Chapter 62 : Chapter 62
Chapter 62: Arrest Them!
Li Mu rode his warhorse back toward the forge at a full gallop.
Adjutant Zhang’s side was already checking for the location.
They had taken the people from here, so if Li Mu returned here first, then no matter where they turned up next, he would still be able to reach them as fast as possible.
It was a narrow street, with only two lanes in the middle wide enough for cars.
As Li Mu urged his horse down it at full speed, everyone along the way turned to stare.
When he reached the forge, it was indeed plastered with seals.
Two figures burst out of the fruit shop.
They were Chen Jiafeng and Chen Jiaqi.
“Cousin!!”
Both Chen Jiafeng and Chen Jiaqi had red, swollen eyes.
They were still young and had never encountered anything like this before. They had been badly frightened.
“Get on!”
Li Mu reached out and hauled them both up onto Yaogu’s broad back.
Yaogu was exceptionally sturdy. Even with the two children added onto the saddle, it did not feel crowded in the slightest.
Nor did their weight seem like much to the horse at all.
And when Chen Jiaqi and Chen Jiafeng saw Li Mu riding a warhorse, their hearts settled at once.
That meant their cousin had already earned some real merit in the Abyss-Suppressing Army!
At that moment, Li Mu’s phone rang.
It was Adjutant Zhang.
The instant he answered, Adjutant Zhang gave him a location.
“Tianxin Street Commerce and Industry Department. The security force is already on the way!”
“Good!”
“Do not let your anger get anyone killed. Remember to drag out the real mastermind first,” Adjutant Zhang added as a warning.
“Understood!”
Li Mu hung up and signaled for Chen Jiafeng and Chen Jiaqi to hold on tight.
Then the warhorse charged toward Tianxin Street.
Only after watching them leave did Auntie Lin from the fruit shop step out.
She joined a few nearby shop owners who had gathered to watch.
“My, oh my, this little Li Mu is really something.”
“Can an ordinary person have a warhorse? Li Mu must have military merit by now!”
“I really hope he gives those bastards the punishment they deserve!”
Meanwhile, at the Tianxin Street Commerce and Industry Department, Yang Suying, Yang Yourong, and Chen Jinshi were handcuffed to a pipe inside Fatty’s office.
The office door was left wide open.
Fatty and his group of subordinates were in the main office hall, sorting through the valuables they had just confiscated from the forge.
A forge was not like other businesses.
Business was slow, but the profit margins were high.
After all, they were selling craftsmanship, not just iron.
As long as a transaction happened, it was usually worth several thousand, or even tens of thousands.
So there really was close to twenty thousand in cash taken from the counter.
The underlings had proactively counted out 12,000 yuan for Fatty.
They bundled it into a little brick and handed it over to him ingratiatingly.
“Heh heh, Team Leader Liu, this time the haul isn’t bad at all.”
Fatty Liu grinned smugly and stuffed the money into his pocket.
Another lackey said worriedly, “Team Leader Liu, what are we supposed to do with them? Keeping them cuffed like this doesn’t seem proper.”
Unlike him, they did not have an older brother who was a supervisor, so they were a little more afraid of trouble.
Fatty Liu sneered.
“What are you afraid of? If the sky falls, I’ll hold it up!”
“I’m a team leader in the Commerce and Industry Department. Is detaining a few people really such a big deal?”
“Go draft a confession statement and bring it to me!”
With a wave of his hand, he walked into the office.
Soon enough, someone drafted a confession statement and brought it over.
At this point, Fatty Liu had only one path left.
He had to force Yang Suying and the others to confess and admit to dealing in stolen goods!
As long as they signed the confession statement, he could send them over to the law enforcement authorities.
Then the whole matter would be resolved perfectly.
Otherwise, he really did not dare keep them locked up here for too long, and things would become troublesome.
At that moment, Yang Suying and the other two were cuffed to a low pipe.
The pipe was so low that if they stood up, it would wrench their arms painfully.
So the three of them could only sit on the floor.
With a rustle, Fatty Liu shook the confession statement in his hand.
“Well? Have you thought it over? Are you going to admit the facts of your crime or not?”
“Give it up. We are never going to admit to something we didn’t do.”
“I’m waiting to see how you’re going to clean this up in the end!”
Yang Suying said through gritted teeth.
She had once been the daughter-in-law of the Li family, after all.
When Li Qianfeng had still been alive, Yang Suying had seen far too much.
She had long since noticed that Fatty Liu was feeling guilty.
Otherwise, he would not keep trying to force them into confessing.
Once they confessed, they would be sent to the Law Enforcement Bureau, and then things would truly be over.
She did not believe the Li family had enough power to dare kill them here today!
Fatty Liu flew into a rage.
The only reason this matter had become so difficult was that damned woman!
If not for her, those other two might already have been scared into confessing!
“Fine! Then just keep resisting law enforcement!”
“We’ll see who ends up unlucky in the end!”
“As for you two, are you planning to end up like her?”
“Or do you want to fight for lenient treatment? That’s for you to decide!”
“I’m giving you a chance here!”
As he spoke, he hurled the confession statement hard in front of Yang Yourong and Chen Jinshi.
He was trying to frighten the two of them and use them as the weak point to break through.
“Ptui!”
Yang Yourong gathered up a mouthful of spit and hit the confession statement dead on.
“I’ll confess your mother!”
she shouted angrily.
“Hmph. Hmph hmph! Good, very good!”
Fatty Liu laughed in fury.
Then he ordered, “This room is too dark. Go get a floodlight for me!”
Someone immediately went out to fetch that huge searchlight.
Its terrifying heat and brightness would not just roast a person. It could probably cook an egg in a matter of minutes.
Even a First Grade Martial Artist would not be able to endure it for long.
And most importantly, it would not leave visible wounds. It was perfectly suited for private torture.
Just then, Fatty Liu’s phone rang.
His face immediately broke into a grin as he answered.
“Hey, big brother, what’s up?”
A furious roar immediately came through the phone.
“Bastard, what did you do this time?”
Fatty Liu was instantly baffled.
“Huh? I didn’t do anything!”
He was confused. Sealing the shop had been authorized by his brother.
And besides that, he had not done anything else.
“If you don’t know, then think hard and figure it out!!”
“Before I get there, don’t you dare touch anything recklessly!”
After saying that, Supervisor Liu hung up.
He did not know what kind of trouble Fatty Liu had stirred up either. He only knew that a leader had just asked about this place.
Fatty Liu’s brows immediately knitted together.
“What the hell is going on? Burp~~”
He let out another wine belch, then turned angrily toward Yang Yourong and the others.
“You lot! Stop dragging this out. Sign the confession statement and get the hell out already!”
“I’ve still got real business to handle!”
Yang Yourong had heard that phone call just now.
Her mind was the quickest of the three, and she immediately thought of one possibility.
She sneered at once.
“You dead fat pig, with brains like yours, you deserve to die!”
Before her words had even finished, a string of screams suddenly rang out from inside the Commerce and Industry Department building!
“Ahhh!!”
“Ahhh!!”
The screams came one after another, drawing closer and closer.
While Fatty Liu’s brain was still frozen, several plainclothes security officers rushed in!
“Get down!”
With that explosive shout, a kick as hard as rebar had already arrived, slamming straight into the back of Fatty Liu’s knee.
Fatty Liu was completely dumbfounded.
Were they telling him to squat or kneel??
He was kicked hard enough to collapse to his knees, and a large hand like a steel clamp immediately seized his neck and pinned him flat to the floor!
Several security officers stepped forward, uncuffed Yang Suying and the others, and helped them downstairs.
Everywhere they passed, there were the burly Commerce and Industry enforcement men who had resisted just moments ago.
Now they were all rolling on the ground clutching their stomachs.
These were members of the plainclothes Security Force.
They were the first batch of security personnel to arrive.
The Security Force was responsible for protecting military officers and military family members on the surface, and they were usually stationed in the Military Residential District.
As for the plainclothes Security Force, they usually handled this sort of sudden-operation work.
Because they wore civilian clothing, they could infiltrate quickly and launch a surprise operation without attracting attention.
Naturally, Fatty Liu had no idea who these plainclothes people were.
Only after being pinned to the ground did he come back to his senses!
“How dare you! How dare you!!”
“Who the hell are you people, attacking public officials like this!”
“Do you know who I am? Ahhh—”
Before he could finish speaking, a plainclothes security officer grabbed him by the hair and dragged him outside.
The pain made Fatty Liu struggle violently.
But the more he struggled, the more his hair suffered.
The Security Force did not care whether Yang Suying and the others had actually been dealing in stolen goods.
That was a matter for the Law Enforcement Bureau to investigate.
The only orders they had received were to subdue the thugs and rescue the military family members!