Chapter 168 Coercion

Around nine o'clock in the evening, Gui Mengjun was brought to the Old Triangle Military Intelligence Agency's monitoring headquarters in Hanoi.

After being taken to the interrogation room on the second floor, seven or eight staff members locked Gui Mengjun onto an iron chair without any interaction. They held a thick stack of documents and forced him to sign.

Gui Mengjun didn't even know what they wanted him to do, so he certainly wouldn't cooperate. But they had a solution: they directly pressed his fingers onto the documents to make his fingerprints.

While they were pressing his fingerprints, Gui Mengjun glanced at the contents of the documents. They contained simulated confessions and accusations that he had sold out resources from the Great District and colluded with the enemy, along with a series of incriminating evidence.

Gui Mengjun was dumbfounded. After his last struggle with the Thai family, he was actually wary of the families currently involved in the arms business. Especially with the passing of the old governor, he had been thinking about contingency plans for emergencies.

When the military intelligence agents arrested him, Gui Mengjun's first thought was that the Fan family was behind it, and he was racking his brain for countermeasures. But he didn't expect them to fabricate evidence of his crimes so decisively, resorting to outright false accusations.

What did this mean?

It meant that the person behind this wasn't a political or business family, but someone higher up who wanted to make a move against him, to drive him to his death!

For a moment, Gui Mengjun couldn't figure out who wanted to get rid of him, but he understood one thing: the other side's stance and the departments they were using were beyond the ability of the Gui family to resist.

What red-hatted merchant, what aristocratic clan, at this moment they were all useless and weightless.

In a peaceful region, in the face of a quasi-great district that had already achieved unification, no business organization or family could be placed in the same circle as a government agency.

Gui Mengjun was already panicking, but on the surface, he had to pretend to be calm: "What exactly do you want to do? Why are you framing me?!"

No one answered him, and no one even looked at him directly. They just kept pressing his fingers, putting his fingerprints on various documents.

After doing this for more than ten minutes, all the staff members left the room.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Gui Mengjun's forehead. The only way out he could think of was to wait.

Wait for the state funeral to end, then Xiao Pingxi Wang (Little Prince of the West) Xiang Jingyang would definitely visit the Old Triangle to offer condolences.

Other than that, there was no way out. His family's connections were useless!

Having figured this out, Gui Mengjun secretly resolved that no matter what happened next, he couldn't compromise or give in. Otherwise, once they obtained evidence and his true confession, not even a god could save him.

Time passed, second by second. As Gui Mengjun was pondering his strategy, a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit walked in.

This was the middle-aged man who had led the team that arrested Gui Mengjun, about forty years old, of medium build, with a buzz cut and dark skin, but with regular features.

After entering the room, the middle-aged man took out a pack of cigarettes, put two in his mouth and lit them, then kindly put one into Gui Mengjun's mouth: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Ruan Zhengtan, and I am the Deputy Director of the Old Triangle Military Intelligence Bureau."

"…!" Gui Mengjun, with the cigarette in his mouth, looked incredibly shocked.

The Deputy Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, what level was that? At the very least, it had to be a major general! How could such a person personally interrogate him and even participate in the arrest?

Ruan Zhengtan leaned against the interrogation table, looking at Gui Mengjun with a relaxed posture, and asked with a smile, "I can personally interrogate you, can you guess what kind of situation you're in?"

"Mr. Ruan, I don't seem to have done anything out of line, have I?"

"…Sometimes, not making a mistake is the biggest mistake." Ruan Zhengtan took a deep drag on his cigarette and asked casually, "Have you figured out who wants to move against you?"

Hearing this, an image instantly appeared in Gui Mengjun's mind, and the sense of fear in his heart gradually increased: "W-why? I don't understand!"

"Alas, smart people often have complicated ideas." Ruan Zhengtan pointed to Gui Mengjun's cheek: "What is political correctness? From a general perspective, being close to the Hua District and maintaining good diplomatic relations, that is political correctness. But if things are too correct, is that normal?"

Gui Mengjun's face turned pale as he stood there, stunned.

"The arms business is such a big pie, and it involves complex foreign affairs and diplomacy. You were given this to do, but you were determined to take the Little Prince as your new master." Ruan Zhengtan interjected: "Isn't this behavior too correct, a little out of order of importance?!"

"I…I didn't, I just wanted to deepen the connection between us and the Hua District in this matter."

"You don't have to explain it to me." Ruan Zhengtan waved his hand: "And you don't have to wait for Xiao Pingxi Wang to save you. I'll tell you frankly, all diplomatic activities will be suspended during the three days of the state funeral. After three days, everything here will be calm, and everything will be reshuffled. You are just a speck of dust in history, no one will care where you fall. There will also be new arms business leaders who will re-intervene in the relationships between several forces, and run errands for the Hua District and our nation."

These words were too dark and too heavy, causing Gui Mengjun's inner emotions to collapse instantly!

"Here are a few contracts, regarding the transfer of the heavy industry factory, the transfer of management rights, and the donation of shares." Ruan Zhengtan picked up the documents on the table: "Sign them!! I guarantee your whole family won't die!"

Gui Mengjun looked at him, trembling, without moving.

"You don't believe me? Hehe!" Ruan Zhengtan stubbed out his cigarette, took out a cell phone from his pocket, fiddled with it a few times, and pointed the screen at Gui Mengjun's face: "Look, your father is on the phone in the house!"

The perspective of the video screen was from outside the Gui family villa, from where the scene on the first floor of the Gui family villa could be clearly seen. Gui Mengjun did indeed see his father making a phone call.

"One death for you, to protect the whole family, isn't that great!" Ruan Zhengtan handed him the documents: "Sign it, it won't be too painful!"

After a deathly silence, Gui Mengjun suddenly raised his head and roared, "I won't sign!! You're lying! You're saying false things!"

"Hehe!" Ruan Zhengtan smiled: "Are you questioning my identity as the Deputy Director? Do I need to turn on the computer and show you my personal information in the system!"

Gui Mengjun clenched his fists and roared, "I believe you're the Deputy Director! But that doesn't mean what you're saying is true!!"

A flash of annoyance flashed in Ruan Zhengtan's eyes. He calmly put away the documents and replied softly, "Since you don't believe me, then let's solve the problem in another way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Zhengtan left the interrogation room, and eight staff members walked in, carrying various torture instruments.

Gui Mengjun clenched his fists and looked at them, his brain racing!

That's right, he didn't quite believe Ruan Zhengtan's words. He didn't want to give in now, because once he gave in, no one could save the Gui family!

…

Inside the seaside villa.

While Su Tianyu was looking for Gui Mengjun, a hotel security guard at the door came in and said to him urgently, "A security department manager from a Hua District company wants to see you!"

"A Hua District company?" Su Tianyu turned his head and replied, "Quick, let him in!"