Nominal: The Handong Game, the Energy System's Counterattack

"I refuse to believe there's no place in this world where reason prevails!"

"Prosecutor Lin, what exactly did I do that requires the Discipline Inspection Commission to investigate me?" Lu Yike shoved Zhou Zheng aside and looked at Deputy Prosecutor Lin Jianguo.

"Comrades Lu Yike and Zhou Zheng have been verified and confirmed by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection."

"You were the frontline investigators during the investigation of Ding Yizhen's escape."

"There are multiple problems of serious breach of case-handling discipline, lack of professional competence, and failure to perform duties."

"This caused a major incident during the investigation, resulting in a negative social impact."

"On behalf of the Party Committee of the Procuratorate, I hereby formally inform you that you are suspended from all duties effective immediately to cooperate with the investigation."

Lin Jianguo produced the documents from the procuratorate's party group, which served as an explanation for why the discipline inspection commission had come to see them today.

Hearing Lin Jianguo's words, Lu Yike became even more furious.

"I, Lu Yike, have been working in anti-corruption for over ten years. How many corrupt officials have I arrested?"

"Now you're saying I failed in my investigation? Multiple dereliction of duty? When have I ever failed in my investigation? Where did I fail in my duty?"

"Lu Yike!" Lin Jianguo interrupted Lu Yike as he watched the increasingly dark faces of the disciplinary committee staff.

"Under Chen Hai's leadership, you attempted to take action against a deputy mayor at the provincial level without any legal procedures."

"Even after Chief Prosecutor Ji stopped you, you still took people from the First Investigation Division to monitor Ding Yizhen."

"But you people didn't even notice that Ding Yizhen had been missing for so long."

"You only discovered the target had disappeared after the provincial party committee ordered action."

"Whether in terms of procedural discipline or professional competence, can one still claim there was no dereliction of duty in the Ding Yizhen case?"

Seeing that Lu Yike was stubborn and unyielding, Lin Jianguo directly shouted at him.

"We'll talk about it when we get to the Discipline Inspection Commission."

Lu Yike bit her lip hard and stared at Lin Jianguo for a long time. When she turned her head, she noticed Qi Tongwei's curious gaze and stopped talking.

Having spent a lot of time with Chen Hai's family, Lu Yike, along with Chen Yanshi, began to look down on Qi Tongwei.

I never expected that Qi Tongwei would witness me being taken away by the disciplinary committee today, and I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Lu Yike was unwilling to be laughed at by someone he had always looked down upon.

In the end, Lu Yike stopped her unreasonable behavior.

She took a deep breath and followed the disciplinary committee staff out without saying a word.

As she passed by Qi Tongwei, she glared at him fiercely, leaving him completely bewildered.

Qi Tongwei slightly stepped aside to make way, wondering what had happened.

Disciplinary violations, lack of professional competence, and inadequate performance of duties? Are these the reasons why these people in the procuratorate's anti-corruption bureau are being investigated?

If we were to bring up his past, well...

Qi Tongwei dared not think about it anymore.

The interrogation room fell silent, and the two young anti-corruption officers remained standing there, at a loss for what to do.

Lin Jianguo told them to pack their things first and not to concern themselves with Cai Chenggong's affairs.

After the group finished packing, Lin Jianguo said goodbye to Qi Tongwei and left with his men.

As Qi Tongwei watched Lin Jianguo leave, he pondered many things, but couldn't quite grasp the underlying issue, which frustrated him greatly.

"Director Qi?"

A voice interrupted his thoughts.

Cheng Du walked in through the door, holding a document in his hand, with an indescribable expression on his face.

"Director Qi, these are documents from the provincial government, as well as documents from the provincial department's special task force."

"In response to the Dafeng Factory incident, the provincial government ordered the provincial department to establish a special task force. I am a member of the task force and am under the direct command of the provincial government and the provincial department's task force."

"Tsai Cheng-cheng is the chairman of Dafeng Factory and a major suspect in a serious threat to public safety. We need to take him away."

Qi Tongwei took the document and quickly scanned it.

The document is indeed an official document from the provincial government, bearing the official seal of the Provincial Government Office and the seal of the Provincial Public Security Department.

The head of the task force was named Luo Junzhen, the same Luo who went to report to Zhou Chuyi.

This time, Deputy Director Luo was temporarily appointed as the Director of the Jingzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau.

The Public Security Bureau established a special task force to investigate the Dafeng Factory case, but he, as the director, was unaware of it.

The provincial government gave the order directly to the provincial department, and the department head was unaware of it.

He only received a report about everything afterward.

It's more like giving a notification than reporting to him, the department head.

Now the task force is standing in front of him, holding official documents to take Cai Chenggong away—but he still doesn't know it.

Qi Tongwei suddenly laughed, but there was a hint of bitterness in his smile.

He recalled the scene before Sha Ruijin came to Handong, where he, the director of the Public Security Bureau, was mentored by Gao Yuliang, the deputy secretary and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

Although he hadn't reached the vice-provincial level, he was still the head of the provincial department and a prized student of his teacher, Gao Yuliang. As the head of the Public Security Bureau, he had the final say in matters concerning the Public Security Bureau.

Now it seems that others can bypass him in many things.

"Since it's a decision made by the provincial government, and there are procedures from the special task force."

Qi Tongwei returned the documents to Cheng Du, his tone surprisingly calm, even to himself, "Take Cai Chenggong with you. If you need any cooperation from the provincial department, just contact my office."

"Thank you, Director Qi." Cheng Du saluted and turned to walk towards the temporary detention room.

After taking a few steps, he stopped again, looked back at Qi Tongwei, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

The door to the detention cell was opened, and Cai Chenggong was led out by two policemen.

The owner of the large wind factory had completely lost his usual slickness, his face filled with fear and confusion.

He was clearly stunned when he saw Cheng Du, and when he saw Qi Tongwei standing at the end of the corridor, his eyes darted around, but he still didn't dare to speak.

Qi Tongwei watched as Cheng Du led Cai Chenggong away, and then watched the young policeman silently packing his things in the interrogation room. For a moment, he felt somewhat lost.

The corridor fell silent again, with only the crisp sound of his leather shoes clicking on the floor tiles.

He went back to his office, closed the door, and sat in the chair for a long time.

Outside the window, the early winter sky was unrealistically gloomy, with a few dark clouds drifting lazily by.

Down in the courtyard, several uniformed policemen were chatting and laughing as they walked toward the canteen, completely unaware of what had happened that day.

Looking at them, Qi Tongwei suddenly recalled his time in the anti-drug squad.

Back then, he felt the same way, believing that if the sky fell, there would be tall people to hold it up, and that as long as he could solve cases, make meritorious contributions, and get promoted, life would get better day by day.

However, after he made a contribution, he found that nothing had changed.

He has changed. Now, Qi Tongwei sits in the highest position in the Handong Public Security Bureau. He is the highest sky in the Handong Public Security Bureau.

But today's events made him clearly realize that things were about to change.

Zhao Donglai was taken away ostensibly because of the January 16 Incident, but everyone knew that was just an excuse.

Did Dafeng Factory illegally store gasoline?

Inadequate handling of mass incidents?

malfeasance?

......

There are many charges, and the matter seems very serious, so why hasn't anyone brought them up? Why are they being taken away now?

Qi Tongwei had a guess as to what the real reason could be.

The newly appointed provincial party secretary, Sha Ruijin, is going to take action against the political and legal system and eliminate the influence left by the old guard.

He recalled the first time he met the provincial party secretary.

He was diligently hoeing the ground in Chen Yanshi's small garden when Sha Ruijing came to visit Chen Yanshi.

He saw Qi Tongwei hoeing the ground, and Qi Tongwei greeted him somewhat obsequiously. Qi Tongwei walked past and just smiled.

That smile made me feel embarrassed at the time.

Looking back now, everything seems to have a traceable origin.