Chapter 225 Bloodshed Leads to Work Halt! A 4 Million Yuan Order Encounters a Series of Deadly Schem

Shuiyun Bathing Center, on the outskirts of Jingzhou City.

Located in a remote area, this place looks like an unremarkable farmhouse from the outside, but inside it's a hidden gem.

The VIP private hot spring area on the top floor was extremely steamy.

The dim light from the wall lamps shone on the churning pool water, making it impossible to see a person even ten steps away.

Gao Yuliang, shirtless, leaned against the edge of the pool made of white marble.

He took off his gold-rimmed glasses and placed them on the shore, his usual gentle and refined scholarly demeanor completely gone.

The steam rising from the water flushed his face, which now held a ruthless, desperate look.

The sliding door to the private room was opened from the outside.

Xiao Gangyu, with a white towel around his waist, waded in the misty water as he entered.

The chief prosecutor of Jingzhou City Procuratorate, who is usually a very imposing figure in public, was now hunched over and walked quickly to the edge of the pool where Gao Yuliang was, carefully stepping into the water.

"Secretary Gao, this place is really hard to find."

Gao Yuliang did not turn his head, but placed his hands on the edge of the pool.

"Ji Changming is retiring soon."

With just one sentence, he completely shut down all the polite words Xiao Gangyu had prepared.

Xiao Gangyu stopped rubbing his arms.

The position of the head of the provincial procuratorate.

The temptation was so great that he completely ignored Gao Yuliang's unusual late-night meeting at this secluded location.

"Ji Jian's health has indeed deteriorated significantly in the past two years, and he often finds it difficult to attend to his work at the provincial hospital."

Xiao Gangyu climbed up the pole.

Gao Yuliang scooped up a handful of hot water and splashed it on his face.

"Secretary Sha of the Provincial Party Committee is very dissatisfied with the judicial environment in Handong."

"Especially Lüzhou."

"Comrade He Xia's 4 billion yuan new energy project is too big a deal and too fast-paced, which could easily lead to problems."

Xiao Gangyu draped the towel over his shoulder and moved a little closer.

"You mean there are economic problems in Luzhou?"

Gao Yuliang turned his head and stared at Xiao Gangyu.

"Whether there's a problem or not is a matter for your prosecutor's office to investigate."

"Secretary Sha has been paying close attention to Luzhou recently."

Xiao Gangyu understood.

This is to make him the knife, to stir up trouble in Luzhou.

If things go smoothly, the position that Ji Changming stepped down from will be his.

"Secretary Gao, rest assured, I will lead a team to Luzhou for on-site research tomorrow."

"No project can be completely clean."

"As soon as I get the slightest clue, I'll immediately open a case, freeze their accounts, and stop the project."

Gao Yuliang stood up from the pool, making a splash.

"Checking the accounts is too slow."

"Make a big fuss."

"It's a matter of the provincial party committee having to intervene immediately, and it's a matter of He Xia being unable to maintain control."

Xiao Gangyu looked up at Gao Yuliang's broad back.

"I understand what to do."

Two days later.

Luzhou City, outside the core construction site of Trina Solar Group's new energy project.

In a private room of an unassuming local restaurant.

Xiao Gangyu, dressed in casual clothes, raised his wine glass and clinked it against that of a portly middle-aged man across from him.

This is his old classmate from university, Lao Liu, who is also the largest civil engineering subcontractor for this project.

"Old Liu, your business has grown quite a bit these past few years."

Old Liu quickly filled Xiao Gangyu's glass with wine.

"I'm just earning a meager living through hard work, and I still need to rely on your help, old classmate."

Xiao Gangyu picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and casually spoke.

"I have a few distant relatives from my hometown who just came to Handong to work."

"Do you need any workers at your construction site? Just give them a job as a security guard or patrolman, enough to make a living."

Old Liu patted his chest and gave his assurance.

"What's the big deal? It's just a few people. They can come to the construction site tomorrow and I'll give them the easiest jobs."

That night.

An abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Luzhou City.

Xiao Gangyu sat in the back seat of a black sedan with fake license plates, the window rolled down halfway.

Four strong men were standing outside the car.

These men were wearing tattered camouflage uniforms and carried an unmistakable earthy smell.

Their posture was relaxed, but their hands were always in their pockets, exuding a ruthless energy only desperados possess.

Xiao Gangyu handed a thick brown paper bag through the gap in the car window.

"There's 500,000 in cash inside, along with work badges for tomorrow's entry."

The scarred man who was leading the group took it, tore open the seal, and glanced at the bundles of red banknotes inside under the distant streetlights, weighing them in his hand.

"What kind of effect does the boss want?"

"Blood." Xiao Gangyu's voice was completely flat. "The bigger the better. This construction site must be brought to a complete halt."

Scarface stuffed the paper bag into his arms.

"If something goes wrong, will someone cover for you?"

"Just make a big scene and leave in the chaos. Someone else will take care of the rest."

The car window rolled up.

A car with a fake license plate drove away from an abandoned warehouse in the dark.

Xiao Gangyu leaned back in the leather seat, closing his eyes to rest.

Three days later, late at night.

The core construction site of the Tianhe Group's new energy project in Lüzhou.

The rain poured down.

In the muddy foundation pit, the night shift workers, rushing to meet the deadline, gathered in a makeshift shed to take shelter from the rain and have a late-night snack.

Four newly arrived security guards, carrying threaded steel pipes over a meter long, kicked open the tin door of the workers' shed while intoxicated.

No unnecessary words.

The scarred man leading the group swung a steel pipe and smashed it directly on the head of an elderly worker who was eating instant noodles.

The white foam bowl was smashed on the spot, and the noodle soup mixed with blood splattered all over the ground.

The old worker didn't even let out a scream before collapsing straight into the muddy water.

"They're hitting someone!"

The workers' shed was in complete chaos.

There was already friction between out-of-town workers and local construction teams over competing for jobs, and this incident directly became the trigger.

Hundreds of people grabbed shovels, wrenches, and scaffolding pipes and fought amongst themselves in the torrential rain.

Those four wanted criminals were extremely ruthless.

They target vital points, each strike potentially fatal.

The dull thud of a steel pipe smashing a yellow safety helmet, the crisp sound of bones breaking, mixed with screams, were all drowned out by the heavy rain.

Fifteen minutes later.

The piercing sound of sirens pressed in from all directions.

Red and blue flashing lights illuminated the muddy construction site.

Seven or eight people were lying haphazardly on the ground, with broken steel pipes and bloodstained shovels scattered everywhere.

Four corpses lay submerged in a puddle, their blood flowing into the sewers and staining a large patch of muddy ground red.

The four security guards who started the trouble had long since disappeared in the chaos.

The cordon has been set up.

early morning.

The Luzhou Municipal Party Committee Building.

He Xia, dressed in a dark business suit, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the office.

More than a dozen family members of the dead and injured workers gathered in the square downstairs.

The white banner with black lettering stretched out for a long time, and the heart-wrenching cries could be heard even through the double-layered soundproof glass.

Special police have formed a human wall, but the situation is still teetering on the brink of spiraling out of control.

A multi-billion dollar order turned into a shocking bloodbath that gripped the entire province overnight.

He Xia remained calm.

She walked to her desk and put the project fund flow report, which she had been working on overnight, into her briefcase.

The red secure telephone on the table rang without warning.

He Xia pressed the speakerphone button.

Inside came the suppressed, official voices of Secretary Sha Ruijin and Secretary Bai.

"Comrade He Xia, Secretary Sha requests that you immediately put down your work and return to the Provincial Party Committee for a meeting."

"The Provincial Party Committee needs you to give a comprehensive report on the serious incident that occurred at the construction site in Luzhou."