Chapter 75: Catching Sha Meng

Tian Yang Sheng and his men moved fast.

Taking out Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong was a piece of cake for them.

Especially since both Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong assumed Chen Mo wouldn't trace things back to them so quickly and had let their guard down entirely.

That very night, Se Mo Xiong and Sang Bo died silently in their homes.

It wasn't until the next day, when their underlings discovered the two bodies, that a commotion broke out.

Sha Meng quickly received the news from his underlings.

He immediately realized this was Chen Mo's retaliation.

Sha Meng promptly called Bai Tou Weng.

"Uncle Ben, Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong got taken out last night!"

"What happened? Who did it?"

Bai Tou Weng was startled when he received Sha Meng's call and immediately pressed for details.

Even though Dongxing was now weakened, it still ranked in the first tier of Gangdao's Triad Societies.

Though Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong weren't major figures in Dongxing, they were at least two big shots.

With both of them killed at the same time, Dongxing couldn't just let it pass without some response.

"Maybe... maybe it was Chen Mo who did it?" Sha Meng stammered over the phone.

Bai Tou Weng frowned. "What exactly happened? Explain it to me clearly!"

From Sha Meng's tone, Bai Tou Weng sensed that Sha Meng might still be hiding something from him.

Sha Meng immediately told Bai Tou Weng over the phone about the arrangement to have Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong plant drugs at Chen Mo's establishment.

"Are you stupid? If it were that easy to put Chen Mo away, someone would have done it long ago — it would never have been your turn!"

"Go find a place to hide right now, and keep plenty of men around you."

"No, Uncle Ben, why should I hide? Chen Mo has no evidence proving we did this. He killed our people for no reason — I want to go demand an explanation from him!"

Sha Meng immediately retorted over the phone, not understanding why Bai Tou Weng would fear a Chen Mo.

Bai Tou Weng's face twitched with anger as he shouted into the phone: "What explanation are you going to demand from Chen Mo? Chen Mo has no evidence, but do you? Will Chen Mo admit he took out Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong?"

"Besides, do you think Chen Mo is a cop? What evidence does he need? He's already taken out Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong — you think he'll let you off?"

Only after Bai Tou Weng's tirade did Sha Meng snap to his senses, a chill running down the back of his neck.

That's right — Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong had both been taken out. There was no guarantee Chen Mo wouldn't take him out too.

He suddenly felt his current location was no longer safe.

After hanging up, Sha Meng immediately called his underlings over.

"Quick, quick, quick — we're moving somewhere else."

This was the place he spent the most time at, and it would be easy for someone to find him here.

He felt like Chen Mo could take him out at any moment.

Sha Meng took a dozen-plus underlings, got into several cars, and left in a hurry.

Only he didn't notice that behind their cars, two vehicles were following at a steady distance, neither too close nor too far.

"Bang!" — a gunshot rang out.

One of Sha Meng's car's tires was blown out.

The car instantly lost control and plowed straight into the roadside green belt.

"Quick, protect me!"

Sha Meng shouted loudly.

The moment the car lost control, he knew it had to be Chen Mo's people making their move on him.

He just hadn't expected Chen Mo's people to use guns.

Several cars pulled up alongside, and a dozen-plus of Sha Meng's underlings got out and surrounded him, shielding him in the middle.

"Screech—"

A burst of rapid braking sounds, and two black sedans stopped almost simultaneously around them.

The doors opened, and ten men got out — all with buzz cuts, every one of them cold-faced. The one in the lead was none other than Shen Guodong, holding a Black Star pistol in his hand. The other nine swiftly closed in on Sha Meng and his men.

Seeing that the other side only had ten people, Sha Meng's panic eased considerably.

Even though they had a gun, his side clearly had the numbers advantage — surely they could handle a mere handful of people?

"Everyone, charge — hack them to death!"

Sha Meng gave the order, and his dozen-plus underlings grabbed the machetes and steel pipes from their cars and rushed at the opposition.

Shen Guodong said nothing and didn't fire a shot — he just stood by the car watching. The nine ex-soldiers clashed directly with Sha Meng's dozen-plus underlings.

In less than two minutes, all dozen-plus men were down on the ground.

The least injured among them still had severed tendons and broken bones; a few had already gone to sell salted duck eggs.

Obviously — these ex-soldiers weren't ordinary people. They had all been on the battlefield.

Whose hands didn't have a few lives on them?

Dealing with a few street punks was an absolute cinch.

After dispatching Sha Meng's underlings, several men immediately grabbed Sha Meng as he tried to flee, and a single knife-hand strike knocked him unconscious.

"Tie him up and bring him back."

Shen Guodong spat out a few words, then turned and got into the car.

Several men trussed Sha Meng up, stuffed him into the trunk, and drove off.

Back at the bar, Shen Guodong immediately found Chen Mo to report.

"Mo Ge, the man has been brought back!"

Chen Mo took a stack of cash from the drawer and handed it to Shen Guodong.

"Not bad. First lock the person up, don't kill them. This is your bonus for this time, take it back and split it!"

Shen Guodong was startled: "Mo Ge, you're giving us wages; we're supposed to do the work, this...."

He never expected that just kidnapping one person would still earn a bonus, and such a large one at that.

Chen Mo smiled: "Take it! You did a good job, so getting the bonus is deserved."

As for these retired soldiers, Chen Mo values them the most.

If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it enough fodder.

These people have only been in Gangdao a short time, and their personalities are relatively simple and honest.

But those who dare to sneak over are not exactly honest deep down.

Chen Mo certainly didn't want to wait until they got a taste of Gangdao's decadent luxuries, only to be bought off by someone else with money.

Now spend a bit more money to cultivate their loyalty; later, using them will be more reassuring.

"Thanks, Mo Ge!" After a brief inner struggle, Shen Guodong happily took the money.

During this time they've been hanging out with Chen Mo's underlings, and they also know Chen Mo is hardly short of money.

Since Chen Mo offered it voluntarily, he couldn't keep refusing.

Moreover, the money includes shares for another nine people.

After Shen Guodong left, Chen Mo kept waiting in the office for a call from Bai Tou Weng.

He believed that Bai Tou Weng, upon learning that Sha Meng had been arrested, would surely seek him out.

As one of the Five Tigers, Sha Meng's status in East Prosperity is equivalent to that of the twelve gang leaders of Great Prosperity.

His arrest is no small matter.

Bai Tou Weng will definitely try to save Sha Meng's life.

Two hours later, Chen Mo was not surprised to first receive a call from Thirteen Sister.

"A Mo, I heard from Uncle that you took down Sang Bo and Se Mo Xiong, and also captured Jin Mao Hu Sha Meng?"

Chen Mo laughed on the phone: "Sister, did Bai Tou Weng contact you, wanting to take Sha Meng back?"