The Beautiful County Magistrate
Chapter 464: A Desperate Dog Leaps Over the Wall!

Chapter 464: Chapter 464: A Desperate Dog Leaps Over the Wall!

Ji Qingyun’s words were brief, just a few sentences, and he quickly hung up the phone.

Zou Ming was completely stunned, his entire body icy cold, as if he had fallen into an ice hole, the discomfort was indescribable.

Secretary Ji Qingyun had actually arranged for someone to come and take him to the provincial capital, the implication being that they were going to detain him and force him to cooperate!

What was going on, what exactly was happening?

Suddenly, Zou Ming thought of Xu Qianli. Could it be that guy causing trouble?

Yes, it must be him!

That guy had clearly stated yesterday that as long as he, Zou Ming, helped him and got rid of Fu Guotai, they would spare his wife, Jiang Yufei. He had even sworn to the heavens, yet he didn’t keep his word!

Wait a minute, Zou Ming suddenly realized, Xu Qianli had only ever said he would spare Jiang Yufei, not Zou Ming himself!

It seemed Xu Qianli had been planning to deal with him from the beginning, and here he was, thinking he could easily settle the matter.

Now that the matter had escalated to the provincial level, he was done for.

No way, he couldn’t just sit around waiting for doom. If he were to be detained, and his past misdeeds investigated, it would be the end of him.

Ignoring everything else, Zou Ming fled, sprinting out of his office toward the parking lot, intent on escaping by car.

Just as he exited the office building and hadn’t yet reached the parking lot, several people confronted him, with the lead person flashing a badge.

"Secretary Zou Ming, we are from the Provincial Committee, dispatched by Secretary Ji to kindly request your presence at the province. Please cooperate."

The newcomers were not from the Disciplinary Committee but the Provincial Committee. This did not improve Zou Ming’s mood; instead, he fell into despair, unwilling to be captured, and started shouting loudly, "Help, someone come quick, there are people causing trouble at our City Committee, capture them!"

As the City Secretary, Zou Ming’s shout immediately attracted a crowd that quickly subdued the people from the Provincial Committee.

Seizing the moment, Zou Ming fled, not waiting for his driver, driving himself out of the City Committee compound.

The Provincial Committee staff struggled to confirm their identities and get free from the City Committee’s grasp, quickly driving after him.

The two cars wove through the city.

In his desperation to evade his pursuers, Zou Ming fiercely pressed the accelerator, his speed increasing more and more.

After rushing through over a dozen streets and approaching an intersection where the light was red, he couldn’t care less and rushed straight on, only to have the misfortune of a bus passing by and blocking the way, causing him to crash head-on, and immediately lose control of the car.

By the time the Provincial Committee people arrived and inspected the scene, they found him severely injured and unconscious, with a head injury.

In such a condition, he was urgently sent to the hospital.

The Provincial Committee’s effort to have Zou Ming come in for an investigation and his evasion resulting in a car accident and subsequent coma quickly spread throughout the official circles of Zhongzhou City.

The officials of Jiang City were among the first to receive the news.

As the leading official of Zhongzhou City’s officialdom, Zou Ming’s involvement in such a major incident had a tremendous impact.

Many speculated on what Zou Ming could have done that made him desperate enough to risk death by fleeing?

Although the exact situation was unknown, it was surmised that the issue must be serious.

As for why this incident occurred at such a critical moment, many in Jiang City thought of one person, Xu Qianli!

Just yesterday, Xu Qianli, accompanied by Wu Kai and others, had gone to Zhongzhou City in the middle of the night to capture Zou Ming’s wife, with Zou Ming personally coming to Jiang City afterwards only to be turned away by Xu Qianli.

There had been no news thereafter, seemingly calm waters, yet this morning, such an incident occurred, undoubtedly linked to Xu Qianli.

Even many people believed that Zou Ming’s downfall was definitely the handiwork of Xu Qianli.

He had already shocked everyone by handling Fu Guotai, and to topple Zou Ming as well just made people respect him even more.

This guy’s tactics were truly defiant of the natural order, frightening to even think about, and no one knew how he managed it.

Could this youngster be a demon in disguise?

At a time of widespread confusion, a group of special people arrived at the Jiang City County Public Security Bureau. They were from the Provincial Disciplinary Committee and took over the cases involving Jiang Yufei and others, launching investigations into Jiang Yufei, Zhang Jian, Tian Tian, and others.

Another group fetched Xia Dongyang from the city prison for joint case processing.

At the same time, more people went to the Zhongzhou City Municipal Committee, controlled Zou Ming’s secretary and driver, searched Zou Ming’s office, and went to Zou Ming’s home for further investigations, commencing a comprehensive probe into the issues involving Zou Ming.

A preliminary investigation had already revealed quite a few problems with Zou Ming.

The news spread, creating a storm across the city.

Meanwhile, Xu Qianli had driven to Qingshan Town. He skipped the government complex and instead visited various tourism project sites, finally arriving at the Five-Colored Cave.

A few days prior, the villagers had created a disturbance, but once resolved, construction continued.

Currently, the construction was still in its initial stages, working on the road outside the cave, with overall building activities requiring at least six months or more.

To open it to the public and attract visitors would take even longer.

Xu Qianli parked his car not too far from the entrance and walked to the Five-Colored Cave.

His visit wasn’t out of a particular fondness for the cave but because he had learned that Zhao Tianhao and his geological survey team had last conducted their survey near Five-Colored Cave in Qingshan Town—thus suspecting that the treasure sought by the Qingshan Association might be hidden inside.

Of course, this was merely a suspicion with no evidence.

Upon entering, Xu Qianli followed a small path inside, illuminating his way with his phone’s flashlight, trying to see if he could discover anything.

The cave was profoundly deep, nearly a kilometer, sloping downwards at about fifteen to twenty degrees, with a very gentle decline without significant drops.

The colorful stalactites hanging above continuously dripped water, tic-tac, merging on the ground into a small stream flowing deeper into the cave.

When Xu Qianli reached the innermost part, he found the path blocked by the mountain, the stream entering the ground through a hole, feeding into an underground river.

After looking around and seeing nothing of note, Xu Qianli decided to head back the way he came.

Just as he stepped out of the cave, Xu Qianli suddenly heard a burst of silvery laughter.

Following the sound, he noticed a few young men and women had appeared at the entrance.

The source of the laughter was a tall young woman.

The laughter was perhaps too pleasant to the ears, and Xu Qianli couldn’t help but scrutinize the girl who turned her head at that moment.

With just a glance, Xu Qianli’s heart constricted sharply.

My God, how could there be such a beautiful woman in this world?

The girl appeared to be in her early twenties, tall and attractive with a smiling face, emitting a particularly distinctive aura, almost magical, that momentarily bewildered Xu Qianli.

The tall girl had noticed Xu Qianli, and seeing him emerge from the cave, she immediately flashed him a sweet smile, asking sweetly, "Handsome, you just came out of the cave, is there anything inside?"

With her smile, Xu Qianli’s heart tightened again, thinking something was amiss, no matter how beautiful a person was, it shouldn’t be enough to captivate everyone like this.

This girl, there must be something special about her.