Nominal: The pinnacle of power began in the sixth province of Handong.

Chapter 181 Coma

Inside the restaurant, after the special police brought by Cheng Du evacuated the crowd, they engaged in a fierce firefight with Du Bozhong's men!

Qi Tongwei and Zhao Ruilong, led by Cheng Du, evacuated through the back door of the restaurant.

This is the back alley of the city.

Qi Tongwei looked at the computer in Zhao Ruilong's arms and said:

"You already have the ledger; you should return the recording to me."

Zhao Ruilong pondered for a moment and said:

"I've hidden the recording somewhere, let's go get it together."

Qi Tongwei frowned. Why did he stay in a certain place?

But since Zhao Ruilong had the leverage over him, Qi Tongwei reluctantly got into the car driven by Cheng Du.

The car was heading towards the outskirts of the city.

On the way, Qi Tongwei gradually felt something was wrong. He held the pistol in his right hand, the muzzle pointing downwards, but the direction was towards Zhao Ruilong in the front row.

If anything goes wrong, you can immediately raise your gun and gain the upper hand.

In addition, Du Cheng is one of our own.

Two against one, I doubt Zhao Ruilong would dare.

Qi Tongwei then looked at Zhao Ruilong, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

At this moment, Zhao Ruilong was completely oblivious to Qi Tongwei, his eyes gleaming as he frantically worked on the ledger on the computer.

Qi Tongwei thought of something and asked Cheng Du:

"Chengdu, how did you find your way here?"

Before Cheng Du could answer, Zhao Ruilong interrupted without hesitation:

"I invited him. I notified him before the dinner started."

Qi Tongwei was taken aback, then remembered that Cheng Du had always been Zhao Ruilong's subordinate, but he didn't expect that after Cheng Du followed him, he would still obey Zhao Ruilong.

This is strange.

He has consistently emphasized the need to decouple Cheng Du from Zhao Ruilong.

It now appears that Cheng Du still maintains some private contact with Zhao Ruilong.

Just as Qi Tongwei was about to continue questioning, Zhao Ruilong turned around, showed Qi Tongwei the laptop, and said smugly:

"Brother Qi, look! I've wiped all the entries out of the ledger!"

Qi Tongwei said in utter surprise:

"What's going on? This ledger records Du Bozhong's crimes, isn't it? You deleted it, how are we supposed to convict Du Bozhong now?"

Zhao Ruilong looked at Qi Tongwei with deep sympathy and said:

"Brother Qi, do you really not know what's recorded in this ledger? Didn't Gao Xiaoqin tell you?"

Qi Tongwei suddenly remembered that Gao Xiaoqin initially denied the existence of the account book, but eventually found Gao Yuliang and gave him the account book.

When Gao Yuliang was writing his account book, he said something very earnest:

"Tongwei, I haven't seen the ledger, but Xiaoqin told me that it mainly records evidence of Zhao Ruilong's crimes, and there's almost nothing about Du Bozhong."

At the time, my answer was:

"Xiaoqin is just being kind-hearted; she only said that because she was afraid I would be in danger."

Gao Yuliang just smiled faintly and didn't say anything more.

Now, as Qi Tongwei recalls these events, cold sweat soaks his back.

If the ledger contains nothing but evidence of Zhao Ruilong's crimes.

What Zhao Ruilong has deleted now...

Qi Tongwei realized what was happening.

Zhao Ruilong wanted this ledger even more.

Zhao Ruilong has now completely deleted the content.

Moreover, it's a unique copy!

Qi Tongwei said in a low voice:

"This ledger...it's exactly what you wanted from beginning to end, isn't it?"

"My dear Qi, Big Brother! You're only just realizing this now!" Zhao Ruilong dropped the pretense and burst into unrestrained laughter.

"Who does Du Bozhong think he is? He only came back to Handong with my permission to seek refuge! He knows nothing about any of these account books. Today's meal was because I told him that the policeman who took down your company wanted to see you, and he came running like a puppy... How about that, isn't it funny?"

Qi Tongwei's face darkened. He recalled what Du Bozhong had said earlier when he pointed a gun at Zhao Ruilong:

You dare to scheme against me?

There wasn't time to think about the meaning of that sentence at the time.

Looking back now, both Du Bozhong and I fell into Zhao Ruilong's trap!

Qi Tongwei tried his best to remain calm and asked:

"Are you using someone else to do your dirty work?"

"That's right, I've wanted to get rid of that bastard Du Bozhong for a long time." Zhao Ruilong said, his eyes filled with resentment.

"He's keeping dirt on me for doing business with him overseas. This time he's back in Handong, planning to ask me for money so he can make a comeback! You seem to have no idea how you cleared your name and how Du Bozhong became an international fugitive, do you?"

Zhao Ruilong paused for a moment and then told Qi Tongwei the truth:

"It's all because your good teacher made a deal with the old man! He used my incriminating evidence to get you off the ship! All your problems were pinned on Du Bozhong! Otherwise, how could you have become this damn vice governor? You'll always be a dog of the Zhao family!"

Qi Tongwei's head exploded.

He vaguely remembered that on the day he shut down Bozhong Intermediary Company, he brought evidence of Zhao Ruilong's involvement in the business of corrupt officials to Gao Yuliang.

Gao Yuliang went inside, made a phone call, and then told him to go back.

After that, all his problems were cleared up.

Qi Tongwei thought that Minister Xia was incredibly powerful.

Little did they know, it was Teacher Gao, who had always cared about them, who made the deal with Zhao Lichun!

Seeing Qi Tongwei's thoughtful yet increasingly uneasy expression, Zhao Ruilong knew that Qi Tongwei had figured out the reason. A surge of vengeful pleasure filled his body, and he almost hysterically said:

"That bastard Du Bozhong is dead! And you, a dog who dared to dream of escaping the Zhao family, will never be able to disembark! There is indeed a recording of the place I'm taking you! But..."

Zhao Ruilong was extremely pleased with himself and said wildly:

"I have hundreds of copies of this recording saved! Giving you one as a souvenir wouldn't hurt! Haha, haha ​​...

Qi Tongwei realized that he had been completely fooled by Zhao Ruilong.

His strong sense of pride fueled his anger.

Zhao Ruilong stopped laughing, looked at Qi Tongwei, and asked sinisterly:

"Well then, I'll give you one last chance... Are you willing to get back on the Zhao family's ship?"

Qi Tongwei remained silent.

After a long pause, he burst into laughter and said:

"Zhao Ruilong, do you think you can control me with just a recording? Let me tell you the truth, Minister Xia already knows I released Ding Yizhen! I didn't come here today expecting to leave unscathed. But you think you can get me back on your pirate ship? Dream on!"

Zhao Ruilong was caught off guard by Qi Tongwei's sudden burst of laughter. When he learned that Qi Tongwei had become indifferent to the incriminating evidence, he sighed and said:

"Unfortunately, I can only train one new Director of Public Security."

"Don't joke around, the Public Security Bureau is all under my control! Do you think the same tactics you used on me back then will still work now?" Qi Tongwei perked up, pointing his pistol at Zhao Ruilong, and said to Cheng Du:

"Chengdu, pull the car over! I'll contact backup right away. If things get bad, Zhao Ruilong and I will go in together!"

Cheng Du obediently stepped on the brakes.

The car was parked in a desolate, remote area.

"Very good! Chengdu, bring him down, let's get off the bus first..."

"Bang!"

Gunshots rang out across the night sky.

Qi Tongwei looked down in disbelief at the bullet wound in his abdomen.

Then, he slowly raised his head, and in front of him was the dark muzzle of a gun, held by Cheng Du.

"I'm sorry, Brother Qi... I can't betray Brother Long..."

Cheng Du said apologetically, not daring to look Qi Tongwei in the eye.

"Relax, it's just a hypnotic bomb, go to sleep."

Zhao Ruilong shrugged smugly.

Qi Tongwei's eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and his body slowly slumped backward. In his last moments of consciousness, he only noticed the car restarting and driving away into the distance...