Chapter 1700: The Investigation Team Arrives

The Yulin City investigation team finally arrived in Changshan County. The people in the Changshan officialdom immediately locked their eyes on this team, and everyone was very concerned about it.

The investigation team included two cadres from the Discipline Inspection Commission, one named Jiang Zhongping and one named Yao Ye. Two people came from the City Party Committee Organization Department; one was an acquaintance of Su Xinghui, the section chief of the Cadre Section, Zhao Tong, who had sent Su Xinghui to Changshan when he first reported for duty. Zhao Tong usually only appeared when sending cadres to their posts or during cadre promotions for assessment; no one knew why the City Committee had sent him this time.

The other person from the Organization Department was Zhao Tong's subordinate, named Nie Yunxiang. In addition, the City Party Committee Office also sent one person, named Duan Yulong. These five people formed the investigation team.

Jiang Zhongping was a director of the First Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Discipline Inspection Commission. He was the team leader for this investigation into Su Xinghui, while Zhao Tong served as the deputy leader.

As soon as the investigation team arrived in Changshan, they first communicated with the Changshan County Party Committee to explain their purpose. The Secretary of the Changshan County Party Committee, on behalf of the committee, made a promise to the investigation team that they would actively cooperate with the City Party Committee's investigation into Comrade Su Xinghui.

On the afternoon of the day the investigation team arrived in Changshan, they questioned Su Xinghui. This questioning was conducted by Jiang Zhongping, Zhao Tong, and Yao Ye. The location was Su Xinghui's office, which was also quite intriguing. Generally, such questioning would not be conducted in the office of the person being questioned, as such an environment would make the person feel more relaxed.

The people in the County Party Committee and County Government were naturally very clear about this difference. The investigation team questioning Su Xinghui here also made them feel that perhaps this investigation wasn't that serious?

Jiang Zhongping was a middle-aged cadre in his forties, but his face looked over fifty. His face looked relatively kind, like a harmless middle-aged uncle. When he arrived at Su Xinghui's office, he still had a smile on his face, but Su Xinghui knew that since he could be the team leader, he certainly wouldn't be a simple character.

Zhao Tong's attitude was very easygoing. After entering, he nodded to Su Xinghui; after all, the two had dealt with each other once, and Su Xinghui had been sent to Changshan by him, so they could be considered acquaintances.

Yao Ye was a young man in his thirties; he was very serious and rarely smiled.

Su Xinghui brewed tea for the three of them, let them sit on the guest sofa, and sat down opposite them.

Jiang Zhongping said kindly, "Comrade Su Xinghui, hello! We represent the Yulin City Party Committee and have some questions to ask you. We hope you can actively cooperate with our work."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "I will definitely actively cooperate with your work."

Jiang Zhongping said, "It's like this: our City Discipline Inspection Commission received a report letter. In the letter, the reporter reported some issues regarding you. The City Party Committee attaches great importance to this matter. In the spirit of being responsible to you, we were sent to verify these issues. We hope you can answer the questions we raise truthfully."

Su Xinghui's expression was very calm: "I will definitely answer truthfully."

The two asked and answered. Zhao Tong's expression remained as usual, and he was drinking tea leisurely, while Yao Ye was writing furiously, recording the words of the two.

Jiang Zhongping then took out the report letter and said, "Comrade Su Xinghui, the first issue reported in this letter is that on October 1st of this year, which was National Day, you took the opportunity of holding your wedding to feast guests, setting up over a hundred tables, and wantonly accumulating wealth of over 200,000. Is there such a thing?"

Su Xinghui said, "This year's National Day, I did indeed hold a wedding and did indeed have over a hundred tables of guests, but at the time, I had clearly explained to the guests that I would not accept gift money. This can be verified by the guests who attended my wedding, including leaders like Secretary Shi and Mayor Ren from the city who attended my wedding."

Regarding this point, Jiang Zhongping naturally had already learned about it. As a veteran discipline inspection hand like him, if he didn't even do this bit of homework, he wouldn't be worthy of being called a qualified discipline inspection cadre.

Jiang Zhongping nodded and said, "I have indeed learned about this from many city leaders and cadres, and they have also confirmed this. However, what I want to learn from you is whether you actually accepted any gift money or gifts at this wedding. If you did, what was the total value?"

Su Xinghui stood up, walked to his desk, pulled open a drawer, took out a list from it, and handed the list to Jiang Zhongping, saying, "This is the list of gift money and gifts I received at this wedding. Director Jiang, you can take a look. I did indeed receive some gift money, but these gift money were basically sent by my own family elders, and it wouldn't have been right not to accept them."

Jiang Zhongping took the list and looked at it. Sure enough, those who sent gift money were basically Su Xinghui and Lu Xiaoya's elders. Although the total amount was not small, over 50,000, it did not belong to the category of violations.

Among them were guests like Luo Wenchang who were not Su Xinghui's relatives who sent gift money, but the amount was too small. For example, Luo Wenchang only sent 100 yuan. Such human interaction could not be called a violation.

Luo Wenchang naturally didn't have a friendship with Su Xinghui worth only 100 yuan, but he understood the reason why Su Xinghui didn't accept gift money. He naturally wouldn't make things difficult for Su Xinghui. Sending 100 yuan was his way of congratulating him. If Su Xinghui went to visit him, he would be willing to spend money to treat Su Xinghui to the best wine.

Jiang Zhongping looked at the gift list again. This list was very long, written on more than ten pages of material paper. Most of the gifts on it were very ordinary gifts, such as tea sets, tableware, ornaments, etc., which were not valuable. Then there were works created by calligraphers and painters like Qu Ziqing themselves, and they were works created specifically for Su Xinghui's wedding, which also couldn't be called a violation.

Jiang Zhongping didn't look at these gifts; he scanned them at a glance. Suddenly, his eyes stopped on the names of two gifts. One of these two gifts was a painting named "Morning Sun Reflecting on the Hall," and the other was a jade-carved statue of the Water-Dropping Guanyin.

Jiang Zhongping's pupils contracted. These were naturally the two gifts he was looking for, but at the end of the list, it was noted that these two gifts had already been donated to a charity foundation.

This was a result Jiang Zhongping had not expected. After pondering for a moment, he handed the list to Zhao Tong. Zhao Tong quickly looked through it and handed the list back to Jiang Zhongping.

Jiang Zhongping said, "According to this report letter, this reporter is one of your subordinates who once looked for you because of a promotion matter. You hinted to him that you were getting married and asked him to send some gifts, so he bought a famous painting, spent 80,000, and sent it to you. In addition, he also knew that one of his competitors bought a jade Guanyin statue and sent it to you. But I just saw on this list that you donated both of these things?"

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yes, I did indeed donate these two things. But I never hinted to any of my subordinates to send me gifts. This matter is baseless. If there were such a thing, I wouldn't have donated them."

Jiang Zhongping said, "Then why did you donate them?"

Su Xinghui said, "I am also a collector enthusiast. My own paintings are considered relatively valuable, so I know a little bit about the value of these two gifts. I feel that these two things are too valuable, and I cannot accept them, so I donated them."

Jiang Zhongping said, "Then why didn't you hand them over to the Discipline Inspection Commission, but donated them instead?" ===== CHAPTER 1702 =====