Chapter 738: Complaining

Senator Cleveland had just finished a meeting. When he came out of the room, he saw Tang Mu waiting for him by his door.

According to reason, Tang Mu should have waited in a place far from the meeting room, waiting together with the secretaries, aides, and accompanying personnel of those other big shots.

They were the people of the same circle, rather than standing here, appearing very abrupt.

However, Senator Cleveland knew very well that Tang Mu wasn't the kind of reckless person. He was standing here now, there must be some reason.

"What's wrong?", he just stopped for a while, then continued to walk out, Tang Mu followed closely.

"Lanse had some conflicts with the Holy Bell Party in Likailai State, and he mobilized some social resources."

"Holy Bell Party?", Senator Cleveland pulled his tie, making the collar not so tight. "I seem to have heard this name somewhere."

Tang Mu hurriedly explained, "They rely on religion, implement some extreme racist behaviors, and can be considered a group of people who are not very easy to define whether they are a religious organization or a gang organization."

Senator Cleveland thought of it all at once. "Is it them who killed twenty-something dark-skinned people last time?"

He said "last time" actually already had a few years of time. The change in the big environment now made Joshua also seek to wash himself clean. Although he was still very extreme and still committed crimes, he also began to pay attention to some things on the surface.

In the last two years, he hadn't made similar news known to everyone, although they were still doing it, but not so unscrupulously.

Tang Mu nodded and ran a few steps to push open a door for the senator. "Yes, it is these people."

Senator Cleveland said thank you, then crossed the door. "What happened to them?"

"Some conflicts.", Tang Mu closed the door and followed a few steps, standing behind the senator again. "Holy Bell Party people moved against Lanse and Mayor Williams before, they kidnapped Mayor Williams's son, and Lanse also had some disputes with them because of this."

"This time Lanse mobilized some state government resources, Attorney General Terry contributed, mobilized a part of the state police, and he contacted the Prohibition Committee, and inserted one of his people into the State Prohibition Committee."

"They struck the Holy Bell Party from multiple aspects, and they suffered heavy losses."

Senator Cleveland smiled and said, "I hope the 'they' you are talking about is not Lanse and them."

Tang Mu also smiled. "Of course not, the Holy Bell Party suffered heavy losses, lost face, lost territory, and many people were caught."

"Many social celebrities claimed that they had no relationship with them at all, and some even turned around and accused them of crimes."

Senator Cleveland frowned. "Isn't this very good?", he said, and a smile appeared on his face again, nodding to the other big shots' accompanying personnel in the hall who had already stood up and looked at him, which was considered a response to their respect.

Tang Mu also looked at those people. "The problem lies here."

"The Holy Bell Party and some people have some interest dealings, you know, they kidnap and traffic people."

He ran to the gate again while speaking and pushed open the door for the senator, allowing the senator to go out, then followed up like before, running down the steps.

Not far away, a car saw Senator Cleveland coming down from the steps, the driver ended his chat with other car drivers, stepped on the accelerator, and stopped the car under the steps.

Tang Mu took the opportunity to open the car door, let the senator sit in, and he himself sat in the passenger seat. "Back to the manor."

Senator Cleveland breathed a sigh of relief, he put the briefcase in his hand beside him. "Human trafficking, and then?"

His tone didn't seem to have any ups and downs in emotion regarding things like human trafficking and kidnapping.

Actually, these "big shots," not to mention their ancestors, their fathers' generation, their grandfathers' generation, basically all raised a large number of slaves to work for them.

Buying slaves, trafficking slaves, killing slaves, abusing slaves, or forming slave-catching teams to actively catch slaves, these things they were all used to doing.

So from the perspective of these people, the crimes of the Holy Bell Party were "nothing more than that." After all, what their families did was much more ruthless than what the Holy Bell Party did.

For example, a group of slaves in a big shot's grandfather's farm intended to escape, but were discovered by the big shot's grandfather.

To prevent such things from happening again, he let the cowboys break the limbs of all the slaves who intended to escape, used lassos to tie them to the saddle, and then let the horses drag these slaves to death alive.

From the place where the slaves lived to the farm gate, the entire crossroads was stained red with blood, and flesh and blood could be seen everywhere, making people shudder!

If this kind of behavior were put in now, I'm afraid it would have long ago stirred up heated discussion in the entire society.

But in that era, this was normal behavior that people, including the slaves themselves, could accept.

Escaped slaves were beaten to death, that was deserved.

Senator Cleveland's age wasn't considered small. He could be said to have been born at the end of the slave liberation movement, but he wasn't unfamiliar with that era, because his grandfather, his father, his family members, often chatted about these contents, chatted about the glory of the farm in the past.

Actually, after the slave liberation movement, there were still quite a few slaves working on the farm, and even now!

He had also roughly understood what Tang Mu wanted to express.

"You mean to say, someone is not very satisfied with his behavior?", he tasted it. "You could actually say it more directly!"

After speaking, he thought for a while. "What did they say?"

Lanse was still very valuable. Now they had already started to fish for money, and in just one month, millions had been remitted into the account, and it was also especially clean.

Although Lanse had already handed in a qualified exam paper now, he believed that Lanse would continue to give him surprises in the future, and as an ambitious person, he definitely hoped that he could go further and climb higher.

Then there must be a batch of excellent talents around him to assist him. Lanse might have some flaws in some aspects, but this was also his strength, so as long as it wasn't something that shook his core interests and foundation, he would protect Lanse.

"They said Lanse's hand stretched too long, that is the state government, that is the staff of the federal government, not a thug of a gang."

Senator Cleveland couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Very funny, they are very humorous, they must be good hands at telling jokes."

He thought for a while. "But what they said also makes a little sense. You go back and tell Lanse, don't make it so exaggerated."

This definitely touched some people's interests. Now the situation at home and abroad is very special, and what is needed is stability, not chaos.

He also added, "You explain to Lanse, don't make it so exaggerated."

He said this and looked at the scenery outside the window, and after a while, as if thinking of something, "Did Carter submit any bill recently?"

Tang Mu shook his head. "I haven't understood this matter."

The senator didn't continue to pursue it.

The "Carter" he said referred to the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a "sycophant."

Because until now, the primary work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was "collecting black materials on political opponents who have bad intentions toward the President," in other words, the work of this department was to provide ammunition for the President to suppress dissidents politically.

They were not welcomed. After all, who could like someone who wanted to know their privacy at all times?

The previous director did very generally, which led to a serious crisis for the President during the midterm election, almost failing.

He thought the previous director was a complete fool. Of course, he wouldn't admit that he himself, who put a fool in this position, wasn't considered very smart either.

The new director Carter who succeeded the previous director was a person whose resume looked very beautiful.

Elite League University graduate, and also a "reserve crew member."

Speaking of this "reserve crew member," I have to mention the disaster of world destruction once mentioned in the Bible, as well as the ship of salvation.

In the century before last, there were many legends about the "Millennium Tribulation."

People believed that the moment it reached one thousand years, it was a cycle, and the Lord would send down disasters to punish greedy human beings.

Whether it was out of really wanting to leave fire for the human world, or out of other purposes, the organization "Ark" appeared.

It gathered the world's top talents at that time, scientists, dignitaries, rich people, in short, most of the tips of the pyramid joined the Ark.

It also included the royal families of some small countries, kings, etc.

The influence of the Ark became bigger and bigger, reaching its peak in the last century, because the Millennium Tribulation was close at hand, and people were afraid of the upcoming disaster of world destruction.

So as long as people with a little ability would think of ways to join the Ark.

Later facts proved that there was no disaster of world destruction. According to reason, the Ark should also disband.

But after more than a hundred years of accumulation, the Ark had already become an organization with huge influence, spreading all over the world.

Because it is not a strict secret organization now, it is a loose organization, so as long as it is an excellent person, someone recommends, and passes the assessment, they will become the lowest-level member of the Ark, a reserve crew member.

The President also had a part of the reason for fancying Carter, and the President was also one of the members of the Ark, and his level was not low.

For him, Carter was equivalent to a double subordinate, and it was more reassuring to use. And Carter's work ability was indeed good. Two of the congressmen who backstabbed the President during the midterm election had already found a reason to resign in disgrace.

There were also some people who were trembling. If it weren't for considering that excessive action would trigger a backlash from Congress, Carter might really be able to pull out all the nails.

The President trusted him very much.

He seemed to have submitted a proposal on expanding the power of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Congress had been suppressing it without passing it.

They didn't like fierce hunting dogs like Carter, who would bite people at every turn.

But at this moment, he didn't know why he felt a trace of indescribable bad feeling when thinking about these things.

The President, wouldn't he use his special privileges to pass it directly?

He shook his head. It seems he still needs to communicate these things with other congressmen and within the Socialist Party to avoid some uncontrollable situations.

After returning to the manor, Tang Mu made a phone call to Lanse, and the phone was connected quickly.

"It's me, Tang Mu.", he greeted first, then thought about how to say this matter to Lanse.

Lanse was a bit surprised that Tang Mu took the initiative to call, but he also guessed the reason.

After all, the only thing that could make Tang Mu take the initiative to call him at this time was the action against the Holy Bell Party.

As for others, the liquor had been sent to the front line on time and in quantity, he had done what he should do, and hadn't done what he shouldn't do. The only thing that could be said to be outside the "plan" was this Holy Bell Party matter.

So he took the initiative to mention this matter as soon as he opened his mouth. "Is it for the Holy Bell Party matter?"

Tang Mu was very surprised. "How did you know I was going to say this?"

Lanse smiled and said, "Because I don't think other things can make you take the initiative to call me at this time."

Tang Mu thought about it, and it seemed to be the case.

"Tell me, is there any change?"

"Someone complained?"

"Or do you need me to be more ruthless, don't give Joshua a chance to speak?"

Tang Mu was also amused by him. "You can always give people surprises, but no one asked me to tell you to find a way to make Joshua shut up."

"But some people complained to the senator. They didn't say it very clearly, but we all know that they are accusing you of using the senator's influence to make Attorney General Terry, state police, and the State Prohibition Committee all clear dissidents for you."

"They feel you crossed the line, you shouldn't let government departments do these things!"

Lanse wasn't surprised by this answer.

If someone wants to find trouble with you and doesn't look at you pleasingly, he always has a way to accuse you.

From which foot you entered the door first, to whether you looked at him first or didn't look at him first, he can find a new reason every second.

Lanse's background isn't clean, so if they want to accuse Lanse, they don't need to spend too much effort, and they found a key point.

It's not that Lanse himself doesn't want a clean background, but if he doesn't take this road, he is still worrying about how to pay off the money he owes in the bakery now.

Wanting to gain some things, you will definitely lose some things; there is no gain without loss.

If one day you find that you gained, but lost nothing, that only means it's not time yet for you to lose something.

"I know, I will handle the following things myself. Now the situation is clear, whether they join or not is irrelevant."

Hearing this, Tang Mu couldn't help but remind, "You have to be careful, Lanse, we don't want you to have an accident."

He meant that he didn't want Lanse to participate in the firefight himself. After all, bullets don't know who is who. If someone really fired a shot at him, everything else had nothing to do with manpower and could only be left to God to decide.

Lanse promised. "I care about my own life more than you, don't worry too much, don't forget, I originally climbed up by relying on this."

Then they chatted for a few more sentences, and Lanse hung up the phone.

He sat there for a while, thought about what to do next, and then called Attorney General Terry, telling him the matter.

Attorney General Terry didn't seem surprised by the occurrence of such things. "Joshua, especially in these few years, has been desperately wanting to wash himself clean, so he also knows quite a few figures in the upper society."

"You know, for some people, they have power and influence, but having power and influence doesn't mean they can despise the laws of the Federation. They still have to abide by the law, except for religion!"

Religion is always a useful tool for those in power, starting from religions that can marry four wives and marry four husbands.

These religions serve the powerful more.

Whatever the powerful want, they issue what new doctrines and rules, plus the clear religious freedom and respect for belief in federal law, it has already become some kind of expensive toy.

Now this toy was smashed by Lanse. Even if they don't go down to do something themselves, they have to vent their anger for Joshua and find back some face.

"Do you have their list?"

"After I finish solving Joshua and some other things, I will find them to chat."

Listening to Lanse not hiding his intention to retaliate, Attorney General Terry smiled and indicated that he only knew some, and would also hand over these lists to him.

Then Lanse let him follow the normal process, no need to chase and intercept the Holy Bell Party people anymore, he would solve the rest himself.

Attorney General Terry also gave the same advice as Tang Mu, telling him to be careful and not capsize.

A circle of phone calls took quite a bit of time. After putting down the phone, Lanse frowned.

His original idea was not to act himself, but to let Attorney General Terry and the state police directly end it.

There was no need for him to act in a case of this scale, Joshua would be pressed to death.

This is also the greatest difficulty for vicious criminal groups wanting to whitewash themselves; they have committed too many evil deeds, and they are very vicious cases. Once exposed by others and definitive evidence is obtained, it is basically very difficult to turn things around.

This time Joshua and the others are also difficult to turn over, but they might be able to escape. Lanse doesn't want such an organization that has a grudge against him to run away under his nose, so he has to act himself.

He first asked Erwen to gather a part of the people, ready to go to the northern region to act at any time, and he himself left the company and took a car to the naval base.

The navy had sent more than half of the warships away, but a small part remained here. When passing by the New Jincheng wharf, one could still see those huge warships docked at the wharf.

After arriving at the naval base, under the leadership of the soldiers, he soon came to Admiral Miles's office.

Because the maritime military operation in the East Ocean was not a large-scale military operation, Admiral Miles didn't set off with the fleet; he stayed at the base.

When he saw Lanse, his face was full of smiles. The first income of millions had already arrived in the account, and he was very satisfied, taking the initiative to welcome Lanse downstairs in his office building. ===== CHAPTER 739 =====