Chapter 774: County Magistrate Jiang got shot while lying down!

"County Magistrate Tang, you've hidden yourself quite well! Why didn't you tell me in advance that you had arranged for people to protect me in silence?"

"I was afraid of affecting your plan, so as not to alert the enemy!"

At this moment, Tang Ye felt ashamed in his heart.

On this chessboard, he had treated Meng Haibo as an important piece.

By having Meng Haibo investigate on his own, he forced Li Tian to make a mistake!

However, that is how the layout works.

Sometimes, one needs to make sacrifices to gain greater results!

The piece that was Meng Haibo had served its intended value.

It had locked onto the location of the key figure, Lao Jin!

"Hey, I didn't have any plan; I was just taking it one step at a time."

Tang Ye nodded: "Let's talk when we meet."

After hanging up the phone, Meng Haibo felt a sense of stability.

Previously, he had always been fighting alone, but now Tang Ye had told him through concrete action.

This time, he was not alone.

He had a powerful teammate like Tang Ye.

Meng Haibo had not previously revealed to Tang Ye what evidence he had gathered.

This was his professional sensitivity as a reporter.

Not everyone is worthy of complete trust.

Even though Tang Ye had helped Han Jing before, Meng Haibo could not be entirely sure whether Tang Ye would stab him in the back.

Now, Tang Ye had proven with his actions that he could be trusted.

……

It wasn't long before Tang Ye met the arriving Meng Haibo, and also saw Lao Jin, who had been brought in under escort.

The moment Lao Jin saw Tang Ye, a look of anger and fear intertwined flashed across his eyes.

Tang Ye sneered at Lao Jin.

Afterwards, he took Meng Haibo into Xing Zhijun's office.

"County Magistrate Xing!

Let me introduce you.

This is the well-known reporter from the Yanzhou Evening News, Meng Haibo, and also my good friend.

The person I asked you to arrange two comrades to protect earlier was him."

Xing Zhijun suddenly realized, quickly stepping forward to shake Meng Haibo's hand firmly: "Reporter Meng, thank you for your hard work! You don't look like you're in good shape; why don't you go to the hospital to get treated first?"

Meng Haibo smiled bitterly and shook his head, pretending to be relaxed: "Just a bit of scraped skin; the bleeding stopped long ago, it's nothing. Thank you, County Magistrate Xing. The people you arranged were very responsible; if they had been a step late, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

Xing Zhijun asked curiously: "Reporter Meng, what kind of case are you investigating?"

Meng Haibo gave Tang Ye a look.

Tang Ye knew clearly that while Meng Haibo usually appeared carefree and somewhat unreliable on the surface, he was actually very cautious at his core and would not easily reveal key information to outsiders.

Tang Ye sighed softly and said to Xing Zhijun: "The case he is investigating is related to the attack on County Magistrate Anbang."

Xing Zhijun was a bit bewildered, unable to sort out the thread for a moment, and scratched his head as he asked: "What exactly is going on?"

Tang Ye explained: "The driver who hit and broke County Magistrate Jiang's leg is the very Lao Jin who was just caught."

"Really? Then the case is solved! I can give County Magistrate Jiang an answer!" Joy appeared in Xing Zhijun's eyes.

"However, Lao Jin has another identity," Tang Ye continued.

"Oh, what identity?"

"He is the personal bodyguard of Li Tian, the young master of the Hongling Group, and often helps Li Tian do some dirty work that cannot see the light of day."

Xing Zhijun became more confused the more he heard.

"So, the last attack on you and County Magistrate Jiang was not by people from the Zhao Clan, but by people from the Hongling Group?

If it wasn't the Zhao Clan, why would the Zhao Group donate five million to the county?"

Because the Zhao Group had previously spent five million, many people, including Xing Zhijun, felt that this money was used to smooth things over.

Tang Ye explained, "That donation has nothing to do with the attack. I promised Zhao Huicheng that I would definitely find the real culprit and help the Zhao Clan clear their name!"

Xing Zhijun slapped his thigh hard, his eyes lighting up instantly: "I understand! It must be that the Hongling Group wanted to completely kick the Zhao Group out of the City Square project, so they deliberately set up this trap to splash dirty water on the Zhao Clan!"

Meng Haibo, listening to Xing Zhijun's analysis from the side, suddenly felt his brain couldn't keep up.

He knew that the attack on Jiang Anbang and Tang Ye was purely because Li Tian wanted to take revenge on Tang Ye!

How did it suddenly get dragged into the business war between Hongling and the Zhao Clan?

Tang Ye was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly: "Brother Zhijun, your deduction is also possible. I want to go meet Lao Jin first to see if I can ask for new clues."

"Alright, I'll trouble you then."

……

Interrogation Room.

Tang Ye saw Lao Jin.

Lao Jin's eyes were full of anger.

So, Tang Ye was Meng Haibo's backer!

"Long time no see," Tang Ye spoke first.

Lao Jin snorted coldly.

He made up his mind to keep his mouth shut.

Tang Ye sighed softly and said in a calm tone, "You have been working for Li Tian for so long; you should have expected this day would come. I am very curious, why did you deliberately ram into County Magistrate Jiang and break his leg?"

Lao Jin's eyes widened abruptly, and his lips moved as if he wanted to argue, but he held back.

Tang Ye had anticipated that Lao Jin's mouth would not be so easy to pry open.

That would require using some techniques!

"Since you are unwilling to speak, let me say it."

"You must have received orders to sabotage the Zhao Group's auction plan for the City Square project, which is why you deliberately rammed into County Magistrate Jiang. Then you intended to frame the Zhao Group for this, right?"

"Bullshit!"

Seeing that Tang Ye was talking complete nonsense, Lao Jin could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and spoke up to refute him sharply.

"I had no idea that was County Magistrate Jiang!"

"My mission at the time was just to beat you up!"

"As it turned out, he suddenly rushed over, and I didn't think too much about it, so I just rammed into him directly!"

"So, you are admitting that you are the culprit who injured County Magistrate Jiang?" A look of relief appeared at the corners of Tang Ye's mouth.

Lao Jin realized what had happened only after the fact.

Tang Ye was tricking him!

If he hadn't said anything just now, the interrogation might have reached a stalemate.

There was a one-way mirror in the Interrogation Room; one could not see outside from within, but people outside could see the situation inside.

At this moment, Xing Zhijun, who was outside, could no longer control his emotions and walked straight in through the door.

Xing Zhijun's mood at this moment was extremely complicated.

He had not expected that they would catch the driver who attacked County Magistrate Jiang that day so smoothly!

However, the direction of events was not quite the same as previously predicted.

He looked at Tang Ye and said with some helplessness, "County Magistrate Tang, my head is a bit of a mess right now. Could you help me sort out the specific situation properly?"

Seeing that Lao Jin had already confessed, Tang Ye saw no need to muddy the waters further, so he said candidly, "Old Xing, there is actually some misunderstanding in this. I only just fully sorted out the clues myself. In the end, County Magistrate Jiang being injured this time was actually because he was dragged into this by me."

"Dragged into this by you?" Xing Zhijun looked astonished.

"That's right, their real target was me," Tang Ye nodded and explained. "A few days ago, I was in Yanzhou for a meeting and arranged to have a meal with Reporter Meng."

"Reporter Meng's colleague, Xiao Han, was hospitalized due to domestic violence, so we stopped by the hospital to visit her."

"As a result, we ran into Li Tian, the young master of the Hongling Group, at the hospital."

"In order to defend Reporter Han, I had a conflict with Li Tian."

"Li Tian couldn't swallow this insult, so he arranged for Lao Jin to find a group of people who had just been released from prison to teach me a lesson."

"As luck would have it, I happened to be with County Magistrate Jiang that day, and as a result, County Magistrate Jiang was accidentally injured."

"I only just confirmed this!"

Xing Zhijun finally managed to sort out the cause and effect of the matter...

After all that fuss...

County Magistrate Jiang had actually been an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.

To the extent that he himself had also been misled...