frightfiction Chapter 687: The Mystery of General Zhan
Chapter 687: The Mystery of General Zhan
Jiang Qianhui felt a mix of emotions. She had stubbornly believed that Zhan Yanxun had killed her father in her previous life, but now that she had calmed down and thought about it, she realized that her father was arrested and imprisoned because the Black Knights had asked him to help them launder money.
Although she was imprisoned after being reported by Zhan Yanxun, the real reason she was arrested was because she worked for the Black Riders. So the real people who harmed her father were the Black Riders. In this life, Zhan Yanxun successfully destroyed the Black Riders, which can be considered as indirectly avenging her father. Moreover, in this life, he also saved her father.
Are they... even now?
……
When Zhan Yanxun was driving, he noticed someone sitting in the back seat.
He got into the car with a deep look in his eyes. The person in the back seat said in a low voice, "Your car's security system isn't very good. You'd better be careful."
"Besides a lieutenant general, you probably don't know anyone else who likes to quietly hide in the back seat of other people's cars."
The lieutenant general said cheerfully, "I'm just checking your security. After all, the death of the Black Riders' leader hasn't been fully investigated yet."
"Your people are too capable. They said they'd arrange for me to meet the Black Riders' leader, but instead they gave me a dead man. You want me to communicate with him? Are you suggesting we hire a mage?"
"I didn't expect you to become so humorous, haha."
The lieutenant general covered his embarrassment with laughter, but when he realized that Zhan Yanxun wasn't laughing at all, he said awkwardly, "I'm so sorry! I even arranged for three groups of people to guard us day and night, but we still couldn't stop it."
After the Black Riders leader was captured, Zhan Yanxun wanted to see him because he had many things he wanted to know. However, when the military arranged for him to meet the Black Riders leader, the leader was already dead.
Upon seeing the Black Riders' leader dead, the lieutenant general was utterly stunned. This guy couldn't possibly have died here!
Zhan Yanxun said disdainfully, "What an unreliable guy!"
Knowing he was in the wrong, the lieutenant general quickly changed the subject, jokingly saying, "You really let that guy 'God's Hand' treat your ex-father-in-law? That guy hasn't had surgery in years."
"He seems to be doing alright, so we can let him continue to practice medicine and treat patients. He shouldn't stay cooped up all the time."
“I told him, but he wouldn’t listen. He only listens to you.”
"What brings you here?"
"The latest news we've received is that, in addition to the five main disciples, the Black Knights also have a hidden master who has been in hiding for many years. No one in the Black Knights knows his identity or has ever seen him."
Criminal activity has become increasingly rampant in the past two years, and I've heard that this lord is behind it all. I'm wondering if the mysterious death of the Black Riders' leader was orchestrated by this lord.
Zhan Yanxun frowned. He had already wiped out the Black Riders, and the Black Riders were supposed to have collapsed. He didn't expect that there would still be some who had escaped. The Black Riders actually had a leader.
Why is the Black Riders' leader hiding this Lord? Is his death really related to this Lord?
"What's the current situation internationally? Are there any newly emerging dark organizations?"
"Not yet. This lord is quite clever; he's hidden himself very well."
"Hurry up and check. If you don't pull the weeds out by the roots, they'll grow back."
"Understood, don't worry, leave this to me."
As if to wash away the previous embarrassment, the lieutenant general appeared particularly proactive.
Zhan Yanxun simply nodded in response.
At this moment, the lieutenant general said, "There's another small matter. The products on the orders that Zhan's Group provided to the military are all substandard. Aren't you going to go back and check them? If you continue like this, Zhan's Group will go bankrupt."
Since Zhan Yanxun left the Zhan Group, the pass rate of the products provided by the Zhan Group has dropped drastically. If it weren't for Zhan Yanxun's sake, the cooperation would have ended long ago.
Zhan Yanxun: "Since the product is substandard, we should do what needs to be done, and terminate the cooperation if necessary."
"The consequences of terminating the cooperation with Zhan's Group would be quite severe. I heard that they have been suppressed by Gu's Group recently. If the cooperation is terminated, they will be crushed by Gu's Group."
Zhan Yanxun said coldly, "Zhan Xuekun simply cannot protect the Zhan Group; bankruptcy is only a matter of time."
"You seem quite carefree now. I'll do as you say!"
……
the next day.
Zhan Xuekun rushed to find Zhan Yanxun.
"Zhan Yanxun, you need to go and talk to the military right away about why they've cancelled their cooperation with us. Do you know how many orders the Gu Group has snatched from us recently?"
That Gu Xunjing is like a mad dog, relentlessly pursuing us. We wouldn't have gone bankrupt before because of the military orders, but now that the military has withdrawn its cooperation, the Zhan Group really will go bankrupt.
Zhan Xuekun was so anxious he was jumping up and down. He originally thought that with Gu Xuanwu dead, no one would be involved with their Zhan Group anymore.
Who would have thought that Gu Xunjing, that spoiled brat, would be even crazier than his father once he took office, relentlessly pursuing the Zhan Group? Originally, they were able to stabilize the Zhan Group by relying on the contracts with the military, but now that the military has withdrawn from the cooperation, they have nothing left.
"The military withdrew from the cooperation because your product quality control was inadequate. Isn't that a perfectly normal thing?"
"Zhan Yanxun, what kind of attitude is this? You're not going to care, are you? Just because you're going to marry the eldest daughter of the Su family, and now the Zhan Group is bankrupt, you're just going to abandon us?"
The news that Zhan Yanxun was going to marry Su Mengyu had already spread. Xie Qingyi, standing to the side, said coldly, "Zhan Yanxun, what exactly are you doing right now? The Zhan Group is facing such a big crisis and you don't care? You still want to marry Su Mengyu?"
"I was happy for you to marry Su Mengyu before, but now everyone knows about Su Mengyu and Gu Xunjing. Are you out of your mind to rush to marry her now?"
Zhan Xuekun said sarcastically, "Mom, how could he be the one with a problem? He's the most cunning one! He must have known that the Zhan Group would end up like this, so he quickly abandoned the Zhan Group. Now he's latched onto a big tree. Although the affair between Su Mengyu and Gu Xunjing is disgraceful, Su Mengyu is now the only heir of the Su family. Marrying her doesn't mean he inherits the entire Su family's assets. He's very clever."
Zhan Yanxun sneered, "It's really difficult for you to come up with such a logic with your pig brain."
"Zhan Yanxun, how dare you talk to me like that? I'm still your brother!"
"Only a pig-brain like you would dare to speak so loudly, turning the once-dominant Zhan Group into a state of turmoil!"
Zhan Xuekun was instantly speechless. He had to remember that when Zhan Yanxun resigned as president of the Zhan Group, the Zhan Group was at its peak. How could it have become so precarious in such a short time?
Zhan Xuekun retorted indignantly, "It's all because of Gu Xuanwu and that father-son duo, Gu Xunjing. Who would have thought that even after Gu Xuanwu died, Gu Xunjing would be even more insane than his father!"