Chapter 159 - 124: Torture, Seizure of Power_2

Chapter 159: Chapter 124: Torture, Seizure of Power_2

This was the reason for Lu Sheng’s agitation.

“At that time, the accident was indeed orchestrated by the Tiger Saber Gang in secret collusion with the Calming Sect! Changwu was also killed by the Tiger Saber Gang!”

Lu Sheng said through gritted teeth.

How could the Calming Sect, who hadn’t even killed him, go out of their way to kill his son?

So it must have been arranged by the Tiger Saber Gang!

“So today it’s not that the Tiger Saber Gang wants to rebel, but that they’re using the Calming Sect to eliminate their adversaries,”

Li Lei said gravely.

“I have a plan…”

Lu Sheng suddenly lowered his voice.

A few minutes later, Lu Sheng walked out of Li Lei’s office and headed straight to Wu Yihua’s office.

By then, there was already a team of Inspectors with guns guarding the outside of Wu Yihua’s office, a precaution Wu Yihua had taken to prevent Li Lei from any desperate moves.

Therefore, Lu Sheng couldn’t meet Wu Yihua directly and was stopped by the team.

“Please convey a message; I wish to see Inspector General Wu.”

Lu Sheng said in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.

Soon, Wu Yihua, seated inside his office, received the message:

“Lu Sheng wants to see me?”

“Yes, he just came out of Li Lei’s office.”

“Oh?”

Wu Yihua narrowed his eyes, “Bring him in.”

Shortly afterward, two Inspectors accompanied Lu Sheng into the office.

“What brings you here?”

Wu Yihua asked, looking at Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng glanced at the two Inspectors standing on either side, then smiled at Wu Yihua:

“May we talk alone?”

Wu Yihua scoffed, “Lu Sheng, what do you think?”

Lu Sheng’s smile didn’t falter, “It’s about the Calming Sect. Inspector General Wu—are you sure you wouldn’t want to talk alone?”

“The Calming Sect?”

Wu Yihua’s expression shifted slightly as he stared into Lu Sheng’s eyes.

He hesitated for a moment, then gave one of the Inspectors a meaningful look.

The Inspector immediately began to search Lu Sheng’s body, thoroughly checking him to ensure he wasn’t carrying any weapons before turning back to nod at Wu Yihua.

“Everyone, leave us.”

Wu Yihua instructed the two Inspectors.

Once they had left and closed the office door behind them, Wu Yihua had already picked up the revolver from the desk, with the muzzle pointed casually at Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng glanced at the gun in Wu Yihua’s hand and chuckled, “Quite cautious, aren’t we?”

Wu Yihua also laughed, “In this position, it’s necessary to be cautious.”

Lu Sheng stepped forward, but Wu Yihua immediately stopped him:

“Don’t move!”

Lu Sheng had no choice but to halt.

“Speak from there,”

Wu Yihua said.

Lu Sheng nodded and looked straight at Wu Yihua:

“The incident in Luoshan was deliberately orchestrated by the Tiger Saber Gang, wasn’t it?”

Wu Yihua’s expression remained unchanged as he stared at Lu Sheng:

“Oh, and why do you say that?”

“The Tiger Saber Gang has always wanted to fully control the Inspection Bureau. Unfortunately, the former Inspector General, Huang Weiguang, was a neutral party who couldn’t be swayed, and as the Captain, I’m not one of your people. Huang Weiguang was preparing for the future during his tenure. If things kept going as they were, no matter what, you would never have been in line for his position,”

Lu Sheng bluntly said to Wu Yihua.

Wu Yihua’s expression shifted slightly, and he scoffed, “You think the position would have been yours instead?”

Lu Sheng nodded confidently, “If Huang Weiguang hadn’t stepped down early, I would have been promoted to Deputy Supervisory Director during his tenure. In at most ten years, the position of Inspector General would definitely have been mine!”

“Heh.”

Wu Yihua looked at him mockingly, “Then why am I sitting here, and why are you standing there?”

Lu Sheng’s expression turned cold, “That’s precisely why you meticulously engineered the Luoshan incident! It seemed like the Calming Sect benefitted from the incident, but in reality, the Tiger Saber Gang also profited quietly. Taking the benefits without making a noise, achieving your goals while having the Calming Sect take all the blame—it must have been Master Zhang’s plan, wasn’t it? Unfortunately, Zhang Mingze still ended up dead in the end.”

Wu Yihua shook his head, looking pitifully at Lu Sheng, “Is this what you came to talk about?”

“Of course not.”

Lu Sheng said,

“Zhang Mingze is already dead, even if you collaborate with the Calming Sect again, do you think you’ve secured a win today?!”

With that last sentence, Lu Sheng intentionally bellowed it out loud.

Hearing the words “collaborate with the Calming Sect,” Wu Yihua’s spirit was jolted, unable to understand how Lu Sheng had found out.

And just as Wu Yihua was distracted, Lu Sheng suddenly exploded forward, fiercely pouncing towards Wu Yihua!

Wu Yihua was startled, completely unprepared for Lu Sheng’s sudden action.

He immediately fired his gun, but he was a beat too slow, as Lu Sheng had already pounced, toppling him directly from the office chair onto the ground.

Bang!

The gunshot still rang out.

However, Lu Sheng controlled Wu Yihua’s gun-hand the moment he pounced, so he wasn’t hit.

The two tumbled to the ground, with Wu Yihua desperately struggling, but a sudden sharp pain in his nose from being brutally headbutted by Lu Sheng.

Darkness clouded Wu Yihua’s vision, followed by severe pain in his hand joints, and then his gun was snatched away.

Snap!

By that time, the office door had been burst open, and the Inspectors standing outside rushed in.

But Wu Yihua was already forcefully lifted by Lu Sheng, with a gun pressed against his head.

“Stop!”

“Don’t move!”

“Drop the gun!”

“If you move, I will shoot him dead!”

Voices of confrontation echoed in the office.

From the moment Lu Sheng suddenly exploded into action to the Inspectors rushing into the room, merely a few seconds had passed, but Lu Sheng had already completed taking the gun plus taking a hostage; all his movements were fluid and sharply executed!

Lu Sheng had been the Captain for seven or eight years and had not personally engaged in field actions for a long time. After being demoted to an official, he had become a clerical officer, which almost made Wu Yihua forget the former Captain Lu’s history:

He had personally chased down extremely vicious murderers, fought hand-to-hand and captured criminals barehanded, faced seven armed bandits alone with only a gun, killed three and subdued the rest, waiting for reinforcements…

Although Lu Sheng was not a Martial Artist, he had fought his way up from the bottom, with a blade and a gun. Even after not engaging in combat for many years, handling an Inspector General who had risen from a clerical position was more than manageable!

“Wu Yihua, have your men put down their guns, or I will kill you!” Lu Sheng shouted at Wu Yihua.

Wu Yihua’s face turned red, “I am an Imperial Official from the court, you dare to kill me?!”

“Damn it, I’ve already lost my son, do you think I care about your shitty official status? You want to gamble with your life? Fine, I’ll count to three, then everyone shoots!”

“Three!”

“Two!!!”

“Alright, alright, put down the guns! Put down your guns!”

Ultimately, Wu Yihua didn’t dare gamble with Lu Sheng and gave in.

Just as Lu Sheng said, his son was already dead, what did he care about some official?

Li Lei, who had been waiting in the corridor, immediately rushed in with his team to subdue Wu Yihua’s men when he saw them lower their guns.

“Old Lu, you’re really badass!”

Looking at Lu Sheng who had subdued Wu Yihua, Li Lei expressed his genuine admiration.

In that situation just now, had Lu Sheng been slightly slower or made any mistake, he would have been the one controlled by Wu Yihua’s men, and Li Lei wouldn’t have been able to rescue him.

This was the plan Lu Sheng had pitched to Li Lei earlier, betting his life for a chance to seize power outright!

“Li Lei, you want to seize power? You think you can do it?”

Wu Yihua said fiercely to Li Lei.

“Just him alone isn’t enough, but together with me, it’s a different story.”

Lu Sheng sneered and directly hit Wu Yihua with the butt of his gun.

Wu Yihua cried out in pain, his complexion immediately changing.

Indeed, Li Lei’s roots in the Inspection Bureau were shallow; even though he was already Deputy Supervisory Director, it was still difficult to attempt seizing power outright. Even the people from the first team might not risk following him.

But with Lu Sheng, it was different.

Lu Sheng had been the ‘Crown Prince’ of the Inspection Bureau for seven or eight years, possessing connections, credibility, and skills. Many in the bureau owed him favors.

If Lu Sheng were to stand up in support of Li Lei, the probability of successfully seizing power would be much greater!

“Call Qian Hengjun and the others here!”

Lu Sheng pointed the gun at Wu Yihua, stating coldly.

He wanted Wu Yihua to call all his close followers in the Inspection Bureau.

…

A few minutes later, gunshots resonated throughout the Inspection Bureau.

Ten minutes later, more than two hundred combat personnel from three teams of the Inspection Bureau burst out, breaking through the bandit blockade, and headed towards Kaiping District!