Chapter 667 Acknowledging Relatives? Finally Declare War!
"Zhang Tianlong, they are the biological children of your third brother!"
Zhang Wei smiled slightly at Zhang Tianlong, and then looked at Zhang Xinwu and Zhang Xinwu with complicated eyes.
"So Miss Wu, the two of you are not actually surnamed Zhang, but Zhang. Your real names should be Zhang Xinwu and Zhang Xinyan!"
He said, even looked at the Zhang family, and joked: "If you inherit the position of the head of the Zhang family, according to the rules of the Zhang family, you will be called Zhang Tianwu or..."
Zhang Wei didn't say the last name, but Zhang Tianlong and the others had all reacted to it.
Zhang Xinyan's original destiny should be Zhang Xinyan, but once he is allowed to inherit the Zhang Family Patriarch, he will be renamed Zhang Tianyan!
Zhang Tianyan is the name of Zhang Tianlong's father, and his father was the last head of the Zhang family!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Zhang Tianlong was the first to stand up to object, and pointed at Zhang Xinwu's sister and brother: "You said they are..."
Originally Zhang Tianlong didn't want to say these things, but judging from Zhang Wei's attitude, it was obvious that he had already understood the context of the incident back then, so he stopped hiding it.
"They are the children of the third child, how is this possible?"
"Why is it impossible?"
Zhang Wei spread his hands and smiled again: "Actually speaking, there are quite a few people who know about this, such as Mr. Hua's father, Mr. Hua."
Hua Chaofan was a little surprised, what happened to his father?
"Why did Mr. Hua hand over the ancestral house to them at a half rent and half free? Do you think Mr. Hua is stupid?"
"He knows that Miss Xiaowu is the blood of your Zhang family, so it's considered a good deed!"
Hearing Zhang Wei's explanation, Zhang Tianlong frowned.
"The reason why Mr. Hua can rent out the Hua family's ancestral house is of course because he knows one thing, the more dangerous the place, the safer!"
"Just because the ancestral houses of your five families are right under your noses, you couldn't have expected that the third son of the Zhang family who ran away back then would let the children return to Dongfang Capital and put them right under your noses, right?"
Hearing Zhang Wei's explanation, everyone including Lin Xiangtian and Hua Chaofan looked at Zhang Tianlong.
"You mean, they are really the children of the third child!"
Zhang Tianlong looked at Zhang Xinwu's sister and brother, and finally couldn't help it anymore.
"Of course, it's true!"
Zhang Wei naturally answered this matter with a smile.
"Sister Xiaowu, brother stinky, come, I have met your uncle!"
Zhang Wei asked Zhang Xinwu's siblings to come to him again, and introduced Zhang Tianlong to the siblings.
But this meeting between niece and nephew and uncle was completely devoid of human touch.
"Hmph, Zhang Wei, can you get in touch with our Zhang family just by calling any cat or dog?"
Zhang Tianlong didn't speak, but Zhang Youlin beside him couldn't help it.
"Why, Master Zhang disagrees?"
"How could I agree? There is no evidence for what I say. Do you have evidence?"
"I have evidence, and there are quite a few, but I know you, Master Zhang, will not admit it. After all, if you count it this way, you will have two more direct competitors of the heir of the patriarch?"
Zhang Wei smiled slightly, which naturally exposed Zhang Youlin's little thought.
Zhang Tianyan, the previous head of the Zhang family, has four sons, Zhang Tianlong, Zhang Dihu, Zhang Lang, and the father of Zhang Xinwu and Zhang Renbao!
Zhang Dihu and Zhang Lang have no heirs, and Zhang Tianlong has only one son, so the heir of the Zhang family must be Zhang Youlin.
But if there were two more young bloodlines in the Zhang family's generation, the situation would be different.
As the heirs of the Zhang family, only the direct line can be in charge, and Zhang Xinwu's siblings are also considered to be the direct line.
That's why Zhang Youlin's reaction was so big. The way he looked at Zhang Xinwu's siblings showed no family affection at all, only extra indifference and hostility.
Of course, Zhang Tianlong looked at Zhang Xinwu's sister and brother, also without a trace of warmth.
"Hmph, what my Qilin'er said is good, but not all cats and dogs are worthy of being related to my Zhang family!"
"So, you father and son don't recognize this pair of nieces and nephews?"
Zhang Wei pulled Zhang Xinwu and Zhang Xinyan with both hands, and then heaved a long sigh.
"I'm sorry, Miss Xiao Wu, I let you see such a joke. I wanted to bring you to recognize your ancestors, but they didn't recognize you!"
Zhang Xinwu looked at Zhang Tianlong with complicated eyes, but then shook her head in disappointment.
"It's fine if you don't admit it, I don't have such relatives!"
After Zhang Xinwu finished speaking, she pulled Zhang Xinyan up, "Xiaoyan, let's go, don't dirty someone's noble eyes here!"
This self-deprecating and ridiculing is actually a sarcasm.
Zhang Xinwu led Zhang Xinyan to walk very simply, without any muddling.
"Oh, this is really..."
Although Zhang Wei was a little emotional, he still smacked his lips.
It was a good thing to recognize relatives, but it turned into this.
"It's a pity, it's a pity, Zhang Tianlong, your Zhang family is not very prosperous, wouldn't it be good to have two more juniors?"
"Hmph, God knows if they are the spies you Zhang Wei wants to place in my Zhang's house, do you really think I'm stupid?"
"No, no, I really want Miss Xiaowu and the others to recognize their ancestors, but your Zhang family doesn't want it!"
Zhang Wei shook his head, and then leaned in front of Zhang Tianlong, "As for whether you said they are real, you can go back and ask your father and you will know."
After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he took out an old photo and handed it to Zhang Tianlong.
The photo is black and white, with a light gray background. It shows a young couple with a little girl, and the wife is still holding a baby in her arms.
"Take this photo, and Miss Xiaowu and the two of them now, and ask your old father, and you will get the answer soon."
Zhang Tianlong didn't take the photo, but he still waved to a subordinate next to him, who picked up the photo and put it away.
"Zhang Wei, is this your purpose today?"
"Oh, I almost forgot the business, helping Miss Wu and the others is just incidental!"
As Zhang Wei said, he smiled slightly at Zhang Tianlong and his party.
Afterwards, he directly left the second floor and came to the hall.
"Ahem, ladies and gentlemen, I, Zhang, have one more thing to say!"
At this moment, many guests had already eaten and drank their fill. Seeing that Zhang Wei was going to talk about something serious, they immediately looked over.
"Everyone probably knows about the attack on the Oriental Star two years ago?"
Many people nodded subconsciously.
This incident caused such a great sensation back then that many of them were not directly involved and had heard of it.
but……
Speaking of which, Zhang Wei was also a direct participant in this incident, and even now it is still rumored that Zhang Wei colluded with pirates to participate in the attack, and many people even believed that Zhang Wei was the mastermind.
Apart from some bigwigs from neighboring cities, there were also many people from Dongfang Capital who attended the banquet.
Although they came to the banquet, they all felt that Zhang Wei had something to do with this matter.
Zhang Tianlong's side, including Lin Xiangtian and Zhang Youlin, also had weird faces.
They were curious, why did Zhang Wei suddenly bring up this matter, isn't this just asking for trouble?
Everyone's eyes were focused on the person who spoke in the center of the hall.
"Guys, I know that many of you still think that I am a participant in the case, and even the mastermind behind the attack. Right?"
No one said anything, but some people did think so.
"Besides, the arrested mastermind of the attack, the pirate leader, also testified against me before he was executed, right?"
This time, many people nodded subconsciously, that's what they heard.
"Then if I say that the pirate leader is just an ordinary leader, he doesn't know anything, but is just a scapegoat for the real murderer, do you think it is possible?"
"this……"
Many people in the audience were stunned, and then looked at each other and looked nearby.
"Actually, the truth about the attack on the Oriental Star back then is actually something else. First, I was not involved in the planning of the attack. Second, the real culprit is still at large!"
Zhang Wei said, looking at Zhang Tianlong on the second floor.
As soon as the latter's eyes darkened, he knew that Zhang Wei would definitely make a fuss about it.
But so what, the finishing work of this matter was handled very cleanly, and it was absolutely impossible for Zhang Wei to find any clues.
Because all the participants in this case had fled to places where he could not find them.
"I know that the real culprit behind the scenes must be thinking that all the participants in this case have already escaped. He thinks I will never be found, right?"
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand again and snapped his fingers.
Then on the white wall behind him, a projection appeared again, and it was a video.
In the video, there is a man wearing a nautical uniform who looks like a high-level navigator.
Zhang Tianlong, Lin Xiangtian and others were all stunned when they saw the man.
"I...I am the first mate of the Oriental Star. Two years ago...I started a 15-day voyage on the Oriental Star. But in fact, my mission is to cooperate...cooperate with the pirates to attack the Oriental Star... ...I am the internal response on the ship, I..."
In the video, the first mate's face was yellow, his eyes were sunken, and he confessed his crime with pain. He was actually a member of the pirates.
The audience was in an uproar, and everyone couldn't believe it.
"Impossible, the first mate is dead, he..."
On the second floor, Lin Xiangtian pointed at the man in the projection and loudly denied it.
"Boss Lin, don't worry, the first officer seemed dead to you at the time, but he was actually pretending to be dead, do you believe it or not?"
Zhang Wei had already guessed that Zhang Tianlong and others would stand up and object, so he immediately retorted.
"I was attacked back then, so I simply chose to cheat my death, because I can only escape if I die in the eyes of everyone..."
The chief mate in the video really admitted this matter, which also made Lin Xiangtian's questioning end without a problem.
"After I faked my death, I went abroad, concealed my identity, and planned to live a new life... But I was shot at the time, and I didn't dare to go to the hospital for treatment. I could only find a black market doctor, so I fell to the root of the disease, and my health was getting worse day by day. I know I don't have a few days, I know I don't have a few days, I'm here to confess, I shouldn't...cough cough cough..."
"...I shouldn't have colluded with the pirate Bashaluo, I shouldn't have betrayed my conscience for the money, I really regret it, I regret doing this, I plead guilty, I regret it, if God can give me a little more time, I will definitely... "
In the video, the first officer looked at the camera and confessed, with tears in his eyes and a sincere face.
As the saying goes, when a Taoist is about to die, his words are also good, probably so.
When the screen goes black, the video ends.
"Everyone has seen that the first mate has already pleaded guilty. He was a direct participant in the attack that year, and he mentioned a person in the confession video, the pirate leader Bashaluo. I wonder if everyone has heard of it?"
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but there were quite a few people in the ocean trade business who all understood.
The pirate Bashaluo has been famous in the sea for the past two years. Not only have they occupied several important sea routes, but they also specialize in attacking passing ships.
But every time the Blue Star Alliance organizes a fleet to wipe out, the Bashaluo side seems to have received the news in advance, lurking and hiding, and every cleanup operation is in vain.
It can be said that this guy is very difficult to deal with, more slippery than a loach.
"Everyone, are you a little surprised why the mastermind of the attack two years ago is so easy to catch? He obviously attacked the Oriental Star and committed a heinous crime!"
"As a result, the special operations team of the Dragon Kingdom immediately arrested the suspect, and the other party immediately pleaded guilty. How efficient is this?"
Zhang Wei glanced at the second floor again, but this time he looked at Zhang Youlin.
Because the person in charge of the arrest operation is precisely this person.
The transnational capture operation organized by Zhang Youlin was very "successful", not only capturing the pirate leader, but also making him confess his guilt.
"What if I say that the pirate didn't actually attack the Oriental Star at all, and all this was a play directed and performed by some people?"
As soon as this remark came out, it was like dropping a cannonball into a calm lake, and the splash of water was called a splash.
"In fact, the mastermind of the attack was the pirate leader Bashaluo, and I, Zhang Wei, also found the first mate, and he confessed everything himself before he died!"
As Zhang Wei said, the projection behind him turned on again.
The person who appeared in the camera this time was not the first mate, but the pirate Bashaluo!
"How can it be!"
Zhang Tianlong and others were shocked when they saw the people in the camera.
Pirate Basaluo, the famous island Basaluo, was actually controlled by Zhang Wei?
"Impossible, I contacted him two days ago, he..."
During the projection, Basharo had already started speaking.
"I'm Bashaluo, the pirate leader. I'm the real mastermind of the attack on the Oriental Star. No, I'm not actually the mastermind. I also work for money. I dispatched so many brothers to help the lord complete his plan."
"Back then, I received the money and sent my brothers out to land on the Oriental Star, then kidnap the people on the ship, follow the list given to me by the lord, and launch a precise killing operation against the people on board."
"So, in fact, I can only be regarded as an accomplice, not a mastermind, and I actually receive money to do things, and the real culprit is actually someone else!"
Basaro's statement stops abruptly, and he looks at the camera.
"Then, who is the mastermind behind the attack? Is it convenient for you to announce it?"
Off-camera, a person made an inquiry.
Bashaluo shook his head: "The mastermind of that attack, I will naturally tell everyone, but not now, when I go to the Eastern Capital, I will tell the truth to everyone in this city!"
"Then what can you tell us?"
"I can say that the mastermind of the attack was not Zhang Wei. He was not involved in this incident at all. He just happened to get on the boat and became the one who took the blame."
"Mr. Basharo, we don't want to know who is not the mastermind, we want to know who is, I hope you can cooperate with us!"
"I'm sorry, but I can't say, I have to go to Dongfang Capital, so that I can fully explain these things!"
The video ended again, and the last scene of the camera showed Bashaluo with a firm gaze.
"This video was sent by the International Investigation Section of the Blue Star Alliance. Pirate Basharo has pleaded guilty, and he told the International Investigation Section some details of the Dongfang Star attack, one of which is 2 years old. The pirate who was arrested before was actually a scapegoat, and he was the real culprit of the attack!"
As soon as this remark came out, the audience was surrounded.
In other words, the pirate caught back then was not the real murderer at all.
The special operations team caught the wrong person?
But the media back then, didn't all report it wildly. Has the real culprit been caught?
So the question is, how much of what happened 2 years ago is true?
"Everyone, I know that some of you have a hard time digesting these things, and some even don't want the truth to come out at all, but I'm sorry, Bashaluo will be handed over by the International Investigation Section next week. When the truth comes out, then Who is the mastermind behind it, he will have nowhere to hide!"
As soon as this remark came out, Zhang Tianlong and others were completely uneasy.
And the others were also surprised, and many people even thought, Zhang Wei, you are joking, how do you know the movements of the International Investigation Section?
"How come we don't know about this matter, and haven't heard any news?"
Zhang Tianlong took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Bashaluo, but gave up after thinking about it.
Bashaluo is now under control. If he calls, there is no guarantee that he will not be discovered and tracked by the International Investigation Bureau. He will try again with an encrypted number or a one-time number after he returns. This is the only way to go.
"Everyone, I, Zhang, was inexplicably blamed for the attack on the Oriental Star. The people behind this scene are really bad. Although I have diplomatic immunity, the law enforcement agencies of the Dragon Kingdom cannot arrest me, but I Mr. Zhang is not a soft persimmon to be kneaded by others, I want to seek justice for myself!"
"After Bashaluo reveals the identity of the real culprit, I don't know whether the Longguo Procuratorate will prosecute him again, but I, Zhang Wei, will initiate a civil lawsuit to claim for the damage to my reputation caused by the actions of the people behind the scenes. !"
After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Tianlong provocatively.
"let's go!"
At this moment, Zhang Tianlong also knew that Zhang Wei had indeed declared war on him.
Then this meal, he will definitely not be able to eat it.
After all, Basaluo was arrested, so they didn't have the heart to eat, so they had to think about countermeasures.
Otherwise, when the other party really came to Dongfang Capital and explained everything that should be explained in the investigation department, wouldn't they be accused by thousands of people?
But Zhang Tianlong's mind at the moment is a little puzzled.
Bashaluo is a pirate leader with hundreds of younger brothers. Relying on the few routes he monopolizes these years, it can be said that he has made a lot of money, and his forces have expanded several rounds.
With such a powerful force, how could it be destroyed by others?
Who on earth can have such power?