Li Simin had no foresight. It was only after sending troops to arrest Bai Zhe and conducting various investigations that he found out that Bai Zhe did not return to Lishui last night at all.
This was what he found out later.
Where Bai Zhe went is no longer important to Li Simin.
The important thing is that Bai Zhe absconded out of fear of crime!
Under Li Simin's tough stance, the Public Security Department took immediate action to conduct strict investigations on all stations, airports, hotels, inns, and outbound vehicles throughout the province. We must not let Bai Zhe, the culprit, go unpunished.
On the other hand, Li Simin called Cheng Baijun of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and asked the other party to freeze and liquidate all the account funds involved in Baizhe. However, Cheng Baijun obeyed on the surface, but secretly obeyed and took no action at all.
A large net was quietly unfolding, and Li Simin seemed to smell a hint of danger.
There is still no news from Shen Qingxin and Xu Zhiguo. Even if Li Simin wanted to ask about it, there is no trace.
He didn't know that the two people he cared about most had been secretly detained in the Wenwu County Detention Center, and even the county party secretary Qi Guomin didn't know about it.
It's already three o'clock in the afternoon.
Time passed by minute by second, and the surprise interrogation of the two people has not stopped since their arrest.
However, the result was no progress.
Both of them firmly believe that things are already like this, and there will always be people who will find ways to get people. If they say everything, they will be really cool.
"Comrade Prosecutor, I have made it clear enough. The money really does not belong to me. I didn't even know when Xu put it in my trunk. I only found out when the person named Xu told me while driving. I don't believe it. I have call records on my mobile phone, you can check it."
Shen Qingxin clung to this rhetoric and was determined not to let go.
The person in charge of the surprise investigation was a prosecutor from another province's Discipline Inspection Commission named Li Zhengfei. At this moment, he wanted to pry open Shen Qingxin's head to see what was inside.
Li Zhengfei slammed the table and shouted angrily: "I'm telling you, don't even think about denying this matter. Since I'm holding you down, I must have enough evidence. But if you don't want to go to jail, it's best to tell the truth!"
Shen Qingxin rolled his eyes and looked at him without saying another word.
Li Zhengfei took a look and saw that this guy was planning to resist to the end, and gradually lost his patience.
At this time, a man also wearing a prosecutor's suit came in from the door, patted Li Zhengfei's shoulder and whispered: "You go outside to have a cigarette to calm down, let me do it."
"This man is very cunning and will not let go even if he is dead or alive."
Seeing the person coming, Li Zhengfei knew that this was his boss, Prosecutor General Xie Kexie, so he glared at Shen Qingxin.
"Haha, it's okay..." Xie Ke sent Li Zhengfei out of the door, closed the door, and turned to look at Shen Qingxin.
"Vice Governor Shen, are you tired? Come on, have a cigarette..."
As he spoke, he took out a pack of Furong King from his pocket, shook out one and handed it to Shen Qingxin.
There are soft bags all around, and there are regulations and rules hanging on the wall, clearly prohibiting smoking.
Shen Qingxin looked at him, raised his handcuffed hand, took the cigarette and put it into his mouth. Xie Ke kindly lit it and then sat back down.
"Vice Governor Shen, if you are also a big shot, how could you end up like this?"
Shen Qingxin took a long drag on the cigarette and exhaled it slowly, with an expression of great enjoyment.
After a while, he snorted coldly: "It's not like I was framed by a villain. I am someone who easily offends others when I do things. It's normal for me to be jealous and framed by others. It's nothing to make a fuss about."
"I don't think it's that simple?" Xie Ke stared at Shen Qingxin without relaxing his eyes for a moment.
"You don't have to worry. To tell you the truth, in twenty-four hours, I will walk out of here and return to the province to be my deputy governor. Do you believe it?"
After going through the panic when he was arrested, Shen Qingxin has now figured out that the reason why they were so anxious to have a sudden trial was because someone was working for him above.
They can arrest senior officials of the Provincial Party Committee whenever they want.
Xie Ke felt that there was no need to say anything more to him. It was obvious that he would not shed tears until he saw the coffin.
So he took out a recording pen from his pocket and smiled at Shen Qingxin: "What do you think this is?"
Shen Qingxin quickly looked at it and asked doubtfully: "Pen?"
"Haha, this is a voice recorder!"
Shen Qingxin's head buzzed, and he suddenly realized that he seemed to have seen this recorder before. It was the one that Bai Zhe had pinned in his shirt pocket!
[It’s broken, it’s Bai Zhe, that bastard! 】
"Would you like me to listen to it?"
Shen Qingxin looked at Xie Ke blankly, and the smoke in front of him gradually turned into a straight line.
It was Bai Zhe who betrayed him. This was something he couldn't believe.
When he was arrested before, Shen Qingxin also doubted Bai Zhe, but he quickly gave up the idea.
If Bai Zhe dared to betray him, he would have received the money, so wouldn't he be afraid that the incident would come to light?
It is simply impossible for Shen Qingxin to say that Bai Zhe handed over the money to the Discipline Inspection Commission in advance.
But now, the appearance of this pen has explained everything.
Xie Ke smiled at Shen Qingxin's unexpected expression and then inserted the pen into the computer.
The sound came out, confirming Shen Qingxin's judgment.
This was indeed the conversation between him and Xu Zhiguo that night. It was very complete. Judging from the distance of the sound, there was no doubt that it was recorded by Bai Zhe.
Shen Qingxin was really panicked. Now, no matter how much he said, it would become a sophistry. At least the huge bribe of five million had been confirmed.
As for the 20 million yuan under the bed at home, Shen Qingxin could only pray silently in his heart, hoping that the people from the Discipline Inspection Commission would not find out. After all, he had worked hard, and he might not be able to find it even if he moved the bed.
Fortunately, five million would not be a death sentence, but if the twenty million was discovered, he would definitely be shot.
Xie Ke was always paying attention to the changes in Shen Qingxin's expression. His mission was not to make Shen Qingxin admit to taking five million in bribes, but to uproot their interest group.
Putting away the recorder, Xie Ke said: "Vice Governor Shen, actually, these five million are nothing. As long as you take the initiative to tell who is behind you, I can tell you responsibly that this account can be written off in one go. , The party organization will not mistreat a person who is willing to admit his mistakes. But if you don't say it, the meaning will be completely different when Xu Zhiguo says it in the next room."
"Xu Zhiguo? Is he also being detained here?"
Shen Qingxin was not worried about anything else, he was just afraid that Xu Zhiguo would reveal what happened in the past.
Bribery and illegal land occupation are not serious crimes. If you take the initiative to explain clearly and plead guilty and accept punishment in time, you can indeed be reduced to less than three years or be exempted from punishment.
Which one is more important, Shen Qingxin clearly understands.
"You should actually thank the party. If our Central Commission for Discipline Inspection hadn't taken you into custody in time, I guess you would have been in either the hospital ICU or the morgue."
As he spoke, Xie Ke took out a photo from his inner pocket and showed it in front of Shen Qingxin.
"Do you know this person?"
Shen Qingxin took a closer look and quickly shrank back in fear.
In the photo, it was Xiong Botao, but his eyes were closed, and his death look was ugly, even a little scary.
"This is the vice president of Tang Group. A major car accident occurred at noon today. However, the car accident took place in the northern mountainous area. A large amount of cash and criminal evidence of the deceased were placed in the car. There was a list of bribe recipients. The first one was In your name, the amount of bribes received is as high as 10 million!"
As he spoke, Xie Ke walked up to Shen Qingxin, pinched the butt of the cigarette that had already burned out from his fingers, and said sternly: "Vice Governor Shen, do you think you still have the possibility to escape suspicion?"
"this?!"
Shen Qingxin looked panicked and said, "This is definitely a frame-up. How could it be such a coincidence?"
Xie Ke nodded and smiled: "Yes, you are right. According to the latest investigation report, Xiong Botao's car fell into the cliff due to brake failure. This is definitely a premeditated frame-up, and the target is you!"
Shen Qingxin was stunned for a moment, and his face instantly turned pale.
"Unfortunately, you have become the scapegoat of your comrades. Now you should understand your situation, right?"
Shen Qingxin really didn't expect that the backer he relied on would now become the murderer who wanted to kill him.
But it had been twelve full hours since he had been locked up here. He knew nothing here and relied solely on the censor's words. How could he dare to believe it.
After all, this matter is too important to me, and no one can guarantee that this is not the interrogation method used by the investigators.
"No, I don't believe it!"
As expected of a seasoned official, even after Xie Ke unleashed all his big moves, he still firmly believed that it was all an illusion.
Seeing Shen Qingxin's lack of appetite, Xie Ke frowned slightly.
[Did it still fail? 】
"Shen Qingxin, you have to think clearly, this is the last chance for you!"
Xie Ke suddenly became very serious, but this strengthened Shen Qingxin's confidence.
Shen Qingxin immediately recovered from his nervousness, leaned back in his chair and said, "Haha, I told you, you can't use sweet words to trick me into pleading guilty. I will get ten years in prison at most. At worst, I'll have to start all over again. You can't do anything to me."
Shen Qingxin was so confident that Xie Ke completely lost his patience. He pointed at Shen Qingxin and said, "Okay, just wait until you sit through the jail!"
After saying that, he walked out of the interrogation room without looking back.
In the corridor, Li Zhengfei saw Xie Ke huffing out and knew the result. He quickly went up to hand him a cigarette and asked, "How was it? What's the gain?"
Xie Ke depressedly took the cigarette, looked outside and said, "Other than accepting the five million, we are still the same."
Li Zhengfei said: "Calm down, let's report the situation to the team leader first."
Although Xie Ke was unwilling to give in, he could only nod and agree: "Okay, I will contact Team Leader Yuan right now."
…
Yuan Fuchun was frowning. When he saw the call from the interrogation team, he felt excited and thought it was Shen Qingxin who had confessed the matter.
But after he answered the phone, the news he got made him a little disappointed, but it was also expected.
Twelve hours later, if it was just the five million bribe, Shen Qingxin would have to be handed over to the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the subsequent investigation and evidence collection would have to be out of the hands of the Discipline Inspection Commission.
Once the key clue Shen Qingxin is lost, it is likely that the culprit will go free.
That means that the supervision team organized by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will come back in vain, having only swatted a fly.
Xiong Botao's car accident and the arrest of Bai Zhe all pointed to one person. However, even if they knew it was him, without evidence, the supervision team had no way to take action against a senior provincial official.
