Chapter 1110: Chapter 758: I, Yang Xiao, Never Bask in Glory Alone_2
Before leaving, Tong Han informed Yang Xiao that she would keep a close eye on the movements over at Marquis Zhenbei’s side.
It was late at night, and Yang Xiao lay alone on the bed with his hands flat on his chest. He thought thoroughly about the events that had transpired tonight: the clash between Marquis Zhenbei and Marquis An Nan, and his opportunistic raid of Marquis Zhenbei’s lair, where he not only seized several Resentful Eyes but also stole intelligence.
Next, he found in the intelligence not only a mole in his midst but also a significant piece of news—a batch of goods originating from the Myanmar and Thailand Black Triangle was set to be traded at Tuo Village in two days.
This was going too smoothly...
He had obtained such crucial intelligence without even lifting a finger, and it seemed as if with a bit more effort, he could intercept the group before they reached Tuo Village and easily take the mysterious goods.
And the goods brought from afar from the Myanmar and Thailand Black Triangle must be anything but ordinary.
"Could there be a trap hidden here..." The more Yang Xiao thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
After all, only two days ago Senior Brother Qingfeng had informed him that Peace Hotel was going to convene a meeting with their four families to redivide territories and spheres of influence, and, barring any surprises, he would be the biggest beneficiary.
"Something’s not right, eight out of ten things feel off..." Yang Xiao suddenly sat up, feeling as though his clever intelligence had once again conquered the high ground, "How could all these good things happen so coincidentally in one day, I’m not the protagonist chosen by fate, why would they treat me so well?"
Yang Xiao was at least seventy percent certain that these guys were playing bitter games, doing everything they could to overturn him, and they had definitely gone all out.
He suspected that when he went to intercept, the enemy’s ambush would suddenly attack, aiming to kill him, and because it would be in a foreign land, Peace Hotel wouldn’t manage, he’d die for nothing.
Yang Xiao didn’t sleep a wink all night, and when dawn broke, Ling Yanyu came searching for him. He had pinpointed the source of the leak—it was indeed one of their apostles.
The person was named Qian Xiu, a Resentment Level Apostle, yet he had been very thorough in his work, and had been promoted to management by Tong Han not long ago.
"Is this guy still around?" Yang Xiao inquired.
"Yes, I’ve already had someone tail him, he can’t escape," Ling Yanyu nodded firmly.
Ling Yanyu, as the steward, also bore responsibility for failing to notice such events, but Yang Xiao did not make things difficult for him. Mistakes in work are inevitable, and Ling Yanyu, an ordinary person who wasn’t even an apostle, was already doing a great job supporting such a big operation.
"Assign capable people to keep an eye on him, see who he associates with, and uncover everything along his line."
"If he becomes aware during, control him first, leave him alive, I’ll handle him personally in a few days," Yang Xiao added.
"Understood!" Ling Yanyu accepted the order and left.
Indeed, they dug out a mole along the lead, seemingly everything was really not working out, yet that was precisely the opponent’s flaw.
Step back, if they’d not caught the mole, Yang Xiao might have somewhat believed this could be real, because the truth seldom is that perfect.
This guy named Qian Xiu probably didn’t even realize he had been betrayed by the mastermind.
This person need not be hurriedly dealt with; otherwise, the act wouldn’t seem real. He’s just an insignificant character, someone Yang Xiao still wants to keep around for show.
Exhaust the act in full, Yang Xiao contacted the hotel, intending to trade there by tonight before dawn.
At midnight, Yang Xiao didn’t use the Soul-Capturing Mirror but instead took advantage of the night, donned a mask, and left the residence alone, heading for the hotel.
On the way, he subtly used the Human Bone Staff to check the surroundings, and sure enough, detected a concealed aura in the distant darkness, initially estimating this person’s spiritual power level to be no weaker than his own.
It must be one of the three heads; staking out in the deep night, truly suffering you.
Arriving at the hotel room, Yang Xiao still had his own matters to handle. He brought enough chips for exchange, precisely four magical artifacts stolen from Marquis Zhenbei’s house.
He wrote down the information he sought, waiting quietly. He wanted to find information about the man nicknamed Jiang Han, setting the timeframe to two hundred years ago, as estimated from those people’s clothing styles.
Hotels charge a premium for something so old—one Fierce Grade Magical Artifact.
Yang Xiao agreed readily, since he wasn’t spending his own money; all expenses tonight at the hotel were on Marquis Zhenbei.
About an hour later, Yang Xiao received a reply, unfolded it, and saw two sides of A4 paper almost fully written, there were numerous martial arts groups named Jiang Han, such as Jiang Han Building, Jiang Han House, Jiang Han’s Seventeen Swords, and there were also many apostles and experts with this name or nickname, roughly counting, adding up to more than 200.
"Hiss—" Yang Xiao felt a piercing headache, how to investigate this, with no choice he drew a portrait from memory and sent it to the hotel, surprising himself about thirty minutes later with unexpected joy, the hotel reply clearly printed his information.
"Yang Xiao, Deputy Director of Rongcheng Lin’an Office, Three-party Action Bureau Specialist, possesses strength to single-handedly kill Venerable Level Heretic Cultivator. 27 years old, unmarried, rumored girlfriend is Secretary-General of Rongcheng Chamber of Commerce (neither publicly acknowledged), secretly involved with multiple women in Rongcheng (married and unmarried alike), rumored to have a child privately fostered outside, top-grade scumbag."
"Slander! They slander me!!" Yang Xiao felt his blood pressure rise, undoubtedly Xi Menxiu contributed to this, yet given it was Peace Hotel, Yang Xiao suppressed his inner rage, staying silent and making no complaints, appearing very calm.
But what he couldn’t accept was this worthless intelligence costing him 500,000.
