Chapter 339

The next morning.

To obtain Feng Weishan and Zou Feiyun's criminal evidence more quickly, Lin Dongfan temporarily halted the arrest operation against Sun Zhiqing and released her.

At the same time, Lin Dongfan drew two people from his private bodyguard team.

Responsible for guarding against Sun Zhiqing's escape, at the same time.

To serve as Sun Zhiqing's private bodyguard.

As for Qin Songde and his subordinates, they were all transferred by Yang Qing to the Wuzhou Detention Center, suspected of intentional homicide.

But Qin Songde's murder target was only Lin Dongfan.

For now, Sun Zhiqing was not included among them.

Because Sun Zhiqing still needed to return to the Zou family to handle affairs and gather evidence, and the fact that Sun Zhiqing had already betrayed the Zou family could not yet be exposed.

When parting, Lin Dongfan solemnly instructed Yang Qing: "Say hello to the detention center staff for me; besides your task force members, no one is allowed to contact Qin Songde and the others."

This was mainly to prevent Qin Songde and the others from exposing Sun Zhiqing's betrayal of the Zou family.

Yang Qing tacitly understood and lit a cigarette: "I'm not an idiot; you don't need to nag me about this."

But the smoke rings Yang Qing exhaled were in a depressed posture.

Because he had bragged the night before, saying he could get Qin Songde's confession by dawn, but ended up being slapped in the face. Qin Songde's mouth is truly tough; even if all his hair were plucked out, he still wouldn't reveal the mastermind behind the scenes.

The Qin is a loyal dog!

To protect the Zou family for his son, he would even sacrifice his life.

Yang Qing put aside his depressed mood and asked Lin Dongfan: "Are you going home or to the prosecutor's office? Do you want me to give you a ride?"

"I drove myself here."

After Lin Dongfan walked out of the gate of the Qingguo Club, he turned back and glanced at the club's sign.

He felt a myriad of emotions:

Who could imagine that an ordinary person would find that even a random decorative trinket taken from here is worth tens of millions of antiques? The Zou family's extravagance has reached this point; if they don't pay some price, even heaven would not agree.

After parting with Yang Qing, Lin Dongfan first went to the provincial prosecutor's office outpost, briefed the task force colleagues on the case progress, and asked them to shift the investigative focus onto Feng Weishan.

At this moment…

Feng Weishan was still racking his brains to pressure Chief Qi into releasing Zou Feiyun.

But today Feng Weishan actually did not call Chief Qi to his own office; instead, he summoned Chief Qi to the office of Provincial Party Secretary Jiang Huan Tian, asking Jiang Huan Tian to adjudicate.

He did this for two purposes:

First, he wanted to emphasize that everything he had done was above board, merely to uphold legal order and procedural justice.

Second, he wanted to test Jiang Huan Tian's true position.

Jiang Huan Tian remained as calm as ever, sitting composedly on the sofa, glancing at Feng Weishan on his left and then at Chief Qi on his right.

He maintained a calm smile: "Detaining Zou Feiyun shouldn't make us flush with embarrassment, should it? You're giving me a tough problem."

"Secretary Jiang."

Feng Weishan pushed up his glasses.

He added his point in an orderly manner: "Earlier, Ye Jiaying offered a heavy bounty, soliciting criminal evidence of Sun Fu Cheng from across the province. She used her personal funds to support our province's anti-corruption work, and I greatly admire her approach. However, Zou Feiyun did not participate in the midway seizure of evidence. The Lu Zhou who was beaten that night has now escaped mortal danger; his testimony can prove that Zou Feiyun was sitting in the car at that time."

"The two people who seized the evidence were Zou Feiyun's bodyguards." Chief Qi refused to budge, still unwilling to release him; he had promised Lin Dongfan he would hold out for seven days.

Feng Weishan suppressed his anger and smiled: "Chief Qi, let me make an imperfect analogy: if your housemaid killed someone right in front of you, could I also arrest you as the mastermind without asking about right or wrong?"

Hearing this, Chief Qi smiled without alarm.

He thought, "As expected of a political and legal heavyweight, his fallacious logic comes in sets."

Seeing that Jiang Huan Tian seemed unwilling to interject, Chief Qi spoke bluntly: "Secretary Feng, your analogy is indeed not appropriate. Let me ask you one thing: if Zou Feiyun had no intention of seizing the evidence, why would he run to the provincial broadcasting and television dormitory area in the middle of the night? What was he doing there? I really can't figure it out."

"The law speaks of evidence." Feng Weishan struggled to keep a calm smile: "Now we have no evidence proving that Zou Feiyun participated in the seizure of evidence. According to the principle of innocent until proven guilty, if he should be released, he must be released. In this matter, Prosecutor Liu of the provincial prosecutor's office shares my opinion."

Before Chief Qi could argue his point,

Feng Weishan then turned the tables on Chief Qi: "There's another matter: I also want to clarify this in front of Secretary Jiang. That night, besides those present at the provincial broadcasting and television dormitory area, Lin Dongfan was also there. Lin Dongfan ordered his private bodyguards to injure Zou Feiyun; why haven't you arrested Lin Dongfan?"

"Lin Dongfan was acting to stop violence at the time." Chief Qi emphasized solemnly: "If Lin Dongfan had not ordered someone to intervene and stop the violence, Lu Zhou would have been beaten to death on the spot and would not be alive today."

"Stopping violence is correct." Feng Weishan asked with a smile: "But at that time Zou Feiyun was sitting in the car, he wasn't involved in the violence, so why drag him out of the vehicle and beat him up?"

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Chief Qi was momentarily speechless, not expecting Feng Weishan's counterargument to be so sharp.

Seeing that Chief Qi had nothing to say,

Feng Weishan suddenly shifted gears: "I'm bringing this up not to say that Lin Dongfan should be arrested. We can tentatively understand it as: the two bodyguards under Lin Dongfan were also acting against orders at the time; it was the bodyguards who, on their own initiative, dragged Zou Feiyun out of the car and beat him up, not acting on Lin Dongfan's orders."

Hearing this, Chief Qi's face showed a gloomy expression.

The implication behind Feng Weishan's words was that the injury caused by Lin Dongfan's bodyguards and that caused by Zou Feiyun's bodyguards were of the same nature.

If Zou Feiyun is to be guilty, then Lin Dongfan is equally guilty!

Just as Chief Qi was pondering from which angle to refute Feng Weishan's fallacy, Jiang Huan Tian suddenly interjected: "If there really is no evidence proving that Zou Feiyun participated in the seizure of evidence, then he must be released."

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Chief Qi remained silent in gloom, truly having nothing to say.

Of course, he did not believe that Jiang Huan Tian's decision was made to support Feng Weishan's view; on the contrary, it seemed more like a reluctant compromise.

The reason is simple:

If Zou Feiyun is not released, then Lin Dongfan must be arrested on charges of intentional injury.

Feng Weishan then added: "Secretary Jiang, regardless of whether it's Zou Feiyun or Lin Dongfan, their identities are extremely sensitive. I personally believe that when the province handles their cases, caution must be exercised."

"No matter what their identities are, if they truly broke the law, they must be dealt with seriously." No matter how Feng Weishan probed his stance, Jiang Huan Tian consistently maintained a neutral and calm demeanor: "On the contrary, if they are wronged, they should be released. Chief Qi, what do you think?"

"Since Secretary Jiang has spoken, I have no objections."

Chief Qi thought, "Fortunately, Lin Dongfan's side has already found a new breakthrough; releasing Zou Feiyun now should not pose too much of an obstacle for Lin Dongfan."