Chapter 238 The Living Yama Partners with a Female Sharp-Tongued Woman: Qi Tongwei's Subtle Sup

The corridor outside the special care ward of the General Hospital of Handong Provincial Military Region.

Gao Yuliang stood in front of the one-way glass, his hands behind his back, his back straight.

Inside the ward, Gao Xiaofeng was feeding the child hot porridge spoonful by spoonful.

Although the child was still a little dazed from the fright, his face had regained its color and he was obediently chewing his food.

Gao Yuliang's eyes reddened.

The huge weight that had been pressing on my heart for days was completely shattered, and the feeling of being controlled by others vanished.

Turning around, the deputy secretary of the Handong Provincial Party Committee took half a step back and bowed deeply to Shen Zhong beside him.

This bow was extremely low, completely abandoning the airs of a high-ranking official.

"Secretary Shen, I am deeply grateful and cannot express my thanks."

Shen Zhong, dressed in a pine-green military uniform, accepted the bow with composure.

"Secretary Gao, you flatter us. It's just a matter of each getting what they need."

"The hostages have landed safely. Now, it's your turn to fulfill your promise."

Gao Yuliang straightened up, adjusted the hem of his suit, and exuded a long-lost sharpness.

"I'll give him a big gift."

Underground operations room.

The air conditioning was blasting, and a large electronic screen displayed the organizational chart of the Handong Provincial Party Committee.

Gao Yuliang walked to the screen, picked up a marker, and drew a heavy red circle over a name.

Zhou Guichun, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Lincheng Municipal Party Committee.

"After Sha Ruijin was parachuted into Handong, Zhou Guichun was among the first to defect to him."

"On the surface, this person is a refined scholar who enjoys writing and is full of moralistic rhetoric, but in reality, he is insatiable."

Gao Yuliang turned to look at Shen Zhong and presented his carefully prepared pledge of allegiance.

"He has a very secret hobby: keeping homing pigeons."

"They are all top-tier racing pigeons from abroad, each costing over a million."

"He set up a 'Cloud Pavilion' in Lincheng, which was nominally a pigeon racing club, but in reality it was a huge money laundering center and a trading place for power brokers."

Shen Zhong leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers on the armrest.

"Strike at the snake's vital spot, that's a good idea. It will further diminish Sha Ruijin's influence in the Standing Committee."

Gao Yuliang looked at Qi Tongwei, who was standing to the side.

"Tongwei, you're in charge of this case."

"I've arranged for Lu Yike to cooperate with the Anti-Corruption Bureau."

Qi Tongwei stood at attention and saluted.

"Mission accomplished!"

The secret office of the special task force at the Jingzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau.

The room was filled with smoke.

Qi Tongwei sat behind his desk, flipping through the files in his hand. The ashtray on the desk was already covered with a layer of cigarette butts.

The door was pushed open, and Lu Yike walked in, dressed in a smart dark uniform.

This key member of the Guangming District Anti-Corruption Bureau had just suffered the double blow of Chen Hai and Liang Lu's affair, and his whole demeanor exuded a sharp, unapproachable aura.

She tossed her briefcase on the table and pulled out a chair to sit down.

"Director Qi, I've long admired your name."

"I never imagined that one day I would be sitting at the same table as someone like you, working on a case."

Lu Yike's words were barbed and sarcastic, making no attempt to hide her disgust for Qi Tongwei.

"He used to be a dog for the Zhao family, and now he has a new master, but he's still just as ruthless when it comes to his work."

"I'm really curious, when you're handling cases, do you even have the concept of 'bottom line' in your mind?"

Qi Tongwei didn't even look up, continuing to flip through the case files.

He had absolutely no interest in explaining to Lu Yike.

The Zhao family's affairs, Gao Yuliang's affairs, and the heavy intelligence network—these things were too complicated and too cruel for Lu Yike.

The explanation is meaningless.

Qi Tongwei pushed a thick file folder in front of Lu Yike.

"Prosecutor Lu, save your personal emotions for when you get home after get off work."

"This is the task force; I only care about efficiency."

The folder opened, revealing an extremely detailed chart of fund flows.

The transactions from dozens of overseas accounts, shell companies, and underground banks all eventually converged at "Yunxiao Pavilion" on the outskirts of Jingzhou.

Qi Tongwei, with a half-smoked cigarette between his fingers, pointed to the red line on the drawing.

"Zhou Guichun used these building materials companies to launder project funds into pigeon racing transaction funds."

"A pigeon with a starting bid of 50,000 can eventually be sold for 3 million."

"The difference in price went entirely into his wife's overseas trust fund."

Lu Yike stared at the incredibly detailed chain of evidence and was speechless for a moment.

He had prepared a whole host of sarcastic remarks, but they were all swallowed back by this professional intelligence.

The anti-corruption bureau had been investigating for three months without finding any leads, but Qi Tongwei had even uncovered the exact flow of funds.

She gritted her teeth and pointed to the data on the drawing.

"These financial records were very well concealed. How did you obtain them in such a short time?"

Qi Tongwei tapped on the table.

"That's the efficiency of the public security and military intelligence networks."

"Prosecutor Lu, don't use your anti-corruption bureau's slow evidence collection process to judge the current situation."

Lu Yike snorted coldly.

"So you bypassed the proper procedures and directly applied a presumption of guilt?"

Qi Tongwei stood up, placed his hands on the table, and looked down at her.

"It's useless to talk about rules when dealing with a hypocrite like Zhou Guichun."

"He laundered the embezzled funds perfectly, and on the surface, he didn't take a single penny. Even if your anti-corruption bureau investigated him for ten years, you still wouldn't find anything."

"Only by smashing his rice bowl and destroying his stronghold will he reveal his true colors."

Qi Tongwei stubbed out his cigarette and picked up his coat.

"Tonight, there will be an internal pigeon auction at Cloud Pavilion."

"Zhou Guichun's front man will launder 20 million yuan on site."

"We need to go in and find out the security setup on site."

7 p.m., the task force's temporary changing room.

Qi Tongwei straightened his collar in front of the mirror.

She took off her usual jacket and put on a flashy silk shirt, over which she wore a slightly over-the-top suit.

He wore a thick gold necklace around his neck, a gleaming Rolex gold watch on his wrist, and a cigar in his mouth.

He was exactly like a nouveau riche who had just crawled out of a coal mine, carrying a huge sum of money and eager to befriend powerful and influential people.

The locker room door opened.

Lu Yike walked out somewhat awkwardly.

She took off her stiff uniform and put on a wine-red, high-slit cheongsam.

Her hair was permed into big waves, she wore heavy makeup, and she was wearing a pair of high heels.

The usually decisive and efficient female prosecutor has disappeared, replaced by a gaudy and vulgar noblewoman.

Lu Yike tugged at the hem of her cheongsam, looking completely uncomfortable.

"Qi Tongwei, do I really have to dress like this?"

"This outfit doesn't even have any pockets, so I have nowhere to hide my miniature voice recorder."

Qi Tongwei exhaled a puff of smoke and looked her up and down.

He stepped forward and handed Lu Yike a Hermes bag studded with rhinestones.

"The voice recorder is in a hidden compartment of the bag."

"Remember your identity tonight. You are a coal mine owner's wife who will stop at nothing to throw money around in order to help her husband get projects."

"When you take my arm later, act a little greedy, a little mercenary."

Lu Yike bit her lip, trying to suppress her inner resistance.

"I endured it for the sake of solving the case."

"I hope we find something real tonight, otherwise I will definitely report you to Secretary Gao for abusing your power."

Qi Tongwei, with a cigar between his fingers, pushed open the door and gestured for him to enter.

"Let's go, honey, let's go play with the birds."