Chapter 1211: I Need Evidence

Of course, Su Xinghui also had to think about the intentions of Li Jun and Xu Yufu in telling him this. Could they be wanting to use his background to make a big move in Qingyang City, through which they could advance further?

This was not impossible. Otherwise, why didn't they report this matter directly to the city or the province, but had to tell him?

Su Xinghui was not a young man who could be easily used as a gun. He had to get to the bottom of this matter. Therefore, he said to Li Jun, "There's such a thing? Then why haven't you reflected it to the city or the province? This is a big matter. If a flood occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Li Jun sighed and said, "Of course, someone has reflected this matter to the city. However, the main leaders of the city said that there is no evidence, so don't make groundless accusations. This matter has been finalized. I am not the Vice Mayor in charge of water conservancy. The city has held a special meeting to finalize it. What can I do? If I reflect this matter without evidence to the province, maybe someone will say I'm plotting a conspiracy. At the very least, it would be a charge of being unorganized and undisciplined."

Hearing Li Jun's words, Su Xinghui understood his difficulties. Unless he wanted to completely break with the city, it was impossible for him not to heed the intentions of the city's main leaders and reflect on a matter without evidence.

Li Jun had his difficulties and couldn't do this, but Su Xinghui knew about this matter and couldn't sit idly by. He knew that there would be a once-in-a-century flood three years later. If this matter wasn't exposed, the river embankment breach was certain.

Of course, there had to be a strategy for how to handle this matter. At the very least, Jiang Zhaoyang had to be saved first, and then the evidence had to be obtained.

Su Xinghui asked, "County Magistrate Xu, is there really no other way to save my senior brother first?"

Xu Yufu pondered for a long time before saying, "It's not that there's no way at all. I asked, as long as your senior brother guarantees not to manage this matter anymore, admits to prostitution, and pays the fine, he should be able to be released."

Su Xinghui shook his head vigorously upon hearing this. Letting Jiang Zhaoyang make a guarantee was fine, but what could a guarantee do? However, to make him admit to prostitution, he would definitely not agree. If it were just paying money to release him, Su Xinghui would be willing to pay any amount, but Su Xinghui couldn't agree to this condition either.

Jiang Zhaoyang was a famous reporter, and the authority of his reports was built on his reputation. If he admitted to prostitution, would anyone still believe the reports he wrote? That would be equivalent to ruining him.

This move by Qingxi County was powerful. This was the stigmatization of Jiang Zhaoyang. As long as Jiang Zhaoyang's illegal act of prostitution was confirmed, Jiang Zhaoyang would be a villain with corrupt private morals. Even if he published what he interviewed, no one would believe him. Others would only think this was his revenge on Qingxi County.

Of course, this move was also very risky. If Jiang Zhaoyang were pushed to the wall and decided to go down with them, making a big scene, the leaders of Qingxi County would also be in big trouble. But they had no choice. Didn't you hear? They wanted to bribe Jiang Zhaoyang, but Jiang Zhaoyang didn't accept it. This was also Jiang Zhaoyang pushing them to the wall, forcing them to take a risk.

Su Xinghui asked, "County Magistrate Xu, is there no other way?"

Xu Yufu shook his head and said, "Besides this method, there is only staying in the detention center for half a month. However, Reporter Jiang has never signed the transcript, which is quite tough."

Zhang Bin asked, "County Magistrate Xu, my senior brother hasn't been beaten, has he?"

Xu Yufu said, "That's hard to say. The public security in the county below isn't that law-abiding. And it is said that Reporter Jiang resisted when the police arrested him."

Zhang Bin was full of anger, but he also knew that anger was useless now.

Su Xinghui asked, "County Magistrate Xu, do you know how my senior brother knew about the Qingxi County matter and came here to interview?"

Xu Yufu said, "It should be a former cadre of the County Water Conservancy Bureau named Weng Guoying. For the past few years, he has been petitioning. Because of this, he was fired by the County Water Conservancy Bureau and detained several times. However, he has never given up petitioning. If there is one more person who would do such a thing, it would only be him."

Su Xinghui said, "Then can you help me contact Weng Guoying?"

Xu Yufu shook his head and said, "It's a bit difficult. He doesn't live at home now, and no one knows where he lives. He is very vigilant. Except for a few people, he doesn't trust anyone. Moreover, the county watches him very strictly. As long as he appears, someone will follow him, not allowing him to leave the county seat."

Su Xinghui became more certain that Qingxi County definitely had a problem, and a big one at that. Otherwise, they wouldn't persecute a cadre like this.

Su Xinghui said, "Mayor Li, County Magistrate Xu, what do you think about this matter?"

The faces of Li Jun and Xu Yufu suddenly became solemn. They naturally knew what Su Xinghui meant by asking this, which made their hearts start to tense up.

Did they have the idea of exposing this matter? Of course. As long as a person with a little conscience, how could they sit idly by watching such a huge hidden danger hanging over the heads of the more than six million people of Qingyang City like a Sword of Damocles?

But were they afraid? Of course, they were also afraid. They were just ordinary people. If they exposed this matter, there were only two consequences: those people would die, or they would die. Not everyone had the courage of life-and-death, and this couldn't be blamed on them.

This time, Su Xinghui came because his reporter friend touched this problem and was detained. This was an opportunity that allowed them to see a chance to thoroughly solve this matter. With Su Xinghui's background, if he really fought with those people, there was a great possibility of winning.

Li Jun and Xu Yufu's thoughts were to let Su Xinghui fight with them. If they won, their benefits would certainly not be small. If they lost, their losses would not be very large, at least not to the point of life-and-death.

Such thoughts were naturally not to be told to outsiders, but now that Su Xinghui had asked, they had to face it.

They certainly wouldn't think that Su Xinghui asked this sentence casually. Facing this question from Su Xinghui, they had to carefully consider how to answer. If they answered poorly, they might even offend Su Xinghui.

After a long time, Li Jun said, "Mayor Su, what do you think?"

Su Xinghui said, "What I think is not important. I am unfamiliar with the place in Qingyang City, and I can't do anything if I want to. If it really doesn't work, I'll persuade my senior brother to accept their conditions and leave, and never get involved in this muddy water again."

Li Jun believed Su Xinghui's words. This was originally a matter of their Qingyang City, what did it have to do with Su Xinghui? In the final analysis, his purpose for coming this time was to save his senior brother, not for anything else. If he only wanted to save his senior brother, persuading his senior brother not to manage this matter, with his connections, removing the two words "prostitution" from his senior brother's head wouldn't be too difficult.

But if Su Xinghui left, Li Jun and the others would lose their opportunity. Who knew what year it would be before they could wait for such an opportunity again?

And listening to the meaning of Su Xinghui's words, if there was someone in Qingyang City to help him, he still wanted to manage this matter, which made Li Jun moved.

Li Jun said, "We certainly want to investigate this matter clearly. This matter concerns the life and property safety of more than six million people in Qingyang City. No one can sit idly by. It's just that we really don't have this ability ourselves, and we don't have any channels to reflect to the higher authorities."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Since that's the case, Mayor Li, I think we can cooperate."

Li Jun said solemnly, "Tell me, how do you need us to cooperate?"

Su Xinghui said, "I need evidence."

Li Jun and Xu Yufu looked at each other. Weng Guoying must have the evidence; everyone could think of this. But who could find Weng Guoying?

Xu Yufu said, "Mayor Su, Weng Guoying must have the evidence." ===== CHAPTER 1213 =====