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

From day to night, the city bureau is brightly lit.

Because there were so many people involved, they even had to temporarily requisition office space from several sister units.

Former Chuzhou Mayor Zhang Xueyang received unprecedented top-level treatment, with Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection Secretary Tian Guofu presiding over the trial, Lin Zhiyuan serving as an interrogator, and Qi Tongwei responsible for taking notes.

"Is this considered a joint trial by three courts?"

Zhang Xueyang slumped in the interrogation chair, his expression numb, but he had regular features, slightly graying temples, and even a touch of naiveté, making it hard to believe that he was the direct instigator of the Chuzhou incident.

"Calculate!"

Tian Guofu responded directly, "Whether it's your rank or the incident you've caused, you deserve it."

"Oh!"

Zhang Xueyang forced a smile.

"Now that things have come to this, just tell the truth."

Tian Guofu tapped on the table.

"If it weren't for Jiang Anhu, you might not have been able to catch me!"

Zhang Xueyang suddenly raised his lowered face, his eyes deep-set and bloodshot, with a hysterical madness, like a prisoner in dire straits still stubbornly resisting.

"Your wife, Zhang Xuelan!"

Lin Zhiyuan suddenly interrupted Zhang Xueyang's outburst.

"Executive Director Lin, I know you."

Zhang Xueyang spoke each word as if it were being forced out through clenched teeth: "Don't drag my wife into this; she's innocent."

"Lupus..."

Lin Zhiyuan uttered another word, "I have seen the information on Chen Guohua's spouse. She died from severe illness of this disease."

"I went through your file again."

"The year you were promoted to Chen Guohua's liaison officer was the year after your wife was diagnosed with the illness."

"Was it probably because of your shared spousal illness and your writing skills that you came to Chen Guohua's attention?"

"For the same reason, it became the beginning of your downfall."

Lupus!

Tian Guofu was taken aback. There was no effective treatment for this disease in China, and even now it was difficult to detect in its early stages. If we go back ten or twenty years, once the disease was diagnosed, it was usually in the middle stage. If it was delayed any longer, it could easily progress to a severe stage.

Currently, the main treatment method in China is hormone drugs, but the effect of drug treatment is very poor when the condition progresses to severe illness.

Meanwhile, targeted therapies were developed overseas three years ago…

But it's very expensive.

A single IV infusion costs 1200 Lighthouse Coins, which amounts to nearly 2 per year, equivalent to about 12 RMB in China.

And there are also expenses for going abroad…

This is almost equivalent to another medical expense.

Around 2000, for most people, even their wages were just a drop in the ocean compared to this amount of money.

"That's not how it works!"

Zhang Xueyang let out a low, angry roar, "We didn't embezzle back then! We didn't embezzle!"

"Just because I didn't take any."

"So there was no money to treat the teacher's wife. She had been busy taking care of ten children all her life, and the teacher was also busy. He never said anything about his pain, and he was dragged down to his death by his illness."

"We first met at Jingzhou Hospital, when my teacher's wife was already on her deathbed."

"I witnessed the entire process of my teacher's wife's death, and I'm terrified! I'm afraid my wife will leave me in the same way."

As if having a hysterical episode, Zhang Xueyang slowly raised his hands towards the light above his head. "I secretly took the first illegal fund. It was a referral fee. That person just wanted to meet the teacher and organize a drinking party, and I got 30,000 yuan."

"The teacher found out later."

"I begged him, I begged him through tears, I just wanted to save my Xuelan, my Xuelan, my wife, my childhood sweetheart. We came into this world as children, and our names are like two sides of the same person."

"How could I! How could I let her leave me like that!"

"The teacher promised me."

"But some things can't be stopped, like the abyss. When you take something out of it, you become part of the abyss as well."

There's no escaping it.

you sure?

Lin Zhiyuan interrupted Zhang Xueyang's emotional moment once again, and his three short words made the other person tremble.

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Xueyang stared intently at him like a hungry wolf.

"Twenty-six years ago."

"Chen Guohua severed ties with his three adopted sons, who then entered different business fields."

"You were chosen the following year, and your teacher's wife died the following year."

That is, twenty-four years ago.

"A year later, Chen Guohua, who was then the deputy director of the provincial education commission in charge of higher education, was transferred to the position of university president, and you were sent down to a lower level. A plan that had been brewing for many years quietly began."

Three years later, his sons founded the Chen family business.

"The fact that he rose from deputy director to director in fourteen years is enough to prove that he made the right choice in him."

Lin Zhiyuan spoke softly, as if telling a story.

impossible!impossible!

Zhang Xueyang roared wildly, "How is this possible!"

Lin Zhiyuan flew the timeline text he had compiled over, and it landed right in the other person's arms.

"If you really care about your wife as much as you say, just say it."

Lin Zhiyuan was too lazy to beat around the bush.

Zhang Xuelan's situation is not so good; the more she resists, the less relaxed the supervision will be.

Zhang Xueyang was silent for a moment, then lowered his head. "I confess."

An hour later.

The three men walked out of the interrogation room, Qi Tongwei still showing a trace of panic on his face:

The Chen family's core overseas accounts and foundations have been found, but they are disguised under a different guise—the educational guise that Chen Guohua has been immersed in for most of his life.

At the same time, Zhang Xueyang's testimony also completely exposed the corruption system of the Chen, Yao, and Lin families.

Using his influence, Chen Guohua secured Zhang Xueyang's position as mayor of Chuzhou City, greatly increasing the power of the municipal government. This gave Zhang Xueyang three votes: himself, the executive vice chairman, and the deputy standing committee member. At the same time, Lin Yao forced the Political and Legal Affairs Commission to take sides, gaining four votes.

In addition, there is the erosion of long-term interests.

This completely sidelined the municipal party secretary and the full-time deputy secretary, since only the mayor remained unchanged for the past ten years.

Lin Yao's ability to force the Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission to take sides was not only due to her own influence, but also to the involvement of the Han University clique.

Both families have completely donned the guise of the Han University Gang, like the embodiment of a tall plant, sitting firmly and independently at the two major fulcrums of the Chuzhou judicial line.

Qi Tongwei felt a chill run down his spine while taking notes.

Everyone in the entire Handong region knows this.

If Gao Yuliang is the leader of the Han University Gang, then Qi Tongwei should at least be the executive deputy leader. How could this be!

Local gangs are a menace!

He came to gain experience and prestige, but ended up becoming a protective shield.

Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!

"Complete the evidence, solidify it, and hand the documents over to Comrade Li Guohua to connect with the cases of Lin Zhengfa and Yao Xinyi, forming thorough corroborating evidence."

Lin Zhiyuan gave the order, seemingly oblivious to the panic on Qi Tongwei's face.

Worrying unnecessarily!

Even the nominally recognized leader of the gang, Gao Zhiwu, isn't panicking, so why are you? If the sky falls, the tall guy will hold it up first.

Moreover, upon closer examination of Gao Yuliang's reaction...

Was he really completely unaware of what was happening in Chuzhou?