Chapter 64 : Chapter 64
Chapter 64: Go to the Li Family and Arrest Them!!
Supervisor Liu’s voice was filled with terror.
He was obviously extremely sensitive to the three words Swordbearers Hall.
The Swordbearers Hall.
It bore the sword for the people, and its blade was reserved for corrupt officials.
It was a special institution dedicated to dealing with officials.
By Li Mu’s understanding, the Swordbearers Hall was actually more like the “Eastern Depot.”
Besides wielding sweeping powers of official oversight, it also served an important role in dealing with the Heaven Society.
At critical moments, it could even execute first and report later.
Some corrupt officials would rather die than fall into the hands of the Swordbearers Hall.
As for the structure of government offices in this High-Martial World, take Fatty Liu for example.
He was only a team leader, yet even that was enough for him to throw his weight around in front of ordinary people.
Above a team came a section, which was Supervisor Liu’s level.
Above a section came a ministry, which was the level of Lu Chenfeng’s father. Li Cangcai, meanwhile, was a deputy at that level.
Above a ministry came a bureau, which was Bai Tiewei’s level.
Above a bureau came a hall. Li Mu had not yet met anyone at that level.
Above a hall came the court, meaning the central authority.
A branch was roughly equivalent in rank to a section. In more civilian departments like Commerce and Industry, that tier was called a section. In force-based agencies like the Law Enforcement Department, it was called a branch.
Of course, functional differences also led to differences in status. Quite often, it was not unusual for a Minister of the Law Enforcement Department to treat a Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Commerce and Industry Bureau as beneath notice.
After hearing Supervisor Liu spill everything, Li Mu gave a cold snort.
At last, the Li family had handed him a real handle to seize!
“Do you have evidence of their bribery?” Li Cangcai asked again.
“Yes... yes! I have their transfer records!”
“I’m asking about the details of how the bribe was negotiated!” Li Cangcai barked.
Transfer records, combined with his and Wu Zhiyou’s testimony, would only be enough to pursue the bribery charge alone.
And even then, the Li family would still try to wriggle out of it.
Supervisor Liu instantly began sweating like rain.
The Li family banquet had been one he attended personally. How would he have dared record the details of that conversation at the dinner table?
And even if he had recorded it, they had all spoken in extremely veiled terms at the time.
When leaders and high-ranking family figures talked, they were often very indirect.
It was not because they were trying to act profound.
It was precisely to prevent this kind of incriminating handle from ever falling into someone else’s hands.
At that dinner, neither he nor the Li family had mentioned bribery even once.
They had only spoken about that fish, using its price to settle on the amount of the bribe.
Even if a recording existed, it would not be of much use.
But as Supervisor Liu anxiously studied Li Mu’s expression, he saw only icy indifference and murderous intent.
He understood perfectly well that the real master of the situation today was Li Mu. If this fiend was not satisfied, there was no way he would survive.
Li Cangcai reminded him again, “Think carefully. Exactly which member of the Li family ordered you to plot harm against military family members?”
A flash of realization struck Supervisor Liu.
That was right. The greatest crime today was not bribery at all.
It was attempted harm against military family members!
He and his younger brother were the ones who had actually carried it out. They had already truly committed the crime of harming military family members.
Li Cangcai’s words were a direct reminder.
The Li Mu standing before him would never be satisfied if he mentioned only the Li family’s bribery.
What Li Mu wanted was a more serious consequence!
If he did not drag the Li family into the water now and redeem himself by exposing them, then when would he?
He immediately began to howl in tears.
“It was Li Dayong and Li Zhi from the Li family! They were the ones who told us to target the forge!”
“We really were kept in the dark. We didn’t know the forge had military family members.”
“But Li Dayong and Li Zhi definitely knew!”
The moment Supervisor Liu said that, Li Mu’s expression visibly eased.
It was obvious that Li Mu was satisfied!
And Li Mu truly was satisfied.
He could not help thinking that Li Cangcai really was a clever operator.
The moment Li Mu heard Supervisor Liu say the Li family had offered a bribe, he had been dissatisfied.
That crime alone could not truly damage the Li family’s foundations.
But premeditated attempted harm against military family members was a different matter entirely. That was exactly the blow Li Mu wanted to deliver straight to the Li family’s main artery.
He had not expected that with a little guidance from Li Cangcai, Supervisor Liu would bite down directly on Li Dayong and Li Zhi.
Li Cangcai turned and shot Zhao Jinhe a look.
Zhao Jinhe quickly stepped forward to stand beside Li Cangcai, then said to Li Mu, “Wolf Guard Li, the Li family bears a grudge against you, yet they actually dared to use bribery to harm military family members. That is a grave crime!”
“Rest assured, I will lead people to arrest the criminals immediately! We will investigate this matter thoroughly and give you an explanation!”
Li Cangcai nodded in agreement.
“That’s right. Although our Commerce and Industry Department produced a rotten apple—”
“I will definitely do proper work on their thinking and make them confess every detail of the bribery, so they can atone for their crimes through merit.”
“We will fully cooperate with the Law Enforcement Department’s investigation!”
At this point, even Supervisor Liu himself wailed as he shuffled forward on his knees.
He banged his head repeatedly against the ground before Li Mu, tears and snot running down his face.
“Wolf Guard Li, rest assured! I’ll confess honestly! I’ll definitely make the Li family pay the price! I’ll definitely turn over a new leaf!”
Li Mu said to Zhao Jinhe and Li Cangcai, “Then I’ll trouble the two Vice Ministers with it.”
After saying that lightly, he turned and walked over to his mother, Yang Suying.
Yang Suying and Yang Yourong had long since been completely stunned.
Chen Jinshi, Chen Jiafeng, and Chen Jiaqi were equally dumbstruck.
They had watched the entire thing unfold with their own eyes.
Two figures at the rank of Vice Minister had bowed and scraped in front of Li Mu.
And that Supervisor Liu, who had just been laughing and telling Li Mu to do him a favor—
in the next breath, he was kneeling on the ground and smashing his head into it, begging Li Mu to spare his life!
As for the swaggering Fatty Liu, he had turned out to be the very lowest creature in this entire judgment.
At this point, he was trembling like a lump of mud, having already scared himself half to death.
His own elder brother had to fight desperately to bite the Li family to death just to barely preserve his own life.
As for him, he was almost certainly doomed.
Yang Yourong and Chen Jinshi exchanged a glance.
When the forge had been raided, they had thought this time they were truly the ones in deep trouble.
Who would have imagined that it was the other side who had landed themselves in disaster...?
Chen Jiafeng and Chen Jiaqi were even more shaken out of their wits.
Their cousin!
Was a Junior Wolf Guard!?
He was a military officer!
“Mom, let’s go home.”
Li Mu reached out and gently rubbed the bruises on Yang Suying’s wrist.
Her eyes glistened with tears as she lifted her head to look at her son’s face.
They were filled with pride!
Faintly, within the blur of tears, Li Mu’s face gradually became indistinct.
For a moment, Yang Suying seemed to see her long-missed husband, Li Qianfeng.
He too had been an outstanding talent, a man who had made a great name for himself before the age of twenty!
The Security Captain raised a hand and made a signal.
A group of security personnel quickly came over and surrounded them, escorting Yang Suying and the others onto a military vehicle.
Before getting in, Li Mu said to Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Chenfeng, “The mood got ruined just now. Come sit at my place for a while.”
Although Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Chenfeng had not been able to offer any substantial help in the end, they had still come because they intended to help.
If Li Mu had not resolved the matter with his identity as a Junior Wolf Guard, Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Chenfeng would still have used their own connections to help him settle it.
He had to acknowledge that favor.
The two nodded, and Li Mu got into the vehicle first.
The mounted security force also quickly withdrew back to the Military Residential District.
What they left behind was a group of law enforcement officers beginning to detain the relevant personnel from the Commerce and Industry Department.
Li Cangcai and Zhao Jinhe quickly walked over to Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Chenfeng.
“Young Master Zhang, Young Master Lu, please be sure to say a good word for us,” Zhao Jinhe said with a clasped-hands smile.
Although handling this matter properly and satisfying Li Mu was important, their ultimate goal was still to establish a good relationship with him.
“Doing the job well matters more than anything else.”
Zhang Zhiwei smiled faintly, then got into the car.
Lu Chenfeng, meanwhile, shot Zhao Jinhe a look, telling him to move quickly and show his attitude.
After all, in this whole matter involving the Law Enforcement Department, Li Mu was also watching how Lu Chenfeng responded.
After bowing and seeing the two young men off, Zhao Jinhe drew a deep breath, and the imposing bearing of a Vice Minister of the Law Enforcement Department rose sharply around him.
With a sweep of his hand, he barked, “Four vehicles will take these people back! Everyone else, come with me to the Li family immediately!”
“Arrest them!!”