Chapter 106 The Arrest

This time, the police department's summons of the elders of the Code Laborers Association was completely different from the previous interview with Xu Hu, because this time it had the Dragon City Council, and a certain leader's tacit permission.

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Inside the Municipal Police Department.

Three police officers locked Zhang Zhengfang of the Code Laborers Association in an empty room without surveillance cameras or recording equipment.

"Squat down!" the young police officer ordered, pointing to the ground with a stern expression.

Zhang Zhengfang was in his sixties, and he was a well-known figure in the city. He had his own dignity and face, so he smiled and waved his hand directly, "Don't bother with that, I can't squat."

"You can't squat?!" the young police officer raised his eyebrows and asked.

"No, I can't squat," Zhang Zhengfang replied, staring at him.

"Pa!"

The young police officer slapped Zhang Zhengfang in the face, yelling, "You're still putting on airs after being arrested?! Do you think this is inside the port? Do you really think you're somebody?!"

Zhang Zhengfang was dizzy from the beating, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, but he still leaned against the wall and replied, "Can't squat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the iron door closed, and three young police officers grabbed Zhang Zhengfang's sparse hair, pinned him in the corner, and beat him up.

These three not only beat him, but also humiliated Zhang Zhengfang, tearing his upper t-shirt to shreds, leaving him naked on the ground, rolling and crawling.

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In the other interrogation rooms, the elders of the council were experiencing similar treatment. A group of old men were beaten up by intern police officers or temporary workers, some even forced to drink kitchen swill.

It was not enough to make you submit physically; they also had to completely crush you on a spiritual level.

During this period, several old men were subdued and begged for mercy, but people like Zhang Zhengfang never gave in, no matter how the other party treated him. He could be beaten down, he could be humiliated, but he absolutely could not lose face.

The treatment the old men received was still relatively light compared to Bao Cheng in Longkou District. After all, they were old, their bodies were not strong, and many had chronic diseases. The police department certainly wouldn't try to kill them.

But Bao Cheng was different. He was young and could endure torture, so once he entered the police department, he hardly had a moment to rest. Three groups of police officers took turns beating him.

Bao Cheng's fingernails on all ten fingers were torn off with pliers, and he was thrown naked on the concrete floor, like a piece of plasticine, to be kneaded at will.

These people were all well-known figures in the city, but at this moment, locked in the police department, they didn't even have the most basic human rights.

This shows that no matter what era or historical background, no matter how big your local influence, you cannot confront the machinery of power until it's a matter of life and death.

No matter how numerous or large the Code Laborers were, they depended on Dragon City for survival. If they really angered those above, how could a few influential figures banding together resist the machinery of power?

The Code Laborers Association would not really revolt against the government because of this, or cause a group incident, because it was not a matter of life and death!

Lu Dashi's prediction was absolutely accurate. The karma he spoke of had really arrived.

The series of vicious cases surrounding the Code Laborers Association recently made the police chief restless and the leaders in charge of political and legal affairs at the top feel annoyed.

Several interviews and appeasements not only didn't work, but the Code Laborers became even more rampant and unbridled. If the machinery of power didn't deal with you, who would it deal with?!

On this point, the Code Laborers Association's connections in the port did not speak up or help mediate.

For the upper echelons controlling the Code Laborers Association, when something went wrong, someone had to take the blame. A few elders of the council were being dealt with, so they were being dealt with.

When the gangs in various districts of the Code Laborers heard that the elders of the council had been arrested, they organized people to cause trouble, but the Grand Dragon Head, the general president of the Code Laborers Association, who was far away in the Third District, suppressed it with a single sentence. He said that anyone who dared to cause trouble at this time would be immediately kicked out of the Code Laborers.

So, the elders of the council, and Bao Cheng, were out of luck. They were being treated very badly.

But Xu Hu and the Zha Nan Code Laborers, at the center of the incident, were tacitly forgotten.

The upper echelons began to exert strong pressure, and many things collapsed at the lower levels. These messes put Xu Hu himself on the hot seat. He couldn't back down now; he could only go all the way.

After leaving the villa, Xu Hu contacted Gu Tongshan's wife immediately, and brought Cheng Gang, Wei Xiangzuo's lackey, back from outside the district.

The Su, Bai, and Kong families, the Yu family, and Wei Xiangzuo's escape were already a foregone conclusion, and Xu Hu currently did not have the ability to deal with them in the First District, so his only way was to resolve the internal problems of Zha Nan as soon as possible and stabilize the situation.

How to stabilize it?

Gu Tongshan's murder was the best topic and breakthrough point.

Wei Xiangzuo and the Yu family's escape was itself an indefensible matter.

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Inside the Chi Army's base in Sinaloa, the Su, Bai, and Kong families were housed in an extremely poor area of bungalows.

It wasn't that the Chi Army didn't know how to treat guests, but their own living environment was like this. These mercenaries had no fixed abode, they went wherever there was a battle to fight, and their own conditions were very difficult.

When the group arrived, Zhao Wei Hu was not in this camp, but was in the Sinaloa war zone negotiating business, so the one who received Su Tianyu and the others was only a adjutant under Zhao Wei Hu.

At dawn, while Kong Zheng Hui was talking with the adjutant, Su Tianyu was already arranging things to go to the First District.

In the courtyard, people were bustling about, and Su Tianyu was extremely busy.

In a corner, Wei Xiangzuo looked at everything in front of him, suddenly got up, walked to Su Tianyu's side, and said to him, "Come out, I have something to tell you."

"Wait a minute, I'll find you later," Su Tianyu replied hastily.

"It has to be now," Wei Xiangzuo replied expressionlessly.

Su Tianyu paused for a moment, and could only step aside and walk with him to the side of the house.

At this moment, Wei Xiangzuo had a gun at his waist, his right hand on the gun handle, and he looked at Su Tianyu with bright eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Are we all going to the First District?"

Su Tianyu looked at Wei Xiangzuo's face, his eyes equally bright, and nodded slowly, "Yes, to the First District."

A strong urge to draw his gun filled Wei Xiangzuo's heart at this moment. He stared at Su Tianyu's face, his right hand trembling slightly.

Su Tianyu looked at the other party with a smile, pointed to his gun and said, "Now that you're here, there's no need to touch the gun."

Wei Xiangzuo clenched his left fist, his heart extremely conflicted.

It was Su Tianyu who killed Gu Tongshan, Wei Xiangzuo had completely confirmed his thoughts...

What to do?

Do it or not?!