Rebirth of Corrupt Officials - Chapter 72

The old Jiang Xiaochuan died at that moment, and the new Jiang Xiaochuan was reborn at that moment.

He suddenly wanted to say something to Lian Cheng, something he had never said before.

“I remember when I joined the party and became mayor, I made many promises and declarations, but what I remember most deeply is when I stood under the national flag and the party flag and said, I will be loyal to myself and be loyal to the justice in my heart and the truth buried deep in my heart. I would never be afraid and I declared war on all evil. To this day, when I look back at this passage, I find it ironic, but I have never regretted it.”

Lian Cheng looked at him calmly without interrupting, sensing that Jiang Xiaochuan’s next words might be the most critical. Perhaps through this confession, he could understand the truest Jiang Xiaochuan.

This feeling made him suddenly feel very heavy.

Jiang Xiaochuan was cutting himself open. How did the scene in front of him look like the confession of a death row prisoner?

“I once made a mistake and walked a very dark road, but God gave me the medicine to regret it. I felt that I would be able to walk back to the prosperous road again, but this place in Chengzhou forced me to go to the most cramped small town. I never thought that things would develop like this. I did many things that crossed the line and even exceeded the regulations of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, but I never regretted it. Maybe I was confused, but I knew I wouldn’t regret it.”

Because Xue Yan probably felt the same, but now he was lying on the hospital bed, and Jiang Xiaochuan also believed if he asked him if he regretted it, Xue Yan would shake his head.

Everything he did was worthy of his own conscience. He was just scheming with those politicians, but he never did anything to disgrace the country and the people. He was worthy of justice.

But sometimes, justice and party discipline and state law could not be reconciled.

He didn’t want to be a mediocre official, which meant nothing.

And he still didn’t want to talk about that fight and what kind of deal he and Rong Shaobai had reached.

In fact, even if Jiang Xiaochuan didn’t say it, Lian Cheng could make a rough guess. That idea was too crazy, and if it was really because Rong Shaobai wanted to use this matter to escape, Jiang Xiaochuan had no reason to help Rong Shaobai for free. A perfect cooperation meant the beneficiaries should be both parties to the cooperation, so Jiang Xiaochuan should have benefited from it.

Jiang Xiaochuan was not a person who was greedy for money. There must have been other reasons that prompted him to agree to this cooperation.

“…Jiang Xiaochuan, what do you want me to do with you?”

Lian Cheng suddenly sighed, looked at him with a smile in his eyes, and asked him: “Do you know, you may die?”

If what Jiang Xiaochuan said yesterday was true, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was also a very dangerous place for Jiang Xiaochuan.

“Today the trial of Zhou Qian’s case will begin. Zhang Xiaoli will appear in court to testify against him. If you want to see it, I can give you special permission.” Lian Cheng changed the subject. He really didn’t want to ask Jiang Xiaochuan for a confession anymore. That was almost mission impossible.

And… In fact, it was understandable that Jiang Xiaochuan was unwilling to tell many things now. He couldn’t force it too much.

However, when Jiang Xiaochuan asked for files, he had someone deliver them and Lian Cheng didn’t even touch it.

Would someone like Jiang Xiaochuan joke with him about such a thing? Lian Cheng didn’t think so.

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The trial of Zhou Qian’s case had begun, and the former lovers were now going to court…

Jiang Xiaochuan thought of Zhou Qian’s former glory and suddenly asked Lian Cheng a very tricky question: “The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s handling of Zhou Qian’s case was too slow. What’s the secret?”

Jiang Xiaochuan got to the point. The evidence for Zhou Qian’s case was solid and could have brought him to justice long ago. However, it seemed too inefficient to start the trial now.

In fact, there were unspoken rules in this field. In many cases that aroused public outrage, in the first instance, to comply with public sentiment and avoid causing too much criticism from society, the judge would often impose harsh sentences. However, there would be a second instance after the first. If the person on trial had a background and the crime was serious enough, they could usually get a lighter sentence in the second instance than in the first. By this time, the limelight had passed, and the case was no longer the focus of everyone’s attention, so a light sentence would not cause too much backlash.

The same was true in Zhou Qian’s case. Now everyone’s attention was still on Mayor Fu Peng’s ouster some time ago and the current investigation of Jiang Xiaochuan. Zhou Qian had almost become a past tense and a person of rare concern.

Zhou Qian was in jail, and he didn’t expect that someone would plan for him so deliberately.

Lian Cheng obviously knew Jiang Xiaochuan had something to say, but his thoughts were slightly different from Jiang Xiaochuan’s: “It’s not the efficiency is slow, it’s because Zhou Qian’s case involves a wide range of things, and he may have nothing to do with people like Fu Peng. When dealing with him, Fu Peng’s case also needs to be clarified.”

“Director Lian, are you bullying me for not understanding the specific procedures in this regard? Even if Zhou Qian was tried and detained in advance, as long as he and other cases are found out later to be related, they can still be interrogated at any time. This would not be a problem for you, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.” Jiang Xiaochuan found it ironic, and Lian Cheng had already turned on the TV hanging on the wall.

The trial of Zhou Qian’s case was not allowed to be broadcast live, but the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection naturally had the power to monitor the whole process.

The court had been in session for a long time now, and the prosecutor was making his statement.

But Zhou Qian, who had been silent before, suddenly said something that shocked everyone.

At this moment, Lian Cheng was stunned in the interrogation room.

Jiang Xiaochuan looked at Zhou Qian on the screen, feeling extremely cold.

“I want to expose in court that the acting mayor of Chengzhou, Jiang Xiaochuan, was also involved in corruption and bribery when attracting foreign investment.”