A man who looked to be in his forties, seemingly the leader, said contemptuously, "Death? Do you think your government and police would allow your citizens to beat or even kill foreign tourists because of some narrow-minded ethnic hatred?"
"You mean, being a foreign tourist is a privilege you have, right?" Xu Zhengyang maintained his smile.
Although the Japanese did not directly admit it, they each shrugged with a hint of smugness, as if to say, "What can you do to us?"
Xu Zhengyang smiled and shook his head, saying, "Then, I don't mind letting you know what real privilege is."
"What are you going to do?" The Japanese man trembled. From the young man's tone and expression, he seemed to sense a terrifying possibility.
Xu Zhengyang ignored him, instead turning to the still furious crowd and waving his hand, saying, "Everyone, disperse, disperse. They're trying to commit suicide, don't let their blood splatter on you..."
After Xu Zhengyang finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
It was unusually quiet.
Brother, you're not kidding, are you? Why would someone commit suicide for no reason?
“Zhengyang, you…” Li Bingjie quickly stepped forward to comfort him.
The police officers also looked at Xu Zhengyang with surprise. When did this person walk up to those foreign tourists? And... what did he just say?
Oh, suicide! No, wait, is that young man going to kill someone? The police officers immediately tensed up and quickly surrounded Xu Zhengyang to try and stop him.
"Don't be nervous, calm down, let everyone disperse first," Xu Zhengyang said with a smile to the police officers who had gathered around.
The police officers who were pushing their way into the crowd, along with the dozen or so officers who had surrounded them, paused for a moment, then looked puzzled and hesitant. And then... they actually turned around, spread their arms, and urged the crowd to disperse, make room, and not to crowd around...
Xu Zhengyang put his arm around his wife's waist and smiled, "It's alright, it's nothing."
“This isn’t good…” Li Bingjie and Xiao Yi comforted her.
Xu Zhengyang shook his head, then glanced at everyone and said, "Does anyone have a camera? Prepare to record this as evidence."
Immediately, some people picked up video cameras, still others took out their mobile phones. Something was strange and odd about what was going on today; who knew what kind of big thing might happen?
The Japanese finally snapped out of their shock, staring in disbelief at Xu Zhengyang and the police officers who, instead of stopping him, seemed to be supporting him.
"Well then, watch closely." Xu Zhengyang looked at the Japanese leader. "You're all going to die here today. Oh, kid, you're lucky. You can go back to your country and complain."
After saying that, Xu Zhengyang pointed to the Japanese man standing at the very edge and said, "You go first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the guy Xu Zhengyang was pointing at, who looked completely astonished, immediately knelt down and began to desperately bang his head against the stone bridge. With a series of loud thuds, blood gushed from his forehead.
The people next to him rushed forward in terror to stop him and pull him away.
After finally pulling the guy up, he bit off his own tongue, tilted his head back, and vomited blood. He then broke free from the person holding him and slammed his head against the stone railing.
Everyone gasped in shock. Was he really going to commit suicide?
Immediately, the Japanese men, who were completely terrified, all began to kneel down and kowtow, except for the youngest one, showing no sign of stopping until they crashed through the bridge.
Blood was everywhere, and the scene was horrific.
Xu Zhengyang, with his wife in his arms, strolled leisurely through the shocked crowd and left the place.
The young Japanese man who had miraculously survived was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, his trousers soaked through, and a foul stench filled the air, mixed with the smell of blood—it was truly unbearable.
Volume 7, Emperor Chapter 382: Stop fighting, that's mine.
Without Xu Zhengyang needing to say anything, Ye Wan and Chen Chaojiang understood that Xu Zhengyang's words and actions on the Bai Causeway Bridge, besides stemming from personal anger, also served as a lesson for Chen Chaojiang:
See? When a god wants to kill someone in public, he doesn't necessarily have to bear the guilt.
If you, Chen Chaojiang, had used the power and authority of the gods in your fury to either control the other party yourself or arrange for the ghost messengers to carry out the task, you would not have caused such a big trouble and ended up in jail.
Furthermore, Xu Zhengyang mentioned the word "privilege" on the Bai Causeway Bridge, which was also meant for Ye Wan to hear.
Well, Xu Zhengyang went even further than Chen Chaojiang, didn't he? In broad daylight, in front of everyone, he killed a foreign tourist...
The case went all the way to the United Nations, and Xu Zhengyang would not have to bear any responsibility.
No matter how you look at it, the police officers present at the time had a reason: "We were busy stopping the angry crowd, how could we have imagined that they would suddenly have a change of heart, feel ashamed and commit suicide to atone for their sins?"
Don't believe me? There are so many live video recordings to prove it.
As for the young man whom Xu Zhengyang kindly spared, his decision to allow him to return home alive was also due to Xu Zhengyang's boundless grace and magnanimity, considering that the young man had no idea his companions were planning such things. Of course, upon his return, he would naturally be questioned by domestic media, police, diplomatic departments, security intelligence agencies, and so on.
Xu Zhengyang didn't care about any of that; he didn't care who they wanted.
Inevitably, this incident caused some friction and disputes in the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
People died in your country, and it was during a dispute with one of your citizens that they died under mysterious circumstances. I strongly suspect that one of your citizens used some kind of magic or even hypnosis to kill them.
The rebuttal here is righteous and forceful, with ample evidence. They committed suicide because they felt ashamed or for other reasons. No Chinese citizens laid a hand on them at the time. As for magic and hypnosis, is this all the diplomats in your government departments are capable of?
To put it bluntly, these kinds of things usually just involve wrangling and getting back and forth until they eventually come to nothing.
However, Xu Zhengyang and his country's foreign ministry and even high-ranking government officials did not consider the various pressures Japan was under, as well as the nature of most Japanese citizens, which led them to react very strongly to such matters.
Because the Japanese government is already under immense pressure, both the ruling and opposition parties are taking steps to salvage their reputation and standing in the world. Following the last major upheaval, after introspection, they discovered that the root of all the problems lay in their long-desired neighbor across the sea.
Therefore, they harbored deeper hostility and vigilance towards that powerful neighboring country.
We're not weak to begin with, but now such a huge thing has happened, and our own citizens are dying in their country. If we don't do something, won't they be riding on our necks and shitting on us in the future?
This is unacceptable. Those Japanese guys have always thought too highly of themselves; they consider themselves the most superior race!
...
Late summer of the ninth year of the New Divine Calendar.
The uproar over the accidental death of a foreign tourist has finally shown some signs of calming down. The endless ramblings have driven the world's gossip-loving public to the point of exhaustion; it's just not interesting anymore.
However, it seems that everyone can see that the great Eastern power is very biased towards one person.
He was the young man standing in front of several Japanese tourists in the video footage at the time of the incident.
His smiling expression, calm eyes, beautiful wife, and composed departure... the Japanese side has repeatedly claimed that this person is the culprit.
But they simply ignored it, and whenever this person was mentioned, they would gloss over it with the words "ordinary citizen," as if they couldn't be bothered to mention him at all.
Ordinary citizens wouldn't pay much attention to this person, but the security intelligence agencies of every country were extremely familiar with the young man in the video. Yes, since he was there, the answer to this incident could be confirmed: the deceased Japanese man did not commit suicide, but was murdered.
Unfortunately, such words are simply impossible to say.
Unlike everyone else, Xu Zhengyang seemed to have forgotten that he had done such a thing. In recent days, he and his wife had been traveling with members of a charitable foundation across the country, braving the sweltering heat to visit out-of-school children in impoverished areas, participate in various charity gatherings, and donate money, goods, and schools.
This charitable foundation was jointly established by Ronghua Group, Zhengyang National Logistics Group, Jinghui Logistics Group, Huatong Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Guxiangxuan Antiques Company.
Actually, Xu Zhengyang didn't need to do these things personally at all, but he took this opportunity to experience them firsthand, and also to travel around the beautiful landscapes of the country and see the local customs and traditions. With his beautiful wife by his side, and doing such gratifying charity work, he felt very comfortable.
In Yuan Suqin's words, her son simply had too much money to spend.
However, Yuan Suqin and Xu Neng, as parents, didn't complain at all; on the contrary, they were very supportive. Thinking about it, it makes sense. They couldn't even keep track of how much money they had, and it was constantly accumulating and adding to their savings. What use would they have for it?
In Xu Zhengyang's mind, however, he hadn't thought about the money at all; he was simply doing good deeds to make himself feel better.
On this day, Xu Zhengyang and Li Bingjie arrived at a Hope Primary School in the mountains with a charity organization. This primary school was originally built with donations from Gu Xiangxuan, and the organization came again to donate a batch of books and teaching materials.
Local education officials from the county, township, and village levels, as well as some government officials, all rushed over. The village expressed their gratitude with gongs and drums. Some children, without the teachers' organization, spontaneously formed a grand celebration team at the school. It was chaotic and noisy, but it made their sincerity and enthusiasm even more apparent.
Xu Zhengyang and his wife watched quietly as the staff and locals interacted and busied themselves, then slowly walked out of the crowd to relax outside the school.
Located in a mountainous area, the school and the village are both situated halfway up the mountain. As a result, walking along the paths between the school and the village, one can see the serene and beautiful mountain scenery.
The environment here is completely isolated from the bustling city, creating a world of its own.
“Here, the villages may seem close together, but in reality, children from other villages have to walk at least several miles, sometimes even more than ten miles, to get to school. It’s quite difficult,” Xu Zhengyang said softly, standing by a muddy road beside a village, gazing at the villages faintly visible among the rolling hills in the distance.
"What? Build a few more schools?" Li Bingjie asked with a smile.
"That's not the case. There aren't many children to begin with, and the adults have already taken the ones they could take out. Building more schools would be a waste..." Xu Zhengyang shook his head with a smile and said, "Later, you should arrange for teachers who teach in this impoverished mountain area to receive more generous financial benefits. Also, the school's facilities should be improved. No matter how good the conditions are here, it's not easy."
Li Bingjie nodded, agreeing that it was true.
In places like this, no matter how much money you have, there are many things that are difficult to buy, or at least inconvenient to buy.
Walking carefully along the muddy path, stepping on the protruding stones, Xu Zhengyang and Li Bingjie were in a very pleasant mood, which reminded them of their childhood rural life.
The cell phone rang, and the ethereal singing sounded exceptionally clear and loud in the mountain village.
Xu Zhengyang took out his phone and saw it was Li Ruiqing calling. He walked slowly, one arm around his wife, and held the phone to his ear with the other:
"Second Uncle."
"Zhengyang, come to the capital. Something has happened, let's talk," Li Ruiqing said in a rather stern tone.
"Oh?" Xu Zhengyang paused for a moment, then replied, "Okay, Bingjie and I will head to the airport now."
"Tell me your current location, and I'll arrange a private jet to pick you up..."
Xu Zhengyang was puzzled. What had happened? Why was he in such a hurry? However, he did not hesitate and calmly agreed.
He had already used the Divine Command Token to find out what major events had recently occurred.
The Divine Command Token is now more like an auxiliary artifact. It rarely interacts with Xu Zhengyang, but it doesn't affect Xu Zhengyang's use of it.
At first, Xu Zhengyang was somewhat unaccustomed to it, and even suspected that there might be some unspeakable secret behind the Divine Control Token and the Heavenly Laws.
However, as time went on, Xu Zhengyang stopped thinking about this problem.
...
Upon arriving at the nearest military base, the couple boarded a helicopter that had come to pick them up, and that evening they arrived in Beijing.
Something really serious has happened.
The case of the Japanese tourist's suicide has dragged on for so long that it has essentially come to nothing.
However, the Japanese government seems increasingly impatient, feeling they have lost face badly, and they are going to do something about it.
Thus, this time, the operation took place in the waters surrounding the disputed Diaoyu Islands, where a Japanese patrol vessel rammed into a Chinese fishing boat, seizing the vessel and arresting the captain and crew.
This has never happened before.
Both sides are aware that this island and its surrounding waters are disputed areas. Therefore, even though Japan actually controls this area, it usually either turns a blind eye to the fishing activities of Chinese fishermen or drives them away.
You should know that once you seize ships and arrest fishermen, it's as if you've declared that this area belongs to your country.
If both sides do this, our warships can also sail over, and I can arrest your people... The result will naturally be an accidental clash, triggering a military conflict.
This is a situation that neither party wants to see.
Xu Zhengyang was unaware of the complex reasons and stakes involved, so after listening to Li Ruiqing and several high-ranking figures' accounts, he asked somewhat strangely, "Are the leaders of the Japanese government all idiots? The country has just recovered from turmoil, and they pull this stunt? Is it purely an act of revenge? This isn't child's play, damn it..."
“There’s someone behind this.” Li Ruiqing nodded and said, “Besides, they themselves are also eager to do something to win public opinion and gain international influence.”
"Oh." Xu Zhengyang waved his hand and said, "You guys aren't thinking of asking me for help, are you? I don't get involved in things like that..."