Chapter 162 On the Ship

On a boat.

A middle-aged man in a worn leather jacket, smoking a cigarette, asked Gu Baisun, "He's protected by the Qingyi Bureau. It's not easy to move him."

"I just received news that Wen Zhanbo has been arrested. I don't know what's going on with Lao Li's side right now," Gu Baisun replied in a hoarse voice. "I have no choice. I have to find out who did this!"

The middle-aged man, called Uncle Niu, was actually named Niu Feng. He had been a brother of Gu Baisun's father a long time ago, but was arrested in the Second District due to personal problems. Gu Baisun only managed to get him out last year.

This Niu Feng looked a bit world-weary, with half of his hair white. He spoke softly, making it impossible to feel his outward personality traits.

The two were silent for a moment. "Okay, if you say do it, then let's do it."

"Find someone. After it's done, leave the district directly." Gu Baisun rubbed his palms. "I'll have someone check on Zhang Ming's situation now."

"Okay!" Niu Feng nodded.

...

Dragon City downtown.

After seeing off the important guests, Yu Mingyuan asked Zhou Tonghui, Kong Zhenghui, Dabai, and others to wrap things up. He drove to the airport hotel to meet his aunt, Yu Zhen.

Wen Zhanbo's sudden incident disrupted all of Yu Mingyuan's plans and filled him with fear.

Before this, the union of Yu Mingyuan and Wen Xiaorou could be said to be the beginning of cooperation between various forces, as well as the starting point for multiple family clans to band together for warmth and move towards glory.

Lao Li was in charge of the Dragon City government; the Tongji Association, Wei Xiangzuo, and Lu Feng provided channels for the voices of the lower levels of society, with nearly 20,000 registered members; Zhao Weihu handled the outer "trade line"; and the Gui family of the Golden Triangle supplied the goods.

The prototype of this combination already existed and was a relatively ideal and balanced distribution of power.

At this starting point, his uncle-in-law, An Zecheng, was also about to be transferred to Dragon City. Although he was unwilling to take the job and had argued against it, the order had been issued and the result could not be changed.

Therefore, before coming, An Zecheng also began to make arrangements, urging Yu Mingyuan and Wen Xiaorou to get married quickly in order to consolidate his relationship with the Wen family.

In the future, An Zecheng would bring a military force to Dragon City, and the "in-laws" would be the brigade commander of the garrison troops who had been entrenched here for many years. The two sides would band together for warmth, and with the aforementioned forces, the last piece of the puzzle would be completed.

The four giants, led by Lao Li and An Zecheng, assisted by Zhao Weihu and Wen Zhanbo, and supplemented by social groups such as the Tongji Association, would be a force to be reckoned with no matter what problems arose. They could even slap the table with the military headquarters if necessary.

But Yu Mingyuan never expected the situation in Old Mo to change so quickly. They first had internal strife, with the small warlords preparing to take down Zhao Weihu, and the two sides engaged in military friction. Most importantly, the attitude of the Old Mo government towards this matter did not seem particularly serious, and they did not fully support the Chi Army.

Before this matter could be completely resolved, Wen Zhanbo was arrested before the wedding, causing the last piece of the puzzle to collapse before it could even be put in place.

Kang Dinghuang had been hiding his knife for more than a year, and when he struck, he went straight for the vital point!

Although the parties of interest, led by Lao Li, had developed rapidly in the past year, those who wanted to snipe them had not been idle either.

Kang Dinghuang represents the current ruling party of the First District. They certainly don't want to see Dragon City out of control, with Lao Li and others flirting with the Old Mo government, so they took the lead.

However, Kang Dinghuang did not dare to act recklessly, because Lao Li also had the support of the First District Civil Affairs Party behind him, and Lao An was backed by a group of big shots from the Chinese Legion. Therefore, he had to cut the meat slowly, gradually disintegrating this group of interests.

...

On the road.

Yu Mingyuan drove, his brain working non-stop. He was thinking about a way out, because he knew very well that no one could save Wen Zhanbo now. Since Kang Dinghuang dared to move against him first, he must have evidence and reasons in hand.

What to do?!

Yu Mingyuan stared ahead, involuntarily increasing his speed.

About forty minutes later.

The car stopped in front of the airport hotel. Yu Mingyuan hurriedly got out of the car, walked quickly into the lobby, and took the elevator upstairs.

After a while, Wawa opened the door, relieved, and said, "Are you okay, brother?!"

"I'm fine!"

Yu Mingyuan waved his hand, looked up at his aunt Yu Zhen, and said, "Let's talk in the study, Aunt?"

"Okay!"

Yu Zhen walked towards the study in the hotel suite.

"Creak!"

Yu Mingyuan followed, closed the door, and said in a hoarse voice, "Before Uncle Wen was arrested, he called Lao Li..."

"Lao Li can't help him, right?" Yu Zhen interrupted.

"Can't help." Yu Mingyuan replied in a low voice, "Kang Dinghuang must have made full preparations before daring to take action. Lao Li had no time to react. In that situation... if he wanted to protect Uncle Wen, he could only resist the law and open fire. But... but that's impossible."

Yu Zhen looked at him, frowning slightly, and asked, "Mingyuan, what do you think about this?"

Yu Mingyuan was silent.

"Is there something you can't say?" Yu Zhen waited for a while before asking again.

After thinking for a long time, Yu Mingyuan raised his head, his face pale, and replied in a trembling voice, "There's no other way. Cut it off completely."

Yu Zhen's eyes were slightly surprised when she heard this.

"...My uncle-in-law hasn't come yet, the fire can't be allowed to burn him." Yu Mingyuan added.

"Sigh!"

Yu Zhen sighed a long breath, "The fact that you can say this shows that you have really grown up since your father passed away..."

Yu Mingyuan did not respond, only lowered his head, his eyes blank.

"Mingyuan, if you're going to cut it off, cut it off cleanly." Yu Zhen looked at her only "eldest son," the pillar of the family, and said in a voice without a trace of emotion, "If a man wants to achieve great things, he must endure what ordinary people cannot endure and give up what ordinary people cannot give up! Starting the association was your own choice, and how you walk it is up to you!"

"Yeah." Yu Mingyuan nodded stiffly.

...

City Hall.

Su Tianyu, Li Yuan, Director Liu, Jin Maohui, Wang Daolin, and some newly promoted core leaders of the police and tax bureaus were sitting in the conference room, preparing to have a meeting.

After a while, Li Mingsheng walked in and sat in the main seat as a matter of course.

Everyone looked up at Lao Li in unison.

"Moving against Wen Zhanbo is aimed at me." Li Mingsheng paused and said, "Before, going after Zhao Weihu was also to cut off our connection with the Old Mo government. Since we're going to go through this step sooner or later, then let's not defend passively. I'll give you half an hour to discuss and come up with a plan for me. One week, just one week, and I want to see this Qingyi Bureau forced into a dead end by you!"