#358 - Chapter 358: Lun Jianian's Death
"Are you Leader Li? The Xi Lake Resettlement is ours now. Here's the document." The bandit handed over the agreement.
Li Xu took it and glanced at it, pretending to be aggrieved as he asked:
"Young Master Lun, have I, Li Xu, done something wrong? Why are you treating me like this?"
To be honest, Li Xu's acting was too fake.
But he was doing it on purpose, putting on a perfunctory show just to give the people a reason.
He felt there was no need to take seriously a useless公子 like this, who couldn't accomplish anything and ate more than he was worth.
"This, this, this…" Lun Yongning was at a loss.
Originally, when he saw Li Xu, besides being surprised, he also felt a hint of joy. He hoped Li Xu could eliminate the bandits and rescue him from their clutches.
But Li Xu ignored the bandits and even acknowledged this obviously invalid transfer document, leaving him completely bewildered.
"Alas! Since Young Master Lun has already decided, I can only comply. Everyone, follow me into the city, and we'll complete the handover ceremony." Li Xu put on a sorrowful expression.
"Comply my ass!" Lun Yongning cursed inwardly again and again.
If Li Xu were really this "obedient," there wouldn't have been so much trouble.
But now he couldn't say anything, couldn't do anything, and could only helplessly hand over the resettlement to others.
As for whether he had the authority to hand over the resettlement, or whether this handwritten agreement had any legal validity, no one cared. This was just a show for the people below, a mere formality.
With this formality, the change of the resettlement's person-in-charge was justified.
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On the South Ditch side, Lun Jianian was anxiously awaiting news from Lun Yongning.
Wu Zhan led people in.
"Little Wu, is there any news?" Lun Jianian asked.
"Mayor Lun, you don't have to wait. No news will be coming back," Wu Zhan said.
"What do you mean?" Lun Jianian detected a strange tone in Wu Zhan's voice.
"Your precious son is already dead," Wu Zhan said.
"What? What did you say? That's impossible!" Lun Jianian was very agitated.
His health was already failing, and he sat weakly in his wheelchair. Now, hearing this explosive news, he almost kicked the bucket.
"I don't know what those below were doing, but they actually let Li Xu escape," Wu Zhan said.
"Escaped? It was you! It was you, wasn't it?" Lun Jianian immediately realized that Wu Zhan was up to no good.
"Who it was is not important. It's a pity that you could have lived out your natural lifespan, but you insisted on courting death yourself. I can't help you," Wu Zhan shook his head.
"You want to kill me?" Lun Jianian retorted.
"Wrong, it's not that I want to kill you. It's that you want to kill yourself. Otherwise, why would you have transferred so many people from North Ditch? Wouldn't you say so?" Wu Zhan smiled.
"You…" Lun Jianian couldn't catch his breath and couldn't say anything.
"Do it!" Wu Zhan was too lazy to waste words and ordered.
"Bang!"
The person behind him raised his gun and shot him directly in the heart.
Lun Jianian died.
"It's bad! It's bad! Mayor Lun has been murdered!" Wu Zhan shouted as he ran out of Lun Jianian's room.
Many people had already run over upon hearing the gunshot. Now, hearing Wu Zhan's shout, they all panicked.
"You few guard every entrance and exit. No one is allowed to enter or leave. The rest of you, come with me!" Wu Zhan ordered loudly.
With the Sparrow Heart's troop support, he had more than enough to control the situation in the city.
The resettlement's temporary headquarters was quickly controlled by Wu Zhan.
At the same time, a gunfight broke out on the streets.
The two sides engaged in battle were Wu Zhan's men and the security team members from North Ditch.
The North Ditch security team members naturally had inferior firepower. In a matter of minutes, most of them surrendered.
There was no way around it. The Sparrow Heart's K8 assault rifles were invincible in any resettlement.
Moreover, they were not in the right now.
Because in the eyes of the common people, they were attacking the resettlement, obviously harboring malicious intentions. Wu Zhan leading troops to quell the rebellion was definitely the right thing to do.
After the North Ditch people were dealt with, Wu Zhan returned to the headquarters.
The resettlement's management personnel were basically all here.
"Comrades, Mayor Lun was murdered by that bunch from North Ditch. What do you all say we should do?" Wu Zhan looked very sad and angry.
"Secretary Wu, why would the people from North Ditch attack our South Ditch Resettlement?" a staff member asked.
"Isn't it simple? Mayor Lun wanted to merge the three resettlements, but Zhang Wen didn't agree!" Wu Zhan replied.
Zhang Wen was the leader of the North Ditch Resettlement.
Everyone fell silent. This did make sense. After all, the fact that the North Ditch people had attacked the city was undeniable. If it weren't for Wu Zhan controlling the situation, South Ditch would be the one to be wiped out now.
"Now I'm going to find Zhang Wen to settle the score. Do you all agree?" Wu Zhan asked.
Still no one spoke.
They didn't care whether they fought Zhang Wen or not, as long as they didn't have to go to the battlefield.
"Speak up! Are you all mute?" Wu Zhan's eyes were bloodshot, and tears were welling up in his eyes.
This acting deserves full marks.
"Good, good, good! Very good! Now I announce that from today onwards, I'm in charge of the South Ditch Resettlement. Do you have any objections?" Wu Zhan revealed his true intentions.
Everyone was a little uneasy and began to whisper.
"What makes you think you can?" a man asked loudly.
"If you dare to lead people to fight North Ditch, I'll let you have the position of leader!" Wu Zhan didn't back down.
After hearing this, the man lowered his head and sat down, not saying another word.
No one else discussed it either, and they all lowered their heads.
No one dared to go to the battlefield. Their lives were more important.
No one spoke, which was considered a tacit agreement.
