Byron's Blade

Compared to Qiu Zheng and He Yingning's thrilling side, Mu Li and Lan Ni's side seemed more uneventful and smooth.The east area on the [-]th floor is almost entirely the chairman's private office area, with only two or three secretaries and assistants' desks placed there.But they are not there now, because they are all accompanying the chairman to participate in today's charity event.

So when the camera here was also controlled by Joan, Mu Li and Lan Ni were almost as if they were in the land of no one.The security system here is completely automatic and unattended. After installing the monitoring device, Mu Li and Lan Ni were notified by Qiong and learned about He Yingning.The two hurried downstairs and rushed to the venue.

On the way back, Mu Li and Lan Ni discussed this latest development, and they came to the same conclusion: what He Yingning asked them to investigate was definitely related to the secret activities of the Chuzhong Hotel.It seems that Chuzhong Hotel and He Chusheng are not only involved in human trafficking, perhaps the matter is more complicated and involved, so that the daughter of the He family can't settle it.

They happened to meet Chou Zheng and He Yingning at the entrance of the venue on the first floor. Since Qiu Zheng was not among the invited ones, she could only escort He Yingning to the entrance of the venue. The next security work would be handed over to Mu Li and Lan Ni. Done.

"Miss He, follow them. You came here alone today without any bodyguards. You are too reckless. If you trust us, we will guarantee your safety." Chou Zheng said to He Yingning before leaving, The words are quite polite, much better than when she and He Yingning were alone just now.

He Yingning smiled and expressed his gratitude: "I know I came in a bit of a hurry today. I just came to Artemis from Gaia, and I haven't prepared many things yet. My bodyguards are actually here, but they are not allowed. Enter, I let them ambush outside."

Lan Ni interrupted: "Let's go in and discuss specific matters. Qiu Zheng, you go first, so as not to attract attention. Mu Li and I will go in with Ms. He first, and we will keep in touch." She knocked on the plug Headphones in the right ear.

Qiu Zheng nodded, turned around and left without talking nonsense.He Yingning turned to look at her, pursed her lips, and followed Lan Ni and Mu Li into the venue.

Perhaps it was also a coincidence that He Yingning's position happened to be at the table with Lan Ni and the others. There were only four of them at this table, and it was He Yingning, Mu Li, Lan Ni, and Mo Kexin.

Mo Kexin was sitting on the seat, with an elegant and decent smile on her face, and she was always dealing with the guests who came to chat, but she was also paying attention to the status of the action through the built-in earphone.Seeing that Mu Li and his group had returned, she was relieved.

"Miss He, hello, I'm Mo Kexin." When He Yingning walked to their table, Mo Kexin got up and greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Miss Mo, I've been looking forward to it for a long time. I've always been grateful for Mo's contribution to the poverty alleviation funds of the Charity Federation in the west." He Yingning stretched out his hand, and the two shook hands gracefully.

"It should be. My aunt believes in Buddhism and does good deeds every day. She always advises me to do more good deeds and accumulate blessings for the Mo family and the Mo family."

"My mother also believes in Buddhism. The three major Chinese families share the same ancestors and share common cultural customs. It's just a rare gathering. I'm really happy today." He Yingning said.

"It's a pity that no one came from the Jiang family." Mo Kexin said, then glanced at Mu Li and Lan Ni.Mu Li was a little puzzled, but Lan Ni raised her eyebrows without any trace.

"Yes. But I only saw Uncle Jiang some time ago, and he is still in good health." He Yingning didn't care about the meaning of Mo Kexin's words.

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Seeing the two young ladies exchanging greetings, Mu Li couldn't help but feel a little moved. She deserves to be born in a real noble family. Her demeanor, style of conversation, and etiquette all reflect good self-cultivation, which is something she can't match.

Lan Ni didn't take it seriously. After the two exchanged pleasantries, she had already sat down and took a sip from the wine glass on the table, looking a little absent-minded.

After exchanging pleasantries, Mo Kexin and He Yingning both sat down.They were the last ones to enter the venue, and when they sat down firmly, the luncheon officially began.

As the organizer, He Chusheng delivered a simple welcome speech before the meeting. He looked like a typical businessman, a middle-aged Asian man in a suit and leather shoes, with a slightly fat body and a clean shaved face. Still a charismatic and successful person.However, in Mu Li's eyes, this guy is probably already a dead person.

Not long after the meeting started, Qiao Sen arrived late.He looked very anxious, and his expression was not very natural.After arriving at the scene, the first thing was to go to He Chusheng's table and whisper something in his ear.He Chusheng's expression did not change, but his eyes flickered, and he turned his head to give Qiao Sen some instructions.Then Qiao Sen left in a hurry, and it seemed that his lunch was wasted.

"Qiao Sen should have discovered that his computer was stolen, and sensed that someone had sneaked in to deal with them." Mo Kexin said, she was sitting opposite He Chusheng's table, so she could see clearly.

Lanny smiled slightly, but said nothing.

Mu Li asked He Yingning, "Miss He, what's going on, can you tell us?"

At the moment, the venue was very lively, everyone was eating and chatting, He Yingning looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so she said:

"I've been looking into this matter since February this year, and I've reached a bottleneck. Major Friesman..."

"Lani, just call me Lani." Lani said.

"Well, Miss Lanny, what I want to ask you to investigate is this matter."

She looked very distressed and began to tell the whole story slowly.

It turned out that in February this year, He Yingning once organized a charity event for the orphanage in the City of Adventurers.Take the children from the orphanage to visit the National Gallery in the City of Aphrodite and complete a work of art of your own.The event itself was a success and the children had a great time.In particular, there is a very cute little girl who likes He Yingning very much, and keeps calling her "Sister He" and "Sister He". He Yingning loves this child from the bottom of her heart.The little girl is 6 years old, her name is Alice Lee, and she is of Chinese-English mixed race.Both parents were soldiers, and they both died in the line of duty three years ago because of a mission.Because there are no other relatives to adopt, he has been living in the orphanage in the City of Adventurers.

After the event, Little Alice insisted on sending a long email to He Yingning every week, telling her anecdotes of the week.Until the fourth week, it suddenly stopped.He Yingning originally thought that it was normal for a child to like the new and dislike the old because of his temperament, and it might be delayed by other things.But after waiting for two weeks, there was still no news.He Yingning was a little concerned about the child, so she made another trip to this orphanage in the City of Adventurers to see the child.The result was that the child was adopted.

He Yingning was taken aback. This child told her everything. If he was adopted, why didn't he mention anything in the email?According to the information provided by the orphanage on the person who adopted Alice, she went to find the family, but she was rejected.There is nothing wrong with the address and name registered by the orphanage, but neighbors nearby said that the family would not come back to live once a month, and they did not see any children there.

He Yingning felt that something was wrong, so he began to follow the clues and investigate carefully.

The family who adopted Alice turned out to be a fake identity.This property is not theirs either, but a dormitory provided by the public for employees managed by an intermediary.The public house is the Chuzhong Hotel.

He Yingning started another three-month investigation to follow the chairman of Chuzhong Hotel, He Chusheng. During this period, he followed He Chusheng to the auction in Shengli City, the city of Athena. It was at that auction that she met Alita and Qiu Zheng.

He Chusheng bought several antiques at the auction, all of which were computer accessories from the old era, and then they were transported away after changing hands.He Chusheng often appears in various auctions, and basically buys computer accessories.It was rumored that He Chusheng was a collector of such things, but He Yingning knew that he was not collecting, he was laundering money.

All the money he bought for computer accessories was transferred to another account.But where does the money to buy computer accessories come from?This does not belong to the legal income of his hotel operation. He Yingning spent a lot of effort to check and calculate He Chusheng's personal income and the financial management of the group, and finally came to the conclusion that this money is illegal. Income, source unknown.

Until a month ago, the investigation finally made progress.He Yingning discovered that there was a problem with Chuzhong Group's ship freight at the wharf along the Yangtze River.The quantity of hotel supplies such as quilts, pillows, quilt covers, and bed sheets does not match the weight. When the container is weighed, the staff at the port terminal accept bribes and turn a blind eye.Once a stunned staff member of the Transportation Bureau found out about this matter and went to the pier alone to ask someone to inquire, but he never returned.

He Yingning realized what the truth was.He Chusheng is engaged in child trafficking. He takes orphans from various orphanages in the name of adoption, and then sells them to other places. The specific place is not clear.The black money obtained from child abduction was laundered by participating in the auction, and at the same time, the computer accessories obtained from the auction were transported to other places by him.This is an ingeniously designed business chain, which also means that there are still people above He Chusheng.He, the owner of a large hotel group, with such status and status, is actually doing illegal activities for others, which is really unimaginable.

Who is behind him?But He Yingning couldn't continue the investigation, the resistance was too great, and the background was blurred.This time, she planned to start with Qiao Sen, He Chusheng's lackey. He was from Harvest City and her classmate in elementary school. He was a dude with a good family background.It's just that he doesn't know why he is helping He Chusheng do these dirty things.

He Yingning's preparations were too hasty this time. A few days ago, she rushed to the largest auction house in Gaia City to check some of the latest auction items. At the same time, she received an invitation letter from He Chusheng's charity event.Just when she was hesitating whether to go or not, she encountered martial law in the whole city of Gaia.She had no choice but to agree, and hurried to the City of Adventurers to participate in the auction.In such a short period of time, she didn't have a detailed plan. She just thought that this was a grand feast. Maybe He Chusheng already knew that he was looking into their affairs.If Mu Li, Qiu Zheng and his group hadn't met him, something might really have happened.

"What the hell is He Chusheng doing? I think I'm a little dizzy." Mo Kexin frowned.

Lan Ni laughed and said, "My cousin is not smart enough."

Mo Ke ignored Lan Ni with a worried expression.

Lan Ni smiled even more happily: "Let me explain it. There are three main points. [-]. He Chusheng is engaged in child trafficking, and the kidnapped children are sent to the hands of unknown persons. Let's assume that this unknown person is x [-]. He Chusheng laundered money by participating in auctions to buy lots. [-]. The lots he bought were all computer accessories and were shipped to unknown persons. Let’s assume that this unknown person is y. Well, now there are three The problem needs to be clarified.

First, are x and y the same person?If yes, then who?If not, who are they?But what is certain is that even if x and y are not the same person, they should know each other and reach a cooperative transaction.

Second, is the black money laundered by He Chusheng really his own?In other words, the money is not his income, he is just laundering money for x and y.

Third, clarify two purposes: the purpose of abducting children, and the purpose of photographing computer accessories.These two purposes are inseparable from the first question and must be considered together.

In fact, regarding the third point, I think everyone has overlooked a problem.What is the source of the computer accessories at the auction?As far as I know, the source of the antique industry chain is the treasure hunters who dig the treasure, in other words, the adventurers in the city of adventurers.Why did x and y make such a big detour to get these antiques from the auction instead of directly trading with these treasure hunting adventurers, or why didn't they just send people to go treasure hunting?This saves a lot of trouble.

However, x and y spared such a large circle, established such an illegal business chain, and controlled Chuzhong Hotel Group as the middle manipulator. This approach is very suspicious. Maybe he is evading, hiding something, or is to circumvent certain obstacles.So his purpose of doing these things may be more obscure, and we estimate that it will be very difficult to find out. "

Mu Li answered, "No, I think we already have a clue. At least, I think the leader knows something. Don't forget that she asked us to take a picture of that Apple notebook."

"Well, let's not talk about the reason why the leader asked us to take pictures of the notebook. Now, we have to deal with that Mr. Human Trafficker." After Lan Ni finished speaking, she turned to look at He Chusheng's table, and everyone followed her words. , I saw that He Chusheng had stood up, holding a glass of wine, walking towards them.