Chapter 437: Slap His Face with Evidence!

The two cars quickly arrived at the Town Government.

Party Committee Secretary Bao Guohua stood at the entrance with his team members, waiting.

Everyone was very nervous, because quite a few pieces of news had come from the county.

Huang Bingwen had been arrested.

Zhao Bin was under investigation by the Discipline Inspection Commission.

Tang Ye and Cheng Lin were here with ill intent!

As Tang Ye and Cheng Lin stepped out of the sedan, Bao Guohua's face was filled with smiles as he took the initiative to greet them: "Secretary Cheng, County Magistrate Tang, welcome to your inspection. Please move to the conference room, and we will report our relevant work to you."

Cheng Lin gave a faint "Mm," not looking at Bao Guohua.

Bao Guohua had met Cheng Lin a few times, but had not yet dealt with her; he secretly thought that she was indeed just as others had said, a cold-faced female leader.

As for County Magistrate Tang, he wore a gentle smile on his face and looked relatively easy to get along with.

However, Bao Guohua knew clearly in his heart that this kid was a smiling tiger.

Back when Huang Bingwen's company was building roads and bridges, many of the team members had attended the company's banquets, and some had even taken benefits.

Cheng Lin sat in the middle seat, and Tang Ye sat beside her.

Name cards were placed on the table; everyone looked at the two of them, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Bao Guohua smiled and said: "First, everyone, let us welcome with warm applause..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Cheng Lin in a deep voice.

"Today, Comrade Tang Ye and I did not come here to be welcomed, but to solve problems. Not long ago, we went to Xiaoguo Village for on-site research on the implementation of the 'Village-to-Village Connectivity' project, and the results chilled our hearts—the construction quality was terrible, and after completion, it even caused casualties due to quality issues. My mood is very heavy, and I came here today to resolve this matter."

Beads of sweat broke out on Bao Guohua's forehead, and he stammered: "Secretary Cheng, we are very ashamed. The road and bridge quality issues in Xiaoguo Village were previously handed over to the Beijing Company to handle; they reported that they had reached a settlement with the villagers, paid the compensation, and the bridge was repaired at the first opportunity."

Cheng Lin frowned and said, "According to what you say, our coming here today is a superfluous act? You have done very well, done a beautiful job, so we shouldn't have come and added trouble for you?"

Fine beads of sweat broke out on Bao Guohua's forehead, "Secretary Cheng, you care about the grassroots and came down to take a look; we are very welcoming. We also hope to have this opportunity to communicate with you face-to-face. However, the problem in Xiaoguo Village is really not as serious as you imagine; it is just people repeating what others say."

Cheng Lin looked at Bao Guohua coldly, "It has already cost a life, and it's still not serious. In your view, what exactly counts as serious?"

Bao Guohua was rendered speechless by the retort.

At this moment, Tang Ye leaned into Cheng Lin's ear and whispered: "Secretary Cheng, the Xiaoguo Village Party Branch Secretary Guo Shulin and the victim's family have arrived."

Cheng Lin nodded slightly: "Please invite them to the conference room to listen in."

Bao Guohua knew that today's meeting would definitely involve being criticized, but he had not expected that Guo Shulin and the victim's family would be invited directly to the scene, leaving him caught off guard for a moment.

With Guo Shulin present, he could not easily spout nonsense.

Guo Shulin and the deceased's family soon arrived at the conference room.

Cheng Lin and Tang Ye both stood up and walked toward Guo Shulin.

Guo Shulin introduced them to the deceased's family: "These two are Secretary Cheng and County Magistrate Tang. After the County Leaders came to the village to research and understand the situation last time, they have been caring about and pushing for the investigation of the case."

There were two family members of the deceased.

One was a middle-aged woman, the mother of the deceased;

The other was the fiancée of the deceased.

The deceased's mother lost control of her emotions, fell to her knees with a "thump," and was covered in tears: "Two leaders, you must uphold justice for us! That bridge had quality problems long ago; cracks were discovered days before the heavy rain. Party Branch Secretary Guo immediately reported it to the town, but the Government leaders made all sorts of excuses. The villagers would rather take a detour than dare to walk on it. My son worked in the county seat and didn't know the bridge would collapse, so he walked across that bridge..."

Speaking to this point, the mother was unable to utter another word because her grief was too overwhelming and she lost her voice.

The deceased's fiancée added—

"That day the rain was very heavy. He wasn't riding his motorcycle fast. When he reached the middle of the bridge, we suddenly heard a muffled sound. My mind went blank, and when I woke up, I was already in the riverbed. He pushed me onto the bank without regard for his own safety, but he himself didn't climb up—actually, he could have saved himself at the time, but for my sake..."

At this, the fiancée also broke down in tears.

Making the victim's family recall their pain was equivalent to tearing open old scars again and again.

This was a very cruel act.

Cheng Lin's eyes turned red, and Tang Ye also could not bear it.

Cheng Lin said softly: "Please sit down. We came today to solve this matter. Although the dead cannot return to life, we must let the living obtain justice and comfort the spirits of the deceased."

Bao Guohua stroked his chin, quickly thinking of a countermeasure: "Secretary Cheng, this matter is not our fault; the responsibility lies with the Beijing Company. Moreover, we are not clear about what exactly happened at the scene at the time. There are witnesses who say the motorcycle was driven too fast and slid into the river, crashing into the stone bridge..."

Tang Ye was speechless for a moment.

He knew that Bao Guohua was not a good person.

But he still hadn't expected that he could not only push his own responsibility away completely, but also tell lies with his eyes open.

Since Bao Guohua refused to admit his guilt, then the only way was to slap his face with solid evidence!

Tang Ye made a phone call to Wan Ming.

After finishing the call, he said to Cheng Lin: "Wan Ming has found the witness who provided the testimony that day."

Cheng Lin nodded: "Let them come to the conference room! Today, we must clarify right and wrong."

A few minutes later, two men were "escorted" into the conference room by Wan Ming.

Seeing the victim's family, the two men's eyes immediately darted away in guilt.

Wan Ming gave one of the men a hard shove and said in a deep voice: "This kid is a hoodlum who has been arrested many times for theft. Confess honestly, what exactly did you see that day?"

The man grimaced in pain and said with a mournful face: "The rain was too heavy that day. I was playing cards at home with friends and didn't go out at all."

Wan Ming said angrily: "Then why did you say they were riding too fast and fell into the water?"

The man knew that if he didn't tell the truth, he wouldn't escape disaster today, so he gritted his teeth and said: "That day, Bao Guohua brought the boss surnamed Huang to my house and left five thousand yuan for me to say that... Dongzi is my elementary school classmate. I betrayed him for money; I am not a human!"

As he spoke, he slapped his own face hard.

Cheng Lin slammed the table, her eyes sharp as she pressed Bao Guohua: "What else do you have to quibble about?"

Bao Guohua stammered: "I... I didn't, this kid is making false accusations!"

Seeing him quibble, the man said coldly: "Secretary Bao has an affair with Widow Wang in our village! You went to Widow Wang's house after you left my place. At the time, Widow Wang was playing mahjong, and you asked me to play for her. After she came back, we hadn't even finished one round, and we even laughed at you for being 'too fast.' The three other card players can all testify!"

Bao Guohua was so angered by the hoodlum's words that he almost fainted.

The atmosphere in the conference room had originally been extremely oppressive.

Upon hearing the local hooligan angrily expose the true colors of Bao Guohua, everyone wanted to laugh but dared not, and could only force themselves to hold it in!

The scene was, for a moment, awkward to the extreme...