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Qin Feng looked at Yan Yibin and said calmly, "Come in!"

Qin Feng walked to the sofa chair in the room and sat down, pointing to another chair: "Sit down, if you have anything to say, hurry up and talk, it's getting late."

Yan Yibin quickly closed the door and walked over. Instead of sitting down on the chair, he knelt in front of Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was taking out a lighter to light a cigarette when he saw Yan Yibin suddenly kneeling in front of him. He stared at this incredible scene with his eyes wide open, and even forgot to light the cigarette.

"What are you doing? Stand up!" Qin Feng asked.

"Mayor Qin, I know I have offended you in the past, but you also know that I am just a puppet in Wu Zhitao's hands. I have to do whatever he tells me to do. I have no other choice. I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive me. I will kowtow to you..." Yan Yibin said and began to kowtow to Qin Feng.

"Stand up, and speak if you have something to say." Qin Feng said again.

But Yan Yibin did not stop and kept kowtowing.

Qin Feng called Yan Yibin twice but there was no response, so he stopped trying to persuade him. He sat there, lit a cigarette, and watched Yan Yibin kneel and kowtow.

Yan Yibin kowtowed for a while, and seeing that Qin Feng had no reaction at all, he felt very embarrassed and knelt down obediently: "Mayor Qin, please save me this time. You are my savior. I, Yan Yibin, will work like a slave for you all my life to repay your kindness. From now on, I will be your dog. I will go wherever you tell me to go and do whatever you tell me to do..."

"If you want to stay here, stand up right after you finish your words. If you continue to kneel here, I will ask my secretary to come and kick you out." Qin Feng said coldly.

Hearing Qin Feng's "threat", Yan Yibin stood up obediently from the ground and stood respectfully in front of Qin Feng: "Mayor Qin, please have mercy on me this time. This... this is all my savings, and the total amount of several cards is more than five million."

Yan Yibin took out several bank cards and placed them on the table in front of Qin Feng one by one.

More than five million, Yan Yibin was indeed generous, but compared with his life, this amount of money was nothing. Moreover, Qin Feng knew that Yan Yibin had embezzled much more than five million over the years. As a county magistrate, he would take the risk of committing crimes and be willing to be completely at the mercy of others. It would be too "cowardly" of him to do this just for the five million.

"What do you mean?" Qin Feng asked while smoking.

"In addition, I have two houses in Xiquan and one in Zhongjiang. My wife lives in the one in Xiquan. If Mayor Qin doesn't mind, the other one in Xiquan and the one in Zhongjiang can be transferred to Mayor Qin's name immediately." Yan Yibin thought Qin Feng thought the house was too little.

"You are quite generous. You keep asking me to save you and forgive you. Tell me, what have you done that requires me to forgive you? And how can I save you?" Qin Feng asked Yan Yibin with great interest while sitting on a chair, crossing his legs and smoking.

Yan Yibin was embarrassed again, knowing that Qin Feng was asking this question despite knowing the answer. As they were all involved in this situation, how could Qin Feng not know what Yan Yibin meant by letting him go?

But now his life is in Qin Feng's hands, so even though Yan Yibin knows that Qin Feng is teasing him, he has to cooperate, and he doesn't even have the slightest thought of getting angry.

"Mayor Qin, I confess to you that I took Deng Xiaogang's money for the Yanggang New Village project and did a lot of things for him. But it was Wu Zhitao who asked me to take the money. He took more than me, and he also asked me to do the things. You know, in Tai'an County, Wu Zhitao is the local emperor, and no one can challenge his authority. I have to do whatever he says, otherwise... I have no place to stand here..." Yan Yibin looked pitiful and aggrieved. Wu Zhitao died, and he tried his best to push the responsibility onto Wu Zhitao.

"Actually, most of the things here were done by Wu Zhitao. I just cooperated with him under Wu Zhitao's orders. But now Wu Zhitao is dead, and the responsibility must be all on me. Mayor Qin, I actually didn't want this to happen. I was forced to do this. Please save me." Yan Yibin almost cried.

"How much money did you get from the Yanggang New Village project?" Qin Feng continued to ask.

"Two million." Yan Yibin answered quickly, and Qin Feng guessed that Yan Yibin was not lying.

"How much did Wu Zhitao take?"

"I don't know. He won't tell me, but I guess he got no less than five million. Also, I know that Deng Xiaogang bought him a house in Zhongjiang and arranged a college student to live in this house. Wu Zhitao would go to Zhongjiang to fool around with his mistress every weekend..." Yan Yibin tried his best to support Wu Zhitao, because Wu Zhitao was already dead.

"Who gave you this money? Was it Deng Xiaogang?" Qin Feng asked.

"No, this money was given to me by Wu Zhitao. He told me that it was given by Deng Xiaogang." Yan Yibin shook his head.

"Besides you and Wu Zhitao, who else received money for the Yanggang New Village project? For example, is there anyone behind Wu Zhitao?" Qin Feng asked tentatively. He naturally wanted to know whether Liu Xiaoping could be directly involved in this matter.

After hearing what Qin Feng said, Yan Yibin's eyes lit up and he quickly said, "Yes, yes, Mayor Qin, Liu Xiaoping is behind Wu Zhitao. If it weren't for Liu Xiaoping, how could he have such a powerful influence in Tai'an County? Moreover, Liu Xiaoping is behind this project. In addition, there are many shady dealings between Liu Xiaoping and Wu Zhitao. The previous Zhongyang Chemical Factory was Liu Xiaoping's business."

"Mayor Qin, as long as you forgive me this time, I promise to tell everyone about Liu Xiaoping. I will say whatever you tell me to say." Yan Yibin said quickly.

Yan Yibin knew that Qin Feng and Liu Xiaoping were not on good terms, and after hearing what Qin Feng had just said, he thought that Qin Feng was instructing him to involve Liu Xiaoping. For Yan Yibin now, he would do anything as long as Qin Feng could let him go. After all, nothing is more important than life.

"Do you have direct evidence pointing to Liu Xiaoping?" Qin Feng asked Yan Yibin indifferently.

"Uh... I don't. Liu Xiaoping only contacts Wu Zhitao. There isn't much... contact between Liu Xiaoping and me. But many things between them need to be implemented through me, so I know a lot about them." Yan Yibin tried his best to prove his worth.

"Can I understand it this way? First, you know a lot about what happened between them, but you just know it, without any evidence. Second, you did a lot of things for them, but these things were assigned to you by Wu Zhitao, and Liu Xiaoping never contacted you directly, right?" Qin Feng asked.