Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

In the lobby on the first floor of Fenglinyuan Villa, Zhang Chengxiang sat on the sofa with a gloomy face, holding the half-palm-sized note in his right hand.

Liu Dahai, the commander of the Qingyun City Guard Division, stood in front of Zhang Chengxiang with his head lowered, not daring to breathe. Beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping from his head, and in just a moment, his entire back was soaked.

"How do you do things in your Guard Division? I give you millions of dollars every year, and you raise a bunch of rubbish! Even my son was taken away quietly. Will the enemy's knife be on my neck one day?"

Zhang Chengxiang picked up the crystal ashtray on the coffee table and smashed it hard on Liu Dahai's head.

Liu Dahai groaned and collapsed to the ground, blood pouring from his forehead. He looked at Zhang Chengxiang in horror, gritted his teeth, climbed up, and said carefully: "Governor, according to the clues we have, the young master should have secretly left the Governor's Mansion and had an accident outside..."

"I don't want to hear you making excuses and shirking responsibility. Now tell me how to deal with this matter. If anything happens to Ah Xiao, I will kill your whole family and bury you with me!"

Liu Dahai endured the pain and continued, "Please rest assured, Governor. Our people have already started searching the entire city. No matter what, we will make sure that the young master returns safely. Governor, you must stay calm and not agree to their conditions or be led by them. Judging from the demands of those who kidnapped the young master, they are very likely coming for you."

Zhang Chengxiang sneered and tore the note in his hand into pieces. In fact, he had some guesses about the identity of the person who kidnapped Zhang Zhixiao. If the other party thought that he could make him surrender by kidnapping his son, then he underestimated himself. Now the Zhang family has reached a moment of life and death. If his pillar falls, the entire Zhang family will face disaster.

"Immediately arrange for someone to investigate the address given in the note. I don't care what method you use, whether it's digging deep underground or searching the entire city. In short, if Xiao loses even a hair, you don't have to come back to see me!"

"Yes, Governor."

In Qingyun City, tens of thousands of guard division troops and police departments launched a city-wide manhunt in an extremely brutal manner, especially the area near Yanshui Lane mentioned in the note, which was of top priority. The search team even searched the cellars, attics, and dark rooms in ordinary people's houses in the city. The search was extremely thorough, and the homes of some celebrities and upper classes with extremely strong identities and backgrounds were also turned upside down.

All types of shops and restaurants are prohibited from operating in the city, and all residents are not allowed to go out on the streets, otherwise they will be killed without mercy.

For a time, the entire Qingyun City was in panic.

At this time, Elantra was holding a bowl of plain noodles meticulously, slurping them up, and sweating all over his forehead while eating.

"Boss, the police and the guard division troops in the city have already started a city-wide search. If this continues, I'm afraid they will be able to dig us out in three days at most."

Without even turning his head, Elante responded, "Three days is enough! I'm going to make them mess up. Only when they are in chaos will we have the right opportunity. A calm sea will be disadvantageous to our work."

The burly man Fama nodded as if he understood.

From a normal person's perspective, Elantra was just trying to alert the enemy and act recklessly, but in fact, Elantra had already thought of it. With Zhang Chengxiang's sinister and cunning character, there was an 80% chance that he would not be led by him.

But what he wanted was to muddy the waters so that the Divine Punishment Force would have a chance to fish in troubled waters.

Half an hour later, someone knocked on the shabby wooden door of the house, three long and two short knocks, which seemed to be some kind of secret code.

At Elantra's nod, Fama opened the gate. A young man in a black police uniform looked around and walked into the yard after making sure that he had not attracted anyone's attention.

The young man is the captain of the police force of Shipu District Branch of Qingyun City. He is also a top elite of the Northwest Intelligence Bureau personally trained by Yan Shuangying. He is an important chess piece buried in Qingyun City.

After the young man greeted Elante, he slowly said, "What are you going to do next?"

"Under the current circumstances, within a few days, Zhang's people will dig you up, and then you won't be able to escape."

"Are you ready with the police uniform and police ID I asked you to prepare?"

The young man frowned and nodded, put the bag on the table, and untied it. Inside were twelve police uniforms from the Shipu District Police Station and police ID cards that had been prepared in advance.

"With this, we can move on to the next step of the plan."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Elantra and eight members of the Divine Punishment Team left the house in police uniforms and appeared on the street in a dignified manner.

Today, Qingyun City is filled with police officers and soldiers from the Guard Division in uniform, and the group of people did not attract any special attention.

As they got closer and closer to the Governor's Palace, military checkpoints began to appear one after another on the streets, and inspections became increasingly strict.

After observing the garrison situation outside the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion, Fama whispered in Elante's ear: "Boss, given the current situation, it is impossible for us to force our way in."

Elantra nodded expressionlessly and left with a few people.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Liu Dahai, the commander of the Guard Division, who had been busy all day with an injury on his head, returned to his residence exhausted both physically and mentally.

In order to find the kidnappers as soon as possible and ensure Zhang Zhixiao's safety, Liu Dahai has mobilized all the people around him who can be sent out to search the city 24 hours a day, day and night.

Liu Dahai had a habit that no matter how late he was at the guard division’s base, he would always return to his own residence to spend the night.

To this end, Liu Dahai even used his private power to mobilize a company of troops to serve as private soldiers guarding his own home.

In the face of Zhang Chengxiang's rage, Liu Dahai sent out this company and, along with four personal guards, opened the gate of his own house.

Normally, the old butler would wait to open the door for him no matter how late it was, but today he was nowhere to be seen for the first time. The entire house was brightly lit, which made Liu Dahai very surprised.

Liu Dahai had just walked a few steps into the front yard when a burly man appeared at the corner of the screen wall, holding a double-barreled shotgun against Liu Dahai's head.

Liu Dahai was slightly stunned, and a cold light instantly stood up. The four guards behind him also prepared to draw their guns. At this moment, several members of the First Divine Punishment Team jumped down from the courtyard wall. In no time, they took care of Liu Dahai's four personal guards without making any noise.

Seeing their agile skills and extremely ruthless methods, Liu Dahai's heart sank instantly. He had a vague premonition that the uninvited guests before him might be related to the people who kidnapped Master Zhang.