Chapter 0447: The Purpose

Qiao Zhenye rushed from home to the police station, then brought people from the police station to the bar, which took about half an hour. During this time, he told Zhao Fusheng to keep an eye on Zhao Quan, as he was a key witness in the Wang Zhen case.

Zhao Fusheng was quite happy about this, because Qiao Zhenye's words meant that the other party thought the same as he did—that there was still room for maneuver in Wang Zhen's matter.

As the saying goes, it's not the lack of good things that's scary, but the lack of good people. This saying is actually quite reasonable.

From a certain perspective, the most feared thing in any matter is someone causing trouble in the middle; even the best things can go bad that way.

Regarding Wang Zhen's matter, according to Zhao Fusheng's thinking, if someone was willing to help, there was still some leeway. Now Qiao Zhenye's behavior confirmed Zhao Fusheng's speculation.

Of course, as for whether Deputy Chief Qiao's purpose was to gain a good reputation or something else, Zhao Fusheng didn't mind. As long as it could help reduce Wang Zhen's sentence, what harm was there in giving him the credit?

High-level officials like to tell the story of 'General and Prime Minister Make Up,' which always involves the unity of one person with another. In fact, everyone also plays out a 'General and Prime Minister Make Up' in their hearts, balancing the way of civil and military. Rational people always put the civil hand before the military, rather than acting solely on impulse.

Zhao Fusheng knew very well what he needed. Especially as his status changed and time passed, he increasingly realized that the greater the power in his hands, the more he could accomplish. If he wanted to grow his business bigger and go further on this path, he would face a huge danger: high socialization and politicization. The result would be a gradual loss of flesh and blood, leaving only a soul. If this continued, he would lose his way and thus lose the simplest humanity.

Therefore, most of the time, Zhao Fusheng tried to control himself to avoid losing his way.

What about this guy?

After Zhao Fusheng finished his phone call, Tan Kaixuan pointed at the still unconscious Zhao Quan and asked Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng frowned: 'Got any rope?'

'Huh?' The few of them looked at each other, and then saw Wen Yu casually pull a rope from behind his back. Under Tan Kaixuan's stunned gaze, he handed it to him: 'I thought, just in case we caught someone and they tried to slip away, I prepared this.'

'You're awesome!' Tan Kaixuan gave a thumbs up, his face full of admiration.

Even Zhao Fusheng looked surprised. He had only asked casually, and he hadn't been targeting Wen Yu or Tan Kaixuan, but Li Kunlun.

As it turned out, Li Kunlun didn't speak, but Wen Yu had actually brought rope. This completely refreshed Zhao Fusheng's view—Wen Yu was no pushover either.

'Tie him up,' Zhao Fusheng said to Li Kunlun. As he spoke, he pointed to a big tree not far away: 'Tie him there, so this guy doesn't run off.'

For a slippery character like Zhao Quan, Zhao Fusheng had no intention of giving him any chance to escape.

Li Kunlun nodded and quickly tied Zhao Quan securely to the tree with his back against it. By then, the guy finally woke up.

'Gentlemen, I don't know how I've offended you. Let's talk things out, talk things out,' Zhao Quan said, looking at his current state and then at Zhao Fusheng and the others, quickly begging for mercy.

Such punks never had any so-called backbone.

Being able to bend and stretch was their only way to survive.

Although he didn't know where these people had come from, Zhao Quan understood that someone like him had too many enemies. Even the girl he slept with last night might have some big shot behind her. So he decided to be straightforward for now—admit his mistakes first, then look for a chance to escape.

At worst, I'll just get beaten up first. After all, I've been through this for so many years.

"Heh, you haven't offended me." Zhao Fusheng glanced at Zhao Quan and curled his lip. "A friend of mine just wants to see you."

"Huh?" Zhao Quan was stunned and was about to speak again when Zhao Fusheng waved his hand and said to Li Kunlun, "Gag him."

Li Kunlun looked around but was at a loss, because there was nothing to gag Zhao Quan with.

After thinking for a moment, Tan Kaixuan blinked and bent down to take off his shoes.

"Brother, brother, don't, don't, I'll give you money, I..."

Before Zhao Quan could finish, Tan Kaixuan had already taken off his sock, handed it to Li Kunlun, and said seriously, "Um, Brother Li, my feet don't stink."

Li Kunlun's mouth twitched, but he ignored him, took the sock, and stuffed it into the struggling Zhao Quan's mouth.

Seeing Zhao Quan's face turn pale, the few of them laughed heartlessly. Even Li Kunlun, who was gentle by nature, had no objection to this.

He had already learned about Wang Zhen's matter from Zhao Fusheng and others, and he had not a shred of goodwill toward this guy Zhao Quan.

"Just wait like this?" After securing that bastard Zhao Quan, Tan Kaixuan asked Zhao Fusheng.

"What, if your hands are itchy, you can hit him," Zhao Fusheng said.

"No, hitting him or not isn't the point. I mean, will this solve the problem?" Tan Kaixuan asked, puzzled.

Zhao Fusheng smiled. "Tell me, what is the government?"

"Huh?"

Tan Kaixuan looked completely bewildered, clearly not understanding Zhao Fusheng's meaning.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and explained, "The government is a combination of various power groups, big and small. In ancient times, because there were kings and emperors, they held all the power, in other words, they could be dictators. But modern governments don't have such a person, so whoever sits in the top position must be the product of compromise among many interest groups."

"In other words, no matter who sits in the leadership position, they must consider the reactions of all aspects. This is the greater good, understand?"

"So what does that have to do with us?" Tan Kaixuan still looked at Zhao Fusheng blankly. Clearly, he understood every word Zhao Fusheng said, but when put together, he couldn't comprehend it at all.

Zhao Fusheng shrugged. "In Wang Zhen's case, the higher-ups actually need a justification. After all, he did intend to kill that Marina, and everyone knows that."

"Yeah, luckily that woman didn't die, otherwise it would have been trouble," Tan Kaixuan nodded. Although Marina was despicable, in Tan Kaixuan's view, ruining his bright future over a bitch like her made Wang Zhen the one most to be pitied.

"But if we expose the truth of this matter, wouldn't that prove that without Marina and Zhao Quan conspiring to swindle money, Wang Zhen might not have impulsively tried to kill someone?" Zhao Fusheng looked at Tan Kaixuan and said slowly.

Tan Kaixuan was startled, then understood Zhao Fusheng's meaning, blurting out, "You plan to appeal for him?"

Zhao Fusheng smiled. "You think it's impossible?"

Tan Kaixuan looked at the police car stopping not far away and suddenly felt that what Zhao Fusheng said seemed entirely feasible.