Chapter 751: with translation of chapter title

A sharp, ear‑piercing gunshot rang out, and everyone's heart gave a jolt.

As long as Su Yang is beaten to death on the spot by Geng Le and Geng Biao, everyone present here will be punished, one and all.

Sun Chengjun's eyes turned red, and at the exact moment the gunshot rang out, he also fired a shot at Geng Le.

Only Executive Deputy Chief Bai Xue tao, with a smug smile curling at the corner of his mouth, had achieved exactly what he wanted—just

He then had someone secretly fire a shot, just to provoke Geng Biao and Geng Le into shooting Su Yang. As for the fact that those two were wearing bulletproof vests, he had known about it all along; this way, the task arranged by Geng Miao was perfectly completed for him.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, and they didn't have time to react further.

However, Bai Xue tao's mouth, which had just been slightly upturned, suddenly twisted into a grimace the moment he saw the scene. He muttered, "How is this possible? What's going on? Who fired the shot?"

By now Sun Chengjun could see clearly that Su Yang was still standing there unharmed, while Geng Biao and Geng Le's wrists holding the guns had been pierced through, and their two bulky black handguns fell to the ground.

Adding to the shock injuries they had just suffered and their preexisting wounds, the two clutched their wrists and wailed, lacking even the strength to pick up their guns.

Seeing this turn of events, Bai Xue tao immediately realized there must still be someone nearby. He shouted, "Fire! Shoot them dead for me!"

At that moment, Su Yang flashed forward, blocking in front of Geng Le and roared, "Nobody move—no one is allowed to fire!"

Sun Chengjun followed up with a hoarse shout: "Whoever dares to fire a gun will be dismissed on the spot!"

It was somewhat inappropriate for a mere Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau to shout that; his rank was far too low for such authority, but he had Zhou Ruohan and Old Zhou behind him.

As long as Old Zhou gets angry, I believe officials below the bureau level would really be dismissed and investigated—let alone the people present here, who don't even hold such high ranks.

Originally, those officers who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to fire were completely blocked from Su Yang's line of sight; even if you gave them a few extra courages, they would absolutely not dare to shoot at Su Yang.

"Everyone fall back! Bureau Chief Sun, come over and take them into custody! All other comrades, take up perimeter guard—no one is allowed to move about!" Su Yang said, calming his racing heart.

The moment he stepped out of the car just now, his heart had actually jumped to his throat. If those two bastards really had no martial decency and lifted their hands to shoot him in the back of the head, even with eight lives he would surely die today.

The reason he knew of this danger yet dared to act was because he trusted Song Zhong. Indeed, he had contacted Song Zhong before setting out; Song Zhong had already laid an ambush in the periphery before the police even caught up with Geng Le and his group, and he had even brought snipers.

These were all professionally trained snipers who claimed they could shoot the wrist without hitting the finger. Fortunately, there was a scare but no injury—Song Zhong's men were indeed of high caliber, and the people he brought were the same.

Seeing his plan fall through, Bai Xue tao felt extremely unwilling and shouted at the surroundings: "Who fired from the dark? Don't you know we're carrying out a mission? What if this shot goes wrong? If County Magistrate Su suffers any mishap, can you bear the responsibility?"

Before his words had even finished fading, he saw several figures in the distance sprinting quickly toward them. Leading them was a towering, sturdy man who walked up to Su Yang and snapped a salute: "Armed Police Company Commander Song Zhong, reporting for duty as ordered!"

The other several also snapped to attention and saluted Su Yang in unison.

Su Yang nodded and said, "Thank you for your trouble—I really want to express my gratitude to you."

Song Zhong gave a hehe laugh, then turned his head to look at the flustered Bai Xue tao and said, "We are the city armed police detachment, sent here on orders to carry out a mission—do we still need to report to you?"

In fact, he didn't even need to speak; the moment they came running over and saluted just now, everyone present already knew who they were.

Bai Xue tao only shouted that out of sheer frustration; otherwise, if he had used even a bit of his brain, he would have known that whoever was firing from the dark could absolutely not be some idle civilian.

But he never expected Su Yang to have actually summoned the armed police—something they had never even considered—and at this moment he could only curse his bad luck inwardly.

Su Yang looked at the now‑controlled Geng Biao and Geng Le and said, "How's that? I wasn't wrong, was it? Your so‑called big brother just wants to kill and silence witnesses! And those so‑called 'our own people' are only his own people, not yours!"

"Your people are merely a protective shell he's using to try to escape responsibility! To be frank, if I wanted you two dead, I wouldn't even need to be here—you'd already have gone to see King Yama!"

"The reason I spared your lives is because I believe your humanity hasn't been completely extinguished; rather, you've been gradually lured, directed, and indoctrinated by your big brother into this utterly deranged state!"

"Think about it—if you two fully confess everything, it doesn't necessarily mean the death penalty! If you come clean quickly, even a life sentence might be attainable!"

"Especially you, Geng Le—the venues you run are merely positions of responsibility; the true boss behind the scenes is your older brother! That's all I wanted to say—now you'd better behave yourselves!"

Then he said to Sun Chengjun, "Take them to the hospital for surgery right now, immediately! During this time, no one is allowed to approach them! If we run short of manpower, I will ask Secretary Yue to allocate personnel from elsewhere."

He spoke those words loudly, not just for Sun Chengjun to hear, but so that everyone present could hear them.

The meaning is also quite clear: now that the Public Security Bureau has no hostages, Sun Chengjun will surely be the one calling the shots from now on; anyone with a bit of sense ought to know what to do.

Former County Magistrate Tong Guohua grasped Su Yang's hand with both hands, tears streaming down his face: "County Magistrate Su, I truly have to thank you this time! You risked your life to rescue my granddaughter, and our whole family owes you a great favor!"

Su Yang said, "Old County Magistrate, this is all I ought to have done! Demons like them deserve to be punished by everyone! If anyone should be thanked, it's me thanking you, sir! If it weren't for your repeated reports that prompted the province to resolve to eradicate this tumor, I wouldn't have come to our county! After I return and finish reporting my work, I'll make a special trip to thank you in person."

After Su Yang finished speaking, he and Sun Chengjun got into the car and returned to the Lie Shan Public Security Bureau, while Song Zhong took his men back to the municipal bureau. For him, this mission posed no difficulty at all—it was simply a delivered merit.

Sun Chengjun wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I was really scared to death just now! My sister‑in‑law even called me, especially urging me to guarantee your safety—I even gave her a promise!"

"Frankly, what you just did was far too dangerous—you may be wearing a bulletproof vest, but your head has no helmet! If they were behind you and really lifted a hand to fire, where would I be…"

"Getting back to the point, where did you get those few armed police from just now? Surely you didn't pull in personal connections, did you? That doesn't follow procedure and could easily be seized upon by someone with an agenda as a handle against you."

"Right now the County Party Committee leadership is likely to collapse; you were originally set to earn merit, but if someone latches onto this little flaw, your merit might very well be lost!"

"This is actually a great opportunity for you to advance further!"