More and more interview shots were being broadcasted at the same time with the live telecast. The reporters once again turned their microphones toward Liu Hongjiang, and spoke with total sincerity, "What a grievance, Chief Secretary."
"There is no grievance. Now, I just want to get my son back and bring the culprit to justice. Who knows what kind of cruel treatment they are going to impose on my son." Liu Hongjiang tilted his head over while speaking, he then closed his eyes tiredly as if he was trying to endure the pain of bereavement.
Got to say that his acting skill was amazing. No one saw the vicious look on his face as he turned his head away.
Wishing to eliminate him with only one short video? It was ridiculous!
It would be the end of that woman once the press conference was over!
Liu Hongjiang was pleased with his acting. Unknown to him, on the other side of the crowd, Baili Jia Jue was curling his lips. That smile was an indication that the game had just begun...
The secretary was still standing alongside Liu Hongjiang and supporting him, "The Chief Secretary hasn't rested his eyes for all day and night because of this case. He needs a rest now. If there are no more questions from the reporters…"
Whoosh!
Before the secretary finished his words, the large screen in the hall started to glitch.
"Hello? The microphone is not working, what's going on?" The secretary looked toward the person who was controlling the equipment.
Those people did not know what happened as well. The equipment was intact, but no sound could come out from it. After pausing for a second, images finally reappeared on the screen.
At the very moment the secretary was about to smile and continue what he was saying, he found out that the video on the screen had completely changed!
Chapter 930 - 926
A scene of a private room filled with smoke was being displayed on the television live. Men and women could be seen in the private room, with the women wearing outrageously revealing clothes and being extremely flirtatious. One would immediately know what kind of place this was at a glance.
Liu Hongjiang's expression changed as soon as he saw the private room. Before the blurred image shifted into focus, he whisper-shouted behind him, "Shut it down! Shut everything down!"
The staff who was in control of the video player heard Liu Hongjiang's order and started slamming his fist forcefully at the stop button. However, his effort was in vain!
The image remained, and slowly, it became clearer and clearer. Then, it focused on one of the men's faces!
The man looked eerily familiar, it was none other than Liu Hongjiang. He was even clad in his favorite suit and holding a promiscuous-looking busty woman in his arms, pursing his lips as he sloppily kissed the woman all over her face. He must have drunk a lot of alcohol, as his face was still rosy and his hands carelessly fondled the woman's body. His eyes were half-squinted, making him seem extremely perverted. Any traces of style and elegance he had were totally gone, his behavior was simply unsightly.
"Oh my gosh!" The reporters at the scene could not help but let out gasps of surprise. When they finally regained their senses, frantic cl.i.c.k.i.n.g of camera shutters sounded as they hastily took snapshots of Liu Hongjiang.
Although they were indeed invited by Liu Hongjiang and had often helped him in swaying the public opinion, this was undeniably a piece of huge news!
The one who managed to capture Liu Hongjiang's reaction would be guaranteed television ratings and shocking headlines.
Liu Hongjiang's face was ashen pale. He even rushed toward the video controller and tried to press all the switches himself, but it was useless!
Not only were his actions futile, but a voice also began to come from the video.
It was the conversation he had with Sixth Brother on the night of the train trip. He had specifically advised him, "The investigation from above has become stricter nowadays, unlike before. You must be more careful, give those children higher doses of the drug so that they are easier to be shipped out…"
There was no way for him to deny this.
This time, Liu Hongjiang became greatly fl.u.s.tered and anxious, as his palms were filled with sweat. He reached out his hands and pulled the secretary close, asking, "What's going on? What exactly is going on? Who touched the equipment here?"
"I-I don't know." The secretary was usually tied to the Chief Secretary. When the secretary saw the video, she was just as shocked as Liu Hongjiang.
A scandal!
This was the first reaction of the public.
In contrast to the contents of this video, Liu Hongjiang's earlier words were nothing but complete bullsh*t. Recalling what he said would make one sick to the stomach.
Liu Hongjiang was like a headless chicken and could not care less about the reporters at the press conference. Whipping out his phone, he recklessly keyed in a series of numbers and yelled, "Cut off the live broadcast now!"
"Chief Secretary Liu, it's not that I don't want to help you. The broadcasting rights for the next half-hour has been purchased by someone else. As a member of qualified media personnel, as long as there are no clear instructions, I will allow broadcasts from the person who pays. After all, business is business."
When he heard the reply, Liu Hongjiang wished that he could smash his phone on the spot!
Who exactly has such tremendous financial resources!
Who is the person who wants to drive me to a corner?
Aren't those people all locked up already?
Also, this video… how did they get hold of this!
Since they have such a video, why didn't they release it earlier? Why must they wait until I hold a press conference?
How cruel!
They're simply too cruel!
Do they want me to be completely humiliated in front of the whole nation?
Or do they want me dead?
However, he simply could not figure out when and how the other party obtained so much information about him.
Liu Hongjiang surely would not know that as early, because a certain prince had already secured these materials when Baili Shangxie was brought to Yun City. It was just that he was never interested in human affairs.
Liu Hongjiang's biggest mistake was arresting someone that he should never have.
His Highness always had one principle, that those who provoked him would never be given a chance to live.
Baili Jia Jue remained elegant as usual, as his beautiful eyes scanned the scene. A faint smile appeared at the corners of his mouth, making him look like a noble vampire from a movie. It could be clearly seen that Liu Hongjiang was in this state, because of a certain prince.
Baili Shangxie had no objection to Liu Hongjiang's fate. There was no doubt that the person who arrested his Imperial Mother and younger brother for interrogation should receive such miserable retribution.
Oh, humans. A filthy species from head to toe.
To even think of pinning the crime on Imperial Mother right in front of Imperial Father, what a brainless fool!
The father and son's facial expressions were in sync. Both the old and the young wore a smirk on their faces and let out a bloody laugh, before turning around and marching back to the interrogation room through the chaotic crowd.
The only difference was that Baili Shangxie's hands were still dragging two reapers behind him, and he had a domineering look that warned people from approaching him. It was as though they were simply going for a stroll and walking the reapers like pets…
The reapers had no words. Are we here for you to take on a walk? Really?
The father and son walked away without looking back, without even with the least bit of intention to do so.
However, the chaos brought by them was still fermenting. Swarms of reporters gushed in from all directions, which prevented Liu Hongjiang from fleeing from the scene.
"Chief Secretary Liu, how do you explain the video?"
"Who is the woman in your arms? She isn'
t your wife, right?"
"As a father yourself, are you not afraid of retribution for committing such an act?"
At this point in time, not only television channels, but major social networking sites were also broadcasting the drama live.
Everyone in the streets and alleys stopped in their tracks. Some people were browsing through the blogs on their phones, while others directly watched the humongous LED screen mounted in the mall. It blew everyone's minds, and people began to fervently discuss the shocking issue.
"Bast*rd! That Liu guy is simply worse than an animal!"
"I can't imagine anyone being this wicked, this is totally collusion with the criminals! He even blamed the crime on others, people like him should be shot to death!"
"It's about time for his son to be abducted so he could taste the pain of losing a child!"
"We need an explanation! Isn't there anyone to keep him under control?"
Tedious moments later, Liu Hongjiang finally made it back to his office. He was still hoping to dig up a previous connection to protect himself.
At that exact moment, Monkey had decoded the previous defense interference. Although Helian Wei Wei did not step out, her command was unaffected at all.
She was sitting in the interrogation room, directing everything like a queen. By communicating through her Bluetooth earphones, she instantly threw out her third trump card…
Chapter 931 - Young Master Tang
A mother with a missing son trod more than 20 cities and finally found her child in Yun City.
However, her actions to save her child had affected certain people's interests. She lost her life in a community still under construction.
Never would she have thought that death would come knocking on her door right after she had called the police.
Next to the unfinished community was a warehouse where the human traffickers held the children.
The incident once again occupied the trending searches of a certain blog in the form of images and texts. Almost everyone was following its advancements.
The dreadfulness of the matter had yet ascended to another level. This time, it was not only Liu Hongjiang, but other people would also be held accountable altogether, including the local law enforcement officers, the management of the railway station, and so on.
Perhaps when they did such things, they were oblivious to Secretary Liu's ulterior motives and merely did him a favor.
In actuality, however, they had allowed so many children to be taken on board the train without even asking a question, simply because the chief secretary ordered so. A murder case had occurred, yet no in-depth investigation was carried out. It was unarguably negligence of duty!
This was different from human trafficking. This was a living human.
In Mainland, murder-related cases were promised absolute attention.
As Liu Hongjiang saw the news, his body sluggishly slumped into his office chair. He knew that this time, his journey as an officer was entirely ruined! No one could save him anymore. He just hoped his old boss could save his life.
Public opinion might be controllable, but the human heart would never be at peace.
Unfortunately for him, people were undoubtedly not as gullible this time around anymore. The matter itself had angered people all over the country.
The reason behind Liu Hongjiang's lawlessness was that other departments cooperated with him.
This time, not only did they want a scapegoat, but all culprits were to be punished!
The outburst of fury from within had elevated beyond control.
The superiors were also actively convening meetings to take serious accountability for the Yun City incident.
Soon, the heads of the relevant departments arrived. Although they were afraid, they felt it was no big deal at the same time. After all, they were not the main offenders. The worst-case scenario was a transfer to other departments of the same level.
Indeed, they would not have been severely punished if this had happened in the past, as it was not easy to determine exactly whose responsibility it was. Moreover, no one wanted their subordinates in jail.
Therefore, the disciplinary inspector seated at the very top remained silent. He simply sat there and listened to the people below.
"Anyhow, this incident is Liu Hongjiang's responsibility alone. People in the other departments were unclear about the situation that prompted them to make all kinds of mistakes. You see, once they've figured out what was going on, they're cooperating voluntarily. It is unnecessary to detain the rest, or else those people who act contrary to our country will only get more arrogant. Rather than internal punishment, I think that we should first arrest the main alliance who created this incident! Now, not only is Liu Hongjiang's son in their hands, but they have also taken the children of others. They are obviously trying to threaten us. This is a crime!"
"Deputy Director Zhang is right. They dared record videos in the interrogation room and even invade our system. This clearly shows that they have no respect for us! Leaving such people in the open simply disrupts the peace of society!"
"Yes, I also recommend punishing these violators of the law first! We must punish them severely! If we don't do things properly, everything won't be under control later! We can still take time to solve our internal problems and give everyone an explanation, but these criminals are different. They are simply lawless!"
"That's right! Severely punished, they must be severely punished!"
Hearing this, the disciplinary inspector glanced down indifferently. This disciplinary inspector once served in the army and was an old general. It was said that he had always been ill-tempered back in the army, but ever since he became a disciplinary inspector, he had not lost his temper as easily anymore. He always wore a smile on his face, but anyone who had been in the army knew that they must not mess with this person.
It was a pity that none of these officials had been soldiers before.
"Done speaking?" asked the old general with a smile.
Thinking that he was in favor of their opinions, the people nodded one after another, without forgetting to sip their tea.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, they heard a bang!
The old general smashed the teacup in his hand onto Deputy Director Zhang's head!
"As a deputy director at the police station, this is the kind of reasoning you use to shirk your responsibilities when something goes wrong! You spout nothing but b*llshit!"
Deputy Director Zhang did not expect the old general to erupt all of a sudden. Nonplussed, he reached out and pressed a hand against his forehead, staring blankly at the old general as he stammered, "I, I…"
"Stop quibbling! Take him away! As for the violator you speak of, I have been watching her from the moment she performed her first task. Compared to her, you lot are a bunch of waste! Back when America invaded China, she was one of the defenders!" spat the old general.
They heard a creak as the door of the meeting room swung open.
Where the light and shadows intersected, a slender figure sauntered from within. The person walked with a perfect posture, perhaps the result of long-term training, and watching his every stride was simply eye candy.
The man was dressed in a navy army uniform. The uniform seemed very delicate, accentuating his long legs and straight back. The spurs on his leather high boots gleamed, and as light fell onto the military emblem on his shoulder, it reflected a faint glare which seemed to outshine all other vibrant colors. He was charming beyond words. At that moment, his head was slightly tilted as he held what seemed like a smile on his face. His eyebrows lifted and sank slightly as he began, "Teacher, let me ask for myself. After all, I'm also one of the chief conspirators." As he spoke, he scanned his surroundings. Then, with a hint of a smile in his tone, he added, "I heard that someone wanted to put members of our Tang Sect to blame. Who is it? Show yourself."
Nobody dared stand up. The moment the words "Tang Sect" rolled off his tongue, everyone's f
aces grew extremely pale!
Not only did no one dare reveal themselves, but everyone also held their breath. No single soul could muster enough courage to even move their hands.
It did not cross their minds at all that this action was neither led by ordinary people without any background, nor the small organizations they had encountered before, but directed by the Tang Sect.
This meant that this investigation was pioneered by the Tang Sect. The Tang Sect had always been a secret department used internally to resist foreign enemies. No one could accurately predict the authority of this department because it was so mysterious, and also because their leader was… Young Master Tang.
Chapter 932 - A Loving Beginning
Authority in the army was not all Young Master Tang was about.
His background alone would shut everyone up.
He was only eight years old when people first heard of his name.
An incident once occurred at Sixth Avenue in New York City, America.
Nearly seven ATMs had gone out of control and kept spitting out cash.
Not only did the incident alarm the upper levels, but the media also weaved shocking reports at that time.
Everyone was trying to guess who it was who could invade America's defense, thinking that it must be some hacker organization.
Through investigations, however, they found out that it was, in fact, the Tang family, who was in charge of the entire Chinatown.
At that time, Old Master Tang was holding a dragon crutch with a little boy sitting beside him.
The little boy was born with autism. Except for the Sudoku puzzle in the newspaper, he neither reacted to anything else, nor did he cry or laugh at all.
However, it was this child who managed to penetrate multitudes upon multitudes of secure network defenses with nothing more than a laptop.
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