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Chapter 455: Blackmailing Huang Shangzong! (7000 monthly tickets requested!)

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu nodded towards Shen Lingshuang, and then said gently, "Okay, I understand."

"Tell Secretary Han that I will be waiting for the Speaker at the Exploration Agency. Just let him rest assured."

After hearing Qiu Tu's words, Shen Lingshuang seemed to be relieved and nodded quickly, then she retracted her cute little head.

After Shen Lingshuang retreated, Liu Xiongyuan took a puff of cigarette, a smile appeared on his old tree-like face, and then he bared his yellow teeth and said, "This girl is quite interesting."

"I heard that she pissed off the Speaker two days ago."

Hearing this, Qiu Tu smiled and said, "This is all because the Speaker is magnanimous. He just doesn't care about a little girl like her."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Liu Xiongyuan threw his cigarette butt to the ground like an old man in the village, then lowered his head and stomped it out with his foot. "You only met with the Speaker a few times, but I didn't expect you to understand the Speaker's mind so thoroughly."

"You are only in your 20s. You are really young and promising."

When Qiu Tu heard Liu Xiongyuan's suggestive words, his heart skipped a beat.

My goodness, you really have to be extremely careful when chatting and communicating with these old foxes, because there are traps everywhere!
fortunately
Thinking of this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but look up at Liu Xiongyuan's "camp cloud", which did not deviate at all.

Therefore, this should just be the old fox's habitual test.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu's mind raced.

After a moment, he smiled, and then imitated Liu Xiongyuan, threw the cigarette butt to the ground, stomped it out, and said, "Uncle Liu, you are joking. Don't young people come one after another?"

"I am just a relatively outstanding young man. There will be more young men who are better than me in the future."

“I can’t stay in my 20s forever, but there will always be outstanding 20-year-olds.”

"Isn't it because of this that we humans pass on from generation to generation that we can develop better and better and gradually rule the world?"

Qiu Tu cleverly transformed his "personal" evaluation of himself into the "macro" change of human development.

It eliminates the "opposition" element in the previous sentence and cleverly turns the negative attitude into a positive one.

So, upon hearing this, Liu Xiongyuan raised his head, smiled, patted Qiu Tu's arm, and said, "I didn't expect you to have such awareness."

After that, he said, "Okay, stop talking to me, the old man, let's go and prepare to meet the Speaker."

Hearing this, Qiu Tu breathed a sigh of relief and then said "hmm" softly.
Huang Shangzong was obviously really anxious. Just ten minutes after Secretary Han called, he arrived at the Dongcheng City Investigation Bureau.

After asking about the whereabouts of Qiu Tu and Liu Xiongyuan, he went straight to the 16th floor with Secretary Han and his entourage.

When we arrived at the conference room on the 16th floor, Qiu Tu and Liu Xiongyuan were sitting opposite each other, exchanging information in low voices.

Hearing the footsteps, the two looked back and saw that it was Huang Shangzong. Qiu Tu quickly stood up and greeted him, "Speaker."

As for Liu Xiongyuan, he was much lazier. He stood up slowly and nodded slightly, "Chairman~"

Hearing the greetings from the two, Huang Shangzong at the door stretched out his hand and pressed it slightly.

He strode into the conference room, his cashmere coat bringing a hint of winter chill.

When he arrived at the main seat in the conference room, Secretary Han stood behind him and unbuttoned his coat outside his uniform, allowing his huge body, which was tightly wrapped in the speaker's uniform, to be exposed in the office.

After taking off his coat, he sat heavily on the chair. Perhaps because he hadn't sat on a wooden or fabric chair for a long time, Huang Shangzong moved his butt and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

Seeing Huang Shangzong sit down, Qiu Tu and Liu Xiongyuan also sat down.

After the two of them sat down, Huang Shangzong glanced at them with a dignified look, and then slowly said, "Two Speakers, I came here this time, in addition to inspecting the East City Exploration Bureau, I also have another purpose, which is the "Purge Plan."

At this point, he paused and asked, "Now, how is the "Purge Plan" going?"

Maybe Mr. Rao’s matter was indeed urgent, so Huang Shangzong did not give the two a chance to evade.

Instead, he spoke directly, "According to my understanding, the middle-level leaders of the anti-government armed coalition that were dispersed this time, a total of more than 40 teams, with a total of several hundred people, have all been captured?"

"And the remnants of the anti-government armed forces have also been arrested one after another, more than 3,000 people?"

Liu Xiongyuan probably really felt that he had no hope of promotion, so he spoke and acted rather unscrupulously.

He said with a smile, "Chairman Huang's intelligence is quite impressive. You know everything that Chairman Qiu and I do."

Huang Shangzong's expression froze.

Fortunately, Liu Xiongyuan just said a few words to him out of habit, so he didn't continue after that.

Instead, he raised his head towards Qiu Tuyi and said, "Chairman Qiu, you are responsible for this matter. I am just assisting you, so you should report to the chairman."

Hearing Liu Xiongyuan's words, Qiu Tu nodded, then looked at Huang Shangzong and reported, "Chairman. This time my "cleansing operation" is indeed almost complete."

"We have captured three general-level leaders of the anti-government armed forces, 36 colonels, 83 captains, several hundred lieutenants and junior lieutenants, and more than 3600 ordinary soldiers."

"It can be said that almost all the remnants of the anti-government armed forces roaming around in Dongye Prefecture have been wiped out."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, a satisfied expression appeared on Huang Shangzong's broad face.

He uttered a deep “hmm” and then said, “In that case, have someone write down the records and reports and submit them to the parliament.”

Huang Shangzong was a man who did things openly and honestly. He said bluntly, "This is one of the most important political achievements since the establishment of Dongye Prefecture."

"In a couple of days, I will go to the Shelter to report to Chairman Rao, and I can talk about this at the right time."

Hearing Huang Shangzong's words, Qiu Tu smiled, then said calmly, "Chairman, please don't worry."

"You notice my wording: 'almost complete' 'almost complete'."

"I always use the word 'almost', which actually means that the mission is not yet completed."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Huang Shangzong's two thick eyebrows on his forehead slowly frowned.

He cast his tiger eyes on Qiu Tu's face, as if he wanted to see through whether Qiu Tu was deliberately delaying or really hadn't finished it.

Qiu Tu seemed unaware of Huang Shangzong's gaze and just looked at him calmly.

Huang Shangzong was silent for two full seconds before he said, "What work have you not finished?"

Hearing Huang Shangzong's words, Qiu Tu said with a serious face, "Although we have captured the middle-level leaders of the anti-government coalition, there are still hundreds or even more than a thousand remnants wandering around in the 16 cities of Dongye."

"We need to make further arrests."

"Besides, because I went to arrest Red Hair two days ago, I didn't have time to interrogate the arrested middle and high-level officials."

"Their confessions were not recorded completely."

At this point, Qiu Tu remembered the violently fluctuating "order line" on Scarface's body, and with an idea in his mind, he dug a hole.

"Although their purpose in disrupting Dongye Province is well known to us: it is to counter your infiltration plan."

"But no one knows if they have any other conspiracy."

"I think we should be more cautious."

Huang Shangzong showed a trace of annoyance when he heard Qiu Tu's words. He said, "How long will it take you?"

Seeing that Huang Shangzong was indeed a little anxious, Qiu Tu became even more confident.

He smiled and said, "Speaker, I can't say for sure."

"You know, with interrogation, no one knows how long it will take to get the results. It could be an hour, or it could be a month."

"Besides, I just went out to catch criminals for four days, so I need to rest first."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, the veins on Huang Shangzong's forehead jumped.

Although his political ability is relatively average, he still has basic political qualities.

It was obvious that Qiu Tu's answer was not a serious answer, but he was waiting for a better price, making it clear that he wanted good things for the car and horse.

If I give him enough benefits, he will speed up the process or even hand over the prisoner to me directly.

If I don't offer enough benefits, he will deliberately delay until I can't wait any longer, or until Mr. Rao's celebration time is over.

"This kid! He is really not a good guy! He is so cunning and treacherous!"

Although he cursed Qiu Tu harshly in his heart, Huang Shangzong had no other choice now.

Power is accountable only to the source of power.

The only one who can decide on the candidate for the vice speaker is the Shelter. As the speaker, even if he is also a senior member of the Shelter, he has no decision-making power.

If Qiu Tu is not the deputy speaker now, he can still make the decision to be promoted to the deputy speaker. After all, at this time, as the speaker of Dongye State, his opinion is still very important.

But now that Qiu Tu is the vice speaker, his influence is much less.

Therefore, when Qiu Tu did everything according to the rules and regulations, he really had no way to deal with Qiu Tu.

With this in mind, Huang Shangzong took a deep look at Qiu Tu, and then said, "Then what kind of support do you think the state should give you to speed up your operation?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Qiu Tu looked innocent. He looked at Huang Shangzong and said, "Chairman, you actually asked me to make a request?"

"I have always been a very conscientious person. I do whatever my boss asks me to do and never dare to ask for any conditions."

"Puchi." This time, Huang Shangzong didn't say anything, Liu Xiongyuan laughed first.

After laughing, he stood up and said to Huang Shangzong, "Chairman, if there is nothing else, I will continue to interrogate the prisoner. I will try to end the case as soon as possible."

"You guys continue."

Liu Xiongyuan has been here all the time, and it is indeed difficult for Huang Shangzong and Qiu Tu to discuss conditions, so Huang Shangzong didn't care when he heard it. He just waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Go, go, Chairman Liu has worked hard."

After Liu Xiongyuan left, the solemn door of the conference room slowly closed, leaving only Huang Shangzong and Qiu Tu.

Huang Shangzong looked at Qiu Tu, then said with a slightly gloomy look, "Qiu Tu, there is no one else now."

"Tell me how you need the state to support you so that you can close the case as soon as possible."

After hearing Huang Shangzong's words, Qiu Tu coughed and said, "Speaker, sometimes this is not a matter of support or not."

"You also know that after I became the vice-chairman, my responsibilities will only be limited to Langyue City."

"Besides this normal job, the Purge Plan is my only additional task."

"Of course I hope to complete this task beautifully. Without leaving any flaws."

"After all, apart from this mission, I don't have any other political achievements to accomplish."

After hearing Qiu Tu's words, Huang Shangzong's eyes darkened slightly, and he roughly understood Qiu Tu's idea: Qiu Tu's condition was to adjust the scope of his authority and increase his own power.

Although this is a bit of an exorbitant request - after all, for a state's deputy speaker, each scope of authority is a huge power.

However, considering that Qiu Tu's current authority can only have an impact in one city, it is reasonable for him to make such a request.

Thinking of this, Huang Shangzong's expression obviously eased a lot.

He leaned back in his chair and said solemnly, "Chairman Qiu, I understand your feelings." "But, you are wrong about one thing."

"How could the parliament only let you be in charge of "Langyue City", a young and promising vice-chairman like you?"

“This is too much of a waste of talent.”

"That's right. I heard you say just now that the final work of this "cleansing operation" will take a lot of energy and time."

At this point, Huang Shangzong paused and said, "So I plan to ask several departments to cooperate with your work."

"Which department do you think will help you finish the work faster if it cooperates with you?"

Hearing Huang Shangzong's words, Qiu Tu smiled.

He said according to the speech he had prepared before meeting Huang Shangzong, "This actually depends on the support of the Speaker."

“If the speaker’s support is not strong enough and the Supervision Department is handed over to me, I don’t think I will be able to finish it quickly;”

"If the Speaker's support is strong enough and I have the help of the Inquisition, I can complete this mission quickly."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Huang Shangzong's expression changed slightly, and then his pair of tiger eyes looked at Qiu Tu heavily, and heavy momentum pressed over him in waves.

But Qiu Tu is also a peak 4th level Cataclysm. He is invincible at the same level, so he doesn't feel much when facing Huang Shangzong's momentum.

So he naturally looked at Huang Shangzong.

Seeing Qiu Tu's state, Huang Shangzong remembered that Qiu Tu was a peak warrior who killed a fourth-level evil god with one sword. His strength was the same as his, both at the peak of the fourth level. His aura had no effect at all.

So he withdrew his aura in disappointment, then sat in the main seat and pondered quietly.

Qiu Tu’s meaning was very clear: he wanted the Supervisory Department and the Tribunal.

In fact, neither of these two departments is particularly strong.

Unless there is strong support from above, the role of these two departments will be extremely limited.

Especially in the hands of a vice speaker like Qiu Tu, the role it can play is even smaller.

But don't forget that Qiu Tu is good at creating miracles and at growing small things into big ones.

Although these two departments are a bit weak, they are very sensitive.

Let’s not talk about the “court” which holds judicial power and trial power, let’s talk about the “Ministry of Supervision”.

The Supervisory Department's powers include supervising officials at all levels and investigating and appointing and removing officials.

This power can be big or small. If it is small, it will not work for anyone. If it is big, the experience and lessons of the "provincial governors" in the Eastern Han Dynasty who gradually became separatist warlords are still vivid in our minds.
If Qiu Tu had control over the local supervisory power and then slowly gained control over the military power, it would be fine if he could suppress it. If not, Huang Shangzong was really worried that Qiu Tu would develop into an uncontrollable monster.
By then, I would become a sinner of the Eighth Shelter.

Thinking of this, Huang Shangzong wanted to refuse.

As a result, at this moment, Qiu Tu spoke again, "Speaker, if you feel that these two departments are a bit too difficult for you."

"Actually, you can give me a department to assist you, and then let me take charge of Wuhai City temporarily."

Qiu Tu lied with his eyes open, "I caught Red Hair in Wuhai City. With the cooperation of Wuhai City, I believe we can complete this operation faster."

Huang Shangzong's eyes lit up slightly when he heard Qiu Tu's words.

One department + Wuhai City?
This is not something that cannot be considered.

As long as the "Supervision Department" is not given to Qiu Tu and Qiu Tu cannot interfere in personnel matters, Huang Shangzong feels that it is actually acceptable at this time.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his broad face.

He looked at Qiu Tu, and finally showed a trace of satisfaction on his face. "In that case, when I return, I will issue a document and let Chairman Qiu be responsible for the work related to the trial court and Wuhai City."

"Chairman Chiu, please wrap up this 'cleansing operation' as soon as possible. Don't let me down."

Hearing this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but smile.

If there was a psychologist from the previous life here, he would know that what Qiu Tu just used in the negotiation was the famous psychological effect "concession effect".

In a negotiation, first make a big request to the other party, then make a concession and make a small request; then, this small request will be easily accepted.

In fact, what Qiu Tu had set his sights on from the beginning was the control of "Wuhai City".

What's good about the supervisory department?
Indeed, as long as one is strong enough, one can influence appointments and dismissals, and if one controls the military power, one can even control an entire state.

But this is too conspicuous and can easily attract a lot of people's attention in the early stages.

In comparison, controlling a city is a great experience.

Because of his high position and great power, Qiu Tu was a complete local tyrant in that city.

Combined with the control of the "Wu Hai Area", "Wu Hai City" will be directly and completely under Qiu Tu's control, just like "New Territories City" and "Lang Yue City".

Dongyezhou only has 16 cities, and Qiu Tu now directly controls three of them, which is close to 1/5, which is enough for him to do a lot of things.
Thinking of this, Qiu Tu also quickly assured, "Please rest assured, Speaker, I will definitely not let you down."

Huang Shangzong seemed really anxious.

Not long after he returned, he communicated with several vice-speakers on the phone and directly adjusted Qiu Tu's scope of responsibility.

Qiu Tu's scope of authority was officially expanded from "Langyue City" to "Wuhai City" and the Trial Court, and he truly became a powerful deputy speaker.

However, after updating his scope of authority, Qiu Tu was not in a hurry to celebrate.

He was still bothered by Scarface's weird "line of order".

So he planned to continue interrogating "Scarface" tonight to find out what secrets "Scarface" was hiding.

Moreover, he was also interested in the "important things" that the disaster zone was looking for in Dongye Province.

What could possibly allow so many troops to gather in the disaster zone and send three generals to cause trouble in Dongye Province?

That evening, in the interrogation room No. 1 of the East City Investigation Bureau.

Qiu Tu sat alone in the place where Liu Xiongyuan sat in the morning, quietly watching Guan Xiao interrogating "Scarface".

With Qiu Tu's hint, Guan Xiao also had a new direction for the interrogation and had been trying to uncover the secrets hidden by "Scarface".

She looked coldly at the scarred man hanging in the air and questioned,

"Tell me, what is your purpose in disrupting Dongye Province this time?"

"Also, what exactly is the Disaster Zone looking for in Dongyezhou?"

"What does that thing do?"

Hearing Guan Xiao's words, the scarred man with scars all over his body lowered his head, his eyes were as black as ink, and then his bleeding mouth made a "ho ho ho" sound, "What are you talking about? Why can't I understand."

"I've said all I can say. What else do you want me to say?"

Guan Xiao was obviously not so easily fooled. She dipped the whip in salt water and lashed Scarface with it, then said, "Stop playing crazy and stupid!"

"Do you really think we don't know what you're thinking?"

As she spoke, she poked Scarface's face with a horsewhip and said viciously, "You betrayed the anti-government armed coalition who trusted you!"

"You schemed against them! You even wanted to kill them!"

Hearing Guan Xiao's words, Scarface's eyes flickered for a second, but then returned to normal. He then spat at Guan Xiao viciously, "Fuck you!"

"You have no merit but to throw dirty water on me! You are a bunch of lackeys licking the ass of the shelter!"

Qiu Tu watched quietly in the monitoring room. The reason why he let his subordinates do things now was not only to cultivate their abilities but also to continue to share his worries.

Also because it saves time and effort.

Like now, Guan Xiao is interrogating below, which allows him to clearly find the direction where Scarface is hiding.

You can use "Order Space" to ask more conveniently and directly later.

Even more, if Guan Xiao revealed all the information through interrogation like he did last time, he could even just ask, "Did you tell the truth just now?" and end the interrogation.

However, tonight's "Scarface" was obviously much more determined than last time.

Guan Xiao tried every trick in the book, but he just clenched his teeth and refused to give in.

He even got so angry that he started cursing Guan Xiao's ancestors, which made Guan Xiao very angry.

But, unfortunately, the tougher he acted, the more Qiu Tu believed that the secret he was hiding was extremely huge.

With this in mind, after Qiu Tu patiently watched Guan Xiao being interrogated for an hour, he walked to the door of the interrogation room and knocked.

There were only Qiu Tu and Guan Xiao in interrogation room No. 1 tonight, so when he heard the knock on the door, Guan Xiao immediately stopped the interrogation and came to the door.

When he opened the door, he saw that the beautiful woman had sweat on her forehead and a dejected look on her face.

She whispered to Qiu Tu, "Speaker, I'm sorry to disappoint you."

Hearing this, Qiu Tu smiled and patted her arm, saying, "Why are you disappointed? You have done a good job. You helped me find the direction."

At this point, Qiu Tu nodded and said, "Okay, go out first, I will interrogate him."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Guan Xiao said "hmm", nodded, and then walked out with her long legs.

After she left, Qiu Tu walked into the interrogation room.

Seeing Qiu Tu coming in, Scarface, who was hung in the air with his hands tied behind his back, looked at Qiu Tu ferociously. Then he opened his bloody mouth and looked at Qiu Tu viciously, "You are a bunch of running dogs of the shelter! You confessed under torture! You deserve a horrible death!"

Qiu Tu laughed when he heard Scarface's words.

He walked over and sat down at the interrogation table. He put down his pen and paper and said, "You are anti-government forces. We don't need to follow any rules when facing you."

"Now, I ask the questions and you answer them."

"Bah! You're dreaming!" Scarface looked at Qiu Tu viciously.

Qiu Tu didn't care. He turned his pen and asked, "What is your purpose of coming to Dongyezhou this time?"

"Don't tell me you want to disrupt Dongye Province."

“I’m asking you, not the rebels.”

Qiu Tu paused, and then elaborated on the question again, "If I'm not mistaken, you should have your own mission, right?"

After hearing what Qiu Tu said, Scarface was about to "spit" at Qiu Tu a few more times. Anyway, he knew that he had no chance of survival, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

As a result, at this moment, suddenly, he found that his consciousness was a little fuzzy, his thinking was a little confused, and his tongue seemed to be out of his control and started to speak!
"You've all fallen into the trap. Ho ho ho."

"I came to Dongyezhou this time to complete the blood sacrifice mission of my god "Night"!"
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