Chapter 182 Is He Here?

"Fu Qingyang is here?"

Manager Pang's brow twitched, and he suddenly stood up.

Xiahou Tianyuan pondered and said, "What kind of person is this Fu Qingyang?"

The Fu family was a Spirit Realm family, one of the leading forces of the White Tiger Army, and a monumental existence in the entire Five Elements Alliance.

The Fu family also controlled huge assets overseas and were evil capitalists.

In terms of family power and financial resources alone, the Xiahou family was far inferior to the Fu family.

Manager Pang pondered and said: "This person is extremely arrogant and has a rare talent. I heard that in the extraordinary stage, he once faced an evil profession in the Saint Realm head-on, fought to the death without retreating, and actually held on for the time it takes to burn a stick of incense under the hands of a Saint, which can be called a miracle.

"Fu Qingyang has been dispatched to Songhai for less than a year, and I don't have much contact with him, but from the limited contact I've had, although he is arrogant, he is not reckless."

Xiahou Tianyuan was relieved immediately and smiled: "It's good that he's not reckless. His Fu family and the White Tiger Army have a lot of business dealings with the Xiahou family. For the sake of a mere ordinary person, he won't turn against me."

Manager Pang did not speak. He already heard the sound of messy footsteps approaching the office, and there were quite a few people.

Xiahou Tianyuan looked at the open office door with a cold face.

A group of people appeared in his field of vision. The leader was wearing a white, crisp suit, handsome and compelling, with a dashing short ponytail. On his left was a sloppy, squinting-eyed man with messy hair, and on his right was the Primal Chaos who had ruined his plans and was hostile to him.

At this moment, Primal Chaos Venerable was fawning over Fu Qingyang like a lackey.

*You won't be proud for long...* Xiahou Tianyuan thought with a grim face.

"Centurion Fu!" Manager Pang greeted him with a smile, "What brings you here to my humble abode with such fanfare?"

Fu Qingyang glanced at Xiahou Tianyuan: "Arresting people!"

Manager Pang's smile remained unchanged: "Who?"

Fu Qingyang was unwilling to say more, and the lackey, Zhang Yuanqing, spoke up in a timely manner: "Xiahou Tianyuan is suspected of kidnapping and endangering social stability, with conclusive evidence. We want to detain him according to law!"

Manager Pang's face sank, and he snorted coldly: "Is this a place for you to speak?"

He turned to look at Fu Qingyang and smiled again: "Centurion Fu, Xiahou Tianyuan has already been arrested for hurting someone in my jurisdiction. As for the kidnapping incident, he has also confessed. According to the rules, this case is already under the jurisdiction of my Fenghua District."

Fu Qingyang said calmly: "You want to talk to me about the rules? Then I'll tell you, the victim's family reported the case to the Kangyang District Spirit Realm team this morning. My people killed the kidnappers and rescued the hostages. If we're going by the rules, my reasons are stronger than yours."

Manager Pang shook his head: "I've already arrested the person, and I can't hand him over to you. Even if we take it to the Elder Council, I'm still in the right."

Of course, he knew that Fu Qingyang was more justified, so he came up with this method to block the rules with rules, so that he could stall.

When working in the government, you must know how to use the rules.

Xiahou Tianyuan echoed from the side: "Centurion Fu, I have already surrendered myself and am willing to accept sanctions. What's the meaning of being so aggressive?"

Seeing that Fu Qingyang didn't speak, he smiled: "Speaking of which, the Fu family and the Xiahou family have business dealings. The two families are old friends, and I should even call you family brother."

The meaning of Xiahou Tianyuan's words was very clear: *Are you really going to turn against my Xiahou family for the sake of an ordinary person?*

Fu Qingyang didn't even look at him, stared at Manager Pang, and said calmly: "I'm not here to discuss with you."

Manager Pang frowned: "Then what are you here for?"

Fu Qingyang opened his inventory and summoned a black command flag. With a flick of his hand, it stabbed into the table with a *thwack*, right in front of Xiahou Tianyuan.

Xiahou Tianyuan shuddered and slumped on the sofa, his muscles twitching and spasming. His face was furious, but he couldn't move.

"Fu Qingyang!"

Manager Pang was furious and questioned: "Are you going to attack me?"

He pressed his hands on his chest, and bursts of green light spread out, rippling through the office.

Cracking sounds continued as the ground and walls cracked, and thick vines grew out, sealing the windows and doors. In an instant, the office was transformed into a wooden cage.

Manager Pang snorted coldly: "Today, no one will leave here..."

Thin vines grew out of his body, wriggling like tentacles, weaving into a set of vine armor.

Fu Qingyang grabbed a bronze sword from his inventory. It was three feet two inches long, with eight sides to the blade, covered in bronze rust.

*Is he going to fight? Will the fight between Saint-stage practitioners in this confined space affect us?* Zhang Yuanqing thought with a shudder.

He immediately looked at Guan Ya, Ling Jun, Bai Long, and others, but found that these experienced practitioners were calm and composed.

*Too calm, have I overestimated the combat power of the Saint Realm?* Just as Zhang Yuanqing was at a loss, a sharp sword light suddenly lit up in front of him, causing him to subconsciously close his eyes.

Immediately afterward, he heard a muffled groan.

Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes and saw Manager Pang, covered in vine armor, slumped on the ground, a large amount of blood gushing from his abdomen.

"You can report me to the Elder Council for assassinating a colleague. Of course, I will also report you for harboring criminals and corruption." Fu Qingyang shook off the blood on the blade. "You're still a bit lacking."

His voice was cold and indifferent, and there wasn't even a hint of disdain in his expression. He was as calm as an arrogant king punishing a humble subject.

*What happened? Is this Manager Pang really a Saint? I didn't overestimate the Saint Realm, I overestimated him?* Zhang Yuanqing was secretly surprised.

He had long heard Li Dongze and Guan Ya say that Fu Qingyang was exceptionally talented and was the most promising member of this generation of the Five Elements Alliance to be promoted to Elder.

But what he had heard didn't give him a clear concept.

Now, Zhang Yuanqing had a clear concept in his mind.

*Truly a genius.*

No wonder Ling Jun, Guan Ya, and the others were so calm.

Xiahou Tianyuan, who was slumped on the sofa, turned pale as he watched this scene.

Fu Qingyang didn't look at Manager Pang, walked to the coffee table, pulled out the black command flag, and put it back into his inventory.

Xiahou Tianyuan immediately jumped up, looking fierce but inwardly weak: "Fu Qingyang, I am a direct descendant of the Xiahou family. Do you really want to be against the Xiahou family?"

Fu Qingyang raised the hilt of his sword and knocked it against his head.

Xiahou Tianyuan leaned back, dodging the blow.

*Bang!*

His head was hit hard, and a sharp pain struck, and his consciousness instantly collapsed. Before he fainted, only one thought echoed in his mind: *I clearly dodged it...*

Fu Qingyang turned and left: "Take him away!"

Official Forum

Reposted: \[Shocking! Xiahou Tianyuan is suspected of kidnapping and endangering social stability and was arrested by Centurion Fu of Kangyang District]

In the evening, a post from the official forum of the Taiyi Sect sparked heated discussions among the practitioners of the Five Elements Alliance.

The post described the incident in detail. Primal Chaos Venerable, a practitioner from the Second Team of Kangyang District, received a report that Xiahou Tianyuan had kidnapped the family of a member of the Zhisha Palace, and his methods were despicable and lawless.

The upright Primal Chaos Venerable took action in anger, went through untold hardships, killed the bandits, and rescued the hostages. Afterward, Fu Qingyang led the team to quickly arrest Xiahou Tianyuan.

It is worth mentioning that the poster's name is Yuan Ting.

"Kidnapping? Tsk, the Xiahou family is becoming more and more lawless."

"Isn't the Xiahou family always like this? Which of those Spirit Realm families are kind and respectful? However, this time they dared to cause trouble in our Songhai and ran into a tough one."

"Centurion Fu doesn't indulge him. He should have been punished long ago. The Xiahou family relies on having business dealings with the higher-ups and has long disregarded the rules."

"Upstairs, be careful what you say. Be careful of your colleagues checking your water meter at night."

"This Primal Chaos Venerable is interesting. I like him."

"Young people are always full of fighting spirit, but I'm afraid he'll be retaliated against by the Xiahou family. Just kidnapping ordinary people is enough for a wild practitioner to suffer, but I guess they can't touch Xiahou Tianyuan."

"If the Xiahou family dares to retaliate against Primal Chaos Venerable, that's declaring war on us. I'm just afraid they'll act in secret. I don't know what will happen after this."

"The Xiahou family is already in operation. I heard that several managers in Songhai have reported Centurion Fu, requesting the Elders to convene a meeting to try him."

"Try him? On what grounds?"

"I know about this. Manager Pang in our district was stabbed by Centurion Fu."

"This..."

Zhang Yuanqing ate dinner, browsed through the forum comments, and silently closed the screen.

The dinner table was particularly deserted tonight. His aunt was on night shift, and his cousin was also on night shift. Only his grandparents and him were at home.

Before dinner, his uncle came to find his protégé to dance battle, but was driven back by his grandmother.

The two people dance battling weren't embarrassed, but his grandmother felt embarrassed.

"I wonder if Centurion Fu can handle it..." Zhang Yuanqing lay on the bed, quietly waiting for the results of the meeting.

After arresting Xiahou Tianyuan, the pressure came. Under Xiahou Xin's operations, those officials and Five Elements Alliance managers and Taiyi Sect captains who had vested interests with the Xiahou family called Fu Qingyang one after another.

Some persuaded, some pleaded.

Guan Ya said that someone from the Fu family also called Fu Qingyang, asking him to let him go, but the Fu family's elders did not express their position.

In fact, the person who had the most stake in this matter wasn't Fu Qingyang, but him.

But the centurion took the matter upon himself.

Guan Ya's explanation was: *You're his little brother, he will definitely protect you!*

Zhang Yuanqing was very touched and said: "Is Centurion Fu so righteous?"

Guan Ya said: "No, he's just cocky."

High-end villa, second floor.

Fu Qingyang sat on the balcony with a glass of wine, enjoying the gentle breeze.

Across the round table, Ling Jun was squatting on a single sofa.

"Oh, so you're implying that you also participated in protecting Xiahou Tianyuan."

Ling Jun was furious: "So, I thought you were Yue Fei, but I didn't expect you to be Qin Hui."

He picked up a piece of honeydew melon with a toothpick, ate it, and lamented: "Your method of winning people's hearts is not bad. That kid Yuan Shi will be your little lackey in the future."

Fu Qingyang frowned and said: "I call this convincing people with virtue."

He didn't like the utilitarian description of "winning people's hearts," but he also didn't bother to explain.

Ling Jun squatted on the sofa, pinched his phone with two fingers, and looked at the time: "There are five minutes before the meeting starts. Have you thought about how to deal with them? The Fu family's elders didn't question you, which is a good thing, but it's unlikely that they will stand up for you.

"Without the Fu family, those guys won't be afraid of you. After all, you're just a manager."

Ling Jun winked and said, "Do you want me to help you? As long as you call me big brother."

Fu Qingyang said coldly: "You don't want to help me."

With his personality, how could he call someone big brother? Ling Jun knew this, so he was insincere.

Ling Jun sighed: "The charge of kidnapping won't kill Xiahou Tianyuan. Xiahou Chi is still in Songhai. He is Xiahou Tianyuan's grandfather. If he doesn't fall, Xiahou Tianyuan won't be in trouble."

Xiahou Chi was the one who fought against the Palace Master of Zhisha.

Fu Qingyang did not refute, this was a fact.

He glanced at his watch, got up and walked towards the study: "I'm going to the meeting."

In the study, a tall and slender beauty had already turned on the computer for him and logged into the meeting software. The Five Elements Alliance had a rule: small meetings were held offline, and large meetings were held on the computer.

Large meetings were easily spread, and if something went wrong, the evil profession could easily throw a "nuclear bomb." Of course, the annual duty report of the Taiyi Sect and the Alliance Leader's meeting of the Five Elements Alliance were not exceptions.

When the time came, the managers went online one after another.

The computer screen showed that the number of participants was twenty-two. Two-thirds of the managers of the Songhai branch had arrived.

This meeting was jointly applied for by some managers of the Songhai branch to the Elder Council. Similar meetings were held several times a year in Songhai.

Generally, they were initiated by the Elders. If something difficult to decide happened, the managers could also submit an application to request a large meeting.

The theme of this meeting was to deal with the direct descendants of the Xiahou family, as well as Manager Pang's accusation of Fu Qingyang's malicious injury to a colleague, and Fu Qingyang's report of Manager Pang's harboring criminals, corruption, and dereliction of duty.

Everyone's microphones were muted.

Elder Teddy, who was presiding over the meeting, said in a deep voice: "I will only give you fifteen minutes. After fifteen minutes, I want a result."

The highest level of the Songhai branch was the five Elders, followed by the managers of each district, and then the Spirit Realm teams.

As one of the five highly powerful Elders, Elder Teddy didn't care about the life or death of a direct descendant of a Spirit Realm family and didn't want to waste too much time on this matter.

"Pang Wudi, you speak first." Elder Teddy turned on Manager Pang's microphone.

"Elder, Xiahou Tianyuan injured someone in my jurisdiction. I arrested him completely in accordance with the regulations. Fu Qingyang led a team to forcibly break into my office and almost killed me. According to the Five Elements Alliance's system, harming a colleague should be punishable by death!"

Some managers immediately typed to agree, demanding that Fu Qingyang be severely punished.

Elder Teddy immediately turned Fu Qingyang's voice permission on.

"Fu Qingyang, what do you have to say?"

"What I want to say is all written in the report," Fu Qingyang said calmly.

Elder Teddy said in a deep voice: "You knew that Xiahou Tianyuan had already surrendered himself and still wanted to snatch him away, ignoring the rules of the Five Elements Alliance. Is this a fact? I didn't say anything wrong, did I?"

"No," Fu Qingyang said in a cold tone.

Elder Teddy turned off his microphone and asked Manager Pang again: "Pang Wudi, tell me, Xiahou Tianyuan injured someone in your jurisdiction, but why did he automatically confess to the kidnapping case? Is your image, Pang Wudi, too great, making him feel convinced?"

Manager Pang replied: "Xiahou Tianyuan knew he had made a mistake, so he surrendered himself."

Fu Qingyang chuckled.

Elder Teddy's tone turned cold: "In an internal meeting, I won't talk nonsense with you. Before Xiahou Tianyuan surrendered himself, the hostage had already been rescued. He surrendered himself to protect himself. This is my judgment. Fu Qingyang reported you for embezzlement, bribery, and harboring criminals, Pang Wudi. You better give me an explanation."

"There is no such thing," Pang Wudi said in a deep voice.

"Can you withstand an investigation?" Elder Teddy snorted.

Pang Wudi didn't speak.

The typing frequency of the other managers subsided a lot.

Elder Teddy continued: "Since you are both at fault, then each of you will take fifty strokes. The case of Hei Wuchang still needs to be investigated. I will settle your affairs later. This matter is over. As for how to deal with Xiahou Tianyuan, I want to hear your opinions."

Immediately, seven or eight managers requested to speak.

"Elder, the target of Xiahou Tianyuan's kidnapping was a member of the Zhisha Palace's family. Although he was wrong, he had no intention of harming anyone. He just wanted to lure out the target. The punishment can be reduced appropriately."

"Elder, Xiahou Tianyuan is, after all, a direct descendant of the Xiahou family. Without causing any major impact, it is necessary to reduce the punishment, let him compensate the victim, obtain forgiveness, and detain him for ten or fifteen days."

"Kidnapping is not advisable. He should be punished. Detain him for half a month."

Elder Teddy pondered. Although the Elders had decision-making power, the managers were the ones who actually did the work. He had to consider the demands of the managers.

In addition, those members of the Fu family who were wandering outside the family core had contacted him privately, euphemistically expressing the idea of handling the matter in a low-key manner and reducing the punishment.

But half a month was too little to convince the public. Elder Teddy said calmly: "Xiahou Tianyuan violated the security law and instigated kidnapping. Detain him for two months."

Two months... The managers, led by Pang Wudi, did not protest anymore. Although it wasn't the most desirable result, two months was fine. It was just like cultivating one's mind.

"Elder, I have something to say!"

Fu Qingyang typed a response.

Elder Teddy opened his microphone for him.

"You have five minutes."

*What else does he want to do?* Pang Wudi and other managers frowned secretly.

Fu Qingyang's voice was steady, neither fast nor slow: "According to my investigation, I have collected a lot of Xiahou Tianyuan's criminal information. In February of this year, he relied on his family's power to force several local enterprises in the coastal province to forcibly purchase shares at low prices.

"Last November, he colluded with local state-owned enterprise leaders to seize state-owned assets. Last August, he committed three rape cases. Two of them were settled with money, and the other victim was unwilling to reconcile, so he sent captive Spirit Realm practitioners to kill and silence her.

"In addition, many people have reported that he privately enticed wild Spirit Realm practitioners to act as his thugs and do illegal activities for him. He keeps underage girls for the friends in his circle to play with..."

"I have detailed criminal data, evidence, and some victims' real-name reports here."

The conference room was silent for a long time.

Pang Wudi and other managers felt a chill in their hearts, both shocked and angry. How could Fu Qingyang find out so much information and collect evidence in such a short period of time?

In the next second, the answer appeared in their minds: *The Xiahou family!*

*A thief in the family. It must be a thief in the family.*

Outsiders could not have mastered such detailed criminal data of Xiahou Tianyuan.

*Did he want to deal with Xiahou Tianyuan long ago? Did he secretly contact other factions of the Xiahou family long ago and collect evidence?*

*It's over...*

"I will copy the data to you later," Fu Qingyang added.

As soon as he finished speaking, those managers who had been silent from beginning to end spoke up one after another, demanding that Xiahou Tianyuan be severely punished, as if they had discussed it beforehand.

Elder Teddy pondered for a few seconds and finally asked: "Is there anyone else who wants to speak?"

*Only let Xiahou Chi come forward himself...* Pang Wudi and others knew that the general trend of this meeting was over and chose to remain silent.

"I will verify the evidence. Before that, Xiahou Tianyuan will be under your custody, Fu Qingyang. Meeting adjourned!"

"The meeting is over?"

In the room, Zhang Yuanqing, who had received Fu Qingyang's message, suddenly sat up from the bed and carefully read the contents of the message.

Fu Qingyang said in the message that Xiahou Tianyuan's criminal data had been submitted, and the sentence was undetermined, but he wouldn't be able to get out for several years.

However, the centurion hinted vaguely that Xiahou Tianyuan's grandfather, Xiahou Chi, was currently in Songhai. Although he was being controlled by the Five Elements Alliance, he was a ticking time bomb.

He told Zhang Yuanqing to pay attention to his safety recently, not to go to work at the Kangyang District Police Station for the time being, and to wait for his news.

"In addition to Xiahou Chi, there is also a Xiahou Xin. I sent his son to prison. If he retaliates desperately, I will be in danger... I have to contact Zhisha Palace to give the Xiahou family a fatal blow!"

Thinking this, Zhang Yuanqing dialed Wang Qian's phone.

It was Qingdian Dasheng who answered the phone. The reply was: "Wait a little longer."

The Palace Master had not returned from the dungeon, and they could not contact her.

*If she hangs up in the dungeon, it will be a big joke...* Zhang Yuanqing muttered and went to bed.

At four o'clock in the morning, he was awakened by the ringtone of his phone.

The caller ID was Wang Qian.

Zhang Yuanqing's spirits lifted, his drowsiness disappeared, and he immediately answered the call.

Qingdian Dasheng said in a rather cheerful tone: "Our Palace Master is out. She wants to see you."