Chapter 14: Borrowing a Road to Attack Guo

  Lying on the sofa, eyes closed and motionless. The current situation in Qingzhou is at a stalemate, with slow progress in breaking through the stubborn resistance. It's difficult to see a breakthrough in the short term. So, taking a step back and starting from small details might lead to unexpected gains.

  Yu Xi curled up at his feet, recording Hu Zi watching TV, from time to time emitting low laughter. Who would have thought that this Qingzhou official's most aloof woman, in private was as charming and lovely as a little neighbor girl?

  The phone on the tea table rang, and Wen Ze suddenly opened his eyes. Xiayu Xie turned down the TV volume. The smile also disappeared from his face in an instant, picked up the receiver and said: "Hmm, got it, let those two people make a show, be more careful with their words. That's it, contact me anytime." After hanging up the phone, Xiayu Xie turned around, looked at Wen Ze and smiled: "It was An Baqing's call, one of his men has already contacted Wei Wang. Wei took the bait!"

  He propped his hands behind his head, arched his back and sat up straight, saying: "Let Liu Tian personally lead a few people to wait at the Xueyuan store. After An Baoqing's men pour gasoline, someone will come to commit arson and robbery. The play must be performed thoroughly. Let Wei Wang and Wei Chenfeng have nothing to say."

  Zuo Yuxi nodded and connected the call to Liu Tianlai. For the past few days, Liu Tianlai had been assisting the investigation team with their work, busy every day without a break. This afternoon, he was already waiting at the bureau early on, and upon receiving Zuo Yuxi's call, he led his subordinates in a police van to rush towards Xueyuan Road.

  Zuo Yu Xi and Wen Chen are both people who can calm down, the two of them casually strolled through the supermarket, bought a lot of daily necessities, and then partnered up again to make a sumptuous dinner. Compared to the previous poor sales, this time there was significant progress, although the taste wasn't great. At least what should be sweet was sweet, what should be light was light, on the road to becoming a great chef, they took a solid step forward.

  Just after eating half, the phone rang again. Zuo Yuxi ran to answer it. Wen Ze turned his head to look at the wall clock, and the hour hand was pointing towards ten.

  "Zuo Ju, Jin Dou has been caught. Wei Gang and Xia Fu Gui have stopped the car under a roadside tree 100 meters away and were also arrested. I'm taking them to the branch office now, is there anything else to entrust?"

  "Did Wei Wang really come? Self-inflicted suffering is unbearable! Next, it's still the same procedure, with reason and evidence, to nail down the hat. You're more professional than us in this regard. Take charge yourself. Just remember one thing: all these arson cases are his doing, from start to finish, try to shift the blame onto Wei Chenfeng's body, got it?"

  Liu Tianlai was not clear about Wen Qian's specific plan, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "I understand, but I'm afraid Wei Wang won't speak out, he's too impulsive. He should also know what's important."

  Zuo Yuxi smiled silently and said, "Whether he speaks or not is unimportant, what's important is that as long as we let Wei Chenfeng know that we are dealing with him through Weigang, it will be enough."

  Wen Cheng looked at Zuo Yu Xi as she hung up the phone and sighed, "Perhaps it's just my wild imagination, maybe in the end it'll be like pouring water into a bamboo basket, all for nothing."

  Yu Xi walked over and squatted down beside Wen Qian, leaning forward to gently place the side of her face on his thigh. She felt the soothing breath and warmth, and softly said: "I believe in you! Besides, even if it doesn't work out, we won't lose anything. At most, we'll just offend Wei Chenfeng a bit more. Keeping things as they are now, what's the difference?"

  He gently stroked her face, but his eyes turned to the city outside the window. The quiet Qingzhou under the night sky was solemn. He said in a low voice, "It doesn't make any difference!"

  If we say that in the city of Qingzhou, Nan Gong and Tonghai districts belong to the declining aristocracy, Hua Shan and Gaoxin districts are the rising wealthy families, then Dong district is absolutely the plebeians who are forever trampled underfoot by the aristocracy and the wealthy. However, at 10 o'clock in the evening, people come and go in Nan district, Xiaohuashan district is brightly lit, while Dong district has become desolate to the point where even if a dinosaur were to pass by, no one would be willing to open their doors to watch. Liu Tianlai played his part well, waiting for two thugs to splash gasoline on the ground around the soy milk shop before immediately letting three police officers rush up and pin them down with handcuffs. He himself took two people and rushed straight to a Santana parked on the opposite side of the road.

  Can't help but say, Wei Wang, although being driven by Wen Qian to the point of losing control, still grew a bit wiser and knew to switch from Richcan to Santana. In fact, for him, this little caution was already enough, after all, last time's incident Wei Chenfeng had told him was an accident, and he didn't know anything about Wen Qian's strength, who could have thought that it was a series of poisonous traps set by a young man?

  Li Shengli was a coward and hid behind Wen Huaiming, clinging to Xu Fuyuan's thigh. As long as he stayed hidden and didn't let anyone catch him, nothing would happen to him! So Wei Wang boldly found someone, and under Xia Fugui's instigation, said to hide in the distance and watch, that at night when the streets were empty, no one would discover them. Wei Wang thought about it and also wanted to see the store burn to ashes with his own eyes, avenging the humiliation he suffered during the day. He even planned to bribe the local police station to make it look like an accidental fire, so that everything would be hushed up.

  When three police officers suddenly appeared in front of him, Wei's mind went blank with a loud crash. Subconsciously wanting to start the car and leave, several dazzling flashlights shot through the windshield from the front, illuminating the narrow space like daylight.

  Wei saw Liu Tian's ambiguous smile at a glance and thought of only two words: It's over!

  "Director Wei, how can this be?"

  Wei Wang was still shaken after getting out of the car, and when Liu Tianlai asked him like this, he forced a smile and said: "Director Liu, it's really a coincidence. I came here to wait for a friend. You're still on official business so late, you're really working hard."

  "Yes, we received a report that someone sneaked into the store at midnight and set it on fire. We can't even rest now. Director Wei, isn't that right?"

  Wei's body trembled all over, his face stiff and ugly: "Director Liu is joking"

  "Whoever jokes with you, get handcuffed!"

  Liu Yulai suddenly turned his face, and the two men behind him pounced over. Familiarly, they reversed Wei Wang and Xia Fugui's hands. Wei Wang was in so much pain that cold sweat came down from his head, struggling: "Liu Tianlai, how did I offend you? Why do you keep picking on me three times?"

  "You haven't offended me, you've offended the people of Qingzhou!" Liu Tianlai sometimes would suddenly say a few cold and humorous words, but Wei Wang was definitely not in the mood to appreciate them at this time. That's why they say that grandiose words are the most powerful, as soon as these words came out, Wei Wang was immediately stunned and couldn't speak, and was dragged into the police car with a hum.

  Nishi-sho Branch Office

  Wei Wang gritted his teeth and refused to let go, once bitten twice shy, and re-entering the room he was no longer as flustered as before. Moreover, he didn't think Liu Tianlai had any evidence that could prove he hired someone to set the fire. Geng Chao couldn't help but want to use some tricks to help Wei Wang get through this, but Liu Tianlai waved his hand to stop him and handed over a Great Wall cigarette.

  Wei Wang didn't take the bait and said, "Liu Tianlai, stop playing this trick. You can detain me for at most an hour, no need to make a big deal out of it, I'll still walk out of here with my head held high."

  Liu Tianlai burst out laughing: "Not bad, you all understand the law. I'm really sorry, don't look at me wearing a police uniform, but actually, I'm not too familiar with this legal stuff. Let alone when we're on duty, even if we don't have evidence, we can still detain people."

  "You don't dare!" Wei Wang's face was filled with disdain: "Liu Tian, don't forget how you backed down last time!"

  Liu Tianlai had an expression like a cat playing with a mouse. He said, "Wei Wang, don't you understand yet? Those three people have already confessed, and it was you who instructed them to set the fire and commit murder. The two thugs still have the recording of your conversation about the price. You have all the elements of the crime: motive, time, and method. Even if you refuse to confess, it doesn't matter; once we get to court, you'll still be found guilty, and it will be a more serious offense."

  "Besides, I have a case on hand that may need to be retried, involving corruption, rape, bribery, embezzlement, and now this arson case also involves illegal organization with underworld nature. Wei Wang, if I were you, I'd prepare to face the bullet."

  Wei Wang suddenly sat up, his hands cuffed together raised, pointing at Liu Tianlai, his face turned iron blue with anger or fear: "You, you, was it all arranged by you tonight?" He hadn't had time to think about the suspicious circumstances of tonight until now, and suddenly realized why Liu Tianlai appeared so timely. "You guys, ah" he seemed to have thought of something, his face full of extreme terror. "Xia Fugui, he..."

  Geng Chao kicked Wei Wang onto a chair and scolded: "You think you can just get up? This is the Public Security Bureau, not your farm machinery factory. You come here to show off your power, are you itching for a fight?"

  Wei Wang leaned back in his chair, his mind a mess for the time being. Last night, Xia Fugui had invited him to go fishing at Bishui Bay, and this morning he had run into Wen Qian in the city. They had gotten into an argument, and then Xia Fugui had egged him on to set the fire. And it was also Xia Fugui who had arranged for him to get caught soliciting a prostitute last time.

  That's to say, neither of these two times was an accident. Someone had been deliberately plotting against him. A young and cold face appeared in Wei Gang's mind:

  One month, I won't let you go to the Light Industry Bureau. The director of the Agricultural Machinery Factory can't be done either.

  It turned out that he was behind everything all along.

  Liu Tianlai walked up to him, sneering: "Isn't being a foolish ghost enough? Director Wei, in your next life, be sure to remember not to offend those who shouldn't be offended!"

  Wei's eyes were dull and lifeless, like a mentally ill person. Suddenly, he grabbed Liu Tianlai's sleeve and begged: "Director Liu, I know I was wrong, please let me off the hook, I'll agree to any condition you set, just let me go."

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  He knew that with the evidence in Liu Tianlai's hands, his eldest brother would not be able to save him from death. In the face of life and death, all dignity was false, and only life was precious.

  Liu Tianlai stared at him and said word by word: "What does Wei Chenfeng have on you that you know?"

  Wei's eyes widened as he suddenly understood, muttering: "I get it now, your target is him!"

  "Not bad, you just helped him take the blame. Wei Wang, as long as you can expose Wei Chenfeng, I'll ensure your safety."

  Wei Wang stared blankly at Liu Tianlai for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing: "Liu Tianlai, you really think I'm a three-year-old kid to be deceived. Indeed, I was taken in by you, but wanting to deceive me into dragging Lao Da down with me is just wishful thinking. With him around, I still have a glimmer of hope, without him, when the time comes and you turn your back on me, won't I still be doomed?"

  Liu Tianlai didn't plan on getting anything valuable from him either, and said: "You've finally wised up a bit, but it's already too late. Just wait and see, Wei Chenfeng won't be able to keep his momentum for more than a few days." If you want to know what happens next, please support the author.