Chapter 177

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Yeah, I heard. I also saw you enter Township Head Jin's office this morning. How did it go? What did Township Head Jin say?"

Lei Ming shook his head and said, "What else could he say? He told me to release the people, return the money to them, and write a self-criticism, saying that the county leaders already know about this matter."

Su Xinghui said with some indignation, "Did you do something wrong by cracking down on gambling? Why should you release the people and return the money? And write a self-criticism on top of that?"

Lei Ming said helplessly, "Why? He said they were preparing to invest in Shangjun County and that the county leaders know about it. He said that by doing this, I am destroying the county's investment environment!"

Su Xinghui almost laughed out loud. They were clearly there to gamble, so why bring up investing? This excuse is too far-fetched, isn't it? But then again, in China, whatever the leaders say goes.

It was clear that Jin Taihe had his own agenda when he told Lei Ming to release the people and return the money, because this gambling den was run by his nephew. If he made Lei Ming release the people and return the money, wouldn't Luo Ming'an also be released? Wouldn't his money be returned to him as well?

Su Xinghui asked, "Then what do you plan to do?"

Lei Ming shook his head in some pain and said, "I don't know either."

"Then what are your thoughts on this?"

Lei Ming fell silent. What were his thoughts? Did he even need to ask? He didn't feel he had done anything wrong by cracking down on gambling at all. What was wrong with cracking down on gambling? Not to mention that the township encouraged cracking down on gambling to increase revenue, in his heart, he felt that these hooligans and thugs running gambling dens should all be brought to justice; they were too harmful.

Although they mainly lured bosses from out of town to gamble, they didn't turn away locals with no money either. After all, even a mosquito is meat, no matter how small. Moreover, once they ran out of money, they could lend them usurious loans. Who knows how many families have been ruined by these usurious loans.

Lei Ming is a person with a strong sense of justice. How could he watch such things happen and not intervene? This time, he received a tip-off at three in the morning and immediately went to crack down on the gambling, only to end up in this situation. The helplessness in his heart is imaginable.

But even so, he didn't want to compromise just like that. He knew exactly what Jin Taihe was thinking, and he was quite disapproving of Jin Taihe's face. He even thought for a moment that even if he stopped being the police station chief, he wouldn't do as Jin Taihe said.

However, Lei Ming is no longer a young, hot-headed lad. He has a family, and his wife and children are still in Shangjun County. If he didn't follow Jin Taihe's instructions and that man surnamed Duan really wanted to cause him trouble, that would truly be no small trouble.