The Official Ladder: I ascend to the pinnacle of power, wielding the power of life and death.

After Jiang Xuangui finished speaking, he left the conference room with a gloomy expression.

Xu Hui looked at Wang Xianming with pleading eyes.

Wang Xianming thought to himself, "Even Jiang Xuangui can't do anything about it. Even if you glare your eyes out, I still can't save you."

He could only offer words of comfort: "Xu Hui, just cooperate with the investigation. No one can pin anything on you for something you didn't do."

Xu Hui was taken away for investigation, and the news quickly spread throughout the entire county.

Liu Qing took the initiative to step forward and filed a formal complaint against Xu Hui with the Discipline Inspection Commission.

After the meeting, Jiang Yiming and Du Zhengqiang went to Zhang Jun's residence together.

“Secretary Jiang, Director Du, I’ve already said I don’t know anything. Please don’t come to my house. If the neighbors see me, they’ll think I’ve done something wrong.”

Zhang Jun became somewhat impatient upon seeing Jiang Yiming and his companion.

"Zhang Jun, do you think you haven't done anything wrong?"

Jiang Yiming said coldly, "If you confess voluntarily, it will be considered your surrender, and you may be able to reduce or exempt yourself from punishment. If someone else tells you, it will be too late for you to regret it."

"I do not understand what you are saying."

Zhang Jun remained stubborn.

"Zhang Jun, don't play dumb. If you weren't afraid, would you have sent your wife and children to your parents' house and refused to come back?"

Jiang Yiming said in a deep voice, "To tell you the truth, we have already obtained some evidence. Xu Hui has been taken away for investigation. If Xu Hui confesses, it will be too late for you to confess."

"Chief Xu has been taken away?"

Zhang Jun was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly shook his head: "Impossible, you're lying to me. Director Xu has Secretary Jiang and County Chief Wang backing him up, no one dares to touch him!"

"If you don't believe me, you can call someone and ask."

Du Zhengqiang, who was standing nearby, said, "Or, you could go and see him at the Discipline Inspection Commission."

Zhang Jun took out his phone and made three calls in a row before he believed that what Jiang Yiming and the other person said was true.

“Our officers will be leaving soon. If you don’t want to talk and someone else comes looking for trouble, we may not be able to rescue you in time.”

Jiang Yiming stood up and said, "Think it over carefully, and contact us again when you've made up your mind."

"No, please don't let them leave, I beg you."

Zhang Jun pleaded in a panic, "If they leave, I'm afraid my life will be in danger."

"You want to know, right? I'll tell you everything, but you have to guarantee my safety!"

"As long as you tell the truth honestly, we will naturally guarantee your safety."

Du Zhengqiang then called two police officers to take a preliminary statement.

“The third robber has been caught by us. According to our investigation, he only stole a little over 500,000, but you told us that 3 million was lost. Why are you lying?”

Zhang Jun replied, "It was President Shen who told me to say that. Actually, the robbery was planned long ago."

“On December 12.10th, President Shen called me into his office and said that there would be robbers robbing the bank the next day. I was supposed to rest the next day, but he asked me to switch with someone else. He told me to be an inside man. I didn’t understand at first, but he told me that he had someone find the robbers.”

"When the robbers arrived, they told me to give them three million in counterfeit bills that I had prepared beforehand. When the police arrived, they told me that the bank had been robbed of three million in cash. I had no choice but to do as they said."

"Do you know that doing this is illegal?"

The police asked.

"I'm not stupid, of course I know it's illegal."

Zhang Jun said.

"Since you know it's illegal, why would you follow your bank manager's instructions? Are you just trying to keep your job?"

The police continued questioning.

"Work is only one reason. The main reason is that they have something on me."

Zhang Jun said, "President Shen said that if I don't do as he says, he will have Xu Hui expose my affairs to the public. I have no choice but to obey his orders."

"Besides, I already know their secret. If I don't do as they say, not only could their secret be exposed, but my life could also be in danger."

What dirt do they have on you?

The police pressed for further questioning.

"I... I just made a mistake that all men make, and Xu Hui caught me red-handed."

Zhang Jun stammered.

"Explain clearly, what do you mean by 'mistakes that all men make'?"

The police asked.

"It's about rescuing fallen young women. Once, I went to a bar for a drink, and a young woman told me about her life story. It was so pitiful. I felt sorry for her, so I gave her some money so she could have enough to eat. To express her gratitude, she insisted on chatting with me. As we chatted, we ended up in bed and did what men and women do."

Seeing Jiang Yiming and the others laughing, Zhang Jun said seriously, "Don't laugh, we're just exchanging pleasantries."

"Then Xu Hui and his men stormed in and took pictures of us. They insisted on taking me to the police station and falsely accused me of soliciting prostitution. I was furious; I felt insulted!"

"So I rushed up to him, knelt down in front of him, took out a thousand dollars, and tried to reason with him."

“I told him what happened, and he was very moved. After taking my 1,000 yuan, he didn’t arrest me again.”

“I thought that was the end of it, but to my surprise, he told my boss, President Shen, about it. President Shen then used this incident to threaten me. I am a very low-key person and didn’t want my wife to know that I had once saved a fallen woman, so I had no choice but to follow their orders.”

"If you're going to solicit prostitutes, then go to solicit prostitutes. Don't make yourself sound so noble."

The police officer corrected him.

"Vulgar! Your language is so vulgar!"

Zhang Jun, wearing silver-rimmed glasses, offered a polite rebuttal.

"Have you ever considered that this might be a trap set for you by Xu Hui and Shen Jian?"

Jiang Yiming said, "They understand your personality and know that once you fall into their trap, you will have no choice but to obey their orders."

Zhang Jun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "It's really possible that these two bastards teamed up to mess with me!"

"Those two bastards are so wicked, they actually used this to set me up!"

“Secretary Jiang, Director Du, you must arrest these two people! They are very bad; they have emptied the bank of a lot of money.”

"What evidence do you have to prove that Xu Hui was also involved in this robbery?"

Jiang Yiming inquired.

“I have no evidence, but I suspect he was involved. They’re inseparable, playing cards together every day. A single game can cost several thousand dollars. How much do they earn in a year? How could they possibly squander that much?”

Zhang Jun said.

Jiang Yiming and his companions were somewhat disappointed to hear that the other party was only speculating without any evidence.

"Besides these, what else do you know?"

"That's it. I'm just a pawn now. They can't let me know anything more."

As Zhang Jun was speaking, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I heard them say before that our bank manager was promoted by Zhang Zhengping, the former county party secretary. The bank's accounts had problems when Zhang Zhengping was the county party secretary, but they were covered up. I heard that recently the province came down to audit the accounts, and Manager Shen was afraid of being exposed, so he had to take this risk."

Upon hearing the name Zhang Zhengping, Jiang Yiming and Du Zhengqiang exchanged a glance, both seeing a solemn expression in each other's eyes.