Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

"What sex toys? I don't know what you're talking about!"

Scott, of course, couldn't admit it and immediately steered the conversation back to the issue of damaged cargo.

"Hey, you loud-voiced girl, weren't you going to open your package? What are you waiting for? I'm in a hurry to prove my innocence!"

Su Chang glared at him with fiery eyes, but she didn't fall for his provocation.

With Zhi Mu and the judge of the Ten Kings' Court present, there must be a deeper meaning behind the former stopping her from opening the package.

"Stop pretending, Scott. Why don't you just confess and admit defeat, so you won't be unable to enter the Department of Balances for tea with dignity later?"

Qi Zhimu's gaze towards Scott became increasingly enigmatic, as did his voice.

"Old Scott has demonstrated many of these methods of yours. If others aren't familiar with them, how could I not be?"

"Sigh, for the sake of the old employer, I really don't want you to end up losing face."

"What old employer?" Scott was taken aback.

"Your dad is old Scott."

"...What? You mean, Father hired you? And you agreed?"

"Look at what you're saying. The customer is king. Old Scott is offering so much, and the request doesn't violate my personal principles. Why would I refuse?"

At this point, Qi Zhimu said with a smile:

"The details of this commission are related to you. Don't you want to know?"

"Then tell me."

"Two years before Scott went to jail, he commissioned me to forge cruise plans and replace the intelligence held by your biggest competitor at the time."

"Cruise plan..."

Scott's eyes flashed, then he froze, almost blurting out:

"Was it you who secretly protected the fleet during that extremely important business trip?"

"Correction: Not just your fleet, but also your personal safety."

Qi Zhimu shook his index finger and revealed the truth buried in the past.

"Old Scott went to great lengths, fearing I wouldn't be able to break through the company's internal power struggle scheme. He compiled a list of the unfair methods you've used so that I could study it carefully and take precautions against them."

"Old Scott wasn't a good person, but he was absolutely good to his son, even though he was grooming you to follow in his footsteps."

"This is the paper order he wrote by hand at the time. I think you can tell if it's real or fake."

Qi Zhimu threw a document at Scott.

The latter nearly lost his grip, glancing at the seal and the obscure code unique to the Scott family, his lips twitching.

It's definitely a genuine original...

"And then, what does that have to do with this?"

Scott still held onto a sliver of hope and discreetly gathered information.

"Don't even think that this loud-voiced tigress and those two busybodies behind you can afford to hire you. You have no right to mediate civil disputes on Xianzhou Island!"

He continued to be defiant on the surface, but in reality... he cursed all the people he had bribed!

How could it be such a coincidence that I touched Qi Zhimu's things?

"He's qualified to mediate, because I asked him to," said the crow expressionlessly.

"And who are you?"

"Plainclothes military officer of the Imprisonment Bureau." It was not appropriate for the judge of the Ten Kings' Court to publicize this, so Han Ya took out a document with a slightly less intimidating effect.

Scott's heart skipped a beat.

He knew that such a position existed in the Immortal Boat. Criminal suspects that the Earthly Balance Division could not handle would be handed over to plainclothes military officers to be sent to the Dark Prison for interrogation.

So here's the question: In civil and commercial disputes, is it really necessary to hire a physically strong mercenary to mediate?

Scott felt like the sky had fallen, and his romanticized view of Rover had shattered.

His company uses foul language!

The rent owed by the Jinren Lane Chamber of Commerce is almost as high as the starting price for asking Qi Zhimu to help, isn't it?

Is it worth spending so much money?

"You're an undercover officer, perfect! Quickly arrest this little girl who falsely accused me of sabotaging cargo at the dock and make her apologize to me!"

"Or are you planning to protect your own people and try to force a confession from me, a company specialist with a heart of gold?"

"Hey, looks like you're not going to play it safe. Don't use the same old tactics, they don't work on us."

Qi Zhimu stopped wasting words and presented all the evidence that the Chamber of Commerce had collected, including the authorization from the Ten Kings Judge.

"Let's watch a surveillance video first."

A 100-inch high-tech projection screen displayed the suspect's crime.

The enlarged surveillance footage clearly shows numerous employees in Heyun Express uniforms mixing items into group packaging and sending them onto the freight raft.

"Looks normal, right? Here comes the second paragraph."

The scenes inside, showing the same employees at work, are all examples of a switcheroo, replacing the original with something unrelated.

Everything imaginable is available, from sex toys and food to household goods and exotic literature.

"Scott, after seeing this, don't you have anything to say?" Qi Zhimu glanced at him casually.

"...What are you talking about? I don't even understand the point of this surveillance footage." Scott glared.

Qi Zhimu was not surprised and revealed his trump card: a bank transfer record, a summary of information on the employees involved in the incident from the surveillance footage, and a summary of information on the company's employees.

Anyone can find the connection between these three records.

The recipient of each remittance record corresponds to the personal account of the employee involved. Who else could the initiator of the funds be but a company employee?

Many of the onlookers stared angrily at Scott.

Especially those who complained about the goods not matching the description, they wish they could send them to jail and give them a good scolding.

"Oh, so my subordinates were doing this behind my back!"

Upon seeing this, Scott remained completely calm and immediately adopted a righteous and indignant tone.

"Fellow villagers, I will definitely hand these scoundrels over to the local authorities and get justice for you all!"

Upon hearing this, some people looked puzzled.

Could it be that Scott was unaware of the trouble his employees were causing?

Qi Zhimu responded with a half-smile, or perhaps a "don't make me laugh" look, by turning his head to give Mingxi a knowing look.

Mingxi understood and took out the special testimony evidence separately.

"The suspects have all confessed, and the evidence is irrefutable. Not only did you bribe employees of Heyun Express to change the goods being prepared for delivery, but you also recently had them damage customers' goods!"

"W-what?!"

Scott finally lost his composure and roared in exasperation.

"That old fogey Ah Feng... Don't the people of Xianzhou always preach about loyalty? I gave him so much money, and he sold me out in the blink of an eye! How despicable—"

"You've confessed without being asked; it seems you're already in tears." Qi Zhimu couldn't help but laugh. "When did Miss Mingxi mention the name Afeng?"

"I, you, I—how could this happen…"

Scott stared wide-eyed, his legs seemingly losing all strength, and he quickly collapsed to the ground.

"I clearly instructed someone to transfer funds using the Interstellar Peace Financial Bank. Even if you have this surveillance evidence, you have no right to access the transaction records!"

He wasn't making this up; the relevant cooperation agreement between the company and the Xianzhou Alliance clearly included this provision.

Except in cases of major incidents, the Immortal Boat Alliance shall not access the fund flows of Interstellar Peace Financial Bank customers without due cause.

"Oh, this one."

Qi Zhimu casually tossed out a sentence, which made Scott turn ashen-faced.

"I'm quite familiar with one of the 'Shixin' employees in your company. I just said hello to her, and the Xingxing specialist came running over with the relevant records."