Rebirth of the Peak Young Master

Chapter 1451: Points of Suspicion

Hu Zi laughed. "The big guy has ways to get guns. As for the money, I’ll just kill them then. I’m afraid they’ve got more lives on their hands than I do."

"Smart old man! Heh, heh!"

The next day, at the crack of dawn, Jiang Guangrong went out to call on the rich in Yanghe City. Xiao still led his team patrolling the streets as usual.

Soon, three black sedans stopped on Xiao Zheng’s left. The glass window behind the driver’s seat of the lead car slowly rolled down. Inside sat Ye, whom Wu Shang trusted.

Very quickly, the window rolled back up, and the three cars pulled away again.

Xiao Zheng was a bit stunned. He casually sent a few men off to patrol other streets. He went back to the police car, changed clothes, put on a pair of sunglasses, and started wandering aimlessly down the street. After a while, he soon arrived at a café a few hundred meters away.

At this moment, Ye was sitting at a table near the corner by the wall. Xiao Zheng glanced at where Ye was sitting, quickly walked over, and bowed to him. "Brother Ye, how can you come in person? Just sending me a message is enough. It’ll easily expose my identity. If my cover is blown, a lot of things become inconvenient..."

Ye was slightly surprised by Xiao Zheng’s words. Ye Gang had looked Xiao Zheng over several times and still couldn’t figure him out; now, hearing what Xiao Zheng said, Ye started to form his own judgment—meticulous, with a decent overall view. Most importantly, Xiao Zheng’s words revealed absolute loyalty toward Wu Shang, not Wu Xin. That, too, made Ye think highly of Xiao Zheng.

Ye smiled dismissively. "As the head of the Yanghe Public Security Subdivision, bumping into a private friend once or twice—who’s going to care? No one noticed you when you came, right?"

Xiao Zheng shook his head. "No one. I spent more than ten minutes looping around elsewhere before coming to this café!"

"Very good. How much do you know about Jiang Guangrong?"

"Brother Ye, you mean..."

"The number of people Jiang Guangrong is treating to dinner in Yanghe City tomorrow is small. As far as I know, he’s also invited Li Zhi and some political bigwigs. Anything suspicious there?"

Xiao Zheng smiled. "I’ve got reliable people in the Xingwu Gang, Brother Ye. You don’t know how Jiang Guangrong managed to topple Zhong Baitao so quickly. He relied on a few Xingwu Gang bosses headed by Xu Lan. Although Jiang Guangrong is nominally the leader of the Xingwu Gang, not everyone listens to him. Originally, he only invited Li Zhi, because Jiang Guangrong wants to avenge Zheng Xueyun, so he wants to join hands with Xueyun to crush our Rejuvenation Society. However, some major figures led by Xu Lan don’t agree. They think Xueyun is too strong. If they join Xueyun, they’ll just get swallowed. Plus, geographically, Sha City is much farther from Yanghe than Tan Xing is. If they join Xue Yue, once they clash with our Revival Society, never mind whether Xue Yue will come to save them—even if they do come, they might not make it in time. So what Xu Lan is thinking is to side with our Revival Society. In the end, under pressure, Jiang Guangrong had no choice but to broaden the guest list!"

Ye’s eyes lit up and he took a sip of coffee. "So that’s it. I kept wondering how Jiang Guangrong managed to pull things together so fast. Turns out he only got the support of Xu Lan and that lot—that explains it!"

"Brother Ye, although our Revival Meeting has swallowed up the Qingyun Sect, our strength is still not on par with Xue Yue. Only by defeating the Xingwu Sect can we be qualified to duel with Xueyun. Xue Yue understands this too, so they’ve been working hard to win over Jiang Guangrong. Also, I want to stress that Jiang Guangrong is a very emotional man. Our Revitalization Association killed Zheng Xueyun and the former Qingyun Sect people. Jiang Guangrong won’t cooperate with us; he’s very likely to be blinded by hatred. To take revenge on our Revitalization Association, he’ll agree to whatever conditions Blood Moon offers him. This is obvious from the fact that Jiang Guangrong went alone to Muzhou City to raze the Zuo family. So it’s better to win over Xu Lan than Jiang Guangrong. Xu Lan is someone who values profit over righteousness. We can fully exploit Xu Lan’s sect!"

Looking at Xiao Zheng, Xiao Ye was even more surprised. At this point, this guy not only had a cautious read on the big picture, he also had foresight. As long as people like him are given a chance, they can soar at the right moment.

After a while, Ye finally nodded. "In your view, how should we get started?"

Xiao Zheng said, "First, winning Xu Lan’s favor is the top priority. Right now it’s just verbal assurances from him. Today it can still be done. Can one Xu Lan really hold up the sky?"

"Alright, go on." Xiao Ye nodded approvingly and shifted his chair slightly to move closer to the coffee table.

"As far as I know, Xue Yue and Jiang Guangrong have deep ties. Li Xiaoyu’s wife, Sunx Yan, was Jiang Guangrong’s first love back in college. Later on, you—’Hahaha, aren’t you overqualified just sitting in a Police Station? Don’t worry. I can’t guarantee anything else, but what’s supposed to happen will happen. You’ll be brought up later!’"

"Really? Then I’ll thank you in advance! Right, Brother Ye, I’ve been out for quite a while. I have to hurry back. At a time like this, I’m not afraid of ten thousand possibilities, just that one. If something happens, I won’t be able to keep living!"

"Alright, you can go."

Xiao Zheng bowed to Ye again, then quickly left the café.

After Xiao Zheng left, Ye Li stood up and bowed toward a bespectacled man behind him. "He’s more than enough. I never expected Xiao Zheng to be such a rare talent. Someone like that can be enormously useful!"

This man was Wu Shang. Wu Shang nodded in satisfaction. "Mm, I really was blind before. I put him in the Yanghe Public Security Subdivision to keep an eye on Zhao Zhong. Unexpectedly, he’s done a lot. He’s dug up both Xingwu Gang and Jiang Guangrong! On top of that, he can come up with a scheme like this to avenge my wife. Hahaha, excellent!"

"It’s a pity that back when Feng Shao sent Jiang Guangrong into the bureau, everyone pretty much guessed he was a member of the Rejuvenation Association. Otherwise, with his ability, he could’ve gotten close to Jiang Guangrong directly and burrowed into the Xingwu Gang!"

"It doesn’t matter. So what if his identity is exposed? Didn’t he plant people inside the Xingwu Gang anyway? I thought the Xingwu Gang was a solid iron plate. Xiao Zheng’s intel came just in time. Give me his cell number; I’ll contact him directly later! With you and Xiang by my side, plus this Xiao Zheng, our great work is as good as done!"

"Yes!" Ye understood that Xiao had truly won Wu Shang’s favor, and he was delighted. After all, it had been his idea in the first place to get Xiao Zheng placed inside the Yanghe Public Security Subdivision.

Xiao Zheng left the café and strolled around the streets a few more times at random. Then he got into a van, switched to another phone, and put on a Bluetooth headset.

"Brother Mubai! You really are sharp! It really was Wu Shang who came looking!" Though he was talking via the Bluetooth headset, Xiao Zheng’s expression was extremely respectful.

On the other end of the line, Li Mubai sounded very calm as he stretched lazily. "Did you tell Wu Shang what I told you?"

"Yes. Wu Shang was hiding behind Ye. He thinks I don’t know him, but I’ve studied the photo of Wu Shang you sent me for a long time, Brother Mubai! I recognized him at a glance!"

"Good. Listen, over the next few days you must keep absolute distance from the Xingwu Gang."

"Ah? Ye said I should step up surveillance on the Xingwu Gang..."

"Haha, just do exactly that. If I don’t call you in the future, you are not to use this phone to call out. Understand?"

"Yes, Brother Mubai, I understand!"

Li Mubai hung up and laughed. "If you don’t come watch our play, who will? Hah..."

Just then, Jiang returned proudly to the South Building.

Seeing that Jiang Guangrong’s face looked bad, Li Mubai knew what had happened and asked with a smile, "What’s wrong? Ate some ash?"