Just as the Audi A4 drove past the intersection, the white Iveco started up. It drove onto the Jingming Expressway from the entrance of the Sixth Ring Road, and when it saw the Audi A4 pull over, the Iveco suddenly slowed down and stopped, stopping just at the side of the road on the Jingming Expressway at the entrance.
"You don't need to get off the bus."
After saying this, Xu Zhengyang got out of the car and walked towards the Iveco van behind him.
The wind on the highway was much stronger than on the road below, carrying a chill that howled and whipped people's clothes around. Cars were coming and going at high speeds.
Chen Chaojiang leaned back in his seat, his icy eyes watching Xu Zhengyang stride slowly toward the white Iveco van through the rearview mirror.
In fact, when Xu Zhengyang saw the Iveco van from afar, a sense of helplessness and anger rose within him. He was wondering why Jiang Lan was being so aggressive, even after he had become mentally impaired, she still relentlessly opposed him.
This is what annoys Xu Zhengyang the most. He can't understand why women are so terrible when they are petty.
Through the windshield of the Iveco, one could see that the driver and passenger were both looking at Xu Zhengyang with puzzled expressions.
When Xu Zhengyang narrowed his eyes, revealing a mixture of pity and anger, the man in the passenger seat seemed to sense something and got out of the car.
"Hey bro, can you tell me some directions?"
Xu Zhengyang completely ignored the other party's seemingly kind question and continued walking towards the car with a frosty expression.
"Hey, brother..."
The man stepped forward and reached out to block Xu Zhengyang.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhengyang suddenly made a move, grabbing the man's neck before he could react, and then throwing him off the highway as if he were throwing off a piece of clothing.
Amidst gasps of surprise, Xu Zhengyang had already reached the front of the car.
The driver hurriedly opened the car door and got out.
Xu Zhengyang took a big step forward, his right fist already raised, and with a whooshing sound, he punched the front of the Iveco van.
A deafening roar!
The powerful shockwave caused the entire Iveco vehicle to be thrown backward more than two meters. A large crater was punched into the front of the vehicle, the engine stalled, and steam billowed out.
The driver had just opened the car door and taken a step out, but hadn't gotten out yet, when the car door suddenly opened and closed, knocking him off the vehicle and causing him to tumble to the ground.
A large truck that was speeding from behind swerved to avoid it and sped away without stopping. From the passenger window, a man leaned out, raised his middle finger, and yelled, "Looking for death? Fuck!" He quickly realized something was wrong and pulled his head back.
Xu Zhengyang stepped forward, his expression cold, and kicked the front of the Iveco van, which had already undergone a sex change.
With another loud bang, the Iveco retreated another meter or so.
The entire vehicle was twisted and deformed due to the enormous, rapid, and powerful impact from the front, with the middle section visibly bulging out, resembling a large frog with a swollen belly.
Chen Chaojiang, sitting in the Audi A4 ahead, gasped, his mouth slightly agape. Just how fast and how much force would that require? This could only happen under one condition: the Iveco van would have crashed into a concrete wall at at least 80 mph, causing the middle of the vehicle to expand.
The car door was severely deformed and crushed, making it impossible for anyone to get out.
The six or seven people in the car were shaken by the huge shockwave and were disoriented inside. They crawled out of the shattered car windows, feeling dizzy and disoriented.
The first man thrown off the highway started climbing back up, but he was stunned when he got halfway up. He was so shocked by what he saw that he didn't dare to go any further or move.
The scrapped Iveco van was blocking the entrance from the Sixth Ring Road to the Jingming Expressway. A car and a truck came down from the Sixth Ring Road. They hadn't noticed the situation and were annoyed at being blocked. Helplessly, they honked their horns in protest.
The people who got out of the Iveco van stood there dumbfounded on the highway, seemingly stunned, ignoring the honking of passing vehicles, remaining still even as they sped past.
Xu Zhengyang's expression was frighteningly calm. He didn't look at the people getting off the Iveco, but instead looked up at the two cars at the entrance from the Sixth Ring Road to the Jingming Expressway.
Then, Xu Zhengyang took a step, raised his leg, and kicked hard.
One kick, one kick, one kick...
Bang, bang, boom, boom...
Xu Zhengyang kicked the Iveco van backwards until it cleared the entrance and no longer blocked other vehicles. Only then did he stop his rampage against the wrecked van and turn around to walk back as if nothing had happened.
The two cars at the entrance remained still, not moving even after the intersection was cleared.
This is... this is like meeting Superman!
As Xu Zhengyang walked past those people, he casually pulled out four pistols from the four men who were standing there dumbfounded.
However, Xu Zhengyang made a certain gesture every time he pulled out a pistol.
Xu Zhengyang would pull out a pistol, grab it with both hands, and break it in two—yes, he would forcefully break it in half, then throw it off the highway.
After throwing the fourth gun, Xu Zhengyang walked to the driver's side, raised his hand and touched the back of the driver's head, who was half a head taller than him. With a little force, he made the other person bend down until his head was in front of his chest, causing the other person to look at him with a terrified expression.
Xu Zhengyang looked down at him, took out his phone, and dialed Li Ruiyu's number:
"I am Xu Zhengyang."
"Zhengyang, have you arrived in the capital? I've sent someone to pick you up; I'd like to have a proper talk with you..."
"Someone has already picked me up at the intersection of the Sixth Ring Road and the Jingming Expressway," Xu Zhengyang said calmly. "Tell Jiang Lan that I'll meet her in her office at four o'clock this afternoon."
After saying that, Xu Zhengyang hung up the phone and looked at the dumbfounded driver, saying expressionlessly, "Tell your master to either escape now, or... strengthen security."
With a sigh, Xu Zhengyang seemed somewhat tired. He tossed the driver off the highway, walked straight to his car, opened the door, got in, and said softly, "Let's go, let's go to Rouyue's place first."
The white Audi A4 started and headed north.
Inside the car, Chen Chaojiang remained silent, but a look of doubt appeared on his face and in his usually cold and unapproachable eyes.
After a long silence, Xu Zhengyang finally spoke: "There's nothing strange about it, it's just for them to see."
"I still have to make you do it yourself," Chen Chaojiang said with some shame.
These words came from the bottom of his heart. Chen Chaojiang realized that he seemed to be of no use to Xu Zhengyang except as a driver. However, given the people in that Iveco van, especially those armed with guns, Chen Chaojiang had no confidence whatsoever in defeating them.
However, he couldn't do what Xu Zhengyang did.
"I'll let you do it next time."
"I can't do it."
“I said you can do it, there’s nothing you can’t do.” Xu Zhengyang waved his hand with a smile and said, “Everyone thinks that violent behavior is foolish and reckless… but what everyone fears most is this kind of direct attack.” Xu Zhengyang said in a deep voice with his lips tightly pressed together, “Intrigues and schemes are useless, and I don’t like doing them…”
As he spoke, Xu Zhengyang's lips curled up, and a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.
“You’re the boss, it’s beneath your dignity to do some things yourself,” Chen Chaojiang said earnestly.
"Alright, that's the line!" Xu Zhengyang sneered, still looking out the car window. "It'll make them have some reservations and fears, that'll be good."
"Zhengyang, let's not make things too big..."
"What? Why not?" Xu Zhengyang's brows furrowed, his lips trembled slightly, his eyes glared ahead, and his voice was as rough as the sound of a millstone:
"If others can go there, so can I!"
Volume 5, Spirit Official, Chapter 222: I will go; what is there to fear?
Xu Zhengyang's actions now are just as he said: no need for intrigue or scheming, everything is open and aboveboard. Otherwise, how could Xu Zhengyang allow those spies who are always watching his every move?
To outsiders, Xu Zhengyang's actions seemed far too unrestrained and arrogant, and he was likely to suffer a setback.
However, to those who truly care, it only intensifies their fear and dread.
Just as the old man said when he was alive, you people always overcomplicate things and people, so you turn what should have been simple and clear matters into a tangled mess.
As the saying goes, it's easy to talk when you're not in the situation. If you were to argue with the old man now, he probably wouldn't have anything to say. After all, if it were him, he wouldn't dare not seriously consider Xu Zhengyang's true intentions and what he was trying to do.
Upon entering Beijing, Xu Zhengyang destroyed an Iveco van, intimidating all the plainclothes officers Jiang Lan had arranged. Chen Chaojiang then said to Xu Zhengyang, "You're the boss; it's beneath your dignity to handle some things personally."
Xu Zhengyang replied, "Good, that's the sentence. It makes them have something to consider and something to fear. That's good."
Yes, it would be beneath the boss's dignity to do it himself.
Everyone would think that way, so according to normal people's understanding, Xu Zhengyang is not the real big boss; there is an even bigger boss behind him.
However, since the matter directly involved Xu Zhengyang's interests and hurt him, he acted with the same violent and ruthless methods as an ordinary farm boy, personally taking revenge. Similarly, if he didn't have powerful backers or sufficient strength, how could he dare to do this?
Putting aside how astonishing his personal abilities are, just think about the powerful backer behind him—well, very protective of his own, a very strong and unshakeable force.
Therefore, Li Ruiyu meant that Jiang Lan should leave as soon as possible, at least leave the capital, and not wait here for Xu Zhengyang to come knocking. Heaven knows what unexpected things this strong-willed, almost insane young man might do.
But just as Xu Zhengyang had predicted, Jiang Lan, given her personality, would never choose to run away.
Even after learning the astonishing and unbelievable thing Xu Zhengyang had done on the highway, how incredibly close to the divine abilities her husband Li Ruiyu had described, Jiang Lan still stubbornly refused to leave. She would stay in her office and quietly wait for four o'clock in the afternoon. Like an unreasonable shrew, knowing she was about to be beaten, she stubbornly insisted, "What can you do to me?" "Try hitting me!" Then, after being hit, she would say, "How dare you hit me?" And then, naturally, she would throw a tantrum and beg and plead...
Of course, these situations have not yet occurred.
In Li Ruiyu's eyes, someone as confident and arrogant as Xu Zhengyang was even more unfathomable and difficult to understand. Moreover, Li Ruiyu couldn't help but feel a little grateful to Xu Zhengyang, who had truly given Jiang Lan the opportunity and ample time to leave.
Not to mention Li Ruiyu, even Chen Chaojiang thought that Xu Zhengyang's choice and telling the other party that he would come to her door at four o'clock was really to give Jiang Lan a chance.
However, they were all wrong.
Xu Zhengyang never believed that he could predict the future, nor did he believe that he could read other people's minds and actions.
His confidence stemmed from his own abilities; even if Jiang Lan stubbornly refused to leave, she wouldn't be able to.
The reason Xu Zhengyang suddenly decided to go find Jiang Lan at four o'clock instead of immediately was because he wanted to be more confident and safer; at the same time, it would also give people a greater psychological shock and intimidation.
When someone openly tells you that they're going to beat you up at a certain time, you have no choice but to take them seriously and fear them.
Because these kinds of people are either fools or madmen, or geniuses, big shots.
Well, the time between arriving in the capital at 12:30 and meeting Jiang Lan at 4:00 PM is enough for Xu Zhengyang to temporarily capture some ghosts in the capital and have them temporarily act as ghost messengers of the City God's Mansion. Moreover, the capital is indeed different from the small town below, and the number of ghost messengers can be arranged to be one hundred.
However, Xu Zhengyang did not arrange for so many, but temporarily added more than forty ghost messengers, led by the original thirty ghost messengers of the Fuhe City God's Mansion.
Of course, these temporary workers do not have ghost messenger tokens or soul-beating rulers; they are only maintained by a little bit of divine power, which grants them only partial authority and abilities.
Captain Su Peng of the Ghost Messengers felt immense pressure, as the number of ghost messengers he led had suddenly more than doubled...
So, while Xu Zhengyang, his sister Xu Rouyue, Ouyang Ying, and Chen Chaojiang were having dinner, the City God's Mansion within the city's jurisdiction was filled with ghostly wails and howls. Led by Su Peng, the captain of the ghost messengers, the original, officially registered ghost messengers of the Fuhe City God's Mansion, except for Wang Yonggan who was on another mission, were all wielding soul-beating rulers, their faces contorted in ferocity. They were launching a brutal beating on over forty temporary ghost messengers…
Ultimately, ghosts have no human rights; they can do whatever they want with anyone.
That's one aspect. The second aspect is that Xu Zhengyang needs time for Li Ruiyu to arrange everything.
No matter how violent and frenzied Xu Zhengyang's mindset became, he genuinely didn't want things to escalate to the point where everyone knew about it, making things unmanageable and forcing a fight. That would only lead to a lose-lose situation.
That is indeed the case.
Before 4 p.m., Jiang Lan, a strong woman who was always arrogant and conceited, finally couldn't suppress the fear in her heart and called the police to report that someone was going to assassinate her before 4 p.m. At the same time, Jiang Lan also notified the security department of Oriental Plaza of the situation.
What kind of place is Oriental Plaza? It's home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and leading companies from various industries. Its security measures are absolutely top-notch in the world, and its security personnel are naturally among the best in the industry.
Therefore, after hearing that Jiang Lan, the chairman and CEO of Huatong Network Technology Co., Ltd., had reported the case, the local police and the security department of Oriental Plaza immediately mobilized a large number of police officers and security personnel to surround the entire C building of the Grade A office building in Oriental Trade City.
Meanwhile, Jiang Lan's personal protection team has also entered a state of high alert, ready to respond to any emergency.
Police questioned Jiang Lan personally. Is it really okay to just stand around waiting for criminals to come to our door? What if it's just a prank to scare people? How much manpower, resources, and money would this large-scale operation cost?