novelraw Chapter 809 826: No Escape
Chapter 809 826: No Escape
After hanging up the phone, Liu Yuanzhong nodded, "Shen Ji Yang will be here soon!""Hehe! That's good then!" Lin Mu nodded and smiled.
About twenty minutes later, Shen Ji Yang hurried over.
"Is Mayor Liu in?" Shen Ji Yang knocked on the door from outside.
"Come in!" Liu Yuanzhong responded from inside the office.
Shen Ji Yang pushed the door open and walked in with a smile, but the next second, he saw Lin Mu sitting on the sofa smoking, and he was momentarily stunned. Obviously, he was quite surprised. What was Lin Mu doing here?
Of course, it could also be that Lin Mu was discussing other matters with Liu Yuanzhong. Shen knew about Lin Mu's good relations with government personnel, so he was only instinctively surprised but quickly returned to a normal expression!
"Haha, so Boss Lin is here too." Shen Ji Yang said with a chuckle.
"Yes, Director Shen, you're finally here. We've been waiting for you." Lin Mu said with a chuckle, but that laughter made Shen Ji Yang feel uncomfortable.
"Waiting for me? Waiting for me for what?" Shen Ji Yang asked, perplexed, sensing a vague foreboding, but his expression remained calm and unruffled.
"Director Shen, hehe, I don't know if I should still call you that now?" Lin Mu exhaled a puff of smoke.
"Boss Lin, what do you mean?" Shen Ji Yang's brows furrowed, and his tone had changed.
"Director Shen, things have reached this point, so I won't beat around the bush, and you don't need to act either. To be honest, the Heaven and Earth Society is now under my control. In our last operation, we took out Chekov, then subdued Huo Yanggen and the Heaven and Earth Society. I've long known about the issues between you and Huo Yanggen, and I also know that you're the Tsar Organization's informant in Wancheng. Hehe, am I right?" Lin Mu sneered, revealing the truth.
Upon hearing Lin Mu's words, a flash of shock crossed Shen Ji Yang's eyes, and his body involuntarily trembled, but he was a cunning old fox, and the unnatural expression disappeared almost instantly. "Haha, Boss Lin, what are you talking about? I don't understand. Mayor Liu, you didn't call me here just for this, did you?"
"That's right, calling you over is indeed about this matter. Our City Government has received Lin Mu's report, saying that you have connections with international underground organizations. So we called you here to clarify!" Liu Yuanzhong spoke up.
"Haha, ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. Me, connected with international underground organizations? I'm a legitimate director of the Wancheng West District Public Security Bureau, a true new Wan person, how could I have any connections with international underground organizations? Absolutely ridiculous! Mayor Liu, we are all party members! You need to be responsible for what you say! You're the mayor, and I respect your words, but you also need to provide evidence! You say I'm connected with Russian Black Forces, fine, I'll keep quiet, but show me the evidence!" Shen Ji Yang sneered, confident that his actions were flawless, with no loopholes.
And Shen Ji Yang was also sure that Liu Yuanzhong and Lin Mu had no evidence at all. If they did, would they still call him here for a chat? If they had evidence, they would have already brought in the disciplinary inspection commission!
Liu Yuanzhong remained silent, while Lin Mu stood up, stepped forward, and patted Shen Ji Yang on the shoulder, "We don't have any evidence now, which is why we're looking for evidence! Isn't the Tsar Organization planning to act tonight? Okay, we'll catch a few people, and then we'll have them confess and show you the evidence!"
"What Tsar Organization? I'll wait for you guys then, and I'll see what evidence you can produce!" Shen Ji Yang sneered and hurriedly walked out! He knew he couldn't stay here any longer and had to inform the others to quickly cancel the night's operation.
"Hehe, Director Shen, are you really naive, or are you pretending to be? Do you think you can leave now?" Lin Mu sneered.
"Lin Mu, you..." Shen Ji Yang glared at Lin Mu, his face darkening like an impending storm.
"Director Shen, you temporarily can't leave now, you must stay and cooperate with our investigation. If this matter has nothing to do with you, we'll release you, and we'll even give you an explanation. So you'll have to bear with us!" Liu Yuanzhong, sitting at the office desk, spoke more gently.
"On what grounds? You don't have the authority now. I'm the director of Wancheng West District, and if you detain me without the proper legal documents, I can accuse you of violating my personal freedom!" Shen Ji Yang said agitatedly.
He knew that once he was detained and lost contact with the outside world, he'd be done for!
"Hehe, Director Shen, things aren't as complicated as you think. We just want to keep you here for now. Rest assured, if there's no evidence, you won't stay here long. Of course, if there is evidence, you won't stay here long either, but you'll be staying elsewhere for a very long time!" Lin Mu chuckled, patted Shen Ji Yang on the shoulder, and made a meaningful expression.
Shen Ji Yang knew that it wouldn't work arguing with Lin Mu, as Lin Mu wasn't part of the officialdom, and the law didn't have much impact on him. However, Liu Yuanzhong was different. He was a bigwig in Wancheng's official scene, knowledgeable about the law and couldn't afford to break it. So Shen Ji Yang turned his gaze to Liu Yuanzhong, "Mayor Liu, you are a guardian of Wancheng, and should understand the word 'law-abiding,' are you also going to break the law knowingly? We're all party members, and just because you're the mayor doesn't mean you can ignore the law. Do you have evidence against me? If you do, fine, handle me as you see fit, but if you don't, you have no right to restrict my personal freedom!"
Shen Ji Yang spoke with a very firm tone. At this point, to extricate himself, he had to rely on the law, making his stance firm and forcing the other side to yield. Liu Yuanzhong is the mayor, and he can't resort to gangster-like coercion!
Arguing anything else with Liu Yuanzhong was pointless now. He had to play the legal card, pressuring him with the law, and adopting a domineering stance to force a compromise. Shen Ji Yang didn't believe Liu Yuanzhong, as the grand mayor of Wancheng, would treat the law like child's play?
"Director Shen, this matter is extraordinary. I'm doing this for everyone's benefit and for the party's discipline. I hope you'll cooperate! I'll naturally provide you with reasons for my actions. No matter what happens now, no matter what arguments you make, it's useless. Even if you accuse me of breaking the law knowingly, I still say the same thing: you will temporarily assist us in our investigation for 24 hours, and if there's no evidence after a day, I will personally apologize to you, and won't shirk my responsibilities!"