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

After waiting for another half hour, the phone rang again.

This time it was Tang Que, the secretary of the municipal discipline inspection commission!

Answer the phone and turn on speakerphone.

"Comrade Tang Que, how is the situation?"

"Secretary Li! The investigation is complete!"

Staff from our municipal discipline inspection commission found over 1.7 million yuan in cash in the home of the Party Secretary of Guijiu Town.

There were eight bank cards with a total of 12 million yuan in them, along with a ledger.

The Party Secretary of Guijiu Town has already confessed; there's no denying it in the face of irrefutable evidence, regarding the sewage treatment plant…

It is indeed these parasites who are bullying other companies.

Using fabricated pretexts of failing inspections, they seized control of the sewage treatment plant, and as for the officials involved…

Besides the director of the Huai Ren City Administration for Industry and Commerce and others… he also implicated Comrade Lu Xiaojun!

boom!

Upon hearing this, the previously exhausted group instantly perked up, especially Lu Xiaojun, whose eyes became vacant and whose already pale face was now filled with terror.

His whole body was trembling uncontrollably. When Li Bin hung up the phone and looked at him, Lu Xiaojun stood up shakily.

But my legs are weak.

He lost his balance and fell straight to the ground.

Li Bin was so angry he laughed.

"Lu Xiaojun! You fucking deserve to die!"

Chapter 542 Sacrificing the pawn to save the king: a wise move

Under the murderous gaze of Secretary Li Bin, Lu Xiaojun was filled with fear, knowing that he might be doomed.

"Secretary Li, I'm innocent! I'm guilty!"

When faced with the truth, people's instinct is always to shirk responsibility and lie, and Lu Xiaojun was no exception.

Li Bin, growing angrier the more he thought about it, gritted his teeth.

He gripped the water glass on the table with his right hand and, without the slightest hesitation, splashed all the water in the glass onto Lu Xiaojun's face.

"The evidence is all there, yet you still claim you're innocent?"

The ones who should seek redress are the entrepreneurs. They invested a whopping 800 million yuan in our city!

The factory was built and was about to start recruiting workers and begin operations, but you, instead, have taken over their factory area!

You're not even human! You're a beast!

Seeing that begging for mercy and lying were useless, Lu Xiaojun's gaze quickly swept across the entire room, instinctively landing on Mayor Huang Benwei.

"Mayor Huang, please explain this to me!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Benwei's lips twitched, and he nearly died of a sudden shock...

Huang Benwei slammed his hand on the table, stood up abruptly, pointed at Lu Xiaojun, and said righteously, "Lu Xiaojun, shut your stinking mouth! Explain? Explain what! Explain that you abused your power and seized the investor's factory?"

As he spoke, Huang Benwei winked at Lu Xiaojun, signaling him not to say anything inappropriate.

But this was all for naught.

When disaster strikes, even husband and wife will flee for their own lives, let alone a relationship of mutual benefit like Huang Benwei and Lu Xiaojun's.

"Mayor Huang, you can't just ignore me! If it weren't for your instructions, how would we dare to occupy someone else's factory?"

Secretary Li, I'm innocent! It was Mayor Huang who ordered us to do this. He even said that outsiders are easy to manipulate, and that we could just rob them without consequence. I was forced into this situation!

Upon hearing this, Huang Benwei's face turned pale instantly.

Li Bin also had a gloomy expression.

He slowly looked at Huang Benwei, his eyes burning with fury!

However, Li Bin quickly regained his composure.

Regardless of whether Mayor Huang Benwei was involved in this matter, judging from the current situation, he must have some connection with Lu Xiaojun. If taking down Lu Xiaojun is insignificant, then Huang Benwei is quite powerful.

As the Party Secretary, he hadn't even realized that his partner of several years was a corrupt official. If he had to be held accountable, he, as the Party Secretary, would bear leadership responsibility.

"Lu Xiaojun, shut your mouth! Even at this point, you're still trying to shift the blame. Whether Mayor Huang has any issues or not, the Discipline Inspection Commission will investigate. But you, the evidence against you is now irrefutable. Take him away!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the meeting room door was pushed open, and the staff of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection who had been waiting went straight to Lu Xiaojun.

When he was lifted up, Lu Xiaojun knew he was done for. He turned around with great resentment and looked at Huang Benwei with a ferocious smile.

"Hahaha, Huang Benwei, if I'm finished, you won't have it easy either. I'll be waiting for you at the Discipline Inspection Commission!"

The person had already been taken away, but the atmosphere in the meeting room remained heavy. All the standing committee members were silent, and Mayor Huang Benwei's lips were pale and his palms were sweating.

He kept his head down, not even daring to look Li Bin in the eye.

Taking a deep breath, Li Bin glanced at everyone.

"Comrades, today's meeting is over. I hope you will learn from this lesson. Today it was Lu Xiaojun who was taken away, but if you can't control yourselves, you may be the ones taken away tomorrow!"

Meeting adjourned!

After saying that, Li Bin left the meeting room directly.

Back in the office, it was already quite late.

Li Bin held a cigarette between his fingers, took a deep drag, his eyes filled with exhaustion. After a long period of contemplation, he finally picked up the phone on the table.

"Secretary Chen, I'm sorry to have disturbed your rest."

"Comrade Li Bin, please speak your mind."

After stubbing out his cigarette, Li Bin didn't hide anything and briefly explained Lu Xiaojun's problem.

"Secretary Chen, according to the investigation by the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Lu Xiaojun is not lying. He has an improper relationship with Huang Benwei and has been transferring money and gifts between them for a long time..."

"Comrade Li Bin, what do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, Li Bin fell silent.

“Secretary Chen, I would like to first apologize to you and the Provincial Party Committee. It is my fault as the Municipal Party Secretary for failing to perform my leadership duties well.”

"It's one thing for a member of the Standing Committee to be corrupt, but I didn't even know my partner, the mayor, was corrupt..."

"Comrade Li Bin, we can talk about self-criticism later. You want to ask about the proposed disciplinary action against Huang Benwei, right?"

"Secretary Chen, you guessed perfectly."

If Minister Chen and Director Jia from the inspection team hadn't arrived, I would have pretended to be unaware of Huang Benwei's problem for the time being, and dealt with it after transferring him to a sinecure. But given the current situation…”

"Comrade Li Bin, I know what you're worried about."

Overnight, not only did a member of the municipal party committee fall from power, but a mayor was also implicated.

Your city's work will be greatly affected in the coming months. From a selfish perspective, you are responsible for the problems these two people have caused.

However, I can tell you with certainty, Comrade Li Bin, since Minister Chen has asked you to investigate, you should investigate thoroughly, show no leniency, and not delay.

Opportunities to redeem yourself are few and far between... Minister Chen is willing to give you this chance, so you must seize it!

"Hey! Secretary Chen, I understand the principles, but I've always wanted a way to have the best of both worlds..."

"You're too greedy. Don't you understand the principle of sacrificing a pawn to save the king?"

"Understood, Secretary Chen. It seems our provincial party committee needs to reconsider the candidate for mayor of Zunyi City."

"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."

Goodbye, Secretary Chen!

After hanging up the phone, Li Bin felt much more relaxed; he had indeed been a bit greedy.

That evening, the Zunyi Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection quickly reached a conclusion regarding the interrogation of Lu Xiaojun and related personnel.

Even at 3 a.m., staff from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection went to the Municipal Party Committee compound and took Mayor Huang Benwei away.

Information about economic transactions was uncovered one by one, and the interrogation materials were not delivered to the municipal party committee until 10 a.m. the next day.

In the secretary's office, after a night's rest, Li Bin's energy had recovered somewhat.

After reviewing the materials on the table, Li Bin remained expressionless.

He simply instructed his secretary to have the staff of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection deliver the materials to the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

People can be temporarily detained, but the specific procedures still need to be handled by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.

At 12:40 pm, in a local restaurant in Zunyi, Li Bin, sitting opposite Chen Luo and Jia Renli, was very reserved. His knees were together, his hands were placed straight on his knees, his back was straight, and his face was full of formality.

"Minister Chen, the investigation into the forced occupation of the sewage treatment plant has been completed..."

Chen Luo smiled and nodded upon hearing this.

"Go on..."

"Minister Chen, the person primarily responsible for this incident is Lu Xiaojun, the Party Secretary of Huai Ren City, along with the Party Secretary of Guijiu Town and others involved."

They also followed the trail and learned about the corruption of Huang Benwei, the mayor of our city, through Lu Xiaojun.

Chapter 543 Still in a Meeting, the Cold-Faced Yama

"Comrade Li Bin, what are your plans to do?"

Chen Luo's casual remark left Li Bin somewhat puzzled.

"Minister Chen, to tell the truth..."

Both Lu Xiaojun and Huang Benwei are very important leading cadres in this city.

Once their problems are made public, it will affect the city's economic development.

When I found out about the problem yesterday, I was also conflicted about whether to take it slow.

I even spoke with Secretary Chen of the Provincial Party Committee on the phone about this issue, and later I figured it out.