Chapter 989: Chapter 959:
Hiss…
Minister Zhang suddenly took a sharp breath. All of a sudden, he realized that his fate seemed to have unknowingly fallen into Ye Chen’s hands. If he harbored any defiance, he feared for his life.
“This is…” Minister Zhang was a bit troubled. He never thought Ye Chen would find him. Minister Zhang’s eyes darted around before he said, “Ye Chen, why are you targeting me? I haven’t done anything to wrong you!”
“Is that so?” Ye Chen chuckled indifferently, biting a cigarette, then said coldly, “Who was behind the Tianya Group incident?”
“Not me!” Minister Zhang shook his head decisively. In fact, he didn’t directly do it, because he was only the one orchestrating from behind. In a way, the killer deserved death, but those behind the scenes often escaped punishment. Even if they exploited legal loopholes, they could sever some connections.
“You didn’t? But the real culprit is you!” Ye Chen snorted coldly, “Do you think I don’t know? Liu Qiang’s mastermind was you. Also, the stock issues of Tianya Group were done by you too. Be honest, was it you? If you dare to argue, I’ll make your life worse than death.”
As Ye Chen spoke, King Guangmu started waving a knife on the side again. He toyed with the knife in his hand, staring coldly at Minister Zhang. The knife in his hand was like the Sword of Damocles hanging over Minister Zhang’s head, terrifying him to the core.
“No!” Minister Zhang hurriedly waved his hands, “I… I admit, I admit it was me causing trouble behind the scenes.”
“Speak, why were you causing trouble? Why target the Tianya Group!” Ye Chen asked coldly.
“This…” Minister Zhang swallowed a mouthful of spit and then said timidly, “Isn’t it because of you? It was you who killed my son, so I held a grudge. I couldn’t deal with you, but I thought I could handle the Tianya Group. I could deal with Li Ruo.”
“What about now?” Ye Chen suddenly produced a dagger as if by magic, and as he gripped the dagger, he approached Minister Zhang step by step and sneered, “Who do you think you can deal with now?”
“I can’t deal with anyone, I admit I’ve lost to you!” Minister Zhang exhaled a turbid breath.
“Sometimes, losing comes with a bloody price!” Ye Chen said indifferently.
“You’re… you’re going to kill me?” Minister Zhang was stunned.
“I can’t leave any hazards behind!” Ye Chen glanced at him and then said, “Especially in Tongzhou City and Jianghuai City, I can’t leave any hazards, not even a tiny bit.”
“No, you can’t kill me!” Minister Zhang hurriedly waved his hands.
“It’s up to you now!” Ye Chen waved his hand and then walked out, saying as he left, “Make it clean and neat!”
“Yes!” King Guangmu immediately nodded.
Then, three people immediately went inside, followed by a dozen or more little brothers. Minister Zhang shouted in horror, “No, don’t kill me, you can’t kill me, you absolutely can’t kill me!”
Watching King Guangmu and his men rush into the room, Minister Zhang tried to escape through the window, but the little brothers blocked his path, leaving Minister Zhang huddled at the head of the bed. The young woman next to him was already pale with fright, trembling under the covers, not daring to move. Minister Zhang was scared stiff like a dog.
“Take him out!” King Guangmu waved his hand. A few little brothers immediately pounced on him, pinned Minister Zhang down, and one by one swung their knives at him. With a single stroke, they chopped Minister Zhang’s head off.
“Ah!!!”
A piercing scream rang out, the sound was extremely penetrating. King Guangmu leapt forward in one swift motion, covering the woman’s mouth, saying, “Damn, if you alarm the security, I’ll kill you!”
“Mmm…” The young woman started crying out of fear, the covers slid off her body, her graceful figure caught the eyes of the other little brothers, and they all shared a predatory gleam. Excitedly, they said, “Boss, it would be a shame to kill such a beautiful woman, how about letting the brothers have some fun first!”
Squish…
King Guangmu slashed down with his knife, chopping the woman’s head clean off, blood splattered, staining the white walls. This left the surrounding little brothers dumbfounded. The little brothers muttered in amazement, “Boss, that’s such a waste, such a waste!”
“Damn, what are you thinking about women for at a time like this, I curse you all won’t grow a penis in your next life!” King Guangmu glared at them.
“Uh, that’s too vicious, boss, how can you be so vicious!” The little brothers all covered their crotches.
“Hurry up!” King Guangmu waved his hand.
The little brothers immediately got into action, hauling buckets of gasoline from the car and splashing it around the room, especially drenching the two bodies with gasoline. Seeing everything in place, the little brothers all walked out of the room, and at the doorway, King Guangmu flicked a cigarette butt inside.
Boom…
Instantly, flames soared as the gasoline on the floor ignited all the cloth items. The fire’s power was immense, and in a flash, everything was consumed. King Guangmu waved his hand, “Let’s go!”
The little brothers rushed down the stairs, the fire spread rapidly, and people inside the residential building started screaming, many rushing outside, all calling the fire department. Ye Chen and others watched as the fire spread from the room below, then waved and said, “Let’s move!”
Two cars quickly left the district. Just after they left, an ambulance roared in. A large fire truck arrived, and firefighters jumped off, pulling out long hoses, one end connected to the fire truck, the other to the hydrant in the community.
As soon as the water cannon was opened, water shot skywards, a massive amount of water sprayed onto the fire source. The blazing fire persisted because of the gasoline, and when it encountered water, it burned even fiercer. The Fire Captain urgently shouted, “No good, there’s gasoline inside.”
“Captain, what should we do?” The firefighters hurriedly asked.
“We can’t use water to spray it!” The Fire Captain immediately said, “Use carbon dioxide extinguishers!”
“Yes!” The firefighters had to switch to a different extinguishing material. Using carbon dioxide was a bit challenging but wasn’t beyond the abilities of the firefighters. Firefighting is one of the hardest and most exhausting jobs, yet they receive the meagerest pay. Compared to those officials who spend all day comfortably in offices, even flirting with female secretaries, the firefighters were truly noble, while those officials, despite earning high salaries, often received shady incomes. It’s like comparing selling cabbages to selling drugs.
The fire continued to blaze, but the firefighters didn’t give up and kept working hard. Though they eventually extinguished the fire, the scene was left in ruins, charred doors emitted wisps of white smoke, and everything in the room was reduced to rubble. Anything that could burn was already gone, and those that couldn’t had lost their original appearance.
“Hey, there’s a corpse here!” Suddenly, a firefighter tripped over something, and as he bent down to check, he discovered it was a corpse. He shouted in shock, “Oh my god, it’s… it’s a corpse.”
“What’s going on?” Other firefighters and the Fire Captain crowded over, everyone gathered tightly, surrounding the body.
“It’s burned beyond recognition, we can’t make out any features!” The Fire Captain frowned.
“Captain, stop looking and call the police right away!” Other firefighters urgently reminded. They’re only responsible for fighting fires, not solving cases, and though they’ve seen many bodies after fires, they’ve never seen one so violently mutilated. The Fire Captain immediately instructed a firefighter to report to the police and ordered others to continue searching the house for any other signs of life.
As the Fire Captain, it was essential to check if there were other living people in the room. Thorough searching became crucial. Soon, another firefighter uncovered a female corpse from the ruins, the throat had been slit.
“Homicide, it’s definitely homicide!” The Fire Captain shouted, “This has to be a homicide wound, otherwise it couldn’t cause such injuries!”
“Yes, definitely homicide!” The other firefighters nodded.
Soon the Criminal Police Team arrived to investigate, learning that there were bodies at the scene, they immediately set out to investigate. The situation aroused the police’s suspicion, why were both people naked, not wearing any clothes?
“Found a wallet in the clothes!” A detective immediately retrieved a wallet from the scene, though it was burnt beyond recognition, its contents were somewhat legible. The Criminal Police Captain immediately said, “Open it and see if there’s anything identifying!”
“Yes, Captain!” The detective nodded, and upon opening the wallet, found that the contents were still somewhat intact. From the wallet, they retrieved an ID Card, though it was singed at two corners, the photo and name were still barely legible. A detective took a look and was instantly shocked, “Oh my god… it’s… it’s him!”