Dragon Emperor, Martial God

Chapter 377: Kicked an Iron Panel!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Kacha kacha...” There were countless flashes from cameras as all the reporters around recorded and took pictures of this scene. The scene where Ling Yun held Luo Zhong back single-handedly before asking a series of questions.

The people on Ling Yun’s side included Tang Meng, Liang Fengyi, Long Kun, Long Wu, and Dugu Mo. All of them came forward to stand beside Ling Yun and released an incredible aura to help strengthen Ling Yun’s prestige.

The discussions of the folks around them grew louder as each wave was greater than the previous wave. People started talking about how Luo Zhong used his position for personal gain as well as abusing his powers to bully others. Some of them even started scolding him.

When Luo Zhong first received the news that Ling Yun started demolishing the demolition office, he was convinced he finally had a reason and opportunity to arrest him personally. Being excited, he brought over a hundred armed policemen to the scene just to bring Ling Yun down.

However, ever since he met Ling Yun, he suffered blow after blow. First, he was completely humiliated by Ling Yun and suffered a torrent of abuse. Next, he was dumbfounded by Ling Yun’s glib tongue as he flipped the entire situation in his favor. To his shocking discovery, he lost his reason to arrest Ling Yun.

When he noticed that everything was going wrong, he was prepared to leave the scene. Who knew that Ling Yun would step in at this moment to execute a hurricane-like attack on him?

Luo Zhong was surrounded by the media and countless cameras from the reporters. He was forced all the way to the center of discussion among all the spectators around him!

Luo Zhong was panicking, truly panicking!

He never expected Ling Yun to be able to turn the situation around without using any weapons or brute force. Just like that, Ling Yun casually fought his way from a defensive position to a beautiful counter-attack. It was a complete victory that he couldn’t get himself out of!

Luo Zhong’s only thought at this moment was to leave this place as soon as possible. He wanted to break free from Ling Yun before anything else. However, Ling Yun’s hand, which was holding on to his shoulder, was like an iron pincer preventing him from moving a single muscle, let alone walking away from him!

“Ling Yun... You... Everything that you’ve said, the Public Security Bureau is still investigating... There is no final conclusion yet...”

Luo Zhong used the entirety of his strength to resist Ling Yun’s downward force on his body. Both his knees were starting to tremble as he stuttered in his reply.

Ling Yun smiled coldly as he used a little more strength to press Luo Zhong down. After that, he said, “Oh? Still under investigation? So why didn’t you do all of that after you came up with the conclusion of the investigation?”

“Just like how you treated me today? Why didn’t you make sure to find out the truth before bringing so many people to arrest me?

“Unless this is the new rule at the Public Security Bureau? That you don’t have to investigate anything, and as long as you find that there is a problem, you can arrest anyone you wish? Seal anyone’s house? Or freeze anyone’s bank account?”

After saying all that, Ling Yun turned back to Long Wu to ask loudly, “Great lawyer Long, is this what people do at the Public Security Bureau nowadays?”

Long Wu laughed as she intentionally replied loudly, “Of course not! It’s actually illegal for the Public Security Bureau to do any of that before having definite evidence!”

Ling Yun smiled in satisfaction as he turned back and asked Luo Zhong, “B*stard, did you hear that? Everything you did earlier is against the law!”

“As a law enforcer, breaking the law openly and recklessly trampling on the legitimate rights of the ordinary people... I really don’t know how you became the Director of the Public Security Bureau!”

“This...” Luo Zhong’s face turned green as he was no longer able to catch up with what Ling Yun said. All he did was give orders to his men, saying, “Hurry, stop all of these reporters from filming. Some of them are even live-streaming this...”

Nothing else mattered more than his own future. If everything that was happening here was broadcast, Luo Zhong knew that he would no longer have a future!

As long as there were no strong bureaucratic competitors like Li Yifeng and Tang Tianhao around, such trivial matters didn’t mean much to Luo Zhong. All he needed to do was to find a spokesperson after the incident to come up with some excuse.

If everything today wasn’t broadcast, he would merely be an embarrassed official for a while. In his official career, this wouldn’t even leave a small stain.

However, things weren’t as simple as they seemed. Even though Li Yifeng and Tang Tianhao were in a passive state, they were also making a supreme effort to deal with this. They were constantly gathering all sorts of problems caused by Xie Zhenting and Luo Zhong as they continued to wait for them to make a blunder!

In this bureaucratic war, one careless move and the whole game was lost!

To be honest, Luo Zhong didn’t need to come out personally today. Unless it was a shocking case where many people died, there was really no need for an official of his status to be there personally. Moreover, this wasn’t in line with his prudent character.

However, they were out to arrest Ling Yun today! Ling Yun was a heavyweight in the war between the two parties in Qingshui City!

If Luo Zhong and Xie Zhenting knew how to be prudent, why wouldn’t Li Yifeng and Tang Tianhao? The problems of the two of them were both on Ling Yun!

Li Yifeng was only being inspected because he sold two mansions at half price to Ling Yun. Tang Tianhao dispatched the police for Ling Yun and was unable to explain and provide the whereabouts of Sun Xing and Niu Fenjiao. This was why he was suspended by his higher-ups!

As long as Luo Zhong arrested Ling Yun and brought him back to the police station, he had multiple ways to make Ling Yun guilty of all those crimes. Following that, he would be able to implicate Li Yifeng and Tang Tianhao. They wouldn’t be able to free themselves from it and would eventually fall from power!

In a crucial time like this, the capability to arrest Ling Yun and restrain him became the key to attaining victory in this bureaucratic war in Qingshui City!

Luo Zhong only came out with such force because he knew the importance of Ling Yun. This was why he arrived in such a grand manner and wanted to arrest Ling Yun immediately.

This was a crucial step!

Otherwise, even if someone tried to demolish an entire ten-story building, Luo Zhong wouldn’t come down personally to stop him, let alone a small demolition office.

What he never expected was that everything here was part of Ling Yun’s plan to lure him out!

He was even more shocked that Ling Yun didn’t show the slightest hint of fear in front of hundreds of armed policemen. With over ten dark rifles pointed at him, not only was he able to smile and laugh so casually, he even dared to curse at the Director of the Public Security Bureau.

Not only was Luo Zhong unable to arrest Ling Yun, but he fell into a deep sinkhole himself. He had instantly turned into a joke being pointed out by a lot of people!

After considering the severity of this matter, Luo Zhong couldn’t be bothered about anything else. He quickly used his authority to stop all the reporters from filming any further.

The pity was, it was too late, way too late! Not only was he late, but he was also completely incapable of implementing his order too. This was because he wasn’t the only one with manpower. Ling Yun had manpower on his side too!

Long Kun gave his orders, and the hundreds of brothers from Green Dragon started squeezing forward. They stood in front of the reporters and blocked off the policemen who were about to move.

Long Kun smiled faintly as he said, “Why? Director Luo, didn’t you want all of these reporters to broadcast how impressive you look when you’re trying to arrest Ling Yun? Now that the tables have turned, you want to confiscate their cameras?”

Ling Yun chuckled as he said, “B*stard, do you really think you can do anything you want in Qingshui City just because you have some authority?”

He looked Luo Zhong dead in the eyes as he turned to the reporters surrounding them. “Film! Film everything you can! The common folk in Qingshui City have the right to know everything!”

“Let everyone in Qingshui City know that our Public Security Bureau is led by a b*stard like Luo Zhong. Someone who loves to slander good people, trample on common folk’s legitimate rights, and arrest people as he wishes!”

After saying that, Ling Yun let go of Luo Zhong’s shoulder and pat it twice. “B*stard, can you finally resolve all the issues I mentioned earlier?”

Luo Zhong’s shoulder was swollen from Ling Yun’s pressing. After so many years of living like a prince, who dared to touch him?

He lifted his hand to knead his own shoulder, and all he felt was a fiery pain. At the same time, he was racking his brain, wondering how he could get through the crisis in front of him.

He finally realized that it was impossible to leave this place before he resolved every issue mentioned by Ling Yun.

Luo Zhong could only think of ways to calm Ling Yun down to ensure that he could leave this place safely and quickly. He wanted to think of a plan to exact his revenge once he returned to his Public Security Bureau.

“Ling Yun, I believe you might have misunderstood everything. To be honest, everything you mentioned has been handled by the low-level policemen of the bureau. I have absolutely no idea...”

Luo Zhong calmed himself down as he analyzed the current situation he was in. The first thing he needed to do was shift the blame and responsibility elsewhere.

“However, since you mentioned this here, it seems like all those workers didn’t follow procedure strictly when handling this case...

“I’ve only heard of all these issues from you...”

Ling Yun and Tang Meng smiled at each other but didn’t react violently to that. Instead, Ling Yun replied faintly, “I have no interest in hearing your explanation here. All you need to do is to tell me how you’re going to resolve everything.”

Ling Yun wanted a conclusion!

After forcing Luo Zhong into a corner, his first step was naturally to revert all the unfair treatment Luo Zhong imposed on him and his friends. He wanted to turn from being passive to active!

A stern expression was on Luo Zhong’s face as he replied with all seriousness, “Your family’s house has been razed by the collaboration of the demolition company and Street Administration. We take this matter very seriously, so we will definitely get to the bottom of it and punish the culprit! I will give you an explanation that is to your satisfaction!”

Ling Yun smiled as he reminded him, “Don’t forget about those bandit officials on your side. They stuck their foot into the situation here as well!”

Luo Zhong simply nodded without much of an expression. “Secondly, our Public Security Bureau hasn’t received any reports of people destroying your clinic. But since you mentioned that, we will certainly send people to look into that...”

Ling Yun knew that Luo Zhong was acting, but he simply nodded his head. “And?”

What Luo Zhong mentioned earlier, Ling Yun had already settled himself. Of course, he didn’t need the Public Security Bureau’s help to settle that. The following few points were key.

Luo Zhong twitched his mouth as he swallowed his saliva. “You mentioned that your friend, Tie Xiaohu, has been arrested, right?”

Ling Yun nodded coldly as he waited for him to continue.

Luo Zhong was used to acting, so he calmed himself and was finally able to speak frankly and with assurance. He spoke neither too fast nor too slow. “I did hear about this case previously. It seems that your friend is a suspect in a case concerning the cheating and blackmailing of a company involving over tens of millions. This...”

Ling Yun chuckled coldly. “Stop bullsh*tting me! You don’t have to beat around the bush and waste my time. I’m telling you now that when that incident happened, Tang Meng and I were both at the scene. That company owed us a sum of money, and we were there simply to collect the debt!”

When Ling Yun saw that Luo Zhong was still trying to fight back, he was naturally not going to let him succeed. He instantly disrupted his words.

The first thing Ling Yun did was scold him, which made Luo Zhong frown. He replied in an awkward manner, “But when the manager of Qingyun Productions reported the case to us, he mentioned that this debt never existed and that you guys forced him to type out the IOU...”

Ling Yun replied faintly, “Oh? So now the bureau only listens to one side of the story? Everything he says is true, and everything we say is a lie? We still have the IOU from Qingyun Productions. He is clearly trying to not pay us back, so is it wrong for us to find him to pay us back?”

Luo Zhong was really forced into a corner by Ling Yun, and he wiped off the sweat on his forehead. “Which is why we have to look further into this...”

Ling Yun asked, “What is the conclusion of the investigation? Is it a case of cheating and blackmailing?” After asking that, Ling Yun’s right hand shot to Luo Zhong’s shoulder at lightning speed.

Luo Zhong seemed like a person who wouldn’t be frightened unless he saw his coffin. Ling Yun was no longer in the mood to waste any more time with him, so he wasn’t standing on any ceremony with this move.

Luo Zhong felt immense pain in his shoulder and shouted ‘ah’ uncontrollably. His expression turned ugly as he realized his shoulder bone almost cracked because of Ling Yun!

Gou Lianshan and Tian Botao looked pitifully at Luo Zhong. They wondered why Luo Zhong was still trying to show off his authority in this place and wasting Ling Yun’s time.

While Ling Yun had yet to take out the recordings, it was best for him to resolve these issues quickly and leave this place...

Luo Zhong turned pale as he looked fearfully at Ling Yun. How could someone have such strength?

Ling Yun stared coldly back at Luo Zhong, his eyes as sharp as a sharpened knife. Murderous intent filled the air, and he looked incredibly fearsome.

Luo Zhong suddenly felt a drop in temperature around his body, which made him shiver subconsciously.

He felt an unknown fear as he subconsciously said, “No, this is not a case of blackmailing and cheating... Since there’s an IOU, of course it’s not blackmailing...”

After saying that, Luo Zhong suddenly felt an ice-cold shiver in his heart. He realized that he really did kick an iron panel this time! Ling Yun never cared about him and even disregarded the authority that he had!