Chapter 168 Fighting a Tough Battle (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Zhou Tianyu had already quietly slipped into the granary. Looking at the huge amount of grain piled up around him, he was completely shocked by the scene.
Zhang Xu did not enter the granary because he saw the people around the high-ranking leader go in.
He observed the movements over there from the shadows.
"What are you doing here so late at night instead of sleeping?"
"I was so hungry. I hadn't eaten enough during the day, so I was thinking of coming out to find something to eat. There were guards at the kitchen, so I couldn't get in. I heard from Xu Qingmo that there was a big granary here, so I thought I'd come and get something to eat."
Zhou Tianyu directly revealed Xu Qingmo's name, attracting the other party's attention.
"Did Xu Qingmo really tell you?"
"Of course, if it weren't for her, how would I have known there was a granary here?"
"Get out of here and go explain the situation to your superiors, or I won't let you off the hook."
"No, Xu Qingmo is very good to me. She even told me there was food here. I can't betray her."
"What, you dare to disobey me?"
Before Zhou Tianyu could speak, he suddenly saw the grain sacks start to catch fire. He was so frightened that he ran out of the house and locked the door behind him.
The man inside the house wanted to both put out the fire and escape.
Smoke billowed from the house as the man shouted for help outside.
But because this area had already been patrolled, many people gradually moved away.
Zhang Xu noticed something was wrong and quickly stepped out from the shadows.
Zhou Tianyu hurriedly ran to Zhang Xu and couldn't help but say, "I've set the house on fire as you asked. When you go to the leader later to ask for credit, remember to say a good word for me."
Zhang Xu looked at the person in front of him in disbelief and asked, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? When did I tell you to set fire to the granary?"
"Didn't you say that person has been hindering your career? As long as he's around, the leaders won't discover your talent. But if he's gone, the leaders will definitely see your true abilities, and then you'll be the leader's favorite. Go to the leaders and say that person accidentally set fire to the granary and was swallowed by the fire. I'll keep an eye on things here and make sure he doesn't get out."
Zhou Tianyu spoke earnestly, while Zhang Xu frowned.
"So this is what you're like, Zhang Xu. You'll stop at nothing to achieve your goals." His nemesis suddenly appeared and happened to overhear the conversation that could lead to misunderstanding.
Zhang Xu quickly defended himself, saying, "This has nothing to do with me. Don't listen to his nonsense."
"You're not going to discard me after I've served my purpose, are you? I'm telling you, that won't do. You're the one who arranged for me to do this, and now that I've done it, you're going to kick me out?" Zhou Tianyu's voice was even louder with excitement.
His arch-rival clicked his tongue, "Zhang Xu, your strength has always been inferior to mine. You'd do something like this just to surpass me. You're nothing but a beast."
Zhang Xu's arch-nemesis grabbed his sleeve, intending to take him to the higher-ups to report him.
Zhang Xu deliberately pushed his hand away, saying, "The granary is on fire. Now is not the time for you to act recklessly. We need to call people to put out the fire."
The flames grew larger and larger, and the entire house began to be engulfed in flames.
The people inside are probably in grave danger.
"Heh... I already know you're up to no good, and you're still putting on an act in front of me. People like you deserve to be torn to pieces. Don't worry, this time you definitely won't get away."
"Let me go right now, I need to call someone to put out the fire."
"Come on, come with me quickly."
The two went to the leader's office, where the fire had been discovered by many people, who were already carrying buckets to fetch water to put out the fire.
In the big boss's office, his arch-rival recounted the whole story with embellishments.
Zhang Xu directly denied it, saying, "These things have nothing to do with me. Stop making baseless accusations." Zhang Xu didn't take the bait at all.
"Heh... Of course you don't want to admit it. Once you do, you'll lose all your current status and position. Zhang Xu, for your future, you're actually willing to climb up by stepping on the corpses of your own kind. Aren't you afraid of being haunted by nightmares in the dead of night?"
The arch-rival was unwilling to miss the opportunity to crush Zhang Xu.
Zhang Xu immediately retorted, "That's not how it happened at all. I followed Zhou Tianyu to the granary and found that it was suddenly on fire. Zhou Tianyu ran out, but the other person didn't..."
“Zhou Tianyu is no match for the people around the leader. Why can a child escape while a seasoned veteran is trapped inside and can’t get out? I don’t believe it’s because no one helped him.”
The words of their arch-rival served as a wake-up call for everyone present.
The leader also noticed that something was wrong, so he quickly left his office and went straight to Xu Qingmo's room.
He knocked on the door a few times, but there was no response from inside. The leader gave Zhang Xu a look, and Zhang Xu understood immediately.
He took a few steps back and rushed forward, smashing the door open.
Xu Qingmo was nowhere to be seen in the room.
Everyone immediately understood what was going on.
The leader rushed out the door and ordered the people around him, "Xu Qingmo is missing. Go find her immediately."
"By the way, go and see where Zhou Tianyu is, and bring him back with us."
That night, Zhang Xu and his men searched almost every place they could, but they couldn't find Xu Qingmo and Zhou Tianyu.
The two people seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Zhang Xu and the others were unwilling to give up and continued searching, but still couldn't find the two people.
Many people went back and reported that they had not found the person.
"Leader, our granary is gone, the nearby villagers have also evacuated, and the food in their homes has been moved away. It all seems like premeditated."
The man in the lead closed his eyes, trying to process what he was going to say.
They thought that with Xu Qingmo's help in making explosives, they would definitely be able to launch a successful counterattack.
Unexpectedly, Xu Qingmo's obedience and compliance were all to make him lower all his guard.
Now, Xu Qingmo and Zhou Tianyu have both disappeared, and his trump card has completely vanished.
"Alright, I understand, you don't need to say anything more."
The leading man returned to his room and sat down at the table, considering how to proceed with the journey ahead.
Zhang Xu appeared before him, dragging his injured body. "Sir, people from Shenjiang are here. They want us to hand over Xu Qingmo."
The leading man felt a chill and instinctively stood up. Zhang Xu was seriously injured; it seemed that the firepower from Shenjiang was quite strong.
This is very disadvantageous for them.
However, amidst all this bad news, he heard a piece of good news: Xu Qingmo had not fallen into Shen Jiang's hands.
The granary is gone, and they won't be staying here long. Since the people who are supposed to drown the river have already arrived, there's no time to hide. They might as well face the challenge head-on.
Even if they don't win, Shenjiang will definitely suffer losses.
"Quickly, take all those explosives with you; we're going to have a tough battle!"
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