Chapter 141: Another Round of Making Enemies!

Tang Ye led Guo Liang into the conference room.

Seeing the disheveled Guo Liang, Du Chengfeng gripped his hands tightly and nodded slightly: "You've worked hard! Sit down quickly and tell everyone the whole process of the matter!"

The looks the others cast toward Guo Liang were a motley mix.

Hadn't Guo Liang gone missing as if he had evaporated into thin air? How did he become an undercover agent in the blink of an eye, and even the key figure who turned the tide?

Guo Liang's eyes turned red, and he took a large gulp of water.

"Leaders, I will now talk about what happened during this period."

"A few months ago, Chu Kun's fraud gang had noses like dogs; as soon as they heard Pinghu was going to have major development, they moved at the first sign of wind. They rented an office building in the county seat, cobbled together a shell company, and even forged a project proposal, using the banner of building a high-end residential complex in Pinghu to start their crooked business."

"At first, they used land investment as bait and approached Zhong Hui, the Deputy Town Mayor in charge of investment promotion in our town. After Zhong Hui handed the proposal to Town Mayor Tang, Town Mayor Tang saw the loopholes in the project at a glance and immediately rejected the proposal with vigilance."

"Once Chu Kun saw that the path of project approval was blocked, he started trying to cozy up to government officials while simultaneously beginning illegal fundraising, using high returns as a front to swindle money from the common people."

"After Town Mayor Tang heard the rumors, he gave me a task to keep a close eye on this enterprise and probe their bottom line."

"After I made contact with them a few times, I discovered the problem: this group were habitual fraudsters with plenty of experience."

"In order not to alert the enemy, I deliberately cozied up to them and became one of them, letting them think I wanted to join in..."

Hearing this, Guo Zhengting couldn't help but interrupt and question: "Why didn't you report to your superiors earlier?"

Guo Liang hurriedly explained: "At that time, they had already swindled the money and transferred it to their lair. Even if we had arrested them then, we wouldn't have been able to catch them all in one net, so I thought about going undercover. Besides, I was also afraid that if someone had a loose tongue, the news would be leaked."

Du Chengfeng glanced at Guo Zhengting indifferently and comforted Guo Liang, "I heard from Wan Ming that the scene was perilous when they found you. Don't risk your life like that again next time!"

Guo Liang's gaze was as firm as a stone, and he said decisively: "Secretary, as the old saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger cub? As a public servant, I have to put life and death aside at critical moments. At the time, I thought I was going to die there; it was thanks to Town Mayor Tang and Bureau Chief Wan acting in time that they pulled me back from the gates of hell. A few minutes later and I would have been buried alive by them—just thinking about it makes me shudder!"

Those present couldn't help but let out a series of "tsk-tsk-tsk" sounds of exclamation.

Of course, there were also people sneering, feeling that Guo Liang was deliberately acting to grab attention.

At this moment, Wan Ming took out a digital camera and handed it to Du Chengfeng.

After Du Chengfeng finished looking at it, he passed it to the others.

The camera contained pictures of the scene where Guo Liang was rescued from the burial pit.

As soon as Tang Ye saw the photos, he understood in his heart: Wan Ming must have saved the person first, and the photos were taken later!

In fact, many people were as clear as a mirror in their hearts, but everyone kept it to themselves; after all, the photos did restore the perilous scene from that time.

Du Chengfeng glanced at Guo Liang, his eyes full of approval, "Next, we must try the case and recover the losses of the common people. Besides our county, there must be many victims in other places. I propose establishing a Special Case Investigation Team, with Tang Ye and Wan Ming taking the lead. You must put your hearts into it, get to the bottom of this as soon as possible, let those fraudsters receive the punishment they deserve, and recover as much as possible for the victims."

Guo Liang glanced at Guo Zhengting and said to Du Chengfeng with deep sorrow: "Secretary, I heard that while Chu Kun and his group were in Tianling County, they roped in and corrupted quite a few government cadres!"

Du Chengfeng's eyes suddenly became sharp, "Public servants involved in the fraud case must be severely punished without leniency! Are there any leads?"

Guo Liang looked toward Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Zhuo Ming and said aggrievedly: "In order to get the land in Pinghu, Chu Kun got very close to the cadres of the County Land and Resources Bureau. Chu Kun even complained that some cadres took money but didn't do the work, only knowing how to fool him."

Zhuo Ming's eyes lit up, and he said sternly: "If the situation you reported is true, the Discipline Inspection Commission will certainly act with vigor and take tough measures; we will never tolerate it!"

Guo Zhengting did not expect the topic to suddenly turn to the County Land and Resources Bureau.

The matter of illegal land transfer had already caused a huge uproar before, and in order to stabilize the situation, only a few clerks were used as scapegoats at the time.

Now that it was mixed up with a fraud case, and it was a major case involving over 100 million in funds, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, feeling a chill run from the soles of his feet to his forehead.

Guo Zhengting understood!

Tang Ye was actually using Guo Liang's mouth to take the opportunity to launch a beautiful counterattack against him.

From the moment the fraud case broke out, Guo Zhengting had been like a piece of sticky candy, pressing Tang Ye step by step, insisting on pinning the blame on him and wanting him to receive a disciplinary action.

But the facts proved that Tang Ye had long sensed that something was wrong and had quietly planted an undercover agent inside the enemy's ranks.

Looking at it this way, Tang Ye not only didn't make a mistake, but was also a great hero who properly solved the matter!

This slap to the face was loud and clear!

Guo Zhengting was truly a bit bewildered.

As soon as Guo Zhengting returned to his office, he immediately dialed the phone of the Director of the Land and Resources Bureau, Bao Chunsheng.

"Come to my office immediately."

"Alright, I'll be right over."

In a few minutes, Bao Chunsheng came to knock on the County Magistrate's office door. Guo Zhengting stood up, walked over, closed the door, and questioned Bao Chunsheng with a stern expression, "Confess honestly, do you have any connection with Chu Kun's gang?"

Bao Chunsheng pretended to be quite calm on the surface: "County Magistrate Guo, I ate with Chu Kun once. He was preparing to get land in Pinghu. I didn't think much of it at the time. What happened?"

Guo Zhengting took a deep breath, "I'm warning you, if you have any unclear dealings with Chu Kun, go to the Discipline Inspection Commission as soon as possible and confess everything one by one. Chu Kun and his entire gang have been caught in one net. There's no guarantee he won't spill all the bad things he did in Pinghu."

Bao Chunsheng's face turned as white as a sheet of paper in a flash, and his whole body was as if he had been acupunctured!

Ever since the Hongzhen fraud gang exploded, Bao Chunsheng hadn't slept a single peaceful night, living in fear every day, terrified that Chu Kun would be caught by the Police one day.

"You must pull me out of this and show me a way to live!"

Bao Chunsheng fell to his knees in front of Guo Zhengting with a "thump."

Guo Zhengting looked disappointed, waved his hand at him, and said helplessly: "I really can't help you this time. Think of a way yourself!"

Tang Ye arrived at the Public Security Bureau, ready to have a good showdown with Chu Kun.

The phone in his pocket buzzed.

He took a look; it was a call from Zhuo Ming.

"Hey, Tang Ye, just giving you a heads-up, Bao Chunsheng has turned himself in!"

"Is that so? Then we must interrogate him well. We'll definitely be able to dig up a lot of material!"

"Tonight, I reckon many township cadres will have to suffer from insomnia!"

A gust of wind from nowhere blew, making Tang Ye shiver.

He subconsciously reached out to touch the back of his head.

Well, now he's going to be hated by people again; surely many people will think he is the one stirring up trouble! If you have votes, please vote, bowing!"