Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

Chapter 334 The Thief Cries "Stop Thief!"

"You mean—all of this was personally instructed by Qiu Bingrui, the chairman of Aurora Company, to be done by you!"

"The so-called 'Black Bug' program was developed based on Qiu Bingrui's requirements?" Lu Yunshan suppressed the turmoil in his heart and asked Fang Zhengkang again to confirm.

“Of course…” Fang Zhengkang shrugged: “Without Qiu Bingrui’s instruction and arrangement, who would have the guts to do something so crazy?”

"Now Commander Lu should understand why our team's salary and benefits are several times higher than our competitors, right?"

"To be honest, the things Chairman Qiu asked us to do were crazy enough, and the development was extremely difficult."

"However, the salary and benefits offered to us by Aurora Company are still very good."

"In the industry, the salary and benefits we enjoy are absolutely unique."

"Just because Aurora Corporation offers you relatively generous financial benefits, are you justified in following Qiu Bingrui down this illegal path that openly endangers the security of the empire?"

"If it weren't for the exposure of the 'Aurora X All-Round Assist Robot' vulnerability, would you still be planning to continue acting as accomplices of Aurora Company!"

"Commander Lu, to be frank—if I said that the reason we've continued such an illegal project has nothing to do with money, even I wouldn't believe it..."

"It's the same old story—we work ourselves to the bone, all we really want is to earn more money!"

"Therefore, the salary and benefits offered by Aurora Company were indeed one of the important reasons why we chose to go all the way down this path."

"But besides the issue of money, I think the reason why no one has dared to stand up and expose this illegal act for so long is for another reason."

Fang Zhengkang shook his head slightly: "At least, it is for this reason that I have no choice but to continue to collude with Aurora Company in this matter."

"What's the reason?" Lu Yunshan pressed.

"I'm afraid I'll lose my life..." Fang Zhengkang immediately gave his answer.

"Afraid of losing your life?" Lu Yunshan frowned. "You mean—Aurora Corporation will carry out an operation to eliminate the traitor in order to protect this earth-shattering secret?"

“That’s not surprising,” Lu Yunshan continued. “Since Aurora Company dares to do something like this, it means that your company is actually an extreme criminal organization disguised as a technology company!”

"The common tactic used by extremist criminal organizations to deal with traitors is to silence them..."

“The way Aurora Company silences people is especially cruel!” Fang Zhengkang said with lingering fear, “They will not only eliminate the person involved.”

"Even family members and friends on their suspicion list will be eliminated!"

"Aurora Company's silencing tactics are ruthless and exhaustive."

Their principle for silencing witnesses is: better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free...

"If it were just a matter of my own life, I probably would have already been unable to bear the unease of my conscience and stood up to expose Aurora Company's crimes!"

"But I can't!"

Fang Zhengkang looked pained and helpless: "I can't let my family bear this risk with me..."

"So even though I was treated unfairly and even humiliated before, I still suppressed the resentment in my heart!"

"Because we all know how terrible the consequences would be of betraying the company, or rather, betraying Qiu Bingrui!"

"To be honest—if Commander Lu hadn't told me that Aurora Company was definitely doomed this time, and that Qiu Bingrui was already under your control at the Security Bureau headquarters..."

Fang Zhengkang said worriedly, "I will definitely continue to keep these words to myself..."

"You have no idea how terrifying Qiu Bingrui is!"

"Beneath her captivating exterior lies an extremely dangerous soul!"

"She was not only a crazy woman, but also a woman with endless ambition..."

"You can see from what Qiu Bingrui has done that she is an ambitious person who wants to reach the top and wield supreme power!"

"Keep an eye on him! I need to report Qiu Bingrui's situation to Director Min immediately!"

With that, Lu Yunshan was about to abandon Fang Zhengkang and leave quickly.

"Wait a minute!" Seeing Lu Yunshan turn to leave, Fang Zhengkang quickly pleaded, "Commander Lu, could you send more men to protect me?"

"Even though it's at your Security Administration headquarters, I still feel a little uneasy."

"Commander Lu, I'm the first person to voluntarily confess the crimes of Aurora Company and Qiu Bingrui to you!"

"I am a key witness and whistleblower in this case. You must prioritize protecting my personal safety!"

"Send a team up to provide close protection for Fang Zhengkang." Lu Yunshan then instructed his subordinates, "Before the director arrives, no one is allowed to interrogate Fang Zhengkang without my order."

"Furthermore, we must not allow anyone else to take Fang Zhengkang out of your sight!"

"understand!"

"Thank you, Commander Lu!" Fang Zhengkang hurriedly thanked Lu Yunshan: "I'll have to trouble you to put in a good word for me with Director Min."

"Should I consider this a way of redeeming myself by doing good deeds?"

"Don't worry—if everything you've said is true, it will definitely be taken into consideration when sentencing you in the future."

"If there are any details to add, then think about them quickly."

"The more information you provide now, the better it will be for the sentencing you will receive in the future."

"Also, you don't need to worry about your family. We will definitely ensure your personal safety."

"Thank you, Commander Lu! I will definitely cooperate fully with the Security Bureau!"

Fang Zhengkang nodded repeatedly, then added, "Although I was the first person in charge of this project, this 'Black Bug' program was something that Zheng Tong created behind my back."

"I'm not doing this to take revenge or frame Zheng Tong!"

"All the other members of the project team can testify to what I'm saying."

"Although Zheng Tong is exceptionally talented, he is just as unscrupulous as Qiu Bingrui when it comes to doing things!"

"For his own selfish reasons, Zheng Tong is capable of anything..."

"Okay! I understand. Please let me know if you need any further information!"

Lu Yunshan then instructed his subordinate, "I'm leaving this to you. I'll go report to the director..."

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After a while.

"What did you say!"

After hearing Lu Yunshan's report, Min Wenyao was so shocked that he almost dropped his coffee cup.

"Then what are we waiting for!" Min Wenyao immediately pressed the call button to let all his subordinates outside the door come in: "Immediately conduct a surprise interrogation of all members of the 'Aurora X All-Round Assistive Robot' project team."

"Pass the word down—check again that all 'Aurora X All-Round Assist Robots' are completely switched off!"

As orders were issued, the entire Imperial Security Administration immediately sprang into action.

At this moment, Min Wenyao, the head of the Imperial Security Bureau who had learned the truth, wished he could tear Qiu Bingrui to pieces!

Min Wenyao knew that he and the entire Imperial Security Administration had been utterly ruined by this audacious madwoman!

The thought of how he had confidently and wholeheartedly recommended Aurora Company to the Interstellar Intelligence Agency made Min Wenyao want to slap himself a hundred times!

This is utterly shameful...

However, compared to the humiliation of having his own face trampled on, the most serious issue was the negative impact of the Aurora Company incident on the entire Daqian Dynasty.

Min Wenyao even had a chilling thought: was the problem with the recent public opinion storm actually caused by their Imperial Security Administration?

Thinking about all this, Min Wenyao's anger surged to his head!

The head of the Imperial Security Agency was actually fooled by a woman...

Filled with rage, Min Wenyao kicked open the door to the room where Qiu Bingrui was being held.

"You crazy woman! Look what you've done!"

Min Wenyao, barely suppressing his anger, braced himself on the table and roared at Qiu Bingrui!

"Director Min, what's wrong with you?"

"I don't understand what you mean by that..."

Seeing Min Wenyao's furious reaction, Qiu Bingrui's heart sank, and a bad premonition welled up in her mind.

But Qiu Bingrui still maintained an innocent expression.

"Do I really need to remind you of the mess you've made?"

Min Wenyao angrily said, "Please explain to me, Chairman Qiu, what exactly is going on with the 'Black Bug' program implanted in the 'Aurora X All-Round Assistive Robot'!"

"Would Chairman Qiu really say he knows nothing about the 'Black Bug' program?"

"What? The 'Black Worm' program?" Qiu Bingrui, who was already extremely shocked, still maintained a completely ignorant appearance on the surface.

"Director Min, what exactly do you mean by this?"

This is the first time I've ever heard of a "black bug" program...

"Director Min, do you mean—someone tampered with the 'Aurora X All-Around Assistive Robot'?"

"What on earth is going on? You've completely baffled me..."

"Fine! Still trying to argue with me, huh?"

"To be honest—I wish you knew nothing about this! I wish our investigation had gone wrong!"

Min Wenyao roared angrily, "Guards! Turn on the lie detector! I want to interrogate Qiu Bingrui myself!"

As he spoke, Min Wenyao unceremoniously handcuffed Qiu Bingrui himself: "Qiu Bingrui, I advise you to honestly confess your problems."

“We now have very strong evidence—it was under your instructions, Qiu Bingrui, that Zheng Tong and his group developed the ‘Black Worm’ program!”

"You're the mastermind behind all of this, you crazy woman!"

"That media storm a while ago was probably orchestrated by you, wasn't it?"

"What a cunning and vicious madwoman! She actually managed to outwit the entire Security Bureau!"

"The ridiculous thing is—back then, in front of His Majesty, I confidently swore that our Imperial Security Agency had absolutely not leaked any secrets!"

"Now it seems—I was such an idiot!"

"Director Min!"

Faced with the furious Min Wenyao, Qiu Bingrui calmed down instead: "If I'm not mistaken—the testimony you obtained should have been provided to you by Fang Zhengkang from the 'Aurora X All-Around Assistive Robot' project team, right?"

If that's the case—then I roughly know what's going on!

Qiu Bingrui said calmly, "I personally recruited Fang Zhengkang, a senior technical talent, into Aurora Company."

“I have always entrusted him with important responsibilities and offered him a salary and benefits that are far above the industry standard.”

"However, Fang Zhengkang was very dissatisfied with the company and with me because the company placed his protégé Zheng Tong, whom he had personally trained, in a higher position than him."

"The reason Fang Zhengkang didn't leave Aurora Company is because the salary and benefits Aurora Company offered him were something other companies couldn't provide!"

"Fang Zhengkang has always harbored resentment over this personnel appointment."

"In Fang Zhengkang's view—the company's decision to have Zheng Tong replace him was a deliberate targeting of him......................"

"To be honest, if it weren't for the company still having some sentimental attachment to the past, we would have already transferred Fang Zhengkang, who is emotionally unstable, or simply gone through the dismissal process."

Instead of reflecting on his own problems, Fang Zhengkang got stuck in a rut, believing that the company was deliberately targeting him. He even made several threats, saying that one day he would make the company pay for it!

"However, I never expected that Fang Zhengkang would resort to such despicable means to frame the entire company in order to vent his dissatisfaction!"

Qiu Bingrui, with an air of innocence, said to Min Wenyao in front of her, "Director Min, I, Qiu Bingrui, have always acted with a clear conscience."

"A clear conscience fears no accusation, and I am willing to accept any investigation by the Imperial Security Agency."

"However, I want to emphasize one point in particular—I myself know nothing about the so-called 'black bug' program."

"Even if the 'Aurora X All-Around Assist Robot' really was implanted with the 'Black Bug' program, the problem definitely doesn't lie with me."

"That must be something someone did behind the company's back."

"And this person is very likely the one who cried 'stop thief' while being the thief himself!"