Lu Ning raised her head and met Ye Qin's eyes. She was sure that the two of them understood the same thing. However, Ye Qin's always cold attitude could not let anyone know what he was thinking.
She used musical notes to slowly remove the blood on her hands, and also removed the blood stains on Lu Ning.
"Although the resentment of the undead can be used, it is not a good thing after all."
Taoist priests are really cruel in a sense.
The two of them walked out. Yan Zidan came over to ask Lu Ning, and she just nodded slightly. Xu Tong was already a little impatient: "Let's go upstairs. The other party must be in this hotel, right?"
"The water mirror is set up here." Ye Qin replied, "Unless they trust their skills and don't worry about finding anything, someone will definitely stay here."
"That's just right." Xu Tong sneered, "These people..."
"that!"
Mr. Yan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke: "Everyone! I... I want... please come with me for a moment!"
"Huh? We are classmates with Yan Meng, and as long as we find the culprit behind the scenes, we can avenge her. Don't you want to?" Xu Tong asked loudly.
"No, I just don't think you are that sure... Why don't I do a little bit! I have been to this place before, a long time ago! I know some things here!"
"Is it some precious information?" Xu Tong asked again.
"I don't know! But...but please let me make a small contribution! I want to at least...at least a little...compensation for my poor daughter..."
"Isn't it too late?" Ye Qin said coldly, "Now...it's okay, I just go and have a look with you."
"Hey! We've arrived at the enemy's base camp, what's the use of you still looking for information?" Xu Tong asked with a frown.
"As a detective, I need information, can you?" Ye Qin said, "Lead the way, since you have been to this place before."
The people in front were arguing, while Lu Ning from behind quietly asked Yan Zidan to light the remains of the book with a folding fan.
What is shown on the fan is the scenery of Tongfang Town. One part is Tongfang Town like hell, sinking into the night, while the other part is Tongfang Town in the daytime, with a gloomy sky. The two copper square towns are separated from the upper and lower parts, separated by the center, and are completely symmetrical.
"This...is the current situation in the water mirror state, right?" Yan Zidan said, "In other words, the sun has already started to rise on a normal day."
"Let's follow Ye Qin and the others. It looks like we've discovered something else. Be careful of the people left behind here." Lu Ning nodded, pulled up Yan Zidan and caught up with the three people who were walking towards the corridor on one side of the hotel.
Bright light shines on the entire corridor. After you forget the miserable scene behind you, you will find that this is still a good hotel. The corridors are cleaned very clean, and the things are old but not dilapidated. Some of the old things are well preserved. style. When he reached room No. 10, Mr. Yan stopped, reached out and pressed the doorknob, and then looked at Ye Qin: "Can you open it here?"
Ye Qin flicked her fingers and murmured something in a low voice. The door lock made a soft sound and clicked open.
Mr. Yan walked in.
"The room service should clean it..." Xu Tong was still a little unhappy.
"In...in the water tank of the toilet." Mr. Yan said.
"Looks like you found it?"
"Yes... the toilet was broken at that time. I accidentally discovered it when I asked the hotel people to repair it, so I took it out. After looking at it, I put it back. It has only been two or three months now. No one must have noticed... ..." Mr. Yan walked into the bathroom, lifted the lid of the toilet tank, reached out and touched the lid a few times, and then tore off a small notebook wrapped in plastic film.
"What is this?" Lu Ning asked.
"The last words written by the director of a project... he probably committed suicide after finishing writing, so I kept it in mind."
This kind of mind is not very good either.
Mr. Yan handed the small notebook to Ye Qin. Ye Qin opened it and flipped through it. It seemed that there was a lot of content in it, and it was on every page. It took her about ten minutes to read the contents of the notebook, and then threw it to Lu Ning.
"The things written above... do have some effect." Ye Qin said.
The name of the person who wrote the notes was Jiang Huichen. Judging from his tone, he must have some connection with the Taoist circle, but he did not mention these issues in detail.
He was the general manager in charge of an important project before this, and he knew more than others. But he has no idea of giving his life for Baligong's plan. He is the kind of person who maintains the project for his own selfish desires. When he noticed changes in the flow of funds, customers, etc., he began to investigate the newly established project team and discovered some clues.
Due to Bali Engineering's own management structure, he could not directly investigate other project teams beyond the people above him, but this did not prevent him from getting some inside information through other channels. Bali Gong is already launching a larger plan. This plan is very ambitious, and it is also a bottomless pit for absorbing resources. Even if the project he controlled was the backbone of Bali Gong at the time, it would still be stopped because of the larger plan. .
He doesn't accept this outcome.
The people in Bali Gong all gathered for some selfish desires, and the same was true for Jiang Huichen. He knew very well that within two or three months of this, his project would turn into nourishment, and he couldn't be more clear about the consequences of the canceled project. But he also knew what would happen if he tried to disrupt the Huang Bali Engineering project.
In the notebook, he recorded all the investigative information he had learned so far, and this was also the last chance he had to write this notebook. He didn't find an opportunity, so before his idea was exposed, he was ready to try again. If it didn't succeed, he would commit suicide and completely stop his project, which would also cause a considerable resource deficit for Bali Gong. This is not for justice, but purely out of revenge.
Realistically speaking, Bali Gong was not affected too much, but Jiang Huichen guessed the situation of those projects correctly. As for the key information Ye Qin said, it was a question he raised based on his own experience.
[No matter how many projects Baligong is working on at the same time, they must have only one focus. This is a consistent feature of top projects. My project was put together with five projects of similar level. Originally ranked third, we finally received major support from Bali Gong after running the project. Of course, we are probably all abandoned at this moment. However, among the four projects I pointed out, they must be progressing in parallel as we did before. In fact, Bali Engineering has long decided to only choose the best one and devote a lot of resources to it. It’s just that these newly appointed The manager doesn't know yet.
I will try to provoke this conflict, but I don't think it will be easy to do so. But no matter what, this is a breakthrough point. The general manager chosen by Baligong must be the most suitable one. Every general manager will cherish his own project... Maybe my reaction was also expected by them. 】
Finally, he also told the person who found it to hand it over to the police if he did not understand what was said in the note. Jiang Huichen's information may have been erased from most intelligence systems, but it will still remain somewhere.
"They really made people angry." Lu Ning handed Yan Zidan to look at and commented.
"Bali Gong doesn't care about this. They didn't even ask the old general manager to take charge of the new project, which shows that the general manager is just a consumable." Ye Qin said, "Jiang Huichen's resistance must have failed. Bali Gong's size is not If he can fight against it, we... probably can't either."
"Well, I think so. But when you come, you should be ready for the follow-up, right? For example, how long will it take for someone to rush over after not hearing from you?" Lu Ning asked.
"Of course, if I don't come out within two days, my contact will directly contact the National Taoist Association, and at least thirty national experts will rush to Tongfang Town within twelve hours, regardless of whether Bali Gong is there Whatever they are planning, they will never be able to save this place.”
"Then I'll be relieved." Lu Ning laughed.
"What are you worried about?"
"Ah, keep it a secret."
After Yan Zidan read the notes to Xu Tong, Xu Tong didn't care much: "How will this help us now? It means that we know that the managers at the lower level may not know the truth, but what we really need to deal with is Lin Yuan and what he said. We're absolutely of the same mind, right? Aren't we going to fight in the end?"
"You can't say that, our purpose is just to solve our problems." Ye Qin said, "To be more detailed, it is the problem we are involved in. If this aspect can be solved well, I think the rest can be discussed later. .”
"You...are the deaths of so many people in vain?"
"They have nothing to do with me. I only need to solve two things, Solitaire and the murderer." Ye Qin has a clear goal, "Apart from these two, I don't care about the results."
Lu Ning felt that compared to the other party's flaws mentioned in the notes, it was his own side that was more prone to internal strife.
Ye Qin and Xu Tong are both people with very clear goals, but their goals are subtly different. If this matter is noticed by the cunning Lin Yuan, I am afraid that this small temporary team will collapse immediately. For some reason, Lu Ning felt that Lin Yuan would not choose to use force to suppress, but would adopt some other method, provided that Lin Yuan was the highest commander.
If you continue...
"We need to find the water mirror in the hotel and destroy it. That's what we are going to do now. You decide for yourself whether you want to continue walking together." Ye Qin said coldly, turned and walked towards the stairs of the hotel.
Xu Tong's face was completely unconvinced, but now Ye Qin, an orthodox Taoist priest, was in the dominant position, and she could only express a few words verbally.
I walked upstairs along the slightly old creaking stairs. There was nothing special about the second floor, but there were eight candles with faint blue flames burning on the third floor. Thick scum had accumulated on the pedestals under these candles. A layer of candle wax that looked like the candle had been replaced many times and had been burning for a long time.
It could be felt that Ye Qin had tensed up her nerves. She looked towards the corridors to the left and right, her expression very cautious, and even the other four people began to be cautious.
When Lu Ning passed a candle, she didn't feel any warmth from the burning flame. Instead, she felt a sense of dampness and coldness, exactly the same as what she had felt in the fake Bali Gong Institute before.
"This way." Ye Qin determined the direction. From the corridor on the left, she began to walk towards the deep room.
Everyone kept a relatively close distance to prevent any sudden attacks or sudden changes in the space. Apart from the water mirror, it is not surprising that there are other defensive measures here, but... there is actually nothing.
Ye Qin arrived at the deepest room, which was supposed to be one of the most luxurious rooms in the hotel. Now, it probably became Shui Jing's dojo.
The door was destroyed by Ye Qin and slowly opened. There is light inside, and unlike the lights I saw in the hotel before, the light reflected here is natural light. A little dim, but real sunlight - daytime came to this room as usual.
Amid the faint scent of incense, there was an ancient washstand in the corner on the left side of the room, with a basin on it. If they hadn't known that it was a water mirror, no one would have noticed the weirdness of the basin.
The biggest obstacle between the few people and the basin was sitting cross-legged on the large ancient bed in the center of the room that could accommodate three people. An old man with white beard and hair, wearing only a tattered coat and a muscular body, sat on the bed, as if he didn't care about the cold surrounding environment. The old man's falcon-like eyes had already seen everyone, but he was just sitting on the bed, as calm as a mountain.
This old man is obviously the guardian placed here by Bali Gong, and he is obviously not weak. Lu Ning could vaguely feel a certain aura from him, without any hesitation at all. If there was any change on his side, I am afraid that the old man would instantly kill anyone who dared to approach the water mirror.
"This old man..." Xu Tong gritted her teeth and looked like she wanted to rush forward, but Ye Qin didn't move, and she wouldn't act rashly either.
"Tremolo!"
Still asking Ye Qin to take action, the musical note was struck out from her hand with a loud earthquake. Not only the old man, she also targeted most of the houses in front of her, including the water mirror.
"How dare you, Zhu Zi!"
The shattered music was intercepted in mid-air by a copper piece. The old man tore the copper piece from his wrist and threw it, as fast as lightning. However, the temporary defense only blocked the direction of him and Shui Jing, and the furniture in other places began to fall into pieces.
The old man stepped down from the bed with a ferocious smile. At this moment, Xu Tong had already rushed over, also targeting the water mirror, but the twisted dagger in his hand was pointed directly at the old man's chest. The curved tip bit like a snake.
"Crooked way!" The old man punched out. Lu Ning noticed that his wrist was still covered with a copper ring. At the moment of punching out, the copper ring seemed to flash a rune.
However, Xu Tong also put away the dagger instantly and stepped back suddenly, preventing the terrifying wind from hitting him.
