Chapter 624: The Price Is Simply Too High!

More than ten police cars left Shuangshui Town in Tianling County, first attracting the attention of a few local commoners, and then more and more gathered...

Although the police cars had left, the commoners blocked the entrance to the factory area, refusing to leave for a long time.

"Why did so many police come?"

"It looks like they took quite a few people away. Hey, isn't that Gao Xiaoqing?"

"Gao Xiaoqing has been handcuffed!"

"That woman Gao Xiaoqing is very capable; her speed of promotion was very fast. It is said that in order to become Town Mayor, she latched onto a high-ranking official in the county."

"Shh, don't talk nonsense like that, be careful that trouble doesn't come from your mouth!"

Gao Xiaoqing sat inside the police car; her mood at this moment was exceptionally irritable.

She now hated her own greed.

She had clearly already cut off contact with Shen Mingcheng, so why did she have to keep getting entangled with him?

It was mainly because she was greedy for power and wanted to advance further, to be promoted to Party Committee Secretary.

However, at this moment, she suddenly woke up.

Even if she were promoted to Party Committee Secretary, so what?

The price was simply too high!

Gao Xiaoqing felt a bit strange at this moment; where did this group of police come from!

If they were people from the Tianling County public security system, she should have received notice.

The only explanation was that this group of people had come from out of town to handle the case.

Being able to mobilize police from out of town showed that the person investigating this case had quite formidable power.

The Director of the Tianling County Public Security Bureau, Ma Xiangtian, was currently eating with a few comrades-in-arms when his phone rang; it was a call from Cao Da of the Shuangshui Town Police Station.

After answering the phone, Cao Da's tone was somewhat panicked, "Director Ma, I just received news that the Town Mayor of Shuangshui Town, Gao Xiaoqing, has just been arrested by someone."

Ma Xiangtian put down his wine glass, walked out of the private room, and came to a secluded place, "What is going on? Why arrest Gao Xiaoqing? Who gave the order, and why wasn't I notified in advance!"

Cao Da was full of helplessness, "I don't know where this group of police was mobilized from; they didn't give a heads-up in advance and suddenly made an arrest. By the time we reacted, they had already left."

Ma Xiangtian stroked his chin and pondered, "Find a way to quickly find out the origin of this group of police."

Hanging up Cao Da's call, Ma Xiangtian felt that the situation was not optimistic.

Generally, mobilizing police from out of town to handle a case meant that they had already lost confidence in the local public security system, and it might trigger an unprecedentedly huge storm next.

Ma Xiangtian was a person with a keen sense of smell.

He knew he was approaching the center of the storm, and as for the target person, it was highly likely to be Shen Mingcheng.

Because Shen Mingcheng had several female friends in Tianling County, and when everyone ate together in private, they often used this as a topic of conversation.

One of them was Gao Xiaoqing.

Soon, Cao Da called back.

"Director Ma, we just learned through the police car license plates that they are Old Wan's people."

"Old Wan? People from Suiyuan coming to Tianling to handle a case without even giving a heads-up is really going too far."

Ma Xiangtian hung up Cao Da's call and instantly lost interest in eating.

Wan Ming concurrently served as the Director of the Suiyuan Public Security Bureau and had previously served as the Deputy Director of the County Public Security Bureau in Tianling County; he was very famous and had many admirers.

Ma Xiangtian had often heard Wan Ming's name since transferring from the City Bureau to Tianling, and he also knew that Wan Ming was deeply appreciated by the Municipal Party Secretary Zhou Chengwu and often participated in cross-regional case-handling operations.

Could this matter be related to the Municipal Party Secretary?

The more Ma Xiangtian thought about it, the more his heart pounded with fear; finally, gritting his teeth, he dialed Shen Mingcheng's phone number.

"Secretary Shen, there is a matter I need to report to you. I just received news that Gao Xiaoqing has been taken away by Suiyuan police from another jurisdiction for investigation."

When Shen Mingcheng heard this, his hair stood on end.

He knew that Gao Xiaoqing was meeting with the Lawyer Lin Qing tonight.

He had let Chen Xuening handle this matter.

According to Chen Xuening's plan, she would make Lin Qing retreat in the face of difficulties.

Shen Mingcheng felt that Chen Xuening would definitely handle such a small matter well, but he hadn't expected the plan to seem to have failed.

"Are you sure it's the Suiyuan police?"

"Yes, we are very sure. The Suiyuan police taking someone from another jurisdiction violates regulations; I will report this to the City Bureau later."

"Hmm, I know about this matter!"

Hanging up Ma Xiangtian's call, a look of resentment appeared in Shen Mingcheng's eyes; he knew that Tang Ye must be the mastermind behind this matter.

Previously, he had arrested Sun Hai, putting Tang Ye in a rather passive position.

Now, he had directly arrested Gao Xiaoqing as a counterattack.

He hadn't expected Tang Ye's desire for revenge to be so strong.

Sun Hai could withstand an investigation, but could Gao Xiaoqing withstand an investigation?

Shen Mingcheng only felt his scalp go numb.

Tang Ye had managed to grab his Achilles' heel with this move.

Shen Mingcheng was now particularly annoyed; why did he let his lust cloud his judgment and get entangled with Gao Xiaoqing again?

He had originally intended to draw a clear line with Gao Xiaoqing.

Everything was Chen Lan's fault!

If it weren't for her arguing with him, making him develop a desire for revenge.

He would not have repeated the same mistake!

At this moment, he was filled with hatred for his ex-wife.

Chen Lan must have told Tang Ye that he and Gao Xiaoqing were having a secret affair at the hotel, which was why Tang Ye noticed Gao Xiaoqing.

Shen Mingcheng dialed Chen Xuening's phone number.

Chen Xuening had also already learned that something had happened in Shuangshui Town at this moment.

"General Manager Chen, the Suiyuan County Public Security Bureau suddenly took action and took Gao Xiaoqing away. How should we handle this matter next?"

Chen Xuening's mind was tangled in a mess of threads, "According to the original plan, the intention was to have Lin Qing stop meddling in Gu Lanping's case; I didn't expect it to be a trap designed by the other side. It's a bit troublesome now; the people who handled the task have criminal records."

Shen Mingcheng gritted his teeth and said, "This whole thing was arranged by you; it shouldn't implicate me, right?"

Chen Xuening thought to herself that Shen Mingcheng's first reaction was not to solve the problem, but to distance himself; she mused that this person truly had no sense of responsibility.

"It mainly depends on whether Gao Xiaoqing will talk nonsense!"

Shen Mingcheng gritted his teeth and said, "Gao Xiaoqing shouldn't talk nonsense. If she admits to everything, she herself will be finished too."

Chen Xuening was overwhelmed and said helplessly, "I will reach out to the people above now to see if I can contain this matter. You had better fend for yourself!"

Hearing the phrase "fend for yourself," Shen Mingcheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his entire body froze in place.

This was the second time he had heard this phrase in the past few days.

Du Chengfeng had said it once, and Tang Ye had said it once.

Now Chen Xuening had said it again.

Could it be that Chen Xuening was going to abandon him?

Wan Ming glanced at Tang Ye.

Tang Ye nodded at him.

Subsequently, Wan Ming dialed the phone number of the leader of the City Bureau.

"Director Zhu, I am reporting the results of the operation to you. We raided Shuangshui Town and successfully rescued the target at a company that produces fireproof materials. We also captured a criminal gang; the leader of this criminal gang has a prior record for robbery, and since being released from prison, has had multiple criminal records involving organized crime. They are extremely dangerous."

Director Zhu's tone was grave, "Comrade Wan Ming, this matter was handled very well. Secretary Zhou is highly concerned about this case. He handed this case to you to be in charge of, which shows he has a very good impression of you and is full of trust. I leave the interrogation of this case to you; you must investigate it to the very end."

After Wan Ming finished the call, Tang Ye sent a message to Du Chengfeng, "Gao Xiaoqing has already been captured."

Du Chengfeng replied to the message quickly, "Understood. Interrogate Gao Xiaoqing immediately and lock down the evidence as soon as possible..."