They're so arrogant!
The Dongfeng Mengshi roared like a wild beast, then quickly turned around in front of the police station and sped north.
On the Jingming Expressway, Xu Zhengyang had calmed down. As long as Chaojiang hadn't suffered any losses, that was fine. There was plenty of time in the future...
Volume 5, Spirit Official, Chapter 251: A Person of No Small Background
When passing through Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, Xu Zhengyang drove into the Xizhao Service Area.
He was originally in a hurry to get to Anping City, but according to the message from Wang Yonggan, Ye Jun had already left the Xingyun Road Police Station, and Chen Chaojiang was safe in the police station as no one would do anything to him.
It was precisely because the Ghost Messenger King bravely arrived at the location ahead of time that Xu Zhengyang realized what he, as the Imperial Censor, lacked.
That's their territory. Not only is it inconvenient for me to travel back and forth, but if anything happens here in the future, I'll have to go there personally, which will waste too much time and delay things. Fortunately, no conflict broke out between Chen Chaojiang and Ye Jun today, and the police station seemed to be intimidated by my strength; Chen Chaojiang wasn't treated unfairly. Otherwise, by the time Xu Zhengyang arrived, it would have been too late.
Therefore, Xu Zhengyang stopped in Shijiazhuang when he passed by.
Now that we're here, it's necessary to establish a nominal City God's Palace here; from now on, whenever time is not a constraint, wherever we pass by, we should lay eggs wherever we happen to be, like a hen that has dropped its eggs. Hmm, that sounds a bit harsh, but to put it more nicely, we should be a seed-laying machine, striving to have City God's Palaces bloom all over the country... Of course, innocent people wouldn't think the wrong thing.
Xu Zhengyang waved Su Peng over and instructed him, "Su Peng, this is Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital. I hereby authorize you to assign three ghost messengers here. Not too many... and don't rush. Choose them carefully..."
"Understood!" Su Peng said, bowing as he stood outside the car.
"The Heavenly Court has taken away all the City Gods, but that doesn't mean there are no more City Gods in this world..." This sentence seemed to be Xu Zhengyang talking to himself, but it also seemed to be speaking to Su Peng.
However, Su Peng bowed and dared not speak.
Xu Zhengyang's divine sense instantly soared into the night sky, overlooking the brightly lit city of Shishi in Hedong Province below. Holding the city scroll in his hand, Xu Zhengyang said in his mind, "City scroll, if you can establish city god temples all over the country without my reminder, I won't have to go through all this trouble."
The city official replied: "The government office is a physical entity, while the god's intention is the actual reality. Whether there is a government office or not, as long as the god exists, it is still the city god."
Xu Zhengyang sneered, "Do you need to say that? I already knew when I established the City God's Mansion in the capital... What I'm asking you is whether you can go and establish the City God's Mansion on my behalf."
Cheng Juan replied: No.
"how?"
Cheng Juan replied: Divine artifacts are different from gods; they are determined by the Heavenly Laws, therefore all gods are subject to their limitations.
"An irrelevant answer." Xu Zhengyang snorted, ignoring the artifact. His consciousness returned to his body in an instant, and he started the car, heading towards the highway.
Captain Su Peng of the Ghost Messengers stood there quietly, bowing, until the white Audi A4 disappeared into the thick night before he took flight and flew towards Shijiazhuang City.
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Around 3 a.m., Xu Zhengyang exited the Jingming Expressway at the Anping City exit. After arriving in Anping City, he found a taxi to help him get there and finally arrived at the Xingyun Road Police Station in the eastern district of Anping City.
The night was as dark as ink, and even the streetlights and the lights at the entrance of the police station seemed to be dimmed by the darkness.
Ghost Messenger Wang Yonggan was already waiting at the entrance of the police station.
Xu Zhengyang pulled the car over to the side of the road. He summoned the city scroll and said in a deep voice, "This place, Anping City, also needs a City God's Office."
A flash of light appeared on the scroll, and the spiritual sense began to gather and organize all things in Anping City, from a small pebble on the roadside to the mountains and rivers of Anping City. With the help of the unique Heavenly Laws of the artifact, everything in the entire territory of Anping City was gathered into the scroll in a very short time.
Xu Zhengyang retrieved the city pass, his face grim as he pushed open the door, got out of the car, and walked into the police station.
“Sir.” Wang Yonggan bowed and followed, saying, “I feel very uncomfortable in this police station, especially when there are police officers around. But I still persevere and endure it. Moreover, I overheard some of their conversations, which are related to what happened to Chen Chaojiang.”
"Hmm? Tell me about it." Xu Zhengyang stopped at the small doorway.
"According to the two policemen and the instructor, the guy who killed someone in the accident at the university has a father who is a deputy director of the Anping City East District Public Security Bureau in charge of criminal investigation. It seems that he has a very powerful background...he has connections in high places."
"Is that so?" Xu Zhengyang sneered, just as he had expected.
If he didn't have some powerful connections, how could Chen Chaojiang have been arrested and taken to the police station instead of being rewarded for his act of bravery?
It was the same officer on duty as before. He came out of the duty room, frowning, and impatiently snapped, "Hey, what are you doing?"
“I’m Chen Chaojiang’s friend, here to call him back,” Xu Zhengyang said calmly.
"Damn it," the officer muttered. The kid inside was no pushover. A previous guy, a real jerk, had even made the instructor wary, granting them special permission to speak privately. But that guy didn't seem to get along with Chen Chaojiang; he left after a few words, saying nothing good about Chen Chaojiang, and making no mention of letting him go. It was as if he thought, "I've been here, the conversation is over. Even if your police station executes him on the spot, I won't care."
Now another one has arrived, looking for Chen Chaojiang.
Who is this guy? They arrested him at night, and two groups of people came looking for him in the middle of the night.
And this one seems even more powerful than the last one. Well, he just said, "Come and tell him to go back." You think he can just go back like that?
Unsure of what to do, the officer on duty quickly told Xu Zhengyang to wait a moment, then returned to the duty room and made another call to his instructor.
Well, even the instructor at Xingyun Road Police Station was bewildered. The first person had given him quite a jolt, and he'd barely managed to calm down. And now another one had arrived? Could this be the arrogant old man from the phone call earlier?
When Xu Zhengyang arrived at Chen Chaojiang's room, Chen Chaojiang was leaning back in his chair, his head against the wall, seemingly dozing off. The two police officers were drinking tea and chatting. In their minds, this out-of-town kid deserved a beating; he had a stern face, acting like he was the boss, cold and arrogant to everyone. However, since the instructor had emphasized that they shouldn't hit anyone, they naturally wouldn't lay a hand on him.
The two of them had just tried to persuade Chen Chaojiang, saying that if he just nodded and admitted his mistake, and offered some money as a token of apology, he wouldn't be making things difficult for them. They said they'd let him go quickly, as it wasn't a big deal and nobody wanted to deal with him anyway. But this kid is really tough…
"Chaojiang, are you alright?" Xu Zhengyang asked as soon as he entered the room.
"Oh, it's nothing." Chen Chaojiang opened his eyes, sat up straight, and said with a wry smile, "I'm sorry to have troubled you to come all this way."
Xu Zhengyang walked over, dragged out a chair, and sat down, saying as if no one else was around, "Tell me what exactly happened."
"Hey, who are you?" a police officer asked, somewhat annoyed.
The police officer in the guardhouse quickly gave his colleague a wink, signaling him not to say anything out of line; this young man didn't seem like someone to be trifled with.
Xu Zhengyang turned to look at the three of them and asked, "Who is in charge?"
The three police officers looked at each other in bewilderment.
The door to the room wasn't closed, and Zhang Zhiqiang rushed in. He'd dozed off in the office earlier, and now, another one had come to check on Chen Chaojiang. Zhang Zhiqiang was already regretting taking on this task tonight; he should have known better than to go and arrest this guy.
You can't judge a book by its cover, and you can't measure the sea with a bucket. When the forest is big, you never know what kind of bird you'll run into.
"Hello, I'm the instructor from the police station." Zhang Zhiqiang stepped forward with a smile and extended his hand.
Xu Zhengyang didn't get up either. He extended his hand to shake hands with the other person, then turned his head and continued to ask Chen Chaojiang, "What are you still standing there for? Tell me about this matter, what exactly happened?"
“Oh, is that so…” Zhang Zhiqiang stepped forward and said.
“I didn’t ask you.” Xu Zhengyang turned his head, frowned, and glared at Zhang Zhiqiang.
"Hey, you..."
"What?" Xu Zhengyang's lips curled slightly, and he growled in a rather ferocious tone, "Are you going to do whatever you say?"
Zhang Zhiqiang and the three police officers were all stunned. What a boastful tone, what an arrogant aura... Whose son is this?
"Speak!" Xu Zhengyang looked at Chen Chaojiang.
Chen Chaojiang didn't seem to think Xu Zhengyang's attitude was arrogant or unreasonable at all, and simply recounted what had happened that night.
After listening to Chen Chaojiang's account, Xu Zhengyang turned to look at Zhang Zhiqiang, frowned, and asked sternly, "Is that so?"
"This, this is under investigation, and the main person responsible is still under investigation..." Zhang Zhiqiang said with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
Not to mention Zhang Zhiqiang, the other three officers are now somewhat afraid.
Putting aside the fact that Xu Zhengyang's arrogant and domineering aura intimidated them as soon as he entered, each of them felt a sense of fear. They couldn't quite explain this feeling; even they themselves were confused. In any case, this young man who had just arrived seemed to exude a chilling aura.
Xu Zhengyang scanned the four men and said in a deep voice, "You haven't even investigated properly before arresting people, bringing them in and then detaining them! Is this the right thing to do?"
"This..." Zhang Zhiqiang was truly helpless. How could he explain it? What he had done was already unethical.
"Who are you?" one of the officers finally couldn't take the invisible pressure any longer and mustered his courage to shout angrily.
"Why do you need to ask who I am? Do you only uphold justice when a high-ranking official comes? Hmm?"
Zhang Zhiqiang and the three police officers looked at each other in bewilderment.
Xu Zhengyang, however, did not give up. He frowned and glared at Xu, asking, "Where is that Deputy Director Mu? Call him over!"
"Um?"
Now, Zhang Zhiqiang and the three police officers were even more uncertain. Good heavens, this young master knew everything.
"Attack him! Let him come over here!"
"Oh no, it's getting late..."
"Will he be able to sleep tonight?" Xu Zhengyang's voice suddenly rose. "If he can sleep, then he shouldn't be the bureau chief! It's the father's fault for not raising his son properly; he bears responsibility. His son killed someone in a car accident on a university campus, and he dared to spout nonsense about his father being Mu Zigang. What? Does having a deputy bureau chief as a father mean he can be above the law and morality? This appalling attitude shows that this matter is not so simple..."
After saying this, Xu Zhengyang saw that Zhang Zhiqiang and the others were all standing there dumbfounded. He probed Zhang Zhiqiang's mind with his divine sense and checked him briefly. Fortunately, this person was quite competent. So he decided not to make things difficult for him anymore and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, I won't make things difficult for you. Are there any rooms here to rest? We're not leaving tonight, we'll stay here first. Tomorrow morning, have that Mu, Mu something, come over here."
After saying this, Zhang Zhiqiang and the three police officers were completely convinced.
This young master truly lives up to his reputation; otherwise, he wouldn't dare to declare he'd stay here. Someone with such audacity, and so young at that, must have extraordinary backing. I wonder if it's his backing that's stronger, or Deputy Director Mu's.
Forget it, I can't afford to offend either side.
After thinking it over, Zhang Zhiqiang could only say with an awkward smile, "Young man, I think we should let this go. I'd like to apologize to you..."
"Don't be afraid of offending people! There is still law in this world." Xu Zhengyang waved his hand, directly interrupting Zhang Zhiqiang's attempt to reconcile.
Zhang Zhiqiang had no choice but to nod and lead Xu Zhengyang and Chen Chaojiang upstairs to his private room.
Seeing this, the remaining three policemen whispered among themselves, and then one of them went out alone to report the incident. Regardless of the young man's identity, it was better to inform Deputy Director Mu first, just in case, right?
Actually, although Xu Zhengyang was angry about this matter, he didn't really care about it anymore.
No matter how much you argue, reason prevails. Besides, Xu Zhengyang not only has a valid point, but also has powerful figures from the Li family eager to back him up and prevent him from losing his temper. So why would he be afraid of a mere deputy bureau chief?
What he's concerned about now is Chen Chaojiang and the Ye family's situation.
Ye Jun's attitude today has already explained everything. The Ye family is no pushover... Good heavens, they're so arrogant, it's like they're not even afraid of the Li family.
"Chao Jiang, it seems the Ye family really can't tolerate you," Xu Zhengyang said with a double meaning.
Deep down, he could see things fairly from an outsider's perspective, even if it didn't directly affect him. He could understand the Ye family's disapproval of Chen Chaojiang… but their attitude was a bit extreme, really excessive. But Xu Zhengyang couldn't force the Ye family to agree, could he? What if Ye Wan also became unhappy? Then he'd truly be caught in the middle, like Pigsy looking in the mirror, pleasing neither side.
Chen Chaojiang hesitated for a moment, intending to shut Xu Zhengyang up with a "I'll listen to you" statement, but ultimately couldn't bring himself to say it. That would be too unrighteous and unmanly.
Therefore, Chen Chaojiang said, "This matter depends on Ye Wan's attitude."
Xu Zhengyang sighed. Isn't this obvious?
Sometimes, a coincidental, minor incident can lead to a whole host of problems; especially with Xu Zhengyang stepping into the fray, it involves even more aspects, as many people are watching his every move.
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Volume 5, Spirit Official, Chapter 252: Oh dear, they won't even let me speak!
We all know that Xu Zhengyang is definitely a mud crab that crawled out of the ditch.
It was all because of sheer luck. Oh, more accurately, incredible luck. Back then, while seeking shelter from the rain, he entered that dilapidated and desolate earth god temple in the west of the village, stepped in two feet of weathered and dried excrement, and then, unintentionally, he blocked a third of the heavenly tribulation for the only remaining deity of the former Heavenly Court—that pitiful, lonely, and suicidal Heavenly Court official. He was put to death, but the official bestowed upon him divine power, thus granting him a new life and allowing him to ascend to a divine position.
So, this mud crab donned golden armor and climbed out of the ditch, striding about with unbridled abandon.