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The photo in his hand showed a huge glass jar with a dozen removed kidneys soaked in formalin, like a pile of stunted potatoes.

Tian Guofu's fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

The photo in front of him showed rows of cold iron racks, on which lay young people with pale faces, thin bodies and empty eyes.

They all had a crudely stitched, centipede-like scar on their waists.

Each photo is like a sharp knife dipped in the sulfur of hell, piercing the conscience and bottom line of everyone present.

This is no longer a crime.

This is the devil's way!

"What...what is this?!"

A standing committee member asked in a trembling voice.

"This is what I just said, the industrial chain."

Zhao Yuanchao's voice was as cold as ice. "A massive, efficient, and well-organized human organ smuggling and trafficking network."

"Using several private hospitals in Jinghai as their base and the criminal underworld forces of the Construction Group as their minions, they specifically lure, kidnap, and even directly capture homeless people, debt-ridden gamblers, and runaway minors from all over the country, keeping them captive and using them as living organ banks."

"Once the matching is successful, the live organ is removed immediately. A kidney can fetch hundreds of thousands of yuan on the black market. A heart can fetch millions."

"Those 'donors' whose organs have been removed, if they're lucky, will be thrown into some unknown corner to fend for themselves. The unlucky ones will be directly pushed into the incinerator, and not even their ashes can be found."

With every word Zhao Yuanchao spoke, the temperature in the conference room dropped a degree.

In the end, everyone felt like they were in an ice cellar, with cold air coming out from between their bones.

"And they provide a protective umbrella for this evil industry chain, suppress all reports, and deal with all troublemakers."

Zhao Yuanchao's eyes, like two lasers, instantly locked onto Zhao Lichun, whose face had already turned pale.

"It's your beloved cousin, the Executive Vice Mayor of Jinghai City and a good public servant of the people—Comrade Zhao Lidong!"

"boom!"

Zhao Lichun's mind completely exploded.

Organ trafficking?

He knew that Zhao Lidong was corrupt, that he was a black man, and that he had colluded with the Construction Group and made a lot of money.

But he never dreamed that Zhao Lidong would be so bold!

How dare you do this kind of business that will destroy your family lineage!

This……

This is a crime punishable by the extermination of the entire family!

"No...impossible..."

Zhao Lichun's lips trembled as he muttered to himself, "This... this is a frame-up! It's a frame-up! Lidong... he doesn't dare..."

"He doesn't dare?"

Zhao Yuanchao sneered, took out a document from the file bag and threw it in front of Zhao Lichun.

"These are Zhao Lidong's bank statements and the overseas account records of several of his immediate family members. Over the past five years, over 2 billion yuan in illicit funds has flowed into these accounts through dozens of shell companies."

"Among them, your wife and brother-in-law!"

Chapter 121 Zhao Lichun foams at the mouth

"Zhao Lichun, tell me, what is this?"

"Look at this again."

Zhao Yuanchao threw over another confession.

"This is the handwritten confession of Chen Tai, chairman of the Construction Engineering Group. He has confessed everything. Including how they colluded with Zhao Lidong, how they split the profits, and how they handled the 'medical waste.'"

"The witnesses and the evidence are all here!"

Zhao Yuanchao's voice was like a heavy hammer, hitting Zhao Lichun's chest hard.

"Zhao Lichun, do you still think he was wronged?"

Zhao Lichun collapsed in the chair, all the strength drained from his body.

He looked at the ironclad evidence on the table and knew that Zhao Lidong was finished.

The Zhao family is finished too.

No, it can't be finished!

The instinct of survival made him struggle to raise his head from despair.

He must save himself!

The Zhao family must be pulled out of this mess!

At this moment, he heard Zhao Yuanchao's devilish voice again.

Zhao Yuanchao stood up and walked slowly to Zhao Lichun step by step.

He looked down at the man who once had the final say in Handong and could shake the officialdom with a stomp of his foot.

At this moment, Zhao Lichun was like a sick tiger with its teeth pulled out and claws broken. He slumped in the chair, with only the strength left to breathe.

"Zhao Lichun,"

Zhao Yuanchao's voice was soft, but like a sharp scalpel, it precisely cut through Zhao Lichun's last psychological defenses. "I've always been curious about a question."

Zhao Lichun raised his head, his cloudy eyes filled with bloodshot, staring at him intently.

"Can Zhao Lidong and Chen Tai really sustain a horrific criminal industry chain like this, one that deserves execution a hundred times?"

A cold arc appeared at the corner of Zhao Yuanchao's mouth.

"After all these years, hasn't there been a single cadre in Jinghai with a sense of justice? Hasn't there been a single victim's family member who has come forward to report it? I believe there must have been."

"But why did all these reports end up falling on deaf ears, with no response at all?"

"Why did every police officer and reporter who tried to investigate this incident end up disappearing inexplicably or losing their families?"

"Who has such great power that he can cover the sky?"

With every question Zhao Yuanchao asked, Zhao Lichun's face turned paler.

He knew what Zhao Yuanchao wanted to say.

He wanted to stop it, but found that his throat seemed to be strangled by an invisible hand and he could not make any sound.

"Zhao Lidong is just the executive vice mayor of Jinghai. Chen Tai is just a local boss."

Zhao Yuanchao's voice was particularly clear in the silent conference room.

"There must be someone behind them. Someone with a higher status, greater power, and connections."

"Someone who can frustrate the provincial investigation team and silence all those who know about it."

Zhao Yuanchao's gaze slowly swept across every member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee present, and finally fell back on Zhao Lichun.

That look was full of undisguised questioning and judgment.

"Zhao Lichun, you returned from the capital with such a vengeance and fury. As soon as you returned, you demanded that we release the prisoners and stop the investigation."

"I'll venture to ask."

Zhao Yuanchao leaned forward slightly, leaning close to Zhao Lichun's ear. In a voice that only the two of them, and Sha Ruijin, who was closest to them, could hear, he spoke word by word, "The mastermind behind this heinous crime..."

He paused, then suddenly raised his voice so that everyone in the conference room could hear it clearly!

"Is that you, Zhao Lichun?!"

boom--!

Shocking!

If the evidence just now was a blockbuster bomb, then this question is an atomic bomb that detonated the entire Handong officialdom!

in public!

In the No. 1 conference room of the Provincial Party Committee!

In front of all the members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee!

An active-duty military commander pointed at the nose of the former provincial party secretary and asked him if he was the mastermind behind the human organ smuggling case!

crazy!

Everyone thought Zhao Yuanchao was crazy!

This is no longer an arm wrestling match, this is a life-and-death battle!

"You...you are so slanderous!"

Zhao Lichun jumped up from his chair like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

His deathly gray face instantly turned the color of liver, and his whole body was shaking violently with excitement and fear.

He pointed at Zhao Yuanchao's nose, his lips trembling, and he could hardly utter a complete sentence.

"Zhao Yuanchao! You...you are slandering me! This is a frame-up! I...I will fight you!"

His reaction was too great.

It was so loud that everyone could see his inner panic and guilt.

If he was wronged, the first reaction of an experienced old politician should be to refute it calmly, instead of being hysterical and incoherent like a gambler whose lies have been exposed.

An imperceptible gleam flashed in Sha Ruijin's eyes.

He knew that Zhao Yuanchao had won.

Win completely.

From the moment he asked this question, no matter whether Zhao Lichun was the mastermind or not, he had already lost.

Because the seeds of doubt have been planted in the hearts of everyone present.

Gao Yuliang subconsciously leaned back, a little further away from Zhao Lichun.