Hidden moth

Chapter 177: A Drunken Voice Suddenly Hears a Surprised Question

He Kao has been observing Ye Liangcheng for more than half a month.

He discovered that the unfinished building was guarded by only Ye Liangcheng and five large wolfhounds. He then inquired about the situation from the side and found that there was no problem on the surface.

But if you already know that there is something special about this place, if you observe it carefully, you will find many anomalies.

First of all, the walls of this abandoned project look mottled and dilapidated. In fact, ordinary people can't get through at all. There are barbed wires on the walls in many places, and there are also fences between the two buildings rented out and other areas.

Secondly, there are surveillance cameras installed here. Although there are not many, they are located in a very hidden location and are still in operation.

What He Kao was looking for was the secret base of the Huiming Shi family's cleaning department. According to the clues provided by the short blade, the location should be in this area. After sneaking in, he indeed made a discovery.

In the building in the center, there are two suspicious areas.

First of all, there is a large area in the center of the first floor. The spaces between the pillars are blocked with hollow bricks, and it is impossible to get in from the outside. It seems that this may be to prevent someone from climbing up the stairs from here.

But after going up to the third floor, you will find traces of human activities. Following the traces, you will find a hidden fire escape. Inside the wall is an open hall, arranged like a martial arts hall.

Ye Liangcheng would come to this martial arts hall to practice every now and then, but he had obviously become a little slack. In half a month, He Kao had only seen him come three times, just to keep up with the pace.

As for the other area, it is next to the parking lot on the second underground floor. It was originally supposed to be an equipment room, but the relevant equipment was not installed, and it was arranged as a secret base.

This secret base was where Kuchazi distributed equipment to his cleaners, but He Kao couldn't find it. He discovered it when he was following Ye Liangcheng.

The entrance to the secret base was not in the martial arts hall, but in an inconspicuous small building among the weeds outside the building, which looked like the exit of an underground ventilation duct.

During He Kao's secret observation, Ye Liangcheng went there twice, both times on Sunday mornings, which seemed very regular.

In fact, He Kao had already sneaked into the second basement of the building and searched it carefully. Even with his divine sense, he had not discovered the secret basement. After getting Ye Liangcheng's guidance, he quietly sneaked in and learned the reason. He couldn't help but marvel.

The area of this secret base is not large, only about 200 square meters, and it is divided into three areas: a quiet room, a warehouse, and a space similar to a meeting room, with a hidden and tortuous ventilation structure.

Its four walls, floor and ceiling are all inlaid with a special material that looks like gold and jade but is neither gold nor jade. It is processed into brick-like panels that are ten centimeters thick and twenty centimeters square. Even the doors are made of this material.

It is light but strong, and has mortise and tenon joints on the sides like those in the floor, so it can be joined piece by piece.

This material can actually block spiritual consciousness, or it can confuse spiritual consciousness, because He Kao had explored this area through the partition wall on the second underground floor, and it felt like the backfill layer around the foundation, and he did not find this secret room.

This made He Kao very interested. He had never seen it before. Maybe it was some kind of rare treasure, or maybe it was the leftover scraps from refining a magical instrument that had been processed by spiritual consciousness.

He couldn't help but have an idea - now that he wasn't short of money, it was time to renovate the second and third floors of his small building. If he removed a small portion of these brick-like panels, it would be enough to build a secret room.

The furnishings in the quiet room were simple, just a table, a chair, a cabinet, and a bed, with a meditation cushion on the bed... He Kao found that the mat on the bed and the cushion were both good things.

In addition to some miscellaneous items, there were seven bottles of pills in the cabinet, three of which were Qi-invigorating pills that he was familiar with, and the other four, judging by his current level of poison and medicine identification skills, should also be elixirs that would aid in spiritual practice.

He still needs to study the specific names and categories carefully... In order not to alert the enemy, he didn't even touch anything, and used his spiritual sense to investigate from a distance.

On the table stood a small incense burner, with three tubes of incense sticks beside it, one of which was half-used. These were all valuable items He Kao needed, and even the ashes from the incense sticks were quite useful, but he hadn't touched them yet.

The warehouse next to the quiet room actually stored a lot of clothes and shoes, as well as more than a dozen new, unused mobile phones. The most valuable thing was money - there was a lot of cash here.

Not only was there Dongguo currency, but there was also foreign currency cash and a small amount of gold, which could be worth several million. However, to He Kao's slight disappointment, he didn't find any magical weapons or other natural treasures.

He Kao did not trigger the alarm when he entered or exited because he had already discovered the alarm and monitoring device and temporarily turned them off while Ye Liangcheng was out.

It was impossible for Ye Liangcheng to stay in the park alone all the time, otherwise he would get sick after a long time. He would go out occasionally, even to Nanhua Market, but he would come back after only one night at most.

There are five dogs in the park, so he can't be away for too long.

This kind of life started half a year ago. When he had hired people, Ye Liangcheng would sometimes leave for a long time to go out of town for business or travel.

This matched what He Kao knew; the Huiming Shi family had been destroyed six months prior. He Kao didn't have the time to constantly watch Ye Liangcheng. He came over most often after dinner and discovered that Ye Liangcheng liked to drink. While not an alcoholic, he was quite addicted, probably because he had nothing else to do.

Someone else might be sloppy in Ye Liangcheng's situation, but his daily life is very tidy. Even the empty wine bottles are neatly placed in a fixed place.

After observing for a period of time, He Kao was able to determine that Ye Liangcheng had some cultivation level, possibly at the third level.

But he was not on the list of divine mind seals given by Old Man Jiang. It was basically certain that he was the cleaner under Gu Jiang, and most likely a core member, who was responsible for guarding this secret base on weekdays.

He told Elder Jiang about this discovery and asked if the clan law hall would take over the investigation. Elder Jiang replied that the clan law hall was very busy at the moment, and since it was He who discovered it, he would handle it in his own way...

Old Man Jiang told He Kao to handle it himself and scolded him, telling him not to trouble the elders of the clan hall with every little thing!
What He Kao didn't know was that after Jiang Daozhen replied to the message, he touched his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, then sent messages to Li Xiuyuan and Gu Chun.

Jiang Daozhen was truly frightened by He Kao. How many years had it been since the Shu Sect had experienced such a vicious incident requiring the simultaneous deployment of multiple elders? Recently, within less than a year, it had happened three times in a row!

The first was the Qiyuan incident last year, which was expected, but the next two incidents were unexpected.

The second time was the case of the Huiming Shi family. The clan law hall dispatched four elders, Zong Zheng, Gu Chun, Ye Fenghuang, and Kang Rulin, and mobilized more than fifty sorcerers.

The third time was the Wu Yanjun case on the northeastern border. The clan law hall dispatched Li Xiuyuan, Gu Chun and Jiang Daozhen himself. Even Mei Guyu who was in seclusion was alarmed, and the former elder Qi Nansheng was also involved.

Not long after, He Kao suddenly came to him again with something, and Jiang Daozhen was also afraid! According to this trend, he was really afraid that He Kao would poke a hole in the sky and even he would not be able to hold it back.

Actually, these things can't be blamed on He Kao. The old man trained He Kao with the intention of rectifying the art school, but he can't just smash the pot and overturn the table right away! Can't he take it easy?

The "major" incidents that the clan hall usually handles are basically like the Ren Zhongqing case, which can be handled by sending a few deacons.

Moreover, the problems that He Kao encountered were all impossible for him to handle by himself, and he needed several elders to clean up the mess. So, what else can everyone do?

Fortunately, this time, they only tracked down the remnants of the so-called cleaning department, which finally made Old Man Jiang breathe a sigh of relief. Given He Kao's cultivation level, handling this matter was well within his capabilities and could serve as a true test and training.

Since He Kao was left to figure it out, he started to think carefully. He managed to collect information about Ye Liangcheng and took the time to observe him secretly...

He Kao tracked down the whereabouts of these cleaners, of course, in order to punish their evil deeds and eliminate future troubles, but he also had no intention of killing Ye Liangcheng directly.

It’s not that he hasn’t killed people before, but all of them have their own way of seeking death. Even if he wants to deal with these cleaners, he has to find out what they have done and what evidence there is of their crimes.

He did not immediately arrest Ye Liangcheng for interrogation, but instead tried to find as many clues as possible from him. After observing him for a while, he had a relatively good impression of Ye Liangcheng, and even felt a bit of sympathy for him.

Every time Ye Liangcheng is almost drunk, he always likes to mutter to himself. It's no wonder. He is alone in this abandoned park and can even chat with a dog. Otherwise, he would have gone crazy.

He Kao often heard Ye Liangcheng muttering, "Master Kucha, it's been half a year, why is there no news at all... Where are all the people? What happened... Should I still wait here? It would be better if you could send someone to tell me!"

Based on various analysis, He Kao concluded that Ye Liangcheng had no idea about Ku Cha's identity, nor did he know about the existence of the Shumen. He had only practiced magic with Ku Cha, and had never even heard of the Huiming Shi family.

After the incident at Huiming Shi's house, Kucha informed him to hide, not to reveal his identity, and not to contact his companions. Given the situation at the time, Kucha really didn't have time to explain more.

Ye Liangcheng's reaction was to find an excuse to dismiss the others and wait here alone. If it were someone else, he would have taken his belongings and left long ago, but he still stayed at his post.

He Kao knew the code names of these cleaners. He guessed that Ye Liangcheng should be the "Ye Wuniang" in the chat group.

The code name Ye Wuniang sounds like a woman and is very deceptive. The reason why He Kao made such a guess is very simple. Code names often have some connection with the person himself.

First of all, it’s because of Ye Liangcheng’s name, and secondly, he likes to drink Wuniang Liquid, both of which are homophonic puns.

So He Kao came up with a somewhat bizarre plan and decided to show up on his own initiative to lure Ye Liangcheng out. He acted in a mysterious manner and without saying anything else, he first called out the code name "Ye Wuniang".

It doesn't matter even if you call the wrong number. At worst, your plan to fool the other party will fail and you can capture and interrogate the other party. If you guess right, you can adapt to the situation and continue to fool the other party.

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