As soon as the first-level alert ended, Sun Linshou and Tang Wangong received a document jointly issued by Qian Wendao and Qin Siyang.
It ordered Tang Wangong, minister of the Administration Department, to arrest everyone connected to the illegally constructed factory outside the 152nd War Readiness Zone and turn them over to the Department of Justice for trial.
Seeing both Qian Wendao's and Qin Siyang's signatures on the document, the two men understood how serious this matter was. There would be no room for negotiation.
They therefore arrested Chen Gongrang, Shao Xiaojing, and the others, then sent them overnight to the Department of Justice headquarters in War Readiness Zone 1 for trial.
Throughout this, Qin Siyang did not speak with Chen Zhongming. He did not believe Chen Zhongming should be implicated, so he simply discussed the matter with Qian Wendao and issued a transfer order appointing Kav as governor of State No. 2 and sending Chen Zhongming home to rest for a while.
Chen Zhongming did not question Qin Siyang either, because he knew there could be no leeway in his son's case.
They shared an unspoken understanding and neither discussed the matter.
Sun Linshou, however, did have someone quietly pass a message to Chen Zhongming.
His son, Chen Gongrang, had only been involved in the illegal construction. He had played no part in the deaths of the thirty-odd people forced to continue production.
The illegal construction was only an indirect factor, not the main cause of this disaster, so Chen Gongrang would certainly not be executed.
Chen Zhongming knew he had little personal connection with Sun Linshou. The fact that Sun Linshou had gone out of his way to say this meant Qin Siyang had arranged it behind the scenes.
Once he learned that Chen Gongrang's crimes did not