Chapter 697

Tong Yuejin nodded, "When the pressure on him gets bigger, maybe another such incident will happen, directly driving the one surnamed Su away."

Peng Taiping's face stiffened, "Yuejin, don't mess around. It's one thing for such a thing to happen once, but if it happens again and again, the board will eventually hit us."

Hearing Peng Taiping's words, Tong Yuejin nodded with a sheepish smile.

Zhang Lihui said, "Secretary Peng, Su Xinghui has replaced the director and deputy director of the police station, especially Peng Qiang, who is a local from our Pengjiawan and is familiar with the situation. I'm always a bit worried that he will be able to catch those people back."

Zhang Lihui's worry was not unreasonable. Those people ran away, but that didn't mean they evaporated into thin air. They must have contact with their families; otherwise, how would they live outside?

Besides, it was impossible for them to run to a completely strange place; they still had to rely on some outside relatives and friends. These were all clues. As long as someone was familiar with their families, they would definitely know quite a few such clues.

Peng Qiang was a local from Pengjiawan. If he was really willing to spend effort to investigate these clues, there would always be people who would reveal flaws. If someone was caught back, that wouldn't be good news; that would be a huge breakthrough.

You have to know that among those present, not everyone was necessarily clean. Some of them played disgraceful roles in that incident, fanning the flames and jumping around. If the people caught back exposed them, their days wouldn't be so easy.

Tong Yuejin nodded, "That's right, Secretary Peng. Old Zhang's words make sense. Peng Qiang should be your cousin's nephew. I think you should do some ideological work on him."

Peng Taiping pondered for a long time and nodded. He raised a glass of liquor and said, "Come, let's have a drink!"

After Wu Jun and Peng Qiang took office at the Pengjiawan Town Police Station, they had been extremely busy these days. Peng Qiang drove the sidecar motorcycle to every village every day, visiting villagers and collecting some useful clues. After collecting clues, he would analyze them together with Wu Jun and Li Chengan and others.

As for the original police officers of the Pengjiawan Police Station, Wu Jun and Peng Qiang sent them out to maintain public order on the streets every day. They weren't allowed to participate in handling cases at all. Anyway, the public security brigade and the armed police were still staying in Pengjiawan, so there was no shortage of manpower. The original police officers of the police station were really not worth trusting now.

On this day, Peng Qiang was analyzing the clues he collected today at the station. During this period, he had collected quite a few clues. These all needed to be analyzed, screened, and verified, all of which required very meticulous work.

Suddenly, someone outside shouted, "Director Peng, phone."

Peng Qiang went to answer the phone. The call was from Peng Taiping, who said, "Qiangzi, it's your Uncle Taiping."

Peng Qiang and Peng Taiping were both from Xiaohu Village. According to seniority, Peng Taiping was Peng Qiang's uncle. Of course, the blood relationship between the two families was already quite distant, and the family conditions of the two families were worlds apart. Peng Taiping had always been a state cadre and had several cadres in his family, while Peng Qiang's family were authentic farmers.

Because of this, the relationship between the two families was very ordinary, just a neighborly relationship. When Peng Taiping returned to the village, he was always arrogant and looked down on everyone. For a kid like Peng Qiang, he wouldn't have any intention of greeting him at all. Peng Qiang didn't expect that today Peng Taiping would actually take the initiative to call him.

Peng Qiang called out somewhat uncomfortably, "Uncle Taiping, hello!"

Peng Taiping's voice sounded in a very good mood, "Qiangzi, look, you've been back for so long, and your Uncle Taiping hasn't invited you to a meal. I feel quite sorry for you. How about this, come to my house for a meal tonight, and your Uncle Taiping will have a few drinks with you."

Peng Taiping wanted to invite him to dinner? Peng Qiang's mind raced. What did this mean? Peng Qiang naturally knew the conflict between Su Xinghui and Peng Taiping. He himself was the one Su Xinghui specifically named to be transferred to the Pengjiawan Police Station. This meal from Peng Taiping didn't seem easy to eat.

Peng Qiang quickly thought through the pros and cons of this matter and laughed, "Uncle Taiping, sorry, I'm quite busy today, and I don't know if I have time to go to your house for dinner!"

Peng Taiping was a bit unhappy. With his prestige among the Peng family, he took the initiative to invite a younger generation of the Peng family to dinner, and he actually dared to decline? He said to Peng Qiang, "No matter how busy you are, you have to eat, right?"

Peng Qiang said, "Uncle Taiping, it's not that I want to lose your face, it's really that I'm too busy today. How about this, I'll call you at four o'clock in the afternoon, and I'll give you an answer whether I'm going or not."

Peng Taiping was already very unhappy at this time. He really wanted to say "Then don't come," but he knew the criticality of Peng Qiang, so he endured his temper and said, "Alright, then I'll wait for your call in the office."

After putting down the phone, Peng Qiang turned around and called Su Xinghui. He told Su Xinghui about Peng Taiping inviting him to dinner and asked Su Xinghui if he should go.

Su Xinghui said, "Someone invited you to dinner, why not go? Go!"

Peng Qiang said, "Should I go?"

Su Xinghui said, "Go. Anyway, I gave you a month to make a major breakthrough. As long as you can complete this goal, it's fine. As for what you do, I won't manage it. No need to call me for everything. I trust you!"

Su Xinghui's words gave Peng Qiang a sense of being trusted. He nodded, "Mayor Su, I understand!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Peng Qiang called Peng Taiping and said he could go to dinner in the evening. Peng Taiping was very happy and told him to come over after work.

At off-work time, Peng Qiang bought some fruit and pastries and went to the town government, then went to Peng Taiping's house. Entering Peng Taiping's house naturally made many people look sideways. Wasn't he the one Su Xinghui specifically named to be transferred to the Pengjiawan Police Station as deputy director? Why did he go to Peng Taiping's house?

Peng Taiping was at home, and his wife had already prepared a table of dishes early. Seeing Peng Qiang come, Peng Taiping smiled and said, "Qiangzi is here. Just right, the dishes are all on the table. Sit, sit, let's have a few drinks."

Peng Qiang put down the things in his hand and sat down. Peng Taiping picked up the liquor bottle, and Peng Qiang hurriedly took it over and poured liquor into their glasses.

Peng Taiping's wife didn't come over to eat here either. She knew that Peng Taiping inviting Peng Qiang to dinner today had something to say to him, so she naturally wouldn't get in the way.

Peng Taiping said, "Come, Qiangzi, have a drink."

After the two had a drink, Peng Taiping asked, "Qiangzi, how old are you this year?"

Peng Qiang said, "I'm twenty-six."

Peng Taiping laughed, "Haven't married a wife yet, right?"

Speaking of this topic, Peng Qiang felt a bit uncomfortable, "Not yet, Uncle Taiping."

Peng Taiping said, "At such an age, you should marry a wife. Do you have a partner?"

Peng Qiang said, "Not yet. I haven't really considered this problem in the past few years."

Peng Taiping said, "Then how about this, another day I'll let your aunt introduce one to you, guaranteed to be a beautiful girl!"