Chapter 65: Identity Exposed?

The memory card contained the deceased's memories from the last three years of his life.

Guo Jinfan was the legitimate young master of the main branch of the Guo family, the next head of the Guo household, and one of the leading contenders.

In his memories, the Guo family trafficked in Carefree Pills, he had once taken part in a shipment, and he knew of a distribution point in the outer city!

This was the key!

To borrow the hand of the Zhenwu Division to wipe out the Guo family, one had to find the relevant evidence.

Now it was perfect — through Guo Jinfan's memories, a Carefree Pill distribution point had been confirmed.

It was inside a brothel in the southern district of the outer city!

Coincidentally, this brothel was a property of the Hungry Tiger Gang.

Behind the Hungry Tiger Gang stood one of the three great families, the Zheng family.

Yet the gang leader of the Hungry Tiger Gang, Xiao Chenghu, had secretly thrown in his lot with the Guo family.

In the circulation of Carefree Pills, Xiao Chenghu played a crucial role — he was a key figure on this drug-trafficking chain!

Xiao Chenghu!

The brothel — Wondrous Jade House!

People, place — now all that was missing was the Carefree Pills themselves.

Thinking of this.

Chen Mu activated the Wind-Chasing Legs and hurried all the way back to Wulong Fucheng.

He went home first and reported that he was safe.

Then, he headed to the southern district, and in the alley outside Wondrous Jade House, he activated the "Wind-Listening" skill, following the route from Guo Jinfan's memories, listening as he went.

In Guo Jinfan's memories, boxes upon boxes of Carefree Pills were stored in the basement of a corner room in the back courtyard of Wondrous Jade House.

The "Wind-Listening" skill carried him all the way to the corner room, where he heard four guards standing outside, each with long, steady breathing — every one of them possessed martial cultivation of at least the third layer of Postnatal.

Two more people stood watch inside the room, and from their breathing, these two were even more highly cultivated.

Martial artists guarded both inside and outside the room.

It could basically be confirmed that the basement held boxes of Carefree Pills!

The reasoning was simple — if the Carefree Pills had all been shipped out, there would be no need for so many guards!

Having confirmed that Wondrous Jade House had Carefree Pills, Chen Mu decisively headed for the inner city.

Just like last time, he wrote the contents on a piece of paper, then found a twig, tied the paper to it, arrived outside the main gate of Zhenwu Division headquarters, and in the instant he passed the gate, swiftly shot the twig in, his feet flying as he darted toward the end of the street and vanished.

……

Whoosh~

"Smack!"

He He Ningshuang had just stepped out of the corridor when a gust of wind struck her head-on; her figure flashed aside in an instant, dodging it.

Her eyes were quick — she saw that what had been shot in was a twig — and immediately she stepped into a movement technique, caught up with the twig, and snatched it in her hand.

"What is this?"

He He Ningshuang inspected the twig, found nothing unusual, untied the small bundle, tossed away the stone, picked up the folded paper, and opened it for a look — her pupils contracted.

"This…"

Hoo~!

He He Ningshuang took a deep breath to steady her emotions, then the next moment spun sharply on her heel and strode back the way she had come.

……

Two streets away from Zhenwu Division headquarters.

At a roadside tea stall, Chen Mu ordered a bowl of tea and a plate of peanuts, activated the "Wind-Listening" skill, and from afar locked onto the sounds within Zhenwu Division.

"My lord, someone delivered intelligence from outside — it's about the Carefree Pills."

This is… He He Ningshuang's voice?

Chen Mu picked up a peanut with his chopsticks, popped it into his mouth, chewed, and kept listening.

"It was shot in through the main gate?"

"Yes, my lord!"

"Heh, this kid is interesting."

Hmm??

Chen Mu's hand holding the chopsticks paused, and his heart gave a jolt.

What's going on — does Zhao Fuzhou know the note was from me?

Drawing on the memories of Guan Tong and Guo Jinfan, Chen Mu knew the key figures of every major power in Wulong Prefecture.

That included the innate experts within Zhenwu Division, as well as the man in charge of Zhenwu Division in Wulong Prefecture — Zhao Fuzhou!

This Lord Zhao was none other than Long Tutu's backer — her very own brother-in-law!

Long Tutu was not from Wulong Prefecture — she wasn't even from Hengzhou.

She and Zhao Fuzhou both came from the Dragon Court of Great Zhou — Central Province!

Zhao Fuzhou was not yet thirty, his exact cultivation was unknown, but in any case he was very strong.

Chen Mu had never met him face to face.

Last time, when he had hauled Han Qiao of the Green Snake Gang to Zhenwu Division headquarters…

"Wait!"

Suddenly Chen Mu's body jolted, and shock rose in his heart: "No way? Could it be that Zhao Fuzhou suspects me because last time, when the Green Snake Gang was trafficking Carefree Pills, it was me who reported them?"

This…

This really was a slip through a hundred layers of caution!

Last time, Chen Mu personally carried Han Qiao into the Town Martial Office.

This time, however, he shot a tree branch, using the same method as last time when he reported the Longevity Cult.

No wonder Zhao Fuzhou was suspicious, even certain!

Thinking of this, Chen Mu felt a twinge of discomfort. "There shouldn't be any Longevity Cult moles inside the Town Martial Office, right?"

Just as he was troubled, inside the Town Martial Office headquarters, Zhao Fuzhou's voice rang out again.

"Don't tell anyone about this for now."

"Yes!" He Ningshuang responded.

"Hoo~"

Chen Mu exhaled and relaxed.

"Good, good."

Zhao Fuzhou had He Ningshuang keep it secret. Whatever his purpose, Chen Mu was spared from being targeted again by the Longevity Cult, or the Guo family.

"Go call Qingyuan over."

"Yes!"

"Right, send word down—have everyone return to headquarters after nightfall."

"Understood!"

"Also... forget it, you may go first."

"Your subordinate takes her leave!"

"..."

"Where did this kid get his information? It's actually more well-informed than the Town Martial Office's own channels."

"Still, Tutu has a good eye!"

"Speaking of which, isn't it almost time for the little girl to start school?"

"..."

Listening from afar to Zhao Fuzhou's muttering, Chen Mu's lips curved up uncontrollably.

His well-informed intelligence was naturally thanks to the memory card!

The Guo family dared to traffic Carefree Pills—of course they had to keep tight secrecy.

In Guo Jinfan's memories, the people who handled the main process of the Carefree Pills were all Guo family death warriors!

Taken as orphans, trained from childhood, constantly brainwashed, loyal only to the Guo family.

Similar death warriors existed in the Zheng family and the Pan family as well.

Over decades, the Guo family had cultivated batch after batch of death warriors.

Every death warrior was skilled in assassination, infiltration, poisoning, and the like, with a martial cultivation base of at least Postnatal Third Layer.

Because of this, ordinary moles couldn't possibly find evidence of the Guo family's trafficking of Carefree Pills.

Zhao Fuzhou had his plan; afterward, Chen Mu simply waited quietly for the result.

Sure enough, that very night, Town Martial Office personnel infiltrated the Wondrous Jade Brothel in the southern district of the outer city, stormed into the rear courtyard basement, and seized the Carefree Pills.

The Hungry Tiger Gang's gang leader, Xiao Chenghu, was also captured by Yan Qingyuan.

The two operations unfolded almost simultaneously.

The commotion caused during the process was minimal; inside the Wondrous Jade Brothel, singing and dancing continued, cries unabated, with not the slightest awareness of what was happening in the rear courtyard.

The key figures were captured, the Carefree Pills seized, the evidence conclusive.

Next, following the steps, it was time to move against the Guo family!

However.

The next day, nothing happened.

The third day, still nothing.

"What's going on?"

Under the curtain of night, Chen Mu stood on the rooftop, gazing toward the inner city, listening for any movement—especially in the direction of the Guo family estate—but there was nothing at all.

"Is the Guo family's backing too solid, and Zhao Fuzhou got scared?"

The Carefree Pills weren't refined by the Guo family; the Guo family was merely the general agent for Nanyun Prefecture.

Anyone daring to refine and traffic Carefree Pills must be a major power in Heng Prefecture, or even across the entire Hannan Circuit.

If Zhao Fuzhou had actually uncovered such a force, he really might have qualms.

Boom!

Just as Chen Mu was pondering, tremendous roars came from multiple directions in the inner city.

"Kill~!!"