After turning a few streets, the carriage stopped in a dark alley.
There was a faint smell of powder floating in the dark alley, and a few dozen meters ahead was a lower-grade brothel.
"Uncle Hai, why are we back in the city again?"
Zhang Beilong asked doubtfully.
Shi Yan opened the car curtains, took a look, and said calmly: "Leave five people and continue wandering around several streets in the city. After the signal fireworks appear, return to the house."
After saying that, he stood up and bent down to get out of the car and entered a dilapidated small courtyard next to it.
Zhang Beilong and Wen Wu quickly followed.
Although the courtyard is old, it is kept very clean.
Entering the courtyard, there were four burly men in black waiting, exuding an oppressive aura.
"One of our own."
Shi Yan explained and led the two of them into the main room.
Four big men followed Wen Wu and Zhang Beilong as if they were guarding prisoners, their eyes stern.
Shi Yan twisted the vase on the table.
With a clicking sound, a long tunnel appeared next to the feet.
Wen and Wu were amazed.
Even they didn't know about this place. They didn't expect that Shi Yan had secretly created such a secret tunnel.
"Leave two people to guard outside."
Shi Yan said to the big man and motioned for the other person to get down.
One of the big men in black took out the luminous pearl from his arms and entered the tunnel first.
Then Shi Yan and others went down one by one, and the remaining big man followed at the end.
In the dark and narrow passage, under the faint glow of night pearls, his figure seemed to be shrouded in death. His cold eyes kept staring at Wen and Wu, which made people extremely uncomfortable.
Zhang Beilong, who was planning to ask, also closed his mouth tightly and walked silently.
Wen Wu carefully estimated the distance of the secret passage. It took about two-quarters of an hour before he saw a beam of bright light faintly coming from the front, which relieved the depressing atmosphere.
Several people walked out of the passage, but Wen Wu was shocked to find that they were in the backyard of a teahouse.
There was a carriage parked at the door of the backyard.
But Shi Yan did not take them to the carriage, but took them into a woodshed.
After entering, the big man who had been following him closed the door with his backhand.
Before he could figure out the situation, Wen Wu felt a sharp pain in his leg and fell to his knees.
Zhang Beilong also knelt on the ground.
The big man pressed both of their shoulders with both hands, preventing them from getting up.
"Uncle Hai, what does this mean!?"
Zhang Beilong said angrily.
Shi Yan knelt down and glanced at the two of them one after another. His sharp eyes were as sharp as knives, making people afraid to look directly at them.
"One of you two is a mole sent by the Night Patrol Department."
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In the wooden house, there is a sandalwood stick on the table.
The sandalwood burned silently, and the rising smoke blurred Niu Daru's face.
"You don't understand Shi Yan. This person is much more difficult to deal with than the Ji family's father and daughter."
Niu Daru pinched his eyebrows and said to Li Nanke, "Underworld will take risks to make a deal with him because it believes that Shi Yan has the ability to complete the deal."
"You think our chances of winning are not high?"
Li Nanke frowned.
Niu Daru smiled and said: "What is the chance of winning? Even if there is a ninety-nine percent chance of winning, if it fails, then it is not a 10% chance of winning. We and the underworld have the same chance of winning, either he wins or we win."
Li Nanke said: "What will happen if we fail this time?"
"This is the last transaction in the underworld."
Niu Daru's tone was helpless.
Li Nanke was silent.
My uncle also said before that this is the last transaction in the underworld. Obviously this information is very accurate.
It means that the underworld needs to be cleansed.
If this operation fails, then 'Underworld' will completely disappear from this world.
Those who have participated, whether they are businessmen, underground forces, or court officials... will be completely whitewashed and their crimes hidden.
It will be basically impossible to find them out by then.
"Director Niu, there is new information!"
The female member in charge of intelligence came in a hurry and was about to speak, but Niu Daru raised her hand to stop her.
Niu Daru took the note from the female member's hand, glanced at it and said calmly: "Ask all the people from the first team of the Qinglong Department to withdraw. Lao Yu, you send another team to conduct a secret search near Tianxiang Street and Alley to see if There’s a suspicious carriage!”
"clear."
Yu Shengtian stepped out of the wooden house and assigned tasks to the men he brought.
"I'll just wait here?"
Li Nanke asked.
After the female member left the hut, Niu Daru closed his eyes and said softly: "Yes, wait."
Li Nanke was speechless and asked curiously: "Did you also plant a mole on Shi Yan's side?"
"None of your business."
Niu Daru looked unwilling to pay attention.
Li Nanke curled his lips in disdain, "If you don't say it, don't say it. The chess pieces you have arranged may not be as useful to me."
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Wen Wu gritted his teeth and tried hard to suppress the painful groan that was about to be squeezed out of his throat.
His clothes had been stripped off.
The knees on the ground were bleeding, and the joints such as shoulders and hips were in pain as the man in black tortured him.
Zhang Beilong next to him also felt uncomfortable and kept shouting that he was wronged.
Shi Yan was like an old monk, standing quietly aside and watching the two people being tortured with cold eyes, with a trace of murderous intent occasionally flashing in his uncertain eyes.
After a while, the woodshed door was pushed open.
What came in was an ordinary-looking woman in green clothes.
The woman walked to Shi Yan, whispered a few words in her ear and left the woodshed.
A smile appeared on Shi Yan's lips, he signaled the big man to stop, and said to Wen Wu and Zhang Beilong: "Okay, put on your clothes and follow me."
"Uncle Hai, if you don't trust me, don't let me trade with you!"
Zhang Beilong understood that this time was just a test, and he spoke angrily with deep resentment in his grievances.
Shi Yan glanced at Wen Wu, "What about you?"
Wen Wu said with a straight face: "I will follow Uncle Hai's arrangements."
"Haha, you already have a temper, don't you?" Shi Yan smiled lightly, his tone a little softer, "When this transaction is over, the Fengyun Club will be left to you two to take care of it."
Before the two of them could react, they walked out of the woodshed.
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"The test is over."
Niu Daru held the latest news newspaper, and the expression on his face became more relaxed.
"test?"
Li Nanke wanted to move over to take a look, but Niu Daru crumpled the note into a ball and burned it to ashes.
Niu Daru ignored Li Nanke's dissatisfied look and said calmly:
"Shi Yan's side is basically fine. Just wait for the people from the underworld to show up. Lao Yu, pull back the people sent by your first team and guard them outside the White Lion Forest due west.
As for you, Li Nanke..."
Niu Daru lowered his head and picked up the map, and said calmly, "I marked a few places on the map. You go and investigate. If you find anything, please inform me as soon as possible."
Li Nanke took the map and pointed at himself, "Am I the only one?"
"If you have the ability to clone yourself, you can also let someone else accompany you." Niu Daru said a dull joke with a hint of sarcasm.
"Then let me try."
Li Nanke rolled his eyes and walked out of the room.
Yu Shengtian, who had been in a state of anxiety, saw that even Li Nanke had a mission, and quickly asked: "Director Niu, what should I do? Do you want me to arrest people?"
"Where to catch it?"
"..." Yu Shengtian was silent.
Niu Daru was silent for a moment and said calmly: "Go and monitor Li Nanke."
(End of chapter)
