

Yao Xinyi's upright posture seemed to have had its bones removed in an instant, and she almost staggered and fell to the ground.

Li Guohua and Huang Hao remained unmoved.

Like a judge of life and death.

He looked down at her disgraceful state with cold eyes.

"No!"

Yao Xinyi barely managed to regain her strength and sit up straight, explaining, "My husband isn't in the same system, so he can't influence Chief Prosecutor Ji's judgment at all."

"Please be careful with your words, Director Li, and don't say anything you shouldn't."

"My trust in Yike is based on a mother's love for her daughter, and on the trust of an organization leader in the new leader he has personally trained."

"I admit that I had a problem with this."

"But it's only natural for a mother to love her daughter, so I used my senior from the same school as the discipline inspection commissioner, and the fact that I had helped the commissioner in his early work, to arrange a meeting with him and get a relatively favorable verdict."

Yao Xinyi spoke with great conviction.

His eyes were resolute.

They seemed determined to kill themselves by crashing into the interrogation room if they dared to steer the conversation toward Lu Wufeng again, and to take everyone down with them.

Li Guohua and Huang Hao exchanged a glance, both seeing the contemptuous mockery in each other's eyes. How dare they threaten the disciplinary inspection official in charge of the investigation!

"That's just how it is."

Huang Hao chimed in, "The Discipline Inspection Commission is a supervisory body that upholds laws and regulations and relies on facts. Our mention of Comrade Lu Wufeng is based on a reasonable inference made from the existing situation, but without further evidence, we will not slander any good person."

"These words are for our own ears, to serve as a constant reminder, and they are also for you, Comrade Yao Xinyi."

"Programs are programs. When it comes to program rules, we don't talk about emotions, we only talk about right and wrong."

"What do you think, Comrade Yao Xinyi?"

Huang Hao countered with a question.

Yao Xinyi clenched her left hand into a fist, so tightly that she understood the unspoken meaning.

The Lu family is doomed this time.

It's unclear what will happen to Lu Wufeng, but she and Lu Yike can't escape.

Even if you don't die, you'll still lose a layer of skin.

But with his wife and daughter both in trouble, how good could Lu Wufeng's fate be?

What about her eldest daughter, second daughter, and husband's family? How should they deal with that?

Yao Xinyi remained silent.

In this situation.

Whether you speak or not, it's all wrong; whatever you say is also wrong, so it's better to say nothing and make fewer mistakes.

"Comrade Yao Xinyi, let's leave it at that for now."

Huang Hao closed the interrogation record book in front of him, but then took out a second investigation document:

"Following a tip, it was discovered that your husband Lu Wufeng's cousin, Lu Wucheng, bribed a certain official with 112 million yuan in order to secure a 1.6 million yuan credit loan from the bank."

"Comrade Yao Xinyi, are you aware of this matter?"

The name Lu Wucheng came out.

Yao Xinyi's mind was completely blank; she hadn't received a single piece of information.

This was undoubtedly thanks to a certain Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lü; Lu Yike and others dared not contact their families through any communication devices within the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

As for fieldwork…

Excuse me, Hou Liangping and your team from the First Investigation Division are tasked with interrogating Ouyang Jing today.

After all, you personally invited them over.