Chapter 40: Piercing the Heavens

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  After understanding the risks involved, Yang Jie followed Xiao Wu's suggestion and quietly walked out of the interrogation room. He closed the door to Interrogation Room No. 1 and pretended nothing was wrong, walking back in the same direction he had come from earlier.

  Because he wasn't wearing handcuffs and Yang Jie looked like a decent person, the civil police at the police station thought he was there to do something, so no one paid attention to him. Yang Jie took advantage of Zhang Liye and Xiao Tang not being around and quickly left the police station.

  Yang Jie, who had just been released, thought of Deng Xiaoyue, who was still being held in the interrogation room with an uncertain situation. He felt extremely anxious and looked at his watch to find that it was already 2:30. At this time, the county committee office should be working. Yang Jie walked to a small shop next to the police station, picked up the public phone on the counter, and dialed Chen Yuan's number.

  "Director, I'm Yang Jie." Yang Jie listened to the phone ring seven or eight times and thought Chen Yuan was not in the office, just about to hang up the phone when he heard it connect on the other end.

  "Xiao Yang, is there something wrong?" Chen Yuan had just returned from Zhou Secretary's office and heard the phone ringing non-stop outside the office. He picked up the phone to find out it was Yang Jie.

  "Director, I was caught by the police from Chengguan Police Station. They framed me for beating up Secretary Liao's son's friend. Without even asking any questions, they directly locked me in an interrogation room and wanted to extract a confession through torture. I knocked out the policeman who laid hands on me and escaped from the police station to call you." Yang Jie had already prepared his explanation in advance and calmly told Chen Yuan about what happened and his current situation in brief words.

  "What!" Chen Yuan's face changed instantly after hearing Yang Jie's words. "Where are you now? I'll call Director Yang right away."

  "I'm now at a small shop near the Chengguan Police Station. A friend of mine who works as a greeter at the Huanhe Hotel was also taken away by the police to prove that I didn't hit anyone, and she's still being interrogated in the interrogation room. I'm very worried about her safety, after all those people will stop at nothing to get things done." Yang Jie told Chen Yuan his location and also told him about Deng Xiaoyue's situation.

  "You just wait there, I'll let Director Yang go to you right away. Secretary Zhou was just saying that the rectification of the Public Security Bureau cannot be delayed, and unexpectedly the Chengguan Police Station dared to arrest the cadres of the County Party Committee without distinction, it's really lawless!" Chen Yuan comforted Yang Jie for two sentences before hanging up the phone.

  Yang Jie is a cadre in the county party committee office, and she is Chen Yuan's subordinate. To say nothing of Yang Jie having a special relationship with Secretary Zhou, even if Yang Jie didn't have any relationship with Secretary Zhou, the police station couldn't bypass her as the head of the county party committee office to arrest someone from the county party committee office. The Chengguan Police Station doing this is equivalent to directly slapping Chen Yuan in the face.

  Chen Yuan is a protective umbrella for her subordinates. She can be so respected in the county committee office, although there are reasons why Secretary Zhou trusts and supports her very much, but a bigger reason is that Chen Yuan has the courage to stand up for her subordinates and not let them suffer injustice.

  "Director Yang, I'm Chen Yuan, County Committee Office's Yang Jie has been arrested by the Chengguan Police Station for no reason. They even want to torture him into making a confession. He knocked out the police officer who was interrogating him and escaped from the interrogation room to call me. You must go to the Baixing Vice Food Store near the Chengguan Police Station to pick him up, then wait at the Chengguan Town Police Station for further instructions. I will immediately report this situation to Secretary." Chen Yuan dialed Yang Hua's office phone and gave him direct orders.

  Chen Yuan is a member of the county party committee and director of the county party committee office, and is truly in charge of the county party committee. Chen Yuan's words largely represent Secretary Zhou. After Yang Hua received the phone call, he was startled and stood up straight, "Yes! Please rest assured, I guarantee to complete the task."

  Yang Hua had just taken over the Public Security Bureau yesterday and asked Chen Yinglong to invite Yang Jie, planning to invite Yang Jie for dinner in the evening. Unexpectedly, the Chengguan Police Station actually arrested Yang Jie. The head of the Chengguan Police Station, Wen Peng, is Luo Song's man. Yang Hua has just taken over the Public Security Bureau and doesn't have time to rectify and adjust Luo Song's confidants. Unexpectedly, Luo Song was double-regulated yesterday, and the Chengguan Police Station rushed into a gun battle today.

  The county bureau is not far from the Chengguan police station, and it takes less than five minutes to get there by car. After hanging up the phone, Yang Hua picked up the police hat on his desk and walked out of the office quickly.

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  In Zhou Dalong's office, Luo Yuancheng, Lei Shuping and Propaganda Minister Sun Jiayun were sitting around him on both sides, discussing the location of the new economic development zone in Huaihe County, as well as issues related to three connections and one leveling, and propaganda. Chen Yuan rushed into the office, knocking on the door, with a gloomy face that seemed to be about to rain.

  "Secretary, just now Yang Jie called from outside and said that Secretary Liao's son accused Yang Jie of beating his friend. The Gongguan police station didn't investigate the reason and directly arrested him. Moreover, they were going to use torture to extract a confession from him. Yang Jie knocked out the policeman who was interrogating him and escaped from the police station, then came to me for help."

  I've already asked Director Yang to go to the Chengguan Police Station to pick him up. Yang Jie has another friend, a receptionist at the Ronghe Hotel, who testified that Yang Jie didn't hit anyone and was also taken away by the police station for questioning. I'm worried someone might try to make trouble out of this..." Chen Yuan's words instantly ignited the powder keg.

  Zhou Dali's eyes widened, his fists clenched, and the veins on his arms bulged like an old tree's roots. A palpable killing aura burst forth from him, unbridled and unrelenting. The iron-blooded soldier's demeanor, forged through battles and killings, erupted in this instant.

  "What is Liao Guojin trying to do?! Is this still a county under the leadership of the party or not?! Without asking about the circumstances, solely based on one person's accusation, they arrested an excellent young party member cadre and took him to the police station. Moreover, they even wanted to use torture to extract a confession! How can law enforcement be so reckless with the law? How can we let the party and the people trust their lives and property safety to such a bunch of idiots?! Zhou Dalong's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, his eyes gleaming with cold light, his furious expression not only scared Chen Yuan but also intimidated Luo Yuancheng and the other three committee members."

  "Secretary, at noon Yang Jie was still accompanying Zhang Yun and Zhou Dequan to receive Luo Sang County's Xiao County Magistrate in Huanhe Hotel. How could he possibly go beat someone up? Moreover, what kind of person is Liao Kai, what kind of character does he have? I'm afraid everyone here has heard something about him. To say that Yang Jie would go beat his friend, this sounds like a fairy tale to me." Chen Yuan was also furious at this time. Liao Kai had a very bad reputation in Huanhe County, but because he didn't commit any major offenses, just minor mistakes, and considering Liao Guo Jin's face, no one bothered to hold it against him.

  Now Liao Kai actually dares to stretch his hand into the county committee office, and even orders the Chengguan police station to arrest Yang Jie. This is too much, how can Chen Yuan, the director of the county committee office, not be furious?

  "Secretary, this situation is too severe. I think the top priority is to immediately let Director Yang lead a team to the police station to investigate this matter thoroughly and see if there's anyone behind the scenes who intentionally orchestrated this."

  At the same time, I think that Secretary Liao has serious problems in educating his children. If necessary, let Yang Hua and others investigate Liao Kai. If Liao Kai has committed serious illegal acts, then Secretary Liao also bears inescapable responsibility." Luo Yuan-cheng is the Party Masses Secretary and is the third-ranking official in the county government. His words carry much more weight than Chen Yuan-lai's.

  Luo Yuan's meaning is that if this matter was masterminded by Liao Guojin and his people, then they might as well use the same method to deal with them, taking Liao Kai as a breakthrough point and targeting Liao Guojin. If it works out, it won't be difficult to bring down Liao Guojin either. In that case, Zhang Dasen's faction will lose another major general.

  "Go! To the Chengguan Police Station, I want to see with my own eyes why the Chengguan Police Station would listen to Liao Kai's words." Zhou Dalong's eyes shot out murderous intent, his whole person looking like a fierce beast from the flood, unstoppable.

  Zhou Dalong made a move, and Luo Yuancheng, Lei Shuping, Sun Jiayun, and Chen Yuan followed him out of the secretary's office. The five standing committee members put down their work and went out together, with gloomy faces, quickly attracting the attention of the county party committee staff. For a while, whispers of suspicion filled the air.

  Yang Jie stood at the entrance of the snack shop, waited for less than four minutes, and saw three police cars rushing from afar. He knew it must be Director Yang Hua and his team arriving, so he quickly walked to the side of the road and waved his hand at the three police cars.

  A Santana police car led the way, quickly pulling up beside Yang Jie and stopping. The rear window rolled down, revealing a serious-looking Yang Hua wearing a police hat, who said to Yang Jie: "Comrade Yang Jie, our work hasn't been done properly, causing you trouble. Get in the car first! We'll go to the police station and rescue your friend before we talk."

  Yang Jie nodded hastily and opened the car door to get into Santana. After Yang Jie got on, Yang Hua said to the driver in front: "Drive, go straight to the police station."

  Santana stopped for a while at the side of the road, picked up Yang Jie, and quickly drove towards the nearby police station. A Jetta and a Jeep followed closely behind, directly entering the Chengguan Town Police Station.

  After the car stopped, Yang Hua opened the door and got out of Santana. Behind him, ten armed police officers also came down from the other two cars. Chen Yinglong, the captain of the security team, and Zhang Wei, the deputy captain, were among them. It seemed that these people were all Yang Hua's trusted subordinates; otherwise, they wouldn't have followed him to the police station.

  "Director Yang, my friend is still being held in Interrogation Room 2 for questioning. Let's get him out first!" Yang Jie got off the car and hastily approached Yang Hua, who was directing his subordinates to prepare to enter the police station with a stern face.

  "Chen Yinglong, take some men and go with Comrade Yang Jie to rescue people. Zhang Wei, take some men into the police station and disarm everyone. I want to see if this city's police station is really a dragon's lair." With Yang Hua's order, everyone sprang into action.

  At this time, the police station also heard the movement outside. A policeman had just walked out of the gate and was disarmed by Zhang Wei and others. Looking at Yang Hua's gloomy and serious face, the policeman suddenly became speechless and didn't dare to resist, obediently standing on the parking lot in front of the police station according to the instructions.

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