Why had Wen Lecheng summoned Zhou Yi, Wu Kunsheng, and both Jincheng City Municipal Party Committee Secretary and the mayor?
The reason was that at 1:20 that morning, the Changning Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Jincheng Municipal Public Security Bureau had launched a joint raid on the Tongda Building, headquarters of the Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group, and become embroiled in a fierce physical confrontation with the group's security guards.
The Jincheng Municipal Public Security Bureau had arrested five people on the spot for obstructing official duties.
In the end, however, the police had found no trace of Zhang Hao at the Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group.
As a result, Xu Qinglan, Board Chairman of the Yunxiao Pharmaceutical Group, had taken her complaint straight to Provincial Party Committee Secretary Wei Siqi and Provincial Governor Wen Lecheng, demanding that Southwest Province's two highest-ranking leaders secure justice for her.
In fact, Wen Lecheng had also summoned Changning's Municipal Party Secretary Deng Ruxue and Mayor Tang Qingrui for questioning. They were still on their way.
Zhou Yi was at the Municipal People's Hospital, visiting Min Aiwu and two anti-drug police officers who had been hospitalized with injuries.
Director Zhou now held Deputy Director Min in particularly high esteem and admiration.
Last night's events were a case in point. Without Min Aiwu there, the Provincial Public Security Department's Criminal Investigation Corps might well have swooped in and taken the drug dealers, drugs, and drug money. And once all the witnesses and physical evidence fell into Wang Yongjiang's hands, there was no telling what might happen next.
Even Zhou Yi could not predict how far Zhang Hao's protectors would go in trampling the law to clear his name.
"Director, whether we've caught Zhang Hao or not, we've already won the most crucial battle."
Min Aiwu seemed to radiate