"That's impossible!"
"Keep digging! Keep digging!"
Li Renyi's face turned ashen, and he grabbed one of his men in charge of the excavation.
"Team Leader Li, we've dug down to the hard soil layer, but there's really nothing there!"
Li Renyi's breathing suddenly became heavy, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
"Lu Zhenbang, you've got some tricks up your sleeve!"
"Close the door and get out! I want to interrogate these people myself!"
After giving the order, Li Renyi turned around abruptly, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Lu Zhenbang, and he practically squeezed out a sentence through clenched teeth.
"Tell me! Where did you hide those things?"
He strode forward, pointed at the other man's nose, his voice trembling with barely suppressed anger.
"Team Leader Li, I don't understand what you're saying!"
"You searched our house for ages with a search warrant and found nothing; that's your problem."
Lu Zhenbang remained calm.
"not understand?!"
"I already prepared a gift for you when you moved into this house a year ago!"
"Three boxes of antiques and five boxes of gold bars were buried right here in the backyard! And now you're telling me you didn't know?"
Li Renyi suddenly laughed, a ferocious and terrifying laugh.
"We were about to uproot your entire Lu family, and then the stuff just vanished? Do you think I'm a three-year-old?!"
He became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice suddenly rose in pitch.
“Team Leader Li, I, Lu, have always acted with integrity and have never accepted anything that I shouldn’t have.”
"As for what you said, I will report it to my superiors!"
Lu Zhenbang's brows furrowed slightly, and the bewilderment in his eyes seemed genuine.
"What an upright and honest person!!"
"Don't try to play dumb!"
Li Renyi was so angry that he trembled all over and suddenly turned to Lu Ran and Qin Xueyi.
"You old codger, you tried to steal a chicken but lost the bait, and now you're trying to turn the tables on me?"
Lu Ran scoffed.
"Team Leader Li embezzled the money himself, yet he blames us for throwing away your stolen goods?"
Qin Xueyi frowned and shook her head repeatedly.
Zi Xi quietly observed the reactions of the three members of the Lu family. Their bewilderment and confusion were so real, clearly indicating that they knew nothing about the things buried in the backyard.
So this scheme was orchestrated by Li Renyi, or rather, by the Li family themselves.
All for the purpose of bringing down the Lu family.
Just then, the people who had gone to search the main residence of the Lu family and the residences of the eldest and second eldest sons returned one after another. They knocked on the doors and came in, bringing back the same message.
They gained nothing.
"Team leader, we've checked every possible place, and we haven't found any suspicious items."
"Moreover, we have been monitoring this small villa for a month and have never seen anyone move large items out."
One of his men reported in a low voice.
Li Renyi staggered, his face turning from pale to white.
Their family had meticulously planned for a year, and it seemed they were about to put their political enemies to death, but at the last moment, they failed!
Li Renyi clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms.
Those antiques and gold bars were not only tools to frame the Lu family, but also his entire savings accumulated over many years of hard work!
Now that he's been caught red-handed, how can he explain this to his superiors and his family?
"The Lu family... is ruthless!"
His voice was terribly hoarse.
But nothing can be found, and even the higher authorities would determine that the Lu family is innocent.
Ultimately, seeing the four members of the Lu family remain calm, Li Renyi could only leave with his men in a huff.
The moment he turned around, Li Renyi felt his heart bleeding.
The Li family has been plotting for so long, sparing no expense to bring down the Lu family.
They even specifically chose Lu Ran, an incompetent good-for-nothing, as their breakthrough point.
He buried all his personal belongings in the backyard of the small villa.
He had planned everything meticulously, but he never expected that someone would beat him to it.
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