My sister broke off her engagement to marry someone richer? My older sister married me and became in

Lu Qingshan turned his gaze to Scarface Liu, his voice completely calm.

"Speak."

Scarface Liu gulped down the glass of water in front of him, which had already gone cold, his Adam's apple bobbing as he let out a heavy breath.

He pulled a notebook from his pocket, which was slightly damp with sweat, and opened it.

"Brother Qingshan, we've found that bastard."

"He was hiding in a shantytown in the west of the city, in a place called 'Pigeon Cage'."

Scarface Liu pointed to his temple.

"He's now just a dog that Wei Biao keeps in the shadows."

"Our people took turns watching him for three days and two nights. Every morning at nine o'clock, a boy would pull him on a cart to an abandoned warehouse of Heilong Trade in the southern suburbs."

"He would spend the whole day in the warehouse office, and then at five o'clock in the afternoon, he would be sent back to that dilapidated yard by the same route."

"Job duties," Scarface Liu said, scratching hard on the notebook with his fingernail, "are to organize all the intelligence from our Redstone County."

The air in the room seemed to have been sucked away, and the atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.

Lin Xiulan instinctively tightened her grip on Lu Qingshan's arm.

Scarface Liu didn't stop; he looked at the notebook and read it aloud, word by word.

"The purchase price of mountain products, grading standards, daily shipment volume..."

"A list of the hikers we've been working with for a long time, their addresses, and the number of people in their families..."

"The transportation routes and departure times from Hongshitun to the county seat, and then to the various village collection points..."

With each item read out, Monkey Three and Fatty's expressions grew increasingly grim.

When Scarface Liu read out the last item, his voice was filled with barely suppressed anger.

"He even drew simple maps of the homes of Erniu and the other core brothers who came from our village, making sure everything was clear, and handed them all over to Wei Biao!"

"Fuck him!"

Monkey Three could no longer hold back and slammed his fist on the wooden table next to him. The teacup on the table jumped up, crashed to the ground, and shattered into pieces.

"That bastard! He's stripped us bare and sent us to our enemies!"

The fat man was also deathly pale, his lips trembling as he stammered, "What... what if Wei Biao sends people to the village..."

He dared not say any more.

Everyone's home is in Hongshitun.

Lu Qingshan's gaze remained unchanged, but his fingers, which were tapping the table, stopped.

He interrupted Scarface Liu and asked, "The transport route? Which one?"

"Did he also know about the secret route we took to get to the provincial capital this time?"

This question had everyone on edge.

If even that last lifeline is leaked, then they will truly be trapped like turtles in a barrel.

Scarface Liu immediately shook his head.

No, not at all.

"The route he provided was the old one, the one that used to be the national highway."

"It seems he doesn't know we've opened up a new route either. Wei Biao probably doesn't know either."

Lu Qingshan finally let out a slow breath.

This is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Monkey Three's anger showed no signs of abating: "Brother Qingshan, we can't wait any longer! I'll take some men to 'Pigeon Cage' right now and tie that bastard up! If I don't cut his legs, I'm not Monkey!"

"Yes!" the fat man shouted, mustering his courage. "We can't let him keep leaking like this!"

Lu Qingshan ignored them and just looked at Scarface Liu.

"Anything else?"

Scarface Liu took a deep breath and turned to the last page of his notebook.

"And there's one more strange thing."

His expression became somewhat confused and serious.

"Every night, very precisely, around one o'clock."

"A man will climb over the wall and enter Yu Gaoyang's courtyard."

"That man was very skilled, like a raccoon dog, moving silently. If the person I sent hadn't been a reconnaissance soldier from the army, we wouldn't have been able to find him at all."

"He would stay inside for less than ten minutes and then leave. He never used the main entrance; he always climbed over the wall to come and go."

Scarface Liu looked up at Lu Qingshan and emphasized his words.

"My men saw it clearly: that guy's left hand, his ring finger, was severed in half at the base."

A severed finger!

Lu Qingshan's pupils contracted slightly.

In an instant, his mind flashed the wrinkled face of his master, Zou Yuan, and the words he had spoken.

"That 'Eagle Head Gang' is ruthless. Core members have to cut off a finger to show their loyalty when they join."

Then the secret letter, sealed with sealing wax, which had been found on the body of the notorious bandit Lei Dong, flashed before my eyes.

The letter was stamped with the seal of "Huichuntang" in the provincial capital.

Wei Biao.

Yu Gaoyang.

A person with a severed finger.

Eagle Head Gang.

Huichun Hall.

Five seemingly unrelated clues were connected at this moment by an invisible hand.

Lu Qingshan finally understood.

From the very beginning, Wei Biao was not a real opponent.

He merely brought "Huichuntang" into the open to test him and force him to produce a vicious dog of "Centennial Ginseng King".

Gao Yang, a stray dog, unexpectedly became the link between the two dogs.

"It seems that the people behind Wei Biao can't wait any longer."

Lu Qingshan let out a cold laugh, a laugh devoid of any warmth.

He was almost certain that the "finger-severing man's" late-night visit was not to have a heart-to-heart talk with Yu Gaoyang.

That's either urging us to speed things up, or it's conveying new instructions.

He looked at Scarface Liu, a hint of approval in his eyes.

"Well done."

He then turned his gaze to the window.

The sky had completely darkened sometime during the night, and thick, dark clouds hung heavily over the city like a giant block of lead.

A muffled rumble of thunder rolled across the distant horizon.

A heavy rain is coming.

Lu Qingshan stood up.

"Get ready tonight."

His voice was soft, yet it instantly invigorated everyone in the room.

"Let's go and meet him ourselves."

Monkey Three's eyes lit up instantly, and he clenched his fist tightly.

"Brother Qingshan! Give the order!"

Lu Qingshan walked to the window, pushed it open, and a cool breeze carrying moisture rushed in.

He looked at the dark sky and gave instructions to Scarface Liu.

"Bring a rope and a few clean pieces of cloth."

"Keep it down."

"I don't want my neighbors to know that they have guests over tonight."

Scarface Liu grinned, and the hideous scar twitched slightly.

He nodded vigorously.

"clear!"

……

late at night.

"Splash—"

The torrential rain arrived as expected, with large raindrops pounding wildly against the eaves and the ground, forming streams of water that washed away the muddy alleyways.

The only sound in the world was the sound of rain.

The "pigeon cage" shantytown in the west of the city.

Two dark figures, like ghosts blending into the night, silently avoided the puddles and turned into one maze-like alley after another.

Their movements were swift and silent, as if they knew the terrain inside and out.

Finally, they stopped in front of a dilapidated, low-ceilinged courtyard at the very end of the alley.

Rainwater streamed down the edges of their straw hats.