Wei Jie

Chapter 353 A Heroic Sacrifice

Chapter 145 Buddha

Li Yuan looked at Li Mingsheng, grinned, and said, "Since you value Su Tianyu, naturally I value him too."

"Haha." Li Mingsheng pointed at Li Yuan and smiled, "I think you two are birds of a feather."

Li Yuan didn't dare to respond, only handing over the teacup.

Li Mingsheng put down his tablet, slowly picked up his teacup, and replied, "The You family has sent someone. I'm too lazy to deal with them. Later, have a seat, and you and Su Tianyu can chat with them."

"Understood." Li Yuan nodded immediately.

...

In the evening, around eight o'clock.

Qiu Shan Temple on Qiu Shan Mountain was already closed, but Jing Yan still relied on his excellent interpersonal relationships to be led by a young monk through the back door to the main hall on the mountain.

Inside the empty temple hall, the scent of incense filled the air. The Buddha stood solemnly, looking out into the distance, seemingly surveying the suffering of all living beings.

Qiu Shan Temple is a relatively popular temple around Dragon City. After Lu Feng was injured, he also recuperated here for a period of time, and was influenced by the Buddha, later spouting three hundred Buddhist scriptures at the drop of a hat.

Jing Yan didn't really believe in Buddhism, but he had a very good relationship with the abbot here. About four years ago, he also responded to a call from a certain department and donated three million in cash to this place in the name of a guild company.

Today, Jing Yan didn't know why, but he just wanted to come to this temple to have a look, as if it could give him some psychological comfort.

In the quiet main hall of the temple, Jing Yan stood beside the Buddha statue, with his hands behind his back. The sounds of birds and insects chirping outside could be clearly heard in his ears.

An old monk, wearing a coarse cloth robe, walked out from the back hall and called out to Jing Yan softly, "Benefactor Jing."

Jing Yan turned his head to look at him, smiling softly, and said, "Hehe, when I wasn't here, I wanted to come, but now that I'm here, I don't know what to do. Master, what's wrong with me?"

"The Buddha saves the world, and all who come have suffering." The old monk made a gesture of invitation, and instructed the young monk, "Bring tea."

"Hehe, can he really save suffering?" Jing Yan glanced at the Buddha statue with a skeptical look, and followed the old monk to the incense table in the side hall and sat down.

After the old monk sat down, he didn't say a word, only twirling his prayer beads, revealing a sleepy look.

After a while, the tea was served. Jing Yan picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Even coming to the temple, my heart is still not at peace."

The old monk drooped his eyelids, paused for a moment, and replied, "Benefactor Jing, for the Buddha, it is never too late for a disciple to enter the hall. For people, the troubles in their hearts mostly come from seeking. If there is no seeking, the heart is at peace. People seek high positions, but the higher one goes, the colder it gets. If people seek nothing, the low water will flow on its own."

The old monk's words were not difficult to understand. He was warning Jing Yan that perhaps choosing to let go would make the unease and restlessness in his heart disappear.

Jing Yan listened to the other party's words, his brow furrowed, "If the Buddha seeks nothing, why need incense? If people seek nothing, how can there be this towering temple?"

The old monk looked at Jing Yan calmly, without directly answering his question, only softly inviting, "Benefactor Jing, offering a stick of incense may bring peace of mind."

As soon as he finished speaking, the young monk took three sandalwood incense sticks from the free incense area and walked over to hand them to Jing Yan.

Jing Yan looked at the incense, then at the Buddha statue, paused for a moment, and then prepared to reach out to take it.

At this moment, the young secretary strode into the main hall and whispered a few words in Jing Yan's ear.

Jing Yan retracted his arm, which was suspended in the air, and nodded to the secretary.

The old monk sat beside him and once again admonished, "From cause comes effect, after cause and effect, letting go may not be a blessing."

Jing Yan slowly got up, without taking that stick of incense, only stepping out, frowning and replying, "I don't believe in Buddha!"

Jing Yan left with his back to the Buddha statue, and under the guidance of the young secretary, came to the temple parking lot.

Six cars with their lights on were parked, and a dozen people walked towards them. One of them showed his work permit, frowned, and said, "Mr. Jing Yan, we are from the Regional Police Investigation Bureau. You are now formally arrested for allegedly killing hostages and assisting Chi Jun members to escape in the Regulatory Commission case."

Jing Yan looked at the other party, without arguing, only silently extending his hands.

Just now in the main hall, Jing Yan said that he didn't believe in Buddha, which was both true and false, because his deeper meaning was that he didn't believe in fate at all, nor did he believe that others could control his fate, even the Buddha.

Jing Yan knew that he was really finished this time, and there was no possibility of any maneuvering, but he was unconvinced in his heart.

That night, Jing Yan was arrested, and he was only detained in Dragon City for less than three hours before being taken back to Hua Capital in District One by the Regional Police Investigation Bureau.

...

The next morning, at half past nine.

The Dockworkers' General Association urgently convened a press conference, with the new president, Zhang Ming, as the representative.

Under the questioning of many media outlets, Zhang Ming didn't mention Jing Yan's killing of people, claiming that the association's management did not understand the details of the case at all and could not make a judgment. But one thing was certain, that the Dockworkers' Association would never harbor criminals. If Jing Yan was indeed found guilty, then the Dockworkers' Association would definitely support the arbitration of the judicial department.

Zhang Ming's remarks directly pushed Jing Yan out alone, leaving the Dockworkers' Association completely clean.

In this incident, Jing Yan's shooting of hostages and suspected use of relationships to help Chi Jun escape had nothing to do with the Dockworkers' Association. No senior members of the Dockworkers' Association were involved in the entire case, so Jing Yan only needed to take the blame alone.

Before Jing Yan went in, he handed over all the black material of the union's management that he had collected over the years to Zhang Ming. Then, the latter anonymously reported these materials to the Regulatory Commission, resulting in more than twenty helpers and enforcers in various districts of the Dockworkers' Association being taken down in one fell swoop.

These people were all potential factors of instability that Jing Yan felt existed after he had an accident. He felt that Zhang Ming could not control these forces, so he wanted to eliminate them in advance.

After Jing Yan cleared the obstacles for Zhang Ming, he buried all of his direct subordinates in the General Union, using them to restrain Zhang Ming and prevent the latter from rapidly expanding after gaining power.

This was Jing Yan's response to the video incident. He knew that he could not resist, and he did not want to be threatened by Zhao Weihu, Su Tianyu, and others forever, so he chose to cut off his wrist like a brave warrior, using himself to protect the Dockworkers' Union. Otherwise, if the confrontation continued, once the mud was stirred up, the Dockworkers' Union might also be subjected to a purge and abandonment by the upper echelons.

For a person who was obsessed with power and ambitious, letting him hand over the power with his own hands was undoubtedly a very cruel thing, but Jing Yan still did it.

Decisive, straightforward, without any hesitation.

After Jing Yan arrived in District One, he hired the best lawyer for himself. The defense direction was to admit that he had killed people, but the premise was that he had been threatened by Chi Jun's life and was forced to shoot and kill people...

But no matter how he defended himself, Jing Yan's killing of people was a fact. As for the final sentencing result, no one could say for sure at the moment. Because the family members of those victims he killed were all prominent white groups in District One. After seeing the news, their hatred for Jing Yan was indescribable. It was said that some people even wanted to buy a murderer in prison to directly eliminate Jing Yan as revenge.

In short, Jing Yan's glory in the first half of his life ended here. He was very aggrieved, because he had never regarded Su Tianyu and Yu Mingyuan as opponents before. The fact that they were able to defeat him was purely because they saw an opportunity in a chance event.

...

After Jing Yan was arrested, the Dockworkers' Association was severely damaged, and internal chaos officially began.

A day later.

Li Yuan and Su Tianyu met with people from the You family privately in the Longkou District.