Chapter 154 Second Round of Sucking Dry

Slanka Ruler Military Base.

After breakfast, Su Tianyu personally formulated a second "suck-them-dry" plan for Hou Guoyu and Lao Hei. He told them that they should not only communicate enthusiastically with the Xue family in words, but also visit the captured armed officers as much as possible, give them a series of rewards and preferential policies, and encourage them to report the Xue family's direct descendants for economic problems.

If they reported a money laundering account or a storage account in another district, they would be released after six months upon verification, and they would not have to pay a ransom themselves.

This wicked trick actually prompted many people to report Xue Nan and a group of third-generation descendants, because in addition to the family property, any one of them had their own private treasury, or a bank account for formal industrial investment.

The family's money couldn't all be kept in the vault, which was why Su Tianyu felt that they hadn't been completely sucked dry.

Since they had already become mortal enemies, being soft-hearted was obviously foolish. If they were going to do it, they should do it cleanly, without giving the enemy any chance to rise again.

After the ransom plan was finalized, Su Tianyu finally had some time to rest. He turned off his phone, deliberately found a place no one would think of, closed the door, covered himself with a quilt, and went to sleep.

This sleep lasted until six or seven o'clock in the evening. When Su Tianyu opened his eyes, it was already dark outside. He yawned, sat on the bed in a daze for a while, and then turned on his phone.

"Beep beep!"

A series of message tones sounded. Su Tianyu frowned and glanced at the phone. It was full of messages from Da Bai, and the wording was very polite.

"Dead? Where's the person?!"

"Damn it, you always disappear after finishing work, reply quickly!"

"…!"

Su Tianyu rubbed his face, picked up the phone and dialed Da Bai's number, "What's wrong?"

"Damn, leave a message if you're alive or dead!" Da Bai said with great dissatisfaction, "You always disappear, where are we supposed to find you?!"

"Am I your father? Can't you eat without your father?" Su Tianyu also replied very politely, "Your father is tired, can't he rest for a while?"

"Okay, Dad, I was wrong. Come over here quickly, there's an emergency message from Panama City." Da Bai didn't care about Gou Liuzi's insults to him, "Hurry up, Boss Jiang is pretty anxious."

"Got it, I'll go after washing up." Su Tianyu hung up the phone.

…

In a small town on the outskirts of Panama City, Xue Ping'an hadn't slept for a day and a night. He sat in the armed headquarters building, unwilling to see anyone, his thoughts in chaos.

He just brought his troops out to do some work, and he could have done some auxiliary work to get on the right side of things, but he never expected that before he even warmed his seat here, his home would be stolen.

His wife was adrift, her life or death unknown.

His嫡子 (dí zǐ, son of the first wife) Xue Nan was arrested, and it was estimated that he had already been sent to Dragon City.

More than a hundred people inside and outside the Xue family, except for some descendants who came here with Xue Ping'an to work, and some who managed companies overseas, the remaining fifty or sixty people were all arrested.

The towers at the front hadn't been pushed down yet, but the crystal base at the rear had exploded. How could he do this?

If someone else had done this, Xue Ping'an might still have some hope in his heart, but it was Gou Liuzi who did it.

This bastard had been at odds with the Xue family for more than a year or two. The two sides were mortal enemies with no chance of reconciliation, so there was no chance to even talk about it.

What to do?

It was estimated that Su Tianyu's threat would arrive soon, and what choice would Xue Ping'an have?

To surrender after being coerced? No, he must never do such a stupid thing. If he admitted defeat at this time and withdrew, it would be the nature of a traitor, and the Azure Coat Bureau and Zhou Xian would never let go of the remaining members of the Xue family.

If he didn't surrender and continued to work with Zhou Xian, what if Su Tianyu executed one of Xue Ping'an's direct relatives every day? Who could stand that?!

A dilemma, that was Xue Ping'an's current situation.

In the office, Xue Ping'an picked up a cigarette case, took out a cigarette, and was about to light it, but then frowned and slowly put it down.

He couldn't sit still and wait for death, he needed to talk to the higher-ups.

Thinking of this, Xue Ping'an suddenly stood up and shouted, "Zi Ming!"

The door opened, and Xue Ping'an's nephew Xue Ziming rushed in, "What's wrong, Uncle?"

"Prepare the helicopter, I'm going to Washington to talk to Zhou Xian." Xue Ping'an said with a cold face, "Right now, let your second brother keep an eye on things here."

"Yes, I'll go right away!"

About an hour later, Xue Ping'an, with a dozen or so attendants, took two helicopters to Washington in District One.

…

Slanka Ruler Military Base.

Su Tianyu sat in the conference room and whispered to Jiang Zhou, "Speak!"

"It's like this."

Jiang Zhou paused for a moment, holding a teacup and narrating, "Bruna's inside line in Panama City sent back a message, saying that Tagu and Buk, these two brothers, have been secretly contacting neutral politicians in Panama City recently, as well as people from the old president Nick's faction, and people from Bruna's faction."

Su Tianyu crossed his legs, "And then?"

"Also, your guard Hou Guoyu learned during the interrogation of Xue family's armed officers that the Warhammer armed forces and the Xue family's armed forces, currently entrenched outside Panama City, are not going there to stabilize Tagu, but are preparing for a real war." Jiang Zhou frowned and said, "The 50 million that the Xue family took in advance was not money to stand on their feet and cheer, but military expenses for fighting."

Su Tianyu touched his chin, "So they're already showing their cards."

"They're showing their cards, but they haven't torn their faces yet." Jiang Zhou whispered, "It's estimated that either Tagu doesn't have much confidence and doesn't dare to act rashly, or he's also accumulating strength, waiting for a fatal blow."

Da Bai, with his arms crossed, asked from the side, "You've already determined that these two brothers are outwardly harmonious but inwardly at odds?"

"Of course!" Su Tianyu explained softly, "The old man is dead, and Bruna, who has some political influence, has also been driven out. Now, the only ones left in the city are an administrative officer and a top military commander. If these two people get along, then there's nothing to talk about, they would have announced Tagu's succession long ago. But there's been no movement for so long, which is enough to explain the problem."

"Then wouldn't it be over if we let them tear their faces?"

"No," Su Tianyu waved his hand, "This matter can't be rushed, brother! Because there's more than one force staring at this place, we have to consider the external factors as well."

Jiang Zhou turned to look at Da Bai, "You should still have a good chat with Bruna and let her find out the situation in the city as soon as possible, and we'll wait for the opportunity to strike."

"Okay!"

Da Bai nodded.

…

At around 10:30 in the evening, Xue Ping'an arrived in Washington, District One. He got off the plane and dialed Kang Dinghuang's number, "Hello, Minister Kang, are you free? Can we meet?"