The fire in Luzhuang City spread 50 grain stocks, burning tens of thousands of tons of grain, and directly losing more than 100 million yuan. Such a large fire can be on the front page even if it is placed in the whole country. Therefore, it is impossible to hide it from Jiangnan Province, and it is even more impossible to hide it from Du Xiaolian, who has been targeting Luzhuang and waiting for negative news.

Just the morning after the fire, Du Xiaolian learned about the news. He could not see the opportunity hidden behind the news. Therefore, this made him extremely excited. He could finally deal with officials like Concubine Xiao Shu and Chen Ping that he could not stand.

Of course, Du Xiaolian knew that Concubine Xiao's father was Xiao Hongkun, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, and Xiao Hongkun had a good relationship with Lin Zhengyue, secretary of the provincial party committee. Du Xiaolian also knew whether something could be accomplished in the officialdom was the most important point that had little to do with this matter, but the comparison of strength between support and opposition.

In the officialdom, as long as there are senior leaders who want to protect someone and do not have too many objections, even if this person kills and sets fire, he will be free and easy. On the contrary, if a person is not protected, even if he does not make any mistakes, he will be eliminated for various inexplicable reasons.

Now that such a thing happened in Luzhuang, Concubine Xiao would definitely ask them for help as soon as possible. With the help of these two people, I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to do anything to the other party by myself. Therefore, I must find some considerable people in the provincial standing committee to enhance my momentum.

Thinking of this, Du Xiaolian took action immediately. After all, Xiao Hongkun and Concubine Xiao were too close, so Xiao Hongkun would definitely be very concerned about this matter. If he had the advantage, it would be difficult for him to do so.

However, the first thing Du Xiaolian was looking for was not the Song Chaozhong who advocated the inspection of granary storage warehouses with him, but the Organization Minister Wang Xueyong.

However, Du Xiaolian would do this not because he had any conflicts with Song Chaozhong, but because he knew Song Chaozhong's position very well. Even if he didn't go to him, he would do things that would be beneficial to him. In contrast, Wang Xueyong is different. He is an old-fashioned official sent from the central government. His usual position is very neutral, so he has more value in winning over.

Du Xiaolian did what he thought of, so he immediately came to Wang Xueyong's office. After some greetings and politeness, Du Xiaolian rushed to the topic.

"Minister Wang, the reason why I came to disturb you today is that I actually have some things I want to hear from you," said Du Xiaolian.

Wang Xueyong was just a little stubborn, but he was not stupid, so he did not show any surprise at Du Xiaolian's words, so he asked him: "Governor Du just needs anything he has to say."

"Okay, that's it. I just received a call from Dongwu City, saying that a very serious fire broke out in the granary storage warehouse in Luzhuang City, fifty grain stocks were burned, and tens of thousands of tons of grain were destroyed, and the direct economic losses were hundreds of millions." Du Xiaolian said this and asked, "Do you know about this? Minister Wang?"

"Maybe Governor Du, you have more information than me. I haven't heard of this yet," said Wang Xueyong.

Du Xiaolian said: "Minister Wang is humble. I just have different division of labor from Minister Wang, so the time for getting the news will be different."

"Maybe," said Wang Xueyong, "I believe that Governor Du is talking about the truth. Such a huge loss, I think this can be considered a major safety accident in the province, right?"

"If it's just a safety accident, it's okay. After all, no one can say that accidents are accurate. I'm afraid that this is not an accident, and that's even more troublesome." Du Xiaolian said.

Du Xiaolian's words made Wang Xueyong frown suddenly. He asked Du Xiaolian, "Governor Du, what do you mean?"

Facing Wang Xueyong's question, Du Xiaolian first pretended to be reserved and pondered for a moment, then said: "Since Minister Wang has asked this, I will say that as a provincial leader, I shouldn't have doubted anything casually, but this time the fire in Luzhuang City was really too coincidental. Why was it not too late, but it started when the provincial inspection team was about to go down? And so many things in Luzhuang were not burned, why was the granary storage warehouse burned?"

"Governor Du, what do you mean is that someone deliberately released the fire? What is the purpose of covering up or escaping?" Wang Xueyong asked.

Du Xiaolian nodded, and then Wang Xueyong focused his mind for a while before saying to Du Xiaolian: "The possibility of this aspect cannot be ruled out, after all, this time happened too coincidental."

"Minister Wang, I think it's a coincidence that I don't enter. Moreover, the power in the hands of some officials in Luzhuang and their attitude towards government work are also very problematic," said Du Xiaolian.

Wang Xueyong listened to Du Xiaolian's words, thought for himself, and then said: "Governor Du is right. The current secretary of the municipal party committee and the deputy mayor of Luzhuang City have done a bit too much. Since they arrived in Luzhuang, they have had quite a conflict with several mayors. It always makes people feel that their minds are useless in their work and are specifically doing such unpretentious things."

"Absolute power will lead to absolute **. This is a truth that has been argued countless times," Du Xiaolian said. "So I wonder if the fire in Luzhuang City's granary storage warehouse this time was simply a drama directed and acted by some officials?"

"Governor Du, what do you mean is that this fire is very likely to be made by Concubine Xiao Shu and Chen Ping?" Wang Xueyong asked, Du Xiaolian nodded, and then Wang Xueyong continued to shake his head at him and said, "I think this is unlikely. Although I am not familiar with Concubine Xiao Shu and Chen Ping, I am a little familiar with those two officials. They should not be such people."

"It is hard to draw bones when painting tigers and skins. It is hard to know people and faces but not the heart!"

Du Xiaolian sighed, and then continued, "Minister Wang, I understand what you mean, but Minister Wang, think about it, if it were not for the nodding of the leaders and officials such as Xiao Shufei, how could they dare to do such a big thing with the small officials below?"

"Saying some very heartbreaking words, it means that the province inspected the local area and found that there was a problem with the granary storage warehouse. That would be the punishment of the leaders above. What does it have to do with the grassroots officials below? They can't have been full and they risked the person responsible for the accident to set fire in the granary storage warehouse, right?" Du Xiaolian said, "That's why I guess that Xiao Shufei did this because her hands and feet in the granary storage warehouse were not clean and she was afraid that the province would find problems."

After Du Xiaolian finished speaking, seeing that Wang Xueyong's face showed signs of loosening, he continued: "But Xiao Shufei and the others were afraid of doing this. After all, their relationship in the province is very unusual, and this matter is easily confused by some people with ulterior motives as a safety responsibility accident."

Although Wang Xueyong is the Minister of Organization, he also knows that safety liability accidents are much better than corruption. He also knows that Concubine Xiao’s father is Xiao Hongkun, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee.

Therefore, after Wang Xueyong heard Du Xiaolian's words, he immediately slapped the table and said, "This is too much. How can the province allow them to do this? Governor Du, don't worry, I will definitely stand on your side."

Du Xiaolian was waiting for Wang Xueyong's words, so he said: "I feel relieved if you have Minister Wang. As the executive vice governor, I will definitely fight against all kinds of officials with inappropriate intentions."
Chapter completed!