Nanshan Tea Garden......

It was a private teahouse that was not open to the public.

In his previous life, he had overheard someone mention it briefly when they were drunk.

I never imagined that I would have to deal with him again in this life.

Lu Qingshan calmly reasoned about it.

That place is most likely the real hideout of "Huichuntang" in the provincial capital.

Lu Qingshan tapped his fingers lightly on his knee.

He stared at Yu Gaoyang and asked a few more questions about "Ninth Brother" and that "old man in a long gown".

Unfortunately, a chess piece of Yu Gaoyang's caliber knows very little.

He had only met "Ninth Brother" a few times. Each time, the man wore a hat and a mask. He was thin and wiry, but his moves were extremely swift and skillful, clearly indicating that he was a trained martial artist.

As for the old man, he had only heard about him once when Wei Biao was bragging while drunk, and didn't even know his name.

Having confirmed that he could no longer extract anything useful, Lu Qingshan stood up.

The chill of the rainy night seeped in through the cracks in the broken door, and Yu Gaoyang trembled even more violently.

He looked up at Lu Qingshan with a pleading gaze, as if he were looking at a god or a ghost, as if he were afraid that Lu Qingshan would order Scarface Liu to break his neck at any moment.

Lu Qingshan didn't even glance at him, but simply said to Scarface Liu beside him, "Take him with you, let's go."

Scarface Liu was stunned for a moment.

He subconsciously raised his hand and made a horizontal cutting motion across his neck, his eyes full of questions.

In his view, why keep such a traitor who stabs you in the back around?

Why not just scrap it?

Lu Qingshan gently shook his head.

He turned around, looking down at the muddy mess on the wheelchair, his voice completely calm.

"Kill him?"

"That's too easy on him."

"Send him back to where he belongs, and let him spend the rest of his life repenting for all the things he has done behind bars."

After saying that, he was the first to walk out of the disgusting little house.

Scarface Liu looked at Yu Gaoyang, then at Lu Qingshan's resolute back. Although puzzled, he carried out the order without hesitation.

He grabbed the wheelchair handle and dragged Gao Yang into the vast rain like he was dragging a piece of trash.

Half an hour later.

A remote public telephone booth in the provincial capital.

Lu Qingshan dialed the private number of Wang Jianguo, the police chief.

The phone rang for a long time before being answered. Wang Jianguo's voice came through, sounding very sleepy and obviously woken up. His tone was very impatient.

"Who is it? In the middle of the night!"

"Director Wang, it's me, Lu Qingshan."

The breathing on the other end of the phone paused for a second.

"Qingshan? What's wrong with you...?"

Lu Qingshan didn't give him much time to react; his voice was steady as he got straight to the point.

"Director Wang, I've caught a traitor who leaked our Hongshi County's trade secrets to criminal gangs, seriously endangering the collective interests of our county. He's in the provincial capital."

"Look, we'll handle it on the spot, even if it causes some trouble for our colleagues in the provincial capital..."

"Or should I send someone to our county public security bureau to report this achievement?"

On the other end of the phone, Wang Jianguo's sleepiness vanished instantly, leaving only clear and rapid breathing.

He understood.

He fully understood Lu Qingshan's implied meaning.

"Where is he!" Wang Jianguo's voice suddenly became serious and clear.

"This is a heinous case that has severely damaged the economic development of our Hongshi County! It must be dealt with severely! There will be absolutely no leniency!"

"Tell me the location, and I'll immediately arrange for our comrades stationed in the provincial capital to take over! The prisoner must be personally escorted back to Hongshi County for trial!"

"it is good."

Lu Qingshan got the answer he wanted and hung up the phone cleanly and decisively.

A tacit understanding had formed between the two of them that didn't need to be spoken.

Under an abandoned bridge in the south of the city.

Scarface Liu handed over the limp Yu Gaoyang, along with the confession he had given while crying and shouting, to two men in plainclothes with cold expressions.

Looking at the identification they showed, Yu Gaoyang saw no fear in his eyes, but rather a sense of relief.

He knew that he could at least survive.

He will face a dark and hopeless prison life, but that's better than being thrown into a stinking ditch to feed the fish.

Watching the police car disappear into the rainy night, Scarface Liu finally couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Qingshan, are we just going to hand him over like this? What if he says something inappropriate inside...?"

"He wouldn't dare." Lu Qingshan gazed into the distance, his hair damp with rain.

"He knows what to say and what not to say. And Director Wang also knows what I want him to hear."

"A disabled person is far more useful than a dead person."

Scarface Liu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

On the way back, Lu Qingshan asked Scarface Liu to send someone to find out the details of "Nanshan Mingyuan".

……

On the evening of the third day, Scarface Liu brought back the news.

"Brother Qingshan, that place is really eerie."

"It's a membership system, not open to the public. I asked a few well-connected old hands, but none of them could explain the ins and outs. All they knew was that those who could get in were either very rich or very powerful."

"Some people also said that the waitresses inside, who looked like clean-cut young girls, had calluses on their hands, as if they were trained in martial arts."

Just as Scarface Liu finished speaking, the phone on the table rang.

It was Wang Jianguo calling.

On the phone, he first formally thanked Lu Qingshan for providing the county with important case leads, then changed the subject and casually mentioned it in a chatty tone.

"Qingshan, when you're doing business in the provincial capital, just be down-to-earth. Some places are too complicated."

"For example, places like Nanshan Mingyuan are not places for people from small counties like ours to go. If you can avoid them, then don't go."

This is both a warning and a reminder.

It seems that his investigation has been discovered.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Qingshan leaned back in his chair and actually smiled.

"The more this is the case, the more it indicates there's something fishy going on."

Wei Biao, Huichuntang, Eagle Head Gang, Nanshan Mingyuan, the old man in the long gown...

A huge net was slowly being laid out before him.

But he wasn't in a hurry.

Dealing with this deeply entrenched cancer requires patience, but even more so, a sharp scalpel.

He decided to leave this hidden storyline alone for the time being and let it settle down first.

The most urgent task is to fully establish the Xiushan Industrial brand in the provincial capital.

He returned to the shop.

Under the bright lights, Lin Xiulan and the new accountant Chen Meili were sitting around a table with a long list spread out on it.

Those were circled by Qian Shouyi himself in red pen; they were all the logistics procurement managers of major units and state-owned factories and mines in the provincial capital.

Seeing Lu Qingshan enter, Lin Xiulan raised her head, her eyes shining brightly under the light, full of fighting spirit and an unprecedented confidence.

"Qingshan, has the matter with Gao Yang been resolved?"

Lu Qingshan nodded.

"Resolved."

A bright smile spread across Lin Xiulan's face as she waved the list in her hand.

"Alright, it's our turn to go on stage."

"We must make sure this green channel, provided by President Qian, truly gets running!"

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