Chapter 136 - 136 135 Fight Begins

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136: Chapter 135 Fight Begins 136: Chapter 135 Fight Begins “Cough cough... Although I’m not from this village... I’d still like to offer a helping hand. If you need it,” Cai Yan said, her blood boiling with excitement as she watched Liu Hun arrange everything. She couldn’t sit still any longer and eagerly chirped in. She couldn’t stand by and watch a story like this—a tale of a small peasant taking down the county magistrate—unfold without being a part of it. “You follow me, we’ll go to the Township Government together to find Director Ren; she’s the most important step in this plan,” Liu Hun said to Cai Yan. He needed a woman who could dance with water sleeves just like the actresses on the stage, and that person had to be Cai Yan. Cai Yan swung her head proudly and smirked with pursed lips, murmuring, “That’s more like it,” just like a favored concubine in the emperor’s harem. “Let’s get this straight, everyone. We can’t afford any mistakes with this! Xie Heguo loves money more than life, so we shall play King Yan this time and take his damned life!” Liu Hun spoke to the group of women around him with eyes filled with confidence and trust. The women surrounding Liu Hun behaved like generals who had received the emperor’s command, seeming to hear the drum beats of war. Liu Hun’s words ignited them, and they all boiled with fervor, just like water in a kettle bubbling furiously everywhere! “Let’s go!” At Liu Hun’s command, the women set off in different directions, while he hurried straight to the Township Government courtyard with Cai Yan. The moment he entered Ren Peiling’s office, before even speaking, Ren Peiling tensely stood up with a swoosh and pointed at the door, “Close the door first!” Liu Hun promptly closed the door, and no sooner had he sat down, Ren Peiling spoke anxiously, “Xie Heguo and Lin Fugui have taken Huang Xiaofeng’s money, and Lin Fugui will definitely increase the investment in the front village. There’s bound to be trouble in the front village!” “It’s already in trouble!” Liu Hun solemnly told Ren Peiling, then shared with her all the information he had gathered and the plans he had put in place. Ren Peiling, who had her fair share of ups and downs in her official career, now felt as flustered as a small, battered boat in a storm. She understood a hundred times better than Liu Hun that if more than thirty-five people died in the front village, not only the whole of Taiping Town but likely the entire party and government team of Anchang County would be wiped out! “Have we... perhaps gone a bit too far?” Ren Peiling asked Liu Hun, twirling her fingers in worry. Despite being an official, she was, after all, a woman. Indeed, when they initially planned this, Liu Hun was confident enough in his Qi to ensure that no one in the front village would die. Moreover, he had cured every villager from the front who visited the clinic. Those days, he had been running back and forth between the clinic and the village. But now, Xie Heguo, Lin Fugui, and Huang Xiaofeng, greedy and utterly devoid of conscience, saw that the sick were getting cured at the clinic, so they did whatever was cruel and whatever was profitable. This led to the current situation in the front village. “The more it’s like this, the more we have to eliminate Xie Heguo!” Liu Hun said to Ren Peiling with unwavering confidence. Now was not the time to let the key person waver. “But... what do you plan to do?” Ren Peiling asked Liu Hun, biting her lip, the painful sensation helping to steady her mind. Liu Hun stood up, fists clenched on the table, and said to Ren Peiling, “Huang Xiaofeng is still in the hospital. Xie Heguo won’t be in the forefront. There are a hundred ways I can deal with Lin Fugui. The front village is like a pus-filled sore! We can only understand the true situation once we burst it open. Getting rid of Lin Fugui and bursting this sore isn’t hard. The hard part is we don’t know exactly what’s inside.” “What’s there to not understand? There must have been deaths in the front village, and not just a few! If it were just sickness, you said it yourself, going to the clinic would solve it. Now, no one has gone for days, it must be... a dire situation!” Cai Yan said to Liu Hun, growing anxious; after all, this was a matter of life and death. Every minute of delay could mean another life lost. Liu Hun turned to look at Cai Yan and said, “If this all comes out, Xie Heguo is undoubtedly finished. But if Xie Heguo becomes desperate and uses every trick in the book, not only might he block the news, but he might also take us down with him... What should we do?” Cai Yan was, at that moment, at a loss for words. In this remote backwater with poor information flow and inconvenient transportation, especially for Wanbao Village, which lies against the mountain, if something really happened... it would send chills down anyone’s spine. She did not dare underestimate the evil and ugliness of human nature. “Then tell me! What should we do now? I’m getting really anxious!” Ren Peiling listened and felt more and more chilled. If they blew the whistle on this matter early, she feared that Xie Heguo would stubbornly hold his ground, and not only he but they too would be shrouded in darkness. If they left Huang Xiaofeng and Lin Fugui to wreak havoc and more people ended up dead, she, Ren Peiling, would also have to bear the blame. “I came today to resolve this! Is the communication channel with the higher-ups still open? Can you contact them immediately?” Liu Hun asked Ren Peiling. Although he didn’t know what Ren Peiling’s channel was, and Ren Peiling hadn’t volunteered this information, when they plotted this, the channel was to be their last resort—the final straw to break Xie Heguo’s back! Ren Peiling paused, then nodded her head furiously like a pecking chicken; suddenly realizing something, she added, “But... but I only have a little bit of evidence on hand! Lin Fugui and Xie Heguo’s offices are tightly secured, I... I thought we had more time to spare, didn’t expect to take action so soon. What should we do?” “I had already taken that into account, which is why I brought Cai Yan here with me!” Liu Hun immediately rummaged for a pen and two pieces of paper from the desk after speaking, then said to Cai Yan and Ren Peiling, “Exchange your contact information.” Although both were clueless about Liu Hun’s intentions, they did as they were told, and Liu Hun then said to Ren Peiling, “Director Ren, go to the county immediately and report everything about the village at the front truthfully through your channels! I’ll collect the evidence right away, and later I’ll have Cai Yan bring it to you in the county, so we don’t waste time.” Not wasting time was just one aspect, but what Liu Hun left unsaid was that this way, Ren Peiling would always be in the dark, so even if something went wrong, the most powerful Ren Peiling would still be the last viable piece on the chessboard! Ren Peiling nodded emphatically, grabbed the available evidence, and left the office like a gust of wind, heading straight for Anchang County. “Tsks! Nicely done, Ren Peiling. No matter what, she hasn’t openly confronted Xie Heguo. As long as Xie Heguo can’t do anything to her, there’s still hope for you,” Cai Yan said with a smirk, unintentionally revealing the most crucial step of Liu Hun’s plan. The astute Cai Yan wasn’t easy to fool, and she felt increasingly that Liu Hun had some tricks up his sleeve, though something still seemed off. “Stop analyzing, just wait for me at Keyunlai Restaurant. There’s more work for you to do in a while,” said Liu Hun, dropping a line before hurrying out of Ren Peiling’s office. “Where are you going?” Cai Yan asked, but received no response and could only wait for Liu Hun at Keyunlai Restaurant. Half an hour later, Liu Hun arrived at Keyunlai Restaurant drenched in sweat, carrying two cardboard boxes, which he put on the table. “What’s all this?” Cai Yan widened her eyes and asked Liu Hun. “I don’t have time to explain, I need to go to the village at the front immediately. The dealings between power and money of Huang Xiaofeng and Xie Heguo, plus the specific details of the chemical project in the village at the front must all be in here! Find them and hurry to Anchang County and give them to Ren Peiling,” Liu Hun instructed Cai Yan, dumping all the documents onto the table. Cai Yan instantly realized what Liu Hun had been up to and said tremblingly, “You... you broke into the Mayor and Lin Fugui’s offices?” No sooner had she finished than she felt something amiss and added, “But shouldn’t these documents be in a safe? How did you manage in such a short time?” “I wish it were, I could even poke a hole through the sky, let alone a safe,” Liu Hun said, then gave Cai Yan a deep look and added, “You’re in charge here, whether we can make this work is all in here!” With that, Liu Hun shook off the beads of sweat on his forehead and took off towards the village at the front. As she watched his receding figure, Cai Yan suddenly realized what had felt off in Ren Peiling’s office—why could this man instantly muster so many people in the face of such a sudden event, and more importantly, why did everyone trust him unconditionally? Suddenly! Cai Yan gave a self-deprecating laugh and muttered to herself, “Aren’t I sitting here doing my utmost to help him? This man really is... quite special!” Finished speaking, she buried her head and started searching through the pile of documents. When Liu Hun reached the village at the front, the entrance was packed; those who should be there were there, and so were those who shouldn’t. There were disciples of the Lin Family troupe, the folks of Wanbao Village, and also the dogs working for Lin Fugui and Huang Xiaofeng. “There’s Liu Hun!” Qin Yue had been anxiously waiting like watching for stars or the moon, and she spotted him as soon as he appeared. As soon as the news of Liu Hun’s arrival, that harbinger of doom, reached him, Lin Fugui shivered involuntarily as if his rheumatic legs had caught a cold draft. Liu Hun stepped into the crowd and bowed, saying to those around him, “Thank you brothers of the Lin Family troupe and everyone for your trust in me!” “Liu Hun! What are you doing bringing such a rabble to the village at the front today? Are you aware that your actions constitute... illegal assembly and causing trouble? You could be jailed for this!” Lin Fugui stood on a stone pedestal, hiding behind a group of thugs. Ever since Liu Hun last caused trouble, he had gathered all the scoundrels, wastrels, and ruffians from the entire ten-mile radius. “Not only do I plan to cause trouble today, but I also plan to stir up a big commotion!” Liu Hun shot Lin Fugui a cold look and then shouted with all his might, “Residents of Wanbao Village, step back! Lin Family troupe, take your orders!” Feeling the ground tremble under Liu Hun’s commanding shout, Lin Fugui’s heart jumped; what... what did he plan to do?

Chapter 136 - 136 135 Fight Begins

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