Chapter 280: The Amnesty Decree Arrives

With Zhou Ming's words, the noisy scene just now instantly quieted down. Both Brooke and the bailiffs who had come to detain Huang Yi were stunned. They all stared at Zhou Ming with wide eyes, looking extremely surprised.

For everyone, the presidential pardon only existed in legend. Everyone had heard of it, but no one had seen it, and more importantly, what was behind it.

You have to understand that no matter how a country advertises freedom and equality, as long as it is a human society, there will be a hierarchical system, even in a beacon country like the United States. So in that case, do these Chinese people have anything to do with President Walsh? Or is he from a certain powerful family himself, or an interest group?

It is not that Zhou Ming is afraid of abusing his power through connections. In fact, there are too many ways for someone with a lot of social resources to get someone killed within the framework of the law and from a moral high ground.

It was for these reasons that when Zhou Ming shouted that he had already received a special pardon from the president and that they had no right to prosecute or detain Huang Yi, they were immediately silenced.

Zhou Ming knew very well the wisdom of striking while the iron is hot, so after silencing the crowd, Zhou Ming turned and went back to the car with Huang Yi and Zhu Yao. He started the car, rolled down the window, and asked the lead bailiff, 'What's your name, officer?'

At Zhou Ming's question, the bailiff immediately stood at attention and saluted, 'My name is Rod, sir.'

Zhou Ming nodded slightly with an expressionless face and said, "Very good, Officer Rod. Your behaviour just now was an act of upholding the dignity of the law. You are very conscientious and responsible in your work. However, I have something to attend to right now and need to leave immediately. What do you think?'

'No problem at all, sir. You can leave whenever you like!" the bailiff replied loudly.

'Thank you very much. I hope that you, Officer Rhodes, will continue to do such a good job in the future. I will be very proud of you.'

Zhou Ming then rolled down the window, stepped on the accelerator, and the car immediately sped off. Officer Rhodes and the other bailiffs stood at attention and saluted the back of Zhou Ming's car.

Brooke watched all this in a daze. He felt as if something was wrong, but also as if nothing was wrong. It wasn't until Zhou Ming's car was about to disappear at the end of the road that he suddenly reacted. He angrily walked up to Officer Rhodes and said, 'Officer Rhodes, you actually let a criminal get away. You are neglecting your duties. I want to complain about you to your superiors!'

The bailiff was also very unhappy and said, 'Please watch your language, sir. I can also sue you for defamation at any time.'

Brooke was startled by the tone of Officer Rhodes, but he still said, 'But Officer Rhodes, that guy doesn't have any presidential pardon at all, he's just fooling us!'

Brooke's words were like a heavy bomb, which made Officer Rhodes feel enlightened. He suddenly remembered that from just now until now, he really didn't see any presidential pardon, and he just completely listened to the Chinese man's word. This is so embarrassing.

'Get in the car, get in the car and go over there, and run that damned Chinese guy over!'

Officer Rodfa shouted angrily. Although the other bailiffs were surprised by their boss's order, their usual training quality made them subconsciously get in the car and chase Zhou Ming.

At this moment, Officer Rodfa was so ashamed that he could not help but dive headfirst into the ground. In fact, Officer Rodfa himself could not say why. Just listening to Zhou Ming's words, there was an irresistible majesty that made people unable to resist. Then he just believed in him. In the end, he didn't even feel like asking him to come and see if there was an amnesty order. After he said it, he just tacitly agreed that there was one, but he never really did any detailed investigation.

Several police cars led by Officer Luode frantically chased Zhou Ming's car. In the car, Zhu Yao, who had never felt safe, suddenly screamed when she looked behind them: 'Teacher Zhou, it's bad, those bailiffs are chasing us, what should we do? **You need to speed up, we need to overtake them, we can't let them catch us!'

Zhou Ming also glanced behind him, and sure enough, the several police cars were in hot pursuit. He turned back to Zhou Ming and asked if they needed to speed up to get rid of them. Zhou Ming was much more indifferent than Lulu. He just sighed and said no, because Zhou Ming understood very well that even if they could speed up and get rid of the police cars, they could not guarantee that they could do it, and even if they did, they would not be able to get temporary peace, but would instead attract an even greater pursuit, which would be a loss.

Soon, the police cars quickly overtook and pulled in front of Zhou Ming, stopping their car. Officer Rhodes got out of the car with the other police officers and surrounded them.

Zhou Ming was not alarmed when he saw the police officers approaching. He calmly rolled down the window and explained, 'Officer Rhodes, what are you trying to do? Huang Yi has already obtained the presidential pardon document, and you are still persisting. Do you have any sense of the rule of law?'

'I don't think you have any sense of the law, Chinese!' Officer Rhodes roared at Zhou Ming, "You say you have the President's pardon document, then please show it to me!'

Zhou Ming frowned: "Officer, do you not believe me? Or do you not believe the President?'

'I don't fucking trust anyone!' Officer Rhodes shouted, and he took out his baton and slammed it hard against Zhou Ming's car, pointing at Zhou Ming and saying, 'Now you Chinese, get out of the car right now, either show me the president's pardon order and I'll let you go, or I'll take Huang Yi with me. If you want to resist, I have the right to use coercive measures.'

Zhou Ming looked up at Officer Rhodes and said after a while, 'Okay, Officer Rhodes, I will definitely show you the presidential pardon, but not now.'

'When then?' Officer Rhodes asked subconsciously.

'I'm sorry, I can't give you an answer,' Zhou Ming said, 'after all, Officer Rhodes, this is the United States, even the President needs to go through legal procedures, so it will take some time for the message to get from the White House here. I promise that as soon as I get the pardon, I will show it to you first.'

Officer Rhodes hesitated, but then a voice suddenly interrupted, 'I object!'

Zhou Ming looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Brooke's car pulling up. He got out of the car and walked over to them, saying, 'Officer Rhodes, I strongly disagree with what he just said. If he can say today that he has a special pardon and can wait a while to get it, then can I say the same thing tomorrow? If I keep saying this, can I drag out the case indefinitely? What use is the law if we keep doing this?'

'And there is an even more important point. Our new president, Mr. Walsh, is a president who respects the law very much. How could he do something that goes against the basic principles of the law just after taking office?'

Brooke finally pointed his finger at Zhou Ming and said, 'So I suspect that this Mr. Zhou Ming doesn't actually have any presidential pardon. This is simply a lie, the kind of lie the Chinese are best at using!'

As soon as Brooke finished speaking, Zhu Yao immediately retorted, 'This is not a lie. Teacher Zhou really does have a presidential pardon...'

Before Zhu Yao could finish, Brooke interrupted her immediately, saying, 'Then please show it to us. If you really have the presidential pardon, why can't you show it to us? If you can't show it to us, it means you don't have it!'

Zhu Yao felt very aggrieved by these words, because she had accompanied Zhou Ming to the law firm and witnessed Zhou Ming making a phone call to Northern Russia. She also believed that the presidential pardon would definitely come, but it was really impossible for her to produce it now. However, such an explanation really seemed too weak and feeble in the face of his aggressive situation.

Seeing Zhu Yao at a loss for words, Brooke said with his head held high, 'Officer Rhodes, I think the facts are now clear. They are lying, and I have exposed them. My private prosecution has already been scheduled in court. I hope that Officer Rhodes will fulfil his duties and not be negligent in any way, or I will definitely complain about you!'

This was the third time Brooke had threatened to file a complaint, which made Officer Rhodes feel very uncomfortable. However, there was nothing he could do about it. It was indeed his duty to take Huang Yi away, and he had also been embarrassed by Zhou Ming's remark about the presidential pardon.

To arrest or not to arrest, that was not a question.

'Okay, Mr. China, our intimidation game is over. Please put away your boring tricks with the presidential pardon. I really want to believe you, but I'm sorry, I have a duty.'

While saying this, Officer Rhodes led the way towards Zhou Ming's car. Zhu Yao stepped forward and said, 'Officer Rhodes, we do have a pardon. If you could just give us some time, please!'

Zhu Yao said, and went up to try to stop Officer Rhodes, but Officer Rhodes and the other bailiffs simply ignored her. They just pulled Zhu Yao aside and then walked towards Zhou Ming. **also stood up in front of them at this time, and unlike Zhu Yao, **had a murderous aura about him, which made the bailiffs immediately feel it and stop in their tracks. They then drew their guns and aimed them at **.

'What do you want? Do you want to assault a police officer and violently obstruct law enforcement?' Officer Rhodes questioned.

Violently resist the law?

Zhou Ming certainly didn't want to do that. After all, he had only just arrived in the United States, and he had not done anything yet, but he was already fighting against the state apparatus. This was not a good thing. But if he just let these bailiffs take Huang Yi back to prison, Zhou Ming was unwilling to accept that.

Damn it! If only I had more time, I would have already found a way to get the presidential pardon! That damned Brooke, he actually came up with the idea of self-reporting to speed up the case. I can't scare this Officer Rhodes either. Damn it, is there really only the way of violent resistance to get past this hurdle and wait for the presidential pardon?

'Officer Rhodes, if I were you, I would never want to do this,' said Zhou Ming.

Officer Rhodes shook his head with a smile, 'Mr. China, don't you think it's childish to say that now?'

'I don't think so.'

Suddenly a voice came from somewhere, and Zhou Ming and Officer Rhodes turned their heads instinctively to see an automobile with consulate plates parked not far away. A middle-aged Chinese man got out of the car and held up a document, saying, 'I am Cheng Jun, Consul General of the Chinese Consulate in New York. I am holding in my hands the presidential pardon signed by the President of the United States himself!'

The pardon had finally arrived at the last minute.