Chapter 768: You

For a moment, Li Tian did not connect Jiang Anbang's injury with his own retaliation against Tang Ye.

After all, how could things be such a coincidence?

The next morning, Li Tian received a phone call from someone.

This person was a gang leader in Dayu County named Gao Ying, nicknamed "Brother Eagle Eye."

"Brother Eagle Eye, what do you need from me?"

Gao Ying frowned, his tone hurried: "Damn it, something huge has happened! A vicious incident occurred in Dayu County last night; the County Magistrate had his leg broken by someone, and now the Public Security Bureau has issued a gang-related wanted order, demanding we hand the people over within a day!"

Li Tian sighed: "I heard about this news yesterday. My father originally intended to discuss the details of acquiring the City Square unfinished project with the Dayu County Government today, but because this happened, the negotiation was postponed directly."

Li Tian was a well-known young master in Yanzhou; he was usually ruthless in his actions and had quite a few connections at his disposal.

Gao Ying had taken the initiative to contact him, hoping to see if he could find some useful clues from him.

"Young Master Li, the people who did it are not locals; they came from out of town. You know many people in Yanzhou, please help me ask around!"

Li Tian had dealings with Brother Eagle Eye before and knew that this man valued loyalty.

Moreover, if Hongling Group could truly secure the City Square project.

There might be a place where he could be useful in the future.

"Sure, I'll mobilize my friends to check for you in a bit and see who exactly is so brainless." Li Tian paused, then asked, "By the way, are there any clues at the moment?"

Seeing that Li Tian was willing to help, Gao Ying's mood eased, and he lowered his voice to say:

"There were six people who acted yesterday; five of them got out of the car and chased after County Magistrate Jiang and the others frantically;

The driver saw that County Magistrate Jiang was trying to run, so he drove straight at him, hit him, and rolled over his leg..."

Li Tian's face had originally carried a hint of curious excitement.

Upon hearing this, his mind went completely blank.

"They? Besides Jiang Anbang, was there anyone else?"

"Yes, there was someone else, you probably don't know him. The Executive Deputy County Magistrate of Dayu County, who just came from out of town for an exchange."

"Tang Ye?"

"Yes, that's right, do you know him?"

"Uh, I think I've heard of him." Li Tian was a bit panicked.

"This matter has blown up too big; the Dayu County Police have all been dispatched, looking for clues everywhere.

If they really can't find the people, they'll eventually have to arrange for someone to take the fall.

That group of people is also cunning; they wore masks the whole time, so their faces couldn't be seen at all."

Hearing this, Li Tian felt slightly relieved. "Sigh, if there's really no other way, we can only find someone to take the fall. I suspect this matter might be related to the City Square project."

"Hmm, that's also a lead. If you have any news, be sure to notify me in time."

"No problem." After hanging up on Eagle Eye, Li Tian immediately called Lao Jin in.

He beckoned to him: "Come closer."

Lao Jin hurried forward, but unexpectedly, Li Tian suddenly roared and raised his hand to give him a fierce slap.

Lao Jin covered his face, staring at Li Tian in disbelief: "Boss, why, why, why did you hit me?"

Li Tian kicked Lao Jin again and said angrily: "Hitting you is letting you off light; I wish I could kill you! You've ruined me!"

Lao Jin said aggrievedly: "Boss, how did I ruin you? You have to be clear."

Li Tian questioned him sternly: "Do you know who the middle-aged man you hit yesterday was?"

Lao Jin's heart skipped a beat, and he stammered: "The lighting was bad at the time, I didn't see his face clearly."

Li Tian kicked him in the stomach twice more: "He is the County Magistrate of Dayu County, Jiang Anbang! Do you know what kind of disaster you've caused?"

Lao Jin was stunned.

Although he was not a man of the officialdom, he knew the weight of the position of County Magistrate.

He had actually driven a car and broken the County Magistrate's leg yesterday!

What a foolish thing this was!

"Last night we originally wanted to deal with the guy surnamed Tang, but he was always staying with County Magistrate Jiang.

Tang Ye is skilled, we had no choice but to shift our target to distract him, otherwise we wouldn't have had a chance to act at all!

If I had known that person was the County Magistrate, I definitely wouldn't have used such force!"

Li Tian suppressed his anger, trying hard to calm himself down:

"Leave Yanzhou immediately, get as far away as you can!"

"Boss Li, we wore masks the whole time we were working yesterday, nobody knew, you don't need to be nervous!"

Li Tian pointed his finger at Lao Jin's forehead, his tone icy: "Get out, I don't want to see you ever again!"

Lao Jin looked at Li Tian in surprise.

He had never seen his boss's eyes look so panicked.

After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said: "Fine, I'll leave right away, but on the condition that you give me some money to run."

Seeing Lao Jin acting like a rascal, Li Tian was helpless.

The other party knew too many of his secrets.

If he turned around and reported him, he would be in deep trouble.

He turned and walked to the safe, opened the combination lock, took out a stack of money, stuffed it into the other man's arms, and said softly: "I was just too agitated, I apologize to you. You hurry and get as far away as you can; still the same thing, if there are no further issues, I will contact you and let you come back to continue working for me."

Having received the money, the grievances Lao Jin felt vanished instantly, and he hurriedly said: "Boss, I'm leaving, take care of yourself!"

After Lao Jin left, Li Tian violently pushed everything on his desk to the floor.

The clattering sound of things breaking filled the entire room—he was completely driven mad with rage.

The reason he dared to deal with Tang Ye was because he knew Tang Ye was an outsider.

It is often said that "a mighty dragon does not suppress the local serpent"; even if Tang Ye was beaten, he had no family or connections in Dayu County and was completely in the dark, so he could only accept his fate.

However, this involved Jiang Anbang.

The situation was completely different.

Although the economy of Dayu County was mediocre, "impoverished mountains and treacherous waters produce unruly people," and the Dayu Gang still held some status in the underworld.

Now that he had offended Jiang Anbang, it was no different from offending the Dayu Gang.

More importantly, his father Li Zhongling needed Jiang Anbang's support to secure the City Square project;

if his father found out that he had instigated people to beat Jiang Anbang, he would definitely be severely punished!

……

Xing Zhijun received a call from County Party Secretary Ou Xiye.

"Secretary Ou, what are your instructions?"

Ou Xiye's tone was extremely grave, "Such a serious incident has occurred in our Dayu County; as the official in charge of the Police system, you must toughen your stance for me."

Xing Zhijun said, "I am already investigating."

Ou Xiye could not be bothered to listen to Xing Zhijun's excuses, "I have no time to listen to your nonsense. Comrade Anbang is your direct superior; don't you feel any guilt in your heart that he has been injured like this?

Furthermore, Tang Ye is an official on an inter-provincial exchange, and his personnel records are with the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department. If you don't investigate this matter clearly, we will just have to replace you with someone else to investigate!"

Xing Zhijun had been a Police officer for many years, but this was the first time he felt a sense of suffocation.

He had been pushed to the edge of a cliff.

At this moment, the door was knocked.

"County Magistrate Xing, County Magistrate Tang is here to see you."

"Ask him to come in!"