Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 555 - 132: You Have a Zhang Liang Plan, I Have Shen Qingxi
At six in the evening, Wang Yunxiao and his brothers hastily enjoyed a seafood feast at a small restaurant next to the dock, their faces flushed with urgency.
In those days, the sea wasn’t polluted, and the cold chain wasn’t well-developed, so seafood by the seaside was cheaper than rice, and the price would double five kilometers away from the coast.
The entire dock storage area had already been sealed off and entry was prohibited, with the publicly announced reason being to prevent the spread of pollution.
This explanation had no issues; the pollution was real and quite serious.
You can’t say there’s no problem just because it seems ok. Can a patient who just had a tumor removed feel light and think they don’t need chemotherapy anymore?
Of course, there were solutions to the problem.
Pour a few hundred kilograms of gasoline and let it simmer overnight with a small fire, blow off the roof in the morning, and let the big sun bake it for three days. This would basically resolve ninety-nine percent of the pollution problem.
But why should we go to the trouble and spend the money?
A warehouse issue at Yamazaki Pharmaceuticals doesn’t really concern others. However, with Yan Yu’an having sealed the whole storage area in the name of customs, the impact was not limited to just the Shen Family.
With a dock storage area this large, where there weren’t many in the Seaside District, and with astronomical daily cargo throughput, slight exaggeration aside, sealing off the entire storage area could potentially affect the normal operation of Tianmen City.
And... in such a huge dock storage area, was it only Yamazaki Pharmaceuticals’ warehouse that was hiding filth, while others were spotless and clean? That’s not an easy statement to make.
Tonight, many people would probably have trouble sleeping.
In the few hours from the afternoon until evening, it wasn’t as if no one had tried to strong-arm their way through relying on their solid backing. Yan Yu’an didn’t stop them, but merely had them sign a waiver, taking full responsibility for any issues once inside.
Some unbelievers insisted on entering, and they still hadn’t come out up to now.
There are always people in this world who have an infantile mentality, believing everything they have is a given. They lack the ability to think independently and are also devoid of a normal sense of worry and unease.
After eating the seventh bun and feeling full, they turn around and start to regret the money spent on the first six buns.
They truly don’t believe in the pollution, or even if there is pollution, they think it has nothing to do with them.
Well then, give it a try!
When enough of these stubborn, fearless people went in, things naturally quieted down outside.
If nothing unexpected happened, the Shen Family would have to take certain actions tonight. Either they would turn themselves in to the Special Service Bureau, or they would come to solve the issue... anyway, they had to do something, or the pressure they faced would only increase until it became unbearable.
This was the advice Wang Yunxiao had given to Yan Yu’an—exacerbate the problem.
The Shen Family’s enormity was only relative to these few Little Karamis, but to the interest collective of the entire Tianmen City, the Shen Family was just the Shen Family, with no special halo above their heads.
You’re a vassal of the dragon, and I’m not?
You have backing, and I don’t?
We don’t care about problems in your own house, but when you blow things up and make everyone unhappy, we can’t solve the pollution problem, but we can’t handle you?
In Wang Yunxiao’s view, the best solution for the Shen Family to this problem was to come forward and deal with these troublemakers; otherwise, the longer they delayed, the more unfavorable it would be for the Shen Family.
But still, he overestimated the Shen Family’s bottom line.
After eating and drinking their fill and returning to the storage area entrance, they were met with the elite garrison troops of the Special Service Bureau, armed and already in control of the scene.
Wang Yunxiao thought, you’ve finally entered the fray.
Once the main forces of the Special Service Bureau were on the scene, it wasn’t something that could be easily covered up with excuses.
Wang Yunxiao knew from experience that this group didn’t act without seeing the rabbit—only engaging in tough fights.
Then, he saw Nurse Liu in the Special Service Bureau’s uniform and Huo Qingyang at the door.
The brothers, who were originally lounging around listlessly, instantly became energetic, and even their walking formation became involuntarily tidy.
This was the authority of a teacher. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Back everyone? Had a good meal?"
Wrapped in a military coat, hands tucked in his pockets, Huo Qingyang was still displaying his lazy demeanor. Seeing Wang Yunxiao, he waved his hand to summon him over and jokingly said, "You guys made quite a ruckus, now even the city government is stirred up. The mayor called my office directly, forcing me to work overtime all night."
Wang Yunxiao thought to himself, isn’t this all because you deliberately let things escalate?
Without your various hints and suggestions, would we dare to make such a scene?
"Alright, let me reintroduce you, this is the newly appointed head of the intelligence division, Miss Liu Zhihan of our Special Service Bureau. How fortunate you are to have two senior officials come to clean up your mess!"
I see that Teacher Liu is seriously working, but I don’t know about you.
Wang Yunxiao thought to himself, Commander Huo, what’s with the act? As if I don’t know about the things you two do in private. You even gave me a piece of money to keep an eye on Nurse Liu for you.
Liu Zhihan raised her hand to stop Huo Qingyang’s speech and said calmly, "Just thirty minutes ago, Shen Jianzhen’s granddaughter Shen Qingxi was attacked on her way home and was blown to pieces. Is this incident related to you in any way?"
Ah? Who? Me?
Wang Yunxiao was completely flabbergasted.
How did Shen Qingxi die? What does that have to do with us?
"There’s been a serious contamination at the Yamazaki Pharmaceuticals warehouse, we’ve been here sealing off the scene the whole time. We just went out to swap shifts and grab a meal, how could we have gone out to kill anyone?"
"You have explosives in your possession."
"Teacher Liu, you know me. Something like murder can be done with hands alone; why would I waste something as precious as explosives on a young girl?"
"Hmm, I understand. This is a necessary part of the inquiry process."
Liu Zhihan nodded and said, "But the accidental death of Shen Qingxi has serious consequences. Shen Jianzhen has gone mad. He issued a statement saying that there must be an explanation for the Shen Family, otherwise, he will go to the capital to present a memorial to the emperor."
Ah???
He wants to present a memorial to the emperor?
What on earth is going on with this world? I haven’t filed a complaint, yet he’s going to file one?
Wang Yunxiao was both shocked and perplexed.
Yan Yu’an explained in a low voice, "Shen Family members can die, but not in this manner. After all, our investigation has not yet been made public, and the Shen Family is still seen by outsiders as being close to the President, a noble family. Now they’re publicizing to all that their most outstanding heir died a wrongful death, and it’s only reasonable that we provide a convincing explanation."
"Otherwise, it will be viewed by others as a form of political persecution."
Wang Yunxiao understood what Yan Yu’an meant; it was like the Brocade-Clothed Guard from the past. When later generations of scholar-officials mention the Brocade-Clothed Guard, they always describe them as all-powerful, torturing to extort confessions, and causing widespread injustice... but they never mention whether those who were investigated by the Brocade-Clothed Guard were really wrongly accused.
It doesn’t matter what law I have violated; if you torture me, it’s definitely your fault.
This was the favorite tactic of the scholar-official class to confront and criticize imperial power, and now the Shen Family has recycled it once again.
The reason why a tactic is a tactic, is because it always works.
Now, with the inexplicable death of Shen Qingxi, the Shen Family has suddenly become the victim.
If you don’t provide the Shen Family with an explanation, it will inevitably make others feel the distress of seeing one’s own doom in the misfortune of others.
