The next day was Saturday. Qiao Liang slept in. After getting up, he walked around the dormitory area. Looking up at the majestic mountains and dense virgin forest behind the dormitory area, he suddenly felt the urge to climb the mountain.
Qiao Liang knew that there was a small gate in the dormitory area that led directly to the back mountain, and a rugged path leading into the forest.
Since I have a day off today, let's do some exercise. I haven't moved my muscles in some days.
Qiao Liang then planned to go back to the dormitory to change into sportswear.
Just as he walked to the door of the dormitory, his cell phone rang in his pocket. Qiao Liang took out his cell phone and saw the call, it was an unfamiliar number from Xizhou.
Qiao Liang immediately answered: "Hello."
"Hello, are you Deputy County Chief Qiao Liangqiao?" The voice on the phone sounded polite but serious.
"Yes, I am Qiao Liang, may I ask who you are..." Qiao Liang tentatively asked.
"Deputy County Chief Qiao, I am a staff member of the city investigation team. We are in Liangbei now. I have something to talk to you about. Please go to the small conference room on the second floor of the county guest house now," the other party said.
Qiao Liang's heart skipped a beat. Damn it, the city's investigation team came to talk to him. As expected, the investigation team should have come about Shang Ke's beating.
In other words, the city already knew about Shang Ke's beating, but I don't know how or who knew it.
Thinking of the analysis and judgment he made yesterday after unexpectedly discovering the relationship between Liu Changxing and the director's classmate, as well as what he already knew about Shang Ke's background in the province and his position in the hearts of city leaders, Qiao Liang realized that Shang Ke was beaten.
This matter should be taken seriously by the city's top management.
Since the investigation team came to Liangbei and wanted to investigate, they naturally had to talk to the parties involved.
However, whether the investigation team can investigate the matter fairly and impartially, whether it can investigate the truth, how it will be reported to the higher authorities after the investigation is completed, and what decision the higher authorities will make after receiving the feedback from the investigation team, Qiao
Liang was unsure. After all, this was the northwest, Xizhou, not Jiangdong, not Jiangzhou. He had just arrived, and his foundation and background were incomparable to those of the monks, so he was at a complete disadvantage.
Thinking of this, Qiao Liang felt a little uneasy.
But then Qiao Liang calmed down again. Damn, what about being in a strange Xizhou? It has the same system, the same mechanism, and the same work procedures as Jiangzhou. I have done nothing wrong, so what is there to worry about?
Qiao Liang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll go to the guest house right away."
The other party hung up the phone.
Qiao Liang then went to the office area and drove to the guest house.
On the way, Qiao Liang thought that if the investigation team members called him early in the morning, they should have arrived in Liangbei yesterday. According to the work flow, they should have already connected with Ding Xiaoyun.
According to the circumstances of his fight against Shang Ke, in addition to himself, the people the investigation team would talk to would of course also include Shang Ke and He Qingqing, and even the deputy director of the guest house who was on duty that night.
I don’t know the order in which the investigators talked. If we were to follow the rankings, it would be Shangke first, then myself, and finally He Qingqing. On the other hand, it’s hard to be sure.
When he was approaching the guest house, Qiao Liang received a call from Ding Xiaoyun: "County Chief Qiao, I just learned that an investigation team came from the city to investigate the beating of County Chief Shang..."
Hearing what Ding Xiaoyun said, Qiao Liang was surprised: "Secretary Ding, the investigation team should have arrived in Liangbei yesterday, right?"
"Yes, I arrived last night." Ding Xiaoyun said.
"Did you not know in advance that the investigation team came to Liangbei? After they arrived in Liangbei, they didn't notify you? Didn't they contact you?" Qiao Liang said.
"Yes, I didn't know beforehand. You didn't contact me yesterday. I just found out about it." Ding Xiaoyun's voice sounded very calm.
"Why is this happening? It shouldn't be like this." Qiao Liang was a little confused.
Ding Xiaoyun chuckled: "Chief Qiao, maybe the matter is not as simple as we thought. Maybe if I had reported the matter to the city in advance, it would not be like this."
From Ding Xiaoyun's words, Qiao Liang seemed to feel something. Ding Xiaoyun had always wanted to suppress the matter in the county and solve it internally, but never reported it to the superiors. The superiors seemed dissatisfied with Ding Xiaoyun's actions, so they deliberately let
The investigation team gave her a break.
Then Ding Xiaoyun said: "County Chief Qiao, have you received the notice of the conversation?"
Qiao Liang composed himself: "I got it, I'll be at the guest house right away."
"Okay, let's follow the procedure." Ding Xiaoyun said and hung up the phone.
Qiao Liang drove into the guest house, drove to the front of the building, and saw the Land Cruiser parked downstairs.
Shang Ke should have arrived first.
Qiao Liang got off the car, entered the building, and went straight to the small conference room on the second floor.
Just as he arrived on the second floor, before his feet had left the stairs, the door of the small conference room in the corridor suddenly opened, and Shang Ke walked out, followed by three people.
Qiao Liang stopped and looked at them. Among the three people who came out, Qiao Liang knew one of them, the deputy minister who greeted the temporary staff at the airport when they first arrived in Xizhou. The other two were younger men.
Obviously, the leader of the investigation team is the deputy minister.
Qiao Liang then shrank back and listened.
Standing at the door, the deputy minister took the initiative to shake hands with Shang Ke and said in a warm tone: "Chief Shang, according to your statement, we all know the situation. You have been wronged. On behalf of Minister Shikuan, I would like to express my condolences to you and thank you at the same time.
Please provide us with information despite your busy schedule..."
Two other men stood nearby with respectful and humble expressions on their faces.
Shang Ke chuckled: "You came all the way to Liangbei for my business. Thank you for your hard work. We all do it for work. Although I am busy, I should cooperate with your work well."
"Chief Shang, please rest assured that we will definitely conduct this investigation with a high degree of responsibility," the deputy minister said.
Listening to their conversation, Qiao Liang frowned, "Hey, why don't you feel that the momentum is not right?"
"Okay, you continue, I'm leaving first, bye." After Shang Ke said this, he strode towards the stairs. The deputy minister and the other two then turned around and entered the small conference room.
Shang Ke walked to the stairs and saw Qiao Liang.
"Good morning, Chief Shang!" Qiao Liang took the initiative to say hello to Shang Ke.
"Good morning, Deputy County Chief Qiao!" Shang Ke smiled at Qiao Liang, with unconcealable confidence and confidence in his smile.
Qiao Liang also smiled slightly: "Chief Shang, are you done talking?"
"Yes." Shang Ke nodded, "I'm done, it's your turn."
"Oh, you're done? Really?" Qiao Liang frowned.
"Nonsense, of course it's true." Shang Ke said simply.
"How did you end it? Did you explain the problem truthfully? Is there any room for redemption?" Qiao Liang looked concerned.
Only then did Shang Ke realize that he had been tricked by Qiao Liang, and he felt ashamed, but he didn't want to get angry, so he pulled his face and snorted coldly.
Qiao Liang continued: "Chief Shang, what do you think I should say when I go in to talk later?"
"You can say whatever you like." Shang Ke said impatiently.
Qiao Liang grinned: "That's not a good idea. You are the principal and I am the deputy. I haven't started yet after you finish. It seems I need to ask you for permission first."
"No need to ask for permission!" Shang Ke snorted again, "Nima, you're going to be finished before you even start. I won't talk nonsense with you."
You can then go downstairs directly.
Seeing Shang Ke walking down with his head held high, Qiao Liang thought of how the deputy minister had just come out to see Shang Ke off. He felt a little heavy and a little angry. Damn it, since the investigation team is like this, why bother?
Do you take them too seriously?
Qiao Liang thought as he walked to the door of the small conference room, exhaled, then raised his hand and knocked gently on the door twice.
"Please come in-" the deputy minister's voice came from the room.
Qiao Liang pushed the door open and walked in. The curtains of the conference room were opened and the light was very bright. The deputy minister was sitting in the center of the oval conference table, with two men sitting on both sides.
At this time, their expressions were all serious.
Qiao Liang had experienced this kind of situation several times in Jiangzhou, and he didn't think it was anything special at this time.
After Qiao Liang entered, he closed the door, smiled at them, looked at the deputy minister and said, "Boss, we meet again so soon."
The deputy minister did not smile, but nodded politely to Qiao Liang: "Deputy County Chief Qiao, please sit down -"
After speaking, the deputy minister pointed to the seat opposite.
Qiao Liang went over and sat down, there was still a decent amount of warmth on the seat.
A man came over and poured a glass of water for Qiao Liang, placed it in front of him, and said politely: "Deputy County Chief Qiao, please drink some water."
"Thank you." Qiao Liang nodded to the man and then looked at the deputy minister: "Boss, are you here from Xizhou on a special trip?"
"Yes." The deputy minister nodded, "We arrived in Liangbei last night."
"Thank you, leader." Qiao Liang nodded, "Leader, you came to Liangbei and talked to me early this morning. Why?"
The deputy minister coughed lightly: "Deputy County Chief Qiao, it's like this. The department received a report from the county, saying that when you first came to Liangbei to take up a post, something happened between the County Chief and the monk.
The minister took the physical conflict very seriously and specially sent us to Liangbei to investigate what happened..."
Qiao Liang nodded and looked at the other two men: "That means these two comrades are also from the ministry?"
"Yes." The deputy minister nodded, and then added, "Deputy County Magistrate Qiao, considering your temporary status and in accordance with the instructions of the department leaders, we came to Liangbei this time just to investigate what happened and to report what happened after the investigation.
Report the situation to the leadership, and we do not make any suggestions on how to deal with it."
Qiao Liang nodded: "I welcome the leader and his team to take the trouble to come to Liangbei to investigate. Thank you for the leader's care and love for me. Very good. Now our conversation can officially begin."
The deputy minister was slightly startled. He came to talk to Qiao Liang as the leader of the investigation team. He should have taken the initiative. Why did Qiao Liang seem to be leading the way now when he said this?
The deputy minister composed himself and continued: "Okay, Deputy County Chief Qiao, please tell me in detail the physical conflict that occurred that night with County Chief Monk Shang."
"Okay." Qiao Liang nodded, and then said, "By the way, can you all record what I said truthfully?"
The deputy minister frowned, why is this guy so troubled? It seems that he doesn't believe the investigation team.
The deputy minister then said seriously: "Deputy County Chief Qiao, we are an investigation team sent by the organization. Seeking truth from facts is our inevitable duty. Don't worry, we will truthfully record everything you say."
"Okay, after the conversation, can I take a look at your records?" Qiao Liang said.
The deputy minister was unhappy. This guy was too distrustful of the investigation team. He had never encountered such a master before. No investigation subject had ever dared to make such a request. This temporary deputy county chief seemed a bit evil.
"Deputy County Chief Qiao, according to relevant regulations, there is no need to show our transcripts to the person we are talking to." The deputy minister refused directly.
"Relevant regulations? What regulations? Tell me--" Qiao Liang said calmly.
"This..." the deputy minister was speechless for a moment.
