novelaction Chapter 369: Hidden Black Hand: Gold and Silver; Iris's Age and Cultivation
Chapter 369: Hidden Black Hand: Gold and Silver; Iris's Age and Cultivation
She was afraid that Hua Changle would regret it, so she continued:
"We agreed that you should not forget me when the time comes.
I, I can still do something. I know a lot of things. I have tried many professions. I am good at organizing and sorting out information, and I have a talent for investigation. "
Tao Zi pointed at his forehead, and as his supernatural power started to work, a black and white pattern appeared.
"This is my special ability - [Eyes of Guidance]."
"My ability is similar to my sixth sense. When I have no clue or feel lost, my intuition will guide me to make a choice. I have avoided danger many times with it, and it is also with it that I have been able to investigate so much information."
Wei Liang couldn't help but sigh: "This person is born to do intelligence work."
Hua Changle immediately looked at him and said, "This is my person, you guys in Tianji Tower are not allowed to snatch her away."
Wei Liang raised his hands: "How dare I."
Afterwards, Tao Zi set up a table in the room and the three of them sat down.
Tao Zi said: "You said Zhao Meng, Sun Ying and Wang Ping are the people you want to investigate. I know their whereabouts. They are not dead, but... they are not living well."
"I found out that it was a man named Mule who was wandering among the Eight Kings and sold them here from outside. But after my investigation, I found that the channel Mule used to trade these girls was not right."
Tao Zi said: "Mule is not traded through the channels of those industries I investigated, but directly traded with outsiders, selling them to the gray areas of District 7, or to the south overseas."
"I suspect that Mule has secretly established a channel to trade with others for profit without telling the people in Eagle Hall."
Hua Changle and Wei Liang looked at each other.
The information matches.
Mule carried She Haoyun on his back and made a deal with She Jiameng to trick those girls into District 7. Mule then dealt with these people under the cover of the existing population trade in Eagle Hall and Blood Fighting Arena and made a profit secretly.
"I have checked this out. The mule carries several major forces on its back. It has its own channels and deals with other people."
Hua Changle told her what she had found out from She Jiameng.
Tao Zi was shocked: "She Jiameng! She is the daughter of the She family who has always been against you! She actually did such an inhumane thing!"
"Wait, have you always been against me?" Three question marks appeared above Hua Changle's head.
Tao Zi nodded: "Yes, I read the gossip on the Internet in District 3. She Jiameng has been competing with you in various ways, but she always loses.
Many people put your two achievements together and make videos to criticize each other. I have seen that.
I don't like to pull down others, but I have to agree that you are better than her!"
Hua Changle: “…”
Okay, okay, now I finally understand why She Jiameng has always treated her like an enemy.
She Jiameng is the only daughter of the She family and has a very strong personality. She has always been unable to compete with the original owner, so doesn't she hold a grudge against her?
Hua Changle held his head with his hands, Tao Zi realized belatedly: "Don't you remember?"
Hua Changle shook his head: "There was an accident before, and I have forgotten some of my memories."
Tao Zi asked nervously, "Your legs?"
"No, that's okay. The leg was injured in the north. You should have heard of that battle."
Tao Zi nodded. She knew that Hua Changle had participated in the Northern Border Campaign. She asked worriedly, "You're running back and forth tonight. Will you be okay?"
Hua Changle said calmly: "I'm a little tired, but nothing serious. I came here and sat here to show myself to others on purpose."
"Oh!"
Tao Zi whispered obediently: "I understand, I will keep it a secret."
"By the way, Xiao Taozi, you said that Mule has special channels. What channels or places do you know of his communication with several forces?"
Tao Zi immediately found a paper map and spread it out. On it was a map of District 7 with more than thirty red dots scattered around.
Hua Changle's smile faded and his face became solemn: So many!
This is more than just a cunning rabbit with three burrows! It has thirty burrows!
There are more than thirty locations, distributed throughout many places in District 7.
"Huh?" Hua Changle's gaze paused.
She was surprised to find out: "Why are there four trading locations here in the Gold and Silver branch?"
Tao Zi blinked his eyes and said, "Yes, Jin Xiangyin is the biggest middleman in human trafficking."
"what?!"
Hua Changle and Wei Liang were both surprised.
Hua Changle's head suddenly buzzed: "No, isn't it Eagle Vulture Hall and Blood Fighting Arena?"
Tao Zi said: "Yes, these two are the ones that receive the most unknown population, but the middlemen who handle the transactions and transport those people mostly rely on gold and silver."
A lot of information flashed through Hua Changle's mind all of a sudden, and the strange feeling that had been buried in his heart since the beginning of the investigation finally became clear at this moment.
Oh, right, transportation!
Transportation issues in the human trafficking and alien smuggling industries!
Gold and Silver control the lifeline of maritime trade and transportation in District 7.
No matter which one of the She family, Eagle Hall, Blood Fighting Arena, Spimago, and Western Continent wants to do business, as long as there is sea transportation in and out of the seven districts, Jin Xiangyin cannot be completely unaware of it!
In an industrial chain that has lasted for many years and tens of thousands of years, transportation, as a key link, has always been able to provide solid guarantees for it, and gold and silver are absolutely inseparable from it!
No wonder!
On the first day she came, the poor ghost with gold and silver followed her.
At that time, she thought that Jin Xiangyin had done business with the She family and had some connection with those industries, and she was afraid of being implicated, so she followed her. Unexpectedly, she was not only implicated, but was clearly one of the leaders!
Thinking of this, Hua Changle broke out in a sweat.
Until now, Jin Xiangyin has been hiding behind the Eagle Hall and the Blood Fighting Arena, and has not been targeted by her and Hua Qingyun.
If Tao Zi had not revealed this today, when she and Hua Qingyun were concentrating on dealing with the Eagle Hall and the Blood Fighting Arena, if Jin Xiangyin suddenly stabbed them in the back, she and Hua Qingyun would be completely unprepared.
Fortunately, she had ignored the enemy standing behind her and watching her intently!
Hua Changle recalled how Jin Xiangyin hardly moved at all, and sighed in his heart: A barking dog never bites!
Looking at her expression, Tao Zi guessed that Jin Xiangyin had been ignored by her.
She thought for a moment and explained, "Jin Xiangyin has been mainly acting as a middleman over the years and has not taken in those who have been trafficked, so it is indeed difficult to be discovered.
I was able to discover it because the boat my missing friend was on was inlaid with gold and silver, so I suspected it from the beginning and investigated further. "
"Oh," Tao Zi added, remembering something.
"However, Jin Xiangyin has received many precious species and rare plants and animals, and secretly runs an illegal auction house. If we can catch the evidence, it will be a relief for Jin Xiangyin.
I can’t get in there, but Qiu Quan has photographed a protected exotic plant there, Shengyuan Grass.”
Hua Changle's face changed slightly: "Shengyuan Grass!"
"Yes, and he should have taken it."
Wei Liang couldn’t hide his solemn expression: “Shengyuan Grass has only one function, it helps to break through when one’s cultivation reaches a bottleneck, and a person can only take it once in his life.
So, Lord Gou’s cultivation might have already broken through to the ninth level!”
Hua Changle sighed softly.
The only one at the ninth level, this will overturn the situation in the seven districts!
District 7 is going to be in chaos.
"Let's put Qiu Quan's opinion aside for the time being. Because of Xiao Taozi, his intentions vaguely lean towards us." Hua Changle said.
Tao Zi said calmly: "We must also be on guard."
Wei Liang came back to his senses from the shock of Qiu Quan's breakthrough and smiled:
"It's okay. Iris is with Chang Le. Qiu Quan has just broken through to the ninth level. Chang Le will be fine."
Tao Zi thought quickly: "Is it that cool bodyguard sister? She is very powerful?"
Wei Liang smiled and said, "Ordinary ninth-level warriors are no match for her."
Hua Changle was a little surprised.
She guessed that Iris had a good cultivation base, but she didn't expect Iris's cultivation base to be at the ninth level! After all, Iris looked to be only in her thirties.
Wei Liang seemed to see what Hua Changle was thinking and whispered:
"Chang Le, Iris... is almost twenty years older than me. She looks very young."
Hua Changle's eyes twitched.
Huh? Doesn't that mean Iris is over 40?!