Chapter 30 Emergency Martial Law
As a particularly large airship tower, YunTu Airship Tower naturally supports merchant groups to temporarily stop their private airships here for resupply before taking off again.
The management plan for these private airships by Cloud Journey Navigation Tower is that staff will inspect the large cargo carried on the airships, but they will not be responsible for the passengers.
This also provided an opportunity for illegal immigration.
It was only after learning about these unspoken rules of the Cloud Journey Tower that Yan Shi decisively concluded that with the large number of combat personnel carried by the Mithril Merchant Guild, they must have their own private airships.
The Mithril Merchant Guild's airship is a large flying artifact.
Although Yan Shi and Wei Ning had arranged to meet at 11:30 a.m., Yan Shi arrived early. Wei Ning probably arrived early as well, fearing that Yan Shi would have nowhere to go if he was pursued by the enforcement team.
Neither of them mentioned the time.
Just as Yan Shi followed Wei Ning into the Yun Tu Airport Tower, the minute hand of the huge clock on the highest terminal building of the Yun Tu Airport Tower jumped once.
It's exactly 11 o'clock.
Yan Shi subconsciously looked up at the clock. At the same time, her phone rang, and Liu Guang hurriedly walked towards Wei Ning from inside.
“Commander,” Liu Guang said with a serious expression, “the Cloud Journey Tower has suddenly been placed under martial law.”
Yan Shi's brow twitched.
"Don't rush," Wei Ning reassured Liu Guang, "Tell me in detail."
Liu Guang suppressed his anxiety: "We were checking whether the bearings and cargo related to the airship takeoff were in place when a staff member suddenly came and informed us that all takeoff ramps of the airship towers had been temporarily and urgently closed. He said that the Weil Hub was going to verify the identity codes of all personnel on board the airships taking off today at the Cloud Map Airship Tower."
“This wouldn’t normally be anything special; the Cloud Journey Tower comes for surprise inspections several times a year.” Liu Guang bit her lower lip. “But the problem is that they were carrying life detectors.”
"Life detector." Wei Ning sighed. "I guessed that the Cloud Journey Tower might be under martial law, but I didn't expect them to even bring out a life detector."
As she spoke, she glanced at Yan Shi and chuckled, "Did you slap Duan Yunchen in the face last night? She seemed really serious about it."
No, how could Duan Yunchen know that she was planning to take off for Emerald City at noon today? The timing is too perfect.
Yan Shi pondered inwardly.
She could feel her phone still vibrating slightly.
She turned on her phone screen and glanced at it quickly; it was an urgent call from Shu Zhijing.
"Excuse me, I'll be right back," Yan Shi interrupted Wei Ning and Liu Guang. "I suddenly remembered something I need to check on."
“It’s not a good time to be running around the Ville hub right now,” Liuguang said. “Currently, in addition to checking private business groups, we are also randomly checking passing travelers.”
Wei Ning raised an eyebrow. "Yanlan, why don't you give me the bracelet? I'll keep it for you, and you can return it when you come back after you've finished your personal business. Anyway, there are rules and regulations in place, so you won't get less in the end."
"No need. If the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs really investigates, I'll take responsibility myself." Yan Shi shrugged. "Like you said, there are laws and regulations that bind us, so I can't escape them."
With people coming and going around here, she desperately needed a secluded space where she wouldn't be disturbed to answer Shu Zhijing's call.
So the most suitable place is...
Yan Shi squatted in the restroom stall of the Yuntuhang Tower, and after confirming that no one was on either side, he whispered, "God said that the stall I am in is sealed."
As soon as he finished speaking, the noise from the crowd outside the Cloud Journey Tower, caused by the sudden lockdown, vanished instantly, and the space became quiet.
Yan Shi dialed Shu Zhijing's number again.
"Director," Shu Zhijing answered the phone quickly.
After last night's black market explosion and the demolition of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, Yan Shi felt somewhat disoriented about how to properly be an upright person.
She rubbed her face, and although no one saw, she made sure her expression remained serious as she replied in a cold tone, "What's wrong?"
Shu Zhijing seemed to be carefully choosing her words, "The contraband seized by the Weier Hub Branch was all intercepted last night."
Yan Shi: ...
Although she had already suspected that this might be the case, she still felt rather complicated about being publicly accused of something she shouldn't have.
Yan Shi didn't know what to say for a moment, but after a moment of silence, he said, "I remember this is the branch office that Duan Yunchen is in charge of, and the Weier Hub is not a new one that started operating in the first year."
On the other end of the phone, Shu Zhijing said: But this is the first time the director's sister has used the director's authority card to intercept contraband.
The matter was too outrageous; even with solid evidence, she needed to have her doubts first.
Shu Zhijing, in a fit of desperation, said, "It was your sister who intercepted the contraband."
After hearing these words, Director Yan on the other end of the phone didn't seem very surprised. After pausing for a few seconds, she said, "Then we'll proceed according to the plan set by Yuntu Hangta."
This is not a matter of following the rules or not.
Yanlan can use the director's curse to protect her from the law, so the enforcement team can't catch her.
Shu Zhijing was in charge of Baiyujing's execution team. The incident at the Will Hub didn't actually involve her much in terms of duties.
However, contraband flowing out of the Weir hub may be traded and resold multiple times before entering Baiyujing.
This will have a significant impact on Shu Zhijing.
After all, the best way to stop the flow of water is to cut it off at the source.
Shu Zhijing can say with certainty that, given Yan Lan's seemingly unbridled behavior in the black market, coupled with the director's unrestricted favoritism in lending her spells, the enforcement team would need Duan Yunchen to be at his peak to capture Yan Lan.
Even without Duan Yunchen saying it, Shu Zhijing could guess how bad her current condition was.
Shu Zhijing could also see that Yanju's attitude towards his younger sister Yanlan was ambiguous.
It was a strange feeling, even though she didn't have much contact with the director because she was mainly in charge of Baiyujing's enforcement team.
This can be seen from the handling of major events involving Sheng Chunqiu and a series of events in both the inner and outer worlds.
The new director is someone whose origins are unknown, who is extremely capable, and who is extremely committed to maintaining fairness and order.
She doesn't show favoritism towards subordinates who might seem close to her to outsiders, nor does she care about the so-called unspoken rules within the Bureau of Management.
In her eyes, right is right and wrong is wrong. Everything is based on absolute rules and regulations.
Is it possible that someone who is so cold and indifferent, seemingly devoid of personal feelings, would receive special treatment?
Shu Zhijing suppressed her inner speculations and asked, "Director Yan, could you temporarily refrain from lending your sister the spell?"
On the other end of the phone, Director Yan seemed to have no hesitation about the question, saying, "Shu Zhijing, you've crossed the line."
She paused for a moment and then continued, "The contraband she took will not flow into the black market in large quantities."
Yan Ju's voice grew colder and more stern. "Every summer, the large number of war orphans caused by the continuous conflicts between the beastmen on the Giant Crocodile Plains, and the funds allocated by the General Administration to the Giant Crocodile Plains Branch to take care of them, all went to you. I thought you knew."
“Similarly, the Free Alliance trades contraband every summer, and the proceeds are used to care for these war orphans. I thought you were aware of that as well.” Director Yan gave Shu Zhijing no room to argue.
"I can't manage everything this year. I hope you and Bai Yujing can also act wisely in this matter."
She didn't say anything more and hung up the phone directly.
Yes, Shu Zhijing understood perfectly well. Bai Yujing, who was behind her, was also involved in the misappropriation of a large amount of funds allocated annually by the General Administration to care for war orphans.
Shu Zhijing was somewhat surprised that Director Yan knew about this. After all, this director had only been in office for half a year. And this fixed amount of misappropriated funds had been going on for more than ten years.
It wasn't that Shu Zhijing didn't want to get involved, but rather that she simply couldn't, and she was also an indirect beneficiary of the funds.
Yan Shi hung up the phone and suddenly felt like jumping around on the spot and going crazy.
So, the demolition of the branch office of the Foreign Affairs Bureau last night was a wish she had had for more than a month since she started working there, and she actually felt quite relieved.
Her work manual contained records of all these secrets from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.
It's decided, this matter must be dealt with by next summer!
It seems she's been looking at something for quite a while now...?
Although it was just an excuse, Wei Ning knew it, and she knew it too.
But Wei Ning wouldn't think she ran away with the things, would she?
Yan Shi slowly realized this, opened the bathroom door, and made his way out with impeccable manners and elegance.
Liu Guang stood in the center of the hall waiting for her.
Seeing her finally arrive, Liuguang seemed to be suppressing her anger and said sarcastically, "Did you go to Sector C of the Will Hub to see something and then come back?"
"How did you know?" Yan asked, feigning surprise. "I'm quick, aren't I?"
And it actually came true. Liu Guang gritted her teeth. If the contraband wasn't still on Yan Lan, she wouldn't be standing in the hall foolishly waiting for him. "Hurry up, the airship is about to leave."
Yan Shi: "Wasn't Yuntu Airport under emergency lockdown? Have you finished checking everything?"
"I already said it wasn't anything special to begin with. The only trouble was with that life detector." Since it involved the Mithril Merchant Guild's trade secrets, Liu Guang was discreet and didn't want to say more. "Everything's been taken care of. The entire airship is just waiting for you."
"That's truly my honor." Yan Shi stretched. "Let's go."
The Mithril Merchant Guild's airship may not look very big on the outside, but its interior space has probably been expanded by magic. Even Yan Shi, who was only temporarily on board, was assigned a separate room.
After entering the airship room, Yan Shi first took a quick look at the interior space, which was a standard single room with a private bathroom.
She wondered if it was because of the phone call with Shu Zhijing earlier, but she felt that her ability, which she had almost exhausted in the bathroom, was now usable again.
Yan Shi has always been very sensitive to gazes.
With her back to the monitor in the room, she whispered, "God said the monitor in the room is malfunctioning and is not showing the scene inside the room."
The gaze that had been fixed on her disappeared.
Yan Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to rest in bed and scroll through her phone when her phone suddenly vibrated again.
Yan Shi looked at the caller ID, his expression slowly fading.
She sat up straight in bed without thinking and answered the phone.
"Mother."
Author's Note: Updated! It's a bit late, though. This is the June 9th update. Updates might be late for the next couple of days, so you can go to sleep first and read it in the morning. (tweets)
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