The group that had barged in were the people who lived by the sea, and the man at the forefront was Song Tao, who had been barbecuing by the sea not long ago.
Due to the extreme chaos, Zhou Jinbai and Lin Xingwan were blocked by others, so Song Tao did not see them.
"You swindlers, you are in cahoots, trying to threaten us into submission with violence. We will never compromise. Even if we die here today, we will get justice for our homes and land."
Song Tao still held a steel pipe in his hand, gripping it tightly with one hand, his eyes wide open as if they were about to pop out.
Veins bulged on his forehead, and he looked extremely angry, his chest heaving violently.
Among the crowd behind Song Tao were not only elderly people with white hair but also children shorter than a meter.
"Give us back our fields, give us back our land!"
"Yes, give us back our fields, give us back our land, you liars, liars!"
Lin Xingwan couldn't help but ask, "When we talked to Song Tao a few times before, didn't he say that as long as the money for the houses and fields was received, the matter would be resolved? But now it feels like the situation is getting worse and worse?"
Zhou Jinbai pursed his lips and remained silent. However, Shi Zhesheng, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, spoke with a cold face, "What, are all the security guards in the house just idling around?"
Shi Zhesheng's face was full of authority, especially the way he looked at Song Tao, with the disdain of a superior towards the humble and insignificant people at the bottom of society.
The security guards' expressions changed drastically upon hearing this.
"Please leave immediately, or we will not be polite."
One of the security guards said.
However, Song Tao and his group were not afraid at all.
"We must seek justice today. Why was the price per mu of land ten thousand yuan, and it ended up being five thousand yuan? In this day and age, you buy coastal land for five thousand yuan per mu, then build houses and sell them for two to three thousand yuan per square meter, right? Is it because we are ordinary people that you can bully us at will?"
"You promised us a hundred thousand yuan initially, and why has the money for the houses also been reduced so much? You only deserve to give us construction fees, but there was our land in it too. How can you treat us like this?"
"Even if I die here today, I will seek an explanation."
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This group of people cast their indignant gazes at Shi Zhesheng, while Lin Xingwan and Zhou Jinbai were shocked.
So, they were causing trouble because the price had been almost halved?
If this were true, it would be too much of a bully.
"Get out, get out, hurry up and get out." One of the security guards had already started to act.
Immediately after, Song Tao and the others did not show weakness, and soon, the two sides engaged in a physical altercation.
Song Tao, who was at the forefront, was surrounded and beaten by several security guards. Even the children were grabbed by their collars by the security guards and roughly dragged outside.
Song Tao and his group were no match for the security guards. Soon, these people were beaten black and blue, and even the elderly were not spared.
"Stop—"
Zhou Jinbai spoke in a cold voice, and soon all eyes were fixed on him.
Even Shi Zhesheng narrowed his eyes. He had not expected Zhou Jinbai to get involved in this matter.
"Mr. Shi, such a disturbance at the banquet must have a significant impact on you, right? Or does nothing that happens tonight affect you?"
Zhou Jinbai deliberately emphasized the word "you" and smiled, but his eyes were as cold as iron.
His words were thought-provoking. Shi Zhesheng smiled and explained, "These people truly like to use violence to counter violence. They eat so much every day, yet they only grow in size and not in brain. Did I tell you to hit them?"
Shi Zhesheng immediately shifted the blame to the security guards who were beating people.
"Brother Zhou—" Song Tao recognized Zhou Jinbai, and his face, filled with despair, showed a glimmer of hope.
When Song Tao's father was still alive, he had told Song Tao that Zhou Jinbai was an extraordinary person.
Although Song Tao's father did not know Zhou Jinbai's true identity until his death, Song Tao now felt like he had grasped a life-saving straw upon seeing Zhou Jinbai.
"What is this all about? How dare you cause trouble here?"
Zhou Jinbai's tone was serious, but when he looked at Song Tao, the sharp coldness in his eyes had softened.
"Brother Zhou, it's not that we are causing trouble, but that scoundrel Hong Wenyao is too much. All of us have compromised. Ten thousand yuan per mu is ten thousand yuan, we accept it, but these unscrupulous profiteers, knowing we compromised, changed the price for the later batch to five thousand yuan per mu. We have lived off our land for generations. Now, even our last reliance is being squeezed dry. How can we live?" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
After saying this, tears welled up in Song Tao's eyes.
Just then, Hong Wenyao also appeared.
He pointed at Song Tao's nose and shouted, "These fields were allocated to you by the state. Giving you five thousand yuan now is already a charity. Moreover, I said long ago that if you cooperated with us, we could give you more money, but you didn't cooperate at all, so naturally, you have to pay a price. What did we do wrong? Rongcheng's development is so slow because of you ungrateful and stubborn parasites."
The people around did not think Hong Wenyao was wrong, because these people had long since become capitalists, and capitalists always fed on the blood of the working people.
"Heh." Zhou Jinbai chuckled, and Hong Wenyao glared at him.
"What, am I wrong? The land these people occupy belongs to our entire China. It's their honor to be noticed. Sell it while you can still get five thousand yuan per mu. Perhaps in the end, it will be only one thousand yuan."
Hong Wenyao's tone was full of threats.
"Very well, I have recorded everything you just said on my phone. I hope you can still be so arrogant when I release it to the media."
Zhou Jinbai's eyes held a hint of playfulness and disdain, and his entire being exuded an undeniable authority. In front of Zhou Jinbai, Hong Wenyao was like a monkey in a circus, his face instantly froze.
"You... you secretly recorded? Zhou Jinbai, the people of our Black Triangle and your Eastern family have been minding our own business for years. Are you trying to humiliate me in front of everyone?"
Hong Wenyao looked at the man before him. Although he was wary of the power of the Eastern family behind him, Hong Wenyao did not want Zhou Jinbai to meddle.
"What if I deliberately meddle today?" Zhou Jinbai finished speaking, and unexpectedly, some media personnel hidden in the crowd had already picked up their phones to take pictures and record the events of the night, and some were even live-streaming.
Shi Zhesheng's expression darkened, and he even took a large step back silently.
Since Hong Wenyao, the fool, wanted to confront Zhou Jinbai head-on, let Hong Wenyao wade into this muddy water.
Lin Xingwan wanted to go to Zhou Jinbai's side, but unexpectedly, more people rushed in from the entrance.
These people were armed with guns and, regardless of whether they would harm innocent bystanders, they started firing randomly into the crowd.
The already bustling banquet hall became chaotic and disordered due to the sudden turn of events.
Everyone was in a panic, wanting to escape.
Zhou Jinbai's first thought was of Lin Xingwan, but as he tried to move against the flow of people towards her, he was pushed forward.
Lin Xingwan reached out, trying to hold Zhou Jinbai's hand, their hands only a centimeter apart.
But after missing, they drifted further and further apart.
Even several burly men stood between Lin Xingwan and Zhou Jinbai, and Lin Xingwan's figure was soon submerged.
Lin Xingwan felt a sharp pain in her neck as someone injected her with a needle.
In just two or three seconds, Lin Xingwan instantly lost consciousness.
Zhou Jinbai could only watch helplessly as Lin Xingwan disappeared from his sight. He had even figured out that everything that had happened tonight had only one purpose: Lin Xingwan!
Zhou Jinbai abandoned the impulse to approach where Lin Xingwan had been standing and quickly called Bai Xiao.
"Bring your men to Shi Zhesheng's house immediately."
The chaos only ended after five or six minutes.
The way the chaos ended was that all the people holding black guns were dead inside Shi Zhesheng's villa, their bodies lying everywhere, not a single one spared.
Of course, the deaths of these people were all thanks to Zhou Jinbai's subordinates.
At this moment, Zhou Jinbai stood before Shi Zhesheng and Hong Wenyao, like an Asura who had just finished a massacre in hell.
The guests of the night stood trembling to the side.
They cast fearful glances at Zhou Jinbai. Even Song Tao and the others were stunned by what had just happened.
A group of armed men had broken in, followed by four or five highly skilled individuals.
It was these four or five skilled individuals who had killed more than twenty people.
One of them, who looked the weakest, killed the most.
Every few seconds, someone would die by his gun, or by a fruit knife picked up casually, yet capable of taking a life with every strike.
"Young Master, we still haven't found the Young Madam, and there are no surveillance cameras in this house."
Xuan Yin ran out of the villa and reported the results of the search.
Zhou Jinbai seemed to have expected this outcome. His dark eyes held a cruel glint like a wild beast. When his sharp gaze locked onto Shi Zhesheng and Hong Wenyao, Hong Wenyao's shoulders trembled with fear. Shi Zhesheng, though flustered, did not show it as obviously as Hong Wenyao.
"Mr. Zhou, we are also very anxious about your wife's disappearance. But as you can see, we searched the entire villa and couldn't find her. I wouldn't possibly hide your wife. Besides, I was the one who invited your wife. I am truly worried about what happened to her."
Shi Zhesheng tried to comfort Zhou Jinbai and even reached out to pat Zhou Jinbai's shoulder, but Zhou Jinbai dodged.
"Shi Zhesheng, Hong Wenyao, I don't know what you have planned, but hand over Xingwan. I can let this matter go today, otherwise... I will make you understand what fear is."
Zhou Jinbai's voice was as cold as the wind blowing on a cold night.
For him, the regret he felt now was so intense that he wanted to kill.
He had not expected these people to be so audacious as to set a trap for him at such an event tonight.
"What are you talking about? We don't understand. Zhou Jinbai, I am from the Black Triangle. If you dare to touch me, the Liang family of the Black Triangle will never let you go."
Hong Wenyao's voice began to tremble. For him, just thinking that Liang Sichen ordered him to do tonight's events, no matter how cowardly Hong Wenyao was, he would not reveal the truth.
After all, he had not witnessed the power of Dongfang Junze, but he had witnessed Liang Sichen's power.
Hong Wenyao could guarantee that if he said a single word tonight, he would not see the sun tomorrow.
"It seems you are still unwilling to tell the truth."
As soon as Zhou Jinbai finished speaking, Bai Xiao arrived with his men.
And he had brought quite a few people.
Bai Xiao's nostrils were filled with the smell of blood.
When he saw the people lying on the ground, his temples throbbed.
Bai Xiao quickly walked to Zhou Jinbai's side and asked, "What happened?"
Zhou Jinbai remained silent. Instead, Xuan Yin explained, "Mr. Bai, the Young Madam disappeared just now. We searched the entire villa and couldn't find her."
Xuan Yin's words immediately drew Bai Xiao's gaze to Shi Zhesheng.
"Mr. Shi, what is going on?"
"We were just chatting here, and many people rushed in. The scene was already chaotic tonight. I guess Miss Gu was scared and ran out?"
Before Shi Zhesheng could speak, Zeng Ying began to explain on his behalf.
After speaking, she added, "My husband and Miss Gu have no personal grudges. Why would they kidnap her for no reason? It doesn't make sense."
Zhou Jinbai sneered. However, those who knew him knew that he was already very dangerous when he wasn't smiling. If he started smiling, the people on the opposite side would definitely suffer heavy losses, and it was even questionable whether they could keep their lives in the end.
"Indeed, it doesn't make sense. However, Shi Zhesheng, your political career can only end here." After speaking, Zhou Jinbai gave an order to Xuan Yin, "Xuan Yin, take Hong Wenyao away."
"Yes, Young Master—"
Soon, Xuan Yin aimed his gun directly at Hong Wenyao. Hong Wenyao did not want to go, but with a 'bang,' his arm was shot through.