Ye Chenyang's voice was not loud, yet it was like a blunt knife slowly piercing Zhou Bingkun's heart.
Could Zhou Bingkun not know whether heads would roll?
Even though he had not taken part in this matter and had not taken any kickbacks from it, leaving his hands clean.
As the highest-ranking official of the local Public Security Bureau, turning a blind eye to it was itself his greatest failing!
Once this was over, he would certainly face accusations of dereliction of duty, or even harboring criminals.
If this Investigating Envoy filed another report against him, he could forget about ever getting out for the rest of his life.
If it was serious enough, his head might truly roll!
But he had his reasons!
Even Inspector Gao, a Sixth-tier, had fallen inside. He himself was only Sixth-tier; although he had quite a few subordinates, they averaged only Fourth or Fifth-tier.
Forget uncovering anything—getting out alive would already have been a blessing.
No matter when it was, human lives were a matter as weighty as the heavens.
There were quite a few talented people under his command, including no shortage of seeds with the potential to reach Sixth-tier or even Seventh-tier.
If they were sacrificed for nothing, wouldn't that be the end of everything?
Thus, his only response had been to report it upward, while finding a way to avoid that thing so he would not be assimilated by those people.
But Old Gu was at the front lines after all.
Before Zhou Bingkun could think of a solution, Old Gu had sensed that something was wrong, reported it directly, and sent people to investigate the matter.
That was how the current situation had come about.
"Investigating Envoy Jiang, surely you can't blame me for having to consider the people below