Chapter 223 Gao Yuliang: Sha Ruijin, this is political blackmail!

Sha Ruijin walked around the desk and stood in front of Gao Yuliang.

He stepped directly onto the divorce certificate with his shiny leather shoes and even stomped on it twice.

"Comrade Yuliang, do you still want to talk to me about discipline?"

"For most of your life, you've been spouting Marxism-Leninism and Party principles."

He secretly divorced his wife without informing the organization and kept his mistress and illegitimate child abroad.

"With your salary, can you afford a luxury apartment in the Mid-Levels of Hong Kong Island?"

"Any one of these points you pick is enough to send you to Qincheng Prison to spend the rest of your life in jail."

Gao Yuliang's face turned ashen, and he took half a step back, his lower back pressed firmly against the edge of the desk.

"This is political blackmail..."

"Sha Ruijin, you, a provincial party secretary, actually resort to such despicable tactics!"

Gao Yuliang's voice rose eight octaves, revealing a sense of outward strength but inner weakness.

"You think you can turn things around in Handong by ruining my reputation?"

"Shen Zhong held the military region in his hands, and Li Dakang and Liu Changchun both sided with him."

"You're at your wit's end!"

"If you touch me, aren't you afraid that the political and legal system in Handong will completely turn against you?"

Sha Ruijin smiled.

The laughter sounded extremely jarring in the empty study.

"At the end of the road?"

"So I'm not playing by the rules."

"You, Gao Yuliang, pretended to be deaf and dumb at the Standing Committee meeting, hedging your bets, thinking you could escape unscathed?"

"You think that just because Shen Zhong sent a few retired soldiers to guard Hong Kong Island, your mother and son are completely safe?"

Sha Ruijin leaned closer to Gao Yuliang and lowered his voice.

"I might as well tell you."

"Just an hour ago, a large-scale gang fight broke out on Hong Kong Island."

"The two people you hid in the hillside apartment are no longer under your and Shen Zhong's control."

Gao Yuliang's breathing became completely disordered.

He braced his hands on the edge of the desk, his fingernails almost scratching marks on the mahogany surface.

"Where...are they?"

Sha Ruijin snorted and pulled a black satellite phone without any markings from his pocket.

Tap the screen and shove it directly in front of Gao Yuliang's face.

"I told you, I have no way out."

"So I don't mind dragging the entire Gao family down with me."

The screen displays a live monitoring feed.

In the dimly lit and cramped basement, there was a one-meter square iron cage.

Gao Xiaofeng, wearing only a thin nightgown, clung tightly to her child, huddled in the corner of the iron cage.

Both of them fell into a deep coma, their faces pale and bloodless.

Outside the iron cage stood two men wearing black hoods.

They were each carrying a red plastic bucket filled with gasoline.

One of them was splashing a pungent liquid around the iron cage.

The lighters clicked in their hands, the flames flickering in the darkness.

Gao Yuliang's legs went completely limp.

He knelt down on the carpet.

That iron cage became a death warrant locked in his heart.

The child was still asleep, completely unaware that death had already befallen them.

Gao Yuliang knew all too well what Sha Ruijin was thinking right now.

Backed into a corner by Shen Zhong, he even lost face as the provincial party secretary.

A wild beast with bloodshot eyes is capable of anything.

Once that gasoline is ignited...

His only bloodline in this world, Gao Yuliang, will be burned to ashes.

He reached out to grab the phone, wanting to take one last look at the child in the cage.

Sha Ruijin flipped his wrist, took back the phone, and casually put it in his pocket.

at the same time.

Outside the second-floor corridor.

Teacher Wu stood outside the half-open door of the study, holding a plate of freshly sliced ​​apples.

She had gotten up to check what was going on after hearing a noise downstairs.

Thinking of bringing some fruit to Sha Ruijin, who came to visit late at night, to maintain the dignity of the Gao family's mistress.

But every single word of the conversation inside reached her ears.

Divorce certificate.

Overseas resettlement.

illegitimate child.

These words pierced her eardrums, shattering the illusion of a happy marriage she had painstakingly cultivated for many years.

The hand holding the fruit plate began to tremble uncontrollably.

The porcelain plate and the stainless steel fruit knife collided, making a soft clinking sound.

She bit her lower lip hard, and even tasted the blood.

He forced back the sob that was rising in his throat.

He gripped the tray base tightly with his wrist, his knuckles turning white from the excessive force.

She didn't push the door open and go in to question them.

She didn't make a scene like a shrew.

In the face of this sordid political deal, her pitiful dignity is utterly worthless.

She simply carried the plate of fruit, turned around, and retreated step by step back into the master bedroom.

The corridor returned to silence.

Inside the study, Sha Ruijin looked down at Gao Yuliang, who was kneeling on the ground, completely devoid of any backbone.

"Gao Yuliang, you now only have two paths."

"First, tomorrow I will have the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection initiate an investigation against you directly, and at the same time, I will make these materials public all over the internet."

"Your reputation is ruined, and that mother and child will never see the sun rise again."

Sha Ruijin paced slowly around Gao Yuliang, his leather shoes making a dull thud on the carpet.

"Secondly, bring your entire political and legal system to my side."

"I want you to use your influence in the public security, procuratorate, and judicial system to launch a full-scale counterattack against Shen Zhong."

"He can mobilize the military and suppress the provincial government, but he can't interfere with the judicial system in Handong."

"Didn't Li Dakang defect to Shen Zhong?"

"Don't tell me you don't know about the mess that Li Dakang's ex-wife, Ouyang Jing, has in Jingzhou Commercial Bank."

"Have Qi Tongwei lead the team to arrest them directly."

"And then there's He Xia. The 4 billion yuan project in Luzhou has just been launched, involving a huge amount of money."

"Fix the accounts of Tianhe Group or Huarui Heavy Industry under any pretext of economic dispute."

"As long as you play the Political and Legal Affairs Commission card, I can muddy the waters."

Gao Yuliang covered his face with his hands.

His chest heaved violently.

He cultivated an aloof and superior persona for half his life.

He thought his escape route was foolproof.

All are utterly vulnerable in the face of absolute violence and blackmail.

"What do you want me to do...?"

These words, squeezed out of Gao Yuliang's mouth, were extremely hoarse and conveyed a deep sense of powerlessness.

He closed his eyes, and a single, cloudy tear slid down from the corner of his eye, falling through his fingers onto the carpet.

At that moment, the backbone of the deputy secretary of the Hantong Provincial Party Committee was completely broken.

Sha Ruijin straightened the collar of his old cadre jacket and patted off the raindrops.

He was very satisfied with Gao Yuliang's current submissive attitude.

He turned and walked towards the study door, stopping with his hand on the doorknob.

"I want to see you take concrete action against Shen Zhong's camp within three days."

"Otherwise, prepare to collect their bodies."