Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 343 - 264: Scheme within a Scheme, Play within a Play (10,000 Words for Monthly Ticket!)_2

"Ah?" Tan Huimin’s brain couldn’t keep up with Qiu Tu anymore.

However, at this moment, Qiu Tu did not give Tan Huimin much time to react. As soon as the elevator doors opened, he stepped out immediately.

Watching Qiu Tu’s departing figure, Tan Huimin was unable to respond for a while.

It was only after a moment that she suddenly snapped out of it and rushed out after him...

Upon reaching the ninth floor, Qiu Tu casually selected a few confidants and then instructed Tan Huimin to carry the documents and bring Zheng Tao out with them.

As the deputy director, Qiu Tu naturally sat in the interrogation room, smoking and pondering his next steps while quietly waiting.

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Sometimes, all he needed was to say a word, and hundreds of confidants would get things done for him.

Power... isn’t that what it’s all about? Just like last night, when he ordered 300 Special Service detectives to ambush the anti-government armed forces; just like when he said he didn’t like something, and young women of marrying age from five major families had to get up and come before him for his selection.

The cigarette quietly burned, carrying away Qiu Tu’s thoughts and giving him a higher understanding of his path [Order-Politics]...

Soon, while Qiu Tu was there letting his mind wander, there was a knock on the door of the interrogation room from outside.

Qiu Tu came back to his senses, took a deep drag from his cigarette, and squinted towards the door.

Ding Xiaoliu walked in, respectfully saluting Qiu Tu, "Minister, Zheng Tao has been brought here."

Qiu Tu looked over, and then he saw Zhu Huoyan and Li Xian, one on each side, holding Zheng Tao at the door, waiting for Qiu Tu’s command.

As for Tan Huimin, she followed behind the three, looking at Zheng Tao with a worried face.

In just two days, Zheng Tao seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and his spirit seemed to have dwindled significantly.

A once efficient and robust man now looked much older.

Qiu Tu glanced at him and then said to Ding Xiaoliu and the others, "Let the suspect take a seat."

Hearing Qiu Tu’s words, Ding Xiaoliu led Zheng Tao to the seat for the accused, handcuffed him, and then tactfully left the interrogation room.

Soon, only Qiu Tu, Zheng Tao, and Tan Huimin were left in the room.

Qiu Tu looked at Zheng Tao and then said with a smile, "Director Zheng, I really didn’t expect that the next time we met, our identities would have changed so drastically."

Upon saying this, as if a thought had just occurred to him, Qiu Tu spoke with a look of realization, "Oh, that’s right. If it weren’t for your wife’s pleas, perhaps you wouldn’t have had the chance to see me at all."

Having spoken, Qiu Tu ignored Zheng Tao whose face had flushed to the color of liver and stood up, patting Tan Huimin’s shoulder affectionately, "Alright now. Madam Zheng, Director Zheng, I have already brought him up."

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"The rest is up to you," he continued.

"You said he had been wronged, acting against his will. Fine, I’ll give you a chance. Interrogate him, and as long as he clearly conveys his grievances, I promise he’ll be let off the hook."

After speaking, Qiu Tu left the interrogation room without even a glance at Zheng Tao.

Accompanied by the ’clank’ of the iron door closing, all sounds in the interrogation room were cut off.

Outside the door, Ding Xiaoliu, Zhu Huoyan, and Li Xian stealthily snuck a glance inside the interrogation room.

Then, Li Xian, who was more familiar with Qiu Tu and had once survived a gunfight with him, approached and quietly said, "Minister... Secretary Tan seems odd. She appears to treat Director Zheng differently."

"You didn’t see it, but just now, her eyes reddened as soon as she saw Director Zheng. To those unaware, they’d think they were husband and wife."

Saying this, Li Xian’s eyes darted around, and he then added, "Minister, one-on-one interrogation doesn’t seem to comply with regulations, and there’s a likelihood of leading testimonies."

"So... if Secretary Tan really extracts something different from Director Zheng’s interrogation, it would actually be invalid."

Li Xian’s words were very diplomatic, but Qiu Tu understood the meaning perfectly well.

He smiled and patted Li Xian’s shoulder, saying, "Don’t worry. She won’t be able to extract anything."

"If we were to interrogate him, there might be a chance for reversal. But with her, even if Director Zheng were to die, he would not change his statement."

Hearing Qiu Tu’s words, Li Xian emitted a puzzled "Ah?"

Qiu Tu simply smiled without saying anything and then waved his hand at the three and said, "You guys keep a good eye on the two of them."

"After Director Zheng comes out, take him back to the guard room," he instructed.

"I need to have a talk with Secretary Bai."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu’s command, the three immediately saluted, then resolutely responded, "Yes!"

Qiu Tu extinguished his cigarette butt, tossed it into the trash can, and walked toward the guard room.

He was so certain that Tan Huimin’s interrogation and efforts would be fruitless because there was a very large information gap between him and Tan Huimin.

Tan Huimin had always believed that Zheng Tao’s framing and entrapment of Qiu Tu were due to the instructions of a high-level official in the Investigation Bureau and their deep-seated new and old grudges.

Therefore, she thought that as long as Zheng Tao exposed that high-level official, it would at least halve the severity of his crimes. At the very least, he wouldn’t be completely doomed by Qiu Tu.

As for the question whether he would be dealt with by that high-level official— right now, his life was on the line, and if he could live a few more days, then so be it!

Worst case, after being released, the two could just leave Xinjie City and head to the Disaster Zone or the areas controlled by the anti-government armed forces.

That was still better than staying in Xinjie City waiting for death.

What she didn’t know was... Zheng Tao was indeed acting against Qiu Tu under the direction of Secretary Bai, but the true power behind it all was the Evil God Lariro.

Zheng Tao knew this, Secretary Bai knew, Qiu Tu knew, but Tan Huimin did not.