Chen Fang gave a slight smile and said, "Yongan Province is known as the province of a thousand deities, but I am a staunch materialist, unlike Secretary Liu, who still believes in superstition. Therefore, when Secretary Liu goes to Yongan Province to lead, the local people will definitely welcome him."

As soon as he said this.

Liu Mingkai's face turned green.

It's well known that superstition is absolutely forbidden within the system.

He had indeed just suggested that Chen Fang visit a temple to offer prayers—if that's not superstition, what is?

Now, finding himself unable to exit the situation gracefully.

He said with a chuckle, "Comrade Chen Fang really knows how to joke."

Having said that.

He walked away gloomily toward Cui Weiguo.

He had originally thought he could undermine Chen Fang's prestige at the welcome ceremony and vent some of the frustration from before.

Unexpectedly, he was left swallowing another silent grievance.

This made Liu Mingkai very uncomfortable.

However, he was not in a hurry.

After all, from now on, he was the top leader of Guyang City, and making things difficult for Chen Fang would surely be an easy task.

The ceremony lasted about an hour.

Around 10:30.

Chen Fang and Pei Shanglian drove to the Guyang City Procuratorate.

The Chief Prosecutor of the Guyang City Procuratorate, Ou Jian, hearing that the two leaders had arrived, hurried down the stairs to greet them.

The Disciplinary Committee, the Procuratorate, and the Public Security Bureau often interacted closely in their work.

The Procuratorate and the Court are units with relatively high rankings in the city's system, both being at the deputy department level in Guyang City.

This means the Chief Prosecutor and the Chief Justice are also at the deputy department level.

In a certain sense, Chen Fang and Ou Jian held the same administrative rank.

But Chen Fang was a Standing Committee member of the Municipal Committee, wielding more power.

Therefore, Ou Jian showed the appropriate respect toward Chen Fang.

Under Ou Jian's leadership, the three men entered his office.

After quickly asking someone to make tea, Ou Jian asked, "Secretary Chen, Director Pei, the two of you coming together must indicate something serious?"

"Oh, Prosecutor General Ou, we came about the matter concerning Song Yan,"

said Pei Shanglian.

Ou Jian was startled.

He asked, "Song Yan? Wasn't Song Yan's case already closed? That was a case handled by your Public Security Bureau."

Chen Fang quickly replied, "Oh, Prosecutor General Ou, it's like this. Recently, we've received public accusations questioning some aspects of Song Yan's case. I'm aware the case has already been closed, so this is just a routine inquiry. Prosecutor General Ou doesn't need to worry too much."

"Ah, I see, well, since Secretary Chen is asking, I will certainly leave nothing unsaid and will tell everything I know,"

said Ou Jian.

Chen Fang nodded and asked, "Prosecutor General Ou, could you first tell me about Song Yan?"

Ou Jian pondered for a moment, and said, "Well, to be honest, I personally have a high regard for Xiao Song. When he first joined the procuratorial system, I took great care of him. However, he is somewhat aloof and extreme in character, prone to obsessing over trivial issues, and that's why he didn't get along well with many colleagues."

Chen Fang nodded and continued to inquire, "Before the robbery, did Song Yan handle any cases?"

Ou Jian thought for a moment, then stood up, opened the door, and shouted outside: "Xiao Liang, Xiao Liang, come in here for a moment."

After a while.

A young man came in.

Ou Jian asked, "Before the incident, what specific case was Song Yan handling?"

The young man named Xiao Liang shook his head and said, "It seems it was a case of a person in detention deliberately injuring someone again within the detention center."

Ou Jian said, "Okay, you go to the archives room and bring the file of this case to Secretary Chen."

"Alright."

Xiao Liang nodded and left.

"Prosecutor General Ou, thank you for your cooperation,"

said Chen Fang graciously.

Ou Jian waved his hand and said, "Oh, Secretary Chen, there's no need to mention it—it's all part of the job."

After that, the two discussed more details about Song Yan's situation.

"To be honest, the harvest wasn't great."

It was after eleven.

Chen Fang and Pei Shanglian bade farewell to the Procuratorate, took the files that Xiao Liang had brought, and got into the car for the return trip.

"Ou Jian was quite cooperative, though."

Pei Shanglian exclaimed.

Chen Fang, his face gloomy, shook his head and said, "There's something wrong with this Ou Jian."

Pei Shanglian was taken aback and looked at Chen Fang, asking, "How do you know?"

Chen Fang asked, "Did you notice the watch on his wrist?"

"No, what about it?"

"That watch is worth at least a hundred thousand in the market. With Ou Jian's salary, he definitely can't afford it. Also, in the corner of his office, there was an inconspicuous badminton bag that costs at least fifty or sixty thousand."

"That expensive?"

Pei Shanglian said in surprise.

Chen Fang sighed deeply.

He said, "That's not strange, what's strange is that Ou Jian was too cooperative with us, excessively so."

"Isn't cooperation good?"

"It's not that it's not good, it's just not normal. Song Yan is the deputy chief prosecutor of the Procuratorate. The robbery incident had a significant impact on the Guyang City Procuratorate. The most reasonable reaction for him would be not wanting to talk about it again, nor wanting us from the Disciplinary Committee and the Public Security Bureau to bring it up again; after all, bringing up this case means tearing open the wounds of the Procuratorate. As the person in charge, no one would want to do that."

Pei Shanglian nodded his head.

He also felt it made a lot of sense.

It was just as they were chatting.

Their vehicle slowly drove out from the main gate of the Procuratorate.

Located on the 8th floor of the Procuratorate building was Ou Jian's office, where he was squinting his eyes, staring motionlessly as Chen Fang and his colleagues' car left.

When the vehicle gradually disappeared into the traffic.

He took out a cellphone from his pocket and dialed a number.

Soon, the call was connected.

"What's the matter?"

On the other end of the phone, a man's voice asked.

Ou Jian said gravely, "The Disciplinary Committee and the Public Security Bureau have started investigating Song Yan's case again."

"How far have they reached?"

"They must have just begun; I'm just letting you know. Don't worry, they likely won't trace it back to Shi Ming."

Ou Jian said.

There was silence on the line for a while, then the man said, "Okay, you handle it for now; if you can't handle it, call me in time."

"Alright."

After saying this word.

Ou Jian hung up the phone.

In the car.

Chen Fang casually flipped through the files provided by the Procuratorate and found nothing unusual.

Suddenly, Yu Zhengchuan, who was driving, said, "It seems like we're being followed."

Chen Fang and Pei Shanglian both shuddered.

At this moment, Yu Zhengchuan adjusted the rearview mirror.

Through the rearview mirror, they could see a red Toyota car maintaining a consistent distance from them.

Chen Fang sneered.

He said, "Go to Hongze Road."

Yu Zhengchuan turned the steering wheel sharply, took a minor road beside them, and headed straight for Hongze Road.

Hongze Road was a newly-repaired road that had not yet officially opened to traffic.

Usually, not many cars traveled this road.

Chen Fang had him take this route to test whether the car behind was indeed following them.

Sure enough.

Once they were on Hongze Road.

The red car followed them up.

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