Mu Fengbin, who spearheaded this effort, has always considered those who do such things to be fools. Because while it might seem impressive and cool, the consequences would not only bring trouble to themselves but also to their protectors. They might even end up exposing the protectors or being destroyed by them to save themselves.
Admittedly, he had already prepared himself mentally for this path. If that day ever comes, he absolutely cannot betray his protectors and will have to shoulder the consequences himself.
But nobody really wants to take the blame, right?
Today, his goal is to kill these two young men and then run away.
Killing someone in public will definitely cause quite a stir; however, as long as they run away, carry the charges and wander around for a while, and then come back after the storm has passed, they can live a peaceful life with someone protecting them.
Mu Fengbin had done this kind of thing before; he was quite experienced in it.
However, there are many spectators, as the saying goes, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind..."
However, using petty creatures like the mantis, the cicada, and the oriole to describe the characters of three or even four or five parties is clearly inappropriate. Anping City, let alone in the whole country, and even in Hedong Province, is definitely not a first-tier city, barely qualifying as a medium-sized city. Whether in terms of economy or land area, it cannot even compare with Fuhe City. Yet, it is known as a vital area surrounding the capital and the southern gateway to Beijing. Its proximity to the capital means that every aspect of its life is far more connected to Beijing than that of ordinary second-tier cities.
Therefore, with the slightest movement, various forces in Anping City can quickly arrange for people to do things, just as they would in a municipality or provincial capital.
Similarly, those who can do this here, and dare to dominate half the sky, are by no means ordinary people.
Xu Zhengyang and Chen Chaojiang had already noticed the two vans, but they didn't care and had relaxed expressions.
The truly threatening guy, who was carrying a pistol, was already sitting on Wang Yonggan's shoulder.
The others carrying machetes and bayonets were utterly beneath Xu Zhengyang and Chen Chaojiang's notice.
As Xu Zhengyang and Chen Chaojiang walked up to the car, the doors of the two vans were flung open, and six or seven burly men wielding machetes and bayonets jumped out and charged at the two men without a word.
These people give the impression that they are not ordinary thugs, but seasoned madmen.
Chen Chaojiang turned around, as calm as ever, but in an instant he was like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins, rushing forward into the cold light. He raised his pale, slender hands, and a sharp dagger was already in his hand, reflecting the bright, dazzling sunlight of the morning.
As if by prior arrangement, neither side shouted or yelled at each other. Only gasps of surprise came from the surrounding area and into the distance.
Both sides, from the very first moment they decided to take action, were aiming for a swift and decisive victory.
Because this isn't a movie, there isn't much time for people to show off or brag. People like Chen Chaojiang are a minority in this world, so the fight scenes are definitely not as exciting or thrilling as you might imagine. At least, bystanders can't see the details of the fight.
However, it is enough to make one's heart tremble and make it difficult to breathe.
Amidst the clanging of metal, the flashing of blades like snow, blood splattered, cries of pain rang out, and finally, loud curses broke the silence of the dull fight.
Even with Chen Chaojiang's skills, dealing with a few ruthless gangsters would be more than enough. However, weapons have no eyes, and in a brawl, no one can guarantee they won't get hurt. Xu Zhengyang understood this well, so while Chen Chaojiang rushed forward and took down two men in the blink of an eye, Xu Zhengyang followed up, kicking one of the guys who was stabbing Chen Chaojiang in the waist. The kick sent him flying sideways toward the van, followed by a muffled thud as the van window shattered.
Xu Zhengyang immediately raised his left hand, seemingly to block a gleaming steel knife, but swiftly and accurately grabbed the man's wrist, twisted it sharply, and snapped it with a crack. The man cried out in pain, the machete clattered to the ground, and Xu Zhengyang released his grip. As the man bent over in pain, Xu Zhengyang grabbed his neck, shoved him towards the van, and slammed him against the side door. The force of the shove caused the man's head to snap back, hitting the roof of the van hard, and he immediately lost consciousness, collapsing limply to the ground.
Everything happened extremely suddenly and quickly, and as expected, both sides achieved their goal—a swift and decisive battle.
Sitting inside the van, Mu Fengbin witnessed the general situation that had just occurred outside. He watched as Xu Zhengyang, with a chilling calm on his face, struck down two people with lightning speed. The person who had just been knocked unconscious crashed into the van right in front of him.
Mu Fengbin raised his hand and pulled out a pistol from his lower back.
Then, thud! Crash! The car window shattered, a fist smashed through the window and reached into the car, grabbing Mu Fengbin and pulling him out before he could react in time.
The van's windows were too narrow to pull a tall, strong adult man out of them.
Amid screams and gasps, Mu Fengbin's head and one shoulder were forcibly pulled out of the car window. The extreme compression caused his face to turn bright red. Bloodstains were scraped across his face, head, and shoulder, from which blood seeped.
Xu Zhengyang was still pulling on the other man's collar, his face ashen as he looked at Mu Fengbin, who was gritting his teeth and glaring at him in pain. He squeezed out two words: "You're asking for death!"
Chen Chaojiang wiped the blood from the cuts on the back of his hand that had just been oozing from hitting someone, and walked over, saying, "They're all ruined."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Chaojiang's shoulder jerked violently as if struck by a giant hammer, causing him to slam uncontrollably into the car. His chest collided with Mu Fengbin's head, which was protruding from the car window, eliciting another cry of pain from Mu Fengbin. However, almost the instant Chen Chaojiang's shoulder jerked, a gunshot rang out.
Xu Zhengyang watched helplessly as blood gushed from the back of Chen Chaojiang's right shoulder, then turned his head away.
"Stop! Stop! Hands up, or we'll shoot!"
Shouts rang out after the gunshots.
Two police officers ran from the school gate with guns drawn. On the main road inside the campus, besides Zhang Zhiqiang's police car, another police car sped towards them.
Xu Zhengyang turned to look at Chen Chaojiang in disbelief.
After being hit, Chen Chaojiang's body slammed onto the van due to the force of the impact. He was slightly hunched over, and his left hand reached across his chest to press on the wound on the back of his right shoulder, but he couldn't reach it at all. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "Damn it, I got hit!"
Poor Mu Fengbin was slapped hard across the face by Xu Zhengyang in a fit of rage, and immediately passed out. His head drooped on the car window, dripping blood, as if he were dead.
Xu Zhengyang didn't look at the two policemen because the shot hit Chen Chaojiang in the back shoulder. At the time, Chen Chaojiang was facing the north gate of the school, and the two policemen were running out of the school gate.
"Go, take control of him!" In his anger, Xu Zhengyang blurted out the order to the ghost messenger Wang Yonggan.
Chen Chaojiang was stunned by what he heard, and asked through gritted teeth, "Control whom?"
"Yes, sir." Wang Yonggan immediately jumped out of the carriage, then said tremblingly, "Sir, I... I'm incompetent, I don't know where... where that person is..."
Xu Zhengyang raised an eyebrow, his eyes flashing with anger, and Wang Yonggan was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud.
"Go to the city's mansion and investigate yourself." Xu Zhengyang suppressed his anger and took Wang Yonggan into the City God's mansion. At the same time, he ordered the city's records to show Wang Yonggan everything that had happened in the area in the direction of the shooting. Although the city's records were not as all-knowing as they were in Fuhe City and could not immediately analyze who the shooter was, they were enough to show any situation that had occurred in the vicinity. Wang Yonggan was to find out who the shooter was himself.
Having made these arrangements in his mind, Xu Zhengyang looked at Chen Chaojiang, reached out to support him, and said softly, "It's alright, come on, get in the car, let's go to the hospital."
"It's alright, it didn't hit your head, you won't die..." Chen Chaojiang forced a smile, but didn't refuse. He straightened up and walked to the car with Xu Zhengyang's help.
The two armed police officers then noticed that one of the two young men who had committed the assault was injured. Recalling the gunshot earlier, they realized that there were other armed people nearby. They quickly and cautiously looked around and then took out their walkie-talkies to report to their superiors.
Zhang Zhiqiang told the two policemen to guard the scene, while he hurriedly chased after Xu Zhengyang's car and got in.
"What are you doing up here?" Xu Zhengyang's voice was suppressed but filled with anger.
"I'm a police officer." Zhang Zhiqiang said through gritted teeth, suppressing the fear that welled up in his heart. He felt as if a thousand pounds of weight were pressing down on his shoulders, making it hard for him to breathe.
Xu Zhengyang didn't say anything more, turned the car around, and sped south.
Soon, three more police cars sped past and stopped at the entrance of Hedong University. Armed police officers jumped out and set up a cordon. An ambulance arrived, and paramedics examined the injured; thankfully, no one was dead.
Xu Zhengyang is no longer the reckless boy he once was. Injuring a few people in the street is no big deal, but if he kills someone, then he'll be in big trouble.
Not only will the Li family have a hard time cleaning up his mess, but Xu Zhengyang's own identity might soon be exposed. Well, the Li family's son-in-law is indeed incredibly powerful, able to kill someone in the street and escape punishment. Isn't this the same kind of person who runs someone over in school and then boasts about having a father who's a bureau chief?
Xu Zhengyang had no desire to become a great demon despised by the world, as the Heavenly Court's records indicated that doing so would greatly diminish his divine power. Back then, weren't all the gods of the Heavenly Court condemned and weakened for the same reason, allowing a host of evil gods to gain the faith of all living beings through cunning means?
Of course, if they dare to harbor the intention to kill, especially Xu Zhengyang, then they should prepare to die after they recover from their injuries, are discharged from the hospital, and are imprisoned, when no one mentions or pays attention to this matter anymore.
They either commit suicide or engage in a bloody battle; in any case, they are definitely not going to survive.
Currently, Xu Zhengyang and Chen Chaojiang are heroes.
Two men took down seven or eight thugs wielding weapons, earning the admiration and respect of onlookers. The incident quickly spread throughout the school. Indeed, this was the same young man who had smashed a car window with a punch that night, pulled out the keys, and stopped the troublemaker from continuing his rampage. He was also the same young man who had just had a confrontation with a security guard, a department head, and a teacher at the school.
Someone must be deliberately retaliating against him...
Public opinion naturally sided with Chen Chaojiang, and soon, students who weren't under close surveillance posted online, recounting the incident. These posts were heavily influenced by personal imagination, as if the poster knew everything; in short, they were detailed and elaborate.
A chivalrous man who intervened to help those in need, fearless of authority, faced retaliation, and then single-handedly unleashed his domineering power to defeat over a dozen thugs… Soon, someone posted a rebuttal, saying it wasn't one person who defeated over a dozen thugs, but two people who defeated dozens…
This is an era lacking heroes; everyone dreams of being a hero and hopes that one will appear.
...
When Mu Zigang learned that two young men dared to order him to see him, he was filled with suspicion and worry.
The trouble his son Mu Ming had caused kept him awake at night. He rushed to the police station, contacting various parties to try and suppress the spread of the news. As a deputy director of the criminal investigation department with an extremely deep understanding of officialdom and the current state of society, and with some connections behind him, he understood all too well the stakes involved.
However, the sudden appearance of these two young men from out of town only made him more worried.
These days, no one should underestimate anyone. You might run into an old man picking up trash on the street, and if you provoke him, he might suddenly appear at the city government gate with a bunch of medals hanging around his neck, cursing loudly, and no one will dare to stop him; they'll even have to flatter him.
Volume 5, Spirit Official, Chapter 255: If you don't want the gods to know, then don't do it in the first place.
Calculating people always like to do bad things and then pin the blame on others.
Some people are unjustly accused of crimes, while others willingly or reluctantly bear the burden of a false accusation. Of course, whether it's a accusation of crime or a false burden, the most desirable outcome for the instigator is to avoid placing it on anyone's head or back.
So, in all the scheming and plotting, there are always some people who think they are being clever and are actually unaware that they have become pawns in someone else's hands, and they are still happily pleased with themselves.
for example……
Mu Zigang.
He hadn't slept a wink all night. The first half of the night was spent frantically pulling strings and using connections, and the second half was spent constantly contacting his trusted confidants to monitor the situation. Then, out of nowhere, two young men of unknown origin and seemingly powerful backgrounds suddenly appeared.
Who exactly are they?
Mu Zigang used the network within the public security system to find the identities of Chen Chaojiang and Xu Zhengyang:
Chen Chaojiang and Xu Zhengyang are from Shuanghe Village, Huaxiang Township, Cixian County, Fuhe City, Hedong Province. Chen Chaojiang has a criminal record, has been detained, and has spent two years in prison. Xu Zhengyang has also been detained. They are typical rural thugs.
Would someone with real connections be detained and imprisoned? Even if it were possible, surely those criminal records would be erased from the public security system through connections? Leaving them around doesn't leave a good impression. At least, if Mu Ming had those criminal records, Mu Zigang would definitely have them wiped clean.
Mu Zigang was still not at ease. He even investigated the situation of Chen Chaojiang's parents' respective family members, and also investigated Xu Zhengyang's family.
So the conclusion is...
These two bastards have ancestors for eight generations who have never produced a single capable person.
Oh, if we're talking about those who are really capable, these two are definitely the best. They've even both received honors for their acts of bravery.
"Fine, fine," Mu Zigang was furious. These days, there are all sorts of people! There are those who impersonate soldiers to seduce rich girls, those who impersonate Central Committee members to swindle people in local areas, those who impersonate experts to throw bricks… and now, these two country bumpkins are actually pretending to be wealthy young masters with important backgrounds, causing trouble on my turf. Those guys at the Lucky Road Police Station are idiots; they actually fell for their act. But Mu Zigang immediately realized that if he hadn't investigated thoroughly, wouldn't he have been shocked too?
Even in the morning, Mu Zigang was still worried that these two might have other relatives.
So he sent people to follow Xu Zhengyang and Chen Chaojiang.
As it turned out, the two young men who said they were coming to the branch office to see him ate some breakfast and then went to Hedong University.
Mu Zigang was now completely certain: these two guys were just putting on airs. Why didn't they dare come to the station to see me?
So, in a fit of anger, Mu Zigang immediately sent his cousin with his men over. The situation was tense, and he couldn't use his authority to do anything to anyone, lest some people with ulterior motives gossip and add fuel to the fire.
However, my cousin and his group were quite adept at doing these things.
It wasn't that Mu Zigang was narrow-minded and insisted on going against insignificant people, but rather that he felt it necessary to make an example of someone to scare others...
And so, in broad daylight, a shocking scene unfolded at the gate of Hedong University. However, Mu Zigang never imagined that behind the people he had arranged, someone would seize the opportunity to draw a gun and pin the crime directly on Mu Zigang.
Using the car accident as an excuse, Mu Zigang can no longer escape the charge of retaliation.
Yes, perhaps in Mu Zigang's view, even if they suspect that he arranged for someone to retaliate, so what? There is no solid evidence, and in Anping City, which is neither too big nor too small, who can do anything to him?
Mu Zigang was unaware that while he thought he was nervously manipulating events behind the scenes, he was, in fact, clearly in the eyes of many, now a figure of public scrutiny, destined for utter ruin, beyond anyone's salvation. Even his backers, under such intense scrutiny, dared not utter a single word in his defense.
Because his son, and his own actions, were simply unacceptable to these powerful figures.
What's more, now you actually dared to shoot at the Li family's son-in-law. Who can save you now?
Mu Zigang was wronged.
In contrast to him, Xu Zhengyang, although also standing before several forces, was not a background character, but... the protagonist, and could even be the director.