The driver Xiao Zhang lived up to being a retired soldier, he reacted quickly.

He swiftly shifted into reverse, just about to step hard on the gas.

A honking sound came from behind.

Two cars rushed forward at high speed.

One car quickly stopped behind the City Committee's car 002, blocking his retreat.

The other car stopped side by side next to Liu Yi's vehicle.

This way, the car was surrounded on all sides.

"Mayor Liu, hold on tight, I'll drive off the road!"

After all, on the right was the road, although it was a greenbelt, perhaps he could burst through.

Liu Yi, being the Mayor, gradually calmed down from his initial fear.

He said, "No need, you call the police first."

Xiao Zhang quickly took out his phone.

Just at that moment.

Knock, knock, knock.

A sound of knocking on the window rang out.

A glamorous face appeared in front of them.

Women always have a way of lowering people's guard, especially beautiful women.

Liu Yi first stopped Xiao Zhang from calling the police and then lowered the window slightly.

The woman said, "Mayor Liu, sorry for scaring you. Our boss, Mr. Fang, invites you over."

"Mr. Fang? Fang Yixiu?"

Liu Yi asked.

The woman nodded, and Liu Yi let out a sigh, murmuring to himself, "It was indeed him."

Then.

He opened the car door.

The woman, who was both elegant and poised, assisted in opening the car door of the vehicle beside them for him.

Looking inside.

As expected.

Sitting in the back was the owner of that mansion at the foot of Wuqing Mountain.

"Mayor Liu, I deeply apologize, the situation is urgent, and I was afraid that a phone call wouldn't be the best way to reach you, so I had to go to such lengths—you're not mad at me, are you?"

Once confirmed it was Fang Yixiu.

Liu Yi got in.

After the car door closed, he hastily asked, "Did Lv Xiaoyang's death have anything to do with you?"

Fang Yixiu gave a faint smile.

He said, "Mayor Liu, don't get worked up. I'm just a businessman, I don't get involved in killings. It was only out of kindness that when Secretary Lv came looking for me, I arranged for two lovely ladies to accompany him. I didn't expect him to get overly excited, causing such a serious incident. Now I feel both guilty and regretful..."

While he spoke words of apology.

His expression was calm as still water.

In other words, regarding Lv Xiaoyang's death, he didn't care in the least.

Liu Yi pondered for a moment.

Asked, "Was it you who stirred things up behind the scenes for him to suggest reporting against Mei Jianxue?"

"Hahaha... Mayor Liu, using the words 'stirred up' sounds a bit harsh, doesn't it? I did it to relieve your burdens! You've got Tang Guozheng in front, Chen Fang following, and now with Qi Shouting's downfall, you've been cornered. You should know this situation better than I do."

Fang Yixiu said.

Liu Yi said with some contempt, "Stop with the sweet talk. Do you think I don't know what you want? You're just using me of course."

Fang Yixiu snorted coldly.

He said, "Mayor Liu probably doesn't know yet, but the province is planning to move your position."

Liu Yi was taken aback.

He looked at him in disbelief.

Fang Yixiu went on to say, "Qi Shouting's issues are significant. Though you, as his secretary, were not directly involved in many affairs, the organization has nonetheless lost trust in you. There are already proposals to transfer you, after all, Shangqing City is a big cake, no background or identity-less small fry have the right to eat it..."

The small fry he mentioned.

Were undoubtedly referring to Liu Yi.

If Qi Shouting were still there, as a candidate for Governor, nobody would dare underestimate Liu Yi.

But the current situation is different.

The weight of Liu Yi in the Provincial Committee and Provincial Government goes without saying.

"Where to?"

Liu Yi asked.

Fang Yixiu said, "The specific direction hasn't been set, but my inside sources suggest it might be the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, with the rank unchanged."

Provincial Political Consultative Conference?

Hearing these three words, Liu Yi felt a chill in his heart.

If it were the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, it would mean his career path would no longer have the possibility of advancement.

What's more fatal is that the rank remains unchanged.

If he could leap into a vice-minister position from a department-level post, that would still be progress, but what Fang Yixiu said completely dampened his spirits.

Subsequently, there was a long silence.

About a minute or two later.

Liu Yi said, "I can help you with what you have to do, but what's in it for me?"

"Mayor Liu is a smart person. If you can accomplish what I need, the top position in Shangqing City is yours. You should believe that I have this ability, right?"

In the face of desire.

All sense of reason is fragile.

Liu Yi naturally understood the consequences of getting caught intervening in this matter.

But at this moment, he seemed to have no better choice.

"So what do I need to do next?"

Liu Yi asked.

Fang Yixiu gave a slight smile.

He said, "Lv Xiaoyang's death can be used to make an issue. Hasn't Chen Fang been idle lately? You have to get him busy..."

More than ten minutes later.

Liu Yi returned to his car.

He leaned back in the rear seat and thought everything over carefully.

Then rubbed his face with his hand.

Patted the driver's back and said, "Xiao Zhang, drive."

"To the hospital?"

Xiao Zhang asked.

Liu Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go to the County Committee courtyard first."

The car started, took a different route at the fork, and disappeared into the night.

In the shadows by the roadside.

Sitting in a Maybach.

Inside sat Fang Yixiu.

He had seen Liu Yi's car passing by up close.

Clearly, he was satisfied with the choice Liu Yi made.

"Have those two women been sent off?"

Fang Yixiu asked.

In the passenger seat, Shuyue nodded and said, "They've been sent off overnight and will be boarding a flight to Henan by early tomorrow morning, never to return."

"Very good, blessings in disguise, alright, let's go back to sleep, getting a bit tired."

With that.

Fang Yixiu yawned...

The next morning.

Chen Fang woke up on the sofa in his office.

He hadn't slept well that night.

Because he had instructed Wu Xixin that if there were any unusual situations, he must report to him.

A little past one.

The investigation team arrived at the hospital.

Around four-thirty, Wu Xixin called again, and after the forensic department's autopsy, it was confirmed that Lv Xiaoyang's death was due to overexcitement leading to a myocardial infarction.

And a large amount of male enhancement medication residue was found in his system.

This was also one of the causes of death.

In other words.

When Lv Xiaoyang died, he might still have been busy on top of someone; the aphrodisiac drugs overstimulated his nerves, leading to sudden death.

Next.

Was the tense investigation time.

The Disciplinary Committee's investigation team must find out where exactly Lv Xiaoyang was and who he was with at the time. After all, a department-level official can't just die without clear circumstances.

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