The noon sunlight blanketed the road.
The dark-gray asphalt gave off a faint scorched smell.
The temperature was over thirty degrees, which should have made everyone unbearably hot. Yet as Yu Shaolong delivered his accusations one after another,
even Su Mo felt a chill run down his back.
"Yu Shaolong, are you saying that the previous—er, County Magistrate Tong embezzled your discharge payments, along with all your subsidies from the past three years?"
Zhang Min asked, somewhat haltingly.
Her first reaction to everything Yu Shaolong had said was that he had fabricated it.
After all, those publicly announced policies, ruthless exactions, and orders that stopped at nothing for the sake of achievements sounded far too frightening.
If things were really as he described, then the methods she had used in Sang Tian Town's commercial competition were nothing. They were not even one ten-thousandth as bad as what County Magistrate Tong had done.
But Yu Hanxue, the only local person present, reacted as though he were living proof.
By remaining silent, he was to some extent confirming that Yu Shaolong's accusations were not groundless fabrications.
"Captain Yu, is what he said true?"
When Su Mo called on him, several beads of sweat immediately rolled down Yu Hanxue's forehead, and all the hair on his body stood on end. "County Chief Su, well, this isn't something our Security Team handles. If you... if you want to ask, you'll have to ask the Anti-Corruption Team!"
"All right. There's nothing for you to do here. I've already spoken with Minister Zhang about these people. I'm taking them with me."
Realizing that the new county chief had surprisingly chosen not to press the matter, Yu Hanxue could not help but sigh in relief.
According to regulations, these people had to be taken to the Security