Qiao Liang felt that as the old minister of the Propaganda Department, Tang Shusen had been staring at the propaganda system and Xu Honggang, not missing any opportunity to take advantage of.

Tang Shusen was able to seize this opportunity in such a timely manner, which seemed to be related to the fact that there were people in the Propaganda Department.

This person is naturally Chu Heng.

With Chu Heng as executive vice minister in the Propaganda Department, Tang Shusen could easily know Xu Honggang's every move.

Thinking of this, Qiao Liang suddenly felt very scary.

At almost 10 o'clock, Xu Honggang, Ye Xinyi and Liu Yiping came back. Xu Honggang got drunk. Xiao Zheng brought him up and fell asleep as soon as he entered the room.

Ye Xinyi and Liu Yiping also drank a lot, their faces were flushed and slightly drunk.

"It's going well, right?" Qiao Liang asked.

Ye Xinyi nodded, Liu Yiping looked happy: "The task is done, and you can be reported within a week. Minister Xu has made a lot of money tonight. Minister Ye and I also drank a lot. Then Minister Ye and I accompanied the deputy editor-in-chief in charge to go shopping at Yansha..."

Qiao Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's getting late, so let's get off early. There's still something to do tomorrow." Ye Xinyi said.

Then Ye Xinyi and Liu Yiping returned to the room. Qiao Liang looked at Xu Honggang who was drunk on the bed. He saw him drinking like this for the first time.

Qiao Liang asked Xiao Zheng to go back to his room to rest, and sat on the sofa in the living room. Listening to Xu Honggang's snoring in the inner room, he touched the cigarette from the coffee table, lit it, and slowly sucked it.

While smoking, Qiao Liang looked at the cell phone on the coffee table.

Qiao Liang had a intuition at this time that Chu Heng would call himself tonight.

Qiao Liang thought about whether he should call Chu Heng first or wait for Chu Heng to call him.

If you fight first, it is equivalent to telling Chu Heng that Yuan Lizhi has already vented this place first.

If Chu Heng calls, he will definitely test himself. If there is any flaw in his answer, it will arouse his suspicion.

It seems that both have their pros and cons.

Just as I was thinking, my phone rang, it was indeed Chu Heng's number.

Qiao Liang waited for the ringing several times before answering the phone, with a hazy sleepiness: "Who?"

"Xiao Qiao, it's me, are you asleep?" Chu Heng's low voice came from the phone.

"Oh, Brother Chu, I just fell asleep. Is there anything wrong with you calling so late?"

"Haha, it's nothing big, I want to ask if your side is going well."

"It's pretty smooth. Minister Xu and Minister Ye and others just came back after drinking. Minister Xu drank too much and fell asleep. I just lay down for a while."

"Oh, I have something I want to report to Minister Xu. Call him and turn off his phone and call you. Since Minister Xu is asleep, I will find him tomorrow."

"Okay, Brother Chu."

Chu Heng paused for a moment: "You didn't go to drink with Minister Xu tonight?"

"No."

"Have you received a call from anyone tonight?"

“Received.”

"Whose?"

"I am a college buddy, we chatted for more than an hour."

"Nothing else?"

"No, Brother Chu asked this is..."

"Haha, it's nothing, just ask, it's getting late, go to bed." Chu Heng hung up the phone.

Qiao Liang put down his cell phone and continued to smoke, savoring the content and tone of Chu Heng calling him just now. Obviously, he wanted to test something from him, but he should not find any flaws in his answer.

Of course, Qiao Liang could guess what Chu Heng called Xu Honggang and said, and he would be passive if he dragged him down. Xu Honggang's mobile phone turned off just gave him an excuse.

Qiao Liang was almost certain at this time that Chu Heng should have known about Tang Shusen's inspection of the radio and television system and the Organization Department's inspection of other units of the propaganda system, and even before Xu Hong left Jiangzhou.

Thinking of the suspicion of the relationship between Chu Heng and Zhang Mei, the unknowingly guarding and alienating Chu Heng, and the relationship between Chu Heng and Tang Shusen, Qiao Liang felt that it seemed that he should have a clear side between Chu Heng and Xu Honggang.

But hesitated and felt that it was a bit too early. After all, Chu Heng had a relationship with him for a day or two, and the two families had close personal relationships. What if the adulterer was not Chu Heng?

While struggling, the snoring sound in the inside suddenly stopped, and then the sound of turning over came.

Qiao Liang hurriedly stood up and went in. Xu Hong was awake and was sitting on the bed in a daze.

"Minister Xu, you are awake." Qiao Liang handed Xu Honggang a cup of boiling water at the head of the bed.

Xu Hong just took it and drank it all in one breath, then exhaled: "Damn, I've drunk too much tonight."

"You have to pay attention to your health. You can't fight like this when drinking."

"There is no way, I can't help myself in the world." Xu Honggang shook his head helplessly, then got out of bed, "I'll take a shower."

Qiao Liang returned to the living room. After a while, Xu Hong came out in his pajamas after taking a shower, sat on the sofa, touched a cigarette, and Qiao Liang lit it for him.

Xu Honggang took two deep puffs of cigarettes and looked at Qiao Liang: "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"You're drunk too much, I'm worried that you'll have something to do in the middle of the night, so I'll watch it here."

Xu Honggang was a little moved and relieved: "I'm fine, you go back and rest."

Qiao Liang sat there and didn't move.

"There is something else?" Xu Honggang looked at Qiao Liang.

"Yes, there is something wrong..." Qiao Liang then told Xu Honggang what Yuan Lizhi said, and then said, "Minister Chu also called me just now and said that he would call you and turn off the phone."

After hearing this, Xu Hong took a light breath, smoked and pondered. After a while, he took his cell phone and turned on it.

There were two calls to remind me, one was called by Yuan Lizhi at 8 o'clock, and the other was Chu Heng's just now.

"Xiao Qiao, what do you think about this?" Xu Honggang looked at Qiao Liang with deep eyes.

"I..." Qiao Liang hesitated.

"Tell me boldly, tell the truth." Xu Honggang encouraged.

Qiao Liang let go: "I think from the perspective of Minister Tang's ex, he seems to have three meanings when he does this."

"What are the three meanings?" Xu Honggang said with interest.

"First, Minister Tang beats you in the name of work as a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the Old Minister of the Propaganda Department, or sends you a subtle demonstration to you to understand his qualifications and identity, and to recognize his influence and power in the propaganda system and even the Jiangzhou officialdom."

Xu Honggang nodded: "What about the second one?"

"Second, Minister Tang's move is intended to appease his old subordinates who have been cultivated in the propaganda system for many years, and give them a reassurance so that they can know that the foundation of this big tree is still very stable and has great power."

"Yeah, keep talking."

"Third, Minister Tang wants to warn you recently promoted and reused people, let them recognize the situation, don't stand in the wrong team, don't think that you can't control them if you leave the Propaganda Department. This is particularly obvious from Minister Tang's inspection of the radio and television system."

Xu Honggang nodded with an admiring look: "Xiao Qiao, your analysis is quite smart."

"Thank you, Minister Xu for the praise."
Chapter completed!