Hou Xiangyang was suspicious by nature and acutely sensitive to his grip on power.
After taking charge of Linhai, his first step had been to gain control of the procuratorial authorities through Han Dong. He had then promoted Tian Zhengbing to Executive Deputy Department Director of the Public Security Department, preparing him to take over as Public Security Department Director.
As for Cheng Zhixing, who had been promoted by the former Provincial Party Committee Secretary, Jing Hai, Hou's approach was to first strip him of his authority over the Political and Legal System, then find an opportunity to remove him from the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and have Procurator-General Han Dong replace him as secretary of the provincial Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
Now such a scandal had erupted at the Provincial Procuratorate, and the targets of the bugging were Wu Daojun of the Supreme People's Procuratorate's Special Task Force and the newly appointed Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, Qu Hongying. The severity of the consequences was unimaginable.
It was especially damaging to his plans for Han Dong's next promotion!
There was also the fact that Lan Kun had recently made an exception and summoned Zhou Yi, clearly extending an olive branch to Jian Wanyan, who stood behind Zhou Yi.
If I were Jian Wanyan, would I respond?
The answer was almost certainly yes!
Even if only for the sake of his future son-in-law, Jian Wanyan would choose to join forces with Lan Kun against a powerful political opponent like Hou.
For all these reasons, the moment Hou Xiangyang heard about the bugging scandal, his first thought was whether it might be a plot aimed specifically at Han Dong!
People who played politics not only played dirty, but also overthought everything!
Still, there was no denying that Hou Xiangyang had gotten