In name only: I will break the chess game in Handong

Comrade Jia Renli is a man of strong principles and is extremely conscientious and responsible in his work. Comrade Chen Luo even told me that Comrade Jia Renli is a very good person.

When Chen Luo was mentioned, Chen Luo couldn't just sit there and leave Tian Guofu to face everyone alone. "Secretary Sha, Governor Jianjun, Secretary Yuliang, comrades, I know a bit about Comrade Jia Renli. He is very principled and conscientious in his work. Apart from being a bit direct and rough in nature, I think he is very suitable to be the deputy secretary of the Handong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection."

Chen Luo and Tian Guofu have both said so, what can others say? Tian Guofu doesn't care about his own little plot of land, so they can't possibly nitpick, can they?

"Alright, since Comrade Guo Fu and Comrade Chen Luo both think that Jia Renli is suitable, then let's formally submit a transfer application to Guizhou Province in the name of the Handong Provincial Committee."

Do any of you have other differing opinions? If so, please raise them; otherwise, let's vote by raising our hands.

The room fell silent; there were clearly no objections.

As expected, the vote passed unanimously with all thirteen votes cast.

That afternoon, the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee of Handong sent a transfer application to Guizhou Province. The cadres of Guizhou Province were overjoyed when they learned of this. They held a meeting of the Standing Committee overnight and approved Handong's application. They didn't even want to keep Jia Renli for another day. On Saturday morning, they sent Jia Renli onto the plane to Handong.

Upon landing at Handong International Airport, Jia Renli dragged his suitcase and grimaced. He knew perfectly well that Guizhou Province's eagerness to send him to Handong was like sending away a plague god.

However, Jia Renli didn't care; he felt that what he was doing was right.

Taking out his phone, Jia Renli nervously dialed the number on the unfamiliar number.

The call was connected after about ten seconds.

"Hello, this is Chen Luo, who is this?"

"Secretary Chen Luo, this is Jia Renli. My father has told you about my situation, right?"

"Oh, it's Comrade Renli. Is there something you need?"

"Secretary Chen Luo, I've arrived at Handong International Airport. I'd like to ask you when I'll be able to start working at the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection."

"Huh?! Comrade Renli, didn't we in Handong just submit a transfer application to Guizhou Province yesterday afternoon?"

"Secretary Chen, the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee held an emergency meeting last night and approved my transfer..."

Chen Luo couldn't hold back when he heard this. Guizhou Province really wanted to get rid of Jia Renli!

"Okay, I understand. Comrade Renli, I'll have my secretary pick you up. Let's meet first. There are some things I need to discuss and understand with you."

"Thank you, Secretary Chen!"

"You're too kind, Comrade Renli."

After hanging up the phone, Jia Renli sat down on a chair in the airport lobby to wait. However, only a dozen minutes later, three men in long robes and mandarin jackets with braids walked towards him, which made Jia Renli frown.

He also had no fondness for these old-fashioned people.

People who take their birds out for walks every day are, frankly, just bored.

However, fate is sometimes so wonderful. As the three old men walked past Jia Renli with their hands behind their backs, one of them suddenly had his phone ring.

The person naturally stopped to answer the call.

In his hazy, intermittent sounds, Jia Renli heard Li Shangli, Chu Jing, Fuxing Daqing, and the Party Secretary of Guangming District. But who was Jia Renli? He was the kind of person who would dig deep into the matter!

Jia Renli immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Sure enough, just a few minutes later, a man wearing sunglasses and carrying a briefcase walked into the airport.

Even from a distance of several dozen meters, Jia Renli could tell that the man was a public official simply by looking at his walking posture!

He then took out his phone and searched for "Li Shangli, Party Secretary of Guangming District," and found that it was exactly the same person!

With a whoosh, Jia Renli stood up.

With a solemn expression, he walked toward Li Shangli and the others, his eyes fixed on them. As he approached, he saw one of the old retainers hand over a passport, while another patted Li Shangli on the shoulder and said something.

After a few smiles, the group headed towards the departure hall. Seeing this, Jia Renli quickened his pace.

It's suspicious enough that a department-level official would be seen with three old-fashioned people, but it's even more suspicious that he's holding a passport. Department-level officials need to go through many procedures to leave the country; it's impossible for them to do it so hastily. All the evidence points to one possibility: Li Shangli has a serious problem!

With this thought in mind, Jia Renli sped up until he bumped into Li Shangli from behind, knocking his briefcase, passport, and other items to the ground.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!"

While apologizing, Jia Renli quickly picked up the passport from the ground. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the name on the passport was not Li Shangli, but Gu Danan, even though the photo clearly belonged to Li Shangli!

"Excuse me, excuse me! Oh? Are you Secretary Li?" Jia Renli's sudden question made Li Shangli freeze instantly. He wanted to say that he was not Li Shangli, but the probing look in the other party's eyes made Li Shangli very uncomfortable.

"Yes, it's me. And you are?"

"Oh, Secretary Li, hello! I'm just an ordinary citizen from Guangming District. I just thought you looked familiar, but I didn't realize it was you!"

"Comrade, if there's nothing else, we'll be leaving now."

Li Shangli tried to leave after giving them a few perfunctory replies, but when Jia Renli walked away from them, a chilling, piercing light flashed in Jia Renli's eyes!

Chapter 328 Li Shangli is stopped, Tian Guofu feels bitter.

Less than a minute after turning around, Jia Renli took out his phone again and called Chen Luo.

"Hello, Secretary Chen!"

In Chen Luo's home in the provincial party committee compound, Chen Luo frowned slightly as he listened to Jia Renli's voice.

"Is there anything else, Comrade Renli?"

"Secretary Chen, I would like to ask you about Li Shangli, the Party Secretary of Guangming District, Jingzhou City, Handong Province."

"Li Shangli?"

Chen Luo was stunned, but he also noticed the seriousness in Jia Renli's tone.

"What happened to Comrade Li Shangli?"

"Secretary Chen, I just met Comrade Li Shangli at Handong International Airport. He was accompanied by three old men and their children, and they handed him a passport. The name on the passport was not Comrade Li Shangli's. They were going abroad!"

"A department-level cadre is trying to leave Handong without anyone noticing using a fake passport. Secretary Chen, I must report this to you!"

Hearing this, Chen Luo also took it seriously. If Jia Renli was right, this was no small matter.

"I understand, Comrade Renli. I'll have the comrades from the provincial department check it now. I can tell you definitively that Li Shangli has no application or request to go abroad!"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Luo called Tian Guofu.

"Hello, is this Secretary Guofu?"

"Secretary Chen, is there something you need?"

"Secretary Guofu, just now, Comrade Jia Renli, who landed at Handong International Airport from Guizhou Province, reported to me that he saw Li Shangli at the airport, who was planning to use a fake passport to leave the country. The situation is quite urgent. If Comrade Renli is not mistaken, Li Shangli is trying to flee the country!"

Upon hearing this, Tian Guofu's tone changed.

"What! Such a thing happened? Secretary Chen, I'll immediately send staff from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to the airport!"

"Secretary Guofu, don't worry. I'll call the Provincial Public Security Bureau first and stop them."

"Okay, Secretary Chen, I'll report to Secretary Sha as well, since he's a department-level cadre."

"Row!"

After the call ended, Chen Luo called Yun Haifeng again, instructing Yun Haifeng to have someone intercept Li Shangli's departure from the country.

At 11:30 a.m., the flight to country M was scheduled to depart at 11:50 a.m. Even though there were only 20 minutes left before departure and we should have been checking in and boarding, the airport staff did not react at all.

Li Shangli, who was standing in the crowd waiting, was a little flustered. Beads of sweat kept dripping from his forehead. He felt a little uneasy, but he had no choice but to act when six or seven uniformed airport police officers approached.

The police officers immediately identified Li Shangli and the three old men in long robes and mandarin jackets.

They were approaching faster and faster, which not only startled Li Shangli, but also stunned the three old men and their descendants.

"Secretary Li, where are you headed?"

The police officers surrounded the four men, exchanged glances, and instantly pulled out handcuffs to restrain the three former members of the old regime. Only Li Shangli remained, supported by two police officers, his body limp and powerless.

"It's over, it's over...it's all over!"

Li Shangli was heartbroken. He knew all too well what being caught meant. Using a fake passport to go abroad was a minor matter, and even Mao Ya's return to accuse him was not the most serious thing. The most serious thing was that he was afraid that his contact with these old-fashioned people would be exposed, and then he would never be able to leave the country again. That would be treason!

As Li Shangli left the terminal, his gaze inadvertently fell on Jia Renli, who was looking at him with sharp eyes and arms crossed. The feeling he got was... the pure aura of the Discipline Inspection Commission.

"Damn it!"

Li Shangli let out a final roar, his eyes bloodshot. He roughly understood why he had been intercepted.

Unfortunately, it was all too late.

Jia Renli watched Li Shangli being taken away without the slightest emotional fluctuation. This wasn't the first time he had seen such problematic officials. In the past two years, three-quarters of the provincial-level officials who had fallen from grace in Guizhou Province were related to him.

He even sent two officials to the vice-provincial level.

What is Li Shangli?

After waiting for half an hour, Jia Renli's phone rang.

"Hello, is this Secretary Jia? My name is Liu Mingyu, and I'm Secretary Chen's secretary. Secretary Chen asked me to pick you up at the airport. Where are you now, Secretary Jia? I'll be right there!"

"No need to come over, Secretary Liu. Just tell me a spot and I'll walk over. It's too much trouble to go back and forth."

Liu Mingyu's lips twitched as he listened. Before he came, Chen Luo had told him that Secretary Jia Renli was very straightforward, and now he saw that it was indeed true.

"Okay, Secretary Renli, I'll wait for you in the parking lot!"

Ten minutes later, Liu Mingyu waited for Jia Renli in the parking lot. Even from a distance of several dozen meters, Jia Renli's aura of unapproachability immediately made Liu Mingyu realize that it was him.

Liu Mingyu jogged forward, extended his hand with a smile, and greeted, "Secretary Renli, hello!"

Jia Renli was taken aback for a moment, and instead of shaking hands, he nodded and said, "Why are you saying hello? Get in the car, Secretary Liu?"

Secretary Chen is waiting to talk to me, so let's skip the formalities; I don't do that kind of thing.

Now Liu Mingyu really can't stay in Bengbu anymore...

He awkwardly withdrew his hand, realizing how straightforward the other person was. It wasn't that they looked down on him, nor were they deliberately refusing to shake his hand; they simply felt that they shouldn't shake hands.

"Okay, Secretary Renli! Please get in the car!"

Liu Mingyu patiently tried to open the back door for Jia Renli, but Jia Renli was quick and opened the passenger door first before plopping into the car.

"Secretary Renli...you..."

"Is there anything else, Secretary Liu?"

"No...it's nothing!"

Liu Mingyu silently closed the back door, quickly returned to the driver's seat, and the car sped away from the airport, heading straight for the Provincial Party Committee.