Chapter 721

Bai Tie Jun has disappeared; he may have been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission.

This was like a bomb that exploded instantly. Just a moment ago, everyone was happily looking forward to the second half, but now they're all dumbfounded.

Each of them counts as one; no matter who is taken away, it wouldn't affect the overall situation, but if Bai Tie Jun lets the Discipline Inspection Commission dig up something, things could go badly—they might all be finished.

The logic is simple: if Bai Tie Jun gets into trouble, the several brothers of the Geng Family will be dragged in, and the drag will continue—Geng Miao will eventually be implicated as well.

If something happens to Geng Miao, they'll all be wiped out.

"What are you all standing around for? Hurry up and call! If Bai Tie Jun is really taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission, you might as well dig a hole and jump in!"

Although Geng Biao still had a leg injury, his arrogance remained; seeing everyone still whispering, he bellowed out a shout.

Only then did everyone snap out of it, each pulling out their phones to start making calls.

Including Ye Xianggao, they made a round of calls but couldn't find Bai Tie Jun.

These calls included phoning Bai Tie Jun's family members and colleagues at the Education Bureau, all of whom said he had gone out to eat in the afternoon and hasn't returned yet.

Some even thought it was normal; if Bai Tie Jun were at the office every day, that would be abnormal.

Ten minutes later, there was still no news, and Geng Miao's face grew increasingly grim.

"No one disappears for no reason; we'll use our connections to ask inside the Discipline Inspection Commission and check whether any personnel from the County Discipline Inspection Commission went out on a case today."

"Secretary Ye, get in touch with the municipal side and ask whether they've received any reports or the like and directly taken the person away."

Geng Miao could inquire about this himself, but all the prominent officials of Lieshan Xian are gathered here; if he personally made that call to ask, where would these people's dignity be?

After making inquiries, they actually found out—Bai Tie Jun went to eat with the principal of No. 6 Middle School, and then someone picked him up; even now, that principal hasn't returned.

The more he said that, the more uneasy Geng Miao felt; he simply called He Jinbao, and the reply was that the municipal side hadn't undertaken any special operation, and even if there were, they would have to notify the Lieshan Xian County Party Committee, County Government, and County Discipline Inspection Commission.

Geng Miao voiced his suspicion: "Earlier, Su Yang had secretly had the provincial Audit Bureau come down to audit our accounts; could it be that this time he pulled strings from the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission?"

He Jinbao thought it unlikely, too far-fetched, but he still agreed to ask.

A few minutes later, He Jinbao called back and said: "I've found out—today the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission received relevant complaint materials against Bai Tie Jun; the matter may be serious, and the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission has directly handed it over to the Discipline Inspection Commission of Jincheng Xian in Lancheng Shi. If nothing unexpected happens, Bai Tie Jun should be in detention at the Jincheng Xian Discipline Inspection Commission. This was approved by the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission; I can't help much on my end—you need to think of a solution quickly."

Geng Miao's face changed drastically; he had thought they were about to be in the clear, but then this happened.

He hadn't never considered such a possibility before; he just thought the County Discipline Inspection Commission couldn't touch anyone, and he didn't even take the County Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary Hou Junlai seriously, even entertaining the idea of replacing him.

He hadn't expected that before one issue was settled another would arise, leaving him no time to react further.

Originally, this visit to He Jinbao was meant to lay the groundwork for replacing Hou Junlai, but he never imagined Su Yang's counterstrike would come so quickly.

"No need to busy yourselves here—Bai Tie Jun is being examined elsewhere; he's in the Jincheng Xian Discipline Inspection Commission, and the chances of releasing him are slim because this is a project supervised by the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission. You need to come up with a countermeasure, or else none of you will have good days ahead."

Everyone present turned pale upon hearing this; like Geng Miao, they had thought they were safe, but this was a blow from behind that nearly cost them their lives.

Geng Le shouted, "What's the big deal about Su Yang? We could just take care of him—what else could we do? Besides the Discipline Inspection Commission, all departments are ours; we have plenty of people and guns, disposing of Su Yang would be a silent affair. As long as he's around, we never get a peaceful day."

But Geng Biao shook his head and said, "Are you crazy? If you shoot Su Yang in the back at this juncture, it means dragging everyone down with you!"

"Just think—a Vice County Magistrate being shot dead, how shocking would that be? Even if the entire County Party Committee stood with us, and even if some municipal leaders spoke for us, what about the province? If things came to that, who would dare to become an official?"

"So we'll take a middle-of-the-road approach: Su Yang found a woman to set up an agricultural products market, right? We'll grab that woman, then force Su Yang to figure out how to get Bai Tie Jun out. If he refuses, we'll drag Su Yang in too—after all, we have evidence of his bribery."

Geng Miao said, "These had long been arranged—anyone could report anonymously or under their real name to the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission; meanwhile, I've already handed the evidence of Su Yang's bribery to Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission Secretary He Jinbao, just waiting to move against Su Yang. I never expected him to act first, the bastard!"

"We now have to take action against Su Yang; hurry up and file the reports you should. As for the woman surnamed Liu who's setting up the agricultural products market, just as we said earlier, we'll move against her tonight."

"Remember, don't do it in our hotel—that would be too obvious and would ruin our signboard. You can act outside; later we can find a few people to take the fall. The entire police, procuratorate, and judiciary are ours; we say what goes, and this time we'll make Su Yang suffer."

Geng Le volunteered, "I'll handle this—I'll have people start watching her, and we'll act as soon as night falls. And Lin Zhinan, if you receive a police report on your end, what should you do? I'm sure you know what to do—don't let my men make a move and then have your police show up."

Lin Zhinan said, "Even a normal 110 response isn't that fast; by the time our people get there, you'll have finished, and even if Su Yang shows up at the scene, we can explain it away."

Geng Le nodded: "Alright, that's settled—everyone, go do what you're supposed to do."

After dinner that evening, Liu Zixuan chatted with the earnest fellow who had come along and was responsible for this batch of goods; the meaning was that the government had already approved the relevant land, and once funding was secured, they could officially launch the agricultural products market.

Being someone close to Liu Zixuan, they naturally weren't after such trivial gains, and were quite pleased.

He proposed, "Manager Liu Zixuan, why don't we find a place tonight to have a couple of drinks to celebrate?"