Chapter 96 Assassination
When the special car was driving to a section of desolate mountains and wilderness between Huaizhen and Shangxi Town, Lin Wen suddenly felt a huge pricking sensation in his heart.
Almost instinctively, Lin Wen fell to the ground.
Bang!
The windshield of the special car was shattered into pieces, and the specially made top-grade bulletproof glass was turned into countless shining dust, which shone brightly under the refraction of the sunlight.
There was a big hole in the backrest of the rear parking space, and even the trunk was pierced through, so you could even see the road surface.
Obviously, this is a high-powered anti-material sniper bullet.
The special car suddenly lost balance while driving at high speed and the car body was out of control in an instant. The driver of the special car held the steering wheel tightly, while Lin Wen had already activated the [Spirit Cat's Speed] and jumped out of the special car directly.
The moment he landed, another loud gunshot was heard. This time, the special car broke into two pieces. The rear end of the car hit the ground with a bang, and the front end of the car slid away.
Lin Wen rolled on the ground, and before he could stand up, he lunged forward again.
Bang!
There was a huge crater where he had just been.
"Chief Lin! Get cover! There's a sniper!" The driver of the special car fell off half of the front of the car, still shouting loudly.
But Lin Wen didn't listen to him and ran directly towards the sniper. He had already confirmed his location, which was on a barren mountain ahead.
"Chief Lin! There is wilderness ahead and no cover! You will become a target!" This was the first time the special car driver spoke so many words to his boss.
Lin Wen waved his hand to indicate that he understood, and at the same time he jumped suddenly.
Another sniper shot missed, sending up a cloud of sand and dust more than a meter high behind him.
The driver of the special car stared blankly at Lin Wen's figure charging towards the hill where the sniper was. He watched the deadly sniper shot after shot miss, as if something in his soul was shattered.
After dodging the thirteenth shot, the opponent seemed to have given up, but Lin Wen did not give up. He went around from the side and saw the sniper retreating from behind the mountain at a glance.
He was wearing a gray and red suit and carrying a large gun bag. When Lin Wen saw him, he also saw Lin Wen.
Lin Wen immediately accelerated and rushed towards him. At the same time, he took out his gun bag, drew out a hidden sword, and rushed towards Lin Wen.
At the moment when the two sides were close to each other, he stabbed out three swords like lightning, stabbing at Lin Wen's throat, heart, and abdomen respectively.
Even though he had activated [Swiftness of the Spirit Cat], Lin Wen saw his attack clearly, but his mind was unable to react. He relied entirely on his body's instinct to turn sideways and fall to the right, but a bloody mark was still left on his abdomen and his clothes were torn in two.
[Without Colorful Phoenix] was constantly sounding the alarm. Lin Wen's body had just touched the ground when he instinctively rolled to the side. With a clang, the hidden blade was nailed to the ground. The assassin changed his moves very quickly and swept the hidden blade to the side, almost passing by Lin Wen's waist.
Lin Wen turned over and jumped, kicking back. The assassin lowered his left shoulder slightly, used his arm to absorb the force, and stabbed with his right hand, but Lin Wen suddenly changed direction in mid-air, flipped his body backward, and moved his toes up.
In an instant, he stabbed the air with his sword, but Lin Wen kicked him in the neck.
[Swiftness of the Spirit Cat] is the complete control of strength and body. Although Lin Wen is not very strong, that is because he does not know the technique of exerting force, and cannot fully mobilize the strength of muscle groups and use inertia as much as possible. If he can control these points, even an ordinary person can burst out with great strength.
The assassin covered his neck and took a few steps back, looking at Lin Wen with disbelief in his eyes.
That movement was almost unhuman, more like a cat's. It was difficult for a normal human to flip and change direction in mid-air without any leverage.
And Lin Wen also used the [Swiftness of the Clever Cat] to its fullest extent for the first time. He acted almost entirely on instinct, and his thinking could no longer keep up.
But getting it should be no problem, it just might take a little more effort.
Lin Wen was about to rush forward when [Shen Wu Cai Feng] suddenly frantically called the police, and he immediately flew back.
After hearing a few loud noises, he realized that the mountain road had been filled with booby traps without him knowing when. If he had reacted a little slower, he would have been smashed to pieces.
When the dust settled, the man was long gone, not even his gun bag.
A roar was heard in the distance, and an off-road motorcycle sped away.
Bah, you run fast.
Lin Wen watched the motorcycle disappear into the mountains in an instant, then turned and went down the mountain.
It's too late to chase him now. You may not be able to catch him even if you use up all your energy.
He is still saving up his spiritual energy, waiting to wipe out the roots.
It would be better to go and see Zhao Minggong, the Sleeping Dragon, first.
When they returned to the special car, the driver was delighted to see the county governor return. He had already reported the situation to Huai Town through the car radio.
The assassination of a region's highest official was, according to imperial custom, the most important matter of all.
Almost all the staff of the Supervisory Office were mobilized, and more than 40 vehicles came. The chief eunuch of the Supervisory Office, Xu Kangxing, came running over, but Lin Wen did not let him speak. He just asked him for a car and drove away.
Although County Magistrate Lin did not say anything, the eunuch chief Xu Kangxing had seen the miserable condition of the security guards, and he did not dare to take it lightly. This gentleman held the power of the governor, and if he really wanted to kill him, it would only take a hat of disobedience and a bullet to kill him.
He immediately ordered the inspectors to search all traces in detail, collect and preserve all evidence, and take photos of the scene, leaving no corner uncovered.
Not long after, Lin Wen arrived at Shangxi Town.
This is an isolated town in the wilderness. Because too many people have left, the town has become lifeless and dilapidated.
There are only a few elderly people left in the town, and they, like the town itself, are approaching the end of their lives in this desolate and lonely environment.
All the officials in this town add up to only four people, which is only more than Changle Town, which has only two people in the entire Changshan County.
Unlike Lin and Li at that time, these four people were complete scoundrels. As soon as Zhao Minggong arrived, he transferred them away without any hesitation and transferred them to the Changshan County Tea Quality Research Investigation and Development Reform and Newspaper Culture Research Department, where they served as the head of the Tea Tasting Section and the deputy head of the Newspaper Research Section.
It was a horizontal transfer and no one could say anything.
As the leader of the Kuomintang and the appointed deputy mayor Yun Qingshui has not recovered from his injuries, and the appointed mayor Chen Xingtai is still being held in prison, the affairs are currently being temporarily handled by Yanshi Liu Henshi and Zhao Minggong.
More than 7,000 farmers, plus more than 2,000 members of the Kuomintang, will take root here.
The first issue is housing arrangements. Most of the houses in Shangxi Town are empty, except for some that have been in disrepair for a long time. Many houses can be barely habitable after being cleaned and renovated.
Zhao Minggong did not give it away for free. Instead, he estimated the value based on the size of the house and the extent of the damage, then converted the value into grain, and agreed to offset it with 20% of the annual harvest.
Zhao Minggong's considerations were very detailed. Because houses are indivisible property, the houses in the town are not standard buildings. Some houses are good, some are bad, some are big, some are small, some are dilapidated, and some are still in good condition. It is difficult to achieve absolute fairness in this way, which will inevitably sow the seeds of conflict.
Therefore, Zhao Minggong chose to use 20% of the harvest to offset the value of the house. This would not burden the farmers, nor would it cause conflicts, and there would be no problems of picking, disputes, or waste because it was free.
Zhao Minggong has seen too many such things, where something that was obviously a good thing turned out to be a bad thing in the end.
This hurt him the most.
(End of this chapter)
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