Chen Baibin looked at the materials on the table. Xie Erren moved quickly and cleared out all the retained personnel who could prove that Cai Lan had a special relationship with Xie Erren. Of course, whether it is Zhao Toyota, Zheng Ergen or Luo Yangming, they can all prove the existence of Cai Lan. But once they give relevant testimony, they will be on the opposite side of Xie Erren.
Except that Luo Yangming can be protected by the Political Security Bureau, the other two people will definitely have difficulty in the future under the cadre system of the Senate. Chen Baibin had roughly understood what Ji Xin meant: to protect the naturalized cadres.
Who else can prove the special relationship between Cai Lan and Xie Erren? He thought about it and suddenly remembered Jiang Qiuchan mentioned in Luo Yangming's report. According to his report, Jiang Qiuchan once worked as an errand in the Third General Office.
He immediately told Ji Xin this idea.
"Just in time," Ji Xin said, "Here is a piece of material that Zheng Ergen just sent, which is the conclusion of their investigation report on the Sanhezui camp." He said and handed the report to him.
Chen Baibin briefly browsed through it, and it basically matched the scattered information about Sanhezui obtained during their interrogation. It also confirmed their inference: Liu Wong was doing evil, Jiang Yougong was aiding the evil, and Chang Qingyun was adding fuel to the flames.
But what follows is interesting. Two small secret stamps with horns were found from Jiang Yougong's body and Liu Hope's personal belongings. After identification and inspection, it was found that they belonged to the Ruijintang silk and satin shop in Wuzhou City.
Jiang Rong, the owner of Ruijintang Silk Shop, first testified that the two secret stamps were proof that the stolen money they obtained from reselling food and materials in the camp was stored on the cabinet.
"This Liu Hope is really brave!" Chen Baibin was surprised. Although Chen Baibin had seen many corruption cases involving naturalized citizens, and there were cases where the amount was larger than this, it was the first time that he saw someone on the front line and in a prisoner camp who dared to act so lawlessly and wantonly.
"The one who pulls the strings is Chang Qingyun, isn't it interesting?"
"Isn't this normal? Chang Qingyun is Liu Hope's loser."
"Chang Qingyun is an outsider who is not familiar with the place in Wuzhou - this kind of private black transaction. Even if he knew that Ruijintang had the strength and came to the door himself, Jiang Rongxian would not dare to accept it."
"That...is Yi Haoran?!"
"Although we don't have direct evidence, it is probably him. When I read his confession, I felt that Yi Haoran was very clever. He knew what we had, and he would confess about it; if we didn't, he would tell us something. I won’t even say…”
Chen Baibin laughed a few times, thinking that it goes without saying! The confessions we obtained must have been "processed".
"Jiang Rongxian's younger sister is Jiang Qiuchan. At one time, Jiang Qiuchan's son was sent to Yi Haoran to study. So Jiang Qiuchan and Yi Haoran were not only 'distant relatives', but they also trusted each other. Yi Haoran was very fond of the relationship between him and Jiang Qiuchan. To downplay the relationship is problematic in itself.”
"So, Jiang Qiuchan is also a key figure."
"That's right." Ji Xin nodded, "Luo Yangming said in his report that Jiang Qiuchan also worked as an errand in the Third General Office. Although it is unclear what he did specifically, it is probably related to Cai Lan."
"Yi Haoran, Chang Qingyun, Jiang Qiuchan, Cai Lan..." Chen Baibin casually drew a diagram of their relationship on the white paper. "This is a network!" He lost his voice.
"That's right." Ji Xin nodded, "Yi Haoran sits in the accounting room of the grain store and actually controls the overall situation through this network - this person is really a genius!"
"Then this Jiang Qiuchan..."
"Gone." Ji Xin said lightly, "According to Zheng Ergen's arrest report, Jiang Qiuchan is no longer in Wuzhou. According to her brother, she took her son back to Teng County more than ten days ago."
"Haha, I won't come back sooner or later. It's a coincidence to go back at this time." Chen Baibin said, "We immediately sent a message to Teng County and asked them to arrest Jiang Qiuchan!"
"I have asked Zheng Ergen to send a message to the police station in Teng County, but I doubt whether they will be able to find her in Teng County. The situation is chaotic right now, and our political institutions are very imperfect. It would be easy for her to change her name. Hidden."
"So, this line is also broken."
"Yes." Ji Xin said noncommittally, "Now there is something even more strange: according to Jiang Rongxian's confession, a total of three secret seals were engraved at that time, all of which were handled by Chang Qingyun, so the specific holder is not known. who is it."
"There is three?"
"That's right, we know two of them, but who is the other one? I'm afraid only Liu Hope knows it - but this Liu Hope doesn't say anything. No matter how he is interrogated, he keeps repeating the same sentence: 'You can beat me or kill me. But never betray a friend'."
"I didn't expect this man to be quite loyal."
"Not only is he loyal, he also loves the Senate very much." Ji Xin said, "From his confession, he is really full of love for the Senate - not just to pray for life, but completely sincerely and from the bottom of his heart."
"You are sincere and yet you do so many bad things! This poaching is so poignant that the wall is about to collapse!"
"Xiao Chen, you don't understand the way of thinking of these people. To them, this is not called poaching, but the treatment of being an official. Don't look at the fact that Liu Youyou was born in poverty. He almost starved to death when we were not here. But he not only envies but also agrees with the way rich people and officials behaved in this time and space. Now that he is an official, he also takes these things for granted. Do you think it is just relying on our political education and system? Can design make them reborn? Many people can't do it...Liu Zhanzhi is just one of the stupider ones among those who can't do it."
"No matter how loyal he is, he will dig out the third person!"
Ji Xin nodded. According to speculation, if this third person is a naturalized citizen, he is nothing more than one of several important naturalized cadres in the city. However, this case was handled by Zhao Toyota and others from beginning to end. They did not try to conceal the existence of the third person, nor did they send Liu Hope to the West during the case. Explain that they are not one of them. Maybe, there is someone else? After all, until now, they have not found out the real person behind the Wuzhou riots.
"We can investigate who the third person is slowly. This is not the point." Ji Xin has now roughly sorted out the entire Wuzhou Incident and has a general understanding of the roles played by all parties in this incident. Although the third person is important, it is not the purpose of his coming here.
"But we have no other clues. Cai Lan's relationship with Xie Ren... is that all?" Chen Baibin suddenly felt discouraged.
Ji Xin is quite ambivalent about whether to find out the relationship between Cai Lan and Xie Erren. Finding out will help the Senate to maintain integrity in future work, and also give the senators a warning; but if it is found out, Xie Erren's reputation in the Senate will be discredited. It was a fatal blow to his personal political future.
Xie Erren obviously understood the stakes and used many means to cut off the direct connection between Cai Lan and him. No matter what the secret report said, the Senate's final basis for handling the matter was Ji Xin's relevant report. As long as Ji Xin's report cannot be confirmed, then he will put aside this fatal crime.
However, since Cai Lan appears in the secret report, the investigation must reach a conclusion. Otherwise, you will be questioned. How to grasp this degree is the most difficult thing for Ji Xin now.
It would certainly not be difficult to directly talk to a few important naturalized cadres and force them to tell the truth, and Luo Yangming would not refuse. But this goes against his original intention of "protecting naturalized cadres."
He turned over the materials in his hand over and over again, and suddenly found an article in the manuscript of the "Weekly Report" Luo Yangming sent to the Political Security Bureau: "Assassination Case at the Dragon Mother Temple."
Ji Xin was startled - has such an incident happened in Wuzhou? He didn't know anything about it, and no one mentioned it to him! It seems that the water in Wuzhou is really quite shallow.
He looked at the date and saw that it happened shortly after the liberation of Wuzhou. Taking out the report and reading it carefully, it turned out that someone assassinated Xie Erren in front of Longmu Temple.
This immediately aroused his interest - especially since the report mentioned that the assassin was a woman!
"Look! There's a problem here."
Chen Baibin took the report, read it through, and said excitedly: "This person must be Cai Lan!"
Ji Xin said: "It's hard to say whether it is true or not. But it is indeed very possible."
"Has Xie Erren reported this matter to the Senate?"
"I'm afraid there was no report. Otherwise, the number of guards assigned to him would have increased. But this is not a problem. After all, in the yellow zone, anything can happen."
"We immediately asked the people around him to find out."
"I think the people around him may have concerns about what they say. There is a more suitable person here." Ji Xin said, "He had a guide when he went to the Dragon Mother Temple."
Although He Dongli acted as a guide and accompanied Xie Erren around the city, he did not accept the title of "Member of the Advisory Board". This was not because he was worried about Ming's counterattack, but because He Dongli was an old scholar and was unwilling to work with a group of big businessmen.
So he spent most of his time studying behind closed doors at home. His family had some property outside the city. Although the war was in chaos, the security in the suburbs was good, and there was no shortage of food and vegetables. Xie Erren deliberately won over him, and from time to time he would give him some wine, meat, money and rice. From time to time, he was invited to come out for talks, and he was asked to do the work of a local scholar and gentry, and his life was quite peaceful.
The Wuzhou riots a few days ago really frightened Mr. He. It was not that he was afraid that the Ming Dynasty officials would come back, but that there would be chaos after the city was broken, and a well-off family like his would probably be tortured - the Australians were the only ones with such a well-disciplined army.
This fright made He Dongli retreat more and more into seclusion, thanking guests behind closed doors.
