Qi Tongwei: Sign-in relationship started during student days

Chapter 925: Meeting Old Senior Again

Judge Wu shook his head, not wanting to continue discussing this topic. "Isn't your case closed yet?"

"It will be soon, just in the next few days. If Luo Ping doesn't confess, we will prepare to close the case." Lu Yike replied.

Judge Wu was stunned. "How can this be considered a solved case? Closed if no confession?"

Lu Yike spread his hands and said, "We don't want to either, but the higher-ups are constantly pushing us to close the case, and we're under a lot of pressure. Instead of wasting time like this, it's better to finish early and go home to rest."

"You guys, can't you handle a little bit of pressure?"

Judge Wu shook her head and thought that she had nothing to do anyway, so she asked her daughter to take the case file to her to see if she could make any breakthrough.

Lu Yike brought the case file with a try-it attitude.

Being cautious and meticulous is a basic skill for a judge.

Soon, Judge Wu noticed a very inconspicuous piece of information.

The information was in the column for Luo Ping's family members, which stated that he had a son named Luo Jianguo, who worked at the lower-level Tianshui District Court and was a section chief.

Judge Wu has a good memory. She remembers that when she went to Tianshui District Court to guide work a few months ago, Luo Jianguo accompanied her and talked to her a lot.

The other party also introduced himself to her as a student of the Political Science and Law Department of Handong University, and studied under Gao Yuliang, the current mayor of Haizhou City.

Recalling this information, Judge Wu felt that things were not that simple.

"Yike, how much do you know about this son of Deputy District Chief Luo?"

Lu Yike replied: "I know a little bit. His son is Luo Jianguo, and he is currently a judge at the Tianshui City Court. He was already a section chief two years ago, and he is considered a rare young talent.

However, according to Judge Luo, he moved into staff housing after starting work at the court, so he knew very little about his father's affairs.

"So you believe what he said?"

"Of course we don't believe it, but our superiors also won't allow us to expand the scope. They say we live in a new society and we don't practice the practice of punishing entire clans, especially without solid evidence."

Judge Wu guessed: "Could it be that Old Ji said that?"

The Old Ji that Judge Wu mentioned was Ji Changming. After stabilizing the situation in Haizhou, Old Ji was transferred back to the provincial capital a year ago.

He is currently serving as the deputy procurator general of Jingzhou City, at the deputy bureau level, and happens to be Hou Liangping's boss.

"If it's not him, then who else? Comrade Ji is the most timid person in our procuratorate." Lu Yike complained.

Judge Wu smiled and said, "You, what do you know? Old Ji is not timid, he is cautious.

This kind of character is needed in our line of work. We should be kind to ourselves and to the prisoners.

If you young people were to run around like you, Jingzhou would be in chaos."

Lu Yike said, "Judge Wu, I don't agree with what you said. If everyone acts like Old Ji, tiptoeing around, how can we catch all the corrupt officials?"

As he was speaking, a voice came from the door.

"What's going on? As soon as I came in, I heard someone saying bad things about me." Ji Changming stood at the door with his signature smile on his face.

When he saw that it was the Chief Prosecutor, Lu Yike quickly retreated into the case file like a thief caught in the act.

"Old Ji." Judge Wu stood up and greeted him.

"Hey, Sister Wu, why are you here?" Ji Changming seemed to have just seen her and walked forward to shake hands with Judge Wu.

"Why, I can't come?" Judge Wu asked back in annoyance.

"Yes, absolutely. You are welcome to come and inspect our work."

Ji Changming bowed slightly, as if he was being received by a leader, which made Judge Wu laugh.

"Old Ji, you are still so slick."

The two have known each other for a long time. Wu Xinyi helped Ji Changming a lot at work, so this is why Wu Xinyi dared to call him Old Ji.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Wu Xinyi turned the topic back to the corruption case.

Ji Changming only said: "This case is very complicated."

Wu Xinyi thought of a lot in an instant.

Could it really be related to her brother-in-law Gao Yuliang?

Come to think of it, it’s not impossible.

She works in the political and legal field, and had heard that a new "Handa Gang" had emerged in Handong's political and legal system.

The "leader" of this Handa Gang is her brother-in-law Gao Yuliang.

The members are basically students from the Political Science and Law Department of Wuhan University who were recruited after Gao Yuliang entered politics, or who came to him on their own initiative.

The four most important relationships in politics are: kinship, teacher-student, classmate, and fellow-townsman.

Gao Yuliang is the best political resource for students from Handong’s School of Political Science and Law to enter politics.

With such a good political resource, how could these students not make good use of it?

So, she wondered if Luo Jianguo might be one of them?

In this way, they borrowed Gao Yuliang's power to put pressure on the Jingzhou Procuratorate.

Wu Xinyi asked: "How complicated is it?"

Ji Changming said: "It's hard to say, it might involve a lot of people.

Our provincial capital is different from the cities below. It is close to various units in the province and has in-depth exchanges with them.

If you are not careful, the provincial leaders may be implicated.

Therefore, in the absence of clear instructions, both the Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee and our Procuratorate have been extremely cautious in this case."

Everyone yearns to live in the provincial capital, where the rank is high and the promotion is fast.

But who knows the difficulties of living in the provincial capital.

There are too many mothers-in-law above me, and I am hesitant to do anything.

Deputy-department-level cadres like them would be high-ranking officials if they were placed at the lower levels, but they would be just privates if they were placed in the provincial capital. They wouldn't have much say.

There was no other way. The provincial capital was full of provincial departments, and any one of them was higher-ranking than Ji Changming. How could he possibly investigate?

Wu Xinyi ignored Ji Changming's excuses and picked up the file, pointing to the page with Luo Jianguo's education background. "Could this be related to this?"

Ji Changming was startled, looked at Wu Xinyi, and shook his head. "It's not clear at the moment, it should be... unlikely."

Wu Xinyi felt a little relieved. As long as Gao Yuliang didn't get involved, it would be fine.

What Wu Xinyi didn't know was that Gao Yuliang had no intention of staying in Handong anymore. His mind was now full of achieving some results and then moving to Hanjiang.

At this time, Lu Yike stuck his head out and took a look at the place his mother pointed to.

Only then did she notice that Luo Jianguo was actually a student of the 88 class of the Political Science and Law Department of Wuhan University, and her senior.

He joked, "Oh! I didn't expect we had this kind of relationship with him. Senior, if we had known earlier, we should have let his father go."

Ji Changming smiled and said, "It's not too late now. As long as you don't make a big fuss and get to the bottom of it, you can let your senior brother off the hook." He then added a veiled thought, "Maybe he'll even rise to prominence."

Indeed, as a father, he has already taken on all the blame for this line of corruption.

In return, Luo Ping's son, Luo Jianguo, will inherit all of Luo Ping's political resources and benefits.

As long as Luo Ping stays in prison for one day without vomiting anyone out, Luo Jianguo will continue to receive overt or covert care from people in this line.

I'm afraid it won't be long before Luo Jianguo will be promoted to a deputy division-level cadre.

Lu Yike understood what Ji Changming meant and immediately expressed his intention to report the news to Hou Liangping and Chen Hai.

Jokes aside, Lu Yi would never let a corrupt official go, even if he was an old senior.