Wu Changzheng didn't dare delay a moment and quickly ordered the Cooperative Defense Team to take Salted Fish's eldest uncle and second uncle separately to the two offices on the left; he and Boss Xu also turned into case-handling police, joining the two Public Security policemen from the Security Team for questioning.

After half an hour of questioning, the situation was basically clear.

The two uncles were playing mahjong with their nephew and the nephew's younger uncle, and they weren't playing for high stakes. The case was not complicated, and it would even seem a bit funny if talked about.

As for another gambling suspect who was detained in the yard, he said that Han Shen also used to play with them. He was the only one who said it, and there was no one else to corroborate his story.

Considering that this "security case" had to withstand scrutiny, Director Li decided to personally interrogate Han Shen after some thought.

"Han Shen, your brother might face administrative punishment because of you guys. I have to be responsible for both you and your brother, so you must tell me the truth. Have you ever played cards with Liu Xiaodong and the others or not!"

"San'er is going to be punished?"

"Answer my question first."

"No, I really haven't played with them. They play for such high stakes. How would I dare to join them? Besides, I've never played poker, you can ask around in the market if you don't believe me."

"Then why does Liu Xiaodong claim you've played with them?"

Han Shen racked his brains and said with a pained expression: "I've seen them play poker. I was just there to watch the excitement."

Director Li stared at him and asked, "Just watching, and not playing?"

"No, I guarantee I didn't."

"Why did you go watch?"

"They were playing in the market. It wasn't just me; many people from the market went to watch the excitement."

Most of the gambling suspects detained in the brick factory were merchants from the local market.

Director Li asked Old Wu and Boss Xu to question a few other gambling suspects. Those people all said they had never seen Han Shen play poker. Turning back to Liu Xiaodong, after he racked his brains for a long time, he changed his story and said he might have remembered wrong.

In short, regarding Han Shen playing poker, the facts were unclear, and there was insufficient evidence.

But the fact that he played mahjong with two uncles and his younger uncle and gambled money was indisputable. The four people together had won or lost over one hundred yuan, and according to regulations, they should be punished.

The more than one hundred yuan on the table was confiscated, and according to the Security Punishment Regulations, each person was fined two hundred yuan and underwent criticism and education.

The money that was searched from their persons and the collected funds from the office desk, together with mobile phones and pagers, were all returned. The tables, chairs, and benches that they were asked to move over yesterday were sent back with the help of the Cooperative Defense Team.

As for the receipts for the security punishment, they could be picked up at the Police Station tomorrow.

After dealing with Salted Fish's family's case, they continued to work on the cases that Secretary Jia and Village Chief Chen from Sanxing Town were concerned with.

Not until Director Li had "on-site supervised" the two gambling cases to near completion did Li Guangming and Huang Chengjie come to the brick factory, burping from alcohol.

Last night, just before dinner, Yang Xihui, the Southern City Police Station Chief, had to leave early due to some business.

Li Guangming thought to have another round of "Eighties" after dinner. They couldn't do it with one person missing, so he called Huang Chengjie.

After Huang Chengjie finished dinner at the building materials market, he played cards until late at night and didn't go home or back to the Police Station. He booked a room at the Four Seas Hotel next to the building materials market and slept there until past ten in the morning.

The two of them thought about letting Salted Fish stew a bit longer. Since there was a merchant in the market who wanted to treat them, they drank again until they were dizzy and took a nap in the afternoon before arranging for another merchant from the building materials market to drive them back to Sansing.

"Director Li, Old Xu, why have you come in person?"

"Hello, Director Li, hello Boss Xu."

Flush-faced and reeking of alcohol, it seemed they knew nothing.

Director Li had had enough and pierced Li Guangming with a glare, asking, "Where have you been? Why couldn't I reach you on your mobile phones? Why didn't you respond to our pages?"

"The phones were dead, and I was about to charge them." Li Guangming peered into the detention room, saw no one in the yard or detention room, and asked confusedly, "Old Wu, where are the gamblers that Old Huang caught yesterday?"

This morning, a citywide cadre meeting was held, and your Police Station was named and criticized by city leaders, yet you have no clue at all. What a misfortune to have you as my colleague!

Wu Changzheng was incredibly frustrated and couldn't be bothered to deal with him anymore.

Director Li felt the same and didn't want to waste words with them, saying coldly, "Li Guangming, Huang Chengjie, Director Zhou and the Political Commissioner are looking for you to discuss something. Hurry to the Police Station."

"Director Zhou and the Political Commissioner are looking for us?"

"If your mobile phones are unreachable and you don't respond to pages, if you don't return soon, Director Zhou will arrange people to find you."

"Director Li, what does Director Zhou want us for?"

"You'll know once you see Director Zhou. Hurry up, don't make Director Zhou and the Political Commissioner wait."

"Oh, then we'll go to the Police Station first."

Li Guangming bluntly assumed that Director Zhou and the Political Commissioner wanted to downplay the incident and mediate the conflict between him and Salted Fish. He wasn't very concerned and took out some Zhonghua cigarettes to distribute to Director Li, Boss Xu, and Old Wu, etc., before calling Old Huang to hurry and take the Police Station's van into the city.

After sending Li Guangming and Huang Chengjie away, Director Li turned and said, "Old Wu, the Party Committee of the Police Department has decided that the work of Sanxing Police Station will be temporarily led by Old Xu. As the Instructor, you must fully support Old Xu's work."

It seemed Li Guangming would not be coming back...

Wu Changzheng came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Yes."

Director Li took a deep breath, walked up to the nervously unsettled Zhao Xuqiang and Yu Huayang, and said coldly, "You two need to reflect deeply. Think carefully about whether you have done anything wrong, and if so, exactly where you went wrong!"

"Director Li, I..."

"What do you mean by 'I'? Old Xu, Old Wu, I'm heading back to the Police Station first. You two have a good talk with them later."

...

Han Yu did not go straight back to Bailong Port but first rushed to the Police Station.

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