Chapter 202: City Lord Jiang

Just as Zhou Feng had expected.

On the very night Li Gang escaped from the cave.

Dozens of pitch-black military vehicles, like silent steel beasts, silently tore through the night sky of Donghai City.

They did not sound their horns, only the dull friction of tires rolling over the asphalt road.

Finally, the convoy stopped in front of the luxurious carved iron gates of the Zhou Family estate.

The car doors opened in unison.

Over a hundred military soldiers dressed in standard combat uniforms leaped out of the vehicles in unison.

They quickly dispersed, surrounding the entire brightly lit Zhou Family mansion so tightly that not even water could leak through.

The cold, sinister gleam flashing on the barrels of their guns formed a stark contrast with the warm lights inside the estate.

Inside the Zhou Family estate, there was dead silence.

The servants were so frightened that they hid in the corners, trembling.

Liu Yuru and her son Lu Qi were even paler in complexion; how could they have ever witnessed such a formation?

Only Zhou Feng remained seated on the sofa in the living room, leisurely sipping his tea.

It was as if he did not see the solemn-faced military soldiers outside the window, and a hint of calm smile even hung on his face.

The sound of heavy military boots stepping on the floor rang out.

Li Gang strode in, followed by two fierce-looking adjutants.

His well-defined face was filled with undisguised anger and murderous intent.

Zhou Feng raised his eyelids, glanced at the newcomer, and put down the teacup in his hand.

He stood up with a smile.

"Lord Li Gang, what is the meaning of this?"

"Sending so many people over in the middle of the night, did our Zhou Family offend you in any way?"

Li Gang's gaze was like a knife, scraping across Zhou Feng's hypocritical smiling face.

"Zhou Feng."

He spoke, his voice icy and devoid of any temperature.

"Your Zhou Family secretly controls a Secret Realm without reporting it, and sells magic crystals as well as all kinds of precious Materials."

"You also swindled over four thousand Professionals into inhumane enslavement."

Li Gang took a step forward, his Aura like a mountain, pressing down so hard that the air in the living room froze.

"Each and every one of these is a capital crime punishable by the annihilation of your clan."

"Do I need to continue speaking?"

Hearing this, the smile on Zhou Feng's face instantly turned into astonishment and panic.

He widened his eyes, as if he had heard a monstrous joke.

"Lord Li Gang, aren't you taking this joke a bit too far?"

"Our Zhou Family has always been law-abiding, and everything we do is legitimate business."

He spread his hands, showing a look of innocence and grievance.

"We never do things that violate the law and discipline!"

"You must not listen to the rumors of some petty person and wrong us law-abiding citizens!"

Looking at his superb acting skills, Li Gang laughed out of anger.

"Wronging a good person?"

"Zhou Feng, oh Zhou Feng, to this day, you fucking bastard are still playing dumb with me!"

His patience was completely exhausted at this moment.

Li Gang abruptly waved his hand and sternly ordered the adjutants behind him.

"Men!"

"Take everyone in the Zhou Family, old and young, and arrest them all for me!"

"Interrogate them strictly!"

"Yes!"

The two adjutants acknowledged the order and stepped forward to make the arrests.

"Hold on!"

The smile on Zhou Feng's face completely vanished, replaced by an icy gloominess.

He let out a cold snort.

"Lord Li Gang, although you are an official of the military department and hold a higher rank."

"But our Zhou Family is not a soft persimmon that just anyone can knead and squeeze."

He looked straight into Li Gang's eyes, not yielding an inch.

"You say you want to arrest people, so I would like to ask."

"Where is the evidence?"

"You say we secretly control a Secret Realm, then where is the Secret Realm?"

"You say we enslave Professionals, then who can step forward to testify?"

A sarcastic arc curled up at the corner of Zhou Feng's mouth.

"You say we sell magic crystals, that is completely baseless and a malicious slander!"

Hearing this, the anger in Li Gang's chest almost burned away his reason.

"Evidence?"

He grabbed Zhou Feng by the collar and lifted him up from the ground.

"I am the best evidence!"

His eyes were bloodshot, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"This morning, I just escaped from your damned underground cave!"

"I experienced it personally and witnessed it with my own eyes, is that not enough?!"

Lifted in mid-air by him, Zhou Feng was not afraid in the least, and only calmly shook his head.

"Lord Li Gang, you have a mouth on your body, so you can slander our Zhou Family however you like."

"Who knows if you drank fake wine and hallucinated?"

"Mistaking what happened in a dream for reality?"

"You!"

Li Gang was furious, the veins on his arms bulging one by one.

He wished he could punch and shatter this hateful face right now.

"You fucking bastard really won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"

"Fine! You want evidence, right?! I will take you to find the evidence right now!"

Li Gang let go of his hand and dragged Zhou Feng outward like dragging a dead dog.

"Let's go!"

The group hurriedly left the Zhou Family and headed straight for the base of the Radiant Alliance.

At this moment, inside the base of the Radiant Alliance, it had long been completely controlled by the military personnel.

Dozens of professional exploration personnel were holding various precision instruments, conducting a carpet-style search of every inch of land in the base.

Dragging Zhou Feng, Li Gang kicked open the gate of the base.

A soldier in charge of command stepped forward quickly and saluted.

"Report, Lord Li!"

"We have searched this place carefully three times and found no trace of any secret passage!"

"None?"

Li Gang's brows instantly knitted into a knot.

How could this be possible?

When he infiltrated the Radiant Alliance back then, he entered that huge underground cave from a certain room in this base.

Although his head was covered at the time, he could be certain that he had never left the scope of the Radiant Alliance.

How long has it been?

The traces of the secret passage were actually cleaned up completely.

Li Gang turned his head and glared fiercely at Zhou Feng.

"You guys act quite fast."

"To actually seal off the secret passage completely so quickly."

Zhou Feng shrugged with an innocent look.

"What is Lord Li Gang talking about?"

"Our Radiant Alliance has never set up any secret passages."

A "benevolent" smile appeared on his face.

"Right, didn't Lord Li Gang say that you just ran out of a cave opening this morning?"

"Why don't we go and take a look at the cave opening you escaped from right now?"

"That will also clear my Zhou Family's name."

Li Gang's complexion became even more ashen.

When he escaped in the morning, there were pursuers behind him.

He was only focused on fleeing for his life, so how could he still remember the exact location of that exit?

Even if he remembered, that passage was probably long leveled by the Zhou Family, leaving no trace behind.

Li Gang gritted his teeth, every word carrying a bone-chilling coldness.

"Zhou Feng, your Zhou Family truly has good methods."

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the murderous intent in his heart.

"In that case, Chairman Zhou, please trouble yourself to come with us."

Since the physical evidence was destroyed, let Zhou Feng speak the evidence himself.

Li Gang sneered inwardly.

When it comes to interrogating prisoners, their military department has plenty of methods.

Even if it were a piece of iron, he has the confidence to melt it.

The smile on Zhou Feng's face completely vanished.

"Lord Li Gang, since you can't find any evidence, on what grounds are you still arresting me?"

Li Gang corrected him.

"No, no, no, not an arrest."

"It is asking Chairman Zhou to return with us to assist with the investigation."

Saying this, he winked at the adjutant behind him.

The two adjutants immediately stepped forward, grabbing Zhou Feng's arms from left and right, and were about to drag him out.

Zhou Feng's expression sank, and he was about to resist.

Right at this moment.

In the distance, another military vehicle with special license plates drove over at lightning speed.

With a beautiful tail-flick, it steadily stopped in front of Li Gang.

The car door opened.

A middle-aged man wearing a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses walked down from the car.

He looked refined and cultured, with a warm smile on his face, resembling an elegant scholar.

The middle-aged man glanced at the tense scene, and finally let his gaze fall on Li Gang.

He pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and spoke with a smile.

"Isn't this the renowned Li Gang of Dongning Province?"

Seeing the newcomer, Li Gang frowned slightly.

"City Lord Jiang?"

This person was none other than the current city lord of Donghai City, Jiang Haicheng.

Jiang Haicheng's smile remained unchanged as he leisurely walked up to Li Gang.

He patted Li Gang's shoulder, his tone amiable, as if catching up with an old friend.

"Li Gang, when you came to my Donghai City to handle a case, why didn't you even say hello?"

"And just directly arrest people like this."

The smile on Jiang Haicheng's face gradually faded.

The hand holding his glasses gently patted Li Gang's shoulder.

That seemingly casual action made Li Gang feel a heavy pressure.

"By doing this, aren't you… breaking the rules a bit?"